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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:01,418 --> 00:02:03,519 [Hushed voices in the background] 2 00:02:19,937 --> 00:02:21,171 [Grunts] 3 00:02:22,940 --> 00:02:24,207 Aah. 4 00:02:25,776 --> 00:02:27,677 Cooperative as ever, abigail. 5 00:02:27,745 --> 00:02:30,213 Woman, whispering: it's the worst play i've ever seen. 6 00:02:30,281 --> 00:02:31,882 Man, whispering: i can't believe 7 00:02:31,949 --> 00:02:34,017 Sidney bruhl wrote it. 8 00:02:51,835 --> 00:02:53,336 Good evening, mr. Bruhl. 9 00:02:53,404 --> 00:02:54,404 How'd it go? 10 00:02:54,471 --> 00:02:57,340 Man on tv: you want to be alone. 11 00:02:57,408 --> 00:02:59,609 [Audience laughing and applauding] 12 00:03:01,979 --> 00:03:04,014 Man on tv: the lines are trouble. 13 00:03:05,049 --> 00:03:07,417 But you don't have to look your best. 14 00:03:07,484 --> 00:03:08,418 [Audience laughing] 15 00:03:08,485 --> 00:03:09,886 Ohh. 16 00:03:09,954 --> 00:03:10,887 [Telephone rings] 17 00:03:10,955 --> 00:03:11,888 Aah! 18 00:03:11,956 --> 00:03:13,423 Ohh. Sidney? 19 00:03:13,490 --> 00:03:14,925 Darling? 20 00:03:14,992 --> 00:03:17,427 Oh, darling, i've been so anxious! 21 00:03:17,494 --> 00:03:18,929 How's it going? 22 00:03:18,996 --> 00:03:20,931 What do you mean it's a disaster? 23 00:03:20,998 --> 00:03:23,433 Oh, sidney, you always think that on opening night. 24 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:25,435 Of course it's not a disaster. 25 00:03:25,502 --> 00:03:26,937 They're laughing, aren't they? 26 00:03:27,004 --> 00:03:28,438 Sidney... 27 00:03:28,505 --> 00:03:30,606 Are they laughing? 28 00:03:30,674 --> 00:03:32,608 Sweetheart... 29 00:03:32,676 --> 00:03:34,577 Sidney... 30 00:03:34,645 --> 00:03:36,746 They're not laughing at all? 31 00:03:37,748 --> 00:03:38,748 [Clack] 32 00:03:38,816 --> 00:03:41,251 My god. Who could ever have believed 33 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:42,919 It would end this way? 34 00:03:42,987 --> 00:03:43,920 Who? 35 00:03:43,988 --> 00:03:45,388 Who?! 36 00:03:46,324 --> 00:03:47,457 [Applause] 37 00:03:47,524 --> 00:03:49,926 Well, bruhl, you want to know who? 38 00:03:49,994 --> 00:03:51,494 I'll tell you who. 39 00:03:51,562 --> 00:03:52,762 My lawyer, 40 00:03:52,830 --> 00:03:53,930 My accountant, 41 00:03:53,998 --> 00:03:55,765 My proctologist, 42 00:03:55,833 --> 00:03:57,100 Even my goddamn wife. 43 00:03:57,168 --> 00:03:59,469 Yeah, she told me, she said, "you produce 44 00:03:59,536 --> 00:04:01,972 "Another crock by that putz sidney, 45 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:03,940 You deserve to go broke." 46 00:04:04,008 --> 00:04:05,442 Even my goddamn wife! 47 00:04:05,509 --> 00:04:07,577 She should know, seymour. It's her money. 48 00:04:07,644 --> 00:04:08,979 Putz! 49 00:04:09,046 --> 00:04:10,313 Listen, pal, you and me 50 00:04:10,381 --> 00:04:12,682 Been in this business a long time, right? 51 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:15,084 Long enough to know it ain't your opening night crowd 52 00:04:15,152 --> 00:04:16,720 That hands down the verdict. 53 00:04:16,787 --> 00:04:18,121 So just relax, kid. 54 00:04:18,188 --> 00:04:19,422 Count your loot, 55 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:21,290 And drink your orange blossom. 56 00:04:21,358 --> 00:04:22,425 Thanks, burt. 57 00:04:22,493 --> 00:04:24,427 The critics are gonna love you, mr. Bruhl. 