TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, TV Series | Episode aired 30 December 1964
Patty believes that she has witnessed a crime and now she thinks that the mob is going rub her out.
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
Patty believes that she has witnessed a crime and now she thinks that the mob is going rub her out.
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
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00:30Patty, what is the matter with you?
00:46Oh, don't ever sneak up on me like that again.
00:53Sneak up on you?
00:54Patty, what are you so nervous about?
00:57You'd be nervous too if you were the only witness to a hit-and-run accident.
01:01You saw a hit-and-run accident?
01:03When?
01:04Just now.
01:06I was passing by a McDonald's market,
01:09and this big car came crashing around the corner, skidded up on the curb,
01:14and then ran into the front of the store window and just kept on going.
01:18It was terrible.
01:20Did you get a look at the driver's face?
01:23Did I?
01:24He had a sinister little mustache, and he wore a raincoat and a big floppy gangster hat.
01:29And he had his ma with him, a big tough-looking woman.
01:32Tender when they were escaping from a big bank robbery.
01:34What did the police say?
01:36The police?
01:37When you reported the accident.
01:39Reported?
01:41Patty, are you out of your mind?
01:43Do you want me to wind up in a sack of cement on the bottom of the East River?
01:47I'm not going to get involved in this thing.
01:49Patty, you are involved.
01:51It's your duty to tell the police what you saw.
01:53That's my second duty.
01:55My first duty is to stay alive.
01:57Look, Kathy, I know how these gangsters operate.
01:59The first thing they do is rub out the witness.
02:01I'm too young to be rubbed out.
02:03All I have to do is keep quiet.
02:05Nobody saw me, and if I keep my mouth shut,
02:07there's no way they can find out that I saw them
02:09or that I was even at the scene of the crime.
02:18What are you looking for?
02:24You know that gold bracelet I got for Christmas?
02:28The one with my initials on it?
02:30Yes.
02:37I think I lost it.
02:40At the scene of the crime.
02:46Lead Kathy who's lived most everywhere
02:50From Zanzibar to Barkley Square
02:53But Patty's only seen the sights a girl can see
02:56From Brooklyn Heights, what a crazy pair
02:59But they're cousins
03:02Identical cousins all the way
03:06One pair of matching bookends
03:09Different as night and day
03:12Where Kathy adores a minuet
03:16The ballet Russe and Quape Suzette
03:19Our Patty loves to rock and roll
03:21A hot dog makes her lose control
03:23What a wild duet
03:25Still they're cousins
03:28Identical cousins and you'll find
03:32They laugh alike, they walk alike
03:34At times they even talk alike
03:36You can lose your mind
03:38When cousins are two of a kind
03:47Isn't Patty going to have any lunch?
03:49She says she's not hungry.
03:51Is she all right?
03:53With Patty, how can you tell?
03:55She sure seems nervous.
03:56I came up behind her this morning and said good morning
03:58and she jumped ten feet.
04:05Who's that?
04:07Well, there's only one way to find out.
04:10Right.
04:11Open the window and ask them.
04:13Patty, will you see who's at the front door?
04:15Patty, will you see who's at the front door, please?
04:17Me?
04:18Do you want me to get it?
04:22No.
04:24No, you better stay out of this.
04:28I'll go.
04:32Say goodbye to my folks for me.
04:46Mr. McDonald.
04:51Good morning, Patty.
04:55Good morning.
04:57I found your bracelet in front of my store,
04:59so I thought I'd drop by and return it to you.
05:04Not my bracelet.
05:07It's got your initials on it.
05:08P.L.
05:10Well, there are a lot of P.L.s in the world.
05:12It could belong to Prudence Lewis or Paula Lomax
05:14or Penelope Lufthansa.
05:17I haven't been near...
05:22I haven't been near your store, Mr. McDonald,
05:24so I couldn't have dropped my bracelet there.
05:26Good morning, Mr. McDonald.
05:27Good morning, Mrs. Lane.
05:28Mr. Lane.
05:29Mr. McDonald.
05:30Excuse me for barging in like this,
05:31but I found this bracelet and I thought...
