Thriller. 01. Lady Killer.

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First broadcast 14th April 1973.  A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.  Barbara Feldon - Jenny Frifth Robert Powell - Paul Tanner Linda Thorson - Toni Tanner T.P. McKenna - Jack Hardisty Mary Wimbush - Mrs. Bradley John Boswall - The Old Man Ivor Roberts - Doctor Howard Rawlinson - Hotel Clerk Ronald Mayer - Minister David Billa - Waiter Jessie Evans Peter Sallis - Man

Transcript

00:00:28Good morning, Ms. Smith.

00:00:28Good morning.

00:00:30I don't suppose there's any mail for me, is there?

00:00:33I'm sorry, no.

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00:03:04oh what on earth is one doing a place like this oh I'm so sorry I've

00:03:10disturbed you no I was talking out loud you didn't really are you sure yes I

00:03:16think I did anyway as I was thinking out loud I'll ask it again what on earth

00:03:21does one do any place like this oh well let's see I usually take a walk along

00:03:27the seafront did that early this morning do you have a good book to read I have a

00:03:41better idea why don't we just talk people don't do that these days do they talk

00:03:48communicate I don't think I'm particularly darling I'm sure you've

00:03:51lots of interesting things to tell I'm afraid I'm not oh nonsense let's give it

00:03:55a try anyway I'm so sorry I really have no right whatever it is to come in here

00:04:01it's all right really I'd like to talk you're not offended oh no honestly no

00:04:07honestly really well if we're going to talk I'm going to introduce myself Paul

00:04:11Turner I'm Jennifer Frith from don't tell me Indiana how did you know

00:04:17that no I've traveled Estates quite a bit and I've got a good ear for an accent

00:04:21oh am I right absolutely right yes oh dear suppose I'm fed up with this place

00:04:28because I've just taken a place myself by the coast busman's holiday

00:04:32uh busman's uh busman's holiday no no it's an English phrase it means no holiday

00:04:38at all don't ask me why house is a funny language isn't it well um yes would you like

00:04:46some coffee oh I'd love some thank you yes and then you can tell me all about

00:04:49yourself and I won't be bored anymore well I can't promise that better still be

00:04:54good for my ego your ego it's always good for a man's ego to be seen in the

00:05:00company of an attractive woman

00:05:10Paul of course I got through to her candy from kids listen we have an interest in

00:05:16common Shelley yes romantic isn't it get me a copy of his poems will you he's a poet oh yes

00:05:26we're having dinner tonight at eight

00:05:2715 minutes

00:05:37oh

00:05:57I know

00:05:57um my watch says that it's about 8 28 miss yes and it's right you check

00:06:04before that's right I did we stopped serving dinner soon miss you'll have to

00:06:09hurry thank you I will

00:06:22Jenny I can't apologize enough I had a meeting the other side a town of my car

00:06:26broke down it's perfectly right I'm so sorry it doesn't matter you're here that's

00:06:29all that matters do you forgive me of course I do really kept her waiting 30

00:06:32minutes and she loved me for it yes I was starving by that time it was coming

00:06:41on beautifully and tomorrow she gets a whirlwind of romantic pleasures starting

00:06:49with a full flower treatment

00:06:57where are we going Shelley's birthplace you're kidding but that must be miles away 200 to be exact

00:07:03that's where we have a car but don't you have business things that you have to do and cancel them

00:07:07I've always intended to make the pilgrimage and somehow I just never got around to it

00:07:14I know now why I needed someone to share it with exhausted I didn't know where in English

00:07:21ploy it's could be we've been everywhere hmm everywhere anyway the hooks baited and tonight's the night

00:07:34cream cream no sugar getting used to meeting you I died I expected all this to be just work you

00:07:52you haven't done much of that well it is your fault

00:07:56oh Jenny

00:08:01Jenny

00:08:05oh I hate goodbyes I just hate them

00:08:14there's a phrase everybody uses it and very few actually mean it it's been nice meeting you

00:08:26Paul

00:08:37who is it

00:08:38Paul

00:08:47Jenny it's mad and it's crazy but I'm not going to be able to leave you behind tomorrow

00:08:53I want you to come with me be my wife

00:08:55oh Paul I know it's ridiculous and I know we've only known each other days but I love you

00:09:01oh

00:09:02oh

00:09:05oh

00:09:06oh

00:09:22it should have been a bigger

00:09:24oh

00:09:25white a dozen bridesmaids but I don't mind Paul really I know it's so quiet here so tucked away

00:09:32darling

00:09:34we have so much ahead of us

00:09:40yes

00:09:41yes

00:09:45Oh, my God.

00:10:19Oh, it's beautiful.

00:10:21It needs a woman's touch.

00:10:23Oh, it's really lovely.

00:10:25You go on through.

00:10:26I'll be with you in a moment.

00:10:29Oh, I just love these old places.

00:10:31There's so much charm and texture.

00:10:34It's really lonely, though, isn't it?

00:10:36I don't think I saw another house for the last two miles.

00:10:38There's an old boy who lives on the other side of the cliff,

00:10:40but, um, you're right, it is lonely.

