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00:00:00Our victim is a female Caucasian, 35 to 40 years old.
00:00:04Liminary impressions.
00:00:05A little bit of tea, I guess, in between 8 and 10 hours.
00:00:09We don't know how she died, but we're gonna find out.
00:00:12If he resists, you fuck him.
00:00:13Quincy, it's wound up your lip.
00:00:15Now, will you just take it like a man?
00:00:17I never read word one.
00:00:19You're so cute. How come I don't believe you?
00:00:21Doctor, I believe we're confronting a double homicide.
00:00:24Then the police would know, wouldn't they?
00:00:25Not until you tell them.
00:00:26They tell me.
00:00:27None of you knew what you were doing!
00:00:33How's my girl?
00:00:34Do you have to ask?
00:00:36What's wrong?
00:00:37What's wrong is, I'm scared.
00:00:40Lord knows I need the money,
00:00:41but this so-called fictional account of my life...
00:00:44Arthur, I feel as though half of Malibu
00:00:46is rummaging through my garbage cans for clues.
00:00:49They probably are, loving every minute of it.
00:00:52Just burn your notes and keep them guessing.
00:00:55Look, you've written two dynamite chapters,
00:00:58and that outline.
00:01:00You know that character you call Loretta?
00:01:02You painted her better than she's ever looked in real life.
00:01:05You've got Hollywood and New York by the ears.
00:01:09I don't care about Hollywood and New York,
00:01:11or anyone in the business.
00:01:13It's that episode in Mexico in 1967.
00:01:16Those are the people to worry about.
00:01:18I advanced you a small fortune, Margo.
00:01:20I won't have you hedging on what you know.
00:01:22That's not the way we agreed to work.
00:01:23And you agreed not to leak word to the columns.
00:01:26Not so soon, anyway.
00:01:27Have you seen today's times?
00:01:29You're gonna be a very rich woman.
00:01:31The question is, is it worth it?
00:01:33Yes.
00:01:34Now, use your head, Margo.
00:01:36Once you're in print, who's gonna touch you?
00:01:38They can't.
00:01:39It'd be an open admission of guilt.
00:01:41But we aren't in print yet, are we?
00:01:43And you've gone ahead and opened me up to the whole bloody world.
00:01:47I'm gonna get out of here for a while.
00:01:50Try to crash out the rest of the book.
00:01:52I'm checking into the Sunset Motel in Santa Monica.
00:01:56I'll be registered under the name of Barbara Miller.
00:01:59Okay.
00:02:00If tight security makes you feel any better.
00:02:02But remember where I told you the money waits.
00:02:05It's scandal, sweetheart.
00:02:08Mark from Buck.
00:02:28Yeah, he can't.
00:02:36I don't know where he's going.
00:02:39And you're in love.
00:02:39The ê³µ has been down.
00:02:40And he's always has been back.
00:02:40You're in love in Santa Monica.
00:02:40It's time to give you a big voice...
00:02:41And you're in love...
00:02:41You're in love.
00:02:43So you're tyrants.
00:02:43I'm in love.
00:02:43You're in love.
00:02:44Or do you.
00:02:46Dave?
00:02:48I can be, too, too.
00:02:49Oh, okay.
00:03:00Oh, my God.
00:03:24Oh, my God.
00:04:15Oh, my God.
00:04:29Oh, my God.
00:04:43Oh, my God.
00:04:47Oh, my God.
00:05:18Oh, my God.
00:05:18Look, honey.
00:05:19Go into the office and take another look again.
00:05:21Look, pal.
00:05:22Why don't you give us a break?
00:05:23She was turning tricks in here.
00:05:24So what?
00:05:25No one cares, huh?
00:05:26At least we're trying to get an idea on a prostitute.
00:05:29Look, she didn't look like one to me.
00:05:30Now, what's in there are three brief items of garish clothing, a hairbrush, and lipstick.
00:05:35Now, come on.
00:05:36Look, she came in.
00:05:37She was dressed up.
00:05:38And she had luggage.
00:05:40Lots of luggage.
00:05:41Yeah.
00:05:41And she was a real lady.
00:05:49The victim's right hand is also empty.
00:05:52The victim's right hand is also empty.
00:05:53We'll extend it toward a vodka bottle.
00:06:03Well?
00:06:06Done.
00:06:07I mean, done.
00:06:08Half done.
00:06:09We're not clear until the bodies are in the grave.
00:06:10What are you talking about?
00:06:11Yes, but this was a rough one.
00:06:13That old man in New York drank like a fish.
00:06:16Margo, on the other hand, was in very good shape.
00:06:18Hey, wait a minute.
00:06:19You said this was a lock.
00:06:21Undetectable.
00:06:22Those are your exact words.
00:06:23This is murder we're talking about.
00:06:25It isn't a game of backgammon down in Puerto Vallarta.
00:06:27Kendall, there aren't three men in the world who could pick up on what put Margo out of her miserable
00:06:31senses.
00:06:31And believe me, none of them were at that motel.
00:06:36And you heard the verdict?
00:06:37For all practical purposes, chlorosis.
00:06:41Poor Margo simply drank herself to death.
00:06:44Now, you relax.
00:06:45You take it easy.
00:06:47We still have a little work ahead of us.
00:06:50Yeah.
00:06:57Whose blood alcohol is that?
00:06:58The Miller woman.
00:06:59Hey, you investigated it yourself.
00:07:02Becoming a real virtuoso.
00:07:03How are you matching up with yourself?
00:07:05No problem.
00:07:06She was drinking up in the Pacific Ocean for the Trace.
00:07:09Do we go in?
00:07:10I don't know.
00:07:11We're backed up to Philadelphia.
00:07:12The weekend hasn't even started yet.
00:07:14Where was she?
00:07:15Outside.
00:07:27Well, the whites of the eyes joined us.
00:07:29Some epidural hemorrhaging.
00:07:31Sure looks like terminal liver disorder.
00:07:33Maybe serum hepatitis or cirrhosis.
00:07:36You see any needle marks?
00:07:37Not a one.
00:07:39You know, I read the scene as fatal acute ethanol intoxication or liver failure brought
00:07:43on by Sane.
00:07:44What's your betting average these days?
00:07:46Perfect.
00:07:47Aw, so.
00:07:48Humble, too, huh?
00:07:51Pretty woman.
00:07:52Shame, isn't it?
00:07:55Hundred dollar prostitute.
00:07:56Still a prostitute.
00:07:58Well, old age is making you mean.
00:08:00What's gonna happen when you hit 28?
00:08:02I'm shooting for debonair, just like my honorable men.
00:08:06You don't have a chance.
00:08:08How do you make it out to be a prostitute?
00:08:10Eh, no baggage, clothes, or anything else at the motel room.
00:08:13Well, take a smear of phosphatase anyway, will you?
00:08:16If you say so.
00:08:18I say so.
00:08:20Do we go in?
00:08:21Well, unless somebody pops up with a family doctor.
00:08:24Who's got a choice?
00:08:26What's the matter?
00:08:26The shooting.
00:08:27What next?
00:08:32All right, they've had enough time to check her over by now.
00:08:35You're a prime candidate for a heart attack.
00:08:38Yeah, well, maybe it's a company I keep.
00:08:40Yeah, I don't know how I survived five years on the outpost of democracy with a paranoid like you.
00:08:44Listen, that's a little different, my friend.
00:08:46Until we dispose of that body and the one in New York.
00:08:48Look, I can't stand waiting around anymore.
00:08:50I'm going down to the funeral parlor right now.
00:08:52No, you're not going anywhere.
00:08:53What's that supposed to mean?
00:08:54It means I'll take care of the funeral home.
00:08:56And you think I can't?
00:08:57You got anxiety written all over you.
00:08:59We can't afford any mistakes.
00:09:01What are you talking about?
00:09:02Haven't I always handled my end?
00:09:03Come on.
00:09:04Kendall, you will agree this situation is a little different than the old days.
00:09:08If that funeral director doesn't buy our story,
00:09:11if we don't get the body cremated, it's all over.
00:09:14Just lay some cash on him and he'll buy it.
00:09:16See what I mean, anxiety?
