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00:02:02Can I help you?
00:02:03I'd like to see the man in charge.
00:02:05He's in here.
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00:02:17I want to report a murder.
00:02:19Sit down.
00:02:24Why was this murder committed?
00:02:26San Francisco, last night.
00:02:29Who was murdered?
00:02:34I was.
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00:02:40Well, do you want to hear me out or don't you, Captain?
00:02:42I don't have very much time.
00:02:47Your name Bigelow? Frank Bigelow?
00:02:51That's right.
00:02:54Answer this San Francisco APB.
00:02:56Send a direct to Inspector Bannon at Homicide.
00:02:58Tell him we found Frank Bigelow.
00:03:03Go ahead, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:06Well, this involves some other people, Captain.
00:03:08A number of other people.
00:03:10You tell it any way you like.
00:03:15I live in a little town called Banning out on the desert.
00:03:18It's on the way to Palm Springs.
00:03:22I have a small business there.
00:03:27Paula.
00:03:30Yes, Mr. Bigelow?
00:03:31Get me a copy of Miss Hollis' 48 tax return, will you?
00:03:34Oh, uh, you better get the 47, too.
00:03:36Yes, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:38I don't think we took any depreciation on that new equipment last year.
00:03:41No, we didn't.
00:03:42I remember you said we could include it all this year.
00:03:45Sure we can.
00:03:46Hey, Frank.
00:03:47Yeah, Will.
00:03:48Peterson says he wants a financial statement before he can give me my loan.
00:03:51Hello, Kitty.
00:03:52Hi, Will.
00:03:53Well, I'm leaving for San Francisco today, but I'll be back in about a week.
00:03:56I'll take care of it for you then.
00:03:57Sure is a scorcher, isn't it?
00:03:58Well, I've seen them worse.
00:03:59Well, have a nice time, Frank.
00:04:00Yeah, thanks, Will.
00:04:01Paula, why don't you come down to my place?
00:04:03Paula, why don't you come down to the place and let me give you another permanent?
00:04:06Makes your hair so much easier to manage in all this heat.
00:04:09I can't afford it right now.
00:04:10Maybe next month.
00:04:11Yeah, here it is.
00:04:12No, we didn't take it.
00:04:13Well, we can do it this year.
00:04:15You work it out any way you think fits.
00:04:17Have a nice trip, Frank.
00:04:19Sure, Kitty.
00:04:20See you when I get back.
00:04:21Bon voyage.
00:04:24Why don't you come down anyway, Paula?
00:04:26We'll, uh, work out a deal on that permanent.
00:04:29Thanks.
00:04:30Maybe I will.
00:04:31Hello?
00:04:33Oh, hello, Mr. Hawkins.
00:04:34Just a moment.
00:04:35Do you want him to send your ticket over?
00:04:37No, I'll pick it up myself.
00:04:39No, never mind.
00:04:40Mr. Bigelow will pick it up at the station.
00:04:42Bye.
00:04:48I want to go with you, Frank.
00:04:50Oh, Paula, I'm just going on a little vacation.
00:04:52You know that.
00:04:53You want to go without me, don't you?
00:04:55Be gone just a week.
00:04:56And I suppose you've just made up your mind to take this little vacation at 9 o'clock this morning?
00:05:00No, Paula.
00:05:01I meant to tell you about it a few days ago.
00:05:03I guess I forgot.
00:05:04Oh, you forgot.
00:05:05Paula, don't be like that.
00:05:07Don't be like what?
00:05:08You just drop a little announcement that you're going away.
00:05:11Not tomorrow or next week or next month, but today.
00:05:13No explanations, nothing.
00:05:14And I'm supposed to swallow the excuse that you need a little vacation.
00:05:18I just want to get away from town for a few days, that's all.
00:05:21Get away from this town or get away from me.
00:05:23Oh, Paula, please try to understand.
00:05:26How can you ask me to understand anything like this?
00:05:28No, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
00:05:33Go to San Francisco, but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
00:05:54Paula.
00:05:55Please, Paula.
00:05:58Come on, turn around, look.
00:06:06Come here.
00:06:09Why do you do this to me, Frank?
00:06:11Why can't you be honest with me?
00:06:13As honest as I am with you?
00:06:15Do you have to go?
00:06:16I have to go, Paula.
00:06:17I know what I'm doing.
00:06:18All right, go.
00:06:19Go anywhere you like.
00:06:20You can go to places for all I care.
00:06:22Paula.
00:06:23Paula.
00:06:24Yes, I know.
00:06:26I'm being foolish.
00:06:40Come on, fix your face.
00:06:41We'll go down to Eddie's and have a drink.
00:06:43All right, why not?
00:06:51Hiya, Paula.
00:06:52Hiya, Frank.
00:06:53Hiya, Paula.
00:06:54Hiya, Eddie.
00:06:55Give us a couple of cold beers, will you?
00:06:56Coming up.
00:06:57All right.
00:07:03Oh, what a relief.
00:07:05This air conditioning feels good.
00:07:07I sure wish we had it in the office.
00:07:08It'd make working a pleasure.
00:07:10Well, if it stays this hot, don't bother going in the rest of the week.
00:07:12I win two races today.
00:07:14How many did you lose?
00:07:15You wouldn't have to ask that.
00:07:17Kind of early for you two, ain't it?
00:07:19Too hot to work.
00:07:20That's what I like to hear.
00:07:23Frank.
00:07:42You'll take me with you, won't you?
00:07:46You will, won't you?
00:07:50Or am I crowding you?
00:07:52What do you mean, crowding me?
00:07:56Maybe you do need this week away alone.
00:07:59Maybe we both do.
00:08:01I know what's going on inside of you, Frank.
00:08:03You're just like any other man, only a little more so.
00:08:06You have a feeling of being trapped, hemmed in,
00:08:08and you don't know whether or not you like it.
00:08:10Look, Paula.
00:08:12I'm going to be honest with you.
00:08:13I care too much for you not to be honest with you.
00:08:15I'm as much concerned for your happiness as I am for my own.
00:08:18I know you've had one bad experience, Frank.
00:08:20I know all about it.
00:08:21You don't know what it can do to two people, Paula.
00:08:23And the woman always gets hurt more than the man.
00:08:26I don't want you to get hurt, darling.
00:08:30More than anything in the world, I don't want you to get hurt.
00:08:37Want to hear some music?
00:08:39All right, Frank.
00:08:44Got a couple of nickels, Eddie?
00:08:45Yeah.
00:08:47This won't bother you, will it?
00:08:48No, the next result doesn't come in for half an hour.
00:08:51All right.
00:09:02I thought that by now we'd be married.
00:09:07No, I'm not going to crowd you anymore, Frank.
00:09:09Go to San Francisco.
00:09:10I don't like it.
00:09:11But I'm convinced that you must go.
00:09:15I want you to be very sure, Frank.
00:09:17If it's right, and I believe it is,
00:09:19we'll have something really wonderful together.
00:09:23If it isn't, we should both know it as soon as possible.
00:09:28So you see, even if I could stop you, I wouldn't do it now.
00:09:49Yes, sir.
00:09:50My name is Bigelow.
00:09:51I have a reservation.
00:09:52Yes, sir.
00:09:57Here we are, sir.
00:09:58My name is Bigelow.
00:09:59I have a reservation.
00:10:00I have it, sir.
00:10:01It's a very nice room on the sixth floor, facing the bay.
00:10:04Boy, this might help you enjoy your stay, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:07There's a little booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:10Oh, thank you, sir.
00:10:18Here's a booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:20Oh, thank you.
00:10:21Very welcome, sir.
00:10:26Say, is it always like this around here?
00:10:28No, this is market week, and it's the last day, too.
00:10:30Boy!
00:10:32Always around until you need them.
00:10:39Here's a message for you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:41A long-distance call came in about an hour ago from Banning, from a Paula Gibson.
00:10:44Oh, thank you.
00:10:45Very welcome.
00:10:46Show Mr. Bigelow to 618.
00:10:47Right this way, Sly.
00:11:05Right this way, Mr. Bigelow.
00:11:24Is there anything else, Mr. Bigelow?
00:11:25Oh, yes.
00:11:26You can get me a dry Manhattan and a pack of razor blades.
00:11:29Yes, sir.
00:11:31Oh, and you can leave that door open.
00:11:35Hello, operator?
00:11:37I want to speak to Miss Paula Gibson in Banning, California.
00:11:40That's right.
00:11:41I'll wait.
00:11:42Hello?
