Horror / Thriller (1960) 75 minutes ~ Black & White
On an island community off of California, Tom Stewart is preparing to marry the woman he loves. His plans are threatened by his old girlfriend, Vi, who shows up secretly. During a confrontation at the top of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Vi falls. Tom has a chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades when her vengeful spirit begins showing up wherever he goes.
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Writers: Bert I. Gordon (story), George Worthing Yates
Stars: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
On an island community off of California, Tom Stewart is preparing to marry the woman he loves. His plans are threatened by his old girlfriend, Vi, who shows up secretly. During a confrontation at the top of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Vi falls. Tom has a chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades when her vengeful spirit begins showing up wherever he goes.
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Writers: Bert I. Gordon (story), George Worthing Yates
Stars: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
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00:01:30I once loved this island, this is where I found peace and quiet, the peace of waves
00:01:50forever breaking on the shore, the quiet of tranquil moonlight on the sea.
00:01:55When the night wind rises and the fingers of the frog steal in, they say you can hear
00:02:00voices.
00:02:01They say it's the dead growing restless and calling to the living.
00:02:05I never believed it until that evening Vi came looking for me.
00:02:10But you always knew that marriage was out.
00:02:13I never lied to you.
00:02:14But I always thought...
00:02:16Look Vi, whatever you thought is your business, but it's all over, it's finished.
00:02:21You should never have come here and you'll be doing yourself a favor if you take the
00:02:23first boat back.
00:02:25I can't go back without you.
00:02:27Please come back with me Tom.
00:02:30Just tell me you've changed your mind.
00:02:31Nobody even knows I'm on the island, I chartered a private boat over.
00:02:35I won't even go back to the club, I'll quit right now.
00:02:38Vi, will you for heaven's sakes realize when a good thing is over?
00:02:42A second rate singer like me doesn't fit in the picture anymore.
00:02:47I hear she's quite young and has money too.
00:02:51Vi, please understand, I'm in love with her.
00:02:54I need you Tom.
00:02:56No one will ever love you more than I do.
00:03:00I'm sorry Vi.
00:03:03I'm sorry for everything.
00:03:06Good night Vi.
00:03:09I still have your letters.
00:03:20I've never been on the lighthouse before.
00:03:24Show me the light darling.
00:03:39What about the letters Vi?
00:03:41Oh, I never throw anything like that away.
00:03:43You never know when they might come in handy.
00:03:46I wonder how she'd feel if I read them to her.
00:03:49Putting in pertinent footnotes of course.
00:03:52Or maybe I'll have to show them to a lawyer.
00:03:55I'm sure he'd know what to do with them.
00:03:58How would a lawsuit fit in with your music career Tom?
00:04:02How would the piano genius of jazz feel about that kind of publicity?
00:04:09Darling, you look as if you were ready to kill me.
00:04:12Now you get this straight, I'm marrying Meg.
00:04:15And you get this straight Tom Stewart,
00:04:18And you get this straight Tom Stewart,
00:04:21no one will ever have you but me.
00:04:27Help me!
00:04:29Please Tom, help me!
00:04:32Take my hand!
00:04:34Pull me up!
00:04:36Save me Tom, please!
00:04:41Please save me!
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00:06:45Tom!
00:06:49Who is it?
00:06:51It's me, Sandy.
00:06:53Oh, Sandy.
00:06:55What are you doing?
00:06:57Sandy, look, do me a favor, will you?
00:06:59Run out and play somewhere, I'm busy.
00:07:01Bye.
00:07:09Don't you like me anymore?
00:07:12Sure I like you.
00:07:14I love you.
00:07:16I just want to be by myself.
00:07:18Where were you last night?
00:07:20The Emerson's had a beach barbecue.
00:07:22And everyone on the island was there.
00:07:24Meg was looking all over for you.
00:07:28Sandy, please run along.
00:07:30Okay.
00:07:32Sorry to disturb you.
00:07:34I almost forgot.
00:07:36The wedding announcements came.
00:07:38And Mommy wants you to look at one before we send them out.
00:07:41There's only a week till the big day.
00:07:43Yeah, okay, okay.
00:07:45What's that?
00:07:51Look what I found.
00:07:57I wonder who's it is.
00:08:03Do you know anyone named Fry?
00:08:07Uh, no.
00:08:09I'll take care of it.
00:08:16I'd better take it easy.
00:08:18I didn't find any dead woman.
00:08:20Only seaweed.
00:08:22I know what's the matter with me.
00:08:24I'm seeing things.
00:08:26I'm letting my imagination run wild.
00:08:28Is it my conscience?
00:08:30No.
00:08:32Why should it bother me?
00:08:34I didn't do anything to Fry.
00:08:36I didn't kill her.
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00:09:49She came out here of her own accord.
00:09:51She leaned against the railing, she fell.
00:09:53It wasn't my fault if it gave way.
00:09:55Why should I be blamed? I had nothing to do with it.
00:09:57Anyway...
00:09:58...nobody ever needs to know.
00:10:00Nobody will even connect me with her.
00:10:02Why should they?
00:10:04of hers. All right, bye. That's the end of you.
00:10:34Tom? Meg. Oh, Meg. Meg, it's you.
00:10:56Were you expecting someone else? Oh, no, no. It's just that I wasn't expecting
00:11:04anyone. What are you doing up here? I'm looking for you. What are you doing up here
00:11:11in this old lighthouse? Well, at least it's quiet. I wanted to think.
