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00:00:00The movie of the week.
00:00:19Presenting the world premiere of an original motion picture produced especially for ABC.
00:00:25Tonight on the movie of the week.
00:00:55And since you are, after all, if you'll pardon the expression, stockholders in this venture,
00:01:12you should be pleased to hear the title of the island of New Eden has almost cleared.
00:01:20Your land.
00:01:22Our land of beginning again so close I can almost see the golden dome of the tabernacle.
00:01:27And so colonization should go forward in about a month.
00:01:29You said that last month.
00:01:31Did I?
00:01:33Oh, yes, I might have done.
00:01:35You see, in addition to being an atrocious businessman, I also have another character deficiency.
00:01:39I sometimes lie a bit.
00:01:41But that serves to keep you all cheerful and it gets me off the hook, right?
00:01:44Oh, about some new birthing arrangements.
00:01:47Sister Eve, you've had the guest cabin for how long now?
00:01:51We're playing musical staterooms again.
00:01:54Who's going to get the first maid's cabin this time?
00:01:56Let me guess.
00:02:01Ah, the rich kid, right?
00:02:04Sister Isabel would like to move in in a day or so.
00:02:07There's no hurry.
00:02:08That's right, there's no hurry.
00:02:10What do you mean, no hurry?
00:02:12You can't wait to get your feet under the captain's table.
00:02:15That's enough.
00:02:18When we make New Eden, you can make the laws if you want laws.
00:02:21But on this ship, the captain is master and what he says goes.
00:02:27And what he says is, go.
00:02:29Now, all ashore that's going ashore, yes, and all aboard, go below, and all below, go forward, out, out.
00:02:34Leave me alone with my wicked conscience, huh?
00:02:37Thank you, sir.
00:02:57That's odd.
00:02:58I thought I dismissed everybody.
00:03:04There's, uh, apparently something on your mind.
00:03:09Assassination from the look of it.
00:03:12Now, your love generation is strangely fond of violence.
00:03:15But then again, Brother Kane was conceived in the original Eden, wasn't he?
00:03:20And chance gave off very bad vibrations.
00:03:23Not to mention the effects on the ecology.
00:03:26Fumes.
00:03:28Noise pollution.
00:03:30Now, you weigh all that against a very primitive form of population control.
00:03:33Perhaps you'd better think about it some more, and then come back.
00:03:39You're welcome.
00:04:01Oh, my God.
00:04:31Three. Last seen, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
00:04:35She was last seen in a commune out there. Prior to that, she'd been involved with some bizarre ecology clinic.
00:04:44Good afternoon, officer.
00:04:45I'm sorry, but the inspector's busy.
00:04:48Good. The taxpayers will be pleased.
00:04:52Huh?
00:04:52Oscar, an invitation from you is like a subpoena.
00:04:57Indigestion again? I bet it was pizza for lunch.
00:05:00Oh, excuse me, boys. I'll just sit right over here.
00:05:04All right, mister. I'm a hot, and I say, uh, Miss Gregory left the commune?
00:05:11How?
00:05:11She, um, she was driving a minibus east.
00:05:16It was a garish thing, lavender, decorated with white daffodils.
00:05:22New York did seem a logical destination.
00:05:24Well, she, uh, you know, a heavy tablet.
00:05:28If you still call them that.
00:05:29Unconventional, anyway. You see, Lenore was orphaned.
00:05:34She inherited a great deal of money.
00:05:36And at college, at Dirkley, she acquired a classical guilt feeling about her wealth.
00:05:44It caused her to relate to those who are young, idealistic, and usually unwashed.
00:05:50And the bank is, uh, naturally concerned about her safety, eh?
00:05:55Well, we're not exactly loco parentis, but there are several trust deeds coming due.
00:05:59We need her signature.
00:06:01And she has withdrawn considerable sums of money from the bank, presumably for redeposit elsewhere.
00:06:07So we are concerned for her safety.
00:06:10Hmm.
00:06:11Well, Mr. Rebelhart, you know, the Homicide Division, we don't normally, uh, dabble in missing persons,
00:06:18unless, of course, a little touch of rigor mortis has already said it.
00:06:23You know what I mean?
00:06:25I understand that, Inspector.
00:06:29But the Commissioner suggested that you might consider it a favor for him.
00:06:35Have you tried, uh, private...
00:06:36Private investigators? Oh, yes.
00:06:38I've tried them in various cities, yes.
00:06:41Made not with any success, and I fear they're most indiscreet.
00:06:46Of course.
00:06:49Samerhart.
00:06:51You can assure the Commissioner that this department will do everything within its power
00:06:57to see that Miss Gregory is safely restored to the bosom of her bank.
00:07:02And discreetly do.
00:07:03Uh, Gavahart, this is, uh, unofficial, of course, but my department, sometimes we utilize the services
00:07:11of non-professional investigators.
00:07:15Oh, especially qualified, of course, you know, naturally inquisitive, keenly observant, that sort of thing.
00:07:21I'm most grateful.
00:07:22My number in San Francisco.
00:07:25Inspector Piper, Mrs. Piper, attractive hat.
00:07:31Oh, thank you.
00:07:34Really, Oscar, that's the limit.
00:07:37Allowing me to sit here like a ninny and be mistaken for Mrs. Piper.
00:07:41If I'd wanted to be Mrs. Piper, I could have had that dubious on her years ago.
00:07:46Oh, no, no, Ellie.
00:07:48You were too much woman for me, baby.
00:07:50I mean, look, how can I have introduced you?
00:07:54I say, oh, this is Miss Hildegard Withers, retired schoolteacher, who, uh, who wears inherited hats and likes to play at being detected when the police department isn't looking.
00:08:03So that's why you invited me over here, to get you off the hook.
00:08:07You, you think you could find this girl, huh?
00:08:12A mixed-up flower child who absconded with her own money?
00:08:15Of course I could find her.
00:08:17Good.
00:08:17Then you'll do it.
00:08:18Oh, I don't know, Oscar.
00:08:20You know I'm only really interested in felonies.
00:08:23All right, tell you what, a favor for a favor.
00:08:27You get me off the hook with the commissioner, and I'll let you in on the next juicy homicide.
00:08:32I know you're lying, but I'll hold you to it.
00:08:35All right.
00:08:36Well, I'll need some assistance and some transportation.
00:08:40Well, you know I can't do that.
00:08:41You know, these are department facilities.
00:08:43I can't provide you with wheels.
00:08:45Very well.
00:08:45There's a young man in my building, I think, has a car.
00:08:49I used to have him in class once.
00:08:51I know his mother.
00:08:52He's just out of the Army, and he's sitting around the house driving his parents crazy.
00:08:56I'm sure he'd be delighted to help me.
00:08:58Yeah, yeah.
00:08:58Anything else you want to tell me?
00:09:00No.
00:09:02Well, I'll be honest with you, Miss Withers.
00:09:04All that time over there in Nam, my big ambition was not to come home here and work for the
00:09:09Fuzz.
00:09:10But you wouldn't be, Aloysius.
00:09:12It's a private investigation.
00:09:14A girl is missing, and we're going to locate her.
00:09:18Hey, man.
00:09:20Wow.
00:09:22Finders keepers?
00:09:23I put an ad in this paper about the bus she was driving.
00:09:27The East Village doodadding?
00:09:30Miss Withers, there are words in there that, uh...
00:09:33Nothing I haven't heard before.
00:09:35I was girls' room monitor at PS 115 for years.
00:09:39Oh, a young man called me this morning and said he had some information for sale.
00:09:45I'm to meet him at a place called Williamsburg Pier.
00:09:48Oh, boy.
00:09:49That's boondock country.
00:09:50You are going to need help.
00:09:52Fine.
00:09:52You're hired, figuratively speaking.
00:09:54Now, let's have a look at that car of yours.
00:09:59I don't have a driver's certificate, you know.
00:10:02Car?
00:10:03I said I had wheels.
00:10:05The hog.
00:10:05Oh, my.
00:10:07Oh, it's adorable.
00:10:08And it has a buddy seat, too.
00:10:10I have just the outfit for it.
00:10:13A lovely pantsuit, grease-colored.
00:10:15Uh-uh.
00:10:16That's out.
00:10:17You ride with me, and it'll be in a sidecar.
00:10:19I'll look like I'm sitting in a bathtub.
00:10:22Maybe so, but it'll be safer.
00:10:24And, uh, another thing.
00:10:27You got to wear one of these, you know.
00:10:29I most certainly will not.
00:10:31I'm sorry.
00:10:31It's the law.
00:10:32You got to wear a brain bucket.
00:10:34A brain bucket?
00:10:35I'll be honest with you, Miss Withers.
00:10:36It'll be an improvement.
00:10:54Hey, man, look what they've done to the Hell's Angels.
00:11:06Now, Aloysius, I'm supposed to meet this man alone.
00:11:10Yeah, well, just keep in sight.
