Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American thriller and film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher, based on her 1943 radio play of the same name.
The film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. It follows a bedridden woman who overhears the plot of murder while on the telephone. She attempts to help her husband solve the mystery and prevent the crime. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
It is one of the few pre-1950 Paramount Pictures films which remained in the studio's library (the rest are currently owned by NBCUniversal).
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The film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. It follows a bedridden woman who overhears the plot of murder while on the telephone. She attempts to help her husband solve the mystery and prevent the crime. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
It is one of the few pre-1950 Paramount Pictures films which remained in the studio's library (the rest are currently owned by NBCUniversal).
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00:02:10Operator. Operator.
00:02:11Operator!
00:02:12Your call, please.
00:02:13Operator, I've been ringing Murrayhill 3-5097
00:02:16for the last half-hour, and the line is always busy.
00:02:18Will you ring it for me, please?
00:02:20Murrayhill 3-5097. One moment, please.
00:02:23My husband's office.
00:02:24He should have been home hours ago.
00:02:26I can't think what's keeping him
00:02:27This wire should be busy. They always close that office at 6 o'clock.
00:02:31Ringing Murray Hill 35097.
00:02:39Hello. Hello.
00:02:41Hello. Mr. Stevenson, please.
00:02:43Hello.
00:02:44I want to speak to Mr. Henry Stevenson.
00:02:45Hello. George speaking.
00:02:47Hello. Who is this? What number am I calling?
00:02:49I got your message, George. Everything okay for tonight?
00:02:51Everything's okay. Our client says...
00:02:53Excuse me. What's going on here? I'm using this wire.
00:02:55Still to 1115, George?
00:02:571115 is right. You got it all straight now, I hope.
00:02:59Yeah, I think so.
00:03:01At 11 o'clock, the private patrolman goes around to the barn, second avenue for a beer.
00:03:05Then I get in through the kitchen window with the plank.
00:03:08Then I wait until a train goes over the bridge in case her window is open and she should scream.
00:03:13Oh, hello. Who is this?
00:03:16I forgot to ask you. Still don't want to use the gun?
00:03:19Uh-uh. But make it quick. Our client says he doesn't wish to make her suffer long.
00:03:23Okay, George. Don't worry. There won't be any slip-ups. You know me.
00:03:26And don't forget to take the rings and bracelets and the jewelry in the bureau drawer.
00:03:30Our client wishes to make it look like simple robbery.
00:03:33Simple robbery. That's very important.
00:03:35Okay, okay.
00:03:37Now, let me just check the address again.
00:03:40It's...
00:03:41Hello? Hello? Hello?
00:03:53Your call, please.
00:03:55Operator, you've just given me a wrong number.
00:03:57I'm sorry, madam. What number were you calling?
00:03:59Why, I was calling Murray Hill 35097. That's my husband's office.
00:04:03And instead, I was cut into some other number that you dialed.
00:04:06The wires must have crossed or something.
00:04:08And I've just heard the most dreadful thing.
00:04:10A murder.
00:04:11Yes, madam.
00:04:12And now I want you to get that wrong number back for me at once.
00:04:15I'm sorry, madam. I do not understand.
00:04:17Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:04:19You dialed a number for me just a moment ago.
00:04:21Murray Hill 35097.
00:04:23It was busy for so long, and I asked you to get it, and you did.
00:04:26And then those...
00:04:28Those horrible men came on.
00:04:30Well, it's unnerved me dreadfully.
00:04:32I'm an invalid, you know.
00:04:33I will connect you with the chief operator.
00:04:35Please.
00:04:37Chief operator, may I help you?
00:04:39Oh, chief operator, I'm an invalid.
00:04:41And I've just had a dreadful shock tonight over the telephone,
00:04:44and I'm very anxious to trace the cause.
00:04:46It was about a murder.
00:04:48A terrible cold-blooded murder of a poor, innocent woman
00:04:51tonight at the end of a night of murder.
00:04:53And I'm very anxious to trace the cause.
00:04:55I'm sorry, madam. I do not understand.
00:04:57You dialed a number for me just a moment ago.
00:04:59I'm sorry, madam. I do not understand.
00:05:01You dialed a number for me just a moment ago.
00:05:03And I'm very anxious to trace the cause.
00:05:06A murder of a poor, innocent woman
00:05:08tonight at 11.15.
00:05:10I was trying to reach my husband's office.
00:05:12He should have been home hours and hours ago.
00:05:14I'm all alone tonight.
00:05:16My nurse has the night off
00:05:18because my husband had promised...
00:05:20As a matter of fact, he'd sworn he'd be home by 6 o'clock.
00:05:22I don't know any of the neighbors
00:05:24as we live permanently in Chicago.
00:05:26Well, it so happens that the couple I have working for me
00:05:28had some important date or other.
00:05:30I don't know. A movie, I suppose.
00:05:32They said it was promised them three weeks ago.
00:05:34I thought they'd at least have checked with me before leaving
00:05:36had some realization of my condition.
00:05:38But I've been ringing and ringing
00:05:40the bell for nearly an hour,
00:05:42hoping they'd come back or something.
00:05:44And there isn't a sound downstairs.
00:05:46Not a sound.
00:05:48Yes, madam.
00:05:50So, as I say, when I kept getting the busy signal
00:05:52in my husband's office, I naturally dialed the operator
00:05:54and told her to try it, and she did.
00:05:56And then, out of a clear sky,
00:05:58I was cut into this ghastly conversation
00:06:00between two killers.
00:06:02Well, madam, that depends.
00:06:04Depends on what?
00:06:06On whether the parties have stopped talking to each other.
00:06:08Well, of course they've stopped talking to each other by now.
00:06:10It was just a short call.
00:06:12They weren't exactly gossiping.
00:06:14And what is your reason for having this call trade, madam?
00:06:16Reason? Do I have to have a reason
00:06:18when I overheard two murderers? Isn't it obvious?
00:06:20Now, look here, my good woman.
00:06:22You probably don't understand.
00:06:24But a human being, a woman,
00:06:26is going to be killed somewhere,
00:06:28somewhere in this very city.
00:06:30Now, look here, my good woman.
00:06:32I'm going to be in this very place tonight.
00:06:34Do you hear me? Tonight at 11.15.
00:06:36Now, isn't that a good enough reason?
00:06:38I quite understand, madam,
00:06:40but I would suggest that you turn this information
00:06:42over to the police.
00:06:44Oh, for heaven's sakes, all this idiotic red tape.
00:06:46You just sit there and let people die.
00:06:54Your call, please.
00:06:56Give me the police.
00:06:58Tick-tock. Listen to the big tick-tock.
00:07:00Isn't that nice?
00:07:02That's better.
00:07:04Say, maybe that's your mom
00:07:06calling for you.
00:07:10Basement 17, Duffy speaking.
00:07:12Yes?
00:07:14Oh, yes, Mr. Stevenson.
00:07:16I remember you.
00:07:18What? You what?
00:07:20A murder? Yes, go ahead.
00:07:24But there's lots of people by the name of George.
00:07:27And as for the private patrolman
00:07:29and 2nd Avenue and the...
00:07:31and the bridge,
00:07:332nd Avenue is a very long street.
00:07:35And you happen to know how many bridges there are
00:07:37in the city of New York alone?
00:07:39Not to mention Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens
00:07:41and the Bronx.
00:07:43Telephones are very funny things.
00:07:45Now, look, lady, a lot of murders are committed
00:07:47in this town every day.
00:07:49If we could stop them, we would.
00:07:51But a clue of this kind that's so vague,
00:07:53well, it's not much more use to us than no clue at all
00:07:55and somebody's planning to murder you.
00:07:57Me?
00:07:59Of course not. That would be ridiculous.
00:08:01I mean, why should anybody?
00:08:03Well, you see, ma'am, there's nothing for you to worry about.
00:08:05Now, if you'll excuse me, please.
00:08:07Just a minute.
00:08:09Will you please excuse me, ma'am,
00:08:11for just one second?
00:08:13Oh, now, darling,
00:08:15what are you crying? Be a good girl.
00:08:17Everything is going to be all right.
00:08:21I'm sorry, ma'am, but I've got a couple
00:08:23of other things here on my desk that require
00:08:25my immediate attention.
00:08:27Good night, ma'am.
00:08:29All right, don't listen. Who cares?
00:08:53Henry.
00:08:55Oh, Henry,
00:08:57why'd you leave me alone?
00:09:09Hello?
00:09:11Is this Plaza 51098?
00:09:13Yes.
00:09:15I have a person-to-person call
00:09:17for Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:09:19Chicago is calling.
00:09:21Oh.
00:09:23This is Mrs. Stevenson.
00:09:25One moment, please.
00:09:27Go ahead, sir.
00:09:29Hello, Leona.
00:09:31Hello, Dad.
00:09:33Is that you, sweetie, huh?
00:09:35How's my girl tonight?
00:09:37What are you doing, Dad?
00:09:39Can you talk?
00:09:41Sure, sweetheart.
00:09:43Go ahead. I can talk.
00:09:45A murder?
00:09:47Tonight, 1115?
00:09:49Police, huh?
00:09:51How come?
00:09:53Where's Henry? Where's your nurse?
00:09:55Oh, Henry told her she could today.
00:09:57Well, then why didn't he come home?
00:09:59Business.
00:10:01What business?
00:10:03Didn't I tell him time and again
00:10:05that his first consideration is to you?
00:10:07I'll worry about the business.
00:10:09No, but really, dear,
00:10:11when a guy has another responsibility in the world
00:10:13and just because I'm not around to check up on him...
00:10:15Just forget about him.
00:10:18A couple of actors, maybe.
00:10:20And a radio program.
00:10:22Sometimes happens.
00:10:24No need to worry your head
00:10:26on a hot night like this.
00:10:28Oh, howdy, everybody.
00:10:30Oh.
00:10:32Pardon me.
00:10:36I wish you'd get the whole thing over with
00:10:38and come home.
00:10:40The house is like a morgue without you.
00:10:42Okay, dear, I won't keep you.
00:10:44But I just wanted to check up as usual.
00:10:46Will you call me tomorrow?
00:10:48Yes, dear, I'll call you tomorrow night, same time.
00:10:50Oh, and, Pat,
00:10:52tell Henry to call me at the office tomorrow morning.
00:10:54I'll have a talk with him.
00:11:04Number 99-99.
00:11:06Number 17-17.
00:11:10There's a telephone call for Miss Elizabeth Jennings.
00:11:12Okay.
00:11:14There's a telephone call for Miss Elizabeth Jennings.
00:11:16Number 46.
00:11:18Miss Elizabeth Jennings
00:11:20is wanted on the phone.
00:11:22Number 23-23.
00:11:2423?
00:11:26Oh, that makes two fours.
00:11:28All I need now is 14-65.
00:11:30Miss Jennings.
00:11:32Just a second, please. Just a second.
00:11:34We're getting pretty close now, ladies.
00:11:36Pretty close to that super-duper electric blanket
00:11:38donated by Ballum's Drugstore.
00:11:40And the next number is...
00:11:42Number 59.
00:11:44Bingo!
00:11:46What's the matter? What were you saying?