00:11:20I guess I'm worried about that Carnegie Hall thing next month. I wonder if I'm good enough.
00:11:25Of course you're good enough. You're the best jazz pianist in the world.
00:11:31Darling, I never loved anyone before in my life. Oh, I thought I did.
00:11:44Do you smell perfume? It is perfume, our page. It's so cold and gloomy in here. It gives
00:11:57me the creeps having that big lamp staring at us. I've never liked it up here since the
00:12:02light stopped working. Glad they're going to tear it down. Come on, let's go outside
00:12:07and get the suns warmer. Coming?
00:12:37They're sending the gown tomorrow. Oh, you're going to love it, Tom. Oh, I was supposed
00:12:58to see about a tie for Dad, and I forgot. I'll be so glad when this whole thing's over
00:13:04with, won't you? It'll only be a week more. We can't wait that long, can't we?
00:13:25I love you so much, Tom. You do love me, don't you?
00:13:38What is it? Look. Don't you see anything?
00:13:46What? There's nothing to see. Right there.
00:13:55There's nothing there. What's that there? Meg, I've got to get out of here. Right away.
00:14:08Meg, let's elope. We can catch a boat to the mainland and be married this afternoon.
00:14:14What about the wedding? Well, I was never for a big deal anyway. I only agreed to it
00:14:18because you wanted it. Doesn't matter that I still want it. Please, Meg, please, do this
00:14:23for me. Just go away with me right now. I told you that's impossible. I want my mother
00:14:29and father to think of as well as you. Then I'll have to go by myself. What about the
00:14:35wedding? What about it, Meg? If you go, there won't be one. That's all right. Meg?
00:14:46And now I will perform the greatest of all magic accomplishments ever performed on this
00:15:09island, the secret cabinet. As you will please notice, the cabinet is empty. Tom, Tom, you're
00:15:16not paying any attention. Don't you want to see the secret cabinet? Oh, sure I do. I wouldn't
00:15:23miss it. Go ahead. If I close the doors to the magic cabinet and say the magic words
00:15:30and tap it with my magic wand, abracadabra, we no longer have an empty cabinet. It is
00:15:37now filled with jelly beans. Tom Stewart, fine one you are. Oh, Sandy. Sandy, if you
00:15:50hate me for the rest of your life, I deserve it. I couldn't hate you no matter what you
00:15:55did. No matter what I did? No matter what. Even like fighting with your sister? Meg's
00:16:01mad at me, you know. She'll get over it. Besides, if she doesn't, you'll be free to marry me.
00:16:07Okay. From now on, you're the other woman in my life. Okay, honey. You run along now.
00:16:15I've got some practicing to do. I'll clean up your magic stuff. Bye. Bye, Tom.
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00:18:29Who's there? It's Mrs. Ellis, Tom.
00:18:43I brought you some flowers. Is something the matter, Tom? What makes you say that? You
00:18:51sound upset. Perhaps I'd better check you another time. Oh, no. No, Mrs. Ellis. No,
00:18:57you can sit down. Thank you for the flowers. They're lovely. Sit down right here. Mrs.
00:19:07Ellis, I want to ask you something. It sounds kind of silly, but do you believe that the
00:19:15spirits of the dead can come back to haunt the living? Do you believe in ghosts? What
00:19:21makes you ask a thing like that? You haven't answered, Mrs. Ellis. Nobody believes in ghosts
00:19:27nowadays. Who do you? If anybody was to ask me seriously, I would have to say no. Of course,
00:19:35a real estate agent runs into many strange things in an empty house sometimes. What kind
00:19:40of things? Well, there was a family named Samuels. They lived in that last house down
00:19:46the beach. One day, their little boy took his dog and went fishing. They never came
00:19:52back, and nobody knows what happened to them. After the Samuels moved away, I signed three
00:19:59tenants during that first month, but not one of them would stay more than a few days. Yeah,
00:20:05yeah, I know that story, but that doesn't prove anything. They complained about an unseen
00:20:11dog whining and scratching at the door, but that wasn't what made them break their lease.
00:20:18It was the cold up in the boy's room. You could feel it in your bones, a deathly cold.
00:20:26The walls were always damp and stained with seawater. Whatever caused it, the thing came
00:20:32back every night. Did you ever see it, Mrs. Ellis? It's been many years since I've seen
00:20:38anything. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. I keep forgetting. Did anybody see it? People say they found
00:20:45wet seaweed on the boy's bed. Well, but you can't call wet seaweed a ghost, can you? Tom,
00:20:53what's wrong? Why do you ask that? You're running away from something. Well, Tom? Well,
00:21:07something I can't believe exists myself. If it does exist, you can't solve anything by
00:21:16running. Then, on the other hand, if it doesn't exist, there's nothing to run from. You're
00:21:26a very wise woman, Mrs. Ellis. Thanks for talking with me. Oh, and thanks for the flowers.
00:21:33They're beautiful. Come back soon. Now go away. Go away. No, leave me alone.
00:22:04Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom.
00:22:28Help me, Tom. Help me. Please, Tom. Help me.
00:22:36Help me, Tom.
00:22:49Goodbye, I... Goodbye.
00:22:53No, go away. You're dead. Leave me alone. I'll never leave you, Tom. I'll always leave
00:23:17you. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always. Always.
00:23:36Save me, Tom. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me.
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00:25:35Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom. Tom.
