D.O.A. (1950)
Approved | 1h 23min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | 30 April 1950 (USA)
Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Writers: Russell Rouse (story), Clarence Greene (story)
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler
Approved | 1h 23min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | 30 April 1950 (USA)
Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Writers: Russell Rouse (story), Clarence Greene (story)
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler
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00:02:01Can I help you?
00:02:03I'd like to see the man in charge.
00:02:05Come in here.
00:02:14I want to report a murder.
00:02:16Sit down.
00:02:22Where was this murder committed?
00:02:24San Francisco, last night.
00:02:26Who was murdered?
00:02:30I was.
00:02:39You want to hear me out, don't you, Captain?
00:02:41I don't have very much time.
00:02:46Your name Bigelow? Frank Bigelow?
00:02:50That's right.
00:02:53Answer the San Francisco APB.
00:02:55Send a direct to Inspector Bannon at homicide.
00:02:57Tell him we found Frank Bigelow.
00:03:00Go ahead, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:04Well, this involves some other people, Captain.
00:03:06A number of other people.
00:03:08You tell it any way you like.
00:03:13I live in a little town called Banning out on the desert.
00:03:16It's on the way to Palm Springs.
00:03:20I have a small business there.
00:03:23I have a small business there.
00:03:28Paula.
00:03:31Yes, Mr. Bigelow?
00:03:33Give me a copy of Miss Hollis' 48 tax return, will you?
00:03:35Oh, uh, you better get the 47, too.
00:03:37Yes, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:39I don't think we took any depreciation on that new equipment last year.
00:03:42No, we didn't.
00:03:44I remember you said we could include it all this year.
00:03:46Sure we can.
00:03:48Hey, Frank. Yeah, Will?
00:03:50Well, it's a financial statement before he can give me my loan.
00:03:52Hello, Kitty. Hi, Will.
00:03:54Well, I'm leaving for San Francisco today, but I'll be back in about a week.
00:03:56I'll take care of it for you then.
00:03:58Sure is a scorcher, isn't it?
00:04:00Well, I've seen them worse. Well, have a nice time, Frank.
00:04:02Yeah, thanks, Will.
00:04:04Paula, why don't you come down to the place and let me give you another permanent?
00:04:06Makes your hair so much easier to manage in all this heat.
00:04:09I can't afford it right now. Maybe next month.
00:04:11Yeah, here it is. No, we didn't take it.
00:04:13Well, we can do it this year.
00:04:15You work it out any way you think fits.
00:04:17Have a nice trip, Frank.
00:04:19Sure, Kitty. See you when I get back.
00:04:21Bon voyage.
00:04:25Why don't you come down anyway, Paula?
00:04:27We'll work out a deal on that permanent.
00:04:29Thanks. Maybe I will.
00:04:34Hello?
00:04:36Oh, hello, Mr. Hawkins. Just a moment.
00:04:38Do you want him to send your ticket over?
00:04:40No, I'll pick it up myself.
00:04:42No, never mind. Mr. Bigelow will pick it up at the station.
00:04:44Bye.
00:04:50I want to go with you, Frank.
00:04:52Oh, Paula, I'm just going on a little vacation. You know that.
00:04:54You want to go without me, don't you?
00:04:56Be gone just a week.
00:04:58And I suppose you've just made up your mind to take this little vacation at 9 o'clock this morning?
00:05:01No, Paula. I meant to tell you about it a few days ago. I guess I forgot.
00:05:05Oh, you forgot.
00:05:07Paula, don't be like that.
00:05:08Don't be like what?
00:05:10You just drop a little announcement that you're going away.
00:05:12Not tomorrow or next week or next month, but today.
00:05:14No explanations, nothing.
00:05:16And I'm supposed to swallow the excuse that you need a little vacation?
00:05:19I just want to get away from town for a few days, that's all.
00:05:22Get away from this town or get away from me?
00:05:24Oh, Paula, please try to understand.
00:05:27How can you ask me to understand anything like this?
00:05:29No, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
00:05:34Go to San Francisco, but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
00:05:47Paula, please, Paula.
00:05:50Come on, turn around, look at me.
00:05:58Come here.
00:06:01Why do you do this to me, Frank?
00:06:03Why can't you be honest with me?
00:06:05As honest as I am with you.
00:06:07Do you have to do this to me?
00:06:09I don't have to do this to you.
00:06:11I don't have to do this to you.
00:06:13Frank, as honest as I am with you, do you have to go?
00:06:16I have to go, Paula, I know what I'm doing.
00:06:18All right, go, go anywhere you like.
00:06:20You can go to blazes for all I care.
00:06:22Paula, Paula.
00:06:27Yes, I know I'm...
00:06:29I'm being foolish.
00:06:31Come here, Paula.
00:06:34Come on, fix your face.
00:06:36We'll go down to Eddie's and have a drink.
00:06:38All right, why not?
00:06:46Hiya, Paula.
00:06:47Hiya, Eddie.
00:06:48Give us a couple of cold beers, will you?
00:06:50Coming up.
00:06:51All right.
00:06:52Come on.
00:06:53Oh, what a relief.
00:06:54This air conditioning feels good.
00:06:56I sure wish we had it in the office.
00:06:58It'd make working a pleasure.
00:07:00Well, if it stays this hot, don't bother going in the rest of the week.
00:07:03I win two races today.
00:07:04How many did you lose?
00:07:05You wouldn't have to ask that.
00:07:07Kind of early for you two, ain't it?
00:07:09Too hot to work.
00:07:10That's what I like to hear.
00:07:14I'll be back.
00:07:15I'll be back.
00:07:16I'll be back.
00:07:17I'll be back.
00:07:18I'll be back.
00:07:19I'll be back.
00:07:20I'll be back.
00:07:21I'll be back.
00:07:22I'll be back.
00:07:23I'll be back.
00:07:40Frank, you'll take me with you, won't you?
00:07:47You will won't you?
00:07:49Or am I crowding you?
00:07:52What do you mean, crowding me?
00:07:55Maybe you do need this week away alone.
00:07:59Maybe we both do.
00:08:01I know what's going on inside of you, Frank.
00:08:03You're just like any other man, only a little more so.
00:08:06You have a feeling of being trapped, hemmed in, and you don't know whether or not you like it.
00:08:10Look, Paula.
00:08:12I'm going to be honest with you. I care too much for you not to be honest with you.
00:08:15I'm as much concerned for your happiness as I am for my own.
00:08:18I know you've had one bad experience, Frank. I know all about it.
00:08:21But you don't know what it can do to two people, Paula.
00:08:23And the woman always gets hurt more than the man.
00:08:27I don't want you to get hurt, darling.
00:08:30More than anything in the world, I don't want you to get hurt.
00:08:37Want to hear some music?
00:08:39All right, Frank.
00:08:44Got a couple of nickels, Eddie?
00:08:45Yeah.
00:08:47This won't bother you, will it?
00:08:48No, the next result doesn't come in for half an hour.
00:09:01I thought that by now we'd be married.
00:09:06No, I'm not going to crowd you anymore, Frank.
00:09:08Go to San Francisco. I don't like it.
00:09:11But I'm convinced that you must go.
00:09:13I want you to be very sure, Frank.
00:09:15If it's right, and I believe it is, we'll have something really wonderful together.
00:09:21If it isn't, we should both know it as soon as possible.
00:09:27So you see, even if I could stop you, I wouldn't do it now.
00:09:43BIGELOW
00:09:59Yes, sir.
00:10:00My name is Bigelow. I have a reservation.
00:10:02Yes, sir.
00:10:07Here we are, sir.
00:10:08My name is Bigelow. I have a reservation.
00:10:10I have a reservation.
00:10:11I have it, sir. It's a very nice room on the sixth floor, facing the bay.
00:10:14Boy, this might help you enjoy your stay, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:17There's a little booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:20Oh, thank you.
00:10:21You're very welcome, sir.
00:10:26Say, is it always like this around here?
00:10:28No, this is market week, and it's the last day, too.
00:10:30Boy!
00:10:32Always around until you need them.
00:10:39Here's a message for you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:41A long-distance call came in about an hour ago from Banning, from a Paula Gibson.
00:10:45Oh, thank you.
00:10:46You're very welcome. Show Mr. Bigelow to 618.
00:10:48Right this way, sir.
00:11:06Right this way, Mr. Bigelow.
00:11:10Right this way, Mr. Bigelow.
00:11:24Is there anything else, Mr. Bigelow?
