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The Reckless Moment (1949) follows a devoted mother who becomes trapped in a dangerous situation while desperately trying to protect her family. As secrets, threats, and unexpected danger close in around her, she must find the courage to do whatever it takes to keep her loved ones safe.
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00:00:11The End
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00:01:04This happened last year, about a week before Christmas.
00:01:08The Harper family lived in a charming community called Balboa,
00:01:12about 50 miles from Los Angeles.
00:01:15Early one morning, Mrs. Harper took her car and drove to Los Angeles and...
00:01:22Mother! Mother, where are you going?
00:01:34Mother, Mother?
00:01:42Mother!
00:01:47Oh, my God.
00:02:16Is Mr. Darby in, Mr. Ted Darby?
00:02:18What's her name?
00:02:19Mrs. Harper. I'd like to see him.
00:02:21Just a second.
00:02:24If there's any calls, you know...
00:02:26Oh, excuse me, honey.
00:02:27You know where you can reach me.
00:02:28Okay, I'll tell her.
00:02:30Mr. Darby wants you to wait for him in the bar.
00:02:32The bar?
00:02:37Every time we get a new singer, Joe is...
00:02:39This television is a big thing.
00:02:41It took me for 50 last night.
00:02:43I don't think the game was on the level.
00:02:56Too early to serve anything yet, miss?
00:02:58That's all right.
00:02:59Won't be long. Ten minutes.
00:03:07Morning.
00:03:11Morning.
00:03:11Bar in the bar.
00:03:24Mrs. Harper?
00:03:25Yes.
00:03:26Ted Darby.
00:03:27Pete?
00:03:28Ten minutes.
00:03:29So are you a B's mother?
00:03:30Yes, I am, Mr. Darby.
00:03:32And I...
00:03:32I never realized she had such a young mother.
00:03:35There's quite a resemblance.
00:03:39I'm sorry, I can't offer you a drink yet.
00:03:41I didn't come to make a social call, Mr. Darby.
00:03:42What I have to say won't take a minute.
00:03:44As you please.
00:03:45I don't want you to see my daughter again.
00:03:47Isn't that something for Bea to decide?
00:03:49I don't think so.
00:03:49She's only a child.
00:03:50Only 17.
00:03:5118, Ixmark.
00:03:52Only 17, Mr. Darby.
00:03:54And it's plain to see she's not old enough to know what's good for her.
00:03:56Mrs. Harper, there's no harm.
00:03:59If he likes to get around, meet interesting people, I can do that for her.
00:04:02She can get along very nicely without you.
00:04:04You're not the kind of person I want Bea to see.
00:04:06I hope you're not judging by my temporary surroundings, Mrs. Harper.
00:04:09My apartment...
00:04:09I know the kind of man you are, Mr. Darby.
00:04:11I've gone to the trouble to find out.
00:04:13How does Bea feel about all this?
00:04:15I haven't discussed it with her, and I don't intend to,
00:04:17because you're going to stop seeing her.
00:04:19I am?
00:04:20Yes, and there's nothing I won't do to stop it.
00:04:24Maybe we should talk this over.
00:04:26There's nothing to talk over.
00:04:27Yes, there is.
00:04:27You've been pretty frank, and I'm going to be the same.
00:04:32I didn't know how strongly you felt about my seeing Bea,
00:04:35and now that I do, I want to cooperate.
00:04:36I want to help you.
00:04:37I think with a little common sense, we can get this all straightened out.
00:04:40Straightened out?
00:04:41Just how important is it to you that I don't see her anymore?
00:04:44It's very important.
00:04:45I mean, as far as money is concerned.
00:04:48Otherwise, I couldn't possibly promise not to see her again, Mrs. Harper.
00:04:52You won't have to, Mr. Darby.
00:04:53You've made it very simple for me.
00:04:55I can discuss it with her now, and I'll have nothing to worry about
00:04:57when she hears how deeply you feel about her.
00:05:00Goodbye, Mr. Darby.
00:05:20Operator, get me Balboa.
00:05:23Harbour, 2626.
00:05:25Miss Beatrice Harper, please.
00:05:35Hey, Mother, how come you went up to Los Angeles this morning
00:05:38and didn't tell any of us?
00:05:39I had some things to attend to.
00:05:41I'm going to put on a new bumper, Mother.
00:05:43I think you're too late, and put on your shirt, David.
00:05:45Okay.
00:05:51Hello, Father.
00:05:53How's everything?
00:05:54Why didn't you tell us you were going to L.A. this morning?
00:05:57I, uh, uh, wanted to get to the store before the crowd.
00:06:01Sybil, will you turn that vacuum cleaner off?
00:06:03I can't hear the race results.
00:06:04I don't know why you want to hear it, Mr. Harper.
00:06:06Hello, Mrs. Harper.
00:06:07Come on, Sybil.
00:06:08You never win anyhow.
00:06:09Sybil, where's Bea?
00:06:10She hasn't talked to anyone all afternoon.
00:06:12She's in your room, Mrs. Harper.
00:06:14You was in your shower again.
00:06:19Is that you, Mother?
00:06:20Yes, Bea?
00:06:22When you're through your shower, I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:25I know.
00:06:27What do you mean, you know?
00:06:30Mother, how could you humiliate me so terribly by going to see Ted?
00:06:33Well, it was a little humiliating for me, too.
00:06:35I'm not used to dealing with people of his kind.
00:06:37Do you know what kind of a man he is?
00:06:39Yes, I know.
00:06:40But you're going to tell me that he's a low, vile character.
00:06:43He is.
00:06:44That he lives in a horrible, dirty hotel.
00:06:45Well, when Ted called, he told me that's about what you'd say.
00:06:49Now, wait a minute.
00:06:50I said, wait, Bea.
00:06:51And did your friend, Mr. Darby, also tell you he was perfectly willing not to see you again,
00:06:55providing I made it worth his while financially?
00:06:57I don't believe it.
00:06:59You don't think I'd make up a thing like that, do you?
00:07:01Ted said you made such a scene.
00:07:03He said you got all upset and excited.
00:07:06You might have misunderstood.
00:07:07I didn't misunderstand anything.
00:07:09He made his intentions perfectly clear.
00:07:12Mother, you think you understand people.
00:07:14But you really are terribly old-fashioned.
00:07:17You couldn't possibly understand a man like Ted.
00:07:19I wouldn't want to.
00:07:20Sybil, did you do my blouse yet?
00:07:23I haven't been able to get to it yet, Bea.
00:07:24Well, I asked you a whole hour ago.
00:07:26Bea, you'll not talk like that to Sybil.
00:07:30Sybil, you don't have to do the downstairs today.
00:07:34Bea, let's not lose our tempers.
00:07:36Let's be reasonable.
00:07:37That man is a...
00:07:38I don't care to discuss it anymore.
00:07:40Well, it's not a question of whether you care to discuss it.
00:07:42You're not to see that man again.
00:07:44You must give me your promise you won't see him again.
00:07:47I can't promise that, Mother.
00:07:49No?
00:07:50Then you're not going back to Los Angeles.
00:07:52I'll take you out of art school.
00:07:54You wouldn't do such a thing.
00:07:56I just did.
00:07:59Well, that won't keep us apart.
00:08:01We'll see each other somehow.
00:08:03Oh, Bea, stop acting.
00:08:05You're not to see him again.
00:08:06That's fine.
00:08:07I'll get dressed and pick up your clothes.
00:08:10Mother, can't you trust me?
00:08:13I'm not having a nasty love affair with him, if that's what you think.
00:08:18Bea, I've been stupid and indulgent.
00:08:19Your father wanted you to go to college,
00:08:20and I took your side and persuaded him to let you go to art school,
00:08:23which he felt was wrong,
00:08:24because of the freedom and the people you'd be exposed to.
00:08:26I mistakenly thought you were right-thinking enough
00:08:28to be discriminating about the friends you chose.
00:08:30Well, he was right, and I was wrong.
00:08:32You never would have met Darby if we'd listened to him.
00:08:35Now, I know it's difficult for you to understand,
00:08:37because you're still a child.