00:26:05I'm going to marry Meg. That's all I came to say. It's going to be just as though you never existed. I'm going to marry Meg.
00:26:32Just in case you can't hear me by, goodnight and goodbye.
00:26:43Well, hi. There's coke in the refrigerator. Help yourself.
00:27:07Okay. Mrs. Elf said you wanted to see me. What about?
00:27:29I wondered if you'd talk to your sister Meg for me. Tell her how sorry I am. Okay. You tell her I behaved like a little boy and I'm ashamed of myself.
00:27:43I'll tell her. She didn't call anything off. She didn't? Guess she's ready to make up. Just like grownups. Are you all ready?
00:27:56Yeah, I'm all ready. Have you got the ring and everything? Let me see it. Okay.
00:28:16Oh, it's gorgeous. Meg's sure lucky. Can I try it on? Sure. What I really want is one of my own. Well, you might be just a little bit young.
00:28:32I know. Dear little Sandy, she's just a child. Why, do you know how old I am? I'm practically nine. Why, in China and Borneo and India and places like that, girls already have husbands at my age.
00:28:46I'd get married tomorrow if I could find someone like you. Can't I please try the ring? Why, just put it on your finger. Put what on my finger? The ring.
00:28:59I don't have the ring.
00:29:21What's the matter? Did you drop it? Couldn't go far. It's gotta be here somewhere. Sandy, Sandy, don't touch it. What, Tom? That right there. There's nothing there.
00:29:49Sandy, tell me the truth. Didn't you see anything right there? There wasn't anything to see. You heard. I'm sorry. Well, I'll find the ring later. You run along now, Sandy. I've got to finish my practicing.
00:30:07Goodbye, Sandy. I'll see you later. All right, bye. I know now you've come back. But it won't do you any good, because I'm going to marry Meg. Now, what'd you do with the ring, bye? Bye.
00:30:33What did you do with that ring?
00:31:03But I don't understand what you're going to... All right, no more questions. You know what's wrong with you? What? You've been working too hard getting ready for your concert.
00:31:30You've had a lonely life here on the island with all your musician friends. It's been getting you down. But I'll take care of all that once we're married. Maybe you better tell your mother that the wedding's on again. I never told her it was off. You're pretty sure of yourself, aren't you?
00:31:46You know, the first thing you're going to do is have a long vacation. A whole month's honeymoon in Europe. Uh-uh. You know how many hit records I'd have to sell to pay for that? Dad's footing the bill. It's his wedding present to us. He wanted to tell you himself, but he won't be here till right before the wedding. And when we get back, I'm going to have a big party so I can get to know all your friends.
00:32:08Big party? We'll be living in a three-room apartment. Mother and Daddy won't mind if we use their house in Bel Air. They say now that I'm getting married, it's too big for them anyway, so they'll be turning it over to us for good one of these days. Are you trying to spoil me? There's nothing I'd like better. Come on up to the house a minute. I want you to see something. What? My wedding gown. Isn't that supposed to be bad luck? You're not superstitious about things like that, are you?
00:32:35No. I'm not superstitious.
00:32:46My garden's full of roses this month, and it seemed about time to bring you some fresh ones, so...
00:32:51Hi. Hello.
00:32:52Well, hello, stranger.
00:32:54Hi, Kitty.
00:32:55Where have you been keeping yourself lately? Some beautiful gifts have arrived, and you haven't seen any of them.
00:32:59Hey, look at this.
00:33:00But you're here anyway.
00:33:02Champagne.
00:33:03Fix your drink.
00:33:05Mmm.
00:33:08Look. Another one.
00:33:10Uh-oh. There's my girl.
00:33:14Hi, pal.
00:33:15Hi. Is everything made up with you and Meg?
00:33:18Well, I'm working on it.
00:33:24Hi, Miss Ellis.
00:33:25Tom.
00:33:26Another pair. People must think newlyweds live on lettuce by candlelight.
00:33:31This makes nine pairs of candlesticks and twelve salad bowls, and more coming every time the mail boat arrives.
00:33:37Meg got her wedding gown today, and Tom, it's simply a dream.
00:33:41What a bride goes through to make herself attractive for you men.
00:33:45It took three fittings to get the bodice right, and three layers of net to make the skirt full enough.
00:33:50Well, hardly seems worth it.
00:33:53After all, I'm only marrying her so you'll be my mother-in-law.
00:33:57Sandy, see if there's a window open.
00:33:59There's a cold draft all of a sudden.
00:34:17What's that sweet smell?
00:34:19Must be the fresh roses.
00:34:22My roses never smelled like that.
00:34:26It's a woman's perfume.
00:34:28Help me make room for these, dear.
00:34:30In my day, it wasn't candlesticks. It was teaspoons.
00:34:33Mr. Hubbard and I received no less than 78 of them when we were married.
00:34:37Maybe that's a reason for his attitude.
00:34:39When he went back to the mainland, he said he was going to go right to the office and stay there until the wedding.
00:34:44I'm sure you'll never treat your wife like that, will you, Tom?
00:34:47Or will you?
00:34:48He isn't here, Mother.
00:34:50Where is he?
00:34:51I think Meg took him to look at her dress.
00:35:00My wedding dress!
00:35:03What is it? What did she find?
00:35:06Seaweed.
00:35:08Tom?
00:35:10Yes, Mrs. Ellis. I'm in here.
00:35:15I brought you some honey.
