Approved | 1h 13min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 24 July 1948 (USA)
A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Jack Bernhard
Writers: Kenneth Gamet, Whitman Chambers
Stars: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent
A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Jack Bernhard
Writers: Kenneth Gamet, Whitman Chambers
Stars: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent
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00:01:44I wonder what's keeping Claire.
00:01:46Relax.
00:01:47You better enjoy your last moment as a bachelor.
00:01:51Who are those people over there?
00:01:53Oh, friends of hers, I think.
00:01:55From that newspaper she worked on.
00:01:58Hurry up.
00:02:00I'd like to get the gang back to the newspaper.
00:02:02Well, that's Claire for you.
00:02:03Even landed her own wedding.
00:02:05You know, I really hate the lizard.
00:02:08What do you mean?
00:02:09Well, I speak now as her editor.
00:02:11Nah, just a disappointed sooter.
00:02:13Claire'd never make a newspaper woman, and you know it.
00:02:16Oh, I don't know.
00:02:17She dug up more hot social stuff than anyone in the Tribune had had before.
00:02:20And takes talent for style.
00:02:22Personality hack, my boy, not talent.
00:02:24All right, so I appreciated her personality.
00:02:27You appreciated it?
00:02:28I was the one that brought her to your attention.
00:02:31When she was only an $18 a week steno from a hick town.
00:02:35Remember?
00:02:36Very touching, Al.
00:02:38You can put that in your memoirs.
00:02:40She's marrying Hanneman now.
00:02:41Listen to the frustrated lovers.
00:02:44You know, if either of you guys had made furnaces instead of small talk,
00:02:47you might be in Hanneman's shoes now.
00:02:49Have one of mine.
00:02:52We do have memory.
00:02:54Don't we, Liz?
00:03:21Hi.
00:03:22How are you?
00:03:52Carl Hanneman.
00:03:53Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife,
00:03:56to live together according to God's ordinance,
00:03:58in the holiest state of matrimony?
00:04:00I will.
00:04:01Claire Cummings.
00:04:03Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband,
00:04:05to live together according to God's ordinance,
00:04:07in the holiest state of matrimony?
00:04:09I will.
00:04:11I now pronounce you man and wife.
00:04:14You may kiss the bride.
00:04:21Congratulations.
00:04:22Oh, I love you.
00:04:23Congratulations.
00:04:24Thank you, darling.
00:04:25Have a good night.
00:04:27June, don't tell me I'm going to lose another employee.
00:04:30Don't worry, Mr. Doyle.
00:04:31I don't even have a boyfriend.
00:04:33We'd better go in now and cut the cake.
00:04:35We'll have to hurry, darling.
00:04:36We expect to catch that plane.
00:04:38I'll be right in.
00:04:39I just want to tell you something.
00:04:41I'm going to miss you.
00:04:42I'm going to miss you.
00:04:43I'm going to miss you.
00:04:44I'm going to miss you.
00:04:45I'm going to miss you.
00:04:46I'm going to miss you.
00:04:47I'm going to miss you.
00:04:48I'm going to miss you.
00:04:49I'm going to miss you.
00:04:50Why don't you go on without melines at all.
00:04:51I want to finish.
00:04:52I just want to say my goodbyes to a few of the gang.
00:04:53All right.
00:04:54Hurry.
00:04:57Guess who.
00:04:58Why did you come out here?
00:05:09Because I love you.
00:05:11Because you love me?
00:05:13Claire, you're crazy.
00:05:16Don't you know what those words meant in there?
00:05:18words meant in there? Let no man put asunder. No one can put us asunder less, you and me.
00:05:25Oh, I never could figure you out. Except that you make everything add up to spell Claire, don't you?
00:05:32Now darling. You ain't getting a sadistic kick out of having me at your wedding, me and the others.
00:05:37But there are no others. Only you. I'll think about you on my honeymoon. I'll write you. Miss me less.
00:05:48I know you both will be very happy. I beg your pardon. Thank you. I'm ready with my camera, Mr. Hanneman.
00:05:54I've been looking for Mrs. Hanneman. You haven't seen her, have you? I believe you'll find her on the terrace.
00:06:10Carl, why aren't you entertaining the guests? I've been waiting for you, my dear. I was detained.
00:06:17On the terrace? Don't you think you're being a little affectionate for a newly married woman?
00:06:22Darling, you're a great big old suspicious bear. That was only Les Burns. And? It was nothing.
00:06:29Just a friendly goodbye kiss. Les did so much to help me with my newspaper career.
00:06:34Why, he's like a brother. You're the only man for me, darling. Ever. They're waiting for us.
00:06:42Shall we cut the cake?
00:07:12Wow! How much did he pay? $10.80. $10.80 for two. That's not bad. I win $540.
00:07:39Claire, you mean to say you bet $100 on that horse to win? Of course. In these places, you have to
00:07:44spend money to make money. You see now, I'll put $500 in the second race, high heel. Come on. Wait, wait.
00:07:51That's being foolish. You're only out $100 if I do lose. It isn't the money. It's the principle of the thing.
00:07:58Principle? Carl, I don't understand you. With all you have... I've worked hard for what I have.
00:08:04Oh, I don't mean to be a tightwad. A little bet for fun is all right.
00:08:08But I have too much respect for money to throw it away on horses.
00:08:15Of course you might. It was foolish of me to bet so much.
00:08:19Forgive me. Of course. Now, excuse me. I want to go catch these men.
00:08:33Hello, darling. Missed me?
00:08:55Back so soon, Carl? Oh, I went to the barbershop. Who are you writing to? June Taylor. You remember.
00:09:01Les Byrne's secretary. She was at our wedding. Do you want to read some of the awful things I said about you?
00:09:13It's hard for me to believe that I'm so lucky as to have a woman like you in love with me.
00:09:17It's true, darling. Every word of it. I'm sorry, Claire.
00:09:23I'm sorry, Claire.
00:09:30Why, darling, Les. It's June, eh? Things are beginning to make sense now.
00:09:36Carl, darling. So that was a goodbye kiss you gave Les Byrnes.
00:09:40Well? Well, what do you want me to say?
00:09:43Nothing. There's nothing you can say, I guess. I'm only glad I found out about it now.
00:09:49Carl, what are you going to do? I'm going back to San Francisco.
00:09:53We're through.
00:10:12But what am I going to do, Carl? I don't care what you do.
00:10:15But I have no money, thanks to your great generosity.
00:10:19That was enough for the week's hotel bill. You've got that money from the racetrack.
00:10:22Live on that. You'll not get another cent from me.
00:10:25Oh, no. I wouldn't be too sure of that. I'm your wife, Carl.
00:10:31There are community property laws in this state. It won't be that easy.
00:10:35It'll be very easy when I show this letter to the judge.
00:10:39And I'm starting divorce proceedings in the morning.
00:10:42Oh, Carl, darling, let's talk this thing over. It's so silly.
00:10:45Get out of my way before I forget myself.
00:11:22♪
00:11:50Would you please connect me with a house physician?
00:11:54Hello, Dr. Hastings? This is Mrs. Carl Hanneman, bungalow nine.
00:11:59Could you please leave a prescription for some sleeping tablets for me at the drugstore?
00:12:05I'll be needing them right away. I'm turning in early.
00:12:08No. No, that won't be necessary. I'm going out for a bite to eat. I'll pick them up later.
00:12:20♪
00:12:46I want a new set of plugs in 42.
00:12:48Okay, Blackie.
00:12:57Are you Mr. Tellen?
00:12:58Yeah.
00:12:59I must reach San Francisco by tonight. I want to be back by morning. Can you make it?
00:13:03I can make it up and back if, uh...
00:13:05If what?
00:13:07If this weather holds out and my fee is big enough.
00:13:11How much will it cost?
00:13:13400 bucks.
00:13:19Why, five? I said four.
00:13:21I know you said four. I never made this trip. You never saw me. Understand?
00:13:27Sure. Sure. I don't even want to know your name.
