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“D.O.A.” (1949) is a tense film-noir thriller about Frank Bigelow (Edmond O’Brien), a small-town accountant who travels to San Francisco for a short vacation—only to discover he has been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin and has only hours left to live. Desperate and furious, Frank launches into a frantic investigation to figure out who murdered him and why. As he races against time, he uncovers a web of crime, deceit, and smuggling that pulls him deeper into danger. His loyal secretary Paula (Pamela Britton) tries to help, but Frank must navigate shady characters, betrayal, and growing panic as the poison closes in. The movie’s suspense, dark atmosphere, and “man solving his own murder” concept make it one of the most famous noir films ever made.
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00:00:00The End
00:02:00Can I help you?
00:02:03I'd like to see the man in charge.
00:02:05He's in here.
00:02:14I want to report a murder.
00:02:16Sit down.
00:02:22Where was this murder committed?
00:02:24San Francisco, last night.
00:02:26Who was murdered?
00:02:27I was.
00:02:40Well, do you want to hear me out or don't you, Captain?
00:02:42I don't have very much time.
00:02:44Your name, Bigelow?
00:02:49Frank Bigelow?
00:02:51That's right.
00:02:54Answer the San Francisco APB.
00:02:56Send it direct to Inspector Bannon at Homicide.
00:02:58Tell him we found Frank Bigelow.
00:03:03Go ahead, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:04Well, this involves some other people, Captain.
00:03:09A number of other people.
00:03:11You tell it any way you like.
00:03:16I live in a little town called Banning out on the desert.
00:03:19It's on the way to Palm Springs.
00:03:21I have a small business there.
00:03:28Paula.
00:03:31Yes, Mr. Bigelow?
00:03:32Give me a copy of Miss Hollis' 48 tax return, will you?
00:03:35Oh, you better get the 47, too.
00:03:38Yes, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:40I don't think we took any depreciation on our new equipment last year.
00:03:43No, we didn't.
00:03:44I remember you said we could include it all this year.
00:03:46Sure, we can.
00:03:47Hey, Frank.
00:03:48Yeah, Will.
00:03:49Peterson says he wants a financial statement before he can give me my loan.
00:03:53Hello, Kitty.
00:03:53Hi, Will.
00:03:54Well, I'm leaving to San Francisco today, but I'll be back in about a week.
00:03:57I'll take care of it for you then.
00:03:58Sure is a scorcher, isn't it?
00:03:59Well, I've seen them worse.
00:04:01Well, have a nice time, Frank.
00:04:02Yeah, thanks, Will.
00:04:03Paula, why don't you come down to the place and let me give you another permanent?
00:04:06Makes your hair so much easier to manage in all this heat.
00:04:09I can't afford it right now.
00:04:11Maybe next month.
00:04:12Yeah, here it is.
00:04:12No, we didn't take it.
00:04:13Well, we can do it this year.
00:04:15You work it out any way you think best.
00:04:18Have a nice trip, Frank.
00:04:19Sure, Kitty.
00:04:20See you when I get back.
00:04:21Bon voyage.
00:04:24Why don't you come down anyway, Paula?
00:04:26We'll work out a deal on that permanent.
00:04:29Thanks.
00:04:29Maybe I will.
00:04:34Hello?
00:04:35Oh, hello, Mr. Hawkins.
00:04:36Just a moment.
00:04:37Do you want him to send your ticket over?
00:04:40No, I'll pick it up myself.
00:04:41No, never mind.
00:04:42Mr. Bigelow will pick it up at the station.
00:04:44Bye.
00:04:50I want to go with you, Frank.
00:04:52Now, Paula, I'm just going on a little vacation.
00:04:54You know that?
00:04:54You want to go without me, don't you?
00:04:56Be gone just a week.
00:04:57And I suppose you've just made up your mind to take this little vacation at nine o'clock this morning?
00:05:01No, Paula.
00:05:02I meant to tell you about it a few days ago.
00:05:04I guess I forgot.
00:05:05Oh, you forgot.
00:05:07Paula, don't be like that.
00:05:08Don't be like what?
00:05:09You just drop a little announcement that you're going away.
00:05:12Not tomorrow or next week or next month.
00:05:13But today.
00:05:14No explanations, nothing.
00:05:16And I'm supposed to swallow the excuse that you need a little vacation.
00:05:19I just want to get away from town for a few days.
00:05:21That's all.
00:05:22Get away from this town or get away from me.
00:05:24Oh, Paula.
00:05:25Please try to understand.
00:05:27How can you ask me to understand anything like this?
00:05:29No, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
00:05:34Go to San Francisco, but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
00:05:38Go to San Francisco, but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
00:06:08Why do you do this to me, Frank?
00:06:11Why can't you be honest with me?
00:06:13As honest as I am with you.
00:06:15Do you have to go?
00:06:16I have to go, Paula.
00:06:17I know what I'm doing.
00:06:18All right, go.
00:06:19Go anywhere you like.
00:06:20You can go to blazes for all I care.
00:06:22Paula.
00:06:24Paula.
00:06:27Yes, I know.
00:06:28I'm being foolish.
00:06:31Come on.
00:06:38Come on, fix your face.
00:06:43We'll go down to Eddie's and have a drink.
00:06:46All right, why not?
00:06:53Hiya, Paula.
00:06:54Hi, Eddie.
00:06:55Give us a couple of cold beers, will you?
00:06:56Coming up.
00:06:57All right.
00:06:58Come on.
00:06:59Oh, what a relief.
00:07:05This air conditioning feels good.
00:07:07I sure wish we had it in the office.
00:07:08It'd make working a pleasure.
00:07:10Well, if it stays in this hot, don't bother going in the rest of the week.
00:07:12I win two races today.
00:07:14How many did you lose?
00:07:15You wouldn't have to ask that.
00:07:17Kind of early for you two, ain't it?
00:07:19Too hot to work.
00:07:20That's what I'd like to hear.
00:07:20Frank, you'll take me with you, won't you?
00:07:46You will, won't you?
00:07:47Or am I crowding you?
00:07:52What do you mean, crowding me?
00:07:55Maybe you do need this week away alone.
00:07:59Maybe we both do.
00:08:01I know what's going on inside of you, Frank.
00:08:03You're just like any other man, only a little more so.
00:08:06You have a feeling of being trapped, hemmed in, and you don't know whether or not you like it.
00:08:10Look, Paula.
00:08:12I'm going to be honest with you.
00:08:13I care too much for you not to be honest with you.
00:08:15I'm as much concerned for your happiness as I am for my own.
00:08:18I know you've had one bad experience, Frank.
00:08:20I know all about it.
00:08:21But you don't know what it can do to two people, Paula.
00:08:23And the woman always gets hurt more than the man.
00:08:27I don't want you to get hurt, darling.
00:08:30More than anything in the world, I don't want you to get hurt.
00:08:37Want to hear some music?
00:08:39All right, Frank.
00:08:40Got a couple of nickels, Eddie?
00:08:45Yeah.
00:08:47This won't bother you, will it?
00:08:48No, the next result doesn't come in for half an hour.
00:08:50I thought that by now we'd be married.
00:09:06No, I'm not going to crowd you anymore, Frank.
00:09:09Go to San Francisco.
00:09:10I don't like it, but I'm convinced that you must go.
00:09:13I want you to be very sure, Frank.
00:09:17If it's right, and I believe it is,
00:09:19we'll have something really wonderful together.
00:09:23If it isn't,
00:09:24we should both know it as soon as possible.
00:09:28So, you see, even if I could stop you, I wouldn't do it now.
00:09:43Yes, sir.
00:10:00My name is Bigelow.
00:10:01I have a reservation.
00:10:02Yes, sir.
00:10:07Here we are, sir.
00:10:08My name is Bigelow.
00:10:09I have a reservation.
00:10:10I have it, sir.
00:10:11It's a very nice room on the sixth floor, facing the bay.
00:10:14Boy, this might help you enjoy your stay, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:17There's a little booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:20Oh, thank you.
00:10:21Very welcome, sir.
00:10:26Say, is it always like this around here?
00:10:28No, this is market week, and it's the last day, too.
00:10:30Boy, always around until you need him.