00:10:42But then when I took it, I didn't know I was going to be taking your wife as well.

00:10:47But now you're here, it's not going to be lonely anymore.

00:10:49It's going to be wonderful.

00:10:51Oh, I know what.

00:10:52As soon as possible, we'll have a housewarming, okay?

00:10:55Housewarming?

00:10:55Well, that's the traditional thing, isn't it?

00:10:57Of course, there won't be any of my friends here, but your friends.

00:10:59I'm dying to meet them.

00:11:01You do have friends, don't you?

00:11:04Of course, I do.

00:11:04I'm dying to meet them.

00:11:34I'm dying to meet them.

00:12:14Hey, stay away from here.

00:12:19What was that?

00:12:21No, there was a click on the line.

00:12:23Don't say anything.

00:12:25I'll be in touch.

00:12:42Ginny?

00:12:44Ginny?

00:13:15There was a click on the line.

00:13:15Good morning!

00:13:49That door key. Well, I thought I'd better return it.

00:13:54Mrs. Bradley, I used to clean for the last people that lived here.

00:13:58Oh, you really startled me. I'm Miss... I'm Mrs. Tanner.

00:14:04Yes, I know.

00:14:06Well, I hadn't heard anything, so I thought I'd better return the key.

00:14:10Heard anything about...

00:14:12Whether I'd still be required or not to clean.

00:14:16Oh, I see. Oh, well, of course I want you to stay.

00:14:20This place is much too big for me to take care of by myself.

00:14:23Why don't you come here begging for a job?

00:14:25Oh, no, no, no, really. I'd love it if you'd help, if you will.

00:14:28Tell you the truth, I'd really appreciate the company as well.

00:14:32Three mornings a week?

00:14:33Oh, fine, yes.

00:14:37Well, I'd better get started then.

00:14:49And I'd better get started.

00:14:50So was I.

00:14:57Jenny!

00:14:59Jenny!

00:15:02Darling?

00:15:09Good evening, Mr. Tanner.

00:15:16what on earth are you doing what have you done to your hair

00:15:23and your makeup and the jewelry and that dress I thought you'd like it Paul you don't look anything

00:15:30like Jenny

00:15:53I shouldn't have blown my top like that I'm sorry

00:16:03I just can't stand painted faces sophisticated women

00:16:10and when I saw you just now suddenly it wasn't you

00:16:16it wasn't the girl I married the girl I fell in love with

00:16:22I love you Jenny

00:16:26you just the way you are

00:16:36I didn't mean

00:16:43I just wanted to please you

00:16:45that's all

00:16:46oh and you succeed beyond my wildest dreams

00:16:53oh yeah

00:16:56oh you look terrible

00:17:01now clean up your face and revert to the girl I know

00:17:06yes

00:17:10okay

00:17:19well

00:17:22mrs. Bradley thought it was a tremendous improvement

00:17:26mrs. Bradley

00:17:27uh-huh

00:17:30she's the woman who cleans for us

00:17:32I didn't hire a cleaner

00:17:34I know

00:17:36that's one important item you overlook mr. Planner

00:17:39I'll get one tomorrow

00:17:40no

00:17:42no need we have mrs. Bradley

00:17:45as a matter of fact she used to clean here before

00:17:47perhaps I won't like mrs. Bradley

00:17:49well I don't think you have to

00:17:51since I'm the one who has to deal with it

00:17:52yes well as long as she's not the nosy type

00:17:54I can't bear people who pride oh she's very nice very efficient

00:17:58oh a bit of a busybody but uh I like her

00:18:04darling

00:18:06letting me have my choice of cleaning woman isn't going to upset anything is it

00:18:11of course it isn't

00:18:15fun

00:18:23what

00:18:35the

00:18:37the

00:18:43Mrs. Bradley?

00:18:47Mrs. Bradley, have you seen my husband?

00:18:50Yeah, he was up and off early this morning, just as I arrived.

00:18:53Did he say where he was going?

00:18:54No, but he did say he'd be back soon.

00:18:57Oh.

00:18:58Oh, well, I'm glad to see this place rented again.

00:19:01It's not right for it to be standing empty.

00:19:04It's not rented anymore. My husband bought it.

00:19:06I'm not in your life.

00:19:08Colonel Mallard's place, this is.

00:19:14Is that what he told you?

00:19:16He bought it.

00:19:18Well, no, not exactly. I just assumed that he...

00:19:20No, it belongs to Colonel Mallard.

00:19:22Well, it did.

00:19:24His executives look after it now.

00:19:26You know, the people who run things for you after you're buried.

00:19:29Yes, his executors.

00:19:31Yeah, that's it.

00:19:32Well, I don't approve of marriages where the husband has his own secrets.

00:19:38It's not a secret.

00:19:39I made a mistake, that's all.

00:19:59I made a mistake, with my husband.

00:19:59One, two, three.

00:20:00I didn't curse anything.

00:20:00They have to blame him.

00:20:00He killed him.

00:20:01Now, he's Stewie.

00:20:01I made it for a suspect.

00:20:01I didn't為什麼.

