Woman On The Run 1950 ★★★½ Crime Film-noir (CC)

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Woman on the Run is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on the April 1948 short story "Man on the Run" by Sylvia Tate.   Storyline:  Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith), on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.   Credits:  Ann Sheridan as Eleanor Johnson  Dennis O'Keefe as Daniel Legget  Robert Keith as Inspector Martin Ferris  John Qualen as Maibus  Frank Jenks as Detective Shaw  Ross Elliott as Frank Johnson  Jane Liddell as messenger girl  Joan Shawlee as tipsy blonde in bar (as Joan Fulton)  J. Farrell MacDonald as sea captain  Steven Geray as Dr. Hohler  Victor Sen Yung as Sam  Reiko Sato as Suzie (as Rako Sato)  Syd Saylor as Sullivan, the bartender  Milton Kibbee as man yelling from apartment house (uncredited)  Tom Dillon as Joe Gordon (as Thomas P. Dillon)

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00:06:18Stay here a minute. We'll get the rest of the story downtown.

00:06:24I hate to get mixed up in this.

00:06:26Yeah, it's getting so a man has to be careful where he's looking these days.

00:06:30Keep out of here, will you?

00:06:32Say, I think I dropped my pipe somewhere around here. Is it okay if I look for it?

00:06:36Remember where you had it last?

00:06:37Yeah, it was right over here somewhere.

00:06:39What's the matter about it?

00:06:40Come on, get out of here, will you?

00:06:50Pick up Smiley Freeman and everybody connected with him.

00:06:53Put him in a lineup, see if Johnson can identify anybody.

00:06:56I want everybody. No excuses, no lawyers. I want everybody.

00:07:00See if he can pick up anything on that car. Somebody may have seen it.

00:07:10Mrs. Johnson, that's not your husband.

00:07:13The man was killed. He saw it happen.

00:07:15He's right over here.

00:07:17Sorry I had to get you out of bed, Mrs. Johnson.

00:07:20But after all, we had to make sure that he had a wife.

00:07:27Where is he?

00:07:28He took a powder.

00:07:29Sergeant Pickup Johnson.

00:07:30The idiot will get himself killed.

00:07:32Just like him, always running away.

00:07:34What do you mean, always running away?

00:07:36Running away from what?

00:07:37From everything.

00:07:38Broadcast the description.

00:07:39White, male, American.

00:07:41Was a trench coat, soft brown hat.

00:07:43A very ordinary looking fellow, I'm afraid.

00:07:45Yeah.

00:07:46Well, how would you describe your husband, Mrs. Johnson?

00:07:49I couldn't.

00:07:49I haven't been able to for a long time.

00:07:52May I go now?

00:07:54Come on, you might.

00:07:56Nice dish, huh?

00:07:57Nice looking dish.

00:07:59I want everything shut off.

00:08:01Bridge controls, roadblocks, everything.

00:08:03I'll stick with her.

00:08:04Right.

00:08:07Did you hear the shots fired?

00:08:08How could I?

00:08:09I was in bed, sound asleep.

00:08:11Find any pictures of him?

00:08:12No, but plenty of her.

00:08:13Just some tired snaps of him.

00:08:15They won't do anybody any good.

00:08:17But keep them.

00:08:21He reads books on psychology.

00:08:24I wonder why.

00:08:26Has he got a problem?

00:08:27I wouldn't know.

00:08:29Maybe he's confused.

00:08:31Aren't we all?

00:08:34Pipe smoker.

00:08:35Hmm.

00:08:36What does that mean?

00:08:37Nothing.

00:08:43Oh, he's got two suits.

00:08:45One of which he's wearing.

00:08:47Well, what does he get what he looks like?

00:08:49Nobody pays any attention to him anyway.

00:08:51Not even his wife.

00:08:52You're really wasting your time.

00:08:54There must be at least 20,000 men in San Francisco who answer that description.

00:08:57How are you going to find him?

00:08:59There'd have to be something different about him.

00:09:01Different anyway from other people.

00:09:02There is something different about him.

00:09:04There's something different about everybody.

00:09:05And we're going to dig till we find out what it is.

00:09:08Now you see our problem, Mrs. Johnson.

00:09:10Why won't you help us?

00:09:11I'm helping.

00:09:11What do you want me to do?

00:09:12I want you to answer a few questions.

00:09:14Go ahead.

00:09:14Ask.

00:09:15Where does he generally go when he's not at home?

00:09:17I haven't the faintest idea.

00:09:18Has he any relatives in this area?

00:09:20No.

00:09:20We're his friends.

00:09:21I don't know his friends.

00:09:22The dog is our only mutual friend.

00:09:24You always go to sleep when he walks the dog.

00:09:26No.

00:09:26Sometimes he goes to sleep and I walk the dog.

00:09:31Say, Inspector.

00:09:32Here are a couple more.

00:09:34Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

00:09:36There's been a mistake.

00:09:37Release these men at once.

00:09:39Keep digging.

00:09:40Okay.

00:09:40Every man between the ages of 35 and 40 who is out tonight is wearing a trench coat and a

00:09:44snap brim felt.

00:09:46All of them 5 foot 11, weighing 170, and all of them scared to answer questions.

00:09:50The domestic situation in this town must be terrible.

00:09:53Yeah.

00:09:54Kitchen?

00:09:55Well, it's got a stove in it.

00:10:04Hey.

00:10:12Don't you eat anything but dog food?

00:10:14He's not particular and I'm lazy, so we eat out.

00:10:17Where?

00:10:17Well, let's see.

00:10:19The corner drugstore, the lobster grill at the wharf when we're in that neighborhood, and when we get real fancy,

00:10:24Manlow's Oriental Roof Garden.

00:10:26Those usually.

00:10:27We're creatures of habit, I'm afraid.

00:10:29Check the Oriental Roof Garden.

00:10:30They'll still be open.

00:10:31Yes, sir.

00:10:31It's 2 o'clock in the morning.

00:10:32How am I going to explain this at home?

00:10:34What's going on here?

00:10:35I'm sorry.

00:10:36There's been a mistake.

00:10:36He's sorry.

00:10:37What am I going to tell my wife?

00:10:38Come on.

00:10:42What did you and your husband quarrel about tonight, Mrs. Johnson?

00:10:45We don't have to have a reason anymore.

00:10:46Don't you have a decent picture of your husband?

00:10:49No.

00:10:49He doesn't like to have his picture taken.

00:10:51I don't want any photographs of him floating around that might get in the papers.

00:10:54The killer doesn't know what he looks like.

00:10:56Didn't he see him?

00:10:56No, he shot at his shadow.

00:10:59Shot?

00:10:59He shot at Frank?

00:11:00Twice.

00:11:01Nobody knows that except the killer, your husband, and now you.

00:11:03So let's keep it that way.

00:11:04It's important.

00:11:07He's really in danger then.

00:11:09Worry?

00:11:09I thought you were beyond worrying about him.

00:11:11I didn't say that.

00:11:13If he doesn't give himself up, you're really going to have something to worry about.

00:11:17We've got to protect him.

00:11:19Like you did the other witness?

00:11:20Joe Gordon would be alive right now if he hasn't had his lawyer spring him.

00:11:23Hey, Mark, here's something.

00:11:25Prescription for Frank Johnson.

00:11:27Husband ill?

00:11:28No, he just likes to take medicine.

00:11:29What are these for?

00:11:30I don't know.

00:11:31He just likes to take vitamin pills, cold shots, anything.

00:11:38What's up here?

00:11:39Studio.

00:11:39My husband's an artist.

00:11:41Oh, I thought you said he worked at Hart and Winston.

00:11:43He does.

00:11:44He's in charge of displays down there.

00:11:46Oh, window trimmer, huh?

00:11:49Come in, Brant.

00:11:50Get down.

00:11:50You know you're not allowed up there.

00:11:53Rembrandt?

00:11:55It's the nearest we could ever get to owning one.