00:11:43Hello, Paula.
00:11:45Oh, hello, Frank.
00:11:46How was the trip?
00:11:47Fine.
00:11:48Just fine.
00:11:49Having a miserable time, I hope.
00:11:51Well, I don't know.
00:11:52I just got in.
00:11:57What was that?
00:11:58Market week.
00:11:59The place is crawling with traveling salesmen.
00:12:01You know, Charlie Anderson found out that you went away, and he asked me to go out with him.
00:12:04Oh, really?
00:12:05How did he make out?
00:12:07I'm considering it.
00:12:08Is that what you called to tell me?
00:12:10I'll have you know that this call is strictly business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:12:13Did a Mr. Phillips phone you?
00:12:14A Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:12:16No.
00:12:17He will.
00:12:18He phoned the office three times today.
00:12:19Said that he wanted to get in touch with you immediately.
00:12:21He said it's most urgent and imperative that he reach you at once.
00:12:24What did he want?
00:12:25I don't know.
00:12:26But he sounded deep, dark, and mysterious, and quite agitated about something.
00:12:30Phillips, Phillips.
00:12:31Have we ever done any business with him?
00:12:33Not unless you've been keeping it a secret from me.
00:12:35I looked through all the accounts.
00:12:37Uh, why did you tell him you could reach me here?
00:12:39You know I'm supposed to be on vacation.
00:12:41So you told me.
00:12:42And so I told him, dear heart.
00:12:44But the gentleman didn't seem to respect your temperamental moods the way I do.
00:12:48He was very insistent that he speak to you before it's too late, as he put it.
00:12:52Well, tell him you're trying to get in touch with me, and I've changed my plans, and he can't reach me.
00:12:56He won't talk to me.
00:12:58I told him that I was your confidential secretary, but I guess I didn't sound very confident.
00:13:02He won't talk to me.
00:13:03I told him that I was your confidential secretary, but I guess I didn't sound confidential enough.
00:13:08So I told him that he could reach you there this evening.
00:13:10Well, call him back.
00:13:11If it's as important as he says it is, he'll talk to you.
00:13:14Otherwise, he'll just have to wait until I get home.
00:13:16My, aren't we adamant this evening.
00:13:19All right.
00:13:20Shall do.
00:13:23And Frank.
00:13:24Yeah?
00:13:26I...
00:13:28I don't quite know how to say this.
00:13:30Say what?
00:13:32Well, what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that you ever have to feel guilty about.
00:13:40Oh.
00:13:42Sure.
00:13:45Thanks, Paula.
00:13:46I'll, uh...
00:13:47I'll call you tomorrow.
00:13:50Frank?
00:14:02Hello.
00:14:17Oh, just put it there, please.
00:14:22You can keep the change.
00:14:23Thanks very much.
00:14:24Say, um, how long has this been going on?
00:14:26Oh, it's been a madhouse all week, but they check out tomorrow.
00:14:29Oh?
00:14:30I thought you were with them.
00:14:31No, no, I'm just here on a vacation.
00:14:33Why does everybody come to San Francisco and tear loose?
00:14:38Excuse me.
00:14:40Say, uh, I'm awfully sorry to bother you, but, uh, would you mind if I used your telephone?
00:14:44No, no, go right ahead.
00:14:45I'm just across the hall here.
00:14:46One of the boys is using my phone and, uh, he's been on it for a half hour.
00:14:50I just want to call downstairs.
00:14:51Yeah?
00:14:54Room service, please.
00:14:56Hey, uh, things really picked up the last few days, didn't they?
00:14:59You're right up much business?
00:15:00Well, I'm not here on business.
00:15:01Oh, hello, room service?
00:15:02It's Mr. Haskell in 617.
00:15:04Yes, that's right.
00:15:05Would you send up, uh, three more bottles of bourbon and two scotch?
00:15:08Yes.
00:15:10Oh, and, uh, some more ice, too.
00:15:12All right, thank you.
00:15:14You here all alone?
00:15:15Yes, I just got in town.
00:15:16Well, why don't you join us for a drink?
00:15:18Well, I don't want to barge in on your party.
00:15:20Oh, nonsense.
00:15:21It's not a party.
00:15:22Just a few of the boys entertaining some buyers.
00:15:24You know, the usual thing.
00:15:25A few drinks and some laughs.
00:15:28It's no party.
00:15:29Come on.
00:15:30Come on, come on, get along.
00:15:32I don't always like to be all alone in a strange city.
00:15:35I'm, uh, Sam Haskell.
00:15:36I'm Frank.
00:15:37Frank Bigelow.
00:15:39You think some of these guys have never been away from home before?
00:15:41Yeah.
00:15:44Hey, hey.
00:15:46Hey, will you quiet down a second?
00:15:48I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:15:49Hello.
00:15:51This is Jane Carlyle.
00:15:52Hello.
00:15:53Bill Welch.
00:15:54How are you?
00:15:55Mr. Welch.
00:15:56Glad to know you, Bigelow.
00:15:57Jane's the prettiest buyer in San Francisco.
00:15:58You don't think I believe him, Elaine.
00:15:59Well, he spread that from coast to coast.
00:16:01Oh, gee.
00:16:02But it's good for my morale anyway.
00:16:03I'm George Cantwell.
00:16:04Glad to know you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:16:06Bigelow, yes.
00:16:07Right on much business?
00:16:08He's not here on business.
00:16:09Oh?
00:16:10Well?
00:16:11Well, why don't you get the man a drink before he dies of thirst?
00:16:14How about a little bourbon?
00:16:15Well, that's fine.
00:16:16Bourbon it is.
00:16:18Of course, Mr. Wallace, Inspector.
00:16:20Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:22But, Mr. Wallace, I'll need at least a week in Cleveland to visit all my accounts.
00:16:26I can't figure on being in Philadelphia until the 17th.
00:16:28Eddie, will you get off the phone?
00:16:29I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:16:31That's his boss.
00:16:32He's been trying for an hour to get his expense account boosted.
00:16:35The way this guy holds on to a dollar, you'd think they weren't printing them anymore.
00:16:38Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:39I'm leaving here the first thing in the morning.
00:16:41Yes, sir.
00:16:43Oh, keep your hips loose, Harry.
00:16:45Like this.
00:16:47Oh, yeah.
00:16:49How's he doing?
00:16:50Oh, there's nothing wrong with Harry's rubber.
00:16:52The two years without the Murray's wouldn't have killed him.
00:16:54Well, that was going all right.
00:16:56This is Sue and Harry Brandes.
00:16:57Hello.
00:16:58Good to meet you.
00:16:59How are you?
00:17:00Where'd you find her, Sam?
00:17:01On a dance marathon?
00:17:02She's marvelous.
00:17:04Now that you can do the rumba.
00:17:06Well, a little, but I'm kind of rusty.
00:17:08Anything would be an improvement after Harry.
00:17:10Well, how do you like that?
00:17:11Well, here goes.
00:17:16Hey, you're good.
00:17:20Oh, well, my wife, she's a good dancer, isn't she, Bigelow?
00:17:23Yeah.
00:17:26Hey, fellas, I thought you were going to show us a good time tonight.
00:17:29Is this doing the town?
00:17:30That's right.
00:17:31We practically bankrupt our stores to buy everything you've got.
00:17:34Then you keep us in this hotel room.
00:17:36I agree.
00:17:37This is my last night to howl before I go back to being a dutiful housewife.
00:17:42Well, it looks like we're stuck, boys.
00:17:44This is where we blow all our commissions in one night.
00:17:48And you're coming with us, Bigelow.
00:17:49Oh, no, thanks.
00:17:50You run along.
00:17:51I've got to get unpacked and have dinner.
00:17:52Oh, no, you're not going to get away from me.
00:17:54Now that I've found a man who can dance, I'm going to hang on to him.
00:18:22Oh, yeah.
00:18:43Right about back, y'all.
00:18:45Come on.
00:18:46Whoa.
00:18:50Oh, cool.
00:18:51Really cool.
00:18:57Man, am I hip.
00:18:59Just like that.
00:19:00Way to go.
00:19:01Whoa.
00:19:15Blow it.
00:19:16Blow up a storm, fisherman.
00:19:31Stay by the fisherman.
00:19:33Go on, go on, go on.
00:19:34Get it, get it.
00:20:01I got it out of me.
00:20:02I got it out of me.
00:20:06Here, have a little bit of my drink, Frank.
00:20:08No, thank you.
00:20:11Excuse me a moment.
00:20:12Where are you going, Frank?
