- 7 months ago
The American version of this episode of classic British thriller series "Thriller". The ep. is also known as "Kiss Kiss Kill Kill". A serial lady killer (literally) has found his match. Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after the honeymoon. That all changes when he falls for cool blonde Stella McKenzie. He considers giving up his life of crime and finally marrying for love. The only obstacles in his way are a lawyer who suspects the truth, and temptation in the form of the perfect target for one more kill.. Unexpected ending. Starring Helen Mirren, Michael Jayston., Michael Gwynn, Arthur English, Margaret Courtenay, Josephine Tewson, Tony steedman, Marcia Fox.
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00:00:42yes darling I'm running your bath for you. you're too thoughtful. there won't be a
00:00:48moment. you don't have to go home. no everybody's entitled to a little privacy
00:00:54once in a while. especially an old married couple like us.
00:01:11you're beautiful. you're not supposed to say that to a man beautiful. handsome and
00:01:17like a Greek god like an Adonis. I like to keep fit it's important.
00:01:22besides today's the day. what day dear? we've been married five weeks exactly.
00:01:29I know. still it's hardly the time for an anniversary. it's the time I planned.
00:01:35what do you mean dear? I told you about when I was in the merchant navy. working the ships.
00:01:41yes darling. I know you don't like talking about it. that terrible accident you had in
00:01:46Canada. I was pushed. I know I was pushed. jealousy. if it had been into the water I'd
00:01:54have had a chance. I understand water. it was the dock. the hard stony dock. oh I've got
00:02:01bad memories. and a silver plate in my skull. I saw the world. the riches of the
00:02:07world. and it did teach me one thing. there was a big chinaman. a sea cook. his body all
00:02:16going to flab. but he did teach me one thing. pressure points. no force. no bruise to betray
00:02:23you afterwards. at the right place a gentle pressure and you go out like a light.
00:03:02do you really think I could fall for someone like you? all flab and indulgences.
00:03:44do you think I could fall for someone like you? all right? all right.
00:04:05This is kind of morbid isn't it Mr Mason? It's hard to believe she drowned in there.
00:04:10Such a tiny space to drown in. Some kind of seizure? No. What? Well you heard the coroner.
00:04:18Oh yes yes I heard it but I didn't believe him. I think you murdered her.
00:04:27Yes I think you murdered Mrs Jameson. I'm sure you being a lawyer I don't need to remind you.
00:04:34The law of slander? Oh yes the police warned me about that. You told them that?
00:04:41What did they say? They said they had no evidence to suggest it was not an unfortunate accident.
00:04:50Well then. But I still think you murdered her. I don't think I care what you think Mr Mason. A
00:04:55lonely
00:04:55woman past the marrying age and then you? Oh yes you did it. It was an accident. There's nothing you
00:05:03can
00:05:04do but read the will. Yes. Not that you have to. She left everything to me didn't she?
00:05:13What are you staring at? You. I'm going to remember your face Mr Jameson. I'm never going to forget your
00:05:21face.
00:05:31I really would like to store these away Mr Mason. I need the space. Hmm? These I told you about
00:05:37them
00:05:37oh a month ago. Connie I have no idea what you're talking about. Just a few old papers we found
00:05:42when
00:05:42we sold off Mrs Jameson's effect. Nothing valuable but you said to hold on to them in case her husband
00:05:48did come back and claim them. Jameson. I don't think he will be coming back. Do you? After all she's
00:05:55been
00:05:55dead a year at least hasn't she? Longer than that. 14 months. As you say there's nothing valuable.
00:06:02No he won't be coming back. Yes all right Connie you can put him in the archives. Thank you Mr
00:06:09Mason. No I'll keep this.
00:06:24Thank you. Have them send up a bottle of champagne would you? Yes. Thanks Mr Tully. And iced water for
00:06:30me. Yes sir.
00:06:31Mrs Tully. Iced water? Oh Tony I should have thought on our honeymoon just one glass of champagne.
00:06:37I have to keep fit. Stay in trim. For you darling. Besides I like water. It's cleansing. Now what do
00:06:50you want to do?
00:06:51A show? Shopping? See the town? I think the first thing to do is to have a bath and get
00:06:55changed. Right.
00:06:57And then I really must write to my family. Family? Well what little family I have. I told you darling.
00:07:03Oh yes. But that can wait a while can't it? Yes. I suppose it can.
00:07:24Good night Mr Mason. Don't work too late. No I won't Connie. Good night.
00:07:41Good night.
00:07:43Good night.
00:07:47Good night.
00:08:27Good morning, darling.
00:08:38I suppose I shall get used to it eventually.
00:08:41What's that?
00:08:42All this powerhouse stuff so early in the morning.
00:08:44I like to keep in trim.
00:08:47Anyway, you may not have to get used to it.
00:08:49What do you mean?
00:08:51May not be around that long.
00:08:52Sorry, darling, I just don't know what you're talking about.
00:08:55Come on, darling, your bath's running.
00:08:57What's the rush?
00:08:58Of course, I forgot.
00:09:01The honeymoon's over, isn't it?
00:09:02It's back to domesticity today.
00:09:05These past two weeks have flown by.
00:09:08Haven't they, darling?
00:09:08Like you said, the honeymoon's over.
00:09:19Oh, my God.
00:09:23Oh, my God.
00:09:31Oh, my God.
00:09:41Oh, my God.
00:09:42Oh, my God.
00:10:13Connie, will you get me the Stukeley Hotel, Devonshire?
00:10:16I want to speak to the manager.
00:10:18You shouldn't be working through your lunch.
00:10:19No, it's not working. Strictly personal.
00:10:21Stukeley Hotel?
