1h 14min | Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 23 August 1951 (Portugal)
An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Director: Tay Garnett
Writers: Mel Dinelli (screenplay), Tom Lewis (screenplay)
Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Director: Tay Garnett
Writers: Mel Dinelli (screenplay), Tom Lewis (screenplay)
Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:30♪♪
00:00:49This is where I live. I'm a housewife. My name is Ellen Jones. That Tuesday in July
00:01:07started out just like any other day the past few months. There was no warning it
00:01:13was to be the most terrifying day of my life. I remember thinking how tired I
00:01:18felt. Even the housework seemed drudgery and so
00:01:22meaningless with George confined to his bed. No one to see or care even. And then
00:01:28I got scared because I knew I was beginning to feel sorry for myself.
00:01:33George was the one who was ill and he needed all of my thoughts and attention
00:01:38and above all my cheerfulness. I tried not to think about us, about George, how
00:01:44he'd changed. I told myself it was just my imagination that things would be
00:01:49different when he was well and strong again. Then I thought I heard him call.
00:01:57George, did you call? George, are you all right? Yes, Ellen. You want anything? Not
00:02:11now. I've just begun work on an insurance report for the office. Well call me dear
00:02:16if you need me. Okay.
00:02:41Somehow I had an odd feeling. There was something about George's voice. I found
00:02:47myself thinking about the first time we'd met. How different he was in those days.
00:02:53I remember I was sitting in Dr. Graham's office. We were talking. I played one game
00:02:59of checkers and two games of rummy and I've written letters to a wife, a mother
00:03:03and a sweetheart and I listened for a half an hour to a homesick young ensign
00:03:07from Texas. He was awful cute. Now, what else can I do to help boost the morale
00:03:12around here, huh? You could go out to dinner with me. We'd get about halfway
00:03:16through the soup and you'd get a call from the hospital. You're right. I guess my
00:03:20courting will have to wait till after the hostilities. There's a compound fracture
00:03:24down the hall who's waiting to see me but I'll be tied up for a while. They tell me
00:03:27he's feeling blue, you see. His wife's expecting a baby in a minute and I think
00:03:31he's dancing and cheering up. It's practically done. See you later. Oh, I'm sorry. They told me I could find Dr. Graham. You
00:03:40ought to be along any minute. Why don't you come on in? Sure, thank you. Are you a
00:03:44patient here, sir? In a naval hospital? Not at all. I'm just a friend of the doc's. Flew in
00:03:50last night with a ferry command. The only thing wrong with me is a double barram
00:03:55hangover. Too bad. Dr. Graham will be detained so I'm taking you for an airing. Maybe he
00:04:01doesn't want to go for an airing. He doesn't. There's nothing a woman likes better than
00:04:04shoving a man around.
00:04:31Hello. Hey. Who are you? I'm Ellen Brown. Doesn't suit you at all. It's much too plain. Oh, I'm sorry. I'd tell my parents about it but they're
00:04:48still back in Kansas City. Now what can I do for you, young man? I can think of a lot of things. Oh? Well, shall we begin with a game of cards?
00:05:00Well, I could read the newspaper to you. I could write a letter for you. I know. I know. I'll sit right here and you can tell me all about that wonderful baby you're expecting.
00:05:11The baby you're expecting. Does Ripley know about this? I beg your pardon? Skip it. Which is your bad leg? Well, neither one of them's working very well
00:05:28today. Oh, my head. Is your head bothering you? Terribly. Both of them. Would you like me to rub it for you? I couldn't think of anything nicer.
00:05:41Good. There. Now relax. Oh, close your eyes. Now just think of something pleasant. Pretty soon you'll be going home to your wife. Won't that be wonderful? Think what she looks like.
00:06:01How pretty she is. Lovely. Beautiful blue eyes, short nose, soft brown hair, and lovely kissable lips. Well, there's nothing wrong with your morale, young man. I'll recommend to the doctor that you be sent home to your wife immediately.
00:06:21Hey, wait a minute. You're all dressed. Naturally. George. Hello, Randy. Son of a gun. What are you doing here? Enjoying myself, eventually. His leg isn't even broken. No? No, it isn't. Hey, doc, what kind of nurses do you have around here, anyway? Hey, what goes on here, Ellen? Well, when I came in here, he was lying there all covered up and he let me make an absolute idiot of myself, rubbing his head. Both of them.
00:06:46Best cure in the world for a hangover. Ellen, this is George Jones, an old and untrustworthy friend of mine. Now remember, I saw her first. George Jones. The name suits you perfectly, completely undistinguished. I wouldn't say that, honey. Someday you may wind up wearing it. Shall we go?
00:07:08She's cute. It was pretty depressing having a medical student for a roommate. He was always dissecting something, including me. You've got to know what's going on inside if you expect to understand the outside. Excuse me, sir, but you're wanted at the hospital. There's an emergency. Oh, Ran, I'm sorry. So am I. Well, back to the salt mines. See you folks later. Not if I can help it.
00:07:32I intend to keep you to myself for the rest of the afternoon and for the next two weeks. When a lonely prospector strikes gold, he doesn't yell for his friends, he stakes a claim. How about some lunch? Yes, I'd love it. I don't like to make love on an empty stomach. No, neither do I. Especially to a perfect stranger. My Ellen, wherever did you get the idea that I was perfect? Oh, you. Would you like to switch boxes like we did when we were kids? Naturally.
00:07:59Oh, love it. Fried chicken, potato salad, tomatoes, cookies. Gay rations, canned ham, powdered milk, chewing gum, and four cigarettes. Coffee. Honestly, is that the best you could do? That's the best I could do with no ration card. Now, if we were to combine forces, pool our resources, I think we might do very well together.
00:08:30Here we go. All right, it's yours and good luck. Thanks, man. Goodbye, darling. Take care of yourself. I'll be back, honey. Remember that I'll be back. Of course, of course. I'll never let you go.
00:08:51Goodbye, darling.
00:09:05Quite a guy.
00:09:07Yeah, quite a guy. I'm gonna marry him, Ray. I'm gonna marry him just as soon as he gets back.
00:09:18I figured as much. Are you sure he's right for you, Ellen?
00:09:23Oh, I don't know. It's something you think about. It's just something you feel, you know. You can't do anything about it.
00:09:35I know what you mean, Ellen. The guy with wings has it all over us fellas who walk around down here.
00:09:47I'm coming up now, dear. Do you want me to bring you anything?
00:10:00No.
00:10:08You all right?
00:10:10What is it? What's the matter?
00:10:12Get a doctor.
00:10:14No, no, not that. Get a doctor. Another doctor, not Graham.
00:10:16But I have to, dear. He is your doctor.
00:10:18Don't argue with me. Don't call Graham. Get another doctor.
00:10:44He didn't want the medicine, but I made him take it.
00:10:59Good girl.
00:11:01Still ticking?
00:11:11Sounds pretty good. The air doesn't look feeling better than when Ellen called.
00:11:15What time is it?
00:11:17Five after nine, dear.
00:11:19Took you a long time to get here, Annie.
00:11:21Oh, I know it seems like it, but he came just as soon as I called him.
00:11:25How long did it take?
00:11:26About 20 minutes.
00:11:28Fortunately, Ellen caught me as I was leaving on another call.
00:11:30Yes.
00:11:31Is there some alcohol in the bathroom?
00:11:32Yes.
00:11:34Too many minutes.
00:11:36I got that pain over 45 minutes ago. Why did you delay it now?
00:11:39I didn't, dear.
00:11:41I lost a lot of time trying to get another doctor.
00:11:44But you needed him so badly, I had to call him.
00:11:46You know best.
00:11:48You always know best nowadays, don't you, Ellen?
00:11:50No, no, it isn't that.
00:11:52I just knew that he'd come sooner than anyone else.