00:11:25Oh, yes. You can get me a dry Manhattan and a pack of razor blades.
00:11:29Yes, sir. Thank you.
00:11:31Oh, and you can leave that door open.
00:11:35Hello, operator.
00:11:36I want to speak to Miss Paula Gibson in Banning, California.
00:11:39That's right.
00:11:41Now, I'll wait.
00:11:46Hello?
00:11:47Hello, Paula.
00:11:48Oh, hello, Frank. How was the trip?
00:11:50Fine. Just fine.
00:11:51Having a miserable time, I hope.
00:11:53Well, I don't know. I just got in.
00:11:59What was that?
00:12:00Market week. The place is crawling with traveling salesmen.
00:12:03You know, Charlie Anderson found out that you went away and he asked me to go out with him.
00:12:06Oh, really? How did he make out?
00:12:09I'm considering it.
00:12:10Is that what you called to tell me?
00:12:12I'll have you know that this call is strictly business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:12:15Did a Mr. Phillips phone you? A Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:12:19No.
00:12:20He will. He phoned the office three times today.
00:12:22Said that he wanted to get in touch with you immediately.
00:12:24He said it's most urgent and imperative that he reach you at once.
00:12:27What did he want?
00:12:28I don't know.
00:12:29I don't know.
00:12:30But he sounded deep, dark and mysterious and quite agitated about something.
00:12:34Phillips, Phillips. Have we ever done any business with him?
00:12:37Not unless you've been keeping it a secret from me.
00:12:39I looked through all the accounts.
00:12:45Why did you tell him you could reach me here? You know I'm supposed to be on vacation.
00:12:48So you told me.
00:12:49And so I told him, dear heart.
00:12:51But the gentleman didn't seem to respect your temperamental moods the way I do.
00:12:55He was very insistent that he speak to you before it's too late, as he put it.
00:12:58Well, tell him you tried to get in touch with me and I've changed my plans and he can't reach me.
00:13:02He won't talk to me.
00:13:04I told him that I was your confidential secretary.
00:13:06But I guess I didn't sound confidential enough.
00:13:08So I told him that he could reach you there this evening.
00:13:11Well, call him back.
00:13:12If it's as important as he says it is, he'll talk to you.
00:13:14Otherwise, he'll just have to wait until I get home.
00:13:16My, aren't we adamant this evening.
00:13:19All right.
00:13:20Shall do.
00:13:24And Frank.
00:13:25Yeah?
00:13:27I...
00:13:28I don't quite know how to say this.
00:13:31Say what?
00:13:33Well, what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that you ever have to feel guilty about.
00:13:40Oh.
00:13:43Sure.
00:13:45Thanks, Paula.
00:13:46I'll, uh...
00:13:47I'll call you tomorrow.
00:13:50Right?
00:13:56Yeah.
00:14:18Oh, just put it there, please.
00:14:23You can keep the change.
00:14:24Thanks very much.
00:14:25Say, um, how long has this been going on?
00:14:27Oh, it's been a madhouse all week.
00:14:28But they check out tomorrow.
00:14:29Oh?
00:14:30I thought you were with them.
00:14:31No, no.
00:14:32I'm just here on a vacation.
00:14:33Why does everybody come to San Francisco and tear loose?
00:14:39Excuse me.
00:14:41Say, uh, I'm awfully sorry to bother you, but, uh, would you mind if I used your telephone?
00:14:44No, no.
00:14:45Go right ahead.
00:14:46I'm just across the hall here.
00:14:47One of the boys is using my phone, and, uh, he's been on it for a half hour.
00:14:50I just want to call it downstairs.
00:14:52Yeah?
00:14:55Room service, please.
00:14:57Hey, uh, things really picked up the last few days, didn't they?
00:14:59You run up much business?
00:15:00Well, I'm not here on business.
00:15:01Oh.
00:15:02Uh, hello.
00:15:03Room service?
00:15:04It's Mr. Haskell in 617.
00:15:05Yes, that's right.
00:15:06Would you send up, uh, three more bottles of bourbon and two scotch?
00:15:09Yes.
00:15:10Oh, and, uh, some more ice, too.
00:15:12Yeah?
00:15:13All right.
00:15:15You here all alone?
00:15:16Yes, I just got in town.
00:15:17Well, why don't you join us for a drink?
00:15:19Well, I don't want to barge in on your party.
00:15:21Oh, nonsense.
00:15:22It's not a party.
00:15:23Just a few of the boys entertaining some buyers.
00:15:24You know, usual thing.
00:15:25A few drinks and some laughs.
00:15:28It's no party.
00:15:29Come on.
00:15:30Come on.
00:15:31Come on.
00:15:32Come on.
00:15:33I don't always like to be all alone in a strange city.
00:15:34I'm, uh, Sam Haskell.
00:15:36I'm Frank.
00:15:37Frank Bigelow.
00:15:38You think some of these guys have never been away from home before?
00:15:41Yeah.
00:15:42Hey.
00:15:43Hey, try it out.
00:15:44Hey, will you quiet down a second?
00:15:47I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:15:49Hello.
00:15:50This is Jane Carlyle.
00:15:51Hello.
00:15:52Bill Welch.
00:15:53How are you?
00:15:54Mr. Welch.
00:15:55Glad to know you, Bigelow.
00:15:56Jane's the prettiest buyer in San Francisco.
00:15:57Oh, hey.
00:15:58I resent that.
00:15:59You don't think I believe him, Elaine.
00:16:00Well, he's spread that from coast to coast.
00:16:02Oh, gee.
00:16:03Oh, but it's good for my morale anyway.
00:16:04I'm George Cantwell.
00:16:05Glad to know you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:16:07Bigelow, yes.
00:16:08Right on much business?
00:16:09He's not here on business.
00:16:10Oh?
00:16:11Well?
00:16:12Well, why don't you get the man a drink before he dies of thirst?
00:16:15How about a little bourbon?
00:16:16Well, that's fine.
00:16:17Bourbon it is.
00:16:19Of course, Mr. Wallace, Inspector.
00:16:21Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:22But, Mr. Wallace, I'll need at least a week in Cleveland to visit all my accounts.
00:16:26I can't figure on being in Philadelphia until the 17th.
00:16:28Eddie, will you get off the phone?
00:16:30I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:16:31Oh, I hate that.
00:16:32That's his boss.
00:16:33He's been trying for an hour to get his expense account boosted.
00:16:35Yeah, the way this guy holds on to a dollar, you'd think they weren't printing them anymore.
00:16:38Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:39I'm leaving here the first thing in the morning.
00:16:41Yes, sir.
00:16:43Oh, keep your hips loose, Harry.
00:16:45Like this.
00:16:47Oh, yeah.
00:16:49How's he doing?
00:16:50Oh, there's nothing wrong with Harry's rumba.
00:16:51The two years with Arthur Murray's wouldn't have killed him.
00:16:53I know.
00:16:54I hope it's going all right.
00:16:55This is Sue and Harry Brandt.
00:16:57Hello.
00:16:58Good to meet you.
00:16:59How are you?
00:17:00Where'd you find her, Sam?
00:17:01On a dance marathon?
00:17:02She's marvelous.
00:17:03Now, I bet you could do the rumba.
00:17:05Well, a little, but I'm kind of rusty.
00:17:07Anything would be an improvement after Harry.
00:17:09Well, how do you like that?
00:17:11Well, here goes.
00:17:16Hey, you're good.
00:17:20Oh, well, my wife, she's a good dancer, isn't she, Bigalow?
00:17:23Oh.
00:17:24Yeah.
00:17:27Hey, fellas, I thought you were going to show us a good time tonight.
00:17:29Is this doing the town?
00:17:30That's right.
00:17:31We practically bankrupt our stores to buy everything you've got.
00:17:34Then you keep us in this hotel room.
00:17:36I agree.
00:17:37This is my last night to howl before I go back to being a dutiful housewife.
00:17:42Well, it looks like we're stuck, boys.
00:17:44This is where we blow all our commissions in one night.
00:17:48And you're coming with us, Bigalow.
00:17:49Oh, no, thanks.
00:17:50You run along.
00:17:51I've got to get unpacked and have dinner.
00:17:52Oh, no, you're not going to get away from me.
00:17:54Now that I've found a man who can dance, I'm going to hang on to him.
00:18:19Oh, yeah.
00:18:44Light it up, Bigalow.
00:18:45Come on.
00:18:46Oh.
00:18:50Cool.
00:18:51Cool.
00:18:52Really cool.
