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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Full Movie ｜ Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster [Full Movie] [Hot 2026]Full EP - Full
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00:05:41THEY COME BACK
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00:05:42AND THERE ISN'T A SOUND
00:05:44DOWNSTAIRS
00:05:44NOT A SOUND
00:05:46SO AS I SAY
00:05:47WHEN I KEPT GETTING
00:05:48THE BUSY SIGNAL
00:05:48I NATURALLY
00:05:50DIALLED THE OPERATOR
00:05:51AND TOLD HER TO TRY IT
00:05:52AND SHE DID
00:05:52AND THEN
00:05:53OUT OF A CLEAR SKY
00:05:55I WAS QUIT INTO THIS
00:05:55GASTLY CONVERSATION
00:05:57BETWEEN TWO KILLERS
00:05:58AND NOW I'D LIKE YOU
00:05:59TO TRACE IT
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00:06:00WELL MADAM
00:06:01THAT DEPENDS
00:06:02ON WHAT
00:06:03ON WHETHER THE PARTY
00:06:04AND THE END
00:06:05THEY'VE STOPTING
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00:06:08No, it was just a short call.
00:06:10They weren't exactly gossiping.
00:06:12And what is your reason for having this call, Tracy?
00:06:14Reason?
00:06:15Do I have to have a reason when I overheard two murderers?
00:06:17Isn't it obvious?
00:06:19Now, look here, my good woman.
00:06:20You probably don't understand.
00:06:22But a human being, a woman, is going to be killed somewhere, somewhere in this very city.
00:06:27And this murder is going to take place tonight.
00:06:29Do you hear me?
00:06:30Tonight at 11.15.
00:06:32Now, isn't that a good enough reason?
00:06:33I quite understand, madam.
00:06:35But I would suggest that you turn this information over to the police.
00:06:38Oh, for heaven's sakes, all this idiotic red tape.
00:06:41You just sit there and let people die.
00:06:51Your call, please.
00:06:53Give me the police.
00:06:53Yes, madam.
00:06:54Ringing the police department.
00:06:56Tick-tock, tick-tock.
00:06:58Listen to the big tick-tock.
00:07:00Isn't that nice?
00:07:02That's better.
00:07:04Say, maybe that's your mom calling for you.
00:07:10Precinct 17.
00:07:11Duffy speaking.
00:07:12Yes?
00:07:14Oh, yes, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:07:15I remember you.
00:07:17What?
00:07:18You what?
00:07:19A murder.
00:07:20Yes, go ahead.
00:07:23But there's lots of people by the name of George.
00:07:26And as for the private patrolman and 2nd Avenue and the bridge, 2nd Avenue is a very long street.
00:07:33And you happen to know how many bridges there are in the city of New York alone?
00:07:36Not to mention Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx.
00:07:40You know, telephones are very funny things.
00:07:43Now, look, lady.
00:07:43A lot of murders are committed in this town every day.
00:07:46If we could stop them, we would.
00:07:47But a clue of this kind that's so vague, well, it's not much more use to us than no clue
00:07:51at all.
00:07:52Unless you think there's something phony about this call and somebody's planning to murder you.
00:07:56Me?
00:07:57Well, of course not.
00:07:59That would be ridiculous.
00:08:00I mean, why should anybody?
00:08:02Well, you see, ma'am, there's nothing for you to worry about.
00:08:04Now, if you'll excuse me, please.
00:08:08Will you please excuse me, ma'am, for just one second?
00:08:12Oh, now, darling, what are you crying?
00:08:15Be a good girl.
00:08:16Everything is going to be all right.
00:08:19I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:08:21But I've got a couple of other things here on my desk that require my immediate attention.
00:08:25Good night, ma'am.
00:08:26All right, don't listen.
00:08:27Who cares?
00:08:56Oh, Henry, why'd you leave me alone?
00:09:13Hello?
00:09:14Is this Plaza 51098?
00:09:17Yes?
00:09:17I have a person-to-person call for Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:09:21Chicago is calling.
00:09:22Oh.
00:09:24This is Mrs. Stevenson.
00:09:26One moment, please.
00:09:28Go ahead, sir.
00:09:30Hello, Leona.
00:09:31Hello, Dad.
00:09:32Is that you, sweetie, huh?
00:09:34And how's my girl tonight?
00:09:36What are you doing, Dad?
00:09:37What's that?
00:09:38Can you talk?
00:09:38If I can talk.
00:09:39Can you talk?
00:09:40Sure, sweetheart.
00:09:42Go ahead.
00:09:42I can talk.
00:09:44A murder?
00:09:46Tonight, 1115, you call the police, eh?
00:09:49But how come?
00:09:51Where's Henry?
00:09:52Where's your nurse?
00:09:53Oh, Henry told her she could, did he?
00:09:56Well, then why didn't he come home?
00:09:59Business.
00:10:00What business?
00:10:02Didn't I tell him time and again that his first consideration is to you?
00:10:05I'll worry about the business.
00:10:07No, but really, dear, when the guy has another responsibility in the world,
00:10:11and just because I'm not around to check up on him,
00:10:14just forget about him.
00:10:15Maybe just a gag.
00:10:17A couple of actors, maybe.
00:10:18On a radio program.
00:10:19Radio?
00:10:20Radio crew?
00:10:21Sometimes happens.
00:10:23No need to worry your head on a hot night like this.
00:10:26Oh, hi, everybody.
00:10:28Hey, everybody.
00:10:29Oh, you heard me.
00:10:35I wish you'd get the whole thing over with and come home.
00:10:38House is like a morgue without you.
00:10:41Okay, dear, I won't keep you.
00:10:43But I just wanted to check up as usual.
00:10:44You'll call me tomorrow?
00:10:45Yes, dear, I'll call you tomorrow night, same time.
00:10:48Oh, and pet,
00:10:50tell Henry to call me at the office tomorrow morning.
00:10:53I'll have a talk with him.
00:11:02Number 99, 99.
00:11:05Number 17, 1, 7.
00:11:08There's a telephone call for Miss Elizabeth Jennings.
00:11:11Okay.
00:11:12There's a telephone call for Miss Elizabeth Jennings.
00:11:15Number 46.
00:11:17Miss Elizabeth Jennings is wanted on the phone.
00:11:22Number 23, 23.
00:11:2423.
00:11:25Oh, that makes two fours.
00:11:27All I need now is 14 or 65.
00:11:29Miss Jennings.
00:11:30Just a second, please.
00:11:31Just a second.
00:11:31We're getting pretty close now, ladies.
00:11:33Pretty close to that super-duper electric break.
00:11:36It's donated by Ballum's Drugstore.
00:11:37And the next number is...
00:11:39You're wanted on the phone, Miss Jennings.
00:11:40Miss Stevenson.
00:11:42Number 59.
00:11:43Bingo!
00:11:45Oh, baloney.
00:11:45May I check those numbers?
00:11:46What's the matter?
00:11:47What were you seeing?
00:11:47And Mrs. Stevenson wants to speak to you on the phone.
00:11:50She said it's very important.
00:11:52Mrs. Stevenson?
00:11:53Well, why, for heaven's sake, didn't you face so?
00:11:56Well, we're not.
00:11:57A little lady right here at the end of the day.
00:12:08Hello?
00:12:09I beg your pardon, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:12:11I had no idea.
00:12:12You're the last person on earth.
00:12:14Naturally, I'd ever keep waiting.
00:12:15Mr. Stevenson isn't home.
00:12:16Mr. Stevenson not home yet.
00:12:18Do you know where he is?
00:12:19Why, no, I don't, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:12:21He was supposed to come hours ago.
00:12:22Well, that is odd, isn't it?
00:12:24Last time I saw him, he was leaving to keep an appointment.
00:12:27Where?
00:12:28No, I don't know where.
00:12:29But I do know he had a lunch date.
00:12:32With a young lady.
00:12:33Oh, yes, rather good-looking.
00:12:36She came into the office this morning.
00:12:38Said her name was Lord.
00:12:39Mrs. Frederick Lord.
00:12:41Seemed very anxious to see him.
00:12:43Waited for him at least two hours.
00:12:53Mr. Stevenson?
00:12:55Someone to see you.
00:12:56Some other time.
00:12:57I told you I'm busy today.
00:12:58Hello, Henry.
00:13:01Don't you remember me?
00:13:03Why, sure, sure.
00:13:05Well, now, what do you know?
00:13:07Come in, won't you?
00:13:11Yes, that's just the way he greeted her, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:13:13He didn't seem to be expecting her.
00:13:15But I'm sure she was somebody of importance to him.
00:13:18Unfortunately, I couldn't hear much of what they said.
00:13:21But the conversation wasn't very long.
00:13:23And I do know Mr. Stevenson made a date.
00:13:25Show you to my table.
00:13:26I'll be there.
00:13:27I don't know why, but he didn't leave with her.
00:13:31I'll be back later this afternoon.
00:13:33If anyone calls...
00:13:34I don't know where he went after that, Mrs. Stevenson, today.
00:13:38It was 6.30 when I went home.
00:13:41And I was practically the last to leave, except for Jimmy, the porter.
00:13:46No, he didn't even come back to get his messages.
00:13:48There was only one.
00:13:50Some man on Staten Island who keeps calling him every week.
00:13:53But Mr. Evans, regular pestilence, too.
00:13:58But on the other hand, it's not at all unusual for Mr. Stevenson to stay away all day.
00:14:02And I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
00:14:04Oh, now, Mrs. Stevenson, I do hope I haven't let any cat out of the bag.
00:14:09But I'm sure, Mrs. Stevenson, it was all quite harmless.
00:14:12Mr. Stevenson seems so devoted, speaks so beautifully of you.
00:14:17Oh, did you like the flowers this week?
00:14:19I had the feeling, I mean, I thought camellias might be sweet just for a change, you know?
00:14:53Oh, my God.
00:15:45Mr. Stevenson, please.
00:15:46He's not in.
00:15:46Who's calling?
00:15:47This is Mr. Evans.
00:15:48When do you expect...
00:15:49I don't know.
00:15:49He should be here any minute.
00:15:50Do you know where I could reach him?
00:15:52I'm sure I don't know where, Mr. Stevenson.
00:15:54Let's call back later.
