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Woman On The Run
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00:01:50I'll give it to you without the hoopla, daddy boy.
00:01:52The simple facts of life.
00:01:54I'm sitting in a crossfire with the cops on one side, Miley Freeman on the other, and the both of
00:01:57them gunning for me.
00:01:59So I'm the guy who knows that you're the one who took the 20 grand from Smiley to cover up
00:02:03the dirt and kill him.
00:02:05Got a cigarette, Danny boy?
00:02:08Now, my proposition's quick and easy, Danny.
00:02:11We split the 20.
00:02:12Five for you, 15 for me.
00:02:14And I take it on the lam.
00:02:16Live and let live's my fellow.
00:02:20Ah, that look in your eye, Danny, is painful to me pride.
00:02:28Danny boy, don't kill me.
00:02:30Danny boy, don't.
00:02:31There's a road.
00:02:32No, no, no!
00:02:33Ah, ah, ah.
00:02:35Ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:02:37Ah!
00:02:39Ah, ah, ah.
00:02:40Ah!
00:02:43Ah!
00:02:48Ah!
00:02:52Ah!
00:03:02Hey, what happened?
00:03:03What's going on down there with those shots?
00:03:05You'd better call the police.
00:03:07There's been a murder.
00:03:23Evening, Inspector.
00:03:25Hi. Hi, boys.
00:03:27Oh, what happens in the middle of the night?
00:03:29Yeah.
00:03:32That's Joe Gordon all right?
00:03:33Yeah.
00:03:34He won't be doing much testifying now.
00:03:37Convenient for Smiley Freeman.
00:03:39Yeah.
00:03:39Fiddler over there where the dog says he saw it.
00:03:42Yeah?
00:03:44Is the knock over here yet?
00:03:46Watch this, Inspector.
00:03:47What's this guy's name?
00:03:48Frank Johnson. Lives around here.
00:03:50Claims he was out walking his dog.
00:03:53Hi, Mr. Johnson.
00:03:55Inspector Farris. Homicide detail.
00:03:58Understand you had a front seat.
00:03:59I sure did.
00:04:00Get a good look at the killer?
00:04:01Too good.
00:04:02That street light was right on his face when he got out of his car and shot at him.
00:04:05Shot at you?
00:04:06Twice.
00:04:07You're lucky he missed.
00:04:09Think you'd recognize him? You saw him again?
00:04:12That's not a face I'm likely to forget.
00:04:14Pick him out of a lineup?
00:04:16I think so. Yeah.
00:04:18Say, what's this all about, anyway?
00:04:20The dead man, Joe Gordon.
00:04:21He was going to testify before the grand jury next week.
00:04:25That's tough.
00:04:26Not to.
00:04:26He had a bad record.
00:04:28He knew too much about Smiley Freeman.
00:04:29You know who Smiley Freeman is?
00:04:30The gangster?
00:04:31That's right.
00:04:32Gordon was our witness.
00:04:34Now, you're in.
00:04:35Me?
00:04:36Yeah.
00:04:37All you have to do is identify the killer.
00:04:39We'll do the rest.
00:04:41Married?
00:04:43In a way.
00:04:44What do you mean, in a way?
00:04:46Are you or aren't you?
00:04:48Kelp.
00:04:49I am.
00:04:50Where do you live?
00:04:51Right over there.
00:04:52136 out to Linda.
00:04:53Apartment 4D.
00:04:54Pick up Mrs. Johnson.
00:04:55Bring her over here.
00:04:56Okay.
00:04:57Hey, don't wake her up.
00:04:59She's not going to like it.
00:05:00Well, she'll want to know where you are, won't she?
00:05:03We're taking you down to headquarters.
00:05:05Headquarters? What for?
00:05:09Protective custody.
00:05:11I see what you mean.
00:05:12Now, where were you standing when he shot her?
00:05:14Oh, right down there.
00:05:15Show me.
00:05:18Well, I was right down there with the dog when the car drove up.
00:05:21I didn't pay much attention to it.
00:05:23Little bit later, I heard a shot.
00:05:24I looked up just in time to see this fellow, what's his name, fall out of the car.
00:05:28Then the killer pumped another shot right into him.
00:05:31My dog barked.
00:05:32He got out of the car, started to shoot at me.
00:05:36I ducked and he drove away.
00:05:37What kind of a car?
00:05:38I don't know, a light coupe, they all look alike to me.
00:05:42Well, his aim was all right.
00:05:44He was just shooting at the wrong target.
00:05:46He thought your shadow was you.
00:05:53Will you go call Reardon?
00:05:56Maybe he won't miss next time.
00:05:57There won't be any next time.
00:05:58Yeah, but suppose you don't get a conviction, then what?
00:06:00Do I have to spend the rest of my life with police protection?
00:06:03Or wind up on a sidewalk like him?
00:06:05What are you worried about? He missed, didn't he?
00:06:08Stay here a minute. We'll get the rest of the story downtown.
00:06:14I hate to get mixed up in this.
00:06:15Yeah, it's getting so.
00:06:17A man has to be careful where he's looking these days.
00:06:19Think of it.
00:06:20Keep out of here, will you?
00:06:22Say, I think I dropped my pipe somewhere around here.
00:06:24Is that okay if I look for it?
00:06:25Remember where you had it last?
00:06:27Yeah, it was right over here somewhere.
00:06:28What's the matter, Buster?
00:06:29I'll give you the...
00:06:30Come on, get out of here, will you?
00:06:40Pick up Smiley Freeman and everybody connected with him.
00:06:42Put him in a line-up, see if Johnson can identify anybody.
00:06:46I want everybody.
00:06:47No excuses, no lawyers. I want everybody.
00:06:50See if he can pick up anything on that car.
00:06:52Somebody may have seen it.
00:07:00Mrs. Johnson, that's not your husband.
00:07:02The man was killed. He saw it happen.
00:07:05He...
00:07:05He's right over here.
00:07:07Sorry I had to get you out of bed, Mrs. Johnson.
00:07:10After all, we had to make sure that he had a wife.
00:07:16Where is he?
00:07:17He took a powder.
00:07:18Sergeant, pick up Johnson.
00:07:20The idiot will get himself killed.
00:07:21Get down there and cover the park!
00:07:22Just like him.
00:07:22Always running away.
00:07:23What do you mean, always running away?
00:07:25Running away from what?
00:07:26From everything.
00:07:27Broadcast and description.
00:07:29White, male, American.
00:07:30With a trench coat, soft brown hat.
00:07:32A very ordinary looking fellow, I'm afraid.
00:07:35Yeah.
00:07:36Well, how would you describe your husband, Mrs. Johnson?
00:07:38I couldn't.
00:07:39I haven't been able to for a long time.
00:07:42May I go now?
00:07:43Come on, you might.
00:07:46Nice dish, huh?
00:07:47Nice looking dish.
00:07:48I want everything shut off.
00:07:50Bridge controls, roadblocks, everything.
00:07:52I'll stick with her.
00:07:53Right.
00:07:55Did you hear the shots fired?
00:07:57How could I?
00:07:57I was in bed, sound asleep.
00:07:59Find any pictures of him?
00:08:00No, but wonder you heard.
00:08:02Just some tired snapshot.
00:08:04They won't do anybody any good.
00:08:06But keep them.
00:08:10It's books on psychology.
00:08:12I wonder why.
00:08:14Has he got a problem?
00:08:15I wouldn't know.
00:08:17Maybe he's confused.
00:08:19Aren't we all?
00:08:22Pipe smoker.
00:08:24Mmm.
00:08:24What does that mean?
00:08:26Nothing.
00:08:31Oh, he's got two suits.
00:08:34One of which he's wearing.
00:08:35Well, what does he get what he looks like?
00:08:37Nobody pays any attention to him anyway.
00:08:39Not even his wife.
00:08:40You're really wasting your time.
00:08:42There must be at least 20,000 men in San Francisco who answer that description.
00:08:46How are you going to find him?
00:08:47There'd have to be something different about him.
00:08:49Different anyway from other people.
00:08:51There is something different about him.
00:08:52There's something different about everybody.
00:08:54And we're gonna dig till we find out what it is.
00:08:56Now you see our problem, Mrs. Johnson.
00:08:58Why won't you help us?
00:08:59I'm helping.
00:09:00What do you want me to do?
00:09:00I want you to answer a few questions.
00:09:02Go ahead.
00:09:03Ask.
00:09:03Where does he generally go when he's not at home?
00:09:05I haven't the faintest idea.