00:08:39I probably would have felt the same way at your age.
00:08:41The difference is that when you're 17 today,
00:08:44you know what the score is.
00:08:46You're not a child anymore.
00:08:48Bea, I'm not going to sit here all day
00:08:49and go over the same thing again and again.
00:08:52You're not going to do that.
00:08:53You're not going to see that.
00:08:54Oh, no, don't we're calling.
00:08:56That's your fault.
00:09:00How's it going with you, son?
00:09:01What?
00:09:02You are, Tom.
00:09:04Wonderful.
00:09:04Hey, Dad.
00:09:05Can I talk to him, Grandpa?
00:09:06Wait a minute, Tom.
00:09:07Here's David.
00:09:09Hi, Dad.
00:09:10Swell.
00:09:11Huh?
00:09:12You ought to see it.
00:09:13It's almost a car now.
00:09:14Can I talk to him, David?
00:09:15Hold it.
00:09:16He's in Philadelphia.
00:09:17He's telling me all about his car.
00:09:18Shh, shh.
00:09:20Tom, how are you, dear?
00:09:23I'm fine.
00:09:24We're all fine.
00:09:26Yeah.
00:09:26There's just one little problem.
00:09:28Bea wants a blue Christmas tree for Christmas
00:09:31and the rest of us are holding out for a green one.
00:09:33How do you vote?
00:09:35What?
00:09:36You won't be here?
00:09:37Berlin?
00:09:38Oh, Tom, you can't be away for Christmas.
00:09:41I don't care, Tom.
00:09:43They've done without that bridge over there for four years.
00:09:45I should think they could do without it for another two weeks.
00:09:48Oh, I'm sorry.
00:09:49I know it's what we've wanted.
00:09:50It's wonderful, Tom.
00:09:51Wonderful.
00:09:52It has been ordered to Berlin.
00:09:53Yeah, she's here.
00:09:53Wait a minute.
00:09:54Here, David.
00:09:56David just told me.
00:09:58Oh, we're going to miss you.
00:10:00Yes, I'm fine.
00:10:02Art school?
00:10:05Oh, I'm getting along beautifully.
00:10:08Owen?
00:10:09Oh, I haven't seen it.
00:10:10Well, I haven't seen anyone lately.
00:10:12I've been too busy.
00:10:14Mother wants to talk to you.
00:10:15Hurry home.
00:10:17Come on.
00:10:19Come on.
00:10:20Come on.
00:10:22Come on.
00:10:22Come on.
00:10:23Come on.
00:10:24Come on.
00:10:26I'll tell her, David.
00:10:27I'll tell her, David.
00:10:27And don't worry about anything, darling.
00:10:29We'll all be fine.
00:10:30Goodness, Tom.
00:10:31This isn't anything.
00:10:32You were away three years during the war.
00:10:35Oh, you know I do, Tom.
00:10:37Bye, darling.
00:10:38I'll write tonight.
00:10:43Yes?
00:10:44It's me, Mother.
00:10:46Just a second.
00:11:00Now you can come in.
00:11:06Wanted to say goodnight.
00:11:07Why aren't you wearing his slippers?
00:11:09I'm hardening my feet for trash.
00:11:11Night, dear.
00:11:11I'd like to see you once fully dressed.
00:11:14Writing to Dad so soon?
00:11:15Boy, a grown-up sure can be goony.
00:11:18You talked to him just this afternoon.
00:11:19I don't get it.
00:11:20Because we're goony.
00:11:22Night, dear.
00:11:23Night.
00:11:34David, you smell like a garage.
00:11:36I take a shower every morning.
00:11:38Yes, but I have to sleep with you every night.
00:12:04Please, dear.
00:12:22Oh, my God.
00:12:50Oh, my God.
00:13:04There we go.
00:13:28Ted.
00:13:30Ted.
00:13:31Where are you?
00:13:32Here in the boat house.
00:13:35Where are you?
00:13:36In here, Bea.
00:13:37Where?
00:13:38Over here.
00:13:39I can't see you.
00:13:40Here.
00:14:04Bea?
00:14:10When I got home, she made such a scene.
00:14:13She said I had a promise never to see you again.
00:14:16That you weren't interested in me at all.
00:14:18All you wanted was money.
00:14:20And that if she paid you, you'd never see me again.
00:14:23That's not true, is it?
00:14:26As a matter of fact, Bea,
00:14:29I am desperate for money.
00:14:31No.
00:14:33What a horrible thing to say.
00:14:34Now, look.
00:14:35If your mother does give me the money,
00:14:37that doesn't mean that I won't see you again.
00:14:39Let go.
00:14:40Go!
00:14:41But Bea, it doesn't mean I won't...
00:14:48Bea.
00:14:51You don't understand.
00:15:04Bea.
00:15:14Bea.
00:15:15Where were you?
00:15:16What's the matter?
00:15:17What happened?
00:15:18How did you do?
00:15:19Bea.
00:15:20Bea, calm down.
00:15:21Calm down.
00:15:22Who was it?
00:15:23It was Ted.
00:15:25Mother, you were right.
00:15:26I know.
00:15:26I know.
00:15:26I never should have gone.
00:15:27All right.
00:15:28All right.
00:15:28Just try to tell me what happened.
00:15:30I was in the boat house.
00:15:32I...
00:15:32I knew.
00:15:33All he did want was the money.
00:15:36I...
00:15:36I hate him.
00:15:37Oh, my dear.
00:15:38Where is he now?
00:15:39I don't know.
00:15:40I loved him.
00:15:42You go on upstairs.
00:15:43I'll be up in a minute.
00:16:06I'll be up in a minute.
00:16:07Can I help you, Mrs. Harper?
00:16:08No.
00:16:08No, thanks, sir.
00:16:30Let's go.
00:16:54Was he out there?
00:16:56No, he's gone.
00:16:59Oh, Mother, I wish I'd never gone.
00:17:01I wish I'd never...
00:17:01Oh, don't talk about it anymore, dear. It's over. Come on to bed.
00:17:05Come on, dear.
00:17:09It was so awful. I just couldn't never go through a thing like that again.
00:17:14You won't have to, dear. I promise you.
00:17:25I'll get you a hot water bottle.
00:17:27We'll help you see.
00:17:34What's all the running up and down stairs, Lucia?
00:17:36Nothing, Father. Bea isn't feeling well.
00:17:38I'm a growing boy. I need my rest.
00:17:40Go back to bed, David.
00:17:42I said go back to bed.
00:17:53Mother, can I have a piece of chocolate cake?
00:17:55Good night, David.
00:18:03Good morning, Mrs. Harper.
00:18:06Good morning, Sybil.
00:18:08You were up awful early this morning.
00:18:10I couldn't sleep.
00:18:11Can I fix you some breakfast?
00:18:13No, thanks, Sybil. You go back to bed. I'm going for a walk.
00:18:16Yes, Sybil.
00:18:56I'll be fine with you now.
00:19:00Get set at baby hugs.
00:24:50David and Grandpa, they don't know about it.
00:24:52No, dear, that's what I want to talk to you about.
00:24:54B, did you ever tell anyone you were going with Ted Darby?
00:24:58No.
00:24:58Good.
00:24:59I ever could have been fooled by that, that blown, final.
00:25:01Stop it, B, I know how you're going with me, B, I know how you feel, I know how you
00:25:03feel, but you mustn't talk against him or about him to anyone.
00:25:07He mustn't even mention his name. Do you understand?
00:25:09Oh, I'd rather die than have anyone know I ever knew him.
00:25:11B, is there anything about last night that you haven't told me?
00:25:16No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you're sure.
00:25:20I mean, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:25:24I'll be right down.
00:25:30Well, Lucia, you know, we must make a point of seeing a lot of each other during the holidays.
00:25:33Mrs. Feller.
00:25:34What?
00:25:34We'll try.
00:25:35Owen will be home from school tomorrow, and I know he'll be dying to see Beatrice.
00:25:38We'll do that, Cassius.
00:25:39We can't ship it like this.
00:25:40Beatrice is always like, though.
00:25:41Oh, well, Owen is always like...
