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A woman (Elizabeth Ashley) receives phone calls from a person claiming to be her nephew who has been dead for 15 years.
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00:00:00To be continued...
00:01:00Would you like some tea, Mrs. Miller?
00:01:06Yes, thank you. I have some.
00:01:08Honey or sugar?
00:01:09Honey, please.
00:01:30Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!
00:01:39Who's this beautiful young lady? Who is she? Surprise! Surprise!
00:01:45Oh, how's my little girl? How's my little girl?
00:01:48Mommy's in the back.
00:01:49She is, huh?
00:01:50Doc and Elsa are here.
00:01:51Good.
00:01:52I'm so glad to see you, Daddy.
00:01:53I'm glad to see you, honey. I'm glad to see you.
00:01:57Okay, let's go see them, huh?
00:02:07Look who's here.
00:02:08Bye.
00:02:11Hello, Helen.
00:02:14Doc!
00:02:15How are you?
00:02:17Good to see you.
00:02:18Good to see you, Doremus.
00:02:19Hello, sweetheart.
00:02:22Doremus, what are you doing here?
00:02:23I came to see my daughter. What other reason would I have?
00:02:30I can't think of a better one. Would you like a drink?
00:02:33Terrific idea.
00:02:36Hey, you lost weight. You look great.
00:02:38It's a clean lemon.
00:02:38You look terrible.
00:02:42You're working too hard again, right?
00:02:44You said it.
00:02:45Four days in Chicago, two in New York, back to New York, on a plane to London.
00:02:50Peggy, I told you the minute you came in from school to change out of that skirt and into some pants,
00:02:53I want you to do it right now, please, ma'am.
00:02:56Do what your mother says.
00:03:03She's grown a foot since I saw her last.
00:03:06Doremus, you should have called me.
00:03:09I didn't feel like calling you. I felt like surprising you.
00:03:13And don't tell me I'm in violation of my visiting rights.
00:03:17But you're in violation of your visiting rights.
00:03:19Take me to court.
00:03:21Would you two like us to leave?
00:03:24Uh, absolutely not. I want you to just stay right where you are, please.
00:03:28Look, I have an idea. Why don't I take you and Peggy to dinner tonight?
00:03:32Because we already have plans.
00:03:34Oh, listen, Doremus, you can't just show up just, uh, right out of the blue like that
00:03:42and, uh, expect everybody to just change everything all around for you, you know?
00:03:46I know.
00:03:48Mmm, it smells good.
00:03:50Doremus, I have a life of my own now, you know?
00:03:53Come on, Daddy.
00:03:58I want to show you my new dollhouse.
00:04:00Let me buy it with the money you sent for my birthday.
00:04:03Okay.
00:04:06Thanks for the drink.
00:04:08See you later, huh?
00:04:08These birds will keep, you know.
00:04:21Doc, we've been planning this pheasant dinner for over a week now.
00:04:25Well, there's enough if you want to ask him.
00:04:27Plenty of biscuits.
00:04:28You want me to ask him?
00:04:37No.
00:04:42Now, honey, would you welcome me to the car?
00:04:45Uh-huh.
00:04:46I'll see you tomorrow.
00:04:47Okay.
00:04:48Uh-huh.
00:04:48Come on.
00:04:53Down you go.
00:04:55Harry Randall, this is my Daddy.
00:04:58Hello, Harry Randall.
00:05:00Look.
00:05:01Come on, sir.
00:05:06He's new in town.
00:05:08I don't like him very much.
00:05:10Hmm?
00:05:10What does he do?
00:05:11He works for Mommy and Doc Britton.
00:05:13Lots of other people.
00:05:16Where are you going now?
00:05:18Well, honey, I have to get back to the inn and make some phone calls.
00:05:21You know, my office doesn't even know where I am.
00:05:23I have no school tomorrow.
00:05:24It's Saturday.
00:05:25I know.
00:05:26Are you going to go to the Harvest Festival?
00:05:29I sure am.
00:05:31How long are you going to stay?
00:05:32Well, that depends on a lot of things.
00:05:36I'll see you tomorrow.
00:05:37Okay.
00:05:40Bye, Dad.
00:05:41Bye, sweetheart.
00:05:47Oh, God.
00:06:02Come on.
00:06:03Take it away.
00:06:07Where is the phone?
00:06:08I thought I heard it.
00:06:12Hello?
00:06:13Hello?
00:06:14Hello?
00:06:15Annie, my Helen.
00:06:17Yes, hello?
00:06:18Annie, my Helen.
00:06:19I missed the school bus.
00:06:21Come and get me.
00:06:22Who is this?
00:06:23It's Michael.
00:06:26What?
00:06:27Hello?
00:06:29Hello?
00:06:30Hello?
00:06:30Who was that?
00:06:55It was nobody, darling.
00:06:56Nothing.
00:06:57How can nobody be nothing?
00:06:59It was just a crank call.
00:07:01What kind of a crank call?
00:07:04Well, like it sounded like a little boy.
00:07:08He said he was Michael.
00:07:11You are Michael?
00:07:14You know, he called me Auntie, my Helen.
00:07:18Nobody but Michael ever called me that.
00:07:20Oh, he's been dead in a doornail for 15 years.
00:07:23Doc, this is not funny.
00:07:25Who would do such a thing?
00:07:27He's probably one of those crazy boys out at Greenleaf School.
00:07:32Peggy, I've told you, don't call him crazy.
00:07:36Goodbye, darlings.
00:07:38We see you soon, yeah?
00:07:39Good.
00:07:39Bye.
00:07:40Bye.
00:07:40Do you hate daddy?
00:08:01Darling, no.
00:08:02Of course not.
00:08:03Listen, I don't hate anybody.
00:08:06It's not nice to hate.
00:08:11I love him.
00:08:12I know you do, darling.