00:35:17Don't get up. I'll just put it on the bar here.
00:35:21Thank you, Mrs. Ellis.
00:35:25I really brought the honey only as an excuse, because I knew you were upset.
00:35:30Tom, I'm sorry.
00:35:32I didn't mean it.
00:35:34I brought the honey only as an excuse, because I knew you were upset.
00:35:38Tom, there's nothing supernatural about what happened to Meg's dress.
00:35:42There must be a logical explanation.
00:35:45I know, I know.
00:35:47But that seaweed, it's just like that Samuel's boy.
00:35:51There have been no recent deaths, Tom.
00:35:53No.
00:35:56Anyway, I'm sure of one thing.
00:35:58I've had enough of her.
00:36:00Who are you talking about?
00:36:03A friend I used to have, a girl named Vi.
00:36:07She came over here to the island to see me.
00:36:10We quarreled up in the lighthouse.
00:36:15Well, at any rate, she went back to the mainland.
00:36:18Are you sure that's what happened?
00:36:20What do you mean, am I sure?
00:36:22Well, maybe she didn't go back to the mainland.
00:36:24Maybe this girl Vi is still here and is playing tricks to get even.
00:36:28Now, where do you suppose a woman could hide on this island?
00:36:31Who's hiding?
00:36:34Never mind, Sandy.
00:36:37Things will work out.
00:36:39You'll see.
00:37:02Miss Ellis! Miss Ellis!
00:37:08Why are people always saying, never mind?
00:37:11Because there are some things that grown-ups don't want children to know about, Sandy.
00:37:16Those are always the most interesting things.
00:37:20Who is Tom looking for?
00:37:22Never mind.
00:37:24Daddy's looking for it, so I should be looking for it.
00:37:28Daddy's looking for it at the lighthouse.
00:37:31He's always hanging around there.
00:37:33The lighthouse is a very dangerous place, Sandy.
00:37:37It'll soon be torn down.
00:37:39That doesn't keep people from going there.
00:37:42But you mustn't go there, Sandy.
00:37:44Not ever.
00:37:46Run along home now.
00:37:48Come on, Prince.
00:37:59What's the matter, Prince?
00:38:04I'm surprised at you.
00:38:06You're being as silly as Tom.
00:38:13All right, I'll go alone.
00:38:21Young lady!
00:38:23Young lady!
00:38:25Vi!
00:38:27Vi!
00:38:30That's a lovely perfume you're wearing.
00:38:34It's no use.
00:38:36I know you're in here somewhere.
00:38:39I can hear you, too.
00:38:41Don't you think it's ridiculous to hide?
00:38:44Come down.
00:38:46There's something I want to say to you.
00:38:48Very well.
00:38:50If you won't, then I'll go up and find you.
00:38:58Listen to me, please.
00:39:00I don't usually give people advice.
00:39:03But Tom is a dear friend, and I want to ask you to leave him alone.
00:39:08Are you listening to me?
00:39:10You might at least have the politeness to answer.
00:39:14My, that's a nasty laugh you have.
00:39:18What tricks are you up to now?
00:39:21Wait.
00:39:24What tricks are you up to now?
00:39:26Wait.
00:39:28Listen to me.
00:39:36You know you're worrying and frightening Tom half to death.
00:39:40It's not hard to sense how desperate he's getting.
00:39:44I know Meg doesn't concern you.
00:39:47But you wouldn't want to make an innocent person suffer, would you?
00:39:51I wish you'd speak more clearly.
00:39:57You're trying to make me sorry for you, I suppose.
00:40:00But I can't help thinking how foolish you are, playing this absurd game.
00:40:10Stand still and let me talk to you, please.
00:40:14You've caused those two people all the unhappiness you need to.
00:40:18It's time you stopped.
00:40:21You don't belong here, you know.
00:40:24Why don't you leave Tom and Meg alone and go back?
00:40:29What are you saying?
00:40:33I can't hear you.
00:40:42What a fiend you are.
00:40:45You're not fooling me.
00:40:47I know exactly what you are.
00:41:02It's not fair.
00:41:04You're getting the party, the presents, the husband.
00:41:07I get nothing.
00:41:09Be nice to me, Peanut.
00:41:11Be nice to me, Peanut.
00:41:12In two more days, I'll be a married woman and you'll miss me.
00:41:15I'll miss Tom more.
00:41:17Sandy!
00:41:19How's my family?
00:41:21Daddy!
00:41:22Am I too early or too late?
00:41:24I'm so happy you made it in time.
00:41:26You don't think I'd let my daughter marry without her favorite father being around, do you?
00:41:30Well, roll up your sleeves and pitch in.
00:41:32The party's right after tomorrow's rehearsal.
00:41:34Hi, honey.
00:41:35Hi.
00:41:37Where's the groom?
00:41:39He's not feeling well.
00:41:40What's the matter with him?
00:41:41He's been overworking.
00:41:43At the piano, I suppose.
00:41:45Please don't start that again.
00:41:48It's bad enough to accept a musician into this family,
00:41:51but a jazz musician is asking too damn much.
00:41:54Why don't you go to bed, dear? You must be tired.
00:41:58What's the matter with a jazz musician?
00:42:01Be still, brat.
00:42:04Poor Tom.
00:42:10Tom!
00:42:24Tom!
00:42:26Tom!
00:42:35Tom!
00:42:40Tom!
00:43:11You live here, kid?