00:25:43Well, what's the matter with it?
00:25:44I did the best I could.
00:25:45You might have done the best you could, Mrs. Feller, but the best is none too good.
00:25:48All I want from this post office is delivery, not philosophy.
00:25:52Take a look. A little excitement.
00:25:53Lucia, doesn't it look all right to you?
00:25:54Well, I think he'd know, Catherine.
00:25:56Find some cord on that table by the window. What happened?
00:25:59Max, our dealer murdered in Balboa.
00:26:01Well, what do you know? A murder.
00:26:03Three cent stamp, please.
00:26:04Sure, there you are.
00:26:05Murder, eh?
00:26:06Where?
00:26:06Right over on the other side of the highway.
00:26:08And a murder right here in Balboa.
00:26:10Next.
00:26:10Who was the guy, anyway?
00:26:12Some character by the name of Darby. What do you want of this letter?
00:26:14What? Oh, it's going to Berlin. How much will it be?
00:26:17I'll have to win.
00:26:17Does this post office furnish scotch tape?
00:26:20Do they say who did it?
00:26:22No, but they've got some ideas.
00:26:23They know all about that Darby.
00:26:26Hey, here's your change.
00:26:27Give me one, please, Bob.
00:26:29Here you are, Mrs. Harper.
00:26:30Thanks.
00:26:30Sure is a nice tree you got there.
00:26:32Guess you're all set for Christmas now.
00:26:34What? What'd you say?
00:26:35Guess you're all set for Christmas.
00:26:36Yes.
00:27:00Well, the tree is on the car.
00:27:04Would you ask David or Mr. Harper to bring it in, please?
00:27:06Yes, um, uh, there's a gentleman been waiting.
00:27:09Who?
00:27:10Uh, uh, Mr. Donnelly.
00:27:13Donnelly?
00:27:26Yes?
00:27:28I'm waiting for Mrs. Harper.
00:27:30I'm Mrs. Harper.
00:27:37My name is Donnelly.
00:27:39Martin Donnelly.
00:27:39I'd like a few words with you.
00:27:41Yes?
00:27:41What about?
00:27:47Do you mind?
00:28:07You'll be wanting these, Mrs. Harper.
00:28:10Well, what are they?
00:28:12Writings.
00:28:14I don't know what you're talking about.
00:28:17These are letters which your daughter wrote to the late Ted Darby.
00:28:21The price is $5,000 cash.
00:28:25Ted Darling, I just wasn't alive until I met you.
00:28:29But you came like a fresh wind blowing through my stuffy room.
00:28:34I don't know, Ted, if I can make up my mind to do what you asked yesterday.
00:28:38I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave, Mr. Donnelly.
00:28:42Would you like me to call the police?
00:28:44I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mrs. Harper.
00:28:48But just the fact that you did ask,
00:28:50and that you thought I had the courage to take such a chance,
00:28:53makes me feel proud.
00:28:55Ted, I'm thinking about it.
00:28:58I'm not sentimental, you know that.
00:29:00But just the same, it is hard to break entirely with the past.
00:29:03Hi, Mother.
00:29:04David!
00:29:05I got trunks on.
00:29:07Hi.
00:29:07This is my son, David, Mr. Donnelly.
00:29:09Well, hi.
00:29:10I learned a new song today.
00:29:12Want me to play it?
00:29:12Some other time, David.
00:29:13I'm busy.
00:29:14All right.
00:29:17Mother is no appreciation for music.
00:29:19Hey, Mother, you read about the murder?
00:29:21Yes, David.
00:29:23Oh, glamour girl.
00:29:24At last, there's some excitement for you.
00:29:25A guy got bumped off right near here.
00:29:27Excuse me a minute.
00:29:28Who?
00:29:29Who was it?
00:29:30That's our dealer.
00:29:31That's our dealer.
00:29:31Give me that.
00:29:32What are you doing?
00:29:33Cut her out.
00:29:33Let me help it.
00:29:34Let me help it.
00:29:34No.
00:29:35Please, stop it.
00:29:38Now she'll call all her arty friends in L.A.
00:29:40and tell them it happened in her own backyard.
00:29:53If we're not to be interrupted again, I'll continue.
00:29:56You don't have to continue.
00:29:57Because those letters don't mean a thing.
00:30:00She's only a child.
00:30:01They don't mean anything.
00:30:02Mrs. Happy, you don't seem to understand.
00:30:05The man these letters were written to has been murdered.
00:30:08The police would be greatly interested.
00:30:11Ted Deary's saying frantic.
00:30:13The other day, I started to talk to Mother about you.
00:30:15And it was just awful.
00:30:17She wouldn't understand.
00:30:18How did you get these?
00:30:21Debbie wanted to borrow some money from us.
00:30:23I didn't think the letters were worth anything.
00:30:26But there was not much else the man had to offer us.
00:30:28We took them off him until he was ready to pay us back.
00:30:30Sort of collateral, you know.
00:30:33Well, you might say it was a bit of luck for us these getting murdered like that.
00:30:36Because now the letters will realize much more than we lent them.
00:30:39As Mr. Nagle would say, we want to liquidate our stock where the market is high.
00:30:44Mr. Nagle's my partner.
00:30:46He's a good businessman.
00:30:46Lucia, where do you want me to put it?
00:30:50Oh.
00:30:51This is Mr. Donnelly.
00:30:54He's from Tom's office.
00:30:55Oh, you know my son.
00:30:57Isn't it great about us going to Berlin?
00:30:59How do you do?
00:31:01I'm terribly sorry you can't stay for dinner.
00:31:03Oh, you're not staying for dinner?
00:31:05No.
00:31:06Oh, it's a big mistake.
00:31:08Civil's making beef and kidney pie.
00:31:10But, Father...
00:31:11You're very kind.
00:31:12But I have someone waiting.
00:31:14Uh, are you from Ireland, Mr. Donnelly?
00:31:16I was born there.
00:31:17Then we have something in common.
00:31:18I'm from Boston.
00:31:19Is that right?
00:31:20As long as you can't stay for dinner, the least we can do is give you a drink.
00:31:26Mother, may I talk to you for a minute?
00:31:29Go ahead.
00:31:30I can wait.
00:31:33Mother, it's all about him.
00:31:35Shh, not him.
00:31:36Mother, it says such terrible things in the night.
00:31:38I can't wait.
00:31:39I can't wait.
00:31:40I can't wait.
00:31:40I can't wait.
00:31:40I can't wait.
00:31:40I can't wait.
00:31:43He was in jail, Mother.
00:31:43He was arrested.
00:31:44I know.
00:31:44I know.
00:31:44And that ugly art business that he was there.
00:31:46It has nothing to do with you.
00:31:47Please listen to me.
00:31:48Whatever happened to that man.
00:31:49I'm glad he's dead.
00:31:50Don't say that.
00:31:51Don't ever say that.
00:31:53Mother, I...
00:31:54There's something I didn't tell you.
00:31:56B, whatever happened to that man has nothing to do with you.
00:31:59Nobody knows.
00:32:00Just you and I.
00:32:01So please put it out of your mouth.
00:32:02Father, wait a minute.
00:32:03I wrote to him.
00:32:05I wrote a lot.
00:32:07They'll find the letters.
00:32:08No.
00:32:10No, they won't.
00:32:12No one will find anything.
00:32:13I promise you.
00:32:14Oh, it's so rotten.
00:32:15It's awful.
00:32:15Get ready for dinner, B.
00:32:16I can't for dinner.
00:32:17All right.
00:32:17I'll bring you something later.
00:32:20Is that gentleman staying for dinner?
00:32:22No, and I hope Father doesn't.
00:32:23Ask him again.
00:32:24David, stop it.
00:32:26And get dressed for dinner.
00:32:31I suppose there's too many more places to go to.
00:32:34Oh, yes.
00:32:35Would you have her?
00:32:36I've had one.
00:32:36Sibyl's almost ready to serve.
00:32:37It is the summertime.
00:32:38The kids have a marvelous time in those little...
00:32:40I can't for little birds.
00:32:41Yes, sir.
00:32:44I really must be going.