05:33Where's Patty's bracelet?
05:38What do you know?
05:40What do you know?
05:41Well, where did you find it, Mr. McDonald?
05:43In front of my store.
05:46Well, it was very nice of you to bring it over here.
05:51Oh, yeah.
05:53You have no idea what you've done for me.
05:55Excuse me.
05:57Excuse me.
05:59We were just having some coffee. Won't you join us?
06:01Thanks, but I've got to get over to the hospital to see my daughter.
06:04What happened to her?
06:05A nine-pound baby.
06:07A nine-pound baby.
06:08She had it just this morning.
06:10Well, congratulations, Mr. McDonald.
06:12She barely made the hospital in time.
06:14My idiot son-in-law was coming by the store to pick me up,
06:17and he was so nervous, he skidded the car right into the store window.
06:22I thought I almost had the baby right there.
06:24But he kept going on right to the hospital.
06:26Is she all right now?
06:27Oh, fine. Everything's fine.
06:30Well, goodbye.
06:31Bye-bye.
06:32Bye-bye.
06:34Yeah, it was very nice of him.
06:35Yes, he's a nice man.
06:37You know, it's odd that Patty didn't mention losing her bracelet.
06:41Yeah.
06:43She didn't even recognize it when she saw it.
06:53Who is it?
06:54Patty.
06:56Yeah?
06:57Let me hear your voice again.
06:59Patty, will you open this door?
07:02Just a minute.
07:06What do you think you're doing?
07:09I'm in hiding.
07:13Patty, no one is after you.
07:15And no one is trying to hurt you.
07:17All you have to do is tell the truth.
07:19Look, I've got a great idea.
07:20Since you're so brave, why don't you go down and tell them
07:22that you're me and you saw the whole thing and you're not...
07:24Patty.
07:31You'll go?
07:33Yeah.
07:34Kathy, promise me something.
07:37Of course.
07:39If anything happens to me, marry Richard.
07:42I couldn't stand it if Sue Ellen got him.
07:44Patty, nothing is going to happen to you.
07:48There may be a little publicity, but it won't last long.
07:51It'll all be over in no time.
07:53Now, I was supposed to meet Eddie at the library,
07:55but I'll have Ross tell him I'll see him later.
07:57Then I'll go with you to find office in Melnick,
07:59and after you've told him what you've seen,
08:01then we can meet Eddie and Richard and go to the Shake Shop,
08:03or perhaps go to a movie.
08:07Publicity?
08:08Well, yes, the papers may pick up the story.
08:12You mean like, fearless teenager defies killer?
08:15Patty, you don't know that he's a killer.
08:17Ha! You didn't see his face.
08:20That sneaky little mustache, those black beady eyes.
08:23I'll be all over the front pages.
08:24I'm a natural born heroine.
08:26You're a natural born nut.
08:29Patty, this is merely a case of a hit-and-run accident
08:32where the front of a market was damaged.
08:34It is not going to make international headlines.
08:37No?
08:38Wait till they catch the mob behind you to rob the bank
08:40and then wound you to bank guard in a running gun battle.
08:44You did see the driver's face.
08:47Would I make up a thing like that?
08:50No, I suppose not.
08:53Let's go. I don't want to miss the late edition.
08:59Ha!
09:10Who is it?
09:12It's me, Richard.
09:14Yeah? Do you have any identification?
09:17For heaven's sake.
09:19Well, you can't be too careful.
09:28What do I need identification for?
09:30Is this some new game?
09:32You'll read all about it in the newspapers, Richard.
09:35Gee, I wonder if I have time to have my hair done.
09:37What for?
09:39Because my picture is probably going to be on the front pages tonight.
09:46They're here. They're after me.
09:48Tell them I'm not home. I...
09:50I ran away and was killed in the train wreck.
09:52There she goes. Off into orbit again.
09:55What's the matter with her this time?
09:57Oh, just a little too much imagination, Richard.
10:01Excuse me.
10:05Hello. I'm making a survey of the neighborhood.
10:08How many teenagers live in this house?
10:11Just me.
