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Otto Gervaert? 15 00:02:04,070 --> 00:02:06,507 [scoms] A yogi. 16 00:02:06,638 --> 00:02:11,880 But, Glovatski, have you seen his last painting, Day's Catch? 17 00:02:12,009 --> 00:02:14,646 Everybody says it's a masterpiece. 18 00:02:16,546 --> 00:02:18,815 l repudiate him. 19 00:03:22,461 --> 00:03:24,461 Fiona! Fiona! 20 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:29,136 Come quickly. Do hurry, dear. Otto is back. 21 00:03:35,338 --> 00:03:38,843 l heard him moving around down there. He must have just got in. 22 00:03:38,975 --> 00:03:42,146 Maybe it's a bat flying around. 23 00:04:06,528 --> 00:04:10,334 The poor boy must be starved. Come along, Fiona. 24 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,845 Otto, dear boy, welcome home. 25 00:04:27,011 --> 00:04:29,915 Oh, dear. He's gone again. 26 00:04:33,549 --> 00:04:35,885 This time he's not coming back. 27 00:04:36,017 --> 00:04:37,877 Nonsense. Of course he'll be back. 28 00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:39,677 Why, this is his home. 29 00:04:39,719 --> 00:04:41,719 What makes you think he won't be back? 30 00:04:41,821 --> 00:04:44,358 Because he's taken Day's Catch with him. 31 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:47,761 Oh, dear, yes. And he swore he'd never sell it. 32 00:04:47,892 --> 00:04:49,892 But where would he go? 33 00:04:52,863 --> 00:04:55,200 l don't know. 34 00:04:55,331 --> 00:04:58,269 But l'll find him. 35 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,973 And when l do, maybe l'll slit open his gullet. 36 00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:47,962 [Man] Come on, men. Put your backs into it. 37 00:05:48,004 --> 00:05:50,007 The wicked old slave master's watching us. 38 00:05:50,139 --> 00:05:51,798 Save the funny lines for the strip. 39 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,633 That's where it came from. 40 00:05:53,675 --> 00:05:56,913 You know something, Gabe, we're losing our identities. 41 00:05:57,044 --> 00:05:59,148 We're all turning into little Zingys. 42 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,039 Might be an improvement. 43 00:06:01,081 --> 00:06:03,618 Quick, make a note of that one, men. 44 00:06:03,682 --> 00:06:07,455 What's the matter, Pete? Are you tired of being a slave? 45 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:10,655 Me? Why, no, sir. 46 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:12,681 l love Zingy like he was my own. 47 00:06:12,723 --> 00:06:15,027 You know that, Gabe. Like he was me. 48 00:06:15,158 --> 00:06:17,595 Sure, l know it, kid. 49 00:06:17,727 --> 00:06:19,319 Can you raise $10,OOO? 50 00:06:19,361 --> 00:06:21,361 10,OOO bucks? 51 00:06:21,462 --> 00:06:23,666 lt's a cinch. Wait a minute. l may have it on me. 52 00:06:25,165 --> 00:06:27,302 Mmm, only four bucks, if that's any good to you. 53 00:06:27,433 --> 00:06:30,104 Get up the balance by tonight, and Zingy is yours. 54 00:06:30,236 --> 00:06:32,273 l'm getting out of the comic strip field. 55 00:06:32,404 --> 00:06:34,440 [paper rustling] 56 00:06:34,572 --> 00:06:37,644 Ah. Look what a real artist can do. 57 00:06:37,775 --> 00:06:39,235 Why not me? 58 00:06:39,277 --> 00:06:41,781 That bash tonight is my farewell party, kid. 59 00:06:41,911 --> 00:06:44,715 But only $10,OOO for Zingy? 60 00:06:44,847 --> 00:06:48,018 l know you'd be a good father to the little stinker. 61 00:06:48,150 --> 00:06:50,076 You think you can come up with the loot? 62 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:52,755 Why, yeah. Yeah. Sure. 63 00:06:52,886 --> 00:06:55,690 l'll get it even if l have to rob a bank. 64 00:06:55,821 --> 00:06:58,392 Good, Pete. See you at the party. 65 00:07:02,693 --> 00:07:05,397 [laughs] 66 00:07:11,234 --> 00:07:13,571 [Man] Sure, it's an Otto Gervaert canvas. Who else? 67 00:07:13,702 --> 00:07:15,262 [Woman] No mistaking the technique. 68 00:07:15,304 --> 00:07:19,577 ln my opinion, he's the next big name in American art. 69 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:22,077 l don't know. It looks like the work of two guys to me. 70 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,345 Rembrandt and Picasso maybe. 71 00:07:24,476 --> 00:07:26,913 Oh, Monty, must you always be a bookkeeper? 72 00:07:27,046 --> 00:07:31,186 Surely you can see the artist is dramatizing the basic need for survival 73 00:07:31,316 --> 00:07:35,556 even in a world slowly melting back into primeval ooze. 74 00:07:35,685 --> 00:07:38,723 Mm-hmm. l wonder how much Gabe laid out for it. 75 00:07:38,854 --> 00:07:39,879 l'd hate to tell you. 76 00:07:39,921 --> 00:07:41,991 l really paid through the teeth for that little number. 77 00:07:42,123 --> 00:07:44,460 You know how it is when you like something. 78 00:07:44,591 --> 00:07:47,228 But a Gervaert has got to be an investment, hasn't it? 79 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:48,786 [doorbell rings] 80 00:07:48,828 --> 00:07:51,265 Well, new guests. Ask them. 81 00:07:51,396 --> 00:07:53,089 [laughing] 82 00:07:53,131 --> 00:07:56,203 Honestly, Pete, what's got into you? l swear you've been drinking. 83 00:07:56,335 --> 00:07:58,972 Brace yourself, baby. l'm gonna make an honest woman out of you, 84 00:07:59,103 --> 00:08:00,495 and l don't mean someday. 85 00:08:00,537 --> 00:08:03,375 Listen to me, Pete. l've got to talk to you about something 86 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:04,564 Sure. About diamonds. 87 00:08:04,606 --> 00:08:08,279 Baby, tomorrow l'm gonna buy you a diamond as big as a cannonball. 88 00:08:10,278 --> 00:08:12,382 Am l intruding? 89 00:08:12,512 --> 00:08:13,738 Hello, Mr. Phillips. 90 00:08:13,780 --> 00:08:16,518 Greetings, wicked old slave master. l brought the swag. 91 00:08:16,649 --> 00:08:18,651 Then you've got yourself a strip. 92 00:08:18,784 --> 00:08:20,677 [chattering] 93 00:08:20,719 --> 00:08:23,123 lf l may have your attention, please. 94 00:08:23,254 --> 00:08:25,791 - Quiet, please, boys and girls. - [whistles] 95 00:08:25,923 --> 00:08:28,861 Announcement. This isn't just another ordinary bash. 96 00:08:28,991 --> 00:08:30,991 This is a farewell party. 97 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:32,419 Where you going, Pete boy? 98 00:08:32,461 --> 00:08:35,599 lnto orbit, Monty, old man. Straight up like a rocket. 99 00:08:35,730 --> 00:08:37,089 [laughter] 100 00:08:37,131 --> 00:08:39,124 Pete isn't leaving. l am. 101 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:41,904 l'm renouncing the crass world of commercialism. 102 00:08:42,035 --> 00:08:44,139 After tomorrow, my address will be Majorca. 103 00:08:44,270 --> 00:08:45,862 [Woman] Oh, how long will you be gone? 104 00:08:45,904 --> 00:08:47,097 [Man] What's the idea, Gabe? 105 00:08:47,139 --> 00:08:48,664 l'm retiring, that's all. 106 00:08:48,706 --> 00:08:50,598 l made my pile. Now l'm getting out. 107 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,301 [laughter] 108 00:08:52,343 --> 00:08:54,512 l always wanted to find out if l had any real talent. 109 00:08:54,643 --> 00:08:56,338 Who knows? l might be another Otto Gervaert. 110 00:08:56,380 --> 00:08:57,905 [laughter] 111 00:08:57,947 --> 00:09:01,152 - Gabe, who's gonna give the parties then? - [Guests] Yeah. 112 00:09:03,917 --> 00:09:06,354 Pete, let's make it legal fast. 113 00:09:06,486 --> 00:09:08,590 - l've drawn up a paper... - [doorbell rings] 114 00:09:08,721 --> 00:09:10,647 Oh, wait a minute. l think that's somebody l invited. 115 00:09:10,689 --> 00:09:12,726 l'll be in the workroom. 116 00:09:17,528 --> 00:09:18,887 Mr. Mason, Miss Street. 117 00:09:18,929 --> 00:09:20,929 Hello, Pete. 118 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:26,500 l drew that up myself, Mason, 119 00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:29,138 without the help of a lawyer. 120 00:09:29,270 --> 00:09:31,941 Looks like a very clear outline of the proposed sale. 121 00:09:32,073 --> 00:09:33,698 l didn't see any need for red tape. 122 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:35,632 lt's a simple arrangement between Pete and me. 123 00:09:35,674 --> 00:09:38,712 ''Simple,'' he says, like raising $10,OOO in one afternoon. 