All language subtitles for Play Dead 1983

(eerie tense music)

(dog snarling)

(barking)

(eerie dramatic music)

(dog howling)

(somber music)
(footsteps tapping)

(doorbell ringing)

(metallic clattering)

(footsteps tapping)

- [Man] Let it go,
she's not worth it.

- Well, at least
they're together now.

- Is that all you can say?

My god Aunt Hester,

didn't you feel anything
for her, my mother?

You didn't see fit to come
when she needed your help.

- Look, this is hardly
the time, or place.

Miss Ramsey, you're
upsetting Audrey.

- You're not in the
family yet, young man,

so don't presume--
- Aunt Hester, please,

come with me, I'll
walk you to your car.

(somber music)
(faint chattering)

- Why did she have to come?

Ever since Dad died she's been
so distant, and so hateful.

- She, doesn't seem to
spread joy, and sunshine.

(chuckling)

Don't worry, let her go.

She's got her money,
you've got me.

(faint chattering)

- I'll never forget this.

She couldn't even give
my mother peace in death.

(suspenseful music)

(chain rattling)
(dramatic music)

(footsteps tapping)

(eerie tense music)

(eerie pensive music)

(birds chirping)

- Greta heel!
(footsteps tapping)

Sit!

Sit.

Come and get the ball!
(thumping)

Good girl!

(footsteps tapping)

(pleasant music)

(door clattering)

(door thudding)

(Greta whining)
Let's put away our leash,

and our ball.

(relaxing music)
(fire crackling)

(sighing)

(glass clattering)

(splashing)

(glass clattering)

Everything is going
to be beautiful.

We understand the
power, you and I.

We know now, don't
we Greta girl?

(apprehensive music)
(Greta whining)

Oh Sam!

I never knew it
would end like this.

You dying first, before her.

(maudlin music)

Oh, Sam dearest.

Oh we could have had
so much, you and I.

We could have had so much.

(sighing)

(drawer clattering)

Thank you Sam.

I love you too.

(humming)
(eerie haunting music)

(brittle rustling)

(heartbeat thudding)

Oh Sam, Sam (sighs),

dear dear Sam.

Only things could
have been different.

Oh Sam, Sam.

We could have had so much.

(sighing)
(heartbeat hammering)

(man chuckling)

(glass shattering)

(doorbell ringing)

(eerie crashing)

(brittle rustling)

All right, all right!

(birds chirping)

(door clattering)

Oh, Stephen it's you!

- Hello Aunt Hester!
- Oh (chuckling)!

You came to see me!

Would you believe that I was
expecting you to pay a visit?

- I don't mean to disturb you.
- Oh no, come on in,

oh it's been far too long.

(sighing)
(door thudding)

Do you know what I
was doing just now?

- No.
- (sighs) I was looking at

a photograph of your
father, taken years ago.

My he was a handsome man,
a gentleman, and a dreamer.

Are you a dreamer too, Stephen?

- Heh, not like him.

I have my plans, see I...

- Ah, did you know
that he was an artist?

Well, at any rate
he, could have been.

But, that was long
ago (chuckles).

Come on.
(footsteps tapping)

I know precisely why
you're here, Stephen.

- You do?
- Uh-hmm, and I agree.

I want to put the last
few years behind us.

(glass clattering)
I want us to be close again,

as a family.

You, and Audrey,

(glasses clinking)
and I.

(inhaling sharply)

Well, what do you
think of Greta?

- (hisses) She's really
a very fine looking dog.

(growling)
- Oh, she's a, quite a

special breed, a Rottweiler.

I brought her back from
Europe last year (chuckles).

Aw, she just loves it
here, don't you Greta baby?

You know you couldn't imagine
how valuable she really is.

But then, we Ramsey's uh,

we've always been drawn toward
valuable things (chuckles).

- Aunt Hester I want you
to know I'm not worried

about your money or
anything like that.

- Oh of course you are!

Why it wouldn't be
natural if you weren't.

And you're obviously a very
natural boy, like your father.

- [Stephen] I'm not like him.

Uh not all together anyway.

- Oh, he could have been
something, that Sam!

But he was held down.

Held down until there
was nothing left in him.

He needed guidance, she
couldn't give it to him.

- We don't have
to talk about him,

I mean that's, that's done with.

He was a good father he,

just maybe wasn't
a business man.

But I'm different, see I
have solid plans Aunt Hester,

I know what I want, I'm gonna
make something of myself.

- I'm sure you do,
and I want to help.

Now, that's what
you'd like, isn't it?

(chuckling)

(snapping)
(barking)

(chuckling)

See, don't worry, she
likes you (chuckles).

She's just getting used
to your scent, (chuckles).

(truck rumbling)

(birds chirping)
(door clattering)

(door thudding)

(metallic clattering)

- Come on, come on, come on.

That a girl.

Come on.

- Well, (sighs),
was she good today?

- She's a very intelligent
dog, Miss Ramsey,

one in 1000, a real
pleasure to work with.

- Aw yes, she is just
(Greta barking)

a treasure, like all
ancient creatures

with wonderful
pedigrees (chuckles).

Well, thank you.
- Eh, when should I

pick her up again?

- Oh, I'm not sure,
uh, but I'll phone you.

(footsteps tapping)

(metallic clattering)

(ominous music)

(engine revving)

(door thudding)

(footsteps tapping)
(claws clicking)

Time has come for us Greta.