00:11:48Mrs. Stevenson wants to speak to you on the phone.
00:11:50She said it's very important.
00:11:52Mrs. Stevenson?
00:11:54Well, why, for heaven's sake, didn't you say so?
00:12:08Hello?
00:12:10I beg your pardon, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:12:12I had no idea.
00:12:14You're the last person on Earth naturally I'd ever keep waiting.
00:12:16Mr. Stevenson isn't home.
00:12:18Mr. Stevenson not home yet?
00:12:20Do you know where he is?
00:12:22Why, no, I don't, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:12:24Well, that is odd, isn't it?
00:12:26Last time I saw him, he was leaving to keep an appointment.
00:12:28Where?
00:12:30No, I don't know where.
00:12:32But I do know he had a lunch date
00:12:34with a young lady.
00:12:36Oh, yes, rather good-looking.
00:12:39Said her name was Lorne,
00:12:41Mrs. Frederick Lorne.
00:12:43Seemed very anxious to see him.
00:12:45Waited for him at least two hours.
00:12:55Mr. Stevenson,
00:12:57someone to see you.
00:12:59Some other time. I told you I'm busy today.
00:13:01Hello, Henry.
00:13:03Don't you remember me?
00:13:05Why, sure, sure.
00:13:07Well, now, what do you know?
00:13:09Come in, won't you?
00:13:11Yes, that's just the way
00:13:13he greeted her, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:13:15He didn't seem to be expecting her.
00:13:17But I'm sure she was somebody of importance to him.
00:13:19Unfortunately, I couldn't hear much
00:13:21of what they said.
00:13:23But the conversation wasn't very long.
00:13:25And I do know Mr. Stevenson made a date to meet her later.
00:13:27I'll be there in about an hour.
00:13:29Ask for Maurice. He'll show you to my table.
00:13:31Thank you. I'll be there.
00:13:33I don't know why,
00:13:35but he didn't leave with her.
00:13:37I'll be back later this afternoon.
00:13:39If anyone calls, take the message.
00:13:41I'll be in touch with you.
00:13:43Yes, Mr. Stevenson.
00:13:45I don't know where he went after that, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:13:47All I know is, I never saw or heard
00:13:49from him again all day.
00:13:51It was 6.30
00:13:53when I went home,
00:13:55and I was practically the last to leave
00:13:57except for Jimmy, the porter.
00:13:59No, he didn't even come back to get his messages.
00:14:01There was only one.
00:14:03Some man on Staten Island
00:14:05who keeps calling him every week.
00:14:07A Mr. Evans.
00:14:09Regular pest he is, too.
00:14:11But on the other hand, it's not at all unusual
00:14:13for Mr. Stevenson to stay away all day.
00:14:15And I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
00:14:17Oh, now, Mrs. Stevenson,
00:14:19I do hope I haven't let any cat out of the bag.
00:14:21But I'm sure, Mrs. Stevenson,
00:14:23it was all quite harmless.
00:14:25Mr. Stevenson seems so devoted,
00:14:27speaks so beautifully of you.
00:14:29Oh, did you like the flowers this week?
00:14:31I had the feeling...
00:14:33I mean, I thought...
00:14:35Camellias might be sweet after a change, do you know?
00:14:59♪♪
00:15:26♪♪
00:15:56Hello?
00:15:58Mr. Stevenson, please.
00:16:00He's not in. Who's calling?
00:16:02This is Mr. Evans. When do you expect...
00:16:04I don't know. He should be here any minute.
00:16:06Do you know where I could reach him?
00:16:08I'm sure I don't know where Mr. Stevenson is.
00:16:10Call back later.
00:16:12Will 15 minutes be all right? I haven't much time.
00:16:14I'm leaving the city before midnight.
00:16:16Yes, all right. 15 minutes.
00:16:18Thank you. I will. And you'll tell him that I called, please,
00:16:20in case he does come in.
00:16:22Yes.
00:16:24Hello, this is the Lord residence.
00:16:26I'd like to speak to Mrs. Lord, please.
00:16:28Mrs. Lord, one moment, please.
00:16:30Not for me, Pete.
00:16:32No, lady, for Mommy.
00:16:34I don't know why you're not asleep.
00:16:36Sally, will you do something about Peter still being up?
00:16:38Where was I?
00:16:40Oh, yes.
00:16:42That, the said,
00:16:44Henry Stevenson did...
00:16:46Is that Bayonne or Cicero, then?
00:16:48Bayonne. The, uh...
00:16:50Is that Bayonne or Cicero, then?
00:16:52Bayonne. The, uh...
00:16:54Bayonne plant of the Carterel Corporation.
00:16:56Headquarters on Staten Island?
00:16:58Uh, 20...
00:17:0020 Dunstan Terrace.
00:17:02Staten Island.
00:17:04Hello?
00:17:06Hello, Mrs. Lord? Yes, this is she.
00:17:08This is Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:17:10I don't believe we've met,
00:17:12but I understand you saw my husband this afternoon.
00:17:14Oh, yes, yes.
00:17:16As it so happens, Mrs. Lord, my husband hasn't come home this evening.
00:17:18I can't seem to locate him,
00:17:20and I thought perhaps you might give me some idea.
00:17:22Oh, yes.
00:17:24I can't hear you, Mrs. Lord. Will you please speak up a little?
00:17:26Oh, certainly. I, uh...
00:17:28Is there anything wrong? You're not keeping something from me, I hope?
00:17:30Oh, no. No.
00:17:32Could I call you back, please?
00:17:34Call me back? Why?
00:17:36Because I, uh... It's my bridge day, you know.
00:17:38What's that? What has bridge got to do with it?
00:17:40Excuse me, but I don't understand you at all, Mrs. Lord.
00:17:42Excuse me, but I don't understand you at all, Mrs. Lord.
00:17:44I'm sorry.
00:17:46And then... Then...
00:17:48There's that excursion to Roten Point.
00:17:50Roten Point? Who is it?
00:17:52Well, look, Mrs. Lord, are you trying to make fun of me?
00:17:54Just in case you don't happen to know it,
00:17:56I'm a hopeless invalid.
00:17:58Just a minute. I'll give you the recipe.
00:18:00What are you talking about?
00:18:02Mrs. Lord, is my husband there with you? Is he?
00:18:04Tell me the truth.
00:18:06It's three eggs separated, two measuring cups of milk,
00:18:08a third of a cup of shortening.
00:18:10Uh, then cream the shortening with a little sugar,
00:18:12then add a level tablespoon of flour.
00:18:14Leona. Leona, just a minute.
00:18:16This is Sally.
00:18:18Sally Hunt, Leona.
00:18:20Sally? Sally Hunt?
00:18:22I'm sorry to be so ridiculous,
00:18:24but I can't talk now.
00:18:26Say, Mama, you want me to ask Daddy to stop typing
00:18:28so you can talk better?
00:18:30Darling, please go to sleep.
00:18:32All right, Mom.
00:18:34It's impossible for me to explain right now,
00:18:36but I'll call you back as soon as I can.
00:18:38Sally! Sally!
00:18:40Now, where's she gone? Sally!
00:18:42Yes, dear?
00:18:44I thought you'd gone out again. Joe'd like a bottle of beer.
00:18:46Got any on ice?
00:18:48No, Fred, I don't believe so,
00:18:50but I'll go down to the store.
00:18:52Okay, honey. Thanks, Sally.
00:18:54Well, let's see. Where were we?
00:18:56We'd better start a new paragraph.
00:19:12Sally Hunt.
00:19:42Sally Hunt.
00:19:54May I cut in?
00:19:56You don't mind, do you, Sally?
00:19:58It's an old Spanish custom, the hag line.
00:20:00I'm Leona Carter. What's your name?
00:20:02Oh, uh, this is Mr. Henry Stevenson.
00:20:04Hello, Henry. Shall we dance?
00:20:06If you don't mind, miss, where I come from,
00:20:08it's the man who does the picking.
00:20:10All right, so it is.
00:20:12Why don't you get somebody your own speed?
00:20:14That is, I'm sure there are better dancers around.
00:20:16You'll do all right, Henry.
00:20:18Leona knows her way around the floor.
00:20:29You say your name was Carter?
00:20:31Yes, that's right.
00:20:33There's a big drug company by the name of Carter.
00:20:35I don't suppose there could be any connection.
00:20:37I'm afraid there is. My father owns it.
00:20:39You mean J.B. Cotterill?
00:20:42Anything wrong with that?
00:20:44No, it's just that I've always pictured J.B. Cotterill
00:20:46as a sort of walking tube of toothpaste.
00:20:49What do they call you, the Aspirin Heiress?
00:20:51No, I believe it's the Cough Drop Queen.
00:21:00You know, there's nothing wrong with your dancing.
00:21:02You do a lot of it.
00:21:04Not at places like this.
00:21:06Oh, you're from out of town?
00:21:08Yeah, what's your call out of town?
00:21:10Oh, I don't know.
00:21:12Harvard?
00:21:14Are you trying to be funny?
00:21:16Okay, what do you call out of town?
00:21:18Grassville.
00:21:20What college is up there?
00:21:21No college.
00:21:22Steel Pipes and Micah Puppets.
00:21:24I'm sorry, I didn't know.
00:21:26That's all right.
00:21:28To be perfectly frank with you, I never even finished high school.
00:21:30Not that I wouldn't have liked to.
00:21:32Neither did my father.
00:21:33As a matter of fact, he never got past the seventh grade.
00:21:35You don't say.
00:21:36My father always says,
00:21:37if a man hasn't any talent for making money,
00:21:39college won't knock it into him.
00:21:41And if he has a talent for making money,
00:21:43why should he waste his time in college?
00:21:45There's something in that, too.
00:21:47I guess your old man ought to know when it comes to making money.
00:21:53Well, I'll be getting along now.
00:21:54Just a minute.
00:21:56What do you say we sit the next one out?
00:21:58Sit it out? What for?
00:21:59I've got my own car off campus just outside the main gate.
00:22:02It's a Lagonda. I just got it from Europe.
00:22:05Do you ever drive one?
00:22:06Never heard of it.
00:22:08Besides, Sally's probably looking all over for me.
00:22:10What difference does that make?
00:22:11This is a public dance, isn't it?
00:22:13Don't worry, she'll never even miss you.
00:22:15Oh, yeah?
00:22:16But what about me missing her?
00:22:18Or did that idea ever strike you?
00:22:20Go on, don't be silly.
00:22:22For once, I'm not kidding.
00:22:25Neither am I.
00:22:28So long, Miss Cato.
00:22:30I'm sorry I can't oblige that Lagonda,
00:22:32or whatever you call it.
00:22:36Sally Hunt.
00:22:38I'd never put the two of you together in a million years.
00:22:41Why?
00:22:42Well, you're both so different.
00:22:43You belong in different worlds.
00:22:46You don't belong here in Brasdale, Henry.
00:22:48What makes you say that?
00:22:50Just a feeling.
00:22:52I've been around for a long time,
00:22:54and I've never felt like this before.
00:22:56Well, you've been around for a long time,
00:22:58and I've never felt like this before.