58 00:04:24,495 --> 00:04:25,929 You got my promise, ok? 59 00:04:25,997 --> 00:04:27,263 Here we go. 60 00:04:27,331 --> 00:04:28,264 [Turns on tv] 61 00:04:28,332 --> 00:04:29,966 Man: our drama critic, stewart klein. 62 00:04:30,034 --> 00:04:31,300 Sidney bruhl's new play, 63 00:04:31,368 --> 00:04:33,236 Which opened tonight at the music box, 64 00:04:33,303 --> 00:04:35,639 Is billed as a comedy-Thriller. 65 00:04:35,706 --> 00:04:38,141 So much for truth in advertising. 66 00:04:38,208 --> 00:04:39,709 [Tv knob clicking] 67 00:04:39,777 --> 00:04:42,412 Well, theater lovers, there is bad news tonight. 68 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:45,916 Bad sets, bad costumes, bad direction, bad actors, 69 00:04:45,983 --> 00:04:48,151 And from playwright sidney bruhl, 70 00:04:48,218 --> 00:04:51,087 A spectacularly bad play. 71 00:04:51,155 --> 00:04:54,057 Well, sidney bruhl's new whodunit murder most fair 72 00:04:54,124 --> 00:04:56,560 Opened tonight at the music box. 73 00:04:56,627 --> 00:04:58,929 But there's no point in you folks going there, 74 00:04:58,996 --> 00:05:00,931 'Cause i'm gonna tell you who done it. 75 00:05:00,998 --> 00:05:02,933 Sidney bruhl done it. 76 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,335 And what's inexcusable is he done it in public. 77 00:05:06,403 --> 00:05:08,104 Well, they weren't real raves, sidney, 78 00:05:08,172 --> 00:05:10,040 But they certainly weren't what i call bad. 79 00:05:10,107 --> 00:05:11,975 I'm doing the only sensible thing! 80 00:05:12,043 --> 00:05:13,710 I'm getting pissed! 81 00:05:13,778 --> 00:05:16,279 And i'll see you in easthampton in the morning. 82 00:05:41,505 --> 00:05:42,939 Conductor: easthampton. 83 00:05:43,007 --> 00:05:44,574 Easthampton. 84 00:06:28,736 --> 00:06:31,771 Cabby: that'll be $52. 85 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:01,568 Aah! 86 00:07:01,635 --> 00:07:02,569 Oh! 87 00:07:02,636 --> 00:07:04,871 Every time i come in this bloody house, 88 00:07:04,939 --> 00:07:06,005 You scream! 89 00:07:06,073 --> 00:07:08,975 I have just been to the worst opening night 90 00:07:09,043 --> 00:07:10,142 Of my bloody life-- 91 00:07:10,210 --> 00:07:11,945 And that is no small boast-- 92 00:07:12,012 --> 00:07:14,447 I was called a putz by seymour starger, 93 00:07:14,514 --> 00:07:16,950 And i had to come back home on the bloody train! 94 00:07:17,017 --> 00:07:18,952 Why didn't you take a limousine? 95 00:07:19,019 --> 00:07:20,954 Because i can no longer afford a bloody limousine! 96 00:07:21,021 --> 00:07:23,522 Of course you can. I can, and everything i have is yours. 97 00:07:23,591 --> 00:07:24,591 Don't you understand?! 98 00:07:24,658 --> 00:07:27,426 I want to pay for my own bloody limousines! 99 00:07:27,494 --> 00:07:29,929 Myra, i have had 4 bombs in a row! 100 00:07:29,997 --> 00:07:32,431 And you know, they deserved to bomb, because they stank! 101 00:07:32,499 --> 00:07:34,433 Murder most fair was total shit! 102 00:07:34,501 --> 00:07:36,435 Because i'm written out. 103 00:07:36,503 --> 00:07:37,436 Out! 104 00:07:37,504 --> 00:07:39,939 I can no longer cut it, my darling. 105 00:07:40,007 --> 00:07:42,441 Do you know what happened to me tonight? 106 00:07:42,509 --> 00:07:44,443 I passed out in the train, 107 00:07:44,511 --> 00:07:46,946 And i came to in the terminus at montauk! 108 00:07:47,014 --> 00:07:48,447 End of the line! 109 00:07:48,515 --> 00:07:49,949 Bloody symbolic. 110 00:07:50,017 --> 00:07:51,951 My christ... 111 00:07:52,019 --> 00:07:55,354 This has been some kind of walpurghisnacht. 112 00:07:55,422 --> 00:07:56,355 Oh, darling. 