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00:00:00Clara Rhodes saw him hit Roberta Rhodes and forced barbiturates down her throat.
00:00:04And I believe her.
00:00:05And I don't.
00:00:06My daughter was murdered.
00:00:08Roberta Rhodes?
00:00:09The movie star?
00:00:11Six months ago, she insured her life with us for one million dollars.
00:00:14I say murder, she gets two million dollars.
00:00:16I say suicide, she gets nothing.
00:00:17I couldn't kill Bobby.
00:00:18I loved her.
00:00:19Now, this case is just too big for us to be sitting around on our evidence.
00:00:23Our evidence?
00:00:24Did you pop that in front of this place again?
00:00:26Did she take her own life?
00:00:27We have two eyewitnesses to murder!
00:00:52Is this the way you like it, honey?
00:00:54Oh, yeah.
00:00:55Perfect.
00:00:55You learn fast.
00:00:56Well, that's because I have a great teacher.
00:00:59Oh, there's one small thing, though.
00:01:01What's that?
00:01:02Your chipper is scraping my ribs.
00:01:05Holy mack, I forgot I still had it in my pocket.
00:01:09You're a good sport, you know that, honey?
00:01:11Here it is, almost midnight.
00:01:13Well, you promised me a weekend of exercise, fresh air, and togetherness.
00:01:17And that's what I'm getting.
00:01:19You said we have to scrape the entire aft deck before you varnish it tomorrow.
00:01:23So?
00:01:24So?
00:01:25So?
00:01:25You do it alone, it'll take all night.
00:01:27And I've got better things planned for you.
00:01:33Quincy.
00:01:35Oh, no.
00:01:36I'm not here.
00:01:39You heard me say, absolutely, under no circumstances, right?
00:01:42I did unplug the telephone, didn't I?
00:01:45Okay, I'll get rid of them.
00:01:48First law of the sea.
00:01:50I could shoot you for boarding without permission.
00:01:52I'm sorry, Quincy, but they want you on it right now.
00:01:56Why are you whispering?
00:01:59Roberta Rhodes.
00:02:01The movie star?
00:02:03Yeah.
00:02:05Oh, my God.
00:02:12There he is!
00:02:15Hey, Quincy!
00:02:16Doc, can we have a statement, please?
00:02:22As soon as I know anything, you'll know.
00:02:25Lighten up, all right?
00:02:26Lighten up.
00:02:27Give the man a chance to do his job.
00:02:32Oh, Quincy.
00:02:33Sam.
00:02:34She's in her bedroom.
00:02:39What time is it?
00:02:41It's 1241.
00:02:42I want temperatures.
00:02:43I want the room diagram.
00:02:44Who's the photographer?
00:02:45Me, Quincy.
00:02:46All right, Ed, start shooting.
00:02:47Don't miss a second.
00:02:47Spangle.
00:02:48Who else we got?
00:02:49Freddie, boss.
00:02:50Get him in here.
00:02:50Right here, Dr. Quincy.
00:02:54Oh, God.
00:02:57All right, all right.
00:02:58Now, I know it's tough.
00:03:00Don't think about who she is.
00:03:01Just do your job.
00:03:02Sam, I want you and Freddie start bagging
00:03:04and labeling the glass.
00:03:05I want a clear diagram of where every sliver
00:03:07of glass was found, okay?
00:03:09Watch with your step, Ed.
00:03:10Okay.
00:03:11All right.
00:03:29Bye-bye.
00:03:49Well, where you been?
00:03:50In the living room, checking out the mother.
00:03:52And?
00:03:52She's too loaded to make much sense.
00:03:54Well, she reported it, didn't she?
00:03:56Yeah.
00:03:57Well, if she's sober enough to dial a telephone,
00:03:59she's sober enough to talk to me two minutes.
00:04:06Well, Quincy, what's the good news?
00:04:08I'd like to make it simple for you, Monahan,
00:04:10and say suicide, but there are too many problems.
00:04:14Contusion is the corner of her eye
00:04:15with insibious swelling.
00:04:16There's a crash mirror here.
00:04:19I don't know.
00:04:21Could be suicide.
00:04:22Could be homicide.
00:04:23Could be accidental.
00:04:25Oh, that nerves are down real nice.
00:04:28Well, you're going to have an autopsy report
00:04:29in a couple of hours?
00:04:30These are what?
00:04:31Her cigar band collection?
00:04:33What?
00:04:34Pills to cure migraines.
00:04:36Pills to ease muscle spasms.
00:04:39And pills to unclog nasal passages.
00:04:41And there was an empty scotch bottle
00:04:42found in the bathroom.
00:04:43Now, all that booze
00:04:45and all these pills,
00:04:47add them all up, Quincy.
00:04:49What do you got?
00:04:51You still got nothing, Monahan,
00:04:52than would kill her.
00:05:08Mrs. Rhodes,
00:05:09Lieutenant Monahan,
00:05:10this is Dr. Quincy,
00:05:11our medical examiner.
00:05:12My condolences,
00:05:13Mrs. Rhodes.
00:05:16Are you all right?
00:05:19Yes.
00:05:20Tell me what happened.
00:05:21Well, it has the appearance
00:05:22of acute barbiturate intoxication.
00:05:26Suicide.
00:05:28I can't say yet.
00:05:29There is a strong possibility.
00:05:31Oh.
00:05:33I think of all we went through
00:05:35to put you up there.
00:05:37What a waste.
00:05:41Well, if you're through,
00:05:43get out.
00:06:00Come on.
00:06:03I'm Dr. Quincy.
00:06:04I'm the presiding medical officer.
00:06:06The victim has been positively identified
00:06:08as Roberta Rhodes, actress.
00:06:10She died within an hour or two of midnight.
00:06:12Now, that's all I have to say now.
00:06:13Dr. Quincy,
00:06:14any truth to the rumor
00:06:16that the body of Mrs. Rhodes
00:06:17was found completely naked?
00:06:19Oh, come on, Clarence.
00:06:20That tactic is wearing pretty thin, isn't it?
00:06:23Why don't you talk
00:06:23to one of the younger fellas?
00:06:25They might help you update your act.
00:06:26Doctor, given the hour
00:06:28and the extreme amount of time
00:06:29you spent inside,
00:06:29you must have some opinion.
00:06:32Oh, I have an opinion.
00:06:34I think we've lost
00:06:35a very nice lady.
00:06:37Now, excuse me, please.
00:06:41Cute.
00:06:48Come on, Doc.
00:06:49Give us a story.
00:06:52Unofficially quit.
00:06:53Is it a sex case?
00:06:55Dr. Quincy,
00:06:55how did it feel
00:06:56to perform an autopsy
00:06:57on one of the most beautiful women
00:06:58in the world?
00:07:03Don't you ever say
00:07:04anything like that
00:07:05to me again.
00:07:06Do you understand that?
00:07:08Ever.
00:07:17Pathetic.
00:07:21Have any lockdowns, sir?
00:07:23They got the goon squad
00:07:24sealing off the lab.
00:07:25You let that stop you?
00:07:27I think I found
00:07:28a very good possibility.
00:07:29A young kid
00:07:30in investigator training.
00:07:31If he's handled right,
00:07:33he can keep us
00:07:33very well informed.
00:07:35Oh, that'll help.
00:07:36I've never seen
00:07:37such tight security.
00:07:38Do you think
00:07:39that they connected
00:07:40Mr. Wonderful
00:07:41to that bedroom last night?
00:07:42No.
00:07:42If they knew,
00:07:43they'd interrogate him.
00:07:45Right now,
00:07:45he's carrying on
00:07:46his business, as usual.
00:07:47So, let's print it anyway.
00:07:49And get what?
00:07:50Another denial?
00:07:52No, I want his name
00:07:53on police reports,
00:07:54on coroner's reports.
00:07:55Then I'll print it.
00:07:57What did you scratch up
00:07:58about this, Quincy?
00:08:00Well, he stepped out
00:08:01of a very lucrative
00:08:02private practice
00:08:03to do this.
00:08:04Makes about a tenth
00:08:05of what he could.
00:08:06Oh, a man of character.
00:08:09Refreshing.
00:08:16Quincy,
00:08:17I just want you to know
00:08:18that you have
00:08:19my full support
00:08:20in the preparation
00:08:21of your evidence.
00:08:21I mean, I really,
00:08:22really appreciate
00:08:23the pressures on you.
00:08:24Well, we get used
00:08:25to those things,
00:08:26don't we?
00:08:26And given time,
00:08:27we put all the pieces
00:08:28together.
00:08:29I guess I'm just
00:08:30not making myself clear.
00:08:32We don't have any time,
00:08:33Quincy.
00:08:34I mean, I just spoke
00:08:35to Deputy Mayor Lefebvre
00:08:36about the inquest.
00:08:37Inquest?
00:08:38What inquest?
00:08:39Seems to feel...
00:08:39We don't have a case.
00:08:40What are you talking about?
00:08:40Let's not get upset.
00:08:42Now, this case is just
00:08:43too big for us to be
00:08:44sitting around
00:08:45on our evidence.
00:08:46Our evidence?
00:08:47What evidence?
00:08:48We have a smashed mirror
00:08:50with no apparent cause,
00:08:51an unexplained contusion,
00:08:52a fresh copy of the outcry
00:08:53with a picture
00:08:54of Roberta Rhodes
00:08:54on the front page,
00:08:55and this.
00:08:58That's an empty evidence bag.
00:08:59That's right,
00:09:00an empty bag
00:09:00which should contain
00:09:01an empty barbiturate bottle,
00:09:02but it doesn't
00:09:03because there was none
00:09:04at the scene.
00:09:04And so,
00:09:05for my next step,
00:09:07I'm gonna go home
00:09:08and go to sleep
00:09:08because I can't even
00:09:09think straight anymore.