00:10:22Mm-hmm. Try directories.
00:10:38I wanted some information about the Tully's.
00:10:42Yes, yes, the poor woman who, yes.
00:10:44But it's Mr. Tully that I'm interested in.
00:10:46Could you describe him to me?
00:10:50Well, you see, he might be an old friend of mine,
00:10:53in which case I'd want to offer my sympathy.
00:10:55You understand?
00:10:57Yes.
00:10:59Medium height? Yes.
00:11:01Athletic?
00:11:03The sort of man who might work at keeping himself fit?
00:11:08Yes.
00:11:09I see, and his appearance?
00:11:13Dark.
00:11:18Like any sober businessman.
00:11:20Oh, I see.
00:11:22No, no, it doesn't sound like my friend.
00:11:25But thank you so much for all your help.
00:11:27Yes, thank you.
00:11:28Goodbye.
00:11:28Goodbye.
00:11:43Do you like some more coffee?
00:11:46Coffee?
00:11:47You dye your hair, don't you?
00:11:49Dye my hair?
00:11:50Of course not.
00:11:52Well, I do just touch in the highlights.
00:11:54That's all.
00:11:54So simple.
00:12:37You're way off beam.
00:12:38You're getting far too imaginative, Oliver.
00:12:40There is no connection between Mrs. Jameson and Mrs. Tully.
00:12:43Except both were newly married,
00:12:44and both ended up dead in a bath.
00:12:47Yes, that's an unhappy coincidence.
00:12:49Too much of a coincidence for me.
00:12:56Oliver, I did do as you asked.
00:12:59I got in touch with the Devonshire police.
00:13:02They are satisfied that Mrs. Tully died accidentally in her bath.
00:13:07And so is the coroner.
00:13:09All right?
00:13:11Mrs. Tully is now buried.
00:13:12And so is Mrs. Jameson.
00:13:14Yeah, well, of course, I didn't leave it there.
00:13:16I did ask about Mr. Tully as well.
00:13:18I've got a full description.
00:13:20He didn't resemble Jameson at all.
00:13:22Except both were athletic men.
00:13:24All right.
00:13:25Well, anyway, as far as I can ascertain,
00:13:27Jameson left the country.
00:13:28As far as you can ascertain.
00:13:34Oliver, drop it.
00:13:36Yes, I think you'd like that, wouldn't you, Quilly?
00:13:38Because if there is a connection,
00:13:40it means you'd have to admit you were wrong about Mrs. Jameson.
00:13:42You'd have to reopen the case.
00:13:44Yes, that would be inconvenience.
00:13:46I don't deny it.
00:13:46But it's not going to happen.
00:13:47I've been on the force a long time.
00:13:49Haven't made a mistake yet.
00:13:51Yet.
00:13:53You're beginning to sound like an echo.
00:13:57Thank you for the sherry.
00:13:59I must be off.
00:14:02Do me one favor.
00:14:03I would like to know more about this man.
00:14:05Tully, you know what sort of a chap he was,
00:14:06how he met his wife.
00:14:07Who'd know?
00:14:08I don't know.
00:14:10Her family, maybe.
00:14:11Her next of kin.
00:14:12Can you put me in touch with them?
00:14:13Strictly off the record.
00:14:16All right.
00:14:17I'll see what I can do.
00:14:18Thanks.
00:14:20Bye, Connie.
00:14:21Bye.
00:14:43Good morning, Freddy.
00:14:44Morning, Mr. Walker.
00:14:46My, you start early, sir.
00:14:48Have to keep fit, Freddy.
00:14:49Stay in trim, eh?
00:14:50The usual.
00:14:50Make it tall and cool.
00:14:56I tell you, someone who looks like you, Mr. Walker,
00:14:58know right in a place like this.
00:14:59It demoralizes the others.
00:15:02Hello.
00:15:03Here's another one that's going to lower the morale around here.
00:15:09Good morning.
00:15:10Could I have a dry sherry, please?
00:15:11One dry sherry, Miss.
00:15:15Oh, don't worry, Miss.
00:15:16It's not you.
00:15:17You're not seeing things.
00:15:17It's on account of being oldie-worldie outside
00:15:19and modern inside.
00:15:20Everybody does a double take when they come in here.
00:15:22It was the fire.
00:15:23It gutted the whole interior
00:15:24but left the main fabric standing.
00:15:26So they refurbished.
00:15:28Isn't that right, Freddy?
00:15:29That's right, Mr. Walker.
00:15:39Not a regular.
00:15:41Day trip where I suppose you've popped in for a sauna or a massage.
00:15:44I'll have to work fast, then.
00:15:46You fancy a chance there, Miss Walker?
00:15:48I fancy her.
00:15:50My chances.
00:15:51We'll have to see.
00:15:54And this one's strictly for pleasure.
00:16:05You don't mind my sitting here, do you?
00:16:08Not at all.
00:16:11It erodes the body, you know.
00:16:14Hard liquor.
00:16:15Breaks down the tissues, dulls the brain,
00:16:17eventually destroys the liver and kidneys.
00:16:20This glass of sherry's got a lot to live up to.
00:16:23I'm sorry.
00:16:23I was employing shock tactics to get through to you
00:16:26so I could talk to you.
00:16:27Do you need to talk to me?
00:16:29Need might be a bit strong, but I'd like to.
00:16:32You don't look like the sort of man who has to be lonely.
00:16:35Oh, but I am.
00:16:36I really am.
00:16:37On account of I'm so shy.
00:16:41I'm Mark.
00:16:42Mark Walker.
00:16:43I'm a talk to strange, pretty girl of habit.
00:16:46Stella Mackenzie.
00:16:47Mackenzie?
