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00:02:02Can I help you?
00:02:03I'd like to see the man in charge.
00:02:05He's in here.
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00:02:17I want to report a murder.
00:02:19Sit down.
00:02:24Why was this murder committed?
00:02:26San Francisco, last night.
00:02:29Who was murdered?
00:02:34I was.
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00:02:40Well, do you want to hear me out or don't you, Captain?
00:02:42I don't have very much time.
00:02:47Your name Bigelow? Frank Bigelow?
00:02:51That's right.
00:02:54Answer this San Francisco APB.
00:02:56Send a direct to Inspector Bannon at Homicide.
00:02:58Tell him we found Frank Bigelow.
00:03:03Go ahead, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:06Well, this involves some other people, Captain.
00:03:08A number of other people.
00:03:10You tell it any way you like.
00:03:15I live in a little town called Banning out on the desert.
00:03:18It's on the way to Palm Springs.
00:03:22I have a small business there.
00:03:27Paula.
00:03:30Yes, Mr. Bigelow?
00:03:31Get me a copy of Miss Hollis' 48 tax return, will you?
00:03:34Oh, uh, you better get the 47, too.
00:03:36Yes, Mr. Bigelow.
00:03:38I don't think we took any depreciation on that new equipment last year.
00:03:41No, we didn't.
00:03:42I remember you said we could include it all this year.
00:03:45Sure we can.
00:03:46Hey, Frank.
00:03:47Yeah, Will.
00:03:48Peterson says he wants a financial statement before he can give me my loan.
00:03:51Hello, Kitty.
00:03:52Hi, Will.
00:03:53Well, I'm leaving for San Francisco today, but I'll be back in about a week.
00:03:56I'll take care of it for you then.
00:03:57Sure is a scorcher, isn't it?
00:03:58Well, I've seen them worse.
00:03:59Well, have a nice time, Frank.
00:04:00Yeah, thanks, Will.
00:04:01Paula, why don't you come down to my place?
00:04:03Paula, why don't you come down to the place and let me give you another permanent?
00:04:06Makes your hair so much easier to manage in all this heat.
00:04:09I can't afford it right now.
00:04:10Maybe next month.
00:04:11Yeah, here it is.
00:04:12No, we didn't take it.
00:04:13Well, we can do it this year.
00:04:15You work it out any way you think fits.
00:04:17Have a nice trip, Frank.
00:04:19Sure, Kitty.
00:04:20See you when I get back.
00:04:21Bon voyage.
00:04:24Why don't you come down anyway, Paula?
00:04:26We'll, uh, work out a deal on that permanent.
00:04:29Thanks.
00:04:30Maybe I will.
00:04:31Hello?
00:04:33Oh, hello, Mr. Hawkins.
00:04:34Just a moment.
00:04:35Do you want him to send your ticket over?
00:04:37No, I'll pick it up myself.
00:04:39No, never mind.
00:04:40Mr. Bigelow will pick it up at the station.
00:04:42Bye.
00:04:48I want to go with you, Frank.
00:04:50Oh, Paula, I'm just going on a little vacation.
00:04:52You know that.
00:04:53You want to go without me, don't you?
00:04:55Be gone just a week.
00:04:56And I suppose you've just made up your mind to take this little vacation at 9 o'clock this morning?
00:05:00No, Paula.
00:05:01I meant to tell you about it a few days ago.
00:05:03I guess I forgot.
00:05:04Oh, you forgot.
00:05:05Paula, don't be like that.
00:05:07Don't be like what?
00:05:08You just drop a little announcement that you're going away.
00:05:11Not tomorrow or next week or next month, but today.
00:05:13No explanations, nothing.
00:05:14And I'm supposed to swallow the excuse that you need a little vacation.
00:05:18I just want to get away from town for a few days, that's all.
00:05:21Get away from this town or get away from me.
00:05:23Oh, Paula, please try to understand.
00:05:26How can you ask me to understand anything like this?
00:05:28No, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
00:05:33Go to San Francisco, but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
00:05:54Paula.
00:05:55Please, Paula.
00:05:58Come on, turn around, look.
00:06:06Come here.
00:06:09Why do you do this to me, Frank?
00:06:11Why can't you be honest with me?
00:06:13As honest as I am with you?
00:06:15Do you have to go?
00:06:16I have to go, Paula.
00:06:17I know what I'm doing.
00:06:18All right, go.
00:06:19Go anywhere you like.
00:06:20You can go to places for all I care.
00:06:22Paula.
00:06:23Paula.
00:06:24Yes, I know.
00:06:26I'm being foolish.
00:06:40Come on, fix your face.
00:06:41We'll go down to Eddie's and have a drink.
00:06:43All right, why not?
00:06:51Hiya, Paula.
00:06:52Hiya, Frank.
00:06:53Hiya, Paula.
00:06:54Hiya, Eddie.
00:06:55Give us a couple of cold beers, will you?
00:06:56Coming up.
00:06:57All right.
00:07:03Oh, what a relief.
00:07:05This air conditioning feels good.
00:07:07I sure wish we had it in the office.
00:07:08It'd make working a pleasure.
00:07:10Well, if it stays this hot, don't bother going in the rest of the week.
00:07:12I win two races today.
00:07:14How many did you lose?
00:07:15You wouldn't have to ask that.
00:07:17Kind of early for you two, ain't it?
00:07:19Too hot to work.
00:07:20That's what I like to hear.
00:07:23Frank.
00:07:42You'll take me with you, won't you?
00:07:46You will, won't you?
00:07:50Or am I crowding you?
00:07:52What do you mean, crowding me?
00:07:56Maybe you do need this week away alone.
00:07:59Maybe we both do.
00:08:01I know what's going on inside of you, Frank.
00:08:03You're just like any other man, only a little more so.
00:08:06You have a feeling of being trapped, hemmed in,
00:08:08and you don't know whether or not you like it.
00:08:10Look, Paula.
00:08:12I'm going to be honest with you.
00:08:13I care too much for you not to be honest with you.
00:08:15I'm as much concerned for your happiness as I am for my own.
00:08:18I know you've had one bad experience, Frank.
00:08:20I know all about it.
00:08:21You don't know what it can do to two people, Paula.
00:08:23And the woman always gets hurt more than the man.
00:08:26I don't want you to get hurt, darling.
00:08:30More than anything in the world, I don't want you to get hurt.
00:08:37Want to hear some music?
00:08:39All right, Frank.
00:08:44Got a couple of nickels, Eddie?
00:08:45Yeah.
00:08:47This won't bother you, will it?
00:08:48No, the next result doesn't come in for half an hour.
00:08:51All right.
00:09:02I thought that by now we'd be married.
00:09:07No, I'm not going to crowd you anymore, Frank.
00:09:09Go to San Francisco.
00:09:10I don't like it.
00:09:11But I'm convinced that you must go.
00:09:15I want you to be very sure, Frank.
00:09:17If it's right, and I believe it is,
00:09:19we'll have something really wonderful together.
00:09:23If it isn't, we should both know it as soon as possible.
00:09:28So you see, even if I could stop you, I wouldn't do it now.
00:09:49Yes, sir.
00:09:50My name is Bigelow.
00:09:51I have a reservation.
00:09:52Yes, sir.
00:09:57Here we are, sir.
00:09:58My name is Bigelow.
00:09:59I have a reservation.
00:10:00I have it, sir.
00:10:01It's a very nice room on the sixth floor, facing the bay.
00:10:04Boy, this might help you enjoy your stay, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:07There's a little booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:10Oh, thank you, sir.
00:10:18Here's a booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
00:10:20Oh, thank you.
00:10:21Very welcome, sir.
00:10:26Say, is it always like this around here?
00:10:28No, this is market week, and it's the last day, too.
00:10:30Boy!
00:10:32Always around until you need them.
00:10:39Here's a message for you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:10:41A long-distance call came in about an hour ago from Banning, from a Paula Gibson.
00:10:44Oh, thank you.
00:10:45Very welcome.
00:10:46Show Mr. Bigelow to 618.
00:10:47Right this way, Sly.
00:11:05Right this way, Mr. Bigelow.
00:11:24Is there anything else, Mr. Bigelow?
00:11:25Oh, yes.
00:11:26You can get me a dry Manhattan and a pack of razor blades.
00:11:29Yes, sir.