00:20:05Roger how露 did you take the land?

00:20:05Reg isolated and пер mysteries,

00:20:05that's it, too late.

00:20:09No, he所有 of theGroup Sur.

00:20:20darling you were out early? well with good reason. I felt so rotten about last night. here.

00:20:28for me? mm-hmm. I've got your dress of my own choice and I can't make any silly

00:20:33complaints can I? oh it's beautiful. oh it's really lovely. look it's even my

00:20:42size. do you forgive me? oh thank you. of course. must fly. got a meeting the other side of town.

00:20:49okay. bye-bye. bye-bye. oh darling you know it's

00:21:02the funniest thing but for some reason I had it in my mind that we owned this

00:21:05house no? aren't you glad we don't? choosing a house to bring up a family that's a job

00:21:22for two. we'll see the winter out here and then in the spring. oh darling you're too

00:21:28good to me. mm-hmm. see you later.

00:22:00.

00:22:01.

00:22:03.

00:22:09.

00:22:31.

00:22:33.

00:23:02.

00:23:02. .

00:23:02.

00:23:02Paul will probably want to see you.

00:23:04Are you staying nearby, Mr...

00:23:06Hardesty.

00:23:07Jack Hardesty.

00:23:08Yes, I'm here for a couple of days,

00:23:09staying at the Bore Hotel.

00:23:11Oh, yes.

00:23:11Oh, I've got the phone up there, sir.

00:23:12Oh, good.

00:23:14Here.

00:23:15There you are.

00:23:16Ah, lovely.

00:23:17I'll give it to him.

00:23:19Two.

00:23:21Well, well, well.

00:23:24It's quite mid-my-day seeing old Paul after all this time.

00:23:27He looks well, too.

00:23:29Oh, he is.

00:23:29He really is.

00:23:30Hey, you wouldn't be Tony's sister, would you?

00:23:31Uh, Tony, I...

00:23:33Oh, and obviously not.

00:23:34Great girl, Tony, great.

00:23:35She's, uh...

00:23:36She's not here, then.

00:23:38I'm sorry.

00:23:39Who's Tony?

00:23:40Paul's wife.

00:23:41I'm Paul's wife.

00:23:42I'm Mrs. Tanner.

00:23:43But I didn't know Paul had remarried.

00:23:45I didn't even know he was divorced.

00:23:52Oh.

00:23:54I've really put my foot in it, haven't I?

00:23:55I'm very sorry.

00:23:59It's a perfectly logical mistake to make.

00:24:01Uh, everyone's been making it.

00:24:03I'm really getting used to it.

00:24:05And I'm sorry just the same.

00:24:06That's all right.

00:24:07Well, perhaps old Paul won't be so pleased to see me after all.

00:24:10Um, I'll tell him you called anyway.

00:24:12Yes, do.

00:24:14It's a funny thing, you know.

00:24:16You might have been sisters.

00:24:17Oh, only superficially, you understand.

00:24:19But, uh, from a distance, I actually thought you were, Tony.

00:24:23Same hair, coloring, build.

00:24:26Even the dress.

00:24:28And you've both been Canadian.

00:24:30American.

00:24:32I'm an American, Mr. Hardesty.

00:24:33Well, to my ear, they both sound the same.

00:24:35Yes, I'm sure.

00:24:37Well, please forgive me again.

00:24:39Bye.

00:24:39Goodbye.

00:24:45Goodbye.

00:24:49Goodbye.

00:24:50Goodbye.

00:24:52Goodbye.

00:24:53Goodbye.

00:24:54Goodbye.

00:24:55Goodbye.

00:24:56Goodbye.

00:24:59Goodbye.

00:25:00Goodbye.

00:25:02Goodbye.

00:25:05Goodbye.

00:25:25Mrs. Ratley, isn't this a cleaner's label?

00:25:30Yeah.

00:25:32And you don't clean.

00:25:34Brand new dresses, do you?

00:25:37No, you don't, Mrs. Turner.

00:26:18And I had to go along to the bank, try and rescue some of my shares.

00:26:23Yeah, I think I could do better playing the horses.

00:26:28All right, darling.

00:26:29You're not eating anything.

00:26:30I don't feel very hungry.

00:26:32I hope you're not getting flu.

00:26:34A lot of it about.

00:26:36Listen, if you do feel ill, let me get the doctor, will you?

00:26:40I don't want you being mucked around by these local quacks.

00:26:46I think perhaps you ought to have an early night.

00:26:59You search my things.

00:27:01Why didn't you tell me that you'd been married before?

00:27:13Something that I don't like to talk about.

00:27:15For peace.

00:27:16What are you, what are you?

00:27:17What are you talking about?

00:27:26I'm sorry, Jenny.

00:27:27That was foolish and stupid of me.

00:27:28I should have told you before.

00:27:30Something, something I'm trying to forget.

00:27:32No, Paul, please don't do that.

00:27:34That's not true.

00:27:34You know it's not true.

00:27:35Look at the photograph.

00:27:36Look at the hair.

00:27:37Look at the type.

00:27:38That could be me.

00:27:40Even the dress.

00:27:41This dress.