00:15:54Would 15 minutes be all right?
00:15:56I haven't much time.
00:15:57I'm leaving the city before midnight.
00:15:58Yes, all right.
00:15:5915 minutes.
00:16:00Thank you, I will.
00:16:01And you'll tell him that I call, please, in case he does come in?
00:16:03Yes.
00:16:04The name is Evans.
00:16:05It's very important.
00:16:06Yes, all right.
00:16:18All right.
00:16:19I'll just speak to Mrs. Lord, please.
00:16:20Mrs. Lord, one moment, please.
00:16:23Is that for me, Pete?
00:16:24No, lady, for mommy.
00:16:25I don't know why you're not asleep.
00:16:27Sally, will you do something about Peter still being up?
00:16:29Well, where was I?
00:16:31Oh, yes.
00:16:32That the said Henry Stevenson did.
00:16:38Is that Bayonne or Cicero, then?
00:16:40Bayonne.
00:16:41The Bayonne plant of the Carterelle Corporation.
00:16:44Headquarters on Staten Island.
00:16:46We have 20 Dunstan Terrace, Staten Island.
00:16:53The Bayonne plant of the Carterelle Corporation.
00:16:53Hello, Mrs. Lord.
00:16:55Yes, this is she.
00:16:55This is Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:16:57I don't believe we've met, but I understand you saw my husband this afternoon.
00:17:01Oh, yes, yes.
00:17:02As it so happens, Mrs. Lord, my husband hasn't come home this evening.
00:17:06I can't seem to locate him, and I thought perhaps you might give me some idea.
00:17:10Oh, yes.
00:17:11I can't hear you, Mrs. Lord.
00:17:12Will you please speak up a little?
00:17:14Oh, certainly.
00:17:15Is there anything wrong?
00:17:16You're not keeping something from me, I hope?
00:17:18Oh, no, no.
00:17:19Oh, could I call you back, please?
00:17:21Call me back?
00:17:22Why?
00:17:22Because I, uh, it's my bridge day, you know.
00:17:26What's that?
00:17:26What has bridge got to do with it?
00:17:28Excuse me, but I don't understand you at all, Mrs. Lord.
00:17:31I'm sorry.
00:17:33And then, then, there's that excursion to Rotten Point.
00:17:37Rotten Point?
00:17:38Who is it?
00:17:39Well, look, Mrs. Lord, are you trying to make fun of me?
00:17:42Just in case you don't happen to know it, I'm a hopeless invalid.
00:17:45Just a minute.
00:17:46I'll give you the recipe.
00:17:47What are you talking about?
00:17:48Mrs. Lord, is my husband there with you?
00:17:50Is he?
00:17:50Tell me the truth.
00:17:52It's three eggs separated, two measuring cups of milk, a third of a cup of shortening.
00:17:56Uh, then cream the shortening with a little sugar, then add a level tablespoon of flour.
00:18:02Leona, Leona, just a minute.
00:18:04This is Sally.
00:18:05Sally Hunt, Leona.
00:18:07Sally?
00:18:08Sally Hunt?
00:18:09I'm sorry to be so ridiculous, but I can't talk now.
00:18:13Say, Mommy, you want me to ask Daddy to stop typing so you can talk better?
00:18:17Darling, please go to sleep.
00:18:18All right, Mom.
00:18:21It's impossible for me to explain right now, but I'll call you back as soon as I can.
00:18:24Sally!
00:18:26Sally!
00:18:27Now, where's she gone?
00:18:28Sally!
00:18:30Yes, dear.
00:18:30I thought you'd gone out again.
00:18:31Joe'd like a bottle of beer.
00:18:33Got any on ice?
00:18:34No, Fred, I don't believe so, but I'll go down to the store.
00:18:38Okay, honey.
00:18:39Thanks, Sally.
00:18:41Let's see.
00:18:42Where were we?
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00:19:03Sally Hunt.
00:19:31Sally Hunt.
00:19:45May I cut in?
00:19:46You don't mind, do you, Sally?
00:19:48It's an old Spanish custom in the hag line.
00:19:51I'm Leona Carter.
00:19:52What's your name?
00:19:53Oh, uh, this is Mr. Henry Stevenson.
00:19:55Hello, Henry.
00:19:55Shall we down?
00:19:56If you don't mind, miss, where I come from, it's the man who does the picking.
00:19:59All right, go ahead.
00:20:00Why don't you get somebody your own speed?
00:20:02I mean, that is, I'm sure there are better dancers around.
00:20:04You'll do all right, Henry.
00:20:06Leona knows a way around the floor.
00:20:17You said your name was Carter?
00:20:19Yes, that's right.
00:20:20There's a big drug company by the name of Carter.
00:20:22I don't suppose there could be any connection.
00:20:24I'm afraid there is.
00:20:25My father owns it.
00:20:26You mean J.B. Carter?
00:20:30Anything wrong with that?
00:20:31No, it's just that I've always pictured J.B. Cotterell as a sort of walking tube of toothpaste.
00:20:37What do they call you, the aspirin aaron?
00:20:38No, I believe it's the cough drop queen.
00:20:47You know, there's nothing wrong with your dancing.
00:20:49Do you do a lot of it?
00:20:51Not at places like this.
00:20:52Oh, you're from out of town?
00:20:55Well, that depends on what you call out of town.
00:20:56Oh, I don't know.
00:20:59Harvard.
00:21:02Are you trying to be funny?
00:21:03Okay.
00:21:04What do you call out of town?
00:21:06Grassville.
00:21:07What college is up there?
00:21:08No college.
00:21:09The steel pipes and microports.
00:21:11I'm sorry, I didn't know.
00:21:13That's all right.
00:21:15To be perfectly frank with you, I never even finished high school.
00:21:18Not that I wouldn't have liked to.
00:21:19Neither did my father.
00:21:20As a matter of fact, he never got past the seventh grade.
00:21:23You don't say.
00:21:23My father always says, if a man hasn't any talent for making money, college won't knock
00:21:28it into him.
00:21:28And if he has a talent for making money, why should he waste his time in college?
00:21:32There's something in there, too.
00:21:34I guess your old man ought to know when it comes to making money.
00:21:40Well, I'll be getting along now.
00:21:42Just a minute.
00:21:43What do you say we sit the next one out?
00:21:45Sit it out?
00:21:46What for?
00:21:46I've got my own car off campus just outside the main gate.
00:21:50It's a Lagonda.
00:21:51I just got it from Europe.
00:21:51Did you ever drive one?
00:21:53I've never heard of it.
00:21:55Besides, Sally's probably looking all over for me.
00:21:57What difference does that make?
00:21:58This is a public dance, isn't it?
00:22:00Don't worry.
00:22:01She'll never even miss you.
00:22:02Oh, yeah?
00:22:03But what about me missing her?
00:22:05Or did that idea ever strike you?
00:22:07Go on.
00:22:08Don't be silly.
00:22:09For once.
00:22:11I'm not kidding.
00:22:12Neither am I.
00:22:15So long, Miss Carter.
00:22:17I'm sorry I can't oblige that Lagonda or whatever you call it.
00:22:37Tally Hunt.
00:22:39I'd never put the two of you together in a million years.
00:22:41Why?
00:22:42Well, you're both so different.
00:22:43You belong in different worlds.
00:22:46You don't belong here in Grassville, Henry.
00:22:48What makes you say that?
00:22:50Just a feeling.
00:22:52I've been around a good deal, and I...
00:22:55I think I can spot the real thing a mile away.
00:22:59Isn't that grass full over there, Henry?
00:23:01Yeah.
00:23:06Guess we'd better turn around.
00:23:07Why?
00:23:08It's nice here.
00:23:09Think so?
00:23:11Stick around a few years and see how much you like it.
00:23:23Henry, that woman back there in the house who opened the door for me, was she your mother?
00:23:29My mother's dead.
00:23:30Well, that's strange.
00:23:31So was mine.
00:23:32She died when I was born.
00:23:34What was your mother like?
00:23:35Oh, I don't know.
00:23:37You mean she died young, too?
00:23:38She died last year, but I never knew her.
00:23:40Well, all she ever was to me was just a line of wet clothes hung across the kitchen.
00:23:45A mess of greasy pots and pans piled in the sink.
00:23:49All I ever saw of her was yellow soap and a mop in her old run-over shoes standing in
00:23:54the closet.
00:23:57It's funny, I guess, but...
00:23:59When I saw her lying there in the undertaking parlor last year,
00:24:03she seemed to me like somebody I hardly knew.
00:24:07I don't know why I'm telling you all this.
00:24:09There's nothing pretty or nice about my life, anyway.
00:24:16Cigarette?
00:24:17Thanks.
00:24:21What's the matter?
00:24:22Nothing.
00:24:27What do you do here in Grassville, Henry?
00:24:30I have a job.
00:24:32Just a meal ticket till I can save up enough to get out of here.
00:24:34What kind of a job?
00:24:36I work in a drugstore.
00:24:37A drugstore?
00:24:38Well, that is a coincidence.
00:24:40Yeah, a heck of a coincidence.
00:24:41I work in a drugstore and your father owns a hundred of them.
00:24:45Would you like to meet him, Henry?
00:24:48Who are you kidding?
00:24:50Nobody.
00:24:51I think Dad will like you very much.
00:24:54You're young, healthy, ambitious.
00:24:57And you probably know the drug business upside down.
00:25:00I wouldn't say that, Leona.
00:25:02Leona?
00:25:03Well, that's nice.
00:25:05Call me Leona again.
00:25:06I just work in a drugstore.
00:25:08That's a different thing.
00:25:09But I like you.
00:25:11And that's a different thing, too.
00:25:13Like me, like you.
00:25:14Come on, we're both acting like a couple of kids playing cat and mouse.
00:25:18Besides, what does a dame like you want with a guy like me?
00:25:24May I?
00:25:30Dad is coming to New York on business next weekend.
00:25:32I'm cutting my classes on Saturday.
00:25:35Do you want to come with me?
00:25:42I, uh, I don't quite know how to say it, Leona.
00:25:45Well, say it and get it over with.
00:25:47For heaven's sakes, I'm leaving in a few minutes.
00:25:49You've been seeing a lot of Henry in the past few weeks, haven't you?
00:25:51Yes, what about her?
