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Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 is based on a story by Larry Marcus. Ellen (Loretta Young) narrates the tale of "the most terrifying day of my life", how she was taking care of her bedridden husband George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) when he suddenly dropped dead.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:30This is where I live. I'm a housewife. My name is Ellen Jones.
00:00:56That Tuesday in July started out just like any other day the past few months.
00:01:01There was no warning it was to be the most terrifying day of my life.
00:01:05I remember thinking how tired I felt. Even the housework seemed drudgery and so meaningless with George confined to his bed. No one to see or care even.
00:01:16And then I got scared because I knew I was beginning to feel sorry for myself.
00:01:23George was the one who was ill and he needed all of my thoughts and attention and above all my cheerfulness.
00:01:30I tried not to think about us, about George. How he'd changed.
00:01:36I told myself it was just my imagination that things would be different when he was well and strong again.
00:01:41Then I thought I heard him call.
00:01:48George! Did you call?
00:01:52George! Are you alright?
00:01:54Yes, Ellen.
00:01:58You want anything?
00:02:00Not now. I've just begun work on an insurance report for the office.
00:02:05Well, call me, dear, if you need me.
00:02:06Okay.
00:02:07Okay.
00:02:31Somehow I had an odd feeling.
00:02:33There was something about George's voice.
00:02:36I found myself thinking about the first time we'd met.
00:02:40How different he was in those days.
00:02:43I remember I was sitting in Dr. Graham's office.
00:02:46We were talking.
00:02:47I played one game of checkers and two games of rummy.
00:02:50And I've written letters to a wife, a mother and a sweetheart.
00:02:53And I listened for a half an hour to a homesick young ensign from Texas.
00:02:57He was awful cute.
00:02:59Now, what else can I do to help boost the morale around here, huh?
00:03:02You could go out to dinner with me.
00:03:03We'd get about halfway through the soup and you'd get a call from the hospital.
00:03:07You're right.
00:03:08Mm-hmm.
00:03:09I guess my courting will have to wait until after the hostilities.
00:03:12There's a compound fracture down the hall who's waiting to see me, but I'll be tied up for a while.
00:03:15Oh?
00:03:16They tell me he's feeling blue, you see.
00:03:18His wife's expecting a baby in a minute.
00:03:20And I think he could stand some cheering up.
00:03:22It's practically done.
00:03:23See you later, Adam.
00:03:27Oh, I'm sorry. They told me I could find Dr. Graham in here.
00:03:29You ought to be along any minute. Why don't you come on in?
00:03:31Sure, thank you.
00:03:33Are you a patient here, sir?
00:03:35In a naval hospital?
00:03:37Hello.
00:03:38I'm just a friend of the docks. Flew in last night with a ferry command.
00:03:42The only thing wrong with me is a double-barrel hangover.
00:03:45Too bad.
00:03:46Dr. Graham will be detained, so I'm taking you for an airing.
00:03:49Maybe he doesn't want to go for an airing.
00:03:51He doesn't.
00:03:52There's nothing a woman likes better than shoving a man around.
00:04:22Hello.
00:04:25Hey.
00:04:27Who are you?
00:04:30I'm Ellen Brown.
00:04:32Doesn't suit you at all. It's much too plain.
00:04:35Oh, I'm sorry. I told my parents about it, but they're still back in Kansas City.
00:04:39Now, what can I do for you, young man?
00:04:41I can think of a lot of things.
00:04:44Oh?
00:04:45Well, shall we begin with a game of cards?
00:04:48Mm-mm.
00:04:49Well, I could read the newspaper to you.
00:04:51I could write a letter for you.
00:04:54I know.
00:04:55I know.
00:04:56I'll sit right here, and you can tell me all about that wonderful baby you're expecting.
00:05:00Hmm?
00:05:01The baby you're expecting.
00:05:04Does Ripley know about this?
00:05:06I beg your pardon?
00:05:08Well, skip it.
00:05:11Uh, which is your bad leg?
00:05:14Well, neither one of them's working very well today.
00:05:18Oh, my head.
00:05:20Is your head bothering you?
00:05:22Terribly.
00:05:23Both of them.
00:05:25Would you like me to rub it for you?
00:05:28I couldn't think of anything nicer.
00:05:30Good.
00:05:31There.
00:05:32Now, relax.
00:05:34Oh, close your eyes.
00:05:35Here.
00:05:37Now, just think of something pleasant.
00:05:39Hmm.
00:05:40Hmm.
00:05:41Hmm.
00:05:42Pretty soon you'll be going home to your wife.
00:05:44Wouldn't that be wonderful?
00:05:45Hmm.
00:05:46Hmm.
00:05:47Think what she looks like.
00:05:49How pretty she is.
00:05:51Hmm.
00:05:52Lovely.
00:05:53Hmm.
00:05:54Beautiful blue eyes, short nose, soft brown hair, and lovely kissable lips.
00:06:03Well, there's nothing wrong with your morale, young man.
00:06:07I'll recommend to the doctor that you be sent home to your wife immediately.
00:06:12Say, wait a minute.
00:06:14Wait, you're all dressed.
00:06:15Naturally.
00:06:16Well, look.
00:06:17George.
00:06:18Hello, Randy.
00:06:19Son of a gun.
00:06:20What are you doing here?
00:06:21Enjoying myself immensely.
00:06:22His leg isn't even broken.
00:06:23No?
00:06:24No, it isn't.
00:06:25What kind of nurses do you have around here, anyway?
00:06:26Hey.
00:06:27What goes on here, Ellen?
00:06:28Well, when I came in here, he was lying there all covered up.
00:06:30And he let me make an absolute idiot of myself.
00:06:33Rubbing his head.
00:06:34Both of them.
00:06:35Best cure in the world for a hangover.
00:06:37Ellen, this is George Jones.
00:06:38An old and untrustworthy friend of mine.
00:06:40Now, remember, I saw her first.
00:06:41George Jones.
00:06:42The name suits you perfectly.
00:06:44Completely undistinguished.
00:06:45I wouldn't say that, honey.
00:06:48Someday you may wind up wearing it.
00:06:51Well.
00:06:52Shall we go?
00:06:55She's cute.
00:07:00It was pretty depressing having a medical student for a roommate.
00:07:03Oh?
00:07:04He was always dissecting something.
00:07:05Including me.
00:07:06You gotta know what's going on inside if you expect to understand the outside.
00:07:10Yeah.
00:07:11Excuse me, sir, but you're wanted at the hospital.
00:07:12There's an emergency.
00:07:13Oh, Rand, I'm sorry.
00:07:15So am I.
00:07:16Well, back to the salt mines.
00:07:18See you folks later.
00:07:19Okay.
00:07:20Well, if I can help it.
00:07:21I intend to keep you to myself for the rest of the afternoon.
00:07:24Oh?
00:07:25The next two weeks.
00:07:26Oh.
00:07:27When a lonely prospector strikes gold, he doesn't yell for his friends.
00:07:29He stakes a claim.
00:07:30Oh.
00:07:31How about some lunch?
00:07:32Yes, I'd love it.
00:07:33I don't like to make love on an empty stomach.
00:07:36No, neither do I.
00:07:37Especially to a perfect stranger.
00:07:39My, Ellen, wherever did you get the idea that I was perfect?
00:07:42Oh, you.
00:07:44You.
00:07:45Would you like to switch boxes like we did when we were kids?
00:07:48Naturally.
00:07:49Oh, love it.
00:07:50Fried chicken, potato salad, tomatoes, cookies.
00:07:53Oh.
00:07:54Gay rations, canned ham, powdered milk, chewing gum, and four cigarettes.
00:08:00Coffee.
00:08:01Oh.
00:08:02Honestly, is that the best you could do?
00:08:04That's the best I could do with no ration card.
00:08:05Oh.
00:08:06Now, if we were to combine forces, pool our resources, I think we might do very well together.
00:08:13There we go.
00:08:15Bye.
00:08:16It's yours and good luck.
00:08:17Bye, Fran.