00:23:00I've been around for a long time,
00:23:02and I've never felt like this before.
00:23:04I've been around a good deal,
00:23:06and I...
00:23:07I think I can spot the real thing a mile away.
00:23:11Isn't that Grassville over there, Henry?
00:23:14Yeah.
00:23:18Guess we'd better turn around.
00:23:20Why? It's nice here.
00:23:22Think so?
00:23:23Stick around a few years and see how much you like it.
00:23:27Henry, that woman back there in the house
00:23:29who opened the door for me,
00:23:31was she your mother?
00:23:33My mother's dead.
00:23:34Well, that's strange. So is mine.
00:23:36She died when I was born.
00:23:38What was your mother like?
00:23:40Oh, I don't know.
00:23:41You mean she died young, too?
00:23:43She died last year, but I never knew her.
00:23:45All she ever was to me was just a...
00:23:47a line of work.
00:23:48I don't know.
00:23:49I don't know.
00:23:50I don't know.
00:23:51I don't know.
00:23:52I don't know.
00:23:53I don't know.
00:23:54All she ever was to me was just a...
00:23:56a line of wet clothes hung across the kitchen.
00:23:59A mess of greasy pots and pans piled in the sink.
00:24:02All I ever saw of her was...
00:24:04yellow soap and a mop and her old run-over shoes
00:24:06standing in the closet.
00:24:10It's funny, I guess, but...
00:24:12when I saw her lying there on the undertaking parlor last year,
00:24:16she seemed to me like somebody I hardly knew.
00:24:20I don't know why I'm telling you all this.
00:24:22Maybe you're nice about my life anyway.
00:24:29Cigarette?
00:24:30Thanks.
00:24:34What's the matter?
00:24:35Nothing.
00:24:40What do you do here in grad school, Henry?
00:24:43I have a job.
00:24:44Just a meal ticket till I can save up enough to get out of here.
00:24:47What kind of a job?
00:24:48I work in a drugstore.
00:24:50A drugstore?
00:24:51Well, that is a coincidence.
00:24:52Yeah, a heck of a coincidence.
00:24:54I work in a drugstore and your father owns a hundred of them.
00:24:57Would you like to meet him, Henry?
00:25:01Who are you kidding?
00:25:02Nobody.
00:25:03I think Dad will like you very much.
00:25:07You're young, healthy, ambitious...
00:25:10and you probably know the drug business upside down.
00:25:13I wouldn't say that, Leona.
00:25:14Leona?
00:25:16Well, that's nice.
00:25:17Call me Leona again.
00:25:19I just work in a drugstore.
00:25:20That's a different thing.
00:25:21But I like you.
00:25:23And that's a different thing, too.
00:25:25Like me, like you.
00:25:27Come on, we're both acting like a couple of kids playing cat and mouse.
00:25:30Besides, what does a dame like you want with a guy like me?
00:25:36May I?
00:25:42Dad is coming to New York on business next weekend.
00:25:45I'm cutting my classes on Saturday.
00:25:48Want to come with me?
00:25:56I don't quite know how to say it, Leona.
00:25:58Well, say it and get it over with, for heaven's sake.
00:26:00I'm leaving in a few minutes.
00:26:02You've been seeing a lot of Henry in the past few weeks, haven't you?
00:26:04Yes, what about it?
00:26:05Well, I just felt that I ought to warn you.
00:26:08Warn me?
00:26:09Henry's not the kind of man to play around with.
00:26:11Don't play around with him anymore, please.
00:26:13Who says I'm playing around with him?
00:26:15Well, he's just not your type, and you know it as well as I do.
00:26:19I like your dad.
00:26:21Henry's poor, Leona. He's been bitterly poor all his life.
00:26:24I know that wouldn't matter to some boys, but it does matter to him terribly.
00:26:28I've known him all my life.
00:26:30Henry's father was a drunkard.
00:26:32He'd work one day and drink up every penny in the house the next.
00:26:35There were eight children.
00:26:36So?
00:26:37What has all this got to do with the price of eggs?
00:26:39Leona, don't turn his head, or he'll never be able to find himself again.
00:26:43You mean you can't stand the competition?
00:26:45For heaven's sake, that's not the point.
00:26:46Oh, applesauce, just in case you don't know what I happen to think a great deal of Mr. Henry Stevenson.
00:26:50Look, Leona.
00:26:51And I happen to think he's much too good for that town of his.
00:26:53I never said he wasn't.
00:26:54And if I want to make something of him, show him a good time, introduce him to people, that's my business.
00:26:58And if I want to marry him, that's my business too.
00:27:04Marry him?
00:27:07You don't mean that.
00:27:08You couldn't possibly.
00:27:09Why couldn't I?
00:27:10Because...
00:27:12Because I happen to be in love with him, Leona.
00:27:14So am I.
00:27:15And I don't go around rationalizing my emotions either.
00:27:18When I want something, I fight for it.
00:27:22And I usually manage to get it.
00:27:26But the fellow has nothing, honey.
00:27:28No background, no education, no training.
00:27:30And what did you have when you started in Amarillo, Texas?
00:27:33Look, honey, I've spent money on your education,
00:27:35taking you abroad, giving you everything in the world.
00:27:37What do you want to throw yourself away for?
00:27:38I love him.
00:27:39Love him?
00:27:40Oh, come on.
00:27:41If I really thought you did, you know I'd be the first to...
00:27:45What's the matter?
00:27:46You make me laugh.
00:27:48Why don't you be honest with yourself just once?
00:27:50What does it matter to you if I love him or not?
00:27:52All you want is for me to stay home here with you for the rest of your life.
00:27:55Well, honey, what parent doesn't want to hold on to his child
00:27:58until he's sure she has something better than what he's given her?
00:28:00Oh, don't be silly.
00:28:01It's just that you've become so dependent on me,
00:28:03you won't be happy until I feel the same way about you.
00:28:05What are you talking about, Leona?
00:28:06Haven't I always let you do anything you ever wanted to do?
00:28:08But marriage is something else.
00:28:10I've worked hard.
00:28:11I've built up a big business just for you.
00:28:13And you yourself wouldn't want to see some worthless cluck of a husband...
00:28:16Leave me alone.
00:28:17Leona, don't, please.
00:28:18You don't care about me.
00:28:19You're thinking only of yourself and your business.
00:28:21You're hateful, selfish, and hateful.
00:28:23Leona, don't, please.
00:28:24Try and be calm.
00:28:25You'll make yourself sick.
00:28:26And what good is your wonderful money and your wonderful business if I'm dead?
00:28:29Yes, that's what you want to do, drive me into my grave.
00:28:31But you don't care just as long as I'm dead.
00:28:34Leona, how can you say a thing like that?
00:28:35Oh, no way.
00:28:36Don't touch me.
00:28:37Leona.
00:28:38I said don't touch me.
00:28:39Don't you dare touch me.
00:28:40Leona, darling.
00:28:41I'm sorry.
00:28:42I didn't mean to.
00:28:43We'll talk this over again, dearest.
00:28:45Maybe we can work something out.
00:28:47Leona.
00:28:48Wilkins.
00:28:49Wilkins.
00:28:51I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:28:53I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:28:56To my wedded husband.
00:28:58To my wedded husband.
00:29:00To have and to hold.
00:29:02To have and to hold.
00:29:04From this day forward.
00:29:06From this day forward.
00:29:20I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:29:30I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:29:47I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:29:55I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:30:03I, Leona, take thee Henry.
00:30:13Henry, hurry up, darling.
00:30:23I've reserved a table at Maxine's.
00:30:25The opera starts at 7.30.
00:30:27You know how I hate being late.
00:30:29In a minute, sweetheart.
00:30:30Where's your wallet?
00:30:31My wallet?
00:30:32Must be in my coat pocket.
00:30:54Sally Hunt.
00:31:00Hello?
00:31:01Hello?
00:31:02This is Sally again.
00:31:03I'm sorry I had to be so mysterious just now,
00:31:05but I couldn't talk.
00:31:06My husband was there.
00:31:07Well, it certainly was rather odd, to say the least.
00:31:10This whole thing must seem very peculiar to you, Leona,
00:31:12hearing from me after all of these years.
00:31:15But I had to see Henry again today.
00:31:17I've been so worried about him.
00:31:18Worried?
00:31:19About what?
00:31:20Well, it's a little bit difficult for me to explain,
00:31:23but about five weeks ago, a friend,
00:31:27he's my husband,
00:31:28and he works in the district attorney's office.
00:31:31Hmm, that's interesting.
00:31:33What's interesting?
00:31:34Drink your milk, Peter.
00:31:35What were you saying, dear?
00:31:37A kind of funny coincidence I read in the paper
00:31:39about an old boyfriend of yours.
00:31:41An old boyfriend?
00:31:42Well, didn't you used to be stuck on a guy
00:31:44named Henry Stevenson?
00:31:46I used to know him, yes.
00:31:48What's he done?
00:31:49I just got his picture in the paper,
00:31:51he and his wife.
00:31:53Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:31:55She's the former Leona Cotterell,
00:31:56the Cough Drop Queen of Lake Forest, Illinois,
00:31:58have taken a house for the summer in New York City.
00:32:00Mrs. Stevenson, in poor health for several years,
00:32:03is here to consult the eminent specialist,
00:32:05Dr. Philip Alexander.
00:32:07Mr. Stevenson is a vice president
00:32:09of the Cotterell Corporation of Chicago.
00:32:11Hmm.
00:32:12A Cough Drop Queen?
00:32:13That's funny.
00:32:14Who ever heard of a Cough Drop Queen?
00:32:17He looks so different.
00:32:18You think so?
00:32:19What are you saving it for?
00:32:20Oh, a case I'm working on just now.
00:32:23Mmm, toast is burning.
00:32:25Oh.
00:32:30Fred.
00:32:31Hmm?
00:32:32I know it's supposed to be a secret,
00:32:34but why did you tear out that clipping?
00:32:36What possible connection can Henry Stevenson have to you?
00:32:38Oh, no connection to me,
00:32:39it's just a kind of a hunch I'm working on right now.
00:32:42What's it about?
00:32:43Oh, sort of a special investigation I'm doing.
00:32:46Henry hasn't done anything though, has he?
00:32:48I'm sorry, honey, but that's one too many questions.
00:32:51Hey, don't tell me you're still stuck on the guy.
00:32:53Don't be silly.
00:33:00Finished, Peter?
00:33:01Yes, Mom.
00:33:02Lord speaking.
00:33:04Yes, Joe.
00:33:05Yeah.
00:33:07Oh, you did?
00:33:10Oh, great.
00:33:12How about Stevenson?
00:33:14What?
00:33:16Oh, yeah?
00:33:17Well, now that's pretty good news.
00:33:19He fell for it, eh?
00:33:21Oh, sure we'll go, sure.
00:33:23Hey, tell Harpootlian to line it up.
00:33:25Yes, 5,000's enough.
00:33:27Have it in $100 bills, be sure they're marked,
00:33:29and keep your mouth shut for Pete's sake.
00:33:32Okay.
00:33:33Mmm, Thursday?
00:33:35About 6.30?
00:33:36South Ferry?
00:33:37Right, Joe.