00:11:31Oh, and you can leave that door open.
00:11:35Hello, operator?
00:11:37I want to speak to Miss Paula Gibson in Banning, California.
00:11:40That's right.
00:11:41I'll wait.
00:11:42Hello?
00:11:43Hello, Paula.
00:11:45Oh, hello, Frank.
00:11:46How was the trip?
00:11:47Fine.
00:11:48Just fine.
00:11:49Having a miserable time, I hope.
00:11:51Well, I don't know.
00:11:52I just got in.
00:11:57What was that?
00:11:58Market week.
00:11:59The place is crawling with traveling salesmen.
00:12:01You know, Charlie Anderson found out that you went away, and he asked me to go out with him.
00:12:04Oh, really?
00:12:05How did he make out?
00:12:07I'm considering it.
00:12:08Is that what you called to tell me?
00:12:10I'll have you know that this call is strictly business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:12:13Did a Mr. Phillips phone you?
00:12:14A Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:12:16No.
00:12:17He will.
00:12:18He phoned the office three times today.
00:12:19Said that he wanted to get in touch with you immediately.
00:12:21He said it's most urgent and imperative that he reach you at once.
00:12:24What did he want?
00:12:25I don't know.
00:12:26But he sounded deep, dark, and mysterious, and quite agitated about something.
00:12:30Phillips, Phillips.
00:12:31Have we ever done any business with him?
00:12:33Not unless you've been keeping it a secret from me.
00:12:35I looked through all the accounts.
00:12:37Uh, why did you tell him you could reach me here?
00:12:39You know I'm supposed to be on vacation.
00:12:41So you told me.
00:12:42And so I told him, dear heart.
00:12:44But the gentleman didn't seem to respect your temperamental moods the way I do.
00:12:48He was very insistent that he speak to you before it's too late, as he put it.
00:12:52Well, tell him you're trying to get in touch with me, and I've changed my plans, and he can't reach me.
00:12:56He won't talk to me.
00:12:58I told him that I was your confidential secretary, but I guess I didn't sound very confident.
00:13:02He won't talk to me.
00:13:03I told him that I was your confidential secretary, but I guess I didn't sound confidential enough.
00:13:08So I told him that he could reach you there this evening.
00:13:10Well, call him back.
00:13:11If it's as important as he says it is, he'll talk to you.
00:13:14Otherwise, he'll just have to wait until I get home.
00:13:16My, aren't we adamant this evening.
00:13:19All right.
00:13:20Shall do.
00:13:23And Frank.
00:13:24Yeah?
00:13:26I...
00:13:28I don't quite know how to say this.
00:13:30Say what?
00:13:32Well, what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that you ever have to feel guilty about.
00:13:40Oh.
00:13:42Sure.
00:13:45Thanks, Paula.
00:13:46I'll, uh...
00:13:47I'll call you tomorrow.
00:13:50Frank?
00:14:02Hello.
00:14:17Oh, just put it there, please.
00:14:22You can keep the change.
00:14:23Thanks very much.
00:14:24Say, um, how long has this been going on?
00:14:26Oh, it's been a madhouse all week, but they check out tomorrow.
00:14:29Oh?
00:14:30I thought you were with them.
00:14:31No, no, I'm just here on a vacation.
00:14:33Why does everybody come to San Francisco and tear loose?
00:14:38Excuse me.
00:14:40Say, uh, I'm awfully sorry to bother you, but, uh, would you mind if I used your telephone?
00:14:44No, no, go right ahead.
00:14:45I'm just across the hall here.
00:14:46One of the boys is using my phone and, uh, he's been on it for a half hour.
00:14:50I just want to call downstairs.
00:14:51Yeah?
00:14:54Room service, please.
00:14:56Hey, uh, things really picked up the last few days, didn't they?
00:14:59You're right up much business?
00:15:00Well, I'm not here on business.
00:15:01Oh, hello, room service?
00:15:02It's Mr. Haskell in 617.
00:15:04Yes, that's right.
00:15:05Would you send up, uh, three more bottles of bourbon and two scotch?
00:15:08Yes.
00:15:10Oh, and, uh, some more ice, too.
00:15:12All right, thank you.
00:15:14You here all alone?
00:15:15Yes, I just got in town.
00:15:16Well, why don't you join us for a drink?
00:15:18Well, I don't want to barge in on your party.
00:15:20Oh, nonsense.
00:15:21It's not a party.
00:15:22Just a few of the boys entertaining some buyers.
00:15:24You know, the usual thing.
00:15:25A few drinks and some laughs.
00:15:28It's no party.
00:15:29Come on.
00:15:30Come on, come on, get along.
00:15:32I don't always like to be all alone in a strange city.
00:15:35I'm, uh, Sam Haskell.
00:15:36I'm Frank.
00:15:37Frank Bigelow.
00:15:39You think some of these guys have never been away from home before?
00:15:41Yeah.
00:15:44Hey, hey.
00:15:46Hey, will you quiet down a second?
00:15:48I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:15:49Hello.
00:15:51This is Jane Carlyle.
00:15:52Hello.
00:15:53Bill Welch.
00:15:54How are you?
00:15:55Mr. Welch.
00:15:56Glad to know you, Bigelow.
00:15:57Jane's the prettiest buyer in San Francisco.
00:15:58You don't think I believe him, Elaine.
00:15:59Well, he spread that from coast to coast.
00:16:01Oh, gee.
00:16:02But it's good for my morale anyway.
00:16:03I'm George Cantwell.
00:16:04Glad to know you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:16:06Bigelow, yes.
00:16:07Right on much business?
00:16:08He's not here on business.
00:16:09Oh?
00:16:10Well?
00:16:11Well, why don't you get the man a drink before he dies of thirst?
00:16:14How about a little bourbon?
00:16:15Well, that's fine.
00:16:16Bourbon it is.
00:16:18Of course, Mr. Wallace, Inspector.
00:16:20Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:22But, Mr. Wallace, I'll need at least a week in Cleveland to visit all my accounts.
00:16:26I can't figure on being in Philadelphia until the 17th.
00:16:28Eddie, will you get off the phone?
00:16:29I want you to meet Frank Bigelow.
00:16:31That's his boss.
00:16:32He's been trying for an hour to get his expense account boosted.
00:16:35The way this guy holds on to a dollar, you'd think they weren't printing them anymore.
00:16:38Yes, Mr. Wallace.
00:16:39I'm leaving here the first thing in the morning.
00:16:41Yes, sir.
00:16:43Oh, keep your hips loose, Harry.
00:16:45Like this.
00:16:47Oh, yeah.
00:16:49How's he doing?
00:16:50Oh, there's nothing wrong with Harry's rubber.
00:16:52The two years without the Murray's wouldn't have killed him.
00:16:54Well, that was going all right.
00:16:56This is Sue and Harry Brandes.
00:16:57Hello.
00:16:58Good to meet you.
00:16:59How are you?
00:17:00Where'd you find her, Sam?
00:17:01On a dance marathon?
00:17:02She's marvelous.
00:17:04Now that you can do the rumba.
00:17:06Well, a little, but I'm kind of rusty.
00:17:08Anything would be an improvement after Harry.
00:17:10Well, how do you like that?
00:17:11Well, here goes.
00:17:16Hey, you're good.
00:17:20Oh, well, my wife, she's a good dancer, isn't she, Bigelow?
00:17:23Yeah.
00:17:26Hey, fellas, I thought you were going to show us a good time tonight.
00:17:29Is this doing the town?
00:17:30That's right.
00:17:31We practically bankrupt our stores to buy everything you've got.
00:17:34Then you keep us in this hotel room.
00:17:36I agree.
00:17:37This is my last night to howl before I go back to being a dutiful housewife.
00:17:42Well, it looks like we're stuck, boys.
00:17:44This is where we blow all our commissions in one night.
00:17:48And you're coming with us, Bigelow.
00:17:49Oh, no, thanks.
00:17:50You run along.
00:17:51I've got to get unpacked and have dinner.
00:17:52Oh, no, you're not going to get away from me.
00:17:54Now that I've found a man who can dance, I'm going to hang on to him.
00:18:22Oh, yeah.
00:18:43Right about back, old man.
00:18:45Come on.
00:18:50Oh, come on.
00:18:51Really cool.
00:18:57Man, am I hip.
00:18:59You're not that way.
00:19:00No way.