00:16:48That's a good old Gaelic name.
00:16:50Explains an awful lot.
00:16:52Everything.
00:16:52Explains?
00:16:53Well, the way you look.
00:16:54Cool, superb.
00:16:56Only girls with the Gaelic in them have your kind of beauty.
00:16:59Speed you move, Mr. Walker.
00:17:01You should change your name to Sprinter.
00:17:03It's all talk, I promise.
00:17:04You can relax and feel completely safe with me.
00:17:06I'm not sure any girl should relax with you, Mr. Walker.
00:17:09Oh, no, let's drop the Mr.
00:17:11Mark.
00:17:12And you're Stella, right?
00:17:16You know, this is going to sound the corniest question ever,
00:17:19but do you come here often?
00:17:20No.
00:17:21It's the first time, in fact.
00:17:23I've just rented a cottage nearby.
00:17:25I thought I'd pampered myself today.
00:17:27Sawn and massaged.
00:17:28You live nearby?
00:17:29Yes, about a mile or two.
00:17:30That's great.
00:17:31And I see no rings on your finger.
00:17:33That's greater still.
00:17:35Well, I'm staying here.
00:17:36A vacation.
00:17:38A well-earned rest after, well, a lot of work.
00:17:41And you were right the first time.
00:17:43I do need to talk to someone.
00:17:45You see, once in a while, I get a reaction.
00:17:48A reaction?
00:17:49Not what you're thinking.
00:17:51I was in the Merchant Navy.
00:17:53That was not a good scene for me.
00:17:55I had an accident.
00:17:57A bad accident.
00:17:59And you may not believe this.
00:18:03I get withdrawn.
00:18:06Introverted inside myself.
00:18:09Doctors say it isn't healthy.
00:18:12Even this keep fit kick of mine, it's part of the syndrome.
00:18:16You're so surprised you came out of the accident alive.
00:18:20You're working to preserve life.
00:18:23To hold on to it.
00:18:26You understand that?
00:18:29That's not so complicated.
00:18:32Stella, when I came over here to talk with you,
00:18:35I had in mind the full treatment.
00:18:37I was going to make a pass.
00:18:39But now I'd like to know you.
00:18:41I mean, really.
00:18:43Will you have dinner with me tonight?
00:18:47I'm not sure if the last self-revelation bit
00:18:50isn't just a part of your technique, Mr. Walker.
00:18:52I swear to you.
00:18:53Yes.
00:18:55I think I would like to have dinner with you tonight.
00:18:58Great.
00:18:59Where shall I pick you up?
00:19:00Why don't we meet here?
00:19:01I'll be in the area anyway.
00:19:02Whatever you say.
00:19:04About 8.30 then.
00:19:05I'll be waiting.
00:19:12Mark.
00:19:16Good night.
00:19:22Strictly.
00:19:23For pleasure.
00:19:37Good night, Mr. Walker.
00:20:07Well, don't worry, sir.
00:20:08It's not you.
00:20:09You're not saying things.
00:20:10It's on account of being oldie-worldie outside
00:20:11and modern inside.
00:20:12Everybody does a double take since they walk in.
00:20:15It was a fire.
00:20:15Gutted the place completely.
00:20:17Can I help you?
00:20:19I hope you're not going to be neurotic about it.
00:20:22I'm all of five minutes late.
00:20:24Come on, let's go.
00:20:25I thought we were down in here.
00:20:26No, no, it's too crowded.
00:20:28We can do better.
00:20:37It's a marvellous dinner.
00:20:39Come in.
00:20:43I talked so much tonight
00:20:44and I forgot to mention the most vital part of my life.
00:20:48I'm a stage designer.
00:20:50Not important, but I wouldn't do anything else.
00:20:53Would you like a nightcap?
00:20:55I think that I can rustle up some orange juice
00:20:58or at least some iced water.
00:21:00A Scotch will do fine.
00:21:01Isn't that going to erode your body?
00:21:04I drink once in a while.
00:21:06Just once in a while.
00:21:11The music doesn't erode the mind, does it?
00:21:19Another vital thing that I forgot to mention.
00:21:22I'm not in the habit of inviting men back.
00:21:25Not after the very first date.
00:21:27But you trust me?
00:21:28No.
00:21:28I'm worried about you.
00:21:31I thought that I was supposed to de-introvert you.
00:21:40But you've hardly said a word all evening.
00:21:43What happened to the man that I met earlier today?
00:21:45Did he run out of conversation
00:21:47or is he worried about something?
00:21:48Worried?
00:21:49Of course not.
00:21:50Thoughtful though.
00:21:50And far away.
00:21:53I got the impression that you were thinking about something else.
00:21:57Someone else.
00:21:59What gave you that idea?
00:22:00You did.
00:22:01You're right, Stella.
00:22:02I was far away.
00:22:03Problems, business.
00:22:04Is that the once in a while?
00:22:06You drink when you're under stress?
00:22:09Maybe.
00:22:12Unstress me.
00:22:13You really shouldn't drink, Mr. Walker.
00:22:16It goes straight to your head.
00:22:17And to your hands.
00:22:19Stella.
00:22:19I think it's good night time.
00:22:25I'll see you tomorrow.
00:22:27I'll be here.
00:22:52Good night, Mr. Walker.
00:22:53Good night.
00:23:07Good night.
00:23:36Good night.
00:23:43Good night.
00:24:15Good night.
00:24:17Good night.
00:24:19Good night.
00:24:19Good night.