00:11:55He's our friend, George.
00:11:59The color's better already.
00:12:01Bernie, let's not kid each other. We both know where I stand.
00:12:04My own insurance company wouldn't put a nickel on me.
00:12:06Now, look here. All of us in that same boat.
00:12:09Automobile taking unexpected turns.
00:12:11A brick falling from a high building.
00:12:13Heart condition like yours.
00:12:15They're all hazards, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll ever happen.
00:12:18Think of all the chances you took during the war.
00:12:20You didn't worry about them.
00:12:22Came out feeling better when you went in.
00:12:25Now, the only thing you have to do is lie here in bed and let us help you get well.
00:12:28Isn't that right, Ellen?
00:12:29Yeah, that's what I keep telling him.
00:12:31You're lucky in many ways, George.
00:12:33You have a wonderful wife.
00:12:35She's developed into a fine nurse.
00:12:37I don't think I'll be tying up their exclusive services much longer.
00:12:41You've got to cut out this way of thinking.
00:12:43Yeah, I know, I know.
00:12:45Would you mind, Ellen? I'd like to talk to George alone.
00:12:48No, of course not.
00:12:51I'll be across the hall if you need me.
00:12:56Those were pretty morbid things you were saying in front of Ellen.
00:13:02Has she complained?
00:13:03Certainly not.
00:13:04But you've got to think of her, too.
00:13:06She's looking a little worn.
00:13:08Now, when you get these ideas, try using a little mental therapy.
00:13:11Next you'll be telling me I ought to see a psychiatrist.
00:13:14Might be a very good idea.
00:13:15You doctors are all alike.
00:13:17You can't cure a patient, you tell him it's all in his mind.
00:13:20I'm trying to help you, George.
00:13:21You know that.
00:13:25Don't drop in again this afternoon.
00:13:27Maybe we can talk this thing out.
00:13:29Yeah, maybe we can.
00:13:38Ellen?
00:13:39Yes?
00:13:40Sit down up there with me, I want to talk to you.
00:13:48Ellen, did anything particular happen to upset George this morning?
00:13:53No, not that I know of.
00:13:56Why, do you think he's worse?
00:13:58Frankly, I don't like his mental state.
00:14:03Well, I think maybe it's just the hot weather.
00:14:07Depressive, then.
00:14:08He's been a very active man, it's natural for him to be depressed, but...
00:14:11Yes.
00:14:12When a man's at a low ebb mentally and physically,
00:14:14he's prone to all sorts of imaginary fears.
00:14:18Yes, I know.
00:14:20I'd feel better if he were in the hospital for a while.
00:14:24No.
00:14:25No, I don't think so.
00:14:26Well, you want what's best for George, don't you?
00:14:28Well, of course, that's just it.
00:14:31I think it would upset him terribly.
00:14:33You see, he doesn't seem to want anyone else around him except me.
00:14:37Well, this morning he didn't even want me to call you.
00:14:40Oh, it isn't that he's disloyal, Ran, or has lost confidence,
00:14:44but lately he seems to have taken these sudden dislikes to people.
00:14:50Look, Ellen.
00:14:51Yes?
00:14:52You and George aren't just patients, you're friends.
00:14:54George is up there brooding, and I don't like it.
00:14:56It could develop into something serious.
00:14:58If you won't send him to the hospital,
00:15:00I want you to have someone here to help you.
00:15:03I'm sure you know what's best, Ran,
00:15:05but honestly, I don't know how George will take it.
00:15:07Well, he doesn't even seem to want his aunt around anymore.
00:15:10I don't think it's wise for you to try to handle this alone any longer.
00:15:13You're stressed to the breaking point already.
00:15:15I'll take it up with George this afternoon.
00:15:18All right.
00:15:20I'd better get back upstairs.
00:15:21No, Ellen.
00:15:22Let him relax for a while.
00:15:23Oh.
00:15:24All right.
00:15:25Give the medicine a chance to work.
00:15:26Yeah.
00:15:28I want you to relax too.
00:15:35Remember now, you can call me anytime you need me,
00:15:37even if you just think you need me.
00:15:39Thanks.
00:15:40I don't know what I'd do sometimes if I didn't remember that.
00:15:45Goodbye.
00:15:46Goodbye.
00:15:47You're doing fine.
00:15:48Thanks.
00:15:59Stand where you are.
00:16:01Don't move.
00:16:02Oh, you frightened me.
00:16:04Did I?
00:16:05Yeah.
00:16:06Say, what are you all dressed up for?
00:16:08And where did you get that beautiful new tricycle?
00:16:11It's not a tricycle.
00:16:13It's a horse.
00:16:14Oh?
00:16:15A palomino.
00:16:16My grandpa gave it to me.
00:16:17Oh, he did?
00:16:18Well, it's beautiful, Billy.
00:16:20I'm not Billy.
00:16:21I'm Hoppy.
00:16:23Hoppy?
00:16:24Now, who's Hoppy?
00:16:25Don't you know who Hoppy is?
00:16:27No.
00:16:28I'm afraid I don't.
00:16:29Don't you have television?
00:16:30What?
00:16:31Don't you have television?
00:16:32No.
00:16:33Want to see mine?
00:16:34Sure.
00:16:36Look inside.
00:16:37Well, look at that.
00:16:38See?
00:16:39Hoppy's there, too.
00:16:40Just like in a real palace.
00:16:42Why, of course.
00:16:43I know him.
00:16:44That's Hopalong Cassidy.
00:16:45Uh-huh.
00:16:46Well, save many people today, Hoppy?
00:16:49Oh, six or a hundred.
00:16:51Don't try any tricks now.
00:16:52Oh, I wouldn't think of it.
00:16:54Do you have any cookies?
00:16:56No, I haven't.
00:16:57See, the grocery man hasn't come yet, but I will have later.
00:17:00You know what I do with the bad men?
00:17:02No.
00:17:03What do you do?
00:17:04I dine on them into little pieces, shot them, put them in jail.
00:17:08Oh, I don't think the real Hoppy would treat even bad men that way.
00:17:12Well, really what I did was wrestle, tie him up, throw him in jail.
00:17:19Well, that sounds like a lot more work.
00:17:21And more dangerous, too.
00:17:23Hey, I take care of you, didn't I?
00:17:25Yeah, you sure did.
00:17:26Can I come in?
00:17:27Well, honey, I'm sorry.
00:17:29I'm afraid not.
00:17:30My husband isn't feeling very well today.
00:17:31See?
00:17:32I won't make any noise.
00:17:33If I was eating cookies, I couldn't even talk.
00:17:35Uh, no, you couldn't.
00:17:37Well, I'll tell you what you do.
00:17:39After the grocery man comes, that'll be around 12 o'clock, see?
00:17:41You come to the back door very quietly, and I'll have some cookies for you.
00:17:44Okay?
00:17:45Okay.
00:17:46I'll ride my horse up and down and see that no bad people make any noise.
00:17:50Because I'm your friend, aren't I?
00:17:53That's right, Hoppy.
00:17:54You're my friend.
00:17:56I have an idea.
00:17:57I have an idea.
00:17:58I'm going to get to that car at the crossing.
00:18:26Well, George, you weren't in a bed just now, were you?
00:18:29No.
00:18:32Oh, it must be the heat.
00:18:33I could have sworn I saw somebody, right?
00:18:35What took you so long?
00:18:36What, dear?
00:18:37What took you so long?
00:18:39Sorry, dear.
00:18:40I was talking to Billy.
00:18:41I should say, Hoppy.
00:18:43Let me change your pillow.
00:18:45You know, he's the little boy I told you about who just moved into the neighborhood.
00:18:48The one with the glasses, you know.
00:18:50He's an awful sweet little kid.
00:18:52What were you talking to Rani Graham about?
00:18:54That's what I'm interested in.