00:18:58Man, am I hip.
00:19:00No way.
00:19:01No way.
00:19:03Blow it.
00:19:04Blow up a storm, fisherman.
00:19:33Stay with us.
00:19:34Go on.
00:19:35Go on.
00:19:36Go on.
00:19:37Get it.
00:19:38Get it, fisherman.
00:20:03I got it out of there.
00:20:04I got it out of there.
00:20:08Here, have a little bit of my drink, Frank.
00:20:10Oh, thank you.
00:20:13Excuse me a moment.
00:20:14Where are you going, Frank?
00:20:15Excuse me.
00:20:16I think you've had enough.
00:20:18What'll it be?
00:20:19Bourbon and water.
00:20:20No ice.
00:20:21Nice, quiet place you've got here.
00:20:23Well, we hit the pitch in about an hour.
00:20:25That's when they really go out of their minds.
00:20:27Who's the blonde?
00:20:31Oh, she's going to be singing a song.
00:20:33Let's go.
00:20:34Come on, let's go.
00:20:35Come on, let's go.
00:20:36Come on.
00:20:37Come on.
00:20:39Mother, I lost my hat.
00:20:41Come on, let's go.
00:20:42Come on, let's go.
00:20:43Come on.
00:20:44Come on, let's go.
00:20:46Oh, she's one of the chicks that hangs around here.
00:20:48She's jive crazy.
00:20:50Come again?
00:20:51Oh, you ain't hip, pal.
00:20:52Jive crazy means that she goes for this stuff.
00:20:54Just between you and me, I don't get it either.
00:20:56But I gotta listen to it.
00:20:57They're all connoisseurs, music lovers.
00:20:59Me, I like Guy Lombardo.
00:21:02What's the matter with him?
00:21:03Oh, he's flipped.
00:21:04The music's driving him crazy.
00:21:06Come down, Jackie.
00:21:07Oh, don't buy me, man.
00:21:08I'm being enlightened.
00:21:11Is the blonde alone?
00:21:12Oh, sure. Society.
00:21:13She always comes in alone.
00:21:15Drives a big convertible.
00:21:16Wears a mink coat.
00:21:17But knows everybody.
00:21:18But she always comes in alone.
00:21:26Give me another blast, Leo.
00:21:29What's your story, Jeannie?
00:21:30Easy.
00:21:36Hello.
00:21:37Easy.
00:21:38Dig the fisherman.
00:21:39That's really silk, isn't it?
00:21:40Can I buy you a drink?
00:21:41Sure, thanks.
00:21:43Give me a blast, Leo.
00:21:44Leo, I left my blast at the other end of the bar.
00:21:58My name is Jeannie.
00:21:59What's yours?
00:22:00Frank.
00:22:01I've never seen you here before, Frank.
00:22:03Well, I've never been here.
00:22:11This isn't mine.
00:22:12Mine was bourbon.
00:22:13Sure it is.
00:22:14You saw me pour it.
00:22:17Give me a fresh drink.
00:22:18Anything you say.
00:22:20Listen to that piano.
00:22:22Feel those vibrations.
00:22:26You don't get your kicks out of this, do you?
00:22:28I can live without it.
00:22:30Why do you stay here?
00:22:32I don't know.
00:22:33I bet I know.
00:22:34You're lonely in a big city.
00:22:36You don't have to go into a routine with me.
00:22:39I like good company, too.
00:22:44Say, there's some people there I want to avoid.
00:22:47Couldn't we get out of here?
00:22:50Let me think about it.
00:22:51Oh, come on.
00:22:52How about going somewhere else, then?
00:22:54Why don't you meet me later?
00:22:59Okay.
00:23:00Where?
00:23:02I tried to forget you, but you whispered, darling.
00:23:09Call me at that number later.
00:23:10It's my next stop.
00:23:12They've got a band there that'll really set you.
00:23:15See you, Jeanie.
00:23:17Easy.
00:23:38Never mind, Alfred.
00:24:08Come on.
00:24:38My heart will go on and on.
00:24:41I'll be with you from noon to evening.
00:24:45This is for you.
00:25:09Room service, please.
00:25:14Come in.
00:25:20Be right with you, waiter.
00:25:21Yes, sir.
00:25:25Rest well, sir?
00:25:26Yeah, sure.
00:25:27May I?
00:25:28Go ahead.
00:25:29It's on there for you.
00:25:30Thank you, sir.
00:25:31Would you like anything else?
00:25:32No, thank you.
00:25:33That's all.
00:25:38Waiter.
00:25:39Yes, sir?
00:25:43Take this away.
00:25:46Is there anything wrong, sir?
00:25:47No, no.
00:25:48Just take it away.
00:25:49I don't even want it.
00:25:50Take it away.
00:25:51Take it away.
00:25:52Take it away.
00:25:53Take it away.
00:25:54Take it away.
00:25:55Take it away.
00:25:56Take it away.
00:25:57Take it away.
00:25:58Take it away.
00:25:59I don't even want to look at it.
00:26:03Are you all right, sir?
00:26:05Yeah, sure.
00:26:07I'm all right.
00:26:08I just had too big a night, I guess.
00:26:09That's all.
00:26:11I need some fresh air.
00:26:12Of course.
00:26:13Thank you, sir.
00:26:58Lungs in good condition.
00:27:17Blood pressure normal.
00:27:18Heart fine.
00:27:19Well, it's a good thing everybody isn't like you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:22Put us doctors out of business.
00:27:24I'm glad to hear it, doctor.
00:27:25I was a little worried.
00:27:26Don't let a little belly ache worry you.
00:27:27Could be just a change of climate.
00:27:29Well, it isn't exactly an ache, doctor.
00:27:31It's kind of hard to describe the feeling.
00:27:33Maybe it was the drinks I had last night.
00:27:35I might have mixed them too much, huh?
00:27:37Let's have another look at that throat.
00:27:42You may finish dressing now, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:44I want to get the results of those tests we took.
00:27:46Thank you, doctor.
00:27:56Mr. Bigelow, this is Dr. Schaefer.
00:28:12Hello, doctor.
00:28:13How are you?
00:28:14Sit down, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:15According to the information you gave Miss Wilson, you're not married, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:19That's right.
00:28:20Do you have any relatives, family, anyone in San Francisco?
00:28:23No, no one.
00:28:24I don't know a soul in San Francisco.
00:28:26Where is your home?
00:28:28What is this, doctor?
00:28:29Why all the questions?
00:28:30You're a very sick man, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:31Sick?
00:28:32But you told me I was in good shape.
00:28:34Yes, I know.
00:28:35But my preliminary examination didn't reveal your true condition.
00:28:38You sound as if it's pretty serious, doctor.
00:28:40It's extremely serious.
00:28:41I want you to understand that we wouldn't tell you something like this unless we were absolutely certain.
00:28:45Well, of course, of course.
00:28:46You must steel yourself for a shock, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:49Well, go on, doctor.
00:28:50What is it you're trying to tell me?
00:28:51Our tests reveal the presence in your body of a luminous toxic matter.
00:28:54What is that exactly?
00:28:56A poison that attacks the vital organs.
00:28:58Poison?
00:28:59We have no alternative but to tell you this.
00:29:01Your system has already absorbed sufficient toxin to prove fatal.
00:29:04I wish there was something that we could do.
00:29:07What do you mean, which?
00:29:08You mean there's nothing?
00:29:09There is nothing anyone can do.
00:29:11This is one of the few poisons of its type for which there is no antidote.
00:29:15This is fantastic!
00:29:17This is the most ridiculous thing...
00:29:18Mr. Bigelow, you don't have very long.
00:29:22What do you mean?
00:29:23A day, possibly a week.
00:29:25Two weeks at the outside.
00:29:26It's hard to say exactly.
00:29:28Well, this is impossible.
00:29:29I don't believe it.
00:29:30You've made a mistake.
00:29:31That's it.
00:29:32It could be a mistake, couldn't it?
00:29:33You have made a mistake.
00:29:34Haven't you answered me?
00:29:35Dr. Schaefer is an authority on toxicology.
00:29:37Then no mistake, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:40Do you realize what you're saying?
00:29:42Well, you're telling me that I'm dead.
00:29:44Do you think you can explain my life away in just a few words?
00:29:47Why, I don't even know who you are.
00:29:49Why should I believe you?
00:29:50You must calm yourself, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:52We want to offer you every assistance that we...
00:29:54Assistance? Who wants your assistance?
00:29:55Who wants anything from you?