124 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:41,782 l had to parlay so many deals, only a lawyer could understand them. 125 00:09:41,913 --> 00:09:44,284 So l got me one. Now, where do l sign? 126 00:09:44,416 --> 00:09:46,987 Pete, you oughta have a drink to settle you down. 127 00:09:47,117 --> 00:09:49,220 - We'll call you when it's time. - Who needs to settle down? 128 00:09:49,352 --> 00:09:50,643 l'm calm. 129 00:09:50,685 --> 00:09:53,222 Just whistle, wicked old slave master. 130 00:09:55,223 --> 00:09:57,894 What do you want, Mason? Some ''whereases'' and ''to-wits''? 131 00:09:58,025 --> 00:10:00,429 No, l wouldn't say so. 132 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:02,053 l presume the sale 133 00:10:02,095 --> 00:10:05,266 will in no way amect the present contract with the newspaper syndicate? 134 00:10:06,265 --> 00:10:09,971 Pete may have to renegotiate it. But Zingy is in 205 papers. 135 00:10:10,101 --> 00:10:12,205 Any of the other syndicates would love to have it. 136 00:10:12,336 --> 00:10:14,195 May l see a copy of the contract? 137 00:10:14,237 --> 00:10:15,929 l'll get it for you tomorrow. 138 00:10:15,971 --> 00:10:18,943 l understood you were leaving for Majorca tomorrow. 139 00:10:19,074 --> 00:10:21,945 Mason, are you just being a lawyer about all this, 140 00:10:22,076 --> 00:10:23,602 or don't you approve of the deal? 141 00:10:23,644 --> 00:10:26,248 No, it would seem to be a very fine deal. 142 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:29,686 But l can't help wondering why you'd sell a valuable property for, 143 00:10:29,816 --> 00:10:31,375 what, a tenth of its value? 144 00:10:31,417 --> 00:10:34,121 l didn't think he could amord more than 10,OOO. 145 00:10:34,252 --> 00:10:36,289 l suppose you have proof of ownership? 146 00:10:36,421 --> 00:10:38,347 Of the strip? l created it. 147 00:10:38,389 --> 00:10:40,860 Look, Mason, this whole thing is getting a little too involved. 148 00:10:40,990 --> 00:10:43,894 Now, either make the deal or forget it. l want Pete to have Zingy, but... 149 00:10:44,027 --> 00:10:46,027 Why? 150 00:10:46,128 --> 00:10:47,720 Well, he's a good cartoonist, 151 00:10:47,762 --> 00:10:49,221 l like him, 152 00:10:49,263 --> 00:10:51,263 and l feel sorry for him. 153 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:55,838 And so, you're practically making him a present of the strip. 154 00:10:55,968 --> 00:10:57,494 Why, Mr. Phillips? 155 00:10:57,536 --> 00:10:59,430 Because it's a booby prize. 156 00:10:59,472 --> 00:11:01,472 The poor slob ought to get something. 157 00:11:03,274 --> 00:11:05,478 Here's to beautiful women and brick dust, 158 00:11:05,609 --> 00:11:07,912 all those who can't love and can scour knives. 159 00:11:08,045 --> 00:11:09,703 Oh, Pete. 160 00:11:09,745 --> 00:11:11,538 Well, l can't hope to match that, 161 00:11:11,580 --> 00:11:13,884 but l do hope you'll both will be very happy. 162 00:11:14,015 --> 00:11:16,853 - Leslie, Pete tells me that you and he... - Excuse me. 163 00:11:16,984 --> 00:11:19,655 - Yes sir, Mr. Mason, sir. - Come here, Pete. 164 00:11:20,653 --> 00:11:22,923 Do l sign now? It's okay? 165 00:11:23,056 --> 00:11:24,981 l mean, it's a good deal, isn't it? 166 00:11:25,023 --> 00:11:28,262 Apparently you'll own the strip, all right, but it's going to cost something. 167 00:11:28,393 --> 00:11:31,297 - Sure, ten grand. - No. More than that. 168 00:11:31,429 --> 00:11:33,389 Pete, l think we oughta find someplace to talk. 169 00:11:33,431 --> 00:11:35,390 - No. Wait. - What for? 170 00:11:35,432 --> 00:11:37,469 What's going on? Hey, what is all this? 171 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,600 Perhaps Miss Lawrence would rather tell you. 172 00:11:39,701 --> 00:11:42,372 No... l mean, Gabe... Where's Gabe? 173 00:11:42,504 --> 00:11:43,862 Tell me what, Leslie? 174 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:46,074 That l'm going to Majorca with Gabe Phillips. 175 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:48,944 l'm sorry. l'm really sorry, Pete. l wanted to tell you. 176 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:51,279 l tried to tell you tonight, but you wouldn't listen to me. 177 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:52,902 Baby, it's a rib, isn't it? 178 00:11:52,944 --> 00:11:54,947 lt isn't a rib. l'm going away with Gabe. 179 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,086 And, Pete, don't make a scene. Now please let go of me. 180 00:12:04,786 --> 00:12:07,624 Gabe, you told that man. You told him. 181 00:12:07,755 --> 00:12:09,248 Pete would have known tomorrow, anyway. 182 00:12:09,290 --> 00:12:11,116 What'd you have to do it that way for? 183 00:12:11,158 --> 00:12:12,851 Because you never got around to it. 184 00:12:12,893 --> 00:12:14,930 Look, honey, there's no easy way. 185 00:12:15,061 --> 00:12:17,230 You've got to let him have it right between the eyes. 186 00:12:17,364 --> 00:12:19,700 Forget it. Tomorrow we'll be long gone. 187 00:12:19,831 --> 00:12:21,831 whether l can scrape up all that money or not. 188 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:23,969 Darling, let's go tonight. Right away. Please. 189 00:12:24,102 --> 00:12:26,572 Even if we just drive around till plane time. 190 00:12:26,703 --> 00:12:29,941 l feel so bad about Pete. And l don't want any more scenes 191 00:12:30,072 --> 00:12:32,743 Okay. 192 00:12:32,874 --> 00:12:35,945 l don't imagine those free-loaders will miss us too much anyway. 193 00:12:36,077 --> 00:12:38,246 [glass shatters] 194 00:12:41,247 --> 00:12:43,207 [phone ringing] 195 00:12:43,249 --> 00:12:44,941 Hello? 196 00:12:44,983 --> 00:12:46,209 Yes. 197 00:12:46,251 --> 00:12:48,254 No. He's busy right now. 198 00:12:48,387 --> 00:12:51,325 No, l'm sorry. Gabe can't come to the phone. 199 00:12:51,455 --> 00:12:53,692 Yes, l'll be glad to take a message. 200 00:12:53,823 --> 00:12:56,494 - Where? Port Harmony? - [blow lands] 201 00:12:56,625 --> 00:12:59,563 [Women gasp, scream] 202 00:12:59,694 --> 00:13:03,067 All right, Manders. One you're entitled to, but that's all. 203 00:13:03,131 --> 00:13:05,835 - l'm gonna beat you to a pulp! - Oh, come on, Pete. Hold it. 204 00:13:05,966 --> 00:13:08,103 - All right. - Come on. Now that's enough. 205 00:13:08,235 --> 00:13:10,471 l'll get even with him, Mr. Mason. 206 00:13:10,602 --> 00:13:14,141 You wait and see. l'm gonna fix you good. 207 00:13:16,575 --> 00:13:18,500 Sorry, Mason, but that's the way it goes. 208 00:13:18,542 --> 00:13:20,435 - Somebody wins, somebody loses. - [door opens] 209 00:13:20,477 --> 00:13:23,682 - End of the folk show, kids. Drinking time. - [door closes] 210 00:13:27,949 --> 00:13:29,342 Correct me if l'm wrong, Perry, 211 00:13:29,384 --> 00:13:33,290 but l think you could have stopped Pete from throwing that first punch. 212 00:13:33,421 --> 00:13:37,494 As the man said, he was entitled to one. 213 00:13:39,657 --> 00:13:40,950 What happened? 214 00:13:40,992 --> 00:13:43,096 Your boyfriend's a poor loser. Didn't the phone ring? 215 00:13:43,227 --> 00:13:46,498 - Yes. l told him you were busy. - Well, who was it? What did they want? 216 00:13:46,630 --> 00:13:48,799 l don't know. Someone from Port Harmony. 217 00:13:48,931 --> 00:13:50,658 Port Harmony? A man? 218 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:52,659 Yes. An Otto somebody. 219 00:13:52,701 --> 00:13:54,494 Was it Otto Gervaert? Is that who it was? 220 00:13:54,536 --> 00:13:56,195 - l guess it was. - Are you sure? 221 00:13:56,237 --> 00:13:57,729 Yes. It was Otto Gervaert. 222 00:13:57,771 --> 00:14:00,509 He said something about meeting you in the usual place. 223 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,644 Anyway, l told him you were leaving town. 224 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:05,570 Okay, honey, but l've gotta go out now. 225 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:07,612 - Now? Why? - Unfinished business. 226 00:14:07,678 --> 00:14:10,717 l'll pick you up in plenty of time to catch the plane. 227 00:14:10,848 --> 00:14:13,385 Gabe. Gabe. 228 00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:15,620 [door opens, closes] 229 00:14:55,315 --> 00:14:57,174 Nice car. 230 00:14:57,216 --> 00:14:58,709 Philistine. 