00:24:23this morning suicide you're in a better mood today i'm changeable besides i forgot to tell
00:24:34you but yesterday i had some bad news but it turned out to be good news how about that that's
00:24:40life yeah life anyway how about a swim swim yes you do swim don't you well i'm not the greatest
00:24:50but push me in at the deep end at least i won't drown drown you won't drown
00:24:58i wouldn't let you drown not you
00:25:05come on the hotel pool is empty this time of day we could go there stay over for lunch i'm
00:25:08sorry mark
00:25:09i've got to go into town i'm a working girl remember
00:25:15how about tonight why don't you come over later on i'm disappointed i'll be awfully lonely until
00:25:21tonight oh i'm sure you'll find something or someone to occupy you
00:25:35oh freddie love you something else you don't mind me calling you freddie do you you call me what you
00:25:39like mrs ludlow all right mister what you like let's have another right and i bet you know what you
00:25:44like
00:25:45hey hey forget the mrs ludlow angie everyone calls me angie have one yourself love all right thank you
00:25:52are you um you sang in the hotel mrs uh angie oh mrs angie i like that
00:26:01no love have no need me first husband always said there's some men what like some meat on the bone
00:26:09you
00:26:09know something to grab hold of and the others well they can date a broomstick if they want cheers
00:26:17cheers look no i'm here i'm looking for a house to rent to stay in well i'll look for a
00:26:21house to buy
00:26:22if you follow me i've got a list of cottages to have a peep at
00:26:30oh later on now let's have another right
00:26:34usual freddie right mr walker
00:27:06i don't suppose you approve of this
00:27:11hard liquor as a matter of fact
00:27:17i think it's all a question of personal taste i've got that all right taste the taste for it
00:27:23i'm angela angela ludlow you don't mind me talking to you do you everyone else around here seems stuffy
00:27:30reserved hard to get to know not me not angie i'm easy to get to know i didn't catch your
00:27:37name mark
00:27:38walker oh what you doing here mark you don't look like you need this place what kind of vacation
00:27:44chance to sit back and relax between jobs are you you could say that oh me husband always said a
00:27:51man
00:27:51needs to unwind once in a while always said it he never took his own advice he dropped dead in
00:27:56the
00:27:56street one day i'm sorry no need to be loved that was me first husband i've married again since then
00:28:03oh good for me not him he was killed in a car accident a year ago
00:28:11i'm beginning to think i'm a bit of a jinx i can't hold a man i'm surprised the police don't
00:28:19investigate me the police two husbands in the space of four years both dead and both left their loot to
00:28:27me they left you comfortably off then more than that love rich stinking
00:28:38and lonely oh well let's have another
00:28:46here we go again
00:28:51what do you mean lonely you must have friends relatives oh lots of both once upon a time all
00:28:57the way love i was born humble you see i married above me class
00:29:02friends and relatives i left them behind and they don't forgive you for that
00:29:07not that i haven't tried mind i have lots of times but you know
00:29:13they look at you suspicious you give them a present they think it's charity no i gave them
00:29:18up a long time ago trouble is i'm still humble
00:29:23it means i don't fit in with my husband's friends either and that's what leaves you lonely
00:29:27that's why i'm here looking for us to buy seems like it might be a friendly county
00:29:34i don't see why you should be lonely good looking woman like you
00:29:57oh mark i'm not halfway ready yet i haven't just got back from town that's why i'm calling you i
00:30:03can't make it tonight something came up a business deal could i take a rain check on
00:30:07tonight call you tomorrow yes yes of course thanks and i'm sorry i'm looking forward to having
00:30:13dinner with you oh don't think about it i hope it goes well hey the business deal
00:30:18good night good night
00:30:22good night
00:30:25good night
00:30:35good night
00:30:53good night
00:30:54if it's in the way love and you park it
00:30:59sorry i'm late don't worry about it would you like a drink oh i'd love one
00:31:02good night
00:31:03i found what i was looking for anyway after looking at what must be 400 places a cottage
00:31:10not far away not big not small just enough for little me i dump me suitcase there and then
00:31:15it's mine till i can find somewhere better to buy great never mind about those other drinks
00:31:20freddie champagne
00:31:23we ought to celebrate
00:31:26we
00:31:28you're moving a bit fast aren't you mark
00:31:31i warn you i'm eager but i'm not that eager
00:31:35i don't know enough about you yet
00:31:41i've been around love don't you forget it two husbands dead and buried
00:31:46and i've met fortune hunters before remember
00:31:50and remember you approached me
00:31:53that's right that's in your favor
00:31:56all the same i need to know a lot more about you
00:32:01i can stand any close survey
00:32:04yes
00:32:09yes
00:32:17well what do you think of it oh it'll do till i find something better don't you think
00:32:23it's nice cozy en suite cozy main room i suppose the kitchen's through there
00:32:29that's right and uh dining room and upstairs naughty naughty naughty there's two bedrooms one small
00:32:43and one big enough for me don't you think more than enough for me
00:32:51and uh bathroom bathroom i'm not a peasant you know of course it's a bathroom
00:32:56i know about these old places they sometimes put the bathroom in as an afterthought one of these