We're going to use the power.

Come on Greta, it's time.
(door clattering)

(suspenseful music)

(door thudding)

(mysterious haunting music)

(wind howling)

Potence, Potence, Potence.

(mice squeaking)

(bird cooing)

(speaking foreign language)
(wings fluttering)

(soft snarling)

(squeaking)

(birds chirping)
(car rumbling)

- I'll talk to you later.

Me too.

(door thudding)
(footsteps tapping)

(tags jingling)

(door clattering)

(relaxing music)
- Well dear.

A-Aren't you going
to invite me in?

- Oh I'm sorry, yes, come in!

(Hester chuckling)

(footsteps tapping)

- Did Stephen, uh,
deliver my letter?

- Yes he did, and we talked.

I'm glad to see
you, really I am.

(hinges creaking)
(door thudding)

Do you like my new place?

- Well it has a certain charm.

But I must admit it's a
little small for my taste.

(footsteps tapping)
- Unfortunately I can't

afford your taste!

- (chuckles) How are you doing?

- [Audrey] All right.

No, very well actually.

I have some coffee
would you like some?

- Oh yes thank you,
that would be very nice.

Uh Audrey, I want you
to know one thing.

Clarisse's death has
been a great blow to me.

First the (sighs), breakdown
and the confinement

and then the suicide, (sighs),

it was almost more
than I could bear.

- It was a blow to all
of us, Aunt Hester.

- I know that.

Life hardly ever turns
out, the way we want it to,

no matter how carefully we,
(glasses clattering)

plan and hope.

(tray clattering)
Oh, how lovely!

(sighing)

[, I didn't really
mean to be a horror

through all of this
it's just that,

things haven't been right,
for a long long time.

(sighing)

Oh you were always
such a sweet child.

When I think of all
the pain and suffering

that we went through alone.

When we could have been
a comfort to each other.

- Yeah we're together now, I
guess that's all that matters.

Maybe from now on it'll
be easier on both of us.

It's just that I wish
we could have had this

when mother was still alive.

She never understood your
attitude after Dad died.

You seemed to hate all of us.

- Did uh, did your mother

ever mention anything about,

your father, and me?

- No, she just couldn't
put her finger on why

everything changed after
the airplane crash.

(coffee splashing)

- Oh Audrey, a lot of it
was in her head I think.

(sighs) She always had the
crazy notion, that I wanted Sam.

Uh, perhaps it was because
he and I went together uh,

before your mother.

Oh, you knew that, didn't you?

- No, I didn't.

You and Dad, that's funny.

- Funny?

I don't know what's
funny about it.

He was my age not her's.

But that's ancient history.

And they're gone.

You and Stephen, that's
what's important now.

(cup clattering)
Oh, I almost forgot!

I have a present for you.

(tense music)
(door thudding)

(pleasant music)

Hello girl!

Come get the ball, come on!

(door clattering)
Here, here...

(chuckling)
- Oh what a sweet dog!

I didn't know you cared
for dogs, what's her name?

(faint whining)
- I've named her Greta,

and I brought her for you.

- For me, oh Aunt
Hester it's been so long

since I've taken care of a dog!

- I found her in Europe.

She's a purebred.

She's been trained, and
she's a wonderful companion.

- Well surely you don't
want to give her up?

- Well I, I realized
just the other day

that I want you to have her.

- Oh what can I say, thank you!

We'll take good
care of each other,

wont' we Greta?
(Greta whining)

- I hope so dear.

I hope so.

(birds chirping)
(footsteps tapping)

(traffic rumbling)
(panting)

(birds chirping)
(dog barking)

(panting)

- Got some tickets
for the game tonight.

Want to come?
- Can't I gotta go

see Audrey.
- (sighs) Jeez you see

a lot of your sister lately.

- Well, it's been hard on
her since my mother died.

- How much further?
- About 1/2 a mile,

we're (mumbles) late.

We gotta go.
(birds chirping)

(footsteps pounding)

(panting)

(children shouting)

About average, nothing
special, 15, 22.

- Hell I'm not trying to
run the Boston Marathon.

Just wanna work off
some of this lard.

(sighing)

(grunting)

- Hey I'm sorry about the game.

Why don't you invite Sarah?

- Heh, she's no fun.

I spend 1/2 the damn game trying

to explain what's happening.
(children chattering)

- Yeah but she'll be
more fun after the game

than I would be.

- (chuckles) That's for sure.

And I was going over to
her place later anyway.

(panting)

- Hey how come I never
get to meet your sister.

She ugly or something?

- (chuckles) No
she's not your type,

she wouldn't put out for you.

(sighing)

Come on let's hit the
showers I'm running late.

(towel snapping)
(sighing)

(water splashing)
(water gurgling)

How come I can never find a
girl who can cook like you can?

- Maybe because the
girls you go with

spend more time in the
bedroom than the kitchen.

- Yeah but you'd think
at least one of 'em

would be interested
in cooking too.

I mean there is a
limit, is how much time

anyone can spend having sex.

- Have you found the limit
yet or are you still looking?

- Lighten up a
little will you sis?

(clattering)

(glass thumping)
- Okay let's

drop that subject.

