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David Norliss (Roy Thinnes) is a reporter hard at work on a book that he hopes will debunk many supposedly supernatural and occult phenomena as hoaxes. In the process, he meets Ellen Cort (Angie Dickinson), a well-to-do widow who insists that her dead husband has come back to haunt her as a zombie. No one has believed her story, and David is no different until, after more investigation, he learns the horrible truth. Once a doubter, he decides to help Ellen prove her story is real.
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00:02:30Monday morning is never good.
00:02:33Anything important?
00:02:34David Norris on three.
00:02:38Hello, David.
00:02:40Been a while.
00:02:41How's the book coming?
00:02:42Sanford, I've got to talk to you.
00:02:44I know.
00:02:44You want to tell me it's only half written.
00:02:46We're going to have to delay.
00:02:47Half written.
00:02:48Hell, I don't have a word on paper.
00:02:50It's been almost a year.
00:02:52I know how long it's been, Sanford.
00:02:55But I, uh...
00:02:57I can't write it.
00:02:59I'm afraid to write it.
00:03:03You're not making sense.
00:03:05We gave you a sizable advance
00:03:07to write a book debunking the supernatural,
00:03:09which was your idea, not ours.
00:03:11But now you tell me, a year later,
00:03:13you haven't even started it.
00:03:14I'm into the book.
00:03:17Deep into it.
00:03:21But, uh...
00:03:23It's on...
00:03:25on tapes.
00:03:26a series of tapes.
00:03:30When you hear them, you'll understand.
00:03:32What will I understand?
00:03:35How far I've gone.
00:03:39How dangerous this whole thing is.
00:03:45Sam, can I have to talk to you?
00:03:46David,
00:03:47you sound very strange.
00:03:50You all right?
00:03:53David, are you all right?
00:03:56Yeah.
00:03:58Okay.
00:03:59Okay, well, what about the Carnelian room?
00:04:01For lunch tomorrow?
00:04:02It's no good.
00:04:03I have to see you now.
00:04:06Monday, Dave.
00:04:06You know what?
00:04:07Monday's all right.
00:04:08Why not tomorrow?
00:04:09Tomorrow, am I too late?
00:04:14Do you wish to order now, sir?
00:04:40No, just bring me a phone.
00:04:43Thank you very much.
00:05:13That was a week ago.
00:05:35He never showed for lunch, never phoned to explain why,
00:05:38and I haven't been able to contact him since.
00:05:40Sanford, you should be used to eccentric writers by now,
00:05:45and in my opinion, David Norliss is just a bit more eccentric than Moat.
00:05:50Ed, I'll never get over this view.
00:05:51There is something wrong.
00:05:53I wish you'd check this thing out. Find out where he is.
00:05:56Sanford, I'm his lawyer, not his nursemaid.
00:05:59Please.
00:06:01All right, I'll look into it.
00:06:03I still say you're making too much of a broken lunch date.
00:06:10Sanford!
00:06:15Sanford!
00:06:15Oh, good. I was hoping I'd see you.
00:06:17Yeah, glad I ran into you.
00:06:18Have you got time to catch the cable with me?
00:06:19Where are you going?
00:06:20I'm going up to the club.
00:06:21All right, fine. We'll have a drink.
00:06:22Good, yeah.
00:06:24I, uh...
00:06:25I've been terribly worried.
00:06:27I tried to phone you earlier.
00:06:28Well, I was in a publisher's meeting.
00:06:30Tied up the whole bloody afternoon.
00:06:31Sanford, I'm sorry.
00:06:34I didn't take you very seriously in the meeting the other day.
00:06:36Well, I...
00:06:37I just, uh, thought you were making much too much of it.
00:06:39I hope you'll have something.
00:06:42What'd you find out?
00:06:43Nobody knows where David is.
00:06:45Nobody's seen him.
00:06:46He's just gone.
00:06:47Are you sure?
00:06:49We checked every possible source.
00:06:51Everything can see both.
00:06:52Seems incredible.
00:06:53I don't know.
00:07:23David?
00:07:37David?
00:09:15I started with this thing, get the book rolling with what I've got so far.
00:09:21God knows it isn't taking the direction I assumed it would.
00:09:24This whole thing began when my natural writer's curiosity was aroused by an article I'd read in a weekly periodical.
00:09:34The article was concerned with the commercial aspects of spiritualism and the occult.
00:09:39My original idea was to expose the phonies who were bilking millions of dollars each year out of their gullible victims.
00:09:46To go after the fake mediums, phony astrologers, the self-proclaimed seers, and trick mystics.
00:09:56I was successful at this for some time.
00:09:59The floating face, which was a dummy's head on a wire.
00:10:02The ghost of a woman's son, who turned out to be the medium's own kid in a weird getup.
00:10:08The fortune teller whose life images in a crystal ball were supplied by a hidden film projector.
00:10:14But then, I got into this business with Ellen Cort.
00:10:20But, I'd better try to get this down exactly the way it happened.
00:10:27Ellen Stern's Cort was recently widowed.
00:10:31Her late husband, James Raymond Cort, was a successful sculptor from a well-to-do family.
00:10:37He worked from a studio on the grounds of his estate in Carmel.
00:10:40When he married, he brought Ellen there to live.
00:10:44The night before she came to see me, she had undergone a very bizarre and frightening experience.