00:33:42You'll probably think it wasn't any of my business, Leona,
00:33:44and I suppose it wasn't.
00:33:46But anyway, at 6.30 that next Thursday,
00:33:48I went down to South Ferry.
00:34:02I don't know what I expected to see.
00:34:04As a matter of fact, there wasn't much I could see at first.
00:34:07But obviously, the stage was all set for something.
00:34:11Joe, his friend's closest friend and his honest staff was there.
00:34:14There was another man with him.
00:34:16I guess he was this Harpootlian they've mentioned.
00:34:18The one who was to bring the $5,000 and mark money.
00:34:22Are you sure Fred knows where we're supposed to meet him?
00:34:25Here he is.
00:34:28Sorry, fellas, I'm a little bit late.
00:34:30Come on, let's go.
00:34:35It may all sound silly to you now, Leona,
00:34:37my spying on them and poking around like that,
00:34:40but something told me I had to find out what was up.
00:34:43I don't know.
00:34:44I still can't explain why, but I...
00:34:47I just followed them.
00:35:07It was one of the weirdest days I've ever spent.
00:35:11Have you ever been to Staten Island, Leona?
00:35:18Some parts of it, of course, are thickly settled,
00:35:21but other parts seem to exist in a kind of dream,
00:35:25like the lonely beach we went to that day.
00:35:28It was quite a desolate place, Leona, far out on the island.
00:35:31No one was in sight except, yes,
00:35:34a young boy who was digging for clams by the water's edge.
00:35:38Further down, at the end of the beach,
00:35:40there was nothing but a few broken-down shacks
00:35:43and back of them an old deserted house.
00:35:47A second later, I saw Fred and the other two men
00:35:50walking up toward the end of a small road leading to the beach.
00:35:53I couldn't quite make out if they talked to the clam digger or not.
00:35:57Anyways, I got to the beach,
00:36:00and I saw Fred and the other two men
00:36:03walking along the shore on the other side of the beach.
00:36:09I didn't know who they were,
00:36:11but I decided it was time to follow them.
00:36:16Anyhow, they entered one of the shacks that looked to me like an abandoned lunch stand.
00:36:22It was then that my attention was drawn to this strange-looking house.
00:36:26It looked absolutely empty, as though it hadn't been lived in for years.
00:36:30And yet, Leona, a freshly painted sign was in front, 20 Dunstan Terrace.
00:36:35It seemed to belong to somebody called Evans, W. Evans.
00:36:40I waited there, watching.
00:36:43I'd say for about an hour, Leona.
00:36:46Nothing happened.
00:36:50And then, just as I was beginning to think it was all a wild goose chase, I saw something.
00:36:57Something quite strange.
00:38:59They were in there for a good half hour, and when they finally came out, at first I didn't notice anything.
00:39:06All I thought of was how to get out of their way so they wouldn't see me as they were heading straight toward me.
00:39:12But when they got close and passed right in front of me, I saw Fred was carrying the briefcase.
00:39:19I didn't see my husband until he came home late that night.
00:39:23I was dying to ask about what happened there and what connection it could possibly have with Henry, but I didn't dare.
00:39:30And now, unless we do something, something drastic, it may be too late.
00:39:34Madam, your five minutes are up. Please deposit five cents for the next five minutes.
00:39:38Just a minute, please. I know I have another nickel.
00:39:45There. Are you still there, Leona?
00:39:47Yes, I'm here. But this is one of the queerest things I've ever heard.
00:39:51I just didn't seem to be able to connect Henry with all of this mysterious activity either.
00:39:56That's why I went to see him today, to find out the truth from him.
00:39:59And did you?
00:40:00Scarcely.
00:40:02I'm awfully sorry, but it took much longer than I thought. I hope they took good care of you here.
00:40:06Yes, thank you.
00:40:07Maurice, two martinis, please. And by the way, tell Louise I'm expecting a call. It's very important.
00:40:11Yes, sir.
00:40:12Well, how have you been, Sally? It's been a long time.
00:40:14Yes, Henry. Eight years.
00:40:16How's Gerald Grassville these days?
00:40:18I don't know. I haven't been there for years.
00:40:21Oh. Well, you wanted to see me, Sally. What was it about?
00:40:24Well, it isn't easy for me to explain. You see, I've thought about your great deal in the past years, Henry.
00:40:31And, well, yesterday...
00:40:33Two martinis. Extra dry, as always.
00:40:36Thank you. Well, here's to good old Grassville.
00:40:41Go on. Tell me all about it. What's happening up there?
00:40:43I just told you, Henry, I'm not living in Grassville anymore. I'm married now, and I live in New York.
00:40:47Married? Well, what do you say? Anybody I know?
00:40:50No. He's a lawyer. As a matter of fact, he works in the district attorney's office on special assignments.
00:40:55That's why I wanted to...
00:40:56Pardon me, sir. Would you like to order now?
00:40:58No, thanks. In a minute.
00:40:59Maurice, who is that man sitting behind me?
00:41:03I don't know, Mr. Stevenson. I'm sorry.
00:41:05Oh, thanks. Forgive me. You were saying?
00:41:08What's the matter? Do you want me to get you something else?
00:41:10No, thank you. I don't care for anything.
00:41:11Well, then, if you don't mind, I'm kind of thirsty.
00:41:13Henry, what I'm trying to say is this.
00:41:15A few days ago, I saw a picture of you in the paper about you being the vice president of the Cotterill Company.
00:41:19Sounds beautiful, doesn't it?
00:41:21You are still married to Leona, aren't you?
00:41:23Sure, I'm still married to Leona. I still live in Chicago.
00:41:25Still work for my father-in-law. Biggest drug business in the country.
00:41:28What do you do there, Henry?
00:41:30Push buttons, like all the other vice presidents.
00:41:32I mean it. Seriously.
00:41:34So do I. I'm the invoice king.
00:41:36I supervise all the little invoices that are made out on all the stuff that goes into the Cotterill bilge.
00:41:40Thousands and thousands of little O.K.'s that are made out on little pieces of paper.
00:41:43Not to mention five carbon copies.
00:41:46How about some food?
00:41:48Oh, wait a minute.
00:41:49Yes, sir.
00:41:50Will you tell Albert we're ready for lunch?
00:41:51Henry, I don't mean to be inquisitive. I only mean this for your own good.
00:41:54My husband was making out a report yesterday.
00:41:56Your call, Mr. Stephenson.
00:41:58Oh, thank you.
00:41:59Will you excuse me, Sally? Order something in the meantime. I'll be right back.
00:42:03I waited a while, then.
00:42:04Please deposit five cents for the next five minutes.
00:42:08But I haven't got another nickel.
00:42:11Leona. Leona, I have to call you back.
00:42:13But I only wanted to say that Henry never came back from that telephone call.
00:42:16And he is in trouble. Desperate trouble.
00:42:18Fred's working on some kind of report for headquarters tonight.
00:42:21The case seems to be coming to a head.
00:42:23And he's been telephoning.
00:42:24I've heard him mention Henry's name over and over again.
00:42:27And there's someone else in it, too.
00:42:28Someone called Evans.
00:42:29Your five minutes are up, madam.
00:42:31Wardo Evans.
00:42:33He owns the house out on Staten Island.
00:42:35The one that I saw.
00:42:36Pardon me, madam, but your five minutes are up.
00:42:38Just a minute.
00:42:47Would you please give me some change? I must make another telephone call.
00:42:49I'm sorry. We're closing up now, lady.
00:42:51But I...
00:43:07Who is it? Who is it?
00:43:22Wait a minute, I'm coming.
00:43:25Can you hear me? I'm all alone here.
00:43:29Who is it? For heaven's sake, who is it?
00:43:31Please! I can't come down! I'm on the top floor and I'm sick!
00:43:43Oh, wait a minute! Don't go away! I need help!
00:43:45Please! Please, don't go! Can't you hear me?
00:43:49Can't you hear me?
00:44:01I had to call you from the subway. It's Sally. Can you hear me better now?
00:44:13The stores around here are closed by now and I couldn't find a booth.
00:44:16I've been homely only since I spoke to you and Morris happened.
00:44:19There was a police car standing in front of the house when I got there.
00:44:22It seems that house on Staten Island, the one I saw, was burned down this afternoon.
00:44:26The police had thrown a cordon around it.
00:44:28They captured three men, but this Waldo Evans escaped.
00:44:32But who is this Waldo Evans and for heaven's sake, what is his connection with Henry?
00:44:36I still haven't found out, Leona, but I do know the whole thing has something to do with your father's company.
00:44:41My father's company? Well, that's absurd. My father called me from Chicago tonight. He never mentioned a word.
00:44:46Now look, let's get this thing straight. Who's been arrested and why?
00:44:49Three men. I don't know why.
00:44:51And why do you think Henry's one of them?
00:44:53I didn't say he was. I only know that he is involved somehow. Terribly.
00:44:56Did they say he'd been arrested or was going to be?
00:44:58No, not exactly.
00:44:59Then what are you talking about? Why are you calling me like this?
00:45:02Are you still jealous that I took Henry away from you years ago?
00:45:05Can't you bear to see me happy?
00:45:07Can't you stop something like this and stop leaving now?
00:45:18Hello? Hello?
00:45:21What's the matter with you? Hello? Hello?
00:45:24Want something? No, no, thanks.
00:45:26You know, I've got a kind of a hunch that maybe we ought to call the chief before we go downtown.
00:45:30Hey, Fred. Yes?
00:45:31The train's here.
00:45:32He'll be there in ten minutes. You can call him then.
00:45:34Okay.
00:45:49Hello?
00:45:50Yes, this is part of 51098. What is it?
00:45:53This is Western Union. I have a message for Mrs. Henry Stephenson.
00:45:57Is there anyone there to receive the message?
00:45:59This is Mrs. Stephenson.
00:46:00The telegram is as follows.
00:46:02Mrs. Henry Stephenson, 43 Sutton Place, New York, New York.
00:46:06Darling, terribly sorry, but last minute remembered annual drug convention meeting Boston tomorrow.
00:46:12Taking next train out back Sunday morning.
00:46:14Keep well. All my love. Signed, Henry.
00:46:16That's all, madam. Do you wish us to deliver a copy of the message?
00:46:21Hello?
00:46:22Hello, madam?
00:46:29Then I wait.
00:46:30The train goes over the bridge.
00:46:32In case her window is open and she should scream.
00:46:34Our client says the coast is clear.
00:46:36I got your message, George. Everything okay with tonight?
00:46:38Where's Henry?
00:46:39Business.
00:46:40What business?
00:46:41Sometimes days have gone by that Mr. Stephenson hasn't come here.
00:46:44Henry is in trouble. Desperate trouble.
00:46:46Darling, terribly sorry. Taking next train out back Sunday morning.
00:46:50Then I wait.
00:46:51The train goes over the bridge.
00:46:53Then I wait.
00:47:01Dr. Smith's office.
00:47:02The doctor's not in yet.
00:47:03No, the doctor is in right now.
00:47:04He'll be in in about an hour, ma'am.
00:47:05About 11 o'clock.
00:47:06All right, thank you.