00:20:13Excuse me.
00:20:14I think you've had enough.
00:20:15Excuse me a moment.
00:20:16Where are you going, Frank?
00:20:18Excuse me.
00:20:19I think you've had enough.
00:20:32What'll it be?
00:20:33Bourbon and water, no ice.
00:20:35Nice quiet place you got here.
00:20:37Well, we hit the pitch in about an hour,
00:20:39and that's when they really go out of their minds.
00:20:41Who's the blonde?
00:20:42Who's the blonde?
00:20:46Oh, she's one of the chicks that hangs around here.
00:20:48She's jive crazy.
00:20:50Come again?
00:20:51Oh, you ain't hip, pal.
00:20:52Jive crazy means that she goes for this stuff.
00:20:54Just between you and me, I don't get it either,
00:20:55but I gotta listen to it.
00:20:57They're all connoisseurs, music lovers.
00:20:59Me, I like Guy Lombardo.
00:21:01What's the matter with him?
00:21:02Oh, he's flipped.
00:21:03The music's driving him crazy.
00:21:05Come down, Jackie.
00:21:07Oh, don't buy me, man.
00:21:08I'm being in light.
00:21:10Is the blonde alone?
00:21:11Oh, sure.
00:21:12She's part of society.
00:21:13She always comes in alone.
00:21:14Drives a big convertible, wears a mink coat,
00:21:17but knows everybody.
00:21:18But she always comes in alone.
00:21:23♪ I wanted to kiss you
00:21:25♪ I tried to...
00:21:26Give me another blast, Leo.
00:21:29What's your story, Jeannie?
00:21:30Easy.
00:21:36Hello.
00:21:37Easy.
00:21:38Dig the fishermen.
00:21:39That's really silk, isn't it?
00:21:40Can I buy you a drink?
00:21:41Sure, thanks.
00:21:43Give me a blast, Leo.
00:21:44Leo, I left my blast at the other end of the bar.
00:21:58My name is Jeannie.
00:21:59What's yours?
00:22:00Frank.
00:22:01I've never seen you here before, Frank.
00:22:03Well, I've never been here.
00:22:06This isn't mine.
00:22:06Mine was bourbon.
00:22:07Well, sure it is.
00:22:08You saw me pour it.
00:22:12Give me a fresh drink.
00:22:13Anything you say.
00:22:14Oh, listen to that piano.
00:22:16Feel those vibrations.
00:22:21You don't get your kicks out of this, do you?
00:22:23I can live without it.
00:22:25Why do you stay here?
00:22:27I don't know.
00:22:28I bet I know.
00:22:29You're lonely in a big city.
00:22:30I'm not lonely.
00:22:31I'm not lonely.
00:22:32I'm not lonely.
00:22:33I'm not lonely.
00:22:33I'm not lonely.
00:22:34I'm not lonely in a big city.
00:22:36Why, you don't have to go into a routine with me.
00:22:39I like good company, too.
00:22:49Say, there's some people there I want to avoid.
00:22:52Couldn't we get out of here?
00:22:55Let me think about it.
00:22:56Oh, come on.
00:22:57How about going somewhere else?
00:22:59Why don't you meet me later?
00:23:04Okay, well...
00:23:15Call me at that number later. It's my next stop.
00:23:18They've got a band there that'll really send you.
00:23:21See you, Jeanie.
00:23:22Easy.
00:23:34Never mind, Alfred.
00:24:04Okay.
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00:25:04Room service, please.
00:25:20Come in.
00:25:26Be right with you, waiter.
00:25:28Yes, sir.
00:25:31Rest well, sir?
00:25:32Yeah, sure.
00:25:33May I?
00:25:35It's on there for you.
00:25:36Thank you, sir.
00:25:37Would you like anything else?
00:25:38No, thank you. That's all.
00:25:44Waiter.
00:25:45Yes, sir?
00:25:49Take this away.
00:25:52Is there anything wrong, sir?
00:25:53No, no, no. Just take it away.
00:25:55I don't even want to look at it.
00:26:00Are you all right, sir?
00:26:01I'm fine.
00:26:03Are you all right, sir?
00:26:04Yeah, sure.
00:26:07All right. I just had too big a night, I guess. That's all.
00:26:10I need some fresh air.
00:26:11Of course.
00:26:12Thank you, sir.
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00:27:17Lungs in good condition.
00:27:18Blood pressure normal.
00:27:19Heart fine.
00:27:20Well, it's a good thing everybody isn't like you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:23Put us doctors out of business.
00:27:24I'm glad to hear it, doctor. I was a little worried.
00:27:26Don't let a little bellyache worry you.
00:27:28Could be just a change of climate.
00:27:29Well, it isn't exactly an ache, doctor.
00:27:30It's kind of hard to describe the feeling.
00:27:32Maybe it was the drinks I had last night.
00:27:34I might have mixed them too much, huh?
00:27:36Let's have another look at that throat.
00:27:41You may finish dressing now, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:43I want to get the results of those tests we took.
00:27:45Thank you, doctor.
00:28:01Mr. Bigelow, this is Dr. Schaefer.
00:28:03Hello, doctor. How are you?
00:28:04Sit down, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:07According to the information you gave Miss Wilson,
00:28:09you're not married, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:10That's right.
00:28:11Do you have any relatives, family, anyone in San Francisco?
00:28:14No, no one.
00:28:15I don't know a soul in San Francisco.
00:28:17Where is your home?
00:28:18What is this, doctor?
00:28:19Why all the questions?
00:28:20You're a very sick man, Mr. Schaefer.
00:28:22I'm not sick.
00:28:23I'm not sick.
00:28:24I'm not sick.
00:28:25I'm not sick.
00:28:26I'm not sick.
00:28:27I'm not sick.
00:28:28I'm not sick.
00:28:29I'm not sick.
00:28:30I'm not sick, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:31Sick?
00:28:32But you told me I was in good shape.
00:28:33Yes, I know.
00:28:34But my preliminary examination
00:28:36didn't reveal your true condition.
00:28:38You sound as if it's pretty serious, doctor.
00:28:40It's extremely serious.
00:28:41I want you to understand
00:28:42that we wouldn't tell you something like this
00:28:43unless we were absolutely certain.
00:28:45Well, of course, of course.
00:28:46You must steel yourself for a shock, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:48Well, go on, doctor.
00:28:49What is it you're trying to tell me?
00:28:50Our tests reveal the presence in your body
00:28:52of a luminous toxic matter.
00:28:54What is that exactly?
00:28:56A poison that attacks the vital organs.
00:28:58Poison?
00:28:59I have no alternative but to tell you this.
00:29:01Your system has already absorbed
00:29:02sufficient toxin to prove fatal.
00:29:04I wish there was something that we could do.
00:29:07What do you mean, wish?
00:29:08You mean there's nothing?
00:29:09There is nothing anyone can do.
00:29:11This is one of the few poisons of its type
00:29:13for which there is no antidote.
00:29:15Well, this is fantastic.
00:29:17This is the most ridiculous thing...
00:29:18Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:19You don't have very long.
00:29:22What do you mean?
00:29:23A day, possibly a week.
00:29:25Two weeks at the outside.
00:29:26It's hard to say exactly.
00:29:27Well, this is impossible.
00:29:28I don't believe it.
00:29:29You've made a mistake.
00:29:30That's it.
00:29:31It could be a mistake, couldn't it?
00:29:32You have made a mistake.
00:29:33How did you answer me?
00:29:34Dr. Schaefer is an authority on toxicology.
00:29:36Been no mistake, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:39Do you realize what you're saying?
00:29:41Well, you're telling me that I'm dead.
00:29:43Do you think you can explain my life away
00:29:45in just a few words?
00:29:46Why, I don't even know who you are.
00:29:48Why should I believe you?
00:29:49You must calm yourself, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:51We want to offer you every assistance that we...
00:29:53Assistance?
00:29:54Who wants your assistance?
00:29:55Who wants anything from you?
00:29:56You're nothing but a couple of phonies.
00:29:58Why, I think you're crazy.
00:29:59That's it.
00:30:00You're crazy, the both of you.
00:30:01You're crazy.
00:30:17Where's the doctor?
00:30:18Come on, tell me where...
00:30:19You've got to go to the clinic before you...
00:30:20Get out of here.
00:30:21Doctor!
00:30:22Doctor!
00:30:23What's the trouble here?
00:30:24What's the matter with you?
00:30:24Doctor, I want you to examine me for luminous poisoning.
00:30:30Come right in here.
