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Voice of the Whistler is a 1945 American mystery film noir directed by William Castle and starring Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, and Rhys Williams. It was the fourth of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, all based on the radio drama The Whistler.
Plot: A dying millionaire, trying to do good, marries his penniless young nurse so she can inherit his wealth and live in comfort. He then miraculously recovers, but the troubles for both husband and wife are just beginning.
Plot: A dying millionaire, trying to do good, marries his penniless young nurse so she can inherit his wealth and live in comfort. He then miraculously recovers, but the troubles for both husband and wife are just beginning.
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00:00The End
00:30The End
01:00I am the whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night.
01:22I know many strange tales, hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows.
01:27Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
01:33And one of the greatest of these terrors is loneliness.
01:37In my wanderings, I have seen the lonely people of the earth.
01:41I have seen their drawn and haunted faces in a city of teeming millions.
01:45And I have seen them, too, in places that have been long deserted and forgotten.
01:50Gull Point Lighthouse was abandoned many years ago.
01:55But today, a woman lives here all alone.
01:57She never leaves her forlorn and isolated home.
02:01Hers is a strange story.
02:03For she loved the bustling cities, the gay crowds, the laughter of pleasant company.
02:07Why, then, has she shut herself away in this desolation, where no one ever comes to visit her?
02:13Hers is a story of loneliness and greed.
02:16It began years ago in a big city, when the great industrialist John Sinclair was rising from obscurity.
02:23The soldiers returning from the First World War found it changed America.
02:44Mass production was born out of the war, bringing with it a new school of industrialists.
02:49John Sinclair was the foremost of these.
02:53The Gibson Motor Car Company was a pioneer in its field.
03:07A conservative company with limited production.
03:11Until John Sinclair bought the company and adopted the slogan,
03:15A Car Within Every Man's Reach.
03:17The year 1929 brought the greatest financial disaster in history.
03:25Millions were swept away in the stock market crash.
03:29Throughout the country, hundreds of banks closed their doors.
03:33But the House of Sinclair never failed to meet its obligations.
03:36Not a single depositor lost any of his savings.
03:39And John Sinclair paid 4% interest on every dollar invested with him.
03:48By 1931, John Sinclair's qualities of leadership, initiative and enterprise won recognition from the youth of America.
03:57And he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Boy Scouts of America.
04:01And here, drawing to its conclusion, we see the famous trial of Sinclair and Associates against the Turner Company for infringement of patents.
04:15Very good, very good indeed.
04:24Yes, I thought it was an excellent tribute.
04:27Wake up. Show's over.
04:30How did you like the picture, John?
04:39Satisfactory.
04:40We thought it would be a good idea if you said a few words tonight when we show it at the banquet.
04:44Stalin's of public relations has written a speech for you.
04:47I will be at the banquet.
04:49But you're the guest of honor.
04:50It's our testimonial to you.
04:52After all, we're celebrating the court decision whereby Turner and company have to pay us $22 million for infringement of the Sinclair patent.
05:01I see no cause for celebration.
05:03I knew how it would turn out.
05:04Planned the whole thing.
05:07You handled the case very well, Paul.
05:09Thanks.
05:09I had to win or you'd have fired me.
05:12Probably.
05:13Very likely would have.
05:15We do wish you'd come to the banquet, John.
05:17Yes, it's a special occasion.
05:19You can celebrate for me.
05:20In the future, I want one thing clearly understood.
05:24From now on, I want nothing.
05:27Absolutely nothing to interfere with my personal life.
05:33What personal life?
05:50Suspicion and distrust in his fellow man have driven John Sinclair to solitude.
06:05There has been no time for love or companionship in his ruthless drive for power and riches.
06:11Even over his chess game, he cannot relax.
06:16For it is through the medium of these ivory pawns that he plans the strategy to expand his enormous holdings.
06:23But without realizing it, he has already strained body and mind beyond endurance.
06:29I've been telling him for a long time to take it easy.
06:46Now he's gone the limit.
06:47Another of these attacks may be fatal.
06:49I want him to go away for a long rest.
06:52Forget about business and loaf.
06:54He should go where he can't be reached by telephone.
06:56A boat trip on the Great Lakes would be excellent.
06:58I'll see that he goes.
07:00And remember, no last day to clean up the work at the office.
07:02I want him to leave town in the morning.
07:04All right, Duncan.
07:06I'll see you to your car.
07:07I know Sinclair isn't married.
07:22Has there any close relatives?
07:23So far as I know, he hasn't a relative in the world.
07:26Well, he shouldn't go away alone.
07:28Why not?
07:29Well, another of these attacks may be the last.
07:31That's why somebody should go with him, a friend, if he has no relatives.
07:34There isn't anyone in the world he could call a friend.
07:37Too bad.
07:37Good night.
07:38Good night.
07:48Come in.
07:51Telegram, Mr. Sinclair.
07:53I won't accept it.
07:55It's for you, sir.
07:56I don't care.
07:57I won't take it.
07:58I'm on a vacation.
07:59Last call for dinner?
08:00Well, what shall I do with it, sir?
08:02Do anything you want with it.
08:03Tear it up.
08:04I won't be bothered with business.
08:06Tell that dining car steward
08:07I want my dinner served in the room.
08:08Very well, sir.
08:09And another thing.
08:10I'm not to be disturbed.
08:11We'll get to Chicago.
08:12Very well, sir.
08:13We're coming in to Chicago, sir.
08:28Mr. Sinclair?
08:30Mr. Sinclair.
08:31Are you sick, sir?
08:38I'm all right.
08:39Is this your car?
08:40Yes, sir.
08:41And you've got to get across town to catch your boat.
08:45Don't worry about your baggage.
08:47The central company will take care of that.
08:49The central company will take care of that.
08:50The central company will take care of that.
08:51The central company will take care of that.
08:52The central company will take care of that.
08:53The central company will take care of that.
08:54The central company will take care of that.
08:55The central company will take care of that.