00:19:15Blow it.
00:19:16Blow up a storm, fisherman.
00:19:21Come on.
00:19:36Go on, go on, go on.
00:19:37Get it, get it.
00:19:51I'm going to get you, rabbit.
00:20:07I got it out of her.
00:20:08I got it out of her.
00:20:12Here, have a little bit of my drink, Frank.
00:20:14No, thank you.
00:20:17Excuse me a moment.
00:20:18Where are you going, Frank?
00:20:19Excuse me.
00:20:21I think you've had enough.
00:20:34What'll it be?
00:20:35Bourbon and water.
00:20:36No ice.
00:20:37Nice, quiet place you got here.
00:20:38Well, we hit the pitch in about an hour.
00:20:40That's when they really go out of their minds.
00:20:42Who's the blonde?
00:20:46Oh, she's one of the chicks that hangs around here.
00:20:48She's jive crazy.
00:20:49Come again?
00:20:50Oh, you ain't hip, pal.
00:20:51Jive crazy means that she goes for this stuff.
00:20:53Just between you and me, I don't get it either,
00:20:55but I got to listen to it.
00:20:56They're all connoisseurs, music lovers.
00:20:58Me, I like Guy Lombardo.
00:21:01What's the matter with him?
00:21:02Oh, he's flipped.
00:21:03The music's driving him crazy.
00:21:05Come down, Jackie.
00:21:06Oh, don't buy me, man.
00:21:07I'm being in light.
00:21:10Is the blonde alone?
00:21:11Oh, sure.
00:21:12Society.
00:21:13She always comes in alone.
00:21:14Drives a big convertible, wears a mink coat,
00:21:16but knows everybody.
00:21:17But she always comes in alone.
00:21:24Give me another blast, Leo.
00:21:27What's your story, Jeanie?
00:21:29Easy.
00:21:34Hello.
00:21:35Easy.
00:21:36Dig the fisherman.
00:21:37That's really silk, isn't it?
00:21:39Can I buy you a drink?
00:21:40Sure, thanks.
00:21:41Give me a blast, Leo.
00:21:43Leo, I left my blast at the other end of the bar.
00:21:50My name is Jeanie.
00:21:52What's yours?
00:21:53Frank.
00:21:54I've never seen you here before, Frank.
00:21:56Well, I've never been here.
00:22:04This isn't mine.
00:22:05Mine was bourbon.
00:22:06Well, sure it is.
00:22:07You saw me pour it.
00:22:11Give me a fresh drink.
00:22:12Anything you say.
00:22:13Oh, listen to that guy.
00:22:14He's got a big mouth.
00:22:15He's got a big mouth.
00:22:16He's got a big mouth.
00:22:17He's got a big mouth.
00:22:18He's got a big mouth.
00:22:19Oh, listen to that piano.
00:22:21Feel those vibrations.
00:22:26You don't get your kicks out of this, do you?
00:22:28I can live without it.
00:22:30Why do you stay here?
00:22:32I don't know.
00:22:33I bet I know.
00:22:34You're lonely in a big city.
00:22:36You don't have to go into a routine with me.
00:22:39I like good company, too.
00:22:49Say, there's some people there I want to avoid.
00:22:51Couldn't we get out of here?
00:22:54Let me think about it.
00:22:55Oh, come on.
00:22:56How about going somewhere else, huh?
00:22:59Why don't you meet me later?
00:23:04Okay.
00:23:05Where?
00:23:15Call me at that number later.
00:23:16It's my next stop.
00:23:17They've got a band there that'll really send you.
00:23:20See you, Jeanie.
00:23:22Easy.
00:23:47Never mind, Alfred.
00:24:17I'll see you later.
00:24:47Room service, please.
00:25:17Come in.
00:25:24Be right with you, waiter.
00:25:25Yes, sir.
00:25:29Rest well, sir?
00:25:30Yeah, sure.
00:25:31May I?
00:25:32Go ahead.
00:25:36It's on there for you.
00:25:37Thank you, sir.
00:25:38Would you like anything else?
00:25:39No, thank you.
00:25:40That's all.
00:25:45Waiter.
00:25:46Yes, sir?
00:25:50Take this away.
00:25:53Is there anything wrong, sir?
00:25:54No, no.
00:25:55Just take it away.
00:25:56I don't even want to look at it.
00:26:01Are you all right, sir?
00:26:03Yeah, sure.
00:26:05All right.
00:26:06I just had too big a night, I guess.
00:26:07That's all.
00:26:09I need some fresh air.
00:26:10Of course.
00:26:11Thank you, sir.
00:26:46Thank you, sir.
00:27:16Heart's in good condition.
00:27:18Blood pressure normal.
00:27:19Heart fine.
00:27:20Well, it's a good thing everybody isn't like you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:23Put us doctors out of business.
00:27:24I'm glad to hear it, doctor.
00:27:25I was a little worried.
00:27:26Don't let a little belly ache worry you.
00:27:28Could be just the change of climate.
00:27:30Well, it isn't exactly an ache, doctor.
00:27:31It's kind of hard to describe the feeling.
00:27:34Maybe it was the drinks I had last night.
00:27:35I might have mixed them too much, huh?
00:27:37Let's have another look at that throat.
00:27:42You may finish dressing now, Mr. Bigelow.
00:27:44I want to get the results of those tests we took.
00:27:46Thank you, doctor.
00:28:09Mr. Bigelow, this is Dr. Schaefer.
00:28:11Hello, doctor.
00:28:12How are you?
00:28:13I'm fine, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:15According to the information you gave Miss Wilson,
00:28:17you're not married, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:18That's right.
00:28:19Do you have any relatives, family, anyone in San Francisco?
00:28:22No, no one.
00:28:23I don't know a soul in San Francisco.
00:28:25Where is your home?
00:28:27What is this, doctor?
00:28:28Why all the questions?
00:28:29You're a very sick man, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:30Sick?
00:28:31But you told me I was in good shape.
00:28:33Yes, I know.
00:28:34But my preliminary examination didn't reveal your true condition.
00:28:37You sound as if it's pretty serious, doctor.
00:28:39It's extremely serious.
00:28:40I want you to understand that we wouldn't tell you something like this
00:28:42unless we were absolutely certain.
00:28:44Of course, of course.
00:28:45You must steel yourself for a shock, Mr. Bigelow.
00:28:48Go on, doctor.
00:28:49What is it you're trying to tell me?
00:28:50Our tests reveal the presence in your body of a luminous toxic matter.
00:28:54What is that exactly?
00:28:55A poison that attacks the vital organs.
00:28:57Poison?
00:28:58We have no alternative but to tell you this.
00:29:00Your system has already absorbed sufficient toxin to prove fatal.
00:29:03I wish there was something that we could do.
00:29:06What do you mean, wish?
00:29:07You mean there's nothing?
00:29:08There is nothing anyone can do.
00:29:10This is one of the few poisons of its type for which there is no antidote.
00:29:14This is fantastic.
00:29:16This is the most ridiculous thing...
00:29:17Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:18You don't have very long.
00:29:21What do you mean?
00:29:22A day.
00:29:23Possibly a week.
00:29:24Two weeks at the outside.
00:29:25It's hard to say exactly.
00:29:27Well, this is impossible.
00:29:28I don't believe it.
00:29:29You've made a mistake.
00:29:30That's it.
00:29:31It could be a mistake, couldn't it?
00:29:32You have made a mistake.
00:29:33Have it to answer me.
00:29:34Dr. Schaefer is an authority on toxicology.
00:29:36Been no mistake, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:39Do you realize what you're saying?
00:29:41Why, you're telling me that I'm dead.
00:29:43Do you think you can explain my life away in just a few words?
00:29:46Why, I don't even know who you are.
00:29:48Why should I believe you?
00:29:49You must calm yourself, Mr. Bigelow.
00:29:51We want to offer you every assistance that we...
00:29:53Assistance?
00:29:54Who wants your assistance?
00:29:55Who wants anything from you?
00:29:56You're nothing but a couple of phonies.
00:29:57Why, I think you're crazy.
00:29:58That's it.
00:29:59You're crazy.
00:30:00The both of you, you're crazy.
00:30:06Where's the doctor?
00:30:07Come on, tell me where he is.
00:30:08You've got to go through the treatment.
00:30:09Get out of here.
00:30:10Doctor!