00:13:31I'm glad we understand each other.
00:13:32Perfectly. Now, if you wait over there, we'll be ready to leave in a few minutes.
00:13:39Hey, Jack. Roll out 41 and let's warm it up.
00:13:42Right.
00:13:48♪
00:14:19Room service, please.
00:14:22Hello. This is Mrs. Carl Hanneman, bungalow nine.
00:14:25Would you please send a waiter over with the menu?
00:14:30Good morning, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:14:55Good morning, Victor.
00:14:57You see, I think I'll take some orange juice, and, uh, toast, coffee, and that'll be all.
00:15:21How was the ball game?
00:15:23That was no ball game. It was a track meet. Twelve to nothing.
00:15:29Is this all the mail today?
00:15:31Yes.
00:15:34By the way, I meant to ask you sooner, but I'm going to have a little dinner party tonight for a couple I know.
00:15:40You're invited if you're not doing anything.
00:15:42Well, sure. What's the occasion?
00:15:43They're going to be married soon. They're awfully nice kids.
00:15:46Married? When will the trouble really start?
00:15:54Mr. Burns' office.
00:15:58Long distance calling. It's Mrs. Hanneman.
00:16:03Hello, Claire.
00:16:04Hello, Les. I'm so glad I caught you at the office.
00:16:07How was the honeymoon?
00:16:09It was interrupted. Carl had to go back east yesterday. Business, he said.
00:16:14He wanted me to stay over, wait for him here. But I'm not. I'm coming back to San Francisco tonight.
00:16:19You think that's sensible?
00:16:21Of course not. But I'll see you again.
00:16:24Look, I want you to arrange a plane ticket for me. Reservations are so hard to get at this end. It'll be easy for you.
00:16:31All right, Claire. I'll take care of it tomorrow.
00:16:33Tomorrow won't do. I'm coming home tonight.
00:16:37Okay, I'll wire you back on the time.
00:16:39I knew you'd help me. Be sure and meet me at the airport.
00:16:43I can hardly wait to see you. Goodbye, Les.
00:16:46Goodbye, Claire.
00:16:51June, get a hold of Hack Doyle. Have him get me a reservation on the eight o'clock plane out of Los Angeles tonight.
00:16:55It's for Mrs. Hanneman.
00:16:57Are you planning to meet her?
00:16:58Yeah.
00:17:00Oh, I guess I'll have to cancel our dinner party tonight.
00:17:03It doesn't matter.
00:17:05Apparently, Claire can get anything she wants out of anybody at any time.
00:17:09Can't she?
00:17:21I never thought I'd be back with you so soon, darling. It's wonderful.
00:17:25It's crazy.
00:17:27Then why did you meet me?
00:17:29I don't know.
00:17:30I do. Because you still love me, don't you, Les?
00:17:34I'll get over it.
00:17:36I hope Carl stays in New York for a long, long time.
00:17:40It seems a bit odd he didn't arrange his business affair so they wouldn't interfere with his honeymoon.
00:17:45Yes, I thought so too.
00:17:47Are you certain you and Hanneman didn't have some trouble?
00:17:50What kind of trouble could we possibly have had?
00:17:53Quarrel of some kind. Perhaps over us.
00:17:56Now, wouldn't that be ridiculous?
00:17:58Giving him some reason to doubt me just so soon after we're married?
00:18:01What do you think you're doing now?
00:18:04You don't feel sorry for Carl, do you?
00:18:06No. No, I don't.
00:18:09But I should.
00:18:10Look, let's forget all about him.
00:18:12For a few days, anyway.
00:18:14Take me home, I'll change, and you can take me out to supper.
00:18:17Claire, I'd rather not go to the house.
00:18:19But I must freshen up, darling. I really must.
00:18:22You want me to be beautiful, don't you?
00:18:24Just for you.
00:18:26You are beautiful.
00:18:31See? There's nobody home.
00:18:40Wait in there, darling. I'll be down in a minute.
00:18:43Come here.
00:18:45Oh, darling.
00:18:49Oh, darling.
00:18:56Ness, what is it?
00:18:58Stay here.
00:19:04Carl.
00:19:19Suicide.
00:19:21But why?
00:19:23Oh, poor Carl.
00:19:24Claire, I thought you said he'd gone to New York.
00:19:26That's what he told me.
00:19:28I don't understand it. Why should he do such a terrible thing?
00:19:31You probably know as much about that as anyone.
00:19:33It's going to be one of the first things the police ask you.
00:19:35You can't stay here, darling. I'll take you over to Hack Doyle's.
00:19:38Where's your telephone?
00:19:46Police headquarters, please.
00:19:55I thought of you and Hack right away, Mimi, and brought her over here.
00:19:58I hope you can put her up for tonight.
00:20:00Oh, of course. You can stay as long as you like, Claire.
00:20:03Thank you, Mimi. You're very kind.
00:20:06It's just too incredible.
00:20:08If he'd had any earthly reason, he was so happy.
00:20:12So very happy.
00:20:14And now there's...
00:20:17Oh, Hack, Claire's going to stay with us for a few days.
00:20:20Good. Plenty of room.
00:20:22The police are over there now. Murdock said he'd stop by here later.
00:20:25You sure it was suicide?
00:20:27Fairly sure.
00:20:28With a man in Hanuman's position, a beautiful wife, and all that money?
00:20:31I don't get it.
00:20:32I don't either.
00:20:39Oh, hello, Bill. Come on in. How are you, Hack?
00:20:44Hello, Claire.
00:20:45Hello, Bill.
00:20:46Sorry this had to happen to you.
00:20:47Sit down, Captain. How about a cup of coffee?
00:20:49Thanks, Miss Doyle.
00:20:50I won't annoy you for long, Claire. Just a few questions, routine.
00:20:54You know how it is.
00:20:55Of course.
00:20:56Les gave me most of the details over the phone.
00:20:58Your husband, by the way, has been dead for nearly 24 hours.
00:21:03How did it happen that Burns met you at the airport?
00:21:06He didn't happen to.
00:21:08I phoned him from Los Angeles.
00:21:09How come?
00:21:11Well, I was arriving late and alone.
00:21:14I knew Les would pick me up.
00:21:17Do you have any theory as to why your husband came to San Francisco
00:21:20after telling you he was going to New York?
00:21:22No.
00:21:23I didn't know anything about the business.
00:21:26The gun, of course, was Hanuman's.
00:21:28We checked the serial number.
00:21:30Funny there are no powder burns on the coat.
00:21:33Bill, a suicide doesn't always press a gun against his body.
00:21:37In that case...
00:21:38There would be no powder burns, I know.
00:21:40Do you know of any reason why your husband should have taken his life?
00:21:43No, I don't.
00:21:45Anything wrong with his health?
00:21:47Not that I know of.
00:21:49But that could have been the reason.
00:21:51Had you quarreled?
00:21:52Oh, no.
00:21:53No, we never quarreled.
00:21:55Believe me.
00:21:57Throughout every minute of our married life, we were supremely happy.
00:22:01An entire week, huh?
00:22:04Well, that's all for now.
00:22:07I may want to talk with you again later.
00:22:09Where will you be?
00:22:10Right here with us.
00:22:11Thanks.
00:22:12Bill.
00:22:13Yeah?
00:22:14You found fingerprints on the gun, of course.
00:22:16I mean, Hanuman's prints.
00:22:18Ah, ah.
00:22:19Clean as a whistle.
00:22:28Mr. Burns has to position you and Mrs. Hanuman found her husband.
00:22:31That's right.
00:22:38One more question, Mr. Burns.
00:22:42Your testimony at the coroner's inquest said you touched nothing.
00:22:46That's true.
00:22:47Then how did you know the man was dead without feeling his pulse or heart?
00:22:50Mr. Chalmers, I've been around enough to know a dead man when I see one.
00:22:54Especially after 20-some-odd hours.
00:22:57You assumed that Mr. Hanuman committed suicide.
00:23:00Why?
00:23:01Well, everything points to suicide.