00:09:18We can't offer any more cash than what's expected under a perfectly normal situation.
00:09:24Calm, sincerity.
00:09:26Our funeral director wants to believe he's doing the right thing.
00:09:31Margot was a, shall we say, a family embarrassment.
00:09:34We've been informed through a friend of hers, of whom we do not approve,
00:09:39that she has unceremoniously been hauled away by the city as they would some stray cat at the side of
00:09:45the road,
00:09:46and now lies in the city morgue, unknown, uncared for.
00:09:52How do you like it so far?
00:09:59I see. And you represent Barbara Miller's family?
00:10:02Yes, the firm's had a retainer relationship with Bud Miller for years.
00:10:06The Millers and my family are quite close socially as well.
00:10:09My very deepest condolences.
00:10:11I'm sure you well understand the pain that families experienced.
00:10:17Tragic.
00:10:18I assume the Millers will want a completely private disposition.
00:10:22You put it exactly the way I meant to.
00:10:24It's not all that uncommon, Mr. Fredericks, whatever small consolation that is.
00:10:29Still, you made this far easier than I anticipated.
00:10:34As I understand it, you handle arrangements directly with the morgue.
00:10:40No, the coroner's office, yes. It's all very routine.
00:10:44There is a mental health problem with Emily, Mrs. Miller.
00:10:49The faster we can conclude the tragedy...
00:10:52Say no more.
00:10:55Dr. Quincy, you know I buzz in extension, I expect an answer.
00:10:59When I leave a message, I expect a response. Does that sound unreasonable?
00:11:03Not at all, sir. But if you think it's unreasonable, I'll back you 100%.
00:11:07Quincy, I'm not through with you.
00:11:09Sam, check these lung sections for crystals, will ya?
00:11:12Two weeks ago, we reached an agreement. You recall...
00:11:14Oh, not that. How did you get me to sell my soul, anyway?
00:11:17You were on duty.
00:11:19Dodger-Brave's Twilight doubleheader.
00:11:20You said you had to see it or die, and I agreed to have it taken care of.
00:11:25Did I say that?
00:11:27Your exact words.
00:11:28Now, Quincy, it would behoove our department if the two of us would sit down together
00:11:33and evaluate exactly what you're gonna say at the symposium.
00:11:37Now, where am I supposed to give these lectures? Palm Springs, Las Vegas, where?
00:11:40Buffalo.
00:11:42Buffalo.
00:11:43New York.
00:11:45Now, here are my thoughts.
00:11:47Police, coroner, aspects.
00:11:50As they facilitate the investigation of the pathology of homicide.
00:11:55Catchy title, sir.
00:11:57Catchy or uncatchy, the mayor's office attaches a great deal of importance to this.
00:12:01But if it's so important, why are you giving it to me?
00:12:03Why don't you give it to somebody who has poise, who's glib and very busy?
00:12:07Will you take a look at this place?
00:12:08Well, I knew it.
00:12:09I mean, I knew it.
00:12:10I knew that you would try to wheedle out of this the last minute.
00:12:12Believe me, I'm only thinking of what's best for all of us.
00:12:15Doctor, you made a deal with me.
00:12:18And by all that's holy, you are going through with it.
00:12:20Now, your plane leaves tomorrow.
00:12:22And until then, you get busy structuring lectures.
00:12:24I have some ideas of my own that I would like to kick around, you know.
00:12:28Well, in the meantime, who supervises this stampede?
00:12:33I do.
00:12:36You do?
00:12:37Doctor Quincy, do you think that I became the chief administrative assistant to the coroner
00:12:42by taking a civil service exam?
00:12:45I, too, am a doctor.
00:12:48Doctor.
00:12:55Oh, try not to alarm the patients.
00:12:59Oh, .
00:13:25You talked it right enough.
00:13:28in front again in a broad daylight.
00:13:32Now, come on, Quincy.
00:13:33I mean, people around the marina are beginning to ask,
00:13:36why is the coroner's car parked in front of Danny's restaurant?
00:13:42These bar napkins are expensive.
00:13:45Here's a pad.
00:13:47Give him a pad next time.
00:13:49By the way, what are you doing here, Silver?
00:13:52Things dead down at the shop?
00:13:55Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
00:13:57Yeah.
00:13:58Want a drink?
00:13:59Well, it seemed to me that...
00:14:01What's the matter?
00:14:02A tan.
00:14:05So what about?
00:14:07Reminds me somebody.
00:14:09Yeah?
00:14:11With us or departed?
00:14:17Mmm.
00:14:19It's not makeup, is it?
00:14:21Is there something I can do for you?
00:14:23It's perfect.
00:14:24Perfect.
00:14:26Just perfect.
00:14:28Well, would you like to put that in writing for my husband?
00:14:31I'd be delighted.
00:14:32Oh, listen.
00:14:33I'm interested in your suntan.
00:14:36You do have it all over, haven't you?
00:14:39Oh, come on.
00:14:40Relax.
00:14:40I'm a doctor.
00:14:42Freelance, no doubt.
00:14:43No kidding.
00:14:43To get a tan like that, what do you have to do, join a private club or something like that?
00:14:47Listen, mister.
00:14:49Oh, excuse me, doctor.
00:14:51I have a private yard, a private patio, and a very large husband.
00:14:57And beautiful fingernails.
00:15:00Danny?
00:15:01Could we have some rescue over here, please?
00:15:03Sure.
00:15:04Lorraine, Harriet, Dr. Quincy.
00:15:08How do you tell her?
00:15:09You really are a doctor.
00:15:11Don't press it.
00:15:14Well, is he or isn't he?
00:15:16Is.
00:15:17Didn't you see his car parked right in front of the place?
00:15:21May I please?
00:15:25It's incredible.
00:15:27They're a work of art.
00:15:29Where do you get these done?
00:15:30Beverly Hills.
00:15:32Where else?
00:15:35You've really helped me a lot.
00:15:36Thank you for letting me look at your nails.
00:15:38Those drinks are on me.
00:15:43Weird.
00:15:45I never met a nail man before.
00:15:48He may be an excellent pathologist, but when it comes to administrative decision-making, good grief.
00:15:54Sam, let's just get a little outward.
00:15:56Whoa.
00:15:57Hankin.
00:15:58That's a natural.
00:16:00So is Gatz.
00:16:01So is Miller.
00:16:02Quincy wants to post-mortem the Miller woman.
00:16:04Well, Sam, she's an alcoholic prostitute.
00:16:06That's an obviously natural death.
00:16:08I am a deputy coroner trying to organize a stampede.
00:16:15Jones, we'd better, uh, post.
00:16:17Quincy seems stronger about posting the Miller woman than Mr. Jones.
00:16:21Sam.
00:16:23Just trying to be helpful.
00:16:49Well, what'd they say? What'd they say?
00:16:51Our sources were accurate.
00:16:52We got the right boy.
00:16:54They asked all the wrong questions.
00:16:55You mean he didn't smell anything?
00:16:57Eric, you're losing faith in me.
00:16:59You should have done it yourself.
00:17:01I just can't believe it's come to this, that's all.
00:17:04Hey.
00:17:05She brought this on herself.
00:17:07There is nothing immoral about self-defense.
00:17:12You beginning to doubt it was worth it?
00:17:14I didn't say that.
00:17:17Yeah.
00:17:19When are they gonna release the body?
00:17:21It's on the way.
00:17:22Hmm.
00:17:26I mean, she's gone.
00:17:27She can't be gone.
00:17:28I put her on hold.
00:17:29I told Aston Quincy, but he initialed her out.
00:17:31Walkman and Thompson.
00:17:33Moved her out of here like gangbusters.
00:17:34Then she isn't a Jane Doe if somebody contacted the mortuary.
00:17:37Obviously.
00:17:38Then who is she?
00:17:39Where does she live?
00:17:40What does she do?
00:17:41Prostitution.
00:17:42I wouldn't bet on it.
00:17:44Well, even Monaghan thinks so.
00:17:45Oh, another oracle heard from.
00:17:47Hello, honey.
00:17:48Quincy.
00:17:49Listen, plug me into Borgman and Thompson, will you?