00:09:11Quincy?
00:09:14Good idea.
00:09:14You just get some rest.
00:09:16I just wanted to mention
00:09:17that Deputy Mayor Lefebvre
00:09:18is already requesting a jury.
00:09:21Why don't you tell
00:09:21the Deputy Mayor
00:09:22to turn blue?
00:09:24Good night.
00:09:25There isn't even a case
00:09:26that he wants to...
00:09:29You know, it's exhaustion, Sam.
00:09:33Well, once you get
00:09:34a couple hours shut-eye,
00:09:36you'll feel better.
00:09:36Not me, Quincy.
00:09:38Oh, good.
00:09:39Of course.
00:09:52Dr. Quincy.
00:09:53Paul Reardon,
00:09:54a boutcry.
00:09:56No comment.
00:09:57Well, I'm not trying
00:09:57to pester you
00:09:58when to comment, doctor.
00:10:00I was hoping
00:10:00you'd be receptive
00:10:01to one of mine.
00:10:02Well, I'm sorry
00:10:02to disappoint you.
00:10:03Doctor,
00:10:04I have highly
00:10:05confidential information
00:10:06concerning this road's death.
00:10:09Someone was with her
00:10:10last night when she died.
00:10:13A lover.
00:10:15Who?
00:10:16Oh, well, not so fast, doctor.
00:10:18This information
00:10:18is worth an exclusive.
00:10:19An exclusive?
00:10:20For the outcry?
00:10:22Isn't that the paper
00:10:23that reports love affairs
00:10:24between movie stars
00:10:25who never even met
00:10:26one another?
00:10:27You know, doctor,
00:10:28our newspaper
00:10:29has the largest circulation
00:10:31of any newspaper
00:10:32in the United States.
00:10:33Now, I know
00:10:33that's hard to believe,
00:10:34but we are very important
00:10:35to people
00:10:35because we publish
00:10:37what other newspapers
00:10:38are afraid to print.
00:10:40Or too honest to print.
00:10:42Now, aren't you prejudging
00:10:43what I'm about to say?
00:10:45For instance,
00:10:46what would the public
00:10:46think when they learn
00:10:47that Miss Rhodes
00:10:48was with Congressman
00:10:49Charles Sinclair
00:10:51when she died?
00:10:56Reardon,
00:10:57you better get out of here
00:10:57before I lose my temper.
00:10:59Now, we have reason
00:11:00to believe
00:11:00that he's implicated
00:11:01in a lot more
00:11:02than suicide.
00:11:03Then why don't you
00:11:04go to the police?
00:11:04I dare you.
00:11:06Well, we're a weekly doctor.
00:11:07Now, if I went
00:11:07to the police,
00:11:08it would be
00:11:09in every headline
00:11:10before I could publish it.
00:11:11And you think
00:11:12I want to sit
00:11:12on this news?
00:11:13Well, yes,
00:11:14because you don't believe me.
00:11:16So you'll check it out.
00:11:19You really are
00:11:20very sure of yourself,
00:11:21aren't you?
00:11:22No, I'm sure of you.
00:11:23I happen to know
00:11:24that you know
00:11:25the congressman personally.
00:11:29You better get
00:11:30out of here, Reardon.
00:11:31Now.
00:11:35It's not going
00:11:36to look good, doctor,
00:11:37when the public knows
00:11:38that you deliberately
00:11:39covered up information.
00:11:41And I'm telling you,
00:11:42Charles Sinclair
00:11:43was with Roberta Rhodes
00:11:45in her bedroom
00:11:47last night.
00:12:01But, Charlie,
00:12:02drop spot number six.
00:12:03Nobody wants
00:12:03to hear about it.
00:12:04Number six?
00:12:06Wait a minute.
00:12:06That's the offshore
00:12:07oil spot.
00:12:08That's vital here, Pat.
00:12:09They just had a big spill
00:12:10in Oxnard last week.
00:12:11Research says it's a negative.
00:12:13Everybody's more concerned
00:12:13about gasoline shortages.
00:12:15Pat,
00:12:15we have to talk
00:12:17about this.
00:12:18Use it at the colleges
00:12:19if you want to.
00:12:20But we're not going
00:12:20to buy airtime
00:12:21to promote
00:12:21a negative issue.
00:12:23Camera one,
00:12:24give me a full shot.
00:12:25Hey, congressman.
00:12:26Good.
00:12:26Camera two,
00:12:27submit.
00:12:29Quincy!
00:12:30Howdy.
00:12:31What the heck
00:12:32are you doing here?
00:12:33Don't you need votes?
00:12:35Well, sure,
00:12:36but you wouldn't vote for me.
00:12:38Your doctors are all
00:12:39rich and conservative.
00:12:40I'm a flaming liberal,
00:12:41haven't you heard?
00:12:42Well, I'm not exactly
00:12:43a medical mogul,
00:12:44but you know,
00:12:44I did give up my practice.
00:12:45You gave up medicine?
00:12:46No, I didn't give up medicine.
00:12:47I joined the coroner's office.
00:12:48I'm a medical examiner.
00:12:49You're kidding.
00:12:50I was a kid
00:12:50about a thing like that.
00:12:52Listen,
00:12:52I've been hearing
00:12:52what you've been saying
00:12:53about the offshore oil safeguards.
00:12:55I agree with you.
00:12:56I live at the beach,
00:12:57you know,
00:12:57you couldn't be more right
00:12:57keep saying it
00:12:58and don't listen to your friends.
00:12:59Oh, we'll stay on it.
00:13:00Maybe not with paid spots,
00:13:02but I'm going to get
00:13:04that legislation up
00:13:04when I'm elected.
00:13:05If anybody can.
00:13:06Hey, can I buy you
00:13:07some coffee?
00:13:08Sure can.
00:13:08Good to see you.
00:13:09Say to be here.
00:13:10Listen,
00:13:14you knew that
00:13:14there were some problems
00:13:15between us, you know,
00:13:16and the beach
00:13:17wanting different things.
00:13:18You know,
00:13:19I don't begrudge
00:13:19her wanting to
00:13:20spend a night skiing,
00:13:21but I'm a professional meddler.
00:13:24If I can't be busy
00:13:26changing the world
00:13:27for the better,
00:13:28I'm not happy.
00:13:29Listen to me.
00:13:30Campaigning.
00:13:31Always making sense,
00:13:32which makes my reason
00:13:33for being here
00:13:34more absurd.
00:13:35But I got to do it, Charlie.
00:13:37I got to ask you something.
00:13:38It's my job.
00:13:39Your job?
00:13:40What does the coroner's office
00:13:40have to do with me?
00:13:42Roberta Rhodes.
00:13:43Okay, camera's position one.
00:13:45Stand by to roll.
00:13:45I see.
00:13:46Charles, we're just about
00:13:47ready to roll tape.
00:13:48Yeah, I'll be with you
00:13:49in a minute.
00:13:50Uh, Quince.
00:13:53I know Roberta.
00:13:55I knew her.
00:13:58We were even seeing
00:13:58each other for a while.
00:14:00Is that what you wanted
00:14:01to ask me about?
00:14:02No, and did you see her
00:14:03last night?
00:14:04Good heavens, no.
00:14:05I haven't seen her for weeks.
00:14:06We broke it off
00:14:07when I announced
00:14:08my candidacy.
00:14:09Then you can't
00:14:09account for last night.
00:14:11Absolutely.
00:14:12I was at campaign
00:14:13headquarters all evening
00:14:14with a couple
00:14:15of dozen people.
00:14:16Hey, Charles,
00:14:16do you have any idea
00:14:17how much this studio
00:14:18cost an hour?
00:14:19Go to work.
00:14:20Go to work.
00:14:20Will you, Congressman?
00:14:22Gunnett, it's good to see you.
00:14:23Nice to see you.
00:14:24Why don't you stick around?
00:14:24No, I can't.
00:14:25I've got to get back to work.
00:14:26But lunch sometime,
00:14:26we'll have a talk.
00:14:27Okay?
00:14:27I'm going to count on it.
00:14:28All right.
00:14:28You want to vote for me?
00:14:29You do the right things,
00:14:30I will.
00:14:30Okay.
00:14:3130 seconds to tape.
00:14:33My daughter was murdered
00:14:35by Congressman
00:14:37Charles Sinclair.
00:14:41I don't understand
00:14:42something, Mrs. Rhodes.
00:14:44Why now?
00:14:45Why didn't you tell us
00:14:46this last night?
00:14:46I was afraid.
00:14:48I can't tell you
00:14:49how afraid I was.
00:14:52Well, it's no secret.
00:14:53He and Roberta
00:14:54were having an affair.
00:14:56And this worried,
00:14:57his political backers,
00:14:59and they insisted
00:15:00that it end.
00:15:02You see,
00:15:03she wasn't good enough.
00:15:04She wasn't clean enough
00:15:06for their paragon
00:15:07of human virtue.
00:15:09Well, early last evening,
00:15:11Roberta went to his apartment.
00:15:14And, I don't know,
00:15:15something must have happened
00:15:16because he followed her back here
00:15:17around 10 o'clock.
00:15:20I saw him arrive
00:15:22in that Jaguar he drives.
00:15:26It's a mean-sounding car.
00:15:27I never mistake that sound.
00:15:35They haven't let up for weeks,
00:15:37and they're not going to!
00:15:39Roberta, you're being silly
00:15:40and hysterical.
00:15:40I'm not!
00:15:42Newspapers made me
00:15:42look like a prostitute!
00:15:45You could stop them, Charles.
00:15:46I know you could!
00:15:48Look at me.
00:15:50Roberta, look at me.
00:15:52I'm running
00:15:52for the United States Senate.
00:15:54I could very well lose.