113 00:07:56,423 --> 00:07:57,423 Oh. 114 00:07:57,491 --> 00:07:59,425 Darling, i won't let you do this to yourself. 115 00:07:59,493 --> 00:08:00,927 Darling, listen to me. 116 00:08:00,995 --> 00:08:02,929 Darling, you're a wonderful, wonderful writer! 117 00:08:02,997 --> 00:08:05,431 You are just going through a streak of bad luck! 118 00:08:05,499 --> 00:08:08,434 And! And to add bloody insult to injury, 119 00:08:08,502 --> 00:08:11,437 This came to the theater tonight. Tonight! 120 00:08:11,505 --> 00:08:12,939 What, darling? What? 121 00:08:13,007 --> 00:08:14,440 This is what. 122 00:08:14,508 --> 00:08:17,443 A thriller in 2 acts. One set, 5 characters. 123 00:08:17,511 --> 00:08:19,946 A juicy murder in act one, terror in act two. 124 00:08:20,014 --> 00:08:21,948 An ironic and astonishing resolution, 125 00:08:22,016 --> 00:08:24,450 Good dialogue, laughs in all the right places, 126 00:08:24,518 --> 00:08:26,953 Very, very commercial, and easy to cast! 127 00:08:27,021 --> 00:08:28,454 Ha ha ha ha ha! 128 00:08:28,522 --> 00:08:29,922 Darling, what's funny? 129 00:08:29,990 --> 00:08:30,923 What's funny? 130 00:08:30,991 --> 00:08:32,424 I'll tell you what's bloody funny! 131 00:08:32,492 --> 00:08:34,426 It was written by some ignorant, infant asshole 132 00:08:34,494 --> 00:08:36,428 In the seminar i gave last year at college, 133 00:08:36,496 --> 00:08:37,930 Name of... 134 00:08:37,998 --> 00:08:39,431 Clifford anderson. 135 00:08:39,499 --> 00:08:41,433 Oh, li-Listen to this. 136 00:08:41,501 --> 00:08:42,935 Listen to this. 137 00:08:43,003 --> 00:08:44,937 Uh, blah blah blah, 138 00:08:45,005 --> 00:08:47,439 "...Without your guidance and inspiration..." 139 00:08:47,507 --> 00:08:48,941 Uh, blah blah blah, 140 00:08:49,009 --> 00:08:50,943 "...Therefore, it is only fitting 141 00:08:51,011 --> 00:08:53,946 "That you should be the first person to read it. 142 00:08:54,014 --> 00:08:55,447 "If you find it..." 143 00:08:55,515 --> 00:08:56,949 Blah blah blah, 144 00:08:57,017 --> 00:08:59,451 "...Your own great work, i'll consider my time well spent, 145 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:01,921 "And the fee for the seminar 146 00:09:01,989 --> 00:09:03,422 More than adequately rewarded." 147 00:09:03,490 --> 00:09:05,925 Oh, my darling, that's very nice. Touching. 148 00:09:05,993 --> 00:09:06,926 "P.S. 149 00:09:06,994 --> 00:09:09,428 "P.S. Please excuse the carbon copy. 150 00:09:09,496 --> 00:09:12,131 "The local xerox machine is on the fritz, 151 00:09:12,199 --> 00:09:14,133 "And i couldn't stand the thought 152 00:09:14,201 --> 00:09:17,436 "Of waiting a few days to send my firstborn child 153 00:09:17,504 --> 00:09:19,939 Off to its spiritual father." 154 00:09:20,007 --> 00:09:21,440 Ohh. 155 00:09:21,508 --> 00:09:23,442 Would 'ems wike to frow up? 156 00:09:23,510 --> 00:09:24,443 Oh. 157 00:09:24,511 --> 00:09:27,446 Little son of a bitch even types well. 158 00:09:27,514 --> 00:09:29,448 [Breathing heavily] 159 00:09:29,516 --> 00:09:30,950 Wait a minute. 160 00:09:31,018 --> 00:09:32,952 Not so little. 161 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:35,421 I think i remember him. 162 00:09:35,488 --> 00:09:37,423 Obese. 163 00:09:37,490 --> 00:09:40,927 Yes, i do remember him. 164 00:09:40,994 --> 00:09:43,930 He was the glandular case that sat in the front 165 00:09:43,997 --> 00:09:46,933 And never took his piggy little eyes off me. 166 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:50,436 Darling, is it really that good? 167 00:09:50,503 --> 00:09:52,438 Is--Is it really that good? 168 00:09:52,505 --> 00:09:54,440 It couldn't be, could it? 169 00:09:54,507 --> 00:09:56,943 I mean, a first attempt by a total amateur? 