08:56The central company will take care of that.
08:57The central company will take care of that.
08:58The central company will take care of that.
08:59The central company will take care of that.
09:00The central company will take care of that.
09:01The central company will take care of that.
09:02The central company will take care of that.
09:03The central company will take care of that.
09:04The central company will take care of that.
09:05The central company will take care of that.
09:06The central company will take care of that.
09:07The central company will take care of that.
09:08The central company will take care of that.
09:09Taxi, Governor.
09:39What is it, Governor? Are you all right?
09:45Steady, Governor. Put your arm around my shoulder.
09:48I'll help you to the camp. Easy does it.
09:56I'd better get you to the doctor's.
09:58I'll be all right. I've had these attacks before.
10:00Just as you say, Governor. Where shall I drop you?
10:03Dr. 23. I'm taking the steamer to the loose.
10:06Right you are, Governor.
10:09Here, here. Take it easy. You're with friends.
10:26You became unconscious-like before we ever reached the docks,
10:30so I brought you up here.
10:32This room's right next to the one I live in.
10:35How long have you been like this?
10:37All day. It's 8 o'clock now.
10:40I must have been a lot of bother.
10:43No bother at all, Governor. Glad to do it. I knew you was alone.
10:47I'm used to being alone.
10:50Uh, yes. I know. I was in the same boat once.
10:57You try and get some sleep. I'll sit by in case you want anything.
11:02So you're John Carter of New York.
11:16And you're Ernie Sparrow.
11:19Lightweight champion of England, 1919 to 1925.
11:23Yes, sir. I've had my moment of glory, as you might say.
11:28Louie, how's tricks?
11:29Fine, Ernie. Fine.
11:31You know, they still talk about you in the athletic clubs.
11:33It was a long moment, too.
11:35Morning, Miss Smith.
11:36Morning, Mr. Sparrow.
11:37I had all the money I wanted.
11:39Boxed before the king and queen.
11:41I had the old of England in the palm of me glove.
11:43Which is good. How's the baby?
11:45She's fine, Ernie.
11:47Yet, er, something was missing, huh?
11:50Yes, there was. Catch?
11:53You were lonely.
11:55How did you know?
11:56No, you said that you were like me. You didn't trust anyone.
11:59Oh.
12:01I was always trying, odd.
12:04Never had time to make many friends then.
12:06Always liked people, but never got to know them.
12:09It was always hello and goodbye.
12:12Hello, Sparrow.
12:13How are you telling me? How's the wife and kids?
12:15And how's the business?
12:16Everything fine.
12:17Good.
12:18For you.
12:19Thanks.
12:20That's for driving the wife and kids to church.
12:23That was nothing. I was on my way home.
12:25One for your friend.
12:28And one for me, too.
12:30Eat it. It won't hurt you.
12:33Bye, Donnie.
12:34Come back sooner.
12:35I will.
12:38I see what you mean about making friends.
12:40What was I saying?
12:41Uh.
12:42Oh, yes.
12:43Then when I got the title, it was worse than ever.
12:45I had time to make friends then, but I never knew who my friends really were.
12:49People always slap me on the back.
12:51How are you, Sparrow?
12:52Have a drink, Sparrow.
12:53That was it, Governor.
12:55I had too many drinks.
12:56Good morning, Ernie.
12:57Hello, Mike.
12:58I brought home a sack of charcoal for you last night.
13:00It's down at my place when you need it.
13:02Much obliged, Ernie.
13:03You were saying something?
13:05I was saying, so you ran away from it all, huh?
13:07You're right there again, Governor.
13:09How are you now?
13:10Hiya, Sparrow.
13:11How's business?
13:12Fine.
13:13But I'm not sorry.
13:14I'm happy here in this country.
13:16Here I'm just plain Ernie Sparrow.
13:17And I have real friends for the first time in my life.
13:19Here's one of them now.
13:20Violets.
13:21Violets.
13:22Violets.
13:23Hiya, Ferdinand.
13:24Hiya, Sparrow.
13:26Mr. Carter, this is Amaloc Ferdinand.
13:29He used to be a wrestler and a very good one.
13:31Now he's doing what he wants to do.
13:33Growing his own flowers.
13:34Glad to know you, Mr. Carter.
13:36Remember Ferdinand the bull?
13:38He liked to smell flowers, too.
13:40I'll take that sprig of violets.
13:42Handle them gently now, Sparrow.
13:43Don't crush them.
13:44Remember, they're delicate things.
13:46Right-o, Ferdinand.
13:47Goodbye.
13:48Goodbye.
13:49Just tell me, Sparrow.
13:53How does a person go about making friends?
13:56You don't.
13:58People make friends with you,
14:00if you give them off a chance.
14:02Well, here we are.
14:05A clinic.
14:08If anybody in the world can help you, they can.
14:11Last time I was sick, I was given up for loss,
14:14but somehow they pulled me through.
14:16I'm sorry, Sparrow, but I...
14:18If you're going to trust people, Mr. Carter,
14:20you better start right now.
14:21We all have to learn to do that sooner or later.
14:23I did.
14:24Go on in.
14:27Wait a minute.
14:28Yes?
14:29Do me a favor, will you?
14:31These violets.
14:32There's a pretty young girl in there.
14:34Her name is Miss Joan Martin.
14:36Give them to her, will you?
14:37Choo-choo.
14:42Choo-choo.
14:44Choo-choo.
14:45Choo-choo.
14:47Choo-choo.
14:48Choo-choo.
14:49Come on.
14:50Choo-choo your bell.
14:51Choo-choo.
14:52Choo-choo-choo-choo.
14:53Goodbye.
14:54Choo-choo.
15:25Hello.
15:27They're pretty.
15:29Can I smell?
15:33Smells pretty for your girl.
15:37No.
15:41No.
15:45No.
15:47No.
15:49No.
15:51No.
15:53No.
15:57Can I be your girl?
16:05My name's Bobby.
