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00:02:30I'm.
00:02:31The.
00:03:01♪
00:03:18Hooray, Willis...
00:03:20District...
00:03:22Dear Ray...
00:03:25In exactly...
00:03:2855 minutes...
00:03:30I will be dead.
00:03:34Merton...
00:03:37First of all, let me explain...
00:03:39I find myself...
00:03:41completely sober, reasonably sane,
00:03:43and not at all surprised.
00:03:46It started back in World War II,
00:03:49during the Iwo Jima campaign.
00:03:51I was a captain in the Marine Corps.
00:03:55As you know, every captain needs a top sergeant.
00:03:58Well, I really had the best.
00:04:01His name was Joe Leeds.
00:04:05Hitting the Iwo beachhead was...
00:04:07like running into a living hell.
00:04:10I guess I got a little careless.
00:04:13In saving my life, Joe was hit.
00:04:17He carried a bullet so close to his lung,
00:04:19surgery was impossible.
00:04:22During the time the medics patched us up,
00:04:24we became great friends.
00:04:27After the war, I watched him build a home.
00:04:32I watched him become successful.
00:04:35We were closer than...
00:04:38than most brothers.
00:04:40One afternoon, six months ago, I sent for Joe.
00:04:46I knew I was going to break his heart.
00:04:49And all I could think about was whether...
00:04:51it wouldn't have been better for both of us...
00:04:54if he had allowed me to die on that beach that day.
00:05:01You know, Craig, you're the only guy in town...
00:05:03that could get me out this time of day.
00:05:05I was coming over to see you anyway.
00:05:07Oh?
00:05:08Yeah.
00:05:09There's a new housing development...
00:05:10going up over at Piedmont.
00:05:11What do you think about buying a corner lot...
00:05:13and sticking up a new market?
00:05:16Might be an idea.
00:05:19What's the matter with you, boy?
00:05:21You look like you had a problem...
00:05:22and it was too heavy to carry.
00:05:23It almost is, Joe.
00:05:26Well, after all we've been through...
00:05:27it can't be too serious.
00:05:28Maybe talking it out will help.
00:05:31It's going to mean throwing 15 years of friendship...
00:05:34right out the window.
00:05:35Well, if it's a real friendship, it won't bend easy.
00:05:38Okay.
00:05:42Are you happy being married to Myra?
00:05:44And Joe, don't tell me it's none of my business.
00:05:47Well, I don't know.
00:05:49Happy is a word that means a lot of things.
00:05:51It's a state of being.
00:05:53I never ask myself.
00:05:55I've got a beautiful wife, a lovely home, good business.
00:05:58A guy can't expect anything.
00:06:01I guess being grateful is as good as being happy.
00:06:04Not really, Joe.
00:06:07Perhaps you haven't realized...
00:06:08how little time you've been spending at home.
00:06:11How many evenings you've given to the business.
00:06:14Myra is a fine woman, Joe.
00:06:17When she married you, she was in love.
00:06:19But no one wants to be alone all the time.
00:06:22Now she'd like to do something about it.
00:06:25Oh, I see.
00:06:27She told you to talk to me.
00:06:30Did she ask you to represent her, too?
00:06:32It was more my idea than hers.
00:06:35I don't follow you.
00:06:39I...
00:06:40don't know how to say it without making it sound cheap.
00:06:48People meet with...
00:06:50no thought of being anything but friends.
00:06:53Circumstances throw them together.
00:06:56Then they discover in each other many mutual interests.
00:07:00They begin to anticipate their next meeting.
00:07:02And then the next one.
00:07:05Until finally...
00:07:07one day they...
00:07:10they both realize they're very much in love.
00:07:13Okay, don't dress it up.
00:07:15Who's the guy?
00:07:17I'm in love with her, Joe.
00:07:19I want to marry her.
00:07:22That's the way it is.
00:07:26And it's the most difficult thing
00:07:27I've ever had to say to anyone.
00:07:31Are you sure, Craig?
00:07:34Are you sure you know what you're doing?
00:07:35I'm in love with her, Joe.
00:07:44What do you want me to do?
00:07:47I'd like Myra to go away.
00:07:51Get a divorce.
00:07:55You know, Craig, I've always had a lot of respect
00:07:57and admiration for you.
00:08:00Living with me like this has taken a lot of guts.
00:08:04Like I said, a real friendship doesn't bend easy.
00:08:12This...
00:08:14this kind of knocked the wind out of me.
00:08:15All right.
00:08:18Give me a couple of days to kick it around, will you?
00:08:21Yes, Mr. Carlson?
00:08:23Please cancel the rest of my appointments for the day.
00:08:27I'm sorry.
00:08:29I'm sorry.
00:08:31I'm sorry.
00:08:33I'm sorry.
00:08:35I'm sorry.
00:08:37I'm sorry.
00:08:39I'm sorry.
00:08:41I'm sorry.
00:08:43I'm sorry.
00:08:45I'm sorry.
00:08:47I'm sorry.
00:08:49I'm sorry.
00:08:58Tired, darling.
00:08:59Did you have a rough day in court?
00:09:03I had the roughest day of my life, Myra.
00:09:06What was it, Craig?
00:09:08I...
00:09:12If she'd want to go home,
00:09:14I'm not going to be very good company to her.
00:09:17I'd like to know.
00:09:20I saw Joe today.
00:09:23I told him about us.
00:09:26Oh.
00:09:29What did he say?
00:09:31That's what's so wrong, Myra.
00:09:34He didn't get angry.
00:09:37He just said give him a couple of days to think it over.
00:09:45I guess I helped him die a little today.
00:09:49I know I did.
00:09:52Darling, do you believe that when we first met,
00:09:56we tried to fall in love?
00:09:58Oh, I know.
00:09:59Certainly not.
00:10:00Haven't we respected my marriage?
00:10:02We tried to walk away.
00:10:04We did everything we could not to let it happen.
00:10:09That doesn't make today any easier.
00:10:11I never wanted to hurt Joe.
00:10:14I didn't think I could possibly fall in love with anyone else.
00:10:18But I have.
00:10:20Craig, darling, I'm not ashamed of my feelings for you.
00:10:25I'm not afraid of the world knowing the truth.
00:10:29I don't believe what we have is wrong.
00:10:33Don't spoil it, Craig.
00:10:38I just dropped by to tell you of Mr. Swell's wedding, Joe.
00:10:42Faye was a real pretty bride.
00:10:44Funny thing, you were there the night she was born.
00:10:47I kind of hoped you'd be there tonight when I gave her away.
00:10:50I had a million things to do, Lou.
00:10:52I hope the kids will be all right.
00:10:54I'm sure they'll be.
00:10:56I'm sure they'll be.
00:10:58I'm sure they'll be.
00:11:00I'm sure they'll be.
00:11:02I'm sure they'll be.
00:11:04I'm sure they'll be.
00:11:06I hope the kids will be happy.
00:11:08Oh, they're a cinch.
00:11:10Never saw two people better suited for each other.
00:11:12Tops even Mom and me.
00:11:14I know, but sometimes even the best things have a way of going sour.
00:11:18Joe, what's wrong?
00:11:21What makes you think there's something wrong?
00:11:23You can't fool me.
00:11:25Just the other day when I was in here with the people about the branch store,
00:11:28you hardly even listened to me.
00:11:30You looked like you were a thousand miles away.
00:11:32Ever since then, you've been moping around like,
00:11:35like something was bothering you bad.
00:11:41You know, Lou,
00:11:43doing the right thing isn't the easiest thing in the world.