00:32:45Oh, but I haven't had a chance to hear about Tom.
00:32:47Father, I'll tell you all about it later.
00:32:48I'll be seeing you again, Mr. Harper, very likely.
00:32:51Mrs. Harper's going to help me look for a house out here.
00:32:54Good.
00:32:55Tomorrow.
00:32:56Uh, Lucia, did anyone get the paper?
00:32:58I want to get the results of the fourth race at Tropical Park.
00:33:00Gold Admiral.
00:33:01Paid 660.
00:33:03And Mr. Harper at Caliente Sunday, Rolling Hills in the fifth race to win.
00:33:08Are you sure?
00:33:08I'm sure.
00:33:09Good night, Mr. Harper.
00:33:10Good night.
00:33:12I can't...
00:33:13I can't see you tomorrow.
00:33:17Where shall we meet?
00:33:18You can't come here.
00:33:19I won't have you in my house.
00:33:20I don't have to come back if you're giving her the money now.
00:33:23I have to have time to think.
00:33:26Could you get in touch with your husband?
00:33:27No.
00:33:28The father-in-law.
00:33:29We haven't got $5,000.
00:33:32You'll think of a way to lay your hands on it.
00:33:35Uh, I'll meet you at the real estate agency.
00:33:39Tomorrow.
00:33:40It's the one next to the drugstore.
00:33:42Nine o'clock.
00:33:43Nine thirty.
00:33:45All right, Mrs. Harper.
00:33:47Good night.
00:33:54V's gone up to her room, Mother, and won't come down.
00:33:56I know.
00:33:57What's been bothering me the last few days, Lucia?
00:33:59The artist is starving her garret tonight.
00:34:02Uh, nice fellow.
00:34:04Was his name O'Donnelly or just plain Donnelly?
00:34:07Donnelly.
00:34:08David, don't take so much butter.
00:34:10Uh, where'd Tom meet him?
00:34:12I don't remember, Father.
00:34:13Tom meets so many people, he...
00:34:14Is he from Tom's office?
00:34:16I'm not sure.
00:34:18He, he, he didn't...
00:34:19What's the matter?
00:34:22I have a headache.
00:34:24David, I told you not to take so much butter.
00:34:28Don't you think you should get up, V?
00:34:31Everyone's at breakfast.
00:34:32It's late.
00:34:34I'll be there at breakfast.
00:34:36And I'll sit and ask questions.
00:34:40Please, I don't want to go down.
00:34:42Oh, come on.
00:34:44Fix your face and take a shower and have breakfast downstairs like everybody else.
00:34:48No, I can't.
00:34:52Couldn't I maybe go away somewhere for a while?
00:34:55Oh, I don't know, B.
00:34:58Where could you go and how would it look, your being away during the holidays?
00:35:02What would David and your grandfather think?
00:35:04Well, if I could go to, go to Lake Tahoe, to Aunt Edna.
00:35:09That would be perfectly all right.
00:35:10And I wouldn't think anything.
00:35:13Oh, please, talk to her and see if it's all right.
00:35:17I don't know if it's all right.
00:35:18Or maybe...
00:35:51Operator, I want to call Lake Tahoe.
00:35:55Person-to-person call.
00:35:59My number?
00:36:01Coffee's getting called, Lucia.
00:36:03Oh, never mind, Operator.
00:36:28I'll get you.
00:36:36I thought we were supposed to meet at the real estate office.
00:36:39It's past 9.30.
00:36:41I'll be right with you.
00:36:50You've got to eat something before you go out.
00:37:05I can fix that.
00:37:06I didn't even know it had a horn.
00:37:10This'll do it.
00:37:11You've been around cars, haven't you, Mr. Donnelly?
00:37:13I used to handle quite a lot of them when they were hard to get.
00:37:19David, go in and finish your breakfast.
00:37:21Thank you, Mr. Donnelly.
00:37:23The next time the guard comes asking me to roll up the hose, please.
00:37:25Excellent.
00:37:26All right, go back in the house.
00:37:31Why'd you come here?
00:37:32We were supposed to meet in the village.
00:37:34I'd like to get this over as fast as I can.
00:37:36Yes.
00:37:36We'll have to move faster.
00:37:38Oh, here they are.
00:37:38I'll back my car out.
00:37:39We'll use mine.
00:37:40But...
00:37:41We'll use mine.
00:37:47Did you find a way to get the money yet?
00:37:49Please just drive me to the drugstore.
00:37:53I have a call to make.
00:37:57It's a call I can't make at the house.
00:38:00I understand.
00:38:22It's bad for your health.
00:38:24What?
00:38:25You smoke too much.
00:38:41It's going to be hard for me to go to Los Angeles and get the money.
00:38:43I promised Father and David the car tomorrow.
00:38:47If I want it, there'll be questions.
00:38:50I've been to Los Angeles once this week.
00:38:52That means more questions.
00:38:54You don't know how...
00:38:55how a family can surround you at times.
00:38:58No, I don't.
00:39:00I have to have time to think.
00:39:02I can't just get the money like...
00:39:03like that.
00:39:03I don't know how to do that.
00:39:12Hi, Miss Harper.
00:39:13Hello, Mike.
00:39:14I thought I was going to hear from you, Miss Harper.
00:39:16What about?
00:39:17I want to get busy on that roof of yours before we get busy.
00:39:20Oh, well, we'll talk about it when Mr. Harper gets home.
00:39:24Okay.
00:39:25You should have taken my car.
00:39:27Turn left here.
00:39:28There's less traffic.
00:39:36This ought to be deserted enough.
00:39:39My son worked here last summer.
00:39:41Worked very hard.
00:39:42You wouldn't know about that, would you?
00:39:44Sold hamburgers, saved $40.
00:39:47At least he earned it.
00:39:50Do you never get away from your family?
00:39:55No.
00:40:00But Edna, Bea wouldn't care where she slept just as long as she was up there.
00:40:03She isn't hard to manage.
00:40:05Bea isn't like that.
00:40:06Edna, I'm the first to appreciate that you're filled up at Christmas,
00:40:08but Bea hasn't been feeling well.
00:40:10No, she isn't sick, but I want to get her away from here.
00:40:15February.
00:40:16No, Edna, you...
00:40:18What?
00:40:20Operator?
00:40:20My three...
00:40:21Oh, hold on, Edna.
00:40:22I have to get some more change.
00:40:23Hold on.
00:40:24Hold on.
00:40:37I need some change.
00:40:38I'm in the middle of a phone conversation.
00:40:40I've got some times.
00:40:45I think I'll need another quarter.
00:41:12Less nicotine, less tobacco, Stan.
00:41:16Oh, nice.
00:41:19Do you sell many of these?
00:41:21Filter holders?
00:41:21Tons of them.
00:41:23Wouldn't it be simple if you didn't sell the cigarettes?
00:41:26Are you with Mrs. Harper?
00:41:28Yes.
00:41:29Well, these are hers.
00:41:31Oh, thank you.
00:41:32One thing I can't make out, if it's two or three cans of tooth powder.
00:41:36I don't know.
00:41:37I'll make it three.
00:41:39All right.
00:41:39All right.
00:41:41And, uh, I'll take one of these.
00:41:44Charge?
00:41:45These are charged.
00:41:46I'll pay for that.
00:41:58Hello, Mr. Harper.
00:42:00Hello.
00:42:00Did you remember to put my father-in-law's razor blades?
00:42:03Did we?
00:42:05Yes.
00:42:06And here's your change.
00:42:08And three makes a dollar.
00:42:10You ready?
00:42:12Yes.
00:42:14Goodbye, Mrs. Harper.
00:42:15Goodbye, Mr.
00:42:28Cut your wheels.
00:42:29That's it.
00:42:33Well, it's a telephone call, successful.
00:42:36Did you arrange anything?
00:42:37I wasn't calling about the money.
00:42:39I have an aunt in Tahoe.
00:42:40I wanted to look after beef for a while.
00:42:42I thought you might have changed your mind about getting in touch with your husband.
00:42:46Will you be doing that?
00:42:48No.
00:42:52I told you, I can't do that.
00:42:54Why?