00:11:57Frank's little joke.

00:11:58He found the mud sitting on the street corner one night waiting for someone to adopt him.

00:12:02They recognized each other right away.

00:12:10Is this supposed to be you?

00:12:12Yes.

00:12:13It was a lovely autumn day.

00:12:15The wind was blowing through my hair.

00:12:18It was all very charming, but that was four years ago.

00:12:21That was Frank's Cyprus period.

00:12:22He had four important periods in his painting career.

00:12:26Say, how did you two ever happen to get together in the first place?

00:12:29I met him at a friend's house in Carmel.

00:12:32He wanted to paint, and I was all for it.

00:12:34I had $5,000, and he had $2,000 in talent, so we got married.

00:12:39After Carmel, he became restless, so we went to Taos, New Mexico, where he painted Indians.

00:12:44That's an Indian.

00:12:45Yeah.

00:12:46Then he got tired of Indians, so we went to Bucks County, Pennsylvania,

00:12:50where he painted old Dutch barns with hex signs on them.

00:12:53Say, did he ever do a self-portrait?

00:12:54He didn't like himself that much.

00:12:59Did he do these in Pennsylvania?

00:13:01No, he got restless again, so we came to San Francisco.

00:13:05Here he started sketching crummy old characters that hung around wars, missions, and gin mills.

00:13:10That was his social protest period.

00:13:12Then our money ran out, and he had to take a job.

00:13:14Couldn't sell the stuff, huh?

00:13:16He wouldn't try to sell it. Didn't think it was good enough.

00:13:18These sketchbooks are filled with great ideas. He never got around to painting.

00:13:21Well, didn't you try to get a job?

00:13:23Why should I? That's his responsibility, not mine.

00:13:28Friend to your husband's?

00:13:30No, that's his burlesque period.

00:13:32Now, that I like. It's pretty good.

00:13:34Yes, but it takes more than talent to have a career.

00:13:37You have to have staying power.

00:13:39Frank's a drifter, so when the money ran out, we just drifted.

00:13:42Who's this?

00:13:43Oh, some dance team over in Chinatown.

00:13:46Hmm.

00:13:50Know him?

00:13:51Oh, he's a retired ferry boat captain who does sand sculptures at the beach.

00:13:56Oh, I know who that is. That's Rembrandt.

00:14:00What has all this got to do with finding Frank?

00:14:02You just answer the questions.

00:14:04That is, if it doesn't hurt.

00:14:05Why should it hurt me? It's all passed and done with.

00:14:08If you want to snoop into the remains of our marriage, that's up to you.

00:14:14Don't touch that telephone.

00:14:16If that's your husband, find out where he is.

00:14:18But keep on talking.

00:14:36Hello?

00:14:37Hello?

00:14:37Oh, hello, Frank.

00:14:38Trace that call.

00:14:39Eleanor, that's something I want you to get for.

00:14:41I'm sorry to interrupt, but if I were you, I'd hang up.

00:14:44The police are tracing your call.

00:14:47Hello? Hello?

00:14:49Hey, hang up.

00:14:51Seems to me I heard music.

00:14:52Wasn't that music?

00:14:55You didn't do your husband a favor, Mrs. Johnson.

00:14:57It's bad enough to be alone in a big city with no place to go.

00:15:00But as soon as the newspapers hit the streets and the killer finds out he didn't get your husband,

00:15:04there'll be guys looking for him with guns.

00:15:06If I had a husband I wanted to get rid of, I'd do exactly what you did.

00:15:10If he wants to run away, that's his business.

00:15:12And your business, too, Mrs. Johnson.

00:15:15I'll be seeing you.

00:15:22No wonder the world's full of bachelors.

00:15:27A little more needling is all she needs.

00:15:29Give her plenty of rope, but keep her tail.

00:15:31She wants to get rid of him.

00:15:32Women are curious.

00:15:33Even that dame will go after him.

00:15:35Oh, come on.

00:15:35Be a good fellow and let us up.

00:15:36Who's handling the case?

00:15:37Inspector Ferris.

00:15:38Oh, he's a friend of mine.

00:15:39Is that right, Inspector?

00:15:40Sure, we know him well.

00:15:41Hey, Ferris, what's the dope?

00:15:43No story.

00:15:44How about that Johnson gal?

00:15:45Is she good looking?

00:15:45What about the witness?

00:15:47What witness?

00:15:48Oh, cut it out.

00:15:49Cut it out.

00:15:50It's already gone to press.

00:15:51Did he get a look at the murderer?

00:15:52No.

00:15:53What's his wife like?

00:15:54Any filth?

00:15:55Lay off the tabloid sex stuff like it.

00:15:57I'll give it to all of you in the morning.

00:16:00Hiya, Homer.

00:16:01No favorites.

00:16:02Here we go, it's over.

00:16:20I'll give it to you in the morning.

00:16:29Oh, Mr.

00:16:39Let's go.

00:17:09Don't scream.

00:17:10You're coming out or going in?

00:17:12Are you the police?

00:17:13Smile when you say that. I'm a reporter.

00:17:15Oh, a newspaper man.

00:17:16Well, you don't have to say it like that.

00:17:18Let go of me. Go away.

00:17:23Will the help?

00:17:24Are you just going to leave me dangling here?

00:17:26Well, you just said to let you.

00:17:27I don't care what I say. Help me get out of here.

00:17:29It's a pleasure, Mrs. J.

00:17:30Hey, you are Mrs. Johnson, aren't you?

00:17:33No, I'm the maid taking my night out.

00:17:35Oh, what magic I possessed.

00:17:40A moment ago, total strangers. Now you're in my arms.

00:17:42So it's love at first sight.

00:17:44Now show me how you got up here without the police seeing you.

00:17:47Do I get the story?

00:17:48After I get out of here.

00:17:49Follow me, then.

00:18:01Looks like half the police force is down there.

00:18:10Must I?

00:18:10Just look straight ahead like you did when you got married.

00:18:15Incidentally, my name's Leggett.

00:18:16Leggett of the graphic.

00:18:17We've got a dandy little sheet,

00:18:18all full of goo and gore and everything.

00:18:21Hey!

00:18:22Bye.

00:19:02You wish something?

00:19:03Gin over rocks.

00:19:04Rocks?

00:19:05Is this chair taken, madam?

00:19:06Why, thank you, Mrs. Johnson.

00:19:07Johnson, I'd love to join you.

00:19:08You didn't think you were going to get rid of me as easy as you ducked the police, did you?

00:19:11I'll have you know, Mrs. J, I'm an old fire escape man from way back.

00:19:14Why don't you get lost?

00:19:22Now then, how about the story?

00:19:24You'll get the story from my husband when he's safe and sound in jail.

00:19:27Oh, but he won't be safe and sound.

00:19:29Have you forgotten the follow-up by the name of Joe Gordon?

00:19:31Do you wish something?

00:19:32Yeah, let me have a bourbon old-fashioned.

00:19:35Why did you come here tonight, Mrs. Johnson?

00:19:36Or shouldn't I ask?

00:19:38Because I like it here.

00:19:39You didn't by any chance come here to meet, say, your husband, did you?

00:19:42Or is that a far-fetched supposition?

00:19:44Supposition?

00:19:45I'd better stop using those four-syllable words.

00:19:46I won't be working for the graphic anymore.

00:19:48Where's your husband, Mrs. Johnson?

00:19:49I don't know.

00:19:49Did he see the killer?

00:19:50I don't know.

00:19:50Should we dance?

00:19:51Why don't you drop dead?

00:19:58Why don't you be nice to me, Mrs. Johnson?

00:20:00Who knows, I might even be able to help you.

00:20:02I'm not a bad guy when you get to know me.

00:20:04A little obnoxious, perhaps, but pleasant.

00:20:06Now then, answer yes or no.

00:20:08Your husband saw the litter and took it on the lam, right?

00:20:10Right.