00:11:47You gotta look deep inside of you.
00:11:50Be real honest with yourself.
00:11:53Well, for the past few days, that's just what I've been doing.
00:11:57Looking down deep inside of me.
00:12:00Looking for the right answer, and I finally found it.
00:12:03Sounds like an important decision.
00:12:06It is.
00:12:08And a tough one, too.
00:12:10It'll probably change my whole life.
00:12:12Myra's, too.
00:12:14Something wrong between you and Myra?
00:12:16No.
00:12:18I don't think anything could be worse.
00:12:20Joe, believe me, every married couple has their ups and downs.
00:12:24Even Mom and me have had some bad moments.
00:12:27But honest, if you just have patience,
00:12:29everything usually works out fine.
00:12:32Sometimes, Lou.
00:12:34Sometimes.
00:12:36Look, do me a favor, will you?
00:12:38Mail us on your way home.
00:12:39Yeah, sure thing.
00:12:53Hello, Myra?
00:12:55Just wanted to make sure you were home.
00:12:57I'm gonna be home early.
00:12:59I've been thinking about something I want to talk to you about.
00:13:02I'll be there in about 15 or 20 minutes.
00:13:05Just remember, Joe, everything usually works out.
00:13:09Quit living in a dream world, Lou.
00:13:25Oh, my God.
00:13:55Oh, my God.
00:14:26Sergeant.
00:14:28Sir?
00:14:29Body in there?
00:14:30That's right.
00:14:31Ready for a stakeover?
00:14:32Sure.
00:14:33Chalk him off, dust the place good,
00:14:35and McMillan's already photographed most of the room.
00:14:37What does it look like, Lieutenant?
00:14:39According to the lady, we got a breeze.
00:14:41She said she shot her husband in self-defense.
00:14:43How come everybody always shoots everybody else in self-defense?
00:14:47I don't know.
00:14:48I don't know.
00:14:49I don't know.
00:14:50I don't know.
00:14:51I don't know.
00:14:52I don't know.
00:14:53Sergeant.
00:15:04Now, Mrs. Lees,
00:15:06I think we got everything pretty well straightened out.
00:15:10Would you mind going over that first part for me just once more?
00:15:13Well, I...
00:15:15I was sitting in bed reading when Joe came in.
00:15:19He was wet.
00:15:21I couldn't imagine what was wrong.
00:15:24He just walked over and pulled me out of bed
00:15:27as if he was drunk or crazy or something.
00:15:31Threw me against the dresser.
00:15:34Said he was going to kill me.
00:15:37He started for me again.
00:15:39Then I opened the drawer, took out the gun, and shot him.
00:15:45He just stood there and looked at me.
00:15:50Then he fell.
00:15:52It was terrible.
00:15:56It's going to be all right.
00:15:58You just rest there for a minute.
00:16:00All right, let's get off the phone.
00:16:02You know this place is off limits until the lab's through with it.
00:16:05We're just before usual, Lieutenant.
00:16:07Frank and Ellen, I want those papers drawn up first thing in the morning.
00:16:10No, I'll be there before you.
00:16:12I'm going directly to the office of the police headquarters.
00:16:14Sergeant, I want this section of the room covered from A to Z.
00:16:18Several shots at that nightstand and this dresser here.
00:16:20Get in close. You know the kind of stuff I want.
00:16:22Well, cover the place like they are.
00:16:24Planning on a big day in court?
00:16:26If the guys did, that makes it a big day in court.
00:16:29Any reason to doubt it was self-defense?
00:16:32Not to hold her on suspicion of murder.
00:16:34Then it's up to you legal eagles to pick her apart.
00:16:37Oh, incidentally, if you want to talk to your client, have at it.
00:16:40Because I'm taking her downtown in about two minutes.
00:16:48I don't understand it.
00:16:50I don't understand it at all.
00:16:52What don't you understand?
00:16:54The police.
00:16:56All these questions.
00:16:58Those men in there taking pictures.
00:17:00Fingerprints.
00:17:02I'm afraid, Craig.
00:17:04Just routine, ma'am.
00:17:08I don't understand it.
00:17:10I don't understand it at all.
00:17:12What don't you understand?
00:17:14The police.
00:17:17Nothing to be alarmed about.
00:17:19But Lieutenant Bradley's questions haven't been routine.
00:17:25They don't believe me, do they?
00:17:27Tell me the truth.
00:17:30Lieutenant Bradley plans to hold you on suspicion of murder.
00:17:37What am I going to do?
00:17:39How can I make them believe me?
00:17:41That'll be my job, darling.
00:17:43Why did he try to kill me?
00:17:45Why couldn't he understand?
00:17:50Myra.
00:17:55I loved Joe as much as anyone could.
00:17:58And I thought I knew him.
00:18:02But Joe's actions weren't caused by sudden anger.
00:18:06He had several days to think about what he was going to do.
00:18:10Had he been successful, it would have been premeditated murder.
00:18:17I'm afraid, Craig.
00:18:19Don't be.
00:18:22I know it's going to be difficult for you.
00:18:25Just remember.
00:18:28I love you.
00:18:40Of course I've had it. I still mean it.
00:18:42Moonlight was invented just for you.
00:18:50Craig, here's your lead line.
00:18:52The district attorney asked for Myra Leeds' life.
00:18:54He says it'll prove she killed Joe Leeds in cold blood.
00:18:57I think we'd get a new twist to the story if we quoted Carlson.
00:19:00He claims it was an attack of violence.
00:19:02Carefully staged and executed.
00:19:04I tell you, no other woman could interest me anymore.
00:19:07Yeah, it's going to be a beaut.
00:19:09Good coffee.
00:19:10If Wallace was bugging anybody besides Carlson,
00:19:12I think this Leeds woman wouldn't have a prayer.
00:19:14Court's back in session.
00:19:16I'll call rewrite in time for the three-star edition.
00:19:18Thanks.
00:19:25Oh, that was just the guys.
00:19:27Yeah, court's back in session again.
00:19:30No, I don't have to be in there.
00:19:32You can't take pictures in the courtroom.
00:19:34You were the first officer to report the scene of the murder.
00:19:38My partner and I were cruising that area when we got the call.
00:19:41Will you please tell the jury exactly what you found?
00:19:44Well, Mrs. Leeds and Mr. Carlson were there when we arrived.
00:19:48Mr. Carlson said Mrs. Leeds had called him,
00:19:50and as soon as he got there, he called the police.
00:19:52Were there signs of struggle?
00:19:54No, sir.
00:19:56Mrs. Leeds wasn't marked or bruised in any way?
00:19:58Not that I could tell.
00:20:00Did you see anything about her clothing or her person or anything at all
00:20:03that indicated that there had been a struggle?
00:20:05No, sir.
00:20:08That's all.
00:20:10Mr. Carlson?
00:20:12No questions.
00:20:14Sergeant Hill, you are connected with the crime lab.
00:20:16That's right.
00:20:18And did you know that it was raining the night of the murder?
00:20:20Yes, sir.
00:20:22Would you please tell the court how that affected your findings?
00:20:24May I have that picture, please?
00:20:32This dark spot was one of the first things we checked out.
00:20:36It probably came from Joe Leeds' clothing.
00:20:38From the way we can piece it together,
00:20:40he stood right there and didn't make a move
00:20:42until he fell from the shot.
00:20:46In other words, your deduction is that there could not have been a struggle.
00:20:50I object.
00:20:52This question calls for a conclusion of the witness.