00:15:55Now, we can't afford
00:15:56to be seen together,
00:15:57but not while this scandal
00:15:58sheets on us,
00:15:58and not until Charlotte
00:16:00and I are divorced.
00:16:01Wouldn't matter
00:16:02if you loved me.
00:16:03Stop being infantile.
00:16:05My backers have read me
00:16:06the riot act.
00:16:07I've got to clean up my life.
00:16:10Clean up your life?
00:16:13Am I the dirt in your life?
00:16:15Is that what that means?
00:16:16Exactly.
00:16:17I clean it up
00:16:17or they're finished with me.
00:16:18Stop that!
00:16:19Leave her alone!
00:16:20No, no, no!
00:16:22No, no, no!
00:16:25No, no, Charlie, please!
00:16:30Stop it!
00:16:31Stop it, Charlie!
00:16:33No, no, Charlie!
00:16:34No, no, no!
00:16:34No, no, no, no, no!
00:16:36And when I came to,
00:16:38he was standing over her
00:16:40and she was dead.
00:16:41What did you do?
00:16:42I pretended I was still
00:16:43unconscious
00:16:44until after he'd gone.
00:16:49Mrs. Rhodes,
00:16:51would you show us
00:16:51where the congressman
00:16:52gets you?
00:16:54Yes, certainly.
00:17:01That's a bad bruise, Quincy.
00:17:03I'm sorry.
00:17:05And then later on,
00:17:07after he'd gone,
00:17:08I telephoned the police.
00:17:10And between then
00:17:11and the time that you arrived,
00:17:13one of Charles' henchmen
00:17:15phoned me
00:17:16and threatened my life
00:17:17if I were to tell you
00:17:18what I'm telling you now.
00:17:20You have no idea
00:17:21who threatened you?
00:17:23No.
00:17:23No, except that he said
00:17:25he worked for Charles.
00:17:26He had a very deep voice
00:17:29and his language
00:17:30was obscene.
00:17:32All right, Mrs. Rhodes,
00:17:33we'll give you
00:17:33round-the-clock protection.
00:17:35Oh, thank you, Lieutenant.
00:17:37Lieutenant.
00:17:46What's with you, Quincy?
00:17:47You're sick?
00:17:49I don't believe her.
00:17:50I knew Charles Sinclair
00:17:52in the days
00:17:52when he was a public defender.
00:17:53Which explains
00:17:54your objectivity.
00:17:56Listen,
00:17:57now, I know
00:17:58you gotta speak
00:17:59to the congressman,
00:17:59but will you be soft?
00:18:00For once in your life,
00:18:01will you be discreet?
00:18:02I appreciate it, Quincy.
00:18:03I'm always soliciting
00:18:04good advice
00:18:05on how to do my job.
00:18:06Will you listen to me?
00:18:08There are newspapers
00:18:09in this town
00:18:09that are laying for him.
00:18:10If they even get a hint
00:18:11that he was involved
00:18:12with Roberta Rhodes
00:18:13on the night of her death,
00:18:14they'll crucify him.
00:18:15This is hard evidence, Quincy.
00:18:17Concrete.
00:18:18Stand-up and court testimony.
00:18:20Oh, you know why
00:18:20she wanted me here?
00:18:21I say murder,
00:18:22she gets $2 million.
00:18:23I say suicide,
00:18:24she gets nothing.
00:18:25She made a formal statement
00:18:26in writing.
00:18:28I don't care
00:18:28if it's written in blood.
00:18:30I spoke to Charles Sinclair
00:18:31this morning
00:18:31and he told me
00:18:32he hasn't seen her for weeks
00:18:32and I believe him.
00:18:37You spoke to Charles Sinclair
00:18:39this morning?
00:18:41Well, he's an old pal, isn't he?
00:18:43You knew about him
00:18:44and Roberta Rhodes?
00:18:46Well, really,
00:18:46you know, the outcry,
00:18:47he tipped me enough.
00:18:48Quincy,
00:18:49you hear me
00:18:50and hear me good.
00:18:51The next time you get tipped,
00:18:53no matter how or who,
00:18:54I want that information
00:18:56on my desk immediately
00:18:57and not two hours later.
00:18:59And if it happens again,
00:19:00I'm citing you
00:19:01on suppression of evidence.
00:19:17Are you trying to tell me
00:19:18that you've been here
00:19:21Oh, honey,
00:19:22look at all this scraping
00:19:24you did all by yourself.
00:19:25I told you not to do that.
00:19:26Well, I don't mind.
00:19:28Besides,
00:19:28I got some sleep.
00:19:30Yeah,
00:19:30I'll bet you did.
00:19:31Wow.
00:19:32Look at this.
00:19:33You did the work
00:19:34of four sailors.
00:19:35Look at those calluses.
00:19:38And look what's rolling in.
00:19:40Where?
00:19:41Up there, clouds.
00:19:42They're beautiful.
00:19:45Might even be the kinds
00:19:46that have the silver linings.
00:19:48When you cut it out,
00:19:49you know what happens
00:19:49if rain hits the bare wood?
00:19:51They're going to swell.
00:19:52They're going to warp.
00:19:53Get to look like roof shingles.
00:19:58You mean we did all this work
00:20:00just to ruin your ship?
00:20:02Oh, no, honey.
00:20:04I didn't mean anything like that.
00:20:05We'll beat it.
00:20:06I just got to get some varnish
00:20:07down before the trouble comes in.
00:20:10But I can't.
00:20:12Something's wrong?
00:20:14Oh, it's...
00:20:16Oh, Quincy, go do it.
00:20:18You're no good to me
00:20:19the way you are.
00:20:21I'll varnish.
00:20:22Oh, sure.
00:20:22I'm going to let you varnish
00:20:23after you did all the scraping
00:20:24all by yourself.
00:20:28Quincy, go.
00:20:29I am going to go.
00:20:30But you're going to promise me
00:20:31that you're going to sit right here
00:20:32and do nothing but sunbathe.
00:20:33You understand?
00:20:34I want you to relax and sunbathe.
00:20:35Here, read the magazine.
00:20:37Not that one.
00:20:43The handyman.
00:20:46Quincy!
00:20:48What in the world?
00:20:49I don't see you for three years
00:20:50and you turn up twice in one day.
00:20:52I have to talk to you, Charlie.
00:20:53Sure, come on in.
00:20:54Can I get you a beer or something?
00:20:55Well, right now,
00:20:56the only thing I have a taste for
00:20:57is the truth.
00:20:58You happen to have any of that on hand?
00:21:01Roberta?
00:21:02Yep, Roberta.
00:21:03Quincy, I told you.
00:21:05I haven't seen her.
00:21:05Charlie, the police are on their way here
00:21:06now that they have a sworn statement
00:21:07that you killed her.
00:21:09Killed her?
00:21:10That's right.
00:21:11Quincy.
00:21:14Who would say such a thing?
00:21:15A mother?
00:21:16A m...
00:21:19Funny.
00:21:21Take people for granted,
00:21:22then you turn around
00:21:24and they've got your life in their hands.
00:21:25Remember that old adage,
00:21:26be nice to people on the way up
00:21:28because they can kill you on the way down?
00:21:29Hmm.
00:21:31You know, I always just dismissed her
00:21:33as a harmless, irrelevant drunk.
00:21:35Well, a drunk she may be,
00:21:38but her testimony is far from irrelevant.
00:21:40But it's not true, Quincy.
00:21:43Look, I don't know why she lied,
00:21:45but you've got to believe me.
00:21:46I couldn't kill Bobby.
00:21:48I loved her.
00:21:49You loved her?
00:21:50Yes, I did.
00:21:51But you did stop seeing her.
00:21:53Quincy,
00:21:55there are some things
00:21:56that are very hard to explain.
00:21:58Charlie, Lieutenant Monaghan
00:22:00will be here any minute.
00:22:01Now, Mama's not having any trouble.
00:22:03She has an explanation for everything.
00:22:04Well, look,
00:22:05I don't understand her statement.
00:22:07Why?
00:22:08Look,
00:22:10I know she didn't approve
00:22:11of many men in Bobby's life,
00:22:13but to accuse me of murder is crazy.
00:22:14Well, I think I can fill in the why,
00:22:16but I want you to understand
00:22:17the position you're putting yourself in
00:22:18if any of your story is untrue.
00:22:21Now, that's Lieutenant Monaghan.
00:22:23Are we ready for him?
00:22:26Okay.
00:22:27Quincy.
00:22:27What?
00:22:29I did lie.
00:22:31What?
00:22:31Not about killing her.
00:22:33That's...
00:22:34But I saw her.
00:22:35When?
00:22:35Last night.
00:22:36Oh, Charlie.
00:22:36Quincy, I'm sorry.
00:22:37Look, it just seemed so innocent.
00:22:38I thought...
00:22:43No, it...
00:22:44It was too much of a nightmare to repeat.
00:22:48People just wouldn't understand.
00:22:52Well, you're gonna have to give him a chance.
00:22:55Oh, if you'll excuse my rudeness, gentlemen.
00:22:58I, uh, I tried your front door,
00:23:00but it doesn't seem to work,
00:23:01and your driver, I believe,
00:23:02he was kind enough to let us come up the back way.
00:23:04I hope you don't mind.
00:23:05No, it's quite all right.
00:23:06I was engrossed in conversation with my old friend.
00:23:08I'm Charles Sinclair.
00:23:10Oh, yes, surely.
00:23:11Lieutenant Monaghan.
00:23:12Uh, this is Sergeant Porello,
00:23:15Charles Sinclair,
00:23:16and this is Miss Polk.
00:23:17Would you sit down, would you?
00:23:18You don't mind, Congressman?
00:23:20Sit down, Miss Polk.