- Okay, I agree, and I
hate to leave you with

all this stuff but
ah, I'm running late,

so uh, Daphne has
an overnight tonight

and her plane comes in
in about 40 minutes,

and so, I gotta go.

- [Audrey] Stephen.

(can thumping)

(door clacking)

(crickets chirping)

- Well, we made it
through one whole evening

without once
mentioning mom (sighs).

Maybe the pain inside you is
starting to ease a little bit.

- I guess so Steve,
maybe a little.

Your visits help a lot.

- Well...
- Thanks.

- Sure.

(lips smacking)
- Now hurry up, I don't

want you to get another
speeding ticket.

- Yes ma'am.
- Where's your car?

- Oh it's the battery again,
I had to park it down the hill

so I can get it started.

- You want to take my car?
- No that's okay, but uh,

thank you for a
really nice dinner.

Goodnight.

- Greta?

(tense music)

(whistling)

(door thumping)
- Oh Greta you're not

supposed to be out
without a leash.

Come on go, get on home!

(Greta whining)
Go on!

(mysterious tense music)
Go on.

(door clattering)

(starter grinding)

Damn!

(door clattering)
(ominous music)

(door thudding)

(metallic clattering)

(mysterious music)

(suspenseful music)

(car horn honking)

(eerie snarling)
(screaming)

(tires screeching)
(thudding)

(dramatic music)

(door thudding)

(crickets chirping)
(siren wailing)

(footsteps tapping)
(sad music)

(eerie sorrowful music)

(clicking)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(crashing)

(birds chirping)

- (sniffs) Jeff,
I don't know how

I'll be able to accept this,

losing Stephen like that.

- It'll just take time.

Here...
(keys jingling)

(door clattering)
(dog whining)

(foreboding music)

(door thudding)

- [Audrey] Pour me a glass
of wine will you please Jeff?

There's a bottle
opener in the kitchen.

(wooden clattering)

(liquid gurgling)
(sorrowful music)

(tender music)

(lips smacking)

- Are you sure?

- I need you Jeff.

(relaxing music)

(clothes rustling)

(sultry music)

(moaning)

(lips smacking)

(flames crackling)

(sniffing)
(eerie tense music)

(ominous music)

(wings fluttering)

(bird squawking)

(squishing)

(suspenseful music)

(speaking foreign language)

(vehicle rumbling)

(tires screeching)
(thudding)

(hissing)
(traffic rumbling)

- [Dispatcher] 35-10 seven.

(static hissing)
(vehicle rumbling)

(police radio chattering)

- [Policeman]
Correction, this is 51

requesting on the
BR on Wilshire,

(door clattering)
(mumbles) 33 Wilshire.

- [Dispatcher] 25 one,

stand by for further--
(door thumping)

- 31 (mumbles)...
- What kind of problem

are you having here?

- It's called a code
10-27, disabled vehicle.

I'm Detective Otis Burris.

Radio's out too.

- Oh a, detective, hi.

- Hi.
- Should I call a wrecker?

- Oh, I don't know, the
damn thing's overheated,

it's been acting up all day.

Here's the keys, see
what you can do with it.

- Hey, Sergeant
what are you doing?

- Well now, this
might be difficult

for you to understand son,

but I'm in the middle
of an investigation.

(police radio chattering)
- Look, you gotta clear

this with the station!
(door thumping)

- Don't you worry about a thing,

Captain Paine and I
are lifelong friends,

just don't let anybody
steal that vehicle,

it's city property.

Now you just hang tight,
I'll send a car for you.

(engine revving)
(tires grinding)

(steam hissing)

- Aw shit!
(thumping)

(door thumping)

- Morning ma'am.

Uh, itis Miss
Mathews, isn't it?

Uh well ma'am uh,
I'm Detective Burris,

and uh, I was wondering if,

if we could talk for
just a little bit?

- Could you first tell
me what it's about?

- Well I just have a
few questions about
your brother ma'am,

if you don't mind I, I'm
sorry but, it is necessary.

(barking)
(door thudding)

We do a routine investigation
on any accidental death,

particularly one
like your brother's

where there weren't
any witnesses.

- I don't know what to
say, the police told me

it was an accident.
- Yeah I-l read the report

you gave to our
detective the next day,

about uh, how your
brother parked on a hill,

on account of the dead battery.

- All I've been thinking
about the past four days

is how I should have
gone out and helped him.

I should have insisted.

But I don't understand how
the car got down the hill.

- Well, you know ma'am, that's
one of the strange things.

Uh, actually I was on night
duty when it happened,

and I was there when they
removed your brother.

Uh, he was working under
the hood, apparently,

when the car jumped out of gear.

- Well?

Is there something else?

You're looking at me like you
expect me to say something.

- I'm sorry ma'am it's
just that I was wondering

if you knew where the battery
is on your brother's car?

- Under the hood I guess,
isn't that where they are?

- No ma'am, in
your brother's car,

the battery's behind the seat.

You see, they have these
two six-volt batteries wired

together to make a 12-volt--
- I don't know about

electricity and cars.

- Well, anyway,
there's one more thing.

The driver thinks there
was someone else there,

that your brother
might have been pushed.

- No he was alone
when he left here.

- Well it's the way
he fell backwards

(Greta barking)
into the car, the headlights--

- Please.
- I'm sorry ma'am,

(whining)
it's just that I,

I have to check on everything.