00:18:55We were talking about you, dear.
00:18:57He thinks you worry too much about yourself.
00:19:01I didn't.
00:19:02I don't know who would.
00:19:10George, ever since you got out of bed yesterday to see if you could walk, I've had it on my mind.
00:19:15I want you to promise me not to get out of bed again while I'm out of the room.
00:19:19All right, Eleanor.
00:19:21Did you call the druggist about getting the heart prescription filled?
00:19:25Yes, dear.
00:19:26He said he'd send it up later in the day.
00:19:28But there's enough there if we need it before.
00:19:30Did you tell him I'd spilled it?
00:19:32No, I didn't.
00:19:33Do you feel well enough for the paper?
00:19:36Yeah.
00:19:38Editorial page?
00:19:39No, just the front page is all right, thank you.
00:19:47You look tired, Ellen.
00:19:50I'm not, just that it's so hot today.
00:19:57What are you thinking about, Ellen?
00:20:01Well, you know, I was just thinking that everything in our lives,
00:20:06every breath, every thought has been for ourselves.
00:20:10I don't think people can do that and be happy.
00:20:13Do you?
00:20:14You're getting a little confused, darling.
00:20:16It was me that Renny Graham told to change my way of thinking.
00:20:19Oh, no, no, I mean it was my fault, too.
00:20:22I... I just wasn't strong enough to help you.
00:20:27But we could change all that now.
00:20:30We could make all the difference in the world, George.
00:20:32Come here, Ellen.
00:20:33Yes?
00:20:35What's the first thing you'd do?
00:20:38When?
00:20:40When I'm out of this bed again, away from the house.
00:20:46I'd just be so grateful that you're well.
00:20:50I think I'd try to do something to somebody.
00:20:53I mean you.
00:20:55For your own self.
00:20:57Oh.
00:20:59I'd like children.
00:21:00Yeah?
00:21:01Yes.
00:21:02And then I'd like a garden.
00:21:04A real garden, like the woman next door has.
00:21:08And I'd find out about flowers and things and...
00:21:10I'd compare notes with every other woman on the block.
00:21:13So you'd have a garden and children.
00:21:15Yes.
00:21:17Oh, isn't it good to plan again?
00:21:20It kind of gives you something to hold on to, doesn't it?
00:21:23Oh, it takes a long time for things to sink in, doesn't it?
00:21:26But you always said that, George.
00:21:28You always said, make a plan for everything and then stick to it.
00:21:31All right.
00:21:33All right, our plan now is for you to get well.
00:21:37And then after...
00:21:38You must think I'm very stupid.
00:21:40Stupid?
00:21:41Don't you think I know you're in love with him?
00:21:43In love with whom?
00:21:44Graham.
00:21:47Well...
00:21:48Well, that's the silliest thing I ever heard of you.
00:21:50You're not as subtle as you think you are, Ellen.
00:21:53It's quite obvious.
00:21:54At first I thought it was just an infatuation,
00:21:56but now I realize it's more serious.
00:21:58Serious to the point where my life is more in danger from your heart than mine.
00:22:01George, what are you talking about?
00:22:03I almost feel sorry for you, Ellen.
00:22:06He overrated you, Ellen, just as he underrated me.
00:22:08You haven't the courage or the intelligence he thinks you have.
00:22:11Please don't talk like...
00:22:12Do you suppose I don't know he told you to rake over these old coals this morning?
00:22:15No, dear, he didn't.
00:22:16He convinced me I was a failure by making me impossible promises.
00:22:20I know something about my own sickness.
00:22:23I know what happens to a man when you take away his self-respect.
00:22:25George, I know.
00:22:26I know what happens when you constantly upset me.
00:22:28George, this is wrong. I know it is.
00:22:29Please don't upset yourself any more.
00:22:30Please.
00:22:32That's what he told you to do, isn't it?
00:22:34No.
00:22:35Did he also tell you to delay getting help to me like you did this morning?
00:22:38How could you do that?
00:22:39How could you take a man of second-rate intelligence...
00:22:41George, dear, we'll do anything you say.
00:22:42I'll get another doctor right away.
00:22:43You didn't know what you were letting yourself in for, did you, Ellen?
00:22:46Please don't talk any more.
00:22:55Rest here.
00:22:58Rest.
00:23:04Oh, George, you just couldn't believe those things you've said to me.
00:23:07You just couldn't believe those things you've said about Dr. Green.
00:23:10I don't even want to hear his name.
00:23:30Leave it halfway up, Ellen.
00:23:38I was so hurt, I could hardly keep from crying.
00:23:42But again, I reminded myself that George was terribly ill and he didn't mean it.
00:24:07I'm sorry.
00:24:37I'm sorry.
00:24:38I'm sorry.
00:24:39I'm sorry.
00:25:06I knew I had to keep doing something, anything.
00:25:08Anything to keep me from hearing George's words.
00:25:11He didn't mean them.
00:25:13He couldn't mean them.
00:25:15It was his illness, the heat.
00:25:18And when I took his lunch up to him, I'd be pleasant and cheerful as if nothing had happened.
00:25:27Hey.
00:25:29Hi, Hoppy.
00:25:31What's the matter?
00:25:33Oh, you don't have to whisper now. He's awake.
00:25:36I was just fixing his lunch.
00:25:38Did you come for your cookies?
00:25:40Well, it's just Dr. Green.
00:25:41And I've already had my lunch.
00:25:43You're not begging. I want to give them to you.
00:25:44There you are. Take the tray.
00:25:47Say, are you catching a cold in this weather?
00:25:51You sound just like my mom.
00:25:53No, I'm not.
00:25:54Oh.
00:25:55I've got you something, too.
00:25:57A present for me?
00:25:58Uh-huh.
00:25:59Oh, Hoppy, how nice of you.
00:26:01I wonder what this would be.
00:26:05Oh.
00:26:06That's very nice.
00:26:08Are you sure you don't want to keep it yourself?
00:26:10We've got a big television at home.
00:26:12A real one.
00:26:13This is just a pretend one.
00:26:15Well, I know it is, but it's very nice.
00:26:17And I want to thank you very much for giving it to me.
00:26:21Mommy says television's good for when you're sick.
00:26:24Mm.
00:26:25Daddy says it makes him sick.
00:26:27Oh.
00:26:28Mommy lets me look at television so I stay in bed.
00:26:31Well, I think that's a very good idea.
00:26:33I'll have to tell my husband about that.
00:26:34Can I see him?
00:26:36I can play with him if he can't go outside.
00:26:38Oh, well, that's very nice of you,
00:26:40but I don't think he's well enough to see people there.
00:26:42I won't make any noise.
00:26:44I'll just eat my cookies and look.
00:26:46Well.
00:26:48Perhaps in a week or two when he's feeling better, huh?
00:26:50Okay.
00:26:51My horse is sick.
00:26:52I gotta go see my horse.
00:26:53Okay.
00:27:04Can I take some cookies for my horse?
00:27:06Oh, by all means, take as many as you like.
00:27:08I'll go see my horse now.
00:27:10All right.
00:27:12Say, honey, are you sure you don't want
00:27:14to take that television set with you?
00:27:16The man can use it, but tell him not to break it,
00:27:18because I gotta use it later.
00:27:20Well, all right, I'll tell him.
00:27:22And thank you again, Hoppy.
00:27:24Bye.
00:27:25Bye.
00:27:28I always felt better after talking with Hoppy.
00:27:30I wondered how he'd look without his glasses.
00:27:34Ah, it's a nice thing that kids do.
00:27:38Don't break it, because I have to use it again.
00:27:44George wanted his lunch.
00:27:46That was a good sign.
00:28:05Hungry?
00:28:07Yes, as a matter of fact, I am.
00:28:09Good.
00:28:10Feeling much better.
00:28:14Hoppy sent you a present.