00:11:12Uh, this isn't where they hold vestry meetings, you know.
00:11:15And, uh, don't call me Aloysius.
00:11:17Not down here.
00:11:18Very well, Al.
00:11:20You're the first to run the ad in the paper?
00:11:37About the minibus.
00:11:38Yes.
00:11:39Do you know where it is?
00:11:42Out of sight.
00:11:45Oh, well, I guess you want the bread first.
00:11:49Bread, that's money, isn't it?
00:11:51From the old English criminal rhyming slang, bread and honey.
00:11:55Up, uh, front.
00:11:57Twenty dollars, I believe we agreed on that.
00:12:01Oh, there's no badge or gun, if that's what's worrying you.
00:12:05I just don't like to deal with pigs, you understand?
00:12:09And where is the minibus now?
00:12:12How's about Vermont?
00:12:13Vermont?
00:12:14Well, let's check who owned it.
00:12:15She gave it to these freaks, and they're going to Vermont.
00:12:19Boston.
00:12:20One of them places.
00:12:21Is this the girl?
00:12:24Uh, that's her.
00:12:27She, uh, took up with, uh, um, Karma family.
00:12:33The Karma family?
00:12:35Who are they, and where do I find them?
00:12:41And that's it.
00:12:45Karma is the name of a boat, like a yacht.
00:12:49It's, uh, parked someplace down on Wall Street.
00:12:52There's this dude, Westering, calls himself Captain.
00:12:56You see, he, he's got some kind of, like, expedition going, and they're going to go off someplace to start up, you know, in a new country.
00:13:06Karma.
00:13:08She went with him.
00:13:10New country.
00:13:11All kind of sounds un-American.
00:13:15Right?
00:13:16Peculiar, to say the least.
00:13:36Let's get out of here.
00:13:38Wait a minute.
00:13:40He'll be all right.
00:13:42Man, you make good moves.
00:13:44What's in there, rocks?
00:13:45Oh, of course not.
00:13:47A pound of number nine bird shot.
00:13:51I only carry it for emergency.
00:13:53Uh, could you come here a minute?
00:14:06Me?
00:14:06Yes, you.
00:14:08Do you know this girl?
00:14:10Well, let me see.
00:14:12This lady wants to know if we've seen this chick.
00:14:14I only just joined the Karma, so I'm not acquainted.
00:14:16Well, maybe Delmar is.
00:14:18Delmar Falkenstein.
00:14:19Who are you, family or fuzz?
00:14:21Neither one.
00:14:24I don't know who she is.
00:14:26We're all going to New Eden.
00:14:27That's, uh, right here.
00:14:29Hey, that's a mighty nice country.
00:14:31Hey, you're cute.
00:14:34Listen, uh, check with Captain Westering.
00:14:37He's our, uh, expert on chicks.
00:14:40Come on, fetch.
00:14:41Later, cutie.
00:14:43Yes, as you mentioned.
00:14:46I think we'd better go on forward, hmm?
00:14:49Well, I don't know who she is either.
00:14:52Hello, I'm Hildegard Withers.
00:14:54Dr. Senior, this is Mrs. Senior.
00:14:56You're botanists?
00:14:58Agronomists, really.
00:14:59This may be the basis of a whole food supply when we get to New Eden.
00:15:04Just where is New Eden?
00:15:06I'm sorry.
00:15:10We're not allowed to say.
00:15:11Captain Westering's orders.
00:15:14Maybe he can help you with this.
00:15:17She's very pretty.
00:15:18In that case, he'll surely be able to help you.
00:15:23Excuse us.
00:15:24I'm sorry.
00:15:47I'm sorry.
00:15:48Hi, I'm Bernadine.
00:15:59Hi.
00:16:00You knew I bought this bucket.
00:16:01Looking for someone?
00:16:03Yes, have you seen this girl?
00:16:11Haven't you idlers and sunshirkers?
00:16:14Better to do than contaminate the air with your noise?
00:16:18I didn't hear you, Dad.
00:16:31Uh, excuse me.
00:16:34They think they're building a new Eden.
00:16:38Babylonians, that's what they are.
00:16:39We're looking for Captain Westering.
00:16:42Westering?
00:16:43The high priest of Babylon?
00:16:45Listen to them.
00:16:47Hiding in here from the sun.
00:16:49And at night from the moon and the stars.
00:16:52This is a pilgrimage of fools.
00:16:55But the planet turns.
00:16:56Oh, yes, it turns.
00:16:58And only those touched by Ra and Isis will see the new dawn of mankind.
00:17:04What is he?
00:17:08A yogi of some kind?
00:17:10Well, that man is certainly no Methodist.
00:17:13What are you doing here?
00:17:17Oh, perhaps you can help us to find Captain Westering.
00:17:20The big die-eye?
00:17:22The big what?
00:17:23Hey, you were in the bush, huh?
00:17:25I was a grunt myself.
00:17:26Just got out.
00:17:27Oh, big deal.
00:17:29I had eight years of the green machine, Max.
00:17:31So if you and your aunt here are gonna start a VFW post on the island...
00:17:35I ain't going.
00:17:37Hey, don't sweat it.
00:17:38We're just looking for the captain, that's all.
00:17:40Well, now, where would a captain be?
00:17:42In the best cabin with the best-looking broad.
00:17:45Or, in his case, broads.
00:17:47He's below.
00:17:48How am I supposed to take it?
00:17:49You have two days to move out of my life and in with the rest of the deckhands.
00:17:56And in front of everybody, too.
00:17:58How can you be so fond of a man and say such terrible things?
00:18:01A man?
00:18:03You're not a man.
00:18:04You are an animal.
00:18:05Now, Sister Eve, that is...
00:18:07Don't bat those baby browns at me, Sister Isabel.
00:18:11You may be getting the Queen's quarters now, but you won't have them very long.
00:18:14And what does that mean?
00:18:15Whatever you want it to mean, Tootsie.
00:18:17I'm going.
00:18:22And if I didn't have so much sunk into this crummy trip, I'd keep right on going.
00:18:27I think I just may do that anyway.
00:18:38I knew I meant to ask your mother something.
00:18:40You are over 21, aren't you?
00:18:42Excuse me for interrupting, Captain Westring.
00:18:48That's right.
00:18:48I'm Miss Withers, and this is Mr. Pfister.
00:18:51Well, what may I do for you, my dear lady?
00:18:52We're looking for a girl named Lenore Gregory.
00:18:55Somebody told us she was on board the Karma.
00:18:58I'm sorry, but that name is not familiar.
00:19:00I was hoping you were inquiring about joining our expedition.
00:19:03The Karma's like a mother's heart.
00:19:05Always room for one more.
00:19:06Oh, no thank you.
00:19:07I'm not fond of the West Indies.
00:19:10How did you know that?
00:19:12St. Crispin, isn't it?
00:19:14Well, our destination has not been announced.
00:19:16Delicate negotiations with foreign powers.
00:19:18Who told you?
00:19:19It had to be the tropics.
00:19:22Utopians are like nudists.
00:19:23They love islands, especially those where you don't wear mittens.
00:19:27And those seedlings up on deck.
00:19:30Millet, I believe.
00:19:31It's a species indigenous to the St. Crispins.
00:19:34I think Miss Withers must be an agriculturalist.
00:19:37In a very small way.
00:19:39Window box.
00:19:40Heliotrope, mostly, and geraniums.
00:19:43This is Lenore Gregory.
00:19:44Does she look familiar?
00:19:46Did you say you were with the police?
00:19:47I didn't say.
00:19:53Oh, don't mind me.
00:19:54I just came back after my records.
00:19:58If you're looking for a canary, don't ask the cat.
00:20:02And if you're looking for a girl, don't ask the captain.
00:20:04Ask the captain's wife.
00:20:06She's listed in the phone book under stupid.
00:20:11I, uh, I think I do remember this girl now.
00:20:14This is very familiar.
00:20:16Isn't that, uh...
00:20:17Jane Kenyon.
00:20:19She calls herself Kenyon.
00:20:20Jane Kenyon.
00:20:21Kenyon?
00:20:21Mm-hmm.
00:20:23Yes, of course, that's Jane.
00:20:26She came to us about two weeks ago, bought her at a large share in the expedition, and then suddenly left.
00:20:31Said the vibes were all wrong.
00:20:33Something about the ocean being too polluted.
00:20:34Did she say where she was going?
00:20:37Out west, I think.
00:20:38Santa Fe, to join some sort of survival colony.
00:20:42Primitive group involved with the Indians.
00:20:44Well, we're not going to follow her to New Mexico, especially on a motorcycle.
00:20:48Thank you very much for your trouble, Captain.
00:20:52Goodbye.
00:20:53Al?
00:20:58Well, where to now?
00:21:00To see Mrs. Captain Westering.
00:21:03And how do we find her?
00:21:04Do as the young lady suggested.
00:21:06Look her up in the phone book.