00:23:04Not in my assumption, Mr. Burns.
00:23:08Mrs. Hanuman, you say you saw your husband alive on Monday afternoon.
00:23:11And then the following night, which was Tuesday, you saw him again.
00:23:15Yes, but he was dead.
00:23:17I've told you everything.
00:23:19You don't need a weather vane to see which way this wind is blowing.
00:23:22Was it customary for the servants to take a vacation whenever Mr. Hanuman left on a trip and leave the house empty?
00:23:29Well, I don't really know.
00:23:31I didn't give orders to the servants.
00:23:33Carl, Mr. Hanuman ran the house.
00:23:36I haven't moved in yet.
00:23:38I see that you also assumed that this was a suicide.
00:23:42Naturally. It couldn't have been anything else.
00:23:45That's what Mr. Burns said.
00:23:48According to the police scientific detection laboratory,
00:23:51the pistol found near the body was the one used in the death of your husband.
00:23:56But they found no powder burns on the clothes of Mr. Hanuman.
00:24:00Nor fingerprints of any description on the gun.
00:24:03Furthermore, it was brought out that Mr. Hanuman couldn't have fired the gun
00:24:06because in making certain tests of his hand for traces of powder marks, none was found.
00:24:11Just what are you driving at?
00:24:13Simply this.
00:24:15Carl Hanuman was murdered.
00:24:17But unfortunately, I hadn't enough evidence to hold either of you.
00:24:21You were out of town and your alibi was proven.
00:24:25You're free to go.
00:24:29But let me give you a tip.
00:24:31I'm not buying any suicide theory.
00:24:33So the case will remain open.
00:24:39See you later, Ed.
00:24:40So long, Hatch.
00:24:49Good morning, Les.
00:24:50Just the guy I wanted to see.
00:24:52Yeah? About what?
00:24:53Oh, I've been assigned to do the follow-up on the Hanuman case.
00:24:56Oh, how'd you draw that?
00:24:57Oh, I asked for it.
00:24:59It'd be a dull job because there isn't going to be any follow-up.
00:25:01Just an ordinary suicide.
00:25:03Are you kidding?
00:25:05I never smelled an odor of fish or strong in my life.
00:25:08No fingerprints on the gun, and you call it suicide.
00:25:12So what? What makes you so sure?
00:25:14Can you give me a good reason for Hanuman killing himself?
00:25:17No, I can't.
00:25:18Perhaps he thought he had a good reason.
00:25:20And perhaps he didn't.
00:25:21So meanwhile, if I can dig up a plausible motive...
00:25:24Who asked you to dig up a motive? Plausible or otherwise?
00:25:27I said, if I can dig up a motive, I'm willing to accept suicide.
00:25:32But if I can't, then it'll have to be murder.
00:25:38Still carrying the torch for Claire, Hile?
00:25:41Not anymore.
00:25:43But somebody sure fixed it in a hurry for you to get Claire again.
00:25:46That's a nasty crack.
00:25:48So meanwhile, chum, walk a straight line.
00:25:51Or you'll have people thinking you took a shot at Hanuman.
00:25:57You've got a lot of work to do, Al.
00:25:59You're so right, boss.
00:26:11Sorry, Hack.
00:26:14How's Claire taking it this morning?
00:26:16I don't know. She fell asleep when I left.
00:26:19Les, I'm worried about this deal.
00:26:21Police aren't buying any suicide theory.
00:26:23Is that why you put Herrick on the story?
00:26:25Maybe. He might dig up a suicide motive.
00:26:28What's your slab?
00:26:29Well, uh...
00:26:31Hanuman killed himself.
00:26:33Nice try, Hack.
00:26:35You're about as subtle as a punch in the nose.
00:26:38You think Hanuman was murdered, don't you?
00:26:40Maybe I'm protecting someone.
00:26:42It's possible.
00:26:43But I'd like to protect someone if it isn't suicide.
00:26:46Like who?
00:26:47Like you.
00:26:48Who had a better reason?
00:26:50Hanuman's death meant that you'd get Claire back.
00:26:53In a million-odd bucks.
00:26:54That makes sense to a lot of imaginative characters around this town.
00:26:57I don't believe it for one second.
00:26:59But I still think it's safer to sell the suicide theory if Herrick can dig it up.
00:27:08Thanks, Hack.
00:27:11But I didn't do it.
00:27:14Yeah?
00:27:15I sent him here.
00:27:16Send him in.
00:27:19Well, they're on the job.
00:27:21Well?
00:27:23Hello, Benson. What's on your mind?
00:27:25The D.A. would like to see you at Jensen in the morning.
00:27:28Says it's important.
00:27:30About ten o'clock.
00:27:31What's he want us for?
00:27:33Don't you know?
00:27:37Oh, Mrs. Hanuman's already got her invitation.
00:27:41See you tomorrow.
00:27:52Herrick really revels in pouring it on.
00:27:55Well, it's news. Nobody's been hurt.
00:27:57Yet.
00:28:00By person or persons unknown.
00:28:03Could have been worse.
00:28:04The D.A. certainly tried hard to tag it on somebody.
00:28:07Tell me, Hack. Do you think that...
00:28:10Well, that Claire could have shot her husband in some way?
00:28:13No.
00:28:15She was in Los Angeles the night he was killed.
00:28:17D.A. couldn't shake that, and...
00:28:20Good morning, everybody. I hope I'm interrupting something important.
00:28:23Hello, darling. You look tired.
00:28:25Hello, Hack, dear.
00:28:26Good morning, Claire. It's a pleasant surprise. What can I do for you?
00:28:29I, uh, came to get my job back.
00:28:33Starting when?
00:28:34No.
00:28:35Well, after all that's happened, don't you think you should have a little rest?
00:28:38Rest.
00:28:39White working will be the best thing in the world for me.
00:28:42It'll keep me from thinking too much about poor Carl.
00:28:46After all I must carry on, my life is still ahead of me.
00:28:51What's the real reason?
00:28:53Well, I do need a little cash.
00:28:56I have the house and my clothes.
00:28:58But I just won't be able to live on the widow's compensation that Carl will allow me.
00:29:03You wouldn't want me to have to sell my clothes in order to eat, would you?
00:29:07Oh, no.
00:29:08After all, I've... I've made other arrangements about your column.
00:29:11Beth Warnock's taking it over.
00:29:13You are still the boss, Hack.
00:29:16Les, darling, wait outside for me.
00:29:18I'll be out as soon as I've had a heart-to-heart talk with Hack.
00:29:21I know.
00:29:22You might as well say yes, Hack.
00:29:25I've had these heart-to-heart talks.
00:29:32You will let me stay, won't you, Hack?
00:29:40Yes, but I was hoping you wouldn't ask it.
00:29:43You are a darling.
00:29:45Listen, Claire, you stick to the job and no playing around.
00:29:48There's enough trouble here now without you adding to it.
00:29:51I don't know why you talk like that.
00:29:54I'm serious about it, Hack.
00:29:55I'll work hard.
00:29:57For your sake, I hope you do.
00:30:02You are a dear.
00:30:04See you later.
00:30:11See you later, Al.
00:30:12See you tomorrow.
00:30:14For your friends.
00:30:17Yes, old friends.
00:30:43Two martinis, please.
00:30:46Chicken salad?
00:30:47Five.
00:30:48Chicken salad for two.
00:30:49And coffee.
00:30:54Les, do you know a good lawyer?
00:30:56Yeah, why?
00:30:57Well, I need one to handle Carl's estate.
00:30:59What's the matter with Hanneman's regular lawyer?
00:31:01He's an old fuddy-duddy.
00:31:03I want someone whom I can trust to take care of my interests.
00:31:06Well, you might try Lawrence Carson.
00:31:08He specializes in probate work.
00:31:10Carson, good.
00:31:11I'll call him tomorrow.
00:31:18Do I know that man over there?
00:31:20You should.
00:31:21It's Stanley Mason.
00:31:22Our paper's backing him for Congress.
00:31:24Of course.