00:17:51Yeah, I'm old.
00:17:52Oh, relax.
00:17:53Will you relax?
00:17:54We'll get her back.
00:17:57Hello, this is Dr. Quincy, city medical examiner.
00:18:00Now, Mr. Thompson, your people picked up a Beverly or Barbara Miller earlier today from us.
00:18:05And, uh, we find in checking our records that we're coming up short on both ID information
00:18:10and a statement from a private physician.
00:18:12I presume you have both.
00:18:13Yes, of course.
00:18:14Everything was handled by the attorney representing the Miller family, Harold Fredericks of Fredericks
00:18:20and Hackbart.
00:18:20Good.
00:18:21Who was the physician?
00:18:22Uh, Neil Hammerman, MD.
00:18:24Her GYN, I think he said.
00:18:26He said?
00:18:27Look at the death certificate and tell me exactly what he is.
00:18:30Uh, well, I could call him and have him call you if you'd like.
00:18:33Tell me what's written on her sheet.
00:18:35Uh, well, Dr. Hammerman is dropping it off on his way home.
00:18:39He's very rushed surgery-wise, so we just pushed ahead, uh, telephonically.
00:18:43You took his word over the telephone?
00:18:46Now, listen, Thompson, I want that woman brought back here now.
00:18:49Do you understand me?
00:18:51Why not?
00:18:53You did what?
00:18:55No, no, Mr. Thompson, I don't think I have any need for a rash.
00:18:59All right, Sam.
00:19:00Gather up whatever you've got on that Miller woman and start pushing.
00:19:03Uh, that blood alcohol I took still's got to be quantitated.
00:19:06Well, you took a smear in the phosphatase, didn't you?
00:19:09Where's Adam?
00:19:10All right, I want you to update Adam.
00:19:11I want him to take a look at that smear in phosphatase.
00:19:13In the meantime, I want you to try to round up a Harold Fredericks
00:19:16from Fredericks and Hackbart and Dr. Neil Hammerman, okay?
00:19:19I'm gonna see Aston.
00:19:23Yes?
00:19:25Aston?
00:19:26You initialed the Miller woman a natural without going in. Why?
00:19:29You know, you're supposed to be writing a speech, Doctor.
00:19:32I want you to hear this.
00:19:33At 10.30, she was a Jane Doe.
00:19:35At 1 o'clock, she was a Borgman and Thompsons in ashes.
00:19:38What's your point?
00:19:39I put a hold on Mrs. Miller for a reason.
00:19:41Well, I initialed her out for a reason.
00:19:43Why? My desk was messy?
00:19:45You didn't like the way she looked?
00:19:46You did bother to look at her, didn't you, Doctor?
00:19:48Dr. Quincy, all of us at certain, uh, frustrated moments
00:19:51tend to redirect our wrath toward whomever or whatever is available.
00:19:55But I'd watch it.
00:19:57Sure, boss.
00:19:58You check her suntan?
00:19:59Her suntan?
00:20:00Yes.
00:20:00Uh-oh. What has that got to do with forensics?
00:20:02Her tan was perfect.
00:20:04There wasn't a holder or a bikini mark on it.
00:20:05So she sunbathed in the nude.
00:20:07That has nothing to do with our job.
00:20:09Our job is to intercept everything the body is trying to tell us,
00:20:12and her body screams money!
00:20:13Oh, in what language?
00:20:15Nude sunbathing is illegal around here.
00:20:17She had to have her own place, private.
00:20:19The nails she was wearing cost a fortune.
00:20:21They'd have to be constantly done.
00:20:23Expensive ladies of the evening have overhead, too.
00:20:26Plus the fact that she was in awfully good shape for that stage of alcoholism.
00:20:29Now, if I were you, I would fine comb that motel room.
00:20:32Oh, really? Do I take that as an order, Doctor?
00:20:36What'd you find out?
00:20:36The lawyer and the doctor, they're all phonies.
00:20:38They snowed Borgman and Thompson.
00:20:40And on top of that, the smear and phosphatase are negative.
00:20:43And so is the blood alcohol.
00:20:44That means she wasn't drinking.
00:20:45And if she was a prostitute, which I doubt,
00:20:48it was a long time between customers.
00:20:50All right, all right. Let's just calm down.
00:20:52Just calm down. Good grief.
00:20:58We may have goofed it. I mean, a smidgen on the front end.
00:21:01But there is still very little evidence for us to start running around screaming conspiracy.
00:21:06I don't believe it.
00:21:08A phony lawyer, a phony doctor copying the body for immediate cremation.
00:21:12What else do we need?
00:21:13Dr. Quincy, it's not your problem.
00:21:15I will handle it from here.
00:21:17Now, are you busy yourself with your pencil and your paper
00:21:20and packing your little bag for, uh, Buffalo, New York?
00:21:22Yeah, Quincy, now just where do you think you're going?
00:21:25To get you off the hook.
00:21:26Your initials are on the release, remember?
00:21:35It's a little premature to be getting hysterical.
00:21:38You know, what we've got at most is a misappropriation of a body.
00:21:43You know, that's not even a felony.
00:21:49It's a disposition of a body.
00:21:51I mean, well, we've seen this happen time and time again.
00:21:53Where are you going?
00:21:54Uh, back to the lab.
00:21:56Oh.
00:21:57Sam?
00:22:00Yeah, I'd keep away from Quincy on this one.
00:22:02He'd have us believe that this was, uh, some sort of a worldwide conspiracy.
00:22:39I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
00:22:41Oh, that's all right.
00:22:42Listen, I notice every place does it differently.
00:22:44Over on Sunset Boulevard, they use hot oil.
00:22:46Do you use a cream massage?
00:22:48What is it, the Juliet technique they use across the street?
00:22:50Oh, you're quite an aficionado.
00:22:52Either that or you're very into feet.
00:22:54Oh, I'm into feet, hair, eyebrows.
00:22:56I like the whole package.
00:22:57Are you the manager?
00:22:58Yeah.
00:22:59I'm Dr. Quincy, coroner's office.
00:23:01Oh, well.
00:23:03Um, nice.
00:23:04But we haven't lost a patient all day.
00:23:06No, no, no.
00:23:06Nothing like that.
00:23:07A woman was found earlier today, and we've had difficulty identifying her.
00:23:12Now, one of the few leads we have is that she had beautifully manicured nails.
00:23:16Now, as a hunch, I figured with nails like that, she must have frequented a salon.
00:23:20Hey, if you were asking me to go down to the morgue to look...
00:23:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:23:24I have a photograph.
00:23:25I'd like you to look at it.
00:23:26If you recognize it, tell me who she is.
00:23:28Pretty bad?
00:23:29No, not bad at all, no.
00:23:32What'd she die of?
00:23:33Well, that I can't disclose until we're through testing.
00:23:36Listen, maybe I'd better describe it to you, huh?
00:23:37No, no, it's okay.
00:23:38Are you sure?
00:23:39Yeah.
00:23:40Okay.
00:23:42Not bad.
00:23:46Oh, my God.
00:23:48Margo Bentley.
00:23:49Are you all right?
00:23:50What's your name?
00:23:52Oh, now, breathe deeply.
00:23:53Come on.
00:23:53Take deep breaths.
00:23:54Get a glass of water, will you, please?
00:23:55Come on.
00:23:56Come on, breathe.
00:23:58Margo Bentley?
00:24:00The girl who runs with the jet setters in the movie stars?
00:24:03Where's the water?
00:24:03Come on, please.
00:24:05Drink this very slowly.
00:24:13Well, what's the difference how I found out, Sam?
00:24:15It's a positive on Margo Bentley.
00:24:17Old Malibu Road.
00:24:18That's in a colony.
00:24:19Margo Bentley, huh?
00:24:21I think I heard about her someplace.
00:24:23Well, you heard about her in the newspapers.
00:24:25She's been writing a book about her life with the celebrities,
00:24:28all that other cockamania.
00:24:30You gonna go to the cops?
00:24:31No, no cops, Sam.
00:24:32Not until we get a handle on this.
00:24:34Between you and me, Aston blew this thing, but...