00:30:39Yeah, you've got it all right.
00:30:42Your system has already absorbed it.
00:30:45Are you sure, doctor?
00:30:46Are you absolutely certain?
00:30:48Couldn't there be some mistake?
00:30:55There it is.
00:30:56The toxin is actually luminous in the dark.
00:30:59Now, there's no doubt about it, Bigelow.
00:31:02I don't feel sick.
00:31:04My stomach is just a little bit upset.
00:31:06Maybe it's not as bad as you think, doctor.
00:31:08That's characteristic.
00:31:09With a heavy jolt, you go suddenly in a matter of hours.
00:31:12But if the stuff is taken in a lesser degree,
00:31:14you last a while.
00:31:15And then...
00:31:19And then...
00:31:20And then...
00:31:23Give it to me straight, doctor!
00:31:25Well, a number of things are involved.
00:31:27The systemic condition of the individual,
00:31:29the amount consumed, exertion...
00:31:31Yes!
00:31:32You won't feel too badly for a while.
00:31:34Then it will happen suddenly.
00:31:36A day, two days, a week at the most.
00:31:43A day...
00:31:46Two days...
00:31:47There's nothing that can be done now.
00:31:48If it had been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out.
00:31:51But you've had it in you for some time now.
00:31:53For at least 12 hours, haven't you, Bigelow?
00:31:55I don't know.
00:31:57You don't know?
00:31:58No!
00:31:59Don't you know how you got it?
00:32:00No!
00:32:01This is no accident.
00:32:02Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:32:04That wax is tasteless, odorless.
00:32:06The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it in liquor.
00:32:08I was drinking last night.
00:32:10Arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately.
00:32:13Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
00:32:15This is a case for homicide.
00:32:18I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow.
00:32:21You've been murdered.
00:32:29Get me police headquarters, please.
00:32:31Homicide Bureau.
00:32:49Who are you?
00:33:07Who are you?
00:33:18Who are you?
00:33:49Today, two days.
00:33:51A week, at most.
00:34:19You've been murdered.
00:34:22This is no accident.
00:34:24Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:34:26The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it in liquor.
00:34:30There's nothing to be done now.
00:34:33You've been murdered.
00:34:35You've been murdered.
00:34:37You've been murdered.
00:34:39You've been murdered.
00:34:41You've been murdered.
00:34:43You've been murdered.
00:34:45You've been murdered.
00:34:47You've been murdered.
00:34:49You've been murdered.
00:34:51You've been murdered.
00:34:53You've been murdered.
00:34:55You've been murdered.
00:34:57You've been murdered.
00:34:59You've been murdered.
00:35:01You've been murdered.
00:35:03You've been murdered.
00:35:05You've been murdered.
00:35:07You've been murdered.
00:35:09You've been murdered.
00:35:11You've been murdered.
00:35:13You've been murdered.
00:35:15You've been murdered.
00:35:17You've been murdered.
00:35:19You've been murdered.
00:35:21You've been murdered.
00:35:22Open this door, I tell you!
00:35:52Open it up or I'll break it down!
00:35:54Where are those men?
00:35:55Where are those men who were here last night?
00:35:56I don't know.
00:35:57There are no men here.
00:35:58Please go away.
00:35:59Don't lie to me.
00:36:00Where are they?
00:36:01Mister!
00:36:02This lady just checked in.
00:36:03Those men aren't here no longer.
00:36:04They checked out of the hotel early this morning.
00:36:06Checked out?
00:36:07Please go away.
00:36:08I'm sorry.
00:36:09I'm terribly sorry.
00:36:10Hello?
00:36:11Please, Mr. Bigelow.
00:36:12My eardrums.
00:36:13Oh, hello, Paula.
00:36:24Your enthusiasm overwhelms me.
00:36:26Why haven't you phoned me or is there a quota on telephone calls up there?
00:36:30I'm sorry.
00:36:31I've been busy.
00:36:34I'll bet you have.
00:36:35Visiting the museums, no doubt.
00:36:37What's happening up there that's exciting or different?
00:36:40Nothing.
00:36:41Not a thing.
00:36:42You don't trust me, but you're too stubborn to admit it.
00:36:45Sure, sure.
00:36:46You know, if you'd like me to come up, I can pack a toothbrush and leave right away.
00:36:49No!
00:36:50Well, you don't have to snap my head off.
00:36:52You could at least make a pretence of missing me.
00:36:55I'm sorry, Paula.
00:36:56Of course I miss you.
00:36:57Listen, Paula.
00:36:58I...
00:36:59Paula, it's just that I don't feel like talking now.
00:37:08I'll call you later.
00:37:09Don't strain yourself.
00:37:11You phone me sometime when you feel more like talking.
00:37:14Oh, by the way, I called that Mr. Phillips back.
00:37:18Phillips?
00:37:19Yes, you know, the man that tried to reach you.
00:37:21Well, I'm afraid you'll never know why it was so important that he speak to you.
00:37:25His office said he died yesterday.
00:37:26Frank, are you there?
00:37:27Did you hear me?
00:37:28Died?
00:37:29When?
00:37:30Yesterday.
00:37:31So you won't have to bother your little head of business.
00:37:32I'm sorry.
00:37:33I'm sorry.
00:37:34I'm sorry.
00:37:35I'm sorry.
00:37:36I'm sorry.
00:37:37I'm sorry.
00:37:38I'm sorry.
00:37:39I'm sorry.
00:37:40I'm sorry.
00:37:41I'm sorry.
00:37:42I'm sorry.
00:37:43Paula, don't have to bother your little head about him anymore.
00:37:44You can just go ahead and have fun.
00:37:45Paula, what did he die from?
00:37:47Do you know?
00:37:48I suppose he died from whatever people usually die from.
00:37:50Well, didn't they tell you?
00:37:52Don't you know?
00:37:53What are you getting so excited about?
00:37:54You said you didn't even know the man.
00:37:55Listen.
00:37:56Where's his office located?
00:37:57What difference does it make?
00:37:58You can't talk to him now.
00:37:59I told you.
00:38:00The man's dead.
00:38:01Paula, will you stop talking so much and tell me where his office is?
00:38:07All right.
00:38:08It's the Phillips Importing and Exporting Company, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:15Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:16That's right. Say, this is really a switch.
00:38:19Listen, if you want to reach me, I'll be in Los Angeles.
00:38:21Are you out of your mind?
00:38:22I'm sorry, Paula. I've got to hurry.
00:38:24Wait a minute. Where in Los Angeles?
00:38:26The Allison. The Allison Hotel.
00:38:28Goodbye, Paula.
00:38:39I'd like to see someone in charge here.
00:39:06What is it in regard to?
00:39:07It's a personal matter. It's quite urgent.
00:39:08Perhaps Mr. Halliday can help you.
00:39:10Who's he?
00:39:11He's our controller.
00:39:12Your name, please?
00:39:13Bigelow.
00:39:15Mr. Bigelow to see you.
00:39:16Send him in.
00:39:18Go right in, please. That door.
00:39:26Mr. Bigelow?
00:39:26How are you, Mr. Halliday?
00:39:30What can I do for you?
00:39:32Well, Mr. Phillips phoned my office several times yesterday.
00:39:34I'd like to find out what it's all about.
00:39:36You know Mr. Phillips died yesterday?
00:39:38Yes, I know.
00:39:39Well, I don't understand.
00:39:41If he phoned you, didn't he tell you what it was about?
00:39:44Well, he didn't speak to me.
00:39:45I wasn't in my office at the time, and he wouldn't tell my secretary.
00:39:49I'm afraid I can't be of much help, Mr. Bigelow.
00:39:51I have no idea why Mr. Phillips tried to reach you.
00:39:54I'm sorry you had to make the trip for nothing.
00:39:57How do you know I made a trip?
00:39:58I didn't say anything about making a trip.
00:40:00I merely said he phoned my office.
00:40:01My office could be here in Los Angeles.
00:40:05Miss Foster.
00:40:08Yes?
00:40:09Didn't you mention something yesterday about Mr. Phillips
00:40:11speaking with Mr. Bigelow in San Francisco?
00:40:13I said that he had phoned Mr. Bigelow's office in Banning,
00:40:15but that Mr. Bigelow was staying at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
00:40:18I'm sorry you misunderstood me.
00:40:19Do you know why Mr. Phillips called?
00:40:21No, I don't.
00:40:21All right, thank you, Miss Foster.
00:40:23You can understand that we've been somewhat upset around here.
00:40:27Now, if you don't mind...