00:09:06Has he any relatives in this area?
00:09:08No.
00:09:08Who are his friends?
00:09:09I don't know his friends.
00:09:11The dog is our only mutual friend.
00:09:12You always go to sleep when he walks the dog.
00:09:14No.
00:09:15Sometimes he goes to sleep and I walk the dog.
00:09:19Say, Inspector.
00:09:20Here are a couple more.
00:09:22Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
00:09:24There's been a mistake.
00:09:25Release these men at once.
00:09:27Keep digging.
00:09:28Okay.
00:09:28Every man between the ages of 35 and 40 who is out tonight is wearing a trench coat and a
00:09:33snap brim felt.
00:09:34All of them 5'11", weighing 170,
00:09:36and all of them scared to answer questions.
00:09:39The domestic situation in this town must be terrible.
00:09:41Yeah.
00:09:42Kitchen?
00:09:43Well, it's got a stove in it.
00:10:00Don't you eat anything but dog food?
00:10:02He's not particular and I'm lazy, so we eat out.
00:10:05Where?
00:10:06Well, let's see.
00:10:07The corner drug store, the lobster grill at the wharf when we're in that neighborhood,
00:10:10and when we get real fancy, Manlo's Oriental Roof Garden.
00:10:14Those, usually.
00:10:15We're creatures of habit, I'm afraid.
00:10:17Check the Oriental Roof Garden.
00:10:18They'll still be open.
00:10:19Yes, sir.
00:10:202 o'clock in the morning.
00:10:21How am I going to explain this at home?
00:10:22What's going on here?
00:10:23I'm sorry.
00:10:24There's been a mistake.
00:10:25He's sorry.
00:10:25What am I going to tell my wife?
00:10:27Come on.
00:10:30What did you and your husband call about tonight, Mrs. Johnson?
00:10:33We don't have to have a reason anymore.
00:10:35Don't you have a decent picture of your husband?
00:10:37No.
00:10:37He doesn't like to have his picture taken.
00:10:39I don't want any photographs of him floating around that might get in the papers.
00:10:42The killer doesn't know what he looks like.
00:10:44Didn't he see him?
00:10:44No.
00:10:45He shot at his shadow.
00:10:47Shot?
00:10:47He shot at Frank?
00:10:48Twice.
00:10:48Nobody knows that except the killer, your husband, and now you.
00:10:51So let's keep it that way.
00:10:52It's important.
00:10:55He's really in danger then.
00:10:57Worry?
00:10:57I thought you were beyond worrying about him.
00:10:59I didn't say that.
00:11:01If he doesn't give himself up, you're really going to have something to worry about.
00:11:05We've got to protect you.
00:11:07Like you did the other witness?
00:11:08Joe Gordon would be alive right now if he hasn't had his lawyers spring him.
00:11:11Hey, Mark.
00:11:12Here's a prescription for Frank Johnson.
00:11:15Husband ill?
00:11:16No, he just likes to take medicine.
00:11:17What are these for?
00:11:18I don't know.
00:11:19He just likes to take vitamin pills, cold shots, anything.
00:11:26What's up here?
00:11:27Studio.
00:11:28My husband's an artist.
00:11:29Oh, I thought you said he worked at Hart and Winston.
00:11:31He does.
00:11:32He's in charge of displays down there.
00:11:34Oh, window trimmer, huh?
00:11:37Rembrandt, get down.
00:11:38You know you're not allowed up there.
00:11:42Rembrandt?
00:11:43It's the nearest we could ever get to owning one.
00:11:45Frank's little joke.
00:11:46He found the mud sitting on the street corner one night waiting for someone to adopt him.
00:11:50They recognized each other right away.
00:11:58Is this supposed to be you?
00:12:00Yes.
00:12:01It was a lovely autumn day.
00:12:03The wind was blowing through my hair.
00:12:06It was all very charming, but that was four years ago.
00:12:08That was Frank's Cyprus period.
00:12:10He had four important periods in his painting career.
00:12:14Say, how did you two ever happen to get together in the first place?
00:12:18I met him at a friend's house in Carmel.
00:12:20He wanted to paint and I was all for it.
00:12:22I had $5,000 and he had $2,000 in talent.
00:12:25So we got married.
00:12:27After Carmel, he became restless.
00:12:29So we went to Taos, New Mexico, where he painted Indians.
00:12:32That's an Indian.
00:12:33Yeah.
00:12:34Then he got tired of Indians.
00:12:36So we went to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he painted old Dutch barns with hex signs on them.
00:12:41Say, did he ever do a self portrait?
00:12:42He didn't like himself that much.
00:12:44No.
00:12:47Did he do these in Pennsylvania?
00:12:49No.
00:12:50We got restless again, so we came to San Francisco.
00:12:53Here he started sketching crummy old characters that hung around wars, missions and gin mills.
00:12:58That was his social protest period.
00:13:00Then our money ran out and he had to take a job.
00:13:02Couldn't sell the stuff, huh?
00:13:04He wouldn't try to sell it.
00:13:05Didn't think it was good enough.
00:13:06These sketchbooks are filled with great ideas.
00:13:08He never got around to painting.
00:13:09Well, didn't you try to get a job?
00:13:11Why should I?
00:13:12That's his responsibility, not mine.
00:13:16Friend to your husband?
00:13:17No.
00:13:18That's his burlesque period.
00:13:19Now, that I like.
00:13:21It's pretty good.
00:13:22Yes, but it takes more than talent to have a career.
00:13:24You have to have staying power.
00:13:26Frank's a drifter, so when the money ran out, we just drifted.
00:13:29Who's this?
00:13:31Oh, some dance team over in Chinatown.
00:13:37Know him?
00:13:38Oh, he's a retired ferry boat captain who does sand sculptures at the beach.
00:13:43Oh.
00:13:44I know who that is.
00:13:45That's Rembrandt.
00:13:47What has all this got to do with finding Frank?
00:13:49You just answer the questions.
00:13:51That is, if it doesn't hurt.
00:13:52Why should it hurt me?
00:13:54It's all past and done with.
00:13:55If you want to snoop into the remains of our marriage, that's up to you.
00:14:01Don't touch that telephone.
00:14:03If that's your husband, find out where he is.
00:14:05But keep on talking.
00:14:21Somebody.
00:14:23Hello?
00:14:24Oh, hello, Frank.
00:14:25Trace that call.
00:14:26Helena, that's something I want you to get.
00:14:28I'm sorry to interrupt, but if I were you, I'd hang up.
00:14:31The police are tracing your call.
00:14:34Hello.
00:14:35Hello.
00:14:36Hey, hang up.
00:14:38Seems to me I heard music.
00:14:39Wasn't that music?
00:14:42You didn't do your husband a favor, Mrs. Johnson.
00:14:44It's bad enough to be alone in a big city with no place to go.
00:14:47But as soon as the newspapers hit the streets and the killer finds out he didn't get your husband,
00:14:51there'll be guys looking for him with guns.
00:14:53If I had a husband I wanted to get rid of, I'd do exactly what you did.
00:14:57If he wants to run away, that's his business.
00:14:59And your business too, Mrs. Johnson.
00:15:02I'll be seeing you.
00:15:09No wonder the world's full of bachelors.
00:15:14A little more needling is all she needs.
00:15:16Give her plenty of rope, but keep her tail.
00:15:18She wants to get rid of him.
00:15:19Women are curious.
00:15:20Even that dame will go after him.
00:15:22Oh, come on.
00:15:22Be a good fellow and let us up, will you?
00:15:23Who's handling the case?
00:15:24Inspector Ferris.
00:15:25Oh, he's a friend of mine.
00:15:26Is that right, Inspector?
00:15:27Sure, we know him well.
00:15:29Hi, Ferris.
00:15:29What's the dope?
00:15:30No story.
00:15:31How about that Johnson gal?
00:15:32Is she good looking?
00:15:33What about the witness?
00:15:34What witness?
00:15:35Oh, cut it out.
00:15:36Cut it out.
00:15:37It's already gone to press.
00:15:38You get a look at the murderer?
00:15:39No.
00:15:40What's his wife like?
00:15:41Any filth?
00:15:42Lay out the tabloid sex stuff like it.
00:15:44I'll give it to all of you in the morning.
00:15:47Hiya, Homer.
00:15:48No favorites.
00:15:50No.
00:16:09Yes.
00:16:15Oh, come on, we're ready?
00:16:15Oh, my goodness.
00:16:16Oh, my goodness.
