- 2 days ago
Synopsis: A man becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Top cast: Ann Sheridan. Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Top cast: Ann Sheridan. Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott
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Short filmTranscript
00:04:01Hey, what happened?
00:04:02What's going on down there?
00:04:04With those shots?
00:04:05You'd better call the police.
00:04:06It's been a murder.
00:04:22Good evening, Inspector.
00:04:24Good evening, Inspector.
00:04:26What's going on down there?
00:04:27It's all what happens in the middle of the night.
00:04:28Yeah.
00:04:31That's Joe Gordon, all right?
00:04:32Yeah.
00:04:33He won't be doing much testifying now.
00:04:36Convenient for Smiley Freeman.
00:04:38Yeah.
00:04:39Yeah.
00:04:39Pedal over there with the dog says he saw it.
00:04:42Yeah?
00:04:44Is the knock over here yet?
00:04:45Not yet, Inspector.
00:04:46What's this guy's name?
00:04:47Frank Johnson.
00:04:48Lives around here.
00:04:49Claim he was out walking his dog.
00:04:53Hi, Mr. Johnson.
00:04:55Inspector Farris.
00:04:56Homicide detail.
00:04:57Understand you had a front seat.
00:04:59I sure did.
00:05:00Get a good look at the killer?
00:05:01Too good.
00:05:02That streetlight was right on his face when he got out of his car and shot at him.
00:05:05Shot at you?
00:05:06Twice.
00:05:07You're lucky he missed.
00:05:09Think you'd recognize him?
00:05:10You saw him again?
00:05:11That's not a face I'm likely to forget.
00:05:14Pick him out of a lineup?
00:05:16I think so.
00:05:17Yeah.
00:05:18Say, what's this all about anyway?
00:05:20The dead man, Joe Gordon.
00:05:21Who's going to testify before the grand jury next week.
00:05:24That's tough.
00:05:25Not too.
00:05:26He had a bad record.
00:05:27He knew too much about Smiley Freeman.
00:05:29You know who Smiley Freeman is?
00:05:30The gangster?
00:05:31That's right.
00:05:32Gordon was our witness.
00:05:33Now, you're it.
00:05:35Me?
00:05:36Yeah.
00:05:36All you have to do is identify the killer.
00:05:38We'll do the rest.
00:05:41Married?
00:05:42In a way.
00:05:44What do you mean, in a way?
00:05:46Are you or aren't you?
00:05:48Yeah.
00:05:49I am.
00:05:49Where do you live?
00:05:50Right over there.
00:05:511.36 out to Linda.
00:05:52Apartment 4D.
00:05:54Pick up Mrs. Johnson.
00:05:55Bring her over here.
00:05:56Okay.
00:05:56Hey, don't wake her up.
00:05:58She's not going to like it.
00:06:00Well, she'll want to know where you are, won't she?
00:06:03We're taking you down to headquarters.
00:06:05Headquarters?
00:06:05What for?
00:06:09Protective custody.
00:06:11I see what you mean.
00:06:12Now, where were you standing when he shot at you?
00:06:13Oh, right down there.
00:06:15Show me.
00:06:18Well, I was right down there with the dog when the car drove up.
00:06:21I didn't pay much attention to it.
00:06:22A little bit later, I heard a shot.
00:06:24I looked up just in time to see this fellow, what's his name, fall out of the car.
00:06:28Then the killer pumped another shot right into him.
00:06:30My dog barked.
00:06:32He got out of the car, started to shoot at me.
00:06:35I ducked and he drove away.
00:06:37What kind of a car?
00:06:38I don't know.
00:06:38A light coupe.
00:06:39They all look alike to me.
00:06:42Well, his aim was all right.
00:06:43He was just shooting at the wrong target.
00:06:46He thought sure, Shad, it was you.
00:06:53Will you go call Reardon?
00:06:55Maybe he won't miss next time.
00:06:57There won't be any next time.
00:06:58Yeah, but suppose you don't get a conviction, then what?
00:07:00Do I have to spend the rest of my life with police protection?
00:07:03Or wind up on a sidewalk like him?
00:07:05What are you worried about?
00:07:06He missed, didn't he?
00:07:07Stay here a minute.
00:07:08We'll get the rest of the story downtown.
00:07:13I hate to get mixed up in this.
00:07:15Yeah, it's getting so.
00:07:16A man has to be careful where he's looking these days.
00:07:19Take it easy.
00:07:20Keep out of here, will you?
00:07:22Say, I think I dropped my pipe somewhere around here.
00:07:24Is it okay if I look for it?
00:07:25Remember where you had it last?
00:07:26Yeah, it was right over here somewhere.
00:07:28What's the matter, bud?
00:07:29Come on, get out of here, will you?
00:07:40Pick up Smiley Freeman and everybody connected with him.
00:07:42Put him in a lineup, see if Johnson can identify anybody.
00:07:45I want everybody.
00:07:47No excuses, no lawyers.
00:07:48I want everybody.
00:07:49See if he can pick up anything on that car.
00:07:52Somebody may have seen it.
00:07:59Mrs. Johnson, that's not your husband.
00:08:02The man was killed, he saw it happen.
00:08:04He, he's right over here.
00:08:07Sorry I had to get you out of bed, Mrs. Johnson.
00:08:09But after all, we had to make sure that he had a wife.
00:08:16Where is he?
00:08:17He took a powder.
00:08:18Sergeant, pick up Johnson.
00:08:19The idiot will get himself killed.
00:08:21Just like him, always running away.
00:08:23What do you mean, always running away?
00:08:25Running away from what?
00:08:26From everything.
00:08:27Broadcast the description.
00:08:28White, male, American.
00:08:30Was a trench coat, soft brown hat.
00:08:32A very ordinary looking fellow, I'm afraid.
00:08:35Yeah.
00:08:36Well, how would you describe your husband, Mrs. Johnson?
00:08:38I couldn't.
00:08:39I haven't been able to for a long time.
00:08:42May I go now?
00:08:43Come on, you mutt.
00:08:45Nice dish, huh?
00:08:47Nice looking dish.
00:08:48I want everything shut off.
00:08:50Bridge controls, roadblocks, everything.
00:08:52I'll stick with her.
00:08:53Right.
00:08:56Did you hear the shots fired?
00:08:57How could I?
00:08:58I was in bed, sound asleep.
00:09:00Find any pictures of him?
00:09:01No, but plenty of her.
00:09:03Just some tired snaps of him.
00:09:05They won't do anybody any good.
00:09:06But keep them.
00:09:11It's books on psychology.
00:09:13I wonder why.
00:09:15Has he got a problem?
00:09:16I wouldn't know.
00:09:18Maybe he's confused.
00:09:20Aren't we all?
00:09:23Pipe smoker.
00:09:25Hmm.
00:09:25What does that mean?
00:09:27Nothing.
00:09:32Oh, he's got two suits.
00:09:35One of which he's wearing.
00:09:36Well, what does he care what he looks like?
00:09:38Nobody pays any attention to him anyway.
00:09:40Not even his wife.
00:09:41You're really wasting your time.
00:09:43There must be at least 20,000 men in San Francisco who answer that description.
00:09:47How are you going to find him?
00:09:48There'd have to be something different about him.
00:09:50Different anyway from other people.
00:09:51There is something different about him.
00:09:53There's something different about everybody.
00:09:55And we're going to dig till we find out what it is.
00:09:57Now you see our problem, Mrs. Johnson.
00:09:59Why won't you help us?
00:10:00I'm helping.
00:10:01What do you want me to do?
00:10:01I want you to answer a few questions.
00:10:03Go ahead.
00:10:04Ask.
00:10:04Where does he generally go when he's not at home?
00:10:06I haven't the faintest idea.
00:10:07Has he any relatives in this area?
00:10:09No.
00:10:09Who are his friends?
00:10:10I don't know his friends.
00:10:11The dog is our only mutual friend.
00:10:13You always go to sleep when he walks the dog?
00:10:15No.
00:10:16Sometimes he goes to sleep and I walk the dog.
00:10:20Say, Inspector.
00:10:21Here are a couple more.
00:10:23Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
00:10:25There's been a mistake.
00:10:26Release these men at once.
00:10:28Keep digging.
00:10:29Okay.