00:08:14I wish he lived here more of the time.
00:08:17Who's Michael?
00:08:18You come on upstairs and take that bath.
00:08:26Hello?
00:08:27Andy, my Helen?
00:08:28Why didn't you pick me up?
00:08:29I'm still waiting for you.
00:08:30You know, but this isn't funny.
00:08:32It's dark and I can't walk home.
00:08:34Please come.
00:08:35Who is this?
00:08:36What's wrong, Andy, my Helen?
00:08:38Please come.
00:08:39Who is this?
00:08:45Is that Michael again?
00:08:47Peggy, I told you to go take your bath.
00:08:49Now, I just had dinner with the Remus, and I thought I'd tell you, you know, before anybody
00:09:08accuses me of collaborating with the enemy.
00:09:10What's the matter?
00:09:25Greg, I just had two telephone calls from a little boy who said he was Michael.
00:09:29You're kidding.
00:09:31He called me, Andy, my Helen.
00:09:33But that's impossible.
00:09:35Greg, it couldn't possibly be one of your patients, could it?
00:09:38Ah, ah, no, we don't call him patients.
00:09:41Look, the Greenleaf School is a school for emotionally disturbed children.
00:09:45Yeah, but there's a lot of other kids in this town that are just as mischievous as the worst
00:09:49boys in Greenleaf.
00:09:50Maybe it's Michael Landers.
00:09:52He's always playing jokes.
00:09:54Oh.
00:09:55Peggy Connolly, if you're not in that bathtub in two seconds, there's going to be no television
00:09:59for you for the whole week.
00:10:00I mean it, right now.
00:10:03Oh.
00:10:10Do you want me to answer it?
00:10:17Hello?
00:10:18Who's this?
00:10:20Doremus?
00:10:21Craig?
00:10:22Yeah.
00:10:22Did I dial the wrong number?
00:10:24I was trying Helen.
00:10:25No, no, no.
00:10:25She's right here.
00:10:26Just a minute.
00:10:28Doremus, thank you for a nice dinner.
00:10:31No mention.
00:10:33Hello?
00:10:33I'm calling to see what time I can pick up my daughter tomorrow.
00:10:38Doremus, you're not playing tricks on me, are you?
00:10:40What?
00:10:41I mean, this is the first time you've called here tonight, right?
00:10:44Yeah.
00:10:45I tried earlier, but your line was busy.
00:10:49Why?
00:10:49Nothing.
00:10:50Look, what plans do you have with Peggy for tomorrow?
00:10:53Oh, nothing definite.
00:10:55Hey, why don't you take the day off and the three of us spend it together like old times,
00:11:00huh?
00:11:00I can't.
00:11:02Well, let's have dinner tomorrow night.
00:11:03I mean, we have to be family once while I'm here.
00:11:06All right, I'll cook something.
00:11:09Look, would you pick her up at 9.30 in the morning, please?
00:11:12Right.
00:11:13And if you change your mind about it...
00:11:15I won't.
00:11:17Good night, Doremus.
00:11:18Good night.
00:11:26Yeah.
00:11:29I'm neurotic enough to give that monster the chance to make my life miserable all over again.
00:11:34Oh, Craig, what should I do?
00:11:37I think you ought to give him another chance.
00:11:40I mean about the phone calls.
00:11:43Change your number.
00:11:46Oh, I'm not that upset about it.
00:11:47And I do...
00:11:48I do so much business on the telephone.
00:11:51Well, whoever it is, maybe he'll get tired, you know, and he'll get interested in something
00:11:55else like...
00:11:56like sex.
00:11:58Oh, thanks a lot, doctor.
00:12:00You're a big help.
00:12:01You'll get my bill in the morning.
00:12:02Good night, love.
00:12:03Good night.
00:12:05Good night, Peggy.
00:12:06Night.
00:12:06Night.
00:12:06Night.
00:12:06Night.
00:12:06Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:08Night.
00:12:09Night.
00:12:11Night.
00:12:11Hello?
00:12:38Hello?
00:12:39Anybody, Helen?
00:12:40What?
00:12:41What?
00:12:42Annie, my Helen?
00:12:47I'm home and there's nobody here.
00:12:50Uh...
00:12:51No, please.
00:12:53Please stop this, whoever you are.
00:12:55Just...
00:12:56Please stop it.
00:12:57There's nobody here!
00:12:59Where's Craig?
00:13:00Where's my mother?
00:13:02Uh...
00:13:03Could you just...
00:13:05Tell me...
00:13:06What do you want?
00:13:08Just please try and tell me what you want.
00:13:11No!
00:13:12Michael!
00:13:13I'm dead, aren't I?
00:13:15I'm dead!
00:13:16I'm dead!
00:13:17I'm dead!
00:13:18I'm dead!
00:13:19I'm dead!
00:13:20I'm dead!
00:13:21I'm dead!
00:13:22I'm dead!
00:13:23I'm dead!
00:13:24I'm dead!
00:13:25I'm dead!
00:13:28I'm dead!
00:13:29What do you want?
00:13:30I'm dead!
00:13:31I'm dead!
00:13:32hey there wait a minute you wait for your tired old man
00:13:43you're so big i can't lift you anymore you know that
00:13:49who's michael michael who i heard mommy and craig talking about michael oh they must have been
00:14:00talking about craig's brother craig doesn't have a brother well he died a long time ago before you
00:14:07were born that's what i thought did michael live with mommy like craig yeah i think both boys moved
00:14:14in with mommy after their mother went away she was mommy's sister right right she was crazy
00:14:22who said that john boyard he said his mother says our whole family's crazy but craig is
00:14:30mommy is and that i'm a little nut is that why you and mommy don't live together because she's crazy
00:14:39no because i am
00:14:43what happened to michael how did he die
00:14:49well you see honey he ran away from home and he got lost in a blizzard
00:14:56now what is all this curiosity about michael all of a sudden
00:15:00oh just just uh what just because
00:15:06where are you going where are you
00:15:10where are you
00:15:24Oh, my God.