00:29:56You're nothing but a couple of phonies.
00:29:58Why, I think you're crazy.
00:29:59That's it. You're crazy.
00:30:00The both of you, you're crazy.
00:30:17Where's the doctor?
00:30:18The doctor is coming.
00:30:19Come on, tell me where...
00:30:20Get out of here.
00:30:23There's trouble here.
00:30:24What's the matter with you?
00:30:25Doctor, I want you to examine me for luminous poison.
00:30:31Come right in here.
00:30:40Yeah, you've got it all right.
00:30:43Your system has already absorbed it.
00:30:46Are you sure, doctor?
00:30:47Are you absolutely certain?
00:30:49Couldn't there be some mistake?
00:30:55There it is.
00:30:56The toxin is actually luminous in the dark.
00:30:59Now, there's no doubt about it, Bigelow.
00:31:03I don't feel sick.
00:31:04My stomach is just a little bit upset.
00:31:06Maybe it's not as bad as you think, doctor.
00:31:08That's characteristic.
00:31:10With a heavy jolt, you go suddenly in a matter of hours.
00:31:12But if the stuff is taken in a lesser degree, you last a while.
00:31:15And then...
00:31:19And then...
00:31:23Give it to me straight, doctor.
00:31:24Well, a number of things are involved.
00:31:26The systemic condition of the individual, the amount consumed, exertion...
00:31:29Yes.
00:31:31You won't feel too badly for a while.
00:31:33Then it will happen suddenly.
00:31:34A day, two days, a week at the most.
00:31:42A day?
00:31:43A day.
00:31:46Two days.
00:31:47There's nothing that can be done now.
00:31:49If it had been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out.
00:31:51But you've had it in you for some time now.
00:31:53For at least 12 hours, haven't you, Bigelow?
00:31:55I don't know.
00:31:57You don't know?
00:31:58No.
00:31:59Don't you know how you got it?
00:32:00No.
00:32:01This is no accident.
00:32:02Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:32:04That wax is tasteless, odorless.
00:32:06The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it from liquor.
00:32:08I was drinking last night.
00:32:10Arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately.
00:32:13Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
00:32:16This is a case for homicide.
00:32:18Homicide?
00:32:19I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow.
00:32:22You've been murdered.
00:32:30Get me police headquarters, please.
00:32:32Homicide Bureau.
00:32:43Homicide Bureau.
00:33:13Homicide Bureau.
00:33:43A day, two days, a week at most.
00:34:13You've been murdered.
00:34:27This is no accident.
00:34:28Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:34:30The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it from liquor.
00:34:34There's nothing left to be done now.
00:34:37You've been murdered.
00:34:39You've been murdered.
00:34:40You've been murdered.
00:34:42You've been murdered.
00:34:43You've been murdered.
00:34:45You've been murdered.
00:34:46You've been murdered.
00:35:10You've been murdered.
00:35:11You've been murdered.
00:35:12You've been murdered.
00:35:13You've been murdered.
00:35:14You've been murdered.
00:35:15You've been murdered.
00:35:16You've been murdered.
00:35:17You've been murdered.
00:35:18You've been murdered.
00:35:19You've been murdered.
00:35:20You've been murdered.
00:35:21You've been murdered.
00:35:22You've been murdered.
00:35:23You've been murdered.
00:35:24You've been murdered.
00:35:25You've been murdered.
00:35:26You've been murdered.
00:35:27You've been murdered.
00:35:28You've been murdered.
00:35:29You've been murdered.
00:35:30You've been murdered.
00:35:31You've been murdered.
00:35:32You've been murdered.
00:35:33You've been murdered.
00:35:34You've been murdered.
00:35:35You've been murdered.
00:35:36You've been murdered.
00:35:37You've been murdered.
00:35:38You've been murdered.
00:35:39You've been murdered.
00:35:47Open up.
00:35:49Open this door, I tell you.
00:35:51Open up or I'll break it down.
00:35:54Where are those men?
00:35:55Where are those men who were here last night.
00:35:56I don't know that there are no men here.
00:35:58Please go away, there's no…
00:35:59Don't lie to me.
00:36:00Where are they?
00:36:01Mister!
00:36:02This lady just checked in.
00:36:03Those men aren't here no longer.
00:36:04They checked out the hotel early this morning.
00:36:05Go away.
00:36:06Please, go away.
00:36:07Checked out?
00:36:08I'm sorry. I'm terribly sorry.
00:36:18Hello?
00:36:19Please, Mr. Bigelow, my eardrums!
00:36:22Oh, hello, Paula.
00:36:24Your enthusiasm overwhelms me.
00:36:26Why haven't you phoned me, or is there a quota on telephone calls up there?
00:36:30I'm sorry, I've been busy.
00:36:34I'll bet you have. Visiting the museums, no doubt.
00:36:37What's happening up there that's exciting or different?
00:36:40Nothing, not a thing.
00:36:42I'll bet you miss me, but you're too stubborn to admit it.
00:36:45Sure, sure.
00:36:46You know, if you'd like me to come up, I can pack a toothbrush and leave right away.
00:36:49No!
00:36:51Well, you don't have to snap my head off. You could at least make pretence of missing me.
00:36:56I'm sorry, Paula. Of course I miss you.
00:37:01Listen, Paula, I...
00:37:05Paula, it's just that I don't feel like talking now. I'll call you later.
00:37:09Don't strain yourself.
00:37:11You phone me sometime when you feel more like talking.
00:37:16Oh, by the way, I called that Mr. Phillips back.
00:37:19Phillips?
00:37:20Yes, you know, the man that tried to reach you.
00:37:22Well, I'm afraid you'll never know why it was so important that he speak to you.
00:37:25His office said he died yesterday.
00:37:28Frank, are you there?
00:37:31Did you hear me?
00:37:35Died?
00:37:38When?
00:37:39Yesterday.
00:37:40So you won't have to bother your little head about him anymore.
00:37:42You can just go ahead and have fun.
00:37:45Paula, what did he die from? Do you know?
00:37:48I suppose he died from whatever people usually die from.
00:37:51Well, didn't they tell you? Don't you know?
00:37:53What are you getting so excited about? You said you didn't even know the man.
00:37:56Listen, where's his office located?
00:37:58Well, what difference does it make? You can't talk to him now.
00:38:00I told you, the man's dead.
00:38:02Paula, will you stop talking so much and tell me where his office is?
00:38:06Well, right.
00:38:09It's the Phillips Importing and Exporting Company, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:15Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:17That's right. Say, this is really a switch.
00:38:20Listen, if you want to reach me, I'll be in Los Angeles.
00:38:22Are you out of your mind?
00:38:23I'm sorry, Paula. I've got to hurry.
00:38:24Wait a minute. Where in Los Angeles?
00:38:27The Allison Hotel.
00:38:28Goodbye, Paula.
00:38:58I'd like to see someone in charge here.
00:39:00What is it in regard to?
00:39:01Well, it's a personal matter. It's quite urgent.
00:39:03Perhaps Mr. Halliday can help you.
00:39:04Who's he?
00:39:05He's our controller. Your name, please?
00:39:07Bigelow.
00:39:09Mr. Bigelow to see you.
00:39:11Send him in.
00:39:12Go right in, please. That door.
00:39:21Mr. Bigelow, how are you?
00:39:24Mr. Bigelow?
00:39:25How are you, Mr. Halliday?
00:39:29What can I do for you?
00:39:30Well, Mr. Phillips phoned my office several times yesterday.
00:39:33I'd like to find out what it's all about.
00:39:35You know Mr. Phillips died yesterday?
00:39:37Yes, I know.
00:39:38Well, I don't understand.
00:39:40If he phoned you, didn't he tell you what it was about?
00:39:42Well, he didn't speak to me.
00:39:44I wasn't in my office at the time, and he wouldn't tell my secretary.
00:39:47Well, I'm afraid I can't be of much help, Mr. Bigelow.
00:39:50I have no idea why Mr. Phillips tried to reach you.
00:39:53I'm sorry you had to make the trip for nothing.
00:39:55How do you know I made a trip?
00:39:57I didn't say anything about making a trip.
00:39:59I merely said he phoned my office.
00:40:00My office could be here in Los Angeles.
00:40:04Miss Foster.
00:40:07Yes?
00:40:08Didn't you mention something yesterday about Mr. Phillips speaking with Mr. Bigelow in San Francisco?
00:40:12I said that he had phoned Mr. Bigelow's office in Banning,
00:40:14but that Mr. Bigelow was staying at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
00:40:17I'm sorry you misunderstood me.