00:10:50Shortly after midnight, she was awakened from a sound sleep by the barking of her dog, Raleigh.
00:11:16What is it, Raleigh?
00:11:18What's the matter, boy? Somebody out there?
00:11:20What's the matter, boy?
00:11:46Okay, show me.
00:11:57Okay, show me what you want.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:01Easy, easy, boy, easy.
00:12:16Easy, easy, easy.
00:12:46Easy, easy, easy.
00:13:16The following night, Mrs. Cort came to see me.
00:13:29Actually, her sister, Marsha Stearns, an acquaintance of mine, had set up the meeting.
00:13:34Marsha knew about my work in the supernatural.
00:13:37When Ellen called her about the incident, Marsha had Ellen contact me.
00:13:41And the police found only the body of my dog, Raleigh.
00:13:50His neck snapped, ribs broken.
00:13:52They analyzed the bloodstains on the floor, and they were his.
00:13:55All his.
00:13:56Are you sure you hit the man when you fired the shotgun?
00:13:59I'm telling you, I hit him.
00:14:00Well, think about it.
00:14:01You were upset.
00:14:01You saw your dog killed.
00:14:03You could have missed.
00:14:03I've handled guns before.
00:14:05He was right in front of me in my direct line of fire.
00:14:08The charges hit him.
00:14:10Smashed him backward.
00:14:11And that's when I ran.
00:14:13But when the police arrived, there wasn't a trace of him.
00:14:17No.
00:14:17He was gone.
00:14:19And when I told them who it was, they wouldn't believe me.
00:14:21Now, that's why I've come to you.
00:14:25Well, Mrs. Court, why wouldn't the police believe you?
00:14:28Because the man I shot was already dead.
00:14:33It was Jim.
00:14:37My dead husband, James Court.
00:14:38Ellen Court seemed convinced that she had encountered the risen form of a recently entombed husband.
00:14:51I asked her to describe the circumstances surrounding Court's death.
00:14:56Jim had been feeling very bad.
00:14:59We didn't know why, and our family doctor suggested that he undergo a series of tests at the Fraser Clinic.
00:15:05That's when we discovered he was suffering from a terminal disease of the brain called Pick's disease.
00:15:11I've heard of it.
00:15:13There's no cure.
00:15:14There was no treatment.
00:15:15And he...
00:15:16I don't know.
00:15:17Jim just seemed to change almost overnight.
00:15:19He was confined to a wheelchair.
00:15:21No longer work.
00:15:23He even had me board up his studio.
00:15:24He wouldn't even talk about his work.
00:15:27Was he at all involved with the supernatural?
00:15:33Yes.
00:15:34He was.
00:15:35And it started just before his death.
00:15:39Tell me about that.
00:15:42I'd arranged an exhibit of Jim's sculptures at the Langdon Gallery.
00:15:48And he met a woman there named Madame Jekiel.
00:15:51She owns an antique shop here in San Francisco, and part of her business involves the occult.
00:15:56In what way?
00:15:57She deals with objects that are supposed to have occult power.
00:16:01She even claims to cure the sick, and Jim believed her.
00:16:04Hmm.
00:16:05No doubt asked him for a lot of money, too.
00:16:08No.
00:16:08No, she didn't.
00:16:10As far as I know, Jim never gave her a penny.
00:16:13Not even for that ring.
00:16:15What ring?
00:16:15An Egyptian scarab, something to do with the god Osiris.
00:16:23Osiris is an Egyptian god involved with the doctrine of immortality.
00:16:28Yes.
00:16:29The ring was part of an agreement he made with her.
00:16:34Use the word agreement.
00:16:35What kind of agreement did they have?
00:16:39I wish I could tell you.
00:16:40I can't.
00:16:42All I know is Jim accepted that ring in return for some kind of promise.
00:16:47He refused to discuss it.
00:16:49Where's the ring now?
00:16:51Do you know where it is?
00:16:53Yes.
00:16:55It's in his coffin.
00:16:57His coffin?
00:16:57Jim even specified that he was to be buried with that ring.
00:17:03That it be kept on his hand.
00:17:07And his body is in the crypt on the grounds of the estate.
00:17:10That's where his body should be.
00:17:14But after what I saw last night, I don't know anymore.
00:17:21The next afternoon, I had lunch with Marsha, who was taking a flight to New York.
00:17:26She was quite worried about her sister.
00:17:29But you know I'm not easy to panic.
00:17:31And when Ellen phoned me, I knew she was desperate.
00:17:34I suggested she talk to you.
00:17:36Actually, we haven't been close for over three years since she married that James Court.
00:17:42Why, did you get along with Court?
00:17:44No, I didn't.
00:17:46And when Ellen married him, it affected our relationship.
00:17:49We just haven't seen very much of each other.
00:17:51But now when she really needs me, I can't be here.
00:17:54How long do you have to be in New York?
00:17:56Well, only a few days.
00:17:57But I felt that we should talk before I left.
00:18:00It's important.
00:18:02If she says that she saw James alive, well then somehow I...
00:18:05Sure.
00:18:05If I didn't believe she was telling me the truth, that she knows it, I wouldn't be here.
00:18:10I know, but it's just all so fantastic.
00:18:14I mean, how could such a thing be possible?
00:18:16I don't know.
00:18:18But we're certainly going to try to find out.
