Robert Montgomery and George Sanders team up to play against type in this probing psychological thriller that features Ingrid Bergman as the object of their obsessions.
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00:09:06Oh, Ward.
00:09:08You can come in now. The battle is over, or at least postponed.
00:09:11I hope you won't mind my intruding like this, Mrs. Munrell.
00:09:13Why, no, not at all, Ward. You're quite a stranger.
00:09:16I've asked him to spend the night. I thought he needed a breath of country air.
00:09:19Why, we shall be delighted, of course. Show him to his old room.
00:09:22We'll all meet at lunch.
00:09:23Thank you, Mrs. Munrell.
00:09:26Stella.
00:09:28How do you like him?
00:09:30Oh, I like him very much.
00:09:33I think he's very charming, very amusing.
00:09:37♪♪
00:09:44Hey, don't you want to stop?
00:09:46All right.
00:09:48I had a hard job keeping up with you.
00:09:50Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot.
00:09:52You mean you forgot that I was there at all?
00:09:54Oh, not only you. Everything and everybody.
00:09:57When you gallop like that, you seem to leave all your troubles behind you.
00:10:01There are no troubles today.
00:10:04But you can't really escape from them.
00:10:07You had a bad time before you came to England, didn't you?
00:10:10Oh.
00:10:12I promised Mrs. Munrell I'd forget it.
00:10:15She's been wonderful to me, just like my own mother.
00:10:17Then you're happy here.
00:10:20I would be most ungrateful if I wasn't.
00:10:22Everybody's so kind.
00:10:25That's not very difficult, you know.
00:10:28Philip says that you have to be in Scotland tomorrow.
00:10:31He's very sad you're leaving. You are his hero.
00:10:33Oh, he only admires me because we're so different.
00:10:36You see, we've known each other ever since we were boys.
00:10:39This place has been a sort of second home to me.
00:10:42Now that you're here, it's perfect.
00:10:45Perhaps I shan't stay here much longer.
00:10:48Why not?
00:10:50I can't live on Mrs. Munrell's charity indefinitely.
00:10:54My life is like this clearing.
00:10:58Nice and peaceful.
00:11:00A path leading in all directions.
00:11:03Only I don't know which one to take.
00:11:06Stella.
00:11:08I'd like to help you find the right one.
00:11:11Does it make you thirsty just to look at it?
00:11:15Hey, that's not the way to drink. You're spilling it.
00:11:18You should hold your hands like this.
00:11:20Like this?
00:11:22Overlap, that's right.
00:11:25Oh!
00:11:28Most of it went down my sweater.
00:11:41How quiet it is.
00:11:43Yes, isn't it?
00:11:47I think we'd better be going.
00:11:49But Stella...
00:11:50Let's go, Ward.
00:11:51Do we really have to?
00:11:52I can't monopolize you.
00:11:54After all, you're Philip's guest.
00:11:56He's probably still asleep.
00:11:57Oh, then it's high time you woke up.
00:12:04Don't fidget, Mother.
00:12:06They'll be back soon.
00:12:07Well, they ought to be back now.
00:12:09It's lunchtime.
00:12:11You're so unromantic, Mother.
00:12:14If I were alone in the wood with a charming protege such as yours...
00:12:18I could starve to death and never notice it.
00:12:20Then why aren't you?
00:12:21There were too many hedges in between.
00:12:23I didn't ask you, how do you like Stella?
00:12:27Why didn't you write me about her?
00:12:29Oh, didn't I? I must have forgotten.
00:12:31Come now, Mother, you never forget about anything.
00:12:33She's a very remarkable girl, don't you think?
00:12:35Ward seems to share your opinion.
00:12:37Under the circumstances, don't you think it was rather silly asking him down here at all?
00:12:41What difference does it make?
00:12:42The world is full of Wards.
00:12:44She was bound to meet one sooner or later.
00:12:46When you talk like that, I could box your ears.
00:12:48You know that you're much more attractive than Ward.
00:12:50Thank you, Mother darling, but that's not the point.
00:12:53Shall I tell you a secret?
00:12:55In order to love someone, you must be a little bit afraid of them.
00:12:58People are afraid of Ward.
00:13:00Nobody's afraid of me.
00:13:04Oh, I'm sorry. Are we late for lunch?
00:13:06Not at all, dear. Did you have a nice time?
00:13:08Yes, it was wonderful.
00:13:09Look, look what Ward found.
00:13:11Poor little thing, it was lost in the woods.
00:13:14Ward gave it to me as a present.
00:13:16He's pretty, isn't he?
00:13:18We can keep it, can't we?
00:13:19Why, of course, dear.
00:13:20You know, I have a wonderful plan.
00:13:22There's a full moon tonight.
00:13:23You should take Stella down to the old water mill and let her watch the fish jump.
00:13:26It's the most romantic spot.
00:13:28Well, there's nothing I'd like more, but I'm afraid I'll have to leave this afternoon.
00:13:32Oh, come now, what's a day more or less in an engineer's life?
00:13:35You shouldn't try to lure Ward away from his duties.
00:13:38Don't you agree with me, Stella?
00:13:42Yes, Mrs. Mondrela.
00:13:46It's been a wonderful day for me.
00:13:48It has for us, too, hasn't it, Stella?
00:13:50Yes, goodbye, Ward.
00:13:51Goodbye, Stella.
00:13:52Goodbye, Philip.
00:13:53Goodbye, Ward.
00:14:00Isn't he a wonderful fellow?
00:14:01He is, he is.
00:14:02That's the first time in my life I haven't been sorry to see him leave.
00:14:05Is it? Why?
00:14:06Now I can have you all to myself.
00:14:08Is that so important?
00:14:10It is to me.
00:14:11I must say, I would never have guessed it.
00:14:13What do you mean?
00:14:14Ever since you arrived, you have done your best to get rid of me by sending me off as Ward.
00:14:19I just wanted to keep you amused.
00:14:21Now that he's gone, I've taken on the job myself.
00:14:25When? How are you going to amuse me?
00:14:27I've drawn up an entire program.
00:14:29At nine in the morning, I'll go out in the garden and pick you some flowers.
00:14:32All wet with the morning dew.
00:14:34Oh, I didn't know you walked in your sleep.
00:14:36Well, we'll postpone it until eleven.
00:14:38The flowers will be more beautiful than anyway.
00:14:40The sun will have opened them up.
00:14:42Oh, can I get anything for you, Mrs. Monrad?
00:14:44No, no, don't pay any attention to me. I love to hear you play.
00:14:47Later, when you have a moment, I want to talk to you.
00:14:49Oh, excuse me, I have forgotten the laundry list.
00:14:51I'll be back in a moment.
00:14:52She thinks of everything, doesn't she?
00:14:54I don't know how I got on without her all these years.
00:14:57You always wanted a daughter, didn't you, Mother?
00:14:59Only don't expect me to have brotherly feelings toward her.
00:15:02Philip, there's something I must tell you.
00:15:03Something that you won't like.
00:15:04You know, I haven't been very well lately.
00:15:06But, Mother, yesterday you...
00:15:07Yes, I know, darling, but I didn't want to spoil your homecoming.
00:15:10Dr. McTernan advises me to go abroad for a year or two.
00:15:13Is it so serious?
00:15:15Oh, no, it's just the Chasingford climate.
00:15:17He suggests South Africa.
00:15:18Well, maybe we'll find a diamond mine.
00:15:20I'm sorry, darling, you're not coming with me.
00:15:22Not going with you? Why?
00:15:24Because you're going to be too busy managing the steelworks.
00:15:27Oh, Mother.
00:15:28Now, Philip, this is for your own good.
00:15:30Ever since your father died, I've shouldered the responsibility.
00:15:33Now you must take it over.
00:15:37Is Stella going with you?
00:15:39That depends.
00:15:41Depends on what?
00:15:42Oh, on her own choice.
00:15:45Don't you think she's far too young and beautiful to waste her time nursing an old woman?
00:15:50Perhaps someone else will need her more than I do.
00:16:07Stella.
00:16:09Good evening.
00:16:11Where are you?
00:16:16What on earth are you doing up there?
00:16:18Spying on you all.
00:16:20I saw you yesterday admiring yourself in the greenhouse window when you thought no one was looking.
00:16:25Oh, that's a big fib.
00:16:28I wonder what you're up to.
00:16:32You know, you better be careful.
00:16:34I see everything.
00:16:36When I was a boy, I used to sit up here for hours.
00:16:39I used to imagine myself part of the tree.
00:16:42Philip, the human branch.
00:16:45Mother and all the servants rushing around below looking for me.
00:16:48And here I was, enthroned high above all the confusion.