00:08:18Goodbye, darling.
00:08:19Take care of yourself.
00:08:20I'll be back, honey.
00:08:21Remember that.
00:08:22I'll be back.
00:08:23Of course.
00:08:24Of course.
00:08:25And I'll never let you go.
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00:09:13I don't know something you think about it just something you feel, you know, you can't do anything about it
00:09:24I don't what you mean, Helen, the guy with wings has it all over us fellas who walk around down here
00:09:43I'm coming up now, dear. Do you want me to bring you anything? No
00:09:58You all right? What's the matter? Get a doctor
00:10:03No, no, not that. Get a doctor. Another doctor, not Graham
00:10:06But I have to, dear. He is your doctor. Don't argue with me. Don't call Graham. Get another doctor
00:10:13I don't know
00:10:43He didn't want the medicine, but I made him take it
00:10:47Good girl
00:10:57Still ticking? Sounds pretty good
00:11:00You're evidently feeling better than when Alan called
00:11:02What time is it?
00:11:04Five after nine, dear
00:11:06Took you a long time to get here, Rennie
00:11:09Oh, I know it seems like it, but he came just as soon as I called him
00:11:13How long did it take?
00:11:14About 20 minutes
00:11:16Fortunately, Alan caught me as I was leaving out another call
00:11:18Yes, sir
00:11:19Is there some alcohol in the bathroom?
00:11:20Yes, sir
00:11:2220 minutes
00:11:24I got that pain over 45 minutes ago. Why did you delay it?
00:11:27I didn't, dear
00:11:28I lost a lot of time trying to get another doctor
00:11:31But you needed him so badly I had to come
00:11:33You know best
00:11:35You always know best nowadays, don't you, Alan?
00:11:38No, no, it isn't that
00:11:39I...
00:11:40I just knew that he'd come sooner than anyone else
00:11:42He's our friend, George
00:11:47The couple's better already
00:11:49Rennie, let's not kid each other
00:11:51We both know where I stand
00:11:52My own insurance company wouldn't put a nickel on me
00:11:54Now, look here
00:11:55All of us in that same boat
00:11:56Automobile taking an unexpected turn
00:11:58A brick falling from a high building
00:12:01A heart condition like yours
00:12:02They're all hazards
00:12:03But that doesn't necessarily mean they'll ever happen
00:12:06Think of all the chances you took during the war
00:12:08You didn't worry about them
00:12:10You came out feeling better when you went in
00:12:13Now, the only thing you have to do is lie here in bed
00:12:15And let us help you get well
00:12:16Isn't that right, Alan?
00:12:17Yes, that's what I keep telling him
00:12:20You're lucky in many ways, George
00:12:22You have a wonderful wife
00:12:23She's developed into a fine nurse
00:12:24I don't think I'll be tying up her exclusive services much longer
00:12:27Now, you've got to cut out this way of thinking
00:12:31Yeah, I know, I know
00:12:33Would you mind, Alan?
00:12:34I'd like to talk to George alone
00:12:36No, not of course not
00:12:40I'll be across the hall if you need me
00:12:44Those were pretty morbid things you were seeing in front of Ellen
00:12:50Has she complained?
00:12:51Certainly not
00:12:52But you've got to think of her too
00:12:54She's looking a little worn
00:12:55Now, when you get these ideas
00:12:57Try using a little mental therapy
00:12:59Next you'll be telling me I ought to see a psychiatrist
00:13:02I'd be a very good idea
00:13:03You doctors are all alike
00:13:05You can't cure a patient
00:13:06You tell him it's all in his mind
00:13:08I'm trying to help you, George
00:13:09You know that
00:13:13I'll drop in again this afternoon
00:13:15Maybe we can talk this thing up
00:13:16Yeah, maybe we can
00:13:17Yeah, maybe we can
00:13:27Ellen?
00:13:28Yes?
00:13:29Come downstairs then I want to talk to you
00:13:37Ellen, did anything particular happen to upset George this morning?
00:13:41Oh, not that I know of
00:13:43Why, do you think he's worse?
00:13:46Frankly, I don't like his mental state
00:13:51Well, I think maybe it's just the hot weather
00:13:55Depresses him
00:13:57He's been a very active man
00:13:58It's natural for him to be depressed
00:13:59Yes
00:14:00But when a man's at a low air mentally and physically
00:14:02He's prone to all sorts of imaginary fears
00:14:06Yes, I know
00:14:08I'd feel better if he were in the hospital for a while
00:14:12No
00:14:13No, I don't think so
00:14:14Well, you want what's best for George, don't you?
00:14:16Well, of course, that's just it
00:14:19I think it would upset him terribly
00:14:21You see, he doesn't seem to want anyone else around him except me
00:14:24Well, this morning he didn't even want me to call you
00:14:28Oh, it isn't that he's disloyal around or has lost confidence, but
00:14:32Lately, he seems to have taken his sudden dislikes to people
00:14:35I see
00:14:38Look, Ellen
00:14:39Yes?
00:14:40You and George aren't just patients, you're friends
00:14:42George is up there brooding and I don't like it
00:14:44Could develop into something serious
00:14:46If you won't send him to the hospital, I want you to have someone here to help you
00:14:51I'm sure you know what's best, Ram, but honestly, I don't know how George will take it
00:14:55Well, he doesn't even seem to want his aunt around anymore
00:14:58Ellen, I don't think it's wise for you to try to handle this alone any longer
00:15:00You're stressed to the breaking point already
00:15:03I'll take it up with George this afternoon
00:15:05All right
00:15:07I'd better get back upstairs
00:15:08No, Ellen
00:15:09Let him relax for a while
00:15:11Oh, all right
00:15:12Give the medicine a chance to work
00:15:14Yeah
00:15:16I want you to relax too
00:15:17Remember now, you can call me anytime you need me, even if you just think you need me
00:15:26Oh, thanks
00:15:28I don't know what I'd do sometimes if I didn't remember that
00:15:33Goodbye
00:15:34Goodbye
00:15:35Thanks
00:15:47Stand where you are
00:15:49Don't move
00:15:50Oh, you frighten me
00:15:52Did I?
00:15:53Yeah
00:15:55Say, what are you all dressed up for?
00:15:56And where did you get that beautiful new tricycle?
00:16:00It's not a tricycle, it's a horse
00:16:03Oh?
00:16:04A palomino, my grandpa gave it to me
00:16:06Oh, he did? Well, it's beautiful, Billy
00:16:09I'm not Billy, I'm Hoppy
00:16:11Hoppy? Now, who's Hoppy?
00:16:14Don't you know who Hoppy is?
00:16:16No, I'm afraid I don't
00:16:18Don't you have television?
00:16:19What?
00:16:20Don't you have television?
00:16:21Want to see mine?
00:16:22Sure
00:16:24Look inside
00:16:25Well, look at that
00:16:26See? Hoppy's there too
00:16:28Just liking a real color
00:16:30Why, of course, I know him, that's Hopalong Cassidy
00:16:34Well, save many people today, Hoppy?
00:16:37Oh, 600
00:16:39Don't try any tricks now
00:16:40Oh, I wouldn't think of it
00:16:42Do you have any cookies?
00:16:44No, I haven't
00:16:45See, the grocery man hasn't come yet, but I will have later
00:16:48You know what I do with a bad man?
00:16:50No, what do you do?
00:16:52I dynamited them into little pieces
00:16:54Shot them, put them in jail
00:16:56Oh, I don't think the real Hoppy would treat even bad men that way
00:17:00Well, really what I did was
00:17:03Lest them, tie them up, throw them in jail
00:17:07Well, that sounds like a lot more work
00:17:09And more dangerous too
00:17:11Dad, take care of you, didn't I?
00:17:12Yeah, you sure did
00:17:14Can I come in?
00:17:15Well, honey, I'm sorry, I'm afraid
00:17:17My husband isn't feeling very well today, see?
00:17:19I won't make any noise
00:17:21If I was eating cookies, I couldn't even talk
00:17:24Uh, no, you couldn't
00:17:26Well, I'll tell you what you do
00:17:27After the grocery man comes
00:17:28That'll be around 12 o'clock, see?
