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The Return of the Whistler is a 1948 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by D. Ross Lederman, the production features Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, and Dick Lane. This is the eighth and final entry in Columbia Pictures' "Whistler" series, produced in the 1940s. This was the only film in this series that did not star Richard Dix.
Plot: On the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder revolving around his fiance's dead ex-husband and his wealthy, corrupt family.
Plot: On the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder revolving around his fiance's dead ex-husband and his wealthy, corrupt family.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30The End
00:01:00I am the whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night.
00:01:21I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows.
00:01:26Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
00:01:39And here tonight, driving through this rain-swept countryside, are two young people about to embark on the greatest venture of their lives.
00:01:49Whether for better or for worse, only time will tell.
00:01:53According to that sign, we should be there any minute.
00:02:10That's nice, chérie.
00:02:13But it's also nice driving in the rain like this.
00:02:16Cuddle from everything.
00:02:18The past, the future.
00:02:20Future?
00:02:21Oh, no, darling, not the future.
00:02:23The future's us.
00:02:24I didn't mean it that way.
00:02:26It's the isolation.
00:02:28The feeling that you're in a world of your own that makes me happy.
00:02:33But when I'm with you, Ted, I always feel that way.
00:02:36Rain or shine, day or night.
00:02:39You're wonderful.
00:02:48Well, Alice, in a few minutes you'll be Mrs. Theodore Anthony Nichols II.
00:02:53Of New York, in capital.
00:03:09Are you nervous?
00:03:25Yes, but only a little.
00:03:30What can I do for you?
00:03:32As if you didn't know.
00:03:34Oh, dear.
00:03:35I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed.
00:03:37Oh, but coming out of the rain anyway.
00:03:46I'm sorry the justice isn't home.
00:03:48Oh, but I phoned this afternoon and made an appointment.
00:03:50Are you Mr. Nichols?
00:03:51Yes, that's right.
00:03:53I remember your call.
00:03:54I told my husband about it.
00:03:56He had to go to Ganfield this afternoon on legal business.
00:03:59Oh, we don't mind waiting a while.
00:04:02He won't be back tonight.
00:04:03He phoned a half hour ago
00:04:05and said he wouldn't think of driving through this rain.
00:04:08But what will we do?
00:04:09Well...
00:04:10Now, take my advice and stop over at the hotel in Marston.
00:04:37It's just a few miles down the road.
00:04:40I'm sure the justice will be back early tomorrow.
00:04:43He'd be glad to accommodate you.
00:04:45Well, we'll see.
00:04:46Good night, Mrs. Holstead.
00:04:47Good night, man.
00:04:48Good night.
00:04:48Good night.
00:04:50Is something wrong?
00:05:16I hope not. Maybe the spark plugs or something got a little wet.
00:05:20Looks like the end of the line.
00:05:38That's a pretty lame ending to a wedding night.
00:05:40Things could be worse here.
00:05:42No, but we can't stay here all night.
00:05:44I feel very comfortable.
00:05:47I'm tired.
00:05:48Well, we've got to get the car fixed so we can go and be married tomorrow.
00:05:51Mm-hmm.
00:05:54Look, Alice. That's the place.
00:06:00Come on. You're going to get a good night's rest. I'll get the bags.
00:06:03Hey, I'll do a thing for you, mister.
00:06:17Oh, have a heart. You can't brush us off like that.
00:06:19No use going in a long story. We're just plump full up.
00:06:22And that's the end of it.
00:06:24Please, monsieur. We've driven such a long time.
00:06:27Too bad, ma'am. We ain't got space left to board a mouse, let alone you two.
00:06:32Well, is there another place you can send us to?
00:06:34No, it's the only place in town, so I guess you best keep moving on.
00:06:37But we can't. My car broke down.
00:06:40Smitty's garage is five blocks down the street. He'll be glad to fix it for you.
00:06:44If you ain't asleep or drunk.
00:06:46Well, thanks for your trouble, anyway. Come along, darling.
00:06:54Oh, just a minute, young fella.
00:06:57I just recollected. There is a room.
00:06:59But it's in bad shape.
00:07:01Oh, that's okay. Just so long as it's a room.
00:07:03Well, that'll be $20.
00:07:04What?
00:07:05Well, giving to this room is risky. Risky for me.
00:07:14We can dispense with that.
00:07:15Well, carry your own bags.
00:07:17I get little enough thanks from my job as tis.
00:07:20Without having to be a bellhop.
00:07:45Not exactly my idea of a bridal, sweet.
00:07:51It ain't meant to be. I'll get you some bedding.
00:07:54This chair isn't too bad.
00:07:55Guess sleeping in it one night won't kill me.
00:07:57Nothing wrong with a bed. It's big enough for two.
00:08:00Oh.
00:08:03You two are married, ain't you?
00:08:05Well, not yet.
00:08:06Not yet? Come on, you.
00:08:07Oh, no.
00:08:08If he doesn't stay, I don't stay.
00:08:10Suit yourself.
00:08:11I'm gonna stick my neck out no further.
00:08:13Now it's all right, darling.
00:08:15I'll get 40 winks in the garage while the mechanic fixes the car.
00:08:17That's where we should have stayed.
00:08:18Together in the car.
00:08:20Oh, I thought we'd never be separated again.
00:08:22Now, honey, it's only till tomorrow.
00:08:25You're right, Jerry.
00:08:26That's the spirit.
00:08:30Well, you might at least turn around while I kiss my bride-to-be goodnight.
00:08:33I'll make it fast. I got work to do.
00:08:38Good night, darling.
00:08:40Good night, Jerry.
00:08:42Sleep tight.
00:08:49Ferner, ain't she?
00:08:50She's French, if it's any of your business.
00:08:52Seems to me Yankee women is troubled enough without getting tangled up with foreigners.
00:09:03Mind if I leave this here while I look after my car?
00:09:06Ain't gonna be responsible.
00:09:07Better take it along with you.
00:09:13Aren't you forgetting about the bedding?
00:09:15Sure enough.
00:09:20Dang busybody.
00:09:23Never know what to expect next.
00:09:25This isn't just the way you'd planned your honeymoon, is it, Ted?
00:09:43But don't be too unhappy.
00:09:44It's only a few more hours till you and Alice will be united forever.
00:09:49Wake up, sleepyhead.
00:10:03Wake up, sleepyhead.
00:10:17It's me, Ted.
00:10:20Oh, I'm sorry.
00:10:22I guess I got the wrong room.
00:10:24No.
00:10:25No, this is it all right.
00:10:25I'm positive.