00:20:55Sustained.
00:21:00Did you find any water spots anyplace else in the room?
00:21:03No, sir.
00:21:17Sergeant Hill, what makes you so certain
00:21:20Joe Leeds did not move closer to Mrs. Leeds
00:21:22than the area of the water stain?
00:21:25To wet a wool rug through that way
00:21:27would require quite a concentration of water.
00:21:29That means the victim would have to stand a spell.
00:21:33But Mrs. Leeds said that he came right in and over to her.
00:21:35Just answer the question, Sergeant.
00:21:37The prosecuting attorney is well able to argue his case.
00:21:39Sorry.
00:21:43What about some of the other people in that room?
00:21:46They could have dripped water on that rug, could they not?
00:21:49We checked that out.
00:21:51The rain had stopped by the time the first police unit had arrived.
00:21:54But it hadn't stopped when I arrived.
00:21:56Couldn't I have stood in one spot long enough to dampen that rug?
00:22:00I guess you could have.
00:22:02Thank you. That's all.
00:22:05And then she stated that he knocked her against the dresser.
00:22:08It was then that she opened the drawer, took out the gun, and shot him.
00:22:11Mrs. Leeds said the gun was in the dresser drawer.
00:22:13Yes, sir.
00:22:15Did she point out where Mr. Leeds was at the time she shot him?
00:22:18She said that he was rushing toward her
00:22:20from where they had struggled, beside the bed.
00:22:22Specifically, where by the bed?
00:22:24On the left side, where Mrs. Leeds was lying.
00:22:27Did your investigation bear to the conclusion?
00:22:29No, sir.
00:22:32I found bottles on the dresser.
00:22:34You know, perfume and delight.
00:22:36And had he knocked her against the dresser,
00:22:39surely some of these bottles would have been overturned.
00:22:45Lieutenant Bradley,
00:22:47is this one of the photographs you ordered taken?
00:22:51Yes, sir, it is.
00:22:53Now, do you see anything at all disturbed on or about that dresser?
00:22:57No, sir. Nothing.
00:23:02Go on, Lieutenant.
00:23:04Well, according to Mrs. Leeds,
00:23:06the spot where Mr. Leeds was standing
00:23:08at the time she shot him
00:23:10was about 10 feet from where he fell.
00:23:12Wasn't that possible?
00:23:14No, sir. According to the coroner's report,
00:23:16the victim was shot through the heart and died instantly.
00:23:19In other words, Joe Leeds would have had to walk 10 feet
00:23:22after he was dead.
00:23:24That's about it, sir.
00:23:26Your witness.
00:23:32Lieutenant Bradley,
00:23:34how many years have you been on the police force?
00:23:3722.
00:23:39And during that time,
00:23:41would you say you witnessed a number of people
00:23:43suffering from hysteria?
00:23:45I'd say so, yes.
00:23:47And what would you say were the first signs of hysteria?
00:23:51Oh, uh...
00:23:53incoherency,
00:23:55unable to speak,
00:23:57and, uh...
00:23:59incoherency,
00:24:01unable to make a decision,
00:24:03sort of a lapse in common sense.
00:24:07And would you say it was likely for a woman
00:24:09who had just killed a man to be suffering from hysteria?
00:24:13Why, yes.
00:24:15And would it not be within the realm of possibility
00:24:18for this woman to mistake her left from her right,
00:24:21come to a snap judgment of distance and direction
00:24:24that would be entirely incorrect?
00:24:26What? Possibility?
00:24:28Is it possible for a woman in such a state of hysteria
00:24:31to think she was thrown against a dresser
00:24:33when in reality she was thrown against a nearby wall?
00:24:36Well, she could be, but...
00:24:38That is all. Thank you.
00:24:59Hello, darling.
00:25:01Hello, Craig.
00:25:03Hey, you know, you've had a pretty social day.
00:25:05Three visitors.
00:25:07One was from a newspaper.
00:25:09Lucas Arian came over to tell me not to worry,
00:25:11and Karl Holt, he's an artist, an old friend.
00:25:13Wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:25:15Craig, is it going badly for me?
00:25:17There's nothing new to worry about,
00:25:19so don't try to find something.
00:25:21Will it ever be over?
00:25:23I don't know.
00:25:25Darling, I know it's been a difficult two weeks for you,
00:25:27but tomorrow should see the end of the testimony.
00:25:29How does it look?
00:25:31Willis operates like a field marshal.
00:25:33He doesn't mind losing battles so long as he wins the war.
00:25:36He'll save his big ammunition for later.
00:25:38What can we do, then?
00:25:40Oh, I've had several talks with Lou.
00:25:42He's very anxious to help you.
00:25:44I'm sure his evidence will add a lot of weight.
00:25:46And I think I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:48I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:50I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:52I think I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:55All right.
00:25:57Remember, once you're on the stand,
00:25:59Willis will try to cut you to ribbons.
00:26:01I'm not afraid of Willis or the judge or the jurors.
00:26:04All I'm afraid of is if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:26:08Oh, not a chance.
00:26:12Oh, Craig.
00:26:14Beautiful.
00:26:18I says, Joe, is there something wrong between you and Myra?
00:26:21He said, I don't see how anything could be worse.
00:26:25Had you ever seen Joe Leeds before when he was quite angry?
00:26:29Yeah, a couple of times.
00:26:31As a matter of fact, he was quite upset the first time I ever saw him.
00:26:35Somebody had accused him of giving a dishonest comp,
00:26:38tried to get him in trouble with the police.
00:26:40Well, Joe hurt him pretty bad.
00:26:43Then Joe Leeds did have a bad temper when he was upset.
00:26:49Yeah, but that wasn't often.
00:26:54Mr. Kazarian, the night of Joe Leeds' death,
00:26:59did he seem normal to you or upset to you?
00:27:04Well, he was upset.
00:27:06He said he'd been doing a lot of thinking and had breached a big decision.
00:27:10Did he tell you what that decision was?
00:27:13No, except that what he had decided would change his whole life and Myra's too.
00:27:19That will be all, thank you.
00:27:21Kazarian, we come to that phone conversation Joe Leeds had with his wife.
00:27:24Tell us exactly what you overheard.
00:27:27Well, that was a long time ago.
00:27:30Just tell us those things you can remember.
00:27:33Well, I remember him saying for her to stay home.
00:27:36He'd been doing a lot of thinking, wanted to talk it over with her.
00:27:41I guess that's about all that happened.
00:27:43In other words, it was Joe Leeds who definitely had something to talk out with his wife.
00:27:47That's the way it sounded.
00:27:50Now, Mr. Kazarian, the defense counsel has spoken much about Joe Leeds' temper.
00:27:58You say you were present when Joe Leeds beat up a man who falsely accused him.
00:28:02Now, would you say that Joe Leeds was quite angry then?
00:28:06Oh, the worst I've ever seen him.
00:28:09But this fellow had it coming to him. He was always sniping at Joe.
00:28:13And if Joe Leeds was more angry on that occasion than you ever saw him,
00:28:16why didn't he kill the man? Did someone stop the fight?
00:28:20Oh, no. We were all glad to see him get it.
00:28:23Anyway, we knew all Joe had in mind was to rough him up.
00:28:27He sure did a good job.
00:28:29And if Joe Leeds was more angered than you had ever seen him,
00:28:32you claim he had no intention of killing.
00:28:35Now, can you say on the oath that you've taken that he was angry enough to kill his wife?
00:28:42No, I guess not.
00:28:44Thank you, Mr. Kazarian.