(door scraping)
(whining)

(Audrey tongue clicking)
Say, that sure is

a fine dog you got there.

Hello there old girl.

How old is she?
- About five I think.

You like dogs?

- Oh I got this old dog at
home, I had him 13 years.

- I had Greta about a week.

Come on Greta,

give me the ball.
(whining)

Out!

- Hey, come on here,

(mumbles) ball!
- (mumbles) ball!

- Out, out!

Ooh, she sure has
- Out!

- Out!
- sharp teeth!

- She likes you.
- Come on, (mumbles).

(chuckles), hey.

- Was there something else?

I'm sorry I've
forgotten your name.

- Uh, Detective
Burris, Otis Burris.

Uh no ma'am, nothing else.

Say you sure are a
good old dog there,

I really appreciate a dog
with spirit, I sure do!

And one that likes people too.

(growling)

(maudlin music)

(eerie haunting music)

(telephone ringing)

- Hello?

No, I'm glad you called Jeff.

No I didn't take it, you
know how I am about pills.

I slept pretty
well just the same.

Me too.

I missed you too.

No I'd love to go to lunch.

I'll meet you there
just before noon.

And don't worry I'm okay.

I love you too.

(mumbling)

(telephone clattering)

(typewriters clacking)
(faint chattering)

- Dammit, Richard,
will you sit down?

Can't you think on your
butt like ordinary folks?

- (sighs) Otis it just
doesn't make any sense.

I mean, why would a girl like
that, kill her own brother?

- Eh, you're the college boy,
(telephone ringing)

you tell me.

Didn't they teach you any,

psychology up in
that fancy school?

- (chuckles) Yeah sure.

I'll tell you one
thing, in my opinion,

the driver's telling the truth.

Record's spotless,
he stopped right away

and he called the ambulance.

(rustling)
- Yeah well I'll go along

with that, but uh,

there might be a
little more to it.

- Oh, how do you figure it then?

- Well look, the girl's
got to feel a lot of guilt

over the death of
her old lady, right?

- Yeah, sure.

She probably suffered
severe psychological stress,

which may or may not have
anything to do with it.

- Right, well now the
way I got it figured,

the girl, probably
feels a lot of

unconscious hostility
toward that brother of hers.

I mean after all he's the
one having a good time,

and she's been shackled with
her momma in the funny farm.

- Uh-uh, naah that's not
enough to kill her own brother.

- Ah, maybe yes.
(telephone ringing)

When you consider that, now,
she's the only one that stands

to inherit the
whole Ramsey estate.

- Otis I think you're
the one's that's crazy.

And maybe I am for
listening to you.

It just doesn't make any sense.

Well anyway...

(typewriter clacking)

Wait a minute.

What about that Hester
woman, I mean hell,

she's the one that's
got all the money,

and she's still alive.

- Yeah, she sure is,
Hester is still alive.

And she's got no kinfolk.

Except, that Audrey girl.

- You know something,
maybe we ought to go out,

(cup tapping)
talk to Hester Ramsey.

Might give us some
background information.

- By god!

That college education
wasn't a total waste, was it?

Why don't you give her a ring?

Hell I've I been dying to
see the inside of that house

ever since I was a kid and used

to steal plumbs out
of her damn orchard!

Come on, call her up!

(pleasant music)

(romantic music)

(pleasant music)

- Well I guess I
should get back.

Unless you want me to take
the rest of the day off.

- No, go ahead, I'm
doing much better.

It was a big help
getting out of the house.

- I really should've
taken the day off too,

if it wasn't for, what do
they say, pressing business.

- I know Jeff, I don't mind.

As a matter of fact
I think I'm going

back to work myself tomorrow.

- [Jeff] Are you sure
you're not pushing it?

- No, it'll be better at work.

Now hurry up,
‘cause you're late!

I'll finish my coffee.

(lips smacking)

Coming by tonight?

- [Jeff] Yeah.

- Yes Miss Ramsey, like
I was telling Richard,

during the depression I
used to ride a trolley

for a nickel all the
way out here to the

end of the line just to steal
fruit out of your orchard!

- (laughs) I bet you were
one of the boys who I took

a pot-shot at with my
slingshot (chuckles)!

Well now, what's on your
mind Detective Burris?

- (sighs) Miss Ramsey uh,

would you say that you
and your niece are, close?

- Oh of course we are.

Uh, she's my sister's
only daughter,

and uh, now that
Stephen is (sighs),

well now that Stephen is dead,

she's the only
family I have left.

- How did Stephen and
his sister get along?

- Oh just fine.

They were as close as any,

brother and sister
I've ever seen.

Why do you ask?

- Uh no particular
reason Miss Ramsey, uh,

we just have to ask a
lot of questions when

we're checking out
a possible homicide.

- Homicide?

What are you talking about,
I thought it was an accident?

I read it in the newspapers.

- Well, yes it may
appear that way ma'am but

you see we have to uh,
check out, everything,

every possibility...
- It must have been

an accident uh,
run over, by a car?

- Uh, that's the way
it appears, yes ma'am.

- Well if it wasn't,

then someone wanted
Stephen dead.

(scoffs) Oh, that's ridiculous!

Uh I don't believe
that boy had a,

an enemy in the world!
- Seems like everyone we

talk to feels
about the same way.

- And then of course,
the next question is,

who would benefit,
if he were dead.