00:33:00space-saving baths not this one love it's old victorian you could drown in it
00:33:08that's fine
00:33:18come in you've got good ears
00:33:22good everything hello mark where did you get to last night
00:33:27nowhere what but i called here after my business deal i rang the bell for ages nobody answered oh is
00:33:33that you you heard me from the security of my little bed i heard the bell yes
00:33:40i'm not in the habit of answering late callers mark
00:33:44okay that's fair
00:33:46but i have left today free for lunch
00:33:49fine
00:33:52well i'll come over to the hotel shall i oh no
00:33:55not the hotel i see enough of that place
00:33:58i was hoping you'd invite me here home cooking
00:34:03if that's what you want
00:34:05that's what i want
00:34:07you shouldn't have done it
00:34:10connie what was he doing in that part of the world did he tell you
00:34:14no
00:34:15no one had invited him down there
00:34:20no but he did have a couple of calls on his private line the day before and on one of
00:34:26them he shut the door on me
00:34:27oh
00:34:31he was a good man
00:34:33the very best
00:34:37why on earth would he do that
00:34:39what he wasn't a doodler
00:34:42may i
00:35:13what he was a doodler
00:35:15now it had to be now
00:35:18i was
00:35:21thinking aloud stella
00:35:24i'm a funny fellow i lead a funny life
00:35:28all this time i've been chasing after
00:35:31rainbows
00:35:33and now suddenly i find a girl i want to know
00:35:37want to love
00:35:39and i'm busy
00:35:40am i so demanding
00:35:41not at all
00:35:43that's what makes you so different
00:35:45i find you attractive because of what you are
00:35:48if you were a pauper or a
00:35:50millionaires it wouldn't make any difference to me
00:35:52that's a funny thing to say
00:35:54i've told you i'm a funny fellow
00:36:00stella i can't see you tonight
00:36:03more business
00:36:04yes
00:36:06but it's the last time
00:36:08i promised myself
00:36:10i promise you it's the very last time
00:36:14i've everything i need
00:36:16except you
00:36:17you're not making sense
00:36:18and for a week or two maybe a month i won't
00:36:22i doubt whether i'll see you as often as i want
00:36:25i may even have to go away for a while
00:36:27only a little while
00:36:30but i don't want to lose this contact
00:36:32you won't
00:36:34but this
00:36:35this business deal i'm cooking will make me rich
00:36:39richer
00:36:40but it means moving about
00:36:42maybe not even keeping in touch
00:36:45you'll have to trust me stella
00:36:57oh marvellous evening love
00:37:00marvellous
00:37:01and a marvellous dinner love
00:37:04what now mark oh champagne
00:37:08it's all been arranged
00:37:10but not here
00:37:11your place
00:37:12oh you are a darling you are an absolute darling
00:37:21and more than that
00:37:24i'm serious
00:37:25oh
00:37:43mark
00:37:48but this must have cost an absolute
00:37:50a small fortune
00:37:52they're my bona fides
00:37:54you're born of what
00:37:55my credentials
00:37:55evidence of my good intentions
00:37:57my honourable status
00:37:59ever know a fortune hunter give away a fortune
00:38:03i can match you share for share
00:38:05yes but why would you
00:38:07because
00:38:09i think i'm falling in love with you
00:38:12froth or thunder
00:38:14i'm trying to match your mood
00:38:17oh definitely
00:38:18wagnerian i should think
00:38:19his business not going so well
00:38:20on the contrary couldn't be better
00:38:22oh then my first thought was the right one
00:38:24froth
00:38:27do you still have to go away
00:38:28afraid so
00:38:29for a week or two though
00:38:31when are you leaving
00:38:32soon in a day or two maybe
00:38:34this is just in time then
00:38:39i thought you did theater design
00:38:42i'm good at faces too
00:38:45handsome ones
00:38:48wouldn't it be disastrous if i fell for you
00:38:51be inevitable
00:38:53after all
00:38:55i'm a notorious lady killer
00:39:17mrs ludlow
00:39:18not around yet then
00:39:19if she was
00:39:20you would have heard her by now
00:39:21wouldn't you
00:39:21yes i suppose so
00:39:23orange juice
00:39:24right
00:39:28oh by the way another one just found
00:39:30another one
00:39:31another woman
00:39:33who
00:39:34didn't give her name a minute or so ago
00:39:35i've had the call transferred to your room
00:39:37you must have been on the way down
00:39:38what did she want
00:39:39just ask for you no message except
00:39:41say she'd see you
00:39:42when
00:39:43when
00:39:43where
00:39:44did she say she was coming here
00:39:46no nothing that was all just tell him or see him
00:39:49she could be meaning to come here
00:39:52might be a bit inconvenient
00:39:57very inconvenient
00:40:45I'm not there love I'm here well it was me you were calling wasn't it yes yes it
00:40:52was you I'm late again I ought to take lessons in punctuality come on let's have a drink have
00:40:58one when we get to the restaurant when I'm eating heaven I found a new place down by the river
00:41:02oh
00:41:02he's come over all masterful Freddie have no time for a drink it's six paces to the door you can
00:41:08manage it in four oh you are a scream Freddie if you weren't married I'll take you on with me
00:41:16if I weren't married I'll be already there waiting well it's down to the river and then back to my
00:41:27place eh whatever you say I'll show you that jewelry of mine you were so interested in it'll make a
00:41:33change
00:41:35come on good night then Freddie what jewelry I didn't ask to see any jewelry oh wasn't that you
00:41:43I thought it was I think I must be a little bit tiddly you won't take advantage of me will
00:41:50you
00:42:01oh what an evening
00:42:05what an evening oh I haven't laughed so much in years
00:42:10I noticed
00:42:11when he said about
00:42:20you know I think I've sobered up