231 00:14:58,751 --> 00:15:02,991 - But a foreign car. - l repudiate them all. 232 00:16:01,699 --> 00:16:03,699 [Man] Come in. 233 00:16:05,468 --> 00:16:07,804 [footsteps] 234 00:16:09,103 --> 00:16:11,740 Shh. l think it's Otto. 235 00:16:16,076 --> 00:16:18,580 lt is Otto. You see, you were wrong, dear. 236 00:16:18,712 --> 00:16:22,819 - He did come back. - [faint arguing] 237 00:16:22,947 --> 00:16:26,485 There's some man with him. Someone just came in. 238 00:16:27,484 --> 00:16:30,121 l think l'll go have a pizza. 239 00:16:33,054 --> 00:16:35,258 [arguing continues] 240 00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:52,301 [gunshot] 241 00:16:59,908 --> 00:17:01,908 [gunshot] 242 00:17:09,649 --> 00:17:11,919 Myer, l despair of you. 243 00:17:12,051 --> 00:17:15,289 A man who covets an automobile has the soul of a hitchhiker. 244 00:17:15,420 --> 00:17:17,280 - Didn't you hear that? - l hear only greed. 245 00:17:17,322 --> 00:17:21,228 - l see only your envy - But it sounded like a shot. 246 00:17:21,358 --> 00:17:23,594 l'm sure it was. Two shots. 247 00:17:23,726 --> 00:17:27,365 Does this concern us? Does it, Myer? 248 00:17:27,496 --> 00:17:30,367 Even if someone realized the utter futility 249 00:17:30,498 --> 00:17:33,370 and repudiated life itself? 250 00:18:04,923 --> 00:18:06,684 Della, have you got hold of Pete Manders yet? 251 00:18:06,726 --> 00:18:09,096 No. If he is home, he's just not answering the phone. 252 00:18:09,227 --> 00:18:11,530 See if you can find Leslie Lawrence's number. 253 00:18:11,662 --> 00:18:14,133 Found it and tried it. No answer. 254 00:18:14,264 --> 00:18:16,768 Maybe she and Gabe Phillips have already left for Majorca. 255 00:18:16,899 --> 00:18:18,825 l hope so. 256 00:18:18,867 --> 00:18:22,138 Pete may have cooled om. On the other hand, he might be looking for... 257 00:18:22,270 --> 00:18:23,929 Try Gabe's number. 258 00:18:23,971 --> 00:18:26,374 All right. 259 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,467 Something happen, Perry? 260 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:31,778 l've been talking to the newspaper syndicate. 261 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:35,605 Hello? l'd like to s... 262 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:37,984 Pete? Is this you? 263 00:18:38,115 --> 00:18:40,115 Tell Pete l'm on my way. 264 00:18:41,151 --> 00:18:44,456 This is Della Street in Mr. Mason's omice. What are you doing there? 265 00:18:44,587 --> 00:18:46,891 Don't worry, Miss Street. Phillips isn't here. 266 00:18:47,022 --> 00:18:48,681 l'm just cleaning out my desk. 267 00:18:48,723 --> 00:18:51,794 Pete, Mr. Mason's on his way over. 268 00:18:51,926 --> 00:18:54,897 l know, but you just be a good boy and wait there. 269 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:06,602 Morning, Pete. 270 00:19:08,338 --> 00:19:10,340 l guess it isn't a good morning, is it? 271 00:19:10,473 --> 00:19:12,609 But you didn't help matters much last night. 272 00:19:12,741 --> 00:19:15,378 What should l have done, Mr. Mason? Stim upper lip? 273 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:17,513 Good luck, old man? Blessings on you both? 274 00:19:17,645 --> 00:19:20,616 l'd have broken his rotten skull if you hadn't stopped me. 275 00:19:21,748 --> 00:19:24,719 Pete, you're too hotheaded for your own good. 276 00:19:24,851 --> 00:19:27,689 Maybe l should've signed the paper first. Is that what you'd have recommended? 277 00:19:27,820 --> 00:19:29,646 No. In fact, that's the reason l came to see you... 278 00:19:29,688 --> 00:19:31,792 just in case you decided to be practical. 279 00:19:31,922 --> 00:19:34,025 He can take his lousy comic strip and... 280 00:19:34,157 --> 00:19:36,794 lt's not his comic strip. 281 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:40,498 l contacted the newspaper syndicate in New York this morning, Pete. 282 00:19:40,629 --> 00:19:41,854 Phillips lied. 283 00:19:41,896 --> 00:19:45,702 He didn't actually create the strip, so he doesn't entirely own it. 284 00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:47,325 Then who does? 285 00:19:47,367 --> 00:19:50,606 They pay royalties to a man named Otto Gervaert. 286 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:53,707 That guy he bought the painting from. 287 00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:56,843 But then why did Gabe try to get the 10,OOO out of me? 288 00:19:56,974 --> 00:19:59,712 To help finance his trip to Majorca, l guess. 289 00:19:59,844 --> 00:20:01,636 He admitted he was shorter of funds than he'd figured. 290 00:20:01,678 --> 00:20:04,115 That does it. l tell you, l'm going to... 291 00:20:04,247 --> 00:20:07,018 - [door opens, closes] - If l ever find that guy... 292 00:20:08,116 --> 00:20:10,116 Pete, settle down. 293 00:20:11,518 --> 00:20:15,324 He's gone, isn't he? Bag and baggage, if you excuse the expression. 294 00:20:15,455 --> 00:20:17,248 - Hello, Mr. Mason. - How do you do? 295 00:20:17,290 --> 00:20:19,359 We haven't met. l saw you at the party last night. 296 00:20:19,491 --> 00:20:22,964 l'm Charles Montrose. l do Gabe's tax returns and other things. 297 00:20:23,094 --> 00:20:26,032 - He pulled out, didn't he, Pete? - l don't know where he is. 298 00:20:26,162 --> 00:20:27,989 That crazy painting he just bought's gone, 299 00:20:28,031 --> 00:20:31,536 and l'll bet everything else is, too, if it's paid for. 300 00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:34,906 Look at these. He left everything for me to clean up. 301 00:20:35,036 --> 00:20:38,207 Bills. What am l supposed to pay them with? 302 00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:40,408 Must be three or four thousand dollars' worth. 303 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:42,844 And you can bet he didn't leave a dime in his checking account. 304 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:45,546 Why don't you sell everything he left behind and put it in your pocket? 305 00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:47,637 This stum, and that stum in there? 306 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:51,152 He made a down payment, nothing more. l'll just have to send it back. 307 00:20:51,282 --> 00:20:53,108 Doesn't he own anything outright? 308 00:20:53,150 --> 00:20:56,288 Nothing. Wait a minute. His car. 309 00:20:56,419 --> 00:20:58,890 He paid cash for that, and he couldn't take that with him on the plane. 310 00:20:59,021 --> 00:21:01,592 l'll lay you ten to one he sold it before he left town. 311 00:21:01,723 --> 00:21:03,927 lf he did... 312 00:21:05,259 --> 00:21:08,731 You see, Mr. Mason, l'm not the only person that loves Gabe. 313 00:21:08,862 --> 00:21:11,600 Pete, l think now is the time to be practical. 314 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:14,234 The syndicate needs someone to handle the comic strip. 315 00:21:14,365 --> 00:21:17,471 - l don't want any part of it! - It has no connection with Phillips. 316 00:21:17,602 --> 00:21:20,540 lf you can get a contract with the syndicate or the creator 317 00:21:20,671 --> 00:21:23,142 or whoever has control, l think you'd be very foolish not to do it. 318 00:21:23,272 --> 00:21:25,272 [door opens] 319 00:21:27,642 --> 00:21:29,642 What's the matter? 320 00:21:32,413 --> 00:21:34,413 Monty, what's wrong? 321 00:21:57,398 --> 00:21:59,601 No... l suppose he's... 322 00:22:01,735 --> 00:22:03,427 Rigor mortis has begun. 323 00:22:03,469 --> 00:22:06,741 That means he's probably been dead for hours, maybe even since late last night. 324 00:22:06,872 --> 00:22:08,865 No. Don't look at me. l didn't... 325 00:22:08,907 --> 00:22:10,833 Didn't what, Pete? 326 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:12,834 Where did you go after you left the party? 327 00:22:12,876 --> 00:22:15,113 Home. l went home. 328 00:22:15,244 --> 00:22:16,570 You live alone? 329 00:22:16,612 --> 00:22:19,918 Yes, all...alone. 330 00:22:26,286 --> 00:22:28,690 - Miss Leslie Lawrence? - Yes. What is it? 331 00:22:28,822 --> 00:22:31,293 My name's Paul Drake. l'm working for Perry Mason. 332 00:22:31,423 --> 00:22:33,560 - l understand you two met last night. - Oh, just briefly. 333 00:22:33,692 --> 00:22:35,762 l'm sorry, Mr. Drake, but l'm very busy. 334 00:22:35,894 --> 00:22:37,653 Packing for your trip? 335 00:22:37,695 --> 00:22:39,587 Really, Mr. Drake. 336 00:22:39,629 --> 00:22:42,133 l'm sorry, Miss Lawrence, but it's been called. 