00:15:54And unless his progress develops in the next six months.
00:16:05Yeah.
00:16:07Am I disturbing you?
00:16:08Are you kidding? Come on in.
00:16:11Hello, Helen.
00:16:12Hi, Amy.
00:16:13We'll finish up after that.
00:16:14Fine.
00:16:15Nice seeing you, Helen.
00:16:15You too, love.
00:16:20Oh, no, thank you.
00:16:22I got another call.
00:16:24When?
00:16:24Last night, a quarter of one.
00:16:26What did he say?
00:16:28He said, I'm home.
00:16:30There's no one here.
00:16:32Where's my mother?
00:16:34Where's Craig?
00:16:34Then he said, I'm dead, aren't I?
00:16:38Look, Craig, I may be going crazy, but it did sound like Michael.
00:16:42Helen, there aren't any phones where Michael is.
00:16:43Can I use the phones anytime they want to?
00:16:56No, the only phones are here in the office, and the office is locked at night, and none
00:17:00of these kids has ever heard of Michael.
00:17:02Yeah?
00:17:02Craig, Mr. Quinlan wants the file on Terry Austin.
00:17:06Fine, I'll bring it right down.
00:17:07Hey, I'll be back in five minutes.
00:17:12Oh, I better go.
00:17:14I've got to drive all the way to Manchester and pick up a matching pair of hebble-white
00:17:18chairs where I found an auction last week.
00:17:20Where's Peggy?
00:17:21Is she with Doremus?
00:17:22Listen, Helen, do me a favor.
00:17:24Call the sheriff.
00:17:25Tell him about the phone calls.
00:17:26It'll make you feel a lot better.
00:17:27Well, how does it feel to be retired?
00:17:46Feel old all of a sudden?
00:17:49Old?
00:17:50Retired?
00:17:51Working harder than I ever did.
00:17:53Huh?
00:17:53Milking a hundred head twice a day?
00:17:55Fiddling around with my bees?
00:17:56Yeah, I've got twenty-four hives now.
00:18:00Twenty-four hives?
00:18:01Yeah, that's a lot of bees.
00:18:05Doremus?
00:18:07Yeah?
00:18:07Helen called from Manchester and says she's going to be late.
00:18:12Thanks.
00:18:13She says for you to take Peggy to the brownie meeting.
00:18:17All right.
00:18:18We'd better be going, huh?
00:18:19Okay.
00:18:22You still happy in high-powered law?
00:18:24Well, uh, I've been thinking of getting a shorter haircut and going into politics.
00:18:30I'm not surprised.
00:18:32I always figured you might.
00:18:34Uh, it takes a long time to decide what you want to do.
00:18:41You keep it up, I'm going to bust you one.
00:18:45I'll see you soon.
00:18:47Hey, make time for a game of chess.
00:18:49You're on.
00:18:50Bye-bye, sweetheart.
00:18:51Take care.
00:19:03He still loves her.
00:19:05Written all over his face.
00:19:08You'll mind your business.
00:19:10Helen will never move back to that city.
00:19:13Come on, come on.
00:19:34Hey, not so rough, Randall.
00:19:46You'll curdle their milk.
00:19:51I'll get the cows up.
00:19:52You get those boxes out of the apiary and put them in the little barn.
00:19:55You'll be right back.
00:20:22go
00:20:25wait a second
00:20:26I'm not as fast as you are
00:20:28I don't need that
00:20:31good dinner
00:20:41six of clubs
00:20:44six of clubs
00:20:45don't cheat
00:20:51don't you cheat
00:20:53I'm gonna take that
00:20:55if mommy doesn't get here in five minutes
00:20:58I'll put the steaks on okay
00:20:59I go I go
00:21:02I discard patience
00:21:04would you get that
00:21:06darling
00:21:06okay
00:21:07oh
00:21:21I'm sorry I'm so late
00:21:23but the fog was so thick
00:21:25I had to drive ten miles an hour the whole way
00:21:27dream is who's she talking to
00:21:32I don't know
00:21:34Peggy
00:21:36Peggy
00:21:38no he's talking to me
00:21:43hello
00:21:43look I know you're there
00:21:46hello
00:21:46what did he say to you
00:21:49you're hurting me mommy
00:21:51answer me
00:21:51he called Doc Britton names
00:21:53he said something bad was going to happen
00:21:56Michael
00:21:57Michael
00:21:58it was Michael daddy
00:22:00and he's dead
00:22:01daddy told me all about him
00:22:03Peggy listen to me
00:22:05it's not Michael
00:22:06it's just some vicious little boy
00:22:07who's playing tricks on the telephone
00:22:09do you understand that
00:22:10what's this all about
00:22:10he said his name was Michael
00:22:12oh goody
00:22:13don't you
00:22:14don't you
00:22:15work
00:22:16else's line is busy
00:22:23the
00:22:37procession
00:22:38profit taking
00:22:39product
00:22:39consolidation
00:22:40and
00:22:40price
00:22:40to start off
00:22:41the plan
00:22:41the market
00:22:42is
00:22:42the
00:22:43final event
00:22:44the New York Stock Exchange Index
00:22:46closed at 76.29
00:22:48a game of 15
00:22:49the Dow Jones
00:22:50Industrial
00:22:50from 4.24
00:22:52in today's trading
00:22:52At close at 9.08.20, the volume was active at 16.083,000 shares traded.
00:22:59Transportation was up 1.67. Utilities were up to 4.61.
00:23:04Advances went declined.
00:23:079.984,000 for 98. 61% of the stocks traded up and 28% traded down.
00:23:13On the American exchange, the American index finished at 27.22, a gain of 16 cents.