00:42:26amazing isn't it how you can sober up if you want to
00:42:29not that I want to
00:42:32I'd rather you stayed sober I have something to discuss
00:42:35oh come on love don't get serious leave it till tomorrow
00:42:41this affects tomorrow all our tomorrows
00:42:44Angie I said I thought I was falling in love with you now I know
00:42:48I want you to marry me
00:42:54oh
00:42:56oh Mark
00:42:59oh me
00:43:01marry again
00:43:02third time lucky
00:43:04yes
00:43:06yes me that's the lucky one
00:43:08then the answer is yes
00:43:18I'm no fool you know
00:43:22you're a handsome man and I'm
00:43:24I'm not the world's most beautiful woman
00:43:28I'm older than you too
00:43:29a bit
00:43:30not much
00:43:31what are you driving at
00:43:32us
00:43:33my suspicious mind
00:43:35you look like a man
00:43:36with money
00:43:36but I'd have to be sure
00:43:38I'll show you my bank statements tomorrow
00:43:39and it'll have to be absolutely equal Mark
00:43:42share for share
00:43:43those were your words
00:43:44absolutely equal
00:43:45what's mine will be yours
00:43:48and vice versa
00:43:50okay okay
00:43:51right down the line
00:43:52communal property
00:43:53everything
00:43:54and I want it legal
00:43:56the day we're married
00:43:57I want wills drawn up in favor of the other
00:43:59I wouldn't want it any other way
00:44:04I
00:44:05I'm a blunt woman
00:44:07and I believe in speaking me mind
00:44:12well
00:44:13you still want to marry me
00:44:16I still want to marry you
00:44:17we think exactly alike
00:44:19oh
00:44:21oh come on
00:44:23let's have that drink
00:44:25yes
00:44:25scotch no
00:44:26I insist on you having one
00:44:28okay
00:44:28it's not every day you get engaged
00:44:30is it
00:44:32and I suppose you say
00:44:34you could say
00:44:35we're engaged
00:44:40announcements are in order
00:44:42no
00:44:43what
00:44:44well it has to remain a secret for a while
00:44:47our secret
00:44:50Angie there's something
00:44:51I haven't told you
00:44:54I've been married before too
00:44:55oh we're divorced now
00:44:56and on pretty easy terms
00:44:58but
00:44:58you know what women are like
00:44:59if she hears I'm getting married again
00:45:01she's just as likely to lean on me
00:45:03for more alimony
00:45:03well she'll have to know sometime
00:45:05of course
00:45:06but there are ways and ways
00:45:07I'd like to choose the right moment
00:45:09break it to her my way
00:45:11you understand
00:45:12of course I understand
00:45:13look come on drink up
00:45:14to us
00:45:16to us
00:45:19oh
00:45:22no
00:45:22oh come on
00:45:23just a little one
00:45:24won't hurt you
00:45:27it won't take you long
00:45:28to get back in trim
00:45:30I suppose not
00:45:32we'll have to make some plans
00:45:34I've made them
00:45:34we'll go to Greece
00:45:37get married there
00:45:38oh Greece
00:45:38in a little romantic place
00:45:40then honeymoon just around the corner
00:45:41there's a spot I know
00:45:42it's perfect quiet
00:45:44we'll have the whole beach to ourselves
00:45:46it lays in the sun
00:45:48swim
00:45:49I can't swim
00:45:51I'll tease you
00:45:52you'll be perfectly safe with me
00:45:54oh
00:45:57oh you make it sound marvellous
00:46:00it will be
00:46:01it will be
00:46:04phew
00:46:07oh you're drunk
00:46:09you're tight as a tick
00:46:11on two drinks
00:46:12I feel odd
00:46:13comes of not being a drinker
00:46:15you've no resistance
00:46:15you'd better sit down
00:46:16yes I'd better
00:46:21oh let's have a look at you
00:46:23oh you'll not be going back
00:46:25to that hotel tonight
00:46:27I feel sleepy
00:46:29come on
00:46:33here
00:46:34come on
00:46:35you just put your feet up
00:46:36you can sleep it off
00:46:38right here
00:46:43you feel as right as rain
00:46:45in the morning
00:46:46yes
00:46:47it went right to my head
00:46:51I would invite you up
00:46:52to my room
00:46:55but we've got to leave
00:46:56something for later
00:46:57eh
00:47:02oh
00:47:28it took some time but it worked
00:47:30coffee
00:47:31the perfect cure
00:47:33a forswearing drink from now on
00:47:35two glasses and look at me
00:47:37compromised
00:47:38a reputation in ruins
00:47:41and what about my reputation
00:47:43hmm I'll make an honest woman of you
00:47:45as soon as possible
00:47:49how do you feel
00:47:51a bit jady
00:47:54I wish I hadn't asked that Mackenzie woman over here
00:47:58Mackenzie woman?
00:47:59hmm
00:48:01um
00:48:01Stella Mackenzie
00:48:03she lived about a mile away
00:48:05she was out walking one day
00:48:06and saw those roses in the garden
00:48:08asked if she might take a cutting
00:48:11I said she could have the old damn plant
00:48:12after all
00:48:13they're not mine are they
00:48:14only rent the place
00:48:15and she's coming here today?
00:48:18do you any minute to collect the roses
00:48:21would you like some more?
00:48:24no thanks
00:48:27look I ought to be getting back to the hotel
00:48:30oh but you haven't had any time
00:48:31lots of things to do Angie
00:48:32plans to make
00:48:33I'll see you later
00:48:34where's my jacket?
00:48:36here
00:48:40mark
00:48:42you're running away
00:48:44what is it between you and this Mackenzie woman anyway?
00:48:48you're wrong
00:48:50but write about running away
00:48:52I told you about this situation with my ex-wife
00:48:55well this is just a neighbour
00:48:57I don't trust anyone
00:48:58except me
00:49:01you trust me don't you?
00:49:03it goes without saying
00:49:08back door
00:49:09this way will be more discreet
00:49:12I'll call you
00:49:20come in with a lock
00:49:22thank you
00:49:24thank you
00:49:24come in with a lock
00:49:24come in with a lock
00:49:24and
00:49:32I don't know.
00:49:57Do you mind?
00:49:59I'm sorry darling.
00:50:02Dirted all your shirt. What are you doing here anyway?