00:10:39Here's a message for you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:40Long-distance call came in about an hour ago from Banning, from a Paula Gibson.
00:10:45Oh, thank you.
00:10:45Very welcome.
00:10:46Show Mr. Bigelow to 618.
00:10:47Right this way, slide.
00:11:04Right this way, Mr. Bigelow.
00:11:07Is there anything else, Mr. Bigelow?
00:11:25Oh, uh, yes.
00:11:26You can get me, uh, dry in Manhattan and, uh, packs of razor blades.
00:11:29Yes, sir.
00:11:30Oh, and, uh, you can leave that door open.
00:11:35Hello, operator.
00:11:37I want to speak to Miss Paula Gibson in Banning, California.
00:11:40Yeah, that's right.
00:11:41No, I'll wait.
00:11:42Hello.
00:11:47Hello, Paula.
00:11:49Oh, hello, Frank.
00:11:50How was the trip?
00:11:51Fine, just fine.
00:11:52Having a miserable time, I hope.
00:11:54Well, I don't know.
00:11:55I, uh, I just got in.
00:11:58Hi.
00:12:00What was that?
00:12:01Uh, market week.
00:12:02The place is crawling with traveling salesmen.
00:12:04You know, Charlie Anderson found out that you went away, and he asked me to go out with him.
00:12:07Oh, really?
00:12:08How did he make out?
00:12:09I'm considering it.
00:12:11Is that what you called to tell me?
00:12:13I'll have you know that this call is strictly business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:12:17Did a Mr. Phillips phone you?
00:12:18A Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:12:20No.
00:12:20He will.
00:12:21He phoned the office three times today.
00:12:23Said that he wanted to get in touch with you immediately.
00:12:25He said it's most urgent and imperative that he reach you at once.
00:12:28One be one.
00:12:29I don't know.
00:12:30But he sounded deep, dark, and mysterious, and quite agitated about something.
00:12:34Phillips, Phillips, have we, uh, have we ever done any business with him?
00:12:36Not unless you've been keeping it a secret for me.
00:12:39I looked through all the accounts.
00:12:44Uh, why did you tell him you could reach me here?
00:12:46You know I'm supposed to be on vacation.
00:12:48So you told me.
00:12:49And so I told him, dear heart.
00:12:51But the gentleman didn't seem to respect your temperamental moods the way I do.
00:12:55He was very insistent that he speak to you before it's too late, as he put it.
00:12:59Well, tell him you try to get in touch with me, and I've changed my plans, and you can't reach me.
00:13:02He won't talk to me.
00:13:04I told him that I was your confidential secretary, but I guess I didn't sound confidential enough.
00:13:09So I told him that he could reach you there this evening.
00:13:11Well, call him back.
00:13:12If it's as important as he says it is, he'll talk to you.
00:13:14Otherwise, you'll just have to wait until I get home.
00:13:17My, aren't we adamant this evening?
00:13:20All right.
00:13:21Shall do.
00:13:24And Frank.
00:13:25Yeah?
00:13:25I don't quite know how to say this.
00:13:31Say what?
00:13:33Well, what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that you ever have to feel guilty about.
00:13:40Oh.
00:13:43Sure.
00:13:45Thanks, Paula.
00:13:46I'll, uh...
00:13:47I'll call you tomorrow.
00:13:50Frank.
00:13:51Frank.
00:13:55Oh, just put it there for you.
00:14:23You can keep the change.
00:14:24Thanks very much.
00:14:24Say, um, how long has this been going on?
00:14:27Well, it's been a madhouse all week.
00:14:28But they check out tomorrow.
00:14:29Oh?
00:14:30I thought you were with them.
00:14:31No, no, I'm just here on a vacation.
00:14:33Why does everybody come to San Francisco and tear loose?
00:14:39Excuse me.
00:14:41Say, uh, I'm awfully sorry to bother you, but, uh, would you mind if I use your telephone?
00:14:44No, no, go right ahead.
00:14:45I'm just across the hall here.
00:14:47One of the boys is using my phone, and, uh, he's been on for a half hour.
00:14:50I just want to call downstairs.
00:14:52Yeah.
00:14:54Oh, room service, please.
00:14:57Hey, uh, things really picked up the last few days, didn't they?
00:14:59You're right out of much business?
00:15:00Well, I'm not here on business.
00:15:01Oh, uh, hello, room service.
00:15:03It's Mr. Haskell in 617.
00:15:05Yes, that's right.
00:15:05Would you send up, uh, three more bottles of bourbon and two scotch?
00:15:09Yeah, that's right.
00:15:10Oh, and, uh, some more ice, too.
00:15:12Yeah.
00:15:13All right, thank you.
00:15:14You here all alone?
00:15:16Yes, I just got in town.
00:15:17Well, why don't you join us for a drink?
00:15:18Well, I don't want to barge in on your party.
00:15:21Oh, nonsense.
00:15:21It's not a party.
00:15:23Just a few of the boys entertaining some buyers.
00:15:24You know, the usual thing.
00:15:26A few drinks and some laughs.
00:15:28It's no party.
00:15:29Come on.
00:15:30Well, come on.
00:15:31Come on.
00:15:31All right.
00:15:32I don't know what it's like to be all alone in a strange city.
00:15:34I'm, uh, Sam Haskell.
00:15:36I'm Frank.
00:15:37Frank Bigelow.
00:15:38You think some of these guys have never been away from home before?
00:15:41Yeah.
00:15:44Hey, hey, quiet down a second.
00:15:48I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:15:49Hello.
00:15:51This is Jane Carlisle.
00:15:52Bill Welch.
00:15:53How are you, Mr. Welch?
00:15:54Glad to know you, Bigelow.
00:15:55Jane's a prettiest buyer in San Francisco.
00:15:56Oh, hey, I resent that.
00:15:58You don't think I believe him, Elaine?
00:16:00Well, he spread that from coast to coast.
00:16:02Oh, gee.
00:16:02But it's good for my morale anyway.
00:16:04I'm George Cantwell.
00:16:05Glad to know you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:16:07Bigelow, yes.
00:16:08Right on much business?
00:16:09He's not here on business.
00:16:10Oh, well.
00:16:12Well, why don't you get the man a drink before he dies of thirst?
00:16:14How about a little bourbon?
00:16:15Well, that's fine.
00:16:16Bourbon it is.
00:16:19Of course, Mr. Wallace, is that...
00:16:21Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:23But, Mr. Wallace, I'll need at least a week in Cleveland to visit all my accounts.
00:16:26I can't figure out being in Philadelphia until the 17th.
00:16:29Eddie, will you get off the phone?
00:16:30I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:16:31How are you?
00:16:32That's his boss.
00:16:33He's been trying for an hour to get his expensive gun boosted.
00:16:35Yeah, the way this guy holds on to a dollar, you'd think they weren't printing them anymore.
00:16:38Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:40I'm leaving here the first thing in the morning.
00:16:42Yes, sir.
00:16:44Oh, keep your hips loose, Harry.
00:16:46Like this.
00:16:48Oh, yeah.
00:16:48How's he doing?
00:16:51Oh, there's nothing wrong with Harry's rumba.
00:16:52The two years ago, the Murray's wouldn't kill.
00:16:54Hey, now, wait, look at that, I was doing all right there.
00:16:56This is Sue and Harry Brandtis.
00:16:58Hello.
00:16:58Hello.
00:16:58Good to meet you.
00:16:59How are you?
00:17:00Where'd you find her, Sam?
00:17:01On a dance marathon?
00:17:02Oh, she's murder.
00:17:03Oh, thank you.
00:17:04Oh, thank you.
00:17:04Well, I bet you could do the rumba.
00:17:06Well, a little, but I'm kind of rusty.
00:17:08Anything would be an improvement after Harry.
00:17:10Oh, how do you like that?
00:17:11Well, there goes.
00:17:12Oh, my wife, she's a good dancer, isn't she, Big Lowe?
00:17:23Oh, yeah.
00:17:26Hey, fellas, I thought you were going to show us a good time tonight.
00:17:29Is this doing the town?
00:17:31That's right.
00:17:31We practically bankrupt our stores to buy everything you've got.
00:17:34Then you keep us in this hotel room.
00:17:36I agree.