00:42:55It may be weeks before I can reach him.
00:42:57I wouldn't think there was any place that remote.
00:42:59He's traveling.
00:43:00You can cable him on a boat, not a train.
00:43:04What do you expect me to do?
00:43:05Cable thin money I'm being blackmailed?
00:43:07My husband will get in touch with me as soon as he can.
00:43:09I'm afraid we can't wait that long.
00:43:11Well, I'm afraid you'll have to.
00:43:12I wouldn't even consider trying to raise the money if Bea weren't so...
00:43:16Well, she...
00:43:16If she wouldn't...
00:43:18Well, one has to be careful.
00:43:20Children dramatize things so much.
00:43:22In this case, she's justified.
00:43:23That's ridiculous.
00:43:25Her letters mean nothing.
00:43:26You and I, we both know that.
00:43:27Nevertheless, you're anxious that the police shan't see them.
00:43:29Only because it would make her feel...
00:43:32There's the police.
00:43:34They'll be looking for the one who killed Derby.
00:43:37Now, if they should see those letters...
00:43:39Wednesday, Mr. Donnelly, please.
00:43:41The banks are closed over the weekend.
00:43:42There's nothing I can do.
00:43:43It's too far off.
00:43:44And the car, I've already told you.
00:43:45I can't take the car to Los Angeles again.
00:43:47It'll make my family wonder.
00:43:48It's just impossible for me to get away so soon again on my own.
00:43:51You're quite a prisoner, aren't you?
00:43:53I don't feel like one.
00:43:54Wednesday, Mr. Donnelly.
00:43:56In the years I've been with Nagel...
00:43:58I've seen him handle blackmail deals.
00:44:01Believe me, Mrs. Harper, it's best that you do this through me.
00:44:05My partner's not always as patient as I am.
00:44:07Partner?
00:44:08I don't believe you have a partner.
00:44:10You're on your own.
00:44:11You might at least have the courage to admit it.
00:44:13No, I'm not on my own.
00:44:15We're all involved with each other, one way or another.
00:44:18You have your family.
00:44:19I have my Nagel.
00:44:21How can you say that?
00:44:23You and your Mr. Nagel, if he exists, are just a couple of blackmailers...
00:44:27held together by a common interest in cheating people.
00:44:29I wouldn't try to raise the money.
00:44:31It's just that B...
00:44:32It would be such a shock to her.
00:44:34She's lucky to have a mother like you.
00:44:36Everyone has a mother like me.
00:44:37You probably had one, too.
00:44:41When shall I come for the money?
00:44:42I'll have to get in touch with you.
00:44:44I'll call you tonight.
00:44:45Don't you understand?
00:44:45You can't call me.
00:44:48I'll do the best I can.
00:44:49I'll try every way.
00:44:50Then I'll send it to you.
00:44:51But just give me until Wednesday.
00:44:53I'll know by then what I can do.
00:44:55I'll see about it.
00:44:58Would you like to have some lunch now?
00:45:00With you?
00:45:00No.
00:45:02You could be perfectly safe with me.
00:45:03Just drop me on the other side.
00:45:05How will you get home?
00:45:06Don't worry.
00:45:06I'll manage.
00:45:10There is a Nagel.
00:45:12I'll give you my word.
00:45:20All right.
00:45:21Thank you very much, Mr. Harper.
00:45:22Thank you very much.
00:45:22Sorry we couldn't help you anymore, Lieutenant.
00:45:24But nobody up at our house ever heard of him.
00:45:26Now, we'll see you again, Mr. Harper.
00:45:28You know, it had me completely fooled.
00:45:29I figured he was killed up in L.A. and then dumped down here.
00:45:32Well, we know it didn't happen that way, Mr. Harper.
00:45:34You mean because you know he was killed with an anchor?
00:45:37Well, that and some other things, yes, Mr. Harper.
00:45:39Do you think he was murdered right here in Balboa, Lieutenant?
00:45:41Well, maybe. All right.
00:45:42Well, if it happens to be that way, Lieutenant,
00:45:44we'll give you all the help we can.
00:45:45You see, when I was a young man in the Army,
00:45:47I was always interested in crime.
00:45:48Thank you very, very much, Mr. Harper.
00:45:51All right.
00:45:51You're welcome.
00:45:51We'll see you again.
00:45:52We'll see you again.
00:45:52Goodbye, Lieutenant.
00:45:53Goodbye, now.
00:45:54Goodbye, Shorty.
00:45:55Here we go.
00:45:58Come on now.
00:45:59We're going to go.
00:46:03Come on.
00:46:04Come on.
00:46:04Good morning, Till.
00:46:05Good morning, dear.
00:46:06Good morning, dear.
00:46:07Good morning, dear.
00:46:08All right.
00:46:09Come on, you kids.
00:46:10You better get on over the roof.
00:46:11It looks like it's all over us.
00:46:13Come on, now.
00:46:13No lagging behind there.
00:46:14Come on.
00:46:15Come on.
00:46:18What are you all doing here?
00:46:20Oh, we had a little excitement.
00:46:21The police just left.
00:46:22You missed it, Mother.
00:46:24The police?
00:46:25Ah, about that derby.
00:46:27Routine questioning.
00:46:28Well, what'd they want to know?
00:46:29Oh, if anyone in the house knew them or had ever heard of them.
00:46:32Oh, it is rather an odd case.
00:46:34I can't figure what that type of man would have been doing in this neck of the woods.
00:46:38We were grilled.
00:46:39My darling, you shouldn't be here.
00:46:40Go home.
00:46:41And I think the rest of you better go, too.
00:46:43Want to come up to the house?
00:46:44I got some new records.
00:46:45No, go to someone else's house.
00:46:49I like it, Lieutenant.
00:46:51But I'd rather be a fireman.
00:46:53Come on.
00:46:54Why did the police come here, Father?
00:46:56After all, they should know what the man was.
00:46:58Why are they checking private homes?
00:47:00Oh, they seem to believe that he might have been involved with a family in the neighborhood.
00:47:03Why?
00:47:04Well, he was killed with an anchor.
00:47:07How do they know it was an anchor?
00:47:08The shape of the wound.
00:47:10Besides, they know the body was taken into the swamp by a small boat.
00:47:13A small boat had to come from someplace around here.
00:47:17Have they any ideas?
00:47:19No, I don't suppose they'd tell if they did.
00:47:22You know, somebody saw you out there that morning.
00:47:24What?
00:47:25Yeah, two fellows fishing.
00:47:27The lieutenant wanted to talk to you.
00:47:29Why?
00:47:31Oh, to find out if you'd seen anybody.
00:47:33I told them you hadn't or you'd have mentioned it.
00:47:35Why are they so interested in anyone being on the water at that hour?
00:47:39They know that it was about that time that Darby's body was moved into the swamp.
00:47:43Mrs. Harper?
00:47:44I didn't see anyone.
00:47:46Mrs. Harper?
00:47:46Uh, Sybil's calling you, Lucia.
00:47:49Telephone!
00:47:50Oh.
00:47:51I'm coming.
00:48:08Thanks, Sybil.
00:48:14Hello?
00:48:14Hello?
00:48:16Hello, Mr. Downley.
00:48:17Uh, that Mr. Downley?
00:48:19Yes.
00:48:20Ask him for dinner some night.
00:48:21All right, Father.
00:48:25What is it?
00:48:26I understand you can't talk.
00:48:28Look, now.
00:48:29I just called to tell you that he won't wait till Wednesday.
00:48:33He wants the money no later than Monday.
00:48:35And there is a Nagel.
00:48:37I'm afraid there's very much a Nagel.
00:48:41You don't believe me?
00:48:44Listen to me.
00:48:46Listen.
00:48:48If you could get half of it, you don't have to raise...
00:48:51I already told Nagel I wouldn't be wanting my share.
00:48:55And I'd like you to know, too, that if I had the money, I'd pay him off and that would
00:48:58be the end of it.
00:49:01Are you there?
00:49:06Did you hear what I said?
00:49:11I wish you would believe me.
00:49:14I wish things could have been different in many ways.
