Thriller. 32. The Double Kill.

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First broadcast 19th April 1975.  Hugh's house is full of priceless treasures.  Gary Collins - Hugh Briant James Villiers - Paul Peter Bowles - Superintendent Lucas Stuart Wilson - Max Burns Penelope Horner - Clorissa Briant John Flanagan - Michael Player Hilda Fenemore - Mrs. Harper Griffith Davies - The Burglar Michael Stainton - Brent Gordon Salkilld - Fingerprint Man Norman Mitchell - First Man in Pub Paul Nicholson - Second Man in Pub

Transcript

00:00:07Piano music

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00:08:32just what you went there to pick up. You never did tell me. Now, Clory. Well, it isn't the only

00:08:37thing you've forgotten, is it? Do you remember the things you said? The promises? Excuse me,

00:08:43darling, is it sweet or dry, Martini? Dry, please. Right. Well, come on. What'd you buy? A signed

00:08:53lithograph and a matisse. Well, Clory, it... As you never cease to remind me, it is my

00:09:02money. Thanks very much. Another matisse. Eh? Well, that's what she bought this morning.

00:09:22Another matisse, and we already have two. Plus, the best jade collection in the country. Paul,

00:09:30do you know there's a piece in that collection that is so small that it would fit in your pocket,

00:09:34all right? It is worth 50,000. That and the silver that's worth twice as much, and yet our burglary

00:09:40precautions are practically... Is it? No, Hugh, don't broadcast it. What do you mean? Well, not here.

00:09:46Why? Well, that you've got a large fortune stashed away at home. You never know who may be listening.

00:09:51Burglars. Come on, Paul. A place like this is not a potential burglar in sight. You never know, Hugh.

00:09:57Who? You're going out? Yes. Yes, sir.

00:10:20then why not you're obviously crashing out you know the trouble i have sleeping

00:10:28sleeping chloe or looking the world the real world in the face they're prescribed

00:10:38well so are crutches darling so are crutches

00:10:48why do we keep scratching at each other

00:11:00do you want a divorce no

00:11:07absolutely not because of my money

00:11:15no because i happen to love you very much

00:11:19now come on what's all this about yes i'm going out i'm going out to the pub for about an

00:11:23hour to have

00:11:23a drink all right an hour yeah what does that look mean there's a game tonight isn't there

00:11:30maybe there's always a poker game somewhere paul's place or something that doesn't mean i'm playing

00:11:36clory

00:11:41all right i'm sorry darling

00:11:46you're right you're right we've got to stop scratching at each other

00:11:52i love

00:11:53i love you hugh i'm glad to hear it i love you despite everything that word

00:12:01hooked it fits me perfectly

00:12:06you're in a funny mood tonight

00:12:09do you love me so help me

00:12:11and you trust me

00:12:12of course

00:12:14but why hugh why do you trust me

00:12:16clory what's gotten into you tonight

00:12:18nothing

00:12:23enjoy yourself

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00:14:04don't say george

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00:14:11i don't i don't know anything about the stands about this high

00:14:14all right

00:14:15the last valuation on that little piece was over fifty thousand

00:14:20you must keep it chained to a guard dog

00:14:22no no no our protection is all right

00:14:24we've got a good solid house

00:14:26and doors that

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00:14:28yes but all the same i mean these days

00:14:30you're right

00:14:31you're absolutely right

00:14:34one of these days i'm gonna have to put in the alarms and the bars and all

00:14:39all the other stuff but who wants to live in a fortress right

00:14:42you know what i mean

00:14:43yes but if you lost that piece of silver financially

00:14:45you

00:14:46peace

00:14:48peace

00:14:49you think that's the only one

00:14:51that place is loaded with the stuff

00:14:54it's loaded

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00:16:38put your hands on top of your head

00:16:40turn around

00:16:47now walk towards me very slowly

00:16:57over there by the couch

00:17:07i feel like an actor in a bad western

00:17:10you have broken into my house

00:17:12my friend

00:17:14my home

00:17:16well you can't shoot me for that

00:17:18at least not in england

00:17:19you could i am an american

00:17:22and the embassy gave me a pamphlet on how to conduct myself in a foreign country

00:17:25true they didn't mention shooting intruders

00:17:28but they didn't mention not shooting them either

00:17:31well paul was right

00:17:34i blabbed about the riches in this place and i finally caught myself a burglar

00:17:38you're not armed

00:17:40no where would you hide a gun

00:17:43well i'm glad i got home early

00:17:45before you had a chance to take anything

00:17:48still breaking and entering that's five to seven years isn't it

00:17:52but that's police business from here on

00:17:54back up

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00:18:21i would watch for it

00:18:23back up

00:18:25mistake. Fatal. Now, look. Look, this is my house. I don't think you'll shoot.