00:40:19Do you know why Mr. Phillips called?
00:40:20No, I don't.
00:40:21All right, thank you, Miss Foster.
00:40:23You can understand that we've been somewhat upset around here.
00:40:26Now, if you don't mind...
00:40:34Did Mr. Phillips have a wife, family, anyone that could help me?
00:40:37You can't intrude on people at a time like this just to satisfy some curiosity.
00:40:41It isn't just curiosity.
00:40:42Then I suggest you wait a week or so.
00:40:44I can't wait.
00:40:45Well, I'm sorry you'll have to.
00:40:46Well, there's always a phone book.
00:40:47You're a pretty aggressive fellow, Bigelow.
00:40:50Are you quite sure that this is as important as you make it appear to be?
00:40:53It's important.
00:40:54Mrs. Phillips lives at the Sunset Arms Apartments.
00:40:58I needn't tell you she's under a strain.
00:41:05I suppose you're capable of using a little more tact with her than you demonstrated with me.
00:41:09I think I can handle it.
00:41:10By the way, what was the cause of Mr. Phillips' death?
00:41:13Suicide.
00:41:14He lit them the balcony of his apartment.
00:41:30Come in, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:37I'm Stanley Phillips, Eugene's brother.
00:41:39Halliday phoned that you were coming.
00:41:45This is my sister-in-law, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:48I'll try to make this as brief as possible, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:51I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:54I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
00:42:00Well, I guess Halliday covered just about everything.
00:42:04Did your husband ever mention anything about me, Mrs. Phillips?
00:42:07Anything at all?
00:42:08No.
00:42:09I can't recall Eugene ever having mentioned your name.
00:42:14I hate to ask you this, Mrs. Phillips, but it's of vital importance to me.
00:42:19Do you know why your husband committed suicide?
00:42:22What?
00:42:27You're certainly not the most diplomatic person in the world, are you, Bigelow?
00:42:32Were you a friend of my brother's?
00:42:33I never met him.
00:42:34I don't believe you.
00:42:35I don't believe you.
00:42:36I don't believe you.
00:42:37I don't believe you.
00:42:38I don't believe you.
00:42:39I don't believe you.
00:42:40I don't believe you.
00:42:41Were you a friend of my brother's?
00:42:42I never met him.
00:42:50Her brother was in a jam, a pretty bad jam.
00:42:53He was arrested two days ago.
00:42:55He sold some iridium to a dealer by the name of Mayjack.
00:42:58It's a very rare metal, very costly.
00:43:00Anyway, the iridium turned out to be stolen.
00:43:03It was released on bail yesterday, but he faced a pretty stiff prison term.
00:43:06Men have committed suicide for less.
00:43:08Yes, I know. That's how the police feel about it.
00:43:10What puzzles me, though, is this crooked deal.
00:43:12Knowing Eugene, you wouldn't say he's the type of man to be mixed up in anything like that, now would you?
00:43:16I told you I never met him.
00:43:17That's right, so you didn't.
00:43:19Now, what's this all got to do with you, Bigelow?
00:43:21I don't know.
00:43:22Let's come clean with each other, Bigelow.
00:43:24Surely you must have some idea why my brother was so desperate to contact you.
00:43:27I have no idea.
00:43:28That's odd.
00:43:29Then how could it be of such vital importance to you?
00:43:31You seem to know the answer to everything else.
00:43:33Maybe you know the answer to that one, too.
00:43:40That's a message here for you to call Operator 82 at Fanning.
00:43:43Oh, thank you.
00:43:44Show Mr. Bigelow to room 821.
00:43:46Say, would you have the operator put this call through to my room right away?
00:43:48I'll take it up there.
00:43:49Yes, sir.
00:43:51Hello, operator.
00:43:55Here you are. I'll call you if I need anything.
00:43:57Thank you, sir.
00:43:58Hello, Paula?
00:44:00Well, Sinbad, I'd just about given you up for lost.
00:44:04I'm afraid I've got to go.
00:44:06Well, Sinbad, I'd just about given you up for lost.
00:44:10Now, do you mind telling me just why you rushed down to Los Angeles?
00:44:15I can't explain it to you just now, Paula.
00:44:17I just can't explain it.
00:44:19What's going on, Frank? You don't even sound like yourself.
00:44:22Well, I'm...
00:44:25I'm just a little tired, Paula, that's all.
00:44:30But I miss you.
00:44:31Oh, Frank.
00:44:34I can't tell you how good it is to hear you say that.
00:44:37And here I was worrying that I'd lost my charm.
00:44:40When are you coming home, Frank?
00:44:43Soon, Paula.
00:44:44I'll be home soon.
00:44:47I'll go right out and get myself a permanent so I'll be pretty when you see me.
00:44:51Hey, guess what?
00:44:52I found that Phillips name in your notarial ledger.
00:44:57Notarial ledger?
00:44:58Yes, of all places.
00:44:59I remember now. I made the entry myself.
00:45:02You had notarized a paper one morning before I came to work.
00:45:05What kind of paper was it?
00:45:07A bill of sale for a George Reynolds made out to Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:45:11See, you see, I was right.
00:45:13We hadn't done any business with Phillips, only indirectly.
00:45:15What was the bill of sale for?
00:45:17A shipment of iridium, whatever that is.
00:45:19Iridium?
00:45:20You mentioned at the time that this fellow Reynolds had made some kind of a deal in Palm Springs
00:45:24and he stopped in your office early in the morning on his way north to have it notarized.
00:45:28Wait a minute.
00:45:29Wait a minute, George Reynolds.
00:45:30That was about six months ago, wasn't it?
00:45:33That's right, six months ago.
00:45:35Thanks.
00:45:36Goodbye.
00:45:38Goodbye.
00:45:40Hello, operator.
00:45:41Get that number back for me.
00:46:00I've got to talk to you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:46:02Please.
00:46:03Go away.
00:46:04I want to be left alone.
00:46:06But I found out why your husband wanted to see me.
00:46:08It was in connection with a bill of sale.
00:46:10Come in.
00:46:14What do you know about a man named George Reynolds?
00:46:16George Reynolds?
00:46:17Yes.
00:46:18Why, that's the man my husband claimed sold him the iridium.
00:46:20And what did Reynolds claim?
00:46:22Reynolds disappeared.
00:46:23Yes.
00:46:24And what did he say?
00:46:25He said he'd never seen him again.
00:46:27Reynolds disappeared?
00:46:28Yes.
00:46:29About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious that something was wrong.
00:46:33Since then, he tried in every way to locate Reynolds, but could find no trace of him.
00:46:37But I don't get it.
00:46:38Your husband could have proved he made a legitimate deal by showing the bill of sale he got from Reynolds.
00:46:42Then there was a bill of sale?
00:46:43Yes, yes, of course there was.
00:46:44My husband swore there was, but at the time of his arrest, he couldn't find it.
00:46:48It was mysteriously missing.
00:46:50Well, then if your husband could have shown proof, it would have been George Reynolds who would have faced the prison term.
00:46:54Eugene was convinced that Reynolds had stolen the bill of sale.
00:46:57He was the only one who had reason to eliminate evidence of the transaction.
00:47:02Thank you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:47:04Thank you very much.
00:47:05You've been very helpful.
00:47:07Oh, if you'd only come sooner, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:09My husband might be alive today.
00:47:12I know.
00:47:22The only thing that puzzles me, Mrs. Phillips, is that you haven't asked how I knew there was a bill of sale.
00:47:39Mr. Holliday isn't in. He should be back shortly.
00:47:42I think you're the one who can help me, Miss Foster.
00:47:44Mr. Phillips tried to reach someone else before he called me yesterday, didn't he?
00:47:47Why don't you ask Mr. Holliday?
00:47:48Obviously, Mr. Holliday wasn't here yesterday, or he wouldn't have had to learn from you that Phillips called me.
00:47:52And you're the logical person to know who else Phillips called.
00:47:55I don't believe that's any of your business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:57Don't think you're revealing anything confidential, Miss Foster.
00:47:59I know that he tried to reach somebody else.
00:48:01Mrs. Phillips told me.
00:48:02You're bluffing, Mr. Bigelow.
00:48:03I don't know what you're after, but you're trying to trick me.
00:48:06Mrs. Phillips didn't tell you a thing.
00:48:08How do you know that?
00:48:09Mrs. Phillips knows nothing about it.
00:48:11She doesn't?