00:49:17Only one good thing came of it.
00:49:20I met you.
00:49:24I met you.
00:49:24Which way did you come into town?
00:49:28I'll meet you at the terminal.
00:49:50I don't know.
00:49:50Hey, where's the game tonight?
00:49:51I don't know.
00:49:52I'm not playing.
00:49:55Tell him the game will be held in room 420 tonight.
00:50:01Talk to her?
00:50:02Yes.
00:50:03She'll have the money Monday?
00:50:05She'll try.
00:50:06What do you give me that she'll try business for?
00:50:09I told you what to tell her.
00:50:10Let's cut out the horsing around.
00:50:13Maybe I'd better go down there and talk to her.
00:50:14I'm handling this.
00:50:15You lay off.
00:50:16You're not going near her.
00:50:17I'm not, huh?
00:50:18No, you're not.
00:50:20You know, this lady's not in your class, Martin.
00:50:24I often think you get mad at me because I remind you of what you are.
00:50:29You're not respectable, Martin.
00:50:31Relax. Take it easy.
00:50:36Plus payment on house, plus taxes, plus telephone bill, plus piano bill.
00:50:49Plus, plus, plus bill.
00:51:04Plus electric bill, plus water bill.
00:51:10Come in.
00:51:11Mrs. Harper, you hardly touched a thing at dinner tonight.
00:51:14I thought maybe you'd like this.
00:51:16Thanks.
00:51:17Sybil, I didn't put the things away that I got in town this morning.
00:51:19Would you please?
00:51:20Yes.
00:51:23How do people put aside money so they have it when they need it?
00:51:27Christmas sure makes little numbers out of big ones, doesn't it?
00:51:32Sybil, we've got to cut down on the lights. That would...
00:51:35Well, I mean, we're always leaving the lights on and the meat bill, Sybil.
00:51:40No. I can cancel that suit I ordered.
00:51:44Oh, we can watch it a little more, Mrs. Harper.
00:51:49This wasn't on the list. Did you buy the cigarette holder?
00:51:52No. No, I didn't. I'll take it back.
00:51:56Good night, Mrs. Harper.
00:51:58Good night.
00:52:17I really wish you'd understand, Mrs. Harper, that kind of a loan...
00:52:22Hello, Mrs. Harper.
00:52:23Hello.
00:52:23Now, that kind of a loan, may I have your keys, please?
00:52:26We'd have to have your husband's signature.
00:52:28Yes, yes.
00:52:29If you'd given us a little notice, it would only be a matter of a few days.
00:52:33We'd cable to your husband, you see, and settle the matter.
00:52:36It's all right, Mr. Harper. I don't understand.
00:53:08Could you help me? Whom do I see about making a...
00:53:13I... I'd like to see someone about making a loan.
00:53:16Just a minute.
00:53:19Mrs. Loring's free now. She's at the third desk in there.
00:53:22Just go through the gate.
00:53:43How do you do?
00:53:46Won't you sit down? Miss... Mrs. Harper.
00:53:49Harper. Thank you.
00:53:53H-A-R-P-E-R?
00:53:57Yes.
00:53:58I grow them in my garden.
00:54:00Oh.
00:54:01Now then, what can I do for you?
00:54:03I want to get a... I mean, make a loan. No, get a loan.
00:54:08And how much do you wish to borrow?
00:54:10$5,000.
00:54:12I see.
00:54:15And what is the purpose of this loan, if I may ask?
00:54:19Well, I... I need the money.
00:54:22I gathered that. Now, what is the money for?
00:54:28Your... your ad said no red tape.
00:54:31Well, we must know the purpose of the loan and how you plan to repay it.
00:54:35That's not red tape, is it?
00:54:37No, I didn't...
00:54:38Now, what is your husband's first name and occupation?
00:54:41I thought it was just a question of my signing a note.
00:54:44Well, how much do you think you could repay every month?
00:54:48$50.
00:54:50Mrs. Harper, do you realize how long it would take to pay back the sum you ask at that rate?
00:54:56I guess it would take a long time.
00:54:58Oh, we couldn't consider it, Mrs. Harper, really.
00:55:03Do you have any collateral?
00:55:04A car wouldn't cover it, of course, but your house...
00:55:07No, but I have my jewelry.
00:55:09Oh, I'm sorry.
00:55:10We cannot lend money on jewelry.
00:55:12We don't have a pawnbroker's license.
00:55:15It's, um, state law, you know?
00:55:18I see.
00:55:19Well, I guess I won't bother you anymore.
00:55:21Thanks.
00:55:21Thanks just the same.
00:55:23Of course.
00:55:26Merry Christmas.
00:56:05Merry Christmas.
00:56:07Over here, madam.
00:56:10I'd like to borrow some money on some jewelry.
00:56:13All right.
00:56:14Here it is.
00:56:21It's mine.
00:56:30Very nice.
00:56:31Nice setting.
00:56:34Try to fill out a date.
00:56:35Yes.
00:56:36Um, how much do you want on this?
00:56:39As much as I can get.
00:56:40Mm-hmm.
00:56:42Mm-hmm.
00:56:42Well?
00:56:44Um, I can give you, um, $700.
00:56:47$700, but it's worth so much more.
00:56:49$800.
00:56:53Will you...
00:56:54Are you going to put the things in the window?
00:56:56Oh, no.
00:56:58Those things in the window are those which the owners haven't redeemed.
00:57:00Or they haven't paid the interest on.
00:57:02I see.
00:57:03Oh, it's late.
00:57:06Here's your ticket, madam.
00:57:10You'll need that.
00:57:12Mm-hmm.
00:57:24Excuse me.
00:57:26Excuse me.
00:57:26Excuse me.
00:57:27Excuse me.
00:57:28Excuse me.
00:57:30Hey, watch it.
00:57:31Keep your rise open.
00:57:33It's stopped.
00:57:41Run from San Francisco.
00:57:43Now arriving, gate two.
00:57:45Sorry, I'm late. It's longer than I thought.
00:57:47That's all right.
00:57:48No, it's not all right. I could only raise $800.
00:57:50And I won't be taking the money. Did you draw that out of your bank?
00:57:52No, I didn't have it. I pawned some jewelry.
00:57:54Well, you can get your things back, all of them.
00:57:56Nagle can't do anything to you now.
00:57:57I don't understand what you mean.
00:57:59The police know who killed Darby. They've taken him in.
00:58:02They, they, they what?
00:58:03It's no bother of yours. He's nothing.
00:58:05They, they've arrested someone?
00:58:08I'll get you some coffee.
00:58:09What?
00:58:10Your worries are over now, and I'm glad.
00:58:12Do you want her in your trouble?
00:58:13Do you want her in California yet?
00:58:16They'll keep the girl's name out of it.
00:58:18I'll let us have nothing to do with Darby's.
00:58:19Mr. Donnelly, listen to me, please.
00:58:22And I told her, supposing he had nothing to do with it, this, this what's-his-name.
00:58:25Murray, he could have been framed. A lot of people didn't like him.
00:58:27But he's in, he's in jail for you. He'll be tried for you.
00:58:30He won't lose a night's sleep over it. He and Darby, that's all of them.
00:58:32But he can't be punished, can he, for something he didn't do?
00:58:34There's no need for you to worry about it. It's no concern of yours.
00:58:38Coffee, please. One coffee, please.
00:58:40But what if he didn't do it?
00:58:42What if he did?
00:58:43But he didn't do it. He didn't because, well, you see, he couldn't.
00:58:46And the thing is, they mustn't keep him in jail because he didn't do it.
00:58:49Ten cents.
00:58:50Two seats right here. Let's go sit down.
00:58:52Arriving gate four.
00:58:56Will you have a Coke?
00:58:57No, I want an ice cream.
00:58:59Okay.
00:59:00Camellias? Buy the lady a camellia, mister.
00:59:03You can't. Don't take it easy.
00:59:05But he didn't do it.
00:59:07Do you know who did that?
00:59:09You do know. Come on, now. Who was it?
00:59:12You're not going to tell me that you killed him.
00:59:15Yes.
00:59:17Well, no.