00:18:22However, before I was able to contact Ellen again, another bizarre incident occurred.
00:18:27That night in Carmel, a sales girl was closing her shop for the day.
00:18:35Millie Parks, pretty, blonde, in her early 20s, was tired after a full day's work.
00:18:43She was anxious to close up, get into her car, and drive the six miles to her home.
00:18:47A small, one-story beach house on the ocean near Big Sur.
00:18:51All right, I don't know.
00:18:56.
00:18:58All right.
00:18:58I don't know.
00:19:28Oh, my God.
00:19:58Oh, my God.
00:20:28Oh, my God.
00:20:58If that other rig hadn't come along in the opposite direction and give me a blast, I might never have seen it.
00:21:05It's unbelievable.
00:21:13Sheriff, huh? I suppose you'll want to talk to me about it.
00:21:17No. All right.
00:21:19Get a blanket over there, fast.
00:21:29Hey, come here. I want to talk to you over here.
00:21:32Gene, Mike, get these spectators out of here.
00:21:35Come here.
00:21:36Is that the way you found her?
00:21:37Yeah.
00:21:38But I ain't seen nobody ever look like that after no car crash, Sheriff.
00:21:41She was like...
00:21:41Never mind what she was.
00:21:43You just keep shut on that part of it.
00:21:45Anybody ask you, you just found her dead in the car.
00:21:48Sheriff, nobody looked like that after.
00:21:50I just got through telling you I don't want any more talk about this at all.
00:21:54Now, is that clear?
00:21:55Yeah, it's clear.
00:21:55But let me ask you something.
00:21:57How am I going to forget the color of that face?
00:21:59Help him get on his way, will you?
00:22:00Charlie?
00:22:01Thanks, man.
00:22:02Charlie.
00:22:09I'm putting a lid on this one.
00:22:11Nobody talks to anybody about the condition of the deceased.
00:22:14Give me the mic.
00:22:17Sheriff Hartley, we have a 946.
00:22:20Let me talk to the coroner.
00:22:29Now, you know where I am if you need me.
00:22:48Can't you ever be on time?
00:22:50What do you look so sour about?
00:22:52What do you think?
00:22:53You know, every time I manage to steal an afternoon, up come the rain clouds.
00:22:57I don't know what you're crying about.
00:22:59It doesn't look so bad to me.
00:23:01If I came from Chicago, it wouldn't look so bad to me either.
00:23:04Hey, what about the autopsy report?
00:23:07I didn't get it yet.
00:23:09Oh, I'll be ready now.
00:23:10I'm going to call the office and find out.
00:23:14It's going to take a couple of minutes.
00:23:15Why don't you go get changed?
00:23:16I'm not playing those.
00:23:18You're funny.
00:23:19I'll meet you in the first tee.
00:23:27What did you get, Sid?
00:23:31Extraordinary case.
00:23:32I've never heard of anything like this in my life.
00:23:34Even when I was a lab assistant in Chicago, we never had a case like this.
00:23:36Never mind, Chicago.
00:23:37What about this girl?
00:23:39The cause of death was strangulation.
00:23:41But from the depth of the indentation marks in her neck,
00:23:44it seems that the murderer must have possessed exceptional strength.
00:23:47Okay, now I know she was strangled.
00:23:49What I want to find out is what else was done to her.
00:23:51All right.
00:23:51That's the extraordinary part.
00:23:54The sallow skin cast and the collapsed sack-like appearance of the body
00:23:59was a direct result of a total evacuation of all the main arteries.
00:24:03Oh, Sid, I...
00:24:04Oh, all right.
00:24:05I'll make it simple for you.
00:24:07The girl's body was totally drained of blood.
00:24:09It was...
00:24:10Look, I don't want the media to get a hold of this.
00:24:14That's all I need.
00:24:14A bunch of newspaper men crawling up my back.
00:24:16Now, I can see the headlines now.
00:24:18Vampire killer loose in Monterey.
00:24:20What can you do for me?
00:24:21I'll do the best I can, but I can't guarantee anything.
00:24:23You know that I have to file a report.
00:24:25I cannot falsify the report.
00:24:27Now, you know damn well I don't want you to do anything like that.
00:24:29All I want kept under wraps is the condition of the corpse,
00:24:32not the fact that she was murdered.
00:24:34Look, I gotta have time to work this thing out.
00:24:38Okay, I understand.
00:24:39I'll try and keep it under wraps for you.
00:24:42Okay.
00:24:43That's one favor I owe you.
00:24:51From the looks of that one, I'm gonna have to take two shots aside for now.
00:24:56Uh, Sid, now, you know the only people who give shots are doctors.
00:25:00Tear it up.
00:25:00The morning I drove down from San Francisco, the weather was foul.
00:25:16A curtain of cold rain fell from a gunmetal gray sky.
00:25:19I'd set up a meeting with Sheriff Hartley and Carmel to discuss the Ellen Court situation.
00:25:27I didn't expect much cooperation from him, but it was worth a try.
00:25:30A way to begin.
00:25:32When I pulled up in front of Hartley's office,
00:25:34the sky had begun to clear and the sun was breaking through.
00:25:37I hoped it was a good omen.
00:25:52Mr. Norliss, at the risk of seeming inhospitable,
00:25:56I just don't understand why any of this would interest a man who spends his time, uh...
