A Life At Stake 1955 ★★★ (CC) Film-noir [Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes]

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A Life at Stake is a 1955 American film noir directed by Paul Guilfoyle and starring Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes and Claudia Barrett. It was an independent production, made and distributed outside the Hollywood studio system.   Plot: Los Angeles architect and builder Edward Shaw, facing hard times, is approached by Doris Hillman with a business proposal to buy land together. Doris will build and sell houses on the property, leveraging her experience as a former real estate broker. Her husband Gus, a wealthy businessman, will contribute $500,000 toward the venture.   Doris quickly seems interested in more than a purely professional relationship. Shaw starts an affair with her and accepts the business offer. However, an accidental discovery leaves him convinced that the Hillmans' interest lies less in the long-term profits of the venture than in the $175,000 key man insurance policy covering Shaw's life that he purchased as a precondition for the deal. He fears that an attempt on his life is imminent.   Credits:  Angela Lansbury as Doris Hillman  Keith Andes as Edward Shaw  Douglass Dumbrille as Gus Hillman  Claudia Barrett as Madge Neilan  Jane Darwell as Landlady  Gavin Gordon as Sam Pearson  Charles Maxwell as Lt. Hoff  William Henry as Myles Norman  Kathleen Mulqueen as Mary  Dan Sturkie as Officer Biff  Jeane Wood as Mabel, the maid  Robert Haver as Mechanic   Soundtrack:  "Summer Interlude" by Hank McCune and Les Baxter

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00:01:36Oh, he's there all right.

00:01:37Well, he never leaves.

00:01:38He just sits there

00:01:39sort of staring out of the window

00:01:40most of the time.

00:01:42Now, I ask you,

00:01:43a man of his age who stares?

00:01:46Are you a bill collector?

00:01:48No, I'm a lawyer.

00:01:50That's what they all say.

00:01:51They think they throw a scare

00:01:53into us, I guess.

00:01:54Well, he's a weird one, that fellow.

00:01:58Really?

00:01:59Him and his thousand-dollar bill.

00:02:01Thousand-dollar bill?

00:02:03Framed like a picture

00:02:04and a sitting on the table.

00:02:08And him without enough money

00:02:10to eat on.

00:02:11Music

00:02:16I don't know.

00:02:46Who is it?

00:02:50My name's Pearson. Remember me?

00:02:52Sam Pearson.

00:02:53Did I see you for just a minute?

00:02:57Just a second.

00:03:06Come in.

00:03:10Mr. Shaw.

00:03:11Well, last time I saw you, I was representing some real estate people.

00:03:18That Pasadena deal, remember?

00:03:22Well, have you had your breakfast?

00:03:24Not yet.

00:03:25I was just going out for it.

00:03:28Always have a cup of coffee here first.

00:03:30It helps.

00:03:32Helps what? Your pride?

00:03:33Oh, come now, Shaw. You're not the first man who lost his shirt.

00:03:38I don't mean that literally, of course.

00:03:41Come on, let's have some breakfast. Be my guest.

00:03:43Why?

00:03:44What was that?

00:03:44What are you trying to sell me?

00:03:51Success, my boy.

00:03:53Bigger than you ever had before.

00:03:56I have a million dollars behind Shaw Incorporated.

00:03:58I had a partner once who used to talk like you.

00:04:04He wound up robbing me blind.

00:04:06Partner in Shaw Incorporated?

00:04:08That's right.

00:04:10He was a gambler, wasn't he?

00:04:12Yeah.

00:04:13He gambled away $37,000.

00:04:16Not a bad fellow, though, I hear.

00:04:19No.

00:04:20Just a bad poker player.

00:04:21$37,000.

00:04:31That is no lemony in the world.

00:04:34No.

00:04:36But it was all I had.

00:04:38Not quite all.

00:04:42Look.

00:04:44All I ever wanted was good friends, good home, a good business.

00:04:48When I lost the business, I lost the home and the friends.

00:04:53Isn't that the usual?

00:04:56No, I don't mean it that way.

00:04:58All my partner and I put in Shaw Incorporated was $10,000.

00:05:03The rest was their money.

00:05:05Friends' money.

00:05:06Life savings, most of it.

00:05:08Wiped out.

00:05:10May I ask you a question?

00:05:12Sure, you will anyway.

00:05:15Why?

00:05:18As long as I can keep from spending it, I'll get going again.

00:05:25You actually believe that?

00:05:27I sure do.

00:05:29And when you get going again, you'll pay back every cent of all your friends' money.

00:05:37That sounds pretty noble, doesn't it?

00:05:40I don't know that my clients will like that.

00:05:42Would you consider going into bankruptcy?

00:05:49Wiping out all your debts and starting all over again afresh?

00:05:53No, no, I guess not.

00:05:55You could have done that months ago.

00:05:59You're not noble, my boy.

00:06:01You're a hardhead.

00:06:02Nobody's ever going to teach you anything except yourself.

00:06:06Now, come on.

00:06:07Let's get out of here and go and get some breakfast.

00:06:09Wait till I wash.

00:06:11Okay.

00:06:18It's down the hall.

00:06:27Shaw.

00:06:27That was a cynical thing to do.

00:06:34Safe, too.

00:06:35I'm Edward Shaw.

00:07:05Mr. Pearson phoned and made an appointment for me.

00:07:07Mr. Hillman's not home.

00:07:09With Mrs. Hillman.

00:07:10What are you selling?

00:07:12Nothing.

00:07:13Mrs. Hillman told Mr. Pearson I should come right out.

00:07:16Mrs. Hillman's in the pool.

00:07:18Where would that be?

00:07:19In the middle of the six-car garage?

00:07:21Go around the back, that way.

00:07:23The pool is just the other side of the guest house.

00:07:29You better call out when you get to the guest house.

00:07:32Sometimes she swims in the nude.

00:07:35Don't worry about it.

00:07:36So do I.

00:07:36Okay.

00:07:37Hi.

00:08:01Hi.

00:08:02You're Edward Shore, aren't you?

00:08:03Uh-huh.

00:08:04I'm Mrs. Hillman.

00:08:06Hey, did you bring your pretty thousand-dollar bill?

00:08:08Word gets around.

00:08:10No, I left at a Pearson's office.

00:08:12Oh, what a shame.

00:08:14Hey, do you like our lovely pool?

00:08:20Looks all right from here.

00:08:22Didn't Mabel tell you to call out when you got to the guesthouse?

00:08:25Uh-huh.

00:08:26I didn't hear you call.

00:08:28No need to.

00:08:29I peaked first instead.

00:08:30You were expecting company.

00:08:31I didn't expect to find you unprepared.

00:08:35That'll be enough, Mr. Shaw.

00:08:36Enough of what?

00:08:38I invited you out here just to discuss business.

00:08:49Now, where were we?

00:08:51About to talk business, according to you.

00:08:54Do you want a drink first?

00:08:55Thanks, yes.

00:08:56Help yourself.

00:09:00I'll just have a Coke, if you don't mind.

00:09:03My husband doesn't like me to drink during the day.

00:09:06He thinks it's a bad habit to get into.

00:09:08Alcohol, I mean.

00:09:10I'm alone most of the time.

00:09:12He travels a lot.

00:09:13He thinks I should have a business to occupy me.