00:16:51And now I'm here.
00:16:53And I'm here.
00:16:55And I'm here.
00:16:57And I'm here.
00:16:59High above all the confusion.
00:17:01Oh, you must have been a little horror.
00:17:04Well, I haven't changed very much.
00:17:06My trousers have grown a little longer, that's all.
00:17:10Yeah, that's better.
00:17:12You're smiling.
00:17:13When you came out of the house just now, you looked so thoughtful.
00:17:16Did I?
00:17:17Were you thinking of him?
00:17:19Who?
00:17:21Ward.
00:17:23No, silly.
00:17:25The moon made me sentimental.
00:17:28All that thing sentimental.
00:17:30That horrible eye staring at us.
00:17:32Don't you like the moonlight?
00:17:35I hate it.
00:17:36I'm afraid of it.
00:17:38What's there to be afraid of?
00:17:41No.
00:17:43No, you wouldn't.
00:17:45You're like Ward.
00:17:48Tell me, Stella.
00:17:50Do you think I'm attractive?
00:17:53What a question.
00:17:55I just wanted to know.
00:17:57Well, I refuse to flatter you.
00:18:00Mother says that I'm more attractive than Ward.
00:18:03Well, that settles it.
00:18:04Your mother's always right.
00:18:06Oh, yes, indeed she is.
00:18:08Life is very simple when you listen to Mother.
00:18:10All you have to do is exactly what she says.
00:18:13Now she's got it into her head that I can manage the steelworks.
00:18:16Well?
00:18:18You know that's perfectly ridiculous.
00:18:20But, Philip, of course you can.
00:18:22Once you make up your mind to it.
00:18:24It ought to be easy for you.
00:18:26You're so intelligent.
00:18:27If you only could get those silly ideas out of your head.
00:18:29Always saying that you're afraid.
00:18:31Now, listen.
00:18:33Next week you are going down to the foundry.
00:18:35And you're going to take over the business.
00:18:37And make us all proud of you.
00:18:39People will look up to you and admire you.
00:18:41And you'll be so happy.
00:18:43Stella, you talk as if you really believed in me.
00:18:46But I do, Philip, I do.
00:18:48There's no reason why you shouldn't succeed.
00:18:51There's no difference between you and...
00:18:53And Ward.
00:18:57Why must you always drag Ward into everything?
00:18:59I know all right then, Ward.
00:19:02Shall I tell you a secret?
00:19:05When I was in Paris on my way back here...
00:19:08I became so worried over what was ahead of me...
00:19:11That I made myself quite ill.
00:19:14I felt I couldn't face it.
00:19:16That I'd have to escape or disappear or something.
00:19:19And then I hit on a brilliant idea.
00:19:21What was that?
00:19:23I called myself Ward Andrews.
00:19:26I thought that sounds silly.
00:19:28But the name worked like a charm.
00:19:30Suddenly I wasn't afraid anymore.
00:19:32I felt that I could do almost anything I wanted to do.
00:19:35It was very funny when people came to me and said...
00:19:37Good morning, Mr. Andrews. How are you, Mr. Andrews?
00:19:40I say, Mr. Andrews, you are looking better this morning.
00:19:42I think that Philip Montreal sounds just as nice.
00:19:46You're very sweet to me, Stella.
00:19:48But there is a difference.
00:19:50If Ward were here now...
00:19:52Loving you as much as I do...
00:19:54He wouldn't be telling you amusing stories.
00:19:56He'd take you in his arms...
00:19:58He'd kiss you and he'd ask you to marry him.
00:20:01What would your answer be, Stella?
00:20:07I would say yes, if you want me, Philip.
00:20:11I can't believe it.
00:20:16Do you really love me, Philip?
00:20:20Do I love you?
00:20:22I could die for you.
00:20:24It won't be necessary.
00:20:30I love you.
00:20:32I love you.
00:20:34I love you.
00:20:36I love you.
00:20:39I believe I could even kill for you.
00:20:45Anything from Ward?
00:20:47No. No, but here's another letter from Mother.
00:20:50She's arrived in Cape Town.
00:20:52She says she feels tired, but the doctors are quite satisfied with her.
00:20:55Oh, I must write to her this morning.
00:20:57And what are you going to tell her?
00:20:59I'll tell her that after six weeks of married life...
00:21:02We are sick of each other.
00:21:04Of course, you neglect me and spend all your time at the office.
00:21:07Oh, come now, I've been there twice already.
00:21:09Well, you promised me to be there every day.
00:21:13All right.
00:21:16I can see you want to get me out of the house.
00:21:19Oh, be careful. You'll hurt him.
00:21:23I wouldn't hurt Ward's cat.
00:21:25Oh, my goodness, you're late already.
00:21:28Oh, I'll tell Eric to bring the car.
00:21:37Good morning, Mr. Munrell.
00:21:39Get me Mrs. Munrell at my home, will you?
00:21:42Yes, sir.
00:22:01Good morning, Mr. Munrell.
00:22:03Get me Mrs. Munrell at my home, will you?
00:22:07Yes?
00:22:09Your wife, Mr. Munrell.
00:22:13Hello, darling. What are you doing?
00:22:15Oh, I'm quite upset, dear. I can't find the kitten.
00:22:19Well, that's terrible.
00:22:21Well, never mind. He'll turn up all right.
00:22:24Yes, I know how much you love him.
00:22:26You see, he's never run away before.
00:22:29Well, perhaps he's down in the cellar somewhere.
00:22:32Are you busy now?
00:22:34Yes. Yes, I'm in conference.
00:22:38Uh, when are you coming to fetch me?
00:22:41All right.
00:22:43Oh, I say, Stella, you couldn't make it 3.30, could you?
00:22:47Thanks. Splendid.
00:23:03When Mrs. Munrell comes, will you show her right in, please?
00:23:07And will you ask Mr. Higgins, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Bodsley and Mr. Black...
00:23:11to come into my office?
00:23:25Good afternoon, Mr. Philip.
00:23:27Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
00:23:30Good afternoon.
00:23:32Uh, will you have a cigar, Mr. Bodsley?
00:23:34Thank you, Mr. Munrell.
00:23:36But as you know, indulgence in nicotine is against my principles.
00:23:40Oh, I'm sorry. My mistake. You, Mr. Higgins?
00:23:43Looks like we'll have to take the will for the deed.
00:23:46Well, accidents will happen. Eh, Mr. Philip?
00:23:49Won't you gentlemen sit down?
00:23:57Oh, I'm sorry. I'll wait outside.
00:23:59No, no, darling. Come in. Come in.
00:24:01Good afternoon, Mrs. Munrell. Good afternoon.
00:24:03Good afternoon, Mr. Higgins. Sit here.
00:24:09I, uh, I want to speak to you about this report that you brought me.
00:24:13On the whole, I'm satisfied, but, uh, I still think our expenses are too high.
00:24:18If you could suggest any further economies, you're a better man than I am.
00:24:22Mr. Higgins, I don't think you would have talked to my father like that.
00:24:26Here, for instance, what about these? Structural improvements.
00:24:29Which item?
00:24:30What? Oh, uh, item A.
00:24:34Why, Mr. Philip, you wouldn't be grudging yourself this fine new office?
00:24:38If that's what it is, why doesn't it say so?
00:24:41Uh, item F, 20,000 pounds. That must be cancelled.
00:24:44But, Mr. Munrell, that's the housing project.
00:24:47Hold on a minute.
00:24:48Those cottages down by Paley Brook are no better than a lot of stinking rat holes.
00:24:52If you'll pardon the expression, Mrs. Munrell.
00:24:55Why, we can't expect our operatives to live in such places nowadays.
00:24:59I wouldn't kennel my dog in them.
00:25:01You have no right to make such decisions behind my back.
00:25:03Mr. Munrell, I've been chief engineer of this company for 30 years.
00:25:08And you knew my father, and you know every inch of the works,
00:25:10and you held my hand when I was a little tot.
00:25:12Yes, I know the whole sermon backwards.
00:25:14You're still treating me as if I was a child.
00:25:17I'm your employer now.
00:25:19You'll have to obey me, I'm afraid. Is that clear?
00:25:23Perfectly clear.
00:25:25And I must ask you to accept my resignation.
00:25:28Please, Mr. Black, can't we discuss this another time?
00:25:31I'm sure that my husband...
00:25:32Your resignation is accepted as of today.
00:25:39Anything else, gentlemen?
00:25:41You're the boss here, Mr. Munrell.
00:25:44You're entitled to have your own way.
00:25:46Don't say we didn't warn you.
00:25:53Excuse me, madam, the kitten.
00:25:55Well, did you find him?