00:24:37Well, going to the cops is going over his head.
00:24:40We gotta bail him out.
00:24:41Now, you help me cover and I'll make you old queen of Tokyo Gardens.
00:24:45All right.
00:24:46What do you want me to do?
00:24:47Well, have Adam prepare a blood smear and a blood auger slant culture.
00:24:51Then I want you to get back to that motel again and cover it this time like a vacuum cleaner.
00:24:55Okay.
00:24:56I'll get out there as soon as I get something on my stomach.
00:24:59No, no, Sam. Do it first.
00:25:00I'll pick up a couple of hamburgers. I'll meet you at the beach house.
00:25:02All right.
00:25:05All right.
00:25:05Boy, you did a beautiful job refinishing this binnacle.
00:25:08You are the best, Gus.
00:25:11You want a hernia?
00:25:13I got one extra.
00:25:15That boat's really built, huh, Gus?
00:25:17You of all people, Doc, you ought to know about the lower abdomen and stress.
00:25:21Lift with the legs, man.
00:25:23I'll tilt it. You grab the other edge, okay?
00:25:26Go ahead.
00:25:27That's it. Lift it up.
00:25:28Put it on the edge of the wagon and jump inside, will you?
00:25:31I ain't going in there.
00:25:32Come on.
00:25:32I can't hold it forever. Come on.
00:25:33Then you go in there.
00:25:35All right. We'll switch sides.
00:25:36Go ahead.
00:25:36Put it down.
00:25:37Oh, boy.
00:25:39Okay.
00:25:40Okay.
00:25:40I'll tilt it over to you.
00:25:42Okay.
00:25:43You got it?
00:25:44Hey, wait.
00:25:48Wait a minute.
00:25:48I'm going to get inside.
00:25:50Get inside.
00:25:53Okay.
00:25:53You got something to cover it?
00:25:55The kids will rip it off of you.
00:25:57I'm loaded with covers.
00:25:58I had to ask.
00:26:16Yes, sir. Can I help you?
00:26:17Yeah.
00:26:17Let me have two cheeseburgers deluxe, two orders of french fries, two vanilla shakes, and two large coleslaw, will you?
00:26:24You got some kind of appetite, sir. Doubles down the line. Are you sure?
00:26:27Hey, I can't eat all that. Half of it's for my friend.
00:26:30And hurry it up, will you, kid? My friend's awful hungry.
00:26:34Yes, sir.
00:26:47Good jammer. What are you people doing here?
00:26:50Doing here? Looking around, that's all.
00:26:53Why?
00:26:54It don't seem like the thing to do.
00:26:55Look, there's a police department seal on that front door.
00:26:58Now, the manager of this motel called my office and was wondering what you're doing here.
00:27:03I'm wondering the same thing.
00:27:05SOP, Monaghan.
00:27:06Standard operating procedure.
00:27:09Did you get a cause of death on the prosy?
00:27:12Yeah.
00:27:13Natural.
00:27:14Then why this?
00:27:16Why not?
00:27:18Our full of cutes today, aren't we, Sammy, huh?
00:27:20All right, where is he?
00:27:22Where is who?
00:27:23He who put you up to this, Quincy.
00:27:26Oh, Quincy had nothing to do with him.
00:27:28As a matter of fact, he's off-duty writing a speech.
00:27:31Sam.
00:27:36That's the best.
00:27:38Here's this.
00:27:38Well, if I go out to the track, we're off on the property.
00:27:40No, well, don't worry about that.
00:27:42The melon's more of us. You should try it.
00:27:44The Daily Devil's not to hit.
00:27:45Oh, really?
00:27:46The fact is, for some reason, he's choked on that.
00:27:48Excuse me.
00:27:49I think, uh...
00:27:50Are you telling me the truth?
00:27:52Really?
00:27:52I wouldn't, uh...
00:27:53I wouldn't write out of it.
00:27:54You should stay away from me.
00:27:55All right, then.
00:27:55Kevin?
00:27:57Can you keep me secret?
00:27:58Sure.
00:27:59Well, I suppose I shouldn't say this, but...
00:28:01Margot's confided in me about certain people she's including in her book.
00:28:05You know, being neighbors and friends.
00:28:07Uh, let's go for a walk, all right?
00:28:15If she prints one word of that little happening in Antibes, I'll slap a lawsuit on her so fast she
00:28:21won't know what hit her.
00:28:22Oh, come on.
00:28:23Calm down.
00:28:23You know Margot would never do that.
00:28:26Now, as a matter of fact, she's got a special chapter on young leading men like you.
00:28:29You know, mostly you and Dean and Larry.
00:28:31A whole chapter?
00:28:33She's calling it The Three Little Pigs.
00:28:36My dear Claire, that little joke was young when you were.
00:28:55Looking for termites?
00:29:03Oh, this is Margot Bentley's place, isn't it?
00:29:05Who wants to know?
00:29:11Coroner's office?
00:29:13Oh, now, wait a minute. Not Margot.
00:29:16I'm afraid so. I'm a medical examiner.
00:29:19I was hoping to find out more about Margot Bentley.
00:29:23Oh.
00:29:26I-I was with her yesterday.
00:29:30Wait till they hear this.
00:29:36What's your name?
00:29:38Um, Claire Gardner.
00:29:40Claire, we're in a kind of touchy situation.
00:29:42We're trying to buy a little time before the newspapers explode and complicate our job.
00:29:47Can I count on you to keep quiet about this?
00:29:50What happened to her?
00:29:51Well, we're not sure yet.
00:29:52Did she have any family that you know of?
00:29:55No one. Not anyone.
00:29:58Will you help me?
00:30:01What happened to her?
00:30:02First, will you cooperate?
00:30:12Sure, Margot drank, but mostly to loosen up.
00:30:16She had money problems.
00:30:18You know, aggravation with taxes and that sort of thing.
00:30:21The only reason she was doing the book was for money.
00:30:23Everybody in Malibu was on her back, either to be written out or written in.
00:30:27Wait a minute. You're telling me that she did have enemies.
00:30:29People with scandals behind them.
00:30:32Hey, you're making it sound like you think somebody killed her.
00:30:35Look, we don't know how she died, but we're gonna find out.
00:30:38Do you have a key?
00:30:39I know where she keeps it.
00:30:42Hey, look, the door's open.
00:30:54Hold it right there.
00:30:56I'm a police officer.
00:30:58Among other things.
00:31:00When is it?
00:31:01He's exactly what he says he is, so why don't you put that away before somebody gets hurt?
00:31:07Um, I'm sorry. I thought I was bagging a cat burglar.
00:31:12Do you have a license to carry that gun?
00:31:14Yes.
00:31:14And do you have a warrant for this search?
00:31:17Touche, my man.
00:31:18I'll get to you.
00:31:20How did you know where to find him?
00:31:23I'm taking Sam's place.
00:31:27Here's his life.
00:31:31And you?
00:31:33I'm Lynn Dressler.
00:31:35Frank Swain Realty.
00:31:37We manage this property.
00:31:38I was just checking up to see if our cleaning, uh, why are the police here?
00:31:45To see him.
00:31:47Yeah, we're neighbors.
00:31:48Claire Gardner.
00:31:49I'm Quincy.
00:31:50This is Lieutenant Monaghan, our local lovable sheriff.
00:31:53You know, I don't understand this.
00:31:56When I was here yesterday, this was full of Margo's things.
00:31:59Her, her books and her typewriter were right over there.
00:32:02Who's Margo?
00:32:03She lives here.
00:32:06When's the last time you spoke to her?
00:32:09Noonish.
00:32:11I thought that she was absolutely delighted with this place.
00:32:14Did she give any reason for moving?
00:32:15Mm-hmm. Privacy.
00:32:17I guess writers need that.
00:32:20Oh, I've gotta run.
00:32:21I'm showing a house in exactly two minutes ago.
00:32:25I guess I can trust the police to lock up tight.
00:32:29Um, nice meeting you all.
00:32:32Oh, and again, I'm sorry about the gun.
00:32:35A woman on her own.
00:32:37I guess you know the...
00:32:39Ugh, the people crawling the streets these days.