00:30:11Doctor!
00:30:12What's the trouble here?
00:30:13What's the matter with you?
00:30:14Doctor, I want you to examine me for luminous poison.
00:30:20Come right in here.
00:30:27Doctor, I want you to examine me for luminous poison.
00:30:30Come right in here.
00:30:36Yeah, you've got it all right.
00:30:39Your system has already absorbed it.
00:30:42Are you sure, doctor?
00:30:43Are you absolutely certain?
00:30:45Couldn't there be some mistake?
00:30:51There it is.
00:30:52The toxin is actually luminous in the dark.
00:30:55Now, there's no doubt about it, Bigelow.
00:30:59I don't feel sick.
00:31:00My stomach is just a little bit upset.
00:31:02I don't feel sick.
00:31:03My stomach is just a little bit upset.
00:31:06Maybe it's not as bad as you think, doctor.
00:31:08That's characteristic.
00:31:09With a heavy jolt, you go suddenly in a matter of hours.
00:31:12But if the stuff is taken in a lesser degree, you last a while.
00:31:15And then...
00:31:19And then...
00:31:23Give it to me straight, doctor.
00:31:24Well, a number of things are involved.
00:31:26The systemic condition of the individual,
00:31:28the amount consumed, exertion...
00:31:30Yes.
00:31:31You won't feel too badly for a while.
00:31:33Then it will happen suddenly.
00:31:35A day, two days, a week at the most.
00:31:42A day.
00:31:45Two days.
00:31:46There's nothing that can be done now.
00:31:48If it had been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out.
00:31:50But you've had it in you for some time now.
00:31:52For at least 12 hours, haven't you, Bigelow?
00:31:54I don't know.
00:31:56You don't know?
00:31:57No.
00:31:58Don't you know how you got it?
00:31:59No.
00:32:00This is no accident.
00:32:01Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:32:03That wax is tasteless, odorless.
00:32:05The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it from liquor.
00:32:07I was drinking last night.
00:32:09Arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately.
00:32:12Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
00:32:15This is a case for homicide.
00:32:17Homicide?
00:32:18I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow.
00:32:22You've been murdered.
00:32:23Get me police headquarters, please.
00:32:26Homicide Bureau.
00:32:53Homicide Bureau.
00:33:23Homicide Bureau.
00:33:53Today, two days.
00:33:56A week at most.
00:34:23You've been murdered.
00:34:26This is no accident.
00:34:27Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
00:34:29The amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it from liquor.
00:34:33There's nothing left to be done now.
00:34:36You've been murdered.
00:34:38You've been murdered.
00:34:40You've been murdered.
00:34:41You've been murdered.
00:34:42You've been murdered.
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00:35:00You've been murdered.
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00:35:49You've been murdered.
00:35:50You've been murdered.
00:35:51Open it up or I'll break it down.
00:35:53Where are those men?
00:35:54Where are those men who were here last night?
00:35:55I don't know.
00:35:56There are no men here.
00:35:57Please go away.
00:35:58Don't lie to me.
00:35:59Where are they?
00:36:00Mister, this lady just checked in.
00:36:01Those men aren't here no longer.
00:36:03They checked out of the hotel early this morning.
00:36:05Checked out?
00:36:06Please go away.
00:36:08I'm sorry.
00:36:10I'm terribly sorry.
00:36:17Hello?
00:36:18Please, Mr. Bigelow, my eardrums.
00:36:21Oh, hello, Paula.
00:36:23Your enthusiasm overwhelms me.
00:36:25Why haven't you phoned me?
00:36:26Or is there a quota on telephone calls up there?
00:36:30I'm sorry.
00:36:31I've been busy.
00:36:33I'll bet you have.
00:36:34Visiting the museums, no doubt.
00:36:36What's happening up there that's exciting or different?
00:36:39Nothing.
00:36:40Not a thing.
00:36:41I'll bet you miss me, but you're too stubborn to admit it.
00:36:44Sure, sure.
00:36:45You know, if you'd like me to come up,
00:36:46I can pack a toothbrush and leave right away.
00:36:48No!
00:36:50Well, you don't have to snap my head off.
00:36:52You could at least make pretence of missing me.
00:36:55I'm sorry, Paula.
00:36:57Of course I miss you.
00:37:00Listen, Paula, I...
00:37:05Paula, it's just that I...
00:37:06I don't feel like talking now.
00:37:07I'll call you later.
00:37:08Don't strain yourself.
00:37:10You phone me sometime when you feel more like talking.
00:37:15Oh, by the way, I called that Mr. Phillips back.
00:37:17Phillips?
00:37:18Yes, you know, the man that tried to reach you.
00:37:20Well, I'm afraid you'll never know why it was so important that he speak to you.
00:37:23His office said he died yesterday.
00:37:27Frank, are you there?
00:37:29Did you hear me?
00:37:33Died?
00:37:36When?
00:37:37Yesterday.
00:37:38So you won't have to bother your little head about him anymore.
00:37:40You can just go ahead and have fun.
00:37:43Paula, what did he die from?
00:37:46Do you know?
00:37:47I suppose he died from whatever people usually die from.
00:37:50Well, didn't they tell you?
00:37:51Don't you know?
00:37:52What are you getting so excited about?
00:37:53You said you didn't even know the man.
00:37:55Listen, where's his office located?
00:37:57What difference does it make?
00:37:58You can't talk to him now.
00:37:59I told you, the man's dead.
00:38:00Paula, will you stop talking so much and tell me where his office is?
00:38:04Well, right.
00:38:07It's the Phillips Importing and Exporting Company, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:14Bradbury Building, Los Angeles.
00:38:15That's right.
00:38:16Say, this is really a switch.
00:38:18Listen, if you want to reach me, I'll be in Los Angeles.
00:38:20Are you out of your mind?
00:38:21I'm sorry, Paula.
00:38:22I've got to hurry.
00:38:23Wait a minute.
00:38:24Where in Los Angeles?
00:38:25The Allison.
00:38:26The Allison Hotel.
00:38:27Goodbye, Paula.
00:38:45I'd like to see someone in charge here.
00:39:05What is it in regard to?
00:39:06Well, it's a personal matter.
00:39:07It's quite urgent.
00:39:08Perhaps Mr. Halliday can help you.
00:39:09Who's he?
00:39:10He's our controller.
00:39:11Your name, please?
00:39:12Bigelow.
00:39:14Mr. Bigelow to see you.
00:39:15Send him in.
00:39:17Go right in, please.
00:39:18That door.
00:39:25Mr. Bigelow?
00:39:26How are you, Mr. Halliday?
00:39:29What can I do for you?
00:39:31Well, Mr. Phillips phoned my office several times yesterday.
00:39:33I'd like to find out what it's all about.
00:39:35You know Mr. Phillips died yesterday?
00:39:37Yes, I know.
00:39:38Well, I don't understand.
00:39:40If he phoned you, didn't he tell you what it was about?
00:39:43Well, he didn't speak to me.
00:39:44I wasn't in my office at the time.
00:39:46And he wouldn't tell my secretary.
00:39:48I'm afraid I can't be of much help, Mr. Bigelow.
00:39:50I have no idea why Mr. Phillips tried to reach you.
00:39:53I'm sorry you had to make the trip for nothing.
00:39:56How do you know I made a trip?
00:39:58I didn't say anything about making a trip.
00:39:59I merely said he phoned my office.
00:40:00My office could be here in Los Angeles.
00:40:04Miss Foster.
00:40:07Yes?
00:40:08Didn't you mention something yesterday about Mr. Phillips
00:40:10speaking with Mr. Bigelow in San Francisco?
00:40:12I said that he had phoned Mr. Bigelow's office in Banning,
00:40:14but that Mr. Bigelow was staying at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
00:40:17I'm sorry you misunderstood me.
00:40:19Do you know why Mr. Phillips called?
00:40:20No, I don't.
00:40:21All right, thank you, Miss Foster.
00:40:23You can understand that we've been somewhat upset around here.
00:40:26Now, if you don't mind...
00:40:33Did Mr. Phillips have a wife, family?
00:40:35Anyone that could help me?
00:40:37You can't intrude on people at a time like this
00:40:39just to satisfy some curiosity.
00:40:41It isn't just curiosity.
00:40:42Then I suggest you wait a week or so.
00:40:43I can't wait.