00:17:29You come to the back door very quietly
00:17:31And I'll have some cookies for you, okay?
00:17:33Okay
00:17:34I'll ride my horse something now
00:17:36And see that no bad people make any noise
00:17:38Cause I'm your friend, aren't I?
00:17:41That's right, Hoppy
00:17:42You're my friend
00:17:44I'm an engine, I'm an engine
00:17:45I ain't an engine
00:17:46I'm gonna beat that car in the crossing
00:17:47Toot-toot, toot-toot
00:17:48Toot-toot, toot-toot
00:17:50Toot-toot, toot-toot
00:17:52Toot-toot
00:17:53Toot-toot
00:17:57Well, George
00:18:14You weren't out of bed just now, were you?
00:18:17No
00:18:20Oh, it must be the heat
00:18:21I could've sworn I saw somebody, right?
00:18:23What took you so long?
00:18:24What, dear?
00:18:25What took you so long?
00:18:27Sorry, dear, I was talking to Billy
00:18:29I should say, Hoppy
00:18:31Let me change your pillow
00:18:32You know, he's the little boy I told you about
00:18:34Who just moved into the neighborhood
00:18:36The one with the glasses, you know
00:18:38Oh, he's an awful sweet little kid
00:18:40What were you talking to Ranny Graham about?
00:18:42That's what I'm interested in
00:18:43We were talking about you, dear
00:18:45He thinks you worry too much about yourself
00:18:49I didn't, I don't know who would
00:18:58George
00:18:59Ever since you got out of bed yesterday
00:19:00To see if you could walk
00:19:01I've had it on my mind
00:19:03I want you to promise me
00:19:04Not to get out of bed again
00:19:05While I'm out of the room
00:19:06All right, Ellen
00:19:10Did you call the druggist
00:19:11About getting the heart prescription filled?
00:19:13Yes, dear
00:19:14He said he'd send it up later in the day
00:19:16But there's enough there
00:19:17If we need it before
00:19:18Did you tell him I'd spilled it?
00:19:20No, I didn't
00:19:21Do you feel well enough for the paper?
00:19:24Yeah
00:19:26Editorial page?
00:19:27No, just the front page
00:19:28It's all right, thank you
00:19:31Here you are, dear
00:19:33You look tired, Ellen
00:19:38Oh, I'm not
00:19:40Just that it's so hot today
00:19:45What are you thinking about, Ellen?
00:19:48Well, you know, I was just thinking that
00:19:52Everything in our lives
00:19:54Every breath, every thought
00:19:55Has been for ourselves
00:19:56I don't think people can do that and be happy
00:20:00Do you?
00:20:02You're getting a little confused, darling
00:20:03It was me that Rennie Graham told to change my way of thinking
00:20:06Oh, no, no
00:20:07I mean, it was my fault, too
00:20:09I...
00:20:11I just wasn't strong enough to help you
00:20:14But we could change all that now
00:20:17Ellen...
00:20:18Couldn't make all the difference in the world, George
00:20:19Come here, Ellen
00:20:20Yes?
00:20:23What's the first thing you'd do?
00:20:26When?
00:20:28When I'm out of this bed again
00:20:29Away from the house
00:20:33Just be so grateful that you're well
00:20:37I think I'd try to do something for somebody
00:20:40I mean you
00:20:42For your own self
00:20:44Oh
00:20:46I'd like children
00:20:47Yeah
00:20:48Yes
00:20:50And then I'd like a garden
00:20:52A real garden
00:20:53Like the woman next door has
00:20:55And I'd find out about flowers and things
00:20:57I'd compare notes with every other woman on the block
00:21:00So you'd have a garden and children?
00:21:03Yes
00:21:05Oh, isn't it good to plan again?
00:21:07Kind of gives you something to hold on to, doesn't it?
00:21:10Oh, my
00:21:11It takes a long time for things to sink in, doesn't it?
00:21:14But you always said that, George
00:21:15You always said make a plan for everything and then stick to it
00:21:19All right
00:21:21All right, our plan now is for you to get well
00:21:24And then afterwards
00:21:25You must think I'm very stupid
00:21:27Stupid?
00:21:28Don't you think I know you're in love with him?
00:21:31In love with whom?
00:21:33Graham
00:21:35Well, that's the silliest thing I ever heard of you
00:21:39You're not as subtle as you think you are, Ellen
00:21:41It's quite obvious
00:21:42At first I thought it was just an infatuation
00:21:45But now I realize it's more serious
00:21:47Serious to the point where my life is more in danger from your heart than mine
00:21:50George, what are you talking about?
00:21:52I almost feel sorry for you, Ellen
00:21:54He overrated you, Ellen, just as he underrated me
00:21:58You haven't the courage or the intelligence he thinks you have
00:22:00Please don't talk like
00:22:01Do you suppose I don't know he told you to rake over these old coals this morning?
00:22:05No, dear, he didn't
00:22:06You convinced me I was a failure by making me impossible promises
00:22:09I know something about my own sickness
00:22:12I know what happens to a man when you take away his self-respect
00:22:15I know what happens when you constantly upset me
00:22:17George, this is wrong, I know it is
00:22:18Please don't upset yourself anymore, please
00:22:21Ellen, that's what he told you to do, isn't it?
00:22:23No
00:22:24Did he also tell you to delay getting help to me like you did this morning?
00:22:28How could you do that, Ellen?
00:22:30How could you take a man of second-rate intelligence like that?
00:22:32George, you will do anything you say
00:22:33I'll get another doctor right away
00:22:34You didn't know what you were letting yourself in for, did you, Ellen?
00:22:37Please don't talk anymore
00:22:45Rest here
00:22:48Rest here
00:22:54Oh, George, you just couldn't believe those things you said about Dr. Gray
00:22:57I don't even want to hear his name
00:23:17Leave it halfway up, Ellen
00:23:33I was so hurt I could hardly keep from crying
00:23:35But again I reminded myself that George was terribly ill and he didn't mean it
00:23:40And he didn't mean it
00:24:10I am so hurt
00:24:11I am so hurt
00:24:12I know I had it
00:24:14But then I am so weak
00:24:16I am mad at me
00:24:17Why am I so hurt?
00:24:20They are so hurt
00:24:22I was so hurt
00:24:23And it was like I'm sorry
00:24:24I am so hurt
00:24:25Well, that is you
00:24:26Well, the floor, we know
00:24:27And I'm in your house
00:24:28I would have and you haven't got any hair
00:24:31I knew I had to keep doing something, anything.
00:24:56Anything to keep me from hearing George's words.
00:24:59He didn't mean them.
00:25:00He couldn't mean them.
00:25:02It was his illness, the heat.
00:25:05And when I took his lunch up to him,
00:25:07I'd be pleasant and cheerful as if nothing had happened.
00:25:14Hey.
00:25:15Oh, hi, Hoppy.
00:25:17Shh.
00:25:18What's the matter?
00:25:20Oh, you don't have to whisper now.
00:25:22He's awake.
00:25:23I was just fixing his lunch.
00:25:25Did you come for your cookies?
00:25:27Bobby's just left to bake.
00:25:28Well, I've already had my lunch.
00:25:30You're not begging.
00:25:31I want to give them to you.
00:25:32There you are.
00:25:32Take a trip.
00:25:35Say, are you catching a cold in this weather?
00:25:38You sound just like my mom.
00:25:41No, I'm not.
00:25:41Oh.
00:25:42I could use something, too.
00:25:44A present for me?
00:25:45Uh-huh.
00:25:46Oh, Hoppy, how nice of it.
00:25:48I wonder what this could be.
00:25:53Oh.
00:25:54That's very nice.
00:25:56Are you sure you don't want to keep it yourself?
00:25:58We got a big television at home.
00:26:00A real one.
00:26:01This is just a pretend one.
00:26:03Well, I know it is, but it's very nice,
00:26:05and I want to thank you very much for giving it to me.