00:25:53Well, I, I just felt that I ought to warn you.
00:25:55Warn me?
00:25:56Henry's not the kind of man to play around with.
00:25:59Don't play around with him anymore, please.
00:26:01Who says I'm playing around with him?
00:26:03Well, he's just not your type.
00:26:05And you know it as well as I do.
00:26:07I like your name.
00:26:09Henry's poor, Leona.
00:26:10He's been bitterly poor all his life.
00:26:12I know that wouldn't matter to some boys, but it does matter to him terribly.
00:26:16I've known him all my life.
00:26:18Henry's father was a drunkard.
00:26:19He'd work one day and drink up every penny in the house the next.
00:26:23There were eight children.
00:26:24So?
00:26:25What has all this got to do with the price of eggs?
00:26:28Leona, don't turn his head, or he'll never be able to find himself again.
00:26:31You mean you can't stand the competition?
00:26:33For heaven's sake, that's not the point.
00:26:35Oh, applesauce, just in case you don't know it, I happen to think a great deal of Mr. Henry Stevenson.
00:26:38Look, Leona.
00:26:39And I happen to think he's much too good for that town of yours.
00:26:41I never said he was.
00:26:42And if I want to make something of him, show him a good time, introduce him to people, that's my
00:26:46business.
00:26:47And if I...
00:26:50You don't mean that.
00:26:51You couldn't possibly.
00:26:52Why couldn't I?
00:26:53I happen to be in love with him, Leona.
00:26:55So am I.
00:26:56And I don't go...
00:26:56And I usually manage to get it.
00:27:01But the fellow has nothing, honey.
00:27:02No background, no education, no training.
00:27:05And what did you have when you started in Amarillo, Texas?
00:27:07Look, honey, I've spent money on your education, taking you abroad, giving you everything in the world.
00:27:12What do you want to throw yourself away for?
00:27:14I love him.
00:27:15Love him?
00:27:15Oh, come on.
00:27:17If I really thought you did, you know I'd be the first to...
00:27:20What's the matter?
00:27:22You make me laugh.
00:27:24Why don't you be honest with yourself just once?
00:27:26What does it matter to you if I love him or not?
00:27:28All you want is for me to stay home here with you for the rest of your life.
00:27:31Well, honey, what parent doesn't want to hold on to his child until he's sure she has something better than
00:27:35what he's given her?
00:27:36Oh, don't be silly. It's just that you've become so dependent on me, you won't be happy until I feel
00:27:40the same way about you.
00:27:41What are you talking about, Leona?
00:27:42Haven't I always let you do anything you ever wanted to do?
00:27:45But marriage is something else.
00:27:47I've worked hard. I've built up a big business just for you.
00:27:49And you yourself wouldn't want to see some worthless cluck of a husband...
00:27:52Leave me alone.
00:27:53Leona, don't, please.
00:27:54You don't care about me. You're thinking only of yourself and your business.
00:27:57You're hateful, selfish and hateful.
00:27:59Leona, don't, please. Try and be calm. You'll make yourself sick.
00:28:02And what good is your wonderful money and your wonderful business if I'm dead?
00:28:05Yes, that's what you want to do. Drive me into my grave.
00:28:07But you don't care just as long as your business is safe.
00:28:10Leona, how can you say a thing like that?
00:28:12Oh, don't wait. Don't touch me.
00:28:13Leona.
00:28:13I said don't touch me.
00:28:15Don't you dare touch me.
00:28:17Leona, Leona, darling.
00:28:18I'm sorry. I didn't mean...
00:28:20We'll talk this over again, dearest.
00:28:21Maybe we can work something out.
00:28:23Leona.
00:28:25Wilkins.
00:28:26Wilkins.
00:28:27Wilkins.
00:28:29Wilkins.
00:28:31Wilkins.
00:28:34Wilkins.
00:28:35I, Leona, take thee, Henry.
00:28:37I, Leona, take thee, Henry.
00:28:41To my wedded husband.
00:28:42To my wedded husband.
00:28:44To have and to hold.
00:28:46To have and to hold.
00:28:49From this day forward.
00:28:50From this day forward.
00:29:00I, Leona, take thee, Henry.
00:29:17I, Leona, take thee, Henry.
00:29:29I, Leona, take thee, Henry.
00:29:56Henry, hurry up, darling.
00:29:57I've reserved a table at Maxine's.
00:29:59The opera starts at 7.30.
00:30:01You know how I hate being late.
00:30:02In a minute, sweetheart.
00:30:03Where's your wallet?
00:30:05My wallet?
00:30:06Must be in my coat pocket.
00:30:27Sally Hunt.
00:30:33Hello?
00:30:34Hello?
00:30:35Hello?
00:30:35This is Sally again.
00:30:37I'm sorry I had to be so mysterious just now, but I couldn't talk.
00:30:40My husband was there.
00:30:41Well, it certainly was rather odd, to say the least.
00:30:44This whole thing must seem very peculiar to you, Leona, hearing from me after all of these
00:30:48years.
00:30:48But I had to see Henry again today.
00:30:51I've been so worried about him.
00:30:52Worried?
00:30:53About what?
00:30:54Well, it's a little bit difficult for me to explain.
00:30:58But about five weeks ago, a friend, he's my husband, and he works in the district attorney's
00:31:04office.
00:31:05Hmm.
00:31:06That's interesting.
00:31:07What's interesting?
00:31:08Drink him up, Peter.
00:31:09What were you saying, dear?
00:31:11What kind of funny coincidence I read in the paper about an old boyfriend of yours?
00:31:15An old boyfriend?
00:31:17Well, didn't you used to be stuck on a guy named Henry Stevenson?
00:31:20I used to know him, yes.
00:31:22What's he done?
00:31:23He just got his picture in the paper.
00:31:25He and his wife.
00:31:27Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
00:31:29She is the former Leona Cotterell, the cough drop queen of Lake Forest, Illinois, have taken
00:31:32a house for the summer in New York City.
00:31:34Mrs. Stevenson, in poor health for several years, is here to consult the eminent specialist,
00:31:39Dr. Philip Alexander.
00:31:41Mr. Stevenson is a vice president of the Cotterell Corporation of Chicago.
00:31:45Hmm.
00:31:46A cough drop queen?
00:31:47That's funny.
00:31:48Who ever heard of a cough drop queen?
00:31:50He looks so different.
00:31:52You think so?
00:31:53What are you saving it for?
00:31:54A case I'm working on just now.
00:31:57Hmm.
00:31:57Toaster's burning.
00:31:59Oh.
00:32:04Fred.
00:32:05Hmm?
00:32:05I know it's supposed to be a secret, but why did you tear out that clipping?
00:32:09What possible connection can Henry Stevenson have to you?
00:32:12Oh, no connection to me.
00:32:13It's just a kind of a hunch I'm working on right now.
00:32:15What's it about?
00:32:16It's all sort of a special investigation I'm doing.
00:32:19Henry hasn't done anything, though, has he?
00:32:21I'm sorry, honey, but that's one too many questions.
00:32:23Oh.
00:32:24Say, don't tell me you're still stuck on the guy.
00:32:27Don't be silly.
00:32:32I'm sorry.
00:32:34Finished, Peter?
00:32:35Yes, ma'am.
00:32:36Lord speaking.
00:32:38Yes, Joe.
00:32:39Yeah.
00:32:41Oh, you did?
00:32:44Oh, great.
00:32:46Well, how about Stevenson?
00:32:48What?
00:32:50Oh, yeah?
00:32:51Well, now, that's pretty good news.
00:32:53He fell for it, eh?
00:32:55Oh, sure we'll go.
00:32:56Sure.
00:32:57Tell Harpootlian to line it up.
00:32:59Yes, five thousands enough.
00:33:01Have it in hundred dollar bills.
00:33:02Be sure they're marked and keep your mouth shut for Pete's sake.
00:33:06Okay.
00:33:07Thursday?
00:33:08About 6.30.
00:33:10South Ferry?
00:33:11Right, Joe.
00:33:16You'll probably think it wasn't any of my business, Leona, and I suppose it wasn't.
00:33:20But anyway, at 6.30 that next Thursday, I went down to South Ferry.
00:33:36I don't know what I expected to see.
00:33:38As a matter of fact, there wasn't much I could see at first.
00:33:41But obviously, the stage was all set for something.
00:33:45Joe, his friend's closest friend, and is on his staff, was there.
00:33:48There was another man with him.
00:33:50I guess he was this Harpootlian they've mentioned.
00:33:52The one who was to bring the $5,000 in marked money.
00:33:56Are you sure Fred knows where we're supposed to meet him?
00:33:59Here he is.
00:34:02Sorry, fellas, we're a little bit late.
00:34:04Come on, let's go.
00:34:09It may all sound silly to you now, Leona, my spying on them and poking around like that.
00:34:14But something told me I had to find out what was up.
00:34:17I don't know.
00:34:18I still can't explain why, but I...
00:34:21I'd just borrow them.
00:34:40It was one of the weirdest days I've ever spent.
00:34:46Have you ever been to Staten Island, Leona?
00:34:53Some parts of it, of course, are thickly settled.
00:34:57But other parts seem to exist in a kind of dream.
00:35:01Like the lonely beach we went to that day.
00:35:03It was quite a desolate place, Leona.
00:35:05Far out on the island.
00:35:07No one was in sight except, yes, a young boy who was digging for clams by the water's edge.
00:35:16Further down, at the end of the beach, there was nothing but a few broken-down shacks.
00:35:20And back of them, an old deserted house.
00:35:39A second later, I saw Fred and the other two men walking up toward the end of a small road
00:35:44leading to the beach.
00:35:46I couldn't quite make out if they talked to the clam digger or not.
00:35:50Anyhow, they entered one of the shacks that looked to me like an abandoned lunch stand.
00:35:55It was then that my attention was drawn to this strange-looking house.
00:35:59It looked absolutely empty, as though it hadn't been lived in for years.
00:36:03And yet, Leona, a freshly painted sign was in front.
00:36:0720 Dunstan Terrace.
00:36:08It seemed to belong to somebody called Evans.
00:36:12W. Evans.
00:36:13I waited there, watching.
00:36:16I'd say for about an hour, Leona.