00:31:25Why, the pictures on his campaign posters don't do him justice.
00:31:28You know, I never could figure that guy.
00:31:30Every time I see him, he's with a different girl.
00:31:33So?
00:31:35Oh, we'll have four Manhattan's.
00:31:37Make them half French and half Italian vermouth.
00:31:39We'll order later.
00:31:40I'll look after them personally, Mr. Mason.
00:31:46Stanley, isn't that that Hanneman woman over there?
00:31:51Yeah, she's very attractive, isn't she?
00:31:55Well, if you like the type.
00:31:58Why wouldn't he be a good man to handle the estate?
00:32:00No, no, no.
00:32:01He's too tied up with his election campaign.
00:32:03What are his chances, Les?
00:32:04I'm going to Washington.
00:32:05Pretty good.
00:32:06Why?
00:32:07That makes him important.
00:32:08I've got to have someone with influence.
00:32:11He looks like the kind of man who could get things done quickly.
00:32:15Capable enough, I suppose.
00:32:17Probably make a good representative.
00:32:19Personally, I just don't go for him.
00:32:21I want you to introduce me to him.
00:32:23You can do better.
00:32:25Oh, darling, don't be stubborn.
00:32:27I want to meet him.
00:32:29I'm sure you will.
00:32:31I want to meet him.
00:32:33When you want something, you want it right now, don't you?
00:32:38You know what I really want, Les.
00:32:41I know.
00:32:42A fine old name like Hanneman.
00:32:44Carload of dollars.
00:32:46Social position.
00:32:48The tops.
00:32:50You're forgetting the most important thing.
00:32:52Emma.
00:32:54You see, that's just the frame.
00:32:58You're the picture in that frame.
00:33:00What's that about a frame?
00:33:02Sergeant Benson.
00:33:03Won't you join us?
00:33:05No, but Burns here can join me.
00:33:08Been looking all over for you.
00:33:10The captain wants to have a little chat.
00:33:12Now.
00:33:13What is this, a pinch?
00:33:14No.
00:33:15Just an interview.
00:33:17It won't take long.
00:33:19Too bad you couldn't have found me at ten o'clock this morning.
00:33:21I was in a dentist's chair.
00:33:23I'm sorry, Claire.
00:33:25It's all right, darling. I'll wait for you here.
00:33:30Bye.
00:33:35Bye, Les.
00:33:49Hello, Al.
00:33:50Don't tell me they finally grabbed Les for murder.
00:33:53Wouldn't you like to hear me say yes?
00:33:57Yes.
00:33:58Well, don't stop the presses.
00:34:00Yet.
00:34:02You're the most composed dame I ever saw.
00:34:05I don't believe you give a hoot whether this case ever gets solved.
00:34:08Oh, but of course I do.
00:34:10Really.
00:34:12Say, Al.
00:34:13How well do you know Stanley Mason?
00:34:18Quite well.
00:34:19I've planted some of his propaganda.
00:34:22You can do me a favor.
00:34:23A big favor.
00:34:25I want to meet him.
00:34:29Might be a good idea.
00:34:33I remember I once introduced you to a fellow by the name of Les Burns.
00:34:37I promptly lost you.
00:34:41Excuse me.
00:34:47Stan.
00:34:48How are you?
00:34:49Well, hello, Al.
00:34:50Say, I have a young lady over here I'd like to meet you.
00:34:52Just take a minute.
00:34:53Well, all right.
00:34:55Excuse me.
00:34:58Excuse me.
00:35:03Claire, this is Stanley Mason.
00:35:05This is Hanneman.
00:35:06I'm so glad to meet you, Mr. Mason.
00:35:08How do you do, Mrs. Hanneman?
00:35:09Won't you sit down?
00:35:11Sorry, I can stay but a minute.
00:35:13I know you think you're rather forward, but being an attorney, you can understand my predicament.
00:35:18I'm desperately in need of someone to administer my late husband's affairs.
00:35:21I thought perhaps you could help me.
00:35:24Well, I hadn't intended on taking on any more work this summer.
00:35:28My campaign requires so much attention.
00:35:31However, supposing you come to my office at, say, 4 o'clock, we can at least talk it over.
00:35:38Oh, thank you.
00:35:39I would appreciate it.
00:35:41Here's the address.
00:35:42So, until then.
00:35:44Oh, excuse me.
00:35:50Thank you, Al.
00:35:52Don't mention it.
00:36:01I found him, Cap.
00:36:02Right where I expected.
00:36:04With a grief-stricken widow.
00:36:06Only if she's grief-stricken, I'd skip it.
00:36:09Les, my boy, have a seat.
00:36:11Last time it was, hello, Burns.
00:36:14Today it's Les, my boy.
00:36:16What do you want?
00:36:18You know, I just wanted to chin a bit, will you?
00:36:20Oh?
00:36:21I didn't know I was that interesting.
00:36:23You live out in the Hanneman neighborhood, don't you?
00:36:26No, and you know it.
00:36:28But you go out to that neighborhood quite often, don't you?
00:36:31Yeah, so what?
00:36:32To visit friends.
00:36:34Oh, sure, that's right.
00:36:35There's Hack Doyle and his wife, June Taylor.
00:36:38Say, there's a clever little girl, huh?
00:36:42Your secretary, huh?
00:36:44Since when have you become so interested in my secretary?
00:36:47I thought you were a happily married man.
00:36:50Weren't you out in that neighborhood the night Hanneman was shot?
00:36:53Monday night?
00:36:55No, I wasn't.
00:36:57I played gin rummy with the boys in the press room.
00:36:59Went home to bed about 10 o'clock.
00:37:03He read the testimony, did the checking.
00:37:05Come on, Murdock, what's on your so-called mind?
00:37:08Funny, we can't find any record of where you were between 10 o'clock and 8 the next morning
00:37:13when you had breakfast at Drake's Coffee Shop.
00:37:17Nobody saw you around your apartment house.
00:37:19Nothing so strange about that.
00:37:21People in my neighborhood mind their own business.
00:37:24I spent the night sleeping.
00:37:27You've got an edgy temper today, Les.
00:37:29You aren't worried about anything, are you?
00:37:32I'm annoyed.
00:37:33Until you and the DA get this thing settled, nobody will get any rest.
00:37:37We may have the answer quicker than you think.
00:37:40The police expect to apprehend the criminal within 24 hours.
00:37:43Shall I quote that?
00:37:45You can write out the gags, Burns.
00:37:47You've been crazy about Claire for a long time, haven't you?
00:37:50That's right.
00:37:51You thought she was going to marry you.
00:37:53Then she married Hanneman.
00:37:54That must have been quite a jolt.
00:37:56I won't deny that either.
00:37:58So you must have been pretty sore at Hanneman for beating your time.
00:38:03All right, I suppose I was.
00:38:06You know, Burns, you've given out with all the motives a man needs for killing another.
00:38:12You don't need motives, Murdock.
00:38:14You need evidence.
00:38:15Evidence?
00:38:17You just told me that you were near the Hanneman home last Monday night.
00:38:21I wasn't.
00:38:24And how do you account for your cigarette case being found on the Hanneman garden,
00:38:27still wet from Monday night's rain?
00:38:30I don't have to account for anything.
00:38:33To throw cold water on your mastermind, I tossed that away right after the wedding.
00:38:39Anything else you want to know?
00:38:42No, that's enough.
00:38:47Next time, be more careful when you talk to the captain.
00:38:50Listen, Mr. Benson, if I've hurt the captain's feelings or yours, arrest me.
00:38:54Then I can sue and you'll be back writing tickets for Jay Walker's.
00:39:12You rent that stool by the month?
00:39:14Well, let's see.
00:39:16Where's Claire?
00:39:17Oh, Claire isn't here.
00:39:19She had an appointment.
00:39:20Did she go back to the paper?
00:39:21Uh-uh.
00:39:22No, about this time, she should be walking into the inner sanctum of that courageous
00:39:26and fearless champion of the people's rights,
00:39:29that distinguished candidate for the Congress of the United States,
00:39:33Mr. Stanley Mason.