00:40:44Well, I'm sorry you'll have to.
00:40:45Well, there's always a phone book.
00:40:46You're a pretty aggressive fellow, Bigelow.
00:40:49Are you quite sure that this is as important as you make it appear to be?
00:40:52It's important.
00:40:53Mrs. Phillips lives at the Sunset Arms Apartments.
00:40:57I needn't tell you she's under a strain.
00:41:04I suppose you're capable of using a little more tact with her
00:41:06than you demonstrated with me.
00:41:08I think I can handle it.
00:41:09By the way, what was the cause of Mr. Phillips' death?
00:41:12Suicide.
00:41:13He bit from the balcony of his apartment.
00:41:29Come in, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:36I'm Stanley Phillips, Eugene's brother.
00:41:38Halliday phoned that you were coming.
00:41:45This is my sister-in-law, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:48I'll try to make this as brief as possible, Mrs. Phillips.
00:41:51I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr. Bigelow.
00:41:54I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
00:42:00Well, I guess Halliday covered just about everything.
00:42:04Did your husband ever mention anything about me, Mrs. Phillips?
00:42:06Anything at all?
00:42:08No.
00:42:09I can't recall Eugene ever having mentioned your name.
00:42:22I hate to ask you this, Mrs. Phillips, but it's of vital importance to me.
00:42:27Do you know why your husband committed suicide?
00:42:30What?
00:42:34You're certainly not the most diplomatic person in the world, are you, Bigelow?
00:42:39Were you a friend of my brother's?
00:42:40I never met him.
00:42:48My brother was in a jam, a pretty bad jam.
00:42:51He was arrested two days ago.
00:42:53He sold some iridium to a dealer by the name of Mayjack.
00:42:56It's a very rare metal, very costly.
00:42:57Anyway, the iridium turned out to be stolen.
00:43:00It was released on bail yesterday, but he faced a pretty stiff prison term.
00:43:03Men have committed suicide, alas.
00:43:05Yes, I know. That's how the police feel about it.
00:43:07What puzzles me, though, is this crooked deal.
00:43:09Knowing Eugene, you wouldn't say he's the type of man to be mixed up in anything like that, now would you?
00:43:13I told you I never met him.
00:43:15That's right, so you didn't.
00:43:17Now, what's this all got to do with you, Bigelow?
00:43:18I don't know.
00:43:19Let's come clean with each other, Bigelow.
00:43:21Surely you must have some idea why my brother was so desperate to contact you.
00:43:24I have no idea.
00:43:25That's odd.
00:43:27Then how could a deal of such vital importance to you?
00:43:29You seem to know the answer to everything else.
00:43:31Maybe you know the answer to that one, too.
00:43:44There's a message here for you to call Operator 82 at Fanning.
00:43:47Oh, thank you.
00:43:48Show Mr. Bigelow to room 821.
00:43:50Say, would you have the operator put this call through to my room right away?
00:43:53Yes.
00:43:54I'll get it up there.
00:43:56Hello, Operator.
00:44:01Here you are. I'll call you if I need anything.
00:44:02Thank you, sir.
00:44:04Hello, Paula?
00:44:05Well, Sinbad, I've just about given you up for lost.
00:44:09Now, do you mind telling me just why you rushed down to Los Angeles?
00:44:14I can't explain it to you just now, Paula.
00:44:16I just can't explain it.
00:44:18What's going on, Frank? You don't even sound like yourself.
00:44:21Well, I...
00:44:24I'm just a little tired, Paula, that's all.
00:44:29But I miss you.
00:44:31Oh, Frank.
00:44:33I can't tell you how good it is to hear you say that.
00:44:36And here I was worrying that I'd lost my charm.
00:44:39When are you coming home, Frank?
00:44:42Soon, Paula.
00:44:44I'll be home soon.
00:44:46I'll go right out and get myself a permanent so I'll be pretty when you see me.
00:44:50Hey, guess what?
00:44:51I found that Phillips name in your notarial ledger.
00:44:55Notarial ledger?
00:44:57Yes, of all places.
00:44:59I remember now, I made the entry myself.
00:45:01You had notarized a paper one morning before I came to work.
00:45:04What kind of paper was it?
00:45:06A bill of sale for a George Reynolds made out to Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
00:45:10See, you see, I was right.
00:45:12We hadn't done any business with Phillips, only indirectly.
00:45:14What was the bill of sale for?
00:45:16A shipment of iridium, whatever that is.
00:45:18Iridium?
00:45:19You mentioned at the time that this fellow Reynolds had made some kind of a deal in Palm Springs
00:45:22and he stopped in your office early in the morning on his way north to have it notarized.
00:45:27Wait a minute.
00:45:28Wait a minute, George Reynolds, that was about six months ago, wasn't it?
00:45:32That's right, six months ago.
00:45:34Thanks, Paula.
00:45:35Goodbye.
00:45:37Goodbye.
00:45:39Hello, operator, get that number back for me.
00:45:53I've got to talk to you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:45:55Please, go away.
00:45:57I want to be left alone.
00:45:59But I found out why your husband wanted to see me.
00:46:01It was in connection with a bill of sale.
00:46:03Come in.
00:46:07What do you know about a man named George Reynolds?
00:46:10George Reynolds?
00:46:11Yes.
00:46:12He's a big shot.
00:46:14He's a big shot.
00:46:16He's a big shot.
00:46:18He's a big shot.
00:46:20He's a big shot.
00:46:22Why, that's the man my husband claimed sold him the iridium.
00:46:24And what did Reynolds claim?
00:46:26Reynolds disappeared.
00:46:27Yes.
00:46:28About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious that something was wrong.
00:46:32Since then, he tried in every way to locate Reynolds, but could find no trace of him.
00:46:36But I don't get it.
00:46:37Your husband could have proved he made a legitimate deal by showing the bill of sale he got from Reynolds.
00:46:41Then there was a bill of sale?
00:46:42Yes, yes, of course there was.
00:46:44My husband swore there was, but at the time of his arrest, he couldn't find it.
00:46:47It was mysteriously missing.
00:46:48Well, then if your husband could have shown proof, it would have been George Reynolds who would have faced the prison term.
00:46:52Eugene was convinced that Reynolds had stolen the bill of sale.
00:46:55He was the only one who had reason to eliminate evidence of the transaction.
00:46:59Thank you, Mrs. Phillips.
00:47:01Thank you very much.
00:47:02You've been very helpful.
00:47:04Oh, if you'd only come sooner, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:07My husband might be alive today.
00:47:09I know.
00:47:19The only thing that puzzles me, Mrs. Phillips, is that you haven't asked how I knew there was a bill of sale.
00:47:37Mr. Holliday isn't in. He should be back shortly.
00:47:40I think you're the one who can help me, Miss Foster.
00:47:43Mr. Phillips tried to reach someone else before he called me yesterday, didn't he?
00:47:46Why don't you ask Mr. Holliday?
00:47:47Obviously, Mr. Holliday wasn't here yesterday, or he wouldn't have had to learn from you that Phillips called me.
00:47:52And you're the logical person to know who else Phillips called.
00:47:55I don't believe that's any of your business, Mr. Bigelow.
00:47:57Don't think you're revealing anything confidential, Miss Foster.
00:47:59I know that he tried to reach somebody else. Mrs. Phillips told me.
00:48:02You're bluffing, Mr. Bigelow. I don't know what you're after, but you're trying to trick me.
00:48:05Mrs. Phillips didn't tell you a thing.
00:48:07How do you know that?
00:48:09Mrs. Phillips knows nothing about it.
00:48:11She doesn't? Well, why wouldn't she?
00:48:13Wait a minute. I was talking about George Reynolds.
00:48:14Who did you think I meant?
00:48:16Just who is it that Mrs. Phillips doesn't know about?
00:48:18I told you before, that's none of your business.
00:48:20All right, young lady, I'm going to give it to you straight. Phillips was murdered.
00:48:22Murdered? I don't believe you. Come on.
00:48:24He told me because he needed me to clear him. Phillips was innocent.
00:48:26Innocent men don't have to jump out of windows.
00:48:28Murdered?
00:48:30Just who are you trying to protect, Miss Foster? Why are you so afraid to tell the truth?
00:48:32I'm not protecting anybody. I haven't any more to say.
00:48:34All right, young lady, listen to me. This thing is going to explode wide open.