00:10:29Every man between the ages of 35 and 40 who is out tonight is wearing a trench coat and a
00:10:34snap brim felt.
00:10:35All of them 5 foot 11, weighing 170, and all of them scared to answer questions.
00:10:40The domestic situation in this town must be terrible.
00:10:42Yeah.
00:10:43Kitchen?
00:10:44Well, it's got a stove in it.
00:11:01Don't you eat anything but dog food.
00:11:03He's not particular and I'm lazy, so we eat out.
00:11:06Where?
00:11:07Well, let's see.
00:11:08The corner drugstore, the lobster grill at the wharf when we're in that neighborhood, and when we get real fancy,
00:11:13Manlow's Oriental Roof Garden.
00:11:15Those usually.
00:11:16We're creatures of habit, I'm afraid.
00:11:18Check the Oriental Roof Garden and they'll still be open.
00:11:20Yes, sir.
00:11:20It's 2 o'clock in the morning.
00:11:22How am I going to explain this at home?
00:11:23What's going on here?
00:11:24I'm sorry.
00:11:25There's been a mistake.
00:11:26He's sorry.
00:11:26What am I going to tell my wife?
00:11:28Come on.
00:11:31What did you and your husband quarrel about tonight, Mrs. Johnson?
00:11:34We don't have to have a reason anymore.
00:11:36Don't you have a decent picture of your husband?
00:11:38No.
00:11:38He doesn't like to have his picture taken.
00:11:40I don't want any photographs of him floating around that might get in the papers.
00:11:43The killer doesn't know what he looks like.
00:11:45Didn't he see him?
00:11:45No.
00:11:46He shot at his shadow.
00:11:48Shot?
00:11:48He shot at Frank?
00:11:49Twice.
00:11:49Nobody knows that except the killer, your husband, and now you.
00:11:52So let's keep it that way.
00:11:53It's important.
00:11:56He's really in danger then.
00:11:58Worry?
00:11:58I thought you were beyond worrying about him.
00:12:00I didn't say that.
00:12:02If he doesn't give himself up, you're really going to have something to worry about.
00:12:06We've got to protect him.
00:12:08Like you did the other witness?
00:12:09Joe Gordon would be alive right now if he hasn't had his lawyer spring him.
00:12:12Hey, Mark.
00:12:13Here's a prescription for Frank Johnson.
00:12:16Husband ill?
00:12:17No.
00:12:17He just likes to take medicine.
00:12:19What are these for?
00:12:19I don't know.
00:12:20He just likes to take vitamin pills, cold shots, anything.
00:12:27What's up here?
00:12:28Studio.
00:12:29My husband's an artist.
00:12:30Oh, I thought you said he worked at Hart and Winston.
00:12:32He does.
00:12:33He's in charge of displays down there.
00:12:35Oh, a window trimmer, huh?
00:12:38Rembrandt, get down.
00:12:39You know you're not allowed up there.
00:12:42Rembrandt?
00:12:44It's the nearest we could ever get to owning one.
00:12:46Frank's little joke.
00:12:47He found the mud sitting on the street corner one night waiting for someone to adopt him.
00:12:51They recognized each other right away.
00:12:59Is this supposed to be you?
00:13:01Yes.
00:13:02It was a lovely autumn day.
00:13:04The wind was blowing through my hair.
00:13:07It was all very charming, but that was four years ago.
00:13:10That was Frank's Cyprus period.
00:13:11He had four important periods in his painting career.
00:13:15Say, how did you two ever happen to get together in the first place?
00:13:19I met him at a friend's house in Carmel.
00:13:21He wanted to paint, and I was all for it.
00:13:23I had $5,000, and he had $2,000 in talent.
00:13:27So we got married.
00:13:28After Carmel, he became restless.
00:13:30So we went to Taos, New Mexico, where he painted Indians.
00:13:33That's an Indian.
00:13:35Yeah.
00:13:35Then he got tired of Indians.
00:13:37So we went to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he painted old Dutch barns with hex signs on them.
00:13:42Say, did he ever do a self-portrait?
00:13:43He didn't like himself that much.
00:13:45Oh.
00:13:48You do these in Pennsylvania?
00:13:50No, we got restless again, so we came to San Francisco.
00:13:54Here he started sketching crummy old characters that hung around wars, missions, and gin mills.
00:13:59That was his social protest period.
00:14:01Then our money ran out, and he had to take a job.
00:14:04Couldn't sell the stuff, huh?
00:14:05He wouldn't try to sell it.
00:14:06Didn't think it was good enough.
00:14:07These sketchbooks are filled with great ideas.
00:14:09He never got around to painting.
00:14:10Well, didn't you try to get a job?
00:14:12Why should I?
00:14:13That's his responsibility, not mine.
00:14:17Friend to your husband's?
00:14:19No, that's his burlesque period.
00:14:21Now, that I like.
00:14:22It's pretty good.
00:14:23Yes, but it takes more than talent to have a career.
00:14:26You have to have staying power.
00:14:28Frank's a drifter, so when the money ran out, we just drifted.
00:14:31Frank, who's this?
00:14:32Oh, some dance team over in Chinatown.
00:14:39Oh, he's a retired ferry boat captain who does sand sculptures at the beach.
00:14:45Oh, I knew who that is.
00:14:47That's Rembrandt.
00:14:49What has all this got to do with finding Frank?
00:14:51You just answer the questions.
00:14:53That is, if it doesn't hurt.
00:14:54Why should it hurt me?
00:14:56It's all passed and done with.
00:14:57If you want to snoop into the remains of our marriage, that's up to you.
00:15:03Don't touch that telephone.
00:15:05If that's your husband, find out where he is.
00:15:07But keep on talking.
00:15:26Don't touch that telephone.
00:15:38Hey, hang up.
00:15:40Seems to me I heard music.
00:15:41Wasn't that music?
00:15:44You didn't do your husband a favor, Mrs. Johnson.
00:15:47It's bad enough to be alone in a big city with no place to go.
00:15:49But as soon as the newspapers hit the streets and the killer finds out he didn't get your husband,
00:15:53there'll be guys looking for him with guns.
00:15:56If I had a husband I wanted to get rid of, I'd do exactly what you did.
00:15:59If he wants to run away, that's his business.
00:16:01And your business too, Mrs. Johnson.
00:16:04I'll be seeing you.
00:16:11No wonder the world's full of bachelors.
00:16:16A little more needling is all she needs.
00:16:18Give her plenty of rope, but keep her tail.
00:16:20She wants to get rid of him.
00:16:21Women are curious.
00:16:22Even that dame will go after him.
00:16:24Well, come on, be a good fellow and let us up.
00:16:25Who's handling the case?
00:16:26Inspector Ferris.
00:16:27Oh, he's a friend of mine.
00:16:28Is that right, Inspector?
00:16:29Sure, we know him well.
00:16:31Hi, Ferris.
00:16:31What's the dope?
00:16:32No story.
00:16:33How about that Johnson gal?
00:16:34Is she good looking?
00:16:35What about the witness?
00:16:37What witness?
00:16:37Oh, cut it out.
00:16:38Cut it out.
00:16:39It's already gone to press.
00:16:40Did you get a look at the murderer?
00:16:41No.
00:16:42What's his wife like?
00:16:43Any filth?
00:16:44Lay off the tabloid sex stuff like it.
00:16:46I'll give it to all of you in the morning.
00:16:49Hiya, Homer.
00:16:50No favorites.
00:17:44I'll give it to you in the morning.
00:17:58Don't scream.
00:17:59You're coming out or going in?
00:18:01Are you the police?
00:18:02Smile when you say that.
00:18:03I'm a reporter.
00:18:04Oh, a newspaper man.
00:18:05Well, you don't have to say it like that.
00:18:08Let go of me.
00:18:09Go away.
00:18:13Will the help?
00:18:13Are you just going to leave me dangling here?
00:18:15Well, you just said to let you...
00:18:16I don't care what I say.
00:18:17Help me get out of here.
00:18:19It's a pleasure, Mrs. J.
00:18:20You are Mrs. Johnson, aren't you?
00:18:22No, I'm the maid taking my night out.
00:18:27Oh, what magic I possessed.
00:18:29A moment ago, total strangers.