00:18:39Burglary is one thing and murder is another, my friend. All right, I'll tell you what.

00:18:45Just put the gun down and take off. Go on, take off, and I won't say anything to anybody.

00:18:50What, you won't remember this face. You won't grab the phone the minute I've left.

00:18:53That's right, I promise. I am sorry. Now, just put the gun down. Put it!

00:19:26Let's talk this out over a drink. All right. Come on. Come on. Sit down.

00:19:37And that's all right. It's okay. My wife is asleep upstairs, but she takes pills. She

00:19:44doesn't hear anything, and there's nobody else around here for miles. I shot you. Yes, I

00:19:50know you did, and I'm delighted, but with blanks. See? You need that drink. You are just

00:20:07the man I have been waiting for. You know, I was beginning to feel that, uh, all the crooks

00:20:25over here were milk and water boys. You know what I mean? But not you. You have a nice desperate

00:20:36edge.

00:20:38Give you a gun, and you're prepared to use it. Cheers. How much did you think you were going to

00:20:47make on tonight's haul?

00:20:51Huh? Come on. How much? Come on, now. You've heard me in the bars, shooting my mouth off about paintings

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00:21:0150,000 silver with 100 grand. Now, how much did you think you were going to make? I'll tell you.

00:21:11The entire contents of this

00:21:12place are insured for over three quarters of a million. But you're one man. Didn't even bring a bag to

00:21:19carry the stuff

00:21:20out with, so you figured whatever you took, you would stuff in your pockets. Right. What? Some silver off the

00:21:28shelf over

00:21:28there, a couple of these pieces. At most, a couple paintings cut out and rolled up. Now, I figure a

00:21:36haul like that would be

00:21:37worth what? 200,000? On the open market. And 30,000, 35,000 tops sold underground through a fence. Yes,

00:21:49I know about

00:21:50those things. 35,000 tops. And you were prepared to kill for that. So I want to make a deal

00:22:01with you. I want to make you an

00:22:04offer you can hardly refuse. That 35,000 plus 10, plus your freedom, plus my blessing. 45,000 and a

00:22:17very clear

00:22:18conscience. What do you say? Come on, I ask you a question. You must need the insurance money awfully badly.

00:22:39Insurance? Who was talking about insurance? You're missing the point, my friend. You are missing the point.

00:22:48You see, you broke in here to steal. And I surprised you. And you suddenly found yourself with a gun.

00:22:59Now, suppose it hadn't been me. Suppose my wife had come down here and surprised you. That wouldn't have made

00:23:07any

00:23:07difference, would it? You would have killed her just like you killed me. That's what I want you to do.

00:23:18I want you to kill my wife.

00:23:23Now, come on. It's the cleanest thing you'll ever come across. You are a stranger. All you have to do

00:23:30is point the gun,

00:23:32pull the trigger, and then just get lost in the night. What if I say no? Then I say you're

00:23:43still an intruder,

00:23:44and this time there aren't any blanks. And I don't think you're going to say no.

00:23:50I would appear that I have no choice then. That's right.

00:23:59Well, nothing tricky, all right? Keep it simple. Yes, I do know about these things. And you've been thinking about

00:24:07them for a long time.

00:24:08That's right. Now, we take it from the police part of you. You break in here. And you ransack the

00:24:17place.

00:24:21Now, my wife hears you. She comes down the stairs. You have found my gun. I leave it right here

00:24:27in that drawer. It's loaded at all times.

00:24:29She walks in, you panic, and... she's dead. How does that sound?

00:24:38Point. Yes. Your wife takes sleeping pills. How would she hear me?

00:24:42Oh, now, that's not only a point. That is the point. You see, she starts to come out of those

00:24:46pills early in the morning. By four, the effect's only shallow.

