- 2 days ago
Title: The Unseen
Synopsis: A governess suspects that her employer is a serial killer.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller; Film Noir adjacent
Director: Lewis Allen
Top cast: Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks, Isobel Elsom, Norman Lloyd
Synopsis: A governess suspects that her employer is a serial killer.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller; Film Noir adjacent
Director: Lewis Allen
Top cast: Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks, Isobel Elsom, Norman Lloyd
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00:00:00The End
00:00:35THE END
00:01:07Many years ago when the Commodore built it, it had been one of the showplaces of New Bristol, 11 Crescent
00:01:14Drive.
00:01:16That's how the house was still listed in the city directory, but it was a dead address.
00:01:22It had been barred, locked and shuttered for over 12 years.
00:01:26Thousands of days had dawned without a ray of sunshine striking through its windows.
00:01:32It stood among the neighboring homes, dark and blind and almost forgotten.
00:01:38From a certain window in the house next door, the Crescent seemed deserted.
00:01:45Yet, not quite deserted.
00:01:48An old woman was crossing the street, bundled against the rain.
00:01:55In front of the empty house, suddenly she paused, surprised, and stared at something she saw.
00:02:05A light in a place where no light should have been.
00:02:08It moved behind the boarded windows.
00:02:10It reached the wall.
00:02:12It should have stopped there, but it didn't.
00:02:14It went on through, into the house next door.
00:02:19And then she saw why.
00:02:22Below her, dimly through the rain-stained window, a man appeared.
00:02:27She saw him stoop and lift something heavy and set it in place.
00:02:34He must have heard her.
00:02:36For suddenly he turned.
00:02:38When the light hit her face, she stumbled and dropped something.
00:02:41A small gold watch.
00:02:43It was probably the only thing of value she had to her name.
00:02:48Frightened as she was, she stayed to look for it.
00:02:51Just a little too long.
00:02:53Above her, a door opened.
00:02:56The door of number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:03:38Now she stood.
00:03:40surrogambient, WP,
00:03:41who passedæ©‹?
00:03:42That's fine.
00:03:44Her today is a small stone.
00:03:45The door of number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:03:45Aу-h Alabama than Dr. Crescent Drive.
00:03:46The door of number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:03:46The door of number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:04:10Taxi.
00:04:17Number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:04:38Number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:05:10Number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:05:11What do you want?
00:05:11She wants in. What do you think she wants?
00:05:14I'm your new governess.
00:05:15We've got a governess.
00:05:16Sure you gave me the right address, miss?
00:05:19There it is. Fielding, number 10, Crescent Drive.
00:05:22And they've got a governess.
00:05:25Yes? Oh, you should be Miss Howard. Come in.
00:05:36You'll find Mr. Fielding in the library. He's expecting you.
00:05:59Mr. Fielding.
00:06:00What is it?
00:06:01I'm Elizabeth Howard.
00:06:03Take a chair, Miss Howard.
00:06:15Shall I answer it?
00:06:17Why? It'll stop ringing after a while.
00:06:25See?
00:06:29Perhaps you don't remember.
00:06:31The agency in Boston sent me here as a governess.
00:06:34Uh-huh.
00:06:37Well, aren't you even going to look at me?
00:06:40Sure.
00:06:44You're too young to know anything about children.
00:06:47I'm sure I'm not.
00:06:47The agency said you were 25.
00:06:49I...
00:06:49You're not 25, are you?
00:06:50No, I'm not.
00:06:51You're nothing like 25.
00:06:52Have you ever had a job as a governess before?
00:06:55No, but...
00:06:55Have you ever had any kind of a job?
00:06:57Yes, I have, but...
00:06:58Don't you ever finish a sentence?
00:06:59Yes, if I'm allowed to.
00:07:02Okay, let's start all over.
00:07:05Sit down.
00:07:05Tell me about yourself.
00:07:11My home was in Sharon.
00:07:13I went to Boston a year ago and worked on a newspaper.
00:07:16Then I tried advertising for a while.
00:07:18You didn't like it?
00:07:19I was fired.
00:07:21I see.
00:07:22I was never really trained for anything.
00:07:24My father died suddenly while I was at college.
00:07:27And your mother?
00:07:28She died when I was a child.
00:07:31Well, Miss Howard, you're young and pretty and...
00:07:34You seem intelligent.
00:07:36What makes you want to be a governess?
00:07:38I'm fond of children, Mr. Fielding.
00:07:40You think that's enough?
00:07:41Yes, I do.
00:07:43You don't know my children?
00:07:44Well, I've seen them.
00:07:45Seeing them is one thing, and making them behave is something else.
00:07:48I'd like to try if you'll let me.
00:07:51Well, let's go up and meet them.
00:07:56I did hope you'd be a little more motherly.
00:07:58I'll be 22 in March.
00:07:59Remind me to congratulate you.
00:08:05That's where they belong.
00:08:06Behind bars.
00:08:11After my wife died, they went to live with her grandmother.
00:08:15She didn't discipline them.
00:08:16She bribed them.
00:08:19That's my room, and that's the nursery.
00:08:24And this is your room.
00:08:30Lily?
00:08:32Lily!
00:08:34Were you wanting me, Mr. Fielding?
00:08:36Is there anyone else in this house called Lily?
00:08:38Why hasn't this room been done?
00:08:40Hasn't it?
00:08:41When?
00:08:42Last year?
00:08:43Well, I'll go and get the suite.
00:08:50Do you know how to run a house, Miss Howard?
00:08:51Yes, of course.
00:08:52I wish you'd run this one.
00:08:55Cheerful view, isn't it?
00:08:56Cheerful.
00:08:57That's the Tiger's place.
00:08:59It's been boarded up for 12 years.
00:09:01Around here, we call it the Commodore's Folly.
00:09:04I used to work for the old devil once.
00:09:07This is Ellen's room.
00:09:13Come on in here, you two, and say, how do you do to Miss Howard?
00:09:18This is my little girl.
00:09:20Hello, Ellen.
00:09:21Hello.
00:09:22Barney?
00:09:23This is Dumbo.
00:09:25Hello, Dumbo.
00:09:27Barney!
00:09:29Barney's a very disobedient boy.
00:09:31Really?
00:09:32Mm-hmm.
00:09:36What are you doing, son?
00:09:37Playing hard to get?
00:09:39Come on, let's go out and be friends.
00:09:41Don't want to.
00:09:42Come on, she's all right.
00:09:44Let's give her a chance.
00:09:46This is Teddy.
00:09:47And this is Virginia May.
00:09:49This is Barney.
00:09:50How do you do, Barney?
00:09:52Well, I'll leave you to get acquainted.
00:09:53I'll be downstairs if you need me.
00:09:57Maxine was prettier.
00:09:58Maxine was mean.
00:10:00She wouldn't do my curls.
00:10:02And who was Maxine?
00:10:04Maxine's our governor.
00:10:05She's coming back.
00:10:05She told me so.
00:10:08I'm glad you're going to live with us, Miss Howard.
00:10:10I like you.
00:10:12I hope you're both going to like me.
00:10:20Would you like to see my scrapbook, Miss Howard?
00:10:22I'd like to very much.
00:10:24There'll be some change just then.
00:10:26Barney's always playing that old record.
00:10:29Maxine gave it to him.
00:10:34Look, that's Donald Duck.
00:10:36And that's Dopey.
00:10:38And that's Grumpy, the cross one.
00:10:43Snow White.
00:10:45Isn't she pretty?
00:10:46She's lovely.
00:10:47He was in love with her.
00:10:50He was?
00:10:50Mm-hmm.
00:10:53What's this, Ellen?
00:10:55Salem Alley.
00:10:56That's Alberta.
00:10:57Alberta?
00:10:58That's her there.
00:10:59She's dead.
00:11:01The man from the empty house isn't in the picture.
00:11:03What man?
00:11:04The man from the empty house.
00:11:06He lives next door, in there.
00:11:08And he just goes out at night.