00:26:02chasing ghosts.
00:26:06I'm sure you find this all very amusing, Sheriff.
00:26:09Mrs. Court swears her husband is alive.
00:26:13She asked me to help her, I agreed to.
00:26:15What do you want from me?
00:26:17Any information that ties in with the man she shot in her husband's studio?
00:26:21Shot at.
00:26:22It's plain she missed him.
00:26:24Nobody can take a shotgun charge and keep walking.
00:26:27Look, she saw an intruder, she went panicky.
00:26:30Could have been anybody.
00:26:31Some bum looking to spend the night indoors.
00:26:33It gets cold out here in these woods at night.
00:26:35Now, I'll bet you that right now your ghost has hopped a freight and is halfway to Chicago.
00:26:43As for information, I don't have any to give.
00:26:46What about that, uh, girl who was murdered in her car the other night?
00:26:53Tonight, Millie Parks?
00:26:55Well, what about her?
00:26:56Well, I stopped in town before I came here and heard a few people talking about it.
00:27:01Well, it's like they say, read all about it in your daily newspaper.
00:27:04I have.
00:27:04Somebody hit in the car, strangled her, or the car hit a tree.
00:27:11Now, that's all there is to it.
00:27:13Mm-hmm.
00:27:14Are you sure that's all there is to it?
00:27:19Mr. Norlis.
00:27:21Now, are you saying there's some connection between that dead girl and Mrs. Cort's ghost?
00:27:26I'm not saying anything.
00:27:27I'm just asking questions.
00:27:30That's what I get paid for.
00:27:31And I'll handle it if it's, uh, if it's all right with you, Mr. Norlis.
00:27:35Sure, sure.
00:27:36If it's all right with me, it just seems that there are a lot of nervous people in town.
00:27:40I think they saw a lot more than they're willing to talk about.
00:27:44Like I said, that's police business.
00:27:49Okay.
00:27:50Thanks for the information.
00:27:57Think maybe he's onto something?
00:27:59Onto what?
00:28:01Now, there's a very simple explanation to this whole thing.
00:28:05All we've got to do is find it.
00:28:07Well, I hope so, Tom.
00:28:08I sure hope so.
00:28:10Oh, wow.
00:28:20As I headed for the court estate along the 17-mile drive, acres of lush cypress and tall
00:28:28pine loomed over me.
00:28:30The ocean below bellowed and roared, smashing into the coastline, spilling white foam along
00:28:35the sand.
00:28:37There's no doubt this rugged peninsula country could give the French Riviera a tough competition.
00:28:43But on this afternoon, my mind really wasn't on the scenery.
00:28:46I kept thinking about the girl who had been murdered the night before, trying to tie what
00:28:53I knew about her into the story Ellen had told me.
00:28:56I had a gut hunch the two were connected.
00:28:59How, I didn't know.
00:29:01I was going to have to try and find out.
00:29:16Hello, Mrs. Card.
00:29:19I really do appreciate your coming.
00:29:27It's really a beautiful place.
00:29:29It was, but it isn't anymore.
00:29:32Not for me.
00:29:34I let the servants go after Jim's death.
00:29:37Now I'm trying to sell the estate.
00:29:40Would you like some coffee?
00:29:42Sure.
00:29:42So you mean to tell me you're out here all along?
00:29:46I had Mrs. Harrison with me until today.
00:29:48She'd been with the family for years, so I kept her on to look after the place, but that
00:29:53girl's murder frightened her.
00:29:55She turned in her notice this morning.
00:29:57Said she wouldn't stay this far out of town after dark.
00:30:00Well, she makes sense.
00:30:02I think it'd be a good idea if you went back into town with me tonight and stayed at the
00:30:04inn.
00:30:04Well, I guess maybe you're right.
00:30:09I didn't sleep a wink last night.
00:30:10Every time the house creaked, my skin crawled.
00:30:13Kept imagining I heard noises from the woods.
00:30:19Think we could take a look at your husband's studio?
00:30:21Sure.
00:30:22I'll get the keys.
00:30:47Say the dog led you in this direction?
00:30:49Yes, I practically had to run to keep up with him.
00:30:53What time did he wake you up?
00:30:55Just after midnight.
00:30:58There it is, over there.
00:31:00Jim loved this place.
00:31:15It used to be a barn before he converted it into a studio.
00:31:18What the people in town tell me, your husband was something of a reckless.
00:31:23Oh, I suppose that's true, but he liked being alone.
00:31:26After we were married, I had a studio set up in the main house, but he never used it.
00:31:30He'd always come out here to work.
00:31:32Called it his personal hideaway.
00:31:49Is this from the dog?
00:31:50Yes, all of it.
00:31:53He killed Raleigh as easily as you'd smash a fly, and he was a German shepherd, a very powerful animal.
00:32:00You say you had to unlock the door to get in.
00:32:03That's right.
00:32:05The question is, how did he get inside?
00:32:07Is this the corner he came from?
00:32:14Yes.
00:32:15He was standing right here.
00:32:19I'll never forget his eyes.
00:32:23They were horrible.
00:32:25Wild.
00:32:26Staring at me.
00:32:27How long has it been since you've been out here?
00:32:31I haven't been here since Jim died.
00:32:33Of course.
00:32:52How long has it been?
00:32:55What?
00:32:55I Nope.