00:39:36You sound like you're on Stanley's payroll.
00:39:38I introduced them.
00:39:39You seem to have a talent for that sort of thing.
00:39:47I believe that's all the information I need, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:39:49I can't possibly find words to express my gratitude and your concern to help me.
00:39:53Oh, believe me, it's a pleasure.
00:39:55A little pleasure in the right places should settle a matter quickly for you.
00:39:59Thank you again, and good luck in the elections.
00:40:01Oh, thank you.
00:40:02I suppose I should get going.
00:40:04Thank you again, and good luck in the elections.
00:40:06Oh, thank you.
00:40:07I suppose you'll be leaving for Washington immediately if you do win.
00:40:11Yes.
00:40:12If I win.
00:40:13You will.
00:40:14I know you will.
00:40:16Well, I really must be going.
00:40:18Can't I drop you off somewhere?
00:40:20I'm sorry.
00:40:21Not this evening.
00:40:22Mr. Burns is taking me home.
00:40:24He's the gentleman you saw me with today.
00:40:26I'll call you tomorrow.
00:40:28Perhaps we can have dinner and talk some more about your problems.
00:40:31Splendid.
00:40:32Goodbye.
00:40:34Goodbye.
00:40:42Look, Clare, don't you think you ought to stay over at Hackney while I was a little longer?
00:40:45It might be unpleasant.
00:40:46Oh, don't be ridiculous.
00:40:48Come on.
00:40:52Oh, Robert.
00:40:54Good evening.
00:40:55Good evening, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:40:56We weren't expecting you home.
00:40:58We've made new arrangements for dinner.
00:40:59I've had dinner.
00:41:00Please take my bags to my room and you and Christine take the evening off.
00:41:03I shan't be needing you.
00:41:05Oh, Mrs. Hanneman, I just wish to say on behalf of Christine and myself that we're pleased that you're home
00:41:10and we'll do everything we can to make you happy.
00:41:13Why, thank you, Robert.
00:41:19Well, come in, darling.
00:41:21You aren't afraid of Carl's ghost, are you?
00:41:30You'll never be happy here, Clare.
00:41:32Nonsense.
00:41:33I've done a little refurnishing.
00:41:36Well, it'll help a little.
00:41:38Liz, what did Murdoch want with you?
00:41:42He had an idea I might have paid a visit here Monday night.
00:41:45You didn't, did you?
00:41:46Of course not.
00:41:48It also seems I had a motive to kill Carl.
00:41:51Of course you did.
00:41:53If you were that kind of a person.
00:41:56Murdoch's only fishing.
00:41:58Well, he knows I've been in love with you for a long time.
00:42:03I told him.
00:42:04You told him?
00:42:05Why not?
00:42:06It's true.
00:42:09You want them to keep working on you so they'll stay away from me.
00:42:13That's it, isn't it?
00:42:14Yeah, that's it.
00:42:16I said I'd stand by you.
00:42:17And you have.
00:42:19And I love you the more for it.
00:42:21You know I do love you, don't you, darling?
00:42:23I think you do, Claire.
00:42:25In a peculiar, mixed-up sort of way.
00:42:30I never should have married Carl.
00:42:33I didn't really love him.
00:42:34But he offered so much.
00:42:36Things I never had.
00:42:38But that's all over now.
00:42:40No, it's not over.
00:42:42And it won't be until they find his murder.
00:42:44They will.
00:42:45And there'll be nothing to keep us apart again.
00:42:47Ever.
00:42:48There'll be nothing to keep us apart again.
00:42:50Ever.
00:42:52Claire, if I can only sell myself on that.
00:42:54You've got to, Les.
00:42:56You've got to.
00:43:10That little tidbit straight from the horse's mouth
00:43:12brings us to the 3-0 mark for today.
00:43:15See you around about this time tomorrow.
00:43:18You're pretty sharp today.
00:43:19That's the best column you've done in two weeks.
00:43:21Thanks.
00:43:22If you say so, it must be all right.
00:43:27Hi, Sam.
00:43:28Hello, Harry.
00:43:29Um, hear about your girlfriend?
00:43:32They dragged her in this afternoon.
00:43:34Murdoch and the D.A. gave her quite a going-over.
00:43:39Laurie's charging to the rescue, Les.
00:43:41Stanley Mason already beat you to it.
00:43:43What do they want with her, Al?
00:43:45Well, it seems they had a hunch
00:43:46Claire made a fast round trip into town
00:43:48the night her hubby joined his ancestors.
00:43:52Seems they thought her alibi about being in L.A.
00:43:54the whole time was debunked.
00:43:56Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:43:58Well, you'd know more about it than anyone.
00:44:02Jones, put that through, please.
00:44:11Okay, Al.
00:44:12You're so much smarter than Murdoch, spill it.
00:44:14Oh, I'm not saying I'm smarter.
00:44:16But I do know Claire better than he does.
00:44:19And I know you.
00:44:21Meaning what?
00:44:22Claire never lost any interest in you
00:44:24before, during, or after her marriage.
00:44:27And that doesn't prove it happened.
00:44:29With all that wampum at stake,
00:44:32this whole thing could have been planned weeks ago by both of you.
00:44:35I'm fed up with your dirty cracks.
00:44:37Now, get out!
00:44:39Wait a minute!
00:44:41Look, Junior.
00:44:42One of these days I'm gonna be too late
00:44:44and you're not gonna have any teeth.
00:44:50You're so right, boss.
00:44:56What's wrong, Les?
00:44:57Nothing, forget it.
00:45:00The way you want it.
00:45:01If anybody wants me, I've gone for the day.
00:45:04Have one for me, too.
00:45:13Where's Miss Hanneman? I gotta see her.
00:45:15Is she in?
00:45:16Why, yes.
00:45:17But she's going out.
00:45:18This is important.
00:45:19What's the trouble, Les?
00:45:20Oh, I've been trying to find you all afternoon.
00:45:23You didn't get back to the paper.
00:45:24Where were you?
00:45:25I was with Stan...
00:45:26Uh, Mr. Mason.
00:45:27We were talking over the estate.
00:45:29Oh.
00:45:30Looks like you got some more talking to do.
00:45:32It's really only business, Les.
00:45:34Come in, but I can only see you for a moment.
00:45:36Wait.
00:45:41You've taken on quite a package tonight, haven't you, Les?
00:45:44Oh, I've had a few drinks.
00:45:46Sitting over at Renard's.
00:45:49Been thinking things.
00:45:51Crazy things.
00:45:52About me?
00:45:54Yes, you.
00:45:56Murdoch and the D.A. asking you all those questions.
00:45:59Nothing to be disturbed about.
00:46:01I'm not so sure.
00:46:04Why do you say that?
00:46:05Were you in this room Monday night?
00:46:08What?
00:46:09Why, you know I wasn't.
00:46:12I don't know anything.
00:46:14I wouldn't lie to you.
00:46:15Have I ever, Les?
00:46:18Claire, there's only two people who could have profited by Hanneman's death.
00:46:23I'm one of them.
00:46:24You're the other.
00:46:26Why, how dare you come in here accusing me?
00:46:28You only married Hanneman for this.
00:46:29You've admitted it a dozen times.
00:46:31But I didn't kill him.
00:46:32How can you even think it?
00:46:34I didn't kill him.
00:46:35I didn't say you did.
00:46:36But if you know anything, you've got to tell me.
00:46:38Were you in this room Monday night?
00:46:40No.
00:46:41You might have come in and seen someone.
00:46:42I've got to know.
00:46:43Stop shaking me.
00:46:44Then tell me the truth.
00:46:45Let go of me.
00:46:46I thought you were going to stand by me.
00:46:48Why, you're drunk.
00:46:49I only try to help you and me.
00:46:52Help me?
00:46:54You're accusing me of murder.
00:46:56How do I know you didn't kill him?
00:46:58You were in town.
00:47:00Claire.