00:20:10And you're meeting him here?

00:20:13I haven't the slightest idea.

00:20:14I came here on a hunch.

00:20:15When he phoned tonight, I heard music that could only have come from this joint.

00:20:19Something to eat?

00:20:20No, thanks.

00:20:20No food.

00:20:21Well, go ahead.

00:20:21Try something.

00:20:22No, really nothing.

00:20:27Oh, uh, I've got a deal for you.

00:20:29You find your husband with my help.

00:20:31Give me an exclusive for 24 hours, and I'll get my paper to pay you for it.

00:20:34Trying to buy me so soon?

00:20:36First, I'm going to try and buy you.

00:20:37And if I can't, I'm going to try to win you.

00:20:39Isn't that the reverse of the usual procedure?

00:20:41I'm a perverse fellow.

00:20:43On second thought, Mrs. J., I find you very attractive.

00:20:46I may try and win you right off.

00:20:47No, thanks.

00:20:48I'd rather be bought.

00:20:49Very mercenary.

00:20:50All of the good, though.

00:20:51I like mercenary women.

00:20:59Can you really get the money?

00:21:01Sure.

00:21:01How much?

00:21:02Oh, I don't know.

00:21:03Graham, maybe.

00:21:03Is it worth that much?

00:21:05Will be by the time I get through building it up.

00:21:07Frank will need it if he wants to get away.

00:21:09I'll bring it with me.

00:21:10Just tell me where and when.

00:21:11And you won't print anything until I give the word.

00:21:13Scout's Honor.

00:21:14It's a deal.

00:21:15Should we drink to it?

00:21:17To the, uh, speedy conclusion of all our troubles.

00:21:20Yours, your husband's, and mine.

00:21:23You've got troubles?

00:21:23You don't look.

00:21:24None that I can't solve now that we're partners.

00:21:30Hiya, Mrs. Johnson.

00:21:31Hi, Sammy.

00:21:31Sit down.

00:21:32Meet Mr. Leggett at the graphic.

00:21:33Oh, a newspaper man.

00:21:34Sammy.

00:21:35You should have caught the show.

00:21:36Susie and I are breaking in a new act.

00:21:38Chung-e no kito.

00:21:39It's terrific.

00:21:41That's spelled C-H-U-N-G.

00:21:42Anybody can spell a kito.

00:21:44Of course, we're only breaking in the show here,

00:21:45but a little plug would help.

00:21:47Well, I'll, uh, I'll see what I can do.

00:21:50Thanks.

00:21:50Next time you come, catch the midnight show.

00:21:51The place is really jumping then.

00:21:53I'll be seeing you.

00:21:53Bye, Sammy.

00:21:54Night.

00:21:55Well, I think I'll go home.

00:21:56Frank won't show tonight.

00:21:58How do you know?

00:21:58I just know, that's all.

00:22:00What are you going to tell your husband when you see him?

00:22:02To give himself up.

00:22:03Maybe I'll give up, too.

00:22:27Leave your flag down.

00:22:31Hey, you want to go in over the roof?

00:22:32No, I'll go in the front door and give them something to think about.

00:22:35No, in that case, I'll disappear.

00:22:36Let's not give them too much to think about.

00:22:38Well, if I need you, I'll get in touch with you.

00:22:40Oh, you won't have to get in touch with me, Mr. Johnson.

00:22:42Just look around.

00:22:43I'll be there.

00:22:43Good night, Mr. Leggett.

00:22:56What are you doing here?

00:22:57That was nice going, Mrs. Johnson.

00:22:59But the next time you try to get out, you'll have more trouble.

00:23:03I've got news for you.

00:23:06I've just seen your husband's doctor.

00:23:08Why, aren't you feeling well?

00:23:11Your husband isn't a hypochondriac.

00:23:14He's a very sick man.

00:23:16He's got a bad heart.

00:23:21I don't believe it.

00:23:22Ask Dr. Holler.

00:23:29Frank never said anything to me about it.

00:23:31Maybe he figured you wouldn't be interested.

00:23:34Well, he can walk into any drugstore and buy some medicine.

00:23:37Not without a prescription.

00:23:38He can't.

00:23:38And I've given orders to every drugstore in town

00:23:40that none of this medicine should be dispensed without an order from me.

00:23:43If he should have an attack and not have that with him,

00:23:46you know what that means.

00:23:47You can't do that.

00:23:48If it's the only way I can get him to come in and testify,

00:23:50I mean to use it.

00:23:52But Frank's done nothing wrong.

00:23:53Oh, yes, he has.

00:23:54He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

00:23:56I thought the police were supposed to protect people,

00:23:58not put them in danger.

00:23:59All it says in my book, sister,

00:24:01is that the good of the majority's got to be upheld.

00:24:03And for the good of the majority,

00:24:04Frank Johnson's got to testify.

00:24:06If he gives himself up,

00:24:07we'll give him a supply of medicine,

00:24:09we'll protect it.

00:24:09And if he doesn't?

00:24:10He'll die of a heart attack

00:24:12or a bullet from one of Smiley Freeman's men.

00:24:14I don't believe a word you're saying.

00:24:16You're only trying to frighten me.

00:24:17And I'm getting pretty sick of you.

00:24:18Now get out of here.

00:24:19Of course, if you want to try to find it,

00:24:21I won't try to stop you.

00:24:23But I don't think you can find it.

00:24:25I don't think he's running away from us.

00:24:28I think he's running away from you.

00:24:29I said get out.

00:24:31I said get out.

00:25:10I'm violating my instructions from the police

00:25:12by giving you this additional supply.

00:25:14But rest assured,

00:25:15it gives me no feeling of guilt.

00:25:17Thank you, doctor.

00:25:18After the excitement of last night,

00:25:19your husband undoubtedly used the ampuse

00:25:22he carried with him.

00:25:23So you see,

00:25:23my action is not prompted by kindness

00:25:25so much as reluctance

00:25:26to gamble with a man's life.

00:25:29Is his heart really that bad, doctor?

00:25:31Frank's condition isn't any worse

00:25:33than thousands of men

00:25:34that strain their hearts

00:25:35running in track meets.

00:25:37The misguided believed

00:25:38that they were building up their bodies.

00:25:40If it were only his heart,

00:25:41we could control it.

00:25:42What do you mean?

00:25:43Well, for the past year,

00:25:45your husband has had hypertension

00:25:46that complicates matters.

00:25:48Hypertension?

00:25:49What causes that?

00:25:50Well, I'm not sure.

00:25:51My guess is overwork,

00:25:53unhappiness, anxiety.

00:25:55But you know more about it than I.

00:25:56Why should I?

00:25:58But naturally,

00:25:58you must know about his troubles.

00:26:00I'm only his doctor.

00:26:01You're his wife.

00:26:02Oh, yes.

00:26:03I'm that bitter, selfish, vicious wife.

00:26:05The cause of his unhappiness.

00:26:06The cause of his failure.

00:26:07Is that what he told you?

00:26:08Is that what he tells everyone?

00:26:09Frank didn't discuss his private life with me,

00:26:12nor do I care to hear it from you.

00:26:13I shall explain to you his condition,

00:26:15and that's all.

00:26:17He has a cardiac condition.

00:26:18Let's call it X.

00:26:20Now, X alone is not serious.

00:26:22He also has hypertension.

00:26:23Let's call that Y.

00:26:24Now, X plus Y is dangerous.

00:26:27I'm Y, I suppose.

00:26:29I'm not a psychiatrist, Mrs. Johnson.

00:26:31I deal only with facts.

00:26:32X plus Y equals steady deterioration.

00:26:35X minus Y is an improvement.

00:26:37Now, what you and your husband do about it,

00:26:39that's your personal concern.

00:26:41My only personal concern right now

00:26:42is to get these ampoules to him.

00:26:44If you see him,

00:26:45tell him he should give himself up.

00:26:47It's imperative to take the strain of himself.