00:24:49Four? That's right. Four o'clock. That's when I want you to do it.

00:24:55It's nearly ten now. I'll be in a poker game from 11 o'clock on with some friends, and I

00:25:02probably won't get home until around 9.30 in the morning. That's when the help arrives.

00:25:06And you're gonna leave me here? That's right. Until four. That's when I want you to do it.

00:25:11All right. Second point. Yes.

00:25:14You go off. What's to stop me just walking away?

00:25:20I want to see that good right hand of yours. The glove. Take it off. Off.

00:25:27I think you need another drink. Hand me one of those sherry glasses from the bar.

00:25:41Now, sit down.

00:25:51This is why you're not just gonna run away. See, if I come back tomorrow morning and the job isn't

00:25:57done, then that silver is going to be missing, and I'll tell the police that I saw a man running

00:26:03away from here, and I'll be the best witness they've ever had. I'll be dead accurate.

00:26:09Then they'll find this glass with your prints on it, match them up with the record. And come on, you

00:26:16can't win. You can't win, my friend. You'll do it. You'll do it for that and you'll do it for

00:26:2345,000.

00:26:25Now, come on. Come on. You're gonna do it.

00:26:33Yes, I'll do it, Mr. Bryant. But for the 45,000. Not because you forced me into anything. Now, I

00:26:41could have taken you any time in the last few minutes, Mr. Bryant. You haven't forced me into anything.

00:26:50Well, I got lucky, didn't I? I really got lucky this time. All right. All right, so I haven't forced

00:26:57you into anything, but we have made a deal, have we not? Like the gentlemen we are.

00:27:07I've got to get going. How far did you get up the stairs? Not far. Did you wear those gloves

00:27:14all the time? Ever since I picked them up off the whole stand. They're yours.

00:27:21Now, look. You can pick up this little bit of insurance any time you want after it's over. But don't

00:27:28forget, 4 o'clock. No sooner, no later.

00:27:36And use the gun. The knife is messy, it's uncertain, and it says calculation. And this has got to be

00:27:43a panic killing. You broke in here to steal. And you were forced to murder, all right?

00:27:49It's a pleasure meeting you. Aren't you forgetting something?

00:27:54No, I'm not forgetting anything. You can collect it after I've gone. You'll find it where you find my gloves,

00:28:01on the hall table.

00:28:46You, don't you think it'd be wise now to pull up if I was an actor?

00:28:49oh come on let's play what time is it brandon nearly four that's the third time you've asked

00:28:58that hugh is something bothering you no i'm just writing a book on poker i need statistics

00:29:03statistics yeah i want to know how much you can lose per minute now i left my watch at home

00:29:09nearly four

00:29:10yeah

00:29:10so

00:29:22so

00:29:23so

00:29:31so

00:29:39so

00:29:49hugh clarissa is going to eat you alive do you know that it's nearly nine o'clock

00:29:54another few minutes i'm gonna hurt i'll be home by nine thirty yes well i hope there isn't going

00:29:59to be a great row about all this

00:30:20oh

00:30:22oh

00:30:24oh

00:30:25oh

00:30:26Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:30:56Oh, oh.

00:31:26Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:31:37Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:32:25Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:32:35Oh, my God.

00:32:36He's the only one can help her out.

00:32:39Would you take her home?

00:32:41Glory?

00:32:43Glory, I've got to see her.

00:32:44I'm afraid they've taken her away, sir.

00:32:48Oh, God.

00:32:52oh no you can see her later of course glory glory do you mind telling us where you've been sir

00:33:05i've i've i've been playing cards poker with some friends a bit early for card games isn't it sir

00:33:14what games started last night inspector superintendent sir detective superintendent

00:33:25lucas and this is detective sergeant player who did it

00:33:32we don't know that yet do we sir well you've got to have an idea you've got to have a

00:33:38conclusion

00:33:39i mean surely someone heard the shots shots yes i know we're fairly isolated out here but

00:33:45certainly wasn't shot sir she was stabbed stabbed what made you think she'd been shot sir

00:33:58my gun i just can't keep it loaded i guess yes we found the gun and your license to own