00:23:19The volume was active at 6.083,000.
00:23:22The volume was active at 6.07.
00:23:30The volume was active at 6.084,000.
00:23:36The volume...
00:23:39The volume was active in my area, the wind is out in the US west of 8 miles an hour...
00:23:45...and the barometer is rising.
00:23:48The thermometer is rising.
00:23:50The overnight temperature is rising to the upper 20s.
00:23:53That's the warm time to be about 37 degrees.
00:23:56The present temperature.
00:24:18God damn it!
00:24:48I have not seen you for so long.
00:24:50Tuesday?
00:24:51Yeah, Tuesday for sure.
00:24:52Bye.
00:24:53Okay.
00:25:07Hello?
00:25:08Elsa?
00:25:09Hello?
00:25:10Michael just called.
00:25:11He said...
00:25:12Oh, so now you are calling him Michael, playing the game, giving him the satisfaction
00:25:18Let me talk to Doc.
00:25:20Yes, Mr. Bees.
00:25:21I know it sounds silly, but he called Doc names.
00:25:25What?
00:25:26And he said that something bad was going to happen.
00:25:29Elsa?
00:25:31Elsa?
00:25:32Are you there, Elsa?
00:25:37Elsa?
00:25:38I'll call you right back.
00:25:42I'll call you right back.
00:26:05Doc!
00:26:06Mike!
00:26:07I'll
00:26:16find others.
00:26:30Oh, my God.
00:27:00Oh, my God.
00:27:30Oh, my God.
00:28:00It's a 20-mile hike from the school to here.
00:28:03Could have hitched a ride with somebody.
00:28:04All kinds of possibilities.
00:28:06Mind if I look around?
00:28:07For what?
00:28:08Curiosity.
00:28:11Help yourself.
00:28:12Are you going to call off the festival tonight?
00:28:31Can't do it.
00:28:32People coming from all over.
00:28:35I explained to Elsa, and she understood.
00:28:37She said Doc would have wanted us to go on.
00:28:41You should have told me about them phone calls, Helen.
00:28:43I look like a caricature of a country sheriff.
00:28:47I look like a caricature of a country sheriff.
00:28:47And she said yes.
00:28:54I look like a caricature.
00:28:56She said yes.
00:28:56I look like a caricature.
00:28:57There she is.
00:28:57You see, what is oh.
00:28:59I look like a caricature.
00:28:59dumped there.
00:29:00I will tell her.
00:29:00Her try is celebataket.
00:29:01I see you next time.
00:29:02Yeah, sure.
00:29:02I across the hall.
00:29:03I see you next time.
00:29:04I don't know.
00:29:34I don't know.
00:30:04It's terrible.
00:30:08I mean, what a way to die.
00:30:10What are you doing?
00:30:20Mrs. Britton told me to kill every single bee in here.
00:30:25This is acid.
00:30:26Half to a million bees.
00:30:31Makes your skin crawl, huh?
00:30:32Yeah.
00:30:34Sure does.
00:30:35What does chloroform smell like?
00:30:54It smells like bananas.
00:31:05How can chloroform smell like bananas?
00:31:06Because it's not chloroform.
00:31:08It does smell like bananas.
00:31:13I'd have this analyzed if I were you.
00:31:15Lab I used, Mr. Connolly.
00:31:17It's closed on weekends.
00:31:19Then open it.
00:31:21I don't need your advice, Mr. Connolly.
00:31:23Well, I'm going to give you some anyway.
00:31:25If I were you, I'd stop Randall from destroying those bees.
00:31:28If this wasn't an accident, he might be destroying some evidence.
00:31:30Let's go.
00:31:35Let's go.
00:31:35Let's go.
00:32:05Let's go.
00:32:35Let's go.
00:33:05I found him on the Burlington Road, Sheriff.
00:33:20I'll be in the next office, Gorman.
00:33:25You stole that bottle out of my car.
00:33:27It's bee venom.
00:33:35It's what?
00:33:36That's right.
00:33:37Looks like chloroform, smells like bananas, and makes bees swarm.
00:33:42Now all you have to do is find out if Dr. Britton kept that stuff around.
00:33:49All I have to do is find out if Dr. Britton kept bee venom around his place.
00:34:09Bee venom?
00:34:10That's right.
00:34:11That's right, bee venom.
00:34:11All right.
00:34:17How'd you find that out?
00:34:18I went to the university and talked to an expert.
00:34:22What would Dr. Britton be doing bottling bee venom?
00:34:27I'll explain it to you.
00:34:30See, there are beekeepers that collect bee venom for research.
00:34:34Now the bees are put on an electric grid.
00:34:38And a current is passed through them, and the venom drops into a pan, and then the venom is sold.
00:34:49Sheriff?
00:34:51No.
00:34:52Elsa says Doc's been working on a salve for rheumatism made out of bee venom.
00:34:56Says he got a pint of it from a lab in New York last week.
00:34:59You want to talk to her?
00:34:59No.
00:35:00No.
00:35:01No.
00:35:02Tell her I'll call her later.
00:35:03Yeah, okay.
00:35:11Dr. Britton made a mistake.
00:35:12He labelled the bottle wrong.
00:35:14Simple as that.
00:35:17I know what you're thinking.
00:35:20What about all the phone calls?
00:35:22What about the boy that Elsa claims she saw?
00:35:29It wasn't Michael.
00:35:35I was one of the ones that found him, found what was left of him.
00:35:39I was in the front row of that funeral.
00:35:41Fifteen years ago.
00:35:42When you found him, what was left of him?
00:35:46He'd been around seven months ago.
00:35:47So how'd you identify him?
00:35:48There was a plaid coat with his name tag on it.
00:35:51And that's it?
00:35:52Yes.
00:35:55Just about.
00:35:59I don't think we should go to this thing.