00:47:01I have as much right to accuse as you have.
00:47:04But I'm not accusing you.
00:47:06Get out of this house.
00:47:10I once said I couldn't figure you out.
00:47:13I can now.
00:47:15You're not a normal woman.
00:47:18You're not warm.
00:47:20You're cold, like ice.
00:47:23Yeah.
00:47:24Like ice.
00:47:27Blonde ice.
00:47:28Get out of here.
00:47:34Get out of here.
00:47:56Oh, I thought it was...
00:47:57Hello, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:47:59I don't believe I know you.
00:48:00Sure.
00:48:01Sure you do.
00:48:02Let me come in.
00:48:03You can talk better inside.
00:48:06In there.
00:48:11Now, what do you want?
00:48:14I saw your picture in the paper.
00:48:16And I found out who you were.
00:48:18I figured we could make a deal.
00:48:20Deal?
00:48:22I was going to call on you last night.
00:48:24But you had company.
00:48:26And I had to see you alone.
00:48:28What kind of a deal?
00:48:29It seems that plane ride last Monday night
00:48:32returned big dividends.
00:48:35I paid you to forget me.
00:48:37I thought I could trust you.
00:48:38Sure.
00:48:39Sure you can trust me.
00:48:43But it's hard to forget murder
00:48:45for any hundred bucks.
00:48:47Who are you, dirty devil?
00:48:49I don't like that word.
00:48:51All right.
00:48:52We'll forget what happened to Hanneman.
00:48:55I'll go along with you on that suicide story
00:48:58that is providing
00:48:59as a little consideration
00:49:01of, let's say, 50 grand?
00:49:04$50,000?
00:49:05Why, I don't have that kind of money.
00:49:07This estate's in probate.
00:49:08I won't receive a thing for months.
00:49:11I can wait.
00:49:14But in the meantime...
00:49:19I'll take this.
00:49:22I know a little man who'll lend me money on it.
00:49:25All right. All right.
00:49:26Just don't come near this house again.
00:49:28But I will keep in touch with you.
00:49:32Quick, out the terrace door.
00:49:34And don't forget, Mrs. Hanneman,
00:49:36I'm not kidding about that 50 G.
00:49:47I'll get it, Roberts.
00:49:48Yes, ma'am.
00:49:53Stanley, darling!
00:50:02Well, he isn't at Renard's either.
00:50:04Oh, I hope nothing's happened to him.
00:50:06He'll turn up when he runs down
00:50:08or runs out of dough for drinks.
00:50:10Say, uh, you write his column all by yourself?
00:50:13Somebody had to do it.
00:50:15I hope it's fit to print.
00:50:16It's good.
00:50:17Nice heavy to cover for him, too.
00:50:19Do you really think he's all right?
00:50:21Sure, sure.
00:50:22I'll find him later.
00:50:24Don't worry about Les.
00:50:25He's probably getting more poison out of his system
00:50:27than he is into it.
00:50:28I hope.
00:50:31Oh.
00:50:40Oh.
00:50:42Oh, June.
00:50:44Oh.
00:50:46See if you can give me another head, will you?
00:50:48This one's not gonna do me much good.
00:50:50You certainly had a little trip for yourself.
00:50:53I guess so.
00:50:56What day is it?
00:50:57Tuesday.
00:50:58Holy mackerel.
00:51:00It's a Sunday and Monday.
00:51:01I took care of him for you.
00:51:03Oh, you would?
00:51:05Who found me, Hack Doyle?
00:51:07No.
00:51:08Claire.
00:51:10Claire?
00:51:11Mm-hmm.
00:51:12You were trying to convince the doorman
00:51:14at the top of the mark to let you out on the roof.
00:51:16It was the only way to the moon.
00:51:18Oh, brother.
00:51:19The moon?
00:51:21Looks like I wanted more than a little trip.
00:51:23Here, drink this.
00:51:24It'll make you feel better.
00:51:26Guess I've been the horrible example, huh?
00:51:29You no doubt thought you had a big reason for getting tight.
00:51:33I had to get away from something.
00:51:35Something wasn't good for me.
00:51:37Uh, have any luck?
00:51:39I don't know.
00:51:41I'm never going through this again, I can assure you of that.
00:51:44June.
00:51:47Well, I guess I'd better get back to the office.
00:51:50Thanks a lot for looking after me, June.
00:51:52I'll be down after a while.
00:51:54If I can make it.
00:51:55Don't hurry.
00:52:00Les?
00:52:01I wonder which hangover you'll recover from first.
00:52:11I thought we were all washed up, Claire.
00:52:14Les, for everything I said the other night, I'm terribly sorry.
00:52:19I guess I was a little mixed up myself.
00:52:23Forgive me, darling.
00:52:26I must have been out of my mind to say such awful things to you.
00:52:30I realized the truth later.
00:52:32You were afraid for me because you loved me.
00:52:34That was it, wasn't it?
00:52:36Yeah, maybe it was.
00:52:38I just couldn't believe it.
00:52:40Look, let's forget all about it.
00:52:42We know there's nothing to worry about.
00:52:44There never was.
00:52:46We know that, don't we, Les?
00:52:50Sure, Claire.
00:52:52Sure.
00:52:56Oh.
00:53:00Here's to our new congressman.
00:53:02May your career be long and successful.
00:53:04Thank you, darling.
00:53:05Jeff?
00:53:06Well, aren't you both a bit early?
00:53:08I only wish I could be as sure of my future in psychiatry as you can be of your future in Washington.
00:53:15Doctor, you were analyzing me at dinner.
00:53:18The workings of my mind.
00:53:20Do go on, it's very interesting.
00:53:22I've never been psychoanalyzed before and your deductions amaze me.
00:53:25Claire, I warn you, if Jeff continues, he'll have you convinced you're baffling.
00:53:29Simply because your father ran away with another woman and your mother was relegated to hard work.
00:53:33Stanley doesn't quite believe in the powers of psychoanalysis, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:53:37But if either of you could spend a day in my office listening to some of my patients,
00:53:41you'd see the logic of my deductions.
00:53:44Or any psychiatrist's, for that matter.
00:53:46Oh, don't mind Stanley's cynicism, Doctor.
00:53:49Yes, Robert?
00:53:50Telephone for Mr. Mason.
00:53:52Excuse me.
00:53:53Certainly.
00:53:57I was telling you at dinner that I believe that money, clothes, adulation, etc. was a necessity with you.
00:54:03That some people are impelled towards an objective without even consciously knowing why.
00:54:08Is there something criminal in my being ambitious?
00:54:12Why, no criminal. Of course not.
00:54:15Unless your ambitions take a perverse form.
00:54:19Then you'll stop at nothing, right or wrong, to get what you want.
00:54:23They say the female of the species is deadlier than the male.
00:54:27Go on, Doctor.
00:54:28Sorry to interrupt, darling.
00:54:30It was my campaign manager. He arranged a last minute radio interview for tonight.
00:54:34I'll have to leave.
00:54:36You can drop me off downtown, Stanley.
00:54:38I'll get my coat.
00:54:39All right.
00:54:40Will you forgive me, darling?
00:54:41Of course, honey.
00:54:43I'm so proud of you.
00:54:46Oh, I almost forgot the good news.
00:54:48I had lunch with the D.A. this noon.
00:54:50It looks like Hanneman's murder is going to be filed away under Crimes Unsolved.
00:54:53Is there an opinion that it must have been done by a burglar?
00:54:57Oh, I'm so glad, really.
00:54:59Now I'll be able to go with you to Washington with a clear conscience.
00:55:03Say, you haven't told any of your friends about our plans, have you?
00:55:05Oh, no. Of course not.
00:55:07Good. We'll surprise them tomorrow night.
00:55:09Yes, we certainly will.
00:55:11Ready?
00:55:12Yes, thank you.
00:55:14Yes, thank you.
00:55:20Good night, Claire.
00:55:21Good night.
00:55:22Mrs. Hanneman, please don't take my mental probing too seriously.