00:34:04one

00:34:04and uh it's still loaded oh it's nicely oiled and not a print on it

00:34:15well you're obviously a very meticulous man mr brown

00:34:21stabbed

00:34:26what about the knife have you have you found that uh no not yet we're still looking sir

00:34:32it's funny that you should think that you've been shot there sir well i just naturally assumed

00:34:37whoever broke in found the gun and then no one's broken in sir

00:34:42that's another false conclusion

00:34:46there's no sign of a break-in at all sir

00:35:03did you go from here to your card game sir yes what time did you leave sir

00:35:11i left a little after 10

00:35:17and i drove off to hampstead

00:35:21yes it was after 10

00:35:24remember hearing the news on the car radio

00:35:27i got out there a little before 11 45 minutes driving time

00:35:32you're helpfully accurate with your timing mr brown

00:35:37i just happen to remember things that's all

00:35:39and before you left for the card game sir

00:35:43i was here

00:35:44well for a little while anyway i'd gone down to the pub and had a couple of drinks

00:35:48i got back here around 9 30 and left

00:35:53shortly after 10

00:35:56i'm to blame sir

00:36:00i'm to blame

00:36:03if i hadn't gone out last night or if i just kicked the game earlier

00:36:08well clory might still be alive

00:36:10oh why'd you say that sir

00:36:14well it's obvious isn't it

00:36:17i might have been here when

00:36:20when whoever

00:36:21it

00:36:21you were here sir

00:36:28what

00:36:28your wife was stabbed between 9 30

00:36:32and 10

00:36:34last night

00:36:35which puts you here when it happened

00:36:40right in the middle

00:36:47so

00:36:51yeah

00:36:56you

00:37:34You think I killed her, don't you?

00:37:40Why?

00:37:43Why would I kill Chloe?

00:37:46I loved her.

00:37:48I loved her.

00:37:51Look, Mr. Bryant, I think that you've got a right to know...

00:37:54Michael!

00:37:55Michael, we need your help upstairs.

00:38:02All right, if you're going to do it, let's...

00:38:06Let's do it and get it over with, all right?

00:38:09Sir?

00:38:11Well, you're going to arrest me for murdering my wife, aren't you?

00:38:16Well, not unless you give us a signed confession, Mr. Bryant.

00:38:24Well, you still think I'm being immoral, Michael?

00:38:26Yes, but...

00:38:29But?

00:38:30He's suffering.

00:38:33The whole world suffers, Michael.

00:38:36Now, you just tell me about the bout.

00:38:38I don't know.

00:38:40That's a copper's charm.

00:38:42He has to know the truth, however, and whatever.

00:38:53It would help to eliminate a few if I had his, too.

00:38:56I've got hers, and the cleaning ladies.

00:38:58Well, Michael will arrange it, and he'll treat him gently.

00:39:01Well, he is suffering.

00:39:02Thank you, Michael.

00:39:49Fingerprints?

00:39:50It's just routine, Mr. Bryant.

00:39:53It's to help you, help us, in fact.

00:39:56See, it could be that someone did break in here.

00:39:59A good burglar doesn't always leave evidence,

00:40:01especially if he's been forced to use violence.

00:40:06Lots of prints around this house.

00:40:08If we can eliminate yours.

00:40:10Yeah, the rest we'd check out against criminal records.

00:40:14You never know.

00:40:16Okay.

00:40:24Thank you, sir.

00:40:27You'll, uh, dust for prints everywhere?

00:40:31All the usual places, yes.

00:40:33In here?

00:40:34Of course.

00:40:35Just make sure you do.

00:40:44Why in here, particularly, sir?

00:40:49Well, it may be my imagination, Sergeant,

00:40:51but things just seem different.

00:40:55I mean, those pieces on the mantel.

00:40:56Well, I'd swear this decanter was full when I left last night.

00:41:12Mrs. Harper?

00:41:14No, no, we've...

00:41:17She's been with us for nearly a year now,

00:41:19and I've never noticed anything missing,

00:41:21least of all booze.

00:41:22Oh, you're mistaken, sir.

00:41:24Yeah, maybe.

00:41:26Maybe, but just the same,

00:41:27your man will check everything on the tray, won't he?

00:41:30Oh, yes.

00:41:31I'll make sure he does, sir.