00:26:49I'll give him the facts.

00:26:50He can draw his own conclusions.

00:26:51I'll give him the facts.

00:26:53I'll give him the facts.

00:27:36Oh, Frank, darling, I thought I'd never find you.

00:27:39Now, stay right here.

00:27:40I'll be back in five minutes to explain everything.

00:27:46All right, Mr. Johnson, come along.

00:27:48My name isn't Johnson.

00:27:49Yeah, and I suppose that isn't your wife, either.

00:27:51No, but I wish it were.

00:27:52Do you have any identification?

00:27:54Yes, I have.

00:27:55My name is Stephen Carruthers, optometrist.

00:27:57While we're on the subject, I think you better have your eyes examined.

00:28:18So Frank is a fugitive from the law.

00:28:21Well, that's just like him.

00:28:22He's so adventurous.

00:28:25Adventurous?

00:28:25Frank?

00:28:26Oh, yes, indeed.

00:28:28Sit down, Mrs. Johnson.

00:28:29I guess you've never visited our workshop before.

00:28:32What makes you think he's adventurous?

00:28:34Oh, but he is.

00:28:35All the places he's gone and all the things he's done.

00:28:38You know, my life has been pretty uneventful.

00:28:41Straight from high school to this job.

00:28:44From my rooming house to the streetcar and then down here to work.

00:28:47In the evening, back to my rooming house again.

00:28:49But since he's been here, it's different.

00:28:52He makes my life kind of exciting.

00:28:55I never get tired listening to the stories he tells about his trip down to Mexico.

00:28:58When he was wandering around with all those bullfighters.

00:29:02And when he shipped off to Tahiti in that old freighter and then jumped ship.

00:29:06Oh, I'm sorry.

00:29:08I suppose you've heard these stories many times, Mrs. Johnson.

00:29:11I never heard them.

00:29:12He never told me.

00:29:13He didn't?

00:29:15Well, maybe he didn't want his wife to know.

00:29:18Oh, I'm sorry if I talked out of turn.

00:29:20Of course you haven't.

00:29:21Shouldn't the mail be here?

00:29:23Why, yes, yes, it should.

00:29:24Why?

00:29:25Frank sent me a letter in care of you.

00:29:27Oh, he did?

00:29:28I don't know what Mr. Anderson is going to say.

00:29:31When he finds out Frank isn't coming in today.

00:29:33You know, he's got a terrible disposition.

00:29:36He doesn't exercise enough.

00:29:38Of course, I don't either.

00:29:39But then, well, I'm going to protect Frank.

00:29:42He saved my job once.

00:29:43You know, Mr. Anderson was going to fire me.

00:29:45But Frank said, if Mr. Mabus goes, you can pay me off, too.

00:29:49Oh, they had a terrible argument.

00:29:51They even took it upstairs to Mr. Winston.

00:29:54Well, we're still here.

00:29:55Frank was too valuable.

00:29:59Look, Mr. Mabus.

00:30:00Don't tell anyone about that letter that's coming.

00:30:03Oh, no, no, no.

00:30:04You can trust me.

00:30:05Not even the police.

00:30:07The police?

00:30:08Are they coming here?

00:30:09They're very apt to.

00:30:10But just don't mention the letter or anything about my being here at all, huh?

00:30:14Well, I don't know how good I am at deceiving people.

00:30:16But if it's for Frank, I'll try.

00:30:19Hey, Mabus.

00:30:20You better get the lead out and get upstairs.

00:30:22Anderson's blowing his top.

00:30:23Okay, I'll be right up.

00:30:24Is the mail in yet?

00:30:25How should I know?

00:30:27Nice people.

00:30:29Sometimes I think it'd be better for Frank if he got himself fired.

00:30:32Well, he doesn't belong around here.

00:30:34Look at all the time he puts in these mannequins.

00:30:38See, I just noticed something.

00:30:40This looks like you.

00:30:41Very flattering.

00:30:43Is that the way he sees me?

00:30:44Well, it may be a little severe, but it shows he was thinking about you anyway.

00:30:48Yes, and what he was thinking.

00:30:49Mail!

00:30:51You've only got two today, Mr. Mabus.

00:30:54Wasn't Frank here?

00:30:55No, no, he's late.

00:30:56Was there a letter for him?

00:30:57No, I just had a new song I wanted him to hear.

00:31:00Frank's the only one who listens to me sing.

00:31:02Oh, brother, have I got a crush on that man.

00:31:07No letter.

00:31:08Oh, but there's got to be one.

00:31:09Well, maybe it'll be here on the afternoon mail at three o'clock.

00:31:12If one comes, hold it for me.

00:31:14And let's just keep it our secret, shall we?

00:31:24Good morning, Mrs. Johnson.

00:31:26He didn't show up for work this morning, did he?

00:31:28Where's your new pal, Leggett?

00:31:29I haven't the biggest idea.

00:31:31I wouldn't get too cozy with that guy if I were you.

00:31:34He'd crucify his grandmother for a story.

00:31:36I haven't found him as objectionable as you are.

00:31:39What right of you prying into my personal life, having me followed as if I were a criminal?

00:31:43I'm sick of it.

00:31:43I'm sick of you, and I want it stopped.

00:31:45Mrs. Johnson, didn't your husband ever beat you?

00:31:47Are you going to have these men stop following me?

00:31:49The man who killed Joe Gordon isn't stupid.

00:31:52If I'm smart enough to use you as a bird dog to lead us to your husband, so is he.

00:31:56You may be very happy to have a cop around before this thing's over.

00:31:59That I doubt.

00:32:01Stick with it.

00:32:03How could I lose a redhead like that?

00:32:32How could I lose a redhead?

00:32:42Oh, don't be so grumpy this morning.

00:32:44All I'm trying to do is help you.

00:32:46Do you know that you've got a little shadow?

00:32:49Huh?

00:32:49There she is.

00:32:51Well, it's a nice morning for a ride.

00:32:53Oh, uh, by the way, here's your letter.

00:32:57Well, how does it...

00:32:58Surprise, don't be.

00:32:59Ten dollars and an underpaid store clerk can get you anything.

00:33:01Don't you worry about it.

00:33:02I'll put it on my expense account.

00:33:03But how did you know about it?

00:33:05The menu.

00:33:05You shouldn't have left it.

00:33:06It was very careless.

00:33:07I have inquisitive eyes.

00:33:09Do you always open other people's mail?

00:33:11Mm-hmm.

00:33:12Every chance, I guess.

00:33:13Say, did you get a load of the female impersonator they've got following you?

00:33:16No.

00:33:19Well, let's duck her and get down to business.

00:33:21Hey, Mac, turn left on the next street and then right up the alley.

00:33:23Okay.

00:33:39Mean anything to you?

00:33:40Oh, a lot of things.

00:33:41Something to go on?

00:33:42I'm not sure.

00:33:44What does he mean in there about the doctor and the ampules?

00:33:46It's medicine he needs.

00:33:47He has a bad heart.

00:33:49How bad?

00:33:50Bad enough.

00:33:51I just found out.

00:33:52He's got to have these pills and he can't get them anywhere.

00:33:55The police have seen to that.

00:33:56Yeah, squeeze play.

00:33:58That Ferris is smart.

00:34:00Will he die?

00:34:01I don't know.

00:34:02I spoke to his doctor.

00:34:04It isn't serious, only under certain conditions.

00:34:06Well, I'll explain.

00:34:10The police will probably read this note, so I can't tell you where I'll be.

00:34:14But if you think back, you'll know where to find me.

00:34:17What am I, a mind reader?

00:34:19Well, he gives you a clue in this next line.

00:34:21I'll be out in the open under the sun in a place like the one where I first lost you.

00:34:26There is no first in things like these.

00:34:28This is kind of obscure.

00:34:29Does he always talk to you like this?

00:34:31No, it's our first murder.

00:34:34You know, Mrs. J, your husband's a pretty clever guy at that.