00:47:08Dr. Alexander's office.
00:47:10No, madam, the doctor's not in.
00:47:12May I take the message?
00:47:13What does that matter?
00:47:15No, I could not say.
00:47:17If you'll give me your name and telephone number.
00:47:19Yes, madam, I'll write it down.
00:47:22Mrs. Stephenson.
00:47:25Mrs. Henry Stephenson.
00:47:27Yes.
00:47:28Plaza 51098.
00:47:33I'll try to reach him for you.
00:47:46Excuse me, sir.
00:47:48Your office is calling.
00:47:49Oh, sorry.
00:47:50Sorry, honey, I'll be right back.
00:47:52Order another drink, will you?
00:47:53Oh, that horrible old phone.
00:47:54I hope it's nothing important.
00:47:56It won't be.
00:47:57Not tonight.
00:48:09I'll get it.
00:48:11I'll get it.
00:48:12I'll get it.
00:48:14Oh, Doctor, I thought you'd never call.
00:48:16You must come right over.
00:48:17Oh, come, come.
00:48:18I'm sure it's not as bad as all that.
00:48:20Now, let's try to find out what's wrong.
00:48:21Wrong.
00:48:22Everything's wrong.
00:48:23I want you to come over at once.
00:48:24I'm afraid I can't tonight, Mrs. Stephenson.
00:48:26Besides, we've gone through this so many times before.
00:48:29Do you just make up your mind to try to cooperate with your husband and me
00:48:32and our plan of action?
00:48:33Plan of action?
00:48:34What are you talking about?
00:48:35Why, Mrs. Stephenson, you know as well as I do.
00:48:37I explained in my letter over a week ago.
00:48:39What letter?
00:48:40I never received any letter from you.
00:48:42Surely your husband hasn't spoken to you, Mrs. Stephenson?
00:48:46What about?
00:48:47I must say I don't understand.
00:48:49Look, Mrs. Stephenson, I'm afraid this is not quite the time or the place to go into all that.
00:48:54If you try to get some sleep and compose yourself, perhaps we can discuss it tomorrow.
00:48:58You discuss it now.
00:48:59Do you hear me now, this very minute?
00:49:01All right, Mrs. Stephenson.
00:49:03You hold the phone for a second, please.
00:49:07Could you transfer this call to the booth, please?
00:49:09Yes, I'm sure we can.
00:49:11Annie, will you switch the doctor's call to the booth?
00:49:13Hold on a moment.
00:49:19Hello?
00:49:21Hello, are you still there, Mrs. Stephenson?
00:49:23Yes, I'll be here.
00:49:24Well, if you insist upon knowing, your husband called at my office for the diagnosis of your case,
00:49:29oh, I'd say about ten days ago.
00:49:32I discussed your condition with him thoroughly at that time.
00:49:35It was then that I told him...
00:49:36From all accounts, Mrs. Stephenson, your wife's illness seems to date far back in her early childhood.
00:49:41Yet there were at times comparatively long periods of good health.
00:49:45Is that true?
00:49:46Yes, I suppose so.
00:49:48You mean to say you knew nothing of your wife's illness when you married her?
00:49:52No.
00:49:54How soon after your marriage did it first manifest itself?
00:49:58Well, I...
00:50:01I don't remember the date exactly.
00:50:03I should say it was a couple of years after we were married.
00:50:08You see, doctor, we were living with her father then, in Chicago, at Lake Forest.
00:50:13Oh, Marie!
00:50:14Marie, will you get me Mrs. Stephenson's bag?
00:50:16Look, honey, about lunch today, I...
00:50:19I'd like to have Mrs. Stephenson's bag.
00:50:21All right, Marie.
00:50:22Yes, sir.
00:50:23How much do you want?
00:50:24How much do I...
00:50:26I'm sorry to disappoint you, dear, but it isn't what you think.
00:50:29It's simply that I wrote Ferguson's telephone number in your notebook last night.
00:50:33Yes, and?
00:50:34I was just going to tell you I have a date for lunch with him today.
00:50:36Today?
00:50:37You know perfectly well you're having lunch with me today. It's Friday.
00:50:40I know, dear, but I won't be able to make it.
00:50:42This date with Ferguson's rather important.
00:50:44Oh? More important than me, I suppose?
00:50:46It isn't that, Leona.
00:50:47It's just that I had a talk with him last night and he asked me to drop by.
00:50:51It's about a job.
00:50:52A job? What on earth are you talking about?
00:50:54You have a job.
00:50:55Madame, is this the suit you're going to wear?
00:50:57If you don't mind, Marie, I'd like to speak to Mrs. Stephenson alone.
00:51:00But, Madame, he's late all night.
00:51:01Will you get out, please?
00:51:04What I mean to say, dear, and I've been meaning to say it for weeks,
00:51:07is that I don't belong to your father's organization.
00:51:10Sure, I married his daughter, so I'm a vice president now.
00:51:13I have a nice office, my name on the door, even a secretary.
00:51:16But what do I do? Nothing.
00:51:18What do you want to do, run the place after six months?
00:51:20No, but at least I'd like to hope that someday I'd get a chance to try.
00:51:23But working for your father is like, like running in a dream.
00:51:26No matter how hard you try, you know you'll never get anywhere.
00:51:29Oh, nonsense. Dad despises Deadwood.
00:51:31Sure, only I happen to be his son-in-law.
00:51:34I'm not blind, Leona.
00:51:35As long as I'm married to you, he'll never give me a real chance.
00:51:37You're making mountains out of molehills.
00:51:39Look, honey, I'm only trying to be honest with you.
00:51:41I don't want to just graft off your charity the rest of my life.
00:51:43I want a chance, a chance on my own.
00:51:46Only you're not getting the chance.
00:51:48I won't have you traipsing around, do you hear?
00:51:50Just because Dad doesn't go falling all over himself,
00:51:52you're not going to throw away a million-dollar business like Carter
00:51:55or else for an idle whim.
00:51:57It happens to be my business, too, you know.
00:51:59And to think my own husband turns up his nose at it.
00:52:03Now, will you ring for Marie, please? I'm late already.
00:52:06And call Ferguson and tell him you've changed your mind. Hurry up.
00:52:12But I didn't change my mind, Leona.
00:52:16You mean you're still going?
00:52:18Yes, and I'm sure one day you'll see it'll be better for both of us.
00:52:21Henry! Henry, wait!
00:52:25No, you're not going. Not as long as you're going.
00:52:27No, you're not going. Not as long as you're my husband.
00:52:30Leona! Come on, don't be silly, Leona. Give me that key.
00:52:33You can't do it. You can't do this to me.
00:52:35Nobody's ever done it. Nobody, nobody!
00:52:37Will you please stop it and give me that key?
00:52:39Henry, please, if you love me, if you love me at all, don't do this.
00:52:42Henry, I beg you. I promise you.
00:52:44I'll talk to Dad. I'll do anything, anything you want.
00:52:46Only don't leave me. Don't go away.
00:52:48Give me that key.
00:52:49No, I won't! I won't! I won't!
00:52:51No, Henry! You're hurting me.
00:52:53Henry, please, I love you.
00:52:55Henry, don't. I beg you.
00:53:01Henry!
00:53:03Henry!
00:53:16Good evening, Wilkins.
00:53:18Good evening, sir.
00:53:20Is Stevenson upstairs?
00:53:21Yes, sir. She's upstairs.
00:53:25Good evening.
00:53:33What is this? Anybody sick?
00:53:35I beg your pardon, sir.
00:53:36Henry. Henry, come here. I want to talk to you.
00:53:42What's the matter? This is Leona, I hope.
00:53:44Yes, it is. She had an attack today, a heart attack.
00:53:47She almost died.
00:53:48A heart attack?
00:53:50I mean, there's something I want to discuss with you.
00:53:56You two have any words this morning?
00:53:59Yes, but what's that got to do with Leona's heart?
00:54:02Weren't you supposed to have lunch together today?
00:54:05Yes.
00:54:06I'm asking you, why didn't you have lunch with my daughter today?
00:54:08Because I had to see somebody else.
00:54:09And she didn't object to it, eh?
00:54:11Yes, as a matter of fact, we had an argument over it.
00:54:13A rather private one.
00:54:14About what?
00:54:16Look, Mr. Cutter, if you don't mind, I'd like to see my wife.
00:54:19You'll see her when she's ready to see you.
00:54:21Now, wait a minute, Mr. Cutter. What's this all about?
00:54:23Sit down, Stephenson.
00:54:25Just in case you don't know it, Leona's had a heart condition since she was a little girl.
00:54:28Her mother died of it the day she was born.
00:54:30Leona can't stand being treated the way you did this morning.
00:54:32She never has been before, and she's not going to be now.
00:54:34By you or anyone.
00:54:35And what happens if once in a while, her husband has an opinion of his own?
00:54:38I don't give a hoot about your opinions. Have them.
00:54:40Think anything you like.
00:54:41But while you're in this house, you do what my daughter tells you to do.
00:54:43Listen, Mr. Cutter.
00:54:44If you don't mind, I'd like to see my wife.
00:54:46You'll see her when she's ready to see you.
00:54:48While you're in this house, you do what my daughter tells you to do.
00:54:50Listen, Mr. Cutter.
00:54:51I don't think this is the time for this kind of a discussion.
00:54:53But as long as you insist, I might as well tell you.
00:54:56The argument I had with Leona this morning was about a very important decision.
00:54:59Oh, nonsense.
00:55:01A decision I made as much for the sake of my wife's future as for mine.
00:55:04And now if you'll excuse me.
00:55:06And it was for the sake of her future that you had lunch today with Bill Ferguson, eh?
00:55:11Well?
00:55:13Did you get the job?
00:55:17No, I didn't.
00:55:19You think you're so bright, Mr. Stevenson.
00:55:21But it so happens that Bill Ferguson sells me $2 million worth of dyes every year.
00:55:24Who do you think he's going to care more about, you or me?
00:55:27So that's what's happened.
00:55:29Now, let's see.
00:55:30Who else in Chicago would you like to have lunch with?
00:55:32About a job.
00:55:34Go ahead. I'm open to suggestions.
00:55:36Face up to it, Stevenson. You have a job.
00:55:38Just as long as you're my son and all you're working for Cotterill's and nobody else.
00:55:41Come on, Stevenson. Stop being a kid.
00:55:44If you really cared for Leona the way I do, I'm sure you'd have done the same thing in my place.
00:55:48Besides, you haven't done so badly for yourself.
00:55:51And even if you think you have, it's still a whole lot better than Grassville.
00:55:55Now, you'd better go and see Leona.
00:55:58She's asking for you.
00:56:03Maybe I shouldn't have given in like that, Doctor.
00:56:05Maybe that was the moment to pull out.
00:56:07Yes, things might have been different.
00:56:09But somehow I couldn't.
00:56:11Probably the old man wasn't altogether wrong about me.
00:56:14No, I couldn't go back to Grassville anymore.
00:56:18I suppose from that day on, I began to... to compromise.
00:56:22Always with the one hope in the back of my mind that somehow, someday, I'd win out on my own.
00:56:27How long did this attack of Mrs. Stevenson's last?