00:17:37This is my last night to howl before I go back to being a beautiful housewife.
00:17:41Oh, that's all right.
00:17:42Well, it looks like we're stuck, boys.
00:17:45This is where we blow all our commissions in one night.
00:17:48And you're coming with us, Big Lowe.
00:17:49Oh, no, thanks.
00:17:50You run along.
00:17:51I've got to get unpacked and have dinner.
00:17:52Oh, no, you're not going to get away from me.
00:17:55Now that I found a man who can dance, I'm going to hang on to it.
00:17:58Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:18:15Oh, my God.
00:18:45Oh, cool, really cool.
00:19:02Man, am I here.
00:19:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:19:15Blow it.
00:19:20Blow up a storm, fisherman.
00:19:38Stick with the fisherman.
00:19:40That's it.
00:19:41Go on, go on, go on.
00:19:42Get it, get it, fisherman.
00:19:45Come on, take it out of me, take it out of me.
00:20:15Here, have a little bit of my drink, Frank.
00:20:18No, thank you.
00:20:21Excuse me a moment.
00:20:22Where are you going, Frank?
00:20:23Excuse me.
00:20:24I think you've had enough.
00:20:25What'll it be?
00:20:26Bourbon and water, no ice.
00:20:27Nice, quiet place you got here.
00:20:28Well, we hit the pitch in about an hour.
00:20:29That's when they really go out of their minds.
00:20:30Who's the blonde?
00:20:32Oh, she's one of the chicks that hangs around here.
00:20:34She's jive crazy.
00:20:35Come again?
00:20:36Oh, you ain't hip, pal.
00:20:37I think you've had enough.
00:20:38I think you've had enough.
00:20:39What'll it be?
00:20:40Jive crazy means that she goes for this stuff.
00:20:43Just between you and me, I don't get it either, but I've got to listen to it.
00:20:46They're all connoisseurs, music lovers.
00:20:49Me, I like Guy Lombardo.
00:20:51She's jive crazy come again. Oh, you ain't hip pal jive crazy means that she goes for this stuff just between you and me
00:20:59I don't get it either, but I got to listen to it. They're all connoisseurs music lovers me. I like guy Lombardo
00:21:05What's the matter with him? Oh, he's flipped the music driving him crazy
00:21:09Come down Jack. Oh, don't buy me man. I'm being in light
00:21:14Is the blonde alone? Oh sure society she always comes in alone drives a big convertible wears a mink coat
00:21:20But knows everybody, but she always comes in alone
00:21:25Thank you
00:21:29I tried to give me another blast Leo
00:21:32What's your story Jeannie
00:21:40Hello
00:21:42Dig the fisherman that's really silk isn't it? I buy you drink sure
00:21:46Give me a blast Leo Leo. I left my blast
00:21:50The other end of the bar
00:22:01My name is Jeannie, but you
00:22:04Frank
00:22:05I've never seen you here before Frank. Well, I've never been here
00:22:08Oh
00:22:14This is mine mine was bourbon. Well sure it is. You saw me for it
00:22:20Give me a fresh drink anything you say listen to that piano feel those vibrations
00:22:26You don't get your kicks out of this do you I can live without it
00:22:33Why do you stay here?
00:22:35I don't know
00:22:36I bet I know you're lonely in a big city
00:22:39You don't have to go into a routine with me
00:22:42I like good company too
00:22:43Say there's some people there I want to avoid
00:22:55Couldn't we get out of here?
00:22:57Let me think about it
00:22:59Oh, come on. How about going somewhere else then?
00:23:02Why don't you meet me later?
00:23:03Okay, well
00:23:18Call me that number later. It's my next stop
00:23:21They've got a band there that'll really send you
00:23:24See you Jeannie
00:23:25Easy
00:23:26Easy
00:23:27Come on
00:23:53Never mind operator
00:23:57Come on
00:24:27Be a friend
00:24:32Come on
00:24:34You're
00:24:37You're
00:24:39Ready?
00:24:41Oh
00:24:42Hey
00:24:44Hey
00:24:45Hey
00:24:47Hey
00:24:49Hey
00:24:50Hey
00:24:52Hey
00:24:53Room service, please.
00:25:23You're right with you, waiter.
00:25:31Yes, sir.
00:25:35Rest well, sir?
00:25:36Yeah, sure.
00:25:37May I?
00:25:38Go ahead.
00:25:42It's on there for you.
00:25:43Thank you, sir.
00:25:44Would you like anything else?
00:25:45No, thank you.
00:25:46That's all.
00:25:51Waiter.
00:25:52Yes, sir.
00:25:55Take this away.
00:25:58Is there anything wrong, sir?
00:26:00No, no, just take it away.
00:26:02I don't even want to look at it.
00:26:06Are you all right, sir?
00:26:08Yeah, sure.
00:26:10All right, I just had too big a night, I guess, that's all.
00:26:14I need some fresh air.
00:26:15Of course, sir.
00:26:16Thank you, sir.
00:26:25No.
00:26:26It's all right.
00:26:27It's all right.
00:26:32It's all right.
00:26:37Let's go.
00:27:07Lung's in good condition, blood pressure normal, heart fine.
00:27:24Well, it's a good thing everybody isn't like you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:27Put us doctors out of business.
00:27:28I'm glad to hear it, doctor. I was a little worried.
00:27:30Don't let a little bellyache worry you.
00:27:32Could be just a change of climate.
00:27:34Well, it isn't exactly an ache, doctor.
00:27:35It's kind of hard to describe the feeling.
00:27:38Maybe it was the drinks I had last night.
00:27:39I might have mixed them too much, huh?
00:27:41Let's have another look at that throat.
00:27:46You may finish dressing now, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:48I want to get the results of those tests we took.
00:27:50Thank you, doctor.
00:28:07Mr. Bigelow, this is Dr. Schaefer.
00:28:16Hello, doctor. How are you?
00:28:17Sit down, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:20According to the information you gave Miss Wilson, you're not married, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:23That's right.
00:28:23Do you have any relatives, family? Anyone in San Francisco?
00:28:27No, no one. I don't know a soul in San Francisco.
00:28:30Where is your home?
00:28:31What is this, doctor? Why all the questions?
00:28:33You're a very sick man, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:35Sick?
00:28:36But you told me I was in good shape.
00:28:37Yes, I know.
00:28:39But my preliminary examination didn't reveal your true condition.
00:28:42You sound as if it's pretty serious, doctor.
00:28:44It's extremely serious.
00:28:45I want you to understand that we wouldn't tell you something like this unless we were absolutely certain.
00:28:49Well, of course, of course.
00:28:50You must steal yourself for a shock, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:52Well, go on, doctor. What is it you're trying to tell me?
00:28:55Our tests reveal the presence in your body of a luminous toxic matter.
00:28:59What is that exactly?
00:29:00A poison that attacks the vital organs.
00:29:02Poison?
00:29:02We have no alternative but to tell you this.
00:29:05Your system has already absorbed sufficient toxin to prove fatal.
00:29:08I wish there was something that we could do.
00:29:11What do you mean, wish? You mean there's nothing?
00:29:13There is nothing anyone can do.
00:29:15This is one of the few poisons of its type for which there is no antidote.
00:29:19Well, this is fantastic.
00:29:21This is the most ridiculous thing.
00:29:23You don't have very long.
00:29:26What do you mean?
00:29:27A day. Possibly a week. Two weeks at the outside.
00:29:30It's hard to say exactly.
00:29:32Well, this is impossible. I don't believe it.
00:29:34You've made a mistake. That's it. It could be a mistake, couldn't it?
00:29:37You have made a mistake. How did you answer me?
00:29:39Dr. Schaefer is an authority on toxicology.
00:29:41Then no mistake, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:44Do you realize what you're saying?
00:29:46Well, you're telling me that I'm dead.
00:29:48Do you think you can explain my life away in just a few words?
00:29:51Why, I don't even know who you are. Why should I believe you?
00:29:54You must calm yourself, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:56We want to offer you every assistance that we...
00:29:58Assistance? Who wants your assistance?
00:29:59Who wants anything from you?
00:30:00You're nothing but a couple of phonies.
00:30:02Why, I think you're crazy.
00:30:03That's it. You're crazy. The both of you, you're crazy.