00:10:27Who are you looking for, bud?
00:10:29A young lady.
00:10:30She occupied this room last night.
00:10:32Don't know nothing about that.
00:10:34Oh, I guess the clerk moved her to another room.
00:10:38Thanks anyway.
00:10:39Oh, good morning, sir.
00:10:54Anything I can do for you?
00:10:55No, I'd like to see the night clerk.
00:10:57Oh, I'm sorry, but Mr. Anderson has gone off duty.
00:10:59I'm afraid he's asleep.
00:11:00But it's very important.
00:11:01I'm sure he won't mind.
00:11:02What is your name, please?
00:11:03Nichols.
00:11:03Ted Nichols.
00:11:04Oh, Anderson, there's a, uh, Mr. Nichols here to see you.
00:11:11He says it's very important.
00:11:13All right.
00:11:15He says he'll be right down.
00:11:17Thanks.
00:11:17Anderson.
00:11:38What room did you move my girl to?
00:11:40I didn't move her anyplace.
00:11:42Now, don't you try to get me mixed up in anything.
00:11:44Oh, I get it.
00:11:44Well, forget about the 20.
00:11:45Where is she?
00:11:46Well, how do I know where she went?
00:11:48I ain't no gypsy mind reader.
00:11:49You mean she left here?
00:11:51Well, sure.
00:11:53About a half hour after you went away last night.
00:11:55No, that's impossible.
00:11:55She wouldn't do that.
00:11:56Now, listen, I'm not going to argue with you.
00:11:58If you don't mind, I'd like to get some sleep.
00:12:00No, you don't.
00:12:00Not until you tell me what you did with that girl.
00:12:03Well, I didn't do anything with her.
00:12:04You're out of your mind.
00:12:05Take your hands off of me.
00:12:06Well, you're lying.
00:12:07Why did you say she ran away, huh?
00:12:08You're trying to hide something, and I'm going to find out what it is.
00:12:11Mr. Hart, there's a disturbance in the lobby.
00:12:13You'd better come right out here.
00:12:14I don't know anything about where she is.
00:12:16Why, you leave me alone.
00:12:18Get him away from me.
00:12:18He's crazy.
00:12:19He's crazy.
00:12:20Get him away.
00:12:20Let go of me.
00:12:21I'll choke the truth out of him.
00:12:22What's the trouble?
00:12:23I don't know, Mr. Hart.
00:12:28I rented a room to his girl last night, and she checked out and gave him a slip, and now
00:12:33he's trying to blame me for it.
00:12:33Well, that's a lie.
00:12:34My girl wouldn't do a thing like that.
00:12:35I'll handle this.
00:12:37How could you rent her a room?
00:12:38We had no vacancies last night.
00:12:40Well, I felt sorry for the lady.
00:12:42She looked so tired, almost like she was going to pass out.
00:12:45And I let her have the room we were going to paint.
00:12:48It was strictly against my orders to rent that room.
00:12:50And strictly against the law to pocket the 20 bucks I gave him and not let her register.
00:12:53That's why he's lying.
00:12:54My girl didn't run away.
00:12:55He's just trying to cover up for some reason.
00:12:58Well, he's out of his mind.
00:12:58After he left, I took the register down to her room, and she signed it.
00:13:02We can check up on that easy enough.
00:13:03Sure, and on the 20 dollars, too.
00:13:05It's entered in the books and crossed off.
00:13:07Why?
00:13:08Oh, well, because she came to me and said she had to get back to the city.
00:13:14Wouldn't I let her have the 20 dollars?
00:13:16She didn't have money to pay her fare.
00:13:18I should have chased them both out when they came in, and I wouldn't be in this trouble now.
00:13:22Listen, you're going to have nothing but trouble, brother, if you don't tell me what you did with her.
00:13:25Now, just a minute, just a minute.
00:13:26We better let the police settle this.
00:13:27Well, that's fine with me.
00:13:29Crandall, call Captain Griggs and ask him to come over here right away.
00:13:32Yes, sir.
00:13:33Please step into my office.
00:13:34And, Anderson, you bring the register.
00:13:51Well, isn't that the girl's signature?
00:13:53Well, the way it's been scratched out, I can't be sure.
00:13:55You don't seem to be sure about a lot of things.
00:13:57You can't talk me out of this, Captain.
00:13:59I'm not trying to, but Anderson here explained everything.
00:14:02But don't you understand it couldn't have happened that way?
00:14:04Alice is a French girl.
00:14:05She's only been in this country a few weeks.
00:14:07She wouldn't know where to go.
00:14:09That still doesn't prove Anderson's lying.
00:14:10Why should he?
00:14:11Because he must have had something to do with her disappearance.
00:14:13Oh.
00:14:14Well, if that's the way you feel, are you prepared to file a charge against him, say, for abduction?
00:14:18It's about the most serious charge you can make against anyone.
00:14:21And you might be laying yourself open for a lot of trouble.
00:14:23I'm not accusing him of that, but I've got to find Alice.
00:14:25Well, you've certainly gone about it the wrong way.
00:14:27As a matter of fact, Anderson has a pretty good case of assault and battery against you.
00:14:32I'll hold him if you want to come down to headquarters and sign a complaint.
00:14:36Well, I'd just as soon forget the whole thing, if you'd promise to keep away from here.
00:14:41Anderson's right, Captain.
00:14:42It would be bad publicity for the hotel.
00:14:44They're being very kind to you, Nichols.
00:14:46Come on, let's go.
00:14:47Have you got a car?
00:14:54Yes, but it's being fixed.
00:14:56It won't be ready until 9 o'clock.
00:14:57It's almost that now.
00:14:59Now, look, I'd advise you not to go back in there and create a disturbance.
00:15:02You're getting off plenty easy as it is.
00:15:04Well, it has to be careful in some of these small towns.
00:15:16A stranger hasn't got a chance.
00:15:18Yeah.
00:15:19Seems to me you've got a pretty rough deal.
00:15:21How do you know so much about it?
00:15:22Well, I was in the lobby.
00:15:23I heard the whole argument.
00:15:24I guess this is the first bit of excitement they've had around here for months.
00:15:27It may seem funny to you, but it's no joke to me.
00:15:29Well, I meant no offense.
00:15:30I'm really very sympathetic.
00:15:31I only wish there was something I could do to help you.
00:15:34No, thank you.
00:15:36I've got a little time to kill.
00:15:37I'd just as soon work this out for myself.
00:15:51How about a cup of coffee?
00:15:52I'm sure you could use one.
00:15:53No, thanks.
00:15:55I can understand how you let your emotions run away with you.