16:07Everyone says that's a boy's name, but it isn't.
16:11What's your name?
16:13John.
16:17Well, this is a nice state of affairs.
16:21The minute I turn my back, you're untrue to me.
16:23All you women are alike.
16:25I can't help it if I'm popular.
16:27They certainly learn young nowadays, don't they?
16:29Well, beautiful, if your gentleman friend doesn't mind,
16:31I must borrow you for a moment.
16:33Goodbye.
16:35Bye.
16:37Hello, Bobby.
16:39How's our favorite patient?
16:41Just fine, thanks.
16:43Don't be nice to her, Joan.
16:45She's been two-timing me.
16:47No, I haven't.
16:49No.
16:51Will you come in, please?
16:53Just wait in here, please.
16:55Good morning.
16:57Your name, please?
16:59John Carter.
17:01Oh.
17:03I was told to take very good care of you.
17:05You're a very privileged man.
17:07I don't understand.
17:09You happen to have pull with a cell phone.
17:11I don't understand.
17:13With a certain young lady by the name of Bobby.
17:15Oh.
17:17Is your name, by any chance, Miss Joan Martin?
17:19Why, yes.
17:21These are for you.
17:23This is sort of sudden, isn't it?
17:25What did Bobby think?
17:27Well, you don't understand.
17:29Sparrow asked me to give you those.
17:31Oh, isn't that nice?
17:33How thoughtful of Sparrow.
17:35He's always doing things for other people.
17:37Well, you don't understand.
17:39Sparrow asked me to give you those.
17:41He's always doing things for other people.
17:43You've no idea how he makes friends.
17:45You be sure to thank him for me when you see him, will you?
17:47I certainly will.
17:49Did you wish to see Dr. Rose, Mr. Carter?
17:51I hoped I might.
17:53Let's see.
17:55Name, John Carter.
17:57Address?
17:59238 Gordon Street.
18:05No wife.
18:07No family.
18:09No relatives.
18:11And should I add, no friends?
18:13Have you finished your examination?
18:15There's more to an examination than a physical checkup on a few tests.
18:18If I'm going to help you, you must be perfectly honest with me.
18:21Well, it's no use, really.
18:23I've been to too many doctors.
18:25I'm sorry if I've wasted any of your time.
18:27Of course, we can't afford to waste any time here.
18:29There are too many people who really need us.
18:31And we don't care who the patient is or where he comes from,
18:33but we do expect him to help us.
18:35Think it over.
18:36My office is open to anyone at any time.
18:44All finished?
18:45Oh, yes.
18:46Yes, thanks very much.
18:48Well, goodbye, Miss Martin.
18:50Well, when are you coming back?
18:52I don't know.
18:54There you are.
19:06You don't often see a man of his type.
19:10I wonder what his story is.
19:23Hello.
19:24Well, hello, Sparrow.
19:25How's Florence Nightingale?
19:26It was sweet of you to send those flowers.
19:28By the way, how's your friend, Mr. Carter?
19:30I want to talk about him.
19:31Why hasn't he come back to the clinic?
19:33I'm sure Dr. Rose could help him.
19:35So am I.
19:36You know?
19:37I think he'd come back if you was to ask him.
19:40Me?
19:41Why, Sparrow, I've only seen him once.
19:43But you made a rare impression on him.
19:45He's staying at my place.
19:47Would you ask him as a favor to me?
19:51All right.
19:52Come in.
20:07Someone to see you, John.
20:14Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
20:16Mr. Carter, I hope you won't think it presuming of me.
20:19But I wondered why you didn't come back to the clinic.
20:22Well, whatever the reason, it's nice of you to come.
20:26Why should you concern yourself about me?
20:29I don't know.
20:30Dr. Rose sends you?
20:32Oh, no.
20:34I know it may sound very strange to you, but...
20:37Well, when you didn't come back, I began to worry about you.
20:40You're worried about me, a total stranger?
20:43Some people are never strangers, Mr. Carter.
20:46Won't you come back to the clinic and see Dr. Rose again?
20:49I know he can help you, if you'll only let him.
20:52Will you?
20:56Mm-hmm.
20:57I have the laboratory reports, Mr. Carter.
21:02They are not favorable.
21:03Well, I didn't expect they would be.
21:05Well, of course, I only know what your body tells me.
21:08But there are things about a man that the body has nothing to do with.
21:12What you're trying to say is, if there's any help for me,
21:14it hasn't anything to do with medical science.
21:18Well, something like that.
21:20Well, I was planning a trip on the Great Lakes.
21:22Well, that's the worst thing you could possibly do.
21:24Why?
21:25Well, for a man without friends,
21:27there are few places so lonely as a crowded steamship.
21:30You'll find the seacoast much more relaxing than the Midwest.
21:34Well, go up to the coastal main somewhere.
21:37Get good sea air into your lungs and wholesome thoughts into your mind.
21:40Get a job.
21:42And above everything, try to make friends.
21:44And never forget, Mr. Carter,
21:46that loneliness is a disease that can destroy a man's mind.
21:50Could a man's mind give way from lack of companionship?
21:54Could a man actually die for one of a friend?
21:58You are the answer to your own questions, Mr. Carter.
22:02Well, goodbye, Dr. Rose. Thank you.
22:05Mr. Carter.
22:06Mr. Carter.
22:07Mr. Carter.
22:08What's the matter?
22:09Nothing.
22:10I know.
22:11I feel sorry for him, too.
22:12But for your own peace of mind, Joan,
22:13you can't allow yourself to become interested in the patient's troubles.
22:16I guess I'll never get used to working around here.
22:20I know.
22:21I feel sorry for him, too.
22:22But for your own peace of mind, Joan,
22:23you can't allow yourself to become interested in the patient's troubles.
22:26I guess I'll never get used to working around here.
22:27Is he for a minute, dear?
22:28No.
22:29I want to talk about us.
22:30Of course, Fred.
22:31You know, between the night work here and my lectures with Dr. Farnham,
22:33we hardly see each other at the same time.