00:40:34Did Mr. Phillips have a wife, family, anyone that could help me?
00:40:38You can't intrude on people at a time like this
00:40:40just to satisfy some curiosity.
00:40:41It isn't just curiosity.
00:40:43Then I suggest you wait a week or so.
00:40:44I can't wait.
00:40:45Well, I'm sorry you'll have to.
00:40:46Well, there's always a phone book.
00:40:47You're a pretty aggressive fellow, Bigelow.
00:40:50Are you quite sure that this is as important as you make it appear to be?
00:40:53It's important.
00:40:54Mrs. Phillips lives at the Sunset Arms Apartments.
00:40:58I needn't tell you she's under a strain.
00:41:05I suppose you're capable of using a little more tact with her
00:41:07than you demonstrated with me.
00:41:09I think I can handle it.
00:41:10By the way, what was the cause of Mr. Phillips' death?
00:41:13Suicide.
00:41:14He bit from the balcony of his apartment.
00:41:30Come in, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:32I'm Stanley Phillips, Eugene's brother.
00:41:34Halliday phoned that you were coming.
00:41:41This is my sister-in-law, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:44I'll try to make this as brief as possible, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:47I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:50I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
00:41:57I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:59I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
00:42:01Well, I guess Halliday covered just about everything.
00:42:05Did your husband ever mention anything about me, Mrs. Phillips?
00:42:08Anything at all?
00:42:09No.
00:42:10I can't recall Eugene ever having mentioned your name.
00:42:23I hate to ask you this, Mrs. Phillips,
00:42:25but it's of vital importance to me.
00:42:27Do you know why your husband committed suicide?
00:42:31What?
00:42:36You're certainly not the most diplomatic person in the world, are you, Bigelow?
00:42:41Were you a friend of my brother's?
00:42:42I never met him.
00:42:50My brother was in a jam, a pretty bad jam.
00:42:53He was arrested two days ago.
00:42:55He sold some iridium to a dealer by the name of Mayjack.
00:42:57It's a very rare metal, very costly.
00:43:00Anyway, the iridium turned out to be stolen.
00:43:03It was released on bail yesterday, but he faced a pretty stiff prison term.
00:43:06And have committed suicide, alas.
00:43:07Yes, I know. That's how the police feel about it.
00:43:10What puzzles me, though, is this crooked deal.
00:43:12Knowing Eugene, you wouldn't say he's the type of man to be mixed up in anything like that, now would you?
00:43:16I told you I never met him.
00:43:17That's right, so you didn't.
00:43:19Now, what's this all got to do with you, Bigelow?
00:43:21I don't know.
00:43:22Let's come clean with each other, Bigelow.
00:43:24Surely you must have some idea why my brother was so desperate to contact you.
00:43:26I have no idea.
00:43:27That's odd.
00:43:28Then how could it be of such vital importance to you?
00:43:30You seem to know the answer to everything else.
00:43:33Maybe you know the answer to that one, too.
00:43:46There's a message here for you to call Operator 82 at Fanning.
00:43:48Oh, thank you.
00:43:50Show Mr. Bigelow to room 821.
00:43:51Say, would you have the operator put this call through to my room right away?
00:43:54I'll check it up there.
00:43:57Hello, Operator.
00:43:59Hey, I'll call you if I need anything.
00:44:00Thank you, sir.
00:44:02Hello, Paula?
00:44:03Well, Sinbad, I've just about given you up for lost.
00:44:07Now, do you mind telling me just why you rushed down to Los Angeles?
00:44:12I can't explain it to you just now, Paula.
00:44:15I just can't explain it.
00:44:17What's going on, Frank?
00:44:18You don't even sound like yourself.
00:44:19Well, I'm...
00:44:22I'm just a little tired, Paula, that's all.
00:44:24But I miss you.
00:44:26Oh, Frank.
00:44:28I can't tell you how good it is to hear you say that.
00:44:31And here I was, worrying that I'd lost my charm.
00:44:34When are you coming home, Frank?
00:44:37Soon, Paula.
00:44:39I'll be home soon.
00:44:42I'll go right out and get myself a permanent so I'll be pretty when you see me.
00:44:46Hey, guess what?
00:44:46I found that Phillips name in your notarial ledger.
00:44:50Oh, thank you, Paula.
00:44:51Hey, guess what?
00:44:52I found that Phillips name in your notarial ledger.
00:44:56Notarial ledger?
00:44:58Yes, of all places.
00:44:59I remember now, I made the entry myself.
00:45:01You had notarized a paper one morning before I came to work.
00:45:04What kind of paper was it?
00:45:06A bill of sale for a George Reynolds,
00:45:08made out to Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:45:11See, you see, I was right.
00:45:12We haven't done any business with Phillips, only indirectly.
00:45:15What was the bill of sale for?
00:45:16A shipment of iridium, whatever that is.
00:45:18Iridium?
00:45:19You mentioned at the time that this fellow Reynolds
00:45:21had made some kind of a deal in Palm Springs
00:45:23and he stopped in your office early in the morning on his way north
00:45:26to have it notarized.
00:45:27Wait a minute.
00:45:29Wait a minute, George Reynolds.
00:45:30That was about six months ago, wasn't it?
00:45:33That's right, six months ago.
00:45:34Thanks, Paula.
00:45:36Goodbye.
00:45:38Goodbye.
00:45:40Hello, operator.
00:45:41Get that number back for me.
00:45:49I'm sorry.
00:46:05I've got to talk to you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:46:07Please, go away.
00:46:10I want to be left alone.
00:46:11But I found out why your husband wanted to see me.
00:46:12It was in connection with a bill of sale.
00:46:15Come in.
00:46:17What do you know about a man named George Reynolds?
00:46:20George Reynolds?
00:46:21Yes.
00:46:21Why, that's the man my husband claimed sold him the iridium.
00:46:24And what did Reynolds claim?
00:46:25Reynolds disappeared.
00:46:27Yes.
00:46:27About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious
00:46:30that something was wrong.
00:46:32Since then, he tried in every way to locate Reynolds
00:46:34but could find no trace of him.
00:46:36But I don't get it.
00:46:36Your husband could have proved he made a legitimate deal
00:46:38by showing the bill of sale he got from Reynolds.
00:46:40Then there was a bill of sale?
00:46:41Yes, yes, of course there was.
00:46:43My husband swore there was,
00:46:45but at the time of his arrest, he couldn't find it.
00:46:47It was mysteriously missing.
00:46:50Well, then if your husband could have shown proof,
00:46:51it would have been George Reynolds
00:46:52who would have faced the prison term.
00:46:54Eugene was convinced that Reynolds
00:46:55had stolen the bill of sale.
00:46:57He was the only one who had reason to eliminate
00:46:58evidence of the transaction.
00:47:02Thank you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:47:03Thank you very much.
00:47:04You've been very helpful.
00:47:06Oh, if you'd only come sooner, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:09My husband might be alive today.
00:47:12I know.
00:47:15The only thing that puzzles me, Mrs. Phillips,
00:47:17is that you haven't asked how I knew
00:47:18there was a bill of sale.
00:47:33Mr. Holliday isn't in.
00:47:34He should be back shortly.
00:47:36I think you're the one who can help me, Miss Foster.
00:47:38Mr. Phillips tried to run away.
00:47:39He's got a gun.
00:47:40He's got a gun.
00:47:41He's got a gun.
00:47:42He's got a gun.
00:47:42He's got a gun.
00:47:43He's got a gun.
00:47:44Mr. Phillips tried to reach someone else
00:47:45before he called me yesterday, didn't he?
00:47:47Why don't you ask Mr. Holliday?
00:47:48Obviously, Mr. Holliday wasn't here yesterday.
00:47:50Or he wouldn't have had to learn from you
00:47:51that Phillips called me.
00:47:52And you're the logical person to know
00:47:54who else Phillips called.
00:47:55I don't believe that's any of your business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:57Don't think you're revealing anything confidential, Miss Foster.
00:47:59I know that he tried to reach somebody else.
00:48:01Mrs. Phillips told me.
00:48:02You're bluffing, Mr. Bigelow.
00:48:03I don't know what you're after,
00:48:04but you're trying to trick me.
00:48:06Mrs. Phillips didn't tell you a thing.
00:48:07How do you know that?
00:48:09Mrs. Phillips knows nothing about it.
00:48:10She doesn't?
00:48:12Well, why wouldn't she?
00:48:13Wait a minute.
00:48:14I was talking about George Reynolds.
00:48:15Who did you think I meant?