00:28:16Television set.
00:28:18And he says not to break it,
00:28:20because he has to use it later.
00:28:22You two are getting to be great pals, aren't you?
00:28:24Oh, yes, my darling little kitty,
00:28:25so eager to please.
00:28:27Oh, honey, not now, huh?
00:28:29All right, but at least you're gonna have
00:28:31clean hands and face before you eat.
00:28:33Ellen, has the postman come yet?
00:28:38What did you say, dear?
00:28:40The postman, has he come yet?
00:28:42Oh, no.
00:28:44No, he's very late today.
00:28:46I guess it must be the heat.
00:28:49Give him this letter when he comes, please.
00:28:52Dear, I thought you were resting.
00:28:54Oh, it's a rest in a way,
00:28:56a relief to get that written.
00:28:59New insurance, new car,
00:29:01new insurance law affects the Emerson estate.
00:29:03I've got to check on it.
00:29:04All right, dear, all right.
00:29:06I'll meet him at the gate.
00:29:07Give it to him.
00:29:08I'll tell him.
00:29:10Okay.
00:29:19There you are.
00:29:20Looks good.
00:29:21Yeah, just good.
00:29:24Oh, Ellen,
00:29:26letter.
00:29:27Oh, sorry.
00:29:29And if you finish before I get back,
00:29:31don't try to put that tray on the floor.
00:29:33You remember what happened the last time.
00:29:34All right.
00:29:36Say, you really wrote a letter, didn't you?
00:29:59I wanted to stop a minute
00:30:01and chat with neighbors,
00:30:03but I knew George wouldn't like it.
00:30:08He didn't believe in neighbors.
00:30:11And then I saw the postman.
00:30:25Hello.
00:30:26Hello.
00:30:28When do you think this heat's going to break?
00:30:31Good morning, Mr. Karski.
00:30:33Oh, good morning, Mrs. Jones.
00:30:35It certainly is hot, isn't it?
00:30:36Oh, it sure is,
00:30:37especially with this mailbag.
00:30:39Looks heavy, all right.
00:30:40Well, if I'm all in now,
00:30:41I wonder what I'm going to be like this afternoon.
00:30:43I guess I'll live.
00:30:45Everything's so high,
00:30:46I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone.
00:30:48Got a pension plan.
00:30:50Did I tell you about it?
00:30:51Yes, you did.
00:30:52Well, you've got to follow it to a T.
00:30:54Every penny counts.
00:30:55You know, my wife doesn't understand that.
00:30:57She says I'm an old penny pincher.
00:30:59No.
00:31:00But I told her that...
00:31:01Mr. Karski,
00:31:02would you take this letter for me, please?
00:31:04Thanks.
00:31:05I'll swear,
00:31:06I bring in more mail than I take out.
00:31:08Well, I'm sorry.
00:31:09I'd run up to the mailbox with it myself,
00:31:11but I don't like to leave the house
00:31:12so long with my husband being ill and all, you know.
00:31:14Well, one never figures how it slows me up
00:31:15lugging everybody's mail around in this awful heat.
00:31:17Sorry.
00:31:18My feet are throbbing.
00:31:20Your feet ever...
00:31:21Yeah, I know just what you mean.
00:31:23You know, I want to be way out
00:31:24on Pine Avenue and Merritt Street
00:31:26by noon with the way I'm going.
00:31:27I won't be out there till 1 o'clock.
00:31:29Not with everybody giving me mail to take back.
00:31:31Is that mail for me?
00:31:33Huh?
00:31:34That mail, is it mine?
00:31:35Oh, yes.
00:31:36Excuse me.
00:31:38It's all right.
00:31:39It's that retirement plan that keeps me going.
00:31:40Yeah, I'll bet it is.
00:31:41Well, thanks again, Mr. Karski.
00:31:42You're welcome.
00:31:44Well, glad to see your husband's well enough
00:31:45to be out, Mrs. Jones.
00:31:47Goodbye.
00:31:49I wish I could lie down for a while.
00:31:55Oh, George, you were out of bed.
00:31:57And you promised me you wouldn't...
00:31:58No, I can't get out of bed in my condition.
00:32:00But, dear, the postman said he saw you at the window.
00:32:02Did he really?
00:32:04Well, no, he...
00:32:05He didn't actually say he saw you.
00:32:07The postman's got a touch of sunstroke.
00:32:11Yeah.
00:32:13Well, I'm going to bed.
00:32:15Good night.
00:32:17Good night.
00:32:19Good night.
00:32:21Good night.
00:32:23Yeah, me too, I guess.
00:32:28The hot wind certainly doesn't help much.
00:32:30You finished?
00:32:31Yes, very nice.
00:32:34I'm glad you got that letter off.
00:32:37Come over here, Ellen.
00:32:38Sit down.
00:32:46Would you like your Aunt Clara to come up
00:32:47and visit for a little while today?
00:32:49It's pretty hot for the old girl.
00:32:50Oh, she'd love it if you asked for her.
00:32:52You're the apple of her eye, you know.
00:32:54I always was.
00:32:56You know, Aunt Clara gave me a toy when I was a kid,
00:33:00a toy I was crazy about.
00:33:02My mother used to tell her she gave me too much,
00:33:04but I can still remember that toy.
00:33:06It was a bottle with a small,
00:33:08absolutely perfect sailing ship built inside of it.
00:33:12You know, I was...
00:33:14I was so crazy about that toy,
00:33:16I wouldn't let anybody touch it.
00:33:18Not even my mother.
00:33:20One day I was making a garden, I think.
00:33:24Making a garden in the backyard.
00:33:27A neighbor boy came running out of my house
00:33:29with my ship in his hand.
00:33:31Somehow I got it away from him without breaking it.
00:33:36I don't know what I said to him,
00:33:38but he looked awfully scared and frightened.
00:33:40And suddenly I was frightened too,
00:33:42thinking he might have broken it, the ship.
00:33:44I mean, I picked up the little rake
00:33:46I'd been playing with and began hitting him with it.
00:33:49And when his face had been so white, it was all blood.
00:33:52I think I might have killed him
00:33:54if mother hadn't come out.
00:33:56She took him into the house
00:33:58and in the bathroom washed his face.
00:34:00They were both so excited that I felt safe.
00:34:02I had my little ship again.
00:34:05When the neighbor boy stopped crying,
00:34:07mother turned to me and she said,
00:34:09give it to him.
00:34:11She sounded so strange and quiet,
00:34:13I knew I had to.
00:34:15He held out his hand,
00:34:17I could see he hadn't learned anything,
00:34:19but just as he was about to take it,
00:34:21I let it drop on the tile floor and I stepped on it.
00:34:24He'd never have known what it was,
00:34:26but somehow or other it was mine.
00:34:28Mine more than it had ever been before.
00:34:30I remembered every little perfect thing about that ship.
00:34:34But to them it was just a mess
00:34:36of broken glass and matchsticks on the bathroom floor.
00:34:41Tell him.
00:34:43You know who that neighbor boy looked like?
00:34:46You know, very much like Graham.
00:34:49Your Dr. Graham was going to find himself
00:34:51in exactly the same position as that little boy.
00:34:55But we're not going to have him here again.
00:34:58But that doesn't change the fact
00:35:00that you're wrong about him.
00:35:02He's been wonderful to you, so thoughtful
00:35:04and given you so much time.
00:35:06Maybe that's because he's a bachelor,
00:35:08no home life.
00:35:10He's been a good friend to us.
00:35:12Ellen, don't say that.
00:35:13He's been a good friend to us.
00:35:15Ellen, time's limited, so you must listen carefully.
00:35:18Randy Graham may have you all right,
00:35:22but he'll be disappointed with what he gets.
00:35:28George, please.
00:35:32George, I can't let you talk this way anymore.
00:35:39I'll fill this up.