00:55:27You're a very charming hostess.
00:55:30So don't worry.
00:55:32I never worry.
00:55:33Good night.
00:55:34Good night.
00:55:44Hello?
00:55:46Yes, this is Mrs. Hanneman.
00:55:48That's all right, Roberts. I'll take it.
00:55:50Hello?
00:55:51Who?
00:55:53How dare you call me here?
00:55:55I had to. I'm in a jam. I need some dough, and you've got to help me.
00:55:59The estate isn't settled yet.
00:56:00I told you, I don't have any money.
00:56:02Don't give me that.
00:56:03You're a smart girl, and if you haven't got it, there's no way you can find it.
00:56:06I need at least a couple of grand now and tonight, or else I go to the cops.
00:56:10I've got nothing to lose.
00:56:12I've got nothing to lose.
00:56:13I have about 700 cash in my jewelry.
00:56:15All right, bring it along.
00:56:17Meet me at the end of the old valley road.
00:56:19Be there in 20 minutes.
00:56:43Did anybody follow you?
00:56:45No.
00:56:46Then stop being nervous.
00:56:48I'm not nervous. You are.
00:56:50All right, give me this stuff and let's see if I can use it.
00:56:56These look all right.
00:56:58I got into the bookies for a couple of grand.
00:57:01They're bad little men.
00:57:03And I've been stalling.
00:57:05Tonight they told me, pay off or else.
00:57:10They wouldn't kill you for $2,000.
00:57:12They'd kill for a lot less.
00:57:14That's why I had to put the bite on you.
00:57:19Thanks, Mrs. Hanneman.
00:57:23I wouldn't double-cross anybody.
00:57:25Not unless I had to.
00:57:27I wouldn't double-cross anybody either, Blackie.
00:57:30Unless I had to.
00:57:39I'm sorry.
00:57:58The first returns have been received from the 12th Precinct.
00:58:01Mason, 311.
00:58:03Jeffers, 282.
00:58:04And Allen, 91.
00:58:07That just about cinches it.
00:58:09If I can do that well in the tent, I can carry them all.
00:58:11My gratitude, Doyle.
00:58:13Without your paper in back of me, I wouldn't have had a chance.
00:58:15Think nothing of it, Mr. Mason.
00:58:17We're glad we backed the right man.
00:58:21Well, it looks like you're in, Mr. Mason. Congratulations.
00:58:29Seen Les and Clary yet tonight?
00:58:31No, I guess she's waiting to make her grand entrance.
00:58:34That's about a hundred times you've asked for them, Hack.
00:58:36What gives?
00:58:37Uh, nothing.
00:58:46Mr. Doyle.
00:58:47Looks like we have a new congressman.
00:58:49Yes, it does.
00:58:50I'm sure he's going to be a good one.
00:58:52I hope so. We backed him.
00:58:56Hello, Clare.
00:58:58Hi, Les.
00:58:59Hi, Hack.
00:59:00Oh, good evening, Clare.
00:59:01You look stunning, as usual.
00:59:03Oh, hello, Les. Thanks for being clear for me.
00:59:06Oh, big night, huh?
00:59:08Third place is Jeffers with 162.
00:59:11Allen with 142.
00:59:13And Mason, 300 even.
00:59:15That's how big it is.
00:59:16Come on, Clare. I want you to meet some folks.
00:59:18You'll find drinks in there.
00:59:24Look, Les, there's something on my mind. I want to tell you about it.
00:59:27Uh, you better have a drink first.
00:59:30Sure.
00:59:33Hi, folks. How's the brawl?
00:59:40Well, at least the liquor's good.
00:59:42Oh, Junie, aren't you a pretty thing tonight?
00:59:45Well, it's about time you noticed me.
00:59:47The trouble with you men is you always have ink in your eyes down at the office.
00:59:50Have a fresh one?
00:59:52No, thank you. This will do.
00:59:53Les.
00:59:54Hmm?
00:59:55I'll talk to you for a minute.
00:59:56Excuse us.
00:59:59Ahem.
01:00:02What gives?
01:00:03Uh, did you come with Clare tonight?
01:00:06No. No, I came with my Aunt Martha from Penobscot.
01:00:09No, I'm serious.
01:00:11You saw her come in with me.
01:00:13You better get her out of your system right now.
01:00:16What are you talking about? Things are fine with us now.
01:00:18She couldn't be sweeter.
01:00:20You should have seen her earlier helping me get things ready for that little party up at my place tonight.
01:00:24How about a speech, Mr. Mason? We haven't had one.
01:00:26Come on, Stanley.
01:00:27Yeah, give us a speech.
01:00:28That's all I need.
01:00:30Now, wait a minute.
01:00:31Speech, all right. If you want a speech, you shall have it.
01:00:34Ladies and gentlemen, I want to introduce to you a very lovely young woman, better known to you as Clare Cummings.
01:00:40I am happy to announce that she has bestowed upon me the great honor of consenting to become my wife.
01:00:51This is a dirty low-down trick, but I'm glad it's happened.
01:00:55Someday I'll tell you all.
01:01:18All the best in the world, my dear.
01:01:20That was quite a speech you made, Stanley.
01:01:22Surprise, Jeffrey?
01:01:23Aren't you going to congratulate us, Doctor?
01:01:25It's customary.
01:01:26I hate to take you away at this moment, Stanley, but there's something I must talk to you about.
01:01:30It's important.
01:01:31But of course, Jeffrey.
01:01:32Will you excuse us?
01:01:34I know you'll enjoy living in Washington.
01:01:36When do you plan to have the wedding?
01:01:39Don't look at me like that, darling.
01:01:41What are you doing here?
01:01:43I wanted to see you alone.
01:01:45Sure, not a husband in sight.
01:01:47Dead or alive.
01:01:49I didn't have a chance to explain.
01:01:52No one can put us asunder less.
01:01:55You and me.
01:01:57You and me.
01:01:58You and me.
01:01:59You and me.
01:02:00You and me.
01:02:01You and me.
01:02:02You and me.
01:02:03You and me.
01:02:04You and me.
01:02:05No one can put us asunder less.
01:02:07You and me.
01:02:09It was more effective last time with wedding music, remember?
01:02:12Oh, you're cruel.
01:02:14I didn't mean to hurt you, and you are hurt, aren't you?
01:02:17That's how much you bother me now.
01:02:20Not a quiver.
01:02:22What about your heart?
01:02:23Claire Cummings, Hanneman Mason.
01:02:27If this keeps up, you won't be able to get your initials on your silverware.
01:02:30I can't help it, Les.
01:02:32I do love you, but you could never give me the things I must have.
01:02:36Money, importance.
01:02:37With me, they are a necessity.
01:02:39Oh, stop it, Claire.
01:02:41You're like a poison.
01:02:44Take a little bit and you're finished.
01:02:46But too much becomes an antidote.
01:02:51All right, darling.
01:02:54But if we've really come to the end...
01:02:57Stanley.
01:03:00Do you mind, Burns?
01:03:01I'd like to say something to my fiancée alone.
01:03:05Not at all, Mr. Mason.
01:03:09Not at all.
01:03:12Go right ahead.
01:03:18The congratulations are hardly over before I find you in the arms of your old sweetheart.
01:03:22That was a stupid remark.
01:03:24I had to say something to him, didn't I?
01:03:26You didn't tell him earlier.
01:03:27You said you were going to.
01:03:28Well, I couldn't find the words.
01:03:32Is that why you're angry?
01:03:35Oh, darling, let's not quarrel.
01:03:37We can do that after we're married.
01:03:38There isn't going to be any marriage.
01:03:41What are you saying?
01:03:43I'm afraid we've made a mistake.
01:03:47You can't mean that.
01:03:49What will my friends think?
01:03:50You can't mean that.
01:03:52What will my friends think?
01:03:54I couldn't stand the humiliation.
01:03:56Oh, you'll get over it.
01:03:57Quickly enough.
01:03:58As quickly as you did your other marriage.
01:04:00Why are you talking this way?