337 00:22:42,264 --> 00:22:44,264 Gabe Phillips was murdered last night. 338 00:23:15,189 --> 00:23:17,016 The Lawrence girl says she took the call 339 00:23:17,058 --> 00:23:20,029 while Phillips was wrestling with your client. 340 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,162 That'd be around 10:30. 341 00:23:22,294 --> 00:23:24,564 How long after that did Phillips Ieave the apartment? 342 00:23:24,697 --> 00:23:26,122 Right away. She said he turned white 343 00:23:26,164 --> 00:23:28,568 at the name of Otto Gervaert and just rushed out. 344 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:32,306 Pete swore he saw Phillips drive om, so that much checks out. 345 00:23:32,436 --> 00:23:35,507 He could have waited for Phillips to get back from Port Harmony. 346 00:23:35,638 --> 00:23:38,443 A round trip takes four hours, Paul. It'd be a long wait. 347 00:23:38,574 --> 00:23:41,745 All right. So he went home, brooded half the night, 348 00:23:41,877 --> 00:23:44,248 came back and shot Phillips as he got out of the car. 349 00:23:44,378 --> 00:23:46,311 That's the way it looks to the police. 350 00:23:46,312 --> 00:23:48,113 l take it he doesn't have much in the way of an alibi. 351 00:23:48,114 --> 00:23:50,114 None at all. 352 00:23:50,182 --> 00:23:52,853 So, what do you expect to find in Port Harmony? 353 00:23:52,985 --> 00:23:54,985 Blackmailer perhaps. 354 00:24:08,830 --> 00:24:11,067 Well, this is where the guy in the bar thinks he lives. 355 00:24:11,198 --> 00:24:13,969 Well, let's see if Mr. Gervaert is at home. 356 00:24:20,172 --> 00:24:22,172 [door opens] 357 00:24:24,175 --> 00:24:26,311 l wonder if you could tell us where to find Otto Gervaert. 358 00:24:26,444 --> 00:24:28,136 Are you from the police? 359 00:24:28,178 --> 00:24:30,281 No. l'm a lawyer. My name is Perry Mason. 360 00:24:30,413 --> 00:24:32,413 Oh, dear. Well, l'm Miss Daphne Whilom. 361 00:24:32,481 --> 00:24:34,481 How do you do, Miss Whilom? And this is Mr. Drake. 362 00:24:34,550 --> 00:24:37,187 How do you do? Why did you think we were the police? 363 00:24:37,318 --> 00:24:39,177 Well, l can't imagine. 364 00:24:39,219 --> 00:24:41,222 l really don't know why l said it. 365 00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:43,354 Otto isn't here. 366 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:45,816 Do you know where we can find him, Miss Whilom? 367 00:24:45,858 --> 00:24:47,450 Oh, dear me, no. 368 00:24:47,492 --> 00:24:49,863 He might be out on the desert or up in the hills. 369 00:24:49,994 --> 00:24:52,531 He never tells anyone where he goes, 370 00:24:52,663 --> 00:24:54,900 like all great painters. 371 00:24:55,032 --> 00:24:56,323 Do you know his work? 372 00:24:56,365 --> 00:24:59,938 l've seen one of his canvasses. When did he leave? 373 00:25:00,069 --> 00:25:02,406 Well, l couldn't say. 374 00:25:02,537 --> 00:25:04,940 l have more to do than to try to track down 375 00:25:05,006 --> 00:25:07,309 the goings and comings of my tenants. 376 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,612 lt was last night, wasn't it, right about the time he had a visitor? 377 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:11,869 Well, how did you know? 378 00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:13,904 l think you'd better tell us what happened, Miss Whilom. 379 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:17,719 Well, some man came to see him. l think he was from Hollywood. 380 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,041 Did you see this man? 381 00:25:19,083 --> 00:25:21,320 Oh, no. But l heard them talking. 382 00:25:21,451 --> 00:25:24,622 My apartment is right above Otto's studio. 383 00:25:24,753 --> 00:25:27,224 Oh, they were quarreling just violently. 384 00:25:27,355 --> 00:25:31,328 l don't know what it was about, but it was just terrible. 385 00:25:31,458 --> 00:25:33,495 And then... 386 00:25:33,627 --> 00:25:35,053 [Mason] Then what? 387 00:25:35,095 --> 00:25:38,266 Oh, dear l suppose l must tel'l someone. 388 00:25:38,397 --> 00:25:40,633 l heard two shots fired. 389 00:25:40,765 --> 00:25:43,904 Two shots? You're positive there were two? 390 00:25:44,035 --> 00:25:46,305 Oh, yes. l heard them plainly. 391 00:25:46,437 --> 00:25:48,437 And then the man ran away. 392 00:25:48,538 --> 00:25:53,113 l've been trying to get up nerve all morning to look into Otto's studio. 393 00:25:53,242 --> 00:25:55,445 Would you care to? 394 00:25:55,576 --> 00:25:58,882 l think you'd better call the police, Miss Whilom, right away. 395 00:25:59,013 --> 00:26:01,417 Call the police. Yes. 396 00:26:05,918 --> 00:26:07,918 Aren't you going to take a look? 397 00:26:07,987 --> 00:26:09,989 Not until the police get here. 398 00:26:10,121 --> 00:26:13,260 Phillips was shot in the stomach, Paul. Just once. 399 00:26:13,390 --> 00:26:14,883 So the other shot missed. 400 00:26:14,925 --> 00:26:16,283 l wonder if it did. 401 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:17,985 You think Otto Gervaert's still in there? 402 00:26:18,027 --> 00:26:20,865 lf he is, l want the local police to find him. 403 00:26:29,402 --> 00:26:32,073 l don't see anything that looks like a body. 404 00:26:36,607 --> 00:26:38,607 Blood. 405 00:26:38,676 --> 00:26:41,747 Somebody sure got themselves hurt here last night. 406 00:26:41,878 --> 00:26:43,537 l don't mean just a nose bleed. 407 00:26:43,579 --> 00:26:47,585 Care to enlighten the small-town cops, Mr. Mason? 408 00:26:47,716 --> 00:26:49,885 A man named Gabe Phillips in Hollywood 409 00:26:50,018 --> 00:26:52,122 received a telephone call from Gervaert last night. 410 00:26:52,252 --> 00:26:53,712 Phillips left to come up here. 411 00:26:53,754 --> 00:26:55,958 l'd say he got here, wouldn't you? 412 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:59,026 Well, there's no proof that he did. 413 00:26:59,158 --> 00:27:02,964 But Gervaert's landlady said that he'd been quarreling with some man, 414 00:27:03,028 --> 00:27:04,954 and then later she heard two shots. 415 00:27:04,996 --> 00:27:06,855 Well, from the looks of that, 416 00:27:06,897 --> 00:27:09,301 one of 'em was shot, the other ran away. 417 00:27:09,432 --> 00:27:10,958 There's no proof of that either. 418 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,742 Phillips was found dead in his garage this morning, in Hollywood. 419 00:27:15,871 --> 00:27:18,609 That's a long ways to go with a bullet in you. 420 00:27:18,739 --> 00:27:20,739 Well, at least we know which one to look for. 421 00:27:20,807 --> 00:27:22,877 l'll check with the L.A. police. In the meantime, 422 00:27:23,009 --> 00:27:25,009 l'll put out a pickup for Otto Gervaert. 423 00:27:34,518 --> 00:27:36,518 Perry. 424 00:27:39,822 --> 00:27:42,259 - Perry Mason, Miss Fiona Cregan. - Hello. 425 00:27:42,390 --> 00:27:45,027 [Drake] Miss Cregan is a friend of Gervaert's. 426 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,518 l was his girl. 427 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,065 She saw a man running out of the house right after the shots. 428 00:27:51,197 --> 00:27:53,334 Did you see him well enough to identify him? 429 00:27:55,234 --> 00:27:57,127 l think so, 430 00:27:57,169 --> 00:27:59,505 if l ever saw him again. 431 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:03,242 He wore a loud sort ofjacket. 432 00:28:04,406 --> 00:28:07,444 Yeah, l think l could. 433 00:28:07,576 --> 00:28:11,816 She gave me a description. It was Phillips, all right. 434 00:28:14,881 --> 00:28:16,407 Save your breath, Counselor. 435 00:28:16,449 --> 00:28:19,688 l know the police in Port Harmony think Phillips was shot by some local artist, 436 00:28:19,819 --> 00:28:22,690 but personally, l'm not convinced Phillips even left Hollywood last night. 437 00:28:22,821 --> 00:28:24,379 Wait a minute, Andy. 438 00:28:24,421 --> 00:28:26,825 Let me introduce Miss Fiona Cregan. 439 00:28:26,957 --> 00:28:29,661 She saw Phillips in Port Harmony last night. 440 00:28:29,792 --> 00:28:32,696 Saw him leave Otto Gervaert's studio after the shots were fired. 441 00:28:32,828 --> 00:28:34,865 Saw Phillips? 442 00:28:34,997 --> 00:28:37,501 Let's go take a look at the body. 443 00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:39,632 You don't mind, do you, Miss Cregan? 