00:30:05Where's the doctor?
00:30:22Come on, tell me.
00:30:23Get out of here, doctor.
00:30:25What's the trouble here? What's the matter with you?
00:30:29Doctor, I want you to examine me for luminous poisoning.
00:30:35I'm right in here.
00:30:44Yeah, you've got it all right.
00:30:46Your system has already absorbed it.
00:30:50Are you sure, doctor? Are you absolutely certain?
00:30:53Couldn't there be some mistake?
00:30:59There it is.
00:31:00The toxin is actually luminous in the dark.
00:31:03Now, there's no doubt about it, Bigelow.
00:31:07I don't feel sick. My stomach is just a little bit upset.
00:31:10Maybe it's not as bad as you think, doctor.
00:31:12That's characteristic.
00:31:14With a heavy jolt, you go suddenly in a matter of hours.
00:31:16But if the stuff has taken in a lesser degree, you last a while.
00:31:20And then...
00:31:23And then...
00:31:25Give it to me straight, doctor.
00:31:29Well, a number of things are involved.
00:31:30The systemic condition of the individual, the amount consumed, exertion...
00:31:34Yes.
00:31:36You won't feel too badly for a while.
00:31:38Then it will happen suddenly.
00:31:39A day, two days, a week at the most.
00:31:47A day?
00:31:49Two days?
00:31:50There's nothing that can be done now.
00:31:52If it had been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out.
00:31:55But you've had it in you for some time now.
00:31:57For at least 12 hours, haven't you, Bigelow?
00:31:59I don't know.
00:32:01You don't know?
00:32:02No.
00:32:03Don't you know how you got it?
00:32:03No.
00:32:04This is no accident.
00:32:06Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:32:07That wax is tasteless, notarless.
00:32:09The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it in liquor.
00:32:12I was drinking last night.
00:32:14I'll arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately.
00:32:17Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
00:32:19This is a case for homicide.
00:32:22Homicide?
00:32:23I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow.
00:32:26You've been murdered.
00:32:33Get me police headquarters, please.
00:32:36Homicide Bureau.
00:32:52You've got a friend?
00:33:12I've been murdered.
00:33:45A day, two days, a week of course.
00:34:15You've been murdered.
00:34:19This is the incident.
00:34:21You've been murdered.
00:34:31You've been murdered.
00:34:33And this is no incident.
00:34:35Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:34:37No amount of alcohol in your body, you wouldn't have got him wet.
00:34:40There's nothing to be done now.
00:34:43You've been murdered.
00:34:45You've been murdered.
00:34:47You've been murdered.
00:34:49You've been murdered.
00:34:51Don't leave it in.
00:34:53But, can't you see youraki particle at home?
00:34:55I think we've got Zחft.
00:34:57It's hell.
00:34:59Isn't it terrible to die?
00:35:01Oh.
00:35:02Oh my god.
00:35:04Oh my god.
00:35:07Oh.
00:35:09Oh, yeah.
00:35:11Did never die?
00:35:13Maybe it's a� weighted operation
00:35:15if you worms.
00:35:17THE END
00:35:47open up open this door I tell you open it up or I'll break it down where are those men where are those men who were here last night I don't know there are no men here please go away don't lie to me where are they
00:36:05mister this lady just checked in those men aren't here no longer they checked out the hotel early this morning
00:36:11check out please go away I'm sorry I'm terribly sorry
00:36:16hello please Mr. Bigelow my eardrums
00:36:26oh hello Paula your enthusiasm overwhelms me why haven't you phoned me or is there a quota on telephone calls up there
00:36:34I'm sorry I I've I've been busy
00:36:38I'll bet you have visiting the museums no doubt
00:36:41what's happening up there that's exciting or different
00:36:44nothing not a thing
00:36:46I'll bet you missed me but you're too stubborn to admit it
00:36:49sure sure
00:36:50you know if you'd like me to come up I can pack a toothbrush and leave right away
00:36:53no
00:36:54well you don't have to snap my head off you could at least make a pretence of missing me
00:36:59I'm sorry Paula of course I miss you
00:37:03listen Paula I
00:37:06Paula it's just that I I don't feel like talking now I'll call you later
00:37:14don't strain yourself you phone me sometime when you feel more like talking
00:37:18oh by the way I called that Mr. Phillips back
00:37:23Phillips yes you know the man that tried to reach you
00:37:26well I'm afraid you'll never know why it was so important that he speak to you
00:37:29his office said he died yesterday
00:37:31Frank are you there did you hear me
00:37:36died
00:37:40when
00:37:43yesterday
00:37:43so you won't have to bother your little head about him anymore you can just go ahead and have fun
00:37:48Paula
00:37:50what did he die from do you know
00:37:53I suppose he died from whatever people usually die from
00:37:55well didn't they tell you don't you know
00:37:57what are you getting so excited about you said you didn't even know the man
00:38:00listen where's his office located
00:38:02what difference does it make you can't talk to him now I told you the man's dead
00:38:06Paula will you stop talking so much and tell me where his office is
00:38:09well right
00:38:11it's the Phillips importing and exporting company Bradbury building Los Angeles
00:38:19Bradbury building Los Angeles
00:38:21that's right say this is really a switch
00:38:24listen if you want to reach me I'll be in Los Angeles
00:38:26are you out of your mind
00:38:27I'm sorry Paul I've got to hurry
00:38:28wait a minute we're in Los Angeles
00:38:30the Allison the Allison Hotel
00:38:32goodbye Paula
00:38:34all right
00:38:37see you
00:38:39too
00:38:41we're
00:38:44okay
00:38:45yeah
00:38:48yeah
00:38:53yeah
00:38:55yeah
00:38:56yeah
00:38:58yeah
00:39:00I'd like to see someone in charge here.
00:39:11What is it in regard to?
00:39:11It's a personal matter. It's quite urgent.
00:39:13Perhaps Mr. Halliday can help you.
00:39:15Who's he?
00:39:15He's our controller.
00:39:17Your name, please?
00:39:17Bigelow.
00:39:20Mr. Bigelow to see you.
00:39:21Send him in.
00:39:22Go right in, please.
00:39:23That door.
00:39:30Mr. Bigelow?
00:39:31How are you, Mr. Halliday?
00:39:35What can I do for you?
00:39:36Well, Mr. Phillips phoned my office several times yesterday.
00:39:39I'd like to find out what it's all about.
00:39:41You know Mr. Phillips died yesterday?
00:39:43Yes, I know.
00:39:44Well, I don't understand.
00:39:46If he phoned you, didn't he tell you what it was about?
00:39:48Well, he didn't speak to me.
00:39:50I wasn't in my office at the time.
00:39:51And he wouldn't tell my secretary.
00:39:53I'm afraid I can't be of much help, Mr. Bigelow.
00:39:56I have no idea why Mr. Phillips tried to reach you.
00:39:58I'm sorry you had to make the trip for nothing.
00:40:01How do you know I made a trip?
00:40:03I didn't say anything about making a trip.
00:40:05I merely said he phoned my office.
00:40:06My office could be here in Los Angeles.
00:40:10Miss Foster.
00:40:13Yes?
00:40:14Didn't you mention something yesterday about Mr. Phillips speaking with Mr. Bigelow in San Francisco?
00:40:18I said that he had phoned Mr. Bigelow's office in Banning,
00:40:20but that Mr. Bigelow was staying at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
00:40:23I'm sorry you misunderstood me.
00:40:24Do you know why Mr. Phillips called?
00:40:26No, I don't.
00:40:26All right, thank you, Miss Foster.
00:40:28You can understand that we've been somewhat upset around here.
00:40:32Now, if you don't mind.
00:40:39Do Mr. Phillips have a wife, family, anyone that could help me?
00:40:42You can't intrude on people at a time like this just to satisfy some curiosity.
00:40:46It isn't just curiosity.
00:40:48Then I suggest you wait a week or so.
00:40:49I can't wait.
00:40:49Well, I'm sorry you'll have to.
00:40:50Well, there's always a phone book.
00:40:52You're a pretty aggressive fellow, Bigelow.
00:40:54Are you quite sure that this is as important as you make it appear to be?
00:40:57It's important.