170 00:09:57,010 --> 00:09:59,445 I'll tell you how good that is. 171 00:09:59,512 --> 00:10:02,048 Even a gifted director couldn't hurt it. 172 00:10:12,993 --> 00:10:14,193 Myra? 173 00:10:16,429 --> 00:10:17,696 Darling, this is just-- 174 00:10:17,765 --> 00:10:19,766 Do you realize this is the first opening night ever 175 00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:20,933 That i couldn't be with you? 176 00:10:21,001 --> 00:10:22,434 Darling, i felt so bad. 177 00:10:22,502 --> 00:10:23,936 Darling, i was so anxious. 178 00:10:24,004 --> 00:10:25,437 I know, darling. 179 00:10:25,505 --> 00:10:27,439 I should have given more thought 180 00:10:27,507 --> 00:10:29,441 About you being left at home. 181 00:10:29,509 --> 00:10:30,442 Myra? 182 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:31,443 Yes, darling? 183 00:10:31,511 --> 00:10:32,945 Myra. Myra. 184 00:10:33,013 --> 00:10:34,446 Yes? 185 00:10:34,514 --> 00:10:36,949 I must be able to trust you, darling. 186 00:10:37,017 --> 00:10:37,950 Oh. 187 00:10:38,018 --> 00:10:39,451 You cannot smoke. 188 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:40,920 You know that, don't you? 189 00:10:40,988 --> 00:10:42,421 You taking your pills? 190 00:10:42,489 --> 00:10:43,923 No. 191 00:10:43,991 --> 00:10:46,926 Now, everything's going to be all right 192 00:10:46,994 --> 00:10:49,929 Provided you take reasonable precautions. 193 00:10:49,997 --> 00:10:51,931 Don't make me worry about you 194 00:10:51,999 --> 00:10:54,433 Every time you're out of my sight. 195 00:10:54,501 --> 00:10:56,435 Oh, darling, i am so sorry, 196 00:10:56,503 --> 00:10:57,937 But i was so anxious. 197 00:10:58,005 --> 00:10:59,939 That's not your job, anxiety. 198 00:11:00,007 --> 00:11:02,942 Anxiety's my job, you got that? 199 00:11:03,010 --> 00:11:05,111 I've got that, darling. 200 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:45,435 Myra: how does mr. Anderson's play read when you're sober? 201 00:11:45,503 --> 00:11:47,403 It's worse than i thought. 202 00:11:47,471 --> 00:11:48,904 It's flawless. 203 00:11:48,972 --> 00:11:52,275 So...so maybe you should do something about it. 204 00:11:52,343 --> 00:11:54,677 What i should do is beat the fat bastard 205 00:11:54,745 --> 00:11:57,280 Over the head with that mace over there, 206 00:11:57,348 --> 00:11:58,881 Bury him in a hole 207 00:11:58,949 --> 00:12:00,916 Big enough to accommodate his bloat, 208 00:12:00,984 --> 00:12:02,918 And then send his little masterpiece off 209 00:12:02,986 --> 00:12:04,420 Under my own name. 210 00:12:04,488 --> 00:12:07,557 There's the best idea i've had in 10 years. 211 00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:08,724 Yes, darling, 212 00:12:08,792 --> 00:12:10,426 It's so unfair, isn't it? 213 00:12:10,494 --> 00:12:11,761 Hmm? 214 00:12:11,828 --> 00:12:14,264 I mean, what's the point in owning a mace 215 00:12:14,331 --> 00:12:15,831 If you don't use it? 216 00:12:15,899 --> 00:12:17,099 [Laughs] 217 00:12:17,168 --> 00:12:19,135 Darling, do you know what i was thinking last night? 218 00:12:19,203 --> 00:12:20,903 Why don't you produce the play? 219 00:12:20,971 --> 00:12:23,640 I mean, you've been involved in production for over 20 years. 220 00:12:23,707 --> 00:12:25,441 You certainly know as much about it 221 00:12:25,509 --> 00:12:26,809 As someone like seymour starger. 