00:27:47It's her dress, isn't it?

00:27:53Well, you must have loved her very much to want to recreate her in me.

00:28:00But, Paul, I don't want to be an imitation.

00:28:03I don't want to be just a carbon copy of someone else.

00:28:06I want to be loved for me.

00:28:09Now, if you loved someone else when we got married,

00:28:11then you should have told me.

00:28:13I know.

00:28:14I know, but you've got it all wrong.

00:28:16I didn't love her.

00:28:17I hated her.

00:28:24I don't know why I wanted you to look like her.

00:28:30Maybe, maybe it was to try and to, to exercise her from my mind.

00:28:35Maybe it was to persuade myself that someone who looked like her didn't have to be bad.

00:28:42Maybe it was my way of replacing her.

00:28:52Of totally replacing her with you.

00:28:59Well, if that's true.

00:29:03Of course it's true.

00:29:07Where is she now?

00:29:09Dead.

00:29:12An accident.

00:29:15For me, a fortunate accident.

00:29:18Her death only touched me with relief.

00:29:24Oh, Paul.

00:29:26I'm so sorry.

00:29:31Oh, what have I done?

00:29:36I searched your things.

00:29:39It's all right.

00:29:40It's, it's all right.

00:29:41It's not all right.

00:29:42It isn't all right.

00:29:43And I don't know why I did it.

00:29:44I, I just, I felt that I had to.

00:29:47I understand.

00:29:48I understand.

00:29:49I think it was the shock of, of, of hearing it from a total stranger.

00:29:53What?

00:29:56Oh, there was a man here, um, this morning, just as you left.

00:29:59What man?

00:30:00He caught a glimpse.

00:30:01Um, I, I don't even remember his name.

00:30:04Wait a minute.

00:30:04He left his number.

00:30:09Uh, Hardesty.

00:30:11Jack Hardesty.

00:30:12Yes, do you know him?

00:30:15Yes, of course I know him.

00:30:17Well, what else did he have to say?

00:30:19Uh, nothing.

00:30:19Just that, uh, he's staying here at, uh, this number.

00:30:23And he wants you to call him.

00:30:24He wasn't sent here by anyone?

00:30:25No, darling.

00:30:25He, he just happened to be going by.

00:30:26It was a complete coincidence.

00:30:29Oh.

00:30:30Oh, well, I, I think I ought to call him.

00:30:32Um, it'd be nice to see Jack again after all this time.

00:30:43Burn it.

00:30:46Oh, get rid of it.

00:30:53Hello.

00:30:54Uh, can I speak to Mr. Hardesty, please?

00:30:57What?

00:30:58When?

00:31:02Checked out.

00:31:03First thing this morning.

00:31:05It's funny.

00:31:06Said he'd be around for a couple of days.

00:31:08Hmm.

00:31:08Maybe he had something to attend to.

00:31:13I think perhaps you ought to get dressed.

00:31:30Okay.

00:31:31Okay.

00:31:48this is the new me you're just gonna have to get used to it

00:31:56you have my full approval have a good day

00:31:59you too

00:32:34so

00:32:35so

00:32:38so

00:32:43so

00:32:44so

00:32:45so

00:32:46so

00:32:59hello hi

00:33:10have you heard any more news about jack

00:33:12no i just hope he left the district for good

00:33:16it's not an exact match but the color's the same it's the best i could do