00:11:11Nobody lives in there, Ellen.
00:11:13Oh, yes, he does.
00:11:14Truly, he does.
00:11:15He comes into our house, too.
00:11:18Barney's seen him.
00:11:19And he hasn't got a face.
00:11:21Well, that's silly, Ellen.
00:11:22Barney was just telling you a story to frighten you.
00:11:24I never did.
00:11:25Oh, what a fib.
00:11:27He did so, Miss Howard.
00:11:28Did not.
00:11:29He did so.
00:11:30You know what he told me?
00:11:32You shut up.
00:11:32You just talk and talk.
00:11:34Come on.
00:11:37Ellen, if you'll get your curlers ready, I'll put your hair up.
00:11:40Oh, will you?
00:11:42Will you really, Miss Howard?
00:11:43I found out that this will never do.
00:11:47When you grow old, you don't last long.
00:11:51You're here today, and then tomorrow you're gone.
00:11:57Do you mind if we turn this off for a minute?
00:12:00Let it alone.
00:12:03What's the matter, Barney?
00:12:06Won't you tell me?
00:12:07I want Maxine to come back.
00:12:09I love her.
00:12:10That's all right.
00:12:11There's no reason why you shouldn't love Maxine.
00:12:14But can't we be friends, too?
00:12:16Why didn't you come here?
00:12:17We don't want you here.
00:12:29You're my enemy.
00:12:30I hate you.
00:12:38There'll be some changes made today.
00:12:43There'll be some changes made.
00:13:09Yes, yes, yes.
00:13:10Yes.
00:13:10Yes, yes.
00:13:10I know.
00:13:10Yes.
00:13:12Yes.
00:13:12Excuse me.
00:13:13Oh, please don't go.
00:13:15But I saw her two hours ago.
00:13:17What's the matter with her now?
00:13:19Oh, I see.
00:13:20Well, hold on a minute, will you?
00:13:23You looking for David?
00:13:24Yes.
00:13:25I thought the house looked a little brighter this evening.
00:13:27You're the new governess?
00:13:28Yes.
00:13:29Well, David's in the living room with a creature named Goodwin.
00:13:32Well, if Mr. Fielding has company...
00:13:34Oh, I'd hardly call Goodwin company.
00:13:36He's one of the local pests.
00:13:38You go in there.
00:13:39I'll join you.
00:13:40Hello?
00:13:41Yeah, well, you better phone her and tell her I'll drop round about 9.30 to put her to bed.
00:13:44Besides, this other place being more modern and easier on servants.
00:13:48A lot nearer the shipyard, too.
00:13:50Oh, come in.
00:13:51This is Mr. Goodwin, Miss Howard.
00:13:53I do.
00:13:54Sit down.
00:13:54Won't you?
00:13:54I'll be through in just a moment.
00:13:59Look.
00:14:00It takes me exactly ten minutes to get to the shipyard.
00:14:03You understand, Mr. Fielding.
00:14:05I'm just looking out for your interests.
00:14:06If you'd listened to me, you would have gotten rid of this house long ago.
00:14:10It's gloomy, it's damp, it's old-fashioned.
00:14:11It's full of cockroaches, the roof's falling in, and the plumbing's coming apart.
00:14:15This is a private conversation, if you don't mind, Dr. Evans.
00:14:17Why wouldn't I mind?
00:14:18I was asked here for a game of cribbage.
00:14:20You understand, Mr. Fielding.
00:14:21It's of no consequence to me one way or the other.
00:14:23Except for your commission.
00:14:24Just a minute now, Dr. Evans.
00:14:26It's in the whole 15 years I've been in business in this town.
00:14:29Have I ever let a commission get between me and a client?
00:14:31I wouldn't know.
00:14:32I haven't been watching you.
00:14:36Good night, all.
00:14:38Good night, Goodwin.
00:14:41You're pretty.
00:14:43Last one was pretty, too.
00:14:48Subtle little fellow, isn't he?
00:14:49What's he up to this time?
00:14:50You heard him.
00:14:53Would you care for a drink, Miss Howard?
00:14:55I don't drink.
00:14:56Well, you don't have to make a virtue of it.
00:14:59Well, why not?
00:15:00It's a refreshing touch around here.
00:15:01Is it?
00:15:02Oh, you two haven't met.
00:15:04Yes, we have.
00:15:05In the library.
00:15:06Quite casually, but very pleasantly.
00:15:09How'd you make out with the children, Miss Howard?
00:15:11Everything all right?
00:15:12I think so.
00:15:14Ellen and I read all about the cowardly lion,
00:15:16and I put her hair in curlers.
00:15:17How about Barney?
00:15:19Barney and I had a talk, too.
00:15:21You mean you had a talk.
00:15:23Let's have it, Miss Howard.
00:15:24What do you really think about Barney?
00:15:25He seems very intelligent.
00:15:27He is very intelligent.
00:15:28He's also tricky and over-emotional.
00:15:30If you cross him, he'll find a way to pay you back double.
00:15:33On top of that, he has a vile temper,
00:15:34and he's an unprincipled little liar.
00:15:36You make him sound like a little monster.
00:15:38Do I?
00:15:40I thought I made him sound like my son.
00:15:42Miss Howard has hardly been here long enough
00:15:44to see the resemblance.
00:15:45Don't believe a word he says.
00:15:46Why, don't?
00:15:48It just seems so unfair.
00:15:49Does it?
00:15:50You time for another game of cribbage, Charles?
00:15:52No, I'm afraid I must be getting along.
00:15:54Where to?
00:15:54To the hospital.
00:15:55I have to look in on Mrs. Dexter.
00:15:56Oh, good.
00:15:57You can give me a lift.
00:15:58I'm going that way.
00:16:02You're not the nervous sort, I hope.
00:16:04You'll be alone here a great deal.
00:16:06Mr. Fielding?
00:16:07Yes?
00:16:08I meant to give you this.
00:16:12Where'd you find it?
00:16:13The dressing table in my room.
00:16:16I see.
00:16:22Are you from Boston, Miss Howard?
00:16:23We lived in Sharon.
00:16:25Oh, well, then you're used to small towns.
00:16:27You won't be too bored here.
00:16:28I'm sure I won't.
00:16:29Miss Howard.
00:16:31If you'd like something to read,
00:16:33you'll find it right in there.
00:16:34Just help yourself.
00:16:35When I'm out at night,
00:16:36this light is always left on.
00:16:38I'll turn it off when I come home.
00:16:40Good night, Miss Howard.
00:16:41Good night.
00:16:45Good night.
00:16:46Good night, Mr. Fielding.
00:16:51Well, what did you think of her?
00:16:53Well, for once in his life,
00:16:54Goodwin was right.
00:16:54She is pretty, very pretty.
00:16:56That's not what I meant.
00:16:57Still, it doesn't do any harm, does it?
00:17:23Oh, good evening.
00:17:25I'm sorry to disturb you.
00:17:26I wonder if I might choose your telephone
00:17:28to call a cab.
00:17:29I think it's going to rain again.
00:17:31Of course.
00:17:32Come in.
00:17:37It's in here.
00:17:38Oh, thank you.
00:17:41There are no public telephones
00:17:43anywhere near here.
00:17:44Shall I call it for you?
00:17:46Oh, please do.
00:17:48I'll do it.
00:17:49I promise I'll do it.
00:17:50She's downstairs.
00:17:51She came this afternoon,
00:17:52but I'll do it honestly.
00:17:54Be sure now, Ronnie,
00:17:55or I'll crush my heart
00:17:56and hope to die
00:17:56in a cellar full of rats.
00:17:58You're a good boy, Barney.
00:18:00Who is that?
00:18:01Hello?
00:18:03Barney, who are you talking to?
00:18:06Barney, who was that?
00:18:09Will you excuse me a moment?
00:18:11Perhaps you better call the taxi yourself.
00:18:14I've got to go now.
00:18:15That was her.
00:18:16She's coming.
00:18:17She heard us.