22:34I know.
22:35I know.
22:36I feel sorry for him, too.
22:37But for your own peace of mind, Joan,
22:38you can't allow yourself to become interested in the patient's troubles.
22:40I guess I'll never get used to working around here.
22:43Is he for a minute, dear?
22:45No.
22:46I want to talk about us.
22:50Of course, Fred.
22:51You know, between the night work here and my lectures with Dr. Farnham,
22:55we hardly see each other except when we're working.
22:57You're right.
22:58I'm really the world's most neglected fiancé.
23:01But you're the one who wanted to wait.
23:03You didn't want to get married until I'd established my own practice.
23:06And you agreed with me?
23:07I've changed my mind.
23:09I think we should get married right away.
23:11No.
23:12After all, darling,
23:13it'll only be another six months until you've finished your work with Dr. Farnham.
23:17Then...
23:18Then I still won't have enough money to start on my own anyway.
23:20Oh, come on, Joan.
23:21Say you'll settle for a weekend honeymoon.
23:23I can't, Fred.
23:25I want a home and security.
23:27I want our children to see the sun without having to go to a public park.
23:31And I want you to come home from your office with pride,
23:34not tortured and frightened by debt.
23:36You don't show much faith in me.
23:38Oh, I do have faith in you, darling.
23:41Everything in me wants to say yes.
23:44But I won't change your life and mine to an environment like this.
23:48I wish I could believe you're right.
23:50I am.
23:52What you gonna do?
24:05I was asking what you're gonna do.
24:08I want to take Dr. Rose's advice.
24:11I know you can get a refund on your boat ticket,
24:13but will that leave you with enough to go to Maine?
24:17Look here.
24:18This is no time for silly pride.
24:20I've got enough put by to tide you over for a while.
24:23We'll go to the bank first thing in the morning,
24:25and you can be on your way.
24:29You hardly know me.
24:30It ain't time that makes a man trustworthy.
24:32I'm betting on you all the way.
24:34Well, this is the first time in my life
24:36that anything like this has ever happened to me.
24:39I don't know what to say.
24:41Just say yes, and we don't need to say no more about it.
24:44But I don't need money.
24:45I have more than enough.
24:47Oh, I don't understand.
24:49Sparrow, I found something here that money can't buy.
24:52Something that I didn't know existed.
24:55Come to think of it, a six-month vacation wouldn't do you any harm.
24:58Why don't you put that cab of yours in storage and come along as my guest?
25:02I couldn't think of it.
25:05Well...
25:06If you put it that way, I can't refuse.
25:10It's a deal.
25:11Fine. Let's go.
25:13Right.
25:18Hello, Joan.
25:19Good evening.
25:20Hello.
25:21Is Fred working again tonight?
25:22I'm afraid I was rude this afternoon.
25:24Oh, why at the Stuart?
25:25I'm putting the old bus and storage tomorrow.
25:27Mr. Carton means off to Maine for health and happiness.
25:31I see you're finished with your dinner.
25:33Why don't you join us for a last spin in the park?
25:35I wish you would.
25:36I'd love to.
25:38Okay, let's go.
25:43There were times when we didn't have enough food in the house,
25:45or money for medicine when I was a child.
25:47Maybe that's the reason I went to work for Dr. Rose.
25:50You intended to devote your entire life to working with these people?
25:53No.
25:54No.
25:55So long as I work, I'll remain with them.
25:57But when I get married, I intend to leave it forever.
26:00Oh, it's not that my husband has to be rich, but he can't be poor either.
26:04I don't want my children to have the childhood like I did, or the youngsters in the clinic.
26:09Well, that's very understandable.
26:11Of course, you do get away on your vacation.
26:14You don't take vacations when you work for Dr. Rose.
26:16You sure need one, Joan.
26:18Why don't you come along with me and Mr. Carter?
26:21I guess our housekeeping could stand a feminine touch.
26:24Fred would love that.
26:25Is Fred the young man who doesn't have to be rich, but doesn't dare to be poor?
26:30Oh, I'm sorry.
26:32He's got to be a great specialist one these days.
26:34You mark my words.
26:36He's studying with the lung specialist, Dr. Farnham, all the evenings he can get away from the clinic.
26:40How long have you been engaged?
26:42Four years.
26:44Sparrow, it's been a lovely drive, but I think we should go home now.
26:48Right, you all, Joan.
26:50Have you packed that?
27:04Yes, sir.
27:05I'd like to pack.
27:06Yes, sir.
27:07And another thing.
27:08Let's get started on a man-to-man basis.
27:09No more of that sir stuff, huh?
27:11Right-o.
27:12Governor.
27:13Say, have you stored your car yet?
27:15Not yet.
27:16Hardly get to the station if I put the old bus away.
27:18Well, we could take a cab.
27:19There ain't no profit in that.
27:21Well, you get rid of that hack of yours.
27:23I'll take care of the tickets.
27:24Yes, sir.
27:25I mean, uh, governor.
27:33Oh, hello, Mr. Carter.
27:34Hello, Ferdinand.
27:35Uh, flowers today, sir?
27:37Yes.
27:38Well, we have some roses, asters.
27:41These two I can't pronounce.
27:43Carnation.
27:44I'll take all of them.
27:45Violets.
27:46All of them?
27:47Yes, all of them.
27:48Are you going into business?
27:49No, I want some flowers.
27:50A lot of flowers.
27:51I want to impress a girl.
27:52Oh, some impress.
27:54Well, these are two and a half.
27:56I'll give them for two bucks.
27:58A dollar and a quarter.
27:59That's a dollar.
28:00These I'll throw in.
28:02It's a dollar seventy-five.
28:04Eighty cents.
28:06Uh, thirty-seven fifty?
28:08Delivered?
28:09Delivered.
28:10You take this, then.
28:11I'll take yours.
28:12Come on.
28:13This is the place.
28:18What now?
28:19Wait right here.