00:36:00Oh, it might help clear all mine.
00:36:01Oh, wait.
00:36:02Peggy worked so hard on that pumpkin.
00:36:03Looks like a prize winner, doesn't it?
00:36:04Peggy, come on, love.
00:36:05Hurry up.
00:36:06We're gonna be late.
00:36:07I'm coming.
00:36:08Ellen?
00:36:09Yeah?
00:36:10I'm coming.
00:36:11Ellen?
00:36:12Yeah?
00:36:13I'm coming.
00:36:14I'm coming.
00:36:15Ellen?
00:36:16Yeah?
00:36:17I'm coming.
00:36:18I'm coming.
00:36:19I'm coming.
00:36:20I'm coming.
00:36:21I'm coming.
00:36:22I'm coming.
00:36:23I'm coming.
00:36:24I'm coming.
00:36:25I'm coming.
00:36:26I'm coming.
00:36:27I'm coming.
00:36:28Yeah?
00:36:29How old would Michael be if he was still alive?
00:36:32Oh, 22, 23.
00:36:43Doremus, that's impossible.
00:36:49Hurry up.
00:36:50We're going to be late.
00:36:51Hey.
00:36:52Right, right.
00:36:53I bet my pumpkin's much better than John Boyer.
00:36:56Oh, yeah?
00:36:57Why's that?
00:36:58He's got no artistic temperament zone.
00:37:00No artistic temperament.
00:37:05We get the light?
00:37:06I get the light.
00:37:07Go, go, go.
00:37:08You get the door?
00:37:09Yes, I'll lock it.
00:37:10Okay.
00:37:20Strain.
00:37:21Yeah?
00:37:22Look straight to me?
00:37:23Yeah, well, it's the best I can do.
00:37:24Look, uh, I wanna get back to my place and get cleaned up before the festivities start.
00:37:38Is there anything else you want me to do?
00:37:39No.
00:37:40No, we look like we're in good shape.
00:37:46Surprised no one's here yet, though.
00:37:47Well, it'll fill up soon.
00:37:49That cow must be sick about losing Doc.
00:37:51Well, I'll see you, sir.
00:38:17I'll see you soon.
00:38:47Sheriff?
00:39:01Sheriff?
00:39:04Sheriff, help me.
00:39:08Sheriff, help me.
00:39:12Sheriff, help me.
00:39:18I'm over here.
00:39:20Hurry.
00:39:22Who is that?
00:39:35Where are you?
00:39:36I'm up here.
00:39:37I'm caught.
00:39:38I can't get loose.
00:39:39Help me, please.
00:39:43Help me, please.
00:39:53There you go.
00:39:57There you go.
00:39:58Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:39:59Get him out of the glasses.
00:40:03Uh-huh.
00:40:04All right.
00:40:05Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:40:10Get him out of the glasses.
00:40:11Uh-huh.
00:40:12All right.
00:40:13Uh-huh.
00:40:14Uh-huh.
00:40:15Uh-huh.
00:40:16Uh-huh.
00:40:17All right.
00:40:18Uh-huh.
00:40:19Uh-huh.
00:40:20Uh-huh.
00:40:21Uh-huh.
00:40:22Uh-huh.
00:40:23Uh-huh.
00:40:24Uh-huh.
00:40:25Uh-huh.
00:40:26Uh-huh.
00:40:27Uh-huh.
00:40:28Uh-huh.
00:40:29Uh-huh.
00:40:30Uh-huh.
00:40:31Uh-huh.
00:40:32Uh-huh.
00:40:33Uh-huh.
00:40:34Uh-huh.
00:40:35Uh-huh.
00:40:36Uh-huh.
00:40:37Uh-huh.
00:40:38Uh-huh.
00:40:39Uh-huh.
00:40:40Uh-huh.
00:40:41Uh-huh.
00:40:42Uh-huh.
00:40:43five less than an hour. You're a brave man. Where's Amy? One of the kids got sick. She's
00:40:48with him at the infirmary. Mr. Young? No, no more. Oh, yeah. Oh, gee. Oh, I saw that. Has
00:41:13anyone seen half of it? No. Have you seen half of it? Well, his car's outside and he's
00:41:17not at the office, and we've got to start the jack-o-lantern contest. Would you be a judge
00:41:21for it, Mr. Conley? With pies in the bedroom? No, no, no pies. It's jack-o-lantern. No
00:41:26pies. No pies. Okay. Okay, thank you. Come on. You trying to bribe a judge? Are you trying
00:41:34to bribe a judge? Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, may I have your attention, please?
00:41:44Yes. We are now ready for the judging of the jack-o-lanterns. Is there anyone here who hasn't
00:41:50given his jack-o-lantern to Mr. Mills? They're all behind this curtain. Are they all lit?
00:42:00Yep. Right. Ready for the drum roll? Now, we're going to turn the lights out for a few
00:42:06minutes to get the full effect of these wonderfully carved pumpkins. Lights out! Drum roll!
00:42:13It's stuck. Give it a real jerk.
00:42:32Okay.
00:42:33Doc Britton and the sheriff. Now, if Michael were alive, can you think of any reason why
00:42:53he'd want those two men dead? Wait a minute. What are you talking about alive? A name tag
00:42:58and a plaid jacket is not my idea of identification. Never holed up in court. He could have come
00:43:03back here. A stranger, a tourist, somebody you know, somebody you don't know. Now, just
00:43:08for the record, did Michael have anything against Doc Britton?
00:43:13Doremus, Michael didn't even know Doc Britton. He and Elsa had only just moved here and Doc
00:43:18was just beginning to set up his practice. I don't think Michael or I had ever met Doc
00:43:22Britton until after we moved in with Helen when her mother had left. And the sheriff?
00:43:25The same thing. I really don't remember. And yet, Michael called Doc Britton names.