10:13Patty ran away and was killed in a train wreck.
10:15Goodbye.
10:21Patty was telling the truth.
10:23She is in danger.
10:24In danger?
10:26Patty! Patty!
10:32Patty?
10:33What are you doing there?
10:38Acting like a gleep, I guess.
10:42You're right, Kathy.
10:43I'm the mountain out of the molehill type.
10:45Somebody has a simple little accident and I turn it into gangsters and bank robbers.
10:50Patty, the man at the door wore a raincoat and had a little mustache.
10:57He's gone now.
10:59Yeah, but he'll be back. They never give up.
11:01What did you do?
11:03It's all an accident.
11:04It was a hit and run. Patty was the only witness.
11:08Well, you can't spend the rest of your life behind the drapes.
11:11If I go down there and testify, I'm in big trouble.
11:14I don't want to be a teenage heroine.
11:17I think she's right.
11:19I'll do whatever you think, Kathy.
11:21Patty, I don't want to take that responsibility.
11:25I think you should talk to your father and see what he has to say.
11:28I know what he'll have to say.
11:30He'll make me go. He's all ethics.
11:32And if he says go, I'm dead.
11:35Well, perhaps we could ask his advice without telling him who was involved.
11:40Yeah.
11:42I could say to him...
11:45Real casual.
11:48Papa, what can they do to a witness who sees an accident and won't testify?
11:54Well, it all depends, Patty.
11:56No one can force anyone to admit that he or she...
12:00He.
12:01That he saw something that happened.
12:03But on the other hand, there is a moral obligation involved.
12:07People have a responsibility toward one another.
12:10Did someone you know see something happen?
12:13Oh, kind of. It was a hit and run accident.
12:17Well, then he has a duty to come forward and tell about it.
12:21What kind of a person is he?
12:23A coward.
12:24That sounds like Richard.
12:26It isn't Richard.
12:28Well, whoever he is, he's going to have to live with himself.
12:31Oh, he doesn't mind that. As long as he lives.
12:34Remember the Moorhead case?
12:36That little old lady, a witness to hold up in a candy shop?
12:39No.
12:41What happened to her?
12:42She testified.
12:43And the next day, they fished her out of the river.
12:45Oh.
12:48Mom?
12:50Do you think I could go visit Aunt Pauline in Denver?
12:56Patty, you have to tell your mother and father what is going on.
13:00I can't.
13:02I'd be putting them in danger.
13:04This is my problem. I've got to solve it alone.
13:07No, you don't.
13:09What do you mean?
13:10Do you know what you suggested before about my pretending that I'm you and going down there?
13:15Yeah.
13:16I'll do it.
13:17Kathy, you're one of the greats.
13:19Thanks, but I can't let you do that.
13:22Don't you worry about me.
13:24The mob has never been up against Patty Lane before.
13:38That's him.
13:40He did it. That's the man.
13:47He did it.
13:49Objection, Your Honor.
13:50My client, known as the killer, is innocent.
13:54I would like to cross-examine the witness.
13:57Proceed.
14:00Miss Lane, you say that you saw the defendant crash into Mr. McDonald's market and then make his escape?
14:12Yes, sir. I certainly did.
14:13Do you realize how dangerous it is to identify one of the mob?
14:19I'm exceptionally brave.
14:21There's still time to back out.
14:24You could visit your Aunt Pauline in Denver.
14:27No, sir. It is my duty as a citizen to go through with this.
14:31What if they gave you a new white evening dress with matching bag?
14:38I would not be bribed.
14:39I would not be bribed.
14:41She's the most fearless witness we've ever had in this courtroom.
14:45I want a front page story written about her.
14:49That won't be necessary.
14:51Second page will do.
14:52Miss Lane, if my client was behind the wheel of a car and you were on the other side of the street,
14:58how can you be sure that it was the same man?
15:03Your Honor, there are thousands of men with mustaches.
15:06I move the charges be dismissed.
15:09That's true. The state has no case.
15:12I have no choice but to dismiss the charges and let justice be made a whole mockery of.
15:19Wait!
15:26I did not identify the killer by his mustache.