00:32:43Takes a lot of coverage just to read the newspapers.
00:32:46Isn't that the truth?
00:32:50Well, if I were a smart lieutenant, I'd go out there trying to catch her license plate.
00:32:55Quincy, regardless of what's happening in your life,
00:32:57I expect you outside in five minutes to explain why a police seal was broken on a quarantine motel.
00:33:05Ma'am.
00:33:11All packed and gone. In a few hours, nobody notices.
00:33:14That isn't kosher.
00:33:16Have you had lunch?
00:33:41Derek?
00:33:42Yeah.
00:33:43Where have you been?
00:33:44Oh, I got caught up in the traffic. I'm sorry.
00:33:46We got problems.
00:33:47Yeah?
00:33:48When I double-checked the mortuary, I found out a medical examiner, Quincy, phoned.
00:33:53He was, uh... was very upset.
00:33:56The same fella just showed at Margo's police.
00:33:58Well, how in the world did he put that together so fast?
00:34:01By being very, very good.
00:34:04You know something? This is getting messy.
00:34:05Messier and messier.
00:34:07Yeah.
00:34:07Who else is gonna be getting on in this bandwagon now?
00:34:10Oh, I think he's on his own. The cops showed up.
00:34:12He, uh... he apparently doesn't get along too well with him.
00:34:16Yeah.
00:34:16But that doesn't mean they won't start listening if he keeps digging.
00:34:20How much has he got?
00:34:22Nothing so far.
00:34:24Except an ID on Margo.
00:34:26Then we're still to leave for, uh, New York, right?
00:34:28I don't think we have any other choice if we expect to clean up all the loose ends.
00:34:31It's too late to quit now, even if we have to come back and, uh, clean up this, uh...
00:34:36medical guy.
00:34:37You know what I mean?
00:34:38Well, let's hope he gives up.
00:34:41For his sake.
00:34:43Yeah.
00:34:44All right.
00:34:46I'll talk to you later.
00:34:47Bye-bye.
00:34:51Look, there's Jane Doe in the motel room.
00:34:54Is she or isn't she a natural death?
00:34:56Unless you ask Austin. It's his case.
00:34:58No, no. I'm asking you, pursuant to my discovery of Sam Fujiyama on quarantine premises.
00:35:02What did Sam say?
00:35:04A lot of bull.
00:35:06Now, Quincy, he's scared about something. What?
00:35:10Okay, Monahan.
00:35:12The Jane Doe in the motel room?
00:35:13Yeah.
00:35:14She's Margo Bentley.
00:35:15The lady in the newspapers.
00:35:18Oh, Marone, no. Not another circus.
00:35:21Come on, now, Quincy. What are you trying to stir up?
00:35:23The death was a natural. I read your report.
00:35:25No, no, no. You read Austin's report. The seat of my pants says homicide.
00:35:29They released and cremated her before I had a chance to find out who she was.
00:35:33Look, I don't care what the seat of your pants sells to Quincy.
00:35:35That's it. The case isn't the case.
00:35:37Now I go back to my office and work on the other 29 gunshot murders spread across my desk.
00:35:43Come on, will you, Monahan?
00:35:45The body is stolen for immediate cremation?
00:35:47A classy Malibu lady that's found in a motel made out to look like a chippy? Why?
00:35:51Why? Who knows why?
00:35:54Wait a minute. I'll tell you why.
00:35:56Margo Bentley ran around with that movie crowd and they're a kinky bunch of people and kinks do kinky things.
00:36:02Like committing homicide?
00:36:03No, like crawling off by themselves and drinking themselves to death.
00:36:07Friends probably whisk her away to save her from public humiliation.
00:36:11Who knows? Quincy, I'm up to my armpits and homicides. They're for real.
00:36:15Okay. I guess if I were in your shoes, I'd take the same position.
00:36:19Well, it's about time. Then you're dropping this one.
00:36:24Well, Monahan, if you're wearing my shoes.
00:36:28You do?
00:36:33Anything?
00:36:34Yeah, but I don't know what I'm looking at.
00:36:36I've never set eyes on anything like it in my entire life.
00:36:40Adam, I'm not interested in your autobiography. Let me see.
00:36:43What's up?
00:36:44The Bentley woman's blood smear.
00:36:47I can't make it out.
00:36:49Flip it up on the screen.
00:36:52Do you recognize it?
00:36:53No. What is it?
00:36:56Looks like a color plate in a textbook.
00:36:59You know Marv Dabbage over at UCLA?
00:37:01The hematologist? Sure.
00:37:03I want you to round him up for me. Have him bring his slides.
00:37:05You know what time it is? He's probably in bed.
00:37:08So it'll make it easier for you to find him, won't it?
00:37:10Get him on your horse.
00:37:14Flip it on the screen again, will you, Adam?
00:37:29Take anything for it?
00:37:32Must I remind you, Doctor, that I am a doctor.
00:37:37Now just get on with it.
00:37:40I know Jane Doe was Marco Bentley.
00:37:43I had to hear that tidbit from Lieutenant Monaghan.
00:37:46Better for me than from his wife who's very heavy in the newspapers.
00:37:49Quincy, don't toy with me. Please, please.
00:37:52Come in.
00:37:55Favich is on his way.
00:37:56Okay. You got that thing with you?
00:37:58Yeah.
00:37:59My boys glommed it from a tuck in the curtains at the motel.
00:38:04What is it?
00:38:05It's a bug.
00:38:06My electrical genius tells me it's called a Phillips minnow.
00:38:09It'll pick up a whisper at five yards and transmit 70.
00:38:13Listen, genius, that could have been in the room for weeks or months.
00:38:17Don't private detectives use those things for a doctor?
00:38:21No schlock private eye uses a Phillips minnow.
00:38:24These gadgets are brand new technology and they cost big money.
00:38:27Big money, big people.
00:38:30Dr. Quincy, do I have to caution you repeatedly?
00:38:33You know what you have? A lot of thin, circumstantial and eclectic gatherings.
00:38:38Aston, please.
00:38:40A beach house swept clean of her possessions overnight.
00:38:44A family that claimed the body when Margo Bentley had no family.
00:38:48There were phony lawyers. There were phony doctors. Now this.
00:38:51Doctor, let's redirect ourselves to the basics.
00:38:56There is no body.
00:38:58Thanks to you.
00:39:05And without a body, this office has no justifiable involvement.
00:39:11Now, should these circumstances that you find so provocative interest Lieutenant Monaghan, then...
00:39:17I would be perfectly willing.
00:39:20Oh, good.
00:39:21Don't worry.
00:39:31Hello.
00:39:32Dr. Quincy?
00:39:33Yep.
00:39:33Claire Gardner.
00:39:35Um, could I meet you someplace?
00:39:37Well, I'm sorry. I'm waiting for somebody.
00:39:41It is important.
00:39:44Hold on, will you?
00:39:45Sam?
00:39:46Yeah.
00:39:46Listen, I'm gonna go home.
00:39:47When Babbage gets here, have him work on the slide and see if he can figure out what it is,
00:39:51okay?
00:39:51Then have him call me.
00:39:52Right.
00:39:53Does he know how to get to the marina?
00:39:56Hey, this is some kind of place you live. What was it?
00:39:59A boat.
00:40:00What do you mean was?
00:40:01She's gonna take me around the world someday.
00:40:04Come on then.
00:40:06Want a drink?
00:40:07Do I dare?
00:40:09I recommend a Mai Tai followed by a loose tongue.
00:40:13Sounds fabulous. When do we begin?
00:40:15Right now.
00:40:18Uh-oh.
00:40:19I know I promised you a Mai Tai, but I'm afraid you're gonna have to settle for Scotch.
00:40:25You know, this is a very, very sea-worthy ship here.
00:40:28A few minor repairs and I'm gonna go to Hawaii and the Fiji Islands and Tahiti.
00:40:34I'm gonna take six months off and I'm...
00:40:45You okay?
00:40:49I know you cared a great deal about Margo.
00:40:54She didn't have anyone. Not anyone.
00:40:57You're talking about Margo or yourself?
00:41:04What a joke we must have been. A couple of aging beach bunnies.