00:48:12Well, why wouldn't she?
00:48:13Wait a minute.
00:48:14I was talking about George Reynolds.
00:48:16Who did you think I meant?
00:48:17Just who is it that Mrs. Phillips doesn't know about?
00:48:19I told you before, that's none of your business.
00:48:20All right, young lady, I'm going to give it to you straight.
00:48:22Phillips was murdered.
00:48:23Murdered? I don't believe you.
00:48:24He told me because he needed me to clear him.
00:48:25Phillips was innocent.
00:48:26Innocent men don't have to jump out of windows.
00:48:28Murdered?
00:48:29Just who are you trying to protect, Miss Foster?
00:48:30Why are you so afraid to tell the truth?
00:48:32I'm not protecting anybody.
00:48:33I haven't any more to say.
00:48:34All right, young lady, listen to me.
00:48:35This thing is going to explode wide open.
00:48:37If you've got nothing to hide, you better start talking.
00:48:39Or maybe you are, Mr. Phillips.
00:48:40No!
00:48:41Well, then, come on.
00:48:42Mr. Phillips called Marla Rakubian.
00:48:44He went to see her yesterday morning.
00:48:46Who's Marla Rakubian?
00:48:47She's a model.
00:48:48She and Mr. Phillips used to be quite friendly,
00:48:50but he hadn't been seeing her for quite some time.
00:48:51Come on.
00:48:52The last couple of months, he's been trying to locate her
00:48:54and finally learn where she lived yesterday morning.
00:48:56When he returned from scenery, he was terribly upset and excited.
00:48:59That's when he had me put in the calls for you.
00:49:01When he couldn't reach you, he went home.
00:49:03The last time I saw him alive.
00:49:06Did you see Marla Rakubian's address?
00:49:08I don't think Mr. Phillips realized.
00:49:11I was aware of his friendship with Marla Rakubian.
00:49:14How to respect for him, I never intended to tell anybody.
00:49:17I had no idea that she had anything to do with the trouble he was in.
00:49:21I admire your discretion, Miss Foster.
00:49:25You know, you must be pretty friendly with Stanley, Miss Foster.
00:49:28He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me yesterday
00:49:30and he wasn't even here at the time.
00:49:32And now you seem to know all about what happened in Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
00:49:37Miss Rakubian?
00:49:38Yes?
00:49:39What do you want?
00:49:41Get out of here or I'll call the police.
00:49:42Go ahead, call them.
00:49:44Go ahead, call them.
00:49:45Going on a trip, huh?
00:49:47Yes.
00:49:48Going away for the weekend.
00:49:49Sailing for Buenos Aires tomorrow, some weekend.
00:49:51I'll send you a postcard.
00:49:52Now get out of here.
00:49:53Where are you going with George Reynolds?
00:49:55I've never heard of him.
00:49:56I suppose you've never heard of Eugene Phillips either.
00:49:58Just who are you?
00:49:59What do you want?
00:50:00Never mind.
00:50:01I just want to talk to you.
00:50:03Eugene Phillips either.
00:50:04Just who are you?
00:50:05What do you want?
00:50:06Never mind who I am.
00:50:07Where's Reynolds?
00:50:08I told you I don't know him.
00:50:09Now will you get out of here and leave me alone?
00:50:16So you never heard of George Reynolds, huh?
00:50:18And don't try to tell me that this isn't him because I've seen him.
00:50:20If you think you can scare me, you're crazy.
00:50:22Look, I know that Phillips came here yesterday.
00:50:24And right after he left, he was pushed out of a six-story window.
00:50:26Pushed?
00:50:27Phillips committed suicide.
00:50:28Your playmate Reynolds murdered Phillips.
00:50:30Then he went up to San Francisco to get me.
00:50:32Because I knew about a certain bill of sale.
00:50:34I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:36You're in this right up to your pretty little neck.
00:50:38I'm not mixed up in anything.
00:50:40Get your hands up.
00:50:41Drop that picture on the couch.
00:50:43Turn around.
00:50:46Don't get any ideas because I'm not afraid to use this.
00:50:49Give me your wallet.
00:50:55Frank Bigelow.
00:50:56Hotel Alex.
00:50:57Hotel Alex.
00:51:02All right, now where's Reynolds?
00:51:03I don't know.
00:51:04I don't know where he is.
00:51:05Is that what you told Phillips yesterday?
00:51:06I told him exactly what I'm telling you.
00:51:08I haven't heard from him in months.
00:51:09Yeah?
00:51:10You're mighty careful of the picture, old man.
00:51:11You haven't heard from him in months?
00:51:12What does the race stand for?
00:51:14It was a pet name.
00:51:15Do you mind?
00:51:16Oh, it sounds very cozy, Miss Recoubian.
00:51:18You and Reynolds called each other pet names while you make a sucker out of Phillips.
00:51:21Phillips made the deal because he wanted it.
00:51:23Yeah?
00:51:24I'll bet you you weren't above using what it takes to help make him want it.
00:51:27Who's paying for this trip?
00:51:30I am.
00:51:31Really?
00:51:32A first class trip to Buenos Aires on a model salary don't make me laugh.
00:51:36Since you and Reynolds aren't seeing each other anymore, you don't mind if I keep this, do you?
00:51:40If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in.
00:51:45You know, I really believe you would.
00:51:50Oh, I almost forgot.
00:51:52Your tickets.
00:51:54Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off.
00:52:18Angelo.
00:52:20Angelo!
00:52:24Angelo.
00:52:25Do you remember taking this picture of George Reynolds?
00:52:27I take so many pictures, I can't remember them all.
00:52:29This gentleman is a friend of his and would like his address.
00:52:31We have no card on him.
00:52:33I don't think we ought to do that.
00:52:34He's willing to pay $20 for it.
00:52:37That's the paper we used last year.
00:52:39Of course you understand we usually don't give out the information about our clients.
00:52:42I know. You're a couple of high class fellas.
00:52:44Revealing anything confidential is against the ethics of our establishment.
00:52:47That's right. Honesty is the best policy.
00:52:49Of course.
00:52:51But in your case, he's as much of your personal friend as Mr. Reynolds.
00:52:53Thanks. I knew you'd come through.
00:52:54Got it.
00:52:56Here it is.
00:52:57We don't have his address. He must have called for the picture.
00:52:59But he could not have been a very good friend of yours, mister.
00:53:01Of course, his name is not George Reynolds.
00:53:04It isn't?
00:53:05Well, what is it?
00:53:06It's a...
00:53:07Huh?
00:53:09Oh.
00:53:10Here.
00:53:11It's Raymond Rakubian.
00:53:13Rakubian?
00:53:16What's the news about that?
00:53:17The picture's signed right, isn't it?
00:53:20Yeah.
00:53:21Yeah.
00:53:24Yeah.
00:53:27Thanks.
00:53:52GUNSHOT
00:53:54GUNSHOT
00:53:59GUNSHOT
00:54:05GUNSHOT
00:54:21GUNSHOT
00:54:39GUNSHOT
00:54:43GUNSHOT
00:54:51GUNSHOT
00:55:11GUNSHOT
00:55:21GUNSHOT
00:55:31SONG
00:55:32Your lips called me crazy
00:55:34Then I thought that maybe in love
00:55:38GUNSHOT
00:55:45GUNSHOT
00:55:51GUNSHOT
00:55:54GUNSHOT
00:55:55GUNSHOT
00:56:20A big one.
00:56:21Are you all right?
00:56:22Can I get you anything?
00:56:23No, no thanks.
00:56:25Do you know this man?
00:56:27No.
00:56:28No, I don't think so.
00:56:29Are you sure you've never seen him?
00:56:30I'm quite sure.
00:56:32Does the name Raymond Rakubian mean anything to you?
00:56:35No, I never heard of him.
00:56:36Why?
00:56:37He also uses the name George Reynolds.
00:56:39This is Reynolds?
00:56:40That's right.
00:56:41Well, where can we find him?
00:56:42That's what I want to know.
00:56:43Tell me something, Halliday.
00:56:44You're the controller here.
00:56:46How come you didn't know about that bill of sale?
00:56:48Phillips made that deal before I came to work here.
00:56:50Yeah, but you still keep records, don't you?
00:56:52For some reason, which is none of my business.
00:56:54Phillips preferred to keep that among his personal papers.
00:56:57Now, does that answer your question?
00:56:59You came in here today asking for some information that you needed.
00:57:02And I tried to be as cooperative as I could.
00:57:04But now you're beginning to annoy me.