00:48:16Just who is it that Mrs. Phillips doesn't know about?
00:48:18I told you before, that's none of your business.
00:48:19All right, young lady.
00:48:20I'm going to give it to you straight.
00:48:21Phillips was murdered.
00:48:22Murdered?
00:48:22I don't believe you.
00:48:23He called me because he needed me to clear him.
00:48:24Phillips was innocent.
00:48:25Innocent men don't have to jump out of windows.
00:48:27Murdered?
00:48:28Just who are you trying to protect, Miss Foster?
00:48:29Why are you so afraid to tell the truth?
00:48:31I'm not protecting anybody.
00:48:32I haven't any more to say.
00:48:33All right, young lady.
00:48:34Listen to me.
00:48:35This thing is going to explode wide open.
00:48:36If you've got nothing to hide, you better start talking.
00:48:38Or maybe you are, Miss Thomas.
00:48:39No!
00:48:44I went to see her yesterday morning.
00:48:45Who's Marla Racoubian?
00:48:46She's a model.
00:48:47She and Mr. Phillips used to be quite friendly.
00:48:49But he hadn't been seeing her for quite some time.
00:48:51Come on.
00:48:52The last couple of months, he'd been trying to locate her.
00:48:53And finally learn where she lived yesterday morning.
00:48:55When he returned from scenery, he was terribly upset and excited.
00:48:59That's when he had me put in the calls for you.
00:49:01When he couldn't reach you, he went home.
00:49:03The last time I saw him alive.
00:49:05Give me Marla Racoubian's address.
00:49:07I...
00:49:08I don't think Mr. Phillips realized I was aware of his friendship with Marla Racoubian.
00:49:13Out of respect for him, I never intended to tell anybody.
00:49:17I had no idea that she had anything to do with the trouble he was in.
00:49:20I admire your discretion, Miss Foster.
00:49:24You know, you must be pretty friendly with Stanley, Miss Foster.
00:49:27He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me yesterday.
00:49:29And he wasn't even here at the time.
00:49:31And now you seem to know all about what happened in Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
00:49:35Miss Racoubian?
00:49:36Yes?
00:49:37What do you want?
00:49:38Get out of here or I'll call the police.
00:49:40Go ahead, call them.
00:49:41Oh, go ahead, call them.
00:49:43Going on a trip, huh?
00:49:44Yes.
00:49:45Going away for the weekend.
00:49:46Sailing for Buenos Aires tomorrow, some weekend.
00:49:48I'll send you a postcard.
00:49:49Now get out of here.
00:49:50Where are you going with George Reynolds?
00:49:52I've never heard of him.
00:49:53I suppose you've never heard of Eugene Phillips either.
00:49:55Just who are you?
00:49:56What do you want?
00:49:57What do you want?
00:49:58What do you want?
00:49:59What do you want?
00:50:00What do you want?
00:50:01What do you want?
00:50:02What do you want?
00:50:03What do you want?
00:50:04Who are you?
00:50:05What do you want?
00:50:06Never mind who I am.
00:50:07Where's Reynolds?
00:50:08I told you I don't know him.
00:50:09Now will you get out of here and leave me alone?
00:50:16So you never heard of George Reynolds, huh?
00:50:18And don't try to tell me that this isn't him because I've seen him.
00:50:20If you think you can scare me, you're crazy.
00:50:22Look, I know that Phillips came here yesterday.
00:50:24And right after he left, he was pushed out of a six-story window.
00:50:26Pushed?
00:50:27Phillips committed suicide.
00:50:28Your playmate Reynolds murdered Phillips.
00:50:30Then he went up to San Francisco to get me.
00:50:32I thought you knew about a certain bill of sale.
00:50:34I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:36You're in this right up to your pretty little neck.
00:50:38I'm not mixed up in anything.
00:50:40Get your hands up.
00:50:41Drop that picture on the couch.
00:50:43Turn around.
00:50:46Don't get any ideas because I'm not afraid to use this.
00:50:49Give me your wallet.
00:50:55Frank Bigelow.
00:50:56Hotel Alex.
00:50:58All right, now, where's Reynolds?
00:51:00I don't know.
00:51:01I don't know where he is.
00:51:02Is that what you told Phillips yesterday?
00:51:04I told him exactly what I'm telling you.
00:51:06I haven't heard from him in months.
00:51:07Yeah?
00:51:08You're mighty careful of the picture of a man you haven't heard from in months.
00:51:10What does the race stand for?
00:51:12It was a pet name.
00:51:13Do you mind?
00:51:14Oh, it sounds very cozy, Miss Recoubian.
00:51:16You and Reynolds call each other pet names while you make a sucker out of Phillips.
00:51:19Phillips made the deal because he wanted it.
00:51:21Yeah?
00:51:22I'll bet you you weren't above using what it takes to help make him want it.
00:51:25Who's paying for this trip?
00:51:27I am.
00:51:28Really?
00:51:29A first-class trip to Buenos Aires on a model salary?
00:51:31Don't make me laugh.
00:51:33Since you and Reynolds aren't seeing each other anymore, you don't mind if I keep this to you?
00:51:37If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in.
00:51:42You know, I really believe you would.
00:51:47Oh, I almost forgot.
00:51:49Your tickets.
00:51:51Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off.
00:51:53Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off.
00:52:16Angelo.
00:52:18Angelo!
00:52:19Angelo!
00:52:23Oh, Angelo.
00:52:24Do you remember taking this picture of George Reynolds?
00:52:26I take so many pictures, I can't remember them all.
00:52:28This gentleman is a friend of his and would like his address.
00:52:30We have no card on him.
00:52:32I don't think we ought to do that.
00:52:33He's willing to pay $20 for it.
00:52:36That's the paper we used last year.
00:52:38Of course, you understand we usually don't give out the information about our clients.
00:52:41I know. You're a couple of high-class fellas.
00:52:43Revealing anything confidential is against the ethics of our establishment.
00:52:46That's right. Honesty is the best policy.
00:52:48Of course.
00:52:50But in your case, he doesn't must be a personal friend of Mr. Reynolds.
00:52:53Thanks, I knew you'd come through.
00:52:54Got it.
00:52:56Here it is.
00:52:57We don't have his address. He must have called for the picture.
00:52:59But he couldn't have been a very good friend of yours, mister.
00:53:01Because his name is not George Reynolds.
00:53:04It isn't?
00:53:05Well, what is it?
00:53:06It's a...
00:53:07Huh?
00:53:09Oh.
00:53:11It's Raymond Rakubian.
00:53:13Rakubian?
00:53:16What's so unusual about that?
00:53:17The picture's signed right, isn't it?
00:53:20Yeah.
00:53:23Yeah.
00:53:26Thanks.
00:53:47You're welcome.
00:54:17You're welcome.
00:54:47You're welcome.
00:55:18You're welcome.
00:55:30Your lips call me baby
00:55:33Then I thought that maybe
00:55:35In love
00:55:47In love
00:56:18A big one.
00:56:19Are you all right?
00:56:20Can I get you anything?
00:56:21No, no thanks.
00:56:23Do you know this man?
00:56:25No.
00:56:26No, I don't think so.
00:56:27Are you sure you've never seen him?
00:56:28I'm quite sure.
00:56:30Does the name Raymond Rakubian mean anything to you?
00:56:33No, I never heard of him. Why?
00:56:35He also uses the name George Reynolds.
00:56:37This is Reynolds?
00:56:38That's right.
00:56:39Well, where can we find him?
00:56:40That's what I want to know.
00:56:41Tell me something, Halliday.
00:56:42You're the controller here.
00:56:44How come you didn't know about that bill of sale?
00:56:46Phillips made that deal before I came to work here.
00:56:48Yeah, but you still keep records, don't you?
00:56:50For some reason, which is none of my business,
00:56:52Phillips preferred to keep that among his personal papers.
00:56:55Now, does that answer your question?
00:56:58You came in here today asking for some information that you needed,
00:57:01and I tried to be as cooperative as I could.
00:57:03But now you're beginning to annoy me.
00:57:05So get out before I throw you out.
00:57:07You know, you really frighten me.
00:57:38Well, it's about time you showed up, Bigelow.
00:57:41Go ahead, Dave.
00:57:48Real cute, ain't you, Bigelow?
00:57:49Just real cute.
00:57:50Paula didn't lose much time getting a hold of you guys, did she?
00:57:53Shut up.
00:57:54Let's go, Bigelow.
00:57:55Look at him.
00:57:56He can't take it.
00:57:58Soft in the face.