(birds chirping)

(chair clattering)

- Gentlemen, I'd appreciate
it, if you would leave!

I'm not going to stand by,

and have you impugn the
integrity of my niece!

I resent the implication
that Audrey is a, murderess!

- Oh but please uh, miss!
- Oh...

- Goodbye gentleman.

- Uh, one more question
Miss Ramsey if you please!

Uh, we can find out
without your help

but it'll just take more time.

- Well what is it
Detective Burris?

- Could you make
a guess as to the

total value of your
estate, please?

- I suggest, that your
superiors contact my attorney.

His name is Henry Claypool.

This way out, please.

(car rumbling)

(door scraping)

- [Audrey] Oh all right girl
it's okay, you'll get fed.

- Jeff?
(Greta panting)

Why don't you take her out
while I get her dinner?

- Come on Lady, out we go.

Aw come on you old mutt!

Now do your thing!

- Jeff, don't talk
to her like that!

(sighing)
Here, give her her dinner.

(bowl clattering)

(door scraping)

(thudding)

(door scraping)

(bowl clattering)

(panting)

If we're going out,
I'm going to slip

into the shower, do you mind?

- I don't mind, as
long as I'm invited.

- I think I can stand that.

(door scraping)

(thudding)

(tense music)
(door scraping)

(eerie growling)

(somber music)
(water splashing)

(eerie music)
- (mumbles) babe,

(mumbles) right here.

(mumbling)

(heartbeat thudding)

(ominous music)

(sighing)
(mumbling)

(eerie growling)

(eerie sinister music)

(clacking)
(gasping)

- [Jeff] What the...

Oh well.

Hey this isn't so bad.

(Audrey giggling)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(Greta whining)

(heartbeat thudding)

(scratching)
- Jeff, what's that?

(doorbell ringing)

(water splashing)
(foreboding music)

I better see who it is.

- [Jeff] I'm gonna
check the breaker box.

The breaker switch jumped
off for some reason.

Hey, who was at the door?

- [Audrey] Whoever
it was, they left.

(door thudding)
(traffic rumbling)

- Okay Richard uh, stand
there by the front,

over there a little
closer to the center,

that's about right, okay,

now I'm gonna kick
the car out of gear.

(thumping)
Okay, you got it.

Can you hold it?
- Yeah,

yeah I can hold it, I'm not
gonna push it far uphill though.

- Well uh, tell you what
now, what I want you to do

is to kind of ease up
on it a little bit like,

you know let it, as if
you were gonna let it

roll forward and pick
up a little momentum,

and then see if you can hold it.

- Otis you gotta be kidding,
what if I can't stop it?

- Well then I'll get a really
good look at what happened!

- Yeah, you stay right
there in case I need you!

- Well of course, I
was gonna do that,

and I-I'll be right
there by your side, okay?

(thumping)
Ah-ah, okay,

all right, that's good.

(gears grinding)
(sighing)

(clapping)
- Heh...

- [Otis] Hmm.

- I guess you're
right, he should have
been able to stop it.

(sighs) One thing I
can't figure though,

I can't see how the car would
push him into the street.

(door thudding)
- Uh well,

I don't know.
- Wait a minute,

he could have slipped, right?

He falls back as the
car rolls forward.

- Uh, could be I guess.

- It's got to be
the way it happened.

The driver, he won't swear he

saw anybody push him?
- Nah he won't swear.

Well, (sighs) come on
I guess we'd better

get this heap back to the pound.

You know, it's a damn shame

this thing's got that little old

whine there in the rear end.

(sighing)

I always, sorta,

imagined myself in a
little old car like this.

(door thudding)
(engine revving)

- Come on Greta, come on
girl, let's go outside.

(claws clicking)

(door scraping)

(claws clicking)
(birds chirping)

- Audrey?
- Come on in Monique,

the door's open!
(door scraping)

(thudding)

- There you are, I hope
this is not an imposition,

it's just that I
have a date tonight.

- I'm really glad you called.

You're welcome to my
hot water any time

there's a plumbing problem.

(eerie tense music)

(Greta growling)

(mysterious music)

(door scraping)

(eerie tense music)

(switch clicking)

(water splashing)

(eerie sinister music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(heartbeat thudding)

(car rumbling)
(brakes squeaking)

(water splashing)
- Oh, you startled me!

(eerie sinister music)
(heartbeat thudding)

(eerie growling)

Put that curler down,
I'm not gonna play now!

(police radio chattering)

(door thudding)

(eerie growling)
Come on doggie, put it down!

My god, no!

(screaming)
(water splashing)

(groaning)
(dramatic music)

(gasping)

(sheets rustling)

- Monique?

Are you still here?
(water dripping)

(water splashing)
(sizzling)

uh!

(gasping)
(sobbing)

- [Dispatcher] Car
57-40, come in 57-40!

(static hissing)
- This is 57-40,

tell the old man I'm
on my way in now,

just hold your horses.

(static hissing)
- Something else came in

for you at 3812 Hanover Lane.

You're to proceed--
(static hissing)

- Hanover, that's
where I just was!

What the hell is this
a damn merry-go-round?

(tires screeching)

(siren howling)

(tires screeching)
(thumping)

(engine revving)

(telephone clattering)

(keypad clicking)

(sighing)

Hello this is Burris, let
me have Detective Donaldson.