00:15:58It's hard to make a man in love believe
00:16:00that such a thing could happen to him.
00:16:02What are you, a philosopher?
00:16:04I've been called many things, but never that.
00:16:06Well, I don't really care what you are,
00:16:08but get this straight.
00:16:10Ellis didn't run out on me.
00:16:11I don't know what happened to her,
00:16:14but she certainly didn't leave of her own accord.
00:16:16Maybe not,
00:16:17but I've been called in on many cases
00:16:19to help find the missing person,
00:16:20only to discover that he or she didn't want to be found.
00:16:24No, I get it.
00:16:24You're a lawyer.
00:16:25No, no, I'm a private detective.
00:16:27Glad to know you.
00:16:33But I think I'll handle this alone.
00:16:35Wait a minute.
00:16:35I'm not looking for a job.
00:16:37You're having a pretty rough time,
00:16:38and I thought you could use a few friendly tips,
00:16:40if that's the way you feel about it.
00:16:42All right, trainer.
00:16:44Now tell me,
00:16:45if you were I,
00:16:46how would you go about it?
00:16:48Well, first,
00:16:49I'd take a photograph of Ellis
00:16:50to the Bureau of Missing Persons.
00:16:52By the way,
00:16:53let's see what she looks like.
00:16:54I haven't got her picture with me.
00:16:56Fine thing.
00:16:57You see, we left in a hurry,
00:16:58but I know there are several in my apartment.
00:17:00Where's that?
00:17:01Back in the city.
00:17:01I'll get them right away.
00:17:03My car ought to be ready by now.
00:17:05Oh, but, uh,
00:17:07suppose Ellis is still in this town somewhere?
00:17:09Never.
00:17:10Whether she ran away or whatever happened,
00:17:12I'm sure you won't find her around these parts.
00:17:16Got to admit,
00:17:16you're a pretty convincing Joe.
00:17:18Well, now,
00:17:22if you want me to help you,
00:17:23I must know the facts.
00:17:24Wasn't there anyone in this country
00:17:25she knew beside you?
00:17:27Sure.
00:17:28She had some in-laws.
00:17:29Well, then she was married.
00:17:30Yes, to an American flyer.
00:17:32Oh.
00:17:33Oh, I know what you're thinking,
00:17:34but you're wrong.
00:17:34Her husband's dead.
00:17:36You see, uh,
00:17:37Ellis wasn't just a starry-eyed kid.
00:17:40Life had kicked her around quite a bit.
00:17:42Yeah, stick to the facts, Ted.
00:17:43Now, who are these in-laws?
00:17:45Uh, well,
00:17:46I never asked her,
00:17:47and she never told me.
00:17:48Hmm.
00:17:50When did you meet her?
00:17:51About two weeks ago.
00:17:52What?
00:17:53Oh, I,
00:17:53I know that sounds pretty sudden,
00:17:55but sometimes you can live a lifetime in two weeks.
00:17:59That's the way it seemed to me.
00:18:01Well, after 15 years of marriage,
00:18:03I can understand that.
00:18:04Now, tell me,
00:18:05how did this two weeks of a lifetime start?
00:18:07I was staying for the weekend
00:18:09at my cabin on Lake Shawnee.
00:18:11It was Sunday night,
00:18:13my last night there.
00:18:14My pipe was drawing well,
00:18:17and I was listening to the
00:18:18hundred different sounds
00:18:20you hear in the country at night
00:18:21when suddenly I heard
00:18:23someone walking through the brush.
00:18:28Hello?
00:18:29Who's there?
00:18:29Here?
00:18:42Over here, please.
00:18:48What happened?
00:18:50My ankle.
00:18:52Let me see.
00:18:53Oh!
00:18:53You're hurting me.
00:18:55Oh, I'm sorry,
00:18:56but I don't think it's broken,
00:18:57probably sprained.
00:18:59Perhaps I can try again to stand on it.
00:19:00No, you better not.
00:19:01Where do you live?
00:19:02Oh, no, I,
00:19:03I don't want to go back there.
00:19:05Well, you certainly won't get far on that ankle.
00:19:07Please, if you could just happen to the bus station,
00:19:10I must get to the city.
00:19:12No, you'll never make a bus now.
00:19:13Besides, that ankle needs a tension
00:19:14that's starting to swell.
00:19:17What can I do?
00:19:19Well, I can take it.
00:19:20My place is close by.
00:19:21I'll strap up the ankle
00:19:22so you can walk on it.
00:19:24Oh, I don't know what to do.
00:19:26It'll be all right, really.
00:19:28You take the little bag.
00:19:29Now, put your arm around my shoulder.
00:19:30Oh, yeah.
00:19:34There we go.
00:19:35Up easy.
00:19:37All right?
00:19:38There.
00:19:41And from that moment on,
00:19:42I was sunk.
00:19:43I couldn't help feeling
00:19:44there was something
00:19:45almost symbolic
00:19:47in the way I found her,
00:19:48the way she came to me.
00:19:49The facts, Ted, the facts.
00:19:51Those are facts.
00:19:52The way we felt.
00:19:53You mean the way you felt,
00:19:55like a kid picking up a stray cat.
00:19:56Don't you have any heart at all?
00:19:59Never mind about me.
00:20:00What happened next?
00:20:02When we got to my cabin,
00:20:03I bandaged her ankle.
00:20:10I'm so grateful to you.
00:20:12But now,
00:20:13I must be coming.
00:20:15Now, stay off that foot.
00:20:16Do you want to start up
00:20:17that swelling again?
00:20:19You stay right here
00:20:19and I'll fix an ice pack.
00:20:22You're going to so much trouble, monsieur.
00:20:25Let's drop the formalities.
00:20:26The name's Ted.
00:20:27Ted Nichols.
00:20:28What's yours?
00:20:29Alice.
00:20:30Alice.
00:20:30Alice?
00:20:31Oh, Alice.
00:20:33That's a beautiful name.
00:20:34Alice what?
00:20:35Alice Dupre.
00:20:40Here we are.
00:20:43You're taking such fine care of me.
00:20:46You must be a doctor.
00:20:47No, an engineer.
00:20:49But I certainly enjoy
00:20:50pinch-hitting for a doctor.
00:20:51You would make a very good one.
00:20:53You know something?
00:20:55What?
00:20:55I feel all better already.
00:20:57Well, that's fine.
00:20:58But, uh,
00:20:59considering the state of your health
00:21:00and the fact that there are no more buses tonight,
00:21:02I...
00:21:03Oh, no.
00:21:03I can't stay here.
00:21:04Well, now, look.