00:33:19all right people only remember the color

00:33:21yeah i hope you're right

00:33:23donnie

00:33:24she's changed her hair

00:33:25oh has she

00:33:26yeah she's um

00:33:27she's wearing it up now

00:33:29what sort of like that

00:33:31mm-hmm

00:33:32except she's got a bun with curls on on the top

00:33:34oh okay i have it set later today

00:33:37not right here though somewhere far away

00:33:39hey don't worry

00:33:40i'll be careful

00:33:46you are worried

00:33:48yes

00:33:50hardesty

00:33:51i've got a funny feeling about him

00:34:01oh i forgot to tell you i think i saw your friend again today friend

00:34:05mm-hmm hardesty i'm sure it was him

00:34:09where do you think you saw him

00:34:10right at the bottom of the driveway

00:34:11then when i waved he just drove off

00:34:13oh no couldn't have been him could it

00:34:15he'd have come in

00:34:17yes

00:34:18funny though

00:34:18he was parked right outside

00:34:25it's 11 30

00:34:27it's all right i'll take it

00:34:52oh

00:34:54jack long long time no see

00:34:56indeed

00:34:58do you know what time it is

00:34:59hmm

00:34:59ah

00:35:0211 35

00:35:04yeah sorry about that paul

00:35:05you see i wanted to talk to you alone

00:35:07and

00:35:07no point in involving your uh

00:35:10wife

00:35:11darling

00:35:13who is it

00:35:15get rid of her

00:35:16it's jack

00:35:18hello

00:35:19he either has no manners or a cheap watch

00:35:22seriously though

00:35:23um

00:35:24i think he wants to talk to me about some business

00:35:26now

00:35:26i'm afraid so

00:35:27yes i

00:35:29i'm going abroad tomorrow i won't be back for a couple of months

00:35:31sorry about that

00:35:32so

00:35:32you go back to bed

00:35:33i'll make some coffee

00:35:35no that's all right thank you

00:35:38you'd prefer a drink wouldn't you jack

00:35:40absolutely

00:35:41okay

00:35:42good night mr hardesty

00:35:44good night

00:35:44i won't keep them long

00:35:45thank you

00:35:46i promise

00:35:47good night

00:35:51drink

00:35:52why not

00:35:56the usual

00:35:58yes

00:35:59large

00:36:00is there any other kind

00:36:03tried to phone you back but you checked out

00:36:06yes

00:36:07yes

00:36:07sorry about that i

00:36:08i had to rush back to town

00:36:10oh

00:36:11you busy man

00:36:12yeah you know me paul

00:36:15and i know you

00:36:16thanks

00:36:24yes

00:36:24so you had to go back to town

00:36:25hmm

00:36:26yes i wanted to browse through some public records

00:36:30oh really

00:36:30took me some time too

00:36:32i wanted to be sure

00:36:33absolutely sure

00:36:34you know something paul there is no record of your divorce from tony

00:36:38no death certificate either so she's still alive and married to you and you're a bigamist mate

00:36:44i mean i don't know what the score for bigamy is but i'd say it's worth

00:36:47oh

00:36:49five years

00:36:52cheers

00:36:57go on

00:37:00well it took me some time to work it out

00:37:03work out what

00:37:05to work out where the prophet was

00:37:07and where we are concerned as always a prophet right

00:37:10and then it struck me

00:37:12clear as that cloudless day

00:37:14your new wife

00:37:15and how closely she resembles tony

00:37:18oh not identical

00:37:19but enough

00:37:20because that's all the witness really remembers isn't it

00:37:23the overall the uh

00:37:25the bare essentials

00:37:27it's good paul

00:37:29i like it

00:37:30it's beautiful

00:37:33much better than we've ever dreamed up before

00:37:39i don't know what you're talking about

00:37:49the

00:37:52the

00:38:05that's the general picture i think

00:38:07oh i may have some of the

00:38:10finer details wrong but

00:38:11that's about it

00:38:12how much do you want

00:38:15half

00:38:17half

00:38:18you've got to be crazy

00:38:22i know why i'm holding a good hand paul

00:38:24and you've never dealt a better one

00:38:26i don't even have to bargain

00:38:29half it is and half it's gonna be

00:38:34you can have all the time in the world to think it over

00:38:37i don't mind because i know what the answer has to be

00:38:46yes

00:38:49i have to talk to tony

00:38:50sure sure go ahead

00:38:53it won't change anything though

00:38:59well as it um

00:39:00it looks as though we're back in business again

00:39:03let's celebrate the reunion eh

00:39:06why don't you help yourself to a cigar

00:39:09sounds wonderful

00:39:16well

00:39:17Havana hmm

00:39:19i say you've laid out quite an investment here haven't you

00:39:44no answer

00:39:49maybe she's off somewhere

00:39:52getting married to someone else hmm

00:39:56ha ha ha ha

00:40:02ha ha ha ha

00:40:03ha ha ha ha

00:40:04ha ha ha

00:40:22I tell you one thing Jack...

00:40:25I bet you remember that time you took a boat on the river yes?

00:40:29with those two curls. hmm you got stuck with the ugly one of course you remember

00:40:42he always had buck teeth I particularly remember one thing you

00:40:56said to me Jack. you said I'd be the death of you yes we must do this again sometime

00:41:18when you get back

00:41:26yes yes a new old chap

00:41:31delighted

00:41:47Paul

00:42:02I'm

00:42:08I'm

00:42:09I'm

00:42:12I'm

00:42:22I'm

00:42:25I'm

00:42:47I'm

00:42:49I'm

00:42:50I'm

00:42:51I'm

00:42:52I'm

00:42:55I'm

00:42:57I'm

00:42:59I'm

00:43:01I'm

00:43:02I'm

00:43:05I'm

00:43:07I'm

00:43:09I'm

00:43:13I'm

00:43:13put him over the cliff Tony

00:43:17the time he's washed up ten miles or so further on there won't be much left to identify

00:43:23it's what we've been gambling on all along isn't it? the rocks in the seal do our job for us

00:43:31it's car he's what his car I'll take it and I'll put it in some anonymous car park they

00:43:39won't find it for months we don't need months this is it Tony all systems go when later today

00:43:49Jenny's going to have her hair done

00:44:11good morning oh good morning nice one too oh oh lovely hey where'd you go last night

00:44:24last night yeah after Hardesty left I heard his cargo and then when I went downstairs you

00:44:28disappeared yes I have a bit of a confession to make I got a bit drunk last night so after

00:44:35Jack left I went out for a walk in your bare feet I must be in love barefoot in the

00:44:45dewy grass under

00:44:46the stars the pale moonlight oh wild west wind the breath of winter's being autumn's being there

00:44:53wasn't any moon last night I doubt very much if you saw any stars when I look at you I

00:44:57always see

00:44:58stars now I want you to pamper yourself today hairdressing manicure the lot nope you pamper me

00:45:04too much well I insist anyway the appointment's already made two o'clock well I have no choice

00:45:10none whatever okay oh I'd love it

00:46:05is it coming yes so you always rely on a British neighbor in a time of crack

00:46:11Oh you are heavy. Go on.