00:42:01I'll make sure he does, sir.

00:42:16Come on, Sergeant, relax.

00:42:18I should be the worried one.

00:42:19You've got all the symptoms.

00:42:20Look, Mr. Bryant.

00:42:24Do you and your wife spend much time apart, Mr. Bryant?

00:42:30She went to auctions, things like that.

00:42:32Oh, has she been away on her own recently,

00:42:34on a holiday alone, perhaps?

00:42:36Oh, a couple of months ago,

00:42:38she went off to see about a house she was going to buy.

00:42:42Yes, how'd you know about that?

00:42:46Darling, it really must end.

00:42:48Oh, must is underlined.

00:42:50Although I am still...

00:42:51Now, there's something there that I just can't read,

00:42:54but the lab will bring it out.

00:42:55Those few idyllic days in Devon are something I will never forget,

00:42:59but Hugh...

00:43:01Now, there's something else, sir, that I just can't read.

00:43:04I'll never forget you,

00:43:05and always, in my funny way, will love you.

00:43:07Clarissa.

00:43:08Now, when did you find out that your wife had a lover, sir?

00:43:11I, uh...

00:43:12I didn't.

00:43:13Oh.

00:43:14Those few idyllic days in Devon are something I will never forget,

00:43:17but Hugh...

00:43:18But Hugh what, sir?

00:43:19But Hugh, uh...

00:43:20Was very suspicious,

00:43:22but Hugh was jealous,

00:43:22but Hugh was found out.

00:43:23That's ridiculous.

00:43:25I'll never forget you,

00:43:26and always, in my funny way, will love you.

00:43:29Clarissa.

00:43:30Well, whether you knew it or not,

00:43:31your wife did have a lover, didn't she, sir?

00:43:33Now, are these gloves yours, sir?

00:43:36You found them on the hall table, are they yours?

00:43:37Yes, they're mine.

00:43:38Oh.

00:43:40Expensive.

00:43:42Soft kid.

00:43:43Oh, silk-lined.

00:43:47Oh.

00:43:49Oh, it's a pity about this, though.

00:43:51It spoils them.

00:43:52There.

00:43:53Do you see, sir?

00:43:54Look, there's a little dark spot.

00:43:58I'd say it was blood, wouldn't you, sir?

00:44:01You are right-handed, aren't you, sir?

00:44:07Okay, sir?

00:44:08Yes, carry on.

00:44:11All right, what happens now?

00:44:13Well, I suggest that we have a little talk,

00:44:15as you Americans say, in depth.

00:44:17Oh, uh...

00:44:18Down at the station.

00:44:19It'll be quieter, though.

00:44:21Are you arresting me?

00:44:24No.

00:44:25I just want you to...

00:44:26cooperate and to assist in our inquiries.

00:44:29But that's just another way of saying

00:44:30you're accusing me of murdering my wife, isn't it?

00:44:33I'm accusing you of nothing, sir.

00:44:35Certainly not of murdering your wife.

00:44:37I just want to talk to you a little more.

00:44:41Is that all right with you?

00:44:44That's fine.

00:44:46That's perfect.

00:44:48Good.

00:45:00You see my problem, Mr. Brown?

00:45:02You were in the house when it happened.

00:45:06And then there's a question of the glove.

00:45:08Your glove.

00:45:09All right.

00:45:11All right, but come on.

00:45:14Come on, Superintendent.

00:45:15If I am the killer,

00:45:17then I'm a pretty poor one, aren't I?

00:45:19I fix an alibi that just doesn't get me off the hook.

00:45:23That's a point in my favor.

00:45:26You stab your wife, panic,

00:45:29and then dash off to get into a card game,

00:45:31hoping that we won't be able to pinpoint

00:45:33the exact time of the attack.

00:45:36I'm theorizing, of course.

00:45:38Yes, of course.

00:45:38Now, how can you pinpoint it so accurately?

00:45:44I'm a gambling man, too, Mr. Brown.

00:45:48How is my ace in the hole?

00:45:52You think...

00:45:53You think I killed her out of jealousy?

00:45:56Undeniably, she had a lover.

00:45:58All right, then.

00:45:58What is wrong with the idea that he did it?

00:46:01What's wrong with that?

00:46:03That letter was a goodbye note.