00:28:52And do you recall any instance, Mrs. Leeds, where your husband displayed a violent temper?
00:28:59Yes. There was a time just before we were married.
00:29:04Joe had an argument with one of his employees.
00:29:06The two men fought.
00:29:08Joe beat him so brutally, the other man had to spend the next two months in the hospital.
00:29:13And were there times after your marriage when your husband showed a tendency toward violence?
00:29:19Several.
00:29:21Whenever anything annoyed him, edgy, if someone said something that displeased him,
00:29:26he flew into a temper.
00:29:28We argued often because of this.
00:29:32Then that night when he came home, wet, blind with fury,
00:29:37you had good reason to think he would kill you.
00:29:40You had good reason to think that Joe Leeds was a man of violence.
00:29:44That is what you believed, is it not, Mrs. Leeds?
00:29:47Yes.
00:29:50Do you think any other woman would have reacted as you did?
00:29:53I know they would.
00:29:55No one wants to kill, but no one wants to be killed either.
00:30:00You're witness.
00:30:10Mrs. Leeds, how long had you and your husband been married?
00:30:15Two years.
00:30:16And when you married your husband, what was your financial condition?
00:30:20I don't understand.
00:30:21Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, were you rich, moderately wealthy, had a good job? What?
00:30:28Well, I... I was looking for a job when I met Joe Leeds.
00:30:34And would you say your husband was a man of means?
00:30:36I mean, did he have some property, some insurance, perhaps?
00:30:39He had ten supermarkets, some insurance.
00:30:43How much would you say your husband was worth at the time of his death,
00:30:46that is, including insurance?
00:30:49I don't know.
00:30:51Then let me tell you.
00:30:53Your husband, Mrs. Leeds, left an estate of more than three quarters of a million dollars.
00:30:57That's quite an inheritance for you.
00:31:00From unemployment to a neat $750,000 in two years.
00:31:05Wouldn't you say that was a very lucrative two years' work, Mrs. Leeds?
00:31:10Objection!
00:31:13The prosecution will refrain from any more questions of this nature.
00:31:17That last statement will be stricken from the record, and the jury is asked to disregard it.
00:31:21Mrs. Leeds, when you married your husband, were you in love with him?
00:31:24Of course.
00:31:26Were you in love with your husband at the time of his death?
00:31:29No.
00:31:30Then in less than two years, you no longer loved him.
00:31:33Love is a very strong emotion, Mrs. Leeds.
00:31:36How could you turn it off so quickly?
00:31:39I... I just didn't love him anymore.
00:31:42And you waited until that fatal night to tell him about it?
00:31:45That's not true.
00:31:47Then when did you tell your husband you were no longer in love with him?
00:31:50I... I don't remember.
00:31:53Did you ask your husband for a divorce?
00:31:56Yes.
00:31:58And what was Mr. Leeds' answer?
00:32:00He just said he wanted to think about it.
00:32:03In other words, Mrs. Leeds, when you suddenly told your husband you wanted a divorce,
00:32:06instead of becoming angry, he answered he wanted to think about it.
00:32:09Now, is that correct?
00:32:10Yes.
00:32:12And yet you asked this court to believe that Mr. Leeds returned home on that fatal evening,
00:32:16without so much as a single word, trying to kill you?
00:32:19Yes.
00:32:21Then tell us, Mrs. Leeds, how do you explain the fact that when you first, shall we say,
00:32:24shocked your husband by asking him for a divorce, he did nothing?
00:32:31I don't know. I... I don't know.
00:32:38That will be all, Mrs. Leeds.
00:32:40Myra Leeds would have us believe that when her husband reached their apartment,
00:32:44he immediately made an attempt to kill her, so that she had to kill in self-defense.
00:32:49But what concrete reasons have you been given that Mrs. Leeds felt she was forced to shoot her husband?
00:32:55Only that he became furious when she told him she no longer loved him,
00:32:59that she wanted a divorce.
00:33:01And why did she do that?
00:33:03I don't know.
00:33:06And yet, not one single witness has been brought before this court
00:33:09to indicate that any discord existed between the Leeds.
00:33:14Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
00:33:17there was no discord in the marriage of Joe Leeds.
00:33:20Only in that of his wife, Myra, an ambitious woman.
00:33:24Marriage had bettered her position.
00:33:26And yet, not one single witness has been brought before this court
00:33:30to indicate that any discord existed between the Leeds.
00:33:34Marriage had bettered her position.
00:33:36And with Joe Leeds' death, her position was still improved.
00:33:41The location of the body.
00:33:43The placement and trajectory of the bullet that killed Leeds.
00:33:47The lack of signs of a struggle.
00:33:49All of these facts.
00:33:51Facts.
00:33:53Fitted against Myra Leeds' story of self-defense.
00:33:59Could there be an honest doubt in your minds as to the guilt of this woman?
00:34:04If there is, let me dispel them for you.
00:34:06Myra Leeds is given no reason why she would have wanted to divorce Joe Leeds
00:34:10except that she fell out of love.
00:34:13Now, is love such a fickle thing that one can fall in love one week
00:34:18and out the next?
00:34:20With no apparent reason,
00:34:22could Myra Leeds have awakened one morning
00:34:25and decided to ask her husband of two years for a divorce?
00:34:28No.
00:34:30Let me tell you what Myra Leeds did.
00:34:32She was jobless when she met Joe Leeds.
00:34:34She saw in him a stepping stone to an easy life.
00:34:37When she was ready to move on,
00:34:39she realized that Joe Leeds could only be of monetary value to her dead.
00:34:45So that when he came home to discuss whatever it was he wished to discuss,
00:34:49she shot him.
00:34:53Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband for a handful of gold.
00:34:58That is why the state charges Myra Leeds
00:35:02with murder in the first degree.
00:35:06Is counsel for the defense ready to address the jury?
00:35:09I am, Your Honor.
00:35:18This has been a long and grueling trial,
00:35:22not only for the defendant,
00:35:24but for the rest of us as well.
00:35:26You have heard arguments and counterarguments,
00:35:29fact and counterfact, theory and counter-theory.
00:35:32And for the past hour and 15 minutes,
00:35:34you've heard the prosecution parade before you
00:35:37every piece of circumstantial evidence,
00:35:39innuendo and plain conjecture that he could muster.
00:35:43Conjecture that would bolster his claim
00:35:46that Myra Leeds is guilty of murdering her husband.
00:35:50With all of this conjecture, the end result has been this.
00:35:55The state claims Myra Leeds killed Joe Leeds
00:35:58because her story about the moments of violence
00:36:01she was faced with differed from that of the police.
00:36:04And because she could give no clear reason
00:36:07why she suddenly would want to divorce her husband.
00:36:11If Myra Leeds had a sound reason for suddenly desiring a divorce,
00:36:15a reason that would measurably add to her happiness,
00:36:19even the prosecution knows it would have no case.
00:36:24Well, Myra Leeds did have a reason
00:36:26for asking Joe Leeds for a divorce.
00:36:28Myra Leeds was in love with another man.
00:36:44Now remember, you of the jury are not here
00:36:47to determine the righteousness of Myra Leeds' emotions as a woman,
00:36:51only to determine if she shot her husband
00:36:54in an act of premeditation.
00:36:57It is not for you to decide
00:36:59whether or not Myra Leeds did the right thing
00:37:02in falling in love with another man.
00:37:04It is for you to decide
00:37:06if in telling her husband about the man she loved,
00:37:09she aroused in him an anger so intense
00:37:12he decided to kill her.