00:21:05Miss Dupre,
00:21:06let's be sensible.
00:21:08There's a beautiful bedroom in there
00:21:09and it's all yours.
00:21:10In the morning,
00:21:11I'll drive you into the city.
00:21:12I'm going in anyway.
00:21:13All right, I'll stay.
00:21:14On one condition.
00:21:16Let's leave right here.
00:21:26There.
00:21:27But I don't want to put you out.
00:21:29Please don't be difficult.
00:21:30I'll get your bag.
00:21:37And the way she said my name,
00:21:39I knew I wanted to go on
00:21:40hearing her say it the rest of my life.
00:21:42You got it bad, son.
00:21:44The next day,
00:21:45she felt lots better.
00:21:46I took her into town with me.
00:21:48She spent the day
00:21:49looking for a place to live.
00:21:51And that night,
00:21:51she came back to you
00:21:52because there wasn't a single room
00:21:54to be had in the entire city.
00:21:56That's right.
00:21:57Well, don't you believe
00:21:58she told me the truth?
00:21:59Why should I?
00:22:01All it actually proves
00:22:02is that you're a soft touch.
00:22:04But go on.
00:22:05Let's hear how she spellbound you
00:22:06with her domestic skill.
00:22:08Well, as a matter of fact,
00:22:09she did cook
00:22:10and keep the apartment clean.
00:22:11She figured that was
00:22:13the least she could do.
00:22:15I bet she could whip up
00:22:16a terrific onion soup.
00:22:18How do you know all this?
00:22:19It's the pattern, my boy.
00:22:22Then maybe this will convince you
00:22:24that she's not the kind of a girl
00:22:25you still take her to be.
00:22:27Is there anything
00:22:30you can't cook to perfection?
00:22:33Papa insisted that I know
00:22:34how to cook.
00:22:36He used to say
00:22:36that there was no other pleasure
00:22:38that lasted a man
00:22:39from his birth to his death.
00:22:42You know something, Alice?
00:22:44You've got just about everything.
00:22:45Alice, what's the matter?
00:22:57Anything I've done?
00:22:59Yes.
00:23:01You've been too kind to me
00:23:02and I don't deserve it.
00:23:05Ted, I've made up my mind.
00:23:07I'm leaving tomorrow.
00:23:09I'm going back to France.
00:23:13I'm lost here in this country.
00:23:16It frightens me.
00:23:20Now, you listen to me.
00:23:22Today, I had an offer
00:23:23from a firm in Brazil.
00:23:24I leave in two weeks.
00:23:25I'll be gone six months.
00:23:27Now, tell me,
00:23:28what's wrong with you staying here
00:23:30and taking care of this place
00:23:31till I come back?
00:23:33In the meantime,
00:23:34you can look for work,
00:23:35do anything you wish.
00:23:37That's the trouble, Ted.
00:23:39You want to do so much
00:23:40and you don't even know
00:23:41anything about me.
00:23:43I know everything about you
00:23:45I want.
00:23:46You never even asked me
00:23:47what I was running away from
00:23:48that night.
00:23:49Well, I'm sure
00:23:50if you'd wanted me to know,
00:23:51you'd have told me.
00:23:52You have a right to know.
00:23:53Why?
00:23:56I was in love once
00:23:58with an American soldier,
00:24:00a transport pilot.
00:24:07He was killed in France
00:24:08the night we were married.
00:24:12About six months ago,
00:24:14my mother passed away.
00:24:16I was left alone
00:24:17with nothing but sad memories.
00:24:20My life became unbearable.
00:24:23So I decided
00:24:26to come to America.
00:24:28My husband had told me
00:24:29to go to his father
00:24:30if anything happened to him.
00:24:32Why didn't you go there?
00:24:33His father had died.
00:24:35There were other relatives
00:24:36and aunts and cousins.
00:24:38I never felt at ease with them.
00:24:41Then one night
00:24:41when I was alone in the house,
00:24:43one of them came back
00:24:44and he...
00:24:47Oh, I couldn't stand that.
00:24:49I had to run away.
00:24:51Oh, I don't even want
00:24:52to think about it.
00:24:53It's like a bad queen.
00:24:56Oh, dead.
00:24:57Of course, you don't have
00:24:57to think about it, darling.
00:24:59If I'm away,
00:25:00I'm glad it happened.
00:25:01Otherwise, I'd never have met you.
00:25:07Now, speaking of dreams,
00:25:08don't you think
00:25:09you'd better get to bed?
00:25:11Yes, it is getting late.
00:25:14Hadn't we better, Philippe?
00:25:15Huh?
00:25:15You know, heads and tails.
00:25:23Heads again.
00:25:24And you win again.
00:25:25Well, I win every night.
00:25:27You have very bad luck.
00:25:29Good night, Dad.
00:25:30You know, I think I'm
00:25:43very fortunate
00:25:44to have met you.
00:25:54I can't go on like this.
00:25:56That is why I must leave.
00:25:59Will you marry me?
00:26:01Marry you?
00:26:02But I've only just met you.
00:26:05You don't know me.
00:26:06Please, Alice.
00:26:08You couldn't love me so soon.
00:26:10You feel sorry for me
00:26:11because I'm alone.
00:26:13You pity me.
00:26:14But pity isn't love.
00:26:15And she went on that way
00:26:19trying to convince me
00:26:20that I was mistaking pity
00:26:22for love.
00:26:23That pity was a
00:26:24terrible thing
00:26:25because it meant
00:26:26that you look down
00:26:27upon a person
00:26:28as weaker than yourself.
00:26:30And when I would
00:26:31finally realize that,
00:26:32I'd begin to hate her.
00:26:33She was right.
00:26:34No, she was wrong.
00:26:36I didn't pity her
00:26:37in the least.
00:26:38She was my idea
00:26:39of an ideal woman.
00:26:43I'm telling you all of this
00:26:44only to prove
00:26:44that marriage was my idea.
00:26:45I'm the one that insisted.
00:26:47She fought it
00:26:47every step of the way.
00:26:50Does that sound like
00:26:50the kind of a girl
00:26:51who was trying to take me?
00:26:53She might be
00:26:54extremely clever.
00:26:55Now I give up.
00:26:57And she never mentioned
00:26:58the name of her in-laws
00:26:59to you?
00:27:00Not that I remember.
00:27:01Doesn't that strike you
00:27:02as being somewhat strange?
00:27:05Not particularly.
00:27:06After the first time,
00:27:07we didn't talk about them again.
00:27:11Anything else
00:27:12you can recall about her?
00:27:14Oh, wait.