00:48:36If you've got nothing to hide, you better start talking.
00:48:38Or maybe you are, Miss Thomas.
00:48:40No!
00:48:42Well, then, come on.
00:48:44I saw him this morning.
00:48:46Who's Marla Rakubian?
00:48:48She's a model. She and Mr. Phillips used to be quite friendly,
00:48:50but he hadn't been seeing her for quite some time.
00:48:52Come on.
00:48:54The last couple of months, he'd been trying to locate her
00:48:56and finally learn where she lived yesterday morning.
00:48:58When he returned from scenery, he was terribly upset and excited.
00:49:00That's when he had me put in the calls for you.
00:49:02When he couldn't reach you, he went home.
00:49:04The last time I saw him alive.
00:49:06Give me Marla Rakubian's address.
00:49:08I don't think Mr. Phillips realized I was aware of his friendship with Marla Rakubian
00:49:11and how to respect for him.
00:49:13I never intended to tell anybody.
00:49:15I had no idea that she had anything to do with the trouble he was in.
00:49:19I admire your discretion, Miss Foster.
00:49:23You know, you must be pretty friendly with Stanley, Miss Foster.
00:49:26He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me yesterday
00:49:28and he wasn't even here at the time.
00:49:30And now you seem to know all about what happened in Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
00:49:42Miss Rakubian?
00:49:44Yes? What do you want?
00:49:46Get out of here or I'll call the police.
00:49:48Go ahead, call them.
00:49:50Go ahead, call them. Going on a trip, huh?
00:49:52Yes, going away for the weekend.
00:49:54Sailing for Buenos Aires tomorrow, some weekend.
00:49:56I'll send you a postcard. Now get out of here.
00:49:58Where are you going with George Reynolds?
00:50:00I've never heard of him.
00:50:02I suppose you've never heard of Eugene Phillips either.
00:50:04Just who are you? What do you want?
00:50:06Never mind who I am. Where's Reynolds?
00:50:08I told you I don't know him. Now will you get out of here and leave me alone?
00:50:11Get out of here.
00:50:16So you never heard of George Reynolds, huh?
00:50:18And don't try to tell me that this isn't him because I've seen him.
00:50:20If you think you can scare me, you're crazy.
00:50:22Look, I know that Phillips came here yesterday.
00:50:24And right after he left, he was pushed out of a six-story window.
00:50:26Pushed? Phillips committed suicide.
00:50:28Your playmate Reynolds murdered Phillips.
00:50:30Then he went up to San Francisco to get me
00:50:32because I knew about a certain bill of sale.
00:50:34I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:36You're in this right up to your pretty little neck.
00:50:38I'm not mixed up in anything.
00:50:39Get your hands up.
00:50:41Drop that picture on the couch.
00:50:43Turn around.
00:50:45Don't get any ideas because I'm not afraid to use this.
00:50:48Give me your wallet.
00:50:55Frank Bigelow, Hotel Alex.
00:51:00I know where's Reynolds.
00:51:02I don't know. I don't know where he is.
00:51:04Is that what you told Phillips yesterday?
00:51:06I told him exactly what I'm telling you.
00:51:07You haven't heard from him in months.
00:51:09You're mighty careful of the picture of a man
00:51:11you haven't heard from in months.
00:51:13What does the Ray stand for?
00:51:15It was a pet name. Do you mind?
00:51:17Oh, it sounds very cozy, Miss Recoubian.
00:51:19You and Reynolds call each other pet names
00:51:21while you make a sucker out of Phillips.
00:51:23Phillips made the deal because he wanted it.
00:51:25Yeah? I'll bet you you weren't above
00:51:27using what it takes to help make him want it.
00:51:29Who's paying for this trip?
00:51:31I am.
00:51:33Really? A first-class trip to Buenos Aires
00:51:35on a model salary don't make me laugh.
00:51:37You don't mind if I keep this, do you?
00:51:39If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in.
00:51:44You know, I really believe you would.
00:51:49Oh, I almost forgot.
00:51:51Your tickets.
00:51:53Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off.
00:52:07Angelo.
00:52:09Angelo!
00:52:13Oh, Angelo.
00:52:15Do you remember taking this picture of a George Reynolds?
00:52:17I take so many pictures, I can't remember them all.
00:52:19This gentleman is a friend of his
00:52:21and would like his address.
00:52:23We have no card on him.
00:52:25I don't think we ought to do that.
00:52:27He's willing to pay $20 for it.
00:52:29That's a paper worth $20.
00:52:31I'm not going to pay $20 for it.
00:52:33I'm not going to pay $20 for it.
00:52:35I'm not going to pay $20 for it.
00:52:37It's the same paper we used last year.
00:52:39Of course you understand,
00:52:41we usually don't give our information to our clients.
00:52:43I know, you're a couple of high class fellows.
00:52:45Revealing anything confidential
00:52:47is against the ethics of our establishment.
00:52:49That's right. Honesty is the best policy.
00:52:51Of course.
00:52:53But in your case, he is a personal friend of Mr. Reynolds.
00:52:55Thanks. I knew you'd come through.
00:52:57Got it.
00:52:59Here it is.
00:53:01We don't have his address.
00:53:03He must have called for the picture.
00:53:05But he could not have been a very good friend of yours, Mr.
00:53:07Oh, yes, it's Raymond Racoobian.
00:53:12Racoobian?
00:53:16What's the news about that?
00:53:17The picture signed Ray, isn't it?
00:53:20Yeah.
00:53:23Yeah.
00:53:26Thanks.
00:53:38Fire!
00:53:45Fire!
00:53:51Fire!
00:53:54Fire!
00:53:58Fire!
00:54:07Fire!
00:54:38Fire!
00:54:43Fire!
00:55:07Fire!
00:55:37Fire!
00:56:08Fire!
00:56:20Big blow.
00:56:21Are you all right?
00:56:22Can I get you anything?
00:56:23No, no, thanks.
00:56:25Do you know this man?
00:56:26No, I don't think so.
00:56:28Are you sure you've never seen him?
00:56:30I'm quite sure.
00:56:31Does the name Raymond Racoobian mean anything to you?
00:56:35No, I never heard of him. Why?
00:56:36He also uses the name George Reynolds.
00:56:38This is Reynolds?
00:56:39That's right.
00:56:40Well, where can we find him?
00:56:41That's what I want to know.
00:56:42Tell me something, Halliday.
00:56:43You're the controller here.
00:56:45How come you didn't know about that bill of sale?
00:56:47Phillips made that deal before I came to work here.
00:56:49Yeah, but you still keep records, don't you?
00:56:51For some reason, which is none of my business,
00:56:53Phillips preferred to keep that among his personal papers.
00:56:56Now, does that answer your question?
00:56:59You came in here today asking for some information that you needed,
00:57:01and I tried to be as cooperative as I could.
00:57:04But now you're beginning to annoy me.
00:57:06So get out before I throw you out.
00:57:13You know, you really frighten me.
00:57:35Well, it's about time you showed up, Bigelow.
00:57:38Go ahead, Dave.
00:57:45Real cute, ain't you, Bigelow?
00:57:47Just real cute.
00:57:48Paula didn't lose much time getting a hold of you guys, did she?
00:57:50Shut up.
00:57:51Let's go, Bigelow.
00:57:52Look, I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:57:55I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:57:57I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:57:59I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:58:01I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:58:03Look at him.
00:58:04He can't take it.
00:58:06Soft in the belly.
00:58:10You do that again and I'll kick your face out.
00:58:13Lay off, Chester. Cut it out.
00:58:14Shut up. Who asked you?
00:58:19Better let him answer. The clerk might know he's in.
00:58:22Go ahead, Bigelow.
00:58:29Hello?
00:58:30Frank.
00:58:31Frank, why did you hang up on me?
00:58:32I've been trying to get you for hours.
00:58:34I'm sorry, Paula.
00:58:35I was in a hurry.
00:58:36Well, don't be in such a hurry this time.
00:58:38You didn't give me a chance to finish what I had to say.
00:58:40It's okay.
00:58:41I wanted to tell you that McGowan was in hollering his head off
00:58:44because you didn't go over the books.
00:58:46Tell McGowan to get another audit.
00:58:48Sure.
00:58:49Sure, I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account we've got.
00:58:52Do as I tell you, Paula.
00:58:55Frank, are you...