00:43:31According to Peggy. Well, let's assume he's still alive. It could be something seemingly insignificant
00:43:39that's been blown way out of proportion by the passing of time. Something they did to him.
00:43:43Well, maybe it wasn't something they did to Michael, but what they did to our mother.
00:43:55What did they do to your mother?
00:43:59Well, I was only 11 years old at the time, but I think Helen should know.
00:44:02What's he talking about?
00:44:09What's he talking about? I'd like to know.
00:44:10Doremus, uh, this, uh, this isn't a courtroom. I'm calling a witness to her.
00:44:16Sorry.
00:44:19Look, it wasn't, it wasn't just Doc and Hap. I did it too, but she was so sick.
00:44:26You see, evidently my mother was one of those, those doomed people that you run into from time to time in my line of work.
00:44:33See, Doremus, she tried to hurt herself and she tried to hurt the children.
00:44:38She had to be committed and I had to make that decision.
00:44:47I never knew that.
00:44:48Well, she accused me of doing it so that I could take the children away from her and Michael believed her.
00:44:59He always believed her.
00:45:01But you see, there wasn't any other choice.
00:45:03She was insane.
00:45:08And she had to be declared incompetent by her physician, right?
00:45:12Yes, and Doc Britton signed those papers.
00:45:15And committed by a court order.
00:45:23There was a judge named Schofield. He died three weeks ago.
00:45:28Supposedly of a heart attack.
00:45:30And Hap?
00:45:33Hap came here late one night and just took her away.
00:45:38To the asylum?
00:45:40Yes, the phone rang two days later and she was dead. She killed herself.
00:45:45And Michael didn't say a word.
00:45:50Didn't even cry.
00:45:53Just sat there looking out the window at the snow.
00:45:59He wouldn't even talk to Helen. I begged him.
00:46:04And during that night, he ran away.
00:46:05Answer it.
00:46:25Hello?
00:46:27Hello?
00:46:28Annie, my Helen?
00:46:29Find me.
00:46:31Help me.
00:46:31Stop me.
00:46:32Please help me.
00:46:36Hello, Michael?
00:46:37Help me.
00:46:38Stop me.
00:46:39Find me.
00:46:41Michael, this is your brother Craig.
00:46:45Hello?
00:46:47Michael?
00:46:47Derenice, that's the voice of a child.
00:46:59Somebody doing a pretty good imitation.
00:47:03Well, I think we should all get some sleep.
00:47:05I'm gonna stay here tonight, okay?
00:47:07Oh, fine.
00:47:09I'm gonna head back to school and I'll see you in the morning.
00:47:11Be careful, love.
00:47:12Good night.
00:47:13Good night.
00:47:14I'll lock up.
00:47:18We'll get Enoch Mills over here first thing in the morning.
00:47:20Tell him to start investigating anybody in the neighborhood who might be Michael, huh?
00:47:24Good night.
00:47:25Good night.
00:47:32Good night.
00:47:34Bye-bye.
00:47:49Bye-bye.
00:47:52Bye-bye.
00:47:55Bye-bye.
00:47:55Bye-bye.
00:47:56Bye-bye.
00:47:56Bye-bye.
00:47:57Bye-bye.
00:47:57Hi.
00:48:20Hi.
00:48:27Just like old times.
00:48:34Not quite.
00:48:48You can sleep downstairs.
00:48:51That's it?
00:48:53No.
00:48:57You'll need a fill-up.
00:48:59You know something?
00:49:03I heard that statistically, people who get married and divorced, they invariably get married again.
00:49:10Of course, not necessarily to the same person.
00:49:17The couch is really very comfortable.
00:49:27Okay.
00:49:32Doremus.
00:49:36Some other time.
00:49:41Sleep well.
00:49:45You too.
00:49:50No, here's my friend.
00:50:16Oh, my God.
00:50:46Oh, my God.
00:51:16Oh, my God.
00:51:46Oh, my God.
00:52:16Oh, my God.
00:52:46Oh, my God.
00:53:16Oh, my God.
00:53:46Oh, my God.
00:54:16Oh, my God.
00:54:46This ain't the dude.
00:54:48That's not my brother.
00:54:59I know.
00:55:00I just got the report from the state police.
00:55:02Yeah?
00:55:03What was he doing in Helen's house?
00:55:05Just leave it to us.
00:55:07We'll find out.
00:55:07They didn't hurt him.
00:55:16I didn't ask for the particulars.
00:55:17It's Ronald Hart.
00:55:18He has a record.
00:55:24He says he broke in and, uh, was going after your jewelry in the play case.
00:55:27He says there were so many strange things happening around here, he thought he'd get out of town before somebody put the blame on him.
00:55:32Mills thinks he's telling the truth.
00:55:35Well, we're back to ghosts and things that go bump in the night.
00:55:39If there was an evil spirit, it was Michael's.
00:55:43You knew him?
00:55:44He used to pull my hair.
00:55:46Well, I thought you came from California.
00:55:49I went to school in California, but I spent most of my life right here.
00:55:53Granted, I wasn't very big, but I do remember his funeral.
00:55:56Oh, what do you want here?
00:56:13Who are you?
00:56:14Mrs. Conley.
00:56:16Mrs. Conley?
00:56:18Well, how are you, Mrs. Conley?
00:56:21I'm just fine.
00:56:22That's all right.
00:56:26Come in.
00:56:35Just checking on Peggy.
00:56:37Are you all right?
00:56:38I can't sleep.
00:56:40Want some company?
00:56:42Sure.
00:56:56Guess what?
00:57:02What?
00:57:04I'm going to kiss you.
00:57:15Hello?
00:57:16Annie, my Helen!
00:57:17It's storming and I'm afraid!
00:57:20I'm all alone and I'm afraid!
00:57:21Michael, where are you?
00:57:27If I tell you, will you come and get me?