00:27:15There was one other thing.
00:27:17It happened later
00:27:18that same night.
00:27:19A possible Might
00:27:19was she,
00:27:25too?
00:27:28Maybe.
00:27:29I don't know what it
00:27:42did.
00:27:42Go ahead.
00:27:43The End
00:28:13Alice, what's wrong?
00:28:24What's the matter?
00:28:25A man, through the window.
00:28:38There's no one there. What happened?
00:28:40But I saw him. He was going through my things.
00:28:42And when I screamed, he went out through the window.
00:28:45Sure you weren't dreaming?
00:28:46Oh, but no. I tell you, I saw him.
00:28:48Well, if there was a man, you certainly frightened him away when you screamed.
00:28:51Oh, but you're laughing at me.
00:28:52No, I'm not. Look, I locked the window.
00:28:55Try to get some sleep, huh?
00:29:00Good night, darling.
00:29:01I still don't know if that really happened or if it was only a bad dream.
00:29:13She just had a nightmare. Too many Crepe Suzettes.
00:29:16And now I'm going to make you a prediction.
00:29:19When we reach your apartment, you'll find a note and all her things gone.
00:29:23Well, be that as it may, I've still got to find her.
00:29:26Good morning, George.
00:29:50Welcome back, Mr. Nichols.
00:29:53Where's the missus?
00:29:54Uh, uh, she stayed up at the lodge.
00:29:56I had to come into town for a few hours to take care of some business.
00:29:59Any mail for me?
00:30:02No, not a thing, Mr. Nichols.
00:30:03Thanks.
00:30:09So far, I'm 50% wrong.
00:30:10It'll be an even hundred before another minute.
00:30:12Want to bet?
00:30:13Uh-uh. Now you'd have to give me odds.
00:30:14Everything just as it was when Alice and I left here.
00:30:26Hmm.
00:30:27Come on.
00:30:37Now who's right?
00:30:38Okay, okay. I'll take it all back.
00:30:40Now get me your picture and I'll go to work.
00:30:44Here, take your choice.
00:30:55Is her husband with her?
00:30:57Yes. That was taken the day of their marriage.
00:31:08Look what I found, Traynor.
00:31:11Her marriage certificate.
00:31:12That's her married name, see?
00:31:15It's Barkley.
00:31:16And her husband's name was John.
00:31:19Barkley.
00:31:21Barkley. Where have I heard that name before?
00:31:27I've got it.
00:31:29Lake Shawnee.
00:31:30It's that big place near the water.
00:31:32The Barkley House, they call it.
00:31:33Now I'm beginning to understand a few things.
00:31:36It must have been the Barkley House she was running away from.
00:31:38And that cousin.
00:31:40Maybe he had something to do with her disappearance.
00:31:43Come on, Traynor.
00:31:43Let's get up there and find out.
00:31:45Wait a minute, Nichols.
00:31:49What is it?
00:31:49You walked right into that one, didn't you?
00:32:08But now, at least, you know just where you stand.
00:32:11There are others, shall we say, interested in Alice.
00:32:14And that marriage certificate must be of great importance to someone.
00:32:19That's why Traynor went to all this trouble to get it away from you.
00:32:22You're on your own now, Ted.
00:32:24And with no time to spare.
00:32:26That man I came in with, did you see him leave?
00:32:39Why, yes, about ten minutes ago.
00:32:41Did he say anything to you?
00:32:43No.
00:32:43He asked me to call him a cab.
00:32:46He seemed in a hurry.
00:32:47Is there anything wrong?
00:32:48There sure is.
00:32:49There sure is.
00:32:56There sure is.
00:33:26Yes, sir, what is it?
00:33:37I want to see Mr. Barkley, and don't tell me he isn't home.
00:33:39Well, now, what's the meaning of this, forcing your way into a strange home?
00:33:45Never mind.
00:33:46Just tell Barkley that Ted Nichols is here.
00:33:48What is it, Mother?
00:33:50Mother.
00:33:51This is Mr. Nichols, son.
00:33:54He insists on seeing you.
00:33:56So, you're Barkley.
00:34:00What did you do with Alice?
00:34:02Please.
00:34:04Please, young man.
00:34:06You don't realize what you're doing.
00:34:08This is her husband.
00:34:09Alice's husband.
00:34:11Her husband?
00:34:12You?
00:34:13No, no.
00:34:13No, no, that can't be.
00:34:15That's a lie.
00:34:15Be careful what you say.
00:34:17But Alice told me that her husband was dead.
00:34:20Yes, I know.
00:34:21Killed in France on her wedding night, and after the war, she came here to live with my father,
00:34:25but found he had died.
00:34:26That's what she told you, isn't it?
00:34:28Yes, that's just what she said.
00:34:30I really don't owe you any explanation, but under the circumstances, I suppose you have a right to know, providing you put that gun away.
00:34:39Mother, I can handle this alone.
00:34:45Cigarettes?
00:34:45Now, I met Alice in Normandy shortly after the invasion.
00:34:50I was in the Air Corps, the transport pilot for paratroopers.
00:34:56To make it brief, we fell in love and were married.
00:34:59That same night, I left for a run over Germany and was knocked over.
00:35:02There was a false report of my death.
00:35:05Under the shock and the climax of weeks of strain, Alice's mind snapped.
00:35:09Oh, yes, she recovered, except for occasional relapses when she believes herself to be a widow and free to marry again.
00:35:17Yeah, that's what she gave me to understand.
00:35:19Oh, no doubt she did.
00:35:20It made it sound very logical.
00:35:22The only thing that makes us realize she's about to have one of these spells are her strange delusions she's being mistreated at home.
00:35:29That's exactly what she told me.
00:35:32And she usually builds it up into quite a tale of horror.
00:35:36In spite of everything, I don't believe a word of it.
00:35:38I know you're lying.
00:35:40Would you like to hear it from her own lips?
00:35:42You wouldn't dare.
00:35:44Mother!
00:35:48Would you come here a minute, please?
00:35:50Yes, John.
00:35:52What is it?
00:35:53See if Alice is all right.
00:35:54I want to take Mr. Nichols up to see her.
00:35:56Oh, but aren't you afraid it might excite her too much?
00:35:59I'm quite sure Mr. Nichols will have sense enough not to upset her.
00:36:04Very well.
00:36:05I've been thanking my lucky stars that we found Alice before it was too late.
00:36:10It's a good thing that minister wasn't at home last night.
00:36:13Yeah.
00:36:14You know all the details, don't you?
00:36:18Couldn't be by any chance you have a fellow called Trainer working for you.