00:36:13I'll be downstairs if you want me.
00:36:15You'd better wait, Ellen.
00:36:17I've written a district attorney
00:36:19asking him to make a complete investigation
00:36:21if anything happens to me today
00:36:23before he can get help to me.
00:36:26Why do you talk to yourself like this?
00:36:28Why do you imagine things that don't exist?
00:36:30I'll let her exist.
00:36:32It proves you're trying to kill me.
00:36:34I'm not trying to kill you.
00:36:36I'm not trying to kill you.
00:36:38I'm not trying to kill you.
00:36:40I'm not trying to kill you.
00:36:41It proves you're trying to kill me.
00:36:43But I'm not.
00:36:45I'm not.
00:36:47If I can't help you, George,
00:36:49then I'm going to get someone else in who can.
00:36:51It's not me that needs help now, Ellen.
00:36:53You gave that letter to the postman yourself
00:36:55just a while ago.
00:36:57Yes, yes, I gave him the letter,
00:36:59the one that you wrote about insurance policies.
00:37:01I knew you wouldn't recognize a district attorney's name
00:37:03if you saw it.
00:37:05Nobody ever does.
00:37:07Isn't that strange?
00:37:09Everybody knows there's a district attorney,
00:37:11and there's another doctor.
00:37:13Because this is all in your mind.
00:37:15My mind is fine.
00:37:17Just to reassure you on that point,
00:37:19let me tell you what that letter was about insurance.
00:37:21I told the district attorney
00:37:23how much insurance we had on each other's lives.
00:37:25And if either one of us died,
00:37:27the other would do very nicely for the rest of his life,
00:37:29or her life very comfortably indeed.
00:37:31Oh.
00:37:33I also told him how you and Dr. Graham,
00:37:35how you were working together
00:37:37to aggravate my condition
00:37:39so it wouldn't look like murder.
00:37:41George!
00:37:43I also told him how you were
00:37:45gradually giving me overdoses of heart medicine.
00:37:48But that isn't true.
00:37:50Anyone would know that isn't true.
00:37:52Would they?
00:37:54Why is that bottle almost empty, huh?
00:37:56We only got it the other day.
00:37:58Well, you...
00:38:00You told me that you spilled it on the tray.
00:38:02You told me that yourself, George.
00:38:04You didn't tell the druggist that.
00:38:06Oh, Mr. Phillips will make an excellent witness
00:38:08against you, Ellen.
00:38:09You'll be the first if anything happens to me.
00:38:11And let me tell you, there'll be others.
00:38:13The letter takes care of everything.
00:38:15The druggist, the medicine, the doctor,
00:38:17he's in it too.
00:38:19Oh, you've implicated your old friend, Graham, you know.
00:38:21Nothing's going to happen to you.
00:38:24I don't know whether you're doing this to frighten me or not,
00:38:26but I'm going downstairs and get that letter back
00:38:28from that postman.
00:38:30You're not going anyplace anymore, Ellen.
00:38:32Because I'm going to kill you.
00:38:34I decided that definitely this morning.
00:38:40You...
00:38:42You couldn't mean this, George.
00:38:44You couldn't.
00:38:46George, you know I wouldn't hurt anybody.
00:38:48Anybody, much less you.
00:38:51George, think, it's me, it's Ellen, it's Ellen.
00:38:54But you did want to be rid of me.
00:38:56It was in your mind.
00:38:58That's why you feel so guilty, isn't it?
00:39:00No.
00:39:02The letter will take care of Graham.
00:39:04I'll take care of you myself.
00:39:06I'll make it look like self-defense.
00:39:07Please don't.
00:39:09There are just too many things against you, Ellen.
00:39:12You used to say that you were lonesome until you met me.
00:39:16George.
00:39:18George, you love me.
00:39:20I love you, George.
00:39:22And since I've been sick, since he's been coming to the house,
00:39:24you've headed the side of me.
00:39:26No, I haven't.
00:39:38No.
00:39:40No!
00:39:51It was one of those awful dreams.
00:39:54The kind I used to have when George was overseas.
00:40:01That man lying there was George.
00:40:04My husband.
00:40:05He was dead.
00:40:07And he died trying to kill me.
00:40:27Hello?
00:40:29Hello?
00:40:30Hello?
00:40:31Yes?
00:40:32Mrs. Jones?
00:40:33Yes, who is it?
00:40:35Mr. Phillips, down at the drug store.
00:40:37What is it that you want, Mr. Phillips?
00:40:39Well, it's about that heart medicine you want refilled.
00:40:42Yes?
00:40:44You can't refill it without another prescription.
00:40:47I see.
00:40:49We'll just let it go.
00:40:51Let it go?
00:40:53That is, until I talk with Dr. Graham.
00:40:55Oh.
00:40:57By the way, Mrs. Jones, according to my records,
00:40:59you got that prescription filled just the other day.
00:41:01But my husband knocked that bottle over on the tray
00:41:03and spilled it!
00:41:05You didn't tell me that when you called before.
00:41:07But that's what happened, I promise you!
00:41:09That's what happened, Mr. Phillips!
00:41:11All right, all right, Mrs. Jones.
00:41:13You don't have to promise anything.
00:41:15I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it was necessary.
00:41:17Well, it wasn't.
00:41:19Look here, Mrs. Jones, I didn't mean to frighten you.
00:41:21George said that Mr. Phillips would be a witness against me.
00:41:23I just thought it was such a good time
00:41:25that you got that prescription filled.
00:41:27I warned you, that's all.
00:41:29Yes.
00:41:31I'll see that you get another prescription.
00:41:33Yes, you just get in touch with Dr. Graham
00:41:36Oh, why didn't I tell him about George?
00:41:46That letter.
00:41:48I had to get that letter back.
00:41:51I couldn't tell anyone about George
00:41:53until I got that letter back.
00:41:55I could feel the woman next door watching me.
00:41:59Maybe she'd be a witness against me, too.
00:42:02She could tell them how I ran out of the house
00:42:03and then back in again.
00:42:06How strangely I was acting.
00:42:09It wouldn't matter what she thought
00:42:11if I could only get that letter back.
00:42:14I tried to think, which way did he go?
00:42:34What's that for, Tex?
00:42:36Who knows?
00:42:38The heap needs everything we can put in it.
00:42:40Yeah, but what'll it do?
00:42:42Who cares?
00:42:44Pardon me, can you tell me,
00:42:46did the postman go by here yet?
00:42:48The postman?
00:42:49Yeah.
00:42:51Yeah, old Oddball plowed his way through here a little while ago.
00:42:53Oh, which way did he go, do you know?
00:42:55That-a-way.
00:42:57Oh, thanks.
00:42:59Yeah, that way towards Merritt Street, you know.
00:43:01Yeah, I know.
00:43:04Oh, I'm sorry!
00:43:14That's right.
00:43:16You know, every time I go home at night,
00:43:18I always tell my wife, Laura,
00:43:20if it wasn't for that pension plan of yours,
00:43:22I'd just never get up.
00:43:24I'd just drop my tracks one of these days
00:43:26and that'd settle it.
00:43:28I'd just never get up anymore, and that's all.
00:43:30You know how it is when you have to.
00:43:31Hello, Mr. Carson.
00:43:33See you later, Joe.
00:43:35Yeah, see you later, Mr. O.
00:43:37Well, Joan, what are you doing out this way?
00:43:39I was visiting a friend.
00:43:41Oh, that's nice.
00:43:43I wish I had more time for visiting.
00:43:45But by the time I get home at night,
00:43:47I can just hardly make it up the stairs.
00:43:49I tell my wife that-
00:43:51Mr. Carson, remember that letter I gave you this morning?
00:43:53Yeah, I suppose so.
00:43:55I pick up funny letters, why, what about it?