00:16:16It's good.
00:16:16Oh, my goodness.
00:16:17Oh, my goodness.
00:16:17Oh, my goodness.
00:16:19I'll give you some frogs.
00:16:19Come on.
00:16:56Don't scream.
00:16:57You're coming out or going in?
00:16:59Are you the police?
00:16:59Smile when you say that.
00:17:01I'm a reporter.
00:17:02Oh, a newspaper man.
00:17:03Well, you don't have to say it like that.
00:17:05Let go of me.
00:17:06Go away.
00:17:11Are you just going to leave me dangling here?
00:17:13Well, you just said pleasure.
00:17:14I don't care why.
00:17:15Help me get out of here.
00:17:16It's pleasure, Mrs. J.
00:17:17Hey, you are Mrs. Johnson, aren't you?
00:17:20No, I'm the maid taking my night out.
00:17:24Oh, what magic I possessed.
00:17:27A moment ago, total strangers.
00:17:28Now you're in my arms.
00:17:29So it's love at first sight.
00:17:31Now show me how you got up here without the police seeing you.
00:17:34Do I get the story?
00:17:34After I get out of here.
00:17:36Follow me now.
00:17:48Looks like half the police force is down there.
00:17:57Must I?
00:17:57Just look straight ahead like you did when you got married.
00:18:01Incidentally, my name's Leggett.
00:18:03Leggett is a graphic.
00:18:04We've got a dandy little sheet, all full of goo and gore and everything.
00:18:08Hey!
00:18:09Bye.
00:18:09Bye-bye.
00:18:13Bye-bye.
00:18:14Bye-bye.
00:18:15Bye-bye.
00:18:15Bye-bye.
00:18:16Bye-bye.
00:18:24Bye-bye.
00:18:26Bye-bye.
00:18:29Bye-bye.
00:18:48You wish something?
00:18:49Gin over rocks.
00:18:51Rocks?
00:18:51Is this chair taken, madam?
00:18:53Why, thank you, Mrs. Johnson.
00:18:54I'd love to join you.
00:18:55You didn't think you were going to get rid of me as easy
00:18:56as you ducked the police, did you?
00:18:58I'll have you know, Mrs. J.,
00:18:59I'm an old fire escape man from way back.
00:19:01Why don't you get lost?
00:19:09Now then, how about the story?
00:19:11You'll get the story from my husband
00:19:12when he's safe and sound in jail.
00:19:14Oh, but he won't be safe and sound.
00:19:16Have you forgotten to follow up on the name of Joe Gordon?
00:19:17Do you wish something?
00:19:18Yeah, let me have a bourbon old-fashioned.
00:19:21Why did you come here tonight, Mrs. Johnson?
00:19:23Or shouldn't I ask?
00:19:24Because I like it here.
00:19:25You didn't by any chance come here to meet, say,
00:19:27your husband, did you?
00:19:28Or is that a far-fetched supposition?
00:19:31Supposition?
00:19:31I'd better stop using those four-syllable words.
00:19:33I won't be working for the graphic anymore.
00:19:34Where's your husband, Mrs. Johnson?
00:19:35I don't know.
00:19:36Did you see the killer?
00:19:36I don't know.
00:19:37Should we dance?
00:19:37Why don't you drop dead?
00:19:44Why don't you be nice to me, Mrs. Johnson?
00:19:47Who knows?
00:19:47I might even be able to help you.
00:19:48I'm not a bad guy when you get to know me.
00:19:50I'm a little obnoxious, perhaps, but pleasant.
00:19:53Now then, answer yes or no.
00:19:55Your husband saw it and took it on the lam, right?
00:19:57Right.
00:19:57And you're meeting him here?
00:19:59I haven't the slightest idea.
00:20:01I came here on a hunch.
00:20:02When he phoned tonight, I heard music.
00:20:04It could only have come from this joint.
00:20:05Something to eat?
00:20:06No, thanks.
00:20:07No food.
00:20:07Oh, go ahead.
00:20:08Try something.
00:20:08No, really nothing.
00:20:13Oh, uh, I've got a deal for you.
00:20:16You find your husband with my help.
00:20:18Give me an exclusive for 24 hours, and I'll get my paper to pay you for it.
00:20:21Trying to buy me some soon?
00:20:22First, I'm going to try and buy you.
00:20:24And if I can't, I'm going to try to win you.
00:20:25Isn't that the reverse of the usual procedure?
00:20:28I'm a perverse fellow.
00:20:29On second thought, Mrs. J., I find you very attractive.
00:20:32I may try and win you right off.
00:20:34No, thanks.
00:20:34I'd rather be bought.
00:20:36Very mercenary.
00:20:37All of the good, though.
00:20:38I like mercenary women.
00:20:42Money?
00:20:47Sure.
00:20:48How much?
00:20:48Oh, I don't know.
00:20:49Grand, maybe.
00:20:50Is it worth that much?
00:20:51Will be by the time I get through building it up.
00:20:54Frank will need it if he wants to get away.
00:20:56Now, bring it with me.
00:20:56Just tell me where and when.
00:20:58And you won't print anything until I give the word.
00:21:00Scout's honor.
00:21:01It's the deal.
00:21:02Should we drink to it?
00:21:04To the, uh, speedy conclusion of all our troubles.
00:21:07Yours, your husband's, and mine.
00:21:09You've got trouble if you don't look.
00:21:11None that I can't solve now that we're partnering.
00:21:16Hiya, Mrs. Johnson.
00:21:17Hi, sir.
00:21:18Mr. Arndt.
00:21:18Meet Mr. Leggett at the graphic.
00:21:20Oh, a newspaper man.
00:21:21Sammy.
00:21:21You should have caught the show.
00:21:23Susie and I are breaking in a new act.
00:21:25Chung-e no kito.
00:21:25It's terrific.
00:21:27That's spelled C-H-U-N-G.
00:21:29Anybody can spell a kito.
00:21:30Of course, we're only breaking in the show here, but a little plug would help.
00:21:34Well, I'll, uh, I'll see what I can do.
00:21:36Thanks.
00:21:36Next time you come, catch us at the midnight show.
00:21:38The place is really jumping then.
00:21:39I'll be seeing you.
00:21:40Night, Sammy.
00:21:41Night.
00:21:41Well, I think I'll go home.
00:21:43Frank won't show tonight.
00:21:44How do you know?
00:21:45I just know, that's all.
00:21:46What are you going to tell your husband when you see him?
00:21:48To give himself up.
00:21:50Maybe I'll give up.
00:21:51Hmm.
00:22:13Leave your flag down.
00:22:17Hey, you want to go in over the roof?
00:22:18No, I'll go in the front door and give them something to think about.
00:22:21No, in that case, I'll disappear.
00:22:22Let's not give them too much to think about.
00:22:24Well, if I need you, I'll get in touch with you.
00:22:26Oh, you won't have to get in touch with me, Mrs. Johnson.
00:22:28Just look around.
00:22:29I'll be there.
00:22:29Good night, Mr. Leggett.
00:22:41What are you doing here?
00:22:42That was nice going, Mrs. Johnson.
00:22:43But the next time you try to get out, you'll have more trouble.
00:22:48I've got news for you.
00:22:50I've just seen your husband's doctor.
00:22:53Why?
00:22:53Aren't you feeling well?
00:22:56Your husband isn't a hypochondriac.
00:22:59He's a very sick man.
00:23:00He's got a bad heart.
00:23:05I don't believe it.
00:23:07Ask Dr. Holler.
00:23:13Frank never said anything to me about it.
00:23:15Maybe he figured you wouldn't be interested.
00:23:18Well, he can walk into any drugstore and buy some medicine.
00:23:21Not without a prescription, he can't.
00:23:22And I've given orders to every drugstore in town that none of this medicine is to be dispensed without an
00:23:26order from me.
00:23:28If he should have an attack and not have that with him, you know what that means.
00:23:31You can't do that.
00:23:32If it's the only way I can get him to come in and testify, I mean to use it.
00:23:36But Frank's done nothing wrong.
00:23:37Oh, yes, he has.
00:23:38He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:23:40I thought the police were supposed to protect people, not put them in danger.
00:23:43All it says in my book, sister, is that the good of the majority's got to be upheld.
00:23:47And for the good of the majority, Frank Johnson's got to testify.
00:23:50If he gives himself up, we'll give him a supply of medicine, we'll protect him.
00:23:53And if he doesn't?
00:23:54He'll die of a heart attack or a bullet from one of Smiley Freeman's men.