00:21:08Under stupid?
00:21:09No, that would have been her maiden name.
00:21:27Mrs. Westering?
00:21:29Yes.
00:21:30I'm, I'm Aletha Westering.
00:21:32I'm Hildegard Withers, and this is Aloysius Pfister.
00:21:35We just came from on board the karma.
00:21:39We're looking for a young lady by the name of Lenore Gregory.
00:21:44She spent some time, I believe, as a member of your, uh, denomination.
00:21:52Oh?
00:21:57Oh, I'm sure she's never been affiliated with New Eden.
00:22:03Well, I do work ashore during the day,
00:22:07and while I don't go aboard the karma very much,
00:22:10you see, it's not yet been consecrated.
00:22:13Still, I would have seen her.
00:22:15Well, that's strange, because your husband has identified her as Jane Kenyon.
00:22:21Oh, well, he may have mistaken her for one of the many girls
00:22:25who've come and gone in the past year.
00:22:27You see, when a bee is after nectar...
00:22:32Well, he, he, he can be excused for not knowing one flower from another.
00:22:37No need for delicacy.
00:22:39I'm well aware that the captain is a man of strong appetite.
00:22:43Now, if you will excuse me.
00:22:45This is the prophet.
00:22:59He is the spiritual leader of our colony,
00:23:02prophet Onofre.
00:23:03Yes, I believe we met on board the karma.
00:23:06Have we?
00:23:06I don't recall.
00:23:11We are trying to find this girl.
00:23:14I have never seen that girl before.
00:23:18Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Westring, for your courtesy.
00:23:21Did you get the feeling that Mrs. Westring wasn't too happy
00:23:39that we saw her with Rasputin?
00:23:42I also had the feeling that not everyone we spoke to
00:23:45was telling the truth.
00:23:47Either that girl was on the yacht or she wasn't.
00:23:49And if she was, maybe she still is.
00:23:51And maybe we'd better go back and take another look.
00:24:21Oh, my God, my God, no, we can't.
00:24:40Al, get him up on the bed.
00:24:42What happened?
00:24:49When I came in, he was flying like there, like that, groaning.
00:24:53Well, what happened before that?
00:24:54We were up at the party.
00:24:57And he said to join him later for a drink.
00:25:01And we were just going to talk.
00:25:03Parsnips.
00:25:07Parsnips.
00:25:08Please, get a doctor, please.
00:25:11The medical examiner will come with the police.
00:25:16He's been poisoned, the wine.
00:25:19What's meant for me to do?
00:25:21What?
00:25:21I don't drink, except a little wine.
00:25:26That wine, it's Portuguese, Costello Bronco.
00:25:30He brought it aboard just for me.
00:25:33He must have tasted it before.
00:25:35Who else knew about the wine, I mean?
00:25:38It's no secret.
00:25:39They all knew it.
00:25:41Anybody could have.
00:25:43Now, try to calm yourself, Isabel.
00:25:44Well, it is Isabel, isn't it?
00:25:47I think we'd better call the police before this party breaks up upstairs.
00:25:51But before we do, I'd like you to do something for me.
00:25:55Me?
00:25:56Why?
00:25:56Read this.
00:26:09If you wear contact lenses, why do you need glasses?
00:26:14I noticed this when you emptied your purse this afternoon.
00:26:24A contact lens case.
00:26:26Yours are just cosmetic, though, aren't they?
00:26:29They turn your blue eyes brown.
00:26:31I'm sorry, but your hair gave you away, too.
00:26:35Women notice these things, you know.
00:26:37And when I see a brunette with blonde roots,
00:26:40well, she's either got to be crazy or she's hiding something.
00:26:43Her name, maybe?
00:26:46It is Lenore Gregory, isn't it?
00:26:51I didn't like Lenore Gregory.
00:26:55Not just her name.
00:26:56I didn't like her.
00:26:58She was just a rich girl.
00:26:59But even she couldn't have done it.
00:27:12Lovely interrogation, officer.
00:27:14You handled yourself beautifully.
00:27:17Thank you very much, ma'am.
00:27:18May I go now?
00:27:19Inspector Piper may need some assistance.
00:27:22Eve Granger, please.
00:27:23Oh, don't forget to tell the officer about your little quarrel with the captain there.
00:27:34And, Mike, I want you to run a check on that, uh, Mama, who, who, whatever the, you know, the prophet, whatever his name is.
00:27:42And I'll call on Mrs. Westery myself.
00:27:46Because we can't hold the rest of these cooks.
00:27:49Fortunately, half of them live on board the yard will be easier to keep an eye on, you know?
00:27:55Ah!
00:27:56Ah, Miss Withers.
00:27:57Hello, Oscar.
00:27:58Come in, come in.
00:27:59Sit down.
00:28:01Well, you did it again, didn't you?
00:28:04I'm waiting for a lab report on the wine.
00:28:07Did you tell them it smelled of parsnips?
00:28:11Characteristic odor of hemlock.
00:28:12That's what killed Socrates.
00:28:15Oh, I wasn't on that case.
00:28:18Are you insinuating I was?
00:28:20If you were, it probably started off as an overtime parking ticket, and you ran it up to murder one.
00:28:25It's the lab, sir.
00:28:26Unit seven.
00:28:27Excuse me.
00:28:30Thanks, Phil.
00:28:31Inspector Piper.
00:28:33Yeah, you're dead.
00:28:35You sure?
00:28:38All right.
00:28:44Hemlock?
00:28:46Had to be.
00:28:47Smells of parsnips.
00:28:50Hemlock.
00:28:51That's a little old-fashioned, isn't it?
00:28:53A little out of style.
00:28:54I mean, it's like killing somebody with a bow and arrow.
00:28:57I mean, what did they come up with this stuff?
00:28:59That's the beauty of hemlock, Oscar.
00:29:01It's a weed that grows everywhere, like a weed.
00:29:06Ah, wait a minute.
00:29:07Light bulb, that couple, the, uh, the singers, they're botanists.
00:29:11They'd know about that, wouldn't they?
00:29:13You forget, Oscar.
00:29:14You forget, Oscar.
00:29:14I knew about it, too.
00:29:16So would anyone who's interested in paperback detective stories or crossword puzzles.
00:29:22It's almost as familiar as curare.
00:29:25The pygmy dart poison.
00:29:29I knew that.
00:29:32Well, the next time I come up with a DOA pygmy, I'll let you in on that case, all right?
00:29:38That's the beauty of poison, you know.
00:29:40The gimmick, I mean, is the time delay device.
00:29:43You see, now, anyone could have put the poison into the bottle at any time.
00:29:46Any one of them.
00:29:47Or none of them.
00:29:48A woman did it, you know.
00:29:51Why, no, I didn't.
00:29:53Poison is a woman's M.O., I'm sorry to say.
00:29:57Traditional.
00:29:57It's way before the Borgias.
00:30:00Lizzie Borden only used a knack because the drugstore was closed.
00:30:04Uh, let me see you come up with some kind of a motive out of that magic hat of yours.
00:30:09Jealousy.
00:30:10If the poison was meant for Lenore.
00:30:12There were several who might have been Queen Bee if she drank it.
00:30:16Only she didn't, did she?
00:30:18But Captain Tomcat did.
00:30:20Actually, any one of them aboard the yachts had a motive.
00:30:23Why?
00:30:24Sure, if they take the trouble, you know, look at the engine room, this rusty old bucket,
00:30:30the pipes and the valves down there, and the...
00:30:33Boy, this old tub couldn't even sail the length of her own horse, let alone cruise to the Caribbean.
00:30:39This ain't the karma, this is the Hesperus.
00:30:42Come here, take a look at this bunch of wackos.
00:30:44Look at this, aging hippies who've lost their hippie hippies who can't yip anymore, cop-outs, drop-outs, losers.
00:30:55Ah, any one of them commit murder without even having a motive.
00:30:58Well, come on, let's go.
00:31:00Go where?
00:31:02At the jail, of course.
00:31:04That's where I keep all of my material witnesses.
00:31:11Keep on see for the minute, Your Honor.
00:31:12Better not.
00:31:13Got seven more cases and court closers in half an hour.
00:31:19Hildegard Withers, Aloysius Finster.
00:31:22Discovered Lenore Gregory in the presence of the deceased.
00:31:26They reside in the city.
00:31:27Responsible citizens available for subpoena?
00:31:29Yes.
00:31:30See, no reason to hold this.
00:31:31Lenore Gregory.
00:31:33The DA's office wants they're detained as a material witness?
00:31:36That's right, Your Honor.
00:31:37No charges against?
00:31:39Ah, no, Your Honor.
00:31:40You see, Miss Gregory lives aboard the yacht.
00:31:43There's a possibility that somebody's trying to poison her, too,
00:31:46and if we don't put her in protective custody,
00:31:48it could jeopardize her life and our investigation, Your Honor.