00:18:33Who was that on the phone, Barney?
00:18:35Who?
00:18:36Barney, I heard you.
00:18:37You were talking to somebody.
00:18:40You said, I'll do it.
00:18:41What did she tell you to do?
00:18:43She told me to be a good boy.
00:18:46I don't believe that, Barney.
00:18:50If you want to use the phone again,
00:18:51you are to ask my permission.
00:18:53Do you understand?
00:18:54Yes, Miss Howard.
00:18:56You shouldn't be reading.
00:18:57You should be asleep.
00:18:58Yes, Miss Howard.
00:19:10Yes, Miss Howard.
00:19:12Yes, Miss Howard.
00:19:13Yes, Miss Howard.
00:19:32did you get your cab oh i hope you don't mind my coming in here i wanted to see the
00:19:38back garden
00:19:39but i'm afraid it's too dark our garden no my garden but i thought that i'm marion tygar
00:19:47oh that was your father's house no the commodore was my husband i thought of him as an old man
00:19:55well yes he was a mean old man he was the meanest man i've ever known when he was gone
00:20:04i tried to
00:20:04feel sorry but he died abroad you know
00:20:12does david fielding still live here yes is he as handsome as ever yes he's he looks younger than
00:20:20i do doesn't he yes he is are you his second wife no i'm not mrs fielding i'm the governess
00:20:29then he didn't marry again after the accident no that must be your cab do you like it here in
00:20:39new bristol i've only been here a few hours oh you're lucky i was born here i was married here
00:20:45i came to that house next door as a bride it was just about your age now it's all i
00:20:50have left in the
00:20:56world anybody call a cab oh yes i did okay it's here it is raining i'll get an umbrella
00:21:09look at it sealed up like a vault the day before we left my husband had mr goodwin's men boarded
00:21:16up
00:21:16so tight not even a ray of light to get into it mr goodwin was the commodore's agent you know
00:21:22yes i've met mr goodwin lady i'm not getting any drier standing here oh i'm coming well goodbye
00:21:29you've been very nice to me i hope to see more of you
00:22:03miss howard yes
00:22:12still awake dear will you always leave the door open between our rooms at night if you want it's time
00:22:19for little girls to be asleep miss howard what did they call you when you were a little girl
00:22:24i'm afraid they called me liz may i call you miss liz of course you may beginning tomorrow morning
00:22:33would you like dumbo to sleep with you barney's got him i'll get him for you
00:22:41is barney taking a bath oh no he leaves the water running to keep awake you see he's not allowed
00:22:47to go to sleep oh please don't say i told you miss liz
00:22:51i'll get you to sleep oh please
00:22:51oh
00:22:53oh
00:22:53oh
00:22:53oh
00:23:01oh
00:23:03oh
00:23:14oh
00:23:15oh
00:23:17oh
00:23:21oh
00:23:21oh
00:23:21oh
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00:23:21oh
00:23:21oh
00:23:22oh
00:23:22oh
00:23:22oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:25oh
00:23:44Here's Dumbledore, and I'll leave the door open.
00:23:48Now go to sleep.
00:23:50Good night, Miss Liz.
00:24:00Give me that.
00:24:00I told you I needed him.
00:24:02Honey.
00:24:02I told you I needed him.
00:24:32Honey.
00:24:32Honey.
00:24:33Honey.
00:24:33Honey.
00:24:33Honey.
00:24:33Honey.
00:24:54No, dear, it's G natural, not G sharp.
00:24:56Try it again.
00:25:02Bravo.
00:25:03And when do we give our first concert?
00:25:05Soon now.
00:25:06Good afternoon.
00:25:07And how is Miss Fielding today?
00:25:08Cough better?
00:25:09It's entirely gone.
00:25:11Thank you, Doctor.
00:25:11That's very gratifying.
00:25:14Want to listen to my chest?
00:25:15What would that get me?
00:25:16Ah, ah.
00:25:17Oh, go on, Beat it.
00:25:18You're as strong as a horse.
00:25:18A horse?
00:25:19Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee.
00:25:20Stop that, Barney, and go put your coat on.
00:25:23Aren't you going to finish your piece, dear?
00:25:25Yes, Miss Liz.
00:25:31I see you've made someone in this house happy already.
00:25:34I only hope you can do as well for the others.
00:25:37I hope you'll be happy here yourself.
00:25:38I'm sure I will.
00:25:40They need someone like you.
00:25:41David isn't the easiest person in the world to get along with.
00:25:44And, ah, since his wife was killed.
00:25:49I finished, Miss Liz.
00:25:50All right, dear.
00:25:51Get your things on.
00:25:54That was two years ago.
00:25:56He's never really got over it.
00:25:56There are days when he's the most charming man I know.
00:25:59Other days, he's not quite so charming.
00:26:02And since you're going to be in the house, you'll have to be the victim.
00:26:04The victim of what, Charles?
00:26:06I wish you wouldn't creep up on people, David, especially when they're talking about you.
00:26:09Here.
00:26:09Here are your sleeping pills.
00:26:11If these don't work, I'll buy you a hammer.
00:26:12Come on, Dick.
00:26:13We're going out.
00:26:14Wait for me.
00:26:16I can run past anybody in the world.
00:26:18I can run past them.
00:26:19You can't.
00:26:19No, you can't.
00:26:21Where are the children going?
00:26:22I'm taking them for a walk.
00:26:24How about a game this evening?
00:26:25I'm dining out.
00:26:26If I get home early, I'll call you.
00:26:27Slayer's still at large.
00:26:29Ellen.
00:26:29No clue, say police, in brutal murder.
00:26:33Give that to me.
00:26:42I'm afraid this is one of those other days.
00:26:47Have a good time.
00:26:50Step on a crack, break your mother's back.
00:26:53Bonnie!
00:26:54Step on a crack, break your mother's back.
00:26:57Bonnie!
00:26:57Daddy told you never to say that.
00:26:59He did, Miss Liz.
00:27:00Sneak.
00:27:01He's just impossible.
00:27:03No.
00:27:04Well, well, the whole family.
00:27:05Good afternoon.
00:27:06Come on, Pip.
00:27:07Out see you now, little town?
00:27:09Yes, the children are showing me around.
00:27:11Not very much to see, I'm afraid.
00:27:12Not first.
00:27:13You have to have lived here.
00:27:14You have to know things about people.
00:27:15I'm not very inquisitive, Mr. Goodman.
00:27:17Aren't you?
00:27:17I am.
00:27:18In my business, I have to be.
00:27:19Barney, wait for me.
00:27:20Now take that young lady I mentioned to you last night.
00:27:22Barney!
00:27:22She was pretty all right, but I could see she was trouble.
00:27:24Excuse me, Mr. Goodman.
00:27:26Don't walk too far.
00:27:29Look, monkeys, can we go?
00:27:31Can we see the movie?
00:27:32I don't know.
00:27:33It's after four.
00:27:34Oh, please, Miss Liz.
00:27:36Let's see the movie.
00:27:37I didn't bring any money.
00:27:39Barney's got money.
00:27:40Not that much.
00:27:41I have to.
00:27:42Look.
00:27:44That is a lot of money.
00:27:45Did you open your bank?
00:27:47No.
00:27:47It's his wages.
00:27:49Wages?
00:27:50Barney, where did you get so much money?
00:27:52Oh, I had it.
00:27:58Three, please.
00:28:00I'll give it back to you, Barney, when we get home.
00:28:02Sonny, you can take that dog in there.
00:28:05Leave it with the ushers you go in.
00:28:07Oh, gee.
00:28:30Where's Barney?
00:28:31He went out.
00:28:33When?
00:28:34He's probably calling her again.
00:28:37Come on, Ellen.
00:28:38Oh, please, Miss Liz.
00:28:39Shh.
00:28:40Shh.
00:28:41Come on.
00:28:42Yes, I do.
00:28:43Tell me again, quick.
00:28:45I'll do it.
00:28:46Cross my heart.