00:58:56Are you drunk?
00:58:58Paula, how much we got in the bank?
00:59:00About $2,200.
00:59:03Draw it out tomorrow.
00:59:05Sure.
00:59:06Then what do we do? Skip town without paying our bills?
00:59:10Forget the bills.
00:59:11You know that coat you always wanted?
00:59:13Buy it.
00:59:15You are drunk.
00:59:17You know, if I didn't have such a good character,
00:59:19I'd be tempted to take advantage of your intoxicated state, Mr. Bigelow.
00:59:22I'm not drunk, Paula.
00:59:24Well, then don't tell me that one day away from me can affect you this way.
00:59:27Cut it short.
00:59:28Cut it short.
00:59:31Paula.
00:59:32Yes?
00:59:35I'm...
00:59:36I'm sorry I... I left you.
00:59:39I never realized how much I love you.
00:59:42But I know it now.
00:59:45Oh, Frank, Frank, darling, I love you too, so very much.
00:59:51Please come home.
00:59:53I miss you terribly.
00:59:56I said cut it short.
00:59:59I'd just love to let you have it, Bigelow.
01:00:02Let's go, Chester. This guy's kept us waiting long enough.
01:00:04Now, walk in front of me, Bigelow.
01:00:08And keep your mouth shut.
01:00:10If you so much as look cross-eyed at anybody,
01:00:12I'll blow the back of your skull out.
01:00:29This Bigelow's real cute.
01:00:31He wanted to get tough with Chester.
01:00:33He don't know Chester.
01:00:34Did you get the picture?
01:00:35Don't I always get what Mr. Majak sends me after?
01:00:38Majak?
01:00:41That's right.
01:00:43I'm the dealer who bought the iridium from Phillips.
01:00:47I get it.
01:00:48You have Racoobian unload stolen stuff on Phillips to help Amala here,
01:00:52and then you buy it back from him.
01:00:53Oh, you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
01:00:55What is it, Mr. Bigelow?
01:00:57Exactly what is on your mind?
01:01:00I'm looking for Raymond Racoobian.
01:01:02Why?
01:01:03Well, Amala here has told you everything else.
01:01:05I'm sure she must have told you that, too.
01:01:08You don't expect me to believe this conversation.
01:01:12So, what is on your mind?
01:01:14I mean, underneath.
01:01:16You forced your way into my affairs,
01:01:18and now I want to know why.
01:01:20I just told you.
01:01:21I'm looking for Raymond Racoobian.
01:01:23Don't get cute.
01:01:24I'm just itching to work you over.
01:01:27Soft in the belly.
01:01:28Can't take it.
01:01:30See what I tell you.
01:01:43You can't do that to Chester.
01:01:45I can't do that to Chester.
01:01:47You can't do that to Chester.
01:01:49I'm gonna blow your guts out.
01:01:50Easy.
01:01:51Lay off Chester, not now.
01:01:56Look at him.
01:01:57He's so scared of Chester, he'd talk now.
01:02:00He's not afraid, Chester.
01:02:04You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid.
01:02:08Look at his eyes.
01:02:17Help!
01:02:23I'm telling you, Majak.
01:02:25You better keep him away from me,
01:02:27or he's really gonna have to use that gun.
01:02:31Go away, Chester.
01:02:32Please.
01:02:35Do what I tell you, my boy.
01:02:37Please.
01:02:39And help Dave.
01:02:43Joe.
01:02:47You're in pain.
01:02:51He's an unfortunate boy.
01:02:54He's psychopathic.
01:02:57He's unhappy unless he gives pain.
01:03:00He likes to see blood.
01:03:03Come with me, Mr. Bigelow.
01:03:13Raymond Rakobian was my nephew.
01:03:15He could not possibly have tried to kill you.
01:03:17He's been dead five months.
01:03:26I'm afraid you have been sidetracked.
01:03:29Provided it is true that somebody made an attempt on your life.
01:03:32Somebody made an attempt again today.
01:03:35I had no reason to kill you, believe me.
01:03:38What do you mean, you had no reason?
01:03:39I notarized a certain bill of sale.
01:03:41You notarized a bill of sale for Reynolds?
01:03:43Not Rakobian.
01:03:45Not what I told you was true.
01:03:47I had no reason to kill you.
01:03:49That's a closet, Mr. Bigelow.
01:03:52And under other circumstances,
01:03:54you could go home now.
01:03:57But...
01:03:59Now you present a problem.
01:04:01You're not too much, and I am in danger.
01:04:04Chester!
01:04:05Suppose I were able to prove to you
01:04:06that I only want to find the person who tried to kill me,
01:04:08and I won't cause you any trouble.
01:04:10You know, I can go to jail for ten years
01:04:12for this little business.
01:04:13Ten years!
01:04:15At my age, that's my life.
01:04:17That means my entire life.
01:04:19With my life, I do not take chances.
01:04:21I am sorry, believe me.
01:04:23You want Joe to go with you?
01:04:25No.
01:04:26Just Bigelow and me.
01:04:28And baby makes three.
01:04:29Look at me, Chester.
01:04:31Goodbye, Mr. Bigelow, and...
01:04:34forgive me.
01:04:35Let's go, Bigelow.
01:04:41I guess you won't be there to see me off.
01:05:00You tried to make a fool out of me in front of Major.
01:05:03You shouldn't have done that, Bigelow.
01:05:05I don't like that.
01:05:06I'm going to enjoy this, Bigelow.
01:05:09I done jobs like this before.
01:05:12I knocked off guys I could like.
01:05:15But I don't like you, Bigelow.
01:05:18I never liked that puss of yours from the minute I seen it.
01:05:23Yeah.
01:05:25I'm going to enjoy this.
01:05:37Are you scared yet, Bigelow?
01:05:39But you'll be scared.
01:05:40Good to be scared.
01:05:42I think I'll give it to you in the belly.
01:05:44You don't like it in the belly?
01:05:53Good.
01:05:54Try it.
01:05:56I'd just love you to try it, Bigelow.
01:05:58I don't trust you.
01:06:00I don't trust you.
01:06:01I don't trust you.
01:06:02I don't trust you.
01:06:03I don't trust you.
01:06:04I don't trust you.
01:06:05Why don't you try it?
01:06:07Go ahead.
01:06:13Didn't have the nerve, did you, Bigelow?
01:06:16Yeah.
01:06:17I think I'll give it to you right in the belly.
01:06:32Takes longer when you get it in the belly.
01:06:34It's nice and slow.
01:06:37That's the way I want to see you go, Bigelow.
01:06:39Nice and slow.
01:07:04Come on, Bigelow.
01:07:34Come on, Bigelow.
01:08:04Come on, Bigelow.
01:08:34Frank!
01:08:44Frank!
01:08:54Frank, are you all right?
01:08:55Yes, I'm all right, Paula.
01:08:56But what are you doing here?
01:08:57How did you get here?
01:08:58Freddie Ross threw me down.
01:08:59I had to come.
01:09:00I had to see you.
01:09:01You shouldn't have come, Paula.
01:09:02You shouldn't have.
01:09:03What is it, Frank?
01:09:04You're in some kind of trouble.
01:09:05I know it.
01:09:06Look at you.
01:09:07You have a sight.
01:09:08Your clothes look as if you've slept in them.
01:09:09Are you ill?
01:09:11You are.
01:09:12You're feverish.
01:09:13I'm all right, Paula.
01:09:14And I'm not in any trouble.
01:09:15Believe me.
01:09:16You're lying, Frank.
01:09:17Right after I spoke to you, I got a phone call
01:09:18from the San Francisco police.
01:09:19They asked if I knew where you were.
01:09:20You didn't tell them anything, did you?
01:09:21Of course not.
01:09:22It was the homicide detective that called.
01:09:26What is it, Frank?
01:09:27If you're in any kind of trouble, you certainly can trust me.
01:09:30Look, I'm not in any trouble with the police, Paula.
01:09:32Believe me.
01:09:33But you can't stay here.
01:09:34You've got to go back to Banning right away.
01:09:36No, I won't go, Frank.
01:09:37I won't.
01:09:38I'm staying here with you.
01:09:39Paula, it's better that you go back.
01:09:40Believe me.
01:09:41Why?
01:09:42What's this all about?
01:09:43What have you got to do with this Phillips and Reynolds?