00:31:52She's been informed of her rights?
00:31:54Yes, Your Honor.
00:31:55You can be detained, young lady, for your own safety.
00:31:57Your Honor.
00:31:59Miss Withers, isn't it?
00:32:00Yes.
00:32:01Perhaps Miss Gregory could stay with me.
00:32:03That way, the court would have three of us in the same building,
00:32:07and the police would only have to detail one man to watch us.
00:32:11Withers, weren't you a material witness in another case about a year ago?
00:32:16Attempted homicide?
00:32:17The defendant had to be arraigned in a hospital?
00:32:20He had been struck by a blunt instrument.
00:32:23Well, Your Honor, Inspector Piper will assure you
00:32:28that I'm a respectable citizen and very responsible.
00:32:32Madame, your hat tells me that.
00:32:36Have the clerk draw up the court order.
00:32:39I'll sign it.
00:32:41I'm the best.
00:32:45Well.
00:32:49There goes Isabel down the drain.
00:32:52Oh, this feels good.
00:32:55You know, your sofa's so comfortable.
00:32:57I bet you're a good cook, too.
00:32:59Not really.
00:33:01I just rattle the dishes to fool the cats,
00:33:03as my mother used to say.
00:33:06Spinster ladies living alone
00:33:07generally subsist on TV dinners.
00:33:11Now you look pretty.
00:33:13You look just like your college picture.
00:33:16Well, thank you, ma'am.
00:33:18Just for that, I'll have some of those delicious-looking eggs.
00:33:22Oscar Piper says my eggs have more black lace on them
00:33:26than a French lady's underthings.
00:33:28And he says I brew my coffee in a steam iron.
00:33:31You know, it's funny.
00:33:36I really thought I was in love with Westring.
00:33:39Weren't you?
00:33:41No, I just feel relieved.
00:33:44I know I should be all pulled apart.
00:33:47It's terrible, but it's as though he had me hypnotized,
00:33:50and now that he's gone, there's no spell on me anymore.
00:33:52Well, you're not the first one that's happened to.
00:33:56I guess he had all the girls psyched.
00:33:59I don't think any of them would have killed him, though.
00:34:01I was jealous of him, but not jealous enough to do that.
00:34:04I understand that whole karma trip now.
00:34:09It's like I was looking for my family.
00:34:12I guess I have been ever since my own folks died.
00:34:15The New Eden was my never-never land.
00:34:18It offered a simplistic solution to almost every problem.
00:34:21Unfortunately, murder is the most simplistic solution of all.
00:34:25Who's that?
00:34:28Well, from the way he was hanging around you last night,
00:34:31I'd guess that was Al.
00:34:36Why, it's Al.
00:34:38Good morning.
00:34:39I just thought I'd stop by and see how Lenore was.
00:34:44She'll be out in a couple of minutes.
00:34:45She just washed her hair,
00:34:47and she doesn't want you to see her looking like a water spaniel.
00:34:51There's a character out in the hall.
00:34:53The fuzz?
00:34:53Blue suit, brown shoes and white socks.
00:34:57The fuzz.
00:34:59Can I have a cup of coffee?
00:35:00Yeah, sure. Help yourself.
00:35:12Hi, Al.
00:35:13Good morning.
00:35:15Look, I know you two have a lot to discuss.
00:35:18All those youth things I keep hearing about,
00:35:20like world governments,
00:35:23compost heaps,
00:35:24natural childbirth.
00:35:27I have to take some things down to the laundry.
00:35:44I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:35:47If you want some music,
00:35:49there are some Montevani records.
00:35:51Oh, good morning, officer.
00:35:54I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:35:58I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:00I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:01I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:02I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:03I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:04I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:05I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:06I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:07I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:08I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:09I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:10I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:11I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:12I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:13I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:14I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:15I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:16I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:17I'm going down to the laundry room.
00:36:18Follow that cab.
00:36:27Which one?
00:36:28I don't know. I guess we've lost it.
00:36:30Where to now, lady?
00:36:32Take me to 61st Street, 715 East.
00:36:36Bye.
00:36:37There you are. Thank you.
00:37:37I'm sorry, madam, but we don't start serving for another hour.
00:37:40Oh, I didn't know you worked here.
00:37:43It's Bernadine, isn't it?
00:37:44May I help you?
00:37:47I'm the hostess here, Miss Withers.
00:37:50Oh, I didn't recognize you.
00:37:52Oh, without my white robe.
00:37:55Those are the garments of life and of light.
00:37:59Hardly appropriate for a woman in mourning.
00:38:02You're shocked to find me working the day after my husband's death.
00:38:05You see, we don't recognize death to us in our creed.
00:38:10The planetarian.
00:38:14Um, the captain is waiting for me on another star.
00:38:17I realize you think that's absurd.
00:38:27Well, now that we've had our little chat, we don't serve luncheon until noon.
00:38:32Oh.
00:38:33Well, I really just dropped in to have a drink.
00:38:36The bar is open, isn't it?
00:38:44Uh, barman.
00:38:46What do you want?
00:38:52Well, now that you've asked, I'd like a drink.
00:38:55Some wine, I think.
00:38:57White wine.
00:38:59What is that Portuguese white wine?
00:39:02Castelo Bronco?
00:39:03Uh, we don't carry it.
00:39:09Oh, what a pity.
00:39:11Well, then I'd like a little Pousse Café.
00:39:13You know, with all those pretty little colors.
00:39:16It's odd that you don't have Castelo Bronco.
00:39:19Uh, I would have thought that Captain Westring would buy all his wines and liquors.
00:39:24After that, the clear, and then the violet.
00:39:29I would think that he would have bought all his wines and liquor here.
00:39:34What, with his wife working here, and all his friends?
00:39:38Friend.
00:39:41Yeah, a bit of friends out in the ponies.
00:39:43I helped frag them.
00:39:45You know, if somebody hadn't beat me to it,
00:39:47I might have just waxed Westring myself.
00:39:51And you can tell that to the cops.
00:39:53Now, why ever would I do that?
00:39:56Look, while you're finishing this, I think I'd better find the...
00:40:00Oh, there it is.
00:40:02Excuse me.
00:40:23Oh, there it is.
00:40:24Oh, there it is.
00:40:25Oh, there it is.
00:40:26Oh, there it is.
00:40:27Oh, there it is.
00:40:28Oh, there it is.
00:40:29Oh, there it is.
00:40:30Oh, there it is.
00:40:31Oh, there it is.
00:40:32Oh, there it is.
00:40:33Oh, there it is.
00:40:34Oh, there it is.
00:40:35Oh, there it is.
00:40:36Oh, there it is.
00:40:37Oh, there it is.
00:40:38Oh, there it is.
00:40:39Oh, there it is.
00:40:40Oh, there it is.
00:40:41Oh, there it is.
00:40:42Oh, there it is.
00:40:43Oh, there it is.
00:40:44Oh, there it is.
00:40:45Oh, there it is.
00:40:46Oh, there it is.
00:40:47Oh, there it is.
00:40:48Oh, there it is.
00:41:19Why, Guilty? Huh? Why do you do this to me?
00:41:37You get four or five homicides there in a week, and then on the weekend, the Saturday night knife and gun club goes into action.
00:41:44And that means more business for us.
00:41:47I got to spread my men even thinner to keep an eye on those kookaboos down on board the yacht.
00:41:52And then, look, do we even have to detail a squad of men to keep an eye on a retired school teacher who uses her hat pin for a search warrant?
00:42:01I didn't want to get your man in trouble, Oscar.
00:42:04Trouble? You're the ones in trouble, you know. This is criminal trespass, second degree.
00:42:10You mean they're still going to prosecute those charges?
00:42:12Sure, you can get 90 days for that.
00:42:14Oh, Oscar, what for? I was only doing your work for you.
00:42:19I found at least six bottles of the kind of wine that poisoned Westring in that restaurant.
00:42:24And I know of four people aboard the Karma who worked there, including his widow, who, I might add, was anything but grief-stricken.
00:42:33Yeah, well, I could have saved you all your trouble.
00:42:35I got a list here of all the places so far to date that sell or serve the Castello Branco.
00:42:42Yeah, so far we've got 65 liquor stores, a couple of gin mills on the Bowery, and 22 restaurants, including the one that you got busted in.
00:42:49Well, I still think Mrs. Westring or one of the others might have brought it aboard.
00:42:53Well, of course, but Mr. Westring, he could have brought it aboard himself, too.
00:42:58His fingerprints were on the bottle.
00:42:59So, anyway, it's not who brought it aboard that we have to find.
00:43:03It's who slipped the flavoring in it.
00:43:05I know that.
00:43:07Heldie, Heldie, look, Connie, the, you see, the thing is that, well, legally, you're still in protective custody, you see.
00:43:14And you could be a big help to us.
00:43:16If you get talking to the Gregory girl, maybe find out she could give you a couple of leads or something, okay?