28:21Why, look, Georgie.
28:23I don't know when I've seen such nice, fresh flowers.
28:25Yeah, it's very pretty.
28:26Uh, how much are your carnations?
28:27Two dollars a dozen.
28:28Why, that's outrageous.
28:29Did you ever hear of such a thing, Georgie?
28:30What have you got this within reason?
28:31Marigolds.
28:32Two bits a bunch.
28:33I don't like marigolds.
28:34They smell up the whole house.
28:35So do roses.
28:36It's all a matter of money.
28:37If you've got four dollars and you want to smell up the house, you'll buy roses.
28:41If you've got two bits, buy marigolds.
28:42How much are your violets?
28:43Twenty cents a bunch.
28:44Three for a half.
28:45Well, that's more like it.
28:46Wrap them up.
28:47They're not for sale.
28:48Didn't you just say there were three bunches for fifty cents?
28:49That's right.
28:50But only when they're for sale.
28:51Georgie, this man is trying to make a fool out of me.
28:52That's a wonderful idea.
28:53Yes, it's certainly...
28:54What did you say?
28:55Oh, the very idea.
28:56You're siding in it.
28:57You're siding in it.
28:58You're siding in it.
28:59You're siding in it.
29:00I don't like marigolds.
29:01I don't like marigolds.
29:02I don't like marigolds.
29:03They smell up the whole house.
29:04So do roses.
29:11I don't like marigolds.
29:12I don't like marigolds.
29:13I don't like marigolds.
29:14It certainly was nice of you to drop by and say goodbye.
29:18Well, I wanted to bring you a few flowers before I leave.
29:20How thoughtful.
29:21Hello, Ferdinand.
29:22Hello, John.
29:23Look, Mr. Carter bought them all.
29:26Uh-huh.
29:27Uh, Ferdinand, maybe you'd better take him to the clinic.
29:29Yeah, maybe I'd better.
29:32That was an awfully nice thing for you to do.
29:34Will you have lunch with me now?
29:36Well, I don't have very long.
29:37Oh, we'll just go down the street.
29:38All right.
29:41You know, there's so much I have to say to you and so little time in which to say it that I hardly know where to begin.
29:52Will there be anything else?
29:53No, that's all.
29:55What's bothering you?
29:57Sparrow said something last night jokingly and I've been thinking about it ever since.
30:01What was that?
30:02About your coming along with us.
30:05Oh, you can't be serious.
30:07I am.
30:08Of course, I realize that we have only the most casual interest in each other.
30:12So I'll put my proposal on a business basis.
30:16Proposal?
30:17Yes.
30:18I'm asking you to marry me.
30:20What?
30:21But I'm not in love with you.
30:25Oh, I know that.
30:27When two people go into a business deal, there has to be something in it for each one.
30:32But what you have to offer is my chance to live a lifetime within a few months.
30:38In return for those few months, you'll be able to have everything you ever wanted.
30:46Does the name Sinclair mean anything to you?
30:48Sinclair.
30:53John Sinclair?
30:54Yes.
30:55I took the name of Carter because I'm sick and tired of the dishonesty surrounding Sinclair.
31:00I want to be another man for the time being.
31:02Any man.
31:03Oh, I see.
31:04Well, you don't have to decide now.
31:06Think it over.
31:07Carefully.
31:08And remember, my entire fortune for a few months of your life.
31:34You're late.
31:35Sorry, I was held up at the last moment.
31:37Did you get it?
31:39Easy, dear.
31:40What's all this mystery about Carter being John Sinclair?
31:43You certainly were excited over the phone.
31:45Now, suppose you tell me what it's all about.
31:47I will.
31:48I will in just a minute.
31:49You know it's not right going through the files and taking out cards.
31:54Are you sure this report's correct?
31:56I don't know why you're so worried about it.
31:58Answer my question.
31:59Yes, I'm positive it's correct.
32:00I made that report myself and Dr. Rose agreed with it.
32:04Look, darling.
32:05Let's find a bench and talk about ourselves, huh?
32:08Come on.
32:11Oh, it's good.
32:12Good to have a night off.
32:13I hardly ever see you anymore except at the clinic.
32:16Well, it can last forever.
32:18Just a little while longer and I'll be able to have my own practice.
32:22Business will probably be so bad you'll complain about my being around the house too much.
32:26Oh, Fred.
32:27I do love you.
32:28You must believe me.
32:29Oh, Fred.
32:30It's so wrong living the kind of life we have to live.
32:31Struggling.
32:32Never being able to have the things people should have.
32:33You've been very patient to stick it out.
32:34But you won't be sorry.
32:35Just wait and see.
32:36Fred.
32:37I'm going to marry John Sinclair tomorrow.
32:39What did you say?
32:40Oh, I know it sounds ridiculous.
32:41But it's our chance to get everything we've ever wished for.
32:43You mean, you're going to marry John Sinclair tomorrow.
32:45What did you say?
32:46Oh, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's our chance to get everything we've ever wished
32:51for.
32:52You mean, you've wished for.
32:53It's just an arrangement for a short time.
32:57He knows he's going to die.
32:58Oh, Fred, try to understand.
32:59It's for us.
33:00It's not wrong.
33:01Tell me it's not wrong.
33:02Tell me it's not wrong.
33:03Tell you what?
33:04Tell you what?
33:05You say you're in love with me and yet you could even think of doing something like that?
33:26Oh, I do love you.
33:28Well, that's great.
33:29Yeah.
33:30You're so much in love with me that you can't wait to marry somebody else.
33:34Oh, don't lie, Joan.
33:36Why don't you tell the truth?
33:37You never even thought of me.
33:39You're doing it because you're selfish.
33:41Because you're not satisfied to wait and work hard like any normal, decent woman would
33:46do.
33:47No.
33:48I don't think you're being dishonest.
33:51I think you're rotten.
33:53Why shouldn't I have my chance?
33:55For four years now I've waited for you.
33:57Do you think it's been fun being alone night after night?