00:18:30Now you're in my arms.
00:18:31So it's love at first sight.
00:18:33Now show me how you got up here without the police seeing you.
00:18:36Do I get the story?
00:18:37After I get out of here.
00:18:38Follow me, man.
00:18:50It looks like half the police force is down there.
00:18:59Must I?
00:18:59Just look straight ahead like you did when you got married.
00:19:04Incidentally, my name's Leggett.
00:19:05Leggett at the graphic.
00:19:06We've got a dandy little sheet all full of goo and gore and everything.
00:19:10Hey!
00:19:11Bye.
00:19:15Bye.
00:19:16Bye.
00:19:17Bye.
00:19:18Bye.
00:19:20Bye.
00:19:21Bye.
00:19:22Bye.
00:19:23Bye.
00:19:51You wish something?
00:19:52Genova rocks.
00:19:53Rocks?
00:19:54Is this chair taken, madam?
00:19:55Why, thank you, Mrs. Johnson.
00:19:56I'd love to join you.
00:19:57You didn't think you were going to get rid of me as easy as you ducked the police, did
00:20:00you?
00:20:00I'll have you know, Mrs. J., I'm an old fire escape man from way back.
00:20:04Why don't you get lost?
00:20:12How about the story?
00:20:13Yeah, let me, How about this story?
00:20:14You'll get the story from my husband when he's safe and sound in jail.
00:20:17Oh, but he won't be safe and sound.
00:20:18Have you forgotten the name of Joe Gordon?
00:20:20Do you wish something?
00:20:21Yeah, let me have a bourbon old fashion.
00:20:24Why did you come here tonight, Mrs. Johnson?
00:20:26Or shouldn't I ask?
00:20:27Because I like it here.
00:20:28You didn't by any chance come here to meet, say, your husband, did you?
00:20:31Or is that a far-fetched supposition?
00:20:33Supposition?
00:20:34I'd better stop using those four-syllable words.
00:20:35I won't be working for the graphic anymore.
00:20:37Where's your husband, Mrs. Johnson?
00:20:38I don't know.
00:20:38Did he see the killer?
00:20:39I don't know.
00:20:39Should we dance?
00:20:40Why don't you drop dead?
00:20:47Why don't you be nice to me, Mrs. Johnson?
00:20:49Who knows?
00:20:50I might even be able to help you.
00:20:51I'm not a bad guy when you get to know me.
00:20:53I'm a little obnoxious, perhaps, but pleasant.
00:20:56Now then, answer yes or no.
00:20:57Your husband saw it and took it on the lam, right?
00:20:59Right.
00:21:00And you're meeting him here?
00:21:02I haven't the slightest idea.
00:21:03I came here on a hunch.
00:21:04When he phoned tonight, I heard music that could only have come from this joint.
00:21:08Something to eat?
00:21:09No, thanks.
00:21:09No food.
00:21:10Oh, go ahead.
00:21:10Try something.
00:21:11No, really.
00:21:11Nothing.
00:21:16Oh, uh, I've got a deal for you.
00:21:18You find your husband with my help.
00:21:20Give me an exclusive for 24 hours, and I'll get my paper to pay you for it.
00:21:23Trying to buy me so soon?
00:21:25First, I'm going to try and buy you.
00:21:26And if I can't, I'm going to try to win you.
00:21:28Isn't that the reverse of the usual procedure?
00:21:30I'm a perverse fellow.
00:21:32On second thought, Mrs. J., I find you very attractive.
00:21:35I may try and win you right off.
00:21:36No, thanks.
00:21:37I'd rather be bought.
00:21:39Very mercenary.
00:21:40All of the good, though.
00:21:40I like mercenary women.
00:21:48Can you really get the money?
00:21:50Sure.
00:21:50How much?
00:21:51Oh, I don't know.
00:21:52Gram, maybe.
00:21:53Is it worth that much?
00:21:54Will be by the time I get through building it up.
00:21:56Frank will need it if he wants to get away.
00:21:58Now, bring it with me.
00:21:59Just tell me where and when.
00:22:00And you won't print anything until I give the word.
00:22:02Scout's honor.
00:22:03It's a deal.
00:22:05It's a deal.
00:22:05Should we drink to it?
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:07To the speedy conclusion of all our troubles.
00:22:10Yours, your husband's, and mine.
00:22:12You've got troubles?
00:22:13You don't look.
00:22:13None that I can't solve now that we're partners.
00:22:18All right.
00:22:19Hiya, Mrs. Johnson.
00:22:20Hi, Sammy.
00:22:20Sit down.
00:22:21Meet Mr. Leggett at the graphic.
00:22:22Oh, a newspaper man.
00:22:24Sammy.
00:22:24You should have caught the show.
00:22:25Susie and I are breaking in a new act.
00:22:27Chung-e no kito.
00:22:28It's terrific.
00:22:30That's spelled C-H-U-N-G.
00:22:31Anybody can spell a kito.
00:22:33Of course, we're only breaking in the show here,
00:22:35but a little plug would help.
00:22:36Well, I'll see what I can do.
00:22:39Thanks.
00:22:39Next time you come, catch the midnight show.
00:22:41The place is really jumping then.
00:22:42I'll be seeing you.
00:22:43Bye, Sammy.
00:22:43Night.
00:22:44Well, I think I'll go home.
00:22:45Frank won't show tonight.
00:22:47How do you know?
00:22:48I just know.
00:22:48That's all.
00:22:49What are you going to tell your husband when you see him?
00:22:51To give himself up.
00:22:52Maybe I'll give up, too.
00:23:16Leave your flag down.
00:23:20Hey, you want to go in over the roof?
00:23:21No, I'll go in the front door and give them something to think about.
00:23:24Well, in that case, I'll disappear.
00:23:25Let's not give them too much to think about.
00:23:27Well, if I need you, I'll get in touch with you.
00:23:29Oh, you won't have to get in touch with me, Mr. Johnson.
00:23:31Just look around.
00:23:32I'll be there.
00:23:32Good night, Mr. Leggett.
00:23:45Good night.
00:23:46What are you doing here?
00:23:47That was nice going, Mrs. Johnson.
00:23:48But the next time you try to get out, you'll have more trouble.
00:23:52I've got news for you.
00:23:55I've just seen your husband's doctor.
00:23:57Why?
00:23:58Aren't you feeling well?
00:24:01Your husband isn't a hypochondriac.
00:24:04He's a very sick man.
00:24:05He's got a bad heart.
00:24:10I don't believe it.
00:24:11Ask Dr. Holler.
00:24:18Frank never said anything to me about it.
00:24:20Maybe he figured you wouldn't be interested.
00:24:23Well, he can walk into any drugstore and buy some medicine.
00:24:26Not without a prescription, he can't.
00:24:27And I've given orders to every drugstore in town that none of this medicine should be dispensed without an order
00:24:32from me.
00:24:33If he should have an attack and not have that with him, you know what that means.
00:24:36You can't do that.
00:24:37If it's the only way I can get him to come in and testify, I mean to use it.
00:24:41But Frank's done nothing wrong.
00:24:42Oh, yes, he has.
00:24:43He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:24:45I thought the police were supposed to protect people, not put them in danger.
00:24:48All it says in my book, sister, is that the good of the majority's got to be upheld.
00:24:52And for the good of the majority, Frank Johnson's got to testify.
00:24:55If he gives himself up, we'll give him a supply of medicine, we'll protect him.
00:24:59And if he doesn't?
00:25:00He'll die of a heart attack or a bullet from one of Smiley Freeman's men.
00:25:03I don't believe a word you're saying.
00:25:05You're only trying to frighten me.
00:25:06And I'm getting pretty sick of you.
00:25:08Now get out of here.
00:25:09Of course, if you want to try to find it, I won't try to stop you.
00:25:12But I don't think you can find it.
00:25:15I don't think he's running away from us.
00:25:17I think he's running away from you.
00:25:18I said get out.
00:25:59I'm violating my instructions from the police by giving you this additional supply.
00:26:03But rest assured, it gives me no feeling of guilt.
00:26:06Thank you, doctor.
00:26:07After the excitement of last night, your husband undoubtedly used the amp use he carried with him.