00:36:22Indeed I did.
00:36:23He was the man who traced Alice.
00:36:24He checked with the service station at the lake.
00:36:27You stopped there for some gas before driving back to town and the attendant knew you.
00:36:30Then why didn't you come to my apartment instead of letting things go this far?
00:36:34Mother and I did the moment Trainer phoned us and gave us your address.
00:36:38It had taken them quite a while to locate you in the city.
00:36:40We missed you by minutes.
00:36:42It's a good thing you told the clerk where you were going.
00:36:44Still sounds scurry to me.
00:36:46All right, John.
00:36:48You may come up now.
00:36:49Please remember, you must only stay a minute.
00:37:05Alice, darling.
00:37:20What's wrong?
00:37:21What happened?
00:37:23I'm sorry, Ted.
00:37:25Please forgive me.
00:37:27Forgive you?
00:37:28Well, you don't mean you're really married to that man.
00:37:33Yes.
00:37:34I am his wife.
00:37:35You said you wanted to hear it from her own lips.
00:37:38Well, you have.
00:37:39Now, will you be good enough to leave?
00:37:49I'll see Mr. Nichols to the door.
00:38:02Arnie?
00:38:03You may come out now.
00:38:05You'll forget in time.
00:38:10Just keep yourself occupied.
00:38:12Or better yet, try to get away for a while.
00:38:13I'm leaving shortly for South America.
00:38:15I've got a job down there.
00:38:16Well, good for you.
00:38:17I wish I could get away myself.
00:38:19These past few years with Alice,
00:38:21ever since we got back from France,
00:38:22have been trying.
00:38:23I suppose so.
00:38:25Get up, kid.
00:38:26Show's over.
00:38:26Well, the best of luck to you,
00:38:43and have a good trip.
00:38:44Well, thanks.
00:38:45Well, that takes care of Mr. Nichols.
00:39:05If you'd stayed away from her in the first place,
00:39:07we wouldn't have had all this trouble.
00:39:08Let's not go through all that again.
00:39:10I told you I was sorry,
00:39:11but I made up for it now.
00:39:12You've got to hand it to Mom for putting this over.
00:39:14You realize, of course, you made a mistake.
00:39:17I did?
00:39:17Sure.
00:39:17That dope's going to South America.
00:39:19He naturally would have taken Alice with him.
00:39:20If you hadn't insisted on bringing her back,
00:39:22all this could have been avoided.
00:39:23I don't make my plans with a crystal ball.
00:39:26When you have a fortune in the palm of your hand,
00:39:29you don't take chances.
00:39:30If it comes right down to it,
00:39:31she doesn't deserve the estate anyway.
00:39:34I didn't come here for the estate in the first place.
00:39:36I told you I knew nothing about it.
00:39:39You can keep the money at the house.
00:39:41All I want is to be with Ted.
00:39:43Maybe that's the way you feel right now,
00:39:46but that boyfriend of yours is apt to change your mind.
00:39:48Never.
00:39:49I swear, neither one of us will ever bother you.
00:39:51Please, please believe me.
00:39:55Let me go now.
00:39:56I'll never see him again.
00:40:01Sorry, kid.
00:40:02You'll have to do it mother's way.
00:40:04A pretty girl like you won't have any trouble finding another guy.
00:40:07I hate all of you.
00:40:11Better go downstairs and see Traynor.
00:40:14Pay him off and get rid of him.
00:40:17What are you going to do with her now, Mom?
00:40:19Yeah.
00:40:20You don't suppose she's going to stay here quietly after we clear her out, do you?
00:40:23We'll talk about that later.
00:40:26Alice might not agree with what I have in mind.
00:40:29Sorry you had to wait so long.
00:40:42It's all right, Mr. Barkley.
00:40:44It's not your fault we were so rudely interrupted by Mr. Nichols.
00:40:47Well, it's a good thing you got here first and told us what to expect.
00:40:50How's Mrs. Barkley feeling now?
00:40:51Is it upset her much to see Nichols again?
00:40:53No, she took it like a soldier, but I'm glad it's over.
00:40:56Well, let's get down to Price.
00:40:57Oh, sure.
00:40:58This is what I got from his apartment.
00:41:02Well, she even took her marriage license with her.
00:41:05Yeah, the funny part is Nichols didn't know your wife's married name until he found that certificate in his desk.
00:41:10Poor fellow.
00:41:11He has my sympathy.
00:41:12Yeah, mine too.
00:41:15Well, I believe this should take care of everything.
00:41:19You've done a good job.
00:41:20Anytime, Mr. Barkley.
00:41:21And I hope you'll call me again if I can be of service.
00:41:23Well, that's not very likely.
00:41:24You see, we're leaving here.
00:41:25Oh?
00:41:26We've sold this place to make Alice forget about the past.
00:41:29Mm-hmm.
00:41:35Thanks again, and goodbye.
00:41:37Goodbye to you, sir.
00:41:41He didn't act suspicious, did he?
00:41:46Not in the least.
00:41:47And look what he brought us.
00:41:48The only piece of evidence that would have made it possible for Alice to prove her claim.
00:41:53Now we're in the clear.
00:41:54With that town in France destroyed, where the marriage took place and all its records gone,
00:41:58she hasn't got a chance.
00:42:00She could still make a lot of trouble for us if we let her go.
00:42:04Wait a minute.
00:42:05It gives me an idea.
00:42:11Well, I hope you know what you're doing.
00:42:19Spencer, 7925.
00:42:23This is Shawnee, 1368.
00:42:24What do you want?
00:42:31About them trunks, Mrs. Barkley.
00:42:34Well, haven't you brought them up yet?
00:42:35Yes, yes, operator.
00:42:36I'm holding on.
00:42:39Well, don't stand there.
00:42:41Go and bring them up to my room right away.
00:42:43Yes, ma'am.
00:42:46Is this woodland sanitarium?
00:42:50I'd like to speak to Dr. Grantland, please.
00:42:52I'd like to speak to you.
00:43:22Let's go.
00:43:52Let's go.
00:44:22Alice came to this country only about three weeks ago.
00:44:25She hasn't been here for several years, as Barkley wants you to believe.
00:44:29That changes everything, Ted, doesn't it?
00:44:32Something seems very wrong.
00:44:34But after what Alice just told you, you still can't go to the police.
00:44:38You've got to find out for yourself.
00:44:40And there's only one way to do it.
00:44:42Go back and somehow see her alone.
00:44:52Get help you.
00:45:04Good luck.
00:45:08Oh, my God.
00:45:38Hold him down. Hold him. Hold him.