00:23:58I don't believe a word you're saying.
00:24:00You're only trying to frighten me.
00:24:01And I'm getting pretty sick of you.
00:24:03Now get out of here.
00:24:03Of course, if you want to try to find it, I won't try to stop you.
00:24:07But I don't think you can find it.
00:24:10I don't think he's running away from us.
00:24:12I think he's running away from you.
00:24:13I said get out.
00:24:42I don't think he's running away from you.
00:24:54I'm violating my instructions from the police by giving you this additional supply.
00:24:58But rest assured, it gives me no feeling of guilt.
00:25:01Thank you, doctor.
00:25:02After the excitement of last night, your husband undoubtedly used the ampuse he carried with him.
00:25:07So you see, my action is not prompted by kindness so much as reluctance to gamble with a man's life.
00:25:12Is his heart really that bad, doctor?
00:25:15Frank's condition isn't any worse than thousands of men that strain their hearts running in track meat.
00:25:21The misguided believed that they were building up their bodies.
00:25:24If it were only his heart, we could control it.
00:25:26What do you mean?
00:25:27Well, for the past year, your husband has had hypertension that complicates matters.
00:25:32Hypertension?
00:25:33What causes that?
00:25:34I'm not sure.
00:25:35My guess is overwork, unhappiness, anxiety.
00:25:39But you know more about it than I do.
00:25:41Why should I?
00:25:42But naturally, you must know about his troubles.
00:25:44I'm only his doctor.
00:25:45You are his wife.
00:25:45Oh, yes.
00:25:47I'm that bitter, selfish, vicious wife.
00:25:49The cause of his unhappiness.
00:25:50The cause of his failure.
00:25:51Is that what he told you?
00:25:52Is that what he tells everyone?
00:25:53Frank didn't discuss his private life with me, nor do I care to hear it from you.
00:25:57I shall explain to you his condition, and that's all.
00:26:00He has a cardiac condition.
00:26:02Let's call it X.
00:26:04Now, X alone is not serious.
00:26:06He also has hypertension.
00:26:07Let's call that Y.
00:26:09X plus Y is dangerous.
00:26:11I'm Y, I suppose.
00:26:12I'm not a psychiatrist, Mrs. Johnson.
00:26:15I deal only with facts.
00:26:16X plus Y equals steady deterioration.
00:26:19X minus Y is an improvement.
00:26:21What you and your husband do about it, that's your personal concern.
00:26:25My only personal concern right now is to get these ampoules to him.
00:26:28If you see him, tell him he should give himself up.
00:26:31It's imperative to take the strain of himself.
00:26:33I'll give him the facts.
00:26:34He can draw his own conclusions.
00:26:56I'll give him the facts.
00:27:20Oh, Frank, darling, I thought I'd never come.
00:27:23Now, stay right here.
00:27:24I'll be back inside.
00:27:24Just explain everything.
00:27:29All right, Mr. Johnson.
00:27:30Come along.
00:27:31My name isn't Johnson.
00:27:33Yeah, and I suppose that isn't your wife, either.
00:27:35Oh, but I wish it were.
00:27:36Do you have any identification?
00:27:37Yes, I have.
00:27:38My name is Stephen Carruthers, optometrist.
00:27:40While we're on the subject, I think you'd better have your eyes examined.
00:27:53Thank you, Mr. Johnson.
00:28:02So Frank is a fugitive from the law.
00:28:04Well, that's just like him.
00:28:06He's so adventurous.
00:28:08Adventurous?
00:28:09Frank?
00:28:09Oh, yes, indeed.
00:28:11Sit down, Mrs. Johnson.
00:28:13I guess you've never visited our workshop before.
00:28:15What makes you think he's adventurous?
00:28:17Oh, but he is.
00:28:19All the places he's gone and all the things he's done.
00:28:22You know, my life has been pretty uneventful.
00:28:25Straight from high school to this job.
00:28:27From my rooming house to the streetcar and then down here to work.
00:28:31In the evening, back to my rooming house again.
00:28:33But since he's been here, it's different.
00:28:35He makes my life kind of exciting.
00:28:38I never get tired listening to the stories he tells about his trip down to Mexico.
00:28:42When he was wandering around with all those bullfighters.
00:28:45And when he shipped off to Tahiti in that old freighter and then jumped ship.
00:28:50Oh, I'm sorry.
00:28:51I suppose you've heard these stories many times, Mrs. Johnson.
00:28:54I never heard them.
00:28:55He never told me.
00:28:56He didn't.
00:28:58Well, maybe he didn't want his wife to know.
00:29:01Oh, I'm sorry if I talked out of turn.
00:29:03Of course you haven't.
00:29:05Shouldn't the mail be here?
00:29:06Why, yes, yes, it should.
00:29:08Why?
00:29:08Frank sent me a letter in care of you.
00:29:10Oh, he did?
00:29:11I don't know what Mr. Anderson is going to say.
00:29:14When he finds out Frank isn't coming in today.
00:29:17You know, he's got a terrible disposition.
00:29:19He doesn't exercise enough.
00:29:21Of course, I don't either.
00:29:22But then, well, I'm going to protect Frank.
00:29:24He saved my job once.
00:29:26You know, Mr. Anderson was going to fire me.
00:29:29But Frank said, if Mr. Mabus goes, you can pay me off, too.
00:29:32Oh, they had a terrible argument.
00:29:34They even took it upstairs to Mr. Winston.
00:29:37Well, we're still here.
00:29:38Frank was too valuable.
00:29:42Look, Mr. Mabus.
00:29:43Don't tell anyone about that letter that's coming.
00:29:46Oh, no, no, no.
00:29:47You can trust me.
00:29:48Not even the police.
00:29:50The police?
00:29:51Are they coming here?
00:29:52They're very apt to.
00:29:54But just don't mention the letter or anything about my being here at all, huh?
00:29:57Well, I don't know how good I am at deceiving people.
00:29:59But if it's for Frank, I'll try.
00:30:02Hey, Mabus.
00:30:03You better get the lead out and get upstairs.
00:30:05Anderson's blowing his top.
00:30:06Okay, I'll be right up.
00:30:07Is the mail in yet?
00:30:08How should I know?
00:30:10Nice people.
00:30:12Sometimes I think it'd be better for Frank if he got himself fired.
00:30:15Well, he doesn't belong around here.
00:30:17Look at all the time he puts in these mannequins.
00:30:21See, I just noticed something.
00:30:23This looks like you.
00:30:24Very flattering.
00:30:26Is that the way he sees me?
00:30:27Well, it may be a little severe, but it shows he was thinking about you anyway.
00:30:31Yes, and what he was thinking.
00:30:32Mail!
00:30:34You've only got two today, Mr. Mabus.
00:30:37Wasn't Frank here?
00:30:38No, no, he's late.
00:30:39Was there a letter for him?
00:30:40No.
00:30:41I just had a new song I wanted him to hear.
00:30:43Frank's the only one who listens to me sing.
00:30:44Oh, brother, have I got a crush on that man.
00:30:50No letter.
00:30:51Oh, but there's got to be one.
00:30:52Well, maybe it'll be here on the afternoon mail at three o'clock.
00:30:55If one comes, hold it for me.
00:30:57And let's just keep it our secret, shall we?
00:31:07Good morning, Mr. Johnson.
00:31:09He didn't show up for work this morning, did he?
00:31:11Where's your new pal, Leggett?
00:31:12I haven't the biggest idea.
00:31:13I wouldn't get too cozy with that guy if I were you.
00:31:17He'd crucify his grandmother for a story.
00:31:19I haven't found him as objectionable as you are.
00:31:21What right have you prying into my personal life, having me followed as if I were a criminal?
00:31:25I'm sick of it.
00:31:26I'm sick of you, and I want it stopped.
00:31:27Mrs. Johnson, didn't your husband ever beat you?
00:31:30Are you going to have these men stop following me?
00:31:32The man who killed Joe Gordon isn't stupid.
00:31:34If I'm smart enough to use you as a bird dog to lead us to your husband, so is he.
00:31:38You may be very happy to have a cop around before this thing is over.
00:31:42That I doubt.
00:31:44Stick with it.
00:31:46How could it lose a redhead like that?
00:32:24Oh, don't be so grumpy this morning.
00:32:26All I'm trying to do is help you.
00:32:28Look, do you know that you've got a little shadow?
00:32:31Huh?
00:32:32Yes, she is.
00:32:33Well, it's a nice morning for a ride.