00:40:59Mrs. Phillips lives at the Sunset Arms Apartments.
00:41:03I needn't tell you she's under a strain.
00:41:05I suppose you're capable of using a little more tact with her than you demonstrated with me.
00:41:13I think I can handle it.
00:41:15By the way, what was the cause of Mr. Phillips' death?
00:41:18Suicide.
00:41:19He hit from the balcony of his apartment.
00:41:22Come in, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:42I'm Stanley Phillips, Eugene's brother.
00:41:44Halliday phoned that you were coming.
00:41:45This is my sister-in-law, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:53I'll try to make this as brief as possible, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:56I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:42:00I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
00:42:06Well, I guess Halliday covered just about everything.
00:42:10Did your husband ever mention anything about me, Mrs. Phillips?
00:42:12Anything at all?
00:42:13No, no.
00:42:15I can't recall you, Gene, ever having mentioned your name.
00:42:28I hate to ask you this, Mrs. Phillips, but it's a vital importance to me.
00:42:32Do you know why your husband committed suicide?
00:42:36What?
00:42:40You're certainly not the most diplomatic person in the world, are you, Bigelow?
00:42:43Were you a friend of my brother's?
00:42:47I never met him.
00:42:55My brother was in a jam, a pretty bad jam.
00:42:57He was arrested two days ago.
00:42:59He sold some iridium to a dealer by the name of Majak.
00:43:02It's a very rare metal, very costly.
00:43:05Anyway, the iridium turned out to be stolen.
00:43:07He was released on bail yesterday, but he faced a pretty stiff prison term.
00:43:11Men have committed suicide for less.
00:43:12Yes, I know.
00:43:13That's how the police feel about it.
00:43:15What puzzles me, though, is this crooked deal.
00:43:17Knowing Eugene, you wouldn't say he's the type of man to be mixed up in anything like that,
00:43:20now would you?
00:43:21I told you I never met him.
00:43:22That's right, so you did.
00:43:24Now, what's this all got to do with you, Bigelow?
00:43:26I don't know.
00:43:27Let's complain with each other, Bigelow.
00:43:28Surely you must have some idea why my brother was so desperate to contact you.
00:43:31I have no idea.
00:43:32That's odd.
00:43:33Then how could it be of such vital importance to you?
00:43:35Well, you seem to know the answer to everything else.
00:43:38Maybe you know the answer to that one, too.
00:43:50There's a message here for you to call Operator 82 at Banning.
00:43:53Oh, thank you.
00:43:55Show Mr. Bigelow to room 821.
00:43:56Say, would you have the operator put this call through to my room right away?
00:43:59I'll take it up there.
00:44:02Hello, Operator.
00:44:05Here, I'll call you if I need entry.
00:44:08Thank you, sir.
00:44:09Hello, Paula?
00:44:11Well, Sinbad, I'd just about given you up for lust.
00:44:15Now, do you mind telling me just why you rushed down to Los Angeles?
00:44:19I can't explain it to you just now, Paula.
00:44:21I just can't explain it.
00:44:24What's going on, Frank?
00:44:25You don't even sound like yourself.
00:44:26Well, I'm...
00:44:29I'm just a little tired, Paula, that's all.
00:44:31But I miss you.
00:44:36Oh, Frank.
00:44:38I can't tell you how good it is to hear you say that.
00:44:41And here I was worrying that I'd lost my charm.
00:44:44When are you coming home, Frank?
00:44:47Soon, Paula.
00:44:49I'll be home soon.
00:44:52I'll go right out and get myself a permanent, so I'll be pretty when you see me.
00:44:56Hey, guess what?
00:44:57I found that Phillips name in your notarial ledger.
00:45:01Notarial ledger?
00:45:02Yes, of all places.
00:45:04I remember now, I made the entry myself.
00:45:06You had notarized a paper one morning before I came to work.
00:45:09What kind of paper was it?
00:45:11A bill of sale for a George Reynolds made out to Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:45:16See, you see, I was right.
00:45:17We haven't done any business with Phillips, only indirectly.
00:45:20What was the bill of sale for?
00:45:21A shipment of iridium, whatever that is.
00:45:23You mentioned at the time that this fellow Reynolds had made some kind of a deal in Palm Springs,
00:45:28and he stopped in your office early in the morning on his way north to have it notarized.
00:45:32Wait a minute.
00:45:34Wait a minute, George Reynolds, that was about six months ago, wasn't it?
00:45:38That's right, six months ago.
00:45:39Thanks, Paula.
00:45:40Oh, goodbye.
00:45:42Goodbye.
00:45:45Hello, operator.
00:45:46Get that number back for me.
00:45:47I've got to talk to you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:46:11Please, go away.
00:46:14I want to be left alone.
00:46:16But I found out why your husband wanted to see me.
00:46:17It was in connection with a bill of sale.
00:46:20Come in.
00:46:23What do you know about a man named George Reynolds?
00:46:26George Reynolds?
00:46:27Yes.
00:46:27Why, that's the man my husband claimed sold in the iridium.
00:46:30And what did Reynolds claim?
00:46:31Reynolds disappeared.
00:46:33Yes.
00:46:33About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious that something was wrong.
00:46:38Since then, he tried in every way to locate Reynolds, but could find no trace of him.
00:46:42But I don't get it.
00:46:42Your husband could have proved he made a legitimate deal by showing the bill of sale he got from Reynolds.
00:46:46Then there was a bill of sale?
00:46:47Yes.
00:46:48Yes, of course there was.
00:46:49My husband swore there was, but at the time of his arrest, he couldn't find it.
00:46:53It was mysteriously missing.
00:46:55Well, then if your husband could have shown proof, it would have been George Reynolds who would have faced the prison term.
00:46:59Eugene was convinced that Reynolds had stolen the bill of sale.
00:47:02He was the only one who had reason to eliminate evidence of the transaction.
00:47:07Thank you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:47:08Thank you very much.
00:47:09You've been very helpful.
00:47:11Oh, if you'd only come sooner, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:14My husband might be alive today.
00:47:17I know.
00:47:26The only thing that puzzles me, Mrs. Phillips, is that you haven't asked how I knew there was a bill of sale.
00:47:32Mr. Holliday isn't in. He should be back shortly.
00:47:47I think you're the one who can help me, Miss Foster.
00:47:49Mr. Phillips tried to reach someone else before he called me yesterday.
00:47:51Didn't he?
00:47:51Why don't you ask Mr. Holliday?
00:47:53Obviously, Mr. Holliday wasn't here yesterday.
00:47:55Or he wouldn't have had to learn from you that Phillips called me.
00:47:57And you're the logical person to know who else Phillips called.
00:48:00I don't believe that's any of your business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:48:02Don't think you're revealing anything confidential, Miss Foster.
00:48:04I know that he tried to reach somebody else.
00:48:06Mrs. Phillips told me.
00:48:07You're bluffing, Mr. Bigelow.
00:48:08I don't know what you're after, but you're trying to trick me.
00:48:11Mrs. Phillips didn't tell you a thing.
00:48:13How do you know that?
00:48:14Mrs. Phillips knows nothing about it.
00:48:15She doesn't?
00:48:17Well, why wouldn't she?
00:48:18Wait a minute.
00:48:19I was talking about George Reynolds.
00:48:20Who did you think I meant?
00:48:21Just who is it that Mrs. Phillips doesn't know about?
00:48:23I told you before, that's none of your business.
00:48:24All right, John.
00:48:25Lady, I'm going to give it to you straight.
00:48:26Phillips was murdered.
00:48:27Murdered?
00:48:27I don't believe you.
00:48:28Come on.
00:48:28He told me because he needed me to clear him.
00:48:30Phillips was innocent.
00:48:30Innocent men don't have to jump out of windows.
00:48:32Murdered?
00:48:33Just who are you trying to protect, Miss Foster?
00:48:34Why are you so afraid to tell the truth?
00:48:36I'm not protecting anybody.
00:48:37I haven't any more to say.
00:48:38All right, John.
00:48:39Listen to me.
00:48:40This thing is going to explode wide open.
00:48:42If you've got nothing to hide, you better start talking.
00:48:43Or maybe you are, Miss Foster.
00:48:44No!