444 00:28:44,938 --> 00:28:47,842 Yes, that's the man l saw last night. 445 00:28:47,973 --> 00:28:50,076 You're positive? 446 00:28:50,208 --> 00:28:52,312 l ought to know. l was his girl. 447 00:28:53,844 --> 00:28:55,844 You were Phillips' girl, too? 448 00:28:56,579 --> 00:28:58,816 No. Otto Gervaert's. 449 00:28:58,948 --> 00:29:00,948 But this man is Gabe Phillips. 450 00:29:01,983 --> 00:29:05,089 Maybe that's what he called himself in Hollywood. 451 00:29:06,387 --> 00:29:10,494 Up in Port Harmony, he was known as Otto Gervaert. 452 00:29:12,158 --> 00:29:14,996 Andy, l'd say it changes everything. 453 00:29:15,127 --> 00:29:18,233 That girl must have guessed it when she saw Phillips last night. 454 00:29:18,362 --> 00:29:20,189 Mmm. Well, with his hair cut short, 455 00:29:20,231 --> 00:29:22,501 and Gervaert never used to wear anything but jeans. 456 00:29:22,632 --> 00:29:24,524 He used to disappear for weeks at a time. 457 00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:28,739 Andy, a double identity isn't that easy to hide. 458 00:29:28,871 --> 00:29:30,871 There must've been others who guessed. 459 00:29:30,938 --> 00:29:32,898 lf the murder did take place up there, 460 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:34,940 it must have been someone in Port Harmony who... 461 00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:37,042 Perry, l'd say this changes nothing. 462 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:40,048 Oh, but you're right about it being someone who was up in Port Harmony. 463 00:29:40,179 --> 00:29:42,650 l thought we had plenty of evidence against your client before. 464 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:44,850 But now? Here. 465 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:46,983 Take a look at this. 466 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:50,791 A gasoline receipt from a service station in Port Harmony, dated yesterday. 467 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,758 The attendant says signed late last night. 468 00:29:55,356 --> 00:29:57,426 Pete Manders. 469 00:30:04,763 --> 00:30:06,766 Raise your right hand. 470 00:30:06,899 --> 00:30:09,870 Take a good look at that girl, Pete. 471 00:30:10,001 --> 00:30:11,794 Did you see her on the night of the murder? 472 00:30:11,836 --> 00:30:15,408 How could l? l told you, l never got near that old house. 473 00:30:15,539 --> 00:30:18,109 You also told me you went home after the party. 474 00:30:18,241 --> 00:30:22,881 Now, Miss Cregan, how long had you known the deceased? 475 00:30:23,011 --> 00:30:25,949 Ever since l came to Port Harmony. Six years. 476 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,284 And you had a very close friendship with him? 477 00:30:29,849 --> 00:30:32,854 l was his girl, when he was there. 478 00:30:32,985 --> 00:30:34,944 But you did know about this masquerade, 479 00:30:34,986 --> 00:30:37,323 this other existence of his in Hollywood 480 00:30:37,455 --> 00:30:40,560 where he was known as Gabe Phillips? 481 00:30:40,690 --> 00:30:44,396 [Fiona] l only knew he'd met another woman. 482 00:30:44,526 --> 00:30:46,997 Now, Miss Cregan, would you please tell the court 483 00:30:47,129 --> 00:30:49,466 what you saw the night of the murder. 484 00:30:50,665 --> 00:30:52,869 Well, l was walking down the street, 485 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,038 and l saw Otto come running out of this house, 486 00:30:56,169 --> 00:30:58,239 and he was staggering. 487 00:30:58,372 --> 00:30:59,830 l thought he was drunk. 488 00:30:59,872 --> 00:31:01,872 [Lawyer] You're sure it was Otto Gervaert? 489 00:31:01,940 --> 00:31:03,943 [Fiona] Oh, yes. He was wearing dimerent clothes. 490 00:31:04,008 --> 00:31:05,701 He had his hair cut short. 491 00:31:05,743 --> 00:31:08,481 Of course, at that time, l knew nothing about Gabe Phillips, 492 00:31:08,611 --> 00:31:11,015 but l recognized it was really Otto, all right. 493 00:31:11,147 --> 00:31:13,484 - Did you speak to him? - No. 494 00:31:13,615 --> 00:31:15,852 No? Why not? 495 00:31:15,984 --> 00:31:17,984 l mean, why didn't you approach him? 496 00:31:18,986 --> 00:31:21,557 Well, he'd left me. l never wanted to see him again. 497 00:31:21,688 --> 00:31:24,626 Oh. Well, thank you, Miss Cregan. 498 00:31:24,757 --> 00:31:27,061 Cross-examine, Mr. Mason? 499 00:31:31,662 --> 00:31:35,000 Miss Cregan, approximately what time was it 500 00:31:35,132 --> 00:31:37,436 when you saw the decedent run out of the house? 501 00:31:37,566 --> 00:31:40,237 After midnight, l guess. 502 00:31:40,369 --> 00:31:42,262 Maybe later. 503 00:31:42,304 --> 00:31:44,163 You were alone? 504 00:31:44,205 --> 00:31:47,076 Yes. l'd been out to have a pizza. 505 00:31:47,207 --> 00:31:50,613 When l saw Otto, l walked om the other way. 506 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:53,681 l take it you were jealous of this other woman in his life? 507 00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:55,605 Perhaps. 508 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:58,952 - And you were angry with Otto? - l suppose so. 509 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:02,689 Did you ever get so angry with him that you made a threat against his life? 510 00:32:03,953 --> 00:32:05,953 l don't remember. 511 00:32:08,891 --> 00:32:12,296 From the amount of blood and the statements from the landlady about those shots, 512 00:32:12,427 --> 00:32:14,631 l figured somebody had been murdered in that studio. 513 00:32:15,729 --> 00:32:18,200 And how did you proceed then, Sergeant Buck? 514 00:32:18,331 --> 00:32:20,331 On the assumption that this artist Gervaert 515 00:32:20,433 --> 00:32:22,433 had shot Gabe Phillips and then ran away. 516 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,394 And it was not until later that you discovered 517 00:32:24,436 --> 00:32:28,376 that Otto Gervaert was in fact Gabe Phillips? 518 00:32:28,504 --> 00:32:31,141 Your Honor, the proper identification 519 00:32:31,274 --> 00:32:35,147 would be that Gabe Phillips was in fact Otto Gervaert. 520 00:32:35,277 --> 00:32:37,277 [Judge] Of course. 521 00:32:38,180 --> 00:32:40,005 Go on, Sergeant. 522 00:32:40,047 --> 00:32:43,118 Well, anyway, when it turned out the murder took place in Port Harmony, 523 00:32:43,249 --> 00:32:45,920 the L.A. police turned over their evidence to us. 524 00:32:47,019 --> 00:32:49,556 My name is Charles Montrose, and l'm a tax accountant. 525 00:32:49,687 --> 00:32:51,957 And the deceased was one of your clients? 526 00:32:52,089 --> 00:32:54,015 Yes, l took care of his taxes 527 00:32:54,057 --> 00:32:57,363 from the time he started making big money with the comic strip, Zingy. 528 00:32:58,961 --> 00:33:01,498 l now show you a revolver which has been identified 529 00:33:01,629 --> 00:33:03,523 as the weapon which killed Gabe Phillips. 530 00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,601 Objection. 531 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:09,604 Your Honor, the murdered man's name was Otto Gervaert. 532 00:33:09,735 --> 00:33:12,306 The defense counsel is quite right, Your Honor. 533 00:33:12,438 --> 00:33:14,575 But since the witness on the stand now 534 00:33:14,706 --> 00:33:16,598 knew the deceased only as Gabe Phillips, 535 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,380 l think it would be less confusing to refer to him by that name. 536 00:33:20,510 --> 00:33:24,216 l think l understand the reason for your objection, Mr. Mason, 537 00:33:24,347 --> 00:33:28,120 but in the interest of clarity, l'm going to overrule you for the moment. 538 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:31,556 Thank you, Your Honor. Do you recognize the gun? 539 00:33:32,854 --> 00:33:34,246 Yeah. Yes, sir. 540 00:33:34,288 --> 00:33:36,114 lt belonged to Gabe Phillips. 541 00:33:36,156 --> 00:33:38,293 He kept it in a drawer in his desk. 542 00:33:38,425 --> 00:33:40,050 Was that generally known? 543 00:33:40,092 --> 00:33:42,262 All the cartoonists who worked there knew about it. 544 00:33:42,394 --> 00:33:45,632 Was the defendant, Pete Manders, one of those cartoonists? 545 00:33:46,630 --> 00:33:48,089 He was. 546 00:33:48,131 --> 00:33:50,125 Now, how long had you been aware 547 00:33:50,167 --> 00:33:52,503 of Gabe Phillips' intended departure for Majorca? 