00:32:56You're missing him.
00:32:57I haven't been here.
00:32:58I can't listen to him.
00:32:59If he comes to the state, he's a spiritual and spiritual.
00:33:00now you don't believe me do you
00:33:07what do you believe
00:33:11i don't know
00:33:14but i'm still confused about the ring it must be worth a great deal of money
00:33:22why do you say that because charles langdon told me yesterday regarding the purchase of all the
00:33:28studio sculptures when he mentioned the ring i told him it wasn't for sale well what did he say
00:33:33he became quite upset and that's when i hung up maybe i should have a talk with langdon
00:33:39look while i'm in san francisco do me a favor find out all you can about that murder the other night
00:33:45there's something about that girl's death they're trying to hide
00:33:48well then you think there's a connection between what happened to me and the parks girl i don't
00:33:55know that's what i want to find out i'll call you tonight
00:33:58may i be of you
00:34:05may i be of you
00:34:09may i be of you
00:34:15may i be of uh some assistance yes you might
00:34:30you tell mr langdon that david norliss is here to see him
00:34:34if you'll be so kind as to follow me
00:34:36mr langdon a uh mr norliss to see you may i help you
00:35:01uh david norliss
00:35:04oh i know you i enjoyed one of your books very much
00:35:09really which one i have a terrible memory for titles
00:35:12it dealt with undersea life and uh i believe it was off the coast of yugoslavia
00:35:16the man below
00:35:17yes i'm glad you liked it
00:35:19i did
00:35:19you're the only one who read it
00:35:20come
00:35:21may i show you something here
00:35:23no thank you i would like to ask you some questions
00:35:26regarding your association with james raymond court
00:35:29oh you see i'm uh looking into his death
00:35:32looking into
00:35:34in what capacity
00:35:35there's a private investigator working for mrs court
00:35:38well i'd be glad to help ellen but uh i mean it seems a little bit on the bizarre side
00:35:42there was nothing of a mysterious nature about james death
00:35:45well then you won't mind answering a few questions will you
00:35:47fire ahead
00:35:48how well did you know him
00:35:51well we were closely associated you see our gallery is the main outlet for james work here in san francisco for the past several years
00:35:58i've placed a great number of his works with collectors and i've arranged for a few special commissions things of that sort
00:36:04hmm
00:36:05well how much do you know about the occult mr langley
00:36:08very little actually
00:36:10doesn't interest me at all
00:36:11hmm
00:36:12what's interesting because mrs court was saying
00:36:15uh could we talk upstairs
00:36:17huh
00:36:19please
00:36:20you see i somehow got the impression
00:36:28that you were responsible for mr court's fascination with the supernatural
00:36:32no it was simply a manifestation of his disease
00:36:34you do know madame jacquil don't you
00:36:41in a business sense i frequently send people to her shop
00:36:45she has excellent taste
00:36:47picks up some really splendid items from time to time
00:36:50hmm
00:36:50see i was told
00:36:52that he met her here in your gallery
00:36:54yes
00:36:55we had james last exhibition
00:36:57i introduced him as a matter of fact
00:36:59and frankly i wish i hadn't
00:37:01his obsession with the supernatural began with madame jacquil
00:37:04what about that ring he got from her
00:37:08you know anything about that
00:37:09apparently it's from egypt
00:37:11it's very ancient
00:37:13known to collectors of antique jewelry as the osiris scarab
00:37:16valuable
00:37:17but his true value is difficult to determine
00:37:20the beetle as you know is a symbol of immortality
00:37:25and there are rumors that the osiris scarab is a life ring
00:37:28capable of granting restorative powers to its wearer
00:37:32you believe that
00:37:33hardly
00:37:35myth and nonsense
00:37:37why do you want the ring so badly
00:37:40apparently ellen told you of my interest
00:37:43obviously
00:37:43ideal
00:37:46in antique art and objects mr norris
00:37:49this ring is such an object
00:37:51it has a fascination for those of us who are connoisseurs
00:37:54so certainly i should like to own the osiris scarab
00:37:57well mrs court told me that you demanded to know why the ring wasn't for sale
00:38:02well naturally i was disappointed and i vented my disappointment over the telephone
00:38:06it was purely an emotion of the moment
00:38:08so she didn't tell you why she wouldn't sell the ring
00:38:12or where it is
00:38:13no she did not
00:38:15you know where it is
00:38:17you see mr court's
00:38:21will declared that the ring should be buried with him
00:38:24it's now on his finger in the family crypt
00:38:27how curious
00:38:30how very curious
00:38:32thank you
00:38:44Let's go.
00:39:14Let's go.
00:39:44Let's go.
00:40:14All part of a puzzle.
00:40:15And I thought you'd help me put the pieces together.
00:40:18There's nothing I can say.
00:40:21What about the studio?
00:40:23I think you know something about the studio and it's linked with the ring.
00:40:26Look, I'm going to tell you something.
00:40:30You stay away from that place.
00:40:32Stay away from the whole court estate.
00:40:34Why?
00:40:36It's the house of Sargoth.
00:40:38Let's go.
00:40:39Let's go.
00:40:40Let's go.
00:40:41Let's go.
00:40:45Hello?
00:40:46Hello, it's David.
00:41:01How are you?
00:41:02Okay, but it sure is raining here.
00:41:04Listen, I think I'm into something.