00:43:16Can't you hear or something? I asked if you live here.
00:43:19In the lighthouse?
00:43:21No, on the island.
00:43:23On the island!
00:43:25Why do you want to know?
00:43:27Look, kid, I really don't care.
00:43:31I'm looking for a guy called Tom Stewart.
00:43:33Do you know him?
00:43:34What do you want him for?
00:43:36He won $200,000 on a sweepstakes ticket,
00:43:38and I'm here to give him the money.
00:43:40I don't believe you.
00:43:43Look, kid, do you know where he lives?
00:44:07Tom Stewart
00:44:20What are you looking for, Dad?
00:44:26Not much to see out there, huh?
00:44:28Oh, wow, this is a crazy pad.
00:44:32Aren't you lost, buddy?
00:44:34This sure is.
00:44:38Hey, now, wait a minute.
00:44:41What is this?
00:44:43Look, I don't want nothing from you, Dad, I really don't.
00:44:45She owes me a fin, that's all, and I thought it'd be nice to have.
00:44:49What are you talking about?
00:44:50No sweat, Dad, and I don't want nothing from you.
00:44:52She owes me a fin, that's all.
00:44:58Wow, you sure have a nice pad, Dad.
00:45:01Now, look, I don't mean to be rude,
00:45:02but you'll either have to tell me what you're talking about or get out of here.
00:45:05Look, the blonde, the one with the...
00:45:07She owes me some bread, that's all.
00:45:08There's nothing to get bugged about.
00:45:10What she does here is your business.
00:45:13I can see you dig me, Dad.
00:45:15Look, I motored this chick Vi Mason over to the island.
00:45:18I got a boat.
00:45:19Now, when she asked me if I'd take her,
00:45:21well, I say okay, but she said she doesn't have the change.
00:45:23This is what she said.
00:45:25Okay, so we make a deal.
00:45:26Five bucks over and five bucks back.
00:45:30Now, look, I haven't the faintest idea who or what you're talking about.
00:45:35Look, Dad, all I want is the bread.
00:45:37When she didn't show by morning, I figure I'd been had.
00:45:40And I know she didn't go back on the regular run
00:45:42because I asked the putt-putt jockey and he said no.
00:45:45Now, I'm a real square, Dad.
00:45:48I didn't remember the name of the guy she said.
00:45:53Today I remember. How do you like that?
00:45:56Tom Stewart.
00:45:58That's the name of the guy she said when we made the run.
00:46:00So, enough of this jazz, Dad. Come on.
00:46:05I have to leave. Get out.
00:46:08Well, maybe I'd better wait around until the chick shows.
00:46:11You'll do nothing of the...
00:46:14All right.
00:46:16Maybe it's worth the five dollars just to get rid of you.
00:46:19Here.
00:46:20There you go.
00:46:24What you do is your business, Dad.
00:46:25All I want is what's coming to me.
00:46:28All right.
00:46:47I'll be right with you, Mrs. Ellis.
00:46:59There you are.
00:47:01Plenty of pickle?
00:47:03Yes, sirree. Plenty of pickle.
00:47:20How are you, Mrs. Ellis?
00:47:22Warm, Mr. Nelson. It's a very warm day.
00:47:25I think I'll have something light.
00:47:27Egg salad sandwich and a glass of iced tea with lemon.
00:47:30Don't like sugar in my tea, but plenty of lemon.
00:47:33Well, how about a nice hamburger or tuna fish salad?
00:47:37What's the matter with your eggs?
00:47:39Oh, there's nothing the matter with them. I just don't have any.
00:47:42I've been out of eggs for almost a week now.
00:47:44Kramer's hens just stopped laying.
00:47:46It's a funny thing.
00:47:48Nothing like this ever happened before, except once.
00:47:51About the time of Samuel's boy died.
00:47:53They just stopped and quit laying.
00:47:55Would you like a tuna fish salad?
00:47:57Just the iced tea.
00:47:59Right.
00:48:06Say, Dad, can I have a Coke?
00:48:08All right.
00:48:09The Hubbards had to send over to the mainland special...
00:48:12to get some eggs for their party.
00:48:14Can't bake a cake without eggs.
00:48:16Speaking of the wedding, are you still there, Sandy?
00:48:20Yes, ma'am.
00:48:21Shouldn't you be at the rehearsal?
00:48:23Holy cow!
00:48:24Charge it, Mr. Nelson!
00:48:27You know, Mr. Nelson, I wish I could have my sight back...
00:48:31long enough to see Tom and Meg married.
00:48:33They must be a lovely couple.
00:48:35I'd give anything to see them.
00:48:38They're a handsome couple, all right.
00:48:40Tom Stewart's marrying a beautiful gal.
00:48:43The nicest of families, too.
00:48:45Say, Dad, what did you say the other day?
00:48:49What did you say, Dad?
00:48:50What did you say the handle of the guy getting spliced was?
00:48:53Tom Stewart.
00:48:54The girl's name is Meg Hubbard.
00:49:03And little Sandy will be standing here to my right...
00:49:05next to the bride.
00:49:07And then the groom, of course, to her right.
00:49:09And you'll be standing here.
00:49:10The parents will be in their pews and...
00:49:14May I help you?
00:49:16Yeah, I want to speak to Tom Stewart.
00:49:20Excuse me.
00:49:33You're interrupting a wedding rehearsal in there.
00:49:35Like I said, Dad, what you do is your business.