00:28:47I'll do my best.
00:28:48I did tell her to go away.
00:28:51Please, please.
00:28:52I've got to go now.
00:28:53She's coming.
00:28:57Hello.
00:28:58What did I tell you about telephone calls, Barney?
00:29:00I wasn't calling anybody.
00:29:01You were, too, and I know who.
00:29:03You shut your big mouth.
00:29:04Come on, Tip.
00:29:08We'll have to hurry.
00:29:09It's getting late.
00:29:18Barney, I thought you said you knew the way.
00:29:20Hey.
00:29:21Hey.
00:29:22Hey.
00:29:23Hey.
00:29:26Barney, it's so late, and we're nowhere near home.
00:29:28Yes, we are.
00:29:29There's a shortcut.
00:29:30Barney, you're sure?
00:29:31Right down here.
00:29:32It comes out near the house.
00:29:33Oh, Miss Liz, he's...
00:29:35Yes, Ellen?
00:29:36What were you saying?
00:29:37Nothing, Miss Liz.
00:29:49It's dark.
00:29:49I'm scared.
00:29:51Shh, darling.
00:29:51There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:29:53There is, too, Miss Liz.
00:29:54He's up to something.
00:29:55I know he is.
00:29:57Barney, where are we?
00:29:58What is this street?
00:29:59We're in Salem Alley.
00:30:02Salem Alley?
00:30:05Barney, come back here.
00:30:06There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:30:08You brought us here, and we're going through.
00:30:10Come on, Julie.
00:30:16It's him.
00:30:17He's at first.
00:30:18Come on.
00:30:21Come on.
00:30:21Come on.
00:30:29Open the door.
00:30:30Hurry, hurry, quick.
00:30:34Close the door, Miss.
00:30:35Close the door.
00:30:36What happened?
00:30:38Children are scared to death.
00:30:39We were walking through Salem Alley.
00:30:41Salem Alley?
00:30:42What for?
00:30:42To get home.
00:30:43But it's clear out of your way.
00:30:45But I didn't know that.
00:30:46Well, you know what happened there, don't you?
00:30:47A woman was murdered.
00:30:48Is that a place to take children?
00:30:51I didn't take them.
00:30:52They took me.
00:30:54I see.
00:30:55Mr. Fielding.
00:30:56Yes?
00:30:56I'm trying to do my best for them, but you have to help me.
00:31:00How?
00:31:00How much pocket money do you give Barney?
00:31:03A quarter a week if he brushes his teeth regularly, and he lives right up to his income.
00:31:06A quarter a week?
00:31:08Perhaps you don't think that's enough.
00:31:09Of course, only...
00:31:10Only what?
00:31:12Why did you discharge Maxine?
00:31:14She was a bad influence on the children, and she took too much interest in my private affairs.
00:31:19Satisfied?
00:31:20Barney still telephones her.
00:31:21Why don't you stop him?
00:31:22I told him not to do it again.
00:31:24Well, see that he obeys you.
00:31:27And from now on, suppose you keep your mind on the children, and all of things that don't concern you.
00:31:33Good night.
00:31:40I said good night, Miss Howard.
00:32:05Mr. Fielding?
00:32:07Mr. Fielding?
00:32:12Mr. Fielding?
00:33:05You got beer?
00:33:07Beer?
00:33:08Beer?
00:33:12The other one gave me a beer.
00:33:15Who are you?
00:33:16Smoke.
00:33:18I'm Chester.
00:33:19Were you...
00:33:20Are you the man I saw in the garden last night?
00:33:23Sure.
00:33:24I'm here every night.
00:33:25I fixed the furnace.
00:33:28Oh.
00:33:29And I fixed it good.
00:33:31You tell that cook, if she leaves the dumper open again, I'll get mad.
00:33:35I'll break something.
00:33:40Hmm?
00:33:41You tell her.
00:33:42Yes, I'll tell her.
00:33:44What are you scared for?
00:33:46I'm a nice guy.
00:33:51Ask Maxine.
00:33:53She knows.
00:34:00I'm a nice guy.
00:34:00I'm a nice guy.
00:34:01I'm a nice guy.
00:34:01I'm a nice guy.
00:34:01I'm a nice guy.
00:34:01I'm a nice guy.
00:34:02I'm a nice guy.
00:34:02I'm a nice guy.
00:34:02I'm a nice guy.
00:34:03I'm a nice guy.
00:34:04I'm a nice guy.
00:34:04I'm a nice guy.
00:34:05I'm a nice guy.
00:34:06I'm a nice guy.
00:34:07I'm a nice guy.
00:34:07I'm a nice guy.
00:34:10I'm a nice guy.
00:34:11I'm a nice guy.
00:34:13I'm a nice guy.
00:34:20I'm a nice guy.
00:34:22I'm a nice guy.
00:34:23Oh, my God.
00:34:59Oh, my God.
00:35:39Oh, my God.
00:35:58Oh, my God.
00:35:59Mr. Fielding, would you like some coffee?
00:36:00Oh, my God.
00:36:04Oh, my God.
00:36:12Oh, my God.
00:36:38Oh, my God.
00:36:54Oh, my God.
00:36:55Oh, my God.
00:37:06Oh, my God.
00:37:23Oh, my God.
00:37:25Oh, my God.
00:37:28Oh, my God.
00:37:44Oh, my God.
00:37:47Oh, my God.
00:37:56Oh, my God.
00:38:05Oh, my God.
00:38:06Oh, my God.
00:38:08Oh, my God.
00:38:27Oh, my God.
00:38:50Oh, my God.
00:38:51Oh, my God.
00:38:55Oh, my God.
00:38:55Oh, my God.
00:39:13Oh, my God.
00:39:13Oh, my God.
00:39:14Oh, my God.
00:39:15Oh, my God.
00:39:15Oh, my God.
00:39:17Oh, my God.
00:39:18Oh, my God.
00:39:19Oh, my God.
00:39:20had already gone. He must have come back. He couldn't. I'd have seen him come in. You didn't
00:39:25see me come in, did you? I heard you in the front hall. I called down to you. But I
00:39:32came in through
00:39:32the garage. I wasn't even near the front hall. Then who put out the light? Perhaps I forgot to
00:39:37turn it on. It was on when you left. I saw it. Maybe the bulb went out. Mr. Fielding, I
00:39:41heard
00:39:41someone come in the front way. You seem to have heard a lot of things tonight. I haven't heard
00:39:45anything that wasn't there. I tell you, someone's been in this house tonight. Do you have these
00:39:49hallucinations often, Miss Howard? Will you stop treating me like a mental case? Then
00:39:53stop acting like one. Why won't you believe me? I'm telling you the truth. I'm frightened.
00:39:57I think you'd better stop talking nonsense and pull yourself together. I see. Very well.
00:40:04Good night. I said good night, Mr. Fielding.
00:40:41Do, do, do, do, do, do.
00:40:44Do, do, do, do.
00:40:56Now look what you've done. You've wrecked my train. Do, do, do, do. You're a nasty, destructive
00:41:02little boy. Ellen.
00:41:04Here's Miss Liz. He's killed all my passengers. I want to talk to you.
00:41:10Yes, Miss Liz. Ellen, what was the name of the woman in your scrapbook?
00:41:15Snow White. Not Snow White, dear. The other one.
00:41:24I don't know, Miss Liz. Ellen, bring me your scrapbook, please.
00:41:41Here it is, Miss Liz. Thank you.
00:41:56Where is the picture of Salem Allen? You've torn it out.
00:42:00Do, do, do, do.
00:42:01Barney, be quiet and stop that train.
00:42:04Ellen, what was the name of the woman in that picture?
00:42:06And don't pretend you don't know.
00:42:08Her name was...
00:42:09She doesn't know her name.
00:42:10Yes, she does. So do you, Barney.
00:42:13I don't either.
00:42:15Ellen, you told me her name was Alberta.
00:42:17She made it up. She's always making things up.
00:42:19Barney, I'm talking to Ellen.