00:09:20Thanks.

00:09:21Do you know anything about the building business?

00:09:23I know real estate.

00:09:24I ought to.

00:09:25I used to sell it before I was married.

00:09:27How long have you been married?

00:09:29Six years.

00:09:30Long years?

00:09:32Short happy years, Mr. Shaw.

00:09:35Uh-huh.

00:09:37Well, the building business is a little different from real estate, you know.

00:09:41Not so different.

00:09:42Let's go.

00:09:44I want to handle the real estate.

00:09:49I want to buy up lots of beautiful California property.

00:09:52Then you build your little houses on it.

00:09:55I sell the houses and the property.

00:09:57Well, how can we miss?

00:09:58You handle the real estate in?

00:10:00Yes.

00:10:01And what part of the business does your husband figure to handle?

00:10:03My husband?

00:10:04Not mine, I hope.

00:10:05My husband doesn't figure to handle anything.

00:10:07You mean he just puts up the money and then sits back with a little prayer each night that it'll come back?

00:10:13Yeah.

00:10:14He just puts up the money.

00:10:15That'll be just you and me.

00:10:17Yes.

00:10:18Don't you think you'd like that?

00:10:20Sounds like it might work out.

00:10:22But you're not too sure.

00:10:24I'll have to chase around the mulberry bush a few times.

00:10:27How much money?

00:10:29Mr. Pearson told you, half a million.

00:10:3250,000 to start with and 50,000 every three months.

00:10:36Just to keep you from getting lonely, huh?

00:10:39My happiness means a great deal to my husband.

00:10:42I'm sure it does.

00:10:43But what I'm not sure of is who's nuts, him, you or me.

00:10:47Or maybe it's Pearson.

00:10:48Did he recommend that you buy in with me?

00:10:50No.

00:10:51It was our idea.

00:10:52How come?

00:10:53I like your houses.

00:10:54Where did you see my houses?

00:10:55Pasadena.

00:10:56You sold quite a few there, didn't you?

00:10:58A dozen or so.

00:10:59My cousin lives in one.

00:11:01Cousin Evie.

00:11:02She swears by it.

00:11:03I think it's wonderful.

00:11:05Hand me that towel over there, will you?

00:11:08The top gets so uncomfortable when it's damp.

00:11:18There, that's better.

00:11:20Now, what were we talking about?

00:11:23I, uh, I can't imagine why, but somehow it slipped my mind.

00:11:29Do you mind if I cool this off a little?

00:11:31I mean, brace it up?

00:11:32I told you before.

00:11:33Help yourself.

00:11:34Oh, there's, uh, a little matter of some money the company owes.

00:11:41I've managed to pay off some of it.

00:11:44It stands out about $30,000.

00:11:46Mr. Pearson told me.

00:11:47Ode to some friends of yours?

00:11:49Uh-huh.

00:11:51Male or female friends?

00:11:53Both.

00:11:54Why?

00:11:55I just wondered.

00:11:57And you insist on paying them off?

00:11:59Sure I insist.

00:12:00Else no deal.

00:12:01Well, I'll have to talk to my house.

00:12:03Well, I'll have to talk to my husband about it.

00:12:05He'll be coming back early next week.

00:12:07Fine.

00:12:09Married six years, huh?

00:12:11That makes you pretty young when you were peddling real estate.

00:12:1318 to 22.

00:12:15My father was in it all his life. I loved it.

00:12:18I turned out to be his best salesman.

00:12:20Where was this?

00:12:21San Diego.

00:12:22Oh.

00:12:23Big naval base there, isn't it?

00:12:26Huge.

00:12:30The salesmanship.

00:12:32Some of us have it, some don't.

00:12:35Aren't you getting a little bit fresh, Mr. Shaw?

00:12:38Yeah.

00:12:39Maybe I am.

00:12:41Well, Mrs. Summon, I'll think it over.

00:12:44What about tomorrow?

00:12:46Until I stop by, about the same time?

00:12:47Sure.

00:12:48If you like to do business here.

00:12:50Yeah, I like your office.

00:12:52Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Shaw.

00:12:55I wish I thought I was being ridiculous, Mrs. Hellman.

00:12:58Yeah.

00:12:59Now look at that.

00:13:00And believe me, shout out.

00:13:01A Bracelet to make it.

00:13:01Nice name, Miss.

00:13:02No Sam.

00:13:03You're a little boy.

00:13:05I'm a little old boy.

00:13:08It was too old boy.

00:13:09Yeah.

00:13:14Yeah.

00:13:15I might get some words, 1966.

00:13:16Yeah.

00:13:17It's fine.

00:13:19It's fine too.

00:13:20It's a much new identity.

00:13:21It250.

00:13:22Mr. Shaw?

00:13:23Yeah?

00:13:24You're wanted on the telephone.

00:13:25A woman?

00:13:26No.

00:13:27A man.

00:13:28He says his name is Mr. Pearson.

00:13:29I'll be right down.

00:13:32I'll be right down.

00:13:37I'll be right down.

00:13:42I'll be right down.

00:13:47Hello, Pearson.

00:14:03Mrs. Hillman phoned a little while ago.

00:14:06Her husband's up in San Francisco and said she was flying up there tomorrow afternoon to talk to him about that 30,000 in debts.

00:14:13She wants to see you Friday night.

00:14:16Night, huh?

00:14:17That's what she said.

00:14:20What did you think of her?

00:14:23If she likes you, I think you'll make a great team.

00:14:28Thanks, Coach.

00:14:31Mr. Shaw?

00:14:32Oh, Mr. Shaw?

00:14:33Huh?

00:14:34You told me to knock but it got dark tonight in case she was asleep.

00:14:36Oh.

00:14:37Thanks.

00:14:38I got a message for you, too.

00:14:41I'm decent.

00:14:42Come in.

00:14:43My.

00:14:44Do you want to sleep at night instead of in the day time?

00:14:46Do you want to sleep at night instead of in the day time?

00:14:49It'd be much better for your health, too.

00:14:50Yeah, I'll try to remember that, Mrs. Pilts.

00:14:52My.

00:14:53Look at this bed.

00:14:54Oh, say, a Mrs. Hillman called you.

00:14:56She didn't want to talk to you on the phone.

00:14:57But she said to meet her here at nine.

00:14:58She said to meet her here at nine.

00:14:59I'll try to remember that, Mrs. Pilts.

00:15:00Look at this bed.

00:15:01Oh, say, a Mrs. Hillman called you.

00:15:03She didn't want to talk to you on the phone.

00:15:04Real sweet, nice woman, I thought.

00:15:09I think you know this kind of tale, don't you?

00:15:14She sounded so refined.

00:15:18Oh, say, I've found a mother who's asleep at night instead of in the day time.

00:15:22I'm decent.

00:15:23I'm decent.

00:15:24Come in.

00:15:25My.

00:15:26Do you want to sleep at night instead of in the day time?

00:15:27You're much better for your health, too.

00:15:28Yeah, I'll try to remember that, Mrs. Pilts.

00:15:29Smiley.

00:15:30Look at this bed.

00:15:31Oh, say, a Mrs. Hillman called you.

00:15:32She didn't want to talk to you on the phone.

00:15:33Yeah.

00:15:58Hi again.