00:57:59He can't take it.
00:58:00He can't take it.
00:58:01He can't take it.
00:58:02He can't take it.
00:58:03He can't take it.
00:58:04He can't take it.
00:58:05He can't take it.
00:58:06Soft in the belly.
00:58:10You do that again and I'll kick your face.
00:58:13Lay off, Chester. Cut it out.
00:58:14Shut up.
00:58:15Who asked you?
00:58:19Better let him answer.
00:58:20The clerk might know he's in.
00:58:22Go ahead, Bigelow.
00:58:29Hello?
00:58:30Frank.
00:58:31Frank, why did you hang up on me?
00:58:32I've been trying to get you for hours.
00:58:34I'm sorry, Paula.
00:58:35I was in a hurry.
00:58:36Well, don't be in such a hurry this time.
00:58:38You didn't give me a chance to finish what I had to say.
00:58:40It's okay.
00:58:41I wanted to tell you that McGowan was in hollering his head off
00:58:44because you didn't go over the books.
00:58:46Tell McGowan to get another audit.
00:58:48Sure.
00:58:49Sure, I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account we've got.
00:58:52Do as I tell you, Paula.
00:58:55Frank, are you...
00:58:56Are you drunk?
00:58:57Paula, how much we got in the bank?
00:59:00About $2,200.
00:59:03Draw it out tomorrow.
00:59:05Sure.
00:59:06Then what do we do?
00:59:07Skip town without paying our bills?
00:59:09Forget the bills.
00:59:10You know that coat you always wanted?
00:59:12Buy it.
00:59:15You are drunk.
00:59:17You know, if I didn't have such a good character,
00:59:19I'd be tempted to take advantage of your intoxicated state, Mr. Bigelow.
00:59:22I'm not drunk, Paula.
00:59:24Well, then don't tell me that one day away from me can affect you this way.
00:59:27Cut it short.
00:59:30Paula.
00:59:31Yes?
00:59:33I'm...
00:59:34I'm sorry I...
00:59:35I left you.
00:59:37I never realized how much I love you.
00:59:40But I know it now.
00:59:43Oh, Frank, Frank, darling, I love you too, so very much.
00:59:49Please come home.
00:59:51I miss you terribly.
00:59:54I said cut it short.
00:59:58I'd just love to let you have it, Bigelow.
01:00:00Let's go, Chester.
01:00:01This guy's kept us waiting long enough.
01:00:02Now, walk in front of me, Bigelow.
01:00:06And keep your mouth shut.
01:00:07If you so much as look cross-eyed at anybody,
01:00:09I'll blow the back of your skull out.
01:00:31This Bigelow's real cute.
01:00:33He wanted to get tough with Chester.
01:00:35He don't know Chester.
01:00:36Did you get the picture?
01:00:37Don't I always get what Mr. Majak sends me after?
01:00:40Majak?
01:00:43That's right.
01:00:45I'm the dealer who bought the iridium from Phillips.
01:00:49I get it.
01:00:50You have Rakubian unload stolen stuff on Phillips to help Amala here,
01:00:54and then you buy it back from him.
01:00:55Oh, you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
01:01:00What is it, Mr. Bigelow?
01:01:02Exactly what is on your mind?
01:01:05I'm looking for Raymond Rakubian.
01:01:07Why?
01:01:08Well, Amala here has told you everything else.
01:01:10I'm sure she must have told you that, too.
01:01:13You don't expect me to believe this conversation.
01:01:17So, what is on your mind?
01:01:19I mean underneath.
01:01:22You forced your way into my affairs, and now I want to know why.
01:01:25I just told you.
01:01:26I'm looking for Raymond Rakubian.
01:01:28Don't get cute.
01:01:29I'm just itching to work you over.
01:01:32Soft in the belly.
01:01:33Can't take it.
01:01:36See what I tell you.
01:01:48You can't do that to Chester.
01:01:50I'm going to blow your guts out.
01:01:52Easy.
01:01:53We have just enough now.
01:01:55No.
01:01:57Look at him.
01:01:58He's so scared of Chester.
01:01:59He taught now.
01:02:01He's not afraid, Chester.
01:02:05You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid.
01:02:09Look at his eyes.
01:02:24I'm telling you, Majak.
01:02:26You better keep him away from me or he's really going to have to use that gun.
01:02:31Go away, Chester.
01:02:32Please.
01:02:35Do what I tell you, my boy.
01:02:37Please.
01:02:39And help Dave.
01:02:47You're in pain.
01:02:51He's an unfortunate boy.
01:02:53He's psychopathic.
01:02:56He's unhappy unless he gives pain.
01:02:59He likes to see blood.
01:03:03Come with me, Mr. Bigelow.
01:03:12Raymond Rakubian was my nephew.
01:03:14He could not possibly have tried to kill you.
01:03:16He's been dead five months.
01:03:24I'm afraid you have been sidetracked.
01:03:27Provided it is true that somebody made an attempt on your life.
01:03:30Somebody made an attempt again today.
01:03:33I had no reason to kill you.
01:03:35Believe me.
01:03:36What do you mean you had no reason?
01:03:37I notarized a certain bill of sale.
01:03:39You notarized a bill of sale for Reynolds.
01:03:41Not Rakubian.
01:03:43Not what I told you was true.
01:03:45I had no reason to kill you.
01:03:47That's a closet, Mr. Bigelow.
01:03:49And under other circumstances, you could go home now.
01:03:54But...
01:03:56Now you present a problem.
01:03:59You know too much and I am in danger.
01:04:01Chester!
01:04:02Suppose I were able to prove to you that I only want to find the person who tried to kill me.
01:04:06And I won't cause you any trouble.
01:04:09You know I can go to jail for ten years for this little business.
01:04:12Ten years!
01:04:14At my age, that's my age.
01:04:17At my age, that's... that's my life.
01:04:19That means my entire life.
01:04:21With my life, I do not take chances.
01:04:23I am sorry.
01:04:24Believe me.
01:04:25You want Joe to go with you?
01:04:27No.
01:04:28Just Bigelow and me.
01:04:30And baby makes three.
01:04:31But, Major...
01:04:33Goodbye, Mr. Bigelow.
01:04:35And...
01:04:36Forgive me.
01:04:37Let's go, Bigelow.
01:04:41I guess you won't be there to see me off.
01:04:46No.
01:05:00You tried to make a fool out of me in front of Major.
01:05:03You shouldn't have done that, Bigelow.
01:05:05I don't like that.
01:05:09I'm going to enjoy this, Bigelow.
01:05:12I've done jobs like this before.
01:05:14I knocked off guys I could like.
01:05:17But I don't like you, Bigelow.
01:05:20I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it.
01:05:27I'm going to enjoy this.
01:05:45You're not scared yet, are you, Bigelow?
01:05:47But you'll be scared.
01:05:48Good to be scared.
01:05:50I think I'll give it to you in the belly.
01:05:52You don't like it in the belly?
01:06:01Good.
01:06:02Try it.
01:06:04I'd just love you to try it, Bigelow.
01:06:06Why don't you try it?
01:06:08Go ahead.
01:06:10Didn't have the nerve, did you, Bigelow?
01:06:13Yeah.
01:06:15I think I'll give it to you right in the belly.
01:06:30It takes longer when you get it in the belly.
01:06:32It's nice and slow.
01:06:35That's the way I want to see you go, Bigelow.
01:06:37Nice and slow.
01:07:07Come on, Bigelow.
01:07:37Come on.
01:08:07You all right?
01:08:37Frank!
01:08:43Frank!
01:08:53Frank, are you all right?
01:08:54Yes, I'm all right, Paula.
01:08:55But what are you doing here?
01:08:56How did you get here?
01:08:57Freddie Ross threw me down.
01:08:58I had to come.
01:08:59I had to see you.
01:09:01You shouldn't have come, Paula.
01:09:02You shouldn't have.
01:09:03What is it, Frank?
01:09:04You're in some kind of trouble.
01:09:05I know it.
01:09:06Look at you.
01:09:07You have a sight.
01:09:08Your clothes look as if you've slept in them.
01:09:09Are you ill?
01:09:11You are.
01:09:12You're feverish.
01:09:13I'm all right, Paula.
01:09:14And I'm not in any trouble.
01:09:15Believe me.
01:09:16You're lying, Frank.
01:09:17Right after I spoke to you, I got a phone call
01:09:18from the San Francisco police.
01:09:19They asked if I knew where you were.
01:09:20You didn't tell them anything, did you?
01:09:21Of course not.