00:26:12So you see, my action is not prompted by kindness so much as reluctance to gamble with a man's life.
00:26:18Is his heart really that bad, doctor?
00:26:20Frank's condition isn't any worse than thousands of men that strain their hearts running in track meets.
00:26:26The misguided believed that they were building up their bodies.
00:26:29If it were only his heart, we could control it.
00:26:31What do you mean?
00:26:32Well, for the past year, your husband has had hypertension that complicates matters.
00:26:37Hypertension? What causes that?
00:26:39Well, I'm not sure. My guess is overwork, unhappiness, anxiety.
00:26:44But you know more about it than I do.
00:26:46Why should I?
00:26:47But naturally, you must know about his troubles. I'm only his doctor. You are his wife.
00:26:51Oh, yes. I'm that bitter, selfish, vicious wife.
00:26:54The cause of his unhappiness. The cause of his failure.
00:26:56Is that what he told you? Is that what he tells everyone?
00:26:59Frank didn't discuss his private life with me, nor do I care to hear it from you.
00:27:02I shall explain to you his condition, and that's all.
00:27:05He has a cardiac condition. Let's call that X.
00:27:09Now, X alone is not serious. He also has hypertension. Let's call that Y.
00:27:14Now, X plus Y is dangerous.
00:27:16I'm Y, I suppose.
00:27:18I'm not a psychiatrist, Mrs. Johnson. I deal only with facts.
00:27:21X plus Y equals steady deterioration. X minus Y is an improvement.
00:27:26And what you and your husband do about it, that's your personal concern.
00:27:30My only personal concern right now is to get these ampoules to him.
00:27:33If you see him, tell him he should give himself up.
00:27:36It's imperative to take the strain of himself.
00:27:38I'll give him the facts. He can draw his own conclusions.
00:28:03I'm not sure if he's wrong.
00:28:07To get your hands on my head.
00:28:09Al, I've been to the one hand corner and I know he'll tell them.
00:28:12I'm not sure if he's wrong.
00:28:12He's a guru.
00:28:12I'm not sure if he's wrong.
00:28:12If you see him, tell him if he's wrong.
00:28:12I knew he's wrong.
00:28:12I could bring him to the one hand.
00:28:13I don't know.
00:28:14You didn't know if he's wrong.
00:28:15He killed him.
00:28:16I know he's wrong.
00:28:16This guy's right.
00:28:16No.
00:28:17I know he's wrong.
00:28:18I know he is.
00:28:18I know he is.
00:28:20He was wrong.
00:28:20He's wrong.
00:28:21He's wrong.
00:28:21I know he's wrong.
00:28:25Oh, Frank, darling, I thought I'd never find you.
00:28:28Now, stay right here. I'll be back in five minutes to explain everything.
00:28:35All right, Mr. Johnson, come along.
00:28:37My name isn't Johnson.
00:28:38Yeah, and I suppose that isn't your wife, either.
00:28:40No, but I wish it were.
00:28:41Do you have any identification?
00:28:43Yes, I have. My name is Stephen Carruthers, optometrist.
00:28:46While we're on the subject, I think you better have your eyes examined.
00:29:07So, Frank is a fugitive from the law.
00:29:10Well, that's just like him. He's so adventurous.
00:29:14Adventurous? Frank?
00:29:15Oh, yes, indeed.
00:29:17Sit down, Mrs. Johnson. I guess you've never visited our workshop before.
00:29:21What makes you think he's adventurous?
00:29:23Oh, but he is.
00:29:24All the places he's gone and all the things he's done.
00:29:27You know, my life has been pretty uneventful.
00:29:30Straight from high school to this job.
00:29:33From my rooming house to the streetcar and then down here to work.
00:29:37In the evening, back to my rooming house again.
00:29:39But since he's been here, it's different.
00:29:41He makes my life kind of exciting.
00:29:44I never get tired listening to the stories he tells about his trip down to Mexico.
00:29:47When he was wandering around with all those bullfighters.
00:29:51And when he shipped off to Tahiti in that old freighter.
00:29:54And then jumped ship.
00:29:55Oh, I'm sorry.
00:29:57I suppose you've heard these stories many times, Mrs. Johnson.
00:30:00I never heard them.
00:30:01He never told me.
00:30:02He didn't?
00:30:04Well, maybe he didn't want his wife to know.
00:30:07Oh, I'm sorry if I talked out of turn.
00:30:09Of course you haven't.
00:30:10Shouldn't the mail be here?
00:30:12Why, yes, yes, it should.
00:30:14Why?
00:30:14Frank sent me a letter in care of you.
00:30:16Oh, he did?
00:30:17I don't know what Mr. Anderson is going to say.
00:30:20When he finds out Frank isn't coming in today.
00:30:23You know, he's got a terrible disposition.
00:30:25He doesn't exercise enough.
00:30:27Of course, I don't either.
00:30:28But then, well, I'm going to protect Frank.
00:30:31He saved my job once.
00:30:32You know, Mr. Anderson was going to fire me.
00:30:34But Frank said, if Mr. Mabus goes, you can pay me off too.
00:30:38Oh, they had a terrible argument.
00:30:40They even took it upstairs to Mr. Winston.
00:30:43Well, we're still here.
00:30:45Frank was too valuable.
00:30:48Look, Mr. Mabus, don't tell anyone about that letter that's coming.
00:30:52Oh, no, no, no.
00:30:53You can trust me.
00:30:54Not even the police.
00:30:56The police?
00:30:57Are they coming here?
00:30:58They're very apt to.
00:31:00But just don't mention the letter or anything about my being here at all, huh?
00:31:03Well, I don't know how good I am at deceiving people.
00:31:06But if it's for Frank, I'll try.
00:31:08Hey, Mabus, you better get the lead out and get upstairs.
00:31:11Anderson's blowing his top.
00:31:12Okay, I'll be right up.
00:31:13Is the mail in yet?
00:31:14How should I know?
00:31:16Nice people.
00:31:18Sometimes I think it'd be better for Frank if he got himself fired.
00:31:21Well, he doesn't belong around here.
00:31:23Look at all the time he puts in these mannequins.
00:31:27See, I just noticed something.
00:31:29This looks like you.
00:31:31Very flattering.
00:31:32Is that the way he sees me?
00:31:33Well, it may be a little severe, but it shows he was thinking about you anyway.
00:31:37Yes, and what he was thinking.
00:31:39Mail!
00:31:40You've only got two today, Mr. Mabus.
00:31:43Wasn't Frank here?
00:31:44No, no, he's late.
00:31:45Was there a letter for him?
00:31:46No, I just had a new song I wanted him to hear.
00:31:49Frank's the only one who listens to me sing.
00:31:51Oh, brother, have I got a crush on that man.
00:31:56No letter.
00:31:57Oh, but there's got to be one.
00:31:58Well, maybe it'll be here on the afternoon mail at three o'clock.
00:32:01If one comes, hold it for me.
00:32:03And let's just keep it our secret, shall we?
00:32:14Good morning, Mr. Johnson.
00:32:15He didn't show up for work this morning, did he?
00:32:17Where's your new pal, Leggett?
00:32:18I haven't the vaguest idea.
00:32:20I wouldn't get too cozy with that guy if I were you.
00:32:23He'd crucify his grandmother for a story.
00:32:25I haven't found him as objectionable as you are.
00:32:28What right of you prying into my personal life,
00:32:30having me followed as if I were a criminal?
00:32:32I'm sick of it.
00:32:32I'm sick of you, and I want it stopped.
00:32:34Mrs. Johnson, didn't your husband ever beat you?
00:32:36Are you going to have these men stop following me?
00:32:38The man who killed Joe Gordon isn't stupid.
00:32:41If I'm smart enough to use you as a bird dog
00:32:43to lead us to your husband, so is he.
00:32:45You may be very happy to have a cop around
00:32:47before this thing's over.
00:32:48That I doubt.
00:32:50Stick with it.
00:32:52How could I lose a redhead like that?
00:32:59Come on.
00:33:31Oh, don't be so grumpy this morning.
00:33:33All I'm trying to do is help you.
00:33:35Do you know that you've got a little shadow?
00:33:38Huh?
00:33:38There she is.
00:33:40Well, it's a nice morning for a ride.