00:16:00Don't you stand there.

00:16:01I've seen girls before.

00:16:03Oh.

00:16:04Is that what you are?

00:16:07I hope you didn't mind coming here.

00:16:08This apartment belongs to a friend of mine.

00:16:10She's in Palm Springs.

00:16:11I, uh, promised I take care of her cats for her.

00:16:15That's okay.

00:16:16I like cats.

00:16:17It's nice and quiet here, and we can be all alone and talk

00:16:20without being interrupted by the telephone and visitors, you know.

00:16:23That's swell.

00:16:24I haven't made the hors d'oeuvres.

00:16:26Of course, they're not as good as Mabel's.

00:16:27Your maids?

00:16:28Yes.

00:16:29You mean you didn't bring her?

00:16:30Well, of course not.

00:16:31I'm crushed.

00:16:32Well, try one.

00:16:39Not bad.

00:16:40What is it?

00:16:41Rattlesnake meat?

00:16:42Don't be silly.

00:16:44Oh, I suppose Mr. Pearson told you that I flew up to San Francisco to see my husband?

00:16:49Sure.

00:16:50I told my husband that I liked you very much.

00:16:53Oh, you probably want a drink.

00:16:55Oh, would you rather have a cup of coffee?

00:16:57Whatever you say.

00:16:58I'm ready for anything.

00:17:00Well, I sort of feel like a drink myself.

00:17:02I think this calls for a celebration.

00:17:04Will you mix them?

00:17:05I like scotch light with lots of water.

00:17:07Uh-oh, I forgot the tray.

00:17:09Watch out for the cats.

00:17:10Don't you think this calls for a celebration?

00:17:24What does exactly?

00:17:25My husband has agreed to pay off the $30,000 in debt.

00:17:29That's what does exactly.

00:17:30Isn't that wonderful?

00:17:31Sounds pretty good.

00:17:32Aren't you surprised?

00:17:33I just fell down.

00:17:34I just fell down.

00:17:35Stiff with shock.

00:17:36I thought this was the only thing that was holding up the deal.

00:17:37You mean, as far as you're concerned, the deal's settled.

00:17:38Well, you certainly gave me the impression that this would settle it.

00:17:43Oh, you're not sure.

00:17:44Well, it's not a good thing.

00:17:45Don't you think this calls for a celebration?

00:17:48What does exactly?

00:17:49My husband has agreed to pay off the $30,000 in debt.

00:17:52That's what does exactly.

00:17:54Isn't that wonderful?

00:17:55Sounds pretty good.

00:17:56Aren't you surprised?

00:17:57I just fell down.

00:17:58Stiff with shock.

00:17:59I thought this was the only thing that was holding up the deal.

00:18:01You should honk about giving impressions.

00:18:08When do the debts get paid off?

00:18:11Providing I agree.

00:18:12Well, not all at once, of course.

00:18:14We'll make an allotment for them and pay them off as we go along.

00:18:17That's fair enough, isn't it?

00:18:19Out of those $50,000 chunks?

00:18:21Yes.

00:18:22You can't expect my husband to put up any more money, can you?

00:18:26I'll buy that.

00:18:28To our partnership.

00:18:30Starting tonight.

00:18:36Mmm.

00:18:37I feel just luscious.

00:18:42Oh, uh...

00:18:43How much insurance do you have?

00:18:45Insurance?

00:18:46Yes.

00:18:47You know, life insurance.

00:18:48Carried by the corporation to protect all the money that's invested in it.

00:18:52Just in case.

00:18:53$35,000 last time I looked.

00:18:56Oh.

00:18:57Well, that isn't very much.

00:19:00It's $35,000 more than I carry on myself.

00:19:03My husband was very specific about the insurance.

00:19:07Key man insurance, it's called.

00:19:09Key man?

00:19:10Yes.

00:19:11For instance, I couldn't have the corporation take it out on me because, well, anybody can sell real estate.

00:19:17In San Diego?

00:19:19Oh, stop it.

00:19:20What I mean is it would be perfectly simple to find another real estate man to take my place.

00:19:25But nobody could take my place, huh?

00:19:27Oh, no.

00:19:28And not build those nice little houses as cheaply as you can.

00:19:32You designed them.

00:19:33You know, the material that goes into them.

00:19:35Where to get the material.

00:19:37What kind of labor to hire.

00:19:38Well, they're just like your babies.

00:19:41You seem to know a good bit about it.

00:19:43Well, my husband explained it to me very carefully.

00:19:47Goodness, that's all we do.

00:19:49Talk business.

00:19:53You mean that's all you ever do?

00:19:55More or less.

00:19:58Then you like that?

00:20:00I don't mind.

00:20:02Well, if you ever want to get away from the office water cooler and live it up a little.

00:20:08Maybe a little music will get this party airborne.

00:20:13Mr. Shaw.

00:20:15Now, that sounds formal.

00:20:16Edward.

00:20:18How much insurance do you think we ought to have?

00:20:21How much does your husband think we ought to have?

00:20:23Quite a lot.

00:20:24After all, it's a huge investment.

00:20:25He was talking about 300,000.

00:20:28Oh, but I insisted that premiums would be too high.

00:20:31He agreed to take off 50,000.

00:20:35Leaving a quarter of a million?

00:20:37Yes.

00:20:39That's not too high, is it?

00:20:42No.

00:20:44Not if you're a mountain goat.

00:20:48I'll see you around.

00:20:49Where are you going?

00:20:51Look, Mrs. Hillman, I'm wise.

00:20:54Now that I'm hooked, I'm supposed to agree to anything.

00:20:56Isn't that it?

00:20:57Hooked?

00:20:58First, the pool and the swimming suit.

00:21:01Now this teepee and the war paint.

00:21:03This is one scalp you don't get.

00:21:05You can't talk to me like that.

00:21:06I'm doing it.

00:21:08Don't touch me, you're horrible.

00:21:11You're wonderful.

00:21:12You're wonderful.

00:21:14But not to do business with.

00:21:17Get out of this apartment.

00:21:19That's me you hear whistling in the street.

00:21:21Ready?

00:21:22Ready?

00:21:23Let's go.

00:21:24Let's go.

00:21:25Let's go.

00:21:26Let's go.

00:21:27Go.

00:21:28Go, David.

00:21:29Let's go.

00:21:59Let's go.

00:22:29Let's go.

00:22:59I can see you too, Edward.

00:23:18Let's go.

00:23:48It was a terrible thing to accuse me of.

00:23:54I know.

00:23:56It doesn't have to be a quarter of a million dollars.

00:23:58I know that too.

00:23:59$200,000.

00:24:05$150,000.

00:24:07$150,000.

00:24:08$150,000.

00:24:09My husband will never agree to it.

00:24:16Who cares what your husband agrees to?

00:24:18Don't.

00:24:24Please don't.

00:24:25$200,000.

00:24:30Please, darling.

00:24:33$175,000.

00:24:37$175,000.

00:24:49That's all.

00:24:50Here we are.

00:24:51Here we are.

00:24:55Hey, when am I going to see you again?

00:24:57How about this morning at 10 o'clock?

00:24:59Where?

00:25:00Pearson's office.

00:25:01Why?

00:25:02Meet my husband.