00:32:36Oh, well, by the way, here's your letter.
00:32:39Well, I was...
00:32:40Surprise, don't be.
00:32:41$10 and an underpaid store clerk will get you anything.
00:32:44Don't you worry about it.
00:32:45I'll put it on my expense account.
00:32:46How did you know about it?
00:32:47The menu.
00:32:48You shouldn't have left it.
00:32:49It was very careless.
00:32:50I have acquisitive eyes.
00:32:51Do you always open other people's mail?
00:32:54Mm-hmm.
00:32:54Every chance I get.
00:32:56Say, did you get a load of the female impersonator they've got following you?
00:32:59No.
00:33:01Well, let's duck her and get down to business.
00:33:03Hey, Mac, turn left on the next street and then right up the alley.
00:33:06Okay.
00:33:21Mean anything to you?
00:33:22Oh, a lot of things.
00:33:24Something to go on?
00:33:25I'm not sure.
00:33:26What does he mean in there about the doctor and the ampule?
00:33:29It's medicine he needs.
00:33:30He has a bad heart.
00:33:31How bad?
00:33:32Bad enough.
00:33:33I just found out.
00:33:34He's got to have these pills and he can't get them anywhere.
00:33:37The police have seen to that.
00:33:39Oh, squeeze play.
00:33:40That Ferris is smart.
00:33:43Will he die?
00:33:44I don't know.
00:33:45I spoke to his doctor.
00:33:46It isn't serious, only under certain conditions.
00:33:49Well...
00:33:50Explain.
00:33:52The police will probably read this note...
00:33:55so I can't tell you where I'll be.
00:33:57But if you think back, you'll know where to find me.
00:33:59What am I, a mind reader?
00:34:01Well, it gives you a clue in this next line.
00:34:04I'll be out in the open under the sun in a place like the one where I first lost you.
00:34:08There is no first in things like these.
00:34:10This is kind of obscure.
00:34:12Does he always talk to you like this?
00:34:13No, it's our first murder.
00:34:16You know, Mrs. J., your husband's a pretty clever guy at that.
00:34:19No, you don't think so, but he is.
00:34:21He's testing you.
00:34:22He's asking you to admit that your marriage is a failure and that it's your fault.
00:34:26He's saying that he understands you, but that you don't understand him.
00:34:30Now, listen, Mr. Leggett of the graphic.
00:34:31I've had just about enough of the all-wise male.
00:34:35In the past ten hours, I've met three men.
00:34:37Three men who all put together haven't known Frank for one fraction of the length of time I have.
00:34:42Yet they all know him better than I do.
00:34:45Well, along the way, I found out a few things myself.
00:34:48I found out how Frank Johnson really feels about me.
00:34:51That at the first chance, his first excuse, he took off, ran.
00:34:54That he didn't even think enough of me to confide in me that he was ill.
00:34:58Then at the store, in the faces of those mannequins, I saw what he really sees in me.
00:35:02All right, it's okay if that's the way he feels about it,
00:35:05but if he wants his ampules, he'll have to come out of hiding and get them.
00:35:10What did you have for breakfast?
00:35:12Cigarette and coffee?
00:35:13Cigarette.
00:35:14I thought so.
00:35:15Take us over to Lancey's on Powell.
00:35:17Lancey's?
00:35:17Okay.
00:35:18This place has the best waffles in town.
00:35:20Butter in every little square.
00:35:22View is always better on a full tummy.
00:35:26How about another one?
00:35:27No, no thanks.
00:35:29Now that I've got you softened up, Mrs. J., there's something that I have to tell you.
00:35:33You have to find your husband.
00:35:35No, not for the money, I promise.
00:35:37You are my story, but for yourself.
00:35:39He's challenged you.
00:35:41You've got to accept it or admit he's right.
00:35:42I really would like to find him.
00:35:44If only I could decide for the riddle in this letter.
00:35:47Together we can do it.
00:35:48That letter's like drawing a graph.
00:35:50One line is to Tracy's movements from last night.
00:35:52The other leads back into the past.
00:35:54But you have to remember, where they cross, that's where your husband is.
00:35:59You need a manicure.
00:36:01So I do.
00:36:02You know, this is the first time in my life I ever insisted on helping a woman find her husband.
00:36:06That I believe.
00:36:07By the way, what do people call you besides legged at the graphic?
00:36:12Oh.
00:36:13Oh, people that like me call me Danny Boy.
00:36:19Okay, Danny Boy.
00:36:24Fisherman's War.
00:36:25Frank used to come here a lot.
00:36:27I remember once he did a watercolor of a boat.
00:36:30A fisherman admired it, so Frank just gave it to him.
00:36:34Not to be outdone, the fisherman gave Frank a big swordfish.
00:36:38I made a remark about the joys of living for the Bartha system and we had a bitter quarrel.
00:36:43But it certainly wasn't the first one.
00:36:44Do you think Frank was referring to a quarrel when he said, where I first lost you?
00:36:48What else?
00:36:50Another one started up here on Telegraph Hill.
00:36:53Frank did a canvas of the harbor from here that I thought was wonderful.
00:36:57When I told him so, he insinuated that my taste in art ran to calendars.
00:37:01I said my taste was my own and I wanted the painting, so he gave it to me.
00:37:06But he signed it to Eleanor's husband.
00:37:09Without telling him, I entered it in the contest they were having here at the art gallery.
00:37:13The oil by Eleanor's husband won first prize.
00:37:16Five hundred dollars.
00:37:18But do you think Frank was pleased when he found out?
00:37:21Oh, no.
00:37:22He refused the money and withdrew the painting.
00:37:25Said he wasn't ready yet.
00:37:26Sounds pretty stubborn.
00:37:28Stupidly stubborn.
00:37:29I wonder if he ever really wanted to be successful.
00:37:33Soon after that, he took the job at Hart and Winston's.
00:37:36You know, the only thing we know for sure is that Frank was at the Oriental Gardens last night.
00:37:40Now we're in the neighborhood, let's drop in.
00:37:42Yeah, he sat around the dressing room until we came down to do the one o'clock show.
00:37:45Then he said he was going to make a phone call.
00:37:47Then Frank wrote the letter.
00:37:48He said to get in touch with you, that he was going to send the letter to a store, care
00:37:51of Mr. Mabus.
00:37:53Haven't I seen you someplace before?
00:37:55Shouldn't be surprised, I've been there.
00:37:56But didn't he say what he was going to do or where he might go?
00:37:59I didn't want to pump him.
00:38:00Say, why don't you try Sullivan?
00:38:02Who's Sullivan?
00:38:02He's a grand mick, runs a bar across the street.
00:38:05Come on, I'll show you.
00:38:05You can go down the back stairs.
00:38:07Now I know where I've seen you before.
00:38:09Last night.
00:38:10Sure, I was in with Mrs. Johnson.
00:38:12No, I mean the picture that Frank drew.
00:38:14The picture?
00:38:16What picture?
00:38:17Of me?
00:38:18Well, it looks something like you.
00:38:19You know how Frank's always drawing pictures.
00:38:22Did he say who this man was?
00:38:24No, no, he didn't.
00:38:25I wonder if I should have told the cops about it.
00:38:27Oh, well, they'll be back.
00:38:28The man that was in said so.
00:38:29Oh, Susie, quit gagging.
00:38:32Uh, do you still have the picture?
00:38:34Maybe I could run it in the paper.
00:38:35Yeah, it's upstairs in my dressing room.
00:38:37I better keep it, though.
00:38:38Hey, Leggett, are you sure you want to help find Frank?
00:38:42Say, don't forget that plug in the paper about us.
00:38:45We can sure use it.
00:38:48Okay, take it from the top.
00:38:51I've got to see our agent.
00:39:10I've heard about this place for years.
00:39:12I've never been here before.
00:39:21What do you have, folks?
00:39:22You hungry?
00:39:23Specialty today, corned beef and cabbage.
00:39:25Orig for you.
00:39:26No food.
00:39:27Gin over rocks for the lady in old-fashioned for me.
00:39:29I think I'll call a paper and see if anything's broken.
00:39:32You can get more out of him alone anyway.
00:39:35Sir, why don't you wear a hat?
00:39:36I look funny in hats.
00:39:38You know, you're right.
00:39:41What is it?
00:39:46No, I didn't drop a nookle.
00:40:06Yes, Mrs. Johnson.
00:40:07Frank was in here last night, just before closing time.
00:40:10Did he say where he was going?