00:23:21Miss Polk's my stenographer.
00:23:26Well, now, I trust you two gentlemen
00:23:29have come up with, uh, something quotable?
00:23:32Oh, look there, Monaghan, I resent that.
00:23:34There's been no commotion here.
00:23:35Never mind what you resent.
00:23:36I resent private investigating on public time.
00:23:43Now, I think it only fair to inform you, Congressman,
00:23:45that you've been formally accused
00:23:47of murdering Roberta Rhodes by her mother.
00:23:50And, uh, oh, Miss Polk here,
00:23:52she has a, uh, typed copy of her testimony
00:23:54which you can either accept or deny.
00:23:59I suggest you read it.
00:24:00That won't be necessary.
00:24:01Quincy's already filled me in.
00:24:03Oh, he has, has he?
00:24:06Well, then, that should make it a lot easier for you.
00:24:10What have you to say to the allegation?
00:24:12It's a blatant lie.
00:24:15All right.
00:24:16Now, if it wouldn't inconvenience
00:24:18our city medical examiner,
00:24:20the police department would like
00:24:22hearing your story firsthand.
00:24:24And Miss Polk here,
00:24:25she'll take it down for public record.
00:24:27Public record?
00:24:28Come on, Monaghan, you can't...
00:24:30Actually, Congressman,
00:24:31I'll keep all the facts as confidential as I can,
00:24:34providing it all seems to work out.
00:24:36Well, we appreciate that.
00:24:37And so will Chief Thomas.
00:24:39And the mayor and the governor,
00:24:40they're enthusiastic supporters of Chuck's.
00:24:43Quincy?
00:24:43Lieutenant, Pat Doyle, my campaign manager.
00:24:46How do you do?
00:24:47Pretend like I'm not even here.
00:24:48You go right ahead with your statement.
00:24:50And let the record show it's completely voluntary.
00:24:54We're all very anxious for this matter
00:24:55to be completely put to rest.
00:24:56You understand?
00:24:58You were about to say something, Charlie?
00:25:01Tell us about last night.
00:25:02Well, uh, she was demanding more of me.
00:25:06She wanted more, some sort of commitment.
00:25:11She came here to the apartment last night.
00:25:13She was depressed and angry.
00:25:16Bobby, you know you're not to come here.
00:25:18There could be reporters following you.
00:25:19What do you expect?
00:25:20It was a dear John phone call.
00:25:22You don't even have a decency to tell me to my face?
00:25:25Once will you face the realities.
00:25:26I'm running for the Senate.
00:25:28That is my life.
00:25:29What about my life?
00:25:29What about my career?
00:25:31I can't even get a decent picture anymore, Charlie.
00:25:36What's happened to us?
00:25:39We love each other.
00:25:41The campaign happened.
00:25:43I went for a swim this morning.
00:25:46And do you know there were reporters in the trees?
00:25:50We can stop them.
00:25:52All we have to do is tell them the truth,
00:25:54that we love each other.
00:25:56I'm being threatened with the loss of my major supporters.
00:25:58That means I could lose it all.
00:26:00And I've worked hard for it.
00:26:01What about what I've worked hard for?
00:26:03Huh?
00:26:05Everything that I've worked for is right down the drain now.
00:26:09I could get it back, though.
00:26:12All I'd have to do is have a talk with Reardon about us.
00:26:15What is that?
00:26:19You wouldn't do that.
00:26:21Why not?
00:26:23They're only after me because of you.
00:26:27And you're just like all the rest of them.
00:26:30My mother, the studio, all of them.
00:26:32They're takers.
00:26:33Every single one of them.
00:26:34Well, I'm sick and tired of giving.
00:26:38If you walk out on me, Charlie,
00:26:40I'll give that outcry everything it wants.
00:26:42That's absurd.
00:26:43Now just stop it!
00:26:48I'm sorry.
00:26:49I'm sorry.
00:26:51I'm sorry.
00:26:54I'm sorry.
00:26:55I'm sorry.
00:27:01You don't love me anymore.
00:27:14It's over, isn't it?
00:27:16You don't even have the guts to say it.
00:27:25It's all right.
00:27:28It doesn't matter.
00:27:33It doesn't matter.
00:27:36Nothing matters.
00:27:40Bobby.
00:27:45Don't stop.
00:27:46Why?
00:27:47Why?
00:27:47Let me be.
00:27:49Please.
00:27:49What are you doing?
00:27:52Please.
00:27:52Please.
00:27:52Please.
00:28:03For a while, she couldn't control her crying.
00:28:06and she seemed to calm down
00:28:07and she went into the bathroom to fix herself up.
00:28:10And she fixed herself up and then drove home?
00:28:13Yes.
00:28:15Later that night, about 12.30,
00:28:16when I was driving home from a campaign meeting,
00:28:20I heard the news of her death over the car radio.
00:28:24I immediately drove up to Benedict Canyon.
00:28:27I saw what was going on.
00:28:30I heard all sorts of rumors, murder, suicide,
00:28:33drug overdose, attempted rape, works.
00:28:38And then I drove home.
00:28:42I'll never forget that drive home.
00:28:46Charlie, why didn't you come forward with this last night?
00:28:49The congressman's actions were perfectly understandable, Doctor.
00:28:53I mean, he was just trying to avoid unnecessary involvement
00:28:56in a death that he had nothing to do with.
00:28:58Well, why don't you let him speak for himself?
00:29:00He's right, Quincy.
00:29:03I was afraid.
00:29:06That, uh, bruise under her eye.
00:29:10She didn't have that when she was with you last night?
00:29:13No.
00:29:14No.
00:29:16Oh, you were there too, Mr. Doyle.
00:29:18She didn't have it, Quincy.
00:29:22Well, I think that'll be enough for now.
00:29:25I, uh, I'm leaving, Doctor.
00:29:27Are you a house guest?
00:29:28No, I'm leaving.
00:29:30Congressman, Mr. Doyle.
00:29:31I'll keep in touch.
00:29:37So, this is the lab report on the Rhodes telephone.
00:29:42Yep.
00:29:42There were little slivers of glass embedded in the phone case,
00:29:45and there were no fingerprints.
00:29:46Clearly, it was the phone that broke the mirror.
00:29:48That means that Mrs. Rhodes was telling the truth.
00:29:50It means that it's homicide clear and simple,
00:29:53and I am telling Lefebvre that we are ready to go.
00:29:55Wait a minute, will ya?
00:29:58Maybe Roberta Rhodes threw the telephone at the mirror in a fit of temper.
00:30:01Against whom?
00:30:02Our mother?
00:30:02Why not?
00:30:03Why not?
00:30:04Maybe she was angry at the person at the other end of the phone.
00:30:07That's a lot better explanation for throwing a prince's telephone than self-defense.
00:30:11Quincy, what's it going to take?
00:30:14I can't hold Lefebvre off any longer,
00:30:16and when he hears about Mrs. Rhodes' state time...
00:30:19That's all I'm asking for.
00:30:20It's a little time.
00:30:22Don't pick up the phone and say we're ready when we're not.
00:30:25I mean, if he forces the issue, I'll understand.
00:30:27I promise you that.
00:30:29No heel drag.
00:30:30No heel drag.
00:30:31You get in line, take your licks, and the rest of the team.
00:30:35Yes, just give me a little time, that's all.
00:30:38You need to let me in here, I'm going to bust some hits!
00:30:39All right, I don't call the deputy mayor.
00:30:42But if he calls me, I'm not giving him any more excuses.
00:30:45Okay.
00:30:46Quincy, we've got a problem on the second floor.
00:30:48A guy trying to get in to see Roberta Rhodes.
00:30:50Says he's her husband.
00:30:53Oh, no.
00:30:57Do you have any say here?
00:30:58Yes, I do, Mr. Tucker.
00:31:00Okay, I recognize him.
00:31:01It's a lot for us.
00:31:03I guess they're not football fans.
00:31:04See, the press has been using any moose they can to get in there and take pictures.
00:31:07Look, all I want to do is see Bobby.
00:31:10Okay.
00:31:11I'll make the arrangements.
00:31:12Come on.
00:31:15Her mother's going to want a circus.
00:31:17Roberta wouldn't want that.
00:31:18But I guess it'll be what she gets.
00:31:20Well, it's really up to what you and Mrs. Rhodes decide.
00:31:24Ex-husbands don't count for much, Doc.
00:31:28But if there's anything that needs to be done, any expenses, anything, I'll be there.
00:31:38I'll always be there, honey.
00:31:40When did you find out about it?
00:31:41Yesterday.
00:31:44Oh, do I have an alibi?
00:31:47I was in Europe.
00:31:48Oh, I didn't mean anything like that, honest.
00:31:52She loved violets.
00:31:56We're going to have to see that she gets fresh violets every day.
00:32:02Maybe you could see that Mrs. Rhodes gets this.
00:32:05It was one of Roberta's favorites.
00:32:07I think she might want a place where people could see it.
00:32:11We are most of us very lonely in this world.
00:32:15Those of you who have loved ones, cling to them and thank God.
00:32:29Did she take her own life?
00:32:31We don't know yet.
00:32:34I'll be around.
00:32:46I don't get it.
00:32:48What does it mean?
00:32:50It means my job.
00:32:51If anyone finds out I showed you this, it doesn't hit the street for two days.
00:32:56Well, it's not right.
00:32:58Quincy's a good guy.
00:32:59He's not involved in any conspiracy.
00:33:01Look, you don't have to tell me about Quincy.
00:33:03From what I hear, he is the best.
00:33:05But my boss is out to bring down Congressman Sinclair,
00:33:09and he doesn't care if he crushes Quincy along the way.
00:33:12Well, who the hell is your boss that gives him the right to print that kind of thing?