(sighs) Richard we got a problem

over here at Audrey Matthews uh,

you better get the boys
from the coroner's.

Yeah, that's right,
I don't know yet,

we haven't had a chance to talk,

just get on over here huh?

(telephone clattering)
(engine revving)

(siren howling)

(tires screeching)

Well girl what
happened, who is she?

- Electrocuted, she was
electrocuted in the bathtub.

- I know, I saw but,
how did the curling iron

fall into the tub,
there's no shelf

or anything above the tub?

- It's funny, when I saw her
I thought she was helping.

- Saw who, who was in there?

- The dog, just Greta,
she was in the bathroom.

- Well what was she doing?
- That's the funny thing.

She was pulling the curling iron

out of the water by the cord.

- Boy that's some smart dog.

Maybe she, heard
the girl scream when

the curler hit the water?

- Yeah I guess
that's what happened.

God I don't know.

(siren howling)

(vehicles rumbling)

There's something more.
- What?

- How did the dog get in?

She was locked out, I'm sure.

- Well, maybe, maybe
the girl let her in?

- No, she was in the tub.

I remember Monique slumped
down under the water.

Her eyes were still open.

- Oh?

Well she's propped up against
the end of the tub now.

- Well I, pulled her up
from under the water I was,

hoping she was still
breathing but she wasn't.

- But, who is she,

what was she doing here?
(siren howling)

- Monique Burger, a friend.

She lives across the street.

They're working on
the plumbing system.

(doors thudding)

(birds chirping)

(doors clattering)

(doors thudding)

(metallic clattering)

- Anything else I should do?

- No, just stay in there,

and see they don't
make a mess of things.

- I still can't understand.

Nothing explains
how Greta got in.

(door scraping)

(thudding)

(door scraping)

- [Otis] Through the
door, don't you see?

(door scraping)
- But I'm sure,

positive it was closed!

- Now Greta is a
very strong dog.

It wouldn't be much
of a problem for her

to just push it open.

- It's so strange,

the things she seems
to be able to do.

- Has she ever
tried to attack you,

ever been vicious?
- Just the opposite.

She's the most gentle
dog I've ever known.

- They'll be through in there in

just a minute.
- Oh good.

Uh, I'll be downtown
in a little while,

you go on with them.

- Okay.

(clattering)

(tense music)
- I know this sounds crazy,

but it's something
I feel very often.

When I'm with here alone,

sometimes it feels more like
I'm in the room with a person.

She watches me.

Do you think I'm losing
it, I mean like Mom?

- No, no of course not.

(mysterious music)
You can handle it.

- Will they arrest me?

- No, no need
worrying about that.

But you'll have to admit it
looks a little bit fishy though.

This is the second
one to die recently,

and you were the last one
to see them, just you.

And the dog.

(traffic rumbling)

Richard, I want you to
do something for me.

Get ahold of the
Kennel Association,

see if you can trace
that dog's background.

- Otis, trace a dog?

Well they told me
that working with you

I'd learn something every day.

- Look you can get the
dog's registration number

from the girl, I want to
know everything possible,

you know uh, name
of the breeder,

place of birth, all
that sort of stuff.

- Okay (sighs).

- And don't make a big
deal out of it now,

especially with the girl!

(dial clicking)

- Audrey dear.

It's Hester.

(sentimental music)
I know dear.

Another senseless tragedy.

(sighs) No, no, no, there's
nothing you can do about it,

j-just leave it to
the police, yes.

(sighs) I-I'll tell
you why I called.

I've called the vet.

Yes, I'm going to take
Greta to get her shots.

No I'll be glad to do it.

It'll give you a
chance to rest, dear.

Oh yes and uh, by the way, um,

you know that tag,
that other tag

that Greta's wearing?
(mysterious music)

Well I know it
sounds silly but um,

(eerie music)
I'd like her to keep it.

Oh thank you dear, yes
I'll be right over.

Of course.

Goodbye.

(telephone clattering)

(sheet rustling)

- What'd you find out?

- Cause of death, drowning.

Her lungs contained water.

But it's hard to tell,

cardiac arrest occurred
about the same time.

Caused by electrocution.

- Signs of struggle?

- None.

She was burned somewhat,

but that's consistent
with electrocution.

Was it an accident?

- Well (sighs),
I don't know yet.

Just uh, let me know if
you find anything doc,

anything at all.

- Well there, there
was something else.

Maybe not much.

Eh there were a couple
of hairs in her hand.

Looked like animal hair.
- Get those to the lab!

And Cliff, I want
that report fast!

- I will do my best!
- Thank.

(footsteps tapping)
(public address chattering)

(car rumbling)

(door clattering)

(door thudding)

(door clattering)

- [Hester] Come on Greta!

(door thudding)

(footsteps tapping)

(tense music)

(claws clicking)
(footsteps tapping)

(hinges creaking)

(suspenseful music)

(mysterious music)

(eerie foreboding music)

(eerie groaning)

(chain rattling)

(dramatic music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(squeaking)

(dramatic music)

(tags jingling)
(eerie sinister music)

(mysterious music)

(suspenseful music)

(jowls smacking)

(crunching)

(hooting)

(slurping)

(blankets rustling)
(eerie mysterious music)

(telephone ringing)

- Hello?

Who is this?

Oh Detective Burris.