00:41:08Why are you putting yourself down? You're one of the prettiest, nicest girls I ever met.
00:41:12What do you know about me?
00:41:15What do you know about Margo?
00:41:17I know she liked herself because she took good care of herself.
00:41:20She wanted to live and it was taken away from her.
00:41:22Nobody has the right to do that.
00:41:25Excuse me.
00:41:28Yeah.
00:41:29Hi, Margo.
00:41:31No, no, I can't come down right now.
00:41:34Because I can't...
00:41:37It is?
00:41:40All right, I'll be right there.
00:41:43I'm sorry, but evidently it's so scary I gotta go.
00:41:46It's all right, I understand.
00:41:48It's the first time anybody's ever jumped ship to get away from me.
00:41:50Are you kidding? I'm so flattered that you're here. If it wasn't really important...
00:41:53No, no, no. Look, you don't have to explain. I understand.
00:41:57Look, I know you're in a hurry, so here it is.
00:42:01After I left you, I was thinking, you know, before Margo moved in, before she had her phone connected, she
00:42:07would come over to my house and use mine and pay me whatever she owed me.
00:42:11Most of the calls were nothing calls, but some of them, the ones to New York, were real monsters, like
00:42:1650, 70, 80 dollars.
00:42:18Do you have the New York number?
00:42:21Thought you might ask.
00:42:22Well, do you have any idea who it belongs to?
00:42:25No, not a clue.
00:42:27Did it do good?
00:42:29Do good?
00:42:30You did fabulous.
00:42:33Hey, drop around sometime, okay?
00:42:37I'm sorry.
00:42:40I can be back in nothing flat.
00:42:46That's about the closest we get in my repertoire.
00:42:48How close are we?
00:42:50About like my sex life and Joe Namath's.
00:42:52You call that close?
00:42:55It's a spirochete.
00:42:56Could be any one of a couple of dozen aerobic leptospira.
00:43:00Leptospira?
00:43:02That's connected to Wiles disease.
00:43:04Rats used to get that transmitted to sewer workers.
00:43:07That's in that genus, all right.
00:43:09But if Wiles were that busy or that hungry, we'd be walking an empty planet.
00:43:15No, what we're looking at is some kind of hybrid.
00:43:19Come on, Ma, think out loud, will you?
00:43:21Uh, the woman.
00:43:22Uh, liver failure, huh?
00:43:24You think so?
00:43:26Hungry little buggers.
00:43:27What do you think I could show it to who would know?
00:43:29Oh, if it's okay with you, Quince, I'd like to run with it.
00:43:32I can shotgun cultures to the Public Health Service, CSCD in Washington.
00:43:35Sure, go ahead.
00:43:38Hey, Marv.
00:43:39Level with me.
00:43:41Are we talking epidemic?
00:43:43I wouldn't panic.
00:43:45Yet.
00:43:48But a couple of CCs are this.
00:43:51Quince, it's nine o'clock in New York.
00:43:53Remember you wanted me to make that call?
00:43:56Yeah.
00:43:57Excuse me, Ma.
00:44:06Get on with her.
00:44:20Arthur Ellis Agency. Good morning.
00:44:22Uh, can you hold on a sec while I turn on the coffee?
00:44:38hello did you get the coffee turned on yes sorry i had to hold that's all right this is dr
00:44:43quincy
00:44:44i'm calling on behalf of margo bentley yes doctor how can i help you oh wait a minute doggone it
00:44:50listen she gave me a dozen messages and a dozen phone numbers and believe it or not i can't even
00:44:55read my own writing you're a doctor all right listen do me a favor will you tell me exactly
00:45:01what the author ellis agency is and then maybe i can you know decipher what i've got written here
00:45:05we're a literary agency and mr ellis was representing miss bentley before uh was representing
00:45:11mr ellis died when two days ago oh my very deepest condolences thank you
00:45:20i guess they were very close she was writing her first book so naturally mr ellis was very
00:45:25supportive what happened he died suddenly cirrhosis do you happen to know if he had a history of
00:45:34liver disorder no not that i know of one more thing what's going to be the manner of disposition
00:45:40excuse me mr ellis's remains oh cremation he wanted it that way cremation
00:46:01so i believe there's reasonable cause to investigate quincey have you noticed what's occurring here
00:46:06that disturbance in the atmosphere that happens to be sniper shots and that to me is a much more
00:46:11pressing and reasonable cause to investigate lucky get some gas up there didn't you hear what i said
00:46:17we got a body now a guy named ellis he was a literary agent so get your autopsy report in
00:46:22order
00:46:22and i'll proceed from there i haven't done an autopsy and i won't be able to do one by five
00:46:27o'clock
00:46:27tomorrow the body's gonna be in ashes so go do it
00:46:30we will be using gas unless you see fire and bring yourself up
00:46:33we will be using gas unless you see fire and bring yourself up
00:46:40monahan i don't have jurisdiction i don't have cooperation the only way i could touch the body is
00:46:45if you call the cops in stonyshaw long island and tell them to delay the funeral look i only want
00:46:50you to put on the brakes long enough for me to have somebody jump in and take hepatic sections
00:46:53all right quincey look i suppose you want me to drop everything and get on it right away
00:46:57oh that would be a big help my hand all right quincey look let me confer with the sniper and
00:47:00if
00:47:00he says it's okay for me to knock off for an hour or two to go downtown and do the
00:47:04necessary
00:47:04all you have to do is use the phone in your car
00:47:13locket locket get this civilian out of here if he resists you book him and lose his shape
00:47:20you understand get out of here
00:47:28you've got it right doctor i'm the coroner for stonyshaw county oh good listen we've got a
00:47:34troublesome case on our hands doctor reason to believe it may be linked to the death of arthur
00:47:39ellis now as i understand it mr ellis died at his home which puts him in your jurisdiction
00:47:44unfortunately huh yes he died in my parish all right oh i warned arthur what he was doing was
00:47:51plainly courting death you warned him you knew of course i knew i treated the man three packs of
00:47:58cigarettes a day drinking martinis by the brace it didn't take a jonas sock to tell where he was
00:48:04headed but you did autopsy i autopsied him well i wandered in took one look at the condition of his
00:48:11liver never seen anything like it inflamed huh i assume you took a section what for i could tell
00:48:19what killed the man well it's just that you can't now you hold on doctor i've been looking at
00:48:26cirrhotic livers for over 35 years of medical practice doctor no i could tell a cirrhosis in a
00:48:31dark room doc listen no disrespect meant but you're not a trained pathologist and i'm talking about an
00:48:37obscure hepatic bacillus now its symptoms may be cirrhotic but it's a bacteria and it is a deadly
00:48:43bacteria and we have not been able to identify it look that's why i would appreciate it if you would
00:48:48delay arthur ellis's cremation and funeral until i can get a pathologist out there to do a post on
00:48:53him now will you do that for me please an outside pathologist who somebody from new york city
00:49:03oh anyone close knows his field you know i see some 29 year old morgue attendant who's going to show
00:49:10a simple country doctor which muscle pumps blood oh a lousy liver section it's our only chance doctor
00:49:17i believe we're confronting a double homicide then the police would know wouldn't they well not until
00:49:22you tell them haven't you got that backwards you tell your police they tell our police and then
00:49:28they tell me none of you knew what you were doing oh i didn't mean that i didn't mean to
00:49:34yell i'm sorry
00:49:35okay look how about a delay of funeral and an autopsy just out of professional courtesy okay
00:49:47well well well well you know i'd say you had a busy night morning doctor no you have already
00:49:52managed to malign a county coroner our police homicide liaison and me i maligned you stretch
00:50:02your memory doctor it's because of your revolving door book work that we lost that woman well it's
00:50:07because of your obstinate meddling and police department work that we have alienated the county
00:50:12coroner of stony shore long island oh heavens say it isn't so we've alienated dr jonathan waterman
00:50:24the verna von braun of stony shore long island quick sam grab the thumbscrews i think i've singed
00:50:30the furs of another quack meaning meaning all you have to do is pick up that telephone and say possible
00:50:37homicide come on why don't you call one of your association buddies or one of your lodge buddies
00:50:42one of your convention buddies you've schmoozed it up with every county medical examiner and all
00:50:46over the country come on do me a favor will you call the guy in new york your friend you