00:25:04He's coming in on the early plane.

00:25:05Now, let's be sensible, Mr. Shaw.

00:25:15If you were a banker, I came to you and asked for a loan of $500,000.

00:25:19Would you allow me to put up $175,000 security?

00:25:22That's a different thing.

00:25:23Yes, it's a different proposition, I know, but the principal is the same.

00:25:26But, Mr. No...

00:25:26Now, let me finish, Mr. Shaw.

00:25:28I don't ask and I don't expect to get full security the way a bank does.

00:25:33But I do ask and expect 50%.

00:25:36Yeah, but do you get it?

00:25:43I see your point.

00:25:46That's a good question.

00:25:47You've done business before, my boy.

00:25:50Do I get it?

00:25:53All right, Pearson, what do I sign?

00:25:56Right here, sir.

00:25:58Top line.

00:26:00Hello.

00:26:00Miss Adams said I should come right in.

00:26:02I'm sorry I'm late, but Madge and I have been shopping.

00:26:04Mr. Shaw, I want you to meet her.

00:26:05Come on in, Madge.

00:26:07This is Mr. Pearson, whom I don't believe you've met,

00:26:09and Mr. Shaw, this is my kid sister, Madge.

00:26:11How do you do?

00:26:13Hello, Mr. Hillman.

00:26:14I'm glad to see you, Madge.

00:26:15Nice to meet you, Miss...

00:26:16Neelan.

00:26:17Doris always forget.

00:26:18Hello.

00:26:19You run along now, honey.

00:26:21I'll catch up with you in about an hour.

00:26:23Glad to have met you, Mr. Shaw.

00:26:25Same here.

00:26:26Doris tells me you design houses, and they're wonderful.

00:26:28You see, I studied commercial art, and I think designing...

00:26:30Not just now, dear.

00:26:31We're in the middle of a business conference.

00:26:34Oh, sorry, Doris.

00:26:35I didn't know you asked me in just as a magnanimous gesture.

00:26:38Now, Madge...

00:26:39You know, one of these days, when you introduce me to somebody,

00:26:45I'm actually going to finish a sentence about myself.

00:26:48That is, if you happen to lose your voice.

00:26:50Now, you're not going to stand me up at our box, are you?

00:26:53Stand you up?

00:26:54I'd rather strangle myself.

00:27:00Doris, she gets more like you every day.

00:27:02Now, where's that line, Pearson?

00:27:03Right there on the top.

00:27:04You mean we're signing now?

00:27:07Yes, we'd have signed long ago,

00:27:09if you hadn't spent so much time shopping.

00:27:11Four closets full of clothes,

00:27:12and all she ever wears is a bathing suit.

00:27:14Here.

00:27:18Well, come on, Dory.

00:27:19Shaw and I ought to be down at the insurance company now.

00:27:21What's the matter with you?

00:27:33Give Shaw the pen.

00:27:45Women.

00:27:46I guess Madge really did upset her.

00:27:51Yes.

00:27:52Yes.

00:27:53Yes.

00:27:54Yes.

00:27:55Yes.

00:27:57Yes.

00:28:02Yes.

00:28:14Yes.

00:28:16Do you remember me?

00:28:18Yes.

00:28:19Yes.

00:28:19Hello. I bet you're surprised. I'm Madge, remember?

00:28:43Oh, sure. I remember.

00:28:44Doris said she'd be about an hour late.

00:28:46She asked me to meet you and said for us to go ahead and eat.

00:28:48You two have made up, huh? A waiter. Two, please.

00:29:04You didn't think I was really sore, did you?

00:29:06Doris and I go on like that all the time.

00:29:09May I call you Edward?

00:29:10Sure. I'll have the beef stew and coffee.

00:29:14I'll just have a chef salad and coffee later.

00:29:16Doris is such a wonderful girl.

00:29:20Of course, she treats me like a baby.

00:29:24How old are you?

00:29:25Almost 22. I have my own studio apartment.

00:29:28Nice.

00:29:29I'm not as strong as Doris. I guess that's the trouble.

00:29:32See, I'm sensitive, so she dominates me.

00:29:34Even when she had a tragedy, a real tragedy in her first marriage.

00:29:37Didn't bother her a bit.

00:29:38What first marriage?

00:29:39Oh, I thought you knew.

00:29:43Oh, she'll brain me if she finds out I told you.

00:29:47But I just detest people who start to tell you something and then don't finish it, don't you?

00:29:52I think it's just cruel.

00:29:54Yeah.

00:29:54Well, Doris married a man named Narleski when she was 18.

00:30:00She met him down in Mexico when he was on a toot.

00:30:03What happened?

00:30:05Did he toot too much?

00:30:06You're laughing at me.

00:30:08That's an old word my mother used to use.

00:30:10No, he was killed.

00:30:12A real tragedy.

00:30:13One night he fell asleep while he was driving and drove off a bridge.

00:30:16Up in Wyoming somewhere.

00:30:18That didn't bother Doris.

00:30:20Well, she out-married Hillman.

00:30:22Mr. Hillman was Narleski's business partner.

00:30:25That's how Mr. Hillman happened to come into all the money.

00:30:28The insurance, I mean.

00:30:31Life insurance?

00:30:32Yes.

00:30:33Oh, a fabulous amount.

00:30:35Way up in the hundreds of thousands.

00:30:38Narleski was a uranium export or something.

00:30:43What's the matter?

00:30:45Pay the check, William.

00:30:50Mr. Shaw?

00:30:51What did I do?

00:30:52Did I say something that offended you?

00:30:54No, no, no.

00:30:54You were fine.

00:30:56Tell me something.

00:30:58You got a cousin that lives in Pasadena?

00:31:00Oh, I don't think so.

00:31:01Cousin Evie lives in one of my houses.

00:31:02No, cousin Evie lives in Portland.

00:31:06Thanks.

00:31:07Oh, Mr. Shaw.

00:31:08I mean, Edward.

00:31:09Will you do me a favor and not tell Doris I was here?

00:31:11She just asked me to phone you and tell you she couldn't make it, and I...

00:31:14I couldn't find anybody to send for it, Mr. Shaw, so I went out for it myself.

00:31:25Anything else right now?

00:31:27How much money has Hillman given us so far?

00:31:30Ten to start with.

00:31:31Three checks for two, five.

00:31:33Seventeen, five.

00:31:35When's the rest of the first 50,000 due?

00:31:38You want some of this paint?

00:31:39No, thanks.

00:31:41It's due June 1st, if you haven't changed it.

00:31:42And today's May 22nd, huh?

00:31:47Yes.

00:31:51Nine days.

00:31:53Has something happened, Mr. Shaw?

00:31:55No, not yet.

00:31:57But you can count on it the next nine days.

00:32:02Tell me, Mary.

00:32:05Do I strike you as a suspicious type character?

00:32:08I mean, say, a guy who wouldn't trust his own mother with a skate key?

00:32:14No, Mr. Shaw.

00:32:16Not just saying that because you work here.

00:32:19Oh, come on, Mary.

00:32:20Be frank.

00:32:21Have some guts.

00:32:23You'll lose your job.

00:32:24Have some guts.

00:32:25Yeah, that's me.

00:32:35Suspicious character.

00:32:37I peep over my accountant's shoulder when he's signing the checks.