00:46:04It's rejection.

00:46:05Now there's your motive!

00:46:09She was brushing him off,

00:46:10and he refused to be brushed!

00:46:12It works equally well for you, too.

00:46:15Rejection.

00:46:16The other man.

00:46:16I...

00:46:18I did not know there was another man.

00:46:22And that leaves you with an even stronger motive.

00:46:25Your wife held the purse strings, Mr. Brown.

00:46:28In the event of her death,

00:46:29I imagine her estate would be considerable.

00:46:32Look, you just find the other man.

00:46:33You find the other man, you find the...

00:46:35Yes!

00:46:37Fingerprint reports it.

00:46:40All right, let's have it.

00:46:44Well, there's more than a dozen that we can't pin down.

00:46:47That's guests you've entertained, probably, sir.

00:46:50Just the same, we ran a comparison check against criminal records.

00:46:53And?

00:46:55Well, none of the prints belong to anyone with a record.

00:47:03All right, let's have a record.

00:47:04All right, let's have a record.

00:47:07All right, let's have a record.

00:47:12All right, let's have a record.

00:47:13All right, let's have a record.

00:47:15All right, let's have a record.

00:47:18All right, let's have a record.

00:47:19All right, let's have a record.

00:47:21All right, let's have a record.

00:47:23All right, let's have a record.

00:47:25All right, let's have a record.

00:47:29We'll be in touch, Mr. Pratt.

00:47:34That's it.

00:47:37For the moment.

00:47:50It's criminal.

00:47:51You're playing with people's emotions.

00:47:53Find me the moment, Reverend.

00:47:56Find that knife.

00:47:58Find it.

00:48:41What was that?

00:48:43My dad.

00:48:54I don't know.

00:50:40Superintendent Lucas's office.

00:50:41Oh, yes, doctor.

00:50:45Yes, I see.

00:50:47Thank you, sir.

00:50:50It's the hospital.

00:50:51Well?

00:50:51The doctor reckons 11, 11.30 at the earliest.

00:50:57Well, you'll have to tell him.

00:51:00Of course I will.

00:51:02Later.

00:51:14He crossed me.

00:51:22He crossed me.

00:51:24He crossed me!

00:51:51I see you got your name in the papers, Mr. Bryant.

00:52:00Well, you've got to be alone, Mr. Bryant.

00:52:03You wouldn't risk saying things like that if you weren't.

00:52:05Now, look.

00:52:06Where are you?

00:52:08Where are you and who are you?

00:52:10Where I am doesn't matter as to who I am.

00:52:16On the boy who's got you by the throat, Mr. Bryant.

00:52:20I also have the knife that killed Clarissa.

00:52:24The knife with your prints on it and only your prints.

00:52:28I'm taking very good care of them, too.

00:52:30Very good care to see they don't get smudged or lost or mislaid.

00:52:35All right.

00:52:35What do you want?

00:52:37What do I want?

00:52:39Well, I'll tell you.

00:52:40I was pretty mixed up about that.

00:52:45You see, last night I wanted Clarissa.

00:52:49Because I really did love her.

00:52:52And then when you put your sickly deal to me, I wanted to see you sweat.

00:52:57I wanted to see you behind bars.

00:53:00Because I really did love her.

00:53:03Love her?

00:53:06You scum.

00:53:08You killed her.

00:53:09She was already dead when I came and found you last night.

00:53:11I didn't plan to kill her.

00:53:14Scare her, maybe, but I didn't plan to kill her.

00:53:17And he's not cold-bloodedly barter away a life like you.

00:53:22No.

00:53:23To stick you.

00:53:25That's what I wanted.

00:53:27But that was all very hot-blooded and passionate.

00:53:30But not anymore, Mr. Bryant.

00:53:32I'm thinking very cool and collected now.

00:53:36All right, now listen.

00:53:37Oh, you listen.

00:53:38You don't know my name or anything about me.

00:53:41My prints don't mean anything because I've never been in trouble with the law.

00:53:44I'm just a face amongst ten million faces, and you'll never find me.

00:53:49But I can find you anytime I want.

00:53:53And I also have the knife.

00:53:57I have the evidence that could send you away forever.

00:54:05Are you still there?

00:54:08Hmm?