222 00:12:26,877 --> 00:12:28,278 Darling, though i might be capable 223 00:12:28,345 --> 00:12:29,612 Of killing clifford anderson, 224 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,481 I am not up to the criminal behavior 225 00:12:31,549 --> 00:12:33,115 Of a broadway producer. 226 00:12:33,184 --> 00:12:34,684 I daresay not. 227 00:12:34,751 --> 00:12:36,419 Well, have you thought about collaboration? 228 00:12:36,487 --> 00:12:39,422 I don't want any help in killing clifford anderson. 229 00:12:39,490 --> 00:12:41,424 I want to strike the blow myself. 230 00:12:41,492 --> 00:12:42,625 Darling, seriously. 231 00:12:42,693 --> 00:12:44,594 Have you thought about collaborating on the play? 232 00:12:44,662 --> 00:12:45,628 On deathtrap? 233 00:12:45,696 --> 00:12:47,430 Surely, if it's as good as you say it is, 234 00:12:47,498 --> 00:12:49,265 It wouldn't hurt if it got a little bit 235 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:51,234 Of the old sidney bruhl polish and pizazz. 236 00:12:51,302 --> 00:12:53,135 What do you think, my darling darling? 237 00:12:53,204 --> 00:12:55,305 And don't tell me that an absolute amateur 238 00:12:55,372 --> 00:12:57,907 Wouldn't be thrilled at the chance of working with you. 239 00:12:57,974 --> 00:12:59,909 You mean, i sex it up a little 240 00:12:59,976 --> 00:13:01,911 And then split 50-50, huh? 241 00:13:01,978 --> 00:13:03,913 But of course i'd get top billing. 242 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:06,416 Why not? On the basis of who you are. 243 00:13:06,483 --> 00:13:09,419 You sure you don't mean who i was? 244 00:13:09,486 --> 00:13:10,920 Sidney! 245 00:13:10,987 --> 00:13:12,922 You were and are... 246 00:13:12,989 --> 00:13:14,924 The author of the murder game, 247 00:13:14,991 --> 00:13:16,926 The longest-Running thriller 248 00:13:16,993 --> 00:13:19,395 In the history of broadway. 249 00:13:19,463 --> 00:13:20,930 God. 250 00:13:20,997 --> 00:13:22,932 I hadn't realized. 251 00:13:22,999 --> 00:13:25,901 You mind the failure as much as i do, 252 00:13:25,969 --> 00:13:27,403 Don't you, myra? 253 00:13:27,471 --> 00:13:29,405 I expect it was rather fun 254 00:13:29,473 --> 00:13:31,574 Being married to that sidney bruhl. 255 00:13:33,644 --> 00:13:35,411 Ah, well. 256 00:13:35,479 --> 00:13:38,248 Nothing recedes like success. 257 00:13:44,988 --> 00:13:46,922 Oh, darling, call him. 258 00:13:46,990 --> 00:13:48,924 Call him now. Where does he live? 259 00:13:48,992 --> 00:13:49,925 Up in quogue. 260 00:13:49,993 --> 00:13:51,927 You don't like the mace? 261 00:13:51,995 --> 00:13:53,429 No, definitely not. 262 00:13:53,497 --> 00:13:54,930 Blood on the carpet. 263 00:13:54,998 --> 00:13:57,400 Then the next day helga ten dorp's out there 264 00:13:57,468 --> 00:13:58,901 Picking up psychic vibrations. 265 00:13:58,969 --> 00:14:00,403 Helga ten dorp from holland? 266 00:14:00,471 --> 00:14:01,904 I hardly think that's likely. 267 00:14:01,972 --> 00:14:04,474 Oh, i knew it! I knew you'd gone blank with boredom 268 00:14:04,541 --> 00:14:05,908 The other night at nan's. 269 00:14:05,976 --> 00:14:07,910 They never stopped talking about it. 270 00:14:07,978 --> 00:14:10,413 Helga ten dorp, she's taking the prisky cottage for 6 months. 271 00:14:10,481 --> 00:14:11,914 Paul wyman's representing her. 272 00:14:11,982 --> 00:14:13,916 A big book and u.S. Promotion. 273 00:14:13,984 --> 00:14:16,419 My god, darling, paul was impersonating her 274 00:14:16,487 --> 00:14:18,053 For 20 minutes the other night. 