(birds chirping)

No it's all right
I needed to get up.

What would you
want with the dog?

All right then but
she's not here.

Hester took her to the vet,

you'll have to pick
her up over there.

No just bring her here after.

And Mr. Burris?

Take good care of her.
(barking)

- Detective Burris,
this dog's a pussy,

let me tell you that.

There's no way that I can
ever make her violent.

(dog snarling)
When a dog acts like that,

she's never gonna have
a killer instinct.

- Well, thanks a lot,

you just shot my pet theory
(barking)

right in the ass.

Come on Greta, let's go girl,

come on, there we go.

(barking)
Hey now (mumbles)...

(foreboding music)
Okay, (mumbles), that a girl,

I'll buy you a
hamburger, all right?

(ball thumping)
(children chattering)

(metallic rattling)
(dog barking)

(Audrey sighing)

- Think you let me win today.

- I never let anyone win.

(Audrey chuckling)
It's too hard on my ego.

- Either way, it felt good to
get out and get some exercise.

(gate clattering)

(hinges creaking)

(clanking)
(eerie tense music)

(children chattering)

While you're in the shower
I'll scramble some eggs

and make some of my
special pancakes.

- Pancakes, for me?
- And for me!

Something to restore that
energy we've burned up.

- [Jeff] Only if you've
got lots of honey.

- My watch!
(bell ringing)

I left it at the court, I hooked
it on the chain link fence!

I'm so stupid!

- No problem, we'll
just walk back.

- No I'll go back, you
stay here with Greta,

it'll be faster.

- [Jeff] Okay Greta, let's try

to stay awake while she's gone.

(eerie tense music)
(children chattering)

(Greta whining)

Yes, you're a good dog Greta.

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie snarling)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(heartbeat thudding)

(eerie dramatic music)

(scraping)
(cracking)

(gagging)
(eerie snarling)

(mysterious dramatic music)
(heartbeat thudding)

(eerie sorrowful music)

- Jeff!

Get up!

Jeff!

Jeff (sobs)!

Jeff!
(dramatic music)

(sobbing)

(wailing)

No, no!

No, no, no (sobs)!

Please (sobs)!

- So the guy was
choked to death.

You sure doc?
- Yes absolutely.

Not only that it appears
it was done with one hand,

someone with a very
strong right hand.

- So you're saying
that he was (sighs),

choked by a guy
using just one hand?

- Yeah, there was severe
damage to the larynx,

the esophagus, there's no
doubt it was strangulation.

- Ah it doesn't make sense!

I mean uh, broad
daylight, no robbery.

And if there was an assault,
why didn't the dog bark?

- I can't solve the case,

I can only tell you
how the young man died.

- Not a single person
heard a damn thing

and yet there were
people all around.

(chattering)

Hey doc, is it possible that,

that a girl could
have strangled him?

- Off the top of my
head I'd say, no,

the hand print on his throat was

too large for most
women and I doubt if

any woman would have
that much strength.

Why do you ask?
- Oh hell,

I'm grasping at anything doc,
I mean he was with a girl,

it was her dog, you'd think
if it'd been anybody else

the dog would have barked
or have done something.

My god the dog's a monster,
he must weigh 125 Ibs.

Boy, I tell you, I
wouldn't want to try

to strangle anybody with
that critter around.

- No one saw or heard anything?

- No, nothing (sighs),
it's total blank.

And the guys was, by himself
for only three minutes or less,

we timed the trip back
to the tennis court.

Doc are you absolutely
sure he was strangled?

- You want to come
see for yourself?

- Oh no no hell...
- There, is another thing.

The victim apparently
fought back.

- How's that?

- The knuckles on his
right hand were bloody.

- Okay doc, this is one
I gotta see for myself.

Let's go.

(eerie suspenseful music)
(eerie meowing)

(eerie moaning)

(eerie meowing)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(eerie moaning)

(eerie meowing)
(eerie moaning)

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(eerie roaring)

(eerie meowing)

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

- [Hester] Well young man?

- Oh, yes, Miss Ramsey.

I was just looking for--
- Snooping around,

uh spying I believe
they call it.

- No ma'am, nothing like that,

I just heard some
sounds, like animals,

and was, oh (chuckles),
call it natural curiosity.

That's what got me into
this business I guess I'm,

just naturally curious.
- Well I assure you

(meowing)
there is nothing here,

nor any place else
on my property

that could interest
you in the slightest!

(eerie faint roaring)
- I realize it's been

difficult for you with
all that's happened.

- Look here, I don't
like to see anyone die!

But I didn't know
this Jeff boy at all!

- Were he and your
niece engaged?

- Not really, there
wasn't a ring or anything.

- Did he stay at her house?

- He had his own apartment.
(meowing)

- You suppose she
stayed with him?

- (sighs) That would
hardly be the behavior,

I'd expect from my niece.

- You check up on
her very often?

- Lord no, since
her mother's death,

I've looked in on
her once in a while,

just to see if I could help.
(meowing)

- Miss Ramsey this is a
question I have to ask.

Do you know of anyone who
would want Jeff Ingram dead?

(meowing)
- I don't know anyone

who even knew who he was.

Now, well except Audrey, does
that answer your question?

(car rumbling)
(moist crunching)

- I know it's crazy but,

it's the only thing
that makes any sense!

- No it doesn't!