00:42:22Ellen, you didn't make it up, did you?
00:42:29Yes, I did, Miss Liz.
00:42:31I made it all up out of my own head.
00:42:34Go to your room, Ellen, and shut the door.
00:42:39I'm very angry with you both.
00:42:41You're not to talk to each other nor play together.
00:42:45Miss Liz?
00:42:47Yes?
00:42:48Aren't we friends anymore?
00:42:50Not until you tell me the truth.
00:42:56She did make it up.
00:42:58Did she?
00:43:16Nobody wants you when you're home.
00:43:20There'll be some changes made today.
00:43:25There'll be some changes made.
00:43:28Oh, Mrs. Norris.
00:43:30You wanting me?
00:43:31Would you keep an eye on the children?
00:43:32Here.
00:43:33I'm going over to talk to the doctor.
00:43:34The number's 23, isn't it?
00:43:36Across the Crescent.
00:43:37First house on the left.
00:43:37Be gone long?
00:43:38Just a few minutes.
00:43:39I hope so.
00:43:40I don't reckon to be here after dark.
00:43:41Not the way things are.
00:43:43What do you mean, Mrs. Norris?
00:43:44You ought to know.
00:43:45Just get back before dark, that's all.
00:43:47I will.
00:43:52You must remember that David's children have been left to themselves more than most.
00:43:55It was an unhappy marriage and it had a tragic ending.
00:43:58Since then, they've seen much too little of their father.
00:44:01Now, next door to them is this huge, empty, shuttered house.
00:44:05Do you wonder that it fascinates them?
00:44:08That they make it the setting for whatever play story they happen to be acting out at the moment.
00:44:11They weren't acting yesterday in Salem Alley.
00:44:14They were terrified.
00:44:15And those telephone calls were real enough and that murder's real.
00:44:20Yes, it is.
00:44:21And they knew that dead woman's name two days before it was in the paper.
00:44:25Can you explain that?
00:44:27No, I'm afraid I can't.
00:44:29What does David think?
00:44:30I suppose you've told him.
00:44:32I tried to tell him what happened last night.
00:44:34He wasn't very helpful, eh?
00:44:36Would you like me to talk to him?
00:44:37No, please don't.
00:44:39I'd much rather you didn't.
00:44:41Oh, come now.
00:44:41David's not that unreasonable.
00:44:46Excuse me, Doctor.
00:44:47Yes, Miss Bud.
00:44:47Miss Gardner is still waiting and Mr. Ellis has an appointment before 30.
00:44:52I'm sorry.
00:44:53I shouldn't have kept you so long.
00:44:54That's quite all right.
00:44:55I think I've told you all there is.
00:44:57I'm afraid I haven't been very helpful.
00:44:59You've been very kind.
00:45:01I don't think even you realize how worried I am.
00:45:04Last night I almost thought of calling the police.
00:45:06The police?
00:45:07I hope you didn't mention that to David.
00:45:09No.
00:45:10In your place it's the last thing I do, before consulting David, that is.
00:45:13I wouldn't really.
00:45:14It's just that I...
00:45:16I didn't know where to turn.
00:45:17I know we all feel that way at times.
00:45:19If it happens again, I wish you'd call me.
00:45:24Miss Budge, if Miss Howard phones when I'm not here,
00:45:26I want you to get in touch with me immediately.
00:45:28Yes, Doctor.
00:45:29Goodbye, Miss Howard.
00:45:30Thank you, Doctor. Goodbye.
00:45:33Can't figure why you'd be getting sentimental all of a sudden.
00:45:36But can't they put it off just for a few days?
00:45:38I think they wouldn't.
00:45:39I wouldn't care to ask them.
00:45:52Oh, Miss Howard.
00:45:53Good afternoon.
00:45:54How do you do?
00:45:55You're not ill, I hope.
00:45:57No.
00:45:57Well, I just wondered seeing you come out from the doctors.
00:46:01How's David?
00:46:03Mr. Fielding's quite well, thank you.
00:46:05You might tell him I'm a little annoyed with him for not coming to see me.
00:46:08We used to be such good friends, you know.
00:46:14Mr. Goodwin is handling the opening of my house.
00:46:16You're opening it?
00:46:17I have to.
00:46:18That's why I came back from abroad.
00:46:21I hate that tune.
00:46:23Stop playing that.
00:46:24Please stop it at once.
00:46:26Here.
00:46:27Go and play somewhere else.
00:46:32I just can't bear that tune.
00:46:34Somebody was playing it.
00:46:36I heard it coming across the garden the night the Commodore died.
00:46:40Well, goodbye, Mrs. Tigarth.
00:46:51Oh, there you are.
00:46:56Thought you were never coming.
00:46:57I'm sorry, Mrs. Norris.
00:46:59Well, it's happened.
00:47:00What's happened?
00:47:01She's gone.
00:47:02What are you talking about?
00:47:03That Lily.
00:47:03I just looked in her room.
00:47:05But this is her day off.
00:47:06Her day off, is it?
00:47:07She's moved out, back in baggage.
00:47:09You mean she isn't coming back?
00:47:10What do you think I mean?
00:47:11What's more, unless you get somebody to take her place, I'm not coming back either.
00:47:14But, Mrs. Norris, you can't do that.
00:47:16You can't leave me all alone in this house.
00:47:18Can't I?
00:47:18If you'd any sense, you'd go too.
00:47:20And leave the children?
00:47:21That's your business.
00:47:22Seen this?
00:47:23Yes, I've seen it.
00:47:25A day worker, like me, lying all alone in the gutter with a broken neck.
00:47:29Mrs. Norris, please come back.
00:47:31I'll come back when you get a maid, maybe.
00:47:33I'll call the agency, the first thing in the morning.
00:47:35You better.
00:47:53Miss Liz.
00:47:55Miss Liz.
00:47:59Please don't be mad anymore.
00:48:07I'm not mad at you, Ellen.
00:48:08But I can't talk to you until you tell me the truth.
00:48:12I'll tell you, Miss Liz.
00:48:13I'll tell you how I knew her name.
00:48:15I'm not mad at you, Ellen.
00:48:16It was in the watch.
00:48:17In the watch?
00:48:18Mm-hmm.
00:48:19Barney found it outside on the steps after the woman ran away.
00:48:23He hid it in that door there.
00:48:29Come on, dear.
00:48:31You must go back to bed.
00:48:33Can't I stay here with you, Miss Liz?
00:48:35Mm-hmm.
00:48:36Aren't we friends again?
00:48:37Yes, of course we're friends.
00:48:41Now you have to be a good girl and go to sleep.
00:48:43It's very late.
00:48:44I'm not tired.
00:48:47You'll go to sleep all right.
00:48:49Barney's in there sleeping like a little doormouse.
00:48:52Barney doesn't have to stay awake tonight.
00:48:54He's earned his wages.
00:48:57Ellen.
00:48:59Ellen, how does Barney earn his wages?
00:49:01He opens the front door so the man from the empty house can come in.
00:49:06Maxine tells him when.
00:49:08After he's opened the door, he puts Dumbo in the window.
00:49:14All right, dear.
00:49:17Now let's forget all about that for tonight and go to sleep.
00:49:32You're right.
00:49:33Come on!
00:49:33Yeah?
00:49:34Yeah!
00:49:39alleen
00:51:04Miss Howard?
00:51:06Yes, he just got back from the hospital.
00:51:08Would you ask him to come over?
00:51:10It's very important.
00:51:33Did you find what you were looking for?
00:51:40I see you did find it.
00:51:41It has her name in it.
00:51:42Really?
00:51:43The woman who was murdered.
00:51:44You're quite a detective, aren't you?
00:51:45Barney found it outside this house.
00:51:47I don't like people prying into my affairs.
00:51:49I told you that.
00:51:50He found it the night she was killed.
00:51:51And I won't have you or anyone else going through my desk.
00:51:54I thought I made that clear too.
00:51:56Now give it to me.