00:48:45Well, then, come on.
00:48:46Mr. Phillips called Marla Recubian.
00:48:48He went to see her yesterday morning.
00:48:50Who's Marla Recubian?
00:48:51She's a model.
00:48:52She and Mr. Phillips used to be quite friendly,
00:48:54but he hadn't been seeing her for quite some time.
00:48:56Come on.
00:48:56The last couple of months, he'd been trying to locate her
00:48:58and finally learned where she lived yesterday morning.
00:49:00When he returned from singery,
00:49:02he was terribly upset and excited.
00:49:04That's when he had me put in the calls for you.
00:49:06When he couldn't reach you, he went home.
00:49:08The last time I saw him alive.
00:49:09Give me Marla Recubian's address.
00:49:12I don't think Mr. Phillips realized
00:49:15I was aware of his friendship with Marla Recubian.
00:49:18Out of respect for him, I never intended to tell anybody.
00:49:22I had no idea that she had anything to do
00:49:23with the trouble he was in.
00:49:25I admire your discretion, Miss Foster.
00:49:29You know, you must be pretty friendly with Stanley, Miss Foster.
00:49:32He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me yesterday
00:49:34and he wasn't even here at the time.
00:49:36And now you seem to know all about what happened
00:49:38in Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
00:49:39Mrs. Recubian?
00:49:48Yes?
00:49:50What do you want?
00:49:51Get out of here or I'll call the police.
00:49:52Go ahead, call him.
00:49:54Well, go ahead, call him.
00:49:56Going on a trip, huh?
00:49:57Yes.
00:49:58Going away for the weekend.
00:49:59Sailing for Buenos Aires tomorrow, some weekend.
00:50:01I'll send you a postcard.
00:50:02Now get out of here.
00:50:03Who are you going with, George Reynolds?
00:50:05I've never heard of him.
00:50:06I suppose you've never heard of Eugene Phillips either.
00:50:09Just who are you?
00:50:10What do you want?
00:50:10Never mind who I am.
00:50:11Where's Reynolds?
00:50:12I told you I don't know him.
00:50:14Now will you get out of here and leave me alone?
00:50:15So you've never heard of George Reynolds, huh?
00:50:23And don't try to tell me that this isn't him because I've seen him.
00:50:25If you think you can scare me, you're crazy.
00:50:27Look, I know that Phillips came here yesterday.
00:50:29And right after he left, he was pushed out of a six-story window.
00:50:31Pushed?
00:50:32Phillips committed suicide.
00:50:33Your playmate Reynolds murdered Phillips.
00:50:35Then he went up to San Francisco to get me.
00:50:37Because I knew about a certain bill of sale.
00:50:39I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:41You're in this right up to your pretty little neck.
00:50:43I'm not mixed up in anything.
00:50:45Get your hands up.
00:50:46Drop that picture on the couch.
00:50:48Turn around.
00:50:51Don't get any ideas because I'm not afraid to use this.
00:50:54Give me your wallet.
00:50:55Frank Bigelow.
00:51:01Hotel Alex.
00:51:06All right, now where's Reynolds?
00:51:07I don't know.
00:51:08I don't know where he is.
00:51:09Is that what you told Phillips yesterday?
00:51:11I told him exactly what I'm telling you.
00:51:12I haven't heard from him in months.
00:51:14Yeah?
00:51:14You're mighty careful of the picture of a man you haven't heard from in months.
00:51:17What does the race stand for?
00:51:18It was a pet name.
00:51:20Do you mind?
00:51:21Oh, it sounds very cozy, Miss Recubian.
00:51:22You and Reynolds call each other pet names while you make a sucker out of Phillips.
00:51:26Phillips made the deal because he wanted it.
00:51:27Yeah?
00:51:29I'll bet you you weren't above using what it takes to help make him want it.
00:51:32Who's paying for this trip?
00:51:34I am.
00:51:36Really?
00:51:36A first-class trip to Buenos Aires on a model salary don't make me laugh.
00:51:40Since you and Reynolds aren't seeing each other anymore, you don't mind if I keep this to you.
00:51:44If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in.
00:51:49You know, I really believe you would.
00:51:52Oh, I almost forgot.
00:51:56Your tickets.
00:51:59Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off.
00:52:01Angelo.
00:52:23Angelo.
00:52:23Angelo.
00:52:23Angelo.
00:52:25Oh, Angelo, do you remember taking this picture of a George Ramos?
00:52:32I take so many pictures, I can't remember them all.
00:52:34This gentleman is a friend of his and would like his address.
00:52:36We have no card on him.
00:52:38I don't think we ought to do that.
00:52:39He's willing to pay $20 for it.
00:52:42That's the paper we used last year.
00:52:44Of course, you understand, we usually don't give out the information about our clients.
00:52:47I know, you're a couple of high-class fellas.
00:52:49Revealing anything confidential is against the ethics of our establishment.
00:52:52That's right, honesty is the best policy.
00:52:54Of course.
00:52:55But in your case, it must be your personal friend or Mr. Reynolds.
00:52:58Thanks, I knew you'd come through.
00:53:00Got it.
00:53:02Here it is.
00:53:02We don't have his address.
00:53:03He must have called for the picture.
00:53:05But he couldn't have been a very good friend of yours, mister.
00:53:07Because his name is not George Reynolds.
00:53:09It isn't.
00:53:10Well, what is it?
00:53:11It's a...
00:53:12Huh?
00:53:14Oh.
00:53:16Here, it's Raymond Rakubian.
00:53:19Rakubian?
00:53:22What's the unusual about that?
00:53:23The picture signed Ray, isn't it?
00:53:25Yeah.
00:53:28Yeah.
00:53:29Yeah.
00:53:31Thanks.
00:53:32Let's go.
00:54:02Let's go.
00:54:32Let's go.
00:55:02Let's go.
00:55:32Let's go.
00:56:02Let's go.
00:56:32Let's go.
00:56:33Let's go.
00:56:34Let's go.
00:56:35Let's go.
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00:56:37Let's go.
00:56:38Let's go.
00:56:39Let's go.
00:56:40Let's go.
00:56:41Let's go.
00:56:42Let's go.
00:56:43Let's go.
00:56:44Let's go.
00:56:45Let's go.
00:56:46Let's go.
00:56:47Let's go.
00:56:48Let's go.
00:56:49Let's go.
00:56:50Let's go.
00:56:51Let's go.
00:56:52Let's go.
00:56:53Let's go.
00:56:54Let's go.
00:56:55Let's go.
00:56:56Let's go.
00:56:57Let's go.
00:56:58Let's go.
00:56:59Let's go.
00:57:00Let's go.
00:57:01Let's go.
00:57:02Let's go.
00:57:03Let's go.
00:57:04Let's go.
00:57:05Let's go.
00:57:06Let's go.
00:57:07Let's go.
00:57:08Let's go.
00:57:09Let's go.
00:57:10Let's go.
00:57:11Now you're beginning to annoy me.
00:57:12So get out before I throw you out.
00:57:19You know, you really frighten me.
00:57:40Well, it's about time you showed up, Biggle.
00:57:53Go ahead, Dave.
00:58:02Real cute, ain't you, Biggle?
00:58:03Just real cute.
00:58:04Paula didn't lose much time getting a hold of you guys, did she?
00:58:07Shut up.
00:58:08Let's go, Biggle.
00:58:09Look at him.
00:58:10He can't take it.
00:58:11Soft in the back.
00:58:15You do that again and I'll kick your face out.
00:58:18Lay off, Chester.
00:58:19Cut it out.
00:58:20Shut up.
00:58:21Who asked you?
00:58:25Better let him answer it.
00:58:26The clerk might know he's in.
00:58:27Go ahead, Biggle.
00:58:35Hello?
00:58:36Frank.
00:58:37Frank, why did you hang up on me?
00:58:38I've been trying to get you for hours.
00:58:40I'm sorry, Paula.
00:58:41I was in a hurry.
00:58:42Well, don't be in such a hurry this time.
00:58:44You didn't give me a chance to finish what I had to say.
00:58:46It was a pain.
00:58:47I wanted to tell you that McGowan was in hollering his head off because you didn't go over the books.
00:58:52Tell McGowan to get another audit.