00:34:37No, I don't.

00:34:37You don't think so, but he is.

00:34:39He's testing you.

00:34:40He's asking you to admit that your marriage is a failure and that it's your fault.

00:34:44He's saying that he understands you, but that you don't understand him.

00:34:47Now, listen, Mr. Leggett of the graphic.

00:34:49I've had just about enough of the all-wise male.

00:34:52In the past ten hours, I've met three men.

00:34:55Three men who all put together haven't known Frank for one fraction of the length of time I have.

00:35:00Yet they all know him better than I do.

00:35:02Well, along the way, I found out a few things myself.

00:35:05I found out how Frank Johnson really feels about me.

00:35:08That at the first chance, his first excuse, he took off, ran.

00:35:12That he didn't even think enough of me to confide in me that he was ill.

00:35:15Then at the store, in the faces of those mannequins, I saw what he really sees in me.

00:35:20All right, it's okay if that's the way he feels about it,

00:35:22but if he wants his ampules, he'll have to come out of hiding and get them.

00:35:28What did you have for breakfast?

00:35:29Cigarette and coffee?

00:35:31Cigarette.

00:35:31I thought you did.

00:35:32Take us over to Lancy's on Powell.

00:35:34Lancy's?

00:35:35Okay.

00:35:36This place has the best wobbles in town.

00:35:37Butter in every little square.

00:35:39View's always better on a full tummy.

00:36:11How about another one?

00:36:11You know, this place has the same thing in the past, but you have to remember, where they cross, that's

00:36:15where your husband is.

00:36:16You need a manicure.

00:36:18So I do.

00:36:20You know, this is the first time in my life I ever insisted on helping a woman find her husband.

00:36:24That I believe.

00:36:25By the way, what do people call you besides legative to graphic?

00:36:29Well, people that like me, call me Danny Boy.

00:36:36Okay, Danny Boy.

00:36:43Fisherman's Wharf.

00:36:44Frank used to come here a lot.

00:36:46I remember once he did a watercolor of a boat.

00:36:49A fisherman admired it, so Frank just gave it to him.

00:36:53Not to be outdone, the fisherman gave Frank a big swordfish.

00:36:57I made a remark about the joys of living by the barter system, and we had a bitter quarrel.

00:37:01But it certainly wasn't the first one.

00:37:03Do you think Frank was referring to a quarrel when he said, where I first lost you?

00:37:07What else?

00:37:09Another one started up here on Telegraph Hill.

00:37:12Frank did a canvas at the harbor from here that I thought was wonderful.

00:37:15When I told him so, he insinuated that my taste in art ran to calendars.

00:37:20I said my taste was my own, and I wanted the painting.

00:37:23So he gave it to me, but he signed it to Eleanor's husband.

00:37:28Without telling him, I entered it in the contest they were having here at the art gallery.

00:37:32The oil by Eleanor's husband won first prize.

00:37:35Five hundred dollars.

00:37:37But do you think Frank was pleased when he found out?

00:37:40Oh, no.

00:37:41He refused the money and withdrew the painting.

00:37:44Said he wasn't ready yet.

00:37:46Sounds pretty stubborn.

00:37:47Stupidly stubborn.

00:37:49I wonder if he ever really wanted to be successful.

00:37:52Soon after that, he took the job at Hart and Winston's.

00:37:55You know, the only thing we know for sure is that Frank was at the Oriental Gardens last night.

00:37:59Now we're in the neighborhood, let's drop in.

00:38:01Yeah, he sat around the dressing room until we came down to do the one o'clock show.

00:38:05Then he said he was going to make a phone call.

00:38:06Then Frank wrote the letter.

00:38:08He said to get in touch with you, that he was going to send the letter to a store, care

00:38:11of Mr. Mavis.

00:38:12Haven't I seen you someplace before?

00:38:14I shouldn't be surprised.

00:38:15I've been there.

00:38:16But didn't he say what he was going to do or where he might go?

00:38:18I didn't want to pump him.

00:38:20Say, why don't you try Sullivan?

00:38:21Who's Sullivan?

00:38:22He's a grand mick.

00:38:22Runs a bar across the street.

00:38:24Come on, I'll show you.

00:38:25You can go down the back stairs.

00:38:26Now I know where I've seen you before.

00:38:29Last night.

00:38:30Sure, I was in with Mrs. Johnson.

00:38:31No, I mean the picture that Frank drew.

00:38:34A picture?

00:38:36What picture?

00:38:37Of me?

00:38:37Well, it looks something like you.

00:38:39You know how Frank saw his drawing pictures.

00:38:41Did he say who this man was?

00:38:43No, no, he didn't.

00:38:45I wonder if I should have told the cops about it.

00:38:47Oh, well, they'll be back.

00:38:48The man that was in said so.

00:38:49Susie, quit yakking.

00:38:51Uh, do you still have the picture?

00:38:53Maybe I could run it in the paper.

00:38:55Yeah, it's upstairs in my dressing room.

00:38:57I better keep it, though.

00:38:58Hey, Leggett, are you sure you want to help find Frank?

00:39:01Say, don't forget that plug in the paper about us.

00:39:04We can sure use it.

00:39:08Okay, take it from the top.

00:39:10I've got to go see our agent.

00:39:30I've heard about this place for years.

00:39:32Never been here before.

00:39:41What do you have, folks?

00:39:42You hungry?

00:39:43Specialty today, corned beef and cabbage.

00:39:45Or egg for you.

00:39:46No food.

00:39:46Genova rocks for the lady in old-fashioned for me.

00:39:49I think I'll call a paper and see if anything's broken.

00:39:51You can get more out of him alone anyway.

00:39:54Sir, why don't you wear a hat?

00:39:56I look funny in hats.

00:39:58You know, you're right.

00:40:01What is it?

00:40:06No, I didn't drop a nickel.

00:40:26Yes, Mrs. Johnson.

00:40:27Frank was in here last night, just before closing time.

00:40:30Did he say where he was going?

00:40:31No, he didn't.

00:40:32Just borrowed ten bucks is all.

00:40:33Maybe I should tell you.

00:40:35There was a couple of fellas in here this morning asking about Frank.

00:40:38Fellas that you couldn't very well say, mind your own business to.

00:40:41Is he in some sort of trouble, Mrs. Johnson?

00:40:44Some.

00:40:44He didn't come home last night.

00:40:46They're all alike.

00:40:47I've been looking for mine for three years.

00:40:51I'm glad I finally met you, Mom.

00:40:53I often wondered what kind of a woman Frank was married to.

00:40:56Not that I imagined he was too easy to live with, being so quiet and moody and strange at times.

00:41:01For instance, now look at this picture.

00:41:03Look at the date he put on it.

00:41:05Frank painted this for me about six months ago.

00:41:07It was on St. Patrick's Day.

00:41:09But look at the date on it.

00:41:10March 17, 1947.

00:41:13Well, I suppose it's an artist's privilege.

00:41:15March 17, that's Frank's birthday.

00:41:191947.

00:41:21We spent the day on the beach at Cypress Point.

00:41:24Then we suddenly decided we had to see the sunset from the top of the mark.

00:41:28So we drove to San Francisco.

00:41:29We had a car then.

00:41:31We had champagne cocktails and watched the sunset over the Golden Gate.

00:41:35After all, it was Frank's birthday and St. Patrick's.

00:41:38We had a beautiful dinner at Andre's and Cafe Diablo at Amigos.

00:41:41Then we drove back to Carmel in the softest moonlight I've ever known.

00:41:45Ah, there's nothing like being young and in love.

00:41:47And daft.

00:41:49To boot.

00:41:49What?

00:41:50Daft.

00:41:51To boot.

00:41:52Well, I guess people are entitled to do crazy things on their birthday.

00:41:55This year we didn't.

00:41:56I went to a movie.

00:41:58Frank came down here and painted that picture.