00:32:40Cop gives me a ticket, and I wonder if he's really a cop.

00:32:44I'll lock the office every time I go out in the hall because of this.

00:32:51Shaw Incorporated.

00:32:52Just a moment, please.

00:32:53It's Mrs. Hillman.

00:32:59Hi.

00:33:00Darling, I'm sorry I couldn't make lunch.

00:33:02Did Madge phone you?

00:33:03Yeah.

00:33:04I was up on the hill looking at some property, and there was no phone.

00:33:06Madge wanted the car, so I let her have it.

00:33:08Darling, the property's just what we want.

00:33:11Really?

00:33:12Put those darling houses on it, and they're going to sell for a fortune.

00:33:15You've just got to see it.

00:33:16Sorry, Mary was in here.

00:33:24You mean right now?

00:33:26Well, of course.

00:33:27I'm in a gas station on the corner of Barham and Cahuenga.

00:33:29You can make it in 15 minutes.

00:33:31I'm tied up now.

00:33:34Darling, what's the matter?

00:33:35You just heard it.

00:33:36I'm tied up.

00:33:38But at least we could look at the property together and we'll spend a little time.

00:33:42Maybe I'm sick of sneaking around when he's home.

00:33:46Getting five minutes here with you, ten minutes there.

00:33:48But he's going away soon, darling.

00:33:51Listen, you've got to see the property tomorrow morning or we may lose it.

00:33:55Shall I pick you up?

00:33:58Yeah, here.

00:34:00Early.

00:34:01Bye.

00:34:02Bye.

00:34:18Jeez, Gary's Lee.

00:34:24The brakes just slipped, that's all.

00:34:26Brake slipped.

00:34:27I'll get Mr. Hanauer.

00:34:28He promised to show us around.

00:34:30Bye.

00:34:48I'll get to see you next time.

00:35:18Can I help you?

00:35:20This is going to sound funny.

00:35:22Go ahead. Maybe it won't.

00:35:26Somebody's trying to kill me.

00:35:29You know who, or are you just guessing?

00:35:32Look, I didn't come in here to cut up.

00:35:36The 53 Pontiac, Hoffie. Blue convertible.

00:35:42Hey, maybe you didn't hear me.

00:35:44I heard you.

00:35:45I heard you got an engine number.

00:35:47No.

00:35:50Look, if you know who, maybe we can help you.

00:35:53If you don't, what can we do?

00:35:56If you're still trying to cut up...

00:35:58Look, how many people do you think come in here just like you,

00:36:01who say somebody's trying to kill them? How many?

00:36:04How would I know?

00:36:05Four or five a week. Sometimes three in one day.

00:36:09Not one of them that I know of has been hurt yet.

00:36:12Fred, dig out that Collins file for me, will you?

00:36:17Think it over for a minute.

00:36:21See if you've got anything real to go on.

00:36:23Lieutenant Hoff will talk to you.

00:36:24Lieutenant Hoff will talk to you.

00:36:26Uh-uh. That door.

00:36:28Where did this death in Wyoming take place?

00:36:29I don't know.

00:36:33I don't know.

00:36:34You see, Shaw? Nothing.

00:36:35All you've got to go on is the word of a 21-year-old girl.

00:36:36And this car thing.

00:36:37Maybe Mrs. Hillman wasn't lying.

00:36:38Maybe the brakes weren't.

00:36:39I don't know.

00:36:40You see, Shaw? Nothing.

00:36:42All you've got to go on is the word of a 21-year-old girl.

00:36:45And this car thing.

00:36:46Maybe Mrs. Hillman wasn't lying.

00:36:47Maybe the brakes were slipping.

00:36:48Maybe I'm going nuts too.

00:36:49Maybe this isn't even a police car thing.

00:36:50I don't know.

00:36:51You see, Shaw?

00:36:52I don't know.

00:36:53I don't know.

00:36:55I don't know.

00:36:56I don't know.

00:36:57I don't know.

00:36:58I don't know.

00:36:59I don't know.

00:37:00I don't know.

00:37:01I don't know.

00:37:02I don't know.

00:37:03I don't know.

00:37:04Maybe Mrs. Hillman wasn't lying.

00:37:05Maybe the brakes were slipping.

00:37:09Maybe I'm going nuts too.

00:37:10Maybe this isn't even a police station.

00:37:12Shaw?

00:37:16Look.

00:37:17You understand our position, don't you?

00:37:19I mean, we get this kind of thing shoved in our faces all day long.

00:37:22Most of them are crackpots.

00:37:25You know why I talk to you?

00:37:30Tell me, Uncle Jack.

00:37:31All right.

00:37:32Let's simmer down, partner.

00:37:35I talk to you because you don't look like a crackpot.

00:37:37You don't sound like a crackpot.

00:37:39That's why.

00:37:40But I'm acting like one.

00:37:41I didn't say that.

00:37:42But that's the idea.

00:37:43All right.

00:37:44Well, look up Hillman for you.

00:37:45How's that?

00:37:47Now, where can I get in touch with you?

00:37:52Wrapped twice in my coffin.

00:37:58A stumble bum with a champ's mouth, huh?

00:38:00Catch him.

00:38:01Get his address.

00:38:02Right.

00:38:03And write out a squeal on him.

00:38:04Okay.

00:38:05Nothing wrong with these brakes.

00:38:06Stopped on a dime?

00:38:07Stay, sir.

00:38:08Thanks.

00:38:09Want to try it yourself?

00:38:10No, no, no.

00:38:11I told the owner I'd bring it right back.

00:38:12After the test.

00:38:13Oh, there you are.

00:38:15Mrs. Hellman's been trying to reach you all afternoon.

00:38:19What's wrong with these brakes? Stops on a dime, stays there.

00:38:22Thanks.

00:38:23Want to try it yourself?

00:38:24No, no, no. I told the owner I'd bring it right back after the test.

00:38:37Oh, there you are.

00:38:40Mrs. Hellman's been trying to reach you all afternoon.

00:38:43She wants you to meet her at Mountain Lodge tomorrow night

00:38:46to close the deal on that lake property.

00:38:48Do you want me for anything else?

00:38:49No, thanks, Mary. Good night.

00:38:51Good night.

00:39:18Let's go.

00:39:21Hello.

00:39:23Let's go.

00:39:53I was hoping I'd find you here.

00:40:07I just had to see you.

00:40:10I bet you think I'm awful.

00:40:12Why would I think that?

00:40:13I lied to you.

00:40:15An outright lie about Doris being late for lunch that day.

00:40:18You probably think all the rest were lies, too.

00:40:22Were they?

00:40:23Of course not.

00:40:24But you couldn't tell whether I was a big liar or not.

00:40:28What are you typing?

00:40:30Typing?

00:40:31Yes.

00:40:32I heard you as I was coming in.

00:40:33Peck and pray.

00:40:34It's just an office memo.

00:40:36A likely story.

00:40:38Groucho says that on TV all the time.

00:40:40If it's just an office memo, why are you hiding it?

00:40:42Well, I'm not hiding it.

00:40:47Let's get out of here.

00:40:53Come on.

00:40:54I bet it's the love letter.

00:40:55I just love to read other people's love letters, don't you?

00:40:57Well, you see, you were hiding it.