00:59:18I mean,
00:59:20well, you see,
00:59:21earlier that day, I went to see Darby.
00:59:25I told him he must never meet her again.
00:59:28I told Bea, too.
00:59:30I said if he ever came nearer again, I'd...
00:59:33Well, that night, he did come to see her.
00:59:35They met at the boathouse.
00:59:37I went there.
00:59:39There was an awful argument, and I...
00:59:40You couldn't have killed him.
00:59:42I don't believe you.
00:59:42I did. I did.
00:59:45It was with the anchor.
00:59:46A handy little weapon.
00:59:48I pushed him.
00:59:53I pushed him, and he...
00:59:55He fell on it.
00:59:56Later, I had to move him off of it.
00:59:57It was...
00:59:58How did you move him?
00:59:58He was a big man, Darby.
01:00:00You couldn't have done that part of it.
01:00:01Oh, yes, I could.
01:00:03I did, though.
01:00:03I don't know how I did, but I...
01:00:04I don't believe you.
01:00:05I can't help it.
01:00:06It's the truth, and now they're holding...
01:00:07All right, all right, all right.
01:00:08So you're a murderer.
01:00:09So I believe you, if that's what you want.
01:00:11But you're not to repeat the story to another's soul.
01:00:14I want your word on that.
01:00:17How about your family?
01:00:19How would it be for them?
01:00:21Bus for Hermosa, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Newport, Balboa, Laguna, now loading.
01:00:27Bus for Hermosa, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Newport, Balboa, Laguna, now loading.
01:00:33Listen to me.
01:00:35You're out of it now.
01:00:36Don't you see?
01:00:36You're out of it.
01:00:37You're safe.
01:00:37But he's innocent.
01:00:38All right, he's innocent of this, but he's guilty of a hundred other things,
01:00:40so it doesn't matter.
01:00:41It makes no difference.
01:00:42You've got to look at it from all sides.
01:00:44It's your family.
01:00:46You'll have to think out what's going to do the most good in the end.
01:00:49Forget about him.
01:00:50What's the use of sacrificing your family for a man that's no good,
01:00:52that deserves what's coming to him?
01:00:54If he gets it for this,
01:00:56it's the only good thing he's done in his whole life.
01:00:59Don't be trying to think of the right and the wrong of it.
01:01:01You're not dealing with the kind of people you'll know.
01:01:03No, you're dealing with the kind of people I know.
01:01:05Balboa, Laguna, this is how it'll be.
01:01:09It's the right thing to do, Lucy.
01:01:11It's the right thing.
01:01:12Just you forget this.
01:01:13If you do as I say, it'll be over for you.
01:01:15Tonight, I'll have it out with Nagel.
01:01:17You'll have your letters back, and I'll bring them to the house.
01:01:19No, please.
01:01:19Please mail them.
01:01:20I'm sorry that...
01:01:22Of course, I understand.
01:01:24I'll mail them.
01:01:33The bus from New Orleans, San Anto, El Paso, Phoenix, now arriving.
01:01:53If you want your choice, you have to lay 65.
01:01:54I'm looking for Nagel.
01:01:55Have you seen him?
01:01:56In the bar.
01:01:57All you got to buy for, buy the thing.
01:02:02All right, Martin.
01:02:04Wait.
01:02:13No, no, no, no.
01:02:14Just play the same tune again.
01:02:17The same tune again.
01:02:20I should have won that last time.
01:02:22I don't want to raise friends.
01:02:23I need one card right from the beginning.
01:02:26Where's Nagel?
01:02:27It's your pick.
01:02:28You heard Murray got sprung a little while ago.
01:02:30What about his score?
01:02:31So he went for a little drive.
01:02:33Where did he go?
01:02:34He said he wanted to get some salt air.
01:02:36Here we go.
01:02:38Yes.
01:02:39We're done with Bob.
01:02:48Good night, Mrs. Hopper.
01:02:52Mrs. Hopper.
01:02:53Mrs. Hopper.
01:02:54Mrs. Hopper.
01:02:56There's a man here.
01:02:58Who?
01:02:58He says his name is Nagel.
01:03:00He's not a nice man, Mrs. Hopper.
01:03:01Don't you think we ought to call him?
01:03:03No.
01:03:03Where is he?
01:03:04Well, he said he wanted to see you alone, so I had him wait in the boat house.
01:03:07I'll go there.
01:03:07You better tell the folks you're home first.
01:03:09They're awful upset about you being so late.
01:03:11All right.
01:03:11Would you give him a drink and tell him I'll be down as soon as I can?
01:03:13Yes.
01:03:26Lucia, we've been worried sick.
01:03:28Well, the traffic was heavy and the bus was slow.
01:03:30Hey, Mother, can I have a dollar?
01:03:33A dollar, David?
01:03:34What for?
01:03:36What for?
01:03:36I'm going out.
01:03:37Look at me.
01:03:39Boy, I'm distinction.
01:03:40There's a dollar in my desk drawer upstairs.
01:03:42Take it, but one, not two.
01:03:45I'll tell you fine.
01:03:46Where are you going?
01:03:47Owen Feller asked me and Bea to go to the movies with them.
01:03:50The whole gang's gone.
01:03:51But the beautiful Beatrice does not choose to go.
01:03:53Why don't you want to go, Bea?
01:03:55Because, Mother.
01:03:56Oh, you should go, dear.
01:03:57Owen will be terribly disappointed.
01:03:59I just don't want to.
01:04:02I've eaten and I'm tired.
01:04:04Really, Bea, the right thing for you to do is to go.
01:04:06I'm too tired to go into it now, but I wish you'd do as I say.
01:04:09Please.
01:04:10I just can't.
01:04:12Lucia.
01:04:14Lucia, with Tom away, if you ever want to talk things over, well, I mean, if you're, what I mean
01:04:23is, I'm here, you know.
01:04:25I know, Father.
01:04:26I was on my way to bed, but if you'd like to catch a late movie.
01:04:29No, thanks.
01:04:30Tired?
01:04:33Father, there's nothing wrong that Tom's coming home won't cure.
01:04:38Good night.
01:04:39Good night.
01:04:44I'll do those.
01:04:45You go.
01:04:46Mother, I just don't feel like seeing you.
01:04:47You don't want to see Owen, and I know why.
01:04:49It's ridiculous.
01:04:50Believe me.
01:04:50If anyone ever found out about it.
01:04:52You've gone all through that, and there's nothing more to say.
01:04:54You just can't stop living at your age.
01:04:56Come on.
01:04:57I'm not dressed.
01:04:58You look perfectly all right.
01:05:00I'll give you my fair coat.
01:05:01It looks lovely, aren't you?
01:05:03You've got to see people sooner or later, so you might as well start now.
01:05:10Mother?
01:05:10Mother, it's just that it's so difficult.
01:05:11You can tell Bea that she...
01:05:13Hey, she's going?
01:05:14Yes, David, she's going.
01:05:16Atta, girl.
01:05:17Come on.
01:05:18Wait a minute, Bea.
01:05:19I want to roll down your sleeves.
01:05:24There's something in the pocket.
01:05:27Oh, it's just an old shopping list.
01:05:29Shopping list?
01:05:31I'm nothing, dear.
01:05:33You better hurry.
01:05:35Just leave.
01:05:37Come on.
01:05:39I'll see you when you get home.
01:05:41Have fun.
01:05:42Okay.
01:05:50Mrs. Harper?
01:05:52Mrs. Harper.
01:05:53Would you like me to go with you?
01:05:55No, thanks, Sybil.
01:05:56Well, I'll wait here.
01:05:57You call me if you need me.
01:05:58All right.
01:06:06Come on.
01:06:34I'm sorry I've had to wait here, but my family...
01:06:36Well, Duchess, you sure took your time.
01:06:38Well, I couldn't get here any sooner.
01:06:41What do you want?
01:06:42Don't you know?
01:06:44Well, this afternoon, Mr. Donnelly said that I didn't know you...
01:06:46No, you must be a mighty fast talker.
01:06:49Donnelly was a mighty good man until he ran into you.
01:06:51Now he's gone soft on us.