00:41:05I saw Madam Jaquil.
00:41:07She wasn't too talkative, but she did make a slip in reference to James' studio.
00:41:11I think this whole thing ties into the studio.
00:41:14I'm going to be down there in about an hour.
00:41:15I'll pick you up at 11.30.
00:41:17Well, where are we going?
00:41:18Back to the studio.
00:41:19Now, you're familiar with it.
00:41:21I'm not.
00:41:22I wouldn't know what to look for, but I'm convinced something's there.
00:41:24Will you go with me?
00:41:25I'll be ready.
00:41:26Okay.
00:41:38It's almost midnight.
00:41:39I was worried.
00:41:40I thought something might have happened to you.
00:41:42The storm slowed me down.
00:41:43I've been into a lot of heavy traffic.
00:41:44What do you expect to find at the studio?
00:41:46I don't know.
00:41:46I'm not sure.
00:41:47Did you find anything out about the park's girl?
00:41:49No, only that there seemed to be something strange about the body.
00:41:53Like what?
00:41:53Like she had no blood.
00:42:23They're over here.
00:42:34I hate to put you through this.
00:42:37I'd rather have done it alone.
00:42:38No, I'm glad I can help.
00:42:40Anyway, I was going stir-crazy waiting back at the inn.
00:42:43No, I'm glad I can help.
00:42:58I'll be too.
00:42:58I wish I knew what to look for.
00:43:26Anything odd or abnormal.
00:43:28What's this?
00:43:51I don't know.
00:43:53I've never seen it before.
00:43:55I wasn't here the other day.
00:43:56I know.
00:43:57Are you sure he didn't start this just before he died?
00:44:01No.
00:44:02This isn't his.
00:44:04It's not like his work.
00:44:07Look at the face.
00:44:08I have this clay.
00:44:21What about it?
00:44:25It's still damp.
00:44:28Someone's still working on this thing.
00:44:30But that's impossible.
00:44:32How could that be?
00:44:33Let's go.
00:44:56We can't!
00:45:26We can't!
00:45:56We can't!
00:46:21Okay.
00:46:22Miss Court, Mr. Norris, you know, it's two o'clock in the morning. You've been drinking.
00:46:26Look, I'm not gonna argue with you. I saw a court. He was as close to me as you are.
00:46:30Another one of your ghosts?
00:46:31A ghost doesn't rip off a car door. Take a look out the window.
00:46:41He did that?
00:46:42He did that.
00:46:45Mrs. Court, are you all right?
00:46:52All right, let's go.
00:46:56Get him around in the back there, would you?
00:46:58All right, listen. Check this over here. We still are trying to find a body. He says he hit one and we can't find it.
00:47:05Look out. Get it over there.
00:47:07It seems to me that you must have just grazed him with a fender.
00:47:12I'm telling you, I hit him head on.
00:47:14All right. Hey, Frank, search the main house.
00:47:17The rest of you, check the studio and all the grounds. You come with me.
00:47:20Where?
00:47:21I'm gonna see if Mr. Court is at home to friends. Come on with us. Let's go.
00:47:26Someone's taken the body. Did you hear what I said? That's all there is to it. Somebody's taken the body.
00:47:51Somebody's taken the body.
00:47:55Well, pardon me, what more do you need?
00:47:56Oh, now you look, Mr. Norris. I just don't buy your zombie story. As far as I'm concerned, we got a prowler that looks like Mr. Court, who assaulted you people when you caught him doing his job.
00:48:06Now, for his own reasons, he removed Mr. Court's body. I'm still in the dark as to why. Maybe it's to follow up the disguise.
00:48:13I don't try to explain the abnormal strength. Do you think I pulled the door off the car?
00:48:17I don't try to explain anything. If I did, I would say that you snagged the open car door on the garage in your hurry to get out. Now, look, when people panic, they do funny things.
00:48:27What are you gonna do about all this?
00:48:28Assuming that we don't find the prowler on the ground, and I agree that's very unlikely, then I'll have the woods searched. In the meantime, it's late and I'm tired. I'm gonna take Mrs. Court back to town. You follow us. When you get there, you can sign a complaint.
00:48:42Let's give up on this wild goose chase.
00:48:58Who is this?
00:49:00It's David. You all right?
00:49:02Oh, I suppose so. They gave me a sedative. What time is it?
00:49:08It's afternoon. Two o'clock.
00:49:11Where are you?
00:49:12I'm at home. I'm trying to reach Charles Langdon. Has he called you?
00:49:16No. No one's called.
00:49:18That sheriff still won't believe me. He thinks we're both crazy.
00:49:24Did you show him the sculpture we found?
00:49:27No, no. I don't want anyone touching that thing until I can determine what it is, what it means. I'm having the clay analyzed right now.
00:49:35Sheriff Hartley wants me to make a full statement at his office this afternoon. What should I tell him?
00:49:42Tell him the truth. Just leave out the sculpture.
00:49:45David? David, I'm still very frightened. He's out there, alive, and you and I know he's out there. Why won't the sheriff believe us? I mean, what's it gonna take to make him believe us?
00:50:01That night, Ellen's sister, Marsha, drove down from San Francisco. She had returned from her trip to New York earlier than expected. And unfortunately, when she tried to reach me, I was out.