275 00:14:18,121 --> 00:14:19,922 Oh, is that what he was doing? 276 00:14:19,990 --> 00:14:21,957 I thought he was finally coming out of the closet. 277 00:14:22,025 --> 00:14:23,426 Ha ha ha ha. 278 00:14:23,494 --> 00:14:25,428 Anyway, about miss ten dorp, 279 00:14:25,496 --> 00:14:27,597 I don't think paul's agency would handle her, darling, 280 00:14:27,665 --> 00:14:28,931 If she weren't genuine. 281 00:14:28,999 --> 00:14:31,901 Oh, listen, nan and tom had her over for dinner last week. 282 00:14:31,968 --> 00:14:34,404 She told tom all about his backaches, 283 00:14:34,471 --> 00:14:37,407 All about the money he lost in silver futures, 284 00:14:37,474 --> 00:14:39,409 And all about his father's thing for tall women. 285 00:14:39,476 --> 00:14:41,911 Oh, and she found a set of keys 286 00:14:41,978 --> 00:14:44,414 That nan lost in 1969, darling. 287 00:14:44,481 --> 00:14:46,916 They were right there under the clothes dryer. 288 00:14:46,983 --> 00:14:48,418 You know, right this minute, 289 00:14:48,485 --> 00:14:50,920 She's probably down there with her radar 290 00:14:50,987 --> 00:14:52,922 Picking up your blips. 291 00:14:52,989 --> 00:14:54,557 My word. 292 00:14:55,992 --> 00:14:57,927 That does give one pause. 293 00:14:57,994 --> 00:14:59,529 She's really fantastic. 294 00:14:59,596 --> 00:15:00,797 The european police 295 00:15:00,864 --> 00:15:02,465 Believe implicitly in her, darling. 296 00:15:02,533 --> 00:15:04,434 That's half of why she's here. 297 00:15:04,501 --> 00:15:06,636 She's supposed to be resting up 298 00:15:06,704 --> 00:15:08,538 From pointing at murderers. 299 00:15:08,605 --> 00:15:11,541 Is the larder up to another pot of tea? 300 00:15:11,608 --> 00:15:12,675 Hmm. 301 00:15:20,483 --> 00:15:22,451 Look, the same bloody key ring 302 00:15:22,519 --> 00:15:24,453 From both millie and tom. 303 00:15:24,521 --> 00:15:26,088 [Laughing] 304 00:15:27,858 --> 00:15:30,292 Darling, you know, i really do think 305 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,962 That you should call mr. Anderson. 306 00:15:33,030 --> 00:15:34,964 Wait a minute. 307 00:15:35,032 --> 00:15:38,934 The fat one didn't stay the full week, 308 00:15:39,002 --> 00:15:41,436 And his name was quen-- Quincy? 309 00:15:41,504 --> 00:15:43,939 Something beginning with a "q." 310 00:15:44,007 --> 00:15:45,941 Anderson. Anderson. 311 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:49,378 I wonder if anderson was the one with the stammer. 312 00:15:49,445 --> 00:15:50,479 [Laughing] 313 00:15:50,547 --> 00:15:53,448 My god, they all seemed so dim and underdone. 314 00:15:53,516 --> 00:15:54,950 Would you listen to me? 315 00:15:55,018 --> 00:15:56,952 Did you hear what i said? 316 00:15:57,020 --> 00:15:58,954 I think you should call mr. Anderson. 317 00:15:59,022 --> 00:16:01,456 You have not got a thing to lose. 318 00:16:01,524 --> 00:16:02,457 Myra. 319 00:16:02,525 --> 00:16:03,959 What? 320 00:16:04,027 --> 00:16:05,928 Have i gone through everything? 321 00:16:05,996 --> 00:16:08,397 Yours and mine? 322 00:16:08,464 --> 00:16:10,666 Is that why you want me to phone this guy? 323 00:16:10,734 --> 00:16:12,935 No, darling, it's not the money. 324 00:16:13,003 --> 00:16:15,938 I'm ok, which means you're ok, dopey. 325 00:16:16,006 --> 00:16:17,940 Darling, you're a writer. 326 00:16:18,008 --> 00:16:19,942 All writers go through periods like this. 327 00:16:20,010 --> 00:16:21,944 All you need is a change of pace. 328 00:16:22,012 --> 00:16:22,945 Anything. 329 00:16:23,013 --> 00:16:24,446 A collaboration. 