00:40:11No, he didn't.
00:40:12Just bought ten bucks is all.
00:40:13Maybe I should tell you.
00:40:15There was a couple of fellas in here this morning asking about Frank.
00:40:18Fellas that you couldn't very well say mind your own business to.
00:40:21Is he in some sort of trouble, Mrs. Johnson?
00:40:24Some.
00:40:24He didn't come home last night.
00:40:26They're all alike.
00:40:27I've been looking for mine for three years.
00:40:31I'm glad I finally met you, Mom.
00:40:33I often wondered what kind of a woman Frank was married to.
00:40:36Not that I imagined he was too easy to live with,
00:40:38being so quiet and moody and strange at times, for instance.
00:40:41Now, look at this picture.
00:40:43Look at the date he put on it.
00:40:45Frank painted this for me about six months ago.
00:40:47It was on St. Patrick's Day.
00:40:49But look at the date on it.
00:40:50March 17, 1947.
00:40:53Well, I suppose it's an artist's privilege.
00:40:55March 17, that's Frank's birthday.
00:40:591947.
00:41:01We spent the day on the beach at Cypress Point.
00:41:04Then we suddenly decided we had to see the sunset from the top of the mark.
00:41:07So we drove to San Francisco.
00:41:09We had a car then.
00:41:11We had champagne cocktails and watched the sunset over the Golden Gate.
00:41:15After all, it was Frank's birthday and St. Patrick's.
00:41:17We had a beautiful dinner at Andre's and Café Diablo at Amigos.
00:41:21Then we drove back to Carmel in the softest moonlight I've ever known.
00:41:25Ah, there's nothing like being young and in love.
00:41:27And daft.
00:41:28To boot.
00:41:29What?
00:41:30Daft.
00:41:31To boot.
00:41:32Well, I guess people are entitled to do crazy things on their birthday.
00:41:35This year we didn't.
00:41:36I went to a movie.
00:41:38Frank came down here and painted that picture.
00:41:41Now I know what Frank meant when he said someone should have been in that picture with him.
00:42:06I have a notion if your husband could have seen your face when you were telling him about that birthday
00:42:09party in 1947,
00:42:11he'd have painted you right smack in the middle of that picture with his arms around you.
00:42:15Ah, sorry, Ursula.
00:42:16Oh, Mr. Leggett of the graphic, Mr. Sullivan.
00:42:18He's helping me look for Frank.
00:42:20Hi.
00:42:21Freshen up a little, will you?
00:42:23Now hold the garbage.
00:42:24You?
00:42:24No, I'm fine.
00:42:26Get something?
00:42:27Something I hadn't counted on.
00:42:29What?
00:42:30Frank still loves me.
00:42:32That's a big help.
00:42:33I think so.
00:42:34If it'll help any.
00:42:35Frank asked me how early the Army and Navy stores opened.
00:42:38The one that's down on the Embarcadero.
00:42:40Oh, he's getting smart.
00:42:41He's changed his clothes.
00:42:42What do you say we cover it?
00:42:44Oh, I, uh, I'm sorry I was so rude a moment ago, but it's always discouraging to hear a wife
00:42:49say that her husband loves her.
00:42:51What do you write?
00:42:51Comic strips?
00:42:52Never more serious in my life.
00:42:55What's the damages?
00:42:56Oh, it's on the house.
00:42:57I hope you find him, Mr. Johnson.
00:42:58Thanks.
00:43:00No use looking, honey.
00:43:03Once they're gone, they're gone.
00:43:24How did it happen?
00:43:25I was walking along and she almost hit me.
00:43:28She must have fell from the Oriental roof garden up there.
00:43:32Who is she?
00:43:34She's one of the dancers from the show.
00:43:40Maybe a drink, Sammy?
00:43:42It helps sometimes.
00:43:44No thanks.
00:43:45Hi, Sammy.
00:43:47Let him alone, can't you?
00:43:48I just heard about it.
00:43:49I'm sorry.
00:43:51I can't understand it, Inspector.
00:43:53Susie was happy.
00:43:55We were doing great.
00:43:56There was no reason for it.
00:43:57Sometimes we don't know what makes people tick, even the ones closest to us.
00:44:01I just can't believe she killed herself.
00:44:04Well, maybe she didn't.
00:44:06Inspector, how old?
00:44:07Well, it could have been robbery.
00:44:09She might have surprised somebody in the dressing room.
00:44:11Did you check her stuff, see if anything was missing?
00:44:13No.
00:44:14Well, do it now.
00:44:22We've been through almost all of these places and we still haven't found a lead on Frank.
00:44:38Let's go.
00:44:57Mind if I look at this coat?
00:44:59That's a man's coat.
00:45:00Mind if I look at it?
00:45:01Say, darling.
00:45:03That's Frank's coat.
00:45:04Where did you get it?
00:45:05None of your business.
00:45:06But that's my husband's coat.
00:45:07No, it ain't. It's mine.
00:45:09The fella came in here and traded that coat and four dollars for a pea jacket and a cap.
00:45:13When?
00:45:13When I opened up this morning.
00:45:14Where'd he go?
00:45:15How do I know? I just sell stuff. I don't watch people.
00:45:18Shut the door or you go out.
00:46:00Look.
00:46:05Well, wouldn't you know, there he is just like you.
00:46:07Like nothing had happened.
00:46:09Huh?
00:46:18Frank.
00:46:20I beg pardon?
00:46:22Oh, I'm sorry.
00:46:36I never knew there were so many land-going sailors in the world, all of them wearing pea jackets and
00:46:40seamen caps.
00:46:46Beat, huh?
00:46:47Mm-hmm.
00:46:49I might as well admit it. I can't remember. No thanks.
00:46:53There's not much sun left to find him under.
00:46:57If you think back, he said in his letter, you'll know where to find me.
00:47:06Danny, maybe if I'm alone I can figure this out. I've got to go home anyway and feed the dog.
00:47:11He's been locked up all day.
00:47:12Oh, sure. Sure. I could meet you later someplace.
00:47:16How about picking me up at the corner of Montgomery and Union Streets when you're ready?
00:47:19It's not much out of your way.
00:47:20All right. I'll meet you there in an hour.
00:47:26Uh-oh. Looks like your shadow's finally caught up with you.
00:47:42Are you as tired as I am?
00:47:44I beg your pardon.
00:47:46Come on. There's no need in spending two camp pairs. We might as well go together.
00:47:49But, well...
00:47:49Oh, come on. At least we'll have someone to talk to.
00:48:10As a taxpayer, I thank you.
00:48:25Hello, Rembrandt. I'll be with you in a minute.
00:48:28Hi.
00:48:31What, you again? Who let you in?
00:48:33Landlord. Do you mind?
00:48:35Oh, no. Make yourself at home.
00:48:37I love having cops move in on me.
00:48:39Where's the letter?
00:48:39Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about.
00:48:41I mean the letter your pal picked up at Hart and Winston's this morning. I want it.
00:48:45He's all knows all except where Frank is and who the killer is.
00:48:49Why don't you go back to jail or wherever it is you live and leave me alone?
00:48:52Oh, no. The merry-go-round's over. This case is going cold on me and you're the only live thing
00:48:57in it.
00:48:57So from now on, I'm sticking with you.
00:48:59That's just peachy.
00:49:02Oh, I'm bushed.
00:49:03You ought to be. You covered a lot of territory today. My men are bushed, too. You should be more
00:49:08considerate.
00:49:10Can you make anything out of this letter? It's pretty cryptic.
00:49:12Not yet, but I'm working on it.
00:49:15It sounds like a guy in love.
00:49:18You think so?
00:49:19Yeah.
00:49:21I'll be out in the open under the sun in a place like the one where I first lost you.
00:49:27That kind of lays it right in your lap. Doesn't it mean anything to you?
00:49:31I wish it did.
00:49:33I'm glad you're not bringing me my medicine.
00:49:35Oh, don't worry. I'll find it.
00:49:37And I'll be right there with you when you do.
00:49:40Where you go, I go.
00:49:46Would you insist upon going with me if I walked the dog?
00:49:49I walked him.
00:49:50Anyway, there's a man out front, one in back and one on the roof.
00:49:53Fine. I'm staying right here, then.
00:49:55So am I. We'll just wait till your husband comes to you or you can't stand the strain any longer
00:49:59and go to him.
00:50:01Look, Mr. Ferris, maybe you were right in some of the things you said.
00:50:06Today I discovered a lot about Frank I never knew before.