00:25:56Yes, madam.
00:25:57Where is he?
00:25:58The chauffeur found him, madam.
00:26:00I think you'd better speak to him yourself.
00:26:02Is he hurt?
00:26:10I'm very sorry this should have happened, Mrs. Munrell.
00:26:13It's not my fault.
00:26:15I'm sorry, too.
00:26:18I'm very sorry this should have happened, Mrs. Munrell.
00:26:21What do you mean? What's happened?
00:26:23Poor little blighter. A dog must have been at him.
00:26:25His neck was broke.
00:26:27Oh.
00:26:28But where did you find him?
00:26:30He was lying in Platts Lane, just behind the steelworks.
00:26:33We can't understand how he got there.
00:26:36Perhaps he followed you to the office, sir.
00:26:38Don't be ridiculous.
00:26:39If he'd been in the car, you would have seen him, wouldn't you?
00:26:41Yes, sir. I only thought...
00:26:43I don't pay you to think.
00:26:45Mind your own business and get out of here.
00:26:47You, too, Clark. Get out.
00:26:48But, darling, I asked them to look for it.
00:26:50It isn't their fault.
00:26:51It's not their fault. It's my fault, I suppose.
00:26:53Is that what you mean?
00:26:54Why are you all staring at me?
00:26:56Leave me alone. Get out of here.
00:26:59But please, Philip, nobody's accusing you of anything.
00:27:02They're all against me.
00:27:03Those fools at the office, Clark, the chauffeur, and you, too.
00:27:05Yes, you.
00:27:06Get out. Leave me alone.
00:27:16Get out.
00:27:30Stella.
00:27:32Yes, Philip?
00:27:34Forgive me. I...
00:27:36I don't know what came over me.
00:27:46Oh, you are upset, that's all.
00:27:48You see, darling, you mustn't leave me, not even for a second.
00:27:50I...
00:27:52I need you with me all the time.
00:27:56Today's been almost too much.
00:27:57At first I make a decision and everybody turns against me and...
00:28:01And this fellow talks as if I had something to do with that horrible accident.
00:28:04You mustn't imagine things like that.
00:28:08I don't want you to be sad about it.
00:28:11I'll buy you a hundred kittens.
00:28:13Oh, I don't think I ever want another.
00:28:17This one meant so much to me.
00:28:20Because Ward gave it to you?
00:28:25Stella, why did you ever marry me?
00:28:29But I love you.
00:28:31Isn't the time we've been together convinced you of that?
00:28:35But there've been just the two of us.
00:28:36We've been alone. There's been nobody else.
00:28:38Suppose somebody else, supposing Ward,
00:28:40Ward, Ward, Ward, always Ward.
00:28:44If you can't rid yourself of that idea, you'll...
00:28:46I'll go mad.
00:28:48Is that what you were going to say?
00:28:52Very well, I'll tell you something.
00:28:55When I first met Ward, I thought he was charming.
00:28:58Perhaps he was interested in me, I don't know.
00:29:00But I married you, didn't I?
00:29:03So he was interested in you.
00:29:06I knew it all along.
00:29:10Philip, I love you.
00:29:13Really, I do.
00:29:16Promise me one thing.
00:29:17Don't ever mention Ward's name again.
00:29:20I won't.
00:29:22I won't.
00:29:24I won't.
00:29:26I won't.
00:29:28I won't.
00:29:30I won't.
00:29:33I promise.
00:29:36Say once more that you love me.
00:29:39I love you.
00:29:41And I love you.
00:29:43You don't know how much.
00:30:03I love you.
00:30:17Hello, Clark.
00:30:18Good to see you again.
00:30:19Thank you, sir.
00:30:22Hello, I am glad to see you.
00:30:24Hello, Philip.
00:30:25She has no idea who it is.
00:30:26I'm dying to see her face when she recognizes you.
00:30:29Do you mean to say you never told her you'd invited me?
00:30:31I would have spoiled all the fun.
00:30:32It's nice to have you here again.
00:30:34It's just like old times.
00:30:35With one important difference.
00:30:37I'm still a poor, lonely old bachelor
00:30:39and you're a happily married man.
00:30:41How ever did you get her?
00:30:42By a superb piece of acting.
00:30:44I pretended I was you.
00:30:45Now I understand everything.
00:30:48Hello, Mrs. Monroe.
00:30:49This time you won't have to guess
00:30:51which one of us is master of the house.
00:30:54How do you do, Mr. Andrews?
00:30:56How do you do?
00:30:57Aren't you pleased with my surprise, Stella?
00:31:00Of course I am.
00:31:01Why all this formality?
00:31:03Surely you haven't forgotten one another's Christian name.
00:31:05I haven't, certainly.
00:31:06Neither has she.
00:31:07I've never given her a chance to.
00:31:09Have I, Stella?
00:31:11No, Philip reminded me of you from time to time.
00:31:14Dinner is ready, madam.
00:31:16Very well, Clark.
00:31:20Now come on, Philip.
00:31:25Do you think Philip has changed much?
00:31:26Oh, enormously.
00:31:27I noticed it the moment I saw him.
00:31:28He's positively sleek with happiness.
00:31:30Well, here we are all reunited again.
00:31:32I think this calls for a celebration.
00:31:34How about a bottle of Chateau Neuf?
00:31:36I'll ring Clark. He'll get it.
00:31:37Oh, Clark doesn't know where I keep the best stuff.
00:31:41Or is it dangerous to leave you two people alone?
00:31:44Oh, very.
00:31:46I'll risk it.
00:31:52Stella, I want to tell you how very glad I am
00:31:54to see you and Philip so happy.
00:31:56I hope you didn't mind his little surprise.
00:31:58No, certainly not.
00:32:00But I haven't entirely forgiven you
00:32:02for not coming to our wedding.
00:32:03You know, I've not done anything in the world to be there.
00:32:06But I work for a Scotchman.
00:32:07I doubt if he'd even let me have a day off
00:32:09to attend my own funeral.
00:32:10I've made a moment of myself since that weekend
00:32:12when I came down here with Philip, you remember?
00:32:14Oh, but that is ages ago.
00:32:16That day in the woods,
00:32:17you said you didn't know which path to take.
00:32:21I took the right one.
00:32:24I think so too, Stella.
00:32:26And I wish you all the happiness in the world.
00:32:49Did I miss something good?
00:32:51Oh, Ward is telling me about his work.
00:32:53Do you like your work?
00:32:55Now and then I wish I had more time myself
00:32:57to experiment and so forth.
00:32:59I love it.
00:33:00Suppose you were offered a better job
00:33:02with three times as much pay,
00:33:04shorter hours,
00:33:05a house to yourself,
00:33:06and frequent invitations to dinner at the Munrells.
00:33:08What would you say?
00:33:10I'd just roll over in bed and say,
00:33:12let me dream a little longer.
00:33:14No, I'm serious about it.
00:33:15Our chief engineer left us last week
00:33:17and I'm offering you the position.
00:33:19Well, I don't know what to say, Philip.
00:33:21It's a marvelous chance.
00:33:23Much better than I ever deserved.
00:33:25You'd like it too, wouldn't you, Stella?
00:33:28Yes.
00:33:29Yes, of course I would.
00:33:31All right, then I accept.
00:33:33It's just like drawing a winner in the Irish sweep.
00:33:36Thanks awfully, old man.
00:33:38Silence.
00:33:39Mr. Munrell has the floor.
00:33:41May we all be together ten years from tonight,
00:33:44just as we are now.
00:33:46Stella.
00:33:48Ward.
00:33:50To the three of us.
00:34:02You're reading that book upside down.
00:34:07Have you got eyes in the back of your head?
00:34:11I always know what you're doing.
00:34:14And what you're thinking, too.
00:34:17Why didn't you tell me that Ward was coming?
00:34:20Because I promised never to mention his name.
00:34:24We've been very happy alone, haven't we?
00:34:27Can't we go on like this?
00:34:29But you always told me you thought Ward was so charming.
00:34:32I thought you'd be glad to have him with us.
00:34:37All right, if you insist.
00:34:39Good night, Philip.
00:34:42I'm very tired. Good night.
00:34:50He seemed very pleased to see us, didn't he?
00:34:55Darling, I'm very sleepy.
00:34:57We'll talk about him tomorrow as much as you want.
00:35:00Good night.
00:35:02Good night.
00:35:16I'll be back soon, in a week, at the outside.
00:35:18It seems an awfully long time.
00:35:20First she wants me to be a businessman,
00:35:22and then she's surprised when I have to go on a business trip.
00:35:25Take good care of her, Ward.
00:35:26Oh, don't worry. I won't let her out of my sight.