00:56:30Oh, she got well pretty quickly.
00:56:32For a while, everything seemed to straighten out.
00:56:34I was given a new office, even a new title.
00:56:37But it wasn't long before we were back where we started.
00:56:39You mean she suffered another attack?
00:56:41Yes, several.
00:56:42I remember one day in particular.
00:56:44It was about a year later.
00:56:46I had an idea that I thought, that I... I hoped might help the situation.
00:56:51It's the first steps on your left, sir. Shall I open it?
00:56:53It's all right. I have the key right here.
00:56:54Very good, sir.
00:56:55This way, Leona.
00:56:56Look, Henry, don't you think it's about time you let me in on this jolly little secret?
00:57:00Well, let me show you first.
00:57:01Just a minute.
00:57:02If it's another apartment, I don't want it.
00:57:04But you haven't even seen it, Leona.
00:57:05It's really something.
00:57:06It has terraces all the way around, a 45-foot living room, a private bar.
00:57:09Come on.
00:57:10I've told you a thousand times.
00:57:11We don't need an apartment.
00:57:13It isn't an apartment I'm looking for, Leona.
00:57:15What I want is a home, a home of our own.
00:57:17We just can't go on living with your father forever.
00:57:19I don't see why not.
00:57:21There's plenty of room.
00:57:22It's comfortable.
00:57:23I like it.
00:57:24Besides, who's going to pay for this little thing?
00:57:26Well, I hope eventually I will.
00:57:27Eventually.
00:57:28But in the meantime, it's my money, and I'm the one who's going to pay for it.
00:57:37Henry.
00:57:40Henry, you're so naive.
00:57:41You're like a little boy with a box of candy.
00:57:43I can't just throw my money away on everything you happen to see.
00:57:46There's a limit.
00:57:47A limit.
00:57:48Sure, there's a limit.
00:57:49I'm supposed to follow you around like a pet dog tied to a chain.
00:57:51I'm supposed to like whatever crumbs you want to throw me.
00:57:53Henry, don't.
00:57:54Yeah, you've got me sewed up 16 different ways for three meals a day and pocket money.
00:57:57That's all you care about.
00:57:58That's all you married me for, my money.
00:58:00I should have known it.
00:58:01I should have...
00:58:02Stop it, Leona.
00:58:03Let's not go to pieces.
00:58:04Please, just for once, will you listen to me?
00:58:06You hate me.
00:58:07You're bored with me.
00:58:08All you want to do is get away.
00:58:09Okay, I'm bored.
00:58:10Bored stiff.
00:58:11Who wouldn't be with that neat little routine you've got cooked up for me?
00:58:13What do I do but keep running back and forth between that rotten office and that stuffy house of yours?
00:58:17What do I have?
00:58:18Nothing.
00:58:19Nothing of my own.
00:58:20Not even the studs on my shirt, nor the matches in my pocket.
00:58:22Henry, how can you say this to me?
00:58:24Remember?
00:58:25You told me once I'd love this kind of life.
00:58:27Do you want to know something?
00:58:28I do love it.
00:58:29I love it now more than you'll ever know.
00:58:31But I want to be my own boss, profiting by every bit of it,
00:58:33not just a stooge on the outside looking in.
00:58:35Get it?
00:58:36Henry, get me some water, quick.
00:58:38Please, Leona, it isn't that I want to be without you.
00:58:40I could love you still if only you'd try to understand.
00:58:42Henry, I feel in love.
00:58:44I came to know her better, of course, after a while.
00:58:47I held my temper in her about everything.
00:58:51But even so, no matter how hard I tried,
00:58:54her attacks increased in violence and became more and more frequent.
00:58:58Sometimes it was just some little thing that had set her off.
00:59:01Then, yes, it was about a year ago,
00:59:04she just seemed to give up hope of ever getting well
00:59:07and took to her bed more or less permanently.
00:59:10When we left for New York this summer,
00:59:12Dr. Vernett in Chicago told me she didn't have much of a chance.
00:59:15Since then, it's been more and more like a nightmare.
00:59:21I don't know exactly how to tell you this, Mr. Stevenson.
00:59:26It would probably be quite a shock to you.
00:59:29But if you want to know the truth about your wife,
00:59:31there's absolutely nothing wrong organically with her heart
00:59:34as the sound of a bell.
00:59:36I've examined her thoroughly.
00:59:38Your evidence just now confirms what I thought right from the beginning.
00:59:40And that is?
00:59:42That her condition is mostly mental.
00:59:44She's what we call a cardiac neurotic.
00:59:46Her attacks don't spring from any physical weaknesses.
00:59:48They're brought on by her emotions, her temper, and her frustrations.
00:59:52The whole thing is probably quite unconscious on her part.
00:59:56The pattern was laid out by her father.
00:59:58The mother died of heart failure.
01:00:00She was always so sure the child was affected too.
01:00:03Subconsciously, you see, she learned to deceive him,
01:00:06to simulate a false condition.
01:00:08Subconsciously, you see, she learned to deceive him,
01:00:10to simulate a false condition.
01:00:12Marriage continued the process.
01:00:16Oh, I'm sorry. It must have caught her.
01:00:18I hope I didn't break anything.
01:00:20That's all right.
01:00:22The number plate snapped off, that's all.
01:00:25Of course, I'm not saying that your wife isn't a sick woman.
01:00:28Mentally, she's very sick.
01:00:30And her attacks are real enough.
01:00:32They give her acute distress, even pain.
01:00:35But given proper psychiatric treatment, she may snap out of it entirely.
01:00:39Live on for years and years.
01:00:41Thank you very much, Mrs. Stevenson. You've been most helpful.
01:00:44I'll call on Mrs. Stevenson tomorrow. There's a psychiatrist I want her to see.
01:00:47Just a minute.
01:00:49I wish you could wait a few more days, Doctor. Could you?
01:00:52I'd like to think this over.
01:00:54Think it over?
01:00:56Yes, you see, she's so easily upset,
01:00:59and I think maybe I ought to prepare her, get her used to the idea.
01:01:03Well, naturally, it will be quite a shock.
01:01:06Perhaps a few days, more or less, won't matter very much.
01:01:09Unless you wanted to write her a letter.
01:01:11It might make it easier for her to take, and it would give me more time to talk to her.
01:01:15Well, that's an extremely delicate matter, Mr. Stevenson.
01:01:18But if you think you can manage it, let's try it that way.
01:01:21Give me a ring in a couple of days.
01:01:23Meanwhile, I'll write a letter to your wife.
01:01:25Thanks, Doctor. Thank you very much for everything.
01:01:27And that's just the way I left it with him, not two weeks ago, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:01:31I simply don't understand, because I wrote you as we planned on...
01:01:34Let me see now. We could go last Friday.
01:01:37I'll call you back later tonight.
01:01:40Now, just try to lie back and relax.
01:01:42I believe I prescribed a sedative for you tonight.
01:01:45Well, then, just double the dose.
01:01:47Hello? Hello, Mrs. Stevenson? Hello?
01:01:51Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar!
01:02:22Hello?
01:02:23Mrs. Stevenson? Yes?
01:02:24This is Mr. Evans. Has Mr. Stevenson come in yet?
01:02:27No, he hasn't. He won't be back till Sunday.
01:02:30Will you please, please, Mr. Evans, tell me what this is all about?
01:02:34Why are you calling him every five minutes? Who are you?
01:02:37I've already told you, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:02:39My name is Evans. Waldo Evans.
01:02:42I'm very sorry if I've annoyed you,
01:02:44but there are certain names and addresses that are important.
01:02:48Very important for Mr. Stevenson to know.
01:02:52So if you'll be good enough to take the following message...
01:02:55What are you talking about? I can't take any messages now!
01:02:58If you'll please tell Mr. Stevenson
01:03:00that the house at 20 Dunstan Terrace has been burned down.
01:03:05I burned it down.
01:03:07Also, please tell Mr. Stevenson
01:03:10that I do not believe it was Mr. Marano.
01:03:13The name is spelled M-O-R-A-N-O.
01:03:17Who betrayed us to the police.
01:03:19As Mr. Marano has already been arrested.
01:03:22So there's no necessity for the money now.
01:03:25Marano? Who is Marano?
01:03:28Thirdly, will you please tell Mr. Stevenson that I escaped
01:03:32and am now at the Manhattan address.
01:03:34However, I do not expect to be here after midnight.
01:03:39If he wishes to find me, he may call the number Bowery 2-1000.
01:03:46And now I believe that's all.
01:03:48If you'll be so good as to read it back to me.
01:03:50Read it back to you? Are you insane?
01:03:52Don't you realize I'm a terribly sick woman?
01:03:55I'm very sorry for you, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:03:58Perhaps it would be better to tell you
01:04:01before the true facts are garbled by the police.
01:04:08It happened on the second Monday in January of last year.
01:04:13The place was your father's plant at Cicero, Illinois.
01:04:44Working late?
01:04:46Oh, yes. Yes, I'm afraid so, Mr. Stevenson.
01:04:48Catching up a little. I lost a little time last week.
01:05:08Anything I can show you, Mr. Stevenson?
01:05:10No, no thanks. Just curious.
01:05:12I've always been curious about this department, what you do here.
01:05:15This is where the formulae for all our products are developed, isn't it?
01:05:18Well, I suppose you could put it that way, Mr. Stevenson.
01:05:20You see, there are many ingredients which go into the various pharmaceuticals.
01:05:24We break down the raw materials into their various components,
01:05:27many of them extremely rare.
01:05:29Is that so?
01:05:31And what do you do with all this after you break it down?
01:05:34Why, it goes into the Cotterill products.
01:05:36I know, but in the meantime, before you ship it out, where is it?
01:05:39Well, I'm afraid that's rather a company secret, Mr. Stevenson.
01:05:42But I suppose, being Mr. Cotterill's son-in-law,
01:05:46you never do to leave it lying around loose.
01:05:53It's quite precious, you know.
01:05:55And you're the man in charge of it.
01:05:57I suppose I am.
01:06:01Doesn't it ever worry you?
01:06:03Doesn't it ever worry you?
01:06:05Worry me, Mr. Stevenson?
01:06:07Oh, pardon me.
01:06:14What I mean is being responsible for all this.
01:06:18For instance, suppose you were ever to make a mistake.
01:06:22A mistake, Mr. Stevenson?
01:06:24I've been working here now for 15 years,
01:06:26and I'm sure that no one has ever had cause to complain.
01:06:28Of course, of course.
01:06:30I was just... how shall I say?
01:06:32Curious, that's all.
01:06:34I quite understand, Mr. Stevenson.
01:06:36Cigarette?
01:06:38Oh, no. No, thank you. I don't smoke.
01:06:42That's how I first became acquainted with your husband, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:06:45About a month later, I was waiting for my bus, as usual.
01:06:48Oh, Wally!
01:06:50Oh, good evening, Mr. Stevenson.
01:06:52Hop in.
01:06:53You're sure it's not too much trouble?
01:06:54No trouble at all.
01:06:55Well, thank you, then.
01:06:56This is certainly a treat.
01:07:01It's a very beautiful car, Mr. Stevenson.