00:49:38I mean, it's crazy with me if you want to marry one chick...
00:49:40and keep another one in sight for kicks.
00:49:42Wow.
00:49:43But I feel sort of a responsibility...
00:49:45seeing as how I brought your broad over on my tug.
00:49:47See what I mean?
00:49:48What are you driving at?
00:49:49Come on, Dad, don't you know?
00:49:51I gave you the money you're after.
00:49:52What more do you want?
00:49:53Well, it seems that our deal is in line for some...
00:49:56renegotiations.
00:49:57Tom, hurry!
00:49:58We're waiting for you.
00:49:59Yeah, go ahead back.
00:50:00We'll pick it up later.
00:50:02Time, I got plenty of.
00:50:18Tom.
00:50:37Tomorrow night, I'll be Mrs. Stewart.
00:50:39Isn't that right, Mr. Stewart?
00:50:43I'll be right back.
00:50:48Oh, please, Tom, just one more.
00:50:57Oh, I, uh, I wanted to get a drink.
00:51:00Yeah, I'll get it for you.
00:51:01Just one more number.
00:51:02I want to show you all.
00:51:18Oh, I'd love to.
00:51:34Sorry I started you, Tom, but candids are the best kind.
00:51:37I had my mouth open and my eyes closed.
00:51:39This is going to be the worst picture ever made.
00:51:41If you don't like it, I can take another.
00:51:46No.
00:51:51No, this is fine.
00:51:52Are you sure?
00:51:53Yeah, I'm sure.
00:51:54Here, let me look.
00:51:55No.
00:51:57Get a drink.
00:52:10Tom, what's wrong with it?
00:52:12Nothing.
00:52:13It's only a picture.
00:52:14Why are you so upset?
00:52:16I'm not upset.
00:52:17Well, something's bothering you.
00:52:21Is it another girl?
00:52:24You can tell me.
00:52:25I'll try not to be jealous.
00:52:27Jealous?
00:52:29Who could be jealous of Vi?
00:52:31She's dead.
00:52:32She doesn't exist.
00:52:33She's a perfume.
00:52:35She's a footprint.
00:52:36She's a hand.
00:52:37She's a face in a picture.
00:52:40Who could be jealous of Vi?
00:52:41You're talking crazy, Tom.
00:52:44Let me see the picture.
00:52:45No.
00:52:48You're not making any sense.
00:52:56It's her face between the two of us.
00:53:01I don't see anything.
00:53:05Is it you and me?
00:53:27Did you put out the lights?
00:53:31What's the matter?
00:53:33I'm too happy.
00:53:35You ought to be.
00:53:37You're getting married tomorrow.
00:53:39I sometimes wonder the way Tom's been acting lately.
00:53:43Anything Tom does is all right.
00:53:46He's perfect in your eyes, anyhow, isn't he?
00:53:50Don't worry, Sandy.
00:53:51I love him.
00:53:53I suppose every girl has a few last-minute doubts.
00:53:58Because he's always around the lighthouse?
00:54:00Because he imagines things that aren't so.
00:54:04Everything will be all right.
00:54:06It's late.
00:54:11I'll get the window.
00:54:16There's a light up there.
00:54:18I wonder who it could be.
00:54:20A boy and a girl, probably.
00:54:22You wouldn't understand.
00:54:23I would, too.
00:54:24They used to go there to Nick.
00:54:27Not anymore.
00:54:29Everybody says it's too cold and damp and smelly.
00:54:33Does Tom go there with anybody?
00:54:35Or does anybody meet him there?
00:54:37Now who's imagining things?
00:54:40You're right.
00:54:46Besides, that's probably only a reflection of the moonlight on a loose pane of glass.
00:54:58I don't know.
00:55:28I don't know.
00:55:58Tom.
00:56:03Tom.
00:56:08Tom.
00:56:13Tom.
00:56:18Tom.
00:56:23Tom.
00:56:28Where are you?
00:56:31I'm over here.
00:56:43By where?
00:56:55What do you want?
00:56:58I want you, Tom.
00:57:00I want to save you from your own mistakes.
00:57:03My only mistake was in knowing you.
00:57:06And the only way you could correct it was for me to die, wasn't it?
00:57:10It's not my fault you're dead.
00:57:12Isn't it?
00:57:13I couldn't have saved you.
00:57:15Couldn't you?
00:57:16Maybe you can make yourself believe that, but not me.
00:57:19I was there, remember?
00:57:21You had to shut me up so you could marry Nick.
00:57:24You got away with that all right, but now what are you going to do?
00:57:29I'll never let you marry Nick.
00:57:32You belong to me, Tom.
00:57:34You belong to a ghost.
00:57:36That's the trouble with making one first slip.
00:57:41You have to go from bad to worse to keep it quiet.
00:57:45What would you do if Meg gets wise to you?
00:57:48Stop her the same way you stopped me?
00:57:50I didn't kill you, Vi.
00:57:53I never killed anybody and I never will.
00:57:55And once I'm married, I'm going to live a very happy, very normal life with Meg and with our friends.
00:58:02And there's really nothing you can do about it.
00:58:04Isn't there?
00:58:06You may have noticed I've found my voice now.
00:58:08I pick things up fast.
00:58:10I'm going to use it to tell the world about you.
00:58:13I told you, Tom, no one will ever have you but me.
00:58:16Stop it, Vi.
00:58:17Try and make me.