330 00:16:24,514 --> 00:16:25,948 To work with someone young. 331 00:16:26,016 --> 00:16:26,949 Younger. 332 00:16:27,017 --> 00:16:27,950 Don't you see? 333 00:16:28,018 --> 00:16:29,451 By teaching mr. Anderson, 334 00:16:29,519 --> 00:16:30,953 You'll get yourself started again. 335 00:16:31,021 --> 00:16:31,954 Darling, really, 336 00:16:32,022 --> 00:16:33,622 I think it is a god-Sent opportunity. 337 00:16:33,690 --> 00:16:35,124 I really do. 338 00:16:35,192 --> 00:16:36,959 Call him. 339 00:16:37,027 --> 00:16:38,761 The mace would be quicker. 340 00:16:38,829 --> 00:16:41,130 Oh, sidney, be serious. 341 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,501 Sidney, what's the matter with you? 342 00:16:48,271 --> 00:16:52,141 Oh, my god. 343 00:16:56,012 --> 00:16:58,948 Oh, my god. You did have a bad night, didn't you? 344 00:16:59,015 --> 00:17:00,950 [Laughs] 345 00:17:01,017 --> 00:17:03,452 I think that you're thinking that after last night 346 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:06,455 You actually would kill to have another hit play. 347 00:17:08,024 --> 00:17:10,960 Do you know what this play would net its author 348 00:17:11,027 --> 00:17:12,962 In today's market? 349 00:17:13,029 --> 00:17:16,065 Between $3 and $5 million. 350 00:17:16,133 --> 00:17:19,835 And that is without the deathtrap t-Shirts. 351 00:17:19,903 --> 00:17:24,039 Now, if that isn't a thinking man's motive for murder, 352 00:17:24,107 --> 00:17:26,242 I don't know what is. 353 00:17:32,348 --> 00:17:35,117 "362-1894." 354 00:17:47,497 --> 00:17:49,064 [Dialing phone] 355 00:17:53,003 --> 00:17:54,436 Hello. 356 00:17:54,504 --> 00:17:57,106 Is this, uh, clifford anderson? 357 00:17:58,008 --> 00:17:59,074 Sidney bruhl. 358 00:18:00,010 --> 00:18:01,443 Yes, i have, 359 00:18:01,511 --> 00:18:03,946 And i must say, in all sincerity, 360 00:18:04,014 --> 00:18:06,949 This is a very promising first draft. 361 00:18:07,017 --> 00:18:09,451 A trifle unsteady at the odd moment, 362 00:18:09,519 --> 00:18:11,954 But it has all the makings. 363 00:18:12,022 --> 00:18:13,455 Oh, yes. 364 00:18:13,523 --> 00:18:15,457 I know that feeling so well. 365 00:18:15,525 --> 00:18:17,459 I thought the murder game was finished 366 00:18:17,527 --> 00:18:18,961 The first time round, 367 00:18:19,029 --> 00:18:20,930 But then i gave it to someone 368 00:18:20,997 --> 00:18:22,431 With real theater experience. 369 00:18:22,498 --> 00:18:24,433 They took it in hand and helped me revise it. 370 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,435 I hate to think what would have happened 371 00:18:26,502 --> 00:18:28,938 If i had sent it out in its original form. 372 00:18:29,005 --> 00:18:31,207 Well, actually, it was george s. Kaufman. 373 00:18:31,274 --> 00:18:33,442 Yes, but he wouldn't take any credit, 374 00:18:33,509 --> 00:18:35,444 Though i urged him to. 375 00:18:35,511 --> 00:18:37,512 But, um, listen, 376 00:18:37,580 --> 00:18:40,515 What sort of reaction have you had from other people? 377 00:18:40,583 --> 00:18:41,951 Oh. 378 00:18:42,018 --> 00:18:43,452 No one at all? 379 00:18:43,519 --> 00:18:46,455 Well, uh, that's, uh, that's very flattering. 380 00:18:46,522 --> 00:18:49,458 I mean, but you must've shown it to someone. 381 00:18:49,525 --> 00:18:51,961 I mean, uh, your wife, your friends, 382 00:18:52,028 --> 00:18:54,930 Um, other people at the seminar? 383 00:18:54,998 --> 00:18:56,431 Oh, i see. 384 00:18:56,499 --> 00:18:59,434 Well, that sounds like an ideal situation for a writer. 