00:37:14So now you ask,
00:37:17who is this man?
00:37:19Bring him forward to confirm this story.
00:37:23Well, I knew Joe Leeds better than anyone.
00:37:27And I know the man his wife is in love with.
00:37:32I am that man.
00:37:43Any further demonstration of this character in this courtroom will be cleared.
00:37:49Proceed.
00:37:51My falling in love with Myra Leeds was accidental.
00:37:56But my wanting to marry her
00:37:59was with strong intent.
00:38:02As was Joe Leeds' intent
00:38:04when he decided if he could no longer have his wife,
00:38:07no other man would either.
00:38:09Ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:11there isn't a single one of you
00:38:13who wouldn't have struggled as Myra Leeds did.
00:38:17Her life was at stake. She acted in self-defense.
00:38:23Now, that is the story.
00:38:26And that is the truth.
00:38:30To bring out the truth, your verdict must be
00:38:33not guilty.
00:38:37She beat it. Not guilty.
00:38:39You know what gallery church you'd fought in the Navy. Just made a touchdown.
00:38:42Awesome. Cruel as weather.
00:38:44No muscle when the jury foreman sang out.
00:38:46There's no doubt about it.
00:38:48That guy's the biggest incentive murders had
00:38:50since the Chinese invented gunpowder.
00:39:07I wish you happiness.
00:39:12Pick this up on the way back from court today.
00:39:15What is it?
00:39:17Capri.
00:39:19As ancient and enchanting as the Mediterranean would surround it.
00:39:23May not be the world's greatest prose,
00:39:26but it sounded good to me.
00:39:28It must be love.
00:39:30I thought we could be married next week,
00:39:32take the boat to Rome, then ride to Capri.
00:39:34Oh, darling, it'll be a wonderful honeymoon.
00:39:37It sounds wonderful.
00:39:39But do you know next week is almost here?
00:39:41Give me a little bit more time.
00:39:43The sooner we get away, the better it'll be for you.
00:39:46From now on, you're not going to have any reason
00:39:48to think of anything other than me.
00:39:57Hi, Lou. We'd about given you up.
00:39:59I'm sorry I'm late, but Mom wasn't feeling well.
00:40:02Last minute, she decided to stay home.
00:40:04Oh, that's too bad.
00:40:06Well, let me hang up your coat.
00:40:08Thanks. And Myra,
00:40:10everything turned out okay.
00:40:15Hey.
00:40:16This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
00:40:18Could I talk to you alone for a minute, Greg?
00:40:20Is something wrong?
00:40:22It's about Joe.
00:40:26Sure, let's go into the den.
00:40:29Hiya, Will.
00:40:31Hiya, Lou.
00:40:32Hello, Henry.
00:40:33Good to see you, Lou.
00:40:41What is it, Lou?
00:40:43It's about Joe and the last night he was alive.
00:40:45The night my daughter was married
00:40:47and I dropped by to tell him about the wedding.
00:40:49Well, just before I left,
00:40:51he asked me to mail a letter for him.
00:40:53I put it in my pocket.
00:40:55Well, I forgot all about it
00:40:57until I put my tux on again tonight.
00:40:59It's addressed to you.
00:41:11Dear Greg,
00:41:13well, like I promised,
00:41:15I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:41:17I've been trying to figure out
00:41:19the best way for all of us.
00:41:21You see, when I first met Myra,
00:41:23I figured she was out of my league.
00:41:25She was interested in things
00:41:27that I didn't understand,
00:41:29like art and music.
00:41:31But then, like a boat,
00:41:33one night she told me she loved me
00:41:35and I felt nine feet tall.
00:41:37Right then, I said a million thanks.
00:41:39In a way, it was like the answer to a prayer.
00:41:41We got married right away
00:41:43and for a couple of months,
00:41:45living was paradise.
00:41:47I didn't love her.
00:41:49I worshipped her.
00:41:51But it began to change.
00:41:53One day, we had an argument.
00:41:55Myra told me she'd never loved me.
00:41:59It goes without saying, Greg,
00:42:01but I walked in circles for days.
00:42:03Finally, I asked her if she wanted a divorce
00:42:05and she said yes
00:42:08and asked for half my business.
00:42:10I got mad because I realized
00:42:12that was the only reason she'd ever married me.
00:42:14I told her that no man
00:42:16was going to live off
00:42:18what it had taken me most to accumulate.
00:42:20And that's the way it's been going along
00:42:22for the past few months.
00:42:24Myra's in love, Greg,
00:42:26but not with you.
00:42:28She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:42:38I can't figure out
00:42:40what she's doing with you,
00:42:42but I know she must have some kind of a plan.
00:42:44I'm going to see her tonight
00:42:46and I'm going to try to keep her.
00:42:48She's no good, Greg,
00:42:50but I do love her.
00:42:52If she decides not to stay with me,
00:42:54I want you to know the truth.
00:42:56She is a woman.
00:42:58Myra's a disease.
00:43:00In a way, she's already destroyed me.
00:43:02I'm going to find out
00:43:04what's going on with her.
00:43:06She destroyed me.
00:43:08I just hope she doesn't end up
00:43:10destroying you.
00:43:36Did I cause trouble
00:43:38by forgetting about the letter?
00:43:44I don't know, Luke.
00:43:50I don't know.
00:43:54Give me a couple of days to keep her out of it.
00:43:56I never wanted to hurt you.
00:43:58I never wanted to hurt you.
00:44:00I never wanted to hurt you.
00:44:02I never wanted to hurt you.
00:44:05I never wanted to hurt you.
00:44:07I didn't think I could possibly fall in love
00:44:09with anyone else,
00:44:11but I have.
00:44:13Why did he try to kill me?
00:44:15Why couldn't he understand?
00:44:17I'm not afraid of women
00:44:19or the judge or the jurors.
00:44:21All I'm afraid of is
00:44:23if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:44:25Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband
00:44:27for a handful of gold.
00:44:29That is why the state charges
00:44:31Myra Leeds
00:44:33with murder in the first degree.
00:44:35Carlson, he's an artist, an old friend.
00:44:37I wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:44:53Mr. Holt?
00:44:55Yes.
00:44:57My name's...
00:44:59I know.
00:45:02I have to forgive the appearance of the place.
00:45:04My, uh, canvases
00:45:06have a way of dominating the whole room.
00:45:08Not bad canvases, either.
00:45:10Oh, that one.
00:45:12Yeah, even I like that one.
00:45:14Won't you sit down, Mr. Carlson?
00:45:16I'm a great friend.
00:45:18Because of Myra's acquittal?
00:45:20No, it was that way before that.
00:45:22You see,
00:45:24this is a pretty strange neighborhood.
00:45:26You know what they call it?
00:45:28Cloud Nine.
00:45:30I think that's because a lot of men
00:45:32are just getting started living around here.
00:45:34Have a lot of dreams, a lot of idols, you know?
00:45:36Now, you take the fellow
00:45:38who lives just two doors down.
00:45:40He just got out of law school.
00:45:42He thinks he walked right down out of the sun.
00:45:44Take some of the cases that you've turned down.
00:45:46According to Charlie,
00:45:48if you didn't care who you got acquitted,
00:45:50you could be living like a Maharaja.
00:45:52No, he must be just out of law school.
00:45:54Oh, he's got a lot of other legal idols, too.
00:45:56But for me, you're my favorite.
00:45:59You've known Myra a long time.
00:46:01Since we were freshmen in college.
00:46:03Myra was a music major,
00:46:05and I was knee-deep in art.