00:26:07Mommy says television's good for when you're sick.
00:26:12Mm.
00:26:13Daddy says it makes him sick.
00:26:16Oh.
00:26:17Mommy lets me look at television, so I stay in bed.
00:26:19Well, I think that's a very good idea.
00:26:21I'll have to tell my husband about that.
00:26:24Can I see him?
00:26:25I can play with him if he can't go outside.
00:26:27Well, that's very nice of you,
00:26:28but I don't think he's well enough to see people, dear.
00:26:31I won't make any noise.
00:26:33I'll just eat my cookies and look.
00:26:34Well, perhaps in a week or two when he's feeling better, huh?
00:26:39Okay.
00:26:40My horse is sick.
00:26:41I've got to go see my horse.
00:26:42Okay.
00:26:52Can I take some cookies for my horse?
00:26:54Oh, by all means.
00:26:55Take as many as you like.
00:26:56I'll go see my horse now.
00:26:58All right.
00:27:00Say, honey, are you sure you don't want to take that television set with you?
00:27:03Well, the man can use it, but tell him not to break it,
00:27:06because I've got to use it later.
00:27:07Well, all right.
00:27:08I'll tell him.
00:27:08And thank you again, Hoppy.
00:27:10Bye.
00:27:11Bye.
00:27:15I always felt better after talking with Hoppy.
00:27:18I wondered how he'd look without his glasses.
00:27:22Ah, it's a nice thing of that kid to do.
00:27:26Don't break it, because I have to use it again.
00:27:28George wanted his lunch.
00:27:34That was a good sign.
00:27:35Hungry?
00:27:54Mm, yeah.
00:27:56As a matter of fact, I am feeling much better.
00:27:59Hoppy sent your present.
00:28:04What?
00:28:04Television set.
00:28:06And he says not to break it, because he has to use it later.
00:28:09You two are getting to be great pals, aren't you?
00:28:11Oh, yes.
00:28:12It's a darling little kiddie so eager to please.
00:28:14Oh, honey, not now, huh?
00:28:17All right.
00:28:18But at least you're going to have clean hands and face before you eat.
00:28:20Helen, has the postman come yet?
00:28:28What did you say, dear?
00:28:30Postman, has he come yet?
00:28:31Oh, no.
00:28:33No, he's very late today.
00:28:36I guess it must be the heat.
00:28:38Give him this letter when he comes, please.
00:28:41Dear, I thought you were arresting.
00:28:44What's arresting away?
00:28:46A relief to get that written.
00:28:47New insurance law affects the Emerson estate.
00:28:51I've got to check on.
00:28:52All right, dear.
00:28:52All right.
00:28:54I'll meet him at the gate.
00:28:55Give it to him.
00:28:56I saw him.
00:28:56I saw him.
00:28:58I saw him.
00:29:00Here.
00:29:07There you are.
00:29:08Looks good.
00:29:09Yeah, just good.
00:29:12All right, when...
00:29:13I'm better.
00:29:15Oh, sorry.
00:29:17And if you finish before I get back, don't try to put that tray on the floor.
00:29:21You remember what happened the last time?
00:29:22All right.
00:29:25Say, you really wrote a letter, didn't you?
00:29:29Oh, dear.
00:29:30Oh, dear.
00:29:35Oh, dear.
00:29:36Oh, dear.
00:29:38Oh, dear.
00:29:39Oh, dear.
00:29:40Oh, dear.
00:29:41Oh, dear.
00:29:42Oh, dear.
00:29:43Oh, dear.
00:29:44Oh, dear.
00:29:45Oh, dear.
00:29:46Oh, dear.
00:29:47Oh, dear.
00:29:47Oh, dear.
00:29:50Oh, dear.
00:29:53I wanted to stop a minute and chat with the neighbors, but I knew George wouldn't like it.
00:29:58He didn't believe in neighbors, and then I saw the postman.
00:30:02the postman when do you think this heat's going to break morning mr captain oh good morning
00:30:20mrs jones certainly it's hot isn't it oh it sure is especially with this mailbag looks heavy all
00:30:26right if i'm all in now i wonder what i'm going to be like this afternoon i guess i'll live
00:30:31yeah everything's so high i've got to keep my nose to the grindstone got a pension plan did i tell you
00:30:37about it yes you did well uh you gotta follow it to a t every penny counts you know my wife doesn't
00:30:43understand that she says i'm an old penny pincher no but i told her mr carsten would you take this
00:30:48letter for me please thanks i'll swear i bring in more mail than i take out oh i'm sorry i'd run up
00:30:56to the mailbox with it myself but i don't like to leave the house so long with my husband being ill
00:30:59and all you know never figures out slows me up lugging everybody's mail around this awful heat
00:31:03sorry my feet are throbbing your your feet ever yeah i know just what you mean you know i want to
00:31:10be way out in pine avenue and merit street the way i'm going i won't be out there till one o'clock
00:31:14but with everybody giving me mail to take back is is that mail for me huh that mail is it mine
00:31:21oh yeah excuse me thank you it's all right it's that retirement plan that keeps me going yeah i bet
00:31:26it is well thanks again mr carsten you're welcome well glad to see your husband's well enough to be up
00:31:31mrs jones goodbye i wish i could lie down for a while
00:31:37oh george you were out of bed and you promised me no i can't get into bed in my condition
00:31:56dear the postman said he saw you at the window really really well no he he didn't actually say
00:32:03he saw you but postman's got a touch of his other stroke
00:32:06yeah me too i guess
00:32:11hot wind certainly doesn't help much you finished this is very nice thank you
00:32:19i'm glad you got that letter off
00:32:22come over here ellen sit down
00:32:25would you like your aunt clara to come up and visit for a little while today
00:32:35it's pretty hot for the old girl oh she'd love it if you asked for her
00:32:38you know the apple of her eye you know i always was
00:32:41you know aunt clara gave me a toy when i was a kid
00:32:46toy i was crazy about my mother used to tell her she gave me too much but i can still remember
00:32:51that toy it was a bottle with a small
00:32:55absolutely perfect sailing ship built inside of it
00:32:59you know i was i was so crazy about that toy i wouldn't let anybody touch it
00:33:04not even my mother one day i was making a garden
00:33:09making a garden in the backyard
00:33:12neighbor boy came running out of my house with my ship in his hand
00:33:17somehow i got it away from him without breaking it
00:33:21i don't know what i said to him but
00:33:24he looked awfully scared and white
00:33:26and suddenly i was frightened too thinking he might have broken it the ship i mean
00:33:31i picked up the little rake i'd been playing with and began hitting him with it
00:33:35and when his face had been so white it was all blood
00:33:37i think i might have killed him if mother hadn't come out
00:33:41she took him into the house and the bathroom washed his face they were both so excited that i felt
00:33:46safe i had my little ship again
00:33:49when the neighbor boy stopped crying mother turned to me and she said give it to him
00:33:55she sounded so strange and quiet i knew i had to
00:33:59he held out his hand i could see he hadn't learned anything so i
00:34:04handed him the ship but just as he was about to take it i let it drop on the tile floor and i stepped on it
00:34:09he'd never have known what it was but somehow or other it was mine
00:34:14mine more than it had ever been before i remembered every little perfect thing about that ship
00:34:20but to them it was just a mess of broken glass and matchsticks on the bathroom floor
00:34:25ellen
00:34:28you know who that neighbor boy looks like
00:34:33you know very much like graham
00:34:37your doctor graham was going to find himself in exactly the same position as that little boy
00:34:43but we're not going to have him here again
00:34:46but that doesn't change the fact that you're wrong about him he's been wonderful to you so
00:34:51thoughtful and given you so much time
00:34:53maybe that's because he's a bachelor
00:34:55no home life
00:34:57he's been a good friend to us
00:35:00ellen times limit so you must listen carefully
00:35:03ranny graham may have you all right
00:35:07but he'll be disappointed with what he gets
00:35:11george i can't let you talk this way anymore
00:35:21i'll fill this up
00:35:41i'll be downstairs if you want me