00:57:06So get out before I throw you out.
00:57:13You know, you really frighten me.
00:57:24Well, it's about time you showed up, Daniel.
00:57:27Go ahead, Dave.
00:57:55Real cute, ain't you, Bigelow?
00:57:57Just real cute.
00:57:58Paula didn't lose much time getting a hold of you guys, did she?
00:58:01Shut up.
00:58:02Let's go, Bigelow.
00:58:03Look at him.
00:58:04He can't take it.
00:58:06Soft in the belly.
00:58:09You do that again and I'll kick your face.
00:58:12Lay off, Chester.
00:58:13Cut it out.
00:58:14Shut up.
00:58:15Who asked you?
00:58:19That'll let him answer.
00:58:20The clerk might know he's in.
00:58:21Go ahead, Bigelow.
00:58:25Hello?
00:58:26Frank.
00:58:27Frank, why did you hang up on me?
00:58:28I've been trying to get you for hours.
00:58:30I'm sorry, Paula.
00:58:31I was in a hurry.
00:58:32Well, don't be in such a hurry this time.
00:58:34You didn't give me a chance to finish what I had to say.
00:58:36It's OK.
00:58:37I wanted to tell you that McGowan was in, hollering his head off,
00:58:40because you didn't go over the books.
00:58:42Tell McGowan to get another audit.
00:58:44Sure.
00:58:45Sure, I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account we've got.
00:58:48Do it.
00:58:49Do it.
00:58:50Do it.
00:58:51Sure, I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account we've got.
00:58:54Do as I tell you, Paula.
00:58:57Frank, are you...
00:58:58Are you drunk?
00:58:59Paula, how much we got in the bank?
00:59:02About $2,200.
00:59:05Draw it out tomorrow.
00:59:07Sure.
00:59:09Then what do we do?
00:59:10Skip town without paying our bills?
00:59:12Forget the bills.
00:59:13You know that coat you always wanted?
00:59:15Buy it.
00:59:17You are drunk.
00:59:19You know, if I didn't have such a good character,
00:59:21I'd be tempted to take advantage of your intoxicated state, Mr. Bigelow.
00:59:24I'm not drunk, Paula.
00:59:26Well, then don't tell me that one day away from me can affect you this way.
00:59:29Cut it short.
00:59:32Paula.
00:59:33Yes?
00:59:36I'm...
00:59:37I'm sorry I... I left you.
00:59:40I never realized how much I love you.
00:59:43But I know it now.
00:59:46Oh, Frank, Frank, darling, I love you too, so very much.
00:59:52Please come home.
00:59:54I miss you terribly.
00:59:57I said cut it short.
01:00:01I'd just love to let you have it, Bigelow.
01:00:03Let's go, Chester.
01:00:04This guy's kept us waiting long enough.
01:00:05Now, walk in front of me, Bigelow.
01:00:09And keep your mouth shut.
01:00:11If you so much as look cross-eyed at anybody,
01:00:13I'll blow the back of your skull out.
01:00:32This Bigelow's real cute.
01:00:34He wanted to get tough with Chester.
01:00:36He don't know Chester.
01:00:37Did you get the picture?
01:00:38Don't I always get what Mr. Majak sends me after?
01:00:41Major.
01:00:44That's right.
01:00:46I'm the dealer who bought the iridium from Phillips.
01:00:50I get it.
01:00:51You have Recoubian unload stolen stuff on Phillips
01:00:54with the help of Mahler here,
01:00:55and then you buy it back from him.
01:00:56Oh, you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
01:01:01What is it, Mr. Bigelow?
01:01:03Exactly what is on your mind?
01:01:06I'm looking for Raymond Recoubian.
01:01:08Why?
01:01:09Well, now, Mahler here has told you everything else.
01:01:11I'm sure she must have told you that, too.
01:01:13You don't expect me to believe this conversation.
01:01:17So, what is on your mind?
01:01:20I mean, underneath.
01:01:22You forced your way into my affairs,
01:01:24and now I want to know why.
01:01:26I just told you.
01:01:27I'm looking for Raymond Recoubian.
01:01:29Don't get cute.
01:01:30I'm just itching to work you over.
01:01:33Soft in the belly.
01:01:34Can't take it.
01:01:36See what I tell you?
01:01:42I can't do that to Chester.
01:01:44I'm going to blow your guts out.
01:01:46Easy.
01:01:47Lay off Chester, not now.
01:01:52Look at him.
01:01:53He's so scared of Chester.
01:01:54He taught now.
01:01:56He's not afraid, Chester.
01:02:00You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid.
01:02:04Look at him.
01:02:06I'm telling you, Mayjack,
01:02:08you better keep him away from me,
01:02:10or he's really gonna have to use that gun.
01:02:14Go away, Chester.
01:02:15Please.
01:02:19Chester.
01:02:20I can't.
01:02:22I can't.
01:02:23I can't.
01:02:25I can't.
01:02:26I can't.
01:02:27I can't.
01:02:28I can't.
01:02:29I can't.
01:02:30I can't.
01:02:31I can't.
01:02:32I can't.
01:02:33I can't.
01:02:34Do what I tell you, my boy, please, and help Dave.
01:02:45Ah, you're in pain.
01:02:50He's an unfortunate boy. He's psychopathic.
01:02:56He's unhappy unless he gives pain. He likes to see blood.
01:03:00He likes to see blood.
01:03:04Come with me, Mr. Bigalow.
01:03:13Raymond Rakobian was my nephew.
01:03:16He could not possibly have tried to kill you. He's been dead five months.
01:03:26I'm afraid you have been sidetracked.
01:03:30Provided it is true that somebody made an attempt on your life.
01:03:34Somebody made an attempt again today.
01:03:37I had no reason to kill you. Believe me.
01:03:40What do you mean you had no reason? I notarized a certain bill of sale.
01:03:43You notarized a bill of sale for Reynolds, not Rakobian.
01:03:47What I told you was true. I had no reason to kill you.
01:03:51That's a closet, Mr. Bigalow.
01:03:54Under other circumstances, you could go home now.
01:03:57But now you present a problem.
01:04:02You know too much, and I am in danger.
01:04:05Chester!
01:04:07Suppose I were able to prove to you that I only want to find the person who tried to kill me.
01:04:10And I won't cause you any trouble.
01:04:12You know I can go to jail for ten years for this little business. Ten years!
01:04:17At my age, that's my life. That means my entire life.
01:04:21With my life, I do not take chances. I am sorry. Believe me.
01:04:24You want Joe to go with you?
01:04:27No. Just Bigalow and me.
01:04:30And baby makes three.
01:04:32Good-bye, Mr. Bigalow, and forgive me.
01:04:37That's no big deal.
01:04:40I guess you won't be there to see me off.
01:04:55You tried to make a fool out of me in front of Major.
01:04:58You shouldn't have done that, Bigalow. I don't like that.
01:05:04I'm going to enjoy this, Bigalow.
01:05:07I've done jobs like this before.
01:05:10I knocked off guys I could like.
01:05:13But I don't like you, Bigalow.
01:05:16I never liked that bitch of yours from the beginning.
01:05:19I don't like you, Bigalow.
01:05:22I never liked that bitch of yours from the moment I saw it.
01:05:29I'm going to enjoy this.
01:05:46You're not scared yet, are you, Bigalow?
01:05:48But you'll be scared.
01:05:49Good, you're scared.
01:05:51I think I'll give it to you in the belly.
01:05:53You don't like it in the belly.
01:06:01Good.
01:06:03Try it.
01:06:05I'd just love you to try it, Bigalow.
01:06:07Why don't you try it?
01:06:09Go ahead.
01:06:14Didn't have the nerve, did you, Bigalow?
01:06:16Yeah.
01:06:18I think I'll give it to you right in the belly.
01:06:33It takes longer when you give it in the belly.
01:06:35It's nice and slow.
01:06:38That's the way I want to see you go, Bigalow.
01:06:40Nice and slow.
01:06:46Nice and slow.
01:07:16Come on, Bigalow.
01:07:46Help!
01:07:49Help!
01:07:53Help!
01:08:16Help!
01:08:54Frank, are you all right?
01:08:56Yes, I'm all right, Paula.
01:08:57But what are you doing here?
01:08:58How did you get here?
01:08:59Freddie Ross threw me down.
01:09:00I had to come.
01:09:01I had to see you.
01:09:02You shouldn't have come, Paula.
01:09:03You shouldn't have.
01:09:04What is it, Frank?