00:35:29Goodbye, darling.
00:35:31Send me a wire when you know which day you're coming back.
00:35:33I'll give you plenty of warning.
00:35:48I can't understand what made him decide to leave so suddenly.
00:35:52Well, I must be getting back home.
00:35:54We're having a big housecleaning.
00:35:56Stella, there's something I must talk to you about.
00:35:58Very important?
00:35:59It's about Philip.
00:36:01Until the other day, I had no idea why Mr. Black left.
00:36:03Ward, I don't understand business.
00:36:05Why don't you speak to Philip himself?
00:36:07I've tried to often enough, but he's so obstinate.
00:36:09I can't understand him any longer.
00:36:11He seems to have changed since...
00:36:12Since I married him, you mean.
00:36:13Oh, don't be ridiculous. It's just that...
00:36:15Well, I don't... I don't want to discuss Philip behind his back.
00:36:18Well, I'm not talking about him behind his back.
00:36:20I've told him this to his face, but he won't listen.
00:36:22Well, then I'm sure he knows what he's doing.
00:36:23I doubt it.
00:36:24I can't help that.
00:36:25And you certainly don't help him by agreeing with him.
00:36:27He's in for trouble, and you've got to make him see reason.
00:36:29It's your duty.
00:36:30I know my duty, Ward, without your telling me.
00:36:33I hope so.
00:36:34You're very sure of yourself, aren't you?
00:36:37Mr. Andrews is down in the machine shop, Mrs. Montreux.
00:36:39Shall I call him?
00:36:40No, I... No, no, I'll wait.
00:36:49If you take a couple of men and work a few hours overtime,
00:36:51I think you can finish it tonight.
00:36:52Well, Mr. Andrews will try, but I can't promise any miracles.
00:36:55Stella, what are you doing here?
00:36:57I know I shouldn't have come, Ward, but...
00:36:59But I had to.
00:37:00You had to, didn't you?
00:37:01I had to.
00:37:02I had to.
00:37:03What are you doing here?
00:37:04I know I shouldn't have come, Ward, but...
00:37:06But I had to see you.
00:37:07I'll be with you in a minute.
00:37:09Here's the blueprint.
00:37:10Now, if there's anything you don't understand,
00:37:11just call me at home.
00:37:12Oh, yes, Mr. Andrews.
00:37:13And if your wife asks you why you're so late,
00:37:15I'll back your alibi.
00:37:16She's learned better than to ask, sir.
00:37:22I'm afraid I can't shake hands.
00:37:24Will you excuse me a minute?
00:37:28I want to apologize for the way I behaved yesterday.
00:37:32I couldn't sleep all night thinking of what you said about Philip.
00:37:35Philip's handling the men the wrong way.
00:37:37He thinks he can dictate to them, but they won't stand for it.
00:37:40There's a lot of things you don't know.
00:37:43Stella, please tell me,
00:37:45is anything wrong between you and Philip?
00:37:49Why do you ask that?
00:37:51Yesterday, you behaved so strangely,
00:37:53as if you were trying to hide something about him.
00:37:57I don't know, Ward.
00:38:00Philip has been so miserable lately.
00:38:04I keep wondering if it isn't I who make him unhappy.
00:38:07You wouldn't make anyone unhappy, even if you tried.
00:38:10Philip adores you.
00:38:12When we're together, he talks of no one but you.
00:38:15I'm trying so hard to be a good wife to him.
00:38:21Sometimes I have the feeling that he wants to kill my love.
00:38:24Stella, I know Philip.
00:38:26He's terribly difficult at times.
00:38:28He needs affection more than anyone else I've ever met.
00:38:31And you're giving it to him.
00:38:33You're the best wife any man could wish for.
00:38:37You make me feel so ashamed of myself.
00:38:41What a good friend you are, to both of us.
00:38:44Come on.
00:38:46Let's see a smile.
00:38:48That's better.
00:38:50And I'm not going to let you go back to that house and spend the whole evening alone.
00:38:53I'll tell you what.
00:38:55You need a good dinner and some of my witty conversation.
00:38:57How about it?
00:38:59I don't know. Philip doesn't like me to go out.
00:39:01Nonsense. He told me to look after you, didn't he?
00:39:04He wouldn't want me to disobey my employer.
00:39:09Do you know, this is the first time I've been out in the evening since I married.
00:39:14It's such fun to be among people.
00:39:17You'd get pretty sick of them if you came here night after night.
00:39:20Right now, I can tell you exactly what each one of these people is talking about.
00:39:24What do you talk about?
00:39:26I'm the biggest bore of the lot.
00:39:28I don't believe you.
00:39:29Very well. Do you want to hear the subject of my secret dreams?
00:39:32Oh, that sounds very interesting.
00:39:34It is. I'm trying to invent a new type of annular bearing.
00:39:36Now, naturally, my problem is to meet the peak torque load,
00:39:39at the same time resist molecular disintegration.
00:39:41Now, the carburizing compound and the precise critical temperature...
00:39:46Stop it. You win.
00:39:48Well, you asked for it.
00:39:51Hello there.
00:39:52Hello, Philip. You back already?
00:39:54Yes, obviously.
00:39:56Why didn't you wire me? I would have missed the train.
00:39:58I'm afraid I forgot to.
00:40:00You see, I finished my business in London sooner than I expected.
00:40:03When I came home and found you weren't there, I guessed you were with Warden.
00:40:06I knew he dined here very often. It was clever of me, wasn't it?
00:40:09We've been talking about you, darling.
00:40:12What a depressing subject. Couldn't you think of something more romantic?
00:40:15Look here, Philip. It's about the housing project.
00:40:18I know how difficult it is for a man in your position to reverse a decision.
00:40:21It takes courage.
00:40:23But if you do it, nobody will think that you're giving way out of weakness.
00:40:26I agree with Ward, Philip.
00:40:28I'm sure you do.
00:40:30The men will respect you for it. We all would.
00:40:32And as it happens, I don't want respect.
00:40:34I want obedience. Obedience, do you understand?
00:40:38I don't think we'd better discuss this anymore. I might get angrier.
00:40:41Hmm. Very well.
00:40:43Waiter, don't bother about the bill, Ward.
00:40:46Paying bills is a husband's privilege. Perhaps his only privilege.
00:40:50Look here, Philip. If you think that...
00:40:52Ward, let's go.
00:41:04Oh, excuse me. I'll be with you in just a moment.
00:41:08Put Mr. Andrews' dinner on my bill. How much do I owe you?
00:41:11Are you leaving us already, Mr. Von Rel?
00:41:13Let's see now. You've only been with us one night.
00:41:16That'll be room, breakfast and the dinner.
00:41:18That'll be 21 shillings, if you please, sir.
00:41:32Tell the men to get off their courtyard...
00:41:34and send them home as quick as you can.
00:41:36Mr. Von Rel has telephoned for the police.
00:41:38No policeman ever set foot inside the Munrell Works.
00:41:40They'll be broken heads.
00:41:42That's why I tell you, get them out of here quick.
00:41:44Come on, boys. Let's talk to them.
00:41:48Come on, Higgins. We can't let this happen.
00:41:50We'll make Philip give way if we have to wring his neck.
00:41:53You can count me out of this.
00:41:55Mr. Von Rel has just been good enough to accept my resignation.
00:41:58But, Higgins, you can't leave us now.
00:42:00I'll not see the men wrong.
00:42:02I've stood by him this far for the old lady's sake.
00:42:05This is the end.
00:42:07I'll talk to him alone.
00:42:10Higgins said you sent for the police.
00:42:12Shouting was beginning to get on my nerves.
00:42:14Blast your nerves. Do you want to start a massacre?
00:42:16You get out of here.
00:42:17And you ring the chief constable and tell him to call his men back.
00:42:19I won't be bullied by you or anybody else.
00:42:21All right, then I'll do it myself.
00:42:24The police.
00:42:25They're here. Right outside the gates.
00:42:27You were too late, you see.
00:42:29They are running. They are coming into the building.
00:42:31They're coming up here?
00:42:32What do you expect?
00:42:33The police must stop them. Where are the police?
00:42:34They're trying to break the gates.
00:42:35You'd best take Mrs. Munrell down the back stairs.
00:42:38Well, get a move on, man.
00:42:39For heaven's sake, or do you want Stella to pay for your pig-headedness too?
00:42:41Oh, don't worry about me, Ward.
00:42:42I understand. That's what you want, both of you.
00:42:44To see me run away.
00:42:45Well, I'm going to disappoint you.
00:42:46You can't be in the limelight all the time.
00:42:48Philip. Philip, what are you going to do?
00:42:50I'm going to show them who's master here.