00:46:23Excuse me. Hello.

00:46:25I don't mean to intrude but your wife Mrs. Tanner appeared to be taken ill.

00:46:30Yes. Yes she's had some sort of blackout.

00:46:33A fainting bit of some kind. I've just put her to bed.

00:46:35Sorry. What was that?

00:46:39She's just had a blackout. A fainting fit. I've put her to bed.

00:46:42Oh. Only I wondered if I could be any help.

00:46:46Well it's very kind of you but she's resting now and I'll try and persuade her to see a doctor.

00:46:51Anything I can do please let me know.

00:46:53Thank you. You're very kind.

00:46:54I hope it's nothing serious.

00:46:56Oh yes. So do I.

00:46:58Don't forget if I can help at all.

00:47:01You're very very kind. Thank you too much.

00:47:03Thank you. Not at all no.

00:47:04Bye bye. Goodbye.

00:47:11Wow.

00:47:13Witness number one.

00:47:16Your heart seems very sound.

00:47:18Blood pressure's all right.

00:47:20All the same I'm not too happy about these blackouts you've been having.

00:47:24Just how many have there been Mrs. Tanner?

00:47:27About five in all.

00:47:29Hmm.

00:47:31I think to be on the same side you ought to have a cardiogram.

00:47:34Now I can arrange that for you on next Wednesday at 11.30 that suit you?

00:47:41Yes. Next Wednesday that'll be fine.

00:47:43Good.

00:47:45In the meantime just rest.

00:47:49Get some fresh air occasionally of course.

00:47:53But nothing too vigorous.

00:47:55Right.

00:47:57And I have this prescription made up there you all Mr. Tanner.

00:48:01That's wonderful.

00:48:02Thank you very much doctor.

00:48:03Let's take it easy.

00:48:06Lovely.

00:48:08Now why the sudden flurry of attention?

00:48:10It isn't sudden.

00:48:11And besides I thought you needed it.

00:48:13Oh.

00:48:14Yeah I was looking at you this morning.

00:48:15Yes.

00:48:15I think you look a bit pale.

00:48:18Really?

00:48:19Hmm.

00:48:19I feel fine.

00:48:20Yeah that may be but that flu thing is still going around so.

00:48:23You know we have to look after you.

00:48:24So why don't you stay in bed?

00:48:25Oh come on.

00:48:26I'm not an invalid.

00:48:27Humor me.

00:48:28Girls like you are scarce.

00:48:30I'll do as Dr. Paul says.

00:48:31Just stay in bed.

00:48:32Just for an extra hour.

00:48:33All right.

00:48:34Dr. Paul.

00:48:35That's better.

00:48:35And what else does the doctor prescribe?

00:48:39Of course.

00:48:42And this.

00:48:48Overdose could be disastrous.

00:48:50For the doctor.

00:48:59Good morning.

00:49:02Mrs. Turner won't be down right away.

00:49:03She's going to stay in bed for a while.

00:49:05She's not feeling too well.

00:49:06Oh dear.

00:49:07Well I hope she'll be all right.

00:49:10Well you've probably noticed.

00:49:14You must have noticed that she hasn't been herself recently.

00:49:18Yes.

00:49:19Yes I have.

00:49:21Is it another of those blackouts then?

00:49:25Who told you?

00:49:26Oh Mr. Pembry from down the road.

00:49:28I'll clean for him too.

00:49:30He said he saw a pass right out he said.

00:49:33Like death.

00:49:34Yes.

00:49:35I didn't expect news to travel quite so fast.

00:49:38Well I do hope it's nothing serious.

00:49:41Oh I'm sure it isn't.

00:49:43But I would like you to promise me one thing.

00:49:46Um.

00:49:47Mrs. Turner's a bit sensitive about.

00:49:49Well I mean she doesn't like the people to think she's some sort of invalute.

00:49:52So what we've discussed.

00:49:54The blackouts.

00:49:55I'd rather you didn't mention them to her.

00:49:57Oh no Mr. Turner.

00:49:59Because if you did I really think it might make her even worse.

00:50:03She might pass out on you or something.

00:50:05Oh I won't mention it sir I promise.

00:50:08Good.

00:50:20It'll be our secret.

00:50:23So it's up to you now.

00:50:25Yes.

00:50:28Oh Paul I wish we knew.

00:50:30Don't break up now.

00:50:31Come on.

00:50:34We've got to go through with it.

00:50:35We're too close now.

00:50:37Oh I wouldn't do anything else.

00:50:39I want to go through with it.

00:50:41I want to see it.

00:50:44It hasn't been easy for me the past few weeks you know.

00:50:48Thinking about you and her together.

00:50:51I've been jealous.

00:50:54Kiss me.

00:51:12No other woman would have just stood by.

00:51:15Yes I know.