15:29How did you identify him?
15:37By the mole on his right wrist.
15:41Your Honor, I have 20-20 eyesight.
15:44This court finds him guilty.
15:47And Miss Lane, the country owes you a debt of thanks.
15:59Let this be a lesson to the mob.
16:12Read all about it in the newspaper.
16:17It's a touching story of a natural-born heroine.
16:33Hi, Patty.
16:35I'm incognito.
16:37I went by the market.
16:39Yeah? A lot of detectives swarming around?
16:41I didn't see any.
16:43Oh, please play it cool.
16:45I found a story about a bank robbery.
16:47Yeah? Where?
16:49In the Chronicle.
16:51No, where did it happen?
16:53On Hastings Street.
16:55That's right, near the market. I knew it.
16:57According to the story, the robber escaped on foot.
16:59Oh.
17:00Where are you going?
17:02Home, to get under the covers.
17:14Oh.
17:17Oh.
17:19Hi, Mama.
17:21Hello, dear.
17:24Papa.
17:26I need police protection.
17:28Police protection?
17:30The mob is after me.
17:32The mob?
17:34Uh, well, I mean, what do you mean?
17:36The, uh, one of the fraternities at school or something?
17:38No. The mob. M-O-B. Gangsters.
17:42Darling, I think you'd better start at the beginning.
17:46Okay.
17:52You know that friend I told you about
17:54who witnessed the accident?
17:56Yeah.
17:58That was no friend. That was me.
18:00Patty, what was it you saw?
18:07The bank robber who crashed into McDonald's market.
18:14Patty, what makes you think he was a bank robber?
18:18Well, there was a big bank robbery that day,
18:20and then this car came crashing around the corner
18:22and banged into McDonald's window
18:24and then just took off.
18:26Now, what reason would any honest citizen have
18:28for leaving the scene of an accident?
18:30I can think of one.
18:32Patty, was there a woman in the car with him?
18:35Yeah. His mom.
18:38Well, that cleans up a lot of things.
18:44To tell you the truth, I was kind of scared at first.
18:49But since I am the only witness,
18:51I figure I should testify.
18:54But I am kind of young,
18:56and I think I should have some kind of protection.
18:58Honey,
19:01why didn't you come to us about this?
19:04Well, I thought if I told you, they'd go after you,
19:07and I didn't want anybody to hurt you.
19:09You were protecting us?
19:11Yeah.
19:13Oh, Patty.
19:16Listen, you don't have anything to worry about.
19:19Let me explain.
19:22The man who ran into the front of the store
19:24was Mr. McDonald's son-in-law.
19:25His wife was going to have a baby.
19:27That's why he was in such a hurry
19:29to leave the scene of the accident.
19:31He had to get her to the hospital.
19:33He wasn't a bank robber?
19:35No.
19:38In all this time, I've been brave for nothing.
19:40I don't think bravery's ever really wasted.
19:43One day, it'll come in handy.
19:46You're like an idiot.
19:48Aw.
19:50I'll get it.
19:52As long as I've come up with something.
19:53As long as I've come out of hiding.
20:02Martin, she was worrying about us.
20:05Yeah.
20:07You know what I can't get used to about teenagers?
20:10Hmm?
20:12Just when you're ready to give up and write them all off,
20:14they come up with something so wonderful
20:16that it makes you feel about that small.
20:19Hi, Rich.
20:21Don't stand there in front of the door like that.
20:23They'll see you.
20:25Oh, I'm not afraid of them.
20:27You're not?
20:29No, they're only a mob.
20:31What can they do to me?
20:33Gee, Patty, you're almost as brave as I am.
20:35You sure you want to go through with this?
20:37I wouldn't let anything in the world stop me.
20:39And you're not afraid of the danger?
20:41Richard, I thrive on danger.
20:43You sure have hidden depths.
20:45For a girl, you're quite a girl.
20:47Thank you, Richard.
20:49Well, I guess with your help,
20:50police will be able to solve that bank robbery.
20:52And who knows?
20:54It could lead to cleaning up a lot of other crimes.