00:54:09Yes, yes, I'm still here.

00:54:11Right, now listen.

00:54:13They'll sweat you a bit, but without the knife they can't prove a thing.

00:54:16And it'll all blow over and you'll inherit all that lovely money.

00:54:20And then you'll be hearing from me again.

00:54:22But this time we won't be talking about 45,000, Bryant.

00:54:26Unfortunately, I want it all.

00:54:29Piece by piece.

00:54:31I mean to have it all.

00:54:33have it all.

00:55:02Piece by piece.

00:55:10I've searched every inch of the grounds.

00:55:12There's no sign of the knife.

00:55:13That's the report.

00:55:21Superintendent Lucas,

00:55:22I've placed a report on your behaviour in this case

00:55:25before the Chief Superintendent.

00:55:27I had to, sir.

00:55:28I'm sorry.

00:55:34That's all right, Michael.

00:55:35I knew you were.

00:55:37You're a good cop.

00:55:41Not a bad fellow either.

00:55:42You didn't have to tell me.

00:55:45Now, it's nearly 11.

00:55:46We have a trip to make.

00:55:47Get a car, would you?

00:55:50Hello.

00:55:50Hello, Hugh.

00:55:51I nearly telephoned you,

00:55:52but I thought it best to come straight over

00:55:54as soon as I heard the news,

00:55:55which I must confess was only a short time ago.

00:55:58I have got the most appalling hangover.

00:56:01Terrible news about Clarissa.

00:56:03Dreadful, dreadful.

00:56:04I hear you've been down at the old cop shop for some time.

00:56:08Touch of the old third degree, I shouldn't wonder.

00:56:12You don't mind if I help myself to a drink, do you?

00:56:14No, go ahead.

00:56:15Hair of the jolly old dog, don't you know?

00:56:17Oh, I'm sorry, Hugh.

00:56:18Sorry.

00:56:19I didn't mean to be jocular.

00:56:20Clarissa and all that.

00:56:22One for yourself.

00:56:23You look as though you need one.

00:56:24No, I've had too many already.

00:56:25Right.

00:56:27Yes, just as you wish.

00:56:32Hugh, have they any idea who or why?

00:56:38They think it was me.

00:56:40Yes.

00:56:41Oh.

00:56:42Well, they would, naturally, because of the money.

00:56:44Not that I subscribe to that, mind you,

00:56:46but, um, Hugh, what do you think?

00:56:56Her lover.

00:56:57Ah.

00:56:58You know about that.

00:57:00Are you saying you knew?

00:57:02Um, yes, Hugh, I must admit I did.

00:57:06Mind you, I disapproved.

00:57:08And I would have told you, Hugh,

00:57:09but Clarissa made me swear, made me promise,

00:57:12and when a gentleman gives his word to a lady...

00:57:14You mean you discussed it with her?

00:57:16Well, it was inevitable.

00:57:17I mean, I caught them at it.

00:57:19Well, not actually at it, but I caught them together.

00:57:21It was unavoidable.

00:57:22We bumped into each other.

00:57:23We physically collided.

00:57:26He was coming out of their place,

00:57:28and I was walking down the street.

00:57:30My mind was on other matters.

00:57:32As a matter of fact, I was thinking about

00:57:33a rather pretty little redhead, I admit,

00:57:35in a pub in the other night.

00:57:36Coming out of his place?

00:57:39His place?

00:57:40Well, I assumed it was his place.

00:57:42It wasn't a hotel, and I really can't imagine

00:57:44Clarissa renting an apartment in that block.

00:57:47What block?

00:57:47Which block, Hugh?

00:57:49Rarely you Americans and English...

00:57:50All right, all right, all right.

00:57:51Which?

00:57:51Which block?

00:57:53Well, that old block of apartments

00:57:55down by the old church in Fulham.

00:57:57Old and seedy.

00:57:59Wentworth Apartments, that's it.

00:58:04I'm going to have that drink with you.

00:58:06Ah, that's lovely, Hugh.

00:58:07Nice to see you perking up.

00:58:09Never say die, eh?

00:58:10Oh, sorry, didn't mean it in that context.

00:58:12Always putting my foot in it.

00:58:15Now, your feet are immaculate, Paul.

00:58:20Immaculate.