00:58:19Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:21Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:23Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:25Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:28Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:30Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:33Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:36Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:39Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:42Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:45Tom Stewart killed me!
00:58:59Don't be in such a hurry, Dad.
00:59:01You're always in a hurry. You shouldn't be like that.
00:59:03Give me that.
00:59:04I wish I'm a nice, friendly talk. That's all.
00:59:06Give me that.
00:59:15You look sick, Dad.
00:59:17Something's wrong.
00:59:18Look, are you going to talk to me or not?
00:59:21Let's get this thing over with.
00:59:26Just what is it you want?
00:59:28Like I said, Dad, all I want is what's coming to me.
00:59:30You know, the way it looks to me, we should be sort of partners.
00:59:33I help you, and you help me.
00:59:35I bring your playgirl over to the island,
00:59:37and I figure it's worth some sort of service to you
00:59:39to sort of buy something for me.
00:59:41Like a silent service, catch?
00:59:43The word you're reaching for is blackmail.
00:59:46That's not it at all, Dad. We should be sort of pals.
00:59:48I've done you a favor, now you can do me one.
00:59:50In other words, if I don't pay you blackmail,
00:59:52you go to my fiancé and expose my life of sin.
00:59:55Is that it?
00:59:57Well, you're saying it rather crude, Dad, but you're getting the idea.
01:00:00Well, it won't do you any good.
01:00:02I'm not going to pay you one lousy cent.
01:00:04In the first place, I don't know a girl named Vi.
01:00:06And even if I did, it wouldn't do you any good.
01:00:08Because unfortunately, I'm not sharing my cottage with anyone.
01:00:11If it'll make you feel better, you can look for yourself.
01:00:13That's not necessary, Dad, not at all.
01:00:15You see, I already have.
01:00:17Well, then you know she's not here.
01:00:19Well, yes and no.
01:00:21You see, when you were so eager to come up with that five-spot,
01:00:23I figured you were, well, anxious to keep everything sort of quiet-like.
01:00:26Now, when I find out you're getting spliced with another chick,
01:00:29well, the story's even getting better to read.
01:00:31Now, here comes the part I like the best.
01:00:33I do a little snooping when you're not around.
01:00:36What do you think? I...
01:00:39You still with me, Dad?
01:00:41Go on.
01:00:42You see, that's the punchline.
01:00:44That's the gimmick.
01:00:46If this doll Vi isn't hiding in your cottage,
01:00:48and she isn't anyplace else on the island, and she never left the island...
01:00:51Now, what do you suppose would have happened to her, huh?
01:00:54You tell me.
01:00:56Ha-ha, you're a comedian.
01:00:58No, you're the one that has the rest of the answers.
01:01:03You know something?
01:01:05Everything you've just said is all bluff.
01:01:07You don't know a damn thing.
01:01:09That's not friendly, Dad. Not friendly at all.
01:01:11In fact, I thought you'd take a wrong outlook on things,
01:01:13so I sort of borrowed something from a friend of yours.
01:01:20Let's get out of here.
01:01:22I can see that you finally dig me, Dad.
01:01:50What did we come up here for?
01:01:53So that you and I can have a little talk in peace and quiet.
01:01:56It's cold.
01:01:58Just what do you want?
01:02:02Five thou.
01:02:06Five thou?
01:02:08And don't tell me you know gut.
01:02:10Your future father-in-law is loaded.
01:02:12Tom. Tom.
01:02:15Vi.
01:02:17Who are you talking to?
01:02:20You didn't hear anything?
01:02:22I didn't hear anything. I'm waiting to hear something from you.
01:02:26They're closing in on you, Tom.
01:02:28You'd better take care of him right now.
01:02:32No.
01:02:34That's your final answer?
01:02:36I didn't...
01:02:39Give me a minute.
01:02:41He's so easy, Tom.
01:02:43Just as easy as I was.
01:02:46Go ahead. There's a piece of pipe behind you.
01:02:49One good blow is all it takes.
01:02:52You got rid of me, but you'll never get rid of him as long as he lives.
01:02:56He'll bleed you of every penny, Tom.
01:02:59And all the time you'll have it hanging over you.
01:03:01What if people find out?
01:03:04What if Meg finds out?
01:03:06You can't let him do it, Tom. You'll lose everything.
01:03:12Look, you've had enough time.
01:03:15Do I get the money or don't I?
01:03:17Yes, Tom. Does he get paid?
01:03:21No.
01:03:24All right.
01:03:26You know what's best.
01:03:29Let's see what your chick has to say about this.
01:03:33Hit him, Tom.
01:03:36Wait.
01:03:38Did you change your mind?
01:03:40Hit him, Tom.
01:03:42No.
01:04:12No.
01:04:43Sandy?
01:04:46Sandy, come here.
01:04:49Sandy, did you hear your mother call you?
01:04:52What is it?
01:04:54Drop whatever you're doing and come here at once.
01:04:58All right.
01:05:00I'll be right back.
01:05:02I'll be right back.
01:05:04I'll be right back.
01:05:06I'll be right back.
01:05:08I'll be right back.
01:05:10All right.
01:05:23Oh, Sandy, we have to be at the church in 20 minutes and you're not even dressed yet.
01:05:28Never mind that now. Meg snagged her hem.
01:05:30Come and hold it while I take it up.
01:05:33You'll make a lovely wife, Meg.
01:05:35Thanks.
01:05:37Meg?