00:41:04I wasn't going to read it.

00:41:05I just wanted to find out.

00:41:08Funny thing.

00:41:09I believe you.

00:41:14How about a nice, big, juicy steak?

00:41:16Oh, I'd love it.

00:41:18Oh, I just remembered something.

00:41:21What?

00:41:22I just had a nice, big, thick, juicy steak.

00:41:24Ha, ha, ha.

00:41:51Oh, I'd love it.

00:42:21Wait till you hear this one.

00:42:36I'd like to, but I'd better take off.

00:42:38It's almost three.

00:42:39Oh, it is?

00:42:40Well, first it's nine, and then whoosh, it's almost three.

00:42:44Where does the time go?

00:42:46Yeah.

00:42:49I wonder.

00:42:51You better go.

00:42:54I'll get your code.

00:42:55I'll get your code.

00:43:29You sore about something?

00:43:49Unhappy?

00:43:52Just plain miserable, huh?

00:43:55They have to go up the mountains and meet Doris tomorrow and close the deal.

00:43:59I'll call you as soon as I get back.

00:44:01All right.

00:44:02All right.

00:44:03All right.

00:44:04All right.

00:44:05All right.

00:44:07All right.

00:44:08All right.

00:44:09All right.

00:44:11All right.

00:44:12All right.

00:44:14All right.

00:44:18Darling, it's always so good to see you.

00:44:48Where'd you get the car?

00:44:49Rented it.

00:44:50We're gonna have dinner with Collins tonight.

00:44:52We should be able to close the deal.

00:44:53I was gonna leave you a note.

00:44:54Yeah?

00:44:55I tore it up.

00:44:57I thought it'd be more fun to tell you myself.

00:44:59I've got a surprise for you two.

00:45:01I bet.

00:45:02You were just great, you know.

00:45:19I'm so proud of you.

00:45:21We've got our first piece of property, and it's just at your price, too.

00:45:24Hey, watch it, will you?

00:45:30Where are we going?

00:45:31That's the surprise.

00:45:33To our cabin.

00:45:34What do you mean, our cabin?

00:45:35Mine and my husband's.

00:45:36It's way up on the top of the mountain, the very top.

00:45:39You can look down and see for miles and miles.

00:45:43Looks great.

00:45:44Let's go.

00:45:45Let's go.

00:46:13Oh, what is the matter?

00:46:14What?

00:46:15Something the matter?

00:46:16No.

00:46:21Madge, you ever been up here?

00:46:23Sure, lots of times.

00:46:25But, for goodness sakes, why?

00:46:26I just wondered.

00:46:28I bet she comes running to you with her troubles all the time.

00:46:31Not her.

00:46:32She's too independent and stubborn.

00:46:33Come on.

00:46:34Come on.

00:46:43How do you like it?

00:46:51Not bad.

00:46:53Come on.

00:47:05Scary, isn't it?

00:47:06We used to have a porch built out over there, but nobody felt comfortable on it.

00:47:10One of these days, I'm going to put a great big picture window there.

00:47:13What's the matter?

00:47:21Come here. I want to show you something else.

00:47:23No, thanks. I'm quite comfortable right here.

00:47:27What's been the matter with you lately, Edward?

00:47:30How lately?

00:47:31I'm serious, darling.

00:47:33Nothing that I know of. Why?

00:47:36You've been avoiding me. Even when I see you, it's not the same.

00:47:41That's logical.

00:47:43Nothing stands still, Doris.

00:47:45But I don't want it to stand still.

00:47:47I want it to grow. I...

00:47:49So that nothing can stop it.

00:47:50Not you, nor me, nor anybody.

00:47:52But most of all, not you, nor me.

00:47:54I thought you might like some coffee.

00:47:58It's good on a cold night like this.

00:48:00I brought some cookies, too.

00:48:02What are you doing here?

00:48:04I was worried about you, Dory.

00:48:07I wanted to see how you and Shaw were getting along.

00:48:11Black or white?

00:48:12You got any brandy?

00:48:13Not here.

00:48:16Cream will do.

00:48:19Enough?

00:48:20That's fine.

00:48:23You forgot the sugar.

00:48:26Oh, so I did.

00:48:27I forgot.

00:48:31Oh, Doris.

00:48:32Of course, you should be ladies first.

00:48:35I forget whether you take cream or sugar.

00:48:37It's been so long since we've had breakfast together.

00:48:41Doris.

00:48:42We're all civilized people.

00:48:45Sit down.

00:48:46We might as well be comfortable.

00:48:47What do you want, Gus?

00:48:49An understanding.

00:48:51If this partnership is to continue,

00:48:54it's to be confined to business hours.

00:48:57That's pretty clear, isn't it?

00:48:59Pretty clear.

00:49:01Wouldn't you say it was, Doris?

00:49:03Please, Edward, will you shut up?

00:49:09Yep.

00:49:10That was pretty clear to her.

00:49:18Well, I must be running.

00:49:20Don't finish your coffee.

00:49:21Have a cookie.

00:49:22No, thanks.

00:49:29Oh, Mr. Hillman.

00:49:31It was nice of you to come all the way up here

00:49:33just to tell me not to work overtime.

00:49:36Good night.

00:49:48Oh, my God.

00:49:53Good night.

00:49:54Good night.

00:50:05Good night.

00:50:09Oh, my God.

00:50:14Fire.

00:50:14How did you know I'd come here?

00:50:33Your attitude.

00:50:34What's that got to do with it?

00:50:35You couldn't wait to get Shaw alone.

00:50:37This was the best place.

00:50:39You're drunk.

00:50:40Sure, I've had one or two.

00:50:43It's a long ride up that mountain.

00:50:45It's a long ride down, too.

00:50:55That's better.

00:50:57Now, you stay here and have some fun with guts, huh?

00:51:14I'll be right back.

00:51:15I'll be right back.

00:51:16I'll be right back.

00:51:18I'll be right back.

00:51:19I'll be right back.

00:51:21I'll be right back.

00:51:22I'll be right back.

00:51:24I'll be right back.

00:51:25I'll be right back.

00:51:26I'll be right back.

00:51:27I'll be right back.

00:51:28I'll be right back.

00:51:29I'll be right back.

00:51:30I'll be right back.

00:51:31I'll be right back.

00:51:32I'll be right back.

00:51:33I'll be right back.

00:51:34I'll be right back.

00:51:35I'll be right back.

00:51:41Oh, my God.

00:52:11Oh, my God.

00:52:41Now, just what was it I was supposed to have put in the coffee, Mr. Norman?

00:52:58Some kind of a drug, according to Mr. Shaw.

00:53:00That would be funny if it wasn't so serious.

00:53:06Do you realize, Mr. Shaw, that you're accusing me of attempted murder?

00:53:10I sure do. And it's not hard.

00:53:12Well, I'm perfectly willing to do anything I can to clear this matter up, not only for my own reputation, but for Mr. Shaw's peace of mind.

00:53:21I don't want anybody laying awake at night wondering if I'm going to murder them.

00:53:26So if it will help by canceling the policy, I'll be glad to do it, even though it leaves me out on a limb with a huge investment.

00:53:34The policy is non-cancelable.

00:53:35Yes, I know that.