00:36:11you'd better wait ellen
00:36:12i've written a district attorney asking him to make a complete investigation if anything happens to me today
00:36:18before he can get help to me
00:36:19why do you torture yourself like this
00:36:23why do you imagine things that don't exist
00:36:25that letter exists
00:36:26it proves you're trying to kill me
00:36:28but i'm not
00:36:30i'm not
00:36:32if i can't help you george then i'm going to get someone else in who can
00:36:36it's not me that needs help now ellen
00:36:38you gave that letter to the postman yourself just a while ago
00:36:41yes yes i gave him the letter the one that you wrote about insurance policies
00:36:44i knew you wouldn't recognize the district attorney's name of his sort nobody ever does
00:36:49isn't that strange
00:36:50everybody knows there's a district attorney but nobody ever knows his name
00:36:54we are going to get someone else in another doctor
00:36:58because this is all in your mind
00:37:00my mind is fine
00:37:01just to reassure you on that point let me tell you that letter was about insurance
00:37:06i told the district attorney how much insurance we had on each other's lives
00:37:11and if either one of us died the other would do very nicely for the rest of his life
00:37:15or her life very comfortably indeed
00:37:17oh
00:37:18i also told them how you and dr graham how you were
00:37:22working together to aggravate my condition so it wouldn't look like murder
00:37:26george
00:37:29i also told them how you were
00:37:30gradually giving me overdoses of the heart medicine
00:37:34but that isn't true
00:37:36anyone would know that isn't true
00:37:38would they
00:37:39why is that bottle almost empty huh
00:37:42we only got it the other day
00:37:45well you
00:37:45you told me that you spilled it on the tray
00:37:48you told me that yourself george
00:37:49you didn't tell the druggist that
00:37:51oh mr phillips will make an excellent witness against you ellen
00:37:55he'll be the first if anything happens to me
00:37:58and let me tell you there'll be others
00:37:59the letter takes care of everything
00:38:01the druggist the medicine the doctor
00:38:03he's in it too
00:38:04oh you've implicated your old friend graham you know
00:38:07nothing's going to happen to you
00:38:08i don't know whether you're doing this to frighten me or not
00:38:12but i'm going downstairs and get that letter back from that post
00:38:14you're not going anyplace anymore ellen
00:38:16i guess i'm going to kill you
00:38:19i decided that definitely this morning
00:38:22you couldn't mean this george you couldn't
00:38:31george you know i wouldn't hurt anybody
00:38:34anybody much less you
00:38:36george think it's me it's ellen it's ellen it's ellen
00:38:41but you did want to be rid of me
00:38:42it was in your mind that's why you feel so guilty isn't it
00:38:45no
00:38:46the letter will take care of graham i'll take care of you myself
00:38:49i'll make it look like self-defense
00:38:51please don't
00:38:53there are just too many things against you ellen
00:38:58you used to say that you were lonesome until you met me
00:39:01george
00:39:02george you love me
00:39:05i love you george
00:39:07since i've been sick
00:39:08since he's been coming to the house
00:39:10george you've headed to the side of me
00:39:11no i haven't
00:39:12oh
00:39:26no
00:39:27no
00:39:27no
00:39:27no
00:39:27no
00:39:27no
00:39:28it was one of those awful dreams
00:39:39the kind i used to have when george was overseas
00:39:43that man lying there was george
00:39:50my husband
00:39:52he was dead
00:39:54and he died trying to kill me
00:39:56hello
00:40:16hello
00:40:17hello
00:40:19yes
00:40:19uh mrs jones
00:40:21yes who is it
00:40:22mr phillips down at the drugstore
00:40:24what is it that you want mr phillips
00:40:26why it's about that heart medicine you want refilled
00:40:29yes
00:40:31can't refill it without another prescription
00:40:33i see
00:40:36we'll just let it go
00:40:38let it go
00:40:39that is until i talk with dr graham
00:40:43oh
00:40:43by the way mrs jones
00:40:45according to my records
00:40:46you got that prescription filled just the other day
00:40:48but my husband knocked that bottle over on the tray and spilled it
00:40:51oh
00:40:51you didn't tell me that when you called before
00:40:54but that's what happened i promise you that's what happened mr phillips
00:40:57all right all right
00:40:59mrs jones
00:40:59you don't have to promise anything
00:41:02i didn't tell you before because i didn't think it was necessary
00:41:04it wasn't
00:41:06look here mrs jones i didn't
00:41:07george said that mr phillips would be a witness against me
00:41:10i just thought it was such a witness
00:41:12i'll see that you get another prescription
00:41:20yes you just get in touch with dr graham
00:41:22oh why didn't i tell him about george
00:41:26that letter
00:41:35i had to get that letter back
00:41:37i couldn't tell anyone about george until i got that letter back
00:41:41i could feel the woman next door watching me
00:41:45maybe she'd be a witness against me too
00:41:48she could tell them how i ran out of the house
00:41:52and then back in again
00:41:54how strangely i was acting
00:41:56it wouldn't matter what she thought if i could only get that letter back
00:42:02i tried to think
00:42:04which way did he go
00:42:05what's that vortex
00:42:27who knows
00:42:28the heap needs everything we can put in it
00:42:31yeah but what'll it do
00:42:32who cares
00:42:33uh pardon me
00:42:34can you tell me did the postman go by here yet
00:42:37the postman
00:42:38yeah
00:42:38yeah
00:42:39oh the oddball plowed his way through here a little while ago
00:42:42oh which way did he go do you know
00:42:43uh that way
00:42:45oh thanks
00:42:46yeah that way towards marriage street you know
00:42:48yeah i know
00:42:49oh i'm sorry
00:42:56that's right
00:43:06you know every time i go home at night i always tell my wife laura
00:43:09if it wasn't for that pension plan of view i i just never get up
00:43:13i just drop my tracks one of these days and let it settle it
00:43:16i just never get up anymore and that's all
00:43:18you know how it is
00:43:20hello mr carsten
00:43:20see you later joe
00:43:22yeah see you later mr
00:43:23well
00:43:23mrs jones what are you doing out this way
00:43:26i was visiting a friend
00:43:28oh that's nice
00:43:29i wish i had more time for visiting
00:43:31but by the time i get home at night i can just hardly make it up the stairs
00:43:35mr carsten remember
00:43:37remember that letter i gave you this morning
00:43:39yeah i suppose so i'll pick up plenty of letters why what about it
00:43:42well i i know it seems silly but i
00:43:44i mailed it by mistake it wasn't even finished
00:43:46yeah
00:43:47now what did you do that for
00:43:48well i don't know i guess i was just so
00:43:50well finish it up and mail the rest of it tomorrow
00:43:52they'll get into the installment
00:43:53now you wouldn't want me to do that
00:43:55may i have the letter please
00:43:57first i pick him up and carry him around for a mile
00:44:01and then they want him back again
00:44:02well i'm sorry but you can understand why
00:44:04i wouldn't want it to go out unfinished
00:44:06yeah i guess so but all these delays count
00:44:08keep me on my feet longer than i ought to be
00:44:10well it won't be much trouble will it
00:44:12yeah here it is
00:44:13thank you
00:44:14now look you shouldn't have given me this letter in the first place
00:44:17why
00:44:17giving me this letter is just like putting it in the mailbox
00:44:21now you wouldn't expect to get this back from the mailbox would you
00:44:24no but surely you can make this incision after all i
00:44:28isn't this uh this fellow the district attorney
00:44:32yes
00:44:34yes my husband read about some graft in the newspaper
00:44:38and he wrote to the district attorney about it
00:44:40oh your husband wrote the letter
00:44:42yes
00:44:42thought you said you wrote it