00:51:57I said give it to me.
00:52:07Hello.
00:52:08What are you doing here?
00:52:12You all right, Miss Howard?
00:52:14What makes you think she isn't?
00:52:15Well, when a doctor gets called in the middle of the night, he usually assumes that something
00:52:18is not all right.
00:52:20You did call, didn't you?
00:52:22If she did, she seems to have forgotten why.
00:52:24What is this, a game?
00:52:26Perhaps Miss Howard was nervous in the house alone and wanted someone to talk to.
00:52:30Or maybe she had something to show you.
00:52:31Was that it?
00:52:32No.
00:52:33While I was out, she made a discovery, didn't you, Miss Howard?
00:52:37You wouldn't want the doctor to make a trip for nothing.
00:52:40Show him what you found.
00:52:42What is it, Miss Howard?
00:52:43You did send for me, you know.
00:52:44Go on, show it to him.
00:52:46Leave me alone, both of you.
00:52:49Jumpy, isn't she?
00:52:50What would you suggest?
00:52:51Don't be a fool, David.
00:52:52Now, if either one of you has another brainstorm before morning, please leave me out of it.
00:52:56Good night.
00:52:58Well.
00:53:01Called him and he came.
00:53:03He's satisfied.
00:53:05Can't you say anything at all?
00:53:07I haven't anything to say.
00:53:09Except I'm sorry I opened your desk.
00:53:12Here's your watch.
00:53:16And why did you pretend not to believe me last night when I told you somebody had come into this
00:53:19house?
00:53:20Do you think I was pretending?
00:53:21You said you hadn't been near the front hall.
00:53:23I don't believe that.
00:53:24And the door was open again tonight.
00:53:25And I know now who opened it.
00:53:26Barney did.
00:53:27So you think my little boy's letting me into my own house?
00:53:30He doesn't know who he's letting in.
00:53:31But you do.
00:53:32Is that what you were thinking when Charles was here?
00:53:35Is that why you didn't show him the watch?
00:53:38Answer me.
00:53:40You know why.
00:53:42Elizabeth.
00:53:43Leave me alone, can't you?
00:53:55So this is what it was all about.
00:53:57That name mean anything to you?
00:53:58Oh yes, David.
00:53:59I read the papers.
00:54:00Barney found it.
00:54:01Where?
00:54:01In front of the house.
00:54:02What am I going to do with it?
00:54:05Only one thing you can do with it.
00:54:07Take it at the police.
00:54:09No.
00:54:10I won't do that.
00:54:12You'll have to, David.
00:54:13They're going to find out.
00:54:15Not unless someone tells them.
00:54:16Somebody always does tell them.
00:54:17She's dead, isn't she?
00:54:19She doesn't need her watch anymore.
00:54:20I don't want them swarming over the place,
00:54:22questioning everyone, even the children.
00:54:23I don't want anything more to do with the police.
00:54:25Why go back to all that?
00:54:26That's over and done with.
00:54:27It's never done with once you've seen it happen.
00:54:30Seen her lying there beside the road dead
00:54:32with her head hanging limp.
00:54:33Everyone knew that was an accident.
00:54:35What makes you so sure?
00:54:37The police weren't.
00:54:38They don't know you as well as I do, David.
00:54:41Come on, let's forget it.
00:54:52Here, this is what you need.
00:54:55Maybe you'd better let me give that watch to the police.
00:54:57I can say I found it.
00:54:59It wouldn't work.
00:55:00You said to yourself, they always find out.
00:55:18What do you do?
00:55:19Is Mr. Fielding in?
00:55:20I'm sorry, he isn't.
00:55:22He'll be back soon, won't he?
00:55:23I don't know.
00:55:25I'll wait.
00:55:30Does Mr. Fielding know you?
00:55:32Yes, he knows me.
00:55:34I'll wait in the library.
00:55:49Hello, hello.
00:55:51Yes, yes, this is the Fielding house.
00:55:54Oh, you want to speak to Miss Howard?
00:55:56Barney.
00:55:58How many times do I have to tell you
00:56:00to stay away from the telephone?
00:56:01It's for you, it's the agency.
00:56:05This is Miss Howard.
00:56:07Not until this afternoon?
00:56:09Well, please do the best you can.
00:56:11We need a mate as soon as possible.
00:56:14Goodbye.
00:56:21Good morning, Mr. Fielding.
00:56:24Guess you know why I'm here.
00:56:26Do I?
00:56:26I'm working on the Salem Alley murder.
00:56:29We got a phone call about that watch.
00:56:31Any particular reason why you didn't bring it in?
00:56:34Suppose I haven't got it.
00:56:36I heard different.
00:56:38Come on, Mr. Fielding.
00:56:40You can't withhold evidence from the police.
00:56:42You ought to know that.
00:56:44Better than most people.
00:56:46I know what police evidence is worth.
00:56:48Better than most people.
00:56:49You taught me that, Sullivan.
00:56:51Did I?
00:56:52Well, your wife's death had to be investigated, Mr. Fielding.
00:56:56Just like any other death.
00:56:58There are such things as planned accidents.
00:57:01Dark nights.
00:57:04Dark nights.
00:57:04The road is slick.
00:57:05There's a fog.
00:57:07Car goes over an embankment.
00:57:10This woman in Salem Alley.
00:57:15Her neck was broken, too.
00:57:18All she did was fall off the sidewalk into the gutter.
00:57:23That couldn't have been an accident.
00:57:26Could it?
00:57:28Why ask me?
00:57:29You don't think I knew this woman, do you?
00:57:31I never saw her alive or dead.
00:57:33That's possible.
00:57:34Well, it's the same you had her watch, according to my information.
00:57:40Maybe you better check your information.
00:57:43Okay, Mr. Fielding.
00:57:45Don't ever think I won't.
00:57:49When I do, I'll be back.
00:57:51Sure.
00:57:52Anytime.
00:57:52Just break a window and climb in.
00:57:54No, I won't do that.
00:57:56I'll just ring the bell and somebody will let me in.
00:58:00Just like they did this time.
00:58:02Bye.
00:58:05Mr. Fielding.
00:58:07I guess he was right at that.
00:58:08Well, I couldn't very...
00:58:09Forget it.
00:58:09How soon can you pack and be ready to leave?
00:58:12Leave?
00:58:12Yes, I want to get Barney and Ellen out of here right away.
00:58:15You might have thought a little about the children before you called the police.
00:58:18There's a train at 8.20.
00:58:20Very well, we'll be ready.
00:58:26David.
00:58:27Yes.
00:58:28Do you really think I called the police?
00:58:31What do you expect me to think?
00:58:40I'm not going to Grandma.
00:58:41You are, too.
00:58:43I'm not going anywhere.
00:58:44Isn't he difficult, Miss Liz?
00:58:46Oh, he's just being silly.
00:58:48Of course he'll go.
00:58:49When we get there, we can ride the pony.
00:58:51Has Grandma got a pony?
00:58:53It's my pony.
00:58:54She gave it to me and I ride him every morning.
00:58:56Shall I open it?
00:58:57No, I'll go.
00:58:59He's my pony, too.
00:59:00Grandma said I could ride him.
00:59:05Good afternoon.
00:59:06Is this the fielding house?
00:59:07Yes.
00:59:08You're looking for a general house worker?
00:59:09Won't you come in?
00:59:21You go upstairs, children.
00:59:23Start packing.
00:59:23I'll be with you in a moment.
00:59:24Yes, Miss Howard.
00:59:27Did you bring references?
00:59:28I've never done housework before.
00:59:30I worked in an office and then my eyes went bad on me.
00:59:33We need somebody to clean and serve.
00:59:35Then it's no use.
00:59:36I couldn't serve.
00:59:37Perhaps you won't need to.
00:59:38There won't be much to do.
00:59:40Mr. Fielding will be alone in the house for a few days.
00:59:42Would you like to try it?
00:59:44I might as well.
00:59:45What's your name?
00:59:46Mary Saunders.