00:33:16Uh, Mr. Reardon, my boss, has almost got the proof we need that Sinclair murdered Roberta Rhodes.
00:33:23Oh, come on.
00:33:26Quincy's not even sure it's a murder.
00:33:29Mr. Reardon has got a tape that would change your mind.
00:33:32It would change Quincy's mind, too, but he doesn't trust him.
00:33:35He thinks he's part of the cover-up.
00:33:37Now, I personally do not believe that.
00:33:39Now, I think that I can get Mr. Reardon to kill this story,
00:33:43forget about Quincy,
00:33:45and go after Sinclair with both barrels
00:33:47if you will just give us a little help.
00:33:50Wait a minute.
00:33:51I just saw his office door open.
00:33:53He's free.
00:33:54Now, are you with me or not?
00:33:58What is it?
00:34:00This is Freddy Voss.
00:34:01He works for Dr. Quincy down at the coroner's office.
00:34:04I have nothing further to say to Dr. Quincy
00:34:07or to any of his subordinates.
00:34:09He wants to help us.
00:34:10Look, I gave Quincy a chance.
00:34:12I told him what was going on.
00:34:14He chose to ignore me.
00:34:16Or he was ordered to.
00:34:17Mr. Reardon, I've done some checking,
00:34:19and I am convinced that Dr. Quincy
00:34:21would welcome someone blowing the lid off the Sinclair case.
00:34:24Right now, his hands are tied.
00:34:25He'd lose his job if he revealed his findings.
00:34:28And he sent this man to leak the truth to us?
00:34:30Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:34:31He can't know anything about this arrangement.
00:34:33It would put him in a terrible spot.
00:34:36Freddy here would have to do that on his own.
00:34:39What? You mean me leak official records?
00:34:41Yeah, well, I don't know that I'm interested.
00:34:44I'm not sure I want to let Quincy keep his job.
00:34:46Mr. Reardon, I'm trying to tell you,
00:34:48Dr. Quincy is caught in a vice.
00:34:51And unless we let Freddy here
00:34:52leak us the reports as they become available...
00:34:55No, no, no.
00:34:55I don't know if I can do that, Floyd.
00:34:57He doesn't know.
00:35:00You offer him a deal,
00:35:02and he reneges before I even accept it.
00:35:04Now, will you just get out of here, Floyd?
00:35:06Floyd, this headline runs,
00:35:08and we go after Quincy.
00:35:10Now, wait a second.
00:35:12Maybe I'd be willing to help, sir,
00:35:13if I could only hear the tape.
00:35:18You told him about the tape?
00:35:23Mr. Reardon, I'm sorry.
00:35:25You see, I thought that...
00:35:26Floyd, please, leave us.
00:35:29I want to talk to Mr. Voss, alone.
00:35:34I'm sorry, Mr. Reardon.
00:35:37I just wanted to keep a nice guy from getting hurt.
00:35:42Mr. Reardon, he was only trying to help.
00:35:44I promise I won't tell anyone.
00:35:46Yes, well, the damage is done.
00:35:50Looks like I'm forced to trust you.
00:35:59Look at that date.
00:36:01The 19th.
00:36:04The night Roberta died.
00:36:10Yes?
00:36:11Hello, Miss Rhodes.
00:36:12Paul Reardon.
00:36:13How are you?
00:36:14How am I?
00:36:15I'm exhausted.
00:36:16Exhausted?
00:36:17Whatever from?
00:36:18You've ruined everything.
00:36:19Oh, Miss Rhodes, I don't think that's quite fair.
00:36:22Wouldn't it be more accurate to say
00:36:23that Mr. Charles Sinclair...
00:36:25Please, Mr. Reardon.
00:36:27I'm scared.
00:36:28Scared for my life.
00:36:30Is that why you don't want to talk?
00:36:32Because Mr. Sinclair threatened your life?
00:36:34Please.
00:36:34Well, has he or hasn't he?
00:36:36Has Mr. Sinclair threatened your life?
00:36:38Yes.
00:36:39Oh, you poor thing.
00:36:40I can understand your terror.
00:36:42It's hard to believe.
00:36:44A man who wants to become a senator so much,
00:36:46he doesn't care whether people like you,
00:36:48people who care about him,
00:36:51wind up by the wayside.
00:36:52Now, if I may make a suggestion or two,
00:36:54in your own interest, of course,
00:36:56and I...
00:36:57Miss Rhodes?
00:36:59Are you still there, Miss Rhodes?
00:37:05Any questions?
00:37:07What do you want from me?
00:37:10I'll keep Quincy from getting caught in a squeeze.
00:37:13If you get me everything that comes out of the coroner's office
00:37:16that they turn up with during their investigation.
00:37:20All right.
00:37:22Okay.
00:37:24I just hope I've done the right thing,
00:37:26protecting Quincy.
00:37:28You have.
00:37:29Floyd!
00:37:30I want you in my office right now.
00:37:42Well, you did very nicely, Floyd.
00:37:45You have real flair.
00:37:47I think you're going to do very well on this paper.
00:37:55Dr. Quincy, I'd like you to meet Roy Kiefer,
00:37:57Ball Group, CB, Life & Casual.
00:37:59How are you, Doc?
00:37:59We're the carriers for Roberta Rhodes.
00:38:02Well, you're a fast-moving outfit.
00:38:04What can I do, Floyd?
00:38:05You know, six months ago,
00:38:06she insured her life with us for $1 million.
00:38:09Now, I'm sure I look pretty foolish
00:38:11spouting law to men of your profession,
00:38:13but a suicide would terminate our obligation
00:38:16to pay the death benefit.
00:38:17And murder would mean a $2 million double indemnity.
00:38:20If indeed it is a murder.
00:38:22But according to Dr. Aston's description,
00:38:24the barbituric poisoning,
00:38:26that would make that seem most unlikely, wouldn't you say?
00:38:30Unlikely, yes.
00:38:32Impossible, no.
00:38:34Excuse me a minute, sir.
00:38:35Sure.
00:38:37What's going on here?
00:38:39That insurance brokerage is a private carrier,
00:38:42has no right to anything until it's announced.
00:38:44Really, Doctor, I've known Roy Kiefer for 20 years.
00:38:47He's a reputable broker and a darn nice guy.
00:38:49Now, what's the harm?
00:38:50The harm is his private business
00:38:52has no right inside these gates.
00:38:54Doctor, your nerves are showing.
00:38:56I would remember that we are all on the same side.
00:39:00Then he'll understand why he's out.
00:39:05Mr. Kiefer.
00:39:06Doctor.
00:39:10The slide you're looking at,
00:39:12that was taken from the contusion
00:39:13at the corner of Miss Rhodes' eye.
00:39:15Now, Sam and I guessed jeweler's alloy last night.
00:39:17And Sam's powwow with the metallurgist confirms it.
00:39:20All right, now what I see here
00:39:21is that she was struck by a piece of jewelry,
00:39:24no doubt connected to some human appendage.
00:39:27And not too long before she died.
00:39:29Otherwise, the swelling on her eye
00:39:30would have been more than incipient.
00:39:31Put the photo enlargement on the screen.
00:39:33I want him to see the impact pattern.
00:39:36It looks as if someone's ring
00:39:38caught her just beside the superorbital ridge.
00:39:42Well, then we could have murder.
00:39:46But we could have, we could have.
00:39:48Right now, all we have is that someone struck her.
00:39:51Well, right, but one thing certainly suggests the other.
00:39:54Oh, don't jump.
00:39:55Maybe, maybe not.
00:39:56Now, wait a minute.
00:39:57What kind of an answer is that?
00:39:59The evidence is clear.
00:40:00Quincy, why are you hedging?
00:40:01The contusion under her eye.
00:40:03It's more than two hours old.
00:40:05She had it when she was with Charles Sinclair.
00:40:07He lied.
00:40:08All right?
00:40:15We were very good friends, the three of us.
00:40:17He, his wonderful wife, Charlotte, and myself.
00:40:23I remember the day she gave him a ring.
00:40:26He loved it.
00:40:29He still wears it.
00:40:32It's gold and it's platinum.
00:40:35The same alloy that struck Miss Rhodes.
00:40:40Certainly, Dr. Aston.
00:40:42I'll be happy to cooperate.
00:40:50You sink in deeper with every lie.
00:40:55Take off the ring and give it to me.
00:40:57Why?
00:40:58Why?
00:41:00Because I have busted my butt giving you four months of the best political management money
00:41:03can buy.
00:41:05Because of me, you can win, Charlie boy.
00:41:08Now, pull yourself together.
00:41:11Look, she's dead.
00:41:13There's nothing we can do now to change it.
00:41:17You're all muscle and bone, aren't you, Doyle?
00:41:21You don't understand a thing.
00:41:23I understand it, Charlie.
00:41:25Now, you understand me.
00:41:26There's no time and no money for losers.
00:41:28If you want that Senate seat, you do exactly as I say.
00:41:34Stop thinking like a loser, Charlie.
00:41:37Give me the ring.
00:41:47What do you think you're doing?
00:41:49What does it look like I'm doing?
00:41:50I'm varnishing.
00:41:52Ah!
00:41:53I know how to walk on a varnished boat.
00:41:56You told me you were going to sunbathe, that you were going to relax.
00:41:59You weren't going to do anything.
00:42:00No, that's what you told me I was going to do.
00:42:02But this is what I'm doing.
00:42:04All right, give me the brush.
00:42:05No, no, get your own brush.
00:42:07Come on.
00:42:08Varnishing's what we decided to do in the first place, so let's do it.
00:42:11Can't talk you out of it?
00:42:12No.
00:42:13You know something?
00:42:14You're a very beautiful girl, but you're very stubborn, too.
00:42:25Yeah?
00:42:26Quincy, this is Sam.
00:42:27You'd better come right away.