00:43:21You could pass them on to us.
00:43:23Huh?
00:43:24Okay, Oscar.
00:43:27Hey, how about you?
00:43:28Have you got some leads?
00:43:29No.
00:43:30No, that ain't the deal.
00:43:32The anything you have, you've got to tell us.
00:43:35We don't have to tell you nothing.
00:43:42When I left here, Aloysius, you and Lenore were together.
00:43:46And I naturally assumed you'd still be here when I got back.
00:43:49And incidentally, so do the police.
00:43:53Didn't the plainclothesman stop her?
00:43:55No, not really.
00:43:57You see, I went out to talk to her while she went down the fire escape.
00:44:02We are all under court order.
00:44:04Do you realize you could be held in contempt?
00:44:07Yeah, but you.
00:44:08Never mind me, I'm different.
00:44:09Did she say where she was going?
00:44:12No.
00:44:13She just got a phone call.
00:44:15Here?
00:44:16And said she had to go out.
00:44:17Well, who would call her here?
00:44:20I don't know.
00:44:20Well, don't tell me you two were waiting up for me.
00:44:26I thought only parents did that.
00:44:27I was worried about you.
00:44:29You shouldn't have been.
00:44:31Mr. Everhart called and wanted to see me.
00:44:32Seems the bank's all in a tizzy about having a flower child for a client.
00:44:36Actually, they don't care at all as long as I sign things.
00:44:40You two really were worried, weren't you?
00:44:42Well, don't blame Al because I cut out.
00:44:46Actually, rich girls are supposed to do madcap things.
00:44:50Why didn't you tell the policeman?
00:44:52For your own protection.
00:44:54What for?
00:44:55I mean, who's going to slip me a cup of hemlock on a crowded street?
00:44:58Besides, the judge didn't say I had to be a prisoner here.
00:45:01Well, I didn't want to tell you this,
00:45:03but this morning I saw someone watching this place.
00:45:06Someone in a white robe.
00:45:08And I don't believe in ghosts.
00:45:10Aletha Westring.
00:45:11I thought so, but it wasn't.
00:45:13Was it the, uh, Swami?
00:45:15Uh, the prophet?
00:45:19Why would he be spying on you?
00:45:22I don't know, really.
00:45:24We weren't exactly close.
00:45:26At first he thought I was one of his moon worshippers.
00:45:29But when I used to laugh at him all the time,
00:45:30he didn't like me so much.
00:45:32He never threatened you, though.
00:45:34No, no, he was never menacing or anything.
00:45:36But he did accuse me of undermining him with Westring.
00:45:39And he claimed I brought terrestrial vibrations on board the karma.
00:45:45Well, I don't think you're in any great danger,
00:45:48but we're going to play safe.
00:45:50Tomorrow, you and I are going to see the prophet.
00:45:52And you're going to stay put right here, understand?
00:45:55Yes, ma'am, Miss Withers.
00:45:58Ma'am.
00:46:01Hold it, lady.
00:46:02That'll be a buck.
00:46:03A buck?
00:46:04For what?
00:46:05We're a tourist attraction now,
00:46:06and if you want to come aboard and see the freaks,
00:46:08it'll cost you, Grandma.
00:46:09Oh, hey, ho!
00:46:12Wait a minute, man.
00:46:13Cool it.
00:46:14Friends of the fuzz.
00:46:19Suppose you ease off.
00:46:23Welcome aboard, the Stranded Ark.
00:46:28Would you believe the good ship floods them?
00:46:31You mean you're actually charging admission?
00:46:34Yeah, that's what Westring did to us, the crumb.
00:46:37Like, it's rip-off time now, right?
00:46:39Most of us are stuck here,
00:46:40not enough bread to take us,
00:46:42nice places warm, you know.
00:46:45Is the prophet still on board?
00:46:47He better be.
00:46:48He don't know it yet,
00:46:49but he's our big attraction.
00:46:50Like, you want animals?
00:46:51You go to the zoo, right?
00:46:53And what is the Ark without Noah, right?
00:46:55Cheesecake without wonton.
00:46:57Are Dr. and Mrs. Singer still here?
00:46:59No, they cut out.
00:47:01Hey, you're just in time for an orgy.
00:47:03Oh, it's okay, man.
00:47:05It's just a rehearsal.
00:47:06It's only a game anyway.
00:47:09Hey, I remember you.
00:47:11They're looking for the prophet.
00:47:12The creep?
00:47:14Huh?
00:47:15Wow.
00:47:16Well, is he still here?
00:47:17Who knows?
00:47:20Wait a minute.
00:47:20I think he's assured somewhere.
00:47:23Yeah.
00:47:24He said something about
00:47:26he was going to get a lot of money.
00:47:29He did?
00:47:31Yeah, yeah.
00:47:32Oh, come on inside.
00:47:34Oh, yeah.
00:47:35Okay, now,
00:47:36we're going to let the tourists
00:47:37look through the windows,
00:47:38only like you're all
00:47:39too stoned to notice.
00:47:40You got that?
00:47:41Like this?
00:47:41No, no, no twos.
00:47:43Threes, baby.
00:47:44I mean,
00:47:45you can get doubles in Cleveland.
00:47:47We're the freaks.
00:47:48I mean,
00:47:48let's really get it on.
00:47:49Where was I?
00:47:51Oh, yeah,
00:47:52about the prophet.
00:47:53I think the prophet
00:47:54found himself
00:47:55a brand new pigeon.
00:47:56When do you think
00:47:57he'll be back?
00:47:58Hmm.
00:47:59But, uh,
00:48:00if you want to wait,
00:48:01why don't you join us?
00:48:04No, thank you.
00:48:05We'll wait on the dock.
00:48:06Come on, Aloysius.
00:48:08Hey, moms.
00:48:10Is you splitting?
00:48:11Hey,
00:48:12leave the hat.
00:48:13I could trip out
00:48:14just looking at it.
00:48:15Oh, I'd love to,
00:48:16young man,
00:48:17but I'm afraid
00:48:17you might smoke it.
00:48:18Come on, Aloysius.
00:48:21Aloysius!
00:48:24Huh?
00:48:26What do you mean
00:48:26you lost him?
00:48:28How can you lose
00:48:29a guy running around
00:48:30in a white night
00:48:31in bedroom slippers
00:48:32in a...
00:48:34I don't know.
00:48:35Hang around the dock
00:48:36down there.
00:48:37Maybe he'll come back.
00:48:37What else is going on
00:48:38down there, aren't we?
00:48:42Well,
00:48:47how do you like
00:48:47Greek food?
00:48:49Does everything
00:48:50come wrapped
00:48:51in grape leaves?
00:48:52No,
00:48:52the grapes come
00:48:53wrapped in cabbage leaves.
00:48:55You know,
00:48:56when I was down here,
00:48:58I really became
00:48:59turned on to ethnic food
00:49:00before I joined the karma.
00:49:02Then it was all organic.
00:49:03The prophet's orders.
00:49:05Nothing but wheat germ
00:49:06and peanut shells.
00:49:07Oh, yeah?
00:49:08What about Hemlock?
00:49:09Did the prophet
00:49:10push that too?
00:49:11That's, uh,
00:49:12that's organic.
00:49:13Don't mention him
00:49:14around here, huh?
00:49:16The prophet?
00:49:17Why?
00:49:18Because this is
00:49:19his old stomping grounds
00:49:21like, uh,
00:49:21his Transylvania.
00:49:23He's got a lot
00:49:23of friends here.
00:49:24I'm sure the police
00:49:25know that.
00:49:26No, they don't.
00:49:27You don't get brownie points
00:49:28for cooperating
00:49:29with the police.
00:49:31Right around here, huh?
00:49:33Hmm.
00:49:33When I first met him,
00:49:34he had one of his
00:49:35astral shrines.
00:49:36As a matter of fact,
00:49:37it's right down there.
00:49:38I know a lot of rat holes
00:49:39he can hide in
00:49:40around here.
00:49:41I did a little
00:49:43hiding myself,
00:49:44remember?
00:49:45What do you say
00:49:46we look for him?
00:49:47Come on back
00:49:48in your tree.
00:49:49No, I mean it.
00:49:50You'll be safe with me.
00:49:51Al, you're crazy.
00:49:52Come on.
00:49:54If an ex-school teacher
00:49:55and a comedy aunt
00:49:56can play detective,
00:49:57so can we.
00:49:58Besides,
00:49:59don't worry,
00:50:00you with me,
00:50:00remember?
00:50:02Let me see.
00:50:04Where was that shrine?
00:50:05Here?
00:50:05Nope.
00:50:06Right there.
00:50:08It's empty.
00:50:09It's abandoned.
00:50:10Doesn't mean it's empty.
00:50:11Look,
00:50:12there's a light
00:50:12in one of the windows.
00:50:13What are you waiting for?
00:50:15Come on.
00:50:16They're coming.