385 00:18:59,502 --> 00:19:00,936 Yeah. 386 00:19:01,004 --> 00:19:02,938 Oh, yes, of course. 387 00:19:03,006 --> 00:19:04,439 Yes, another thriller. 388 00:19:04,507 --> 00:19:06,441 It's about a woman with esp. 389 00:19:06,509 --> 00:19:08,944 It's based on--On, uh, helga ten dorp. 390 00:19:09,012 --> 00:19:10,445 You know, the dutch psychic? 391 00:19:10,513 --> 00:19:12,447 She's a neighbor of ours. 392 00:19:12,515 --> 00:19:14,950 It's called the frowning wife. 393 00:19:15,018 --> 00:19:17,953 Yes, well, that's just a working title. 394 00:19:18,021 --> 00:19:19,955 I loved deathtrap, incidentally. 395 00:19:20,023 --> 00:19:21,690 Both the title and the play. 396 00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:23,959 Well, yes, i have, 397 00:19:24,027 --> 00:19:27,263 But i mean too many to go over on the phone. 398 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:29,932 As a matter of fact, i'm free this evening. 399 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,267 Yes. 400 00:19:31,334 --> 00:19:33,269 Why don't you drive over? 401 00:19:33,336 --> 00:19:34,937 It's not very far. 402 00:19:35,005 --> 00:19:36,438 Oh. Hmm. 403 00:19:36,506 --> 00:19:38,941 Well, i tell you what, you get a train, 404 00:19:39,009 --> 00:19:40,943 And i'll come and pick you up 405 00:19:41,011 --> 00:19:42,945 At the easthampton station. 406 00:19:43,013 --> 00:19:43,946 All right? 407 00:19:44,014 --> 00:19:45,948 The what? 408 00:19:46,016 --> 00:19:47,449 The 7:29. 409 00:19:47,517 --> 00:19:49,451 Oh, that'll be fine. 410 00:19:49,519 --> 00:19:54,456 Oh, uh, um, and would you bring the original copy with you? 411 00:19:54,524 --> 00:19:55,958 Yes. 412 00:19:56,026 --> 00:19:58,928 I--I think it's best that we have 2 copies to read from. 413 00:19:58,995 --> 00:20:01,931 And the carbon's a little bit hard 414 00:20:01,998 --> 00:20:03,933 On these weary old eyes. 415 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,936 Yes, well, we'll make that 7:29. 416 00:20:07,003 --> 00:20:08,938 Um, yes. 417 00:20:09,005 --> 00:20:10,940 Well, i'll see you then. 418 00:20:11,007 --> 00:20:13,442 Oh, and, um, clifford, 419 00:20:13,509 --> 00:20:15,444 Um, i may be a few minutes late, 420 00:20:15,511 --> 00:20:17,446 I have some errands to run. Yes. 421 00:20:17,513 --> 00:20:19,949 So wait for me by the station, 422 00:20:20,016 --> 00:20:21,951 And i'll be along eventually. 423 00:20:22,018 --> 00:20:23,953 I'll be in a brown mercedes. 424 00:20:24,020 --> 00:20:25,454 Yes. All right. 425 00:20:25,521 --> 00:20:28,123 Well, bye-Bye, then. I'll see you later. 426 00:20:33,997 --> 00:20:36,265 What errands do you have to run? 427 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:39,701 Oh, i thought you said something about library books. 428 00:20:39,769 --> 00:20:41,636 Picking them up, taking them back. 429 00:20:41,704 --> 00:20:43,439 No, i didn't. 430 00:20:46,009 --> 00:20:49,811 I--I don't think i-- I don't think i did. 431 00:20:49,879 --> 00:20:51,880 Well, i thought you did. 432 00:20:51,948 --> 00:20:53,048 I did? 433 00:20:54,117 --> 00:20:56,051 The xerox has been mended. 434 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,455 But he wants to wait a couple of days 435 00:20:59,522 --> 00:21:01,756 In case i have any small suggestions. 436 00:21:03,026 --> 00:21:05,427 No one else has read it. 437 00:21:05,495 --> 00:21:08,297 No one else even knows he's working on it. 438 00:21:09,466 --> 00:21:12,067 He's house-Sitting for a couple who are in europe, 439 00:21:12,135 --> 00:21:15,270 And he's unmarried. 440 00:