34:00Being in love with someone you never see?
34:02I'm human.
34:03Oh, Fred.
34:04I do love you.
34:05I always will.
34:06I've given you the chance to get ahead and you've failed.
34:09Now I'm going to do it my way.
34:11I waited for you because I believed in you.
34:13But you're soft.
34:14You've been afraid.
34:15You're always letting other people push you down.
34:17Oh, Fred.
34:18Try to understand.
34:19Yeah.
34:20Thanks.
34:21Thanks for everything, Mrs. Sinclair.
34:24Fred.
34:25Fred.
34:26Fred.
34:27Fred.
34:28John Sinclair converted this abandoned lighthouse into a beach home.
34:31Here he learned to relax.
34:32The simple, wholesome life and Joan's care brought an astonishing change.
34:34John Sinclair converted this abandoned lighthouse into a beach home.
34:38Here he learned to relax.
34:39The simple, wholesome life and Joan's care brought an astonishing change in him.
34:45But as the months passed, the strange bargain between Sinclair and his wife took an ironic twist.
35:08you're a real outdoor man now you can do a day's work with the best one ain't this the life
35:18yeah it's the life there's something bothering me sparrow i'd like your advice right captain
35:24i think i know what you're going to say yes you're not the first bloke what's falling in
35:29love with his nurse right right i am in love with john that's what comes from getting your
35:35elf bag have you mentioned the matter to the lady yet well that's rather difficult you see our
35:41marriage is based entirely on a business proposition what you're going to do eat your art out in silence
35:46well i don't know the trouble is i've always had my own way about everything except the most important
35:52thing governor i'd have talked to her long ago if i was in your place have it out with her tonight
35:57what shall i say first of all i'd apologize to her for being alive you were supposed to die in six
36:03months remember that was part of your marriage contract so don't you owe her an apology for
36:08breaking your agreement i'd tell her it was her fault for taking such good care
36:12maybe you got something there
36:15hello john how's the water
36:20don't you think it's dangerous swimming out so far
36:29i'm perfectly able to take care of myself john
36:31won't you change your mind and come with us tomorrow
36:36you know i don't like boat trips
36:38wait just a minute and i'll walk up the house with you
36:40no thanks it's chilling i'm going back now
36:42captain maybe my advice wasn't so good
36:54why don't you wait a little while before you talk to her i'll have to work this out my own way
36:59i hope she know what you're doing
37:00sparrow i don't feel like playing tonight
37:13that suits me fine
37:14you must be tired why don't you get a good night's rest
37:17you know we got a big day ahead of us tomorrow
37:19i'll feel fresh as a dirty
37:21sparrow
37:23oh yes come to think of us
37:26hi i'm a bit tired
37:27good night
37:29good night
37:29you know let's take a little walk down the beach
37:34i want to talk to you
37:36we can talk here
37:37oh but you don't understand john
37:39i understand only one thing john
37:41i'm leaving you
37:44leaving me
37:47why
37:48ever since we've been here
37:50i've been completely alone
37:52except for sparrow and you
37:53nobody ever comes near this place
37:55you even do all your business by telephone
37:57i thought you were happy here
37:59i hate it here
38:00we never go anywhere
38:01we never see anybody
38:02you never invite anyone to visit us
38:04i can't stand in here any longer
38:05joan
38:06we made a bargain
38:08that's just it
38:09i've kept my part of the bargain
38:10you haven't
38:11oh it isn't being married to you john that i mind it's
38:26it's this place
38:28are you sure it isn't your young doctor that you miss
38:32at first i thought that was the reason
38:34but
38:35oh well that's all over now
38:36i gave fred up when i came here
38:39oh
38:40oh john let's call off our bargain
38:43you don't need me anymore
38:45you're all right now
38:46oh but i do need you
38:47i've been so busy getting well that i didn't realize how lonely you've been until now
38:52if we were to leave here
38:54it'd make a difference wouldn't it joan
38:56oh maybe i
38:58i don't know
39:00well we'll leave here
39:01we'll travel joan
39:03we'll visit all the places you've ever wanted to go to
39:05we'll do all the things that you've ever wanted to do
39:09i promise you you'll never be lonely again
39:12i'll be able to straighten out my affairs in a few days
39:16and i'll make all the arrangements
39:19i love you jimmy
39:22you've got to stay with me
39:46sparrow
39:47hey sparrow
39:49well i'll be dark
39:55how are you what a surprise
39:57where'd you come from
39:58how'd you get here
39:58how long are you going to stay
39:59that's so fast
40:00but i'm tired enough as it is
40:02i've been walking for miles
40:03no one who can find this place is beyond me
40:06exclusive that's what we is
40:08exclusive
40:08wait till joan sees you
40:10will she be surprised
40:12you stay here
40:17just wait till joan sees you
40:19joan
40:20oh joan
40:21yes sparrow what is it
40:23guess who's here
40:24hello joan
40:27fred
40:29oh fred
40:36where'd you come from
40:37how'd you get here
40:38how long are you going to stay
40:39oh you're as bad as sparrow
40:40give me a chance to catch my breath
40:41i'll give you just two minutes
40:43and then i'm gonna fire question after question at you
40:45oh fred it's so good to see you
40:47i'll see you later doc
40:49come on up
40:52clever idea
41:00turning a lighthouse into a beach home
41:02an expensive idea
41:03is it much further
41:11what's the matter can't you take it
41:13this is good exercise
41:14yeah
41:14come on
41:16oh it lasts
41:26it's lovely isn't it
41:29yeah
41:30yes it is
41:31not me silly
41:33the view
41:33oh sure
41:34that's all right too
41:36this is our solarium
41:38on a clear day
41:39you can see for miles out to sea
41:41oh fred it's so wonderful to see you again
41:52did you miss me
41:52of course i did
41:53you must have been lonely
41:55a little
41:56who's the chess player
42:00john
42:00he's a master at it
42:02he's been teaching me to play
42:03how is he
42:04much better than when you last saw him
42:07he's gone to the city for a few days