00:42:51Well, you can't do that.
00:42:52Why can't I? Do you think I'm afraid?
00:42:53Stay here, all of you. I'll handle this.
00:43:13What are you doing here?
00:43:14Call your coppers off.
00:43:15How about Paley Brook?
00:43:16Yeah, what about it?
00:43:17We want her straight on, sir. That's what we want.
00:43:19Will you give us our houses or shall we take them?
00:43:21Silence.
00:43:22How dare you break into this building?
00:43:24I'll have you all arrested.
00:43:25Oh, such a big mouth.
00:43:35They want to kill me. Give them their houses.
00:43:36Give them anything they want.
00:43:37You'd better get down the back stairs, quick.
00:43:39You follow him.
00:43:40Aye.
00:43:41You look after Mrs. Munrell. See if she gets sick.
00:43:42Ward, are you staying here?
00:43:43They won't hurt me. You run along.
00:43:44I'll stay with you.
00:43:48What do you want?
00:43:49We want the boss.
00:43:50Where are you hiding him?
00:43:51Mr. Munrell has left the building.
00:43:52He's decided to pass your housing project.
00:43:54He would have told you so himself just now if you'd given him a chance.
00:43:57You expect us to believe that's the way you went? Come on, let's get him.
00:44:01I'm sorry, Bill.
00:44:02I'll give you a chance to do the same thing to me someday.
00:44:05When we're through with the cottages, we'll get the boss to build us a gymnasium.
00:44:14Right.
00:44:27Philip, where have you been?
00:44:28Oh, never mind. It doesn't matter now.
00:44:30No, it doesn't matter now.
00:44:33Nothing can hurt me.
00:44:34There's no need to be frightened. I'll just...
00:44:37Run along.
00:44:38Philip!
00:44:39Let's telephone the doctor, quick.
00:44:44Nurse.
00:44:45Yes, Mr. Munrell?
00:44:48Is the doctor still here?
00:44:49He left hours ago.
00:44:51It's past two o'clock.
00:44:54Where's Mr. Andrews?
00:44:56He's still downstairs.
00:45:04How is he?
00:45:05About the same.
00:45:06Stella, the doctor promised us he'd be all right.
00:45:08You look worn out. You'd better get some sleep.
00:45:11I'll go.
00:45:13I'll go soon.
00:45:14Not soon now. Come on, Stella.
00:45:25Hello there.
00:45:27Hello, boy.
00:45:28Hello, Philip.
00:45:29Hello.
00:45:33How's the patient?
00:45:35So full of pep that I took him for a walk this morning.
00:45:37Right, that's settled.
00:45:38No more excuses for you to stay at home.
00:45:40Higgins is getting quite impatient. He wants you back at the office.
00:45:43He's not angry.
00:45:44Oh, no, that's all forgotten.
00:45:46How kind everyone is.
00:45:49I hope I haven't been too much trouble lately.
00:45:52Fever is a funny thing.
00:45:54It makes everything look ugly, like a mirror in a funhouse.
00:45:59I hope we won't talk about that anymore.
00:46:01No, we won't.
00:46:02Well, I must be running along now. There's been an accident at the works.
00:46:05Yes, the nurse said something about it. What happened?
00:46:07It was a nasty business.
00:46:09Ted Dobson was working on one of the platforms.
00:46:11Trains run past there all day long, full of molten slack.
00:46:14He must have lost his balance.
00:46:16Quick death?
00:46:17Pretty well instantaneous.
00:46:19The queer end.
00:46:21Nothing left but a bubble in molten steel.
00:46:26Nobody could cry over a block of steel, could they?
00:46:30I'd like to see the place.
00:46:33I'd like to see the place.
00:46:35When you come back to the foundry, you can take a look at it.
00:46:37No, I'd like to go now.
00:46:38I'd like to show the men I take an interest in such things.
00:46:40Well, but Philip, are you strong enough?
00:46:42Dr. McTiernan said I could go out any time I wanted to.
00:46:44It'll do me good.
00:46:52You sure you want to go up there?
00:46:54Of course, I'm very curious. You go first.
00:46:57You'd better watch your step. The rungs are a bit slippery.
00:47:02Come on.
00:47:13How do you feel?
00:47:16Don't worry about me. I'll be all right.
00:47:29You'd better stay where you are. It's awfully hot up here.
00:47:31I don't mind.
00:47:35Is that where it happened?
00:47:37Yes, he must have been standing over there when he fell, right into the molten stag.
00:47:42We have to put up a safety rail, a net.
00:47:45A net? How can you possibly get a net there?
00:47:48Oh, it'll be quite easy. You stay here.
00:47:53We can fasten it at both ends.
00:47:55The rail should be about one yard high and the fan about two yards wide.
00:48:00You say no one saw him fall?
00:48:02No, it's impossible to see up below because of the glare.
00:48:06See how that glare comes up from there?
00:48:09Nobody can see anything.
00:48:13Hey, Ward, take me down, quick.
00:48:21What's the matter with you two?
00:48:25You're both so quiet this evening.
00:48:27Ward is tired, dear.
00:48:29He's been working hard at the foundry all day, just to make us rich.
00:48:34Like he's wondering when he's going to ask me for a raise.
00:48:38Take the hint, Ward. Now it's your chance. He's in a generous mood.
00:48:50I'll leave you two to finish your coffee.
00:48:52When you can't bear my piano playing any longer, come out and throw something at me.
00:49:01Isn't she wonderful?
00:49:03If she had her way, she'd make the whole world happy.
00:49:07Today, in the foundry, why did you try to kill me?
00:49:13I'm asking you a question, Philip. Why did you try to kill me?
00:49:18Get out of this house.
00:49:20Don't worry. I'm leaving. I was going to do that anyway.
00:49:24I was only hoping that you'd be man enough to come to me openly.
00:49:27But you couldn't. Your whole mind's distorted with jealousy.
00:49:30You've taken her away from me.
00:49:31I know exactly what you think. And I don't have to lie to you.
00:49:34I am in love with Stella. I believe I've loved her ever since we first met.
00:49:37But get this into your head. Stella is my wife.
00:49:40She's my wife.
00:49:42I am in love with Stella. I believe I've loved her ever since we first met.
00:49:45But get this into your head. Stella doesn't know anything at all about it.
00:49:49And there's never been anything between us. Not the slightest thought or word.
00:49:53Stella is my wife. She doesn't need your excuses.
00:49:56This is my house. I've already told you to leave it.
00:49:59Philip.
00:50:01Ward, what's the matter?
00:50:03It's all my fault, Stella. I'm going away.
00:50:06Ward, please tell me what's happened.
00:50:08Come on, tell her, Ward.
00:50:10Be ashamed to say goodbye without an explanation.
00:50:12This seems to be confession time. Why not make a thorough job of it?
00:50:15Believe me, Stella, this concerns only Philip and myself.
00:50:18That is not exactly true.
00:50:20Ward was just telling me that he's in love with you.
00:50:28Is that true, Ward?
00:50:30Yes, Stella.
00:50:32I should have gone away long ago.
00:50:34Well, you've heard him.
00:50:36He's only waiting for a word from you.
00:50:38Consider my feelings.
00:50:44Goodbye, Ward.
00:50:46Goodbye, Stella.
00:50:55If you should ever need me...
00:50:57London's not very far away, you know.
00:51:08Goodbye.
00:51:25Has he gone?
00:51:27Yes.
00:51:29He's gone.
00:51:32And you've gone with him.
00:51:38Goodbye.
00:51:48I beg pardon, madam, but you haven't eaten anything.
00:51:51Cook's getting quite worried, if I may say so.
00:51:53Oh, I'm not hungry. Thank you, Clive.
00:51:56Has Mr. Philip had his supper yet?
00:51:58I took his tray up half an hour ago, madam.
00:52:03Madam, if there's anything that you want, at any time...
00:52:06you know we'll be glad to serve you.
00:52:08All of us.
00:52:10Thank you, Clark.
00:53:06Oh, Stella, this is a pleasant surprise. Come in.
00:53:10I was just reading your last letter to Mother.
00:53:13Philip and I are so happy.
00:53:15How charming of you to say that.
00:53:19Then you always were so considerate.
00:53:21Never a word of complaint.
00:53:23No one could say that you weren't a loyal wife.
00:53:27You opened my letters?
00:53:30Yes, of course, all of them.
00:53:32Here's the one you wrote to Ward, just after he left.
00:53:36Philip and I have talked everything over...
00:53:38and we've decided to make a fresh start.
00:53:41Don't worry, I'll send it on to him later.
00:53:44It was so beautiful that I wanted to keep it...
00:53:46so that I could read it again.