00:57:29Yes, I'll come and get you.
00:57:30Just tell me where you are.
00:57:31I'll be at Hawk's Farm.
00:57:33Hurry!
00:57:33I'm afraid!
00:57:36Where is he?
00:57:37He's at Hawk's Farm.
00:57:38I know where that is.
00:57:41Ah, you call Enoch Middles, tell him to get a deputy over here to watch the house,
00:57:45and tell him and Craig to meet me there.
00:57:47Jeremish, be careful.
00:57:48Right.
00:57:49Okay.
00:57:49I'll be right back.
00:58:19Michael!
00:58:42Michael!
00:58:42Michael!
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01:03:23Boys are not constantly running away.
01:03:26Actually, he has, Mr. Quinlan, the first week.
01:03:28He was here, he ran away twice.
01:03:31I'd like to talk to his roommate.
01:03:33He doesn't have a roommate.
01:03:34Well, then I'd like to see his room.
01:03:53Could have gone out the window.
01:04:02You'd have to be part billy goat.
01:04:03Yeah.
01:04:05Well, I wouldn't try it.
01:04:07It's a long way down.
01:04:23Is he all right?
01:04:32I got him to sleep.
01:04:34I'd like to question him first thing in the morning.
01:04:36He can't nod yes or no, can he?
01:04:38The fact that he can't talk, physical or psychological?
01:04:41Psychological.
01:04:42Psychological, physical, what difference does it make?
01:04:44The child can't speak.
01:04:46The child tried to set me on fire.
01:04:48Elsa will be able to identify him.
01:04:49Well, he was at the festival with the rest of the school, wasn't he?
01:04:54The night of the festival, Peter had an upset stomach.
01:04:56And I sat up with him right here.
01:04:58We didn't leave the infirmary.
01:05:02Maybe there's more than one of them.
01:05:03It's too incredible.
01:05:05I don't believe it.
01:05:06In the last couple of years, has he been violent?
01:05:09No, he's been completely withdrawn.
01:05:12In your sessions with him, did you ever mention Michael?
01:05:15No.
01:05:16Did you?
01:05:17No.
01:05:17Well, where's he from?
01:05:19What's his background?
01:05:20I have his records in my office if you'd like to see them.
01:05:23I would.
01:05:24You get his records, bring them back to my office.
01:05:27Amy, here are the keys to the cafeteria.
01:05:29Make us some strong coffee and some sandwiches.
01:05:32If this has to go on, we can at least be civilized.
01:05:38Would you like a drink?
01:05:40I sure would.
01:05:42It's against regulations.
01:05:43Did you speak to Helen?
01:05:50She's all right.
01:05:51Mill's left the deputy.
01:05:52That's nice.
01:05:53Help yourself.
01:05:54Thanks.
01:05:57You know, Doreemus, it's quite conceivable that Michael didn't die.
01:06:00He's living around here someplace.
01:06:01I mean, we don't know who he is, but when Peter sneaks out at night, they meet.
01:06:07Now, Michael has told Peter all about himself, and of course, he's sympathetic.
01:06:11You can see his mother was hated and died in a tragic way, too.
01:06:16They have a lot in common.
01:06:17I'll tell you something.
01:06:18Somebody else was in that barn.
01:06:20I did not get a bump this size from Peter.
01:06:22He's not strong enough.
01:06:24Let me see that.
01:06:30Let me put something on that.
01:06:37It was very strange.
01:06:38I mean, Peter behaved in a weird way tonight.
01:06:44As though he were doing something he was told to do.
01:06:49He's the same age Michael was when he ran away.
01:06:54Uh-huh.
01:06:54Exactly.
01:06:55Doreemus, why don't you sit down here?
01:06:58What time is it?
01:07:032.45.
01:07:042.45.
01:07:08Ouch.
01:07:17His mother was burned alive?
01:07:20Mm-hmm, yeah.
01:07:24Making some progress with him, though, through hypnotism.
01:07:29I'm quite close to removing the block that keeps him mute.
01:07:35Afraid he'll have to start all over again now.
01:07:39Yeah, well, I don't know much about psychotics, but...
01:07:42Isn't there a very slim line between the rational and the irrational?
01:07:49Mm-hmm, yes.
01:07:51Yes, you could think of it this way.
01:07:54A man balancing a tremendous weight on his head while struggling along a road.
01:08:00Suddenly the road's black as night, filled with all sorts of terrible things.
01:08:09And two steps later, the sun is shining on the road.
01:08:12And on him.
01:08:14And maybe he'd like to think about what happened out there in the sun.
01:08:22I don't like to think about the terrors.
01:08:29But he can't.
01:08:33He can't stop.
01:08:34He can't stop, not even for a moment, because...
01:08:42The weight...
01:08:44The weight...
01:08:46The weight...
01:08:47Would crush him if he did.
01:08:50Well, I've never met a psychotic.
01:08:55But isn't there a time when, uh...
01:08:59Any small stimulus could send him into a world where the nightmares never end?
01:09:05Yes, I think so, yes.
01:09:18Don't you think you should give yourself up, Craig, before that happens?
01:09:30No, I don't think so.
01:09:35No, I don't think so.
01:10:05Hello?
01:10:10Helen?
01:10:11Craig!
01:10:12Yes, listen.
01:10:13I can't explain now, but something's happened.
01:10:16Now, I'll be right over.
01:10:18But until I get there, you mustn't answer the phone.
01:10:21You understand?
01:10:22Michael mustn't know your home.
01:10:24Do you mean he's alive?
01:10:25Yes, but don't answer the phone.
01:10:28Do you hear me?
01:10:29Is the deputy still there?
01:10:31Yes, he's parked in front of the house.
01:10:33That's good.
01:10:33Craig was to remiss.
01:10:36He's coming with me.