00:36:19Nothing happened.
00:36:23And then, just as I was beginning to think it was all a wild goose chase,
00:36:28I saw something.
00:36:30Something quite strange.
00:36:38Where was the famous boy?
00:36:50I was like, what's going on?
00:36:51How was theFI?
00:36:52Oh, shit.
00:37:08THE END
00:37:41THE END
00:38:08THE END
00:38:33THE END
00:38:34They were in there for a good half hour, and when they finally came out, at first I didn't notice
00:38:38anything.
00:38:39All I thought of was how to get out of their way so they wouldn't see me as they were
00:38:43heading straight toward me.
00:38:44But when they got close and passed right in front of me, I saw Fred was carrying the briefcase.
00:38:52I didn't see my husband until he came home late that night. I was dying to ask about what happened
00:38:58there and what connection it could possibly have with Henry, but I didn't dare.
00:39:03And now, unless we do something, something drastic, it may be too late.
00:39:07Madam, your five minutes are up. Please deposit five cents for the next five minutes.
00:39:11Just a minute, please. I know I have another nickel.
00:39:18There. Are you still there, Leona?
00:39:19Yes, I'm here. But this is one of the queerest things I've ever heard.
00:39:23I know. I just didn't seem to be able to connect Henry with all of this mysterious activity either.
00:39:29That's why I went to see him today, to find out the truth from him.
00:39:33And did you?
00:39:34Scarcely.
00:39:36I'm awfully sorry, but it took much longer than I thought. I hope they took good care of you here.
00:39:39Yes, thank you.
00:39:40Maurice, two martinis, please. And by the way, tell Louise I'm expecting a call. It's very important.
00:39:44Yes, sir.
00:39:46Well, how have you been, Sally? It's been a long time.
00:39:48Yes, Henry. Eight years.
00:39:50How's dear old Graswell these days?
00:39:51I don't know. I haven't been there for years.
00:39:55Huh? Oh. Well, you wanted to see me, Sally. What was it about?
00:39:58Well, it isn't easy for me to explain. You see, I've thought about you a great deal in the past
00:40:04years, Henry,
00:40:04and, well, yesterday...
00:40:07Two martinis. Excellent to I, as always.
00:40:10Thank you. Well, here's to good old Graswell.
00:40:15Go on, tell me all about it. What's happening up there?
00:40:17I just told you, Henry, I'm not living in Graswell anymore. I'm married now, and I live in New York.
00:40:21Married? Well, what do you say? Anybody I know?
00:40:24No, he's a lawyer. As a matter of fact, he works in the district attorney's office on special assignments.
00:40:29That's why I wanted to...
00:40:30Pardon me, sir. Would you like to order him now?
00:40:32No, thanks. In a minute.
00:40:32Oh, Maurice, who is that man sitting behind me?
00:40:37I don't know, Mr. Stevenson. I'm sorry.
00:40:39Oh, thanks. Forgive me, you were saying? What's the matter? Do you want me to get you something else?
00:40:43No, thank you. I don't care for anything.
00:40:45Well, then, if you don't mind, I'm kind of thirsty.
00:40:47Henry, what I'm trying to say is this. A few days ago, I saw a picture of you in the
00:40:51paper about your being the vice president of the Cottrell Company.
00:40:53Sounds beautiful, doesn't it?
00:40:55You are still married to Leona, aren't you?
00:40:56Sure, I'm still married to Leona. Still live in Chicago. Still work for my father-in-law. Biggest drug business
00:41:01in the country.
00:41:02What do you do there, Henry?
00:41:04Push buttons, like all the other vice presidents.
00:41:06I mean it, seriously.
00:41:08So do I. On the invoice, King, I supervise all the little invoices that are made out on all the
00:41:12stuff that goes into the Cottrell Bill.
00:41:14Thousands and thousands of little okays that are made out on little pieces of paper, not to mention five carbon
00:41:18copies.
00:41:20How about some food? Oh, waiter.
00:41:23Yes, sir. Will you tell Albert we're ready for lunch?
00:41:25Henry, I don't mean to be inquisitive. I only mean this for your own good.
00:41:28My husband was making out a report yesterday. You're gone, Mr. Stephenson.
00:41:32Oh, thank you. Will you excuse me, Sally? Order something in the meantime. I'll be right back.
00:41:36I waited a while, then.
00:41:38Please pause at five cents for the next five minutes.
00:41:42But I haven't got another nickel.
00:41:45Leona. Leona, I have to call you back.
00:41:47But I only wanted to say that Henry never came back from that telephone call.
00:41:50And he is in trouble. Desperate trouble.
00:41:53Fred's working on some kind of a report for headquarters tonight.
00:41:55The case seems to be coming to a head.
00:41:57And he's been telephoning.
00:41:58I've heard him mention Henry's name over and over again.
00:42:01And there's someone else in it, too.
00:42:02Someone called Evans.
00:42:03Your five minutes are up, madam.
00:42:06Wardow Evans.
00:42:07He owns the house out on Staten Island.
00:42:09The one that I saw.
00:42:10Pardon me, madam, but your five minutes are up.
00:42:12Just a minute.
00:42:20Would you please give me some change?
00:42:22I must make another telephone call.
00:42:24I'm sorry. We're closing up now, lady.
00:42:25But I...
00:42:53Who is it?
00:42:53Who is it?
00:42:56Wait a minute. I'm coming.
00:42:59Can you hear me? I'm all alone here.
00:43:02Who is it? For heaven's sake, who is it?
00:43:06I can't.
00:43:07I'm on the top floor and I'm sick.
00:43:16Oh, wait a minute. Don't go away. I need help.
00:43:19Please.
00:43:20Please, don't go. Can't you hear me?
00:43:23Can't you hear me?
00:43:42I had to call you from the subway.
00:43:44It's Sally.
00:43:45Can you hear me better now?
00:43:46The stores around here are closed by now and I couldn't find a booth.
00:43:50I've been home the only since I spoke to you and Morris happened.
00:43:52There was a police car standing in front of the house.
00:43:55But I got there.
00:43:55It seemed that house on Staten Island, the one I saw, was burned down this afternoon.
00:44:00The police had thrown a cordon around it.
00:44:02They captured three men.
00:44:03But this Waldo Evans escaped.
00:44:05But who is this Waldo Evans?
00:44:07And for heaven's sake, what is this connection with Henry?
00:44:09I still haven't found out, Leona, but I do know the whole thing has something to do with your father's
00:44:14company.
00:44:14My father's company?
00:44:15Well, that's absurd.
00:44:16My father called me from Chicago tonight.
00:44:18He never mentioned a word.
00:44:19Now, look, what gives us a thing straight?
00:44:21Who's been arrested and why?
00:44:23Three men.
00:44:23I don't know why.
00:44:24And why do you think Henry's one of them?
00:44:26I didn't say he was.
00:44:27I only know that he is involved somehow, terribly.
00:44:30Did they say he'd been arrested or was going to be?
00:44:32No, not exactly.
00:44:33Then what are you talking about?
00:44:34Why are you calling me like this?
00:44:36Are you so jealous that I took Henry away from you years ago?
00:44:39Are you prepared to see me happy?
00:44:40Can you stop something like this?
00:44:42Can you stop me to now?
00:44:51Hello?
00:44:52Hello?
00:44:54What's the matter with you?
00:44:56Hello?
00:44:57Hello?
00:44:58What's up?
00:44:59No, no, Max.
00:45:00You know, I've got a kind of a hunch that maybe we ought to call the chief before we go
00:45:03downtown.
00:45:04Hey, Brett.
00:45:05Yeah?
00:45:05The train's here.
00:45:06He'll be there in ten minutes.
00:45:07You can call him that.
00:45:09Okay.
00:45:23Hello?
00:45:24Yes, this is Plaza 51098.
00:45:26What is that?
00:45:27This is Western Union.
00:45:28I have a message for Mrs. Henry Stephenson.
00:45:31Is there anyone there to receive the message?
00:45:33This is Mrs. Stephenson.
00:45:34The telegram is as follows.
00:45:36Mrs. Henry...
00:45:37Darling, terribly sorry, but last minute we may wish us to deliver a copy of the message.
00:45:48Then I wait.
00:45:49The train goes over the bridge.
00:45:51Case is clear.
00:45:52I got your message, George.
00:45:53Everything okay for tonight?
00:45:54He hasn't gone by, and Mr. Stephenson hasn't come here.
00:45:57Henry...
00:45:58Back Sunday morning.
00:45:59Then I wait.
00:46:00The train goes over the bridge.
00:46:02Then I wait.
00:46:04The train goes over the bridge.
00:46:19What is that matter?
00:46:21No, I could not say.
00:46:22If you'll give me your name and tell...
00:46:24Mrs. Stephenson.
00:46:27Mrs. Henry Stephenson.
00:46:29Yes.
00:46:31Plaza 51098.
00:46:35I'll try to reach him for you.
00:46:36No, the doctor isn't in right now.
00:46:38Yes, he'll be here by the way.
00:46:49Uh, pardon me, sir.
00:46:58Your office is calling.
00:46:59Oh, thanks.
00:47:00Sorry, honey.
00:47:01I'll be right back.
00:47:02Order another drink, will you?
00:47:02Oh, that horrible old phone.
00:47:04I hope it's nothing important.
00:47:05It won't be.
00:47:07Not tonight.
00:47:17Oh, doctor, I thought you'd never call.
00:47:19You must come right over.
00:47:20Oh, come, come.
00:47:21I'm sure it's not as bad as all that.
00:47:22Now, let's try to find out what's wrong.
00:47:24Wrong.
00:47:24Everything's wrong.
00:47:25I want you to come over at once.
00:47:27I'm afraid I can't tonight, Mrs. Stephenson.
00:47:29Besides, we've gone into this so many times before.
00:47:31Do you just make up your mind to try to cooperate with your husband and me in our plan of
00:47:35action?
00:47:36Plan of action?
00:47:36What are you talking about?
00:47:38Why, Mrs. Stephenson, you know as well as I do.
00:47:40I explained in my letter over a week ago.
00:47:42What letter?
00:47:42I never received any letter from you.
00:47:44But then, surely your husband hasn't even spoken to you, Mrs. Stephenson?
00:47:48What about?