00:44:44well what's the difference he's my husband
00:44:46oh it makes all the difference in the world mrs jones
00:44:49it's one of our strictest rules
00:44:51we can't return a letter to anyone
00:44:53except the person who wrote it
00:44:54but mr carster my husband's sick you know that
00:44:57and he sent me to get the letter back
00:44:58yes i know that
00:45:00oh don't be so obstinate
00:45:01you know it's all right he's sick give it to me
00:45:03obstinate now how do you like that
00:45:05after standing here patiently
00:45:07and all this heat trying to reason with you
00:45:09you're the one that's being obstinate
00:45:10you don't seem to realize it's against the rules
00:45:13well what do you care if it is against the rules
00:45:14i have to care but you don't
00:45:16you're not the one who'd get fired
00:45:18oh
00:45:19i'm sorry
00:45:21i'm very sorry mr carster
00:45:23i forgot what it means to you
00:45:25your responsibility and all
00:45:26it must be this terrible heat
00:45:29please
00:45:30i know how anxious my husband is to get that letter back
00:45:33it was my fault you see i mailed it by mistake
00:45:36he's awfully upset with me
00:45:37he's very angry with me mr carster
00:45:39couldn't you please help me
00:45:40couldn't i please have the letter back
00:45:43well
00:45:44tell what it'll do
00:45:45yes
00:45:46i'm all through the route until this afternoon's delivery
00:45:49and since it's so important like you say
00:45:51oh it is
00:45:51well if you'll give me a lift back to town in your car
00:45:54so as i won't lose any more time
00:45:56i will
00:45:56i'll go over to your house with you right now
00:45:58and give the letter to mr jones personally
00:45:59no no you can't
00:46:02but mrs jones this way i'll be sticking to the rules
00:46:04and your husband will get his letter back
00:46:05but my husband didn't sleep last night
00:46:07and he fell asleep just before i left
00:46:09and i wouldn't want to wake you
00:46:10i'm trying to do the right thing by everybody concerned
00:46:13but it seems to me you don't want to cooperate
00:46:15and i'm not going to risk losing my job for anybody
00:46:17i'll try to understand
00:46:18i can't talk about it any longer
00:46:20can't waste any more time
00:46:22do you want me to take the letter to your husband personally or don't you
00:46:24no
00:46:25all right then i'll take it to the post office like i'm supposed to
00:46:28you can go down there and get it from the superintendent
00:46:31superintendent
00:46:32yeah
00:46:33he's got more authority than i have
00:46:35maybe he'll give it to you
00:46:36i see
00:46:36but you better not waste any more time
00:46:38once i bring the mail in they send it out right quick
00:46:41oh
00:46:41once it leaves the post office for delivery nobody can stop it
00:46:44the post office downtown
00:46:45yeah
00:46:45yeah thanks
00:46:46oh mr garston
00:46:47uh how do i get there the shortest way
00:46:49uh right on down the boulevard shortest
00:46:51you can't miss it
00:46:52thanks
00:46:52how much time do i have to think oh about 2 30 maybe a little before
00:46:56thank you
00:46:57thank you
00:46:58thank you
00:47:27Ellen?
00:47:35Ellen?
00:47:57Ellen?
00:47:59Pardon me?
00:48:27Yes?
00:48:28Have you seen Mrs. Jones this morning?
00:48:31Yes, she went out about a half hour ago.
00:48:34Went out?
00:48:34Yes.
00:48:35But what about George, Mr. Jones?
00:48:37She hasn't gone off and left him alone, has she?
00:48:39Well, her husband's sick, you know.
00:48:41So I've heard.
00:48:43Of course, I never really met them, though I haven't lived here long.
00:48:46I can't imagine it going off like that.
00:48:48I'm Mr. Jones's aunt.
00:48:50I made him some jellied consomme.
00:48:52I've packed it in ice.
00:48:54It's melting.
00:48:55I never dreamt I wouldn't get in.
00:48:57I could tell you where the key is.
00:48:59The key?
00:49:00Perhaps you'll think it's nosy, but I happened to see her when she locked the door.
00:49:04Well, isn't that good of you?
00:49:06The front door?
00:49:07Yes.
00:49:08It's right over there, above the door.
00:49:11I don't know how you stand in the sun without a hat on.
00:49:14I dry up like a sea.
00:49:20The top of the green shutter.
00:49:22The far side of the door.
00:49:24I've found it.
00:49:26If there's anything I can do for you, just call me.
00:49:28You'd be very kind.
00:49:30You're very kind.
00:49:32The next door.
00:49:33You don't have to take me out.
00:49:34I can't go out there.
00:49:35No.
00:49:36The door is a close.
00:49:38I can't go out.
00:49:39I didn't go out.
00:49:40The door is a close.
00:49:41My door is from the door.
00:49:42No, my door is closed.
00:49:43So I can't go out and go for it.
00:49:45I'm going out the door.
00:49:46I'm going out and go for it.
00:49:47It's the out of the door.
00:49:48I'll come back.
00:50:11Hey, Clara!
00:50:13Helen, where on earth have you been?
00:50:15Have you been upstairs?
00:50:17Why are you so out of breath?
00:50:19Why, I've been running and...
00:50:21Running and all this heat, you should have more sense.
00:50:23I...
00:50:24How did you get in?
00:50:26I found the key on the ledge.
00:50:27Oh, there, look at that.
00:50:28It's stripped right down my breast.
00:50:30Now it's ruined.
00:50:31I was worried half to death.
00:50:33I thought something had happened.
00:50:35Happened?
00:50:35I've never known you to go off like this.
00:50:37How's George?
00:50:38He's all right.
00:50:39Well, I even rang the bell.
00:50:40Just a jab.
00:50:42Have you taken one of those sedatives?
00:50:43Yes.
00:50:44Oh, people take too much medicine nowadays if you ask me.
00:50:47When I was a girl, we had homeopathic doctors.
00:50:50Wonder what ever happened to them.
00:50:52Anyway, they gave you very little medicine,
00:50:53and all of it tasted good, even the tonics.
00:50:55And no varicils at all.
00:50:57Well, and I've never seen you look so tired and worn out.
00:51:00Why don't you ask that doctor to give you something?
00:51:01All right.
00:51:03Looks a little young to me to be a good doctor.
00:51:05But after all, if you and George like him so much,
00:51:07confidence is half the battle.
00:51:09And you look awful peaking.
00:51:11Alan, you're not letting yourself go, are you, dear?
00:51:13I know I look terrible.
00:51:14Well, when George fell asleep, I had some errands to do.
00:51:21I'll get you some.
00:51:23I just thought I'd go and take care of them without bothering to change.
00:51:29You know how it is.
00:51:30You sure you're all right?
00:51:31Yes.
00:51:32Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit, dear?
00:51:33Take a little snooze.
00:51:34It'll do you good.
00:51:35I'm not tired.
00:51:37Really, I'm not.
00:51:38Well, after all.
00:51:40Oh, Clara, I have so much to do today.
00:51:43Oh, sit down, Alan.
00:51:45Lean back.
00:51:45Relax.
00:51:48You'll be on your back before you know it if you don't watch out.
00:51:51After all, all I want to do is to help.
00:51:53From now on, I'm going to have more time, too.
00:51:56Alan, I forgot to tell you.
00:51:57I resigned.
00:51:58I resigned.
00:51:59Resigned?
00:52:00From the Helper's Guild after 15 years, I'm not helping anymore.
00:52:06I'll leave the kitchen door open, and then we can talk while I'm cleaning up out there, all right?
00:52:10You might as well.
00:52:11You're so fidgety.
00:52:13Oh, Alan, while you're on your feet, will you bring me a damp cloth?
00:52:17For 15 years, I was in that guild, and for the past five, I was treasurer.
00:52:22And for the last three, they were promising me the presidency.
00:52:25So what happens?
00:52:26Last Tuesday, they let Cora come stop you.
00:52:28You know, Zachary's brother's wife.
00:52:30Well, I was furious.
00:52:30Zachary said I was hasty.
00:52:32But after 15 years, you know, I've never known a small woman yet who wasn't always boasting
00:52:37about her little hands and tiny feet and trying to run everything.
00:52:40That's the best I can do.
00:52:40You think I was right?
00:52:42For 15 years, after all, Zachary was upset.