00:33:43Oh, uh, by the way, here's your letter.
00:33:46Well, I was...
00:33:47Prize, don't be.
00:33:48Ten dollars and an underpaid store clerk can get you anything.
00:33:51Don't you worry about it.
00:33:51I'll put it on my expense account.
00:33:53But how did you know about it?
00:33:54It's a menu.
00:33:54You shouldn't have left it.
00:33:55It was very careless.
00:33:56I have inquisitive eyes.
00:33:58Do you always open other people's mail?
00:34:00Mm-hmm.
00:34:01Every chance I get.
00:34:02Say, did you get a load of the female impersonator they've got following you?
00:34:06No.
00:34:08Well, let's duck her and get down to business.
00:34:10Hey, Mac, turn left on the next street and then right up the alley.
00:34:13Okay.
00:34:28Do you mean anything to you?
00:34:29Oh, a lot of things.
00:34:30Something to go on?
00:34:32I'm not sure.
00:34:32What does he mean in there about the doctor and the ampules?
00:34:35It's medicine he needs.
00:34:37He has a bad heart.
00:34:38How bad?
00:34:39Bad enough.
00:34:40I just found out.
00:34:41He's got to have these pills and he can't get them anywhere.
00:34:44The police have seen to that.
00:34:45Yeah, squeeze play.
00:34:47That Ferris is smart.
00:34:49Will he die?
00:34:50I don't know.
00:34:51I spoke to his doctor.
00:34:53It isn't serious, only under certain conditions.
00:34:57Yeah, I'll explain.
00:34:59The police will probably read this note, so I can't tell you where I'll be.
00:35:03But if you think back, you'll know where to find me.
00:35:06What am I, a mind reader?
00:35:08Well, he gives you a clue in this next line.
00:35:11I'll be out in the open under the sun in a place like the one where I first lost you.
00:35:15There is no first in things like these.
00:35:17This is kind of obscure.
00:35:18Does he always talk to you like this?
00:35:20No, it's our first murder.
00:35:23You know, Mrs. J, your husband's a pretty clever guy at that.
00:35:26No, you don't think so, but he is.
00:35:28He's testing you.
00:35:29He's asking you to admit that your marriage is a failure and that it's your fault.
00:35:33He's saying that he understands you, but that you don't understand him.
00:35:36Now, listen, Mr. Leggett of the graphic.
00:35:38I've had just about enough of the all-wise male.
00:35:41In the past ten hours, I've met three men.
00:35:44Three men who all put together haven't known Frank for one fraction of the length of time I have.
00:35:49Yet they all know him better than I do.
00:35:51Well, along the way, I found out a few things myself.
00:35:54I found out how Frank Johnson really feels about me.
00:35:57That at the first chance, his first excuse, he took off, ran.
00:36:01That he didn't even think enough of me to confide in me that he was ill.
00:36:04Then at the store, in the faces of those mannequins, I saw what he really sees in me.
00:36:09All right, it's okay if that's the way he feels about it,
00:36:11but if he wants his ampules, he'll have to come out of hiding and get them.
00:36:17What did you have for breakfast?
00:36:19Cigarette and coffee?
00:36:20Cigarette.
00:36:20I thought you did.
00:36:21Take us over to Lancey's on Powell.
00:36:23Lancey's?
00:36:24Okay.
00:36:25This place has the best wobbles in town.
00:36:27Butter in every little square.
00:36:28View's always better on a full tummy.
00:37:00How about another one?
00:37:00It's not the end of the past, but you have to remember where they cross.
00:37:03That's where your husband is.
00:37:05You need a manicure.
00:37:07So I do.
00:37:09You know, this is the first time in my life I ever insisted on helping a woman find her husband.
00:37:13That I believe.
00:37:14By the way, what do people call you besides legged at the graphic?
00:37:18Well, people that like me, call me Danny Boy.
00:37:25Okay, Danny Boy.
00:37:32Fisherman's Wharf.
00:37:32Frank used to come here a lot.
00:37:35I remember once he did a watercolor of a boat.
00:37:38A fisherman admired it, so Frank just gave it to him.
00:37:42Not to be outdone, the fisherman gave Frank a big swordfish.
00:37:46I made a remark about the joys of living for the barter system, and we had a bitter quarrel.
00:37:51But it certainly wasn't the first one.
00:37:53Do you think Frank was referring to a quarrel when he said, where I first lost you?
00:37:56What else?
00:37:58Another one started up here on Telegraph Hill.
00:38:01Frank did a canvas at the harbor from here that I thought was wonderful.
00:38:05When I told him so, he insinuated that my taste in art ran to calendars.
00:38:09I said my taste was my own, and I wanted the painting.
00:38:12So he gave it to me.
00:38:13But he signed it to Eleanor's husband.
00:38:17Without telling him, I entered it in a contest they were having here at the art gallery.
00:38:21The oil by Eleanor's husband won first prize.
00:38:24Five hundred dollars.
00:38:26But do you think Frank was pleased when he found out?
00:38:29Oh, no.
00:38:30He refused the money and withdrew the painting.
00:38:33Said he wasn't ready yet.
00:38:35Sounds pretty stubborn.
00:38:36Stupidly stubborn.
00:38:38I wonder if he ever really wanted to be successful.
00:38:41Soon after that, he took the job at Hart and Winston's.
00:38:44You know, the only thing we know for sure is that Frank was at the Oriental Gardens last night.
00:38:49While we're in the neighborhood, let's drop in.
00:38:50Yeah, he sat around the dressing room until we came down to do the one o'clock show.
00:38:54Then he said he was going to make a phone call.
00:38:55Then Frank wrote the letter.
00:38:57He said to get in touch with you, that he was going to send the letter to a store, care
00:39:00of Mr. Mavis.
00:39:01Haven't I seen you someplace before?
00:39:03Shouldn't be surprised.
00:39:04I've been there.
00:39:05But didn't he say what he was going to do or where he might go?
00:39:07I didn't want to pump him.
00:39:09Say, why don't you try Sullivan?
00:39:10Who's Sullivan?
00:39:11He's a grand mick.
00:39:12Runs a bar across the street.
00:39:13Come on, I'll show you.
00:39:14You can go down the back stairs.
00:39:15Now I know where I've seen you before.
00:39:18Last night.
00:39:19Sure, I was in with Mrs. Johnson.
00:39:20No, I mean the picture that Frank drew.
00:39:23The picture?
00:39:25What picture?
00:39:26Of me?
00:39:27Well, it looks something like you.
00:39:28You know how Frank saw his drawing pictures.
00:39:31Did he say who this man was?
00:39:32No, no, he didn't.
00:39:34I wonder if I should have told the cops about it.
00:39:36Oh, well, they'll be back.
00:39:37The man that was in said so.
00:39:39Susie, quit yakking.
00:39:40Uh, do you still have the picture?
00:39:42Maybe I could run it in the paper.
00:39:44Yeah, it's upstairs in my dressing room.
00:39:46I better keep it, though.
00:39:47Hey, Leggett, are you sure you want to help find Frank?
00:39:51Say, don't forget that plug in the paper about us.
00:39:53We can sure use it.
00:39:57Okay, take it from the top.
00:39:59I've got to go see our agent.
00:40:19I've heard about this place for years.
00:40:21Never been here before.
00:40:30What did you have, folks?
00:40:31You hungry?
00:40:32Specialty today, corned beef and cabbage.
00:40:34Or egg for ya.
00:40:35No food.
00:40:36Genova rocks for the lady in old-fashioned for me.
00:40:38I think I'll call a paper and see if anything's broken.
00:40:41You can get more out of him alone anyway.
00:40:44Say, why don't you wear a hat?
00:40:45I look funny in hats.
00:40:47You know, you're right.
00:40:50What is it?
00:40:52What is it?
00:40:55No, I didn't drop a nickel.
00:41:15Yes, Mrs. Johnson.
00:41:16Frank was in here last night, just before closing time.
00:41:19Did he say where he was going?
00:41:20No, he didn't.
00:41:21Just borrowed ten bucks is all.
00:41:23Maybe I should tell you.
00:41:24There was a couple of fellas in here this morning asking about Frank.
00:41:27Fellas that you couldn't very well say mind your own business to.