01:07:04It's my wife's.
01:07:05Oh?
01:07:06I've never owned a car.
01:07:07It always seems a bit too mechanical for me.
01:07:09Personally, I much prefer a race of spanking horses,
01:07:12and a good carriage.
01:07:13I brought up around horses, you know?
01:07:15In Surrey.
01:07:16And I suppose one never gets it out of one's blood.
01:07:19Do you care for horses, Mr. Stevenson?
01:07:21No, not very much.
01:07:22Oh, you'll be seeing a great deal.
01:07:24They're such fine creatures.
01:07:27I've often wished that I owned a small number of them.
01:07:32You don't say.
01:07:33Only, I'd never keep them in the stable.
01:07:35It's far too cruel.
01:07:37I'd let them be free, as nature intended,
01:07:39in a very large meadow.
01:07:41And every day, I'd go down there
01:07:43with bits of carrot and sugar and stroke them.
01:07:46As a matter of fact, I've already picked out
01:07:48the poorest of them.
01:07:49Oh, I see.
01:07:50I see.
01:07:51I see.
01:07:52I see.
01:07:53I see.
01:07:54As a matter of fact, I've already picked out
01:07:56the perfect spot.
01:07:57It's near Dorking, England.
01:07:59There's a bit of land there,
01:08:01all green grass and shade trees,
01:08:03with a beautiful brook.
01:08:04Horses do love a brook.
01:08:06I price it every now and then,
01:08:08just for my own amusement, you know?
01:08:10But it always seems just a little,
01:08:12how shall I say, beyond me.
01:08:15Sounds nice.
01:08:17But why is it always beyond you?
01:08:19Haven't you saved enough at that job of yours?
01:08:21Well, Mr. Stevenson, the high cost of living, you know?
01:08:23And, to be frank, I've become a bit overanxious
01:08:26on occasion for ready money
01:08:28and lost out on foolish speculations.
01:08:30But I'm putting little aside now every month,
01:08:33some day, a very distant one, I'm afraid,
01:08:36when I've retired from my job.
01:08:38But why wait till you've retired?
01:08:40What good is a dream when you're too old to enjoy it?
01:08:42That's quite a truism, Mr. Stevenson.
01:08:44I suppose the zest does go out of things
01:08:46with the encroachments of old age.
01:08:48You said it, Wally.
01:08:49You can't live on dreams forever.
01:08:51Waiting only weakens you and your dream.
01:08:53My motto is, if you want something, get it now.
01:08:58It's the next turn on the right, Mr. Stevenson, number 54.
01:09:11Well, good night, Mr. Stevenson, and thanks ever so much.
01:09:14Oh, Wally, about that conversation we had at the lab last month,
01:09:17I've been thinking.
01:09:18There might be a way out after all.
01:09:20A way out?
01:09:21By whatever do you mean, Mr. Stevenson?
01:09:23To have that meadow in England, those horses.
01:09:25How so, Mr. Stevenson?
01:09:27By making a mistake every once in a while.
01:09:29A mistake?
01:09:30Yes, nobody has to know.
01:09:32Please, Mr. Stevenson, pardon me, I'd better be going.
01:09:37Wally, wait a minute.
01:09:39Yes, Mr. Stevenson?
01:09:42Look, I've got it all figured out.
01:09:44The differences need be so slight,
01:09:45nobody but yourself ever has to know.
01:09:47Why, a chemist like you ought to be able to work miracles.
01:09:49Work miracles, Mr. Stevenson?
01:09:51Certainly.
01:09:52Look what you've done to the company all these years.
01:09:54What have you gotten out of it?
01:09:55Nothing.
01:09:56Nothing but the dirty end of the stick.
01:10:02Wally!
01:10:05Come on, don't be silly.
01:10:06I've already talked the whole thing over with somebody else.
01:10:10You talked this over?
01:10:12With whom?
01:10:13A man named Morano.
01:10:15He'll take everything we can get and unload it.
01:10:16You know what offense is, don't you?
01:10:17We'll split the money three ways.
01:10:18You, a drug thief?
01:10:20No, not necessarily.
01:10:21The Cotterill Company makes a lot of products we can dispose of.
01:10:23Mr. Stevenson, how could you?
01:10:25You, so young and fine.
01:10:27Yes, I'm young.
01:10:28Young enough not to waste my life in dreaming.
01:10:30There are things I want to do, big things.
01:10:32The only way to get them is to be strong, to be...
01:10:35Ah, what's the use of talking?
01:10:36I'm sorry, Wally.
01:10:37Sorry I brought the whole thing up.
01:10:38I trusted you because, well, I thought you were my kind of person.
01:10:41I guess I was mistaken.
01:10:42But, Mr. Stevenson, what if we were caught?
01:10:44I mean, why should we be caught?
01:10:46Marano has it all figured out.
01:10:48Besides, for once there's an advantage in being Cotterill's son-in-law.
01:10:51It's just that I...
01:10:53I wouldn't want to see you take a chance like that alone.
01:10:58May I come in?
01:11:05And we weren't caught, Mrs. Stevenson, for nearly seven months.
01:11:08From March 9th to September 14th, we weren't caught.
01:11:12I never saw Mr. Marano.
01:11:13I merely carried out our mutual plan.
01:11:15And every Friday afternoon, Mr. Stevenson handed me the money.
01:11:19By September 14th of last year,
01:11:21I had saved a sum of $7,555.49.
01:11:28But it was in the early afternoon of that day that...
01:11:31When did you get it?
01:11:32It came this morning in the inter-office mail.
01:11:35I don't understand it.
01:11:36I never said a word.
01:11:37That's why I'm sure they must suspect.
01:11:39If they suspected anything, they must have told you.
01:11:41Call the police.
01:11:42I'm sorry.
01:11:43I can't help feeling this transfer to New Jersey is a sign, a warning.
01:11:46I'm sure of it.
01:11:49A sign of what?
01:11:50To stop this.
01:11:52Mrs. Stevenson, I just can't go on any longer.
01:11:54Shut up!
01:12:01Now, what do you mean by this kind of drivel?
01:12:03It's just that money doesn't seem that important.
01:12:05Maybe not to you.
01:12:06Look here, you stupid fool.
01:12:07We've been abroad for a long time.
01:12:09Look here, you stupid fool.
01:12:10We've been a bunch of stooges up to now.
01:12:12Moreno's kicked us around.
01:12:13Now we have a chance to get rid of him.
01:12:15That transfer of yours is just what I was looking for.
01:12:17As a matter of fact, we're much better off operating from Bayonne.
01:12:20Look, you'll be your own boss.
01:12:21Pardon me.
01:12:22I'll tell Moreno you've been laid off here.
01:12:23This setup's over.
01:12:25Then you and I will establish headquarters for ourselves back east.
01:12:27We'll operate on our own and split Moreno's share between us, see?
01:12:30Don't you think that's rather dangerous?
01:12:32I'm just a chemist, Mr. Stevenson.
01:12:33I don't know anything about that aspect of the business.
01:12:36But I do.
01:12:37I've been doing a little research, and I'll teach you plenty.
01:12:39Come here, I'll give you an idea.
01:12:42This is the Colorado plant at Bayonne.
01:12:44New York.
01:12:45Staten Island.
01:12:47One and a half months later, we began operations on Staten Island, New York.
01:12:52Our headquarters were an abandoned house at 20 Dunstan Terrace,
01:12:56which I purchased for Mr. Stevenson.
01:12:59Here, twice a week, after work, I would come from your father's Bayonne plant.
01:13:04And here, Mr. Stevenson would mail me, or telephone, his instructions from Cicero.
01:13:09The character of our work now became more complex,
01:13:12inasmuch as I was directly selling the products as well as removing them from the plant.
01:13:17A little over three months ago, Mr. Stevenson arrived in New York himself to supervise the work.
01:13:23But unfortunately, it was at that time that the final chapter of our enterprise was being written.
01:13:31Pardon me?
01:13:33Yes, sir.
01:13:44Come right in. Good evening.
01:13:46This is the professor.
01:13:48Wally, this is Morano.
01:13:49Morano?
01:13:50Yes, that's right. You didn't expect me, did you, professor?
01:13:54Now, with the kind assistance of Mr. Evans, that is the name, isn't it?
01:13:57Yes, sir.
01:13:58With the kind assistance of Mr. Evans, we'll proceed with our business.
01:14:01Thanks, Stevenson.
01:14:02According to our information, and we have pretty accurate sources,
01:14:05since you decided to disassociate yourself from us, you have accumulated quite a stock,
01:14:10of which you have been able to dispose of only one third.
01:14:13That leaves quite an amount hanging around loose, doesn't it?
01:14:17Where is it?
01:14:20I told you, I don't know anything about it.
01:14:22You don't?
01:14:24How about you, professor?
01:14:26As Mr. Stevenson just said, we don't know, I'm sorry to say.
01:14:29Well, so am I.
01:14:31All right, boys.
01:14:32Leave him alone.
01:14:33Leave him alone, I said.
01:14:34Hold it, fellas.
01:14:37Oh, you'll what, Stevenson?
01:14:50Look, Stevenson, size doesn't count in our business.
01:14:53We all know you're a big, strong guy. We all know you can fight.
01:14:56But this isn't the way you're going to settle the little difference our organization happens to have with you.
01:15:03Now, there's one thing I haven't told you.
01:15:06Yet.
01:15:08We had a, what'll I call it, a board meeting last Thursday.
01:15:13And the vote was seven to one against you.
01:15:15That's pretty bad.
01:15:17I'm not saying I didn't argue the point, of course.
01:15:19But if you insist on being stubborn, there's nothing I can do.
01:15:23Stop beating about the bush, for Pete's sake.
01:15:25What do you want?
01:15:27Ah, now you're talking.
01:15:29Now, let's just relax for a second.
01:15:30I'm sure the professor would like to get a load off his feet.
01:15:33It's a long way from here to Bayon, isn't it?
01:15:35No, thanks. It's quite all right.
01:15:37Mr. Stevenson, I beg you, give them what they want.
01:15:39You can take everything I've...
01:15:40Shut up.
01:15:41You see, Stevenson, since you went into business for yourself, we've suffered quite a loss.
01:15:46Now, if you were to turn back what you've accumulated and pay us, say, $200,000 for our injured feelings,
01:15:53I might get the board to reconsider their decision.
01:15:55Provided, of course, that both of you continue working under our humble supervision.
01:15:59You know as well as I do I don't have that kind of money.
01:16:01No, but you've got very good connections, a rich father-in-law, a rich wife.
01:16:05Yeah, a lot of good that does.
01:16:06What do you suppose I went into this business for?
01:16:08But I thought I read somewhere about your wife being sick.
01:16:11Even dying.
01:16:13So what about it?
01:16:14She's got insurance, hasn't she, made out in your name?
01:16:17I'm pretty sure the board would give you, say, 90 days to raise the money on something like that.
01:16:23Why 90 days?
01:16:24Isn't that what the doctor said?
01:16:32Yes, that's what he said, but...
01:16:35What's that?
01:16:36Oh, just a little I.O.U. to make it legal.
01:16:39You see, everything can be straightened out without any trouble.