00:50:24It was after midnight when she pulled into the deserted court estate. And when she found no one there, she was already too tired to make the half hour drive to Carmel. And since another storm was building, Marsha decided to seek closer lodgings.
00:50:41By the time she had arrived at the Orange Grove Motel, a small, off-the-road scattering of faded cabins, the storm had broken. And the rain had begun to fall.
00:50:54Oh!
00:50:55Please, let me come in! It's freezing! Please, I need a roof!
00:50:59Papa, will you tell her we're closed? Papa, tell her we're closed!
00:51:02Papa, tell her we're closed.
00:51:04Oh, please let me come in, it's freezing, please, I need a rope.
00:51:20Papa, will you tell her we're closed?
00:51:22Papa, tell her we're closed.
00:51:24Now look, lady, it's like I said.
00:51:28Please, can I come in, it's so wet, I'm freezing to death.
00:51:33Oh, come on in.
00:51:38It's awfully late, but I could give you cabin number nine, it's our best one.
00:51:44New springs and mattress in there, just a shower, no tub bath, is that alright?
00:51:49Yeah, that's fine, that's fine, really.
00:51:51I said we're closed.
00:51:54Can't turn the girl away, Mama, no harm in giving her nine.
00:51:58Well, give her the key and hurry up about it and come to bed, Papa, now.
00:52:02Mama, she gets a little grouchy after midnight.
00:52:09I can handle her, though.
00:52:11Well, I hope so, I don't want to cause you any trouble.
00:52:14Oh, no trouble at all.
00:52:16Now, let's see, that will be ten dollars.
00:52:21Oh, thank you.
00:52:22Can I help you with your things?
00:52:23No, no, thank you.
00:52:24I can manage.
00:52:25Pleasant dreams.
00:52:26Okay.
00:52:27Can I help you with your things?
00:52:31Can I help you with your things?
00:52:33No, no, thank you.
00:52:33I can manage.
00:52:37Pleasant dreams.
00:53:01Pleasant dreams.
00:53:31Pleasant dreams.
00:53:32Pleasant dreams.
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00:54:01Ah!
00:54:03Ah!
00:54:05Ah!
00:54:07No!
00:54:09No!
00:54:11Ah!
00:54:13Ah!
00:54:15Ah!
00:54:17Ah!
00:54:19Ah!
00:54:21No!
00:54:23Ah!
00:54:25Ah!
00:54:27Ah!
00:54:29Ah!
00:54:35Open up!
00:54:37It's the manager!
00:54:41What's going on in here?
00:54:43No, I didn't get a good look at him.
00:54:45He just came whaling out...
00:54:49...and he knocked me sideways...
00:54:51...and he carried her off into the woods, sir.
00:54:53I knew what makes the symmetry so good.
00:54:55All right, now, tell me what you did see.
00:54:57Was he tall?
00:54:59Was he short?
00:55:00Was he thin?
00:55:01Was he fat?
00:55:02What do you remember?
00:55:03Tall...
00:55:04...and all wild in the eyes...
00:55:06...and he wore dark clothes.
00:55:08All right, now listen to me, Mr. Dobkins...
00:55:10...Mrs. Dobkins, and listen very good.
00:55:12I'm gonna take you downtown...
00:55:14...so that you can see some mug shots.
00:55:16Now, in the meantime...
00:55:17...if word of what happened here gets around...
00:55:19...this whole town's gonna go into a panic.
00:55:21I don't want the newspapers to find out about it...
00:55:23...until I have a chance to find the girl.
00:55:26That means that you don't see anybody...
00:55:28...you don't talk to anybody about what happened here.
00:55:30Do you understand that?
00:55:31Oh, I won't say a word!
00:55:32You understand that?
00:55:33Oh, I do. I certainly do.
00:55:35Sheriff, there's just one thing I'd like to know.
00:55:37Yeah?
00:55:38What do I do if he comes back?
00:55:40Helen, I just wanted to call to tell you...
00:55:42...I'll be late getting back there tonight.
00:55:43Is your sister there?
00:55:44Marsha, no.
00:55:45I thought she was still in New York.
00:55:46No, she tried to call me.
00:55:47Got my service and left a message.
00:55:48Said she was driving down late last night.
00:55:49I haven't seen her.
00:55:50Well, maybe she changed her mind.
00:55:52If she calls again, I'll tell her where you are.
00:55:53Now, look, I'm at the architectural firm...
00:55:54...who originally designed your place.
00:55:55I don't know.
00:55:56I don't know.
00:55:57I don't know.
00:55:58I don't know.
00:55:59I don't know.
00:56:00I don't know.
00:56:01I don't know.
00:56:02I don't know.
00:56:03I don't know.
00:56:04I don't know.
00:56:05I don't know.
00:56:06I'm at the architectural firm who originally designed your place.
00:56:09I found out how Cort got into the studio without unlocking the door.
00:56:14It came up from below.
00:56:16These blueprints I've been looking at show some very curious construction.
00:56:20It went on back in the 20s.
00:56:22It seems that people who originally owned the place built a series of underground tunnels.
00:56:27Why would anybody want to build tunnels?
00:56:29Well, during Prohibition, they probably stored guns and liquor.
00:56:32The plans also show several entrances.
00:56:35One of which is in the crypt.
00:56:37Now, I found a connection between Cort and the bloodless condition of the Parks girl.