01:09:05You're in some kind of trouble.
01:09:06I know it.
01:09:07Look at you.
01:09:08You're beside your clothes.
01:09:09Look as if you've slept in them.
01:09:10Are you ill?
01:09:12You are.
01:09:13You're feverish.
01:09:14I'm all right, Paula.
01:09:15And I'm not in any trouble, believe me.
01:09:16Listen, Frank, right after I spoke to you,
01:09:17I got a phone call from the San Francisco police.
01:09:19They asked if I knew where you were.
01:09:21You didn't tell them anything, did you?
01:09:22Of course not.
01:09:23It was the homicide detective that called.
01:09:27What is it, Frank?
01:09:28If you're in any kind of trouble,
01:09:29you certainly can trust me.
01:09:31Look, I'm not in any trouble with the police, Paula.
01:09:33Believe me.
01:09:34But you can't stay here.
01:09:35You've got to go back to Banning right away.
01:09:36No, I won't go, Frank.
01:09:37I won't.
01:09:38I'm staying here with you.
01:09:39Paula, it's better that you go back.
01:09:41Believe me.
01:09:42Why?
01:09:43What's this all about?
01:09:44What have you got to do with this Phillips and Reynolds?
01:09:48Phillips was murdered.
01:09:50Murdered?
01:09:52What could that possibly have to do with you?
01:09:54All you did was notarize a paper.
01:09:55You've notarized hundreds of papers.
01:09:57I know, I know.
01:09:58All I did was notarize one little paper.
01:10:00One little paper out of hundreds.
01:10:02Frank, wait a minute.
01:10:04You don't even act like yourself.
01:10:05I know that you're in trouble.
01:10:07That something is wrong.
01:10:08That you're in serious trouble.
01:10:10You're frightening me, Frank.
01:10:11Oh, don't be frightened, Paula.
01:10:14Don't ever be frightened of anything again.
01:10:16Will you promise me that?
01:10:17I love you so much, darling.
01:10:19More than you seem able to understand.
01:10:20Oh.
01:10:21I never really knew happiness until I loved you.
01:10:24Sometimes when I used to be afraid that you weren't sure how you felt,
01:10:27I tried to hold back, but I couldn't.
01:10:30Losing you would have meant losing everything.
01:10:32There would have been nothing left.
01:10:33Don't, Paula, don't.
01:10:35Now I'm afraid again.
01:10:36Somehow I feel that I'm going to lose you,
01:10:37but there's nothing I can do about it.
01:10:39I feel so helpless.
01:10:40You're leaving me out of something.
01:10:41Tell me, Frank, what is it?
01:10:43Give me a chance to fight back.
01:10:44Just give me a chance, please.
01:10:46You do love me, don't you?
01:10:47Oh, yes, Paula.
01:10:48I love you.
01:10:49I never was most certain of anything in my life.
01:10:51I wasn't sure before.
01:10:52I was a little blind, I guess.
01:10:53But believe me, I'm sure now.
01:10:55Can you understand that, Paula?
01:10:56I understand.
01:10:57A man can be like that, Paula.
01:11:00Something has to happen.
01:11:01It can be a big thing or a little thing,
01:11:02but it can make him realize how much someone means to him,
01:11:04how much he really loves him.
01:11:07Oh, and I love you, Paula.
01:11:09More than I ever thought it possible to love anyone in the world.
01:11:12I love you.
01:11:13Then why won't you tell me about this trouble you're in?
01:11:15Why won't you try to let me help you?
01:11:19You can't help me, Paula.
01:11:20You don't want my help.
01:11:22Oh, Paula, there's nothing you can do.
01:11:23Will you believe me?
01:11:24So will you please go home, please?
01:11:27No, Frank.
01:11:28I won't go.
01:11:29I know you're in trouble.
01:11:30I can't leave you like this.
01:11:34All right, Paula.
01:11:35Look, wait for me in the lobby of the hotel,
01:11:36and I'll be back to you soon.
01:11:37I promise.
01:11:38You promise?
01:11:39You sure?
01:11:40Yes, Paula, I promise.
01:11:42Is that a new outfit?
01:11:44Yes.
01:11:45Oh, it's beautiful.
01:11:55You'll come back to me, won't you, Frank?
01:11:57Yes, Paula, I'll come back.
01:11:58I promise.
01:11:59Please hurry, darling.
01:12:00Oh, I love you.
01:12:01I love you, Paula.
01:12:09Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:12Goodbye.
01:12:43Is Stanley here?
01:12:45You sure?
01:12:48All right, get in there.
01:12:50Now, get Stanley on the phone.
01:12:51Tell him to come over here right away.
01:12:52Use any excuse you want.
01:12:54What are you going to do?
01:12:55What was Stanley going to do
01:12:56when he used me for a clay pigeon today?
01:12:58I don't know what you're talking about.
01:12:59Don't act innocent with me.
01:13:00I fell for that once.
01:13:01I don't know what you mean.
01:13:02I told you everything you wanted to know this morning.
01:13:04Yeah, you told me just enough so I'd get sidetracked
01:13:06and wouldn't know that Stanley was the one I was after.
01:13:09Stanley.
01:13:11Oh, no.
01:13:12You and Stanley have been together on this from the start.
01:13:14Now, come on, get on that phone and call him.
01:13:17Don't let him know I'm here.
01:13:19Bring along.
01:13:30He'd been sidetracked all right.
01:13:33But it was the poor, bereaved little widow who did it.
01:13:36Miss Foster found this letter this afternoon.
01:13:38It was at my brother's desk at the office.
01:13:40It was postmarked two years ago.
01:13:43It wasn't exactly the kind of a letter
01:13:44that a married woman gets from a casual friend.
01:13:47I'm sure my brother wasn't aware
01:13:49that they were so well acquainted when he hired Halliday.
01:13:54What's the matter with him?
01:13:55He hasn't felt right since dinner.
01:13:57What did he have dinner?
01:13:58At Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
01:13:59Halliday was there too
01:14:00and Stanley confronted them with that letter.
01:14:03Did you have anything to drink?
01:14:04Yes, why?
01:14:05How long ago?
01:14:06Half an hour ago, just before I came here.
01:14:08Miss Foster, get on the phone and call the emergency hospital.
01:14:10Have them get an ambulance over here right away.
01:14:12What?
01:14:13Tell them to prepare a stomach wash for luminous poisoning.
01:14:15Luminous poisoning?
01:14:16Come on, do it, I tell you.
01:14:17He may still have a chance to save his life.
01:14:19Go on!
01:14:20Go on!
01:14:36I found George Reynolds, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:38He's been dead for five months.
01:14:40Then he didn't steal the bill of sale.
01:14:42No, he didn't, but you could have stolen it.
01:14:45How dare you?
01:14:46You knew who I was when I came here today.
01:14:49You were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?
01:14:51But I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:53Sure, I can stand here and talk to you.
01:14:55I can breathe and I can move.
01:14:57But I'm not alive.
01:14:58Because I did take that poison
01:15:00and nothing can save me.
01:15:05What are you going to do?
01:15:06If I kill you now, I have nothing to lose.
01:15:07No.
01:15:08No, you've got to listen to me.
01:15:09You've got to give me a chance.
01:15:10But I didn't have a chance.
01:15:11It was Halliday.
01:15:12Believe me, it was Halliday.
01:15:14He made me steal the bill of sale.
01:15:15He planned everything.
01:15:16What about this letter?
01:15:17Your husband knew about you and Halliday.
01:15:19He found it only yesterday.
01:15:20He accused Halliday.
01:15:21They fought and Halliday pushed him over this balcony.
01:15:24And why me?
01:15:25Why did he want to kill me?
01:15:26Because you could have proved there was a bill of sale,
01:15:28that my husband had no reason to commit suicide.
01:15:30Halliday was desperate.
01:15:32After he killed my husband,
01:15:33he found out about the phone calls to you.
01:15:35He thought you spoke to him,
01:15:36that you knew enough to involve him.
01:15:47Where is Halliday?
01:15:48Where is he?
01:15:49He's at the office.
01:15:50This time, you don't want him.
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01:19:18Come on, move along.
01:19:22Come on, let's break it up. Move along now. Let's get going. Come on.
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01:21:46Would you?
01:21:56Paul...
01:22:11Call the morgue.
01:22:16Johnson, you go to the Allison Hotel, find Paula Gibson.
01:22:19Don't tell her anything. I'll break it to her.
01:22:26How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?
01:22:30Better make it dead on arrival.
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