00:45:50Good boy. Good boy.
00:45:55You was here this afternoon, wasn't you?
00:45:57Yes, I was.
00:45:58What are you doing this late out here in the garden?
00:45:59Well, I rang the bell. No one answered.
00:46:01Nobody home.
00:46:02Hold it, Dick.
00:46:03Will they tell you where they went?
00:46:04They left here for good, bagging baggage.
00:46:07New owners are coming next week.
00:46:08That's why I'm sticking around, waiting for them to show.
00:46:10Well, never mind that. They take Alice with them?
00:46:12Sure. They took her along, but she ain't going to be with them.
00:46:15What are you talking about?
00:46:17Oh, she's been sick. They're taking her to some rest home.
00:46:20She's been carrying on pretty bad. Out of her head, I expect.
00:46:23Did they tell you the name of the place?
00:46:25No, but I heard the missus mention it when she was telephoning.
00:46:29What was it?
00:46:30It was, um...
00:46:32I clean forgot.
00:46:34Funny how I've been getting lately. I just can't remember a thing.
00:46:37Well, please try to remember it.
00:46:40Hold it, Duke.
00:46:41He don't mean no harm.
00:46:43Well, it had something to do with trees.
00:46:46Elmwood, wildwood, pinecrest.
00:46:52I ain't that terrible.
00:46:53I know the name of the doctor, though.
00:46:55I know his name as well as a gnome who owned,
00:46:56but I sure can't recollect the name of the place.
00:46:58Okay, okay. What's the doctor's name?
00:47:00Grantland.
00:47:00Why didn't you ask me that in the first place?
00:47:04Drat that fellow.
00:47:05I'll be awake all night trying to think of that woodland place.
00:47:10Woodland.
00:47:10That's it.
00:47:11Hey!
00:47:13Oh, nope.
00:47:14Darned of oil.
00:47:15It serves him right for being in such a hurry.
00:47:19Come on, boy.
00:47:19What took them so long?
00:47:27Do you want me to tell you exactly what the photographer said
00:47:30about making enlargements at this hour of the night?
00:47:32Save it.
00:47:33Well, just as I thought.
00:47:35Yes, my eyes are still pretty sharp.
00:47:38This is a picture of Alice Barkley and her husband John,
00:47:40taken in France.
00:47:41What's so unusual about that?
00:47:43Only that the man who told me he was her husband
00:47:45and hired me to find her doesn't look anything like this guy.
00:47:47It's a fine time to find it out.
00:47:50Well, I couldn't be sure from this small picture
00:47:51I took away from Nichols.
00:47:52That's why I had it enlarged.
00:47:54So you've been on the wrong side of the fence.
00:47:56I'm afraid so.
00:47:57I'm sorry, boss.
00:47:58Anything I can do?
00:47:59Not at the moment.
00:48:02Where are you going?
00:48:03Back to the Barkley house to ask a few questions.
00:48:17Here we go.
00:48:31Here we go.
00:48:32Let's go.
00:48:32Here we go.
00:49:12I'd like to speak to Dr. Grantland, please.
00:49:14Oh, just a moment. It's for you, doctor, on extension one.
00:49:21Dr. Grantland speaking.
00:49:23Uh, this is, uh, my name's Simpson, doctor. Howard Simpson.
00:49:27You've been, uh, highly recommended to me, and I'd like to come over and see you.
00:49:30Well, that seems to be your trouble, Mr. Simpson.
00:49:32I, uh, have these pains in the back of my head.
00:49:36Oh, sure. I've had a physical check-up, x-rays and everything.
00:49:39Very well. Then drop in and see me tomorrow.
00:49:41I'll put the nurse back on to give you an appointment.
00:49:43No, then just a minute, doctor. Tomorrow might be too late.
00:49:47Well, you see, when I have these pains, I have moments of despondency.
00:49:51Afraid of what I might do.
00:49:53As a matter of fact, I'm feeling pretty low right now.
00:49:56Then maybe you'd better come over right away.
00:49:58Well, thank you, doctor. Thank you very much.
00:50:09Come on, talk.
00:50:11I tell you, I didn't have anything to do with them people.
00:50:13I don't know nothing about what they was doing.
00:50:15You mean you worked right here and don't know what was going on?
00:50:17Nope, I stayed clear of them.
00:50:19I didn't like them any more than old Ed Barkley did himself after he took them in.
00:50:22Ed Barkley? Who's he?
00:50:23He was John's father. I'd been with him since before John was even born.
00:50:27John's father? I never heard of him.
00:50:29No, you wouldn't. Because he's dead.
00:50:32Same as John, who was killed in the war.
00:50:34You say John was lost in the war?
00:50:36That's right.
00:50:37Well, who was the fellow I talked to this afternoon?
00:50:40Oh, that's Charlie, John's cousin.
00:50:44What about the old lady and the others?
00:50:46She's Ed Barkley's sister-in-law and them's her children.
00:50:49They were the closest living relations to the old man.
00:50:52Except on this here French girl, maybe.
00:50:56Seeing she's John's widow.
00:50:58Hmm.
00:51:00Then this place really belongs to her.
00:51:02Come to think of it, mister, you're about right.
00:51:05Come on, Pop. You've got things to tell the police.
00:51:08Come on.
00:51:15Very close, Inspector.
00:51:16You're not alone.
00:51:17Come on, Pop.
00:51:19I'm glad you're out.
00:51:20I have to turn it over.
00:51:22I've got it.
00:51:24I've got it.
00:51:25I've got it.
00:51:26I've got it.
00:51:27I've got it.
00:51:28I've got it.
00:51:30I've got it.
00:51:31She's got it.
00:51:33I've got it.
00:51:34She's got it.
00:51:35I'm Howard Simpson. The doctor's expecting me.
00:51:53Oh, yes. Come in, please.
00:51:58Right this way.
00:52:05This is Mr. Simpson, Dr. Grant.
00:52:06Oh, yes, Mr. Simpson. Sit down, won't you?
00:52:10I'm rather curious to know who referred you to me.
00:52:13Uh, well, you see, doctor, my home's in Albany.
00:52:17You came here especially to see me?
00:52:19No, not exactly. I'm on my vacation.
00:52:23See, for the past year, I've been under the care of Dr. Abner Green.
00:52:27Abner Green? Never heard of him.
00:52:29Well, he's heard of you.
00:52:31He told me that if I had one of my spells while I was down here,
00:52:34that I was to contact you at once.
00:52:37I see. Very kind of him.
00:52:43Where do you have those pains?
00:52:44Right here.