00:46:07Did you ever hear Myra play?
00:46:09Yes, she plays like an angel.
00:46:11Of course, in my book, Myra is an angel.
00:46:14Well, I guess she's told you how I feel about her.
00:46:16No, she hasn't.
00:46:18There's nothing earth-shattering
00:46:20for anybody except us.
00:46:22I have to be very much in love with her.
00:46:24We're going to be married.
00:46:26We're going to be married.
00:46:31When was that decided?
00:46:33Two years after we left college.
00:46:38A strange engagement?
00:46:40A marriage in between?
00:46:43Well, that was Myra's one big mistake.
00:46:45We both knew that shortly after she married that fellow.
00:46:48You don't mind if I work while we talk, do you?
00:46:50I want to make the most of the sunlight.
00:46:52Go right ahead.
00:46:56You say...
00:46:58Myra knew she made a mistake
00:47:00when she married Joe Lee?
00:47:03People chase different rainbows, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:06For Myra, it was money.
00:47:08I didn't have any.
00:47:10My prospects were terrible.
00:47:12Terrible!
00:47:15We had a scrap on that subject when she met this Lee fellow.
00:47:18You know the rest of the story.
00:47:20No, not the point about her knowing she made a mistake.
00:47:24That was when we...
00:47:26met at that exhibit that afternoon.
00:47:29The powder was still dry.
00:47:33At this juncture, I'd like to make a point of honor, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:36I refused to see Myra again after that afternoon.
00:47:39So she was free. She felt the same way about it.
00:47:42It was quite an impasse, wasn't it?
00:47:44We didn't think so.
00:47:46I was going to ask Leeds for a divorce.
00:47:49But she went sort of crazy.
00:47:51That awful night was the capper.
00:47:55You know, Holt...
00:47:57You've been a lot working against you.
00:47:59In spite of that, I...
00:48:01still may get to like you.
00:48:03I want you to, but what have I got working against me?
00:48:05Myra's trial.
00:48:07Why didn't you offer to help?
00:48:09I did!
00:48:11That day I visited Myra.
00:48:13She didn't want me to come to see her again, though.
00:48:15Or even say I knew her.
00:48:17Funny, I couldn't quite figure that out.
00:48:20I guess it was because...
00:48:22she was afraid our being in love would sway the jury against her...
00:48:25since she was a married woman.
00:48:27Funny, it was that very approach that freed her.
00:48:31That's what makes a lawyer a lawyer. You're just plain smart.
00:48:34Not always.
00:48:36Well, now, I watched that trial every single day...
00:48:38and you never drew a miss.
00:48:42By the way, I would like a crack at improving your impression of me.
00:48:45You got any ideas?
00:48:46Oh, my first hunch was right.
00:48:48I do like you.
00:48:50Well, let's be really classical about this friendship, then.
00:48:52Toasted and sherry.
00:48:54Fling the glass in the fireplace.
00:48:56I'm sorry, but I've got to go.
00:48:58Oh, too bad.
00:49:00But as far as the toast is concerned, it's just as well.
00:49:02I haven't got any fireplace.
00:49:04I will see you again, though, won't I?
00:49:06You know, that last day of the trial...
00:49:08when you said you were the man in Myra's life...
00:49:10I didn't think so kindly of you then.
00:49:12I'm glad Myra straightened me out on it.
00:49:14Oh? What did she say?
00:49:17Well, I sure was a beaut.
00:49:19That was the best piece of dramatics I've ever seen.
00:49:21I guess Myra and I really owe you an awful lot...
00:49:23for drawing out on a limb like that.
00:49:25Well, goodbye, Mr. Holt.
00:49:27Goodbye, Mr. Garfield.
00:49:47Darling?
00:49:49I was expecting you.
00:49:51Be ready in three minutes.
00:49:53In the meantime, how about making one of your very special Manhattans?
00:49:55I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:49:57Great.
00:50:01You startled me.
00:50:03I was expecting a friend.
00:50:05Who knows how to make special Manhattans?
00:50:07That's right.
00:50:09If you like, I can make one for you.
00:50:11Oh, thank you.
00:50:13That's right.
00:50:15If you like, I can...
00:50:17No, thanks.
00:50:19I just wanted to talk to you, Myra...
00:50:21about our engagement.
00:50:23Let's not make it tonight, Craig.
00:50:25Why not tonight?
00:50:27Why not this very minute?
00:50:29Two people in love can't wait, Myra.
00:50:31That's the way with people in love, isn't it?
00:50:33I explained, Craig. Someone...
00:50:35Well, isn't it?
00:50:37Oh, say it, Myra.
00:50:39Say you love me.
00:50:42Let go of me.
00:50:44I want to hear you say it, Myra.
00:50:46I'm all you have.
00:50:48Or have you suddenly remembered there was someone else?
00:50:50I said let go of me.
00:50:52Someone like Carl Holtz.
00:50:54All right.
00:50:56You know.
00:51:08I met him today.
00:51:10He seems very much in love.
00:51:12Two men in love with you.
00:51:16Awkward arrangement, Myra.
00:51:18Craig.
00:51:20What happened to us?
00:51:22It was a mistake.
00:51:24I don't think so.
00:51:26In fact, I don't think you ever made a mistake before in your life.
00:51:30I don't want to see him, Craig.
00:51:32Neither do I. Just the truth.
00:51:34The truth is I am in love with Carl Holtz.
00:51:36And I'm going to marry him.
00:51:39You were going to marry Carl Holtz.
00:51:41And you were going to marry him the day I met you.
00:51:43I don't want to talk about it.
00:51:45Then let's have someone talk about it for us.
00:51:49I received this letter yesterday.
00:51:51It's from Joe.
00:51:53What kind of a trick is this?
00:51:55Sit down, Myra.
00:51:59Sit down.
00:52:01Dear Craig.
00:52:03Like I promised, I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:52:06I've been trying to figure out the best way for all of us.
00:52:10You see, when I first met Myra, I figured she was out of my league.
00:52:14She was interested in things I didn't understand, like art and music.
00:52:17Myra's in love, Craig, but not with you.
00:52:20She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:52:23I can't figure out what she's doing to you, but I know you can.
00:52:28I'm going to see her tonight, and I'm going to try and keep her.
00:52:31She's no good, Craig, but I do love her.
00:52:34And if she decides not to stay with me, I wanted you to know the truth.
00:52:38She isn't a woman. Myra's a disease.
00:52:41The way she's already destroyed me, I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you.
00:52:45Joe.
00:52:47I don't believe Joe wrote that letter.
00:52:51You should be able to read it.
00:52:53I don't believe it.
00:52:55You should be able to recognize his writing.
00:53:04What does it prove?
00:53:06Only that Joe was a miserable, jealous man?
00:53:09No, Myra. It proves something much different.
00:53:12Joe offered you a divorce, but without any money.
00:53:15You didn't want it that way, and you knew there was only one way to get it.
00:53:18You'll have to do more than say it. You'll have to prove it.
00:53:21I'm free now.
00:53:24I can do what I want with my life.
00:53:26You had it planned very carefully, didn't you, Myra?
00:53:30To get Joe's money, you had to kill him.
00:53:33To guarantee your freedom, you made me fall in love with you.
00:53:36I wonder if Karl Holt would want to murder us for a wife.
00:53:40I was tried and acquitted. Your brilliant defense freed me.
00:53:44No one can hurt me anymore. Not even you.
00:53:48This time you're wrong, Myra. Very wrong.