00:41:30Is he in some sort of trouble, Mrs. Johnson?
00:41:33Some.
00:41:33He didn't come home last night.
00:41:35They're all alike.
00:41:36Frank, I've been looking for mine for three years.
00:41:40I'm glad I finally met you, Mom.
00:41:42I often wondered what kind of a woman Frank was married to.
00:41:45Not that I imagine he was too easy to live with,
00:41:47being so quiet and moody and strange at times.
00:41:50For instance, now look at this picture.
00:41:52Look at the date he put on it.
00:41:54Frank painted this for me about six months ago.
00:41:56It was on St. Patrick's Day.
00:41:58But look at the date on it.
00:41:59March 17, 1947.
00:42:02Well, I suppose it's an artist's privilege.
00:42:05March 17th, that's Frank's birthday.
00:42:081943.
00:42:10We spent the day on the beach at Cypress Point.
00:42:13Then we suddenly decided we had to see the sunset from the top of the mark.
00:42:17So we drove to San Francisco.
00:42:18We had a car then.
00:42:20We had champagne cocktails and watched the sunset over the Golden Gate.
00:42:24After all, it was Frank's birthday and St. Patrick's.
00:42:27We had a beautiful dinner at Andre's and Cafe Diablo at Amigos.
00:42:30Then we drove back to Carmel in the softest moonlight I've ever known.
00:42:35Ah, there's nothing like being young and in love.
00:42:37And daft.
00:42:38To boot.
00:42:39What?
00:42:39Daft.
00:42:40To boot.
00:42:41Well, I guess people are entitled to do crazy things on their birthday.
00:42:44This year we didn't.
00:42:46I went to a movie.
00:42:47Frank came down here and painted that picture.
00:42:51Now I know what Frank meant when he said someone should have been in that picture with him.
00:43:15I have a notion if your husband could have seen your face when you were telling him about that birthday
00:43:19party in 1947,
00:43:20he'd have painted you right smack in the middle of that picture with his arms around you.
00:43:24Ah, sorry I was so long.
00:43:26Oh, Mr. Leggett, it's a graphic, Mr. Sullivan.
00:43:28He's helping me look for Frank.
00:43:30Hi.
00:43:31Freshen up a little, will you?
00:43:32Now hold the garbage.
00:43:33You?
00:43:34No, I'm fine.
00:43:36Get something?
00:43:37Something I hadn't counted on.
00:43:38What?
00:43:39Frank still loves me.
00:43:41It's a big help.
00:43:42I think so.
00:43:44If it'll help any.
00:43:45Frank asked me how early the Army and Navy stores open the windows down on the Embarcadero.
00:43:49Oh, he's getting smart.
00:43:51He's changed his clothes.
00:43:52What do you say we cover it?
00:43:54Oh, I, uh, I'm sorry I was so rude a moment ago, but it's always discouraging to hear a wife
00:43:59say that her husband loves her.
00:44:00What do you write?
00:44:01Comic strips?
00:44:02Oh, never more serious in my life.
00:44:04What's the damages?
00:44:05Oh, it's on the house.
00:44:06I hope you find him, Mr. Johnson.
00:44:08Thanks.
00:44:09It's no use looking, honey.
00:44:12Once they're gone, they're gone.
00:44:34How'd it happen?
00:44:35I was walking along and she almost hit me.
00:44:38She must have fell from the Oriental roof garden up there.
00:44:42Who is she?
00:44:43She's one of the dancers from the show.
00:44:50Maybe a drink, Sammy?
00:44:51It helps sometimes.
00:44:54No, thanks.
00:44:55Hi, Sammy.
00:44:56Let him alone, can't you?
00:44:57I just heard about it.
00:44:59I'm sorry.
00:45:01I can't understand it, Inspector.
00:45:03Susie was happy.
00:45:04We were doing great.
00:45:06There was no reason for it.
00:45:07Sometimes we don't know what makes people tick,
00:45:09even the ones closest to us.
00:45:11I just can't believe she killed herself.
00:45:14Well, maybe she didn't.
00:45:16Inspector, how else?
00:45:16Well, it could have been robbery.
00:45:18She might have surprised somebody in the dressing room.
00:45:21Did you check her stuff, see if anything was missing?
00:45:23No.
00:45:24Well, do it now.
00:45:32We've been through almost all of these places
00:45:34and we still haven't found a lead on Frank.
00:45:42Too long.
00:46:07Mind if I look at this coat?
00:46:08That's a man's coat.
00:46:10Mind if I look at it?
00:46:11Say dollars.
00:46:13That's Frank's coat.
00:46:14Where did you get it?
00:46:15None of your business.
00:46:16But that's my husband's coat.
00:46:17No, it ain't. It's mine.
00:46:19The fella came in here and traded that coat in four dollars for a pea jacket and a cap.
00:46:22When?
00:46:23When I opened up this morning.
00:46:24Where'd he go?
00:46:25How do I know? I just sell stuff. I don't watch people.
00:46:27Shut the door as you go out.
00:46:44I don't know.
00:47:09Look.
00:47:15Well, wouldn't you know, there he is, just like nothing had happened.
00:47:19Oh.
00:47:28Frank.
00:47:30I beg pardon?
00:47:32Oh, I'm sorry.
00:47:46I never knew there were so many land-going sailors in the world.
00:47:49All of them wearing pea jackets and semen's caps.
00:47:56Beat, huh?
00:47:59I might as well admit it. I can't remember. No thanks.
00:48:03There's not much sun left to find him under.
00:48:07If you think back, he said in his letter, you'll know where to find me.
00:48:15Danny, maybe if I'm alone, I can figure this out.
00:48:19I've got to go home anyway and feed the dog. He's been locked up all day.
00:48:22Oh, sure. Sure. I could meet you later someplace.
00:48:26How about picking me up at the corner of Montgomery and Union Streets when you're ready.
00:48:29It's not much out of your way.
00:48:30All right.
00:48:32I'll meet you there in an hour.
00:48:36Uh-oh.
00:48:38Looks like your shadow's finally caught up with you.
00:48:52Are you as tired as I am?
00:48:54I beg your pardon.
00:48:56Come on. There's no need in spending two cab pairs.
00:48:58We might as well go together.
00:48:59But, well...
00:49:00Oh, come on. At least you'll have someone to talk to.
00:49:02Uh-oh.
00:49:20As a taxpayer, I thank you.
00:49:35Hello, Rembrandt. I'll be with you in a minute.
00:49:38Hi.
00:49:41What? You again?
00:49:42Who let you in?
00:49:44Landlord. Do you mind?
00:49:45Oh, no. Make yourself at home.
00:49:47I love having cops move in on me.
00:49:49Where's the letter?
00:49:50Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about.
00:49:51I mean, the letter your pal picked up at Hart and Winston's this morning.
00:49:54I want it.
00:49:55Seize all knows all, except where Frank is and who the killer is.
00:49:59Why don't you go back to jail or wherever it is you live and leave me alone?
00:50:02Oh, no. The merry-go-round's over.
00:50:05This case is going cold on me and you're the only live thing in it.
00:50:08So from now on, I'm sticking with you.
00:50:09That's just peachy.
00:50:12Oh, I'm bushed.
00:50:14You ought to be. You covered a lot of territory today.
00:50:16My men are bushed, too. You should be more considerate.
00:50:20Can you make anything out of this letter? It's pretty cryptic.
00:50:23Not yet, but I'm working on it.
00:50:25It sounds like a guy in love.
00:50:28You think so?
00:50:30Yeah.
00:50:31I'll be out in the open, under the sun, in a place like the one where I first lost you.
00:50:37That kind of lays it right in your lap.
00:50:40Doesn't it mean anything to you?
00:50:41I wish it did.
00:50:43I'm glad you're not bringing me my medicine.
00:50:45Oh, don't worry. I'll find it.
00:50:47And I'll be right there with you when you do.
00:50:50Where you go, I go.
00:50:56Would you insist upon going with me if I walked the dog?
00:50:59I walked him.
00:51:00Anyway, there's a man out front, one in back and one on the roof.
00:51:03Fine. I'm staying right here, then.
00:51:05So am I. We'll just wait till your husband comes to you, or you can't stand the strain any longer
00:51:10and go to him.