00:43:57Well, I know it seems silly, but I-
00:43:59I mailed it by mistake, it wasn't even finished.
00:44:01Well, I don't know, I guess I was just so busy-
00:44:03Well, finish it up and mail the rest of it tomorrow.
00:44:05They'll get it to installment.
00:44:07Now, you wouldn't want me to do that.
00:44:09May I have the letter, please?
00:44:12First I pick them up and carry them around for miles
00:44:14and then they want them back again.
00:44:16Oh, I'm sorry, but you can understand why
00:44:18I wouldn't want it to go out unfinished.
00:44:20Yeah, I guess so, but all these delays count.
00:44:22Keep me on my feet longer than I ought to be.
00:44:24Well, it won't be much trouble, will it?
00:44:26Yeah, here it is.
00:44:29Here's the letter in the first place.
00:44:31Why?
00:44:33Giving me this letter is just like putting it in the mailbox.
00:44:35Now, you wouldn't expect to get this back
00:44:37from the mailbox, would you?
00:44:39No, but surely you can make this assumption.
00:44:41After all, I-
00:44:43Isn't this, uh, this fellow the district attorney?
00:44:46Yes.
00:44:48Yes, my husband read about some graft in the newspaper
00:44:51and he wrote to the district attorney about it.
00:44:53Oh, your husband wrote the letter.
00:44:55Yes, uh-huh.
00:44:57Thought you said you wrote it.
00:44:59Oh, it makes all the difference in the world,
00:45:01Mrs. Jones.
00:45:03But why?
00:45:05It's one of our strictest rules.
00:45:07We can't return a letter to anyone
00:45:09except the person who wrote it.
00:45:11But Mr. Carson, my husband's sick.
00:45:13You know that, and he sent me to get the letter back.
00:45:15Yes, I know that.
00:45:17Oh, don't be so obstinate.
00:45:19You know it's all right.
00:45:21He's sick.
00:45:23Give it to me.
00:45:25Obstinate?
00:45:27Now, how do you like that?
00:45:29You're not the one who'd get fired.
00:45:31Oh.
00:45:33I'm sorry.
00:45:35I'm very sorry, Mr. Carson.
00:45:37I forgot what it means to you.
00:45:39Your responsibility and all.
00:45:41It must be this terrible heat.
00:45:43Please.
00:45:45I know how anxious my husband is to get that letter back.
00:45:47It was my fault.
00:45:49You see, I mailed it by mistake.
00:45:51He's awfully upset with me.
00:45:53He's very angry with me, Mr. Carson.
00:45:55Couldn't you please help me?
00:45:57Couldn't I please have the letter back?
00:45:59I'm all through the route until this afternoon's delivery,
00:46:01and since it's so important, like you say...
00:46:03Oh, it is.
00:46:05Well, if you'll give me a lift back to town in your car
00:46:07so as I won't lose any more time...
00:46:09I will.
00:46:11I'll go over to your house with you right now
00:46:13and give the letter to Mr. Jones personally.
00:46:15No, no, you can't.
00:46:17But Mrs. Jones, this way I'll be sticking to the rules
00:46:19and your husband will get his letter back.
00:46:21But my husband didn't sleep last night,
00:46:23and he fell asleep just before I left,
00:46:25and I wouldn't want to wake you.
00:46:27I'm trying to do the right thing by everybody concerned,
00:46:29and it's not my job for anybody.
00:46:31I'm trying to understand.
00:46:33Now, I can't talk about it any longer.
00:46:35I can't waste any more time.
00:46:37Do you want me to take the letter to your husband personally,
00:46:39or don't you?
00:46:41No.
00:46:43All right, then I'll take it to the post office
00:46:45like I'm supposed to.
00:46:47You can go down there and get it from the superintendent.
00:46:49The superintendent?
00:46:51Yeah, he's got more authority than I have.
00:46:53Maybe he'll give it to you.
00:46:55I see.
00:46:57But you better not waste any more time.
00:46:59Oh, Mr. Carson, how do I get there?
00:47:01The shortest way?
00:47:03Right on down the boulevard is the shortest.
00:47:05You can't miss it.
00:47:07Thanks.
00:47:09How much time do I have?
00:47:11Oh, about 2.30, maybe a little before.
00:47:30Ellen?
00:47:32Ellen!
00:47:59Ellen!
00:48:30Pardon me.
00:48:32Yes?
00:48:34Have you seen Mrs. Jones this morning?
00:48:36Yes.
00:48:38She went out about a half hour ago.
00:48:40Went out?
00:48:42Yes.
00:48:44But what about George?
00:48:46Mr. Jones?
00:48:48She hasn't gone off and left him alone, has she?
00:48:50Well, her husband's sick, you know.
00:48:52So I've heard.
00:48:54Of course, I never really met them,
00:48:56though I haven't lived here long.
00:48:57I can't imagine her going off like that.
00:48:59I'm Mr. Jones's aunt.
00:49:01I made him some jellied consomme.
00:49:03I packed it in ice.
00:49:05It's melting.
00:49:07I never dreamt I wouldn't get in.
00:49:09I could tell you where the key is.
00:49:11The key?
00:49:13Perhaps you'll think it's nosy,
00:49:15but I happened to see her when she locked the door.
00:49:17Well, isn't that good of you?
00:49:19The front door?
00:49:21Yes.
00:49:23It's right over there, above the door.
00:49:27If I had a hat on, I'd dry up like a bee.
00:49:34The top of the green shutter.
00:49:36The far side of the door.
00:49:38I found it.
00:49:40If there's anything I can do for you, just call me.
00:49:42You'd be very kind.
00:49:58Come on.
00:50:23Aunt Clara.
00:50:25How long have you been?
00:50:27Have you been upstairs?
00:50:29I was just going up.
00:50:31Why are you so out of breath?
00:50:33I've been running and...
00:50:35Running and all this heat?
00:50:37Just to have more sense.
00:50:39How did you get in?
00:50:41I found the key on the ledge.
00:50:43There, look at that.
00:50:45Stripped right down like this.
00:50:47Now it's ruined.
00:50:49I was worried half to death.
00:50:51I thought something had happened.
00:50:53Happened?
00:50:55I've never known you to go off like this.
00:50:57Yes.
00:50:59Oh, people take too much medicine nowadays, if you ask me.
00:51:01When I was a girl, we had homeopathic doctors.
00:51:04Wonder what ever happened to them.
00:51:06Anyway, they gave you very little medicine,
00:51:08and all of it tasted good, even the tonics.
00:51:10And no barbiturates at all.
00:51:12Ellen, I've never seen you look so tired and worn out.
00:51:14Why don't you ask that doctor to give you something?
00:51:16All right.
00:51:18Looks a little young to me to be a good doctor.
00:51:20But after all, if you and George like him so much,
00:51:22confidence is half the battle.
00:51:24And you look awful peaky.
00:51:25You're not letting yourself go, are you, dear?
00:51:27I know I look terrible.
00:51:29When George fell asleep, I had some errands to do.
00:51:34I'll get you some.
00:51:37I just thought I'd go and take care of him
00:51:40without bothering to change.
00:51:42You know how it is.
00:51:44You sure you're all right?
00:51:46Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit, dear?
00:51:48Take a little snooze, it'll do you good.
00:51:50I'm not tired, really I'm not.
00:51:52Well, after all.
00:51:53Oh, Clara, I have so much to do today.
00:51:55Oh, sit down, Ellen.
00:51:57Lean back, relax.
00:52:00You'll be on your back before you know it
00:52:02if you don't watch out.
00:52:04After all, all I want to do is to help you.
00:52:06From now on, I'm going to have more time, too.
00:52:08Ellen, I forgot to tell you.
00:52:10I resign.
00:52:12Resign?
00:52:14From the Helper's Guild after 15 years.
00:52:16I'm not helping anymore.