00:47:50I must say I don't understand.
00:47:52Look, Mrs. Stephenson, I'm afraid this is not quite the time or the place to go into all that.
00:47:56But if you try to get some sleep and compose yourself, perhaps you can discuss it tomorrow.
00:48:01You'll discuss it now.
00:48:01Do you hear me now?
00:48:02This very minute.
00:48:04All right, Mrs. Stephenson.
00:48:06Can you hold the phone for a second, please?
00:48:10Could you transfer this call to the booth, please?
00:48:12Yes, I'm sure we can.
00:48:13Annie, will you switch the doctor's call to the booth?
00:48:16Hold on a moment.
00:48:21Hello?
00:48:23Hello?
00:48:24Hello, are you still there, Mrs. Stephenson?
00:48:25Yes, Doctor, yes.
00:48:26Well, if you insist upon knowing, your husband called at my office for the diagnosis of your case,
00:48:31oh, I'd say about ten days ago.
00:48:34I discussed your condition with him thoroughly at that time.
00:48:37It was then that I told him...
00:48:38From all accounts, Mrs. Stephenson, your wife's illness seems to date far back in her early childhood.
00:48:43Yet there were at times comparatively long periods of good health.
00:48:47Is that true?
00:48:48Yes, I suppose so.
00:48:51You mean to say you knew nothing of your wife's illness when you married her?
00:48:54No.
00:48:56How soon after your marriage did it first manifest itself?
00:49:00Well, I...
00:49:04I don't remember the date exactly.
00:49:05I...
00:49:06I should say it was a couple of years after we were married.
00:49:10You see, Doctor, we were living with her father then, in Chicago, at Lake Forest.
00:49:16Oh, Marie!
00:49:17Marie, will you get me Mrs. Stephenson's bag?
00:49:19Look, honey, about lunch today, I...
00:49:22I'd like to have Mrs. Stephenson's bag.
00:49:24All right, Marie.
00:49:25Yes, ma'am.
00:49:26How much do you want?
00:49:27How much do I...
00:49:29I'm sorry to disappoint you, dear, but it isn't what you think.
00:49:32It's simply that I wrote Ferguson's telephone number in your notebook last night.
00:49:35Yes, and?
00:49:36I was just going to tell you, I have a date for lunch with him today.
00:49:39Today?
00:49:40You know perfectly well you're having lunch with me today.
00:49:42It's Friday.
00:49:43I know, dear, but I won't be able to make it.
00:49:44This date with Ferguson's rather important.
00:49:46Oh?
00:49:47More important than me, I suppose?
00:49:49It isn't that, Leona.
00:49:50It's just that I had a talk with him last night and he asked me to drop by.
00:49:54It's about a job.
00:49:55A job?
00:49:56What on earth are you talking about?
00:49:57You have a job.
00:49:58Madame, is this the suit you're going to wear?
00:50:00If you don't mind, Marie, I'd like to speak to Mrs. Stephenson alone.
00:50:02But, Madame, he's late all right.
00:50:03Will you get out, please?
00:50:08What I mean to say, dear, and I've been meaning to say it for weeks, is that I don't belong
00:50:14to
00:50:14your father's organization.
00:50:15Sure, I married his daughter, so I'm a vice-president now.
00:50:18I have a nice office, my name on the door.
00:50:20Even a secretary.
00:50:21But what do I do?
00:50:22Nothing.
00:50:22What do you want to do, run the place after six months?
00:50:25No, but at least I'd like to hope that someday I'd get a chance to try.
00:50:28But working for your father is like, like running in a dream.
00:50:31No matter how hard you try, you know you'll never get anywhere.
00:50:33Oh, nonsense.
00:50:34Dad despises Deadwood.
00:50:35Sure.
00:50:36Only I happen to be his son-in-law.
00:50:38I'm not blind, Leona.
00:50:39As long as I'm married to you, he'll never give me a real chance.
00:50:42You're making mountains out of molehill.
00:50:44Look, honey, I'm only trying to be honest with you.
00:50:45I don't want to just graft off your charity the rest of my life.
00:50:48I want a chance.
00:50:49A chance on my own.
00:50:51Only you're not getting the chance.
00:50:52I won't have you traipsing around, do you hear?
00:50:54Just because Dad doesn't go falling all over himself,
00:50:57you're not going to throw away a million-dollar business like Carter's for an idle whim.
00:51:01It happens to be my business, too, you know.
00:51:03And to think my own husband turns up his nose at it.
00:51:07Now, will you ring for Marie, please?
00:51:09I'm late already.
00:51:10And call Ferguson and tell him you've changed your mind.
00:51:12Hurry up.
00:51:16But I didn't change my mind, Leona.
00:51:21You mean you're still going?
00:51:22Yes.
00:51:23And I'm sure one day you'll see.
00:51:24It'll be better for both of us.
00:51:25Henry!
00:51:26Henry, wait!
00:51:30No, you're not going.
00:51:31Not as long as you're my husband.
00:51:33Leona!
00:51:34Come on, don't be silly, Leona.
00:51:35Give me that key.
00:51:36You can't do it.
00:51:36You can't do this to me.
00:51:38Nobody's ever done it.
00:51:38Nobody, nobody!
00:51:40Would you please stop it and give me that key?
00:51:42Henry, please, if you love me.
00:51:43If you love me at all, don't do this.
00:51:45Henry, I beg you.
00:51:46I promise you.
00:51:46I'll talk to Dad.
00:51:47I'll do anything.
00:51:48Anything you want.
00:51:49Only don't leave me.
00:51:50Don't go away.
00:51:50Give me that key.
00:51:52No, I won't.
00:51:52I won't.
00:51:53I won't.
00:51:53No, Henry.
00:51:54You're hurting me.
00:51:56Henry, please.
00:51:57I love you.
00:51:58Henry, don't.
00:51:59I beg you.
00:52:04Henry.
00:52:06Henry.
00:52:08Henry.
00:52:19Good evening, Wilkins.
00:52:21Good evening, sir.
00:52:24Stevenson upstairs?
00:52:25Yes, sir.
00:52:25She's upstairs.
00:52:35What is this?
00:52:36Anybody sick?
00:52:37I beg your pardon, sir.
00:52:39Henry.
00:52:40Henry, come here.
00:52:40I want to talk to you.
00:52:44What's the matter?
00:52:46It isn't Leona, I hope.
00:52:47Yes, it is.
00:52:48She had an attack today.
00:52:49A heart attack.
00:52:49She almost died.
00:52:51A heart attack.
00:52:53Come in.
00:52:54There's something I want to discuss with you.
00:53:02You two have any words this morning?
00:53:05Yes, but what's that got to do with Leona's heart?
00:53:08Weren't you supposed to have lunch together today?
00:53:11Yes.
00:53:12I'm asking you, why didn't you have lunch with my daughter today?
00:53:14Well, because I had to see somebody else.
00:53:15And she didn't object to it, eh?
00:53:17Yes.
00:53:17As a matter of fact, we had an argument over it.
00:53:19A rather private one.
00:53:21About what?
00:53:22Look, Mr. Cotterell, if you don't mind, I'd like to see my wife.
00:53:25You'll see her when she's ready to see you.
00:53:29Now, wait a minute, Mr. Cotterell.
00:53:30What's this all about?
00:53:31Sit down, Stephenson.
00:53:33Just in case you don't know it, Leona's had a heart condition since she was a little girl.
00:53:36Her mother died of it the day she was born.
00:53:38Leona can't stand being treated the way you did this morning.
00:53:40She never has been before, and she's not going to be now.
00:53:42By you or anyone.
00:53:44And what happens if once in a while her husband has an opinion of his own?
00:53:47I don't give a hoot about your opinions.
00:53:48Have them.
00:53:49Think anything you like.
00:53:50But while you're in this house, you do what my daughter tells you to do.
00:53:52Listen, Mr. Cotterell.
00:53:53I don't think this is the time for this kind of a discussion.
00:53:56But as long as you insist, I might as well tell you.
00:53:58The argument I had with Leona this morning was about a very important decision.
00:54:02Oh, nonsense.
00:54:03A decision I made as much for the sake of my wife's future as for mine.
00:54:07And now if you'll excuse me.
00:54:09And it was for the sake of her future that you had lunch today with Bill Ferguson, eh?
00:54:18Well, did you get the job?
00:54:22No, I didn't.
00:54:24You think you're so bright, Mr. Stevenson.
00:54:26But it so happens that Bill Ferguson sells me two million dollars worth of dyes every year.
00:54:30Who do you think he's going to care more about, you or me?
00:54:33So that's what's happened.
00:54:35Now, let's see.
00:54:35Who else in Chicago would you like to have lunch with?
00:54:38About a job.
00:54:39Go ahead.
00:54:40I'm open to suggestions.
00:54:41Face up to it, Stevenson.
00:54:42You haven't a chance.
00:54:44Just as long as you're my son and all you're working for Cotterells and nobody else.
00:54:47Come on, Stevenson.
00:54:48Stop being a kid.
00:54:50If you really cared for Leona the way I do, I'm sure you'd have done the same thing in my
00:54:53place.
00:54:54Besides, you haven't done so badly for yourself.
00:54:57And even if you think you have, it's still a whole lot better than Grassville.
00:55:01Now, you'd better go and see Leona.
00:55:04She's asking for you.
00:55:08Maybe I shouldn't have given in like that, Doctor.
00:55:11Maybe that was the moment to pull out.
00:55:13Yes, things might have been different.
00:55:15But somehow I couldn't.
00:55:17Probably the old man wasn't altogether wrong about me.
00:55:20No, I couldn't go back to Grassville anymore.
00:55:24I suppose from that day on, I began to compromise.
00:55:28Always with the one hope in the back of my mind that somehow, someday, I'd win out on my own.
00:55:33How long did this attack of Mrs. Stevenson's last?
00:55:35Oh, she got well pretty quickly.
00:55:37For a while, everything seemed to straighten out.
00:55:39I was given a new office.
00:55:41Even a new title.
00:55:43But it wasn't long before we were back where we started.
00:55:45You mean she suffered another attack?
00:55:47Yes, several.
00:55:48I remember one day in particular.
00:55:50It was about a year later.
00:55:52I had an idea that I thought, that I hoped, might help the situation.