00:58:23So you kept your promise to Clory?

00:58:25You didn't tell me.

00:58:26Well, I never told anyone.

00:58:32You owe me the same promise.

00:58:34Eh?

00:58:35The same deal.

00:58:38Paul, I want to keep Clory's memory untarnished.

00:58:44You've just got to promise me not to tell anyone

00:58:46what you've told me today.

00:58:48All right, I promise.

00:58:50Not even to the police?

00:58:51Oh, least of all the dear old Fuzz.

00:58:53They tend to look at the chap a bit sideways

00:58:55when he may have imbibed a soup sans too many.

00:58:59It's a friendship, Paul.

00:59:02And a promise is well kept.

00:59:08The car's ready, sir.

00:59:16Well, wouldn't you have done the same?

00:59:21Oh, perhaps.

00:59:22I don't know.

00:59:23I'm different to you, Michael.

00:59:24Well, how different?

00:59:25Look, I had to make that report.

00:59:27What you have been doing to Bryant is...

00:59:28Hugh Bryant is a killer.

00:59:31I'd bet on it.

00:59:34That's the difference between us, Michael.

00:59:36I'm a gambling man.

00:59:38But I think a little it does.

00:59:40Because, you see...

00:59:42It's one of those...

00:59:45Ty...

00:59:50You'll still be here tomorrow, Paul.

00:59:53It's not much of an alibi.

00:59:56But every little bit helps.

00:59:58Oh, boy.

01:00:05Who's that?

01:00:17I said, who is it?

01:00:30Max Burns.

01:00:32That's what it says on the door.

01:00:34But at least you've got a name.

01:00:36And a place where I can find you.

01:00:38Now, I have no time to waste, Max.

01:00:41I want the knife.

01:00:44Where is it?

01:00:44It's over there on the door.

01:00:45You get it.

01:00:53Now, easy.

01:00:57Take it out of its nice wrapper and put it on the table.

01:01:00Blade first.

01:01:05Let's sit down.

01:01:15Now, is there anything else here that would connect you with me?

01:01:20My name, my phone number, my address.

01:01:23Did you write that down or did you memorize it?

01:01:24No, I wrote it down.

01:01:26Where is it?

01:01:26An address book.

01:01:27All right.

01:01:29All right.

01:01:30I'll check this whole place out afterwards.

01:01:31What do you mean, afterwards?

01:01:34There is no connection between Max Burns and the Bryants.

01:01:43You saw to that, Max.

01:01:45And that was very, very clever.

01:01:49But too clever, because once a blackmailer, always a blackmailer.

01:01:55Isn't that right, Max?

01:01:57Well, my friend, you are dispensable.

01:02:01You are dispensable.

01:02:04So, please.

01:02:06So, please.

01:02:22It's Black's, Max.

01:02:25Black's, all I want to do is to see you sweat.

01:02:31I just wanted to stick to you.

01:02:37See, you were going to die anyway, Max.

01:02:40Anyway.

01:02:41But that was my God.

01:02:44Nothing to leave them back to me, see?

01:03:01Nothing to leave them back to me.

01:03:04I just want to ask you one question.

01:03:12Just one.

01:03:15It was soon after 9.30.

01:03:20I took my sleeping pills at 9.30.

01:03:25Mrs. Bryant, you've already told us that.

01:03:28You haven't told us yet who attacked you.

01:03:41I want to act.

01:04:03I want to ask you one second.

01:04:03I want to ask you two new violets.

01:04:10But I'm sorry...

01:04:39Mr. Brand.

01:04:46I thought you said that you didn't know that your wife had a lover.

01:04:52Max Burns, your wife told us.

01:04:58Clarissa, how could she possibly tell you?

01:05:04That was my ace in the hole, Mr. Brand.

01:05:06Your wife's not dead.

01:05:09She lost a lot of blood, but she's alive, and she's going to recover.

01:05:16I owe you an apology, Mr. Brand.

01:05:19You're in the clear, sir.

01:05:20Your wife has just told us that it was Max Burns who attacked her.

01:05:25So you've got nothing to worry about.

01:05:30You're off the hook, sir.

01:05:35You're pulling him in now.

01:05:36Let's pass.

01:06:04Let's do it again.

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