00:53:51What do you mean, this time?
00:53:53You're going to commit another murder.
00:53:57Yes, you are.
00:54:00You're going to murder me.
00:54:03You're insane.
00:54:09No one wants to die. Not even you.
00:54:15My whole life has meant just three things.
00:54:19My love for Joe. My work.
00:54:23And my love for you.
00:54:26You've destroyed them all.
00:54:28How much is there left of me to die?
00:54:44So there it was, Ray.
00:54:46An ugly little package.
00:54:49Myra had killed Joe Leeds, and I was an accessory.
00:54:54Joe Leeds was dead.
00:54:57And Myra had to pay.
00:54:59Just as I'm going to pay.
00:55:06There's not much time left, so I'd better bring you up to date.
00:55:11I had made plans to give up my practice.
00:55:15I was spending every available moment keeping Myra constantly aware that sooner or later,
00:55:20I'd prove to Carl Holt she was a murderer.
00:55:25Then I learned that Myra and Carl were planning to leave for Europe.
00:55:35Ray! Good to see you again.
00:55:38Come on in.
00:55:41Hey, we were just about to have a drink.
00:55:43Well, what a pleasant surprise.
00:55:46Are you sure you're surprised, Ray?
00:55:48What do you mean by that?
00:55:50Oh, just a private little joke.
00:55:52Myra is certain attorneys know what people are going to do before they do it.
00:55:55In some cases, I'd say she was right.
00:55:58Enough talk about lawyers. I've got news for you.
00:56:00Oh?
00:56:02Will you tell him, Mike?
00:56:04No, I don't think he'd be interested.
00:56:06Of course I'd be interested.
00:56:08We're going to get married?
00:56:10No.
00:56:13Surprised again, Ray?
00:56:15We're sailing for Paris on Friday.
00:56:17We're going to be married as soon as we get there, and it was all Myra's idea.
00:56:20She wants to live there.
00:56:22In a way, I'm sorry.
00:56:24Sorry? For what?
00:56:26Well, this wasn't exactly a social visit.
00:56:28I came up with the mission of painting.
00:56:30Painting? For whom?
00:56:32Myself. I know this is going to sound a little vain,
00:56:34but I've always wanted a portrait.
00:56:36You know, something very flattering.
00:56:38Oh, it's a shame you didn't mention it before.
00:56:41We sail on Friday.
00:56:43How long does it take to do a portrait?
00:56:45Well, it varies. I usually like two, three weeks.
00:56:48Well, couldn't you put your trip off for that length of time?
00:56:51No.
00:56:53I like your work, Carl.
00:56:55I'd be willing to pay as much as $2,500.
00:57:00Hey, I'm not Whistler, you know.
00:57:02What about it? $2,500 for those two weeks?
00:57:05We don't need much. We have plenty.
00:57:09Hold on, honey. You mean you have plenty?
00:57:11You're my husband.
00:57:13What I have belongs to you.
00:57:17Well, I am afraid where money is concerned,
00:57:20I'm going to be a little old-fashioned.
00:57:22I'll do it.
00:57:24When can you make the sitting?
00:57:26What about tomorrow?
00:57:28That's fine. Between 3 and 5, that's my life span.
00:57:30Good. I'll be here two weeks.
00:57:32Give us a chance to get very well acquainted.
00:57:34I'm looking forward to it.
00:57:36You know, Myra, it seems as if you're one weakness
00:57:39in picking men with moral strength.
00:57:41I'll see you tomorrow.
00:57:43Good-bye, Craig.
00:57:52I expected you, but not quite as soon.
00:57:57Leave us alone, Craig. Don't push me too far.
00:58:01Is that all you came here for?
00:58:04I came to offer you $100,000.
00:58:07Will you take it?
00:58:09Let him go to Paris?
00:58:11No.
00:58:12$125,000?
00:58:13Not for all the money in the world.
00:58:15I need those two weeks.
00:58:17I need the time to finish what I've started.
00:58:20I promise you, Myra, you're not going to have Carl Hold or Joe Lee's money.
00:58:25I never realized how much I could hate a man until now.
00:58:29But it's not enough to kill me. Not yet.
00:58:32What kind of a man are you?
00:58:33One who believes in the honesty and integrity of our court.
00:58:36But that's something you would never be able to understand.
00:58:39I understand what you're trying to do to me.
00:58:41Do you really?
00:58:43Do you understand what you did to me when I learned you killed Joe?
00:58:46Do you understand in winning you an acquittal I became as guilty as you?
00:58:50I want you to understand, Myra.
00:58:52I want you to fully understand that we'll have to pay for what we've done.
00:58:55I'm not going to pay for anything.
00:59:02You'll pay, Myra.
00:59:05We'll both pay.
00:59:08That's it.
00:59:10For better or for worse, it's finished.
00:59:22It's excellent.
00:59:24You've been a very patient subject.
00:59:28Oh, don't forget tonight.
00:59:32We'll be on room about seven.
00:59:35Craig?
00:59:39A few times you've seen Myra here.
00:59:42Nervous and jumpy, she seems.
00:59:46The trial was very taxing for her, and I guess she's anxious to get to Europe.
00:59:51It's a natural reaction.
00:59:54I don't think you should have any worries about her.
00:59:57I guess not.
00:59:59Maybe your party will be just the description that will snap her out of it.
01:00:02By the way, what are we celebrating?
01:00:05We'll find out in exactly three hours.
01:00:08Okay, man of mystery, I will not press you for an answer.
01:00:12I'll stay on tenner.
01:00:14I'll see you at ten.
01:00:16Right.
01:00:29You wish to order now?
01:00:31No, we have another party coming along.
01:00:34Why didn't you tell me Craig was coming?
01:00:37What's the matter, Myra?
01:00:39There's so much to do.
01:00:41You think you're the only one who's busy?
01:00:43Move over. I haven't even packed yet.
01:00:59I tell you what, Carl, let's leave.
01:01:01Leave?
01:01:02We could give a message to the captain, have him tell Craig that something had come up.
01:01:05We can't do that.
01:01:06Craig's been counting on us. He's looking forward to it.
01:01:09What's so important about it?
01:01:11We'll talk about that after dinner, Myra.
01:01:15Hello, Charles.
01:01:16Good evening, Mr. Carlson.
01:01:17Hi, Craig.
01:01:23I'm sorry, Charles.
01:01:25I'm sorry, Myra.
01:01:28For dessert, may I suggest cherry jubilee?
01:01:31It's excellent.
01:01:32Oh, thank you.
01:01:34How about you, Myra?
01:01:36I guess that'll be all, Charles.
01:01:39Well, Craig, that was a delicious dinner.
01:01:41French food couldn't be any better.
01:01:43Myra, did you enjoy your dinner?
01:01:46You told us you'd tell us what this was all about after dinner, Craig.
01:01:49Myra, no, it's all right.
01:01:51She's just anxious.
01:01:53What do you mean, anxious?
01:01:54The trip to Paris.
01:01:55And she's about to become a bride.
01:01:57Craig, I want to know why you brought us here.
01:02:00All right.
01:02:09Here you are, Carl.
01:02:12Here you are, Carl.
01:02:26Craig, our deal was for $2,500.
01:02:29I thought I'd double it.
01:02:31That's my surprise.
01:02:32But why?
01:02:34For helping me achieve an important ambition.
01:02:37Well, I certainly hope through the years
01:02:41the painting continues to please you, Craig.
01:02:44I'm certain it will.
01:02:47You see, to me, the portrait reflected not only a friendship,
01:02:55but a great understanding you felt for the subject.