00:51:16But that's us isn't it.

00:51:18We can put aside emotions.

00:51:20Only just.

00:51:21Put them aside and go for the clean cool money.

00:51:26I think I ought to go.

00:51:29So when?

00:51:31Mrs. Bradley leaves at one.

00:51:34The old boy go for his walk at two.

00:51:37Yes but when do you make your move?

00:51:402.15.

00:51:42At that time the old boy will be close enough to see it happen but not so close that he

00:51:46can say how.

00:52:19Yeah.

00:52:19See you.

00:52:19Hey Paul.

00:52:20What?

00:52:21You're really early.

00:52:22yes wanted to be. he hadn't been along with his wife once in a while. all work and

00:52:25no play. well today is gonna be all play and no work. we're gonna have dinner go

00:52:29for a walk. have a drink. in which order? drink first. do you want one? oh no thanks.

00:52:36then we'll go for a walk on the cliff. oh won't that be nice. we'll have it all to

00:52:39ourselves this time of day. darling are you all right? yes I'm fine. why? nothing's

00:53:00bothering you? no. what could be? I don't know. I just wondered that's all. hey

00:53:08you don't? I'll go and change my shoes. darling I've never asked you you know about

00:53:20your business. all those deals that take up so much of your time. I guess I

00:53:25figured that if you want to talk about them you would. so what? I don't want to

00:53:29talk about them and I won't. so then everything is going all right then? yes

00:53:35everything. as planned.

00:53:48darling I hope you don't mind my asking about your business. it's just that you

00:53:53seem so moody and withdrawn lately as if you're worrying about something and

00:54:00it would be just like you to keep it from me not to worry me. but darling if it is

00:54:06business. I mean if if things just don't happen to be going too well right now.

00:54:17I have about a million dollars of my own. a million dollars? oh it's probably even more

00:54:24than that by now with interest and so on. well why didn't you tell me? you never

00:54:29asked. you assumed I had a small allowance enough to travel on but you never asked

00:54:33further. and I respected you for that. but also I didn't want you to know. why? it's not

00:54:43unknown for a man to marry a woman for her money. but you married me because you love

00:54:49me.

00:54:52a million dollars. this changes everything. ah so you do need money. oh no. no.

00:55:00no I wouldn't touch a penny of it. no it's just it's just for her to discover that you've

00:55:08married an heiress. it's a bit of a shock. you'll adjust. yes.

00:55:22are you going to get that? no. no we promised to date to ourselves. just ourselves and no one

00:55:31else. no work. nothing.

00:56:01no.

00:56:03yes.

00:56:16no.

00:56:41Yes, this is Mrs. Tanner.

00:56:45Uh, I'm sorry, I don't understand.

00:56:48For your cardiogram, Mrs. Tanner.

00:56:50You remember we'd arrange it for next Wednesday at 11.30,

00:56:52but unfortunately I now find I have a hospital call at that time,

00:56:55so I rather wondered if we could put it back into...

00:56:59Your appointment, Mrs. Tanner.

00:57:02Well, I'm afraid there must be some mistake.

00:57:04You are Mrs. Tanner?

00:57:05Yes, I am Mrs. Tanner, but you must mean some other Mrs. Tanner.

00:57:09Uh, just a minute.

00:57:11What is it that I'm supposed to be suffering from?

00:57:14Well, fainting pits and blackouts.

00:57:17Mrs. Tanner, I'm very much afraid you may have suffered another.

00:57:19Why else wouldn't you remember being here?

00:57:22Because, Doctor, I never was.

00:57:35This is Jack Hardesty, Mrs. Tanner.

00:57:38I'm leaving this with a good friend with instructions to mail it to you

00:57:42if he doesn't hear from me within 24 hours.

00:57:46It's my insurance, so to speak.

00:57:50Yes, I know a lot about insurance, Mrs. Tanner.

00:57:53So does Paul.

00:57:55Though Paul's good.

00:57:56Yes, the best con man I ever knew.

00:57:59He and Tony, his first wife, or rather his real wife.

00:58:02Oh, she's still married to him, you know.

00:58:04Still around.

00:58:05And what's more, Tony's life is insured.

00:58:08Oh, a big, big son.

00:58:10What's more, she took out the policy three years ago.

00:58:12Yes, that's how long they've been planning this.

00:58:14Now, no insurance company's going to get suspicious if she dies now,

00:58:18after three years.

00:58:20Except that Tony doesn't fancy dying just yet.

00:58:24Now, that's where you come in.

00:58:26You look like her.

00:58:27You look like the woman who took that medical

00:58:29and signed those forms three years ago.

00:58:32You're established now as Paul's wife.

00:58:34And who's going to guess that he has two wives?

00:58:38You get the picture?

00:58:40Tony isn't going to die.

00:58:42You are.

00:58:44You're going to do her dying for her.

00:58:46Then Paul collects on her policy

00:58:48and they both melt away into the sunset.

00:58:52Goodbye, Mrs. Turner.

00:58:54If ever you get to hear this,

00:58:56then this goodbye is final.

00:58:58No!

00:59:02Oh, no.