42:10joan
42:11when you play chess with him
42:13don't you get a feeling of being trapped
42:14what do you mean
42:17oh looking for a way out
42:19not finding any
42:20what makes you say that
42:22i don't know it's just a feeling i have that you're not really happy here
42:26joan
42:28you know it's still not too late
42:30i tried staying angry with you but i couldn't
42:33why don't you admit you made a mistake
42:35tell sinclair coming back with me
42:37maybe i'm still selfish fred
42:41joan i
42:43i left the clinic
42:44i have my own practice now
42:46we can have all the things we've always wanted
42:49why didn't you tell me this before
42:53because of pride i guess
42:55and
42:56then i realized i needed you more than anything else
42:59that's funny
43:03if you told me this and asked me just a few days ago
43:06i would have said yes
43:08and why not now
43:09because john has fallen in love with me
43:14you see
43:16you made the same mistake i did
43:19now we're both in love with you
43:22i guess the plans we made together don't mean anything more to you now
43:26fred of course they do
43:29just just give me a little more time
43:33all right joan
43:35it's going to be interesting to see what happens
43:37somehow or other i'll make you see things my way
43:41hello joan
43:43you up there
43:44well hello fred
43:47well this is a grand surprise
43:51what's uh
43:55what's matter to you two
43:56fred this is terrific
43:59it's grand to see you
44:01oh i forgot i'm sore at you
44:03this is the first time you've shown up since we've been here
44:05how do you think i look
44:07wonderful john
44:09you don't look so well fred
44:11does he dear
44:12well we'll have to fix that
44:14you're going to stay right here with us until we close this place and move back to new york
44:17isn't it darling
44:19promise to make up your mind today
44:28i have
44:29well
44:30i've been here now for six months
44:33shut away from the world
44:34away from life
44:36now i'm going to collect for every minute of that time
44:39but we'll still be able to see a lot of each other
44:43it'll work out
44:44just you wait and see
44:46how nice
44:47i'll just stick around and every time sinclair goes out the front i'll sneak in through the back door
44:52stop it
44:53you must try to understand
44:55nothing could ever possibly come between us
44:58you know that
44:59i do joan
45:00we only disagree on one little thing
45:03the only way i'll ever come in is through the front door
45:06remember that
45:08couldn't you wait just a little while longer
45:10no
45:11you see
45:12i've changed
45:13you once said i was soft
45:16i let people push me around and you were right
45:18but not anymore
45:19i tried to get you out of my mind
45:22i know it's wrong to keep on loving you
45:24but
45:24i can't help it
45:26there's nothing i can do about it
45:28but you're not going to ruin my life
45:30you've had your chance
45:32now i'm going to do things my way
45:35i'm afraid we're not being very good hosts
45:57joan has a bad headache and i'm tired
46:00please don't apologize
46:03after all i barged in on you
46:05here's one of sparrow's mystery books
46:06how about that
46:07some people find them relaxing
46:09thanks
46:09i'll be ready for bed myself in an hour or so
46:12you know most people like those
46:13but personally i can't get interested in them
46:15you always know the murder is going to get caught
46:17oh of course
46:18murder is one thing nobody can get away with
46:21oh i don't know about that
46:23in real life there are some unsolved murders
46:25all it takes is the intelligence to work out a plan
46:28and then the nerve to carry it through
46:29you think so
46:31oh certainly
46:31it's like a game of chess
46:33come over here
46:34i'm supposing i had some good reason for wanting you out of the way
46:41here's how i'd go about murdering you
46:43oh don't don't look alarmed look at the board
46:47now move number one witnesses i'd establish my alibi
46:54how simple i'd let it be known that you'd been walking in your sleep
46:59i'd tell sparrow
47:01it'd get around the village
47:04i'd say that i caught you halfway out of one of these solarium windows
47:08why not the bedroom window
47:10too narrow
47:12a man couldn't get through it
47:13then i'd tell sparrow
47:16i'd throw your body through this window
47:20at four a.m. the tide would carry your body out at sea
47:24and as far as the police were concerned an unfortunate sleepwalker had met an accidental death
47:30in chess that's known as checkmate
47:33you missed your calling
47:36you'd make a master criminal
47:38well it's pretty good murder if i do say so myself
47:40pretty good it's clever
47:42oh but there's something wrong with it
47:44there's one thing missing
47:46what's that
47:47i have no motive whatever
47:49for murdering you
47:51you're going downstairs
47:54oh don't forget your book
47:57uh no no i uh
47:58i think i'll sit up here for a while and read
48:01what did he mean by that game of chess
48:06is he planning to kill you or only trying to frighten you
48:09better leave here before it's too late
48:11you've lost joan haven't you
48:13or is there something you can do about it
48:16evening fred
48:21hello sparrow where are you off to
48:23i've got to do a bit of surf fishing
48:24nice night for it
48:25you want to come along
48:26no thanks
48:27oh sparrow
48:28uh you do me a favor
48:30anything you say
48:31thanks
48:32look when you get down to the village tomorrow
48:34will you uh
48:35stop in the marine hardware store
48:37and uh buy some locks
48:38tomorrow is sunday dog
48:40sunday
48:41oh yes i've forgotten
48:42well you can get them first thing on monday
48:45all right uh what kind you want
48:46let's see um
48:48just locks for windows
48:49how many you need
48:50hmm
48:52there's ten windows
48:53so i need ten locks
48:54what you need all those for
48:56nobody can get in through a lighthouse window
48:58it's a steep drop
48:59i'm not worried about anybody getting in
49:03i'm worried about somebody falling out
49:05falling out
49:06what do you mean
49:06i don't want to alarm you or joan sparrow
49:10but last night i caught john walking in his sleep
49:12walking in his sleep
49:14yeah i heard someone moving around so i got up to investigate