00:50:50know what
00:50:50his name is the guy tishman tishman yeah that's right sam why don't you call him and tell him what
00:50:55although we have no body we'd like to play detective how many times do i have to say that we
00:50:59have a body
00:50:59no no no no it isn't our body it's stony shore's body yeah and stony shore's county coroner
00:51:09who also happens to have been mr ellis's private physician sees no reasonable reason to oblige you
00:51:15quincy it's wound up your lip now will you just come on take it like a man
00:51:20yeah that's it double homicide he's talking sportsmanship philosophically speaking sam this
00:51:26whole situation stinks speaking of speaking doctor you know you're due in buffalo tomorrow
00:51:31i have your tickets in my office i will not accept anything but your assurance that you'll
00:51:37be on the plane okay okay you win aston you know that's odd because i expected a last-ditch
00:51:42paroxysm of kicking screaming sportsmanship remember win or lose i always play fair
00:51:48you are going to be on the airplane of course your word of honor that you will be on the
00:51:53airplane
00:51:53my word of honor all of it my word of honor i will be on the airplane sir come on
00:52:00sam help me pack will you
00:52:06i don't know how to pack
00:52:07he's talking about clothes i want the largest microscope i can find in the complete section
00:52:26these are great for anxieties i'd say from these alone that you have one cracker jack and turd
00:52:31uh would you like some coffee no thanks i had a lot on the plane
00:52:36well that does make one sort of think i mean if mr ellis had been taking these pills to relax
00:52:41instead of doing all that drinking oh that reminds me now you said something on the phone about mr
00:52:46ellis leaving instructions as to his disposition his cremation now how was that done well he left a
00:52:51letter in his desk wow now you have to admire that kind of forethought in a person who wasn't even
00:52:57expecting to die i'll bet he was an organized man um i don't want to speak ill of the dead
00:53:04but he was messy no kidding i mean it came as a real surprise to me especially since it was
00:53:10typewritten why would that surprise you well mr ellis almost never typed and when he did it was uh
00:53:17it was a mess and this was a real neat letter huh immaculate
00:53:23well it would take days to get an analysis out of that i beg your pardon oh i was thinking
00:53:27of the
00:53:28widow mrs ellis i was wondering whether the caller up there what were the grief and the people and the
00:53:32receiving in the home sometimes they need things from downtown and they forget them
00:53:36doctor i must say you're uncommonly nice for a doctor thank you
00:53:43i think i better take the call in private
00:53:46those are divine just follow me into the living room i'll show you where they go
00:53:50what's this no not that that's too much too much
00:53:55uh over here by the drapes but be careful you don't spill any water on the uh carpet all right
00:54:01lovely just lovely
00:54:08beatrice where are you for heaven's sakes mrs ellis this is dr quincy the coroner's office
00:54:13i'd like to offer my condolences well thank you very much everyone has been most kind and generous
00:54:20throughout our ordeal well mrs ellis there were some tests taken on your late husband and we're
00:54:25having difficulty understanding some of the things we're finding and well from a public health
00:54:30standpoint we feel it's necessary to delay the funeral until well tomorrow when we'll know
00:54:35more see delay the funeral are you out of your mind people people who matter are driving in from
00:54:44every corner of new england to pay their final respects to a publishing giant mrs ellis i'm keeping
00:54:51this as unofficial as possible you understand that listen arthur's cremation is an integral part
00:54:58of the service and it's going ahead mrs ellis i don't want to use the muscle of my office but
00:55:03mrs ellis mrs ellis mrs ellis mrs ellis eve why is there a light on on mr ellis's line
00:55:12the doctor's using it that's all right isn't it
00:55:30well well well well well
00:55:34for a real estate person you cover a big territory oh what's your name this time
00:55:39detweiler detweiler dr quincey well i see your connection with margo bentley was a book
00:55:46i figure you went out to the beach that day to see if she left anything for you to scrounge
00:55:50up
00:55:50and you are a medical examiner it's pretty hard to overlook a coroner's station wagon parked on old
00:55:57malibu road
00:56:01she's dead isn't she yes both she and arthur ellis died of the same thing induced liver arrest
00:56:08that's double murder and conspiracy but why well obviously there's something so damaging in that
00:56:14book people are willing to kill to conceal it and i want to see it there is no manuscript
00:56:19margo wrote two very rough chapters and an outline but the copies are all gone i don't believe you i
00:56:26think you know what's in both those chapters look i don't know what your angle is but think about this
00:56:30if they were willing to kill arthur ellis and margo bentley what makes you think they won't kill you
00:56:34because i don't know anything i never read word one she was arthur's special client and i always
00:56:42respected his interests now go back to los angeles quincy you are not wanted here why not what's at
00:56:50stake for you nothing he's so cute how come i don't believe you let me tell you something if you're
00:56:58playing both ends against the middle if you're lying to me and you're telling somebody you have
00:57:02something you don't have i promise you you're gonna end up like arthur ellis or margo bentley
00:57:09now please
00:57:25mr castle's here to see you
00:57:33are we uh ready for lunch yes
00:57:47as i'm saying it's uh it's all around the band isn't it arthur ellis is dead you've no idea of
00:57:55the
00:57:55whereabouts of margo bentley and there's no trace of the manuscript i can't explain where the new york
00:58:04file copy went i just haven't found it yet that hardly means that it's gone mr twyler as arthur's
00:58:12london publisher we've already invested too much not to still be awfully keen on this project our
00:58:17readership simply dotes on any exposé of hollywood or the international sets assuming you
00:58:26don't find the manuscript i'm listening am i wrong in assuming you alone then know the contents of the manuscript
00:58:37arthur and i were
00:58:40extremely close
00:58:42mr twyler
00:58:45we are prepared to pay a lot to anyone who could do what would amount to a call it a
00:58:50recreation
00:58:51are you interested there is some interest in my part yes
00:59:01yes
00:59:02i just had lunch with her she says she read the manuscript
00:59:06all of it enough to feel very sure of herself
00:59:09i think she's got to go at least uh at least she's the last of it huh
00:59:15well maybe maybe not that medical examiner from los angeles quincy
00:59:20he's here he was leaving our office when i came in
00:59:23all right then we got to fix them both
00:59:25yeah
00:59:28i'll need your help
00:59:35just leave the car here
01:00:02me
01:00:03what do you think you're doing how did you get in there
01:00:06here well the important thing is that i am in here isn't that the important thing dr quincy
01:00:14city of los angeles coroner's office on special assignment with a senate investigating committee
01:00:20on mortuary practices the what you heard me oh i know the tricks you mortuary people play
01:00:27you get a cremation you try to cut corners you try to save money on material and labor what's
01:00:33the difference it's all going to go up on smoke is that right sir we fells and fields have been
01:00:37servicing this community for 111 years never one all right all right who put you up to this that
01:00:48cut rate disposal service sleepy hollow oh the community has seen need to patronize a competitor
01:00:56what do they know that i don't know sir this is outrageous what do you want i want the same
01:01:02thing that the united states senate wants a chance to check your work to see that the bereaved arm
01:01:07being shot through do you uh do you have to do this now well we either do it now or
01:01:13wait for the
01:01:13resurrection or do you have something to hide all right all right doctor if you want to play rough
01:01:20i presume you have the proper facilities here the best my equipment's in the car right
01:01:32mrs ellis my deepest sympathies thank you you're so coming
01:01:39what do you think you're doing
01:01:43red roses and rust chrysanthemums are you colorblind
01:01:52and uh those carnations ah good lord this is a funeral not a fruit salad and arthur should
01:02:02where's the coffin