01:05:39Do you really love him a whole lot?
01:05:42Why, whatever makes you ask a thing like that?
01:05:46Last night you said you weren't sure.
01:05:50Well, I'm sure now.
01:05:52Oh, you'll remember to take the bouquet when I hand it to you, won't you?
01:05:56I'll remember.
01:05:59Suppose he'd done something awful bad.
01:06:04The way I feel now, I'd marry him no matter what.
01:06:07Oh, and don't forget, you stand close behind me, but not too close.
01:06:12There, that's done.
01:06:14And you, young lady, get into your gown this instant.
01:06:23Salvat loaned us her ring in place of the one you lost?
01:06:26Well, that's okay.
01:06:27I've got the minister's fee here in my pocket and everything's under control.
01:06:30So snap out of it.
01:06:32Okay, okay, I'll be all right.
01:06:33Then get that funereal look off your face.
01:06:35This is a wedding man.
01:06:39Cheer him up, honey.
01:06:46Well, that's...
01:06:49That's a real pretty dress, Sandy.
01:06:51You're really gonna marry my sister, aren't you?
01:06:56Oh, don't feel like that.
01:06:58I can't help it.
01:07:01Suppose you love somebody.
01:07:04Somebody who did something bad.
01:07:08And only you knew.
01:07:11Would you keep it secret?
01:07:14Well, good friends generally try to stand by one another.
01:07:19But what if it were something real, real bad?
01:07:24Real, real bad like what?
01:07:27Murder?
01:07:34Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God
01:07:40and in the face of this company
01:07:43to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony
01:07:50which is an honorable estate
01:07:52instituted of God, signifying unto us
01:07:56that we have been blessed by God
01:07:59This is an honorable estate
01:08:01instituted of God
01:08:03signifying unto us the mystical union
01:08:06that had betwixt Christ and his church
01:08:10which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence
01:08:14and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee
01:08:18and is commended to St. Paul
01:08:20to be honorable among all men
01:08:23and therefore is not by any to be entered into
01:08:27unadvisedly or lightly
01:08:30but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly
01:08:36and in the fear of God
01:08:39Into this holy estate
01:08:41these two persons present come now to be joined
01:08:44If any man can show just cause
01:08:47why they may not lawfully be joined together
01:08:50let him now speak
01:08:52or else hereafter, forever, hold his peace
01:08:57Amen
01:09:57Come
01:09:58Come
01:10:25Lye
01:10:29Lye
01:10:32I've come to tell you you've won
01:10:35I'm sure you're glad to hear that
01:10:38I'm going away, Lye, and I'm not coming back
01:10:45Lye
01:10:49Lye, I'm running out on Meg
01:10:51and I'm not coming back
01:10:58Lye
01:11:08Sandy
01:11:10What are you doing here?
01:11:11I followed you
01:11:14Why did you have to kill him?
01:11:22I knew something would happen
01:11:24I was against the marriage from the beginning
01:11:27Let me help you with your gown, dear
01:11:30Don't bother, Mother Sandy will help you
01:11:32Sandy, help your sister
01:11:36Where is Sandy?
01:11:38I thought she came home ahead of us
01:11:41Well, if she did, she's not here now
01:11:43I wish you hadn't seen it, Sandy
01:11:47Now I'm afraid you'll tell everybody
01:11:49and I don't know what to do
01:11:51I won't tell
01:11:53But how can I be sure of that?
01:11:55Good friends protect each other
01:11:58Yes
01:12:01But sometimes they can't help themselves
01:12:03Things leak out
01:12:06Police hear about it
01:12:07Do you know what would happen if the police heard about this?
01:12:11I'd go to the gas chamber
01:12:16Sandy
01:12:20Sandy, why did you have to see it?
01:12:22I couldn't help him
01:12:24No
01:12:26Nobody could help any of it except me
01:12:29I could have saved Vi
01:12:30I could have put my hand out to her
01:12:33Instead, I killed her
01:12:38Sandy
01:12:44Sandy, you
01:12:46know I love you very much, don't you?
01:12:55Thank you, Reverend
01:12:57She isn't there
01:12:59I can't imagine where she could have gone
01:13:01Where's Tom?
01:13:03The least he could do is be here when Meg needs him
01:13:06Can't you leave him alone?
01:13:12There's a light in the lighthouse
01:13:14Sandy could be there
01:13:15She talks about the place all the time
01:13:18Oh, I don't think she'd go there at night, though
01:13:20We'd better make sure
01:13:29Why are we going up there?
01:13:31Let's go up and look at the sea
01:13:34You're not afraid of me, are you?
01:13:36I never used to be
01:13:38Come on, then
01:13:51When the moon shines, you can see the whole island from up here
01:14:08You didn't tell anyone we were coming up here, did you?
01:14:11I didn't tell them anything
01:14:13Good
01:14:15Good
01:14:16Let's go back
01:14:17Are you afraid?
01:14:18Yes
01:14:20Oh, Sandy
01:14:22Sandy, why did you have to see it?
01:14:24Tom
01:14:26Tom
01:14:47Tom
01:14:59Here, I'll bring him in now
01:15:10Tom, it's a woman
01:15:12Who could it be?
01:15:14Here's the doctor
01:15:15Where did he find her?
01:15:16In the rocks
01:15:17She's been down there a week, I'd say
01:15:23I'll bring him in now
01:15:38Tom
01:15:46Tom