00:42:28It's very important.
00:42:34What do you got, Sam?
00:42:35It's a match in the Congressman's ring, Quincy.
00:42:37The ridges on the design face fit the shape of the contusion perfectly.
00:42:41The Congressman had to be the one who hit her.
00:42:43Any epidermal tracings?
00:42:44Nothing.
00:42:45No skin oils.
00:42:46No residues.
00:42:48It's got to be the cleanest ring in North America.
00:42:50Sure.
00:42:50He cleaned it before he gave it to you.
00:42:53Quince, you're going to tell Lieutenant Monaghan, aren't you?
00:42:56The ring, Quince.
00:42:57It's handmade.
00:42:58The only one like it in the world.
00:43:00It's kind of evidence.
00:43:01Cops love.
00:43:03Damn, it only proves he bopped her.
00:43:04It doesn't prove he killed her.
00:43:05It doesn't even place him at the scene.
00:43:07Look, I know he lied to us, but I just can't believe he killed Roberta Rhodes.
00:43:12That's all.
00:43:13Quincy.
00:43:14I'll tell him, Sam.
00:43:15I will tell him.
00:43:18First thing in the morning.
00:43:37Oh, no, wait a minute.
00:43:38Where'd you park that hearse?
00:43:40How many times did I have to tell you it's not a hearse?
00:43:41Did you park that in front of this place again?
00:43:43Don't ask.
00:43:43I mean, will you down here?
00:43:44Here, the keys, park it wherever you want.
00:43:45I know the place I tend bar, I wash dishes, I know...
00:43:49Hey, Doc.
00:43:50Remember me?
00:43:51Oh, you're a hard man to forget.
00:43:53Kiefer and you're an insurer.
00:43:54I'm flattered.
00:43:55I'm flattered.
00:43:55How are you, Doctor?
00:43:57This is Daniel DeSoto, Dr. Quincy.
00:43:59How do you do?
00:44:00It's a pleasure, Doc.
00:44:01Why don't you join us?
00:44:03No, whenever I duck in here for a drink, I never talk business.
00:44:06It'll just take a second.
00:44:07It's kind of important.
00:44:08You know, I've been doing some research on you.
00:44:10On me?
00:44:11Mm-hmm.
00:44:11You know something?
00:44:12You are almost broke.
00:44:16Always.
00:44:17What else did you find out about me?
00:44:20Well, you're a contradiction.
00:44:22One minute you're banging on the gates of hell,
00:44:25the next you're bucking for sainthood.
00:44:27You know what they say about variety.
00:44:28Yes, sir.
00:44:29It's a great aphrodisiac.
00:44:33You know, something else I found out about you, too.
00:44:36You're very active in trying to keep alive a camp
00:44:39for 200 needy kids up in Monterey.
00:44:41Oh, here's your drink, scotch and water.
00:44:43Wow.
00:44:44You really are thorough, aren't you?
00:44:46But the camp is going to go under.
00:44:48It won't last out the summer.
00:44:50I was talking with one of my vice presidents.
00:44:53The guy is crazy about kids.
00:44:55Absolutely crazy about kids.
00:44:57He said he'd like to contribute about, uh,
00:45:00oh, $250,000.
00:45:02Keep that camp going for a lot of years.
00:45:04In exchange for?
00:45:05Well, the truth, a suicide verdict in the Roberta Rhodes death.
00:45:11You're trying to bribe me.
00:45:12That's right.
00:45:13But if you tell anybody, I'll deny it.
00:45:15Yeah, but I got a witness.
00:45:19Oh.
00:45:23Well, what do you say?
00:45:25Absolutely no.
00:45:28Absolutely.
00:45:31You know, you are a child.
00:45:33You're a six-year-old kid who lives in a never-never land.
00:45:36Don't you ever look out to one of those covers
00:45:38and see what's happening in the real world?
00:45:39Man, I'm talking about $2 million.
00:45:42$2 million.
00:45:43Do you know that I could have somebody killed for $2,000?
00:45:47I could have a contract out on somebody for $2,000
00:45:49and have a hundred guys standing in line waiting to take the job.
00:45:53Mr. Keefer, that doesn't make you right of me wrong.
00:45:56Right of me?
00:45:56Do you think Riordan was interested in what's right or wrong?
00:45:59Do you think Roberta Rhodes' mother is interested in what's right or wrong?
00:46:02Oh, she would lie, steal, cheat, suppress any evidence she can
00:46:06to get her hands on that money.
00:46:07But she's predictable.
00:46:08We can handle her.
00:46:09But you, you idealists,
00:46:11you're going to bankrupt us.
00:46:14But why don't you try taking for a change?
00:46:16Maybe you'll like it.
00:46:29Mr. Keefer?
00:46:38Didn't he forget something?
00:46:40No.
00:46:42Oh, I'm afraid he did.
00:46:44I'm afraid he did.
00:46:47Are you sure?
00:46:48Yes, I'm sure, Mom.
00:46:50Excuse me.
00:46:52Very nice meeting you.
00:46:53Really, what?
00:46:54Oh, hi, Lee.
00:46:55Lee, I like you to meet.
00:46:56I'm sorry, what's your name again?
00:46:57Danielle.
00:46:58Oh, DeSoto.
00:46:58Yes, like the card.
00:46:59Remember, very nice meeting you.
00:47:00This is Lee.
00:47:01You're not going to believe this.
00:47:02An insurance guy comes and...
00:47:04There are no strings on either of us, Quince.
00:47:05Your life is your own.
00:47:07Only, please, not while I'm varnishing your lousy boat.
00:47:10Do you listen to me?
00:47:11The guy's trying to...
00:47:11Just a minute, will you, Dennis?
00:47:12I hate to interrupt you too, love, Burst, but I want you to listen to this.
00:47:15Come on.
00:47:16Honey, I'll explain to the lady there.
00:47:17I need to have to get a big laugh out of it.
00:47:20Now, what is this dramatic breakthrough?
00:47:22We have incontrovertible evidence that Roberta Rhodes was savagely beaten moments before her death.
00:47:29Microscopic analysis of a ring belonging to a major political figure was performed by the city coroner.
00:47:37This analysis proves that it was this political figure wearing this ring who mercilessly beat and subsequently murdered Roberta Rhodes
00:47:46by forced barbiturate poison.
00:47:49To whom did this ring belong?
00:47:51Congressman Charles Sinclair.
00:47:53What's this all about?
00:47:54It's just made a...
00:47:55Quincy!
00:48:02Adam!
00:48:02Sam!
00:48:03I want everybody in here.
00:48:04Every doctor, every janitor, every secretary, every technician.
00:48:07And I want them here on the double!
00:48:20Bad news travels faster than I do.
00:48:22How could you do it, Quincy?
00:48:23A piece of evidence like that ring, how could you hold that back from me?
00:48:27Look, I only got the report two hours ago.
00:48:29You were home then, not at the station.
00:48:31Besides, I knew there was an explanation for this.
00:48:33I thought I might find out what it was.
00:48:36By morning, no doubt.
00:48:37You are not a district attorney.
00:48:39You are not a detective.
00:48:40You are a scientist.
00:48:42Your job is to interpret evidence, not conceal it.
00:48:46But Charlie Sinclair is a friend of mine.
00:48:48Look, your friend lied to you on two separate occasions.
00:48:51What makes you think he's not going to try for three?
00:48:53He may have changed, but he's not a murderer.
00:48:56Clara Rhodes saw him hit Roberta Rhodes and forced barbiturates down her throat.
00:49:00And I believe her.
00:49:01And I don't.
00:49:02Fellas, you'll both have your day in court.
00:49:05The inquest goes tomorrow morning.
00:49:08What?
00:49:08Well, do you think I could hold Lefebvre off after this bombshell?
00:49:11But I need more time.
00:49:13Oh, really?
00:49:14A few hours ago, you seemed to think you could handle everything before morning.
00:49:18Well, that's what you have until tomorrow morning.
00:49:32There are some of you here whose face and name, I don't know.
00:49:37I'm going to have to do something about that.
00:49:40Because we're a family.
00:49:41Now, nobody's going to ever accuse you of being overpaid.
00:49:44We all know there's a lot more money to be made on the outside.
00:49:47Any of you want a piece of that action?
00:49:49Nobody can fault you for going after it.
00:49:53But if you choose to stay here, then you must not.
00:49:58You cannot violate the code of confidentiality that exists in this office.
00:50:03It's just too darned important.
00:50:04A leak from this office can let a murderer go free to murder again.
00:50:13A man is going to have to face a coroner's inquest and probably be indicted for murder.
00:50:18I happen to think he's innocent.
00:50:20But I needed more time to prove it.
00:50:23One of you took that time away from me and him.
00:50:28One of you disgraced this office.
00:50:32And whoever you are, you better get out of here.
00:50:37And you better get out of here now.
00:50:41Go back to work.
00:50:48I am Robert J. Aston, A-S-T-I-N, MD Administrative Deputy Coroner for the City of Los Angeles.
00:50:55The purpose of any inquest is to bring to light pertinent information surrounding a death.
00:50:59Now, with us, at the mayor's request, is a standing jury who will hear, examine the evidence,
00:51:06and recommend to the district attorney whether or not he should proceed upon an investigation of murder.
00:51:12Now, this is not a court of law, but it is a legal court of inquiry.
00:51:17Dr. Quincy is the presiding medical examiner.
00:51:20Lieutenant Monahan, the police homicide liaison.
00:51:22And, uh, let the record show that one of the subpoenaed witnesses, Charles Sinclair, is not in attendance.
00:51:29The bailiff will make every attempt to please find out why and notify the appropriate marshals.
00:51:34Dr. Quincy, would you state for this body the official cause of death?