Look, we know that
she and the guy

were getting real serious right?

Well, maybe she got
jealous about something.

(mumbling)

(slurping)

Maybe she had somebody jump him.

- Mmm, no, I don't
think she's involved.

- Why not?

What she has a pretty
face and a sweet smile?

- Hmph, look, I don't
pretend to know the answers,

I'm just trying to
figure out the problem!

I tell you one thing though,

I want to know everything
there is to know,

about that dog.

(birds chirping)
(car rumbling)

(door clattering)
(police radio chattering)

(metallic thudding)
(police radio chattering)

- Four and 25, (mumbles)
(radio beeping)

(mumbles) unit four three seven,

four 37, 20-29-37 (mumbles)...

- Now, tell me how you're doing.

- I don't know.

Rotten.

Confused.

There's a whole nightmare
going on all around me.

I'm starting to see a doctor,

one of those that
mother went to.

- Is that a good idea uh,
well, memories and all?

- I guess I trust him,

one of the few I really trusted.

- Oh, I wish we could have
some good news for you,

we don't have much of it yet.

(sighs) Seems like we're
at that point where just,

any little, thing
will be a help.

(tense music)
Right now I'd like to see

the chain the dog was
wearing in the park.

(panting)
- Greta's leash?

Why?

- Mm, grasping at
straws I guess,

nothing for you to worry about.

- Well okay, sure.

(tense music)
(Otis sighing)

- [Otis] How is she, Greta?

- Oh fine, maybe a little
more restless than usual.

(growling)

(metal scraping)

Here it is.

(chain rattling)

What's important
about the leash?

- Mm, nothing, probably.

You know, I'm just,
checking on anything.

- You got a headache?

- (sighs) Yeah,

it's an occupational
hazard at my age, I guess.

Ah, it's probably
a lot of sinus too,

there's a lot of dust
in the air today.

- Well let me get
you some aspirin.

- Uh, if you would uh,

I think this will be better,

it's just a little seltzer,

if you'd dump it in a small
glass of water please?

- Sure.

How 'bout some coffee?
- Uh, no no, no thanks,

water is fine.

(panting)
(eerie tense music)

(water splashing)

(paper rustling)

(paper tearing)

(bell ringing)
(water splashing)

(latch clicking)

(ominous music)

(stony rattling)

- [Audrey] If you're hungry
I could make you a sandwich,

(heartbeat thudding)
could give me something to do.

Maybe you haven't eaten.
- No thanks, I had something.

I do appreciate it.

(heartbeat thudding)
(eerie snarling)

Oh boy, this is a
real sick headache!

(door clicking)

- Better wait a while,
it's still bubbling a lot.

- [Otis] That's the
way I like it best.

(tense music)
(heartbeat thudding)

(sighing)

(gasping)
(dramatic music)

- My god, what's wrong?

(groaning)
(screaming)

(clattering)
(screaming)

(sobbing)

(door clattering)

(footsteps tapping)

(thudding)
No (sobs)!

(eerie dramatic music)
(sobbing)

(footsteps tapping)

(gate clattering)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps thumping)
- What happened,

what's wrong with him?

- (sobs) The d--
- Dammit, I want to know

what happened here, now what's

wrong with him?
- No (sobs)!

Oh, oh (gasps)!

(bawling)
- You get on the phone!

(thudding)
Call an ambulance, now!

(Audrey sobbing)
Do it!

(telephone clattering)

(tense music)
(gurney clattering)

(faint chattering)
- Hey Greta!

- [Man] Hey Greta!

(mysterious music)

(eerie somber music)

- [Man] Step up, (mumbles).

(foreboding music)
(eerie growling)

(screaming)

- Get over here
Greta, come here!

(engine revving)

(Audrey screaming)

Here, Greta!
(claws clicking)

(somber music)
(engine revving)

(energetic music)

(cars rumbling)

There Greta, good girl!

Oh you are a good girl
Greta, we did well didn't we?

Now I have a surprise for you.

You'll see!

(pleasant peppy music)

(door clicking)

(door thudding)

(crickets chirping)

Come on Greta, we're going
(door clicking)

to play one of our
favorite games!

(door thudding)

Sit!

(bell ringing)

You're a good girl!

(tense hypnotic music)
(crickets chirping)

(stony clattering)

(poignant music)

Here girl, go catch it!

Catch it!

(Greta barking)
Go on, go on, (mumbles)!

(Greta whining)
(eerie suspenseful music)

(Greta whining)
(thudding)

(dramatic music)

(crickets chirping)

(pensive music)

(wind howling)

(clattering)
(eerie suspenseful music)

(metallic clattering)

(dramatic music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(clanking)
(clattering)

(eerie dramatic music)

(snarling)

(mysterious tense music)
(growling)

(dramatic music)
(barking)

(mumbles), no!

No!

(dramatic music)
(snarling)

(screaming)

Stop, no!

No!

(screaming)

Help, no, ah!

(snarling)
(screaming)

Oh, ah (sobs)...

(sorrowful music)

(eerie suspenseful music)

(crickets chirping)

(tense haunting music)

(Hester moaning)

(eerie barking)

(dramatic music)
No!

(growling)
(screaming)

(dramatic music)

(slurping)

(eerie tense music)
(crickets chirping)

(mysterious music)

(eerie mysterious music)

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie tense music)

(funky music)