01:04:03What did that phony doctor tell you?
01:04:04That's not important.
01:04:06We've made a mistake.
01:04:07Now, let's forget it, shall we?
01:04:09But you can't throw me over.
01:04:10I've looked forward.
01:04:11I've planned.
01:04:12You're taking me to Washington with you.
01:04:14Away from these people, these memories.
01:04:17I've got to go with you, Stanley.
01:04:19No, I'm sorry.
01:04:20It's final.
01:04:23You ought to see a doctor, Claire.
01:04:25A doctor like Jeff.
01:04:27I looked for you at the party after he talked to me.
01:04:30He merely wanted to ask you something.
01:04:31Doyle told me where I'd find you, but I didn't believe him either.
01:04:35But finding you here proves many things.
01:04:39You're not well, Claire.
01:04:42I'm all right.
01:04:45I didn't mean to crack up.
01:04:46At least we could have a farewell drink together.
01:04:49No hard feelings.
01:04:51Really.
01:04:53Why don't you fix something for us?
01:04:56I must say, you're being regular about it.
01:05:16I'm sorry.
01:05:46Claire.
01:06:12Claire.
01:06:16What have you done?
01:06:20I did nothing.
01:06:23You killed him, S.
01:06:26I killed him?
01:06:27Don't you remember?
01:06:29You came in just a few minutes ago.
01:06:32You saw us talking.
01:06:34You looked funny.
01:06:35Crazy.
01:06:37You said you were going to kill Stanley because he stole me from you.
01:06:41So you picked up the knife and you...
01:06:43You stabbed him.
01:06:46Are you out of your mind?
01:06:47No, I'm not.
01:06:49You're insane.
01:06:50No.
01:06:51No, I saw you do it.
01:06:53You dropped the knife and you ran out the door.
01:06:56I tried to stop you.
01:06:59You came in just a few minutes later.
01:07:02Right now.
01:07:04You murdering little idiot.
01:07:06Let's go.
01:07:07Mason, you won.
01:07:08Alan just conceded the election.
01:07:10You're going to...
01:07:11We're going to go.
01:07:12We'll be there in a minute, right there.
01:07:17So you see, doctor.
01:07:19The evidence is really stacked against Les Burns.
01:07:22I and the others feel that he's absolutely innocent.
01:07:25Now, I asked you down here to see if there wasn't something you could do to help us prove Les is innocent and Claire's guilt.
01:07:31Because just as sure as my name is Hack Doyle, she's framed him.
01:07:34I agree with you 100%.
01:07:37I am positive that Mrs. Hanneman killed Stanley.
01:07:40But because of her testimony
01:07:42and finding the knife in Les Burns' pocket,
01:07:44her testimony,
01:07:45and finding the knife in Les' hand when you arrived at the scene,
01:07:48the police could come to only one conclusion.
01:07:51Surely there's something you can do to help him.
01:07:52He's innocent. I know he is.
01:07:54Look.
01:07:55You were once connected with a big city police department.
01:07:58Then you must have run across cases of this sort.
01:08:01I know now that Claire Cummings is a nut if I ever saw one.
01:08:05Yes, you're right, Mr. Herrick.
01:08:07I'll at least have a try at it.
01:08:09I'm just as interested in finding Stanley's murderer
01:08:12as you are in proving Mr. Burns' innocence.
01:08:16Now, I have a plan that might break her down.
01:08:25Well, good morning, Dr. Klippinger.
01:08:28To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?
01:08:31It's no pleasure for me, Mrs. Hanneman, I assure you.
01:08:38I just came to ask one question.
01:08:42Why did you kill Stanley Mason?
01:08:44What?
01:08:50How ridiculous you are, doctor.
01:08:52Am I?
01:08:56You see, I had a talk with Stanley last night concerning your betrothal
01:09:00and advised him against it.
01:09:03It's safe to assume that when he came to tell you there wouldn't be any marriage,
01:09:06you killed him in a fit of anger
01:09:08and then concocted a story to implicate Mr. Burns.
01:09:13The most absurd accusation I ever heard.
01:09:16You seem to forget that Les Burns' fingerprints were found on the knife
01:09:19and that he was seen standing with it in his hand.
01:09:23But please have all the facts, doctor.
01:09:25Not all of them.
01:09:27All they need to convict Les Burns.
01:09:31Do you mind if I finish my column?
01:09:33No.
01:09:34Why no?
01:09:36I suppose you'll tell the police I killed Stanley
01:09:39and give them that fantastic story to back up your accusations.
01:09:42It won't sound so fantastic to them, Mrs. Hanneman.
01:09:45I discovered one or two other flaws in your story.
01:09:48They'll laugh at you.
01:09:49It's insane.
01:09:50Absurd.
01:09:51Oh, you're wrong.
01:09:52It's not absurd.
01:09:53It's a lie.
01:09:54It's a lie.
01:09:55It's a lie.
01:09:56It's a lie.
01:09:57It's a lie.
01:09:58It's a lie.
01:09:59It's a lie.
01:10:00It's a lie.
01:10:01It's a lie.
01:10:02It's a lie.
01:10:03It's a lie.
01:10:04You're wrong.
01:10:05You see, I've spent my life delving into distorted minds like yours.
01:10:10I worked for the police for many years as a consulting psychiatrist.
01:10:14You sound more like a hypnotist.
01:10:16And I'm quite fed up with your insane theories.
01:10:22Now, doctor.
01:10:24Looking for something, Hank?
01:10:26Police are on their way.
01:10:28Police?
01:10:32What for?
01:10:34I don't know.
01:10:39Oh.
01:10:41I see the three of you dreamed this one up.
01:10:44Well, as long as you're going to have me arrested, you might as well read my last column.
01:10:50Go ahead, read it, Hank.
01:10:52Read it out loud.
01:10:56I killed Stanley Mason.
01:10:58I killed Carl Hanneman.
01:11:00I killed Blackie Talon.
01:11:02You didn't know about Blackie, did you?
01:11:04It's that story on page five.
01:11:06Unsolved robbery in slaying.
01:11:08I killed Stanley Mason because he no longer wanted to marry me.
01:11:16Stanley Mason was the top of the ladder for me.
01:11:19The top run.
01:11:21I had money.
01:11:23And now I was going to have position.
01:11:25He was taking me to Washington with him.
01:11:28I could leave then without making the police suspicious.
01:11:31Clever of me, wasn't it?
01:11:32Why did you frame Les Burns?
01:11:34Why?
01:11:36Because he caught me with blood on my hands.
01:11:38Because at last even he had discarded me.
01:11:42I never loved any of them.
01:11:44You, Al, Hanneman, Mason.
01:11:48But Les, I wanted to hang on to him.
01:11:52He was of no use to me, but I couldn't let him go.
01:11:57Maybe I did love him.
01:12:03Hello.
01:12:05Miss Cummings?
01:12:07No, she's out.
01:12:09I'm glad you confessed.
01:12:11Because you never could have gotten away with it much longer.
01:12:14I would have but to put you, Dr. Clippinger.
01:12:16You and your slimy scientific snooping.
01:12:18As soon as you came in, I realized it was you who turned Stanley Mason against me.
01:12:23You sent him to his death just as much as I.
01:12:26Sit down, Claire.
01:12:28Why, but for you I'd have everything I ever wanted in life.
01:12:29I hated you.
01:12:31Because you were the first man who ever saw inside my mind.
01:12:34And I'm gonna kill you.
01:12:38Let go of my arm!
01:13:00You were a little late, Murdoch.
01:13:02Well, it was probably better this way.
01:13:05I can scarcely believe it.
01:13:07A woman as beautiful as that.
01:13:10You didn't know her very well.
01:13:12None of us really know her very well.
01:13:18You know what?
01:13:20I don't know.
01:13:22I don't know.
01:13:24I don't know.
01:13:26I don't know.
01:13:27I don't know.
01:13:39She wasn't even a good newspaper woman.
01:13:57She wasn't a good newspaper woman.