00:42:01Now I know what Frank meant when he said someone should have been in that picture with him.

00:42:26I have a notion if your husband could have seen your face when you were telling him about that birthday

00:42:29party in 1947,

00:42:31he'd have painted you right smack in the middle of that picture with his arms around you.

00:42:36Sorry I was so long.

00:42:37Oh, Mr. Leggett, it's a graphic, Mr. Sullivan.

00:42:39He's helping me look for Frank.

00:42:41Hi.

00:42:41Freshen up a little, will you?

00:42:43Now hold the garbage.

00:42:44You?

00:42:44No, I'm fine.

00:42:47Get something?

00:42:48Something I hadn't counted on.

00:42:49What?

00:42:50Frank still loves me.

00:42:52That's a big help.

00:42:53I think so.

00:42:54If it'll help any.

00:42:55Frank asked me how early the Army and Navy stores opened the windows down on the Embarcadero.

00:43:00Oh, he's getting smart.

00:43:01He's changed his clothes.

00:43:03What do you say we cover it?

00:43:04Oh, I, uh, I'm sorry I was so rude a moment ago, but it's always discouraging to hear a wife

00:43:10say that her husband loves her.

00:43:11What do you write?

00:43:12Comic strips?

00:43:13Oh, never more serious in my life.

00:43:15What's the damages?

00:43:16Oh, it's on the house.

00:43:17I hope you find him, Mr. Johnson.

00:43:19Thanks.

00:43:20It's no use looking, honey.

00:43:23Once they're gone, they're gone.

00:43:45How did it happen?

00:43:46I was walking along and she almost hit me.

00:43:48She must have fell from the Oriental roof garden up there.

00:43:53Who is she?

00:43:54She's one of the dancers from the show.

00:44:01Maybe a drink, Sammy?

00:44:02That helps sometimes.

00:44:04No, thanks.

00:44:06Hi, Sammy.

00:44:07Let him alone, can't you?

00:44:08I just heard about it.

00:44:10I'm sorry.

00:44:11I can't understand it, Inspector.

00:44:14Susie was happy.

00:44:15We were doing great.

00:44:16There was no reason for it.

00:44:18Sometimes we don't know what makes people tick, even the ones closest to us.

00:44:22I just can't believe she killed herself.

00:44:25Well, maybe she didn't.

00:44:26Inspector, how else?

00:44:27Well, it could have been robbery.

00:44:29She might have surprised somebody in the dressing room.

00:44:32Did you check her stuff, see if anything was missing?

00:44:34No.

00:44:34Well, do it now.

00:44:43We've been through almost all of these places and we still haven't found a lead on Frank.

00:44:48Not all of these places.

00:44:58She's gone.

00:45:18Do you mind if I look at this coat?

00:45:19That's a man's coat.

00:45:21Do you mind if I look at it?

00:45:22Say dollars.

00:45:24That's Frank's coat.

00:45:25Where did you get it?

00:45:26None of your business.

00:45:27But that's my husband's coat.

00:45:28No, it ain't.

00:45:29It's mine.

00:45:29The fella came in here and traded that coat and $4 for a pea jacket and a cap.

00:45:33When?

00:45:34When I opened up this morning.

00:45:35Where'd he go?

00:45:35How do I know?

00:45:36I just sell stuff.

00:45:37I don't watch people.

00:45:38Shut the door as you go out.

00:46:20Look.

00:46:25Well, wouldn't you know, there he is, just like nothing had happened.

00:46:29Huh?

00:46:39Frank.

00:46:41I beg pardon?

00:46:43Oh, I'm sorry.

00:46:56I never knew there were so many land-going sailors in the world.

00:47:00All of them wearing pea jackets and seamen caps.

00:47:07Beat, huh?

00:47:10I might as well admit it.

00:47:12I can't remember.

00:47:13No thanks.

00:47:14There's not much sun left to find him under.

00:47:18If you think back, he said in his letter, you'll know where to find me.

00:47:26Danny, maybe if I'm alone I can figure this out.

00:47:29I've got to go home anyway and feed the dog.

00:47:32He's been locked up all day.

00:47:33Oh, sure, sure.

00:47:35I could meet you later someplace.

00:47:37How about picking me up at the corner of Montgomery and Union Streets when you're ready?

00:47:40It's not much out of your way.

00:47:41All right.

00:47:42I'll meet you there in an hour.

00:47:47Uh-oh.

00:47:49Looks like your shadow's finally caught up with you.

00:48:03Are you as tired as I am?

00:48:05I beg your pardon.

00:48:07Come on, there's no need in spending two cab pairs.

00:48:09We might as well go together.

00:48:10But, well...

00:48:11Oh, come on, at least you'll have someone to talk to.

00:48:13Uh...

00:48:16Oh, come on.

00:48:17Come on.

00:48:31As a taxpayer, I thank you.

00:48:46Hello, Rembrandt.

00:48:48I'll be with you in a minute.

00:48:49Hi.

00:48:52What?

00:48:52You again?

00:48:53Who let you in?

00:48:54Oh, landlord.

00:48:55Do you mind?

00:48:56Oh, no.

00:48:57Make yourself at home.

00:48:58I love having cops move in on me.

00:49:00Where's the letter?

00:49:00Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about.

00:49:02I mean, the letter your pal picked up at Hart and Winston's this morning.

00:49:05I want it.

00:49:06Sees all knows all, except where Frank is and who the killer is.

00:49:10Why don't you go back to jail or wherever did you live and leave me alone?

00:49:13Oh, no.

00:49:14The merry-go-round's over.

00:49:15This case is going cold on me, and you're the only live thing in it.

00:49:18So from now on, I'm sticking with you.

00:49:20That's just peachy.

00:49:23Oh, I'm bushed.

00:49:24You ought to be.

00:49:25You covered a lot of territory today.

00:49:27My men are bushed, too.

00:49:28You should be more considerate.

00:49:31Can you make anything out of this letter?

00:49:33It's pretty cryptic.

00:49:34Not yet, but I'm working on it.

00:49:36It sounds like a guy in love.

00:49:39You think so?

00:49:40Yeah.

00:49:42I'll be out in the open, under the sun, in a place like the one where I first lost you.

00:49:48That kind of lays it right in your lap.

00:49:51Doesn't it mean anything to you?

00:49:52I wish it did.

00:49:54I'm glad you're not bringing me my medicine.

00:49:56Oh, don't worry.

00:49:57I'll find you.

00:49:58And I'll be right there with you when you do.

00:50:01Where you go, I go.

00:50:07Would you insist upon going with me if I walked the dog?

00:50:10I walked him.

00:50:11Anyway, there's a man out front, one in back and one on the roof.

00:50:15Fine.

00:50:15I'm staying right here, then.

00:50:16So am I.

00:50:17We'll just wait till your husband comes to you or you can't stand the strain any longer and go to

00:50:21him.

00:50:23Look, Mr. Ferris.

00:50:24Maybe you were right in some of the things you said.

00:50:27Today I discovered a lot about Frank I never knew before.

00:50:29In one day, what you couldn't find out in four years.

00:50:33I guess I was the one that was mixed up.

00:50:35A lot of it's my fault anyway.

00:50:37I haven't been much of a wife.

00:50:39Well, that's quite an admission from you, Mrs. Johnson.

00:50:42Please.

00:50:43You've got to give me a chance to see Frank alone and give him his medicine.

00:50:47Then if he wants to come in and testify, that's up to him.

00:50:49But it's got to be his choice.

00:50:51I won't try to influence him one way or the other.

00:50:54Whatever he does is all right with me.

00:50:55But you've got to let me see him alone first.

00:50:57I believe you and I'd like to help you, but I'm a cop.

00:51:01If Frank keeps on running, I'll have no witness to say nothing of a job.

00:51:09He's hungry.

00:51:11Couldn't you have fed him, too?

00:51:12He couldn't figure out how to work the can opener.

00:51:14Can I use your phone?