01:10:37Listen, I can't talk anymore.
01:10:39I can't talk anymore.
01:10:39I can't talk anymore.
01:10:40I can't talk anymore.
01:10:40I can't talk anymore.
01:10:41I can't talk anymore.
01:10:41I can't talk anymore.
01:10:42I can't talk anymore.
01:10:42I can't talk anymore.
01:10:43I can't talk anymore.
01:10:44I can't talk anymore.
01:10:44I can't talk anymore.
01:10:45I can't talk anymore.
01:10:45I can't talk anymore.
01:10:45I can't talk anymore.
01:10:46I can't talk anymore.
01:10:46I can't talk anymore.
01:10:47I can't talk anymore.
01:10:47I can't talk anymore.
01:10:48I don't know.
01:11:18I don't know.
01:11:48I don't know.
01:12:18I don't know.
01:12:48I don't know.
01:13:18I don't know.
01:13:48I don't know.
01:14:18I don't know.
01:14:48I don't know.
01:15:18It's Craig.
01:15:22He's been hypnotizing Peter, using him.
01:15:24Hypnotist?
01:15:24That's right.
01:15:25They're on their way to Helen's.
01:15:26You call her and warn her.
01:15:27I'll radio my name in front of the host.
01:15:35Hello, Sam and Zenoch.
01:15:41Sam?
01:15:43Sam?
01:15:43Sam?
01:15:43Sam?
01:15:43This will rank the school.
01:16:00Answer her, she's going to answer.
01:16:04I'm going to answer it.
01:16:09Aren't you going to answer it?
01:16:36Bill said to do what?
01:16:37Bill said, set up a roadblock on Highway 1.
01:16:41Oh, he told me to stay right here.
01:16:43Why don't he radio me?
01:16:44There's a two-way in his car.
01:16:45His radio's busted.
01:16:46He told me to stay here with Helen.
01:16:51Enoch?
01:16:54Enoch?
01:16:56This is Sam.
01:16:57Come in, Enoch.
01:17:01Okay, Craig, I guess you're right.
01:17:07It's all right, darling.
01:17:20It's only Craig.
01:17:21Come on, he's going to come in the back.
01:17:22Oh, Craig, thank goodness.
01:17:35The phone has been ringing and ringing.
01:17:36I didn't answer.
01:17:39Come on, Ed love.
01:17:39Come out of the cold.
01:17:45Craig, what's happened?
01:17:46Who's this?
01:18:07Michael.
01:18:10Say hello to your auntie, my Helen.
01:18:12Craig, I don't understand.
01:18:24Craig?
01:18:25Craig?
01:18:25Craig, I don't understand.
01:18:39I don't understand.
01:18:39Did you see Helen?
01:18:58Michael, he didn't die in the snow.
01:19:04I found him.
01:19:09Michael.
01:19:19But Michael won't talk to me.
01:19:23Because he's mad.
01:19:27He's mad because I let you take our mother away.
01:19:31But you'll talk to me, won't you?
01:19:42You'll talk to me when the last one's dead.
01:19:50You'll forgive me.
01:19:51You'll forgive me.
01:19:56You'll forgive me.
01:20:26You'll forgive me.
01:20:30Michael!
01:20:32Michael!
01:20:33Mike, we heard Helen.
01:20:36No, no, no!
01:20:48Michael!
01:20:49Why can't we hurt Helen?
01:20:51No, no, no, no, no!
01:20:58Michael?
01:20:59I'm not Michael.
01:21:01My name's Peter.
01:21:02My name's Peter.
01:21:18It's my fault.
01:21:43It's all my fault.
01:21:46It's my fault.
01:21:53I told him to run away.
01:21:58I could've stopped him.
01:22:03But I didn't.
01:22:06I wanted him to die.
01:22:11Craig?
01:22:13Craig?
01:22:14Craig?
01:22:18He was the favorite.
01:22:24Craig?
01:22:25Craig?
01:22:26Craig?
01:22:27He was the favorite.
01:22:29Craig?
01:22:31Craig?
01:22:32Craig?
01:22:33Craig?
01:22:34Craig?
01:22:35Craig?
01:22:40Oh, I don't know.
01:22:46Craig?
01:22:47Oh, Craig?
01:22:48Oh, shit.
01:23:18No, Amy, it's all right.
01:23:44Yeah, we got here in time.
01:23:48Hello?
01:24:13Just a minute.
01:24:14Doreemus, pick up the phone!
01:24:16Hello?
01:24:20Andy, my Helen, why didn't you pick me up?
01:24:24I'm still waiting for you.
01:24:25It's dark and I can't walk home.
01:24:27My mother's going to be mad.
01:24:29Please come.
01:24:32We found a bunch of phone calls that Craig had recorded on a cassette.
01:24:36Apparently, he hypnotized Peter to dial your number and then play the machine.
01:24:39What's wrong, Andy, my Helen?
01:24:42Why are you mad at me?
01:24:44And the psychiatrist from New York said the kid's going to be okay.
01:24:46He can't remember anything and apparently he wasn't involved with anything that was going on.
01:24:51Unbelievable.
01:24:52Now, Amy had breakfast with him this morning and he wouldn't stop talking, so at least one good thing came out of this.
01:24:57Maybe two good things, huh, Helen?
01:24:58Well, thank you, Enoch.
01:24:59Goodbye.
01:25:07Mommy?
01:25:08Yep?
01:25:09Are we going to see Craig now?
01:25:14No, darling, not right now.
01:25:17It'll probably be a long time before we can visit Craig.
01:25:19I'll tell you what, we'll do it just as soon as we can, okay?
01:25:27Helen, Peggy, let's get on the road.
01:25:49Just like old times.
01:26:01I hope so.
01:26:01I hope so.
01:26:02I hope so.
01:26:19I hope so.
01:26:37I hope so.
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