00:52:45He says I need lots of outside activity, lots.
00:52:47And I agree.
00:52:48That's all right.
00:52:49She had me got a reflection of a bone in her body.
00:52:51I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.
00:52:54I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.
00:52:56He's playing only games and beats.
00:52:57I always tell him he plays too much at his age.
00:53:00But that's just one of the worries of being married to an older man.
00:53:03Oh, Alan, why don't you have some of that jellied consomme?
00:53:06At least it was jellied when I left home.
00:53:07Tried.
00:53:08It's tasty.
00:53:08And it's full of vitamins.
00:53:10I'd like some to enjoy.
00:53:11After all, it ruined my dress.
00:53:13Oh, I think I'll run up and pop in on George.
00:53:16If he's asleep, you can tell him later that I peaked it.
00:53:18Hey, Clara!
00:53:23Clara!
00:53:24What is it, Alan?
00:53:25I don't know.
00:53:26There's something I must tell you.
00:53:27Well, what is it, dear?
00:53:28What's the matter?
00:53:29Are you having trouble?
00:53:32Yes.
00:53:34I didn't want to tell you, but now I think that I must.
00:53:36Don't.
00:53:37Take my advice and don't.
00:53:39You'll only be sorry later that you did.
00:53:41I thought it was funny your being out like that
00:53:43and not going up to see George when you came in.
00:53:47But you don't understand, are you?
00:53:48Yes, I understand.
00:53:50I'll just say goodbye to it.
00:53:51No, please don't.
00:53:54I didn't want to tell you this, but
00:53:57George said that the last time you came to see him,
00:54:00you upset him terribly.
00:54:02And he said to tell you that if you came again today
00:54:03to tell you that he just couldn't see you.
00:54:06Upset him?
00:54:07You must remember he's ill.
00:54:08Upset him?
00:54:09Well, I have a good mind to tell him something.
00:54:10No, please.
00:54:12Well, I wouldn't think of humiliating myself.
00:54:15He knew I was here all the time.
00:54:17Well, he's rude, mean, and selfish before.
00:54:19He was sick, and he's rude, mean, and selfish
00:54:20since he's been sick.
00:54:22I'm sorry I had to tell you this.
00:54:23Well, I thought when I first met you,
00:54:25you'd do something for him, change him somehow.
00:54:27But I must say he hasn't changed at all.
00:54:28He's worse, if anything.
00:54:30And Alan, you can tell George for me
00:54:32that a man wrapped up in himself
00:54:35makes a very small package.
00:54:40I wondered how much time I had.
00:54:45She was right.
00:54:46I must look awful.
00:54:47I had to fix myself up
00:54:48before I could go to the post office.
00:54:51I had to go in there.
00:54:53I was terrified, but I knew I had to.
00:54:55I had to go in there.
00:55:25about it. I mustn't think about
00:55:27anything, anything until I get that letter
00:55:29back. That letter
00:55:31that said I killed him.
00:55:36Maybe it was a dream.
00:55:39No, it wasn't.
00:55:42I must fix my face.
00:55:44I must look presentable.
00:55:46Like any other housewife
00:55:47making a simple request for a letter.
00:55:50A letter that was mailed
00:55:51by mistake.
00:55:55The gun.
00:56:05It was still in George's hand.
00:56:08Somehow I knew I shouldn't leave it there.
00:56:25Bag, bag, bag, bag.
00:56:32Turn down with your hay.
00:56:33Hey.
00:56:34I'll take care of them for you.
00:56:37It's all right, Hoppy.
00:56:39It was the radio. I just turned it off.
00:56:42Need any help?
00:56:43No. No, everything's all right.
00:56:46I see it.
00:56:47Bag, bag, bag, bag.
00:56:50Hi.
00:56:51I prayed that no one else
00:56:56had heard that shot.
00:56:57I prayed that no one else had heard that shot.
00:56:59I prayed that night.
00:57:23I prayed that night.
00:57:24I thought perhaps if I didn't answer, he'd think no one was home and he'd go away.
00:57:37But he didn't.
00:57:38He just rang the bell again and then stood there.
00:57:46Then I knew I had to get rid of him.
00:57:53Yes?
00:57:54Good afternoon.
00:57:55I'm Mr. Russell.
00:57:56Yes?
00:57:57I'd like to see Mr. Jones.
00:57:58He's expecting me.
00:58:00Expecting?
00:58:01Yes.
00:58:01He telephoned me the other day.
00:58:04Well, there must be some mistake.
00:58:06My husband is not well.
00:58:08He isn't able to leave his bed.
00:58:10He told me he was ill, but he did telephone to be here this afternoon.
00:58:13Well, nevertheless, he isn't well enough to see anyone.
00:58:15But it's a business matter, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:17I'm sorry.
00:58:19But the doctors forbid him to see anyone.
00:58:21He warned me that I'd get some resistance from you.
00:58:23He did?
00:58:25He explained that you were over-solicitous about his health, but that I wasn't to take you seriously.
00:58:30Oh.
00:58:30Your husband only wants me to authenticate some legal papers.
00:58:33I'm a notary.
00:58:34It won't take but a few minutes.
00:58:35I'm sorry.
00:58:36I've already told you he isn't well enough.
00:58:38He's had a relapse.
00:58:40The doctor just left here a few minutes ago.
00:58:42And he said he wasn't able to see anyone today.
00:58:44Not anyone.
00:58:46Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:48Oh, that's all right.
00:58:49I'll leave my card.
00:58:51Perhaps you'll call me.
00:58:52Yes.
00:58:53Yes, I'll call you.
00:58:55Good afternoon.
00:58:56Good night.
00:58:56Could he be another witness?
00:59:09Couldn't think what I'd said to him.
00:59:14Oh, I'd have to be more careful.
00:59:15Suddenly, I remembered what happened the last time.
00:59:33I had to be sure no one could get into the house.
00:59:35Good night.
01:00:05Lily, don't you ever do a thing like that again.
01:00:06Do you hear me?
01:00:08Okay.
01:00:08My horse ate up all the cookies.
01:00:10Well, I'll give you some more later on.
01:00:12After nap?
01:00:14Yes, after nap.
01:00:15Now, you stay right there in that driveway until I get out.
01:00:17Do you want to stand?
01:00:18Okay.
01:00:31All I remember about the drive downtown was...
01:00:34I kept thinking.
01:00:36This time, I must control myself.
01:00:38I must keep calm.
01:00:49We caught it in plenty of time, Mrs. Jones.
01:00:51It was brought in just a little while ago.
01:00:53It wasn't even processed yet.
01:00:54Then I can have it now?
01:00:55Of course.
01:00:56Thank you, Mrs. Jones.
01:00:57Thank you, Mrs. Jones.
01:00:58Thank you, Mrs. Jones.
01:00:59I'm glad we caught it in time for you.
01:01:02My husband will be so pleased to have it back.
01:01:04I'll give you one of our regular forms here.
01:01:07The form?
01:01:07Yes.
01:01:08One of these.
01:01:09Oh.
01:01:09You mean I can't take the letter with me now?
01:01:14Just take the form home to Mr. Jones.
01:01:16Have him fill it out.
01:01:17And when you bring it back, I'll have the letter right here.
01:01:20And I'll give it to you.
01:01:21But why is that necessary?
01:01:24Just regulations.
01:01:26Oh.
01:01:26Among other things, it'll give me a chance to compare Mr. Jones's handwriting with the writing on the envelope.
01:01:31Well, I can assure you, it's my husband's handwriting.
01:01:33Yes, I'm sure, yes.
01:01:34Yes.
01:01:34But I must have one of those forms for my records.
01:01:38Oh.
01:01:39But, uh...
01:01:41But my husband's been very ill.
01:01:44And everything bothers him so.
01:01:46And if I don't have this letter for him when I go home, he'll be awfully upset.
01:01:49Why should he?
01:01:51Well, you see, uh...
01:01:52I'm afraid that he said a lot of very strong things and he regrets them now.
01:01:58Well, you can explain to him that it won't be delivered.