01:06:53But he said that...
01:06:54Let's skip all the talking.
01:06:55Where's the money?
01:06:57Donnelly said too much.
01:06:58We're right back where we started.
01:07:01Only this time he's out.
01:07:02I'm taking the whole five tonight.
01:07:04I don't know what you...
01:07:05Now.
01:07:05I don't know what you mean, right back where we started.
01:07:07I don't know what you're talking about.
01:07:08Oh, you know what I'm talking about.
01:07:10Now, where's the money?
01:07:11I haven't got it.
01:07:12I can't get it.
01:07:13I don't have to get it.
01:07:14I don't have to get it because you can't do anything to me anymore.
01:07:17Cut it.
01:07:18Cut it.
01:07:19You might be playing around with Donnelly, but not with me.
01:07:22I tell you, you can't do anything to me anymore.
01:07:24They've got the man who killed Darby.
01:07:25It has nothing to do with my daughter.
01:07:26The letters mean nothing.
01:07:27They've got him.
01:07:28They've got the man they're looking for.
01:07:29You can't do anything to me anymore.
01:07:30I've got news for you, Duchess.
01:07:32Murray was sprung this afternoon.
01:07:35And I'm going to do what I should have done in the beginning.
01:07:36I'm going to call the police.
01:07:37And I'll get a hold of a newspaper friend of mine and give him these.
01:07:40He'll do the rest.
01:07:42There's nothing the newspapers like more than a beautiful young girl mixed up in a murder case.
01:07:47She had nothing to do with it.
01:07:48Then let her prove it.
01:07:50Donnelly might have been willing to make some kind of deal with you, but not me.
01:07:54I don't care about your daughter, your son, your husband, or anybody else.
01:08:13Donnelly might have been willing to make some kind of deal with you, but I don't want to make some
01:08:14kind of deal with you.
01:08:14I don't want to leave this place until I have that money in my hand, so make up your mind
01:08:18now, either you come clean with me, or I take your daughter's letters to the newspapers, it's as simple as
01:08:23that.
01:08:23So let's quit the stalling, huh?
01:08:27My toe doesn't keep away from me.
01:08:29My toe.
01:08:32My toe.
01:08:38My toe.
01:08:47My toe.
01:08:50Come on.
01:09:26Come on.
01:09:48You need help.
01:09:58Don't go.
01:10:00Get help.
01:10:02You're bleeding.
01:10:05You've got to get him out of here.
01:10:06No.
01:10:07No, you're not going to do that.
01:10:08You've got to get him out of here.
01:10:09No, you can't.
01:10:10It's useless.
01:10:14We've got to call the police.
01:10:17No, no, no.
01:10:18You don't understand.
01:10:18I'll tell them the whole story.
01:10:19Everything that happened.
01:10:21I'll tell them it's my fault, not yours.
01:10:23That you did it for me.
01:10:24I'll tell them that.
01:10:25They'll understand when I tell them everything.
01:10:27It's me and Michael.
01:10:28They'll understand.
01:10:28They know our kind.
01:10:29You're not like it.
01:10:30He was better than I was.
01:10:32He had no illusions about himself.
01:10:35I never killed a man before.
01:10:37No.
01:10:39Do you know that when I was a boy, my mother wanted to make a priest of me.
01:10:43She had five sons and would never learn that I was the bad one.
01:10:48I never did a decent thing in all my life.
01:10:51I never even wanted to until you came along.
01:10:55Then I began to think, if only I could turn back and start over.
01:11:00So what happens?
01:11:02As soon as I try to start back, I find myself with this on my hands.
01:11:08Let's take it as a hint, Lucia.
01:11:10Don't make the same mistake my mother made.
01:11:12You don't know me, Lucia.
01:11:13The police know me all right.
01:11:15No.
01:11:16I can't let you take this on yourself and be hounded for murder the rest of your life.
01:11:21I got you into this.
01:11:24It's my way of doing something that's made everything wrong.
01:11:28I'll tell them that.
01:11:30I'll tell them about Bea and Darby.
01:11:32I'll tell them about you.
01:11:35It's the only way.
01:11:37Before you do that, do you mind getting me a drink?
01:11:39I could use one.
01:11:41Be right back.
01:11:51I'll tell you, Mrs. Harper.
01:11:53It's all right.
01:11:54Go upstairs and get some bandages.
01:11:56Mr. Donnelly's been badly hurt.
01:11:57Mr. Donnelly.
01:12:01Yes, but hurry and be careful about Mr. Harper.
01:12:22What do you mind doing?
01:12:26Come on in the bathroom.
01:12:31Come on.
01:12:31His hand's all right.
01:12:32Come on.
01:12:33You won't.
01:12:34You'd better take your coat.
01:13:08I'd better take you.
01:13:17I'd better take you.
01:13:22Donnelly!
01:13:27Sybil! Sybil! My car keys! Hurry!
01:13:41You would not have helped him with the police, Mrs. Harper.
01:13:46I'd lie. I wouldn't tell him about the blackmail.
01:13:50I liked Mr. Donnelly.
01:13:54He wouldn't listen to me.
01:13:56If only he would listen to me.
01:14:10He wouldn't listen to me, Mrs. Harper.
01:14:13He wouldn't listen to me, Mrs. Harper.
01:14:26Where? On the right side.
01:14:29I see. Something's happening.
01:14:32Stop!
01:14:43Donnelly!
01:14:44Come back to the car, Lucy!
01:14:46Go back!
01:14:47Go back!
01:14:48Come back!
01:14:49Sybil!
01:14:49Get away from me!
01:14:50Sybil, stop the car and you'll help!
01:14:52No, you can't move that. It's pinned underneath.
01:14:54But it's only in the arm.
01:14:57Lucy!
01:14:59I got these off naked.
01:15:01No, don't do that. Leave me. Leave me just as I am.
01:15:04No, don't even touch me.
01:15:06You mustn't be found here when help comes.
01:15:09You must get away from here.
01:15:11No, listen carefully. Listen carefully, Lucy.
01:15:13Don't you understand? Everything's turned out all right.
01:15:16Finding Nagel here, they'll never know what happened.
01:15:18It'll be...
01:15:19It'll be...
01:15:20He was with me when I had the accident.
01:15:24But you'll spoil everything if you're here when they come.
01:15:36You'll spoil everything if you stay.
01:15:39It'll all be for nothing.
01:15:43Everything will be all right for me in a few minutes.
01:15:45They'll take me to the station. The doctor will fix me.
01:15:49But you must get away from here.
01:15:52Go on, hurry, Lucy.
01:15:54Go on now, Lucy.
01:15:56Go on now.
01:15:58Go on, get away.
01:16:02Honey, Lucy, go on.
01:16:06Go on now.
01:16:09Go on.
01:16:21Come on, Mrs. Harper.
01:16:23I'll drive.
01:16:55I'll drive.
01:16:57Mrs. Harper.
01:16:58Telephone.
01:16:59Berlin calling.
01:17:33It's Mr. Harper.
01:17:34He's on the phone.
01:17:41What's...
01:17:42Mother!
01:17:43We saw a terrible accident.
01:17:44Quiet, David.
01:17:45It's Mr. Harper, Berlin.
01:17:47Mother, we had to make a detour.
01:17:49Hi, Dad.
01:17:50The police...
01:17:50The police said that the man who was in the accident...
01:17:53...confessed to killing Darby.
01:17:54And they got to him just before he died.
01:17:56And, Mother, they told me who it was.
01:17:58You're okay.
01:18:04Here she is. Just a second, Dad.
01:18:06What's going on down there?
01:18:07It's Dad, Grandpa.
01:18:08Mm.
01:18:11Tom?
01:18:12Tom, we've...
01:18:13We've mailed your Christmas packages.
01:18:15We're going to have a blue Christmas tree.
01:18:18And everything's fine, except...
01:18:20We miss you terribly.
01:18:23Yes, Tom.
01:18:39Hey, hey, hey, I'm here.
01:18:39Thank you very much.
01:18:40Speak with me.
01:18:40Don't forget the Constitution.
01:18:40Listen, it is to be very bad fora.
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