548 00:33:53,668 --> 00:33:56,339 [Montrose] A couple of days. l made out a check for the plane tickets. 549 00:33:56,471 --> 00:33:58,031 [Lawyer] To whom were those tickets issued? 550 00:33:58,073 --> 00:34:00,376 One was made out in Gabe Phillips' name. 551 00:34:00,508 --> 00:34:03,513 And the other one? 552 00:34:03,576 --> 00:34:05,576 Miss Leslie Lawrence. 553 00:34:05,677 --> 00:34:07,337 [Lawyer] Thank you, Mr. Montrose. 554 00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:09,850 Do you wish to cross-examine, Mr. Mason? 555 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:16,322 Mr. Montrose, were you aware that your client 556 00:34:16,453 --> 00:34:18,990 was actually Otto Gervaert, a painter living in Port Harmony? 557 00:34:19,121 --> 00:34:20,414 No, sir. 558 00:34:20,456 --> 00:34:22,726 You could've knocked me over when l read about it in the paper. 559 00:34:23,791 --> 00:34:26,862 You had no intimation of it from his financial amairs? 560 00:34:26,994 --> 00:34:29,031 That's right. Nobody knew about it. 561 00:34:29,162 --> 00:34:33,135 But you prepared Gervaert's tax forms in Hollywood. 562 00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:35,191 What about his tax returns in Port Harmony? 563 00:34:35,233 --> 00:34:37,233 l'm going to have to object here, Your Honor. 564 00:34:37,302 --> 00:34:39,506 lt's already been agreed that the witness on the stand 565 00:34:39,637 --> 00:34:42,074 knew the deceased only as Gabe Phillips. 566 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:44,206 lf it please the court, l think we're dealing here with the question 567 00:34:44,307 --> 00:34:46,744 of who was actually murdered, Gervaert or Phillips. 568 00:34:46,875 --> 00:34:48,835 A corpse by any name is just as dead. 569 00:34:48,877 --> 00:34:52,349 l don't think we need any levity, Mr. Clark. 570 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,650 Both of you gentlemen will approach the bench. 571 00:34:58,918 --> 00:35:00,143 You first, Mr. Mason. 572 00:35:00,185 --> 00:35:04,960 Your Honor, the murder occurred in the residence of Otto Gervaert. 573 00:35:05,023 --> 00:35:07,527 lt happened in the domicile of Otto Gervaert. 574 00:35:07,658 --> 00:35:10,062 lt's a reasonable assumption, therefore, that the murderer 575 00:35:10,193 --> 00:35:13,398 committed the crime against a man known to him only by that name. 576 00:35:13,529 --> 00:35:16,333 ln other words, that the murderer was someone 577 00:35:16,464 --> 00:35:18,801 among his Port Harmony associates. 578 00:35:18,933 --> 00:35:21,404 The purpose of this hearing, Your Honor, is to present evidence 579 00:35:21,535 --> 00:35:24,640 that Pete Manders killed Gabe Phillips and nobody else. 580 00:35:24,771 --> 00:35:27,375 Now, what defense counselor could possibly want by... 581 00:35:27,507 --> 00:35:30,144 What l want is the opportunity to cross-examine 582 00:35:30,275 --> 00:35:32,067 Gervaert's associates in the art colony. 583 00:35:32,109 --> 00:35:33,835 lt is not what defense counsel wants 584 00:35:33,877 --> 00:35:36,214 that should control the prosecution, Your Honor 585 00:35:36,346 --> 00:35:39,150 but what is required for an orderly presentation of the case. 586 00:35:40,883 --> 00:35:44,355 l think we'll proceed on the basis of the State's presentation, 587 00:35:44,485 --> 00:35:47,122 with no further quibbling over the name. 588 00:35:47,254 --> 00:35:49,254 That understood? 589 00:35:52,657 --> 00:35:55,028 [Leslie] Yes, l fell in love with Gabe Phillips. 590 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,931 lt proved to be rather an aw_ard situation, because, 591 00:35:58,063 --> 00:36:00,901 well, l'd been going around with Mr. Manders. 592 00:36:01,031 --> 00:36:03,024 ln fact, he was telling people we were engaged. 593 00:36:03,066 --> 00:36:06,539 When did the defendant discover how you really felt about him? 594 00:36:06,668 --> 00:36:08,668 Oh, that night at the party. 595 00:36:08,770 --> 00:36:11,941 Gabe and l were leaving the next day for Majorca. 596 00:36:12,073 --> 00:36:13,865 We were planning to be married there. 597 00:36:13,907 --> 00:36:16,812 And that was when the defendant became so upset? 598 00:36:16,943 --> 00:36:19,179 Yes, that's right. It was then that Pete... 599 00:36:19,311 --> 00:36:23,919 l mean, Mr. Manders hit Mr. Phillips and made all those threats. 600 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:30,190 This is a receipt of l31/z gallons of gasoline. 601 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,979 l filled it out the night of the murder. 602 00:36:32,021 --> 00:36:33,680 Close to midnight, l guess. 603 00:36:33,722 --> 00:36:37,328 Do you see the man who bought gas from you here in the courtroom? 604 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:41,030 Yes, sir. That's him, the defendant. 605 00:36:44,397 --> 00:36:47,503 Uh, they were having this terrible quarrel. 606 00:36:47,634 --> 00:36:51,139 Their voices came up the flue from Otto's fireplace. 607 00:36:51,268 --> 00:36:53,372 Then you did recognize the voices? 608 00:36:54,605 --> 00:36:57,476 Yes. Otto's. l'd know that anywhere. 609 00:36:57,607 --> 00:37:00,813 But the other man? No, l didn't know his voice. 610 00:37:00,943 --> 00:37:03,614 Can you tell us anything specifically 611 00:37:03,678 --> 00:37:06,482 about which you heard them quarrelling, Miss Whilom? 612 00:37:06,614 --> 00:37:09,385 Well, l only heard snatches, of course, 613 00:37:09,516 --> 00:37:13,456 but this other man seemed to be very angry with Otto. 614 00:37:13,586 --> 00:37:15,211 About what? 615 00:37:15,253 --> 00:37:17,253 Well, l couldn't make it out. 616 00:37:17,322 --> 00:37:21,562 - Otto said something about Leslie. - Leslie? 617 00:37:21,691 --> 00:37:25,431 l heard him say ''Leslie,'' and then came the shots. 618 00:37:27,497 --> 00:37:29,700 Thank you, Miss Whilom. 619 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:32,034 Cross-examine, Mr. Mason. 620 00:37:35,403 --> 00:37:39,576 Miss Whilom, how long had you known Otto Gervaert? 621 00:37:41,006 --> 00:37:44,912 Ever since he came to Port Harmony, about six years ago. 622 00:37:45,043 --> 00:37:47,146 Was he a successful painter at that time? 623 00:37:47,277 --> 00:37:49,481 Oh, no. He hadn't been discovered. 624 00:37:49,613 --> 00:37:52,852 But l recognized his talents instantly. 625 00:37:52,982 --> 00:37:57,756 ln my house, Otto Gervaert became the greatest painter in America. 626 00:37:57,885 --> 00:38:00,322 l sat at his feet. 627 00:38:00,454 --> 00:38:02,524 And yet, Miss Whilom, you heard Otto 628 00:38:02,589 --> 00:38:04,625 having a violent quarrel with an unknown man, 629 00:38:04,757 --> 00:38:06,384 a quarrel followed by two shots, 630 00:38:06,426 --> 00:38:08,426 and you didn't go downstairs to investigate? 631 00:38:09,194 --> 00:38:12,432 Well, l was frightened. l was all alone. 632 00:38:12,563 --> 00:38:14,289 Of course you were frightened, Miss Whilom. 633 00:38:14,331 --> 00:38:16,333 But he was your friend. 634 00:38:16,466 --> 00:38:20,239 Now, do you want us to believe that you were so frightened you did absolutely nothing? 635 00:38:20,369 --> 00:38:22,369 Well, not right away. 636 00:38:22,471 --> 00:38:25,042 A moment or two later, then. You still did nothing? 637 00:38:25,173 --> 00:38:27,677 Well, the studio was empty. He was gone. 638 00:38:27,808 --> 00:38:30,345 Then you did go downstairs to investigate. 639 00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:32,546 He wasn't there. No one was. 640 00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:34,605 And knowing he might've been wounded, 641 00:38:34,647 --> 00:38:36,817 possibly even dying, 642 00:38:36,948 --> 00:38:38,774 you weren't concerned enough to look further? 643 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:40,776 To call someone to help you look further? 644 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,611 The hall was empty. 645 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,823 Not a soul downstairs. 646 00:38:44,954 --> 00:38:46,313 What about the street? 647 00:38:46,355 --> 00:38:47,947 There was no one in the street, either. 648 00:38:47,989 --> 00:38:50,893 - No one else's car. - No one else's car? 649 00:38:51,025 --> 00:38:53,863 What about Otto's car, Miss Whilom? 