00:53:52We're so unhappy, aren't we? All three of us.
00:53:55You, because you love Ward and have to stay with me.
00:53:59Ward, because he loves you and can't have you.
00:54:01Philip, we can't go on like this.
00:54:05Anyway, I can't.
00:54:07These last weeks...
00:54:10it's as if we've been playing some horrible kind of game.
00:54:15What's the matter, Philip?
00:54:18Why are you so cruel to me?
00:54:22Look at me. Look at me. I'm your wife.
00:54:27Don't you want me here anymore?
00:54:30Yes, I do, Stella.
00:54:33I do.
00:54:35Only when Ward went away, I lost you too.
00:54:39Now I'm all alone.
00:54:41Ward, you are not alone.
00:54:43We can still be happy together. I'll do anything you want.
00:54:47Listen.
00:54:49Listen, couldn't we go away together, right now?
00:54:52Oh, let's forget everything that's happened.
00:54:55We can't stay in this house.
00:54:57God, we can't stay in this house torturing each other.
00:55:00We'll put an end to it.
00:55:03We will put an end to it.
00:55:06We two, together.
00:55:09Then I'll have you all to myself, at last.
00:55:12It's so easy. Don't be frightened.
00:55:16You know I wouldn't hurt you.
00:55:19No.
00:55:22No, don't.
00:55:30Don't.
00:56:00Don't.
00:56:30Don't.
00:56:32Don't.
00:56:58Stella.
00:57:00You don't know how happy I am.
00:57:02I thought I'd never see you again.
00:57:04I thought so too, Ward.
00:57:06But why didn't you call me sooner?
00:57:08I'd have met the train.
00:57:10At first, I didn't mean to come to you.
00:57:12I know I haven't the right to be here,
00:57:14but when I found myself on the platform among all those strangers,
00:57:17I felt so terribly alone.
00:57:19Well, thank heavens you did come.
00:57:21Listen, Stella, there's something I must tell you.
00:57:25My feelings for you haven't changed, and they never will.
00:57:28But you came here because you felt you needed a friend,
00:57:31and please think of me as that.
00:57:33Oh, thank you, Ward.
00:57:35Everything will be all right now.
00:57:37He's mad, Ward. I know he is.
00:57:39Poor Stella.
00:57:41He must have suffered terribly. I should never have left you alone there with him.
00:57:44But that's all over now.
00:57:46I'm going to call Philip and tell him that you're here with me.
00:57:49Well, you mustn't. He can't talk to people anymore.
00:57:52You see, it's as if he was always listening to a voice inside his own head.
00:57:57He'll listen to me. I'll call him now.
00:58:00Paging Mr. Andrews.
00:58:02Mr. Ward.
00:58:05You want it on the telephone, sir.
00:58:07It's a long distance from Chessingford.
00:58:09You certainly timed it well.
00:58:11Well, don't speak to him, Ward.
00:58:13There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:58:21Hello?
00:58:23Hello, Philip.
00:58:25Yes, she's here.
00:58:27And she's not coming back to you.
00:58:29Even if she wanted to, I wouldn't let her.
00:58:31I deserved it.
00:58:33I'll give her a divorce any time she wants it.
00:58:36I'd like to talk it over with you as soon as possible.
00:58:41No, no, not in London.
00:58:43I'd be too near Stella.
00:58:45You know how I feel.
00:58:47All right, then I'll come down and see you.
00:58:49Don't go to him. No, don't go.
00:58:52I can't tomorrow. No, I can't.
00:58:54I have to be in Dublin tomorrow.
00:58:56But that's quite simple.
00:58:58You take the midday train up here.
00:59:00I'll lend you the two-seater.
00:59:02You can drive to Hollyhead and take the boat from there.
00:59:05That's all settled, then.
00:59:07I'll look forward to seeing you.
00:59:09Goodbye. All right.
00:59:11Please don't go. Stella, you're tired.
00:59:13You're tired and upset.
00:59:15After all, it's perfectly natural for Philip to want to see me.
00:59:18Oh, Ward, I'm so afraid.
00:59:20I'm afraid something may happen to you.
00:59:22Don't worry, Stella.
00:59:24I can take care of myself.
00:59:44Oh, Clark, take these into Chatsingford to catch the post, will you?
00:59:48Yes, sir. Will there be anything further?
00:59:50Well, let me see.
00:59:52Cook and Annie have their day off.
00:59:54You better stop in and see if there's anything I want when you come back.
00:59:58And, uh, lock all the doors and windows, will you?
01:00:01One can't be too careful.
01:00:03Careful, sir?
01:00:04Well, I'm not expecting burglars.
01:00:06But everyone has some enemies, haven't they?
01:00:11That's all. You can go, Clark.
01:00:48DOOR SLAMS SHUT
01:01:18MUSIC PLAYS
01:01:48MUSIC CONTINUES
01:02:18Oh, Ward.
01:02:19Good evening, Philip.
01:02:20I'm glad you're here.
01:02:22I began to think you weren't coming.
01:02:24Oh, why?
01:02:25I thought you might be frightened.
01:02:27You know I'm not to be trusted.
01:02:30That's all right. I think I'll take the risk.
01:02:32Let's go to the library.
01:02:36Sit down.
01:02:37Thanks.
01:02:40Uh, whiskey?
01:02:41No, thanks.
01:02:42Yeah.
01:02:43Uh, you don't mind if I drink alone?
01:02:45Of course, go ahead.
01:02:47Oh.
01:02:48Uh, would you mind ringing?
01:02:50I'd like to have some fresh soda.
01:02:55Oh, how very stupid of me. There's no one here.
01:02:58I sent Clark into Chassingford.
01:03:03I expect I'll be needing quite a bit of this stuff now that my wife has left me.
01:03:09My dear wife has left me.
01:03:11How funny that sounds. It's like a funeral announcement.
01:03:14Well, in reality, Stella is the very opposite from dead.
01:03:17She's just about to begin a marvelous new life.
01:03:21Philip, neither of us knows what Stella's going to do in the future.
01:03:24We're here for one purpose only.
01:03:26To help her.
01:03:28After all, she's the one who's suffered most.
01:03:30Oh, yes.
01:03:31Well, I'll give Stella a divorce.
01:03:33I've already spoken to my lawyer about that.
01:03:36Also, I've guaranteed not to alter my will.
01:03:39You see, I hope that someday Stella will feel that she can forgive me.
01:03:43I think she has forgiven you already.
01:03:46Nobody's your enemy, Philip.
01:03:49We've been through a bad time, the three of us.
01:03:51And you're not the only one who's to blame.
01:03:53That's very generous of you, Ward.
01:03:56But then you can afford to be generous, can't you?
01:03:58Now that you've got what you want.
01:04:00I should have thrown you out of this house months ago.
01:04:02When you were cheating me and lying behind my back.
01:04:04Why, Philip.
01:04:05Let's drop all pretenses.
01:04:07Let's call things by their right names, just for once.
01:04:09I gave you a job, I paid you, I thought you were my friend.
01:04:12And how did you repay my favor?
01:04:14I paid you.
01:04:15I paid you.
01:04:16I paid you.
01:04:17I paid you.
01:04:18I paid you.
01:04:19I paid you.
01:04:20I paid you.
01:04:21I paid you.
01:04:22I paid you.
01:04:23I paid you.
01:04:24But let's be clear, you're my friend.
01:04:25And how did you repay my friendship?
01:04:26By stealing my wife.
01:04:27What's the matter with you?
01:04:28I picked her out of the gutter and she flung herself at the feet of the first man who came along.
01:04:31You leave Stiller.
01:04:32I've kept quiet long enough.
01:04:33Now you're going to hear the truth.
01:04:40I won't need anything more tonight, Clark.
01:04:43Good night.
01:04:44Yes, sir.
01:04:46Good night, sir.
01:04:48From the first moment you got into that steel mill, you began turning the men against me.
01:04:52You made them start that strike.
01:04:53You wanted a chance to prove to Stella what a hero you were.
01:04:55You think I don't know that you and she...
01:04:57You don't shut up or I'll break your neck.
01:05:01I'm sorry, Ward.
01:05:04When I'm upset, I say terrible things.
01:05:06I guess it's because I love Stella so much.
01:05:09You know, boy, you really ought to take a hold of yourself.
01:05:12You ought to get right away from this house for a while.
01:05:15Yes, that's what I must do. I must get away.
01:05:18Well, I must be going now.
01:05:21Yes, you mustn't miss your boat.
01:05:22Just a minute.
01:05:24By the way, what are you doing in Dublin?
01:05:26Oh, an engineer named Leahy called me this morning.