20:56There might even be a big reward in this.
21:00Well, the only reward I want
21:02is knowing that I've done my duty.
21:04Oh.
21:06Excuse me.
21:08Hey, it might be safe.
21:10Oh, why don't you let me get it?
21:12Richard, if they're coming for me,
21:14they're coming for me.
21:16Relax.
21:21Hello.
21:23Hello. Are you Patty Lane?
21:25Yeah.
21:27I'm Detective Don Anderson.
21:29May I come in?
21:31Sure.
21:38Right this way.
21:40Thanks.
21:42Oh, this is Richard Harrison,
21:44Detective Anderson.
21:46You people don't lose any time, do you?
21:48What can I do for you, Detective?
21:50I just found out a rumor
21:52that you might have seen an accident in the neighborhood.
21:54And don't say anything that might prove fatal, Patty.
21:56It's all right.
21:58You mean the, uh, McDonald case?
22:00That's right.
22:02Oh, won't you sit down?
22:06Yes, uh,
22:08I saw the whole thing.
22:10I was just, uh,
22:12saying to Mr. Harrison,
22:14what good is a witness unless he testifies?
22:16Wasn't I, Mr. Harrison?
22:18Yeah, that's what Miss Lane was saying.
22:20When you left the store,
22:22did you happen to notice a man walk past
22:24with a paper sack under his arm?
22:26Yeah.
22:28I remember thinking that the car was going to hit him
22:30if he didn't get out of the way.
22:32Poor man, he must have been pretty scared.
22:34He ran like a rabbit.
22:36Would you be able to identify him if you saw him again?
22:38Yeah, I think so.
22:40He was a little man.
22:42He had kind of a round face
22:44and a funny chin.
22:46Why?
22:48That's the man who held up the Brooklyn Heights Bank.
22:51You sure are lucky
22:53to have her for a witness.
22:55You've never seen such bravery.
22:57I mean, no mob is going to scare her off.
23:00No, sir.
23:13Isn't it wonderful that they caught the bank robber?
23:17Kathy, read that part about me again.
23:18Kathy, I've read it four times.
23:20I like to hear it.
23:22It isn't often you get to bask in the limelight.
23:24All right.
23:30Police say that the apprehension of the suspect
23:32was aided by an unidentified teenager
23:34who witnessed his flight.
23:36That's the part.
23:38They don't even say whether you were a boy or a girl.
23:40We know I'm a girl.
23:43Good morning, everybody.
23:45Hi, Rich.
23:46Did you see the paper?
23:48You're famous.
23:50Oh, it was nothing.
23:52It's just what any other brave American girl would have done.
23:54And how come it took a squad of police
23:56to drag you out from behind those drapes?
23:58Ross, you should be very proud of your sister.
24:00There wasn't even a reward.
24:02There was as far as I'm concerned.
24:04Thanks, Popo.
24:06Your mother and I would like to sponsor
24:08a night on the town for you and Richard.
24:10Dinner and a movie and...
24:12Did you hear that?
24:14I have no pride. I'll take it!
24:16Gee, I'd better start spending more time
24:18hanging around banks.
24:20You'd better spend more time hanging around books.
24:24Well, I think we'd better be going or we'll be late.
24:27Yeah.
24:29Patty, since when do you need glasses?
24:31I didn't know you were having trouble with your eyes.
24:33I sure am.
24:35They're too good.
24:37With these on, I can only see what's right
24:39in front of my nose.
24:41Come on, Richard.
24:47Here's Kathy who's lived most everywhere
24:50From Zanzibar to Farkly Square
24:53But Patty's only seen the sights
24:55A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
24:57What a crazy pair
24:59But they're cousins
25:01I've been a good cousin
25:03I've been a good cousin
25:05I've been a good cousin
25:07I've been a good cousin
25:09I've been a good cousin
25:11I've been a good cousin
25:13I've been a good cousin
25:14I've been a good cousin
25:16And you'll find
25:18They laugh alike
25:20They walk alike
25:22At times they even talk alike
25:24You can lose your mind
25:26When cousins
25:28Are two of a kind