00:51:39Ms. Rhodes' death was caused by an overdose of barbiturates.
00:51:42I believe they were self-administered and with forethought.
00:51:45Our intent? Suicide.
00:51:50Order. Order.
00:51:51Lieutenant Monahan, is the police department in agreement with this finding?
00:51:55No, we are not.
00:51:56While an overdose of barbiturates is what killed Ms. Rhodes,
00:52:00there is circumstantial evidence and conflicting testimony
00:52:03which makes it impossible for my office to dismiss the feasibility of murder.
00:52:09Order.
00:52:11Then it is the immediate task of this body to examine that evidence and testimony.
00:52:17No empty barbiturate container was found anywhere about the bedroom or the premises.
00:52:22Now, there was a dressing room mirror that was shattered, we believe, by a thrown telephone.
00:52:27And the telephone in question was wiped clean of fingerprints by a party or parties unknown.
00:52:32There was a fresh bruise at the corner of Ms. Rhodes' eye.
00:52:35In studying the bruise, Dr. Quincy and I discovered platinum-gold tracings.
00:52:40This, with a pattern of the contusion, suggested that she'd been hit by a piece of jewelry.
00:52:46Probably a ring.
00:52:48Then you compared the contusion with the ring worn by Congressman Charles Sinclair and discovered what?
00:53:08Mrs. Rhodes, in your statement, you alleged that Charles Sinclair was beating your daughter when you entered.
00:53:17You attempted saving her, and you yourself were beaten unconscious.
00:53:22Yes, he struck me with his fist.
00:53:28Right there.
00:53:34If there are no further questions, Lieutenant.
00:53:36I have none.
00:53:37And you, Dr. Quincy.
00:53:38Oh, yes.
00:53:39Yes.
00:53:40Yes.
00:53:42Mrs. Rhodes, I understand that your daughter's life was recently insured for a million dollars.
00:53:48Yes.
00:53:50Roberta knew that if anything happened to her, that I'd be left with nothing.
00:53:54It was at her urging, actually.
00:53:57The policy is what, about six months old?
00:54:00So the decision this panel makes is rather important to you, isn't it?
00:54:05Suicide releases the insurance company from paying the death benefit.
00:54:08And murder means double indemnity.
00:54:10That's a two million dollar double indemnity.
00:54:13Yes.
00:54:14That's all the more reason why Roberta would never take her own life.
00:54:19She loved me.
00:54:22Why should she take out such a policy if she were the kind of girl who was going to kill
00:54:28herself?
00:54:29Leave me all alone.
00:54:31With nothing.
00:54:36We had a reporter watching her house day and night.
00:54:40He saw Sinclair arrive and go inside.
00:54:44Was this alleged reporter on the property?
00:54:47No, he was outside the fence on public property.
00:54:50However, Miss Rhodes' bedroom opens into a corridor which can be observed through glass doors.
00:54:55He used a telephoto lens.
00:54:57Do you have the pictures?
00:54:59Unfortunately, no.
00:55:01Well, he's new.
00:55:02He used the wrong exposure.
00:55:05Let the record show that our lab technicians were unable to see in Miss Rhodes' bedroom from outside the fence,
00:55:10even while using a telephoto lens.
00:55:16Order.
00:55:17Order.
00:55:18Let the record also show that this is hearsay.
00:55:21For all we know, complete fabrication.
00:55:24If there really is a reporter who saw the murder, why isn't he here now?
00:55:28He is.
00:55:30Oh, no.
00:55:32I was there.
00:55:35I saw Congressman Sinclair go into the house.
00:55:40I only saw half the room, but it was the busy half.
00:55:44I have never been so frightened in my entire life.
00:55:48I heard screaming and crying, and then it was quiet.
00:55:53It was a long time before the congressman left.
00:56:01Dr. Astin?
00:56:06Why didn't you take this information to the police?
00:56:09I was afraid.
00:56:11I was afraid.
00:56:11Oh, afraid.
00:56:13For your life.
00:56:14Come on, now.
00:56:15I didn't mean I was afraid of losing my life.
00:56:18I was afraid of losing my job.
00:56:21You see, I wasn't standing on the street, as I told Mr. Reardon.
00:56:25When I saw the congressman, when I saw the congressman arrive and I heard the screaming, I moved in closer,
00:56:31right on to private property.
00:56:33That's when I saw the congressman standing over Miss Rhodes' body.
00:56:37She was not moving.
00:56:41I knew I could be fired if I told anyone exactly what I saw.
00:56:45Mr. Reardon has very strict rules.
00:56:50Do you know what the penalty is for perjury?
00:56:53Dr. Astin, I must protest.
00:56:55Dr. Astin, the outcry has stolen confidential documents from the coroner's office, and now I believe they have resorted to
00:57:00perjury.
00:57:01Doctor, may I speak?
00:57:02No, I haven't finished yet.
00:57:03Quincy.
00:57:04Quincy.
00:57:05You may speak, Mr. Reardon, if it's pertinent.
00:57:08It is very pertinent.
00:57:10Now, this personal cohort of Charles Sinclair is confusing issues in an attempt to delay these proceedings.
00:57:18We have two eyewitnesses to murder, right here in this room, Clara Rhodes and Floyd Baker.
00:57:24Now, with the lethal ring already in evidence, what more does the district attorney need to initiate a warrant for
00:57:32murder?
00:57:36Water!
00:57:37Water!
00:57:38Water!
00:57:38Water!
00:57:38Water!
00:57:41Mr. Reardon, your observations notwithstanding, this inquiry will determine what the district attorney needs.
00:57:51Dr. Quincy, do you have any further questions?
00:57:54No, sir.
00:57:57Lieutenant Monahan, do you have any further questions?
00:58:00None.
00:58:03Well, it's already, uh, two and a half minutes past noon.
00:58:06I suggest that we adjourn until, uh, two o'clock, at which time I will ask the jury to consider
00:58:12their findings.
00:58:20How's it going?
00:58:21Brought.
00:58:22Sinclair never showed.
00:58:23You did the best you could, Quincy.
00:58:25Well, if you ask me, Charlie Sinclair let you down.
00:58:28You gotta admit, an innocent man doesn't run.
00:58:30Do you know anybody who goes voluntarily to their own lynching?
00:58:33Very, Quincy.
00:58:34I've gotten all points out for him.
00:58:35As of now, he's a fugitive.
00:58:37Quincy, I gotta talk to you.
00:58:38Not now, buddy.
00:58:39Quincy, I gotta.
00:58:41It was me.
00:58:42Quincy, I thought I was helping you.
00:58:44What do you mean, helping?
00:58:44What are you talking about?
00:58:45They conned me, Quincy.
00:58:47Up in Riordan's office, they had a tape.
00:58:49What tape?
00:58:50Who?
00:58:50A tape of a phone conversation between Roberta Rhodes and the outcry the night that she died.
00:58:55Wait a minute.
00:58:56Are you telling me there's a telephone conversation between Roberta Rhodes and Riordan, and they've got it on tape?
00:59:01Yeah, yeah.
00:59:01He tapes all his clothes.
00:59:02He's got a wall full of them.
00:59:03Sam, get the bailiff.
00:59:04I want a court order.
00:59:05Well, that's not gonna do any good, you see, because the tape's got Roberta Rhodes threatening to have Riordan killed
00:59:10by Sinclair.
00:59:11Quince, you need a tape like that like a hole in the head.
00:59:14Sam, if that tape says what Buddy thinks it says, do you think Riordan would miss the opportunity to play
00:59:20it here for this audience?
00:59:22You think the tape was doctored?
00:59:23I'll bet Sinclair's life and my career on it.
00:59:26Move it, Sam.
00:59:27You wait here, honey.
00:59:27Come on.
00:59:28Quincy, Quincy.
00:59:28I'm sorry.
00:59:29All right, let's try to make up for it.
00:59:30Come on.
00:59:33Where are they going in such a hurry?
00:59:36Men's room?
00:59:45Hey, what is this?
00:59:46You better hold it right there, buster.
00:59:48It's not Nazi Germany.
00:59:49That's right.
00:59:50It's California.
00:59:51This is a California court order for evidence suppressed from a murder investigation.
00:59:54Read it.
00:59:56Come on.
00:59:57This is the one.
00:59:58They did not before last.
01:00:00I want the phone call they edited to make that one.
01:00:06As you know, Mr. Riordan, the job of the medical examiner's office is to examine all physical evidence involved in
01:00:13the loss of life.
01:00:14But there is another part to our job, which maybe even you don't know too much about.
01:00:19It's called a psychiatric autopsy.
01:00:21Now, in apparent suicides, it's more important than physical evidence.
01:00:24You see, I've been looking for that missing link in the chain of events that finally drove Miss Rhodes over
01:00:31the edge and made her kill herself.
01:00:34Doctor, your biggest missing link is Congressman Charles Sinclair.
01:00:40I apologize for interrupting your testimony.
01:00:44Thanks.
01:00:49I'm afraid I owe more than an apology to this court.
01:00:53Thank you, Congressman Sinclair.
01:00:55There are more than apologies to be considered here.
01:00:58Some very serious charges have been made against you.
01:01:02I understand that.
01:01:03And I assume full responsibility for Roberta Rhodes' death.
01:01:09All right, calm down. Now, just calm down.
01:01:11Now, Congressman, if you wish to make a statement for the record, the police department is represented by Lieutenant Monahan.
01:01:18Yes, I would.
01:01:21Quincy, I'm sorry. I lied to you. I, uh, I hit Burta.
01:01:24Oh, Sean, I know everything you did. Give me five minutes.
01:01:26I know everything you did. I found some new evidence.
01:01:28Please, Charlie, give me five minutes.
01:01:33Dr. Aston, before you let the Congressman testify, I was about to introduce some new evidence which I believe will
01:01:39have a strong bearing on the outcome of this hearing.