01:09:48Phillips was murdered.
01:09:51What could that possibly have to do with you?
01:09:53All you did was notarize a paper.
01:09:55You've notarized hundreds of papers.
01:09:56I know.
01:09:57I know.
01:09:58All I did was notarize one little paper.
01:09:59One little paper out of hundreds.
01:10:01Frank, you frighten me.
01:10:02You don't even act like yourself.
01:10:04I know that you're in trouble.
01:10:06That something is wrong.
01:10:07That you're in serious trouble.
01:10:09You frighten me, Frank.
01:10:10Oh, don't be frightened, Paula.
01:10:13Don't ever be frightened of anything again.
01:10:15Will you promise me that?
01:10:16I love you so much, darling.
01:10:18More than you seem able to understand.
01:10:19Oh.
01:10:20I never really knew happiness until I loved you.
01:10:23Sometimes when I used to be afraid that you weren't sure how you felt,
01:10:26I tried to hold back, but I couldn't.
01:10:28Losing you would have meant losing everything.
01:10:30There would have been nothing left.
01:10:31Don't, Paula.
01:10:32Don't.
01:10:33Now I'm afraid again.
01:10:34Somehow I feel that I'm going to lose you,
01:10:36but there's nothing I can do about it.
01:10:37I feel so helpless.
01:10:38You're leaving me out of something.
01:10:40Tell me, Frank.
01:10:41What is it?
01:10:42Give me a chance to fight back.
01:10:43Just give me a chance, please.
01:10:44You do love me, don't you?
01:10:46Oh, yes, Paula.
01:10:47I love you.
01:10:48I never was more certain of anything in my life.
01:10:50I wasn't sure before.
01:10:51I was a little blind, I guess.
01:10:52But believe me, I'm sure now.
01:10:54Can you understand that, Paula?
01:10:55I understand.
01:10:56A man can be like that, Paula.
01:10:58Something has to happen.
01:10:59It can be a big thing or a little thing,
01:11:01but it can make him realize how much someone means to him,
01:11:03how much he really loves him.
01:11:05Oh, and I love you, Paula.
01:11:07More than I ever thought it possible
01:11:09to love anyone in the world, I love you.
01:11:11Then why won't you tell me about this trouble you're in?
01:11:14Why won't you try to let me help you?
01:11:17You can't help me, Paula.
01:11:19You don't want my help.
01:11:20Oh, Paula, there's nothing you can do.
01:11:22Will you believe me?
01:11:23So will you please go home?
01:11:24Please.
01:11:25No, Frank.
01:11:26I won't go.
01:11:27I won't go.
01:11:28I know you're in trouble.
01:11:29I can't leave you like this.
01:11:33All right, Paula, look, wait for me in the lobby of the hotel
01:11:35and I'll be back to you soon.
01:11:36I promise.
01:11:37You promise?
01:11:38Yes, Paula, I promise.
01:11:41Is that a new outfit?
01:11:43Yes.
01:11:44Oh, that's beautiful.
01:11:54You'll come back to me, won't you, Frank?
01:11:56Yes, Paula, I'll come back.
01:11:57I promise.
01:11:58Please hurry, darling.
01:11:59I love you.
01:12:00I love you, Paula.
01:12:07Goodbye, Paula.
01:12:26Goodbye.
01:12:43Is Stanley here?
01:12:45Are you sure?
01:12:47All right, get in there.
01:12:50Now, get Stanley on the phone.
01:12:51Tell him to come over here right away.
01:12:52Use any excuse you want.
01:12:54What are you going to do?
01:12:55What was Stanley going to do when he used me for a clay pigeon today?
01:12:57I don't know what you're talking about.
01:12:58Don't act innocent with me.
01:12:59I fell for that once.
01:13:00I don't know what you mean.
01:13:01I told you everything you wanted to know this morning.
01:13:03Yeah, you told me just enough so I'd get sidetracked
01:13:05and wouldn't know that Stanley was the one I was after.
01:13:08Stanley.
01:13:10Oh, no.
01:13:11You and Stanley have been together on this from the start.
01:13:13Now, come on, get on that phone and call him.
01:13:16You'll let him know I'm here.
01:13:18Bring along.
01:13:26Come on.
01:13:29You've been sidetracked all right.
01:13:32But it was the poor, bereaved little widow who did it.
01:13:35Miss Foster found this letter this afternoon.
01:13:37It's in my brother's desk at the office.
01:13:39It's postmarked two years ago.
01:13:42She wasn't exactly the kind of a letter that a married woman gets from a casual friend.
01:13:46I'm sure my brother wasn't aware that they were so well acquainted when he hired Halliday.
01:13:53What's the matter with him?
01:13:54He hasn't felt right since dinner.
01:13:56What did he have dinner?
01:13:57At Mrs. Phillips' apartment.
01:13:58Halliday was there, too, and Stanley confronted them with that letter.
01:14:02Did you have anything to drink?
01:14:03Yes, why?
01:14:04How long ago?
01:14:05Half an hour ago, just before I came here.
01:14:07Miss Foster, get on the phone and call the emergency hospital.
01:14:09Have them get an ambulance over here right away.
01:14:11What?
01:14:12Tell them to prepare a stomach wash for luminous poisoning.
01:14:14Luminous poisoning?
01:14:15Come on, do it, I tell you.
01:14:16He may still have a chance to save his life.
01:14:18Go on.
01:14:25I found George Reynolds, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:27He's been dead for five months.
01:14:29Then he didn't steal the bill of sale.
01:14:31No, he didn't.
01:14:32But you could have stolen it.
01:14:34How dare you?
01:14:35You knew who I was when I came here today.
01:14:38But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?
01:14:40But I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.
01:14:42Sure, I can stand here and talk, but I'm not alive.
01:14:46I'm not alive.
01:14:47I'm not alive.
01:14:48I'm not alive.
01:14:49I'm not alive.
01:14:50I'm not alive.
01:14:51I'm not alive.
01:14:52I'm not alive.
01:14:53I can stand here and talk to you.
01:14:54I can breathe and I can move.
01:14:56But I'm not alive.
01:14:58Because I did take that poison.
01:15:00And nothing can save me.
01:15:04What are you going to do?
01:15:05If I kill you now, I have nothing to lose.
01:15:06No.
01:15:07No, you've got to listen to me.
01:15:08You've got to give me a chance.
01:15:09But I didn't have a chance.
01:15:11It was Halliday.
01:15:12Believe me, it was Halliday.
01:15:13He made me steal the bill of sale.
01:15:14He planned everything.
01:15:15What about this letter?
01:15:16Your husband knew about you and Halliday.
01:15:18He found it only yesterday.
01:15:19He accused Halliday.
01:15:20They fought.
01:15:21And Halliday pushed him over this balcony.
01:15:23Why me?
01:15:24Why did he want to kill me?
01:15:25Because you could have proved there was a bill of sale.
01:15:27That my husband had no reason to commit suicide.
01:15:30Halliday was desperate.
01:15:31After he killed my husband.
01:15:32He found out about the phone calls to you.
01:15:34He thought you spoke to him.
01:15:35That you knew enough to involve him.
01:15:51Where's Halliday?
01:15:52Where is he?
01:15:54He's in the office.
01:15:57This time you don't want him.
01:16:21I'm going to kill you.
01:16:51I'm going to kill you.
01:17:02Major!
01:17:21Major!
01:17:51Major!
01:18:21Major!
01:18:51Come on, let's go.
01:19:11Come on, let's go.
01:19:14Come on, come on.
01:19:18Come on, let's go.
01:19:22Come on, let's break it up.
01:19:23Move along now, let's get going.
01:19:24Come on.
01:19:51Come on, let's go.
01:20:21Come on, let's go.
01:20:51Come on, let's go.
01:21:22All I did was notarize a bill of sale.
01:21:26But that piece of paper could have proven that Phillips didn't commit suicide.
01:21:32It was murder.
01:21:34And that's why Halliday poisoned me.
01:21:44Would you?
01:21:52Paula...
01:22:07Call the morgue.
01:22:13Johnson, you go to the Allison Hotel, find Paula Gibson.
01:22:15Don't tell her anything.
01:22:16I'll break it to her.
01:22:22How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?
01:22:26Better make it dead on arrival.
01:22:51All right.
01:22:52All right.
01:23:22All right.
01:23:23All right.