00:50:23Well,
00:50:24there's nobody here.
00:50:26Well,
00:50:26the light was coming
00:50:27from somewhere up there.
00:50:29Up there?
00:50:29Yeah.
00:50:30Let's try.
00:50:30Let's try.
00:50:59Hey,
00:51:03man.
00:51:05Hey,
00:51:06what do you want?
00:51:10Is this a bust?
00:51:12No.
00:51:13No,
00:51:14it's not.
00:51:15We're just
00:51:15looking for something.
00:51:18How about that?
00:51:19That's what
00:51:19we've been doing.
00:51:21Yeah,
00:51:21but the guy
00:51:22we're looking for
00:51:23is wearing
00:51:23a white robe.
00:51:24Doesn't everybody?
00:51:27Except,
00:51:27except the dude
00:51:28we're looking for.
00:51:31He's got
00:51:31pockets.
00:51:53Here's a vein
00:51:54you haven't used yet.
00:51:55Do we talk nice?
00:51:56Or do I let all that
00:51:57expensive stuff
00:51:58run out of you
00:51:59the way it went in?
00:51:59Okay,
00:52:00man.
00:52:00Talk nice,
00:52:01mister.
00:52:02Yeah.
00:52:04How long has this
00:52:05shooting gallery
00:52:07been open?
00:52:08I don't know.
00:52:13Time's,
00:52:13you know,
00:52:13kind of hazy.
00:52:15Have you,
00:52:16like,
00:52:16heard anybody
00:52:17or seen anything?
00:52:20I heard something.
00:52:22I think.
00:52:23Yeah,
00:52:23up there.
00:52:25On the roof?
00:52:27If there is one.
00:52:29Pick up that light.
00:52:47Come over here!
00:52:47Come over here!
00:52:48The note.
00:53:03Bring the light closer.
00:53:04Westring was a cheater
00:53:07and a blasphemer,
00:53:09a profaner
00:53:10of the holiness,
00:53:11and I did have
00:53:12to destroy him.
00:53:14So did the girl
00:53:15deserve the destruction
00:53:16I planned for her
00:53:18because she led
00:53:19Westring to stray
00:53:20from the star path
00:53:21on which we were
00:53:22all to sail
00:53:23to our new Eden.
00:53:25You protect her
00:53:26from me now,
00:53:27but I will wait
00:53:28for her
00:53:29on the seventh planet
00:53:30from the sun,
00:53:32Anofri.
00:53:32It's crazy.
00:53:41Was.
00:53:49The prophet
00:53:51hit the bottom
00:53:52of that air shaft
00:53:53so hard.
00:53:54Whack!
00:53:55We had to fry him
00:53:56up with a claw hammer.
00:53:57Why did he do it?
00:53:59Well,
00:54:00it says why
00:54:00right here.
00:54:01I'm trying to,
00:54:04but the spelling
00:54:04is atrocious.
00:54:06So he missed
00:54:07graduating from Harvard
00:54:08by a couple of years.
00:54:09But you see,
00:54:10a con man doesn't
00:54:11have to know
00:54:11how to spell
00:54:12the fancy words.
00:54:13He just has to
00:54:14know how to talk them.
00:54:15Are you sure
00:54:16he was a con man?
00:54:17Harry Bob Ledwell,
00:54:19that's the prophet's
00:54:20real name.
00:54:20He's born in Elton Bend,
00:54:22Arkansas.
00:54:22His family sharecroppers,
00:54:24graduated third grade.
00:54:26After I self-educated
00:54:28well enough
00:54:28to get himself
00:54:29into the witch
00:54:29Dr. Dodge,
00:54:30only you don't
00:54:31believe that,
00:54:32do you?
00:54:32I don't know,
00:54:33Oscar.
00:54:33Maybe it's the syntax
00:54:34or something.
00:54:36Okay,
00:54:36teacher,
00:54:36you can give him
00:54:37a big fat F.
00:54:39I don't care,
00:54:39but as far as
00:54:40me and the department
00:54:41are concerned,
00:54:41that wraps it up.
00:54:42Yes,
00:54:43but why would he
00:54:44kill himself?
00:54:45Why do those
00:54:45flippos do anything?
00:54:47I don't know.
00:54:48They're a bunch
00:54:48mixed up
00:54:49mixed up and
00:54:49crossed wires,
00:54:50that's all.
00:54:52Westering and the girl
00:54:53loused up his grift,
00:54:55blew out his magic
00:54:56candle,
00:54:57whatever.
00:54:58So he knocked off
00:54:59Westering,
00:55:00but he missed
00:55:00getting the girl,
00:55:01see?
00:55:02And,
00:55:03hell,
00:55:03you know,
00:55:03suicide and homicide
00:55:05are just like
00:55:05maybe that far apart.
00:55:06The frustration
00:55:07of not being able
00:55:08to get the girl,
00:55:09that just sort of
00:55:10short-circuited
00:55:11those wires,
00:55:12and...
00:55:13Yes,
00:55:13but he was expecting
00:55:14to get some money
00:55:15yesterday,
00:55:16a lot of it,
00:55:17to get his cult
00:55:18going again.
00:55:19Somebody on board
00:55:19the karma told me.
00:55:21Oh?
00:55:22Oh,
00:55:22you just forgot
00:55:23to tell me.
00:55:24I'm telling you now.
00:55:26Well,
00:55:26he wouldn't go
00:55:27to a bank for that,
00:55:28so it had to be
00:55:29from someone
00:55:30who believed in him
00:55:31or was afraid of him.
00:55:34If he didn't get
00:55:35the money,
00:55:36maybe that was
00:55:36his frustration.
00:55:37No,
00:55:37no,
00:55:38not according to this.
00:55:39It's all right here
00:55:40in black and white
00:55:40and gray,
00:55:41big,
00:55:41blood.
00:55:42Who arranges financing
00:55:43on the roof
00:55:44of an abandoned
00:55:45tenement building?
00:55:47Suppose instead
00:55:48of getting paid,
00:55:50he got pushed.
00:55:52Huh?
00:55:54Post.
00:55:55Huh?
00:55:55Suppose you run
00:55:56along home
00:55:57and just let me
00:55:57handle this?
00:55:58You're juggling
00:55:59moonbeams,
00:56:00Hildy.
00:56:01The trouble with you
00:56:02is you never know
00:56:03when to let go
00:56:03of a case.
00:56:05I got a sister
00:56:05about your age.
00:56:06You know what
00:56:07she does for a hobby?
00:56:08She collects
00:56:09bone china
00:56:10and she crochets
00:56:10potholders.
00:56:11I've got it.
00:56:21Hello?
00:56:22Oh,
00:56:22yes,
00:56:23Oscar.
00:56:25Mr.
00:56:25Eberhardt
00:56:26will be here
00:56:26when?
00:56:27Tomorrow.
00:56:28All right,
00:56:29I'll tell her.
00:56:29I heard.
00:56:31Hold on a minute.
00:56:32No,
00:56:32I'll get it.
00:56:33It's for me.
00:56:38Good morning,
00:56:38sweet.
00:56:39I'm all ready.
00:56:40Hi, Al.
00:56:41Hi.
00:56:42Borrowing your bucket
00:56:43going for a ride.
00:56:44Okay.
00:56:46Oscar,
00:56:46I'm still here.
00:56:48Listen, Oscar,
00:56:49I want you to do me
00:56:50a favor.
00:56:51I have a hunch.
00:56:54What's your hunch,
00:56:56Hildy?
00:56:56Only that Harry
00:56:57Bob Ledwell
00:56:58did not write this.
00:57:00Oscar,
00:57:01I've taught kindergarten
00:57:02through high school
00:57:03and I know good grammar
00:57:04when I see it.
00:57:05Good.
00:57:06Good.
00:57:06That looks kind of rotten
00:57:07to me.
00:57:08Well,
00:57:08it's meant to.
00:57:10Dreadful spelling,
00:57:11florid words,
00:57:12pompous construction.
00:57:13Exactly the way
00:57:14a mentally unbalanced,
00:57:16over-self-educated,
00:57:18third-grade dropout
00:57:19would write it.
00:57:20Only he didn't.
00:57:21And whoever did it
00:57:22made one big mistake.
00:57:24And what was that,
00:57:25teacher?
00:57:26He punctuated it perfectly.
00:57:29Punctuary?
00:57:29What's wrong with the...
00:57:30Oscar,
00:57:31you've been through
00:57:32high school
00:57:32and how many years
00:57:34of college?
00:57:35Well,
00:57:35seven years,
00:57:36going nights,
00:57:37of course.
00:57:38When do you use
00:57:39a semicolon?
00:57:40Oh,
00:57:40well,
00:57:41when the predicate
00:57:42follows the...
00:57:43My guess is
00:57:44you never do.
00:57:45You use a comma
00:57:46or you start
00:57:47a new sentence.