49:17the noise seemed to come from the solarium
49:19when i reached there i saw him climbing out through one of the windows
49:22i pulled him back just in time or he would have fallen and killed himself
49:25over exercise that's what it is
49:27he's been taking things too strenuous
49:29i'll get the locks as quickly as possible
49:31oh sparrow don't mention this to joan
49:33she doesn't know anything about it and there's no need to worry her
49:36mum's the word
49:37and whatever you do don't say anything to john either
49:39he doesn't realize what danger he was in
49:41he didn't wake up till it was all over
49:43no i won't tell him
49:44funny i never knew
49:45good night doc
49:47good night sparrow
49:49good morning
49:55me too
49:56will you please fill this prescription for a sedative
49:59it's for mr sinclair he's not sleeping well
50:02you want it in tablets
50:04no i'd like to have it in powder for him if you have it
50:06mr sinclair can't swallow pills
50:09here you are
50:14better tell him to be careful not to take an overdose this is powerful stuff
50:21i know i'm a doctor
50:22everything's working perfectly isn't it
50:28wasn't it thoughtful of sinclair to tell you exactly how to murder him
50:33you know john will sleep soundly when he drinks this
50:37coffee john
50:40black please
50:41thanks
50:44sorry had to change your plans about leaving tomorrow
50:56yes i i would have preferred staying until you close the house and gone back with you and john
51:01well maybe you won't go
51:02maybe you'll feel differently about tomorrow
51:05couldn't you possibly say a little longer friend
51:20no uh no my work's piling up i've got to get back
51:24it's been wonderful
51:31it's been wonderful you're being with us
51:33yes yes it has
51:35well i think i'll take my coffee into the solarium
51:41i'd like a farewell look at the view
51:42coming john
51:45i'll be with you in a minute
51:46one grand fellow fred
51:57you're gonna miss him aren't you darling
52:00coffee cold
52:03well here take mine mine's warmer
52:06i guess i'll turn in now dear
52:10i'm really exhausted
52:12i'll have my coffee before i go to bed
52:15good night
52:18good night darling
52:25good night
52:29good night
52:30good night
52:35good night
52:38good night
53:44Where are you?
53:49I know you're in the room.
53:51I know you're in here.
53:53Where are you?
53:58I know you're here.
54:02I know you're in here.
54:04Please.
54:04Please.
54:05I wasn't going to...
54:07Sinclair.
54:08Sinclair, don't...
54:09You told Fred every step in your scheme and he helped you carry it out.
54:31Who would suspect that a murdered man would collaborate in his murderer's alibi?
54:37Hurry, John, hurry.
54:38The coroner may be able to determine that Fred was dead before his body struck the rocks.
54:42The coroner may be able to tell the grass
54:51The coroner may be able to tell the 다cost going on...
54:53The coroner may be able to tell the animals how but bear and she'll be in the 해 lay...
54:55The coroner may be able to pray ALLES
54:59And now they'll be able to tell the whole story...
55:00Well, as long as they lose the others...
55:01...you told theosoements.
55:01I know you were aware little of them, but...
55:03You told theilda may be able to say all.
55:05No, the windows won't open.
55:15This calls for a quick change of plans, doesn't it?
55:26Carry the body downstairs quickly and lay it on the rocks.
55:29Then you'll have time to come up later and open one of the windows.
55:33It's riskier than your first plan.
55:35But when you tell the police about walking in your sleep
55:38and finding that Fred had fallen out while trying to save you,
55:41maybe they won't examine the body too closely.
55:44Come on.
55:49Come on.
55:49Let's go.
55:50Oh, my God.
56:20Sparrow, what are you doing here this time of night?
56:25I often go walking in the early morning.
56:28You know that.
56:29Something terrible has happened.
56:32Fred is...
56:32The doctor?
56:33Yes.
56:35I must have been walking in my sleep.
56:37I woke up halfway out of one of the solarium windows.
56:40Fred must have fallen out trying to pull me back.
56:43I saw him hit the rocks.
56:46It was horrible.
56:47You say he fell out of one of the windows in the solarium?
56:52Yes.
56:55It's impossible.
56:56Possible? What do you mean?
56:58I couldn't buy locks on Sunday, John.
57:00So I nailed all the solarium windows shut today.
57:07All right, Sparrow.
57:08It didn't happen just the way I said.
57:11But it was an accident.
57:13Fred tried to kill me tonight so that John would be free to marry him.
57:17I can prove it.
57:18How?
57:19I suspected him and I rigged up a dummy and I put it in the bed.
57:22I can show you where he tried to kill me in my sleep.
57:25Show me, John.
57:27And if it's the truth, I'll stand by you.
57:29And if it's the truth, I'll stand by you.
57:30I'll stand by you.
57:31And if it's the truth, I'll stand by you.
57:32I'll stand by you.
57:33I'll stand by you.
57:34I'll stand by you.
57:43There's been a terrible accident.
57:46Fred fell from a window in the solarium.
57:48That's a lie.
57:49He didn't fall.
57:50I saw you carry his body down the stairs.
57:52You murdered him.
57:57But you don't understand.
57:59Fred tried to kill me.
58:01No, he didn't.
58:03You murdered him because you knew I loved him.
58:05John, let me explain.
58:06He won't do you any good.
58:08I've called the police.
58:09It's too late now, John.
58:24I guess you'll have to face it.
58:37Sparrow did what he could for his friend.
58:39But the jury didn't believe John Sinclair's story,
58:42and he paid the extreme penalty for the murder of Fred Graham.
58:46Joan inherited the Sinclair millions
58:48and went away to the life of luxury she had always craved.
58:52But constantly haunting her was the tragedy
58:55that cost the lives of a man she loved and a man she married.
58:59She traveled from city to city seeking forgetfulness,
59:02but there was no escape from the past.
59:04She came back at last to live out a life of torment
59:09in the solitude and desolation of the lighthouse.
59:13I know, because I am the whistler.
59:17I am the man she loved and a man she had always a man she loved and a man she loved.
59:31THE END
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