00:56:43I think the sculpture is being done by Cort.
00:56:46I think he needed the girl.
00:56:48He needed a killer.
00:56:49But why?
00:56:50For the clay in the sculpture.
00:56:52I just got the chemical analysis back.
00:56:55The clay is 40% human blood.
00:56:57Now, look, Ellen, stay put.
00:57:01I have a few more things to check on, and I'll be down as soon as I can.
00:57:05Okay?
00:57:06Okay.
00:57:07Okay.
00:57:08So, let's get to the
00:57:12Oh, hold on.
00:57:13I'll be down as soon as I can.
00:57:16Again, I'll be down as soon as I can.
00:57:19I'll be down as soon as I can.
00:57:51I've got to talk to you.
00:58:09Now, do you mind telling me why you have to see David Norliss?
00:58:14I've got to break free.
00:58:17I've got to strike back at them.
00:58:19The powers of darkness, they've controlled me, twisted me, and I've done their bidding.
00:58:31And listen, when I met your husband, the thing he most wanted in this world was that his crippled
00:58:38body be healed.
00:58:38And so, I told him about the Osara Scarab.
00:58:47I tried to convince him about its power over death, of a life beyond death, but that only
00:58:54by the use of his talent could it be purchased.
00:58:56So, we made a pact.
00:58:59After death, the ring would allow him the power to rise from his coffin to work on a figure
00:59:06of Sargoth.
00:59:07Once the sculpture's finished, it'll have a physical form in which to enter our world.
00:59:11And in return for bestowing life to Sargoth, Jim Court will be granted immortality.
00:59:20But we can stop him.
00:59:21That's why I came here.
00:59:23His powers take effect after sundown.
00:59:26If we can reach him by sunset, we can remove the ring from his finger.
00:59:31Mr. Norliss, I have a message for you, sir.
00:59:56When did Mrs. Court leave?
00:59:58Fifteen or twenty minutes ago, I guess.
00:59:59She and the other lady, they left in a big hurry.
01:00:02How long before it gets dark here?
01:00:04About a half hour, I guess.
01:00:14The entrance has got to be here someplace.
01:00:26Over here, I think I found it.
01:00:29I'll go first.
01:00:48Maybe we should wait.
01:00:49We don't have time.
01:00:50We can't wait.
01:00:51This way.
01:01:03How do we know which one to take?
01:01:05We don't.
01:01:05You take that tunnel, and I'll take this one.
01:01:32What if I find his body?
01:01:34Then you remove the ring.
01:01:36Let's go.
01:01:36Oh, my God.
01:02:06Oh, my God.
01:02:36Oh, my God.
01:03:06He's over here.
01:03:10I can't get it alone.
01:03:13Hurry.
01:03:14Hurry.
01:03:16Hurry.
01:03:26Hurry.
01:03:28Hurry.
01:03:30I can't get it.
01:03:34Hurry.
01:03:36Hurry.
01:03:38Hurry.
01:03:40Hurry.
01:03:42Hurry.
01:03:44Hurry.
01:03:46Hurry.
01:03:48Hurry.
01:03:50Hurry.
01:03:52Oh.
01:03:54Oh.
01:03:56Oh.
01:03:58Oh.
01:04:00Oh.
01:04:02Oh.
01:04:04Oh.
01:04:06Oh.
01:04:08Oh.
01:04:10Oh.
01:04:12Oh.
01:04:14Oh.
01:04:16Oh.
01:04:18Oh.
01:04:20Oh.
01:04:22Oh.
01:04:24Oh.
01:04:26Oh.
01:04:28Oh.
01:04:30Oh.
01:04:32Oh.
01:04:34Oh.
01:04:36Oh.
01:04:38Oh.
01:04:40Oh.
01:04:42Oh.
01:04:44Oh.
01:04:46Oh.
01:04:48Oh.
01:04:50Oh.
01:04:52Oh.
01:04:54Oh.
01:04:56Oh.
01:04:58Oh.
01:05:00Oh.
01:05:02Oh.
01:05:04Oh.
01:05:06Oh.
01:05:10Oh.
01:05:11Oh.
01:05:12Oh.
01:05:16Oh.
01:05:17What are you doing?
01:05:18Oh.
01:05:20Oh.
01:05:22Oh.
01:05:24Oh.
01:05:26Oh.
01:05:27Oh.
01:05:29What's that?
01:05:31Hurry!
01:05:36Quick, quick.
01:05:59Quick, quick.
01:06:29Quick, quick.
01:06:59Quick, quick.
01:07:29Quick, quick.
01:07:59Quick, quick.
01:08:29Quick, quick.
01:08:58I tried to explain it all to Sheriff Hartley, but he couldn't accept it.
01:09:07The next morning they found the bones of a man in the ashes, the remains of James Raymond Court, and of the demon Sargoth, they found nothing, absolutely nothing.
01:09:21Sargoth, strange name.
01:09:35I wonder, I wonder, I wonder if he was truly destroyed, or could he be the key to David's disappearance?
01:09:47Well, maybe this will tell me.
01:10:00Chapter 2, it was a rainy afternoon when I received the letter.
01:10:15It's Elder's According to this man down the tree, the name of a man into the book, the son of the mammoth.
01:10:29It's Packed, I wonder if he was a guy that was son of the Winter Scott.
01:10:33The End
01:11:03The End
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