00:51:12Look, Mr. Ferris.
00:51:13Maybe you were right in some of the things you said.
00:51:16Today I discovered a lot about Frank I never knew before.
00:51:19In one day, what you couldn't find out in four years.
00:51:22I guess I was the one that was mixed up.
00:51:24A lot of it's my fault, anyway.
00:51:26I haven't been much of a wife.
00:51:28Well, that's quite an admission from you, Mrs. Johnson.
00:51:31Please, you've got to give me a chance to see Frank alone and give him his medicine.
00:51:36Then if he wants to come in and testify, that's up to him.
00:51:39But it's got to be his choice.
00:51:41I won't try to influence him one way or the other.
00:51:43Whatever he does is all right with me.
00:51:44But you've got to let me see him alone first.
00:51:47I believe you, and I'd like to help you, but I'm a cop.
00:51:50If Frank keeps on running, I'll have no witness to say nothing of a job.
00:51:58He's hungry.
00:52:00Couldn't you have fed him, too?
00:52:01He couldn't figure out how to work the can opener.
00:52:03Can I use your phone?
00:52:12Hello, Ferris.
00:52:13Anything come in?
00:52:16Keep it going until we get results.
00:52:18I think we're getting warm.
00:52:19Sure of that?
00:52:21Put him on.
00:52:48I think he's hungry.
00:53:21I'm sorry, Rembrandt.
00:53:22It's the only thing I can think of.
00:53:35Mr. Ferris.
00:53:36Yeah?
00:53:39I'm worried about Rembrandt.
00:53:41He was so hungry and now he won't touch his food.
00:53:43That's funny.
00:53:46When his nose is so hot,
00:53:48maybe I'd better take him to the vets.
00:53:50I'll take him.
00:53:51I like dogs.
00:53:52Oh, thank you.
00:53:53Get your shoes.
00:53:59His temperature is normal.
00:54:00In fact, he seems to be in perfect health.
00:54:01But I'm worried about him, Doctor.
00:54:02He won't eat.
00:54:03Maybe he isn't hungry.
00:54:05Perhaps he should stay here for a few days for observation.
00:54:08May I take a look at your exercise yard?
00:54:10Oh, yes.
00:54:10Right out that door, across the hall.
00:54:12And, Doctor, see if you can't coax him to eat something.
00:54:20Doctor, I wish you'd look at Emeline.
00:54:23I'm not the doctor.
00:54:24I'm here for treatment myself.
00:54:26I beg your pardon?
00:54:27Well, your wife thinks you ought to leave the dog for observation.
00:54:29That woman's not my wife.
00:54:53That woman's not my wife.
00:54:59Why Mabus at the store?
00:55:01You mean you think there's a reason, something you missed?
00:55:03Yes, something I didn't see.
00:55:04Something I overlooked.
00:55:06Driver, take us to Hart and Winston.
00:55:08Okay.
00:55:23Weary, bitter, cynical.
00:55:31Fresh, eager, and hopeful.
00:55:33The two Eleonors.
00:55:36Now I remember.
00:55:38One day on the beach at Carmel, just after we were married,
00:55:41Frank made a mermaid out of sand.
00:55:43It was supposed to be me.
00:55:44And a big wave came up and washed it away.
00:55:46And he said, well, I've lost you.
00:55:47And I said, you'll never lose me, Frank.
00:55:49I won't let you.
00:55:50That's what he meant in the letter.
00:55:51It wasn't a quarrel.
00:55:52This means something to you?
00:55:53You know where he is?
00:55:54I'll take you there.
00:55:55Inspector Ferris wants to see you.
00:55:57Why?
00:55:57Look, he wants to see you.
00:55:59Where?
00:56:00Later.
00:56:36I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, Mrs. Johnson.
00:56:39This man was found in an alley behind a gin mill on the Embarcadero.
00:56:43He'd been brutally beaten to death.
00:56:45He wasn't wearing a trench coat, but he was wearing a seaman's cap and jacket.
00:56:50From what I remember of your husband, it could be him.
00:56:54I'm not sure.
00:56:55So I'll have to ask you to make a positive identification.
00:57:30Let her alone.
00:57:32There goes the Freeman case.
00:57:34Two witnesses.
00:57:36Two dead men.
00:57:39That's the way it goes sometimes.
00:57:47I don't know anything that I could say would just be words.
00:57:55Danny.
00:57:56That wasn't Frank.
00:57:59For a quick moment, I thought it was, and I felt things I didn't know I could feel.
00:58:03What was I holding out for?
00:58:05Why didn't I learn to understand him?
00:58:08Why don't we give freely of ourselves when we can?
00:58:12If only I had another chance, I thought.
00:58:15Then I thought it wasn't Frank, and I fainted.
00:58:21But it wasn't an act.
00:58:23I really did faint.
00:58:25Where is he?
00:58:27At the amusement park, at the beach.
00:58:43You were there when it happened.
00:58:45Why can't you talk?
00:58:48That Johnson dame's a smart cookie.
00:58:50Yeah.
00:58:51I wonder where she got the idea of passing that stiff off as her husband.
00:58:54Somebody had to pass him off?
00:58:56Sure.
00:58:57The guy she identified was a second mate off a tanker.
00:59:00Just been paid off.
00:59:01Somebody rolled him for his dough.
00:59:02Why wasn't I told?
00:59:03The fingerprint report just came.
00:59:06Kick me for a knucklehead.
00:59:08Get down to the taxi stand.
00:59:09Check and find out where they took her.
00:59:20$1.80, sir.
00:59:52All units in the Bay Area, be on the lookout for one yellow cab, number 323.
00:59:56License number in the 7 column, 49 Frank 762.
01:00:00Left Hall of Justice, approximately 6.30 p.m. this date.
01:00:12Right down there, beyond that railing, at the sand sculptures.
01:00:20He's been waiting for me all day, thinking I wouldn't remember.
01:00:23I almost didn't.
01:00:25I know.
01:00:25What is it?
01:00:26Well, I couldn't talk to him there.
01:00:29There's too many people around.
01:00:30I couldn't get the kind of story I want.
01:00:32I know where I can meet him, but nobody will bother us.
01:00:40Oh, look at the sand sculpture.
01:00:42I had an uncle that used to make statues.
01:00:45Only he made them out of ice.
01:00:46A small donation for the artist will be appreciated.
01:00:49Here you are.
01:01:30This thing's beginning to boil.
01:01:32We'll be right down.
01:01:33We're going to the beach.
01:01:35Come on, Rembrandt.
01:01:36What my eyes miss, your nose will smell.
01:01:39Come on.
01:02:08I don't like this place.
01:02:11It's a good spot.
01:02:13I used to come here with a girl when I was a kid.
01:02:15It's more frightening than romantic.
01:02:18That's the way love is when you're young.
01:02:21Life is when you're older.
01:02:23I'll tell Frank where you are.
01:02:26You sure you want to start over again with your husband?
01:02:29I'm sure I want to try.
01:02:30I'm not sure what he wants.
01:02:32Supposing he doesn't want to.
01:02:34Then I'll let him go.
01:02:35He'll never know how I feel about him.
01:02:38You think people can turn back and you're going to try.
01:02:42I know better.
01:02:44You're too cynical.
01:02:45It's your profession.
01:02:46It's too late now to change my profession.
01:02:49Okay.
01:02:51Go ahead.
01:02:52Send him here.
01:02:53I'll bring him.
01:02:54No.
01:02:56What's the matter with you?
01:02:57Don't you still want the story?
01:03:00I guess I...
01:03:01I've got to have the story, but...
01:03:03my way.
01:03:04You send him back.
01:03:06I want to see him alone first.
01:03:08If you want the money, I talk to him alone.
01:03:10All right.
01:03:11If that's the way you want it, I'll send him.
01:03:12I'll send him to you soon.
01:03:42Fellas, get over there and cover the pier side.
01:03:44Yes, right, sir.
01:03:45You get up there.
01:03:46Make like a gate.
01:03:47If Johnson tries to come through, arrest him.
01:03:48Watch out.
01:03:49We're failing to curb his dog in a public park.
01:03:51I'm cutting in from the other end of the pier.
01:03:59Hey.
01:04:01How we doing?
01:04:02771.
01:04:03Huh?