01:09:22It was the homicide detective that called.
01:09:26What is it, Frank?
01:09:27If you're in any kind of trouble, you certainly can trust me.
01:09:30Look, I'm not in any trouble with the police, Paula.
01:09:32Believe me.
01:09:33But you can't stay here.
01:09:34You've got to go back to Banning right away.
01:09:35No, I won't go, Frank.
01:09:36I won't.
01:09:37I'm staying here with you.
01:09:38Paula, it's better that you go back.
01:09:39Believe me.
01:09:40Why?
01:09:41What's this all about?
01:09:42What have you got to do with this Phillips and Reynolds?
01:09:47Phillips was murdered.
01:09:49Murdered?
01:09:51What could that possibly have to do with you?
01:09:53All you did was notarize a paper.
01:09:54You've notarized hundreds of papers.
01:09:56I know.
01:09:57I know.
01:09:58All I did was notarize one little paper.
01:09:59One little paper out of hundreds.
01:10:01Frank.
01:10:02Wait a minute.
01:10:03You don't even act like yourself.
01:10:04I know that you're in trouble.
01:10:05That something is wrong.
01:10:06That you're in serious trouble.
01:10:08You're frightening me, Frank.
01:10:10Oh, don't be frightened, Paula.
01:10:12Don't ever be frightened of anything again.
01:10:14Will you promise me that?
01:10:15I love you so much, darling.
01:10:17More than you seem able to understand.
01:10:19Oh.
01:10:20I never really knew happiness until I loved you.
01:10:22Sometimes when I used to be afraid that you weren't sure how you felt,
01:10:25I tried to hold back, but I couldn't.
01:10:27Losing you would have been losing everything.
01:10:30There would have been nothing left.
01:10:31Don't, Paula.
01:10:32Don't.
01:10:34Now I'm afraid again.
01:10:35Somehow I feel that I'm going to lose you, but there's nothing I can do about it.
01:10:38I feel so helpless.
01:10:39You're leaving me out of something.
01:10:41Tell me, Frank, what is it?
01:10:42Give me a chance to fight back.
01:10:43Just give me a chance, please.
01:10:45You do love me, don't you?
01:10:47Oh, yes, Paula.
01:10:48I love you.
01:10:49I never was more certain of anything in my life.
01:10:51I wasn't sure before.
01:10:52I was a little blind, I guess.
01:10:53But believe me, I'm sure now.
01:10:54Can you understand that, Paula?
01:10:56I understand.
01:10:57A man can be like that, Paula.
01:10:59Something has to happen.
01:11:00It can be a big thing or a little thing.
01:11:02I can't make him realize how much someone means to him, how much he really loves him.
01:11:06Oh, and I love you, Paula.
01:11:08More than I ever thought it possible to love anyone in the world, I love you.
01:11:12Then why won't you tell me about this trouble you're in?
01:11:14Why won't you try to let me help you?
01:11:18You can't help me, Paula.
01:11:20You don't want my help.
01:11:21Oh, Paula, there's nothing you can do.
01:11:23Will you believe me?
01:11:24So will you please go home?
01:11:25Please.
01:11:26No, Frank.
01:11:27I won't go.
01:11:28I know you're in trouble.
01:11:30I can't leave you like this.
01:11:33All right, Paula, look, wait for me in the lobby of the hotel and I'll be back to you soon, I promise.
01:11:37You promise?
01:11:38Yes, Paula, I promise.
01:11:41Is that a new outfit?
01:11:43Yes.
01:11:44Oh, that's beautiful.
01:11:54You'll come back to me, won't you, Frank?
01:11:56Yes, Paula, I'll come back, I promise.
01:11:58Please hurry, darling.
01:11:59Oh, I love you.
01:12:00I love you, Paula.
01:12:08Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:28Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:43Is Stanley here?
01:12:44Yes.
01:12:45Are you sure?
01:12:47All right, get in there.
01:12:50Get Stanley on the phone.
01:12:51Tell him to come over here right away.
01:12:52Use any excuse you want.
01:12:54What are you going to do?
01:12:55What was Stanley going to do when he used me for a clay pigeon today?
01:12:57I don't know what you're talking about.
01:12:58Don't act innocent with me.
01:12:59I fell for that once.
01:13:00I don't know what you mean.
01:13:01I told you everything you wanted to know this morning.
01:13:03Yeah, you told me just enough so I'd get sidetracked and wouldn't know that Stanley was the one I was after.
01:13:08Stanley.
01:13:10Oh, no.
01:13:11You and Stanley have been together on this from the start.
01:13:13Now, come on, get on that phone and call him.
01:13:16You'll let him know I'm here.
01:13:18Bring along.
01:13:28Stanley.
01:13:30You've been sidetracked all right.
01:13:32But it was the poor, bereaved little widow who did it.
01:13:35Miss Foster found this letter this afternoon.
01:13:38It's in my brother's desk at the office.
01:13:39It's postmarked two years ago.
01:13:42She wasn't exactly the kind of a letter that a married woman gets from a casual friend.
01:13:47I'm sure my brother wasn't aware that they were so well acquainted when he hired Halliday.
01:13:53What's the matter with him?
01:13:54He hasn't felt right since dinner.
01:13:56When did he have dinner?
01:13:57At Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
01:13:58Halliday was there, too, and Stanley confronted them with that letter.
01:14:02Do you have anything to drink?
01:14:03Yes, why?
01:14:04How long ago?
01:14:05Half an hour ago, just before I came here.
01:14:07Miss Foster, get on the phone and call the emergency hospital.
01:14:10Have them get an ambulance over here right away.
01:14:11What?
01:14:12Tell them to prepare a stomach wash for luminous poisoning.
01:14:14Luminous poisoning?
01:14:15Come on, do it, I tell you.
01:14:16He may still have a chance to save his life.
01:14:18Go on!
01:14:27I found George Reynolds, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:29He's been dead for five months.
01:14:31Then he didn't steal the bill of sale.
01:14:33No, he didn't, but you could have stolen it.
01:14:36How dare you?
01:14:37You knew who I was when I came here today.
01:14:39But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?
01:14:42But I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:44Sure, I can stand here and talk to you.
01:14:46I can breathe and I can move.
01:14:48But I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:50I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:52Sure, I can stand here and talk to you.
01:14:54I can breathe and I can move.
01:14:56But I'm not alive, because I did take that poison.
01:14:59And nothing can save me.
01:15:04What are you going to do?
01:15:05If I kill you now, I have nothing to lose.
01:15:06No, no, you've got to listen to me.
01:15:08You've got to give me a chance.
01:15:09But I didn't have a chance.
01:15:10It was Halliday.
01:15:11Believe me, it was Halliday.
01:15:13He made me steal the bill of sale.
01:15:14He planned everything.
01:15:15What about this letter?
01:15:16Your husband knew about you and Halliday.
01:15:18He found it only yesterday.
01:15:19He accused Halliday.
01:15:20They fought and Halliday pushed him over this balcony.
01:15:23And why me?
01:15:24Why did he want to kill me?
01:15:25Because you could have proved there was a bill of sale.
01:15:27That my husband had no reason to commit suicide.
01:15:29Halliday was desperate.
01:15:31After he killed my husband,
01:15:32he found out about the phone calls to you.
01:15:34He thought you spoke to him.
01:15:35That you knew enough to involve him.
01:15:51Where's Halliday?
01:15:52Where is he?
01:15:53He's at the office.
01:15:57This time you don't want him.
01:16:20Come on, let's go.
01:16:50Mechak!
01:17:20Mechak!
01:17:50Mechak!
01:18:20Mechak!
01:18:51Let's go!
01:19:12Come on,��、Let's go!
01:19:14Come on, come on!
01:19:17Go!
01:19:20Come on, let's break it up, move along now, let's get going, come on.
01:19:50Come on, let's break it up, move along now, let's get going, come on.
01:20:20Come on, let's break it up, move along now, let's get going, come on.
01:20:50Come on, let's break it up, move along now, let's get going, come on.
01:21:21All I did was notarize a bill of sale.
01:21:25But that piece of paper could have proven that Phillips didn't commit suicide.
01:21:31It was murder.
01:21:33And that's why Halliday poisoned me.
01:21:43Would you?
01:21:45Would you?
01:21:55Paul...
01:22:10Call a morgue.
01:22:15Johnson, you go to the Allison Hotel, find Paula Gibson, don't tell her anything.
01:22:19I'll break it to her.
01:22:25How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?
01:22:29Better make it dead on arrival.
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