00:55:57It's the first steps on your left, sir.
00:55:58Shall I open it?
00:55:59It's all right.
00:55:59I have the key right here.
00:56:00Very good, sir.
00:56:01This way, Leona.
00:56:02Look, Henry, don't you think it's about time you let me in on this jolly little secret?
00:56:05Well, let me show you first.
00:56:06Just a minute.
00:56:07If it's another apartment, I don't want it.
00:56:09But you haven't even seen it, Leona.
00:56:11It's really something.
00:56:11It has terraces all the way around, a 45-foot living room, a private bar.
00:56:15Come on.
00:56:15I've told you a thousand times, we don't need an apartment.
00:56:19It isn't an apartment I'm looking for, Leona.
00:56:21What I want is a home, a home of our own.
00:56:23We just can't go on living with your father forever.
00:56:25I don't see why not.
00:56:27There's plenty of room.
00:56:28It's comfortable.
00:56:28I like it.
00:56:29Besides, who's going to pay for this little thing?
00:56:31Well, I hope eventually I will.
00:56:33Eventually.
00:56:34But in the meantime, it's my money, and I'm the one who's going to pay for it.
00:56:43Henry.
00:56:44Henry.
00:56:46Henry, you're so naive.
00:56:47You're like a little boy with a box of candy.
00:56:49Henry.
00:56:49I can't just throw my money away on everything you happen to see.
00:56:52There's a limit.
00:56:52A limit.
00:56:53Sure, there's a limit.
00:56:54I'm supposed to follow you around like a pet dog tied to a chain.
00:56:57I'm supposed to like whatever crumbs you want to throw me.
00:56:58Henry, don't be ridiculous.
00:57:00Yeah, you've got me sold up 16 different ways.
00:57:02For three meals a day and pocket money.
00:57:03That's all you care about.
00:57:04That's all you married me for.
00:57:05My money.
00:57:06I should have known it.
00:57:07I should have...
00:57:08Stop it, Leona.
00:57:08Let's not go to pieces.
00:57:09Please, just for once, will you listen to me?
00:57:11You hate me.
00:57:12You're bored with me.
00:57:13All you want to do is get away.
00:57:14Okay, I'm bored.
00:57:15Bored stiff.
00:57:16Who wouldn't be with that neat little routine you've got cooked up for me?
00:57:19What do I do but keep running back and forth between that rotten office and that stuffy
00:57:22house of yours?
00:57:22What do I have?
00:57:23Nothing.
00:57:24Nothing of my own.
00:57:25Not even the studs on my shirt nor the matches in my pocket.
00:57:27Henry, how can you say this to me?
00:57:29Remember?
00:57:30You told me once I'd love this kind of life.
00:57:32Do you want to know something?
00:57:33I do love it.
00:57:34I love it now more than you'll ever know.
00:57:36But I want to be my own boss profiting by every bit of it.
00:57:38Not just a stooge on the outside looking in.
00:57:40Get it?
00:57:41Get me some water, Christ.
00:57:43Please, Leona.
00:57:43It isn't that I want to be without you.
00:57:45I could love you still if only you'd try to understand.
00:57:47Henry, I feel a lot.
00:57:49I came to know her better, of course, after a while.
00:57:52I held my temper in there about everything.
00:57:59But even so, no matter how hard I tried, her attacks increased in violence and became
00:58:04more and more frequent.
00:58:06Sometimes it was just some little thing that had set her off.
00:58:09Then, yes, it was about a year ago.
00:58:12She just seemed to give up hope of ever getting well and took to her bed, more or less permanently.
00:58:17When we left in New York this summer, Dr. Burnett in Chicago told me she didn't have much
00:58:21of a chance.
00:58:23Since then, it's been more and more like a nightmare.
00:58:28I don't know exactly how to tell you this, Mr. Stevenson.
00:58:34It would probably be quite a shock to you.
00:58:36But if you want to know the truth about your wife, there's absolutely nothing wrong organically
00:58:41with her heart as the sound is a bell.
00:58:43I've examined her thoroughly.
00:58:45Your evidence just now confirms what I thought right from the beginning.
00:58:47And that is?
00:58:48That her condition is mostly mental.
00:58:50She's what we call a cardiac neurotic.
00:58:52Her attacks don't spring from any physical weaknesses.
00:58:54They're brought on by her emotions, her temper, and her frustrations.
00:58:58The whole thing is probably quite unconscious on her part.
00:59:02The pattern was laid out by her father.
00:59:04The mother died of heart failure.
00:59:06She was always so sure the child was affected, too.
00:59:10Subconsciously, you see, she learned her deceiver.
00:59:13To simulate a false condition.
00:59:14Marriage, continue the process.
00:59:18Oh, I'm sorry.
00:59:19It must have caught her.
00:59:20I hope I didn't break anything.
00:59:23That's all right.
00:59:24The number plate snapped off, that's all.
00:59:28Of course, I'm not saying that your wife isn't a sick woman.
00:59:31Mentally, she's very sick.
00:59:32And her attacks are real enough.
00:59:35They give her acute distress, even pain.
00:59:38But, given proper psychiatric treatment, she may snap out of it entirely.
00:59:42Live on for years and years.
00:59:44Thank you very much, Mrs. Stevenson.
00:59:45You've been most helpful.
00:59:47I'll call on Mrs. Stevenson tomorrow.
00:59:49This is a psychiatrist.
00:59:49I want her to see.
00:59:50Just a minute.
00:59:52I wish you could wait a few more days, Doctor.
00:59:54Could you?
00:59:56I'd like to think this over.
00:59:57Think it over?
00:59:58Well, yes.
00:59:59You see, she's so easily upset.
01:00:01And I think maybe I ought to prepare her.
01:00:04Get her used to the idea.
01:00:06Well, naturally, it will be quite a shock.
01:00:09Perhaps a few days, more or less, won't matter very much.
01:00:12Unless you wanted to write her a letter.
01:00:14It might make it easier for her to take, and it would give me more time to talk to her.
01:00:18Well, that's an extremely delicate matter, Mr. Stevenson.
01:00:21But if you think you can manage it, let's try it that way.
01:00:24Give me a ring in a couple of days.
01:00:25Meanwhile, I'll write a letter to your wife.
01:00:27Thanks, Doctor.
01:00:28Thank you very much for everything.
01:00:30And that's just the way I left it with her, not two weeks ago, Mr. Stevenson.
01:00:33And I simply don't understand, because I wrote you as we planned on...
01:00:37Let me see now.
01:00:38We could go last Friday.
01:00:40I'll call you back later tonight.
01:00:42Now, just try to lie back and relax.
01:00:45I believe I prescribed a sedative for you tonight.
01:00:48Well, then, just double the dose.
01:00:50Hello?
01:00:51Hello, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:00:53Hello?
01:00:57Flyers, flyers, flyers, flyers, flyers, flyers, flyers.
01:01:09Hello.
01:01:27Mrs. Stevenson.
01:01:28Yes?
01:01:29This is Mr. Evans.
01:01:30Has Mr. Stevenson come in yet?
01:01:31No, he hasn't.
01:01:32He won't be back till Sunday.
01:01:34Will you please, please, Mr. Evans, tell me what this is all about.
01:01:38Why are you calling him every five minutes?
01:01:40Who are you?
01:01:41I've already told you, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:01:43My name is Evans, Waldo Evans.
01:01:46I'm very sorry if I've annoyed you,
01:01:48but there are certain names and addresses that are important,
01:01:52very important, for Mr. Stevenson to know.
01:01:56So if you'll be good enough to take the following message...
01:01:59What are you talking about?
01:02:00I can't take any messages now!
01:02:02If you'll please tell Mr. Stevenson
01:02:04that the house at 20 Dunstan Terrace has been burned down.
01:02:09I burned it down.
01:02:11Also please tell Mr. Stevenson
01:02:13that I do not believe it was Mr. Morano,
01:02:17the name is spelled M-O-R-A-N-O,
01:02:21who betrayed us to the police,
01:02:23as Mr. Morano has already been arrested.
01:02:26So there's no necessity for the money now.
01:02:30Morano?
01:02:30Who is Morano?
01:02:32Thirdly,
01:02:33will you please tell Mr. Stevenson
01:02:35that I escaped
01:02:36and am now at the Manhattan address.
01:02:38However, I do not expect to be here
01:02:41after midnight.
01:02:43If he wishes to find me,
01:02:45he may call the number
01:02:46Bowery 2-1000.
01:02:49And now I believe that's all.
01:02:50If you'll be so good as to read it back to me.
01:02:53Read it back to you?
01:02:54Are you insane?
01:02:55Don't you realize I'm a terribly sick woman?
01:02:58I'm very sorry for you, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:03:01Perhaps it would be better to tell you
01:03:03before the true facts are garbled
01:03:07by the police.
01:03:11It happened on the second Monday in January
01:03:13of last year.
01:03:16The place was your father's plant
01:03:18at Cicero, Illinois.
01:03:20To the point of the story.
01:03:51Working late?
01:03:52Yes. Yes, I'm afraid so, Mr. Stevenson.
01:03:54Catching up a little.
01:03:55I lost a little time last week.
01:04:14Anything I can show you, Mr. Stevenson?
01:04:16No, no thanks. Just curious.
01:04:18I've always been curious about this department.
01:04:20What you do here?
01:04:21This is where the formula for all our products are developed, isn't it?
01:04:24Well, I suppose you could put it that way, Mr. Stevenson.
01:04:26You see, there are many ingredients which go into the various pharmaceuticals.
01:04:30We break down the raw materials into their various components.
01:04:33Many of them extremely rare.
01:04:35Is that so?
01:04:36And, uh, what do you do with all this after you break it down?
01:04:40Why, it goes into the cartel products.
01:04:42I know, but in the meantime, before you ship it out, where is it?
01:04:45Well, I'm afraid that's rather a company secret, Mr. Stevenson.
01:04:48But I suppose being Mr. Cartwright's son-in-law,
01:04:52it never do to leave it lying around loose.
01:04:58It's, uh, quite precious, you know.
01:05:00And you're the man in charge of it.
01:05:02I suppose I am.
01:05:07Doesn't it ever worry you?
01:05:08Worry me, Mr. Stevenson?