00:57:49And yet,
00:57:49this semi-literate note
00:57:51correctly uses
00:57:52the one punctuator,
00:57:54which is usually
00:57:55the last beyond
00:57:56the most educated
00:57:57of us.
00:57:58Whoever wrote it
00:57:59punctuated it
00:58:01instinctively,
00:58:02correctly,
00:58:04by mistake.
00:58:05And who was
00:58:06that,
00:58:06teacher?
00:58:07Well,
00:58:08someone who wanted
00:58:08the prophet dead
00:58:09and you
00:58:10off the case.
00:58:12Who?
00:58:13You're going to
00:58:13sound like an owl.
00:58:15You have 25
00:58:16possible suspects.
00:58:17Where were they
00:58:18when the prophet
00:58:19jumped or was
00:58:20pushed down
00:58:20the air shaft?
00:58:22It's easy.
00:58:23Look at here.
00:58:2511 of them
00:58:30weren't even
00:58:31in the city
00:58:32at the time.
00:58:33Now,
00:58:34you may not
00:58:34believe this,
00:58:35Hildy,
00:58:35but policemen
00:58:36are not like
00:58:37amateur detectives.
00:58:38We have to
00:58:39obey the law,
00:58:40which says
00:58:41we can't hold
00:58:42anybody unless
00:58:43we got some
00:58:43charges against them.
00:58:4511.25,
00:58:46that leaves 14.
00:58:48You may not
00:58:48believe this either,
00:58:49but the homicide
00:58:50division does not
00:58:51have unlimited
00:58:52manpower,
00:58:53and we do
00:58:53have other
00:58:53cases to work
00:58:54on.
00:58:55What you mean
00:58:55is you lost
00:58:56a few of them.
00:58:59James Malloy
00:59:00gave us
00:59:00the slip
00:59:01in the subway.
00:59:03Lisa Westeray,
00:59:04we had a man
00:59:05in the front
00:59:06of her house,
00:59:06but not in the
00:59:07back of her house.
00:59:09And Bernadine Tala,
00:59:10we lost her
00:59:12in the lady's
00:59:13room at Macy's.
00:59:15Yesterday was
00:59:16Monday,
00:59:16the brisolette
00:59:17was closed,
00:59:18so three of the
00:59:19people who worked
00:59:20there managed
00:59:21to avoid
00:59:21surveillance.
00:59:23May I?
00:59:24No, no,
00:59:25no bless her,
00:59:25please.
00:59:27Aletha Westring,
00:59:29Radcliffe College,
00:59:31magna cum laude,
00:59:33capable of handling
00:59:35a semicolon,
00:59:35don't you think?
00:59:36Mm-hmm.
00:59:37Hmm,
00:59:38Bernadine Tala,
00:59:39High School of Commerce,
00:59:41Adirondack Business College,
00:59:43previous employment,
00:59:44secretary.
00:59:47James Malloy,
00:59:49high school,
00:59:50U.S. Army,
00:59:51MOS 11B,
00:59:52what's that mean?
00:59:53No, 11B,
00:59:54MOS,
00:59:55that's Rifleman,
00:59:56I think.
00:59:57There's another one
00:59:57for him,
00:59:5871H.
00:59:5971H,
01:00:00that's,
01:00:00uh,
01:00:02hey Mullins,
01:00:04you just got out
01:00:05of the service,
01:00:06what's the specialty
01:00:06number?
01:00:0871H.
01:00:09Yeah.
01:00:10Yes,
01:00:10sir,
01:00:10that's a spec number,
01:00:1171H is,
01:00:13uh,
01:00:14clerk typist.
01:00:15Very good.
01:00:16Clerk typist.
01:00:18Well?
01:00:19Well,
01:00:19what do you mean,
01:00:20well,
01:00:21one of the suspects
01:00:22dangled the participle
01:00:24into the captain's wine
01:00:25and semicolon
01:00:26the prophet
01:00:26right off the roof,
01:00:27is that what you're
01:00:28trying to say?
01:00:29Three possible suspects,
01:00:31all loose
01:00:32and unaccounted for,
01:00:33and each one educated
01:00:35enough to coordinate
01:00:36the sentence elements
01:00:37properly.
01:00:39Well,
01:00:39what are you gonna
01:00:40do about it?
01:00:40Huh?
01:00:41Well,
01:00:41I'm gonna arrest
01:00:42them,
01:00:43of course.
01:00:44And you know
01:00:44what I'm gonna
01:00:45charge them with?
01:00:47Thelonious
01:00:47punctuation.
01:00:48Do you think
01:00:56the prophet
01:00:57was blackmailing
01:00:58someone?
01:00:59Well,
01:00:59Al and I
01:01:00did see someone,
01:01:02someone in white,
01:01:03sneak off the karma.
01:01:05Here,
01:01:06this is good for us,
01:01:07calcium.
01:01:08On the night
01:01:08the captain
01:01:09was poisoned
01:01:10with hemlock.
01:01:11That reminds me,
01:01:12we need some greens.
01:01:15Now,
01:01:15if it was the prophet
01:01:16and he'd seen
01:01:17something,
01:01:19well,
01:01:20if he went
01:01:20to the police,
01:01:21he might receive
01:01:22a pat on the back.
01:01:24But if he didn't
01:01:25go to the police,
01:01:27he might receive
01:01:28enough to,
01:01:28to finance
01:01:30a new Eden
01:01:31of his own.
01:01:33The question is,
01:01:35who from?
01:01:36From whom,
01:01:36schoolteacher?
01:01:37Well,
01:01:38the best of us
01:01:39slip now and then.
01:01:40You want a possible
01:01:41from whom?
01:01:42How about a widow
01:01:43who just came
01:01:43into a legacy?
01:01:44You mean a leifer?
01:01:45Well,
01:01:46not if you really
01:01:46believe that she
01:01:47wasn't jealous
01:01:48of every girl
01:01:48that came on that boat.
01:01:50She had every reason
01:01:51to be.
01:01:52I should know.
01:01:53And you think
01:01:54she knew there was
01:01:55going to be a new
01:01:55Eve in Eden
01:01:56and she wasn't
01:01:57going to be it,
01:01:58right?
01:01:59And all that
01:02:00coolness
01:02:00was just a pose.
01:02:02Well,
01:02:02you're a woman.
01:02:03Do you really believe
01:02:04any woman can be
01:02:05so detached
01:02:06from her emotions
01:02:07or passions
01:02:07as she pretends
01:02:08to be?
01:02:09I'd have to think
01:02:09back a few years
01:02:11for that,
01:02:11dear.
01:02:12There's something
01:02:14about her
01:02:15in that place
01:02:15she works.
01:02:16You know,
01:02:16that wine had
01:02:17to come from
01:02:18somewhere.
01:02:19It's almost
01:02:20time for dinner.
01:02:22I can see
01:02:23that the thought
01:02:24of melting down
01:02:25all this stuff
01:02:26doesn't exactly
01:02:27thrill you.
01:02:29Well,
01:02:29I do have
01:02:30some veal cutlets
01:02:31at home.
01:02:33You know,
01:02:33Oscar Piper says
01:02:35I'm the only person
01:02:35he knows
01:02:36who can vulcanize
01:02:37veal.
01:02:38We could go out,
01:02:39I suppose.
01:02:41I have some fish stew
01:02:42we can warm up.
01:02:44Oscar calls it
01:02:45my cat food special.
01:02:46Uh,
01:02:47Miss Withers,
01:02:48the...
01:02:48I can see
01:02:49that doesn't
01:02:50thrill you either.
01:02:51Spoiled girl.
01:02:52I suppose you have
01:02:53some charming
01:02:54little restaurant
01:02:55in mind?
01:02:56A charming
01:02:57little French
01:02:57restaurant.
01:02:59Oh,
01:03:00I see.
01:03:01And what would
01:03:02we be doing there?
01:03:03Make them up tight.
01:03:05Let them think
01:03:05we're on to something.
01:03:07Let them believe
01:03:08we think the killer's there.
01:03:10If you're right,
01:03:11you know,
01:03:11you could be in danger.
01:03:13The thought
01:03:13occurred to me.
01:03:15But, of course,
01:03:15if they think
01:03:16we're both on to something,
01:03:17then you won't be
01:03:18too safe either.
01:03:19That thought
01:03:19occurred to me.
01:03:28Isabel?
01:03:30Oh, well,
01:03:31it's Lenore now,
01:03:32isn't it?
01:03:33Miss Withers?
01:03:34Do you really think
01:03:37you should have come
01:03:37especially after
01:03:38your last visit?
01:03:40I really do think
01:03:41it would be better
01:03:42if you both just left.
01:03:44This is a public
01:03:45restaurant,
01:03:45isn't it?
01:03:46We'd like a table,
01:03:47please.
01:03:48For dinner?
01:03:49We usually require
01:03:50reservations.
01:03:51There'll be three of us.