01:05:29He's interested in my invention.
01:05:30Friend of yours?
01:05:31No, I never heard of him before in my life.
01:05:34I seem to be getting quite famous.
01:05:36Yes. Yes, you must be.
01:05:38You can go out this way.
01:05:40The car is waiting for you in the garage.
01:05:43When you get to Hollyhead, take it to the Central Hotel
01:05:46and tell them a Mr. Stevens will call for it.
01:05:49That's the mechanic that's going to bring it back.
01:05:51All right, thanks.
01:05:53And don't forget my advice, Philip.
01:05:55Take care of yourself, won't you?
01:05:57Don't worry, Ward.
01:05:59And don't think too badly of me.
01:06:01Whatever I may have done, whatever I do,
01:06:04you and Stella are the two people I love most in the world.
01:06:51Oh!
01:07:22You have seen the weapon with which the mortal blow was struck.
01:07:25A knife which Mr. Munrell used as a paper cutter.
01:07:28The witness, Clark, has testified
01:07:30that it was lying on his master's desk
01:07:32within convenient reach of a would-be assassin.
01:07:35On the handle of that knife,
01:07:38Ward Andrew's fingerprints are clearly visible.
01:07:40Now, how did they get there?
01:07:42He's utterly unable to explain.
01:07:44He insists that he never touched that knife,
01:07:46never even noticed it.
01:07:47Now, the defense has suggested
01:07:49that the telephone call which Mr. Andrews received
01:07:52from Philip Munrell on the morning of the crime
01:07:54was an invitation to visit him that afternoon.
01:07:57Now, if that is so,
01:07:59why did Mr. Munrell say nothing about it to his butler?
01:08:03Why did he tell Clark about some mysterious enemy?
01:08:07If Munrell, as it is claimed,
01:08:10had already agreed to grant his wife a divorce,
01:08:13why did he tell Clark?
01:08:14If he had already agreed to grant his wife a divorce,
01:08:17why did the two men exchange those violent words
01:08:20which Clark overheard through the library door?
01:08:22And why, if the final parting between them was friendly,
01:08:26does the room show signs of a desperate struggle
01:08:29in which chairs were overturned,
01:08:31curtains torn and a vase smashed to atoms?
01:08:35Mr. Andrews' footprints show
01:08:39that he left the house by the library window
01:08:42and drove away in Mrs. Munrell's car,
01:08:44scraping the mudguard against the garage door.
01:08:48He was left in Hollyhead
01:08:50to be called for by a Mr. Stevens, a mechanic,
01:08:53who was to drive it back to its owner.
01:08:56But the defense is unable to produce this Mr. Stevens
01:09:00for the excellent reason that he doesn't exist.
01:09:05Mr. Andrews, it seems,
01:09:07has a weakness for fictitious characters.
01:09:10He was going to Ireland, he says,
01:09:11to interview a certain Mr. Leahy.
01:09:14But Mr. Leahy doesn't exist either.
01:09:17Mr. Andrews was, in fact, on his way
01:09:19to keep an assignation with Stella Munrell.
01:09:23Consider this woman
01:09:25the principal witness for the defense.
01:09:28She cannot deny that she deserted her husband.
01:09:32Members of the jury,
01:09:34it is your plain duty to ask yourselves,
01:09:37on the basis of the evidence you have heard,
01:09:39did Ward Andrews kill Philip Munrell?
01:09:43If the answer to that question is yes,
01:09:46then you are bound to return against the prisoner the verdict
01:09:50of guilty of willful murder.
01:10:05Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed upon your verdict?
01:10:08We are.
01:10:09Do you find the prisoner, Ward Andrews,
01:10:11guilty or not guilty of the murder of Philip Munrell?
01:10:14Guilty, sir.
01:10:17Prisoner at the bar,
01:10:20you stand convicted of murder.
01:10:22Have you anything to say
01:10:24why the court should not give you a judgment of death
01:10:26according to law?
01:10:27I'm innocent.
01:10:29Ward Andrews,
01:10:30you have been given a fair and careful trial
01:10:33and found guilty.
01:10:34The sentence of the court upon you is
01:10:36that you be taken from hence to a lawful prison
01:10:39and from thence to a place of execution.
01:10:42And you shall be there
01:10:44hanged by the neck until you are dead.
01:10:47And that your body shall be buried in the precincts of the prison
01:10:50where you shall have last been confined
01:10:52after your conviction.
01:10:54And may the Lord have mercy on your soul.
01:10:57Amen.
01:11:07Oh, you mustn't do that.
01:11:09You'll put yourself in check.
01:11:11No, sorry.
01:11:13Perhaps we'd better not play anymore.
01:11:16Look, just as you like.
01:11:18Would you rather be alone, Philip?
01:11:20Oh, no, please don't go, Padre.
01:11:22If I'm alone, I start thinking of her.
01:11:25I'm sorry.
01:11:27I'm sorry.
01:11:29I'm sorry.
01:11:31I'm sorry.
01:11:33I'm sorry.
01:11:36I haven't been very much trouble to you so far, have I, Padre?
01:11:39But if I can't see her now,
01:11:41I don't know how I'm going to get through these next 12 hours.
01:11:44My boy, you know that isn't in my power.
01:11:46Well, can't I just see her once, just for a minute?
01:11:49They've got to let me see her.
01:11:51They've got to.
01:11:53Steady, Ward.
01:11:55Oh, I'm sorry.
01:11:57It isn't easy, you know.
01:11:59This whole business keeps going round and round in my head.
01:12:02Well, perhaps tomorrow morning I shall understand everything.
01:12:06Governor, I had to come once more.
01:12:08My dear Mrs. Morrell,
01:12:10I can't say anything that I didn't tell you yesterday,
01:12:12or the day before, or the day before that.
01:12:14This is the last day.
01:12:16There are certain regulations
01:12:18concerning visits to condemned prisoners.
01:12:20I didn't make them.
01:12:22Don't you understand anything but regulations
01:12:24and laws and rules?
01:12:26No, madam.
01:12:28I understand nothing but my duties.
01:12:30That's my job.
01:12:32Yes?
01:12:34Please, sir.
01:12:36Perhaps you can help me.
01:12:38You believe in kindness and mercy.
01:12:40Won't you help me to see Mr. Andrews?
01:12:45My child,
01:12:47don't you think you'd make it more difficult for him?
01:12:49Oh, I won't. I promise I won't.
01:12:51Oh, the law can't be so cruel to let him die without knowing...
01:12:54Knowing what, my child?
01:12:57That I love him.
01:12:59But surely, Mrs. Morrell,
01:13:01he must be aware of that already.
01:13:03I know what you think, but you're wrong.
01:13:05There's never been anything between us.
01:13:07Of course we love each other,
01:13:09but I've never told him, never.
01:13:11Don't you understand that if he doesn't see me,
01:13:13he'll think that I've deserted him, too?
01:13:15Do you mind if I take Mrs. Morrell
01:13:17out by the back way,
01:13:19past the cells?
01:13:21Well,
01:13:23as long as she's on her way out,
01:13:25I don't think there's any rule against that.
01:13:28Thank you, sir.
01:13:33Oh, Bill, the governor asked me to talk to you
01:13:35about that hot water pipe.
01:13:37It's leaking again.
01:13:39What pipe, sir?
01:13:41This one over here.
01:13:43Oh, I see.
01:13:45Oh.
01:13:47Stella.
01:13:49Oh, God.
01:13:51There is so much to say.
01:13:53Don't say anything, darling.
01:13:55This is all I wanted to know.
01:13:57I'm afraid we'll have to be moving on.
01:13:59Oh, please, just another moment.
01:14:01Oh, this can't happen.
01:14:03Something must help us.
01:14:05A miracle.
01:14:07Would you believe that?
01:14:09I will.
01:14:27My key, please.
01:14:41Wasn't that Mrs. Morrell?
01:14:43Yes, that's her.
01:14:45Beautiful, beautiful.
01:14:47Between you and me,
01:14:49the manager will be glad to get rid of her.
01:14:51They're hanging her gentleman friend tomorrow morning.
01:14:53Three o'clock sharp.
01:14:55Too bad you can't watch it all.
01:14:57You'd enjoy it, wouldn't you?
01:14:59Animals.
01:15:06Come in.
01:15:08I have nothing to say.
01:15:10Whatever you want to know,
01:15:12you can find it in the newspapers.
01:15:14Two years ago,
01:15:16this man escaped from a private asylum
01:15:18near Paris.
01:15:20He was suffering from a form of insanity
01:15:22which we call paranoia.
01:15:23At that time,
01:15:25your husband masqueraded
01:15:27under the name of Ward Andrews.