01:02:11what are you doing uh it's beyond our control mrs ellis federal intervention
01:02:16this is arthur's funeral arthur is part of the service mrs ellis please may i speak to you would
01:02:21you take down downstairs and prepare anything please mrs ellis please calm down look 20 minutes is all
01:02:25it'll take the tests i spoke to you about on the phone
01:02:30yes oh oh what what what what kind of a twisted human being are you what kind of a deranged
01:02:39mind
01:02:39does this to a perfectly coordinated affair look listen to me your husband had insurance right two
01:02:44little words double ingenuity let's look on the bright side of this mrs ellis there's a good
01:02:54chance your husband was murdered
01:03:00doctor aren't you carrying this to extremes
01:03:05vital organs tell it all mr felson field
01:03:09they tell it all
01:03:13this is it
01:03:33bingo
01:03:36that's it
01:03:39operator
01:03:40give me los angeles california collect
01:03:42yeah this is a medical emergency
01:03:49excuse me
01:03:50hey i certainly hope that arthur can join us sometime today
01:03:54no cause for alarm darling
01:04:01hello san
01:04:02quincy we've been calling you all over the east coast wait a minute i'll get babbage on the phone
01:04:08quince
01:04:09yeah marv
01:04:10we've got it id'd
01:04:12leptospirosis
01:04:13developed by the military for germ warfare
01:04:17wow that's impossible
01:04:18i mean that stuff was outlawed it was destroyed
01:04:21unless somebody boosted a sample
01:04:22let me tell you about this bacillus quince
01:04:25a dozen years ago in a government testing station in utah
01:04:28some of this stuff got loose in the wind
01:04:30it killed cattle sheep
01:04:32the mere suggestion of it kills on contact
01:04:34tell them the symptoms
01:04:35oh yeah liver inflammation dysfunction and arrest
01:04:40of course
01:04:42you got a liver arrest you assume it's alcohol
01:04:44listen i just did a section on arthur ellis
01:04:47what we had to incubate for margo bentley's blood was visible here at first glance
01:04:51that ties it
01:04:52where's hasten
01:04:53he's on the phone with the cops quince
01:04:55he's got the army the public health service
01:04:57inside of his office looks like a marching band
01:04:59okay what's our next move
01:05:01i don't know
01:05:01there's a little lady here who's being very foolish with her life
01:05:04thousand field
01:05:05what's going on here
01:05:06shh
01:05:07please
01:05:08your next move is to get those sections slides out of the new york city coroner but fast
01:05:12i'll call on ahead and have everything set up
01:05:14who's that quincy
01:05:16what's the name again
01:05:17quincy
01:05:17quincy he's quincy
01:05:19uh sam i'll talk to you later okay bye bye
01:05:22uh mr felsen
01:05:23felsen field
01:05:24felsen field
01:05:25field
01:05:25feld
01:05:26feld
01:05:26that is a homicide out there
01:05:28now you make sure that arthur ellis is not removed
01:05:31you understand that
01:05:31how do you do dr waterman
01:05:32and listen uh about my equipment
01:05:35i'll send a messenger for
01:05:37homicide
01:05:38what's homicide got to do with the senate investigating committee
01:05:41he told you he's a senate investigator
01:05:44yes
01:05:45he's a senate investigator like i'm the president
01:05:54tell me
01:05:55hey doctor
01:05:57is it or is it
01:05:58is it what
01:06:02it is
01:06:03let's go
01:06:09i'm telling you about a double murder margo bentley and arthur ellis cause of death of bacillus
01:06:15developed by the military for bacteriological warfare and thought to be extinct military that's right baby i'm one measly green
01:06:22of this stuff when your palpuff is gonna make you number three now let's get out of here
01:06:27i'm glad i'm glad i was able to convince you of the danger of this situation
01:06:29mr castle
01:06:30mr deadwater i was just going in to pay my final respects to mr ellis
01:06:33this is uh mr castle arthur's london publisher this is dr quincy
01:06:39dr quincy
01:06:40he's a medical examiner from los angeles and i think we'd better listen to what he has to say
01:06:45certainly
01:06:46what is it doctor
01:06:47well i think you both may be victims of a conspiracy to kill everyone connected with a book that margo
01:06:52bentley was writing
01:06:52you can't be serious
01:06:54i'm deadly serious mr castle
01:06:56murder
01:06:57dr quincy thinks that they use some sort of germ warfare substance you know i can't believe that
01:07:03margo described them as perfectly charming gentlemen described who the two military men
01:07:11you know i'm really scared
01:07:14well it isn't making me feel too secure either
01:07:16well listen they're setting up the equipment for these in the new york city coroner's office
01:07:20why don't we go down there and put ourselves in the police custody as quickly as possible
01:07:23but the funeral
01:07:24oh there's no time sir
01:07:26well can you drop me at the uh stony shore airport
01:07:29airport
01:07:30well i was late i had to charter a plane from the city
01:07:33sure come on let's go quick
01:07:41i appreciate the lift
01:07:42well we're all in this together
01:07:44miss dudwallet the two military men you mentioned uh what did margo say about them
01:07:50she called them her fair haired pair
01:07:53military intelligence officers they were living like kings in mexico
01:07:58margo was queen of the ball
01:08:01she knew a couple of the syndicate boys and she put them together and after that they had it made
01:08:06the military boys traveled in the top secret world so that nobody could question anything that they did
01:08:13while the border people were out busting penny annie pushes
01:08:18they sashayed across carrying pounds of cocaine heroin name it
01:08:24and you thought you were making a deal to do what rewrite the book from when margo started
01:08:29you thought you said
01:08:30stealing germ warfare cultures they must be lunatics
01:08:34maybe
01:08:35but i can't stop thinking of all those books we could have sold
01:08:40we would have made millions
01:08:42oh easily
01:08:43but i must say i'm more preoccupied with not dying from that hideous sounding bacillus
01:08:53there's no way i should have known it was bacillus is there
01:08:56no unless you were the one who used it
01:09:00where's your partner
01:09:02waiting for us at the airport
01:09:04you killed margo and and mr ellis didn't you
01:09:08a matter of survival miss netwiler
01:09:10we never expected margo to become so greedy as to risk exposing herself as well as us
01:09:16the airport road is just ahead doctor
01:09:27that's it over there
01:09:30what are you gonna do
01:09:31when we're flying over the water mr edwiler we'll think of something
01:09:36pull up
01:09:44everybody out
01:09:46the other side please
01:10:06you guys
01:10:07okay phoenix all over here finished
01:10:08now you seem to forget doctor i have the gun
01:10:10well a lot of good that's gonna do you or your partner
01:10:13that's a police copter
01:10:15what are you talking about
01:10:18do you think i would get in the car with a killer
01:10:21and let you drive lynn and me out here so you and your friend could deep sixes
01:10:24quincy you didn't know who i was at the time
01:10:27i didn't
01:10:28i didn't
01:10:30i didn't
01:10:31tell them that
01:10:31go ahead tell them
01:10:34go on tell them
01:10:37um
01:10:40do you think i should
01:10:42sure tell them when you told me about the two military guys
01:10:45how easy it was to check
01:10:46who was down in mexico with margo at the time
01:10:49i just want to make sure it was you and him that's all
01:10:51that cop has been following us since the mortuary
01:10:55nice try quincy
01:10:56catch up
01:10:57get the plane
01:10:57come on move
01:11:03mm
01:11:06mm
01:11:07mm
01:11:08mm
01:11:09mm
01:11:09mm
01:11:09mm
01:11:10mm
01:11:11mm
01:11:11mm
01:11:27Okay, we have them. East end of runway. Let's move in.
01:11:43East end of runway.
01:12:10Everybody out of the plane with their hands up.
01:12:20There's Quincy.
01:12:22Hey, you guys really were following me.
01:12:25Oh, Felsenfield, am I glad to see you.
01:12:27That's the imposter.
01:12:28What imposter? No, I really am a medical examiner for the city of Los Angeles.
01:12:32Sure, sure. And a special Senate investigator. He's a grave robber.
01:12:36He's the killer. He and the pilot.
01:12:38There he goes again.
01:12:39Would you listen to me? They brought us here on the gunpoint.
01:12:42True.
01:12:43All right, you're all under arrest.
01:12:45Oh, no, I can't be under arrest. I gotta give a lecture on Buffalo.
01:12:48Buffalo? Not today, you're not.
01:12:51No Buffalo? No lecture? Promise?
01:12:55The
01:12:57club
01:12:57Yeah, you're all under arrest.
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