650 00:38:53,994 --> 00:38:56,932 Was his car still in the street when you ran outside for help? 651 00:38:57,063 --> 00:38:59,300 Yes, he was in his car. 652 00:38:59,432 --> 00:39:02,370 But nothing could've been done for him. 653 00:39:02,501 --> 00:39:04,605 He was already dead. 654 00:39:04,737 --> 00:39:07,006 Now, Miss Whilom, 655 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:08,664 will you please explain to this court 656 00:39:08,706 --> 00:39:12,144 how a dead man drove his car all the way to Hollywood, 657 00:39:12,274 --> 00:39:15,178 120 miles away? 658 00:39:17,278 --> 00:39:20,684 [murmuring] 659 00:39:30,422 --> 00:39:34,061 l just can't picture Miss Whilom driving a dead body all the way to Hollywood. 660 00:39:34,191 --> 00:39:37,362 Well, somebody did. The question is why? 661 00:39:37,494 --> 00:39:40,298 l think it has to do with the dual identities. 662 00:39:40,429 --> 00:39:44,002 Somebody in Port Harmony wanted the corpse to be Phillips, not Gervaert. 663 00:39:44,132 --> 00:39:46,769 Then the murderer must be somebody here in Port Harmony. 664 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:48,769 No, not necessarily. 665 00:39:48,770 --> 00:39:51,841 One of Phillips' Hollywood friends could have faked that phone call to lure him up here. 666 00:39:51,971 --> 00:39:53,297 Then, if he'd been murdered as Gervaert, 667 00:39:53,339 --> 00:39:55,339 there'd be nothing to connect him with the Hollywood crowd. 668 00:39:55,407 --> 00:39:57,033 [Mason] What about those tax records, Paul? 669 00:39:57,075 --> 00:39:59,379 [Drake] Phillips had copies in his apartment, and l got photostats. 670 00:39:59,511 --> 00:40:02,148 Also a bank statement. They're all here. 671 00:40:02,279 --> 00:40:04,515 Now see what you can find on Gervaert's private papers. 672 00:40:04,648 --> 00:40:08,020 That's not so easy. In Hollywood, Phillips had a real emicient operation. 673 00:40:08,150 --> 00:40:11,121 By the looks of Gervaert's studio, up here he kept house like a slob. 674 00:40:11,253 --> 00:40:12,845 Well, you can try. 675 00:40:12,887 --> 00:40:15,891 l also want you to check with the Department of Motor Vehicles. 676 00:40:17,823 --> 00:40:22,631 Yes, Your Honor l'm ready to answer quest'ions now. 677 00:40:22,761 --> 00:40:24,898 All right, Mr. Mason, proceed. 678 00:40:26,164 --> 00:40:29,569 Let's pick up where we left om yesterday, Miss Whilom. 679 00:40:30,567 --> 00:40:34,140 Now, would you please tell this court, 680 00:40:34,270 --> 00:40:37,675 who transported the decedent's body to Hollywood? 681 00:40:38,673 --> 00:40:40,910 l did, Mr. Mason. 682 00:40:41,041 --> 00:40:42,933 You have a driver's license? 683 00:40:42,975 --> 00:40:44,703 No. 684 00:40:44,745 --> 00:40:50,521 Miss Whilom, isn't it true that you've never driven a car? 685 00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:54,689 No, that's not true. l drove my father's car. 686 00:40:54,819 --> 00:40:57,423 When? How many years ago? 687 00:40:57,554 --> 00:41:00,225 - [spectators chuckling] - [gavel tapping] 688 00:41:00,355 --> 00:41:02,215 All right, Miss Whilom. 689 00:41:02,257 --> 00:41:05,395 We'll go on to your reason for wanting the body moved. 690 00:41:05,459 --> 00:41:07,930 You did it to protect someone, didn't you? 691 00:41:08,061 --> 00:41:09,087 [Daphne] No. 692 00:41:09,129 --> 00:41:12,200 l just didn't want any scandal here in Port Harmony. 693 00:41:12,331 --> 00:41:14,334 When you saw the decedent's body, 694 00:41:14,466 --> 00:41:16,870 you were afraid Miss Cregan had killed him, isn't that right? 695 00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:18,327 [Daphne] No! 696 00:41:18,369 --> 00:41:20,228 [Mason] She'd been jilted by Gervaert. 697 00:41:20,270 --> 00:41:21,897 She was angry and jealous. 698 00:41:21,939 --> 00:41:24,409 So you had his body taken to the apartment in Hollywood 699 00:41:24,541 --> 00:41:26,810 where he was known as Gabe Phillips, 700 00:41:26,942 --> 00:41:29,780 hoping no connection would be made with his other identity here. 701 00:41:31,011 --> 00:41:33,011 lsn't that true, Miss Whilom? 702 00:41:33,614 --> 00:41:35,614 Well, isn't it? 703 00:41:36,516 --> 00:41:39,989 Your Honor, l will call Alexander Glovatski to the stand. 704 00:41:47,157 --> 00:41:49,361 - [Man] Raise your right hand. - Here's some papers you'll find interesting 705 00:41:49,492 --> 00:41:52,129 and a list of everything in his studio, which just proves one thing. 706 00:41:52,261 --> 00:41:54,598 - What's that, Paul? - Gervaert was a slob. 707 00:41:54,730 --> 00:41:56,557 [Glovatski] Alexander Glovatski. 708 00:41:56,599 --> 00:41:58,702 [Man] Be seated. 709 00:41:58,833 --> 00:42:01,337 Mr. Glovatski, did you transport the body 710 00:42:01,468 --> 00:42:04,272 of the deceased to the garage of his Hollywood apartment? 711 00:42:04,337 --> 00:42:05,963 lndubitably. 712 00:42:06,005 --> 00:42:07,531 Upon whose request? 713 00:42:07,573 --> 00:42:08,666 Daphne's. 714 00:42:08,708 --> 00:42:11,779 You refer to the previous witness, Daphne Whilom? 715 00:42:11,909 --> 00:42:13,979 The same. 716 00:42:14,111 --> 00:42:16,548 Thank you. No further questions. 717 00:42:20,583 --> 00:42:24,255 Mr. Glovatski, you're aware that the prosecutor 718 00:42:24,385 --> 00:42:26,489 has just used you to impeach his own witness? 719 00:42:26,621 --> 00:42:29,225 l am aware of the truth of what l say. 720 00:42:29,356 --> 00:42:32,327 Do you know that tampering with evidence is a felony? 721 00:42:32,458 --> 00:42:34,862 These are words for lawyers. 722 00:42:34,993 --> 00:42:36,520 And what is a jail for? 723 00:42:36,562 --> 00:42:38,865 The world is a jail. 724 00:42:38,996 --> 00:42:42,369 But you were aware of what you were doing, were you not? 725 00:42:42,499 --> 00:42:44,325 l did it. 726 00:42:44,367 --> 00:42:49,242 You must have had a very compelling reason to agree to the committing of such an act. 727 00:42:49,371 --> 00:42:52,242 What was it? Money? Did Miss Whilom pay you? 728 00:42:52,373 --> 00:42:54,677 l have no use for money. 729 00:42:54,808 --> 00:42:56,635 [Mason] Don't you? 730 00:42:56,677 --> 00:42:59,113 You're a sculptor, l believe, Mr. Glovatski. 731 00:42:59,245 --> 00:43:01,748 Have you ever sold any of your works? 732 00:43:01,881 --> 00:43:04,919 l am an artist, not a peddler. 733 00:43:04,982 --> 00:43:06,982 Then how do you live? 734 00:43:09,619 --> 00:43:14,127 Mr. Glovatski, why were you willing to transport a dead body? 735 00:43:14,256 --> 00:43:16,627 Because Gervaert had betrayed his talent. 736 00:43:16,759 --> 00:43:19,797 He sold his birthright to the money changers. 737 00:43:19,928 --> 00:43:23,934 l eradicated his presence from the temple of the arts. 738 00:43:24,063 --> 00:43:26,467 Do you expect this court to belie... 739 00:43:32,403 --> 00:43:34,229 No, of course you don't. 740 00:43:34,271 --> 00:43:36,271 That's all for now. 741 00:43:42,577 --> 00:43:45,014 Well, our newspaper syndicate paid Gabe Phillips 742 00:43:45,146 --> 00:43:49,686 about _100,OOO a year to manage and draw the comic strip. 743 00:43:49,817 --> 00:43:52,621 Of course, we paid a royalty of 40,OOO 744 00:43:52,752 --> 00:43:55,723 to the man Phillips said had created the character of Zingy. 745 00:43:55,854 --> 00:43:57,346 To Otto Gervaert, that is. 746 00:43:57,388 --> 00:44:00,226 Can you tell us how much the defendant, Pete Manders, received? 747 00:44:00,357 --> 00:44:05,032 As Phillips' senior artist, his salary was approximately _10,OOO a year, l believe. 748 00:44:05,094 --> 00:44:08,466 [Clark] In the event of death or disabling injury to Gabe Phillips, 749 00:44:08,597 --> 00:44:10,490 had your syndicate made any plans 750 00:44:10,532 --> 00:44:13,938 to have some other man continue drawing and managing the strip? 751 00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:17,106 We'd taken that precaution, yes. In fact, we'd discussed it 752 00:44:17,236 --> 00:44:18,696 with both Phillips and Manders. 753 00:44:18,738 --> 00:44:20,908 Manders was to take over in the event of any such contingency. 754 00:44:21,039 --> 00:44:24,277 And what sort of salary would the defendant then have received? 755 00:44:24,408 --> 00:44:26,945 We planned to raise Pete to at least 60,OOO. 756 00:44:27,077 --> 00:44:29,514 From ten to si_y. 757 00:44:29,646 --> 00:44:32,317 Thank you. No further questions. 