01:15:29But who are you?
01:15:31How do you know all this?
01:15:33I'm the old fool who let him escape.
01:15:35My name is Dr. Rameau.
01:15:37But, doctor, this is terribly important.
01:15:39Why didn't you call me weeks ago?
01:15:41I discovered it only yesterday.
01:15:43May I sit down?
01:15:45Of course, please.
01:15:47My old bones dislike your English climate intensely.
01:15:49But I was in Edinburgh
01:15:51listening to some ignorant rubbish
01:15:53and I happened to pick up this paper.
01:15:55What stupidity.
01:15:57What self-contradiction.
01:15:59You were the only intelligent witness.
01:16:01You at least suspected that your late husband was insane.
01:16:03They wouldn't listen to me
01:16:05because of my friendship with Mr. Andrews.
01:16:09Come on. Sit down.
01:16:13Do you believe that Mr. Andrews killed your husband?
01:16:17Doctor, I'm certain he didn't.
01:16:19But the evidence...
01:16:21Evidence, evidence.
01:16:23Spit on evidence.
01:16:25My dear child, forget all that circumstantial rubbish.
01:16:28These knives.
01:16:30These broken vases.
01:16:32These footprints.
01:16:34They are too convenient.
01:16:36Too perfect.
01:16:38Look into the human heart
01:16:40and you'll find the motive for this crime.
01:16:42But if Ward didn't, then who?
01:16:44Philip was murdered by his only enemy himself.
01:16:47Everything you told the jury supports my diagnosis.
01:16:50He hides from the world in the tree of his childhood.
01:16:53He creates a neurotic jealousy
01:16:55and nourishes it like a plant.
01:16:57He tries to destroy everything
01:16:59which he imagines could come between you and him.
01:17:02First the poor little animal,
01:17:04then his best friend.
01:17:06At last, he tries to kill you and himself.
01:17:08And don't you see?
01:17:10Now, with one stroke, he almost succeeded.
01:17:13A classic case. Wonderful.
01:17:15But how did he do it?
01:17:17And how can we have proof?
01:17:19We need proof nothing.
01:17:21Philip will prove it for us.
01:17:23But let me tell you,
01:17:25some of my crazy patients are wiser
01:17:27than all your judges and jurymen.
01:17:29Now listen carefully.
01:17:31This disease takes many forms,
01:17:33but one symptom is common to all its sufferers.
01:17:36Their poor sick brains want to show off,
01:17:39to tell the world, I'm cleverer than you.
01:17:42They long for recognition,
01:17:44but every normal road to it is barred.
01:17:46So they turn to crime.
01:17:48But the crime itself means nothing
01:17:50unless it is talked about.
01:17:52When they commit suicide,
01:17:54leave lengthy statements.
01:17:56When they murder,
01:17:58they, uh, love to confess.
01:18:01Your husband will want to speak to you
01:18:03from beyond the grave.
01:18:05His triumph will not be final
01:18:07until you know the truth.
01:18:10Madame, I stake my reputation upon it.
01:18:13A message exists.
01:18:16But can we find it before it's too late?
01:18:19We must find it.
01:18:20Come, Doctor.
01:18:25Nothing. Nothing at all.
01:18:27There isn't anything here either.
01:18:29Are you sure, Clark, there is nothing more in the cellar?
01:18:31Quite certain. I brought everything upstairs.
01:18:33But it must be somewhere. It must.
01:18:35I'll try Mrs. Monrel's room.
01:18:37Oh, please don't do that, Madame.
01:18:39Mrs. Monrel is very ill. It would be a terrible shock for her.
01:18:41Mother.
01:18:43Clark, how dare you bring them here against my orders?
01:18:45Oh, it isn't his fault. We had to come.
01:18:47There's been a terrible mistake. I'll explain...
01:18:49I ask you to take this lady out of my house immediately.
01:18:51I'm sorry, but we are not going away
01:18:53until we have found what we are looking for.
01:18:55Madame, you must excuse our behavior.
01:18:57But the man's life is at stake.
01:19:00Ward Andrews did not kill your son.
01:19:03You must be mad.
01:19:05I knew your son.
01:19:07He said to me once,
01:19:09I'm going to die like my father.
01:19:11What did your husband die of, Mrs. Monrel?
01:19:13Yes.
01:19:15Oh, you don't know how important this is.
01:19:17You always told me he died so suddenly.
01:19:19Your son now is the victim of a crime.
01:19:22Do you want him to become a murderer?
01:19:24You really think Philip killed himself too?
01:19:27I'm certain of it.
01:19:29I knew it.
01:19:31You must get upstairs.
01:19:35If I could only help somehow.
01:19:38Perhaps you can help, Mrs. Monrel.
01:19:41Please, think carefully.
01:19:43When your son was a boy,
01:19:46did he have some secret hiding place
01:19:49where he used to hide his treasures?
01:19:52He had no secrets from me.
01:19:54He told me everything.
01:19:56He even let me read his precious diaries.
01:20:01Where are those diaries, Mother?
01:20:03They are over there in that chest.
01:20:05But they'll be no use to you now.
01:20:08He finished the last one before he met you.
01:20:11Come, Doctor, it's our only chance.
01:20:19Are these the only ones you have?
01:20:21All I have in the world now that he is gone.
01:20:24Please don't take them away from me.
01:20:27But where is the next volume?
01:20:29There must be another I saw him writing in it.
01:20:32He must have hidden it somewhere.
01:20:34You are not to have it until it's too late.
01:20:36Look!
01:20:38Why didn't I think of that?
01:20:40He always had his favorite books rebound there.
01:20:42Clark.
01:20:44Yes, Madam?
01:20:46Clark, tell us exactly as you did at the trial.
01:20:47That last day.
01:20:49Did he by any chance give you a package,
01:20:51a small one about this size?
01:20:53Yes, now I come to think of it, there was a package.
01:20:55Where was he sending it to?
01:20:57To Paris?
01:20:59Yes, it was somewhere on the continent.
01:21:01It had to have a lot of extra stamps.
01:21:03Thank heavens we are on the right track at last.
01:21:06Oh, Clark, call the airport and charter a plane for Paris.
01:21:09Yes, Madam.
01:21:11Hey, Clark, take this note immediately
01:21:13to Chessing Fort Prison.
01:21:17Oh, give it to me.
01:21:39Now what's the matter now?
01:21:41My child, for the first time in 50 years
01:21:43this old brain has been of some use.
01:21:45Mr. Andrews is safe.
01:21:47I don't understand.
01:21:49Your husband told him to keep the diary
01:21:51until next September and then send it to you.
01:21:53Oh, give me that book.
01:21:55But Madam, the orders of my client
01:21:57are strictly imperative.
01:21:59But it's incredible.
01:22:01Telephone.
01:22:03Quick, quick, quick, where is the telephone?
01:22:05No telephone, but where can we get one?
01:22:07But, but, Monsieur,
01:22:09you haven't done anything.
01:22:12Taxi, taxi.
01:22:14Taxi, taxi.
01:22:16What are we going to do?
01:22:18Try that perhaps.
01:22:20We can wake somebody up.
01:22:24Move in.
01:22:26Move in.
01:22:28Oh, it's no use, Doctor.
01:22:30It'll be too late.
01:22:32Doctor, come, look.
01:22:36Let's go.
01:22:46Maybe use your telephone.
01:22:48Telephone.
01:22:50Telephone.
01:22:55Hello.
01:22:57Please connect me with a long distance.
01:22:59Oui, long distance.
01:23:01What is it, a long distance on my telephone?
01:23:03Tell them to call to England.
01:23:05England? Who's going to pay for this?
01:23:07You'll get your money.
01:23:09I want Chessing Court, England.
01:23:11It's urgent.
01:23:13You'll get your money. I can't find it.
01:23:15I want Chessing Court.
01:23:17Chessing Court?
01:23:19Please give me the press.
01:23:21A call from Paris, sir.
01:23:23They say it's very urgent.
01:23:25Hello?
01:23:27Yes, this is the governor speaking.
01:23:29Hello, the governor?
01:23:31Oh, thank God.
01:23:33Listen, this is Mrs. Monbrel.
01:23:35I'm going to read you something.
01:23:37It's my husband's diary.
01:23:39We just discovered it.
01:23:41It proves that Mr. Andrews is innocent.
01:23:43In another three hours, I shall have killed myself.
01:23:46When you read this, word will have been hanged for my murder.
01:23:49I've everything arranged.
01:23:51They must not know it was suicidal.
01:23:53The whole plan will fail.
01:23:57Poor Philip.
01:23:59Too many people have looked into his secrets.
01:24:03We must let him rest now.
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