00:52:18I'll leave the kitchen door open
00:52:20and then we can talk while I'm cleaning.
00:52:21You might as well, you're so fidgety.
00:52:23Oh, Ellen, while you're on your feet,
00:52:25will you bring me a damp cloth?
00:52:27For 15 years, I was in that guild
00:52:29and for the past five, I was treasurer.
00:52:31And for the last three,
00:52:33they were promising me the presidency.
00:52:35So what happens?
00:52:37Last Tuesday, they let Cora Constock,
00:52:39you know, Zachary's brother's wife.
00:52:41Well, I was furious.
00:52:43Zachary said I was hasty.
00:52:45But after 15 years, you know,
00:52:47I've never known a small woman yet
00:52:49who wasn't always boasting about a little girl.
00:52:51With little hands and tiny feet
00:52:53and trying to run everything.
00:52:55Do you think I was right?
00:52:5715 years, after all.
00:52:59Zachary was upset.
00:53:01He says I need lots of outside activity.
00:53:03And I agree.
00:53:05I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.
00:53:11I always tell him he plays too much at his age.
00:53:14That's just one of the worries
00:53:16of being married to an older man.
00:53:18Oh, Ellen, why don't you have
00:53:19some of this consomme?
00:53:21At least it was jellied when I left home fried.
00:53:23It's tasty and it's full of vitamins.
00:53:25I'd like someone to enjoy it.
00:53:27After all, it ruined my dress.
00:53:29Oh, I think I'll run up and pop in on George.
00:53:31If he's asleep, he can tell him later
00:53:33that I peaked it.
00:53:37Hey, Clara.
00:53:39Clara.
00:53:41What is it, Ellen?
00:53:43There's something I must tell you.
00:53:45Well, what is it, dear?
00:53:47What's the matter?
00:53:49I'm sorry, but now I think that I must.
00:53:51Don't.
00:53:53Take my advice and don't.
00:53:55You'll only be sorry later that you did.
00:53:57I thought it was funny your being out like that
00:53:59and not going up to see George when you came in.
00:54:01But you don't understand.
00:54:03Yes, I understand.
00:54:05I'll just say goodbye to him.
00:54:07No, please don't.
00:54:09I didn't want to tell you this,
00:54:11but George said that the last time you came to see him,
00:54:13you upset him terribly.
00:54:15And he said to tell you that if you came again today
00:54:17to tell you that he just couldn't see you,
00:54:19upset him.
00:54:21You must remember he's ill.
00:54:23Upset him.
00:54:25Well, I've a good mind to tell him something.
00:54:27No, please.
00:54:29Well, I wouldn't think of humiliating myself.
00:54:31He knew I was here all the time.
00:54:33Well, he's rude, mean, and selfish before he was sick,
00:54:35and he's rude, mean, and selfish since he's been sick.
00:54:37I'm sorry I had to tell you this.
00:54:39Well, I thought when I first met you,
00:54:41you'd do something for him, change him somehow.
00:54:43But I must say he hasn't changed at all.
00:54:45He's worse, if anything.
00:54:47And Ellen, you can tell George from me
00:54:49that he makes a very small package.
00:54:55I wondered how much time I had.
00:54:59She was right, I must look awful.
00:55:01I had to fix myself up before I could go to the post office.
00:55:06I had to go in there.
00:55:08I was terrified, but I knew I had to.
00:55:20George.
00:55:22He was dead.
00:55:24I mustn't let myself think about it.
00:55:26I mustn't think about anything,
00:55:28anything until I get that letter back.
00:55:30That letter that said I killed him.
00:55:31George, he was dead.
00:55:35I mustn't let myself think about it.
00:55:37I mustn't think about anything, anything,
00:55:39until I get that letter back.
00:55:41That letter that said I killed him.
00:55:46Maybe it was a dream.
00:55:50No, it wasn't.
00:55:53I must fix my face.
00:55:55I must look presentable, like any other housewife.
00:55:59Making a simple request for a letter.
00:56:02A letter that was mailed by mistake.
00:56:15The gun.
00:56:17It was still in George's hand.
00:56:19Somehow I knew I shouldn't leave it there.
00:56:28Bagman, Bagman.
00:56:46Come down, Mr. Hayes.
00:56:48I'll take care of him for you.
00:56:51It's all right, Hoppy.
00:56:53It was the radio.
00:56:54I just turned it off.
00:56:55Need any help?
00:56:56No.
00:56:57No, everything's all right.
00:56:59I see it.
00:57:01Bagman, Bagman.
00:57:04Come, I've got you.
00:57:08I prayed that no one else had heard that shot.
00:57:39I thought perhaps if I didn't answer,
00:57:41he'd think no one was home and he'd go away.
00:57:44But he didn't.
00:57:45He just rang the bell again and then stood there.
00:57:52But then I knew I had to get rid of him.
00:57:59Yes?
00:58:00Good evening.
00:58:02Yes?
00:58:03Good afternoon.
00:58:04I'm Mr. Russell.
00:58:05Yes?
00:58:06I'd like to see Mr. Jones.
00:58:07He's expecting me.
00:58:09Expecting you?
00:58:10Yes.
00:58:11He telephoned me the other day.
00:58:14Well, there must be some mistake.
00:58:16My husband is not well.
00:58:18He isn't able to leave his bed.
00:58:20He told me he was ill, but he did telephone
00:58:21to be here this afternoon.
00:58:23Well, nevertheless, he isn't well enough to see anyone.
00:58:26It's a business matter, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:28I'm sorry.
00:58:29But the doctors forbid him to see anyone.
00:58:31He warned me that I'd get some resistance from you.
00:58:34He did?
00:58:35He explained that you were over solicitous about his health,
00:58:38but that I wasn't to take you seriously.
00:58:40Oh.
00:58:41Your husband only wants me to authenticate
00:58:43some legal papers.
00:58:44I'm a notary.
00:58:45Won't take but a few minutes.
00:58:46I'm sorry.
00:58:47I've already told you he isn't well enough.
00:58:49He's had a relapse.
00:58:50The doctor just left here a few minutes ago.
00:58:52And he said he wasn't able to see anyone today.
00:58:54Not anyone.
00:58:55Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:57Oh, that's all right.
00:58:58I'll leave my card.
00:59:00Perhaps you'll call me.
00:59:01Yes.
00:59:02Yes, I'll call you.
00:59:04Good afternoon.
00:59:05Goodbye.
00:59:16Could he be another witness?
00:59:18Couldn't think what I'd said to him.
00:59:22Oh, I'd have to be more careful.
00:59:36Suddenly, I remembered what happened the last time.
00:59:39I had to be sure no one could get into the house.
00:59:43I had to be careful.
00:59:45I had to be careful.
00:59:47I had to be careful.
00:59:49I always make sure nobody gets into the house.
01:00:00Circle!
01:00:01I'm an anchor!
01:00:02I'm an anchorage!
01:00:03I'm going to the car!
01:00:08Hi.
01:00:09We're to the crossing.
01:00:10This is us.
01:00:11Billie.
01:00:12Where are you going?
01:00:13Are you all right?
01:00:14Sure.
01:00:15Can I go with?
01:00:16No, you can't.
01:00:17I'm sorry.
01:00:18For heaven's sake, be more careful, will you?
01:00:19Don't you ever do a thing like that again, you hear me?
01:00:22OK.
01:00:22My horse ate up all the cookies.
01:00:25Well, I'll give you some more later on.
01:00:26After that?
01:00:28Yes, after that.
01:00:29Now, you stay right there in that driveway until I get out.
01:00:31You understand?
01:00:32OK.
01:00:34All I remember about the drive downtown was I kept thinking,
01:00:38this time I must control myself.
01:00:41I must keep calm.
01:01:03We caught it in plenty of time, Mrs. Jones.
01:01:05It was brought in just a little while ago.