00:50:08In one day, what you couldn't find out in four years.
00:50:12I guess I was the one that was next time.
00:50:14A lot of it's my fault anyway.
00:50:16I haven't been much of a wife.
00:50:18Well, that's quite an admission from you, Mrs. Johnson.
00:50:21Please.
00:50:22You've got to give me a chance to see Frank alone and give him his medicine.
00:50:26Then if he wants to come in and testify, that's up to him.
00:50:28But it's got to be his choice.
00:50:30I won't try to influence him one way or the other.
00:50:32Whatever he does is all right with me.
00:50:34But you've got to let me see him alone first.
00:50:36I believe you, and I'd like to help you, but I'm a cop.
00:50:39If Frank keeps on running, I'll have no witness to say nothing of a job.
00:50:48He's hungry.
00:50:49Couldn't you have fed him too?
00:50:51He couldn't figure out how to work the can opener.
00:50:53Can I use your phone?
00:51:02Hello, Ferris. Anything come in?
00:51:05Keep it going. We get results.
00:51:07I think we're getting warm.
00:51:08Charlotte.
00:51:11Put him on.
00:51:48Cheerios Molly.
00:51:50Hold it.
00:51:55How was he getting close?
00:51:59She needed one.
00:52:01Don't think he was.
00:52:01And a friend glётся in.
00:52:04There's a good unknown school.
00:52:05She's Vitale a sweet and friendly αυτό.
00:52:07The music arts, was prepares the curiosities for her.
00:52:10I'm sorry, Rembrandt. It's the only thing I can think of.
00:52:25Mr. Ferris.
00:52:26Yeah?
00:52:29I'm worried about Rembrandt. He was so hungry and now he won't touch his food.
00:52:32That's funny.
00:52:36When his nose is so hot, maybe I'd better take him to the vet.
00:52:40I'll take him. I like dogs.
00:52:41Oh, thank you.
00:52:43Get your shoes.
00:52:48His temperature is normal. In fact, he seems to be in perfect health.
00:52:51But I'm worried about him, Doctor. He won't eat.
00:52:53Maybe he isn't hungry.
00:52:54Perhaps he should stay here for a few days for observation.
00:52:57May I take a look at your exercise yard?
00:52:59Oh, yes. Right out that door, across the hall.
00:53:01And Doctor, see if you can't coax him to eat something.
00:53:10Doctor, I wish you'd look at Emelyn.
00:53:12I'm not the doctor. I'm here for treatment myself.
00:53:16I beg your pardon?
00:53:17Your wife thinks you ought to leave the dog for observation.
00:53:18That woman's not my wife.
00:53:37Who's going to take care of him?
00:53:37I don't even know what he's doing.
00:53:38I'm not the one who's going to take care of him.
00:53:39I've been thinking.
00:53:40Why did Frank send it to Hart and Winston's?
00:53:43Why, he didn't want it intercepted.
00:53:44Why not leave it with Sammy Chung then?
00:53:46Or give it to anybody he knew would bring it to me?
00:53:48Why Mavis at the store?
00:53:50You mean you think there's a reason?
00:53:52Something you missed?
00:53:52Yes.
00:53:53Something I didn't see.
00:53:54Something I overlooked.
00:53:56Driver, take us to Hart and Winston.
00:53:57Okay.
00:54:12Weary, bitter, cynical.
00:54:20Fresh, eager, and hopeful.
00:54:23The two Eleonors.
00:54:26Now I remember, one day on the beach at Carmel,
00:54:29just after we were married, Frank made a mermaid out of sand.
00:54:32It was supposed to be me.
00:54:33And a big wave came up and washed it away,
00:54:35and he said, well, I've lost you.
00:54:37And I said, you'll never lose me, Frank. I won't let you.
00:54:39That's what he meant in the letter. It wasn't a quarrel.
00:54:41This means something to you? You know where he is?
00:54:43I'll take you there.
00:54:44Inspector Ferris wants to see you.
00:54:46Why?
00:54:46Look, he wants to see you.
00:54:48Where?
00:54:49Later.
00:54:59Come on.
00:55:05Cheers.
00:55:07Cheers.
00:55:08Cheers.
00:55:08No.
00:55:22You're welcome.
00:55:25I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, Mrs. Johnson.
00:55:28This man was found in an alley behind the gin mill on the Embarcadero.
00:55:32He's been brutally beaten to death.
00:55:34He wasn't wearing a trench coat, but he was wearing a seaman's cap and jacket.
00:55:39From what I remember of your husband, it could be him.
00:55:43I'm not sure.
00:55:45So I'll have to ask you to make positive identification.
00:56:19Let her alone.
00:56:21There goes the Freeman case.
00:56:24Two witnesses.
00:56:25Two dead men.
00:56:28That's the way it goes sometimes.
00:56:36Well, if there's anything that I could say, it would just be words.
00:56:45Danny, that wasn't Frank.
00:56:48For a quick moment, I thought it was, and I felt things I didn't know I could feel.
00:56:52What was I holding out for?
00:56:54Why didn't I learn to understand me?
00:56:57Why don't we give freely of ourselves when we can?
00:57:01If only I had another chance, I thought.
00:57:04Then I saw it wasn't Frank, and I fainted.
00:57:07How do I know?
00:57:08Congratulations on your performance.
00:57:10But it wasn't an act.
00:57:12I really did faint.
00:57:15Where is he?
00:57:16At the amusement park, at the beach.
00:57:32You were there when it happened.
00:57:34Why can't you talk?
00:57:37That Johnson dame's a smart cookie.
00:57:39Yeah.
00:57:40I wonder where she got the idea of passing that stiff off as her husband.
00:57:43Somebody hadn't.
00:57:44Pass him off?
00:57:45Sure. The guy she identified was the second mate off the tanker.
00:57:49Just been paid off. Somebody rolled him for his dough.
00:57:51Why wasn't I told?
00:57:52The fingerprint report just came.
00:57:55Kick me for a knucklehead.
00:57:57Get down to the taxi stand, check and find out where they took her.
00:58:09No lead.
00:58:17Hey, Max. Watch my cat. We didn't want to get a hamburger.
00:58:20Okay, bud.
00:58:41All units in the Bay Area, be on the lookout for one yellow cab, number 323.
00:58:45License number in the 7 column, 4-9-frank, 7-6-2.
00:58:48Left Hall of Justice, approximately 6.30 p.m. this date.
00:59:01Right down there, beyond that railing at the Tams Club.
00:59:08He's been waiting for me all day, thinking I wouldn't remember.
00:59:12I almost didn't.
00:59:13I know.
00:59:14What is it?
00:59:15Well, I couldn't talk to him there. There's too many people around.
00:59:19Couldn't get the kind of story I want.
00:59:20I know where I can meet him, but nobody will bother me.
00:59:28Oh, look at the sand sculpture.
00:59:31I had an uncle that used to make statues.
00:59:33Only he made them out of ice.
00:59:35A small donation for the artist will be appreciated.
00:59:38Here you are.
01:00:20We'll be right down.
01:00:22We're going to the beach.
01:00:23Come on, Rembrandt.
01:00:25What my eyes miss, your nose will smell.
01:00:28Come on.
01:00:57I don't like this place.
01:00:59It's a good spot.
01:01:01I used to come here with a girl when I was a kid.
01:01:04It's more frightening than romantic.
01:01:06That's the way love is when you're young.
01:01:09Life is when you're older.
01:01:11I'll tell Frank where you are.
01:01:15You sure you want to start over again with your husband?
01:01:17I'm sure I want to try.
01:01:19I'm not sure what he wants.
01:01:20Supposing he doesn't want to?
01:01:22Then I'll let him go.
01:01:23He'll never know how I feel about him.
01:01:27You think people can turn back and you're going to try?
01:01:30I know better.
01:01:32You're too cynical.
01:01:33It's your profession.
01:01:34It's too late now to change my profession.
01:01:38Okay.
01:01:39Go ahead, send him here.
01:01:41Now bring him.
01:01:42No.
01:01:44What's the matter with you?
01:01:45Don't you still want the story?
01:01:48Yes, sir.
01:01:49I've got to have the story, but my way.
01:01:53You send him back.
01:01:54I want to see him alone first.
01:01:56If you want the money, I talk to him alone.
01:01:58All right.
01:01:59If that's the way you want it, I'll send him.
01:02:01Let's go.
01:02:09Let's go.
01:02:18Let's go.
01:02:22Let's go.
01:02:31Fellas, get over there and cover the pier side.