01:16:45Suppose something happened and she didn't.
01:16:47I mean, if she got...
01:16:48I wouldn't worry about it, Stevenson.
01:16:50You've got a doctor's word for it, haven't you?
01:16:52They know their business.
01:16:53I wouldn't say you had much of a choice anyhow.
01:17:15That happened on the evening of the 23rd of this past April.
01:17:18That happened on the evening of the 23rd of this past April.
01:17:22I need not describe Mr. Stevenson's distress
01:17:25when, four days ago, the IOU came due.
01:17:29As I understand it, Mr. Stevenson saw Mr. Morano,
01:17:32but his request for an extension was most heartlessly refused.
01:17:36I have not seen either Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Morano since.
01:17:41And now, inasmuch as I've already given you the final message,
01:17:45I believe the rest explains itself quite simply.
01:17:48Mr. Evans, where's my husband? Where's Mr. Stevenson now?
01:17:51I wish I knew, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:17:53Perhaps if you tried the Bowery number...
01:17:55The Bowery? The Bowery number?
01:17:58That I gave you in the message.
01:18:00And now, if you'll check it over with me...
01:18:02But I can't! I can't!
01:18:04I'll repeat it for you, Mrs. Stevenson, once more.
01:18:07Point one.
01:18:09The house at 20 Dunstan Terrace was burned down this afternoon by Mr. Evans.
01:18:13Point two. Mr. Evans escaped.
01:18:16Point three. Mr. Morano has been arrested,
01:18:19so it will not be necessary to raise the money.
01:18:22Point four.
01:18:24It was not Mr. Morano who tipped off the police.
01:18:27It doesn't matter. Just give me the Bowery number.
01:18:30The one for Mr. Stevenson.
01:18:32Point five.
01:18:34Mr. Evans is at the Manhattan address,
01:18:36but he's leaving now and may be found at Bowery 2.
01:18:41At Bowery 2, 1000.
01:18:44Bowery 2, 1000?
01:18:46Yes, after midnight.
01:18:48Good night, Mrs. Stevenson. Thank you very much.
01:18:51Good night.
01:19:12Bowery 2, 1000.
01:19:14Bowery 2, 1000.
01:19:16Is Mr. Stevenson there?
01:19:18Mr. who?
01:19:19Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Henry Stevenson.
01:19:21I was told to call by a Mr. Evans.
01:19:23Just a minute. I'll see.
01:19:25Stevenson's the name?
01:19:27Yes, that's right.
01:19:28I'll appoint.
01:19:30Mr. Evans.
01:19:32Mr. Evans.
01:19:34Mr. Evans.
01:19:36Mr. Evans.
01:19:38Mr. Evans.
01:19:40I'll appoint.
01:19:45No, he's not here, ma'am.
01:19:47Oh. Well, Mr. Evans said he might be expected.
01:19:51Could I leave a message?
01:19:53A message, ma'am?
01:19:54We don't take no messages here, ma'am.
01:19:56They wouldn't do no good.
01:19:58No? Well, what number is this?
01:20:02What am I calling?
01:20:04Bowery 2, 1000, ma'am.
01:20:06The city morgue.
01:20:10Oh!
01:20:41Your call, please.
01:20:43I've heard. Give me the police, quick.
01:20:46Ringing the police department.
01:20:48No, wait a minute.
01:20:56Give me a hospital.
01:20:58I can't be alone, I'm telling you.
01:21:00Hurry, hurry.
01:21:02One moment, please.
01:21:10Operator. Operator, what about the hospital?
01:21:13Hello, operator. Operator, operator.
01:21:16They'll do.
01:21:17Is this a hospital?
01:21:19Yes.
01:21:20I want the nurse's registry.
01:21:22Move your way to seat 2, please.
01:21:24I want the nurse's registry.
01:21:26I want to hire a trained nurse immediately for the night.
01:21:29Pardon me just a second.
01:21:35Operator. Operator, what about the hospital?
01:21:39Yes, and what were you saying?
01:21:41I said I want to hire a trained nurse. I need her immediately.
01:21:44We quite understand that, madam.
01:21:46But in the first place, this is a city hospital.
01:21:48All I know is that I'm a sick woman.
01:21:50And I'm all alone in this horrible empty house.
01:21:53I overheard a conversation.
01:21:55A telephone conversation a while ago about...
01:21:58About a murder.
01:22:00A murder to be committed at 11.15.
01:22:03I... I...
01:22:05A murder to be committed at 11.15.
01:22:08I... I don't know what's happened to my husband.
01:22:12If something isn't done, I'm afraid...
01:22:35What was that?
01:23:05What was what, madam?
01:23:07That... that click just now on my telephone.
01:23:10As though someone had lifted the receiver
01:23:12off the hook of the extension downstairs.
01:23:14I didn't hear it, madam.
01:23:16Well, I did.
01:23:18There's someone in this house.
01:23:20There's someone in the kitchen downstairs,
01:23:22and they're listening to me now.
01:23:30Who is it who's there?
01:23:32Henry!
01:23:35Henry!
01:23:37Henry!
01:23:52Hello?
01:23:53Hugh Heaven is calling Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
01:23:55Is she there?
01:23:56Yes, but I haven't any time to talk.
01:23:58Now call back later.
01:23:59I have a person-to-person call from Mrs. Henry Stevenson
01:24:02from Mr. Henry Stevenson.
01:24:04Do you wish to accept the call, madam?
01:24:06Did you say Mr. Steven...
01:24:08Mr. Stevenson from... from New Haven?
01:24:10Do you wish to accept the call, madam?
01:24:12Oh, yes. Yes, I'll take it.
01:24:14One moment, please.
01:24:15Go ahead, New Haven.
01:24:17Go ahead, sir.
01:24:18Hello? Darling?
01:24:20Henry! Henry, where are you?
01:24:22Well, I'm on my way to Boston, dear,
01:24:23stopping off between trains in New Haven.
01:24:25Did you get my wire?
01:24:26Yes. Yes, I got it.
01:24:27I just thought I'd check up and see how you were.
01:24:29I was so sorry I couldn't reach you by phone,
01:24:31but of course I knew you'd be all right.
01:24:33I'm not all right. I...
01:24:37There's...
01:24:40There's someone in this house right now.
01:24:42I'm sure of it.
01:24:43Oh, now, honey, how could there be?
01:24:45Don't tell me you're still alone.
01:24:46Well, of course I've been alone.
01:24:48Who else would be here?
01:24:49You promised to be home at 6 o'clock.
01:24:51But, Leona, I thought I explained to you in my wire...
01:24:53I've been alone for hours.
01:24:54I've been afraid of every kind of horrible call.
01:24:56And, Henry, I want you to call the police.
01:24:58Do you hear me?
01:24:59Tell them to come over at once.
01:25:01You know you're perfectly safe in that house.
01:25:03It's all locked up, and there's a private patrolman.
01:25:05You're right in the heart of New York City,
01:25:07and the telephone's right beside your bed.
01:25:10Henry, what do you know...
01:25:14What do you know about a man named Waldo Evans?
01:25:18Waldo Evans?
01:25:19Why, what do you ask?
01:25:21He called me up tonight.
01:25:22I had a long talk with him just a little while ago.
01:25:25About you.
01:25:26About me? What about me?
01:25:27Well, he told me some terrible things.
01:25:29Some of it sounded insane,
01:25:30but there were other parts that sounded true.
01:25:33You mustn't listen to every crazy crap
01:25:34that calls you up there.
01:25:35Now, just try to forget about it.
01:25:36They...
01:25:37They said you'd been stealing from Dad's company.
01:25:40Is that true, Henry?
01:25:41True. Of course not.
01:25:42What a crazy idea.
01:25:44Well, he...
01:25:45He left some kind of a message for you,
01:25:47that their house on Staten Island,
01:25:4920 Dunstan Terrace, had been burned down,
01:25:51and that the police knew everything,
01:25:53and that Morano had been arrested, and...
01:25:57Are you still there, Henry?
01:25:59Yes, I'm here.
01:26:01They said you were a criminal, Henry.
01:26:03A desperate man.
01:26:04And Evans said...
01:26:05Evans said you wanted me to...
01:26:08To die.
01:26:09I...
01:26:10And that money, Henry,
01:26:11that money those people wanted,
01:26:13why didn't you ask me for it?
01:26:15I'd have given it to you gladly,
01:26:16but would have saved your life.
01:26:18I'll give it to you now, if it isn't too late.
01:26:20That's all right. Forget about it.
01:26:22I didn't mean to be so awful to you, Henry.
01:26:25I...
01:26:26I... I only did it because I loved you.
01:26:29And I...
01:26:30I thought you didn't love me.
01:26:33And that you'd go away and leave me.
01:26:39Leona.
01:26:40Leona.
01:26:41Yes?
01:26:42I want you to do something for me.
01:26:43Will you forgive me first, Henry, will you?
01:26:45I want you to try.
01:26:46Please, Henry, please.
01:26:47Listen to me, Leona.
01:26:48I want you to try to get out of bed.
01:26:50I...
01:26:51I... I can't.
01:26:52You've got to.
01:26:53I want you to get out of that bed and walk to the window.
01:26:55I want you to scream out in the street, Leona.
01:26:57I...
01:26:58I... I can't move, Henry.
01:27:00I'm too frightened.
01:27:02Keep trying.
01:27:03Otherwise, you've only got three more minutes to live.
01:27:05Don't talk to me anymore.
01:27:06Just get out of that bed.
01:27:07I confess everything, everything.
01:27:08I did steal from your father.
01:27:09And I was so desperate, I even tried...
01:27:11I arranged to have you...
01:27:13Henry.
01:27:14Henry, there's somebody coming up the stairs.
01:27:17Get out of that bed.
01:27:18No.
01:27:19No, I can't.
01:27:21Please, please, please, please, please.
01:27:23Please, Leona, I'll find him.
01:27:24He'll get me.
01:27:25He'll know.
01:27:26He'll find out from Milano.
01:27:27I can't.
01:27:28No.
01:27:29Please.
01:27:30Please.
01:27:31Please, I'll do anything.
01:27:33Please, no.
01:27:35No.
01:27:37Ah!
01:27:51Ready with your party.
01:28:03Leona, hello?
01:28:04Leona!
01:28:05Sorry.
01:28:06Wrong number.
01:28:21Sorry.
01:28:22Wrong number.
01:28:23Sorry.
01:28:24Wrong number.
01:28:25Sorry.
01:28:26Wrong number.
01:28:27Sorry.
01:28:28Wrong number.
01:28:29Sorry.
01:28:30Wrong number.
01:28:31Sorry.
01:28:32Wrong number.
01:28:33Sorry.
01:28:34Wrong number.
01:28:35Sorry.
01:28:36Wrong number.
01:28:37Sorry.
01:28:38Wrong number.
01:28:39Sorry.
01:28:40Wrong number.
01:28:41Sorry.
01:28:42Wrong number.
01:28:43Sorry.
01:28:44Wrong number.
01:28:45Sorry.
01:28:46Wrong number.
01:28:47Sorry.
01:28:48Wrong number.
01:28:49Sorry.