00:51:23Hello, Ferris.

00:51:24Anything come in?

00:51:26Keep it going.

00:51:27We'll get results.

00:51:28I think we're getting warm.

00:51:30Sure there?

00:51:32Put him on.

00:52:00Please, sir.

00:52:15Oh, my God.

00:52:32I'm sorry, Rembrandt. It's the only thing I can think of.

00:52:46Mr. Ferris.

00:52:47Yeah?

00:52:50I'm worried about Rembrandt. He was so hungry, and now he won't touch his food.

00:52:54That's funny.

00:52:57When his nose is so hot, maybe I'd better take him to the vet's.

00:53:01I'll take him.

00:53:02I like dogs.

00:53:03Oh, thank you.

00:53:04Get your shoes.

00:53:09His temperature is normal. In fact, he seems to be in perfect health.

00:53:12But I'm worried about him, Doctor. He won't eat.

00:53:14Maybe he isn't hungry.

00:53:15Perhaps he should stay here for a few days for observation.

00:53:19May I take a look at your exercise yard?

00:53:21Oh, yes. Right out that door, across the hall.

00:53:23And, Doctor, see if you can't coax him to eat something.

00:53:31Doctor, I wish you'd look at Emeline.

00:53:34I'm not the doctor. I'm here for treatment myself.

00:53:37I beg your pardon?

00:53:38Well, your wife thinks you ought to leave the dog for observation.

00:53:40That woman's not my wife.

00:53:55Ferris was there when I got back. He knew about Frank's letter.

00:53:58Well, that doesn't surprise me. Anyway, check that.

00:54:01Danny, I've been thinking.

00:54:02Why did Frank send it to Hart and Winston's?

00:54:04Well, he didn't want to intercept it.

00:54:06Why not leave it with Sammy Chung, then?

00:54:07Or give it to anybody he knew who'd bring it to me.

00:54:09Why Mabus at the store?

00:54:11You mean you think there's a reason? Something you missed?

00:54:14Yes, something I didn't see. Something I overlooked.

00:54:17Driver, take us to Hart and Winston.

00:54:19Okay.

00:54:35Weary, bitter, cynical.

00:54:42Fresh, eager, and hopeful.

00:54:44The two Eleonors.

00:54:48Now I remember.

00:54:49One day on the beach at Carmel, just after we were married,

00:54:52Frank made a mermaid out of sand.

00:54:53It was supposed to be me.

00:54:54And a big wave came up and washed it away.

00:54:56And he said, well, I've lost you.

00:54:58And I said, you'll never lose me, Frank. I won't let you.

00:55:00That's what he meant in the letter. It wasn't a quarrel.

00:55:03This means something to you? You know where he is?

00:55:05I'll take you there.

00:55:06Inspector Ferris wants to see you.

00:55:07Why?

00:55:08Look, he wants to see you.

00:55:09Where?

00:55:10Later.

00:55:47I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, Mrs. Johnson.

00:55:50This man was found in an alley behind a gin mill on the Embarcadero.

00:55:54He'd been brutally beaten to death.

00:55:56He wasn't wearing a trench coat, but he was wearing a seaman's cap and jacket.

00:56:01From what I remember of your husband, it could be him.

00:56:05I'm not sure.

00:56:06So I'll have to ask you to make a positive identification.

00:56:37I'll have to ask you to make a positive identification.

00:56:41Let her alone.

00:56:43There goes the Freeman case.

00:56:45Two witnesses.

00:56:47Two dead men.

00:56:49That's the way it goes sometimes.

00:56:58I don't know anything that I could say would just be words.

00:57:06Danny, that wasn't Frank.

00:57:10For a quick moment, I thought it was, and I felt things I didn't know I could feel.

00:57:14What was I holding out for?

00:57:16Why didn't I learn to understand him?

00:57:19Why don't we give freely of ourselves when we can?

00:57:23If only I had another chance, I thought.

00:57:26Then I thought it wasn't Frank, and I fainted.

00:57:29Congratulations on your performance.

00:57:32But it wasn't an act.

00:57:33I really did faint.

00:57:36Where is he?

00:57:38At the amusement park at the beach.

00:57:54You were there when it happened.

00:57:56Why can't you talk?

00:57:59That Johnson dame's a smart cookie.

00:58:01Yeah.

00:58:02I wonder where she got the idea of passing that stiff off as her husband.

00:58:05Somebody had to pass him off?

00:58:07Sure.

00:58:08The guy she identified was the second mate off a tanker.

00:58:11Just been paid off.

00:58:11Somebody rolled him for his dough.

00:58:13Why wasn't I told?

00:58:14The fingerprint report just came.

00:58:17Kick me for a knucklehead.

00:58:19Get down to the taxi stand.

00:58:20Check and find out where they took her.

00:58:31$1.80, sir.

00:58:39Hey, Mac.

00:58:40Watch my cat.

00:58:41We didn't want to get a hamburger?

00:58:42Okay, bud.

00:58:59Put this on right away.

00:59:03All units in the Bay Area, be on the lookout for one yellow cab, number 323.

00:59:07License number in the 7 column, 49 Frank 762.

00:59:11Left hall of justice, approximately 6.30 p.m. this date.

00:59:30He's been waiting for me all day, thinking I wouldn't remember.

00:59:34I almost didn't.

00:59:35I know.

00:59:36What is it?

00:59:37Well, I couldn't talk to him there.

00:59:39There's too many people around.

00:59:41I couldn't get the kind of story I want.

00:59:42I know where I can meet him, but nobody bothers.

00:59:51Oh, look at the sand sculpture.

00:59:53I had an uncle that used to make statues.

00:59:55Only he made them out of ice.

00:59:57A small donation for the artist will be appreciated.

01:00:00Here you are.

01:00:36Yeah.

01:00:41This thing's beginning to boil.

01:00:43We'll be right down.

01:00:44We're going to the beach.

01:00:46Come on, Rembrandt.

01:00:47What my eyes miss, your nose will smell.

01:00:50Come on.

01:01:19I don't like this place.

01:01:22It's a good spot.

01:01:24I used to come here with a girl when I was a kid.

01:01:26It's more frightening than romantic.

01:01:29That's the way love is when you're young.

01:01:31Life is when you're older.

01:01:33I'll tell Frank where you are.

01:01:37You sure you want to start over again with your husband?

01:01:40I'm sure I want to try.

01:01:41I'm not sure what he wants.

01:01:43Supposing he doesn't want to.

01:01:44Then I'll let him go.

01:01:46He'll never know how I feel about him.

01:01:49You think people can turn back and you're going to try.

01:01:53I know better.

01:01:55You're too cynical.

01:01:56It's your profession.

01:01:57It's too late now to change my profession.

01:02:00I'll let him go.

01:02:02Go ahead, send him here.

01:02:03I'll bring him.

01:02:04No.

01:02:06What's the matter with you?

01:02:07Don't you still want the story?

01:02:11I guess I...

01:02:12I've got to have the story, but...

01:02:14My way.

01:02:15You send him back.

01:02:17I want to see him alone first.

01:02:19If you want the money, I talk to him alone.

01:02:21All right.

01:02:21If that's the way you want it, I'll send him.

01:02:52All right.

01:02:53Tell us, get over there and cover the beer side.

01:02:55Yes, right, sir.

01:02:56You get up there.

01:02:56Make like a gate.

01:02:57If Johnson tries to come through, arrest him.

01:02:59What charge?

01:03:00We're failing to curb his dog in a public park.

01:03:02I'm cutting in from the other end of the building.

01:03:11Hey, how are we doing?

01:03:13771.

01:03:14Huh?

01:03:15That's better than I do on some Sundays.

01:03:18Thanks for taking care of things.

01:03:19Don't it's the first day I've had off in years?

01:03:21You know what I've been doing all day?

01:03:24Riding back and forth, back and forth

01:03:25I've been here in Sausalito on my old ferry boat.