01:01:42Quincy, it certainly can't be more important.
01:01:43Everybody in this room will be enlightened, including the Congressman, by a tape we just obtained from Mr. Reardon's office
01:01:49of a phone conversation he had with Ms. Rhodes on the night she died.
01:01:53The night she died?
01:01:54Doctor, that tape was illegally obtained and is not admissible evidence in a court of law.
01:02:00This is not a court of law, Mr. Reardon. This is a coroner's inquest.
01:02:04Would you like us to assume that you object to the jury hearing that conversation with Ms. Rhodes?
01:02:12Well, someone could misunderstand. I have nothing to hide. I'm a reporter in search of the truth.
01:02:19Thank you. Sam.
01:02:22Is it possible, Mr. Reardon, that you were the last person to be with Ms. Rhodes on the night she
01:02:28died?
01:02:29And not Congressman Sinclair.
01:02:31Don't be ridiculous, Quincy.
01:02:33Oh, I don't mean in person.
01:02:35But maybe you spoke to her on the telephone.
01:02:38This is gonna cost you a fortune in litigation.
01:02:44Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
01:02:47listen carefully,
01:02:48and please note the mention of the hour.
01:02:57Hello?
01:02:58Hello, Ms. Rhodes. Paul Reardon.
01:03:01How are you?
01:03:04Exhausted.
01:03:05Really? So early?
01:03:07It's not quite 11.30.
01:03:09Have we been overdoing it tonight, Ms. Rhodes?
01:03:12Well, listen, you can go to sleep in five minutes,
01:03:14and with a clear conscience.
01:03:17All you have to do is corroborate what we already know,
01:03:21that you and Charles Sinclair were having a love affair.
01:03:23Leave me alone.
01:03:25No, no, no, no.
01:03:26We don't hang up, Ms. Rhodes.
01:03:28Not unless we want outcry going nudie.
01:03:31We wouldn't want to be a set of old now, would we, Ms. Rhodes?
01:03:34Go ahead.
01:03:35I don't care.
01:03:37Ah, you're depressed. I'm sorry.
01:03:39But please, don't make us print those skin shots.
01:03:43I mean, we can make them look like you were entertaining the Los Angeles Rams.
01:03:48Oh.
01:03:50You are so filthy.
01:03:53What do you want from me, huh?
01:03:56You know very well what we want.
01:03:58Why don't you tell him and get it over with?
01:04:00Go to bed, Mother.
01:04:01Stupid girl. He doesn't love you.
01:04:04Go to bed, Mother.
01:04:05I always were a stupid girl.
01:04:08If it wasn't for me, you'd be fat and pregnant
01:04:10and with that garage mechanic.
01:04:13Or still married to that football bum.
01:04:16Hello, Ms. Rhodes. Hello?
01:04:20Are you still there, Ms. Rhodes?
01:04:22Yes. I'm still here.
01:04:25Well, that's fortunate. For a moment I thought I'd been cut off.
01:04:28You have been cut off.
01:04:30You're not getting anything from me.
01:04:31Oh, well, now that's unwise. Terribly unwise.
01:04:37Mr. Reardon.
01:04:38Please.
01:04:40You've done just about everything that you can do to me.
01:04:43You made me look like a prostitute.
01:04:48Please, stop it.
01:04:50I can't hear you, Ms. Rhodes.
01:04:51Would you repeat that for me?
01:04:54Why do you hate him?
01:04:56What did he ever do to you?
01:04:58Oh, well, I tell you, I hate bleeding hearts with sloppy morals.
01:05:02Would you just stop the calls?
01:05:05Please.
01:05:06Just stop the calls.
01:05:08No, Ms. Rhodes.
01:05:09The outcry never stops until it gets its man.
01:05:12Now you know that.
01:05:13Now make it easy on yourself.
01:05:15Tell us about the congressman.
01:05:17Get it off your lovely chest and let us serve it up to the people.
01:05:20You're sick.
01:05:22A ten minute exclusive gets you off the hook, I swear.
01:05:26We don't want you.
01:05:27In fact, we'd rather like you.
01:05:28The person we want is that smiling Ivy Leaguer
01:05:32who wants to sweet talk this country down the toilet.
01:05:34Now what do you say, Ms. Rhodes?
01:05:35An exclusive or do we escalate?
01:05:37No!
01:05:39And you know what you can do with your filthy newspaper?
01:05:43Well, now, I'm disappointed in you, Ms. Rhodes.
01:05:45Let me tell you how disappointed.
01:05:47From here on in, there's going to be ten reporters following you day and night.
01:05:52You won't be able to talk to your gardener without it becoming an orgy.
01:05:55You won't leave your house alone.
01:05:57You won't take a walk alone.
01:05:59We'll plaster the front page with pictures.
01:06:01Naked pictures.
01:06:02Stop it!
01:06:04It was you!
01:06:05You!
01:06:06It was you!
01:06:07And all the time I thought it was him, it was you!
01:06:10Order, please.
01:06:10It was my whole race!
01:06:12It was you!
01:06:13It was you!
01:06:15It was you!
01:06:15Please, Rhodes.
01:06:16Take the stand, please.
01:06:17Oh, does it matter anymore?
01:06:19It does matter.
01:06:21Your daughter didn't intend for her lover to be accused of her murder.
01:06:25Roberta had so many people taking from her.
01:06:28I was one of them, I guess.
01:06:30But we were afraid that the outcry would ruin her career and she'd lose everything.
01:06:35I would lose everything.
01:06:38She'd spoken to me about her anguish over this situation.
01:06:43And I was no comfort to her.
01:06:46Oh, Dr. Quincy, this is very difficult for me.
01:06:49I understand.
01:06:50Later that night, I just settled down to have a drink and I heard the mirror shatter.
01:06:57And when I got up to go in, my foot caught in the hem of my dress and I fell.
01:07:02I fell against the piano and I hit my head.
01:07:06That's how I got this.
01:07:08And I was knocked out.
01:07:12And then when I came to, I went in and it was too late.
01:07:18It was way too late.
01:07:20And then I saw the pill bottle on the nightstand.
01:07:23I was absolutely in shock.
01:07:27I took the pill bottle.
01:07:29And the telephone?
01:07:30Yes.
01:07:31I wiped that off.
01:07:33I didn't want to be a poor old woman living in a boarding house somewhere alone.
01:07:41I didn't want to be poor.
01:07:45Lieutenant, in the light of the change in Mrs. Rhodes' testimony,
01:07:49does the police department wish to withdraw its objection to Dr. Quincy's verdict of suicide?
01:07:55The police department will support that verdict.
01:07:59Coroner's office won't.
01:08:01What?
01:08:04I don't believe that a declaration of suicide answers away the behavior that I saw and heard of today.
01:08:11Now, I heard of abuses today so cold, so vicious, so unrelenting,
01:08:19that they drove a woman away from that most precious of all possessions, her life.
01:08:25Now, there is no word that explains that measure of anguish that drove her to her death.
01:08:31Ladies and gentlemen, let us take a moment and do an accounting of abuses.
01:08:37Let us do an accounting of 23 scathing articles by Mr. Paul Reardon of the Outcry.
01:08:4623 weeks of unrelenting abuse punctuated only by heaven knows how many threatening phone calls.
01:08:5423 weeks of reporters violating her life and her privacy.
01:08:58And why?
01:08:59Why?
01:09:03Because she refused to betray the man she loved.
01:09:08She endured it for him because she loved him.
01:09:11She endured it for him after he had turned his back on her to pursue his own ambitions.
01:09:17He was a weak man.
01:09:20But you.
01:09:23Oh, you, Mr. Reardon, you're the one.
01:09:27You're that special breed of leech that latches on to the gentle souls, the vulnerable, the defenseless.
01:09:36You chipped away and chipped away at a fellow human being that had never done one iota of harm to
01:09:44you.
01:09:45You maligned and denigrated and maddened a woman who could turn to no one for help.
01:09:51And why?
01:09:53To damage a man you had never even met.
01:09:57You're a sick man, Mr. Reardon.
01:10:00And evil.
01:10:02You drove her to her death just as sure as if you had plunged a knife into her heart.
01:10:07And it was premeditated.
01:10:0923 weeks of premeditated murder.
01:10:12And if there was a god in his heaven, he certainly knows what you have done.
01:10:19And his justice is a lot better than ours.
01:10:30Dr. Quincy, I will turn the results of this hearing over to the district attorney for possible charges of perjury.
01:10:39And let the record show that Roberto Rhodes died of barbiturate poisoning, self-induced.
01:10:59Oh, uh, Congressman Sinclair! Congressman, Congressman, what happens now? Are you going to withdraw?
01:11:05I've already done that.
01:11:06Well, what about the tape? Would you have pulled out if you'd known about that?
01:11:10I withdrew because of myself. It has nothing to do with the tape.
01:11:13Congressman, just one more question!
01:11:15Let it out!
01:11:16Congress, man!
01:11:16That's enough, please!
01:11:19Oh, Quincy.
01:11:22Nobody could be more ashamed of me than I am.
01:11:25Does that mean you're going to quit?
01:11:27Now, my head is in 17 different places.
01:11:31I've got to find out who I am, where I'm going.
01:11:35Well, I hope you make it. Do you know that, John?
01:11:40Uh, Mr. Reardon, what is your response to the charge that the tape was doctored?
01:11:48I support it, wholeheartedly.
01:11:50Oh, you admit that the tape was doctored?
01:11:51Of course, after it was illegally taken from the Offices of Outcry by co-conspirators of Congressman Sinclair.
01:11:59But you'll be able to read it.
01:12:02Oh, my God!
01:12:03Oh, my God!
01:12:03Oh, my God!
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