00:50:05I'm waiting for you.
00:50:05I thought you were knee-deep in business deals.
00:50:07I am. I was.
00:50:09I came here to see you. Where have you been?
00:50:11Collecting those.
00:50:12Where from?
00:50:15Most extraordinary woman.
00:50:17Angela someone.
00:50:18With a laugh that would awaken the dead.
00:50:21Yes I know I've seen her around the hotel.
00:50:23You know how ghastly she is then?
00:50:25Yes.
00:50:25All the same I suspect a kind heart under all the tons of makeup.
00:50:28What did you talk about?
00:50:30Oh you and this Angela woman. What did you talk about?
00:50:33Oh she did all the talking darling.
00:50:35Yes but what about?
00:50:37I really don't remember. I just let it pour all over me. Nothing in particular.
00:50:40But she must have mentioned me.
00:50:42What?
00:50:42She must have seen me around the hotel and when you said you knew me.
00:50:45I didn't mention you at all.
00:50:47Only that ego of yours.
00:50:50I tried to call you back last night.
00:50:52Did you?
00:50:53It was you who called me wasn't it?
00:50:54Yes.
00:50:55Was it important?
00:50:56No not really.
00:50:57I just felt lonely.
00:50:59I felt like talking.
00:51:01Lonely for me?
00:51:02Perhaps.
00:51:04Perhaps just for company.
00:51:07I see you gave me a beard.
00:51:09Yes.
00:51:09I've decided it doesn't suit you.
00:51:12Too sinister.
00:51:15Stella I will have to go away.
00:51:17For a week or two maybe.
00:51:19I won't be able to see you until after the dealers...
00:51:20Why don't you tell me while I plant these?
00:51:25Look there's a space there.
00:51:29I've dirtied you up.
00:51:30I may as well go the whole hog.
00:51:38Townshend Health Hotel.
00:51:39Freddie.
00:51:39Mrs Ludlow.
00:51:40For pity's sake Freddie you've got to help me.
00:51:42I think he's going to kill me.
00:51:49That's about done it.
00:51:51Thank you darling.
00:51:54I love looking at gardens but I'm no good at creating them.
00:51:56Orange juice however that's another thing.
00:51:58I was glad to do it for you.
00:51:59Especially glad.
00:52:01Planting rose bushes has a permanent feel to it.
00:52:03Means you're gonna stay.
00:52:04Yes.
00:52:05Means you'll still be here when I get back.
00:52:09Yes.
00:52:10If I can still afford it.
00:52:12Eh?
00:52:13It's just gone twelve.
00:52:14See?
00:52:15I see but...
00:52:16I'm a working girl and I'm not working.
00:52:18I've got an awful lot to do.
00:52:20You won't be working much longer.
00:52:22Not if I have anything to do with it.
00:52:28I'll be moving about quite a bit today.
00:52:30No point in calling me.
00:52:32Don't call me I'll call you.
00:52:33That's right.
00:52:35Goodbye.
00:52:36Bye.
00:52:36Bye.
00:52:49Always the same time and always the same drink and always...
00:52:53Ah.
00:52:53Here he is now.
00:52:55Mr. Walker.
00:52:56Yes.
00:52:57Mr. Mark Walker.
00:52:59That's right.
00:53:00Detective Superintendent Weston sir.
00:53:02Police.
00:53:03Is this your driver license sir?
00:53:07Yes it is.
00:53:08I didn't even know I'd lost it.
00:53:10Where did you find it?
00:53:11Do you mind coming with us sir?
00:53:13What is this?
00:53:14We'd appreciate your cooperation.
00:53:16We really would.
00:53:18After you sir.
00:53:24And you.
00:53:46Look surely I'm entitled to some explanation.
00:54:03I'd rather you didn't touch anything Mr. Walker.
00:54:05What is this?
00:54:07I was hoping you'd tell us sir.
00:54:09You see we found this.
00:54:15Lying there.
00:54:16Look what's happened here?
00:54:17Where's Angela?
00:54:18Mrs. Ludlow.
00:54:19We haven't found her yet sir.
00:54:20Will you stop playing games and tell me what this is about?
00:54:23You came here last night Mrs. Ludlow?
00:54:24Yes.
00:54:24What time did you leave?
00:54:25Sometime this morning.
00:54:2610.30 I don't know.
00:54:27This morning?
00:54:28It isn't what you think.
00:54:30I got a little drunk last night that's all.
00:54:32I slept there on that sofa.
00:54:35And left about 10.30?
00:54:37Yes.
00:54:39Yes.
00:54:44She phoned me.
00:54:45It must have been about 12 noon.
00:54:46Mrs. Ludlow?
00:54:47Yeah.
00:54:47Sure I was there?
00:54:48Of course.
00:54:48Recognize that voice anyway.
00:54:49Anyone would.
00:54:51She said you'd had too much to drink.
00:54:52It was unlike you.
00:54:53It'd gone to your head.
00:54:55She said she was afraid of you.
00:54:57You was getting violent.
00:54:58That's a lie.
00:54:58Well that's what she told me.
00:54:59She said you were insisting on seeing all her jewellery.
00:55:02This is crazy.
00:55:03Well that fitted.
00:55:04Because I remember last night she joked about showing you her jewellery.
00:55:06Well that was a mistake.
00:55:08She was worried.
00:55:09She didn't want to go home.
00:55:10It caused a plea in case it caused a scandal or something.
00:55:12She asked me if I'd come over and try and calm you down.
00:55:17What did you do?
00:55:18Well drove over right away of course and found a place like this.
00:55:21That's when I called you.
00:55:25Well sir.
00:55:26She's trying to frame me.
00:55:29But why?
00:55:32Why?