01:03:28Look, I can't stick around here anymore.

01:03:30I've got to get out of here.

01:03:32Hey, Cap, I hate to ask you, but...

01:03:37It won't take you very far.

01:03:39Here's the keys to my car and the ticket.

01:03:42You'll find it over in the parkway.

01:03:44The tank's full.

01:03:45Thanks, Cap. I'll get up out here.

01:03:47You better.

01:03:55I'll get out of here.

01:04:15Frank.

01:04:16Frank!

01:04:18Beg pardon, lady.

01:04:19Where's Frank? What happened to him?

01:04:21Who?

01:04:22Frank Johnson.

01:04:24Never heard of him.

01:04:42Sorry, Mrs. Johnson, but I had to be careful.

01:04:44Frank waited all day and said he couldn't wait any longer.

01:04:47So I loaned him my car about five minutes ago.

01:04:49Where'd you go?

01:04:50Over at the parking lot at the other end of the midway.

01:05:01I lost a bet with myself.

01:05:03Did you want to win?

01:05:08As ordered, delivered.

01:05:10Late as usual.

01:05:12But delivered.

01:05:15Let's get out of the light.

01:05:19Keep an eye out for us, will you, Cap?

01:05:32Why didn't you tell me about your heart?

01:05:34Oh, you know, doctors, they make a big deal of everything.

01:05:39I guess it was a silly thing to do, writing that corny note.

01:05:42It sounded like you'd had a couple of drinks.

01:05:44I had.

01:05:46By the time I finished the drinks and the letter, I was a pretty sad character.

01:05:51Well, I can't hide out here forever.

01:05:54Would you want to?

01:05:55I could get a job in another town, huh?

01:05:58Pretty fair window trimmer.

01:05:59Pretty good artist, too.

01:06:01We've got to pull out of this.

01:06:04We?

01:06:06Yes.

01:06:06If this excitement hasn't killed you, I'm sure I can't.

01:06:09We'll get out of town where you'll be safe.

01:06:12Can't go very far.

01:06:14I've got seven dollars and seventy-one cents.

01:06:16Borrowed that from the captain.

01:06:17There's a fellow named Leggett, a reporter from The Graphic.

01:06:20He helped me find you.

01:06:21He's promised to give you a thousand dollars for an exclusive.

01:06:24That's a lot of money for the little I can tell.

01:06:25Well, his paper must think it's worth it, so why look a gift horse in the mouth?

01:06:29Where is he?

01:06:30Over for the rollercoaster.

01:06:31Come on, I'll show you.

01:06:32Hey, you, turn around.

01:06:33You know an artist named Frank Johnson?

01:06:35Who?

01:06:36Frank Johnson.

01:06:38An artist.

01:06:39Did a sketch of you.

01:06:41I saw it.

01:06:42Could be, but I don't remember.

01:06:44See, I just work here.

01:06:46Used to be a ferryboat captain, though.

01:07:06No way, everybody.

01:07:07Over there, under the rollercoaster.

01:07:08Go all the way at the end of the walk and duck in under the scaffold.

01:07:11Okay.

01:07:12Here's the ticket.

01:07:12The keys for the captain's car.

01:07:14It's parked down at that end of the men.

01:07:15Yes, I know.

01:07:16Well, I'll meet you there.

01:07:17No, I'd better bring it here.

01:07:18You've got to stay out of sight.

01:07:20I can't let anything happen to you now.

01:07:26Nothing can happen to me now.

01:07:29Remember that man shot, Angel?

01:07:32How did you know that wasn't in the paper?

01:07:34Ferris told me.

01:07:36Nobody else knows it.

01:07:37Nobody's the guy that fired the shots.

01:07:48You'd better go now.

01:07:51I'll be back as soon as I can.

01:07:58Hey, Mark.

01:07:59The crowd car out at the answers just got word for you to call in.

01:08:02Johnson hasn't passed me yet.

01:08:17Oh, I haven't got time to talk to him now.

01:08:20That's McDonald and Murray's case.

01:08:21But he says he has some information you wanted.

01:08:23Hold on.

01:08:26Hello, Inspector.

01:08:27Remember you asked me to check all of Susie's things to see if anything was missing.

01:08:30Sammy, I'm busy.

01:08:32I'll see you tomorrow.

01:08:33I just wanted to tell you that nothing was missing,

01:08:35except that sketch that Frank drew on the back of a menu.

01:08:37Sketch of who?

01:08:38I don't know.

01:08:39But Susie said it looked like that newspaper man that was in the club this afternoon with Mrs. Johnson.

01:08:44That good notice he was gonna give us won't do Susie any good now.

01:08:55What happened?

01:08:56Where's Frank?

01:08:57He's on his way to meet you.

01:08:58But Paris is here with the dog.

01:08:59Paris.

01:09:01But that stiff in the morgue was a plant.

01:09:03He's a pretty sharp fellow.

01:09:04Let's get off to Midway.

01:09:21Come on, now.

01:09:22Never look forced in here.

01:09:23But these things make me sick.

01:09:25Stay in your seats, folks.

01:09:27The second ride is half flat.

01:09:29I'll never ride this thing again.

01:09:32Wide street, lady.

01:09:42All right, Eddie.

01:09:43Take it away.

01:09:44Don't stand up in your seats, folks.

01:09:46This is the greatest thrill of your lifetime.

01:09:59He's right.

01:10:00Only takes a couple of minutes.

01:10:01Besides, when we get to the top, we can see if Frank's there.

01:10:04Oh, he must be there by now.

01:10:11I don't see him.

01:10:29Where is he?

01:10:30I don't know.

01:11:03Hey, buddy.

01:11:04Where do you think you're going?

01:11:32Well, I don't know.

01:11:37I don't know.

01:11:39I don't know.

01:11:40I'm not a boy.

01:11:41But I don't know.

01:11:41I don't know.

01:11:46It's so cool.

01:11:48I'm not a boy.

01:11:50You stay on for another ride.

01:11:52I'll go see what's happened to Frank.

01:11:53I want to go with you.

01:11:54No.

01:11:54With Paris outside, together we would be too constrictly.

01:11:57But Danny...

01:11:57Ferris traced you here.

01:11:58If he found you, someone else could follow you, too.

01:12:01Second ride, half-hand.

01:12:03Radio 4, yeah.

01:12:04Okay, Eddie, take it away.

01:12:07Don't forget.

01:12:08The brother was shot at him last time.

01:12:09They tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.

01:12:14Don't forget.

01:12:15The brother was shot at him last time.

01:12:16They tried to kill him once, they'll do it again.

01:12:19Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.

01:12:22Nobody knows that except your husband, the killer, and now you.

01:12:38Brian, you're awake!

01:12:43Brian, Brian, you're awake!

01:12:50Brian, please go away!

01:13:00Brian, please go away!

01:13:05Brian, please go away!

01:13:09Help!

01:13:33Frank, Frank, go away!

01:13:37Frank, go away!

01:13:41Frank, Frank Johnson.

01:13:43Yeah, is that you, Mr. Leggett?

01:13:45Be careful, there's a loose plank over here.

01:13:49I know.

01:13:59Why don't you get it over with?

01:14:10I don't have to, Frank.

01:14:14You got a bad heart.

01:14:18You can't stand tension.

01:14:23You're gonna kill yourself.

01:14:54You're gonna kill yourself.

01:15:10The second ride is half-half, folks.

01:15:12Take advantage of the second ride.

01:15:14It's only half fast.

01:15:25What's your hurry, Mrs. Johnson?

01:15:27No.

01:15:29No.

01:15:38No.

01:15:39No.

01:15:40No.

01:15:41No.

01:15:43No.

01:16:09I had to do it, Mrs. Johnson.

01:16:11That's like it down there. Your husband's safe.

01:16:14Where's Frank?

01:16:15Out there, on the midwife.

01:16:43The End

01:16:52The End

01:16:54The End

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