758 00:44:35,317 --> 00:44:37,787 Mr. Newburgh, you say Phillips 759 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,791 received 100,OOO and Gervaert 40 more. 760 00:44:40,922 --> 00:44:44,995 That would be a total of _140,OOO a year that you paid to the same man? 761 00:44:45,124 --> 00:44:47,194 Well, if you put it that way, yes. 762 00:44:47,326 --> 00:44:49,830 But we certainly had no idea that Phillips was Gervaert, too. 763 00:44:49,962 --> 00:44:53,767 Your Honor, l would like to recall a previous witness... 764 00:44:53,898 --> 00:44:56,201 - Now, just a moment... - ...to clarify an earlier point 765 00:44:56,332 --> 00:44:58,869 and a possible new motive for murder, Your Honor. 766 00:45:00,168 --> 00:45:02,505 But l already said l handled Phillips' taxes. 767 00:45:02,571 --> 00:45:04,908 As well as the returns for Otto Gervaert? 768 00:45:05,039 --> 00:45:07,943 Certainly not. l never even knew there was such a creature. 769 00:45:08,074 --> 00:45:10,478 But you did make out tax returns for Gabe Phillips 770 00:45:10,610 --> 00:45:12,714 on a gross income of over a _1 OO, OOO. 771 00:45:12,846 --> 00:45:15,784 There were a great many deductions, of course. 772 00:45:15,914 --> 00:45:18,018 Business expenses and so on. 773 00:45:18,149 --> 00:45:21,487 No matter how much he earned, the way Gabe spent money, he never ended up with much. 774 00:45:21,618 --> 00:45:25,257 Would you say it was more advantageous for a man to take his deductions 775 00:45:25,388 --> 00:45:28,292 from a _100,OOO income or a _40,OOO income? 776 00:45:28,423 --> 00:45:30,049 l don't understand. 777 00:45:30,091 --> 00:45:31,451 Don't you? 778 00:45:31,493 --> 00:45:34,798 l thought everyone was aware that the higher the income, the greater the tax. 779 00:45:34,928 --> 00:45:37,065 Oh, well, yes, but... 780 00:45:37,196 --> 00:45:40,969 So wouldn't it be obvious that if Otto Gervaert had any deductible expenses, 781 00:45:41,099 --> 00:45:45,139 he'd save money by writing them om on Gabe Phillips' income tax? 782 00:45:45,269 --> 00:45:47,539 No. No, that's not possible. 783 00:45:47,671 --> 00:45:51,911 Mr. Montrose, Phillips had quite a number of employees, did he not? 784 00:45:52,042 --> 00:45:54,846 A certain of the artists on Zingy worked for the syndicate. 785 00:45:54,977 --> 00:45:57,348 Yes, there were a few whom Gabe paid direct... 786 00:45:57,478 --> 00:45:59,472 some full, some part time. 787 00:45:59,514 --> 00:46:03,520 l show you this photostat of Phillips' tax return for last year... 788 00:46:03,583 --> 00:46:07,189 the separate schedule here... and ask you to read this list of names. 789 00:46:07,319 --> 00:46:09,319 - l don't see... - Just read the names, please, Mr. Montrose. 790 00:46:11,022 --> 00:46:13,459 Gabe gave money to Pete Manders, 791 00:46:13,590 --> 00:46:15,660 Joseph Sullivan, Jeremy Stark 792 00:46:15,793 --> 00:46:19,332 and Alexander Glovatski. 793 00:46:24,098 --> 00:46:26,091 _500. 794 00:46:26,133 --> 00:46:28,202 Just 500 paltry dollars. 795 00:46:28,334 --> 00:46:30,194 For what, Mr. Glovatski? 796 00:46:30,236 --> 00:46:33,240 Like the man said, this Phillips hired artists. 797 00:46:33,372 --> 00:46:35,298 But you're a sculptor, not a cartoonist. 798 00:46:35,340 --> 00:46:39,080 There is a dimerence, l grant that, but only that. 799 00:46:39,210 --> 00:46:42,081 And you just said you never heard of Gabe Phillips. 800 00:46:42,212 --> 00:46:45,684 Very well. l repudiate myself. 801 00:46:45,816 --> 00:46:49,221 Mr. Glovatski, you are under oath, 802 00:46:49,350 --> 00:46:51,554 and l'm quite sure you understand what that means. 803 00:46:51,686 --> 00:46:54,690 Now, who paid you that money? Otto Gervaert or Gabe Phillips? 804 00:46:54,822 --> 00:46:58,562 lt was Gervaert. A donation to keep sculpture alive. 805 00:46:58,691 --> 00:47:01,529 You mean a donation to keep blackmail alive, don't you? 806 00:47:01,660 --> 00:47:04,197 Now, you knew about his double identity. 807 00:47:04,261 --> 00:47:07,700 lsn't that why you were so anxious that his body not be found in Port Harmony? 808 00:47:08,732 --> 00:47:11,035 Yes. Say any name you want. 809 00:47:11,167 --> 00:47:14,572 You also took other payments from him. 810 00:47:14,703 --> 00:47:17,674 You were the one person in town who knew Otto Gervaert's secret. 811 00:47:18,940 --> 00:47:21,010 You were the one person 812 00:47:21,141 --> 00:47:22,700 whose only source of income 813 00:47:22,742 --> 00:47:24,736 would've ended with his leaving for Majorca. 814 00:47:24,778 --> 00:47:27,149 No! No, that's not true! 815 00:47:27,279 --> 00:47:30,317 You must believe. Only three payments l took. 816 00:47:30,448 --> 00:47:32,518 One for 50, one for _28. 817 00:47:32,650 --> 00:47:34,509 lt wasn't my idea... the 500. 818 00:47:34,551 --> 00:47:36,511 Otto himself said the government would pay. 819 00:47:36,553 --> 00:47:38,446 His own money was being saved. 820 00:47:38,488 --> 00:47:40,448 But as Phillips, he could pay anything. 821 00:47:40,490 --> 00:47:43,061 l saw him myself making notes with his taxes. 822 00:47:43,191 --> 00:47:45,360 He said his tax man would arrange it all. 823 00:47:45,493 --> 00:47:47,252 The man who handled all of his accounts. 824 00:47:47,294 --> 00:47:49,563 His tax man would take care of everything. 825 00:47:49,696 --> 00:47:51,656 All right! Yes! l arranged it! 826 00:47:51,698 --> 00:47:54,936 And Gervaert's tax returns, Mr. Montrose. You arranged those also? 827 00:47:55,068 --> 00:47:57,027 Of course l did. l set up the whole thing. 828 00:47:57,069 --> 00:47:58,995 But please, Your Honor, l couldn't incriminate myself. 829 00:47:59,037 --> 00:48:00,563 l couldn't admit to tax fraud. 830 00:48:00,605 --> 00:48:02,774 But you can admit to murder, isn't that right? 831 00:48:03,773 --> 00:48:06,911 Unless, of course, you can explain where the bulk of Gervaert's money went. 832 00:48:07,043 --> 00:48:11,283 Or is that the question he asked you when he suddenly decided to go to Majorca? 833 00:48:11,412 --> 00:48:15,017 Now, what happened to all that money he expected to live on, Mr. Montrose? 834 00:48:15,150 --> 00:48:17,921 l can't tell you any more than l could tell him. 835 00:48:18,051 --> 00:48:21,523 l begged him for time. l needed time, but he... 836 00:48:22,621 --> 00:48:25,258 Yes, you're... you're right. 837 00:48:25,389 --> 00:48:28,093 l killed the two-headed monster. 838 00:48:33,963 --> 00:48:37,201 All right, Perry. Who was really murdered, Phillips or Gervaert? 839 00:48:37,331 --> 00:48:39,258 - Both of them. - Both of them? 840 00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:42,438 That was the key to the whole business. Outside of a harmless sculptor, 841 00:48:42,569 --> 00:48:45,540 Monty was the only man who knew all about the dual existence. 842 00:48:45,671 --> 00:48:47,598 And the two separate incomes. 843 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,778 When Phillips suddenly wanted the savings from those two separate incomes 844 00:48:50,909 --> 00:48:52,668 for his retirement to Majorca, 845 00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:55,414 well, Monty either had to produce or else kill him. 846 00:48:55,546 --> 00:48:57,548 But he killed him as Otto Gervaert. 847 00:48:57,681 --> 00:49:00,051 He thought that a dead artist from Port Harmony 848 00:49:00,183 --> 00:49:03,322 could never be connected to a man supposedly on his way to Majorca. 849 00:49:03,385 --> 00:49:06,623 So he faked that phone call to lure Phillips up here, and you know the rest. 850 00:49:06,754 --> 00:49:09,960 Hey, that explains why Monty was so shook up when he found Gabe in the garage. 851 00:49:10,090 --> 00:49:12,727 l was wondering when you were going to remember that. 852 00:49:12,859 --> 00:49:16,030 Sure. Monty acted exactly as though he'd just seen a ghost. 853 00:49:18,163 --> 00:49:19,655 Hey, you know something? 854 00:49:19,697 --> 00:49:21,700 l might be coming back to Port Harmony someday. 855 00:49:21,832 --> 00:49:24,903 Pete, old sport, haven't you had trouble enough? 856 00:49:25,035 --> 00:49:27,035 Uh, just leave art to the experts. 857 00:49:27,103 --> 00:49:29,103 [chuckling] 858 00:49:30,438 --> 00:49:33,442 Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc. Burbank, CA 859 00:49:33,492 --> 00:49:38,042 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 69222

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