01:04:05That's better than I do on some Sundays.
01:04:07Thanks for taking care of things.
01:04:09Not the first day I've had off in years.
01:04:11You know what I've been doing all day?
01:04:13Riding back and forth, back and forth here in Sausalito on my old ferry boat.
01:04:17Look, I can't stick around here anymore.
01:04:19I've got to get out of here.
01:04:21Hey, Cap, I hate to ask you, but...
01:04:22But you...
01:04:26Won't take you very far.
01:04:28Here's the keys to my car and the ticket.
01:04:31Find it over in the parkway.
01:04:33Tank's full.
01:04:34Thanks, Cap.
01:04:35I'll get up out here.
01:04:36You better.
01:05:04Frank.
01:05:07Frank!
01:05:07Be pardon, lady.
01:05:09Where's Frank? What happened to him?
01:05:10Who?
01:05:11Frank Johnson.
01:05:13Never heard of him.
01:05:31Sorry, Mrs. Johnson, but I had to be careful.
01:05:33Frank waited all day and said he couldn't wait any longer.
01:05:36So I loaned him my car about five minutes ago.
01:05:38Where'd he go?
01:05:39Over at the parking lot at the other end of the midway.
01:05:50I lost a bet with myself.
01:05:52Did you want to win?
01:05:57As ordered, delivered.
01:05:59Late as usual, but delivered.
01:06:05Let's get out of the light.
01:06:09Keep an eye out for us, will you, Captain?
01:06:21Why didn't you tell me about your heart?
01:06:23Well, you know, doctors, they make a big deal of everything.
01:06:28Guess it was a silly thing to do, writing that corny note.
01:06:31It sounded like you'd had a couple of drinks.
01:06:33I had?
01:06:35By the time I finished the drinks and the letter, I was a pretty sad character.
01:06:40Well, I can't hide out here forever.
01:06:43Would you want to?
01:06:45I can get a job in another town.
01:06:46I'm a pretty fair window trimmer.
01:06:49Pretty good artist, too.
01:06:50We've got to pull out of this.
01:06:54We?
01:06:55Yes.
01:06:56If this excitement hasn't killed you, I'm sure I can't.
01:06:59We'll get out of town where you'll be safe.
01:07:01Can't go very far.
01:07:03I've got $7.71.
01:07:05Borrowed that from the captain.
01:07:06There's a fellow named Leggett, a reporter from The Graphic.
01:07:09He helped me find you.
01:07:10He's promised to give you $1,000 for an exclusive.
01:07:13That's a lot of money for the little I can tell you.
01:07:15Well, his paper must think it's worth it,
01:07:17so why look a gift horse in the mouth?
01:07:18Where is he?
01:07:19Over for the roller coaster.
01:07:20Come on, I'll show you.
01:07:21Hey, you, turn around.
01:07:23You know an artist named Frank Johnson?
01:07:25Who?
01:07:25Frank Johnson.
01:07:27An artist.
01:07:28Did a sketch of you.
01:07:30I saw it.
01:07:31Could be, but I don't remember.
01:07:33See, I just work here.
01:07:35Used to be a ferryboat captain, though.
01:07:55Where is he?
01:07:56Over there, under the roller coaster.
01:07:58Go all the way at the end of the walk
01:07:59and duck in under the scaffold.
01:08:00Okay.
01:08:01Here's the ticket.
01:08:02The keys for the captain's car.
01:08:03It's parked down at that end of the men.
01:08:04Yes, I know.
01:08:05Well, I'll meet you there.
01:08:06No, I'd better bring it here.
01:08:07You've got to stay out of sight.
01:08:09I can't let anything happen to you now.
01:08:16Nothing can happen to me now.
01:08:18Remember that man shot, Angel?
01:08:21How did you know that wasn't in the paper?
01:08:23Ferris told me.
01:08:25Nobody else knows it.
01:08:26Nobody's the guy that fired the shots.
01:08:38You'd better go now.
01:08:40I'll be back as soon as I can.
01:08:47Hey, Mark.
01:08:48The prowl car out at the answers
01:08:49just got word for you to call in.
01:08:51Johnson hasn't passed me yet.
01:09:06Oh, I haven't got time to talk to him now.
01:09:09That's MacDonald and Murray's case.
01:09:10But he says he has some information you wanted.
01:09:12Hold on.
01:09:15Hello, Inspector.
01:09:16Remember you asked me to check all of Susie's things
01:09:18to see if anything was missing?
01:09:19Sammy, I'm busy.
01:09:21I'll see you tomorrow.
01:09:22I just wanted to tell you that nothing was missing,
01:09:24except that sketch that Frank drew on the back of a menu.
01:09:26Sketch of who?
01:09:28I don't know.
01:09:29But Susie said it looked like that newspaper man
01:09:31that was in the club this afternoon with Mrs. Johnson.
01:09:33That good notice he was gonna give us won't do Susie any good now.
01:09:44What happened? Where's Frank?
01:09:46He's on his way to meet you, but Paris is here with the dog.
01:09:48Paris.
01:09:50But that stiff in the morgue was a plant.
01:09:52He's a pretty sharp fellow.
01:09:54Let's get off to Midway.
01:10:10Come on, now, never look forced in here.
01:10:12But these things make me sick.
01:10:14Stay in your seats, folks.
01:10:16The second ride is half flat.
01:10:18I'll never ride this thing again.
01:10:21Wide street, lady.
01:10:31All right, Eddie, take it away.
01:10:33Don't stand up in your seats, folks.
01:10:35This is the greatest thrill of your lifetime.
01:10:48He's right. It only takes a couple of minutes.
01:10:51Besides, when we get to the top, we can see if Frank's there.
01:10:53Oh, he must be there by now.
01:11:00I don't see him.
01:11:18Where is he?
01:11:20I don't know.
01:11:31Where is he?
01:11:33I don't know.
01:11:38I don't know.
01:11:52Hey, buddy, where do you think you're going?
01:12:07What about you?
01:12:09And people are trying to get me back outside.
01:12:11I've seen a car out a lot.
01:12:12How about you?
01:12:12How about you?
01:12:13How about you?
01:12:14How about you?
01:12:16How about you?
01:12:33What about you?
01:12:39You stay on for another ride, I'll go see what's happened to Frank.
01:12:42I want to go with you.
01:12:43No, with Ferris outside, together we'd be too conspicuous.
01:12:46But Danny...
01:12:46Ferris traced you here.
01:12:47If he found you, someone else could follow you too.
01:12:50Second ride, half-hands.
01:12:52Lady will go again.
01:12:53Okay, Eddie, take it away.
01:12:56Don't forget.
01:12:57Brother was shot at him last time.
01:12:59They tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.
01:13:03Don't forget.
01:13:04Brother was shot at him last time.
01:13:05If they tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.
01:13:08Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.
01:13:11Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.
01:13:27Run your way!
01:13:34Run your way!
01:13:39Help!
01:13:39Oh, Frank!
01:13:40Frank, please go!
01:13:50Frank!
01:13:51Frank!
01:13:51Frank, please!
01:13:54Help!
01:14:01Oh, my God.
01:14:30Frank. Frank Johnson.
01:14:32Yeah. Is that you, Mr. Leggett?
01:14:34Be careful. There's a loose plank over here.
01:14:38I know.
01:14:48Why don't you get it over with?
01:14:59I don't have to, Frank.
01:15:03You got a bad heart.
01:15:07You can't stand tension.
01:15:12You're gonna kill yourself.
01:15:13You're gonna kill yourself.
01:15:19Whoa!
01:15:21Hey!
01:15:23Hey!
01:15:27Hey!
01:15:29Hey!
01:15:40Hey!
01:15:41Hey!
01:15:42Hey!
01:15:43Hey!
01:15:43Hey!
01:15:59The second ride is half-half, folks. Take advantage of the second ride. It's only half-half.
01:16:14Watch your hurry, Mrs. Johnson.
01:16:58I had to do it, Mrs. Johnson. That's like it down there. Your husband's safe.
01:17:03Where's Frank?
01:17:04Out there, on the midway.
01:17:16Out there, on the midway.
01:17:44Out there, on the midway.
01:18:14Out there, on the midway.
01:18:14Out there, on the midway.
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