00:53:36But if the president of your company is willing to cut corners and make an exception in this case, I will cancel the policy.

00:53:43And I'm sure that mostly all companies are willing to cut corners at one time or another.

00:53:48Is that fair enough?

00:53:48Sounds fine to me.

00:53:51Cancel it today?

00:53:53Right now.

00:53:58I'm satisfied.

00:53:59Well, that's fine.

00:54:01You know, Mr. Norman, what's the matter with Mr. Shaw?

00:54:04He suffers from a guilt complex.

00:54:07Oh?

00:54:09He's in love with my wife.

00:54:13Perhaps I should refresh my psychology, Mr. Hillman.

00:54:16Well, what's that got to do with it, if you get what I mean?

00:54:20He's afraid I might kill him.

00:54:23So he cooked up this story to get your protection.

00:54:26When he and my wife arrived at the cabin, the last person in the world they expected to find there was me.

00:54:32Am I clear?

00:54:34Did you and Mrs. Hillman expect to find Mr. Hillman at the cabin?

00:54:38They thought I was safe and sound in Los Angeles.

00:54:40I can prove it.

00:54:43Is that true?

00:54:46Yeah.

00:54:49I'm sorry, Mr. Shaw, but the policy is non-cancellable, and I see no reason to discuss it any further.

00:54:54I see no reason to discuss it any further.

00:54:57Hello?

00:55:23Oh, Miss Hillman.

00:55:25No, he ain't.

00:55:27He was here about, oh, noon, I'd say, and then he packed in a hurry, I tell you.

00:55:34Yes, packed.

00:55:36Well, he was...

00:55:38Miss Hillman?

00:55:42Huh?

00:55:44Well...

00:55:50I've called every place, Mrs. Hillman.

00:55:52It's fantastic. He seems to have disappeared completely.

00:55:55Today's the 27th, isn't it?

00:55:57Yes.

00:55:58And he took his $1,000 bill?

00:56:00I imagine so.

00:56:01When I came back from lunch, he was gone, and so was the bill.

00:56:04Here's the bill.

00:56:05Here's the bill.

00:56:10Oh...

00:56:15weakly,

00:56:17a piece of a piece of a piece,

00:56:20with a piece of a piece,

00:56:21we had a beautiful piece of money.

00:56:23Oh, my God.

00:56:25Yes, I felt like a piece of a piece of wood.

00:56:27Oh, my God.

00:56:28I was leaving her,

00:56:29and so, as you said,

00:57:32Hey, Joe, where you been?

00:57:47You're late.

00:58:17Edward.

00:58:32What on earth is the matter with you?

00:58:34I had a little scare, that's all.

00:58:35I'm all right.

00:58:36You got my message, huh?

00:58:38Yes.

00:58:39I was so glad to hear from you.

00:58:40The maid let me in.

00:58:41Was that all right?

00:58:42Sure.

00:58:44I guess you think I've slipped a cog or two, huh?

00:58:46No.

00:58:50Well, they sure got themselves a beautiful setup.

00:58:53Insurance policy I can't shake.

00:58:55Police think I'm psycho.

00:58:57It gets to you after a while.

00:58:59Not knowing where it's coming from, or when, or what, or how.

00:59:02Well, I'm taking that thousand dollar bill and coming up on the other side of the world.

00:59:06No shakes, no cold sweat, and no tramps.

00:59:09That's why I wanted to see you, to say goodbye.

00:59:10Why haven't you left before?

00:59:14Is it because you're in love with the tramp?

00:59:17I'm sorry I said that.

00:59:18After all, she is your sister.

00:59:20If you're not in love with her, are you in love with somebody else?

00:59:24No.

00:59:25Not even a little bit?

00:59:26Maybe.

00:59:31A little bit.

00:59:32And that's why you haven't left?

00:59:36Maybe.

00:59:39Maybe staying is like the thousand dollar bill.

00:59:42Gives me something to cling to.

00:59:52Looks pretty good, doesn't it?

00:59:54Not to me.

00:59:55I think putting that bill in a frame was sheer sentimental drivel.

00:59:59That's cute.

01:00:00Let's hear it again.

01:00:02Here you are, about to throw away your whole life by going off to the Australian bush or someplace.

01:00:07And you're going to use that, that thing to do it.

01:00:10What's wrong with that?

01:00:11Can't you use all that money here to fight back at Doris and Mr. Hillman?

01:00:15All I'm fighting here is my nerves.

01:00:21Edward.

01:00:23I'm only 21.

01:00:25And I know when you're 21, you think you know more than anybody else in the world.

01:00:30But I think I know what's wrong with you.

01:00:35You won't stop thinking about it, really, until you stop running from it.

01:00:41Or I could stay here and keep on being a sitting duck.

01:00:44Well, not if you do something about it.

01:00:46Go see Doris.

01:00:47You can handle her.

01:00:48You mean if I went to her, went back to her, she'd turn on Hillman?

01:00:53If there was a, you know, a showdown between you and Doris and Mr. Hillman, she would.

01:00:59And then the whole plot would come out.

01:01:00And if Doris turned against him, Mr. Hillman wouldn't dare do anything.

01:01:04Just how do we get the showdown?

01:01:05Well, if Hillman sees you and Doris together...

01:01:12Where?

01:01:13On a trip or someplace?

01:01:14Well, why not a trip?

01:01:16Las Vegas or any place.

01:01:18Using what for money?

01:01:19Where is he?

01:01:49I'll take you to him.

01:01:51Why did he send me this?

01:01:54He said with you money talked.

01:01:57Really?

01:01:59He also said that you could choose the place and spend the money any way you liked.

01:02:05Providing, of course, that he spends it with you.

01:02:08But why?

01:02:09Didn't he think I was trying to do away with him?

01:02:11Of course not.

01:02:12He never suspected you at all.

01:02:14He thought Mr. Hillman was trying to.

01:02:17But why didn't he call me direct?

01:02:19Well, I'll have to run along.

01:02:26I'll be late for class.

01:02:27Doris, will you run me down to school?

01:02:29Honey, I can't.

01:02:30I'm late.

01:02:31Here, take a cab and run.

01:02:33Gus is in Chicago and I've got a Cole Pearson.

01:02:35Oh, okay.

01:02:36Okay.

01:02:36Bye, eatin' all now.

01:02:38We have to go save you.

01:02:40Bye.

01:02:42Bye now.

01:02:50Bye now.

01:02:54Bye now.

01:02:55Bye now.

01:02:59Bye now.

01:03:00Bye now.

01:03:01Bye now.

01:03:02Sad dafür.

01:03:03Bye now.

01:03:03I'm on your side.

01:03:03Bye now.

01:04:34What happened to Las Vegas?

01:04:54Did it move?

01:04:55What?

01:04:55We're headed toward Big Bear country.

01:04:57Come on, let's make the light.

01:04:58What's bothering you?

01:05:12Now or then?

01:05:14Then.

01:05:14Las Vegas.

01:05:15You're about 35 miles wrong.

01:05:18I must have taken the wrong road.

01:05:23Ask me what's bothering me now.

01:05:25Why ask what I already know?

01:05:28Your cabin, huh?

01:05:30Yes.

01:05:31No roulette, no dice, no big flowing dresses?

01:05:34No.