00:59:47I'll show you your room.
00:59:50Ouch!
00:59:51Ouch, Barney.
00:59:52You're hurting me.
00:59:53Then promise you won't tell.
00:59:54I, I promise.
00:59:56Say it.
00:59:56Say.
00:59:57I promise, cross my heart and hope to die in a cellar full of rats.
01:00:00I, I promise, cross my heart and hope to die in a cellar full of rats.
01:00:10David, I have to talk to you.
01:00:11Here are the tickets.
01:00:12I've wired my mother you're coming.
01:00:14I'll drive you to the train.
01:00:15David.
01:00:15You'll like my mother.
01:00:17She'll try and spoil you the way she does the children.
01:00:19Be quite a change for you after what you've gone through in this house.
01:00:25David, listen to me.
01:00:26I didn't call the police.
01:00:27It's all right.
01:00:28It isn't all right.
01:00:29I won't have you thinking that about me.
01:00:31Why should you care what I think?
01:00:32But I do care.
01:00:34And what I said last night, David, wasn't true.
01:00:36It can't be.
01:00:38Hello.
01:00:39Well, this is Mr. Fielding.
01:00:42What?
01:00:44Maybe tomorrow?
01:00:47Yes, I'll tell Miss Howard.
01:00:48Right.
01:00:50Who was that?
01:00:50The employment agency.
01:00:52Something about a maid they haven't been able to send.
01:00:54They haven't sent anybody?
01:00:56Well, what's the matter?
01:00:57Then how did that girl...
01:01:00David, what does Maxine look like?
01:01:02Maxine?
01:01:04You were a good boy to call me about Lily.
01:01:06You sure you haven't told anyone, Barney?
01:01:08I didn't say a word to anybody.
01:01:10Cursed my heart.
01:01:11You're a good boy.
01:01:13Ellen told something.
01:01:14Ellen?
01:01:15What did she say?
01:01:16Told about the watch.
01:01:17What watch, Barney?
01:01:18The one the old woman dropped.
01:01:20I saw her, and I saw him run after her, too.
01:01:22The man from the empty house.
01:01:23It was him who killed her.
01:01:25Killed her?
01:01:27Barney, you didn't see that.
01:01:28Did so.
01:01:28He came out of our house and chased her.
01:01:30Honest, he did.
01:01:34Go to your room, Barney.
01:01:35So you did tell him I was here.
01:01:37Come on, son, out.
01:01:40I thought I told you to stay away from this house.
01:01:44Yes.
01:01:44I like your house.
01:01:46I'll give you just five minutes to get out of it.
01:01:48What's the hurry?
01:01:49You need help, don't you?
01:01:50The new governor said so.
01:01:52Not bad, is she?
01:01:54Come on, get your things together.
01:01:56Is this all you brought?
01:01:57I wasn't intending to stay.
01:01:58I just dropped in to look around.
01:02:00I'm a girl that likes to know what goes on.
01:02:03You've done all the looking around you're going to do in this house.
01:02:06Maybe I've done all I need to.
01:02:07You'd be surprised what I've got out of this little visit.
01:02:10The nice thing about information is,
01:02:13there are such a lot of things you can do with it.
01:02:15Besides giving it to the cops.
01:02:17Look out, you don't cut your throat with it.
01:02:20Now get out.
01:02:22I'll go when I'm ready.
01:02:42Miss Liz, what will I do?
01:02:44This bag won't close.
01:02:46All right, dear, I'll help you.
01:03:06Maxine, don't go.
01:03:07I don't want you to go.
01:03:07Get out of my way, tattletale.
01:03:09You said I was a good boy.
01:03:10I told you I would chase the old woman.
01:03:11You shut your big mouth.
01:03:12I did too, and he came out of the house and chased me.
01:03:14Shut up.
01:03:19Barney.
01:03:20I did everything she told me.
01:03:23I opened the door for him every night.
01:03:26I was a good boy, and then she hit me.
01:03:28Oh, please don't cry, Barney.
01:03:32Go to your room, dear, and wait till I come back.
01:03:36She's my enemy.
01:03:37I hate her.
01:03:40David.
01:03:42David.
01:03:43David.
01:03:48Maxine.
01:03:54Maxine.
01:03:57Maxine.
01:03:57Maxine.
01:04:09Maxine.
01:04:10Maxine.
01:04:12Maxine.
01:04:14Maxine.
01:04:24Maxine.
01:04:40Dr. Evans! Dr. Evans!
01:04:44Miss Howard, whatever's the matter?
01:04:45She's lying out there. She's dead.
01:04:47Who? What do you mean?
01:04:48Miss Howard, what is it? What are you talking about?
01:04:50I knew something would happen. He wouldn't listen. No one would listen.
01:04:53Stop that!
01:04:54Now, try and tell me. What happened?
01:04:56He's killed Maxine. She's lying out there.
01:05:02Okay.
01:05:06Know anybody who had it in for this name, Doctor?
01:05:09I hardly knew her.
01:05:11I did.
01:05:13You seen Fielding around?
01:05:15No. Why?
01:05:17I just asked.
01:05:19Don't be a fool, Sullivan.
01:05:21Is that what I am?
01:05:30Mr. Fielding, please.
01:05:31Mr. Fielding, please.
01:05:31He went out.
01:05:32You know where I can find him? It's important.
01:05:34No.
01:05:35When did he go out?
01:05:37Quite a while ago.
01:05:38Could you be a little more definite, please?
01:05:40An hour, at least.
01:05:53Do we go to Grandma's tomorrow?
01:05:55Yes, dear. Now go to sleep.
01:05:58Good night.
01:05:59Good night, Miss Liz.
01:06:01Miss Liz?
01:06:03Yes, Barney?
01:06:08You're not my enemy anymore.
01:06:10I never was. You should have known that.
01:06:13I'm a bad boy.
01:06:14No, you're not.
01:06:16Yes, I am. I'm as bad as I can be.
01:06:18Oh, Barney.
01:06:19Miss Howard!
01:06:21Try to go to sleep now, Barney.
01:06:24Can you come down, please?
01:06:25Yes, Doctor.
01:06:32Yes, Doctor.
01:06:36Still no sign of David?
01:06:38No.
01:06:39I wish I knew where he was.
01:06:41Oh, don't worry.
01:06:41I can give the police all the information they need.
01:06:43Anyhow till tomorrow.
01:06:45Mrs. Tygarth is here.
01:06:46She insisted on coming over.
01:06:47You poor dear.
01:06:49If I'd known you were here alone,
01:06:50I'd have come sooner.
01:06:51Oh, stop fussy.
01:06:52Marion, Miss Howard will be all right, won't you?
01:06:54Yes, thank you.
01:06:55Good girl.
01:07:00You better bolt this door.
01:07:01I'll look in later.
01:07:06It's so quiet out there now.
01:07:09In just a little while ago, she...
01:07:11Close the door, my dear.
01:07:12Try not to think about it.
01:07:18It was kind of you to come, Mrs. Tygarth.
01:07:21Oh, it's only too glad to.
01:07:23There's a fire in the living room.
01:07:24Oh, how nice.
01:07:27It's turned quite cold tonight.
01:07:29If only I could have gotten to her sooner.
01:07:30Now, please, my dear.
01:07:32He must have been waiting out there for her.
01:07:34If only she had told somebody who he was.
01:07:37You mustn't talk about it anymore.
01:07:40What a lovely fire.
01:07:43Nice and cozy in here.
01:07:45I always did like this house when I lived next door.
01:07:50Twelve years is a long time, isn't it?
01:07:52Yes, it is.
01:08:06You're still worrying, aren't you?
01:08:09Yes, I suppose I am.
01:08:11It's about the children, isn't it?
01:08:12Don't you want to go up and see if they're all right?
01:08:14No, I'm sure they're asleep.
01:08:16Oh, well, do go.
01:08:17You mustn't treat me like company, my dear.
01:08:21You better answer that.
01:08:22It might be David.