01:05:10Oh, pardon me.
01:05:17What I mean is, uh, being responsible for all this.
01:05:21For instance, suppose you were ever to make a mistake.
01:05:25A mistake, Mr. Stevenson?
01:05:27I've been working here now for 15 years,
01:05:29and I'm sure that no one has ever had cause to complain.
01:05:31Of course, of course.
01:05:33I was just, how shall I say, curious, that's all.
01:05:36Why?
01:05:37I quite understand, Mr. Stevenson.
01:05:40I don't smoke.
01:05:42That's how I first became acquainted with your husband, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:05:45About a month later, I was waiting for my bus, as usual.
01:05:48Oh, Wally!
01:05:49Oh, oh, good evening, Mr. Stevenson.
01:05:51I mean.
01:05:52You're sure it's not too much trouble?
01:05:54No trouble at all.
01:06:02It's a very beautiful car, Mr. Stevenson.
01:06:05It's my wife's.
01:06:06Oh?
01:06:06I've never owned a car.
01:06:08They've always seemed it's a bit too mechanical for me.
01:06:10Personally, I much prefer a brace of spanking horses,
01:06:12and a good carriage.
01:06:14I've brought up around horses, you know, in Surrey,
01:06:16and I suppose one never gets it out of one's blood.
01:06:19Do you care for horses, Mr. Stevenson?
01:06:21No, not very much.
01:06:22Oh, you're missing a great deal.
01:06:24They're such fine creatures, so powerful,
01:06:27and at the same time so gentle and affectionate.
01:06:30I've often wished that I owned a small number of them.
01:06:38I'd let them be free, as nature intended, in a very large meadow.
01:06:44And every day I'd go down there with bits of carrot and sugar and stroking.
01:06:49As a matter of fact, I've already picked out the perfect spot.
01:06:52It's near Dorking, England.
01:06:54There's a bit of land there, all green grass and shade trees.
01:06:58The beautiful brook.
01:06:59Horses do love a brook.
01:07:01I price it every now and then, just for my own amusement, you know.
01:07:05But it always seems just a little, how shall I say, beyond me.
01:07:10It sounds nice.
01:07:12But why is it always beyond you?
01:07:14Haven't you saved enough at that job of yours?
01:07:16Well, Mr. Stevenson, the high cost of living, you know.
01:07:19And, to be frank, I've become a bit overanxious on occasion for ready money
01:07:23and lost out on foolish speculations.
01:07:26But I'm putting a little aside now every month.
01:07:29Someday, or very distant one, I'm afraid, when I've retired from my job.
01:07:33But why wait till you've retired?
01:07:35What good is a dream when you're too old to enjoy it?
01:07:37That's quite a truism, Mr. Stevenson.
01:07:39I suppose the zest does go out of things with the encroachments of old age.
01:07:43You said it, Wally.
01:07:44You can't live on dreams forever.
01:07:46Waiting only weakens you and your dream.
01:07:48My motto is, if you want something, get it now.
01:07:53It's the next turn on the right, Mr. Stevenson.
01:07:56Number 54.
01:08:06Well, good night, Mr. Stevenson, and thanks ever so much.
01:08:09Oh, Wally, about that conversation we had at the lab last month,
01:08:13I've been thinking there might be a way out after all.
01:08:15A way out?
01:08:17By whatever do you mean, Mr. Stevenson?
01:08:19To have that meadow in England, those horses.
01:08:21How so, Mr. Stevenson?
01:08:22By making a mistake every once in a while.
01:08:25A mistake?
01:08:26Yes, nobody has to know.
01:08:27Please, Mr. Stevenson.
01:08:28Pardon me, I'd better be going.
01:08:32Wally, wait a minute.
01:08:34Yes, Mr. Stevenson.
01:08:37Look, I've got it all figured out.
01:08:39The differences need be so slight,
01:08:41nobody but yourself ever has to know.
01:08:43Why, a chemist like you ought to be able to work miracles.
01:08:45Work miracles, Mr. Stevenson?
01:08:46Certainly.
01:08:47Look what you've done for the company all these years.
01:08:49What have you gotten out of it?
01:08:51Nothing.
01:08:51Nothing but the dirty end of the stick.
01:08:57Wally!
01:09:00Come on, don't be silly.
01:09:01I've already talked the whole thing over with somebody else.
01:09:06You talk this over?
01:09:07With whom?
01:09:09A man named Murano.
01:09:10He'll take everything we can get and unload it.
01:09:12You know what offense is, don't you?
01:09:13We'll split the money three ways.
01:09:14You a drug thief?
01:09:16No, not necessarily.
01:09:17The Cotterall Company makes a lot of products we can dispose of.
01:09:19Mr. Stevenson, how could you?
01:09:21You, so young and fine.
01:09:23Yes, I'm young.
01:09:24Young enough not to waste my life in dreaming.
01:09:26There are things I want to do, big things.
01:09:27The only way to get them is to be strong, to be...
01:09:31Oh, what's the use of talking?
01:09:32I'm sorry, Wally.
01:09:33Sorry I brought the whole thing up.
01:09:34I trusted you because, well, I thought you were my kind of person.
01:09:37I guess I was mistaken.
01:09:38But, Mr. Stevenson, what if we were caught?
01:09:40I mean, why should we be caught?
01:09:42Murano has it all figured out.
01:09:44Besides, for once there's an advantage in being Cotterall's son-in-law.
01:09:47It's just that I...
01:09:49I wouldn't want to see you take a chance like that alone.
01:09:54May I come in?
01:10:01And we weren't caught, Mrs. Stevenson, for nearly seven months.
01:10:04From March 9th to September 14th, we weren't caught.
01:10:08I never saw Mr. Murano.
01:10:10I merely carried out our mutual plan.
01:10:12And every Friday afternoon, Mr. Stevenson handed me the money.
01:10:16By September 14th of last year, I had saved the sum of $7,555.49.
01:10:25But it was in the early afternoon of that day that...
01:10:29When did you get it?
01:10:30It came this morning in the inter-office mail.
01:10:32I don't understand it.
01:10:33I never said a word.
01:10:35That's why I'm sure they must suspect.
01:10:37If they suspected anything, they'd have fired you outright.
01:10:39Call the police.
01:10:40I'm sorry.
01:10:41I can't help feeling this transfer to New Jersey is a sign, a warning.
01:10:45I'm sure of it.
01:10:48A sign of what?
01:10:49To stop this.
01:10:51Mr. Stevenson, I just can't go on any longer.
01:10:53Shut up.
01:10:59Now, what do you mean by this kind of drivel?
01:11:01It's just that money doesn't seem that important.
01:11:03Maybe not to you.
01:11:05Look here, you stupid fool.
01:11:06We've been a bunch of stooges up to now.
01:11:07Murano's kicked us around.
01:11:09Now we have a chance to get rid of him.
01:11:10That transfer of yours is just what I was looking for.
01:11:12As a matter of fact, we're much better off operating from Bayonne.
01:11:15Look, you'll be your own boss.
01:11:16Pardon with me.
01:11:17I'll tell Murano you've been laid off here.
01:11:19This setup's over.
01:11:20Then you and I will establish headquarters for ourselves back east.
01:11:23We'll operate on our own and split Murano's share between us, see?
01:11:26Don't you think that's rather dangerous?
01:11:27I'm just a chemist, Mr. Stevenson.
01:11:29I don't know anything about that aspect of the business.
01:11:31But I do.
01:11:32I've been doing a little research and I'll teach you plenty.
01:11:34Come here.
01:11:35I'll give you an idea.
01:11:37This is the cholera plant at Bayonne, New York, Staten Island.
01:11:42One and a half months later, we began operations on Staten Island, New York.
01:11:48Our headquarters were an abandoned house at 20 Dunstan Terrace, which I purchased for Mr. Stevenson.
01:11:54Here, twice a week after work, I would come from your father's Bayonne plant.
01:11:59And here, Mr. Stevenson would mail me, or telephone, his instructions from Cicero.
01:12:05The character of our work now became more complex, inasmuch as I was directly selling the products as well as
01:12:11removing them from the plant.
01:12:13A little over three months ago, Mr. Stevenson arrived in New York himself to supervise the work.
01:12:18But unfortunately, it was at that time that the final chapter of our enterprise was being written.
01:12:26Pardon me?
01:12:38Come right in.
01:12:39Good evening.
01:12:41This is the professor.
01:12:42Wally, this is Murano.
01:12:44Murano?
01:12:44Yes, that's right.
01:12:45You didn't expect me, did you, professor?
01:12:48Now, with the kind assistance of Mr. Evans, that is the name, isn't it?
01:12:52Yes, sir.
01:12:52With the kind assistance of Mr. Evans, we'll proceed with our business.
01:12:55As I was saying, Stevenson, according to our information, and we have pretty accurate sources, since you decided to disassociate
01:13:02yourself from us, you have accumulated quite a stock.
01:13:05Of which you have been able to dispose of only one-third, and that leaves quite an amount hanging around
01:13:10loose, doesn't it?
01:13:12Where is it?
01:13:15I told you, I don't know anything about it.
01:13:17You don't, huh?
01:13:20How about you, professor?
01:13:22As Mr. Stevenson just said, we don't know, I'm sorry to say.
01:13:25Well, so am I.
01:13:27All right, boys.
01:13:28Leave him alone.
01:13:30Leave him alone, I said.
01:13:31Hold it, fellas.
01:13:33Or you'll what, Stevenson?
01:13:47Look, Stevenson's size doesn't count in our business.
01:13:49We all know you're a big, strong guy.
01:13:51We all know you can fight.
01:13:52But this isn't the way you're going to settle the little difference our organization happens to have with you.
01:14:00Now, there's one thing I haven't told you yet.
01:14:05We had a, what'll I call it, a board meeting last Thursday.
01:14:10And the vote was seven to one against you.
01:14:12That's pretty bad.
01:14:13I'm not saying I didn't argue the point, of course, but if you insist on being stubborn, there's nothing I
01:14:19can do.
01:14:20Stop beating about the bush for Pete's sake.
01:14:21What do you want?
01:14:23Ah, now you're talking.
01:14:25Now let's just relax for a second.
01:14:27I'm sure the professor would like to get a load off his feet.