01:02:59I hope you're never disappointed.
01:03:02Well, I must run.
01:03:04I have a lot of work to do at the house.
01:03:06Is it all that one important case you mentioned?
01:03:08That's the one.
01:03:10Thank you for coming, Myra.
01:03:13We will see you again before we leave.
01:03:15Yes, you will.
01:03:17By the way, Carl, there's something
01:03:19I've been wanting to ask you.
01:03:22Suppose the portrait of me had turned out badly.
01:03:27Suppose you'd really liked it.
01:03:30Suppose you'd realized you'd made a mistake
01:03:33in the manner in which you'd handled it.
01:03:35What would you have done?
01:03:40Destroyed it, of course.
01:03:41Despite your fee?
01:03:42Despite anything.
01:03:44Strange.
01:03:47I've always felt that the same parallel existed in law.
01:03:55Well, I've got to be going.
01:03:56Good night.
01:04:00Good night, Craig.
01:04:14I can't tell you how good it's been
01:04:16having dinner here with you, Craig.
01:04:18Wish we could do it more often.
01:04:21Ray, there's something I want to ask you.
01:04:24Shoot.
01:04:25About the Myra Leeds trial.
01:04:29Why talk over yesterday's headlines?
01:04:32You asked the jury to find Myra guilty
01:04:35of first-degree murder.
01:04:37Hmm.
01:04:39At the end of the trial, the jury found her not guilty.
01:04:44How did you find her?
01:04:47It's important to me, Ray.
01:04:49I want to know.
01:04:53All right, Craig.
01:04:56You were very convincing.
01:04:58I can understand you're swaying that jury,
01:05:00but you didn't sway me.
01:05:02At the time, I still thought she was guilty.
01:05:05I was sure you did.
01:05:07You know, I thought about it for a long time.
01:05:10Now I know that the jury brought in the correct verdict.
01:05:14I've known you too many years, Craig.
01:05:16You never would have said what you did
01:05:18just for the dramatic effect.
01:05:20Another attorney might, but not you.
01:05:24No, I admit it.
01:05:25On the Myra Leeds case, I was way off base.
01:05:33Well, thank you, Ray.
01:05:36Now, there's something I'd like you to do for me.
01:05:43Hello, Mrs. Leeds.
01:05:44Mr. Carlson's expecting you.
01:05:46Thank you, Jenny.
01:05:47Mrs. Leeds?
01:05:48Mr. Willis?
01:05:49Myra.
01:05:50Glad you could make it.
01:05:52Now, it's getting late.
01:05:53I'd better leave.
01:05:54It was a wonderful evening.
01:05:56Thanks for the talk, Ray.
01:05:57You've been very helpful.
01:05:59Mrs. Leeds?
01:06:17Why did you send for me?
01:06:19Why were you talking to the district attorney?
01:06:21We were talking about a case.
01:06:23Your case, Myra.
01:06:25This grotesque joke of yours has gone far enough.
01:06:28You still think this is a joke?
01:06:30You've got to stop it, Craig.
01:06:32Every time you talked to Carl, I...
01:06:34The other evening at dinner, I was terrified.
01:06:36What you're doing is inhuman.
01:06:38I can't stand much more of it.
01:06:40You're a murderess, Myra.
01:06:42Anything that happens to you won't be enough.
01:06:46Craig, the jury freed me.
01:06:48They found me innocent.
01:06:50All I want is to go away with Carl.
01:06:53Please understand, for the first time in my life,
01:06:55I want to live decently.
01:06:57You don't know the meaning of the word.
01:07:01At first, I thought Carl Holt was like you.
01:07:05But it wasn't long before I changed my mind.
01:07:08You fooled him, Myra.
01:07:10Just like you fooled me.
01:07:12He's too fine to be hurt by someone like you.
01:07:15I'm not going to let it happen.
01:07:17No matter what you tell him, he won't believe you.
01:07:19There's no way of proving that I killed Joe.
01:07:22You're just trying to frighten me with more threats.
01:07:25Understand me, Myra.
01:07:28I never once meant to threaten you.
01:07:31I made you a promise.
01:07:37What I've compiled in this folder is no longer theory.
01:07:41It's proof.
01:07:43The only way you can prevent me from turning it over to Carl
01:07:47is to kill me.
01:07:49I'm not going to kill you.
01:07:51I'm not going to kill you!
01:07:53It must be maddening to know that in just a little while
01:07:56you're going to lose everything you've planned and killed for.
01:08:00You see, Myra,
01:08:02you can't win anymore.
01:08:11It was not long before my telephone began to ring.
01:08:14I knew it would be Myra.
01:08:16She was desperate.
01:08:18She wanted to see me right away.
01:08:20But I still had a few things to do,
01:08:22so I told her I'd see her later at my office.
01:08:24I made the appointment for 12.30 sharp.
01:08:28It was now only a matter of waiting.
01:08:30Time took care of the wait.
01:08:32So now the pattern's complete.
01:08:35And it's the same pattern Joe Leeds lived.
01:08:38But this time Myra won't be acquitted.
01:08:41That's where you're concerned, Ray.
01:08:43Because this time you're not going to have to guess
01:08:47whether or not Myra is guilty.
01:08:49You'll know.
01:08:51You're going to be a witness.
01:09:08♪♪
01:09:38Thank you for being so prompt.
01:09:40You promised me an answer.
01:09:43Here it is.
01:09:45My complete file.
01:09:47Now no attorney could get you off, not even me.
01:09:50I told you, I can't be tried for the same crime twice.
01:09:54And I told you I'm trying you before Carl Holt.
01:09:57We'll let him determine whether or not you're guilty.
01:10:00Or would you prefer this?
01:10:03I'm not going to kill anyone.
01:10:05Very well.
01:10:07That affords three of us a visit.
01:10:09Carl, you, and us.
01:10:11I'm going to call and ask him to come right over.
01:10:14After seeing this, if he still wants to marry a murderess,
01:10:17that's his business.
01:10:21Craig, don't call him.
01:10:27Craig!
01:10:33Don't make me do it!
01:10:37Hello?
01:10:38Craig!
01:10:48Hello? Hello?
01:11:03Hello?
01:11:33What's the meaning of this?
01:11:35It's terrible.
01:11:37Craig has committed suicide.
01:11:40What's the meaning of this?
01:11:42It's terrible.
01:11:44Craig has committed suicide.
01:12:10What are you doing here?
01:12:12He asked if I could meet him here at 12.30.
01:12:15Strange. He told me to be here at 12.40.
01:12:23I...
01:12:25I'd never expect Craig to do a thing like this.
01:12:40It is Ray Willis.
01:12:43The man shot himself. Will you send someone over right away, please?
01:12:46Uh, Chambers Building, room 2407.
01:12:50No.
01:12:52He's dead.
01:13:10This tape recorder is still running.
01:13:13It must have been dictating when it happened.
01:13:26And it could be Craig's way of giving us an explanation.
01:13:29To Ray Willis, District Attorney.
01:13:33Dear Ray,
01:13:35in exactly...
01:13:3755 minutes,
01:13:39I will be back.
01:13:41I'll be back.
01:13:43I'll be back.
01:13:45I'll be back.
01:13:47I'll be back.
01:13:49I'll be back.
01:13:51I'll be back.
01:13:53I'll be back.
01:13:55I'll be back.
01:13:58In exactly 55 minutes, I will be dead.
01:14:01Murder?
01:14:03First of all, I don't believe it.
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