00:59:04You can't, no.

00:59:06Jenny!

00:59:07Jenny!

00:59:13Jenny!

01:00:04Sweetheart, where do you get to?

01:00:07Darling?

01:00:09Where did you get to, darling, sweetheart?

01:00:13Tony, what are you doing here?

01:00:15Come on, get out of here.

01:00:16Let go of me. Let go.

01:00:17She may come in at any time.

01:00:19Well, afraid she'll see us together, afraid we'll make...

01:00:21Tony, if she comes in now, you...

01:00:22She isn't even here. She just ran out to the cliffs.

01:00:26So now's your chance, Paul.

01:00:27You obviously couldn't do it before, so do it now.

01:00:30Who's going to call you?

01:00:31Oh, I'm sure you were.

01:00:32Who's going to call you? Things have changed.

01:00:33Oh, things are you. You're feeling for her.

01:00:35Listen to me!

01:00:37She's got a million dollars of her own.

01:00:41I was...

01:00:42She's got a million dollars.

01:00:45Oh, it makes what we're after look like chicken feed.

01:00:48A million dollars.

01:00:50Look, we're going to have to rethink.

01:00:53May take some time.

01:00:56Meanwhile, get out of here. Go on.

01:01:00How much time?

01:01:02I don't know.

01:01:03A few months, maybe six.

01:01:05No, Paul. No. No.

01:01:08What?

01:01:09No, we're going to do what we agreed, as we agreed.

01:01:11Don't be ridiculous.

01:01:12She's got a million dollars, don't you see?

01:01:14Oh, I see very clearly.

01:01:15I know you too well, Paul.

01:01:17You're married to a million heiress, and she's crazy about you.

01:01:20You've never had such luck before.

01:01:22I mean, you could...

01:01:23Why should you stick your neck out anymore?

01:01:25You could stop running now.

01:01:26You could just settle back with a girl who's got a fortune who's crazy about you.

01:01:30Oh, Tony, you don't think that I...

01:01:31Oh, I do think, and you've thought so, too.

01:01:33It's written all over your face.

01:01:34Ditch me and stick to her.

01:01:37Tony?

01:01:37You can't ditch me, Paul.

01:01:39I'm your legal wife.

01:01:40I may not have a million, but I certainly have you, and I'm holding on to you.

01:01:43You are going to ruin everything.

01:01:45No, I'm going to settle everything.

01:01:47Tony?

01:01:48Where do you think you're going?

01:01:49Tony!

01:01:53Tony, where are you going?

01:01:55To finish off what we agreed.

01:01:57You can't do it, can you?

01:01:58Well, I will.

01:01:59She's out there right now, just waiting for one little push.

01:02:01Jenny is about to have one of her blackouts.

01:02:03Tony!

01:02:08Tony!

01:02:09Tony!

01:02:36Tony!

01:02:40Tony!

01:02:42Ah!

01:02:43Ah!

01:03:08the police the old man we lost one scuttling off

01:03:13I'll be here any minute. I tried to spare you this darling all along I've tried to protect you but

01:03:25that's why I lied to you about my wife she was dead she's not dead she wasn't until a few

01:03:33moments ago she's she's insane insane how she ever found us here I just never know I should have had

01:03:41her committed years ago she's mad

01:03:44I mean she's she's she's she's not mad jealous she's mad oh when I when I think of how close

01:03:51she came to destroying you

01:03:56you because because you're the only one I've ever loved and I I know I should have told you from

01:04:03the start

01:04:05and and and this way is it is a terrible shock but you'll get over it I have love enough

01:04:11for us to get over it

01:04:14perhaps it's better this way an accident because it was an accident wasn't it I mean you saw didn't you

01:04:23the old man he the old man was too far away he he really couldn't see what happened

01:04:28but you saw it in your way I rushed in to protect you

01:04:32yes and you'll tell them

01:04:34yes

01:04:37yes

01:04:39I'll tell them everything

01:04:45Jack Hardesty

01:04:47everything

01:04:49no darling not Hardesty no no what happened just now on the cliffs that's that's all they're going to be

01:04:54interested in

01:04:55on the cliffs

01:04:57yes

01:04:58yes the accident the way at the way I rushed in to protect you

01:05:01I don't remember that

01:05:04of course you do it was just a few minutes ago

01:05:07I remember nothing

01:05:09what do you mean you remember nothing

01:05:13Jenny I need you

01:05:15if the old man tells his story without your version they are going to have a murder charge around my

01:05:20neck

01:05:20nothing

01:05:25I must have

01:05:27had a blackout

01:05:32I've been having them lately

01:05:35even you've been saying

01:05:36how ill I've been looking

01:05:40Jenny darling

01:05:43ask my doctor

01:05:46you'll find I have a history

01:05:48of blackouts

01:05:55help me

01:06:00Jenny

01:06:01Jenny

01:06:03Jenny

01:06:04Me!

01:06:34You!

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01:10:31Good morning, Ms. Ridd.

01:10:32Good morning.

01:10:33Jimmy!

01:10:44Jenny!

01:10:47Jenny!

01:13:00Bye-bye.

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