00:52:46Mm-hmm.
00:52:46Take off your coat. I'll check up on your heart.
00:52:51You know, sometimes these symptoms are merely indicative of a nervous condition.
00:52:55You don't seem like the nervous type.
00:52:57Well, looks are sometimes deceiving, doctor.
00:52:59I'm constantly aware of that.
00:53:01I suppose, uh, Dr. Green has those x-rays you spoke of?
00:53:04Oh, oh, yes.
00:53:05Good. See if you can get Dr. Green on the phone for me.
00:53:08Yes, doctor.
00:53:14A long distance?
00:53:15Give me the Albany operator, please.
00:53:21Hmm, you have a very erratic heartbeat.
00:53:23All right, thank you.
00:53:28All the lines to Albany are busy.
00:53:29The operator will call us back.
00:53:31No, never mind. It's awake in the morning.
00:53:39Doctor?
00:53:41I'll take care of that while you're staying here.
00:53:43Oh, don't worry. I had no intention of using it.
00:53:45I know, I know. You just carry it around for self-protection.
00:53:47Yes, that's right.
00:53:48I travel a great deal, sometimes late at night.
00:53:52Oh, that must be the new patient, doctor.
00:53:54Excuse me a moment.
00:53:57I'll be right back.
00:53:59Sit down, Mr. Simpson, and try to relax.
00:54:07We don't generally have this kind of disturbance.
00:54:10Woman must be pretty sick.
00:54:13Isn't just a young girl, too.
00:54:15Very sad case.
00:54:16Total loss of memory.
00:54:17Even insists she isn't married to the man we know as her husband.
00:54:24Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Simpson.
00:54:26Maybe I shouldn't have said anything.
00:54:28Oh, that's all right.
00:54:29Dr. Grantland has handled many cases like hers,
00:54:31and always with great success.
00:54:33And I'm sure he'll take good care of you, too.
00:54:37You'd better get to bed, Mr. Simpson.
00:54:39I'll give you a complete examination in the morning.
00:54:42Is Mr. Simpson's room ready?
00:54:43Yes, I'm putting him in 207.
00:54:44Good. Did you bring some things with you?
00:54:45Well, no, you see, I didn't expect I'd have to stay.
00:54:48No, that's all right.
00:54:49We'll give you what you'll need.
00:54:51This way, please.
00:54:52No, no, they're lying.
00:54:55No, no, they're lying.
00:54:58Now, please don't worry.
00:55:13The doctor will quiet her very soon.
00:55:15This is Mr. Simpson.
00:55:21Will you get him some sleeping garments?
00:55:22He didn't come prepared to stay.
00:55:23Certainly.
00:55:24He'll be in 207.
00:55:25This way, please.
00:55:26You better get ready for bed.
00:55:43The doctor will be in to see you once more before you go to sleep.
00:55:46The doctor will be in to see you once more before you go to sleep.
00:56:16No, no, let me go.
00:56:22This is terrible, son.
00:56:24Poor dear, she must be suffering so I can't bear to walk.
00:56:27I know it's awful, Mother, but we're doing the best we can for her.
00:56:33What's the matter now?
00:56:34We can't get her to quiet down.
00:56:35She falls asleep for a few minutes and starts all over again.
00:56:38I don't like to do this, but I guess we'll have to use the jacket.
00:57:03We'll have to wait.
00:57:10No, no, no!
00:57:14No!
00:57:14No!
00:57:19No!
00:57:20Let's go.
00:57:50Let's go.
00:58:20I'll get you out of here.
00:58:32Now, please step in here a moment so we can complete the financial arrangements.
00:58:34Oh, dearest, don't ever leave me again.
00:58:42But, darling, I didn't run away.
00:58:44I know I was too trusting, but they came to me to the hotel and begged me to forget what happened.
00:58:49Said they would take me to you.
00:58:50We'd go home and have a big wedding.
00:58:51That hotel clerk.
00:58:52It must have given him plenty to make up that phony story about you running out on me.
00:58:56But never mind that now, darling.
00:58:56Where are your clothes?
00:58:57In there.
00:59:04Hurry up.
00:59:05Yes.
00:59:09I guess we've seen the last of her.
00:59:11We've just about time to make the plane.
00:59:13Sybil and Arnold will be worried.
00:59:15Well, what are you stopping for?
00:59:39Wait a minute.
00:59:40That looks to me like Nichols' car.
00:59:41Well, it's impossible.
00:59:42It couldn't be.
00:59:51But if I hadn't told you I was his wife, they would have killed both of us.
00:59:54I know.
00:59:54I understand.
00:59:55Don't talk about it now.
00:59:56Please hurry.
00:59:58I'm ready, dear.
01:00:20Wait a minute.
01:00:20Wait a minute.
01:00:22He's a paranoiac.
01:00:23Put him in the straitjacket.
01:00:24Not so fast, mister.
01:00:28You're holding the wrong man.
01:00:29That's the one we want.
01:00:30I don't know what your game is, but I owe it something to you, too.
01:00:32Just a minute.
01:00:33He doesn't deserve that.
01:00:35You'd be in a fine fix if it wasn't for him.
01:00:38Well, I still don't know whose side you're on.
01:00:39I can't blame you, Nichols.
01:00:40I admit I made a mistake.
01:00:41They certainly had me fooled.
01:00:43Okay, forget it.
01:00:44But that doesn't go for that phony doctor.
01:00:46I demand his arrest for keeping Alice here against her will.
01:00:49This institution is of high professional standing.
01:00:51When Mr. Barkley brought this lady here, he proved to me that he was her husband.
01:00:54He had every legal right to put her under my care.
01:00:56But I told you he was lying.
01:00:58And in spite of that, you didn't bother to find out whether he was actually the man whose name appeared on the marriage license.
01:01:02All right, cut out the argument.
01:01:03You all go into the DA's office and you can explain everything to him.
01:01:06Well, what about Mrs. Barkley and her other son and daughter?
01:01:08They'll be there waiting for us.
01:01:10Come on.
01:01:10Oh, uh, I almost forgot.
01:01:16There's a man locked up in the closet of my room.
01:01:19You'd better let him out before he suffocates and I'm accused of murder.
01:01:23All right, let him out.
01:01:27Come on, Doc.
01:01:28You too.
01:01:28Pardon me, sweetheart, if I've asked you this before, but are you nervous?
01:01:41Not this time, darling.
01:01:42You certainly were lucky, Ted.
01:01:56It might have ended differently.
01:01:58With you and Alice worlds apart.
01:02:01But fate this time was on your side.
01:02:04Oh, my God.
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