00:55:34What time did she call?
00:55:3612.
00:55:36No about 10 past.
00:55:42Then I'm in the clear.
00:55:44You see I can prove exactly where I was at that time.
00:55:47Nowhere near here.
00:55:49More than a mile away.
00:55:50Where?
00:55:51At 12 o'clock this morning.
00:55:53I was with Miss Stella Mackenzie.
00:55:56Don't believe me.
00:55:58Ask her.
00:56:00Stella?
00:56:07Stella?
00:56:14But she was here.
00:56:16Just an hour or so ago.
00:56:20She was here.
00:56:21Mr Walker.
00:56:23It doesn't look to me that anyone has been here in a long time.
00:56:26But this is where she works.
00:56:27She's a theatrical designer.
00:56:29There was an easel just there.
00:56:40She was here.
00:56:44She was here.
00:56:45At least this seems to be news recently.
00:56:50Earth under your fingernails.
00:56:53And on your shirt too.
00:56:56Gardening Mr Walker.
00:56:57She...
00:56:58We planted roses.
00:57:00Roses.
00:57:05Not a sign of life anywhere.
00:57:07The bed been slept in.
00:57:08I don't see how.
00:57:09There aren't even any beds.
00:57:11Room's empty.
00:57:14Get this down to the lab.
00:57:16I'm betting Mr Walker's fingerprints are all over it.
00:57:18I told you I used it.
00:57:20Oh yes.
00:57:21To plant roses.
00:57:23So the earth under your nails and on your clothing should match up.
00:57:26This is a frame.
00:57:27A dirty lousy frame.
00:57:29Turn your pockets out Walker.
00:57:33Your pockets.
00:57:45A frame.
00:57:47And I suppose these are a plant.
00:57:50Where is she Walker?
00:57:52Angela Ludlow.
00:57:54Where did you bury her?
00:58:09You found her.
00:58:11Stella Mackenzie.
00:58:12You located her.
00:58:13No we didn't find her Walker.
00:58:17Because she doesn't exist.
00:58:20But she has to.
00:58:22The house.
00:58:23She rented it.
00:58:24The estate agents must know.
00:58:26We checked with them.
00:58:27They never heard of Stella Mackenzie.
00:58:29But they must have.
00:58:31Somebody rented that house.
00:58:33It was rented to an Oliver Mason.
00:58:35A solicitor.
00:58:36But he never got to live in it.
00:58:39Because he committed suicide.
00:58:41He drowned himself.
00:59:04But the house.
00:59:10Well.
00:59:13The house.
00:59:13Now.
00:59:13The house.
00:59:13me. you don't. it has long been a fallacy that the presence of a corpus delicti is
00:59:24essential in a murder case and indeed it is a fallacy Mark Walker. you have heard
00:59:33the verdict of the jury and in my opinion a just and fair verdict of guilty.
00:59:40guilty of murdering Angela Mary Ludlow it is now my duty to pronounce sentence
00:59:48and to put you away where you can no longer damage or harm society. it is
00:59:57therefore the sentence of this court that you be confined in one of her
01:00:02magister's prisoners for a term of at least 30 years.
01:00:08now
01:00:11now
01:00:14no!
01:00:20walker a visitor for you. visitor? i don't know anyone who want to visit me. it's a lady.
01:00:48oh thank god my darling thank god what happened to you?
01:00:58i went away. away? but you must have read the papers. you must have known what was happening.
01:01:03yes. yes i knew. that's why i'm here Mark.
01:01:06it doesn't matter anymore. you're here you're back and you can tell them. i came to tell you Mark.
01:01:12i didn't want you to sit out the next 30 years without knowing.
01:01:18that would have been too kind.
01:01:20Stella? no. my name's not Stella. or Mackenzie. it's Sheila O'Rourke.
01:01:29you were right at least about the Gaelic.
01:01:32O'Rourke?
01:01:33that rings a bell doesn't it Mark Walker.
01:01:36or should i say Mr Jameson?
01:01:39or Mr Tully yes.
01:01:41yes Mr Tully.
01:01:44because Mrs Tully was Yvonne O'Rourke.
01:01:47my sister.
01:01:50it was poor Mr Mason who called me. you killed him didn't you? because he recognized you.
01:01:55we had got together a really private investigation.
01:01:59and we had so little to go on.
01:02:01a man who liked to keep fit.
01:02:04i did the rounds of the health farms and the gymnasiums for months before i spotted you.
01:02:09i was sure it was you but Mr Mason had to confirm it.
01:02:12i called him.
01:02:14he came down and before he could say yes or no.
01:02:18he was dead.
01:02:20that was confirmation enough.
01:02:22you?
01:02:24and Mason?
01:02:26an unlikely team.
01:02:28but a nice man. i liked him.
01:02:33and i loved my sister.
01:02:36and you killed her too didn't you?
01:02:40and now you're paying for it.
01:02:42oh not for the murder you did do.
01:02:45but for one you didn't.
01:02:48but that suits me.
01:02:50you're no better than i am.
01:02:52you killed two.
01:02:53Angela Ludlow.
01:02:54i'll tell them.
01:02:55i'll tell them you killed her.
01:02:57and whatever their motive they'll put you away too.
01:03:01you still don't understand do you?
01:03:05i told you my job was theatrical design.
01:03:08well before that i was on the other side of the footlights.
01:03:12i didn't kill Angela Ludlow.
01:03:16i created her.
01:03:18my old love.
01:03:21but who could prove it?
01:03:25bye love.
01:03:27don't do anything i wouldn't do will you?
01:03:29i was there.
01:03:42i will tell you my god.
01:03:44my god.
01:03:44my god.
01:03:45my god.
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