01:02:32Yes, right, sir.
01:02:33You get up there.
01:02:34Make like a gate.
01:02:35If Johnson tries to come through, arrest him.
01:02:36Watch out.
01:02:37We're failing to curb his dog in a public park.
01:02:39I'm calling him from the other end of the pier.
01:02:47Hey.
01:02:49How are we doing?
01:02:50771.
01:02:51Huh?
01:02:53That's better than I do on some Sundays.
01:02:55Thanks for taking care of things.
01:02:57It's the first day I've had off in years.
01:02:59You know what I've been doing all day?
01:03:01Riding back and forth and back and forth between here in Sausalito
01:03:04on my old ferry boat.
01:03:06Look, I can't stick around here anymore.
01:03:07Well, I've got to get out of here.
01:03:09Hey, Cap, I hate to ask you, but...
01:03:14Won't take you very far.
01:03:16Here's the keys to my car and the ticket.
01:03:20Find it over in the parkway.
01:03:21The tank's full.
01:03:22Thanks, Cap.
01:03:23I'll get it back here.
01:03:24You better.
01:03:53Frank.
01:03:55Be pardon, lady.
01:03:57Where's Frank?
01:03:58What happened to him?
01:03:59Who?
01:04:00Frank Johnson.
01:04:01Never heard of him.
01:04:03No.
01:04:06No.
01:04:19Sorry, Mrs. Johnson, but I had to be careful.
01:04:22Frank waited all day and said he couldn't wait any longer.
01:04:24So I loaned him my car about five minutes ago.
01:04:26Where'd you go?
01:04:27Over at the parking lot at the other end of the midway.
01:04:38I lost a bet with myself.
01:04:40Did you want to win?
01:04:45As ordered, delivered.
01:04:47Late, as usual.
01:04:49But delivered.
01:04:53Let's get out of the light.
01:04:57Keep an eye out for us, will you, Cap?
01:05:09Why didn't you tell me about your heart?
01:05:11Oh, you know, doctors.
01:05:13They make a big deal of everything.
01:05:16Guess it was a silly thing to do, writing that corny note.
01:05:19It sounded like you'd had a couple of drinks.
01:05:22I had?
01:05:23By the time I finished the drinks and the letter,
01:05:25I was a pretty sad character.
01:05:28Well, I can't hide out here forever.
01:05:31Would you want to?
01:05:33If I could get a job in another town, I'm a pretty fair window trimmer.
01:05:36You're a pretty good artist, too.
01:05:38We've got to pull out of this.
01:05:42We?
01:05:43Yes.
01:05:44Yes.
01:05:44If this excitement hasn't killed you, I'm sure I can't.
01:05:46We'll get out of town when you'll be safe.
01:05:49Can't go very far.
01:05:50I've got $7.71.
01:05:53Barring that from the captain.
01:05:54There's a fellow named Leggett, a reporter from the graphic.
01:05:57He helped me find you.
01:05:58He's promised to give you $1,000 for an exclusive.
01:06:01That's a lot of money for the little I can tell.
01:06:02Well, his paper must think it's worth it, so why look a gift horse Lamont?
01:06:06Where is he?
01:06:07Over for the roller coaster.
01:06:08Come on, I'll show you.
01:06:09Hey, you!
01:06:09Turn around.
01:06:10You know an artist named Frank Johnson?
01:06:12Who?
01:06:13Frank Johnson.
01:06:15An artist.
01:06:16Did a sketch of you.
01:06:18I saw it.
01:06:19Could be, but I don't remember.
01:06:21Oh, gee, I just work here.
01:06:23Used to be a ferry boat captain, though.
01:06:27No!
01:06:43Now, where are we?
01:06:44Over there, under the roller coaster.
01:06:45Go all the way at the end of the walk and duck in under the scaffolding.
01:06:48Okay.
01:06:48Here's the ticket.
01:06:49The key's for the captain's car.
01:06:51It's parked down at that end of the main road.
01:06:52Yes, I know.
01:06:53Well, I'll meet you there.
01:06:53No, I'd better bring it here.
01:06:55You've got to stay out of sight.
01:06:57I can't let anything happen to you now.
01:07:03Nothing can happen to me now.
01:07:06Remember that man shot, Ansel?
01:07:09How did you know?
01:07:09That wasn't in the paper.
01:07:11Ferris told me.
01:07:12Nobody else knows him.
01:07:14The guy that fired the shots.
01:07:25You'd better go out.
01:07:28I'll be back as soon as I can.
01:07:35Hey, Mark.
01:07:36The prowl car out at the entrance has just got word for you to call in.
01:07:39Johnson hasn't passed me yet.
01:07:54Oh, I haven't got time to talk to him now.
01:07:56That's McDonald and Murray's case.
01:07:58But he says he has some information you wanted.
01:08:00Hold on.
01:08:03Hello, Inspector.
01:08:04Remember you asked me to check all of Susie's things to see if anything was missing?
01:08:07Sammy, I'm busy.
01:08:08I'll see you tomorrow.
01:08:09I just wanted to tell you that nothing was missing.
01:08:11Except that sketch that Frank drew on the back of a menu.
01:08:14Sketch of who?
01:08:15I don't know.
01:08:16But Susie said it looked like that newspaper man that was in the club this afternoon with
01:08:19Mrs. Johnson.
01:08:21That good notice he was going to give us won't do Susie any good now.
01:08:32What happened?
01:08:33Where's Frank?
01:08:33He's on his way to meet you, but Ferris is here with the dog.
01:08:35Ferris.
01:08:37Bet that stiff in the morgue was a plant.
01:08:39He's a pretty sharp fellow.
01:08:41Let's get off to Midway.
01:08:57Come on, now.
01:08:58Never look forced in here.
01:08:59But these things make me sick.
01:09:02Stay in your seats, folks.
01:09:03The second ride is half flat.
01:09:06I'll never ride this thing again.
01:09:08Ride up, baby.
01:09:18All right, Eddie.
01:09:19Take it away.
01:09:20Don't stand up in your seats, folks.
01:09:22This is the greatest thrill of your lifetime.
01:09:28All right.
01:09:29All right.
01:09:31All right.
01:09:31All right.
01:09:36It only takes a couple of minutes.
01:09:38Besides, when we get to the top, we can see if Frank's there.
01:09:40Oh, he must be there by now.
01:09:44Oh!
01:09:48I don't see him.
01:10:06Where is he?
01:10:07I don't know.
01:10:11Let's go.
01:10:40Hey, buddy, where do you think you're going?
01:11:21The second ride is only half mad.
01:11:24You stay on for another ride.
01:11:28I'll go see what's happened to Frank.
01:11:29I want to go with you.
01:11:30No, with Ferris outside, together we'd be too conspicuous.
01:11:33But, Danny...
01:11:34Ferris traced you here.
01:11:35If he found you, someone else could follow you, too.
01:11:37Second ride, half mad.
01:11:39The lady will go again.
01:11:41Okay, Eddie, take it away.
01:11:43Forget it.
01:11:44Rubble shot at him last night.
01:11:46If they tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.
01:11:50Yeah, Rubble shot at him last night.
01:11:53If they tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.
01:11:55Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.
01:11:58Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.
01:12:45Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:13:09Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank.
01:13:16Frank.
01:13:18Frank Johnson.
01:13:19Yes.
01:13:20Is that you, Mr. Leggett?
01:13:21Be careful.
01:13:22There's a loose plank over here.
01:13:25I know.
01:13:35Why don't you get it over with?
01:13:46I don't have to, Frank.
01:13:50You've got a bad heart.
01:13:54You can't stand tension.
01:13:59You're gonna kill yourself.
01:14:05Stay alive.
01:14:07Please!
01:14:09Help!
01:14:10Help!
01:14:12Help!
01:14:14Help!
01:14:14Help!
01:14:15Oh!
01:14:15Help!
01:14:16Help!
01:14:17Help!
01:14:18Help!
01:14:19Help!
01:14:19Help!
01:14:19Help!
01:14:20Help!
01:14:21Help!
01:14:22Help!
01:14:26Help!
01:14:46Second ride is half past, folks. Take advantage of the second ride. It's only half past.
01:15:02Watch out hurry, Mrs. Johnson.
01:15:45I had to do it, Mrs. Johnson. That's like it down there. Your husband's safe.
01:15:50Where's Frank? Out there, on the midway.
01:16:31The End
01:16:41The End
01:16:45The End
01:16:45The End
01:16:45The End
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