01:02:02It'll be held right here until the form comes back.
01:02:04Yeah, but it's so hard to reason with a person who's ill.
01:02:08Well, you know how it is.
01:02:09They exaggerate the importance of everything.
01:02:13And what with his heart condition, I wouldn't want to take a chance.
01:02:17Really, I must have the letter for him when I go home now.
01:02:20I must.
01:02:23Mrs. Jones, I think I can take a chance.
01:02:28I'll let you fill out the form for your husband.
01:02:31Oh, that's very nice.
01:02:32On one condition.
01:02:33I, of course, must make sure the contents of the letter.
01:02:36What do you mean?
01:02:38It'll be strictly confidential, but, of course, the letter must be opened and read.
01:02:43Open the letter?
01:02:44Yes, to make sure that it is the letter to the district attorney, as you say.
01:02:47No, no, you can't.
01:02:48I beg your pardon.
01:02:49I won't have anyone prying into my husband's mail.
01:02:51Prying?
01:02:52I won't let her back, do you understand?
01:02:53Unopened.
01:02:54Mrs. Jones, I was about to tell you, if you'd let me finish, that I would call your husband for you, explain the situation reasonably, and ask his permission for you to open the letter, not me.
01:03:05I'm sorry.
01:03:10I'm very sorry.
01:03:10I didn't mean to say that.
01:03:14But you don't seem to understand.
01:03:15No, I don't understand, Mrs. Jones.
01:03:19And I have no alternative but to send the letter on through the distributing room.
01:03:24Good day.
01:03:25Good day.
01:03:55Mrs. Jones.
01:04:14Mrs. Jones.
01:04:17I don't want to intrude, but I couldn't help noticing you all day long.
01:04:21I've had the feeling that you... that something was wrong, and I'd so like to be able to help you.
01:04:29Oh, I know we haven't been too neighborly, but trouble something else again.
01:04:33Can I help you? Is there something I can do for you?
01:04:38Of course, I know you're anxious to get up to your husband, so you run up and see if he's comfortable and settled.
01:04:43And then you come over, or call me. I'll be waiting for you.
01:04:47She was kind. She might have been my friend. She might have helped me.
01:04:56And then I remembered Ran. He said he was going to stop in again to see George.
01:05:19I couldn't let him do that. He mustn't come here again. Ever.
01:05:35Dr. Graham's office.
01:05:36Hello, this is Mrs. Jones. Is Dr. Graham there?
01:05:39Oh, he isn't here, Mrs. Jones.
01:05:40Can you locate him, please? It's urgent.
01:05:42If it's an emergency, I could trace him through his house calls.
01:05:45Please do. It's very important that Dr. Graham doesn't come here today.
01:05:59Now, I hope you understand.
01:06:01Of course. I'll do my best. Goodbye.
01:06:04Goodbye.
01:06:04Doctor, I just called your office, and I just told you, nurse, that I...
01:06:16Well, George felt he wanted to consult another doctor.
01:06:20And I did, too. And he just left.
01:06:22And I really think it would be better if you didn't see him again today.
01:06:26Oh?
01:06:28What doctor did you call?
01:06:30Oh, uh, um, I'm sorry, I've forgotten his name.
01:06:37I called the living store for her doctor, and she gave me his telephone number, and, uh, George liked him very much.
01:06:43I see.
01:06:44Yes.
01:06:46Is he a heart specialist?
01:06:48Uh, yes, yes. That is, I think so.
01:06:52Mm-hmm.
01:06:54What was his diagnosis?
01:06:55I don't know.
01:07:00But really, George is feeling much better. I'll call you tomorrow.
01:07:02Now, wait a minute. What's happened, really?
01:07:04Well, you see, after...
01:07:07No, no, please don't, please.
01:07:11Don't go up there. It's better for everybody if you just don't go up there.
01:07:20Helen.
01:07:23It...
01:07:24Is he dead?
01:07:27Yes.
01:07:28Yes.
01:07:30He had a gun.
01:07:31He tried to kill me, but...
01:07:33Before I could shoot, he...
01:07:36He...
01:07:36Now, take it easy, Helen.
01:07:37Take it easy.
01:07:38Take it easy.
01:07:50Come.
01:07:51ت...
01:07:52He's done.
01:07:54Hey.
01:07:54Get her.
01:07:57Yeah.
01:07:57Okay.
01:07:58Oh, he's done.
01:07:58Listen.
01:08:09Look.
01:08:10Okay.
01:08:10Take it easy.
01:08:12Well, He has to come.
01:08:13He's done.
01:08:14Wait.
01:08:15You can.
01:08:16Come.
01:08:16Hey.
01:08:17Yeah.
01:08:17Gonna leave.
01:08:48And so I took the gun out of his hand, and I hit it.
01:09:00I had to.
01:09:01It looked as though he died protecting himself from me.
01:09:04All right, Helen, but why didn't you want me here?
01:09:07I don't know how to tell you.
01:09:11That letter said that we planned his death together.
01:09:14That you told me to aggravate his condition,
01:09:16to give him overdoses of his heart medicine.
01:09:19And if they come here and find you here,
01:09:21they'll think it's true, just like George said.
01:09:23Helen, his mind was going.
01:09:24I tried to tell you this morning.
01:09:25He wasn't responsible.
01:09:27They won't believe me.
01:09:28How could they?
01:09:30I did everything wrong.
01:09:31Everything, just like he said I would.
01:09:33The druggist, and then the postman, and then the superintendent.
01:09:36I even lied to his aunt.
01:09:38They'll all think I was guilty, all of them.
01:09:39You're not guilty, Helen.
01:09:40Remember that.
01:09:41Well, I know.
01:09:43The police will be here any minute now.
01:09:45You better go.
01:09:45You better go right now.
01:09:49Helen, where are you going?
01:09:52I don't know.
01:09:54There's no sense in running away now.
01:09:56Go at the door.
01:09:59I can't.
01:10:00Helen.
01:10:01Go at the door.
01:10:02Hello, Miss Jones.
01:10:15I got a letter for you this afternoon.
01:10:18I didn't put it in the slot because, well, I guess I should feel kind of funny coming here like this
01:10:24after what happened between you and me this noon.
01:10:27But it's all right.
01:10:29I understand.
01:10:30Uh, here's the letter you gave me to mail this morning.
01:10:35What?
01:10:36I'm surprised I didn't realize it at first, a thick letter like that and only one stamp.
01:10:41Those public officials, like the district attorney, won't accept postage due mail, you know.
01:10:47Insufficient postage.
01:10:49Yeah, all right.
01:10:50I just want to pay the postage in these cases, and we have to return to the senders.
01:10:54How do you like that?
01:10:55Not enough postage, and we have to deliver them twice.
01:10:58Yes.
01:10:58It's a crazy business.
01:11:00You know, some folks might think I'm stingy.
01:11:02I know these extra stamps cost only just a few cents, but...
01:11:06Yes, I understand, Mr.
01:11:07I multiply you by everybody else.
01:11:09Yes, I understand.
01:11:11Thanks again for the letter, Mr. Carson.
01:11:13Oh, that's all right.
01:11:13Goodbye.
01:11:14And thanks again, Mr. Carson, for bringing the...
01:11:16Oh, you're welcome.
01:11:17Oh, it's so funny.
01:11:26It's so funny.
01:11:28Go ahead.
01:11:29It'll do you good.
01:11:29You know, I...
01:11:37You know, I...
01:11:38I...
01:11:39I tried so...
01:11:41So hard to get...
01:11:43It's all right, Ellen.
01:11:46You've got it, guys.
01:11:51Sit down, Ellen.
01:11:52Oh, you're welcome.
01:12:22And then I knew what people meant when they said their heart was broken.
01:12:37All that was left of George and me and our marriage
01:12:40was that little pile of ashes.
01:12:46I knew that somewhere, somehow, I'd have to begin to live again.
01:12:50But right then, all I could do was pray to lose that one day.
01:12:56That one terrifying day.
01:13:19THE END
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