01:14:29It's a long way from here to Bayonne, isn't it?
01:14:31No, thanks.
01:14:32It's quite all right.
01:14:34Mr. Stevenson, I beg you, give them what they want.
01:14:36You can take everything I...
01:14:37Shut up!
01:14:38You see, Stevenson, since you went into business for yourself, we've suffered quite a loss.
01:14:43Now, if you were to turn back what you've accumulated and pay us, say, $200,000 for our injured feelings,
01:14:50I might get the board to reconsider their decision, provided, of course, the both of you continue working under our
01:14:55humble supervision.
01:14:56You know as well as I do I don't have that kind of money.
01:14:58No, but you've got very good connections, a rich father-in-law, a rich wife.
01:15:03Yeah, a lot of good that does.
01:15:04What do you suppose I went into this business for?
01:15:06But I thought I read somewhere about your wife being sick, even dying.
01:15:14So what about her?
01:15:15She's got insurance, hasn't she, made out in your name?
01:15:19I'm pretty sure the board would give you, say, 90 days to raise the money on something like that.
01:15:24Why 90 days?
01:15:26Isn't that what the doctor said?
01:15:33Yes, that's what he said, but...
01:15:38What's that?
01:15:39Oh, just a little I owe you to make it legal.
01:15:42You see, everything can be straightened out without any trouble.
01:15:47I suppose something happened and she didn't...
01:15:49I mean, I mean, if she got...
01:15:51I wouldn't worry about it, Stevenson.
01:15:52You've got a doctor's word for it, haven't you?
01:15:54They know their business.
01:16:00I wouldn't say you had much of a choice, anyhow.
01:16:15That happened on the evening of the 23rd of this past April.
01:16:19I need not describe Mr. Stevenson's distress when, four days ago, the IOU came due.
01:16:26As I understand it, Mr. Stevenson saw Mr. Morano, but his request for an extension was most heartlessly refused.
01:16:34I have not seen either Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Morano since.
01:16:39And now, inasmuch as I've already given you the final message, I believe the rest explains itself quite simply.
01:16:45Mr. Evans, where's my husband? Where's Mr. Stevenson now?
01:16:48I wish I knew, Mr. Stevenson.
01:16:50Perhaps if you tried the Bowery number.
01:16:53The Bowery? The Bowery number?
01:16:55That I gave you in the message.
01:16:57And now, if you'll check it over with me.
01:16:59Yes, I can't! I can't!
01:17:01I'll repeat it for you, Mrs. Stevenson, once more.
01:17:05Point one.
01:17:06The house at 20 Dunstan Terrace was burned down this afternoon by Mr. Evans.
01:17:11Point two.
01:17:12Mr. Evans escaped.
01:17:13Point three.
01:17:15Mr. Morano has been arrested, so it'll not be necessary to raise the money.
01:17:20Point four.
01:17:21It was not Mr. Morano who tipped off the police.
01:17:24But it doesn't matter.
01:17:26Just give me the Bowery number.
01:17:27The one for Mr. Stevenson.
01:17:30Point five.
01:17:31Mr. Evans is at the Manhattan address, but he's leaving now and may be found at Bowery 2, 1000.
01:17:39Bowery 2, 1000?
01:17:41Yes, after midnight.
01:17:43Good night, Mrs. Stevenson.
01:17:44Thank you very much.
01:17:46Good night.
01:17:50Good night.
01:18:20lary two one thousand barry two one thousand is mr stevenson there mr who mr stevenson
01:18:27mr henry stevenson i was told to call by mr evans just a minute i'll see
01:18:33yes that's right
01:18:40no they're not here ma'am oh well mr evans said he might be expected could i leave a message
01:18:47message ma'am we don't take no messages here ma'am they wouldn't do no good no well what number
01:18:56is
01:18:56this who what am i calling maury two one thousand ma'am the city morgue
01:19:03oh
01:19:03oh
01:19:03oh
01:19:06Oh, my God.
01:19:39Your call, please.
01:19:41I've heard...
01:19:42Give me the police, quick.
01:19:44Ring the police department.
01:19:45No, wait a minute.
01:19:54Give me...
01:19:55I can't be alone, I'm telling you.
01:19:57Hurry, hurry.
01:19:59One moment, please.
01:20:03I can't be alone, I can't be alone, I can't be alone, I can't be alone, I can't be alone.
01:20:12Operator, what about the hospital?
01:20:15Hello, operator, operator, operator!
01:20:18Tell you.
01:20:19Is this a hospital?
01:20:20Yes.
01:20:21I want the nurse's registry.
01:20:23Who do you want to speak to, please?
01:20:25I want the nurse's registry.
01:20:26I want to hire a trained nurse immediately for the night.
01:20:30Pardon me just a second.
01:20:38Yes, and what were you saying?
01:20:40I said I want to hire a trained nurse.
01:20:42I need her immediately.
01:20:43We quite understand that, Adam.
01:20:45But in the first place, this is a city house.
01:20:47All I know is that I'm a sick woman, and I'm all alone in this horrible, empty house.
01:20:52I overheard a conversation, a telephone conversation a while ago about, about a murder.
01:20:59A murder to be committed at 11.50.
01:21:03I, I don't know what's happened to my husband.
01:21:06If something isn't done, I'm afraid.
01:21:09I, I don't know what's happened to my husband.
01:21:39I, I don't know what's happened to my husband.
01:22:06It's as though someone had lifted the receiver off the hook of the extension downstairs.
01:22:10I didn't hear it, madam.
01:22:11Well, I did.
01:22:13There's someone in this house.
01:22:15There's someone in the kitchen downstairs, and they're listening to me now that...
01:22:25Who is it? Who's there?
01:22:28Henry!
01:22:31Henry!
01:22:32Henry!
01:22:32Henry!
01:22:33Henry!
01:22:47Henry!
01:22:48New Haven is calling Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
01:22:51Is she there?
01:22:51Yes, but I haven't any time to talk. Now call back later.
01:22:54I have a person-to-person call from Mrs. Henry Stevenson from Mr. Henry Stevenson.
01:22:59Do you not wish to accept the call, madam?
01:23:01Did you say Mr. Stevenson? Mr. Stevenson from New Haven?
01:23:06Do you wish to accept the call, madam?
01:23:08Oh, yes. Yes, I'll take it.
01:23:10One moment, please. Go ahead, New Haven. Go ahead, sir.
01:23:14Hello? Darling?
01:23:15Henry! Henry, where are you?
01:23:17Well, I'm on my way to Boston, dear, stopping off between trains in New Haven.
01:23:20Did you get my wire?
01:23:22Yes. Yes, I got it.
01:23:23I just thought I'd check up and see how you were.
01:23:25I was so sorry I couldn't reach you by phone, but of course I knew you'd be all right.
01:23:28Well, I'm not all right.
01:23:35There's someone in this house right now. I'm sure of it.
01:23:39Oh, now, honey, how could there be? Don't tell me you're still alone.
01:23:42Well, of course I've been alone. Who else would be here? You promised to be home at 6 o'clock.
01:23:46But, Leona, I thought I explained to you in my wire.
01:23:48I've been alone for hours. I've been afraid of every kind of horrible call.
01:23:52And, Henry, I want you to call the police. Do you hear me? Tell them to come over at once.
01:23:56Now, honey, you know you're perfectly safe in that house. It's all locked up. There's a private patrolman.
01:24:01You're right in the heart of New York City, and the telephone's right beside your bed.
01:24:07Henry, what do you know?
01:24:09What do you know about a man named Waldo Evans?
01:24:13Waldo Evans? Why? What do you ask?
01:24:16He called me up tonight. I had a long talk with him just a little while ago. About you.
01:24:21About me? What about me?
01:24:22Well, he told me some terrible things. Some of it sounded insane, but there were other parts that sounded true.
01:24:29You mustn't listen to every crazy crackpot that calls you up there. Now, just try to forget about it.
01:24:32They said you'd been stealing from Dad's company. Is that true, Henry?
01:24:36True. Of course not. What a crazy idea.
01:24:40Well, he left some kind of a message for you that the house on Staten Island, 20 Dunstan Terrace, had
01:24:46been burned down,
01:24:47and that the police knew everything, and that Morano had been arrested, and...
01:24:53Are you still there, Henry?
01:24:55Yes, I'm here.
01:24:56They said you were a criminal, Henry, a desperate man. And Evans said... Evans said you wanted me to... to
01:25:05die.
01:25:06I...
01:25:06And that money, Henry, that money those people wanted, why didn't you ask me for it?
01:25:11Well, I'd have given it to you gladly, but would have saved your life. I'll give it to you now,
01:25:15if it isn't too late.
01:25:16That's all right. Forget about it.
01:25:18I didn't mean to be so awful to you, Henry. I... I only did it because I loved you.
01:25:25And that... I thought you didn't love me. And that you'd go away and leave me.
01:25:34Leona. Leona.
01:25:36Yes?
01:25:37I want you to do something for me.
01:25:39Will you forgive me for a can I, will you?
01:25:40I want you to try.
01:25:41Please, Henry, please.
01:25:41Listen to me, Leona. I want you to try to get out of bed.
01:25:46I... I can't.
01:25:48You've got to. I want you to get out of that bed and walk to the window.
01:25:51I want you to scream out in the street, Leona.
01:25:53I... I... I can't move, Henry. I'm too frightened.
01:25:58Keep trying. Otherwise, you've only got three more minutes to live.
01:26:01Don't talk to me anymore. Just get out of that bed.
01:26:03I confess everything. Everything.
01:26:04I did steal your mind, but I was so desperate I even tried.
01:26:07I arranged to have you...
01:26:09Henry!
01:26:10Henry, there's somebody coming up the stairs!
01:26:13Get out of that bed!
01:26:14No! No, I can't!
01:26:17Please, please, please, please, please!
01:26:19Please, Leona. I'll find where they get me. They'll know.
01:26:21They'll find out from Orlando.
01:26:22No! No! No!
01:26:26Please, please!
01:26:27Please, Leona. I'll kill you anyway!
01:26:29Please, no!
01:26:31No!
01:26:57Ready with your party?
01:26:58Leona, hello?
01:26:59Leona!
01:27:01Sorry, wrong number.
01:27:33Leona!
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