01:01:07It wasn't even processed yet.
01:01:08Then I can have it now?
01:01:09Of course.
01:01:12Heavens.
01:01:13Now, I'm glad we caught it in time for you.
01:01:16My husband will be so pleased to have it back.
01:01:18I'll give you one of our regular forms here.
01:01:21A form?
01:01:22Yes, one of these.
01:01:23Oh.
01:01:26You mean I can't take the letter with me now?
01:01:28Just take the form home to Mr. Jones, have him fill it out.
01:01:31And when you bring it back, I'll have the letter right here,
01:01:34and I'll give it to you.
01:01:37But why is that necessary?
01:01:38Just regulations.
01:01:40Among other things, it'll give me
01:01:42a chance to compare Mr. Jones's handwriting
01:01:44with the writing on the envelope.
01:01:45Well, I can assure you, it's my husband's handwriting.
01:01:47Yes, I'm sure, yes.
01:01:48But I must have one of those forms for my records.
01:01:52Oh.
01:01:53But, uh, but my husband's been very ill.
01:01:58And everything bothers him so.
01:02:00And if I don't have this letter for him when I go home,
01:02:02he'll be awfully upset.
01:02:03Why should he?
01:02:05Well, you see, uh, I'm afraid that he said
01:02:09a lot of very strong things, and he regrets them now.
01:02:13You can explain to him that it won't be delivered.
01:02:16It'll be held right here till the form comes back to him.
01:02:18Yeah, but it's so hard to reason with a person who's ill.
01:02:22Well, you know how it is.
01:02:23They exaggerate the importance of everything.
01:02:27And what with his heart condition,
01:02:29I wouldn't want to take a chance.
01:02:32Really, I must have the letter for him when I go home now.
01:02:35I must.
01:02:38Mrs. Jones, I think I can take a chance.
01:02:43I'll let you fill out the form for your husband.
01:02:45Oh, that's very nice.
01:02:46On one condition.
01:02:47I, of course, must make sure the contents of the letter.
01:02:51What do you mean?
01:02:52It'll be strictly confidential, but of course,
01:02:54the letter must be opened and read.
01:02:57Open the letter?
01:02:58Yes, to make sure that it is the letter to the district attorney, as you say.
01:03:01No, no, you can't.
01:03:02I beg your pardon?
01:03:03I won't have anyone prying into my husband's mail.
01:03:05Prying?
01:03:06I want that letter back, do you understand?
01:03:08Unopened.
01:03:09Mrs. Jones, I was about to tell you, if you'd let me finish,
01:03:12that I would call your husband for you,
01:03:15explain the situation reasonably,
01:03:16and ask his permission for you to open the letter, not me.
01:03:22I'm sorry.
01:03:24I'm very sorry, I didn't mean to say that.
01:03:29But you don't seem to understand.
01:03:30No, I don't understand, Mrs. Jones.
01:03:33And I have no alternative but to send the letter on through to the distributing room.
01:03:39Good day.
01:03:54Good day.
01:04:25Mrs. Jones.
01:04:28Mrs. Jones.
01:04:31I don't want to intrude, but I couldn't help noticing you all day long.
01:04:35I've had the feeling that you...
01:04:38that something was wrong.
01:04:40And I'd so like to be able to help you.
01:04:43Oh, I know we haven't been too neighborly,
01:04:45but trouble's something else again.
01:04:47Can I help you?
01:04:49Is there something I can do for you?
01:04:52Of course, I know you're anxious to get up to your husband,
01:04:55so you run up and see if he's comfortable and settled,
01:04:57and then you come over, or call me.
01:05:01I'll be waiting for you.
01:05:05She was kind.
01:05:07She might have been my friend.
01:05:10She might have helped me.
01:05:23And then I remembered Rand.
01:05:25He said he was going to stop in again to see George.
01:05:28I couldn't let him do that.
01:05:30He mustn't come here again.
01:05:33Ever.
01:05:44Dr. Graham's office.
01:05:46Hello, this is Mrs. Jones' office.
01:05:48Dr. Graham's office.
01:05:50Hello, this is Mrs. Jones. Is Dr. Graham there?
01:05:53Oh, he isn't here, Mrs. Jones.
01:05:54Can you locate him, please? It's urgent.
01:05:56If it's an emergency, I could trace him through his house calls.
01:05:59Please do.
01:06:01It's very important that Dr. Graham doesn't come here today.
01:06:13Now, I hope you understand.
01:06:15Of course. I'll do my best.
01:06:17Goodbye.
01:06:18Goodbye.
01:06:27Doctor, I just called your office, and I just told your nurse that I...
01:06:29What is it?
01:06:30Well, George felt he wanted to consult another doctor.
01:06:34And I did, too, and he just left,
01:06:36and I really think it would be better if you didn't see him again today.
01:06:40Oh?
01:06:42What doctor did you call?
01:06:45Oh, uh...
01:06:47Um...
01:06:48I'm sorry, I've forgotten his name.
01:06:51I called the medicine store for her doctor,
01:06:53and she gave me his telephone number, and, uh...
01:06:55George liked him very much.
01:06:57I see.
01:06:58Yes.
01:07:00Is he a heart specialist?
01:07:02Uh, yes, yes.
01:07:04That is, I think so.
01:07:06Mm-hmm.
01:07:08What was his diagnosis?
01:07:12I don't know.
01:07:14Really, George is feeling much better.
01:07:15I'll call you tomorrow.
01:07:16Now, wait a minute.
01:07:17What's happened, really?
01:07:18Well, you see, after...
01:07:23No, no, please don't, please.
01:07:25Don't go up there.
01:07:26It's better for everybody if you just don't go up there.
01:07:34Ellen.
01:07:36It...
01:07:38Is he dead?
01:07:40Yes.
01:07:42Yes.
01:07:44He had a gun.
01:07:45He tried to kill me, but...
01:07:47Before I could shoot, he...
01:07:49He...
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01:10:39The judge has decreed that the claimant will not be granted histyught until spring.
01:10:42He has no right to make a decision juegmental.
01:10:45Judge, I understand.
01:10:47After what happened between you and me this noon.
01:10:53But it's alright.
01:10:55I understand.
01:10:56Here is the letter you gave me to mail this morning.
01:10:57I'm surprised.
01:10:58I didn't realize it at first.
01:10:59A thick letter like that and only one stamp.
01:11:00Well, those public officials, like the district attorney, won't accept postage due mailed,
01:11:02you know.
01:11:03Insufficient postage.
01:11:04Yeah, well, well, they just won't pay the postage in these cases, and we have to return
01:11:08to the senders.
01:11:09How do you like that?
01:11:10Not enough postage, and we have to deliver them twice.
01:11:13Yes.
01:11:14Crazy business.
01:11:15You know, some folks might think I'm stingy.
01:11:17I know these extra stamps cost only just a few cents, but-
01:11:21Yes, I understand.
01:11:21If I multiply you by everybody else-
01:11:24Yes, I understand.
01:11:25Thanks again for the letter, Mr. Carson.
01:11:27Oh, that's all right.
01:11:28Goodbye.
01:11:29And thanks again, Mr. Carson, for being the-
01:11:31Oh, you're welcome.
01:11:32Oh, he's so funny.
01:11:41He's so funny.
01:11:42Go ahead.
01:11:44It'll do you good.
01:11:45You know, I- I- I tried so- so hard to get it back.
01:11:58All right, Ellen.
01:12:01You've got it now.
01:12:02Sit down, Ellen.
01:12:28And then I knew what people meant when they said their heart was broken.
01:12:53All that was left of George and me and our marriage was that little pile of ashes.
01:13:02I knew that somewhere, somehow, I'd have to begin to live again.
01:13:06But right then, all I could do was pray to lose that one day.
01:13:12One terrifying day.
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