01:05:36No husband?

01:05:37Gus is in Chicago.

01:05:39You know that.

01:05:40I only know what you tell me.

01:05:42And?

01:05:43Tell me more.

01:05:44Just tonight, Edward.

01:05:47Up there is like being on top of the world.

01:05:50We could go to Vegas tomorrow.

01:05:51Go on, drive.

01:05:57Go on, drive.

01:06:05Come on, drive.

01:06:06Come on, buddy.

01:06:07Go on, drive.

01:06:10I won't open this way.

01:06:11Come on, drive.

01:06:13Come on and drive.

01:06:14And we thought if, if Edward and Doris went away together, and we let Hillman know they were away together, well, that would do it.

01:06:42Do what?

01:06:43Well, play Hillman and Doris against each other. I know Doris. And if she got mad enough at Hillman, she'd tell Edward everything.

01:06:50Split and conquer, huh?

01:06:52Yes.

01:06:53So, now Shaw is in Las Vegas. Only Mrs. Hillman knows that he suspects her, so she'll know he's trying to trick her.

01:07:01Shaw hasn't shown up at the Sands yet, Hoffie. Neither is that Hillman dame. Sorry, miss.

01:07:05What about Mr. Hillman?

01:07:06Well, he checked out early this morning. Was asking the airlines about getting him to Big Bear.

01:07:10Big Bear? Not Vegas?

01:07:11He and Doris have a cabin up near there.

01:07:13Oh, yeah, this. The life insurance people just called it to me over the phone. Miles Norman's office.

01:07:18From Laramie, Wyoming.

01:07:20Nowleski fell asleep and drove off bridge 12 miles north of here.

01:07:24Reopening case to confirm suspicion of sleeping pills.

01:07:27Details later.

01:07:27It's beautiful, isn't it?

01:07:46I might even ask you to drink it out of my slipper.

01:07:50Champagne's for good things.

01:07:53Here's to fun.

01:07:54And to love.

01:08:03What's the matter, Edward?

01:08:06What's wrong?

01:08:08You're not going to spoil our little party?

01:08:11Our party was spoiled a long time ago.

01:08:13Happened to me like this since I was a kid.

01:08:18Something nice happens and it always manages to get messed up.

01:08:23What's wrong, Edward?

01:08:25You've sneaked around too many corners, I guess.

01:08:27I'd just like to walk down the street once in the sunlight.

01:08:31But we've had a wonderful time the past few weeks.

01:08:33The best I've ever had.

01:08:35Something that could go on forever.

01:08:37You feel that way just as I do.

01:08:39You know, it's a shame.

01:08:41We'd be awful good together.

01:08:43If only I could trust you.

01:08:45Is trust something that you wrap up in a package and give to the person you love?

01:08:50Or is it in my eyes, in my heart?

01:08:54Read my heart, Edward.

01:08:56I'm trying, Doris.

01:08:59But there are things.

01:09:00Things like, why did we come to the cabin?

01:09:03Edward, listen, I was just trying to test you.

01:09:05I wanted to get rid of Gus so that we could be alone.

01:09:08So that I could make you love me like I love you.

01:09:10You're lying, Doris.

01:09:12I'm not lying, Edward.

01:09:13Lies.

01:09:14All of it lies.

01:09:17Edward.

01:09:19I love you.

01:09:26Oh, darling, this is all I wanted.

01:09:36This is all I've ever wanted.

01:09:38Just you, Edward.

01:09:45And we could stay here forever.

01:09:47Yes, forever, darling.

01:09:53What about Gus?

01:09:56Gus?

01:09:59Edward, we've got to get away from here quickly.

01:10:01Why?

01:10:02Gus, he's coming here.

01:10:03He'll be here any time.

01:10:04Tonight?

01:10:06Yes.

01:10:06Then it was going to be tonight.

01:10:08Yes, but it's all changed now.

01:10:10Please, Edward, let's go.

01:10:11I am going.

01:10:13Alone.

01:10:14But, Edward, you love me.

01:10:15You told me you love me.

01:10:15Tell me, Doris, how does it feel to kiss someone you're planning to kill?

01:10:18Are they look sweeter when you know you'll be the last to kiss them?

01:10:22Lottie!

01:10:23No, Edward.

01:10:23Tell the truth for a change.

01:10:25Tell me how much you loved me when your husband fed me dope.

01:10:28Do you love me more than you love Norleski?

01:10:30Tell me, do you?

01:10:31Please, please, Edward.

01:10:32Come on, talk.

01:10:34Tell me how much our love will grow and grow.

01:10:36Keep telling me until you kill me.

01:10:39You're not fit to live.

01:10:40Oh, no, Edward.

01:10:42Edward.

01:10:43Edward, where are you going?

01:10:44I'm getting out of here while I'm still alive.

01:10:47Edward, please don't leave me.

01:10:50Edward.

01:10:54Put down that gun.

01:11:07Oh, Edward.

01:11:09Edward, I didn't mean to, but you were leaving me, Edward.

01:11:11I'm sorry.

01:11:12Please forgive me, darling.

01:11:17What's happened here?

01:11:19Is he dead?

01:11:21Oh, he's alive.

01:11:23You idiot.

01:11:24Why did you shoot him?

01:11:26You spoiled everything.

01:11:27Oh, Edward, darling.

01:11:28Pull yourself together.

01:11:29Stop that.

01:11:30But I've shot him.

01:11:31Can't you see?

01:11:32You loved him a great deal, didn't you?

01:11:34Does anybody know you brought him here?

01:11:40Mm-hmm.

01:11:41Good.

01:11:42That's perfect.

01:11:43A lover's rendezvous.

01:11:45Ending in a suicide.

01:11:48A double suicide.

01:11:51What?

01:11:52You're a clever girl, Dory.

01:11:54You know that a woman might kill her lover when he threatens to leave her and then follow him herself later?

01:12:00Gus, you're horrible.

01:12:02Yeah.

01:12:03We're a pair, aren't we, Dory?

01:12:05It's too bad you couldn't remember that.

01:12:07Oh.

01:12:29Oh.

01:12:30Oh.

01:12:52Oh.

01:13:00Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

01:13:30Shaw, you all right?

01:13:41Shaw!

01:13:43Here.

01:13:46Let me give you a hand.

01:13:55Dribble.

01:13:58Who needs dribble anymore?

01:14:00Get it, Dad.

01:14:22Want to tell me what you're thinking?

01:14:26High as both.

01:14:28Oh.

01:14:29What's that?

01:14:33Feelings you get.

01:14:36But just from certain people.

01:14:39Oh.

01:14:41Yeah.

01:14:44Doris was practical.

01:14:47She liked men.

01:14:48She liked money.

01:14:50No nonsense.

01:14:50I never met anybody like her.

01:14:56I never met anybody like her.

01:15:09Things may be a lot different than you think.

01:15:14Go to sleep.

01:15:15Go to sleep.

01:15:16Oh.

01:15:21Sarah.

01:15:22Oh.

01:15:23Yeah.

01:15:24Oh.

01:15:25Oh.

01:15:30Oh.

01:15:32Oh.

01:15:33Hey.

01:15:33Oh.

01:15:36Oh.

01:15:37Oh.

01:15:38Oh.

01:15:39Oh.

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