01:08:44No, Mr. Fielding hasn't come in yet.
01:08:46It might be David.
01:09:22I'm going to give him back my wages.
01:09:24Do you know where he is?
01:09:26No.
01:09:26Then how will you give him back his money?
01:09:28I'm going to leave it for him in the empty house.
01:09:59Was it David?
01:10:01No, it wasn't.
01:10:03That's the tune the Hurdy-Gurdy was playing.
01:10:06But I thought you said you hated it.
01:10:08Oh, I was just being silly.
01:10:11It's really a lovely old tune.
01:10:12Do you know it?
01:10:13I haven't played it in ages.
01:10:21Now I remember it.
01:10:23That's it.
01:10:24Please play the rest of it.
01:10:49That's lovely, my dear.
01:10:51Even though it does bring back that last night.
01:10:55My husband and I had been quarreling all day.
01:10:57It was horrible.
01:10:59And all day the sound of the hammering had gone on.
01:11:03Hammering?
01:11:04Oh, please go on playing.
01:11:06They were boarding up the windows.
01:11:08We were leaving early in the morning.
01:11:10The Commodore had sent the servants away.
01:11:13It was almost as though he'd planned it himself.
01:11:17The next morning I locked up the house and said that my husband had gone on ahead.
01:11:22But Mrs. Tiger, didn't you tell me your husband had died abroad?
01:11:28How could he?
01:11:30He never went abroad.
01:11:32He never went away at all.
01:11:35He died in that house.
01:11:37And the man who killed him is in there now.
01:11:47Don't stop.
01:11:48Even for a moment.
01:11:49I told him I'd keep you playing.
01:11:51If that piano stops, he'll start back here.
01:11:53He'll kill us.
01:11:54The way he killed the others.
01:12:03The way he killed the others.
01:12:32The murderer's never sure.
01:12:34He had to go back just once more.
01:12:36And tonight was his last chance.
01:12:39He made me help him.
01:12:41He thinks I wouldn't dare give him away.
01:12:43He thinks I'm afraid.
01:12:45He'll find out how afraid I am.
01:12:49Keep right on playing.
01:12:50I'm going to call the police.
01:12:52It's our only chance.
01:12:53The only way to keep him in there until they come.
01:13:03The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:09The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:12The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:13The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:14The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:15The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:15The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:15The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:15The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:15The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:16The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:17The only way to keep him in there.
01:13:20Oh, my God.
01:13:56Miss Liz?
01:13:58Ellen, what are you doing here?
01:14:00I'm lonely.
01:14:01Where's Barney?
01:14:02He's gone to the empty house.
01:14:04The empty house?
01:14:06Are you sure?
01:14:08Mm-hmm.
01:14:09Sit down, Ellen.
01:14:12Now play your piece, the one you play so nicely.
01:14:15Yes, Miss Liz.
01:14:23That's right, dear.
01:14:25Now just keep on playing until I come back.
01:14:28Oh, my God.
01:15:01The blood isn't so easy to get rid of, is it?
01:15:04Even after 12 years.
01:15:07But you've done it, haven't you?
01:15:08It's all gone.
01:15:10Every trace of it.
01:15:12And when they open these windows tomorrow, nobody will ever dream that an old man was murdered in this room.
01:15:17It was worth coming back for, wasn't it?
01:15:21One last time.
01:15:22To be sure.
01:15:24To feel quite safe.
01:15:27You'd feel even safer if you killed me.
01:15:30The way you killed that old woman when she saw you come out of here.
01:15:33And that girl tonight because she knew too much.
01:15:37I'd be next, I suppose.
01:15:39Well, it isn't going to be like that.
01:15:41They're going to find you here with this gun beside you.
01:15:44That'll tell them all they need to know.
01:15:46Take that light.
01:16:06Barney.
01:16:07Barney.
01:16:07He's after me.
01:16:08Run.
01:16:15Barney, Barney.
01:16:16Don't stop.
01:16:17He'll catch us.
01:16:22Barney, Barney.
01:16:23He's got a gun.
01:16:24He'll kill us.
01:16:28Alan.
01:16:28Alan, come up here at once.
01:16:41He was after me.
01:16:42I saw him.
01:16:43You saw him?
01:16:44I saw him just as clear as clear.
01:16:46Barney, tell me.
01:16:47Who is he?
01:16:47Miss Howard.
01:16:52Miss Howard.
01:16:53What's this door doing open?
01:16:55I told you to bolt it.
01:16:56But I did bolt it.
01:16:57Who opened it then?
01:16:58David?
01:17:06Where's Mrs. Tigarth?
01:17:07Well, you lost your tongue.
01:17:08Where is she?
01:17:13You mean the man who killed her husband in that house?
01:17:15And then she said she was going to call the police.
01:17:18But she couldn't have, could she?
01:17:19Or they'd be here.
01:17:20I'll soon find out.
01:17:31I see.
01:17:33She didn't call them.
01:17:34Yes, I know you are.
01:17:36Will you break it out?
01:17:37They're here.
01:17:37Right away.
01:17:38They're looking for David.
01:17:40They're wrong, Dr. Evans.
01:17:41It can't be.
01:17:43Can't it?
01:17:43I wish it weren't.
01:17:44I wish it even more than you do.
01:17:48David.
01:17:50I'd like to speak to Dr. Evans.
01:17:53Alone.
01:17:55Please.
01:18:01They're looking for you.
01:18:02Yes, I know.
01:18:04Yes, I know.
01:18:04Tonight, when I saw Sullivan coming toward this house, I knew what he wanted.
01:18:08Well, it looks as if he was going to get it.
01:18:11Doesn't it, Charles?
01:18:12Does it?
01:18:13You can hide a thing for just so long, can't you?
01:18:16And then they find out.
01:18:17Someone always tells them.
01:18:18You said that yourself.
01:18:19Remember?
01:18:20Yes, I remember.
01:18:22Here.
01:18:25Coal dust from the cellar.
01:18:27Cellar?
01:18:29I wasn't wearing gloves.
01:18:33So that's where you were.
01:18:35Strange, isn't it?
01:18:36What fear can do to a man.
01:18:38Well, not just little things like keeping a watch from the police.
01:18:41Fear could do that to anybody, even an innocent man.
01:18:44I'd say it could.
01:18:45But if he wasn't innocent, suppose he'd killed someone a long time ago.
01:18:51David, what are you talking about?
01:18:52You mean, who am I talking about?
01:18:56I wasn't sure until now.
01:18:58I'm talking about the man who helped Marion Tigreth kill her husband 12 years ago.
01:19:03You thought she was in love with you, didn't you, Charles?
01:19:06Then when you found out the truth, it was too late.
01:19:08But at least the house was still locked up and you were safe.
01:19:11And then suddenly it's going to be opened, with murder still in there.
01:19:16And so little time.
01:19:17Just days, then hours.
01:19:20You knew Sullivan would suspect me.
01:19:22You'd seen to that.
01:19:24It was so easy for you to use my house, to bribe my servant, even my little boy.
01:19:30Barney, get out of here.
01:19:32Daddy.
01:19:33Go on upstairs, do you hear me?
01:19:35I was in that house and heard what Marion said before you killed her.
01:19:38You're still the only one that knows, David.
01:19:40Here, here are my wages.
01:19:42Give the money to me, son.
01:19:44You're a good boy.
01:19:45Now run along.
01:19:48Come on.
01:19:49Come on.
01:19:53Sullivan's a little late, as usual.
01:19:55About 12 years late.
01:19:57Well, I was the one that called him, wasn't I, David?
01:20:13Where's Fielding?
01:20:15You don't want Fielding.
01:20:27David.
01:20:28It's all right now, Elizabeth.
01:20:30Daddy.
01:20:32Are you coming with us to Grandma's?
01:20:35You'd better ask Miss Liz.
01:20:37She's going to have a lot to say about things from now on.
01:20:40He's out.
01:20:55He's going to have a lot to say about things.
01:20:56He's doing well.
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