01:03:52We're expecting
01:03:53to be joined by
01:03:53Inspector Piper
01:03:54of the New York
01:03:54Police Department.
01:03:55Please follow me.
01:04:03Why is the inspector
01:04:04coming here?
01:04:05It's about the
01:04:06prophet and Ophrey.
01:04:08You saw the papers.
01:04:10Yes?
01:04:10The inspector
01:04:11doesn't think
01:04:12he committed suicide.
01:04:14He'd like to know
01:04:14what you think about it.
01:04:16Me?
01:04:16And all your friends,
01:04:20of course.
01:04:26I'll send your waitress.
01:04:28Now, what was all that
01:04:29about Inspector Piper?
01:04:31I fipped a little.
01:04:32Wanted to get them worried.
01:04:33Forced their hand.
01:04:34Thanks for backing me up.
01:04:40You ordering
01:04:41or snooping?
01:04:42I think I'd like
01:04:43something from the bar.
01:04:44What would you say
01:04:46to a little wine,
01:04:47Miss Withers?
01:04:47That's a marvelous idea.
01:04:50I like mine
01:04:51white and dry.
01:04:53We'll have
01:04:53Castello Branco.
01:05:08Letha's coming.
01:05:12I'm so sorry.
01:05:13We don't have
01:05:14Castello Branco.
01:05:15That's odd.
01:05:16You had six bottles
01:05:18in your cellar
01:05:18the last time I looked.
01:05:20For which,
01:05:20as I recall,
01:05:21you were arrested.
01:05:22Now, I wouldn't advise
01:05:23doing it again.
01:05:24We don't have the wine.
01:05:26You just have to
01:05:27take my word for it.
01:05:28Well, we would,
01:05:29of course,
01:05:29but I'm not sure
01:05:30about Inspector Piper.
01:05:32There's just time
01:05:33to call him
01:05:34to get a search warrant
01:05:35before he comes.
01:05:43Shall I open it for you?
01:06:08Yes, please.
01:06:09Yes, please.
01:06:10Yes.
01:06:36It's what you ordered, isn't it?
01:06:43We're just waiting for it to get room temperature.
01:06:47Really, I should think it would be that already.
01:06:49Perhaps you'd like me to taste it.
01:07:05It's fine.
01:07:06I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
01:07:12You don't think there's anything wrong with it, do you?
01:07:33Anything wrong?
01:07:35This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this has a distinct smell of parsnips.
01:07:40I think somebody had better call an ambulance.
01:07:57This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:06This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:16This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:26This is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:28This is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:29This is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:30This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:39This is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors, but this is not a place for kitchen odors.
01:08:44Now, reaching them in time was all that saved them.
01:08:47No matter of first aid, really.
01:08:48Of course, one more swallow, and even that wouldn't have helped.
01:08:52Thank you, nurse.
01:08:53How are they?
01:08:54Still weak, but they're both resting.
01:08:56Well, we'll continue the pumping and the liquids.
01:09:01And the atropine?
01:09:02Oh, it's in there, doctor.
01:09:04And, doc, we have a report to make out here.
01:09:06You can question them as soon as we move them to recovery.
01:09:09Good.
01:09:09God, thank you, doctor.
01:09:11Oh, well, well.
01:09:12Stay clear of those allergies, huh?
01:09:14Now, what are they trying to prove they could walk on a third rail or something?
01:09:19They must have had some evidence, or why would Aletha kill herself?
01:09:23Amateurs don't have evidence.
01:09:25All they got is hunches.
01:09:26I got a hunch that after they finish with her stomach, I'm going to ask them to pump out her head.
01:09:31Imagine, huh?
01:09:33Freaking wine in that place.
01:09:35Oh, how could it have been poisoned anyway?
01:09:38It was sealed.
01:09:39Witnesses saw it being opened right at the table.
01:09:44Oh, my goodness.
01:10:00so this is where you're hiding
01:10:20julie what the
01:10:21what are you doing
01:10:23you're supposed to be
01:10:24in the hospital
01:10:24I signed myself out
01:10:27have you ever had
01:10:28your stomach pumped
01:10:29it's a most undignified
01:10:30procedure
01:10:31yeah
01:10:32well you guzzle enough
01:10:33of that stuff
01:10:33to paralyze a mule
01:10:34I'll have you know
01:10:36a withers does not guzzle
01:10:37is that the stuff
01:10:39I was
01:10:40sipping
01:10:42yeah
01:10:42yeah look here
01:10:43brand X
01:10:45see that right there
01:10:46Miss Gregory
01:10:47needled every one
01:10:48of those bottles
01:10:49right through the cork
01:10:50with hemlock
01:10:51Paul see that
01:10:52they get to the lab
01:10:53will you
01:10:54yeah naturally
01:10:55she had access
01:10:56to the cellar
01:10:57through Westering
01:10:58and somehow
01:10:58one of those bottles
01:10:59got on board his yacht
01:11:00killed him
01:11:01the rest of them
01:11:02she just left here
01:11:03like money in a bank
01:11:04to draw on
01:11:05whenever she needed
01:11:06one to knock somebody
01:11:07like an ex-school teacher
01:11:09when she thought
01:11:10she knew too much
01:11:11just how much
01:11:12did you know
01:11:13very little actually
01:11:16I did know
01:11:17that she lied
01:11:18when she said
01:11:19she ducked out
01:11:19to meet her banker
01:11:21what's his name
01:11:21Eberhard
01:11:22I remembered
01:11:23that he was still
01:11:24in San Francisco
01:11:25you never told me
01:11:26that
01:11:27oh didn't I
01:11:28oh what a shame
01:11:29you're always so candid
01:11:31with me
01:11:32and she seemed
01:11:34to know exactly
01:11:35where the prophet's body
01:11:36could be found
01:11:37and her education
01:11:39had advanced
01:11:39to the level
01:11:40of the semicolon
01:11:41besides she seemed
01:11:43just a little too eager
01:11:44to make me believe
01:11:45Aletha was behind
01:11:46the whole thing
01:11:47yeah
01:11:47yeah she was hoping
01:11:48we'd pin that first murder
01:11:50on Aletha
01:11:50and then
01:11:51you started
01:11:52snooping around
01:11:53so she had
01:11:55to improvise
01:11:56thank you
01:11:57come back to
01:11:58her original plan
01:11:59jealousy
01:12:01is a very strong motive
01:12:02I can't understand
01:12:04why she was jealous
01:12:05of poor Aletha
01:12:06she just took
01:12:07the woman's husband
01:12:08away from her
01:12:08no no no
01:12:09the good captain
01:12:10was faithful
01:12:11to his wife
01:12:12in his own fashion
01:12:13of course
01:12:13oh Eberhard
01:12:14come up with days
01:12:15looking to cancel checks
01:12:16huh
01:12:17ten thousand dollars
01:12:19to lestering
01:12:20look at them all
01:12:21you know
01:12:23he was shaking
01:12:24that Lenora down
01:12:25like a piggy bank
01:12:26oh look at the
01:12:27endorsement on that one
01:12:28Aletha Westry
01:12:30yeah
01:12:31yeah
01:12:32here's your bank book
01:12:33there's a deposit
01:12:34in here for every
01:12:35one of those checks
01:12:36as fast as the captain
01:12:37was romancing
01:12:38the money out of Lenora
01:12:39you know
01:12:40he's turning it over
01:12:40to his wife
01:12:41and she's
01:12:41socking it away
01:12:42into the old
01:12:43family bank account
01:12:44he usually cashed
01:12:45him first
01:12:46but that when
01:12:46he slipped up
01:12:47and Lenora saw it
01:12:49yep
01:12:49as they say
01:12:50in those books
01:12:51you read
01:12:52H hath no fury
01:12:54like a woman's card
01:12:55H hath no fury
01:12:57yeah
01:12:58I came here
01:12:59to remind you
01:13:00that in return
01:13:01for all my help
01:13:02you can include me
01:13:03in your next investigation
01:13:04oh no
01:13:05oh you promise
01:13:06uh uh
01:13:07Oscar
01:13:07no Elvie
01:13:08no this was it
01:13:10this one case
01:13:11you got a case
01:13:12with three bodies
01:13:13in you
01:13:13you almost wound up
01:13:14in the fourth
01:13:15now what did you want
01:13:16General Custer
01:13:17in the little big horn
01:13:18yes but this one
01:13:19does not count
01:13:20Oscar
01:13:20I'll tell you why
01:13:22this was just
01:13:24a missing girl
01:13:25please
01:13:26Hildy please
01:13:27I just don't want
01:13:28to hear it
01:13:2817 Edward
01:13:2910 56
01:13:30possible DOA
01:13:32in the area
01:13:3257th and 3rd
01:13:34let's go
01:13:36Aloysius
01:13:42where to Miss Weathers
01:13:46follow that police car
01:13:48we'll see you next time
01:13:50we'll see you next time
01:13:50we'll see you next time
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