00:58:54Sure.
00:58:55Sure, I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account we've got.
00:58:58Do as I tell you, Paula.
00:59:01Frank, are you... are you drunk?
00:59:03Paula, how much we got in the bank?
00:59:06About $2,200.
00:59:09Draw it out tomorrow.
00:59:11Sure.
00:59:12Then what do we do? Skip town without paying our bills?
00:59:15Forget the bills.
00:59:16You know that coat you always wanted? Buy it.
00:59:21You are drunk.
00:59:23You know, if I didn't have such a good character, I'd be tempted to take advantage of your intoxicated state, Mr. Bigelow.
00:59:28I'm not drunk, Paula.
00:59:30Well, then don't tell me that one day away from me can affect you this way.
00:59:34Cut it short.
00:59:37Paula.
00:59:38Yes?
00:59:41I'm... I'm sorry I... I left you.
00:59:45I never realized how much I love you.
00:59:48But I know it now.
00:59:51Oh, Frank, Frank, darling, I love you too so very much.
00:59:57Please come home.
00:59:58I miss you terribly.
01:00:02Now, I said cut it short.
01:00:06I'd just love to let you land at Bigelow.
01:00:08Let's go, Chester.
01:00:09This guy's kept us waiting long enough.
01:00:10Now, walk in front of Bigelow.
01:00:14And keep your mouth shut.
01:00:16If you're so much lacrosse-eyed at anybody, I'll blow the back of your skull out.
01:00:28The bigelow's real cute.
01:00:29He wanted to get tough with Chester.
01:00:30He don't know Chester.
01:00:31Did you get the picture?
01:00:32Don't I always get what Mr. Majak sends me after?
01:00:34Majak.
01:00:35Majak.
01:00:37That's right.
01:00:39I'm the dealer who bought the iridium from Phillips.
01:00:41I get it.
01:00:43You have Recubian unload stolen stuff on Phillips,
01:00:45for the help of Marla here.
01:00:46And then you buy it back from him.
01:00:47Oh, you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
01:00:48What is it, Mr. Bigelow?
01:00:49Exactly, what is on your mind?
01:00:50I'm looking for Raymond Recubian.
01:00:51Why?
01:00:52Well, now, Marla has told you everything else.
01:00:53I'm sure she must have told you that, too.
01:00:54Oh, well, he's going to tell you everything.
01:00:55And he's going to tell you that.
01:00:56He's going to tell you all the time.
01:00:57I'm not sure.
01:00:58You're going to tell me.
01:00:59Thank you for that.
01:01:00And you're going to tell you all the time.
01:01:01That's right.
01:01:02And the dealer who bought the iridium from Phillips.
01:01:03I get it.
01:01:04You have Recubian unload stolen stuff on Phillips,
01:01:05for the help of Marla here.
01:01:06And then you buy it back from him.
01:01:07Oh, you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
01:01:08Exactly, what is on your mind?
01:01:11I'm looking for Raymond Rakubian.
01:01:13Why?
01:01:14Well, now, Molly here has told you everything else.
01:01:16I'm sure she must have told you that, too.
01:01:18You don't expect me to believe this conversation.
01:01:22So, what is on your mind? I mean, underneath.
01:01:27You forced your way into my affairs, and now I want to know why.
01:01:31I just told you, I'm looking for Raymond Rakubian.
01:01:34Don't get cute. I'm just itching to work you over.
01:01:38Soft in the belly. Can't take it.
01:01:42See what I tell you.
01:01:55You can't do that to Chester. I'm gonna blow your guts out.
01:01:58Easy. Way off Chester, not now.
01:02:04Look at him. He's so scared of Chester, he talk now.
01:02:08He's not afraid, Chester.
01:02:12You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid.
01:02:15Look at his eyes.
01:02:17I'm telling you, Majak. You better keep him away from me, or he's really gonna have to use that gun.
01:02:35Go away, Chester. Please.
01:02:39Do what I tell you, my boy. Please.
01:02:44And help David.
01:02:47Oh, you're in pain.
01:02:48He's an unfortunate boy. He's psychopathic.
01:03:03He's unhappy unless he gives pain. He likes to see blood.
01:03:07Come with me, Mr. Bigelow.
01:03:19Raymond Rakubian was my nephew.
01:03:21He could not possibly have tried to kill you. He's been dead five months.
01:03:25I'm afraid you have been sidetracked.
01:03:35Provided it is true that somebody made an attempt on your life.
01:03:38Somebody made an attempt again today.
01:03:40I had no reason to kill you. Believe me.
01:03:43What do you mean? You had no reason. I notarized a certain bill of sale.
01:03:47You notarized a bill of sale for Reynolds. Not Rakubian.
01:03:52What I told you was true. I had no reason to kill you. That's a closet, Mr. Bigel.
01:03:58And under other circumstances, you could go home now.
01:04:03But...
01:04:05Now you present a problem. You know too much, and I am in danger.
01:04:10I am in danger.
01:04:11Chester!
01:04:12Suppose I were able to prove to you that I only want to find the person who tried to kill me.
01:04:15And I won't cause you any trouble.
01:04:18You know, I can go to jail for ten years for this little business.
01:04:21Ten years!
01:04:23At my age, that's... that's my life. That means my entire life.
01:04:27With my life, I do not take chances. I am sorry. Believe me.
01:04:31You want Joe to go with you?
01:04:33No. Just Bigelow and me.
01:04:36And baby Megs too.
01:04:37With me, Jane.
01:04:40Goodbye, Mr. Bigelow and...
01:04:42Forgive me.
01:04:43Let's go, Bigelow.
01:04:47I guess you won't be there to see me off.
01:04:49You tried to make a boob out of me in front of Major. You shouldn't have done that, Bigelow. I don't like that.
01:04:56I'm going to enjoy this, Bigelow. I've done jobs like this before. I knocked off guys I could like. But I don't like that.
01:05:03I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it.
01:05:05I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it.
01:05:06I've done jobs like this before. I knocked off guys I could like. But I don't like you, Bigelow. I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it.
01:05:10I'm going to enjoy this. I'm going to enjoy this. I'm going to enjoy this. I've done jobs like this before. I knocked off guys I could like. But I don't like you, Bigelow. I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it. I'm going to enjoy this.
01:05:37You ain't scared yet, are you, Bigelow? But you'll be scared. Goodness scared. I think I'll give it to you, the belly. You don't like it, the belly?
01:06:00Good. Try it. I'd just love you to try it, Bigelow. Why don't you try it? Go ahead.
01:06:19Didn't have the nerve, did you, Bigelow? Yeah. I think I'll give it to you right in the belly.
01:06:25It takes longer when you get it in the belly. It's nice and slow. That's the way I want to see you go, Bigelow. Nice and slow.
01:06:55Let's go.
01:07:25Oh, my God.
01:07:55No, no, no, no.
01:08:25Let's go.
01:08:55Frank, are you all right?
01:09:03Yes, I'm all right, Paula.
01:09:04But what are you doing here?
01:09:05How did you get here?
01:09:06Freddy Ross threw me down.
01:09:07I had to come.
01:09:08I had to see you.
01:09:09You shouldn't have come, Paula.
01:09:11You shouldn't have.
01:09:11What is it, Frank?
01:09:12You're in some kind of trouble.
01:09:13I know it.
01:09:14Look at you.
01:09:15You're a sight.
01:09:16Your clothes look as if you've slept in them.
01:09:18Are you ill?
01:09:19You are.
01:09:20You're feverish.
01:09:21I'm all right, Paula, and I'm not in any trouble, believe me.
01:09:23You're lying, Frank.
01:09:24Right after I spoke to you, I got a phone call from the San Francisco police.
01:09:27They asked if I knew where you were.
01:09:29You didn't tell them anything, did you?
01:09:30Of course not.
01:09:31It was a homicide detective that called.
01:09:35What is it, Frank?
01:09:36If you're in any kind of trouble, you certainly can trust me.
01:09:39Look, I'm not in any trouble with the police, Paula.
01:09:41Believe me.
01:09:41But you can stay here.
01:09:42You've got to go back to Banning right away.
01:09:44No, I won't go, Frank.
01:09:45I won't.
01:09:46I'm staying here with you.
01:09:47Paula, it's better that you go back.
01:09:49Believe me.
01:09:49Why?
01:09:50What's this all about?
01:09:51What have you got to do with this Phillips and Reynolds?
01:09:54Phillips was murdered.
01:09:58Murph, what could that possibly have to do with you?
01:10:02All you did was notarize a paper.
01:10:03You've notarized hundreds of papers.
01:10:05I know, I know.
01:10:06All I did was notarize one little paper, one little paper out of hundreds.
01:10:10Frank, you frighten me.
01:10:11You don't even act like yourself.
01:10:13I know that you're in trouble, that something is wrong, that you're in serious trouble.
01:10:18You frighten me, Frank.
01:10:19Oh, don't be frightened, Paula.
01:10:22Don't ever be frightened of anything again.
01:10:24Will you promise me that?
01:10:25I love you so much, darling.
01:10:27More than you seem able to understand.
01:10:28Oh.
01:10:29I never really knew happiness until I loved you.
01:10:32Sometimes when I used to be afraid that you weren't sure how you felt, I tried to hold back.
01:10:36But I couldn't.
01:10:38Losing you would have been losing everything.
01:10:40There would have been nothing left.
01:10:40Don't, Paula, don't.
01:10:42Now I'm afraid again.
01:10:44Somehow I feel that I'm going to lose you, but there's nothing I can do about it.
01:10:46I feel so helpless.
01:10:48You're leaving me out of something.
01:10:49Tell me, Frank, what is it?
01:10:51Give me a chance to fight back.
01:10:52Just give me a chance, please.
01:10:54You don't love me, darling.
01:10:55Oh, yes, Paula, I love you.
01:10:57I never was most certain of anything in my life.
01:10:59I wasn't sure before.
01:11:00I was a little blind, I guess.
01:11:01But believe me, I'm sure now.
01:11:03Can you understand that, Paula?
01:11:04I understand.
01:11:05A man can be like that, Paula.
01:11:08Something has to happen.
01:11:09And it can be a big thing or a little thing, but it can make him realize how much someone
01:11:12means to him, how much he really loves him.
01:11:15Oh, and I love you, Paula.
01:11:17More than I ever thought it possible to love anyone in the world, I love you.
01:11:21Then why won't you tell me about this trouble you're in?
01:11:23Why won't you try to let me help you?
01:11:26You can't help me, Paula.
01:11:28You don't want my help.
01:11:30Oh, Paula, there's nothing you can do.
01:11:31Will you believe me?
01:11:32So will you please go home, please?
01:11:35No, Frank.
01:11:36I won't go.
01:11:37I know you're in trouble.
01:11:38I can't leave you like this.
01:11:42All right, Paula.
01:11:43Look, wait for me in the lobby of the hotel, and I'll be back for you soon.
01:11:45I promise.
01:11:46You promise?
01:11:46You're sure?
01:11:47Yes, Paula, I promise.
01:11:50Is that a new outfit?
01:11:52Yes.
01:11:53Oh, that's beautiful.
01:12:03You'll come back to me, won't you, Frank?
01:12:05Yes, Paula, I'll come back.
01:12:06I promise.
01:12:07Please, hurry, darling.
01:12:08I love you.
01:12:09I love you, Paula.
01:12:17Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:18Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:20Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:20Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:37Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:41Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:46Is Stanley here?
01:12:54You sure?
01:12:57All right, get in there.
01:12:59Now get Stanley on the phone.
01:13:01Tell him to come over here right away.
01:13:02Use any excuse you want.
01:13:03What are you going to do?
01:13:05What was Stanley going to do when he used me for a clay pigeon today?
01:13:07I don't know what you're talking about.
01:13:08Don't act innocent with me.
01:13:10I fell for that once.
01:13:11I don't know what you mean.
01:13:11I told you everything you wanted to know this morning.
01:13:13Yeah, you told me just enough so I'd get sidetracked.
01:13:16And wouldn't know that Stanley was the one I was after.
01:13:18Stanley?
01:13:20Oh, no.
01:13:21You and Stanley have been together on this from the start.
01:13:23Now, come on, get on that phone and call him.
01:13:26Don't let him know I'm here.
01:13:28Stay calm.
01:13:39You've been sidetracked, all right.
01:13:42But it was the poor, bereaved little widow who did it.
01:13:44We're supposed to find this letter this afternoon.
01:13:47It's at my brother's desk at the office.
01:13:49It's postmarked two years ago.
01:13:52It isn't exactly the kind of a letter that a married woman gets from a casual friend.
01:13:56I'm sure my brother wasn't aware that they were so well acquainted when he hired Halliday.
01:14:02What's the matter with him?
01:14:04He hasn't felt right since dinner.
01:14:06What did he have dinner?
01:14:06At Mrs. Phillips' apartment, Halliday was there too.
01:14:09And Stanley confronted them with that letter.
01:14:10Do you have anything to drink?
01:14:13Yes, why?
01:14:14How long ago?
01:14:15Half an hour ago, just before I came here.
01:14:17Miss Forster, get on the phone, call the emergency hospital,
01:14:20have him get an ambulance over here right away.
01:14:21What?
01:14:22Tell him to prepare a stomach wash for luminous poisoning.
01:14:24Luminous poisoning?
01:14:25Go on, do what I tell you.
01:14:26He may still have a chance to save his life.
01:14:28Go on!
01:14:28I found George Reynolds, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:46He's been dead for five months.
01:14:49Then he didn't steal the bill of sale.
01:14:50No, he didn't.
01:14:51But you could have stolen it.
01:14:53How dare you?
01:14:55You knew who I was when I came here today.
01:14:57But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?
01:15:00But I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:15:02Sure, I can stand here and talk to you.
01:15:04I can breathe and I can move.
01:15:06But I'm not alive.
01:15:07Because I did take that poison.
01:15:09And nothing can save me.
01:15:14What are you going to do?
01:15:15I kill you now, I have nothing to lose.
01:15:16No.
01:15:17No, you've got to listen to me.
01:15:18You've got to give me a chance.
01:15:19But I didn't have a chance.
01:15:20It was Halliday.
01:15:21Believe me, it was Halliday.
01:15:23He made me steal the bill of sale.
01:15:24He planned everything.
01:15:25What about this letter?
01:15:26Your husband knew about you and Halliday.
01:15:28He found it only yesterday.
01:15:29He accused Halliday.
01:15:30They fought.
01:15:31And Halliday pushed him over this balcony.
01:15:33And why me?
01:15:34Why did he want to kill me?
01:15:35Because you could have proved there was a bill of sale.
01:15:37That my husband had no reason to commit suicide.
01:15:40Halliday was desperate.
01:15:41After he killed my husband,
01:15:42he found out about the phone calls to you.
01:15:44He thought you spoke to him.
01:15:45That you knew enough to involve him.
01:15:49Where's Halliday?
01:16:05Where is he?
01:16:06He's at the office.
01:16:09This time, you don't want him.
01:16:10You don't want him.
01:16:56Me, Jack!
01:17:26Me, Jack!
01:17:56Me, Jack!
01:18:26Me, Jack!
01:18:56Me, Jack!
01:19:26Come on, let's break it up.
01:19:35Move along now.
01:19:36Let's get going.
01:19:37Come on.
01:19:38Come on, let's go.
01:19:39Come on.
01:19:40Come on.
01:19:41Come on.
01:19:45Come on.
01:19:46Come on.
01:19:47Come on.
01:19:48Come on.
01:19:49Come on.
01:19:55Come on.
01:19:57Come on.
01:20:01Come on.
01:20:05Oh, my God.
01:20:35Oh, my God.
01:21:05Oh, my God.
01:21:35All I did was notarize a bill of sale.
01:21:39But that piece of paper could have proven that Phillips didn't commit suicide.
01:21:45He was murdered.
01:21:47And that's why Halliday poisoned me.
01:21:49Would you?
01:21:58Paula.
01:22:08Paula.
01:22:09Call the morgue.
01:22:23Johnson, you go to the Allison Hotel, find Paula Gibson.
01:22:30Don't tell her anything.
01:22:31I'll break it to her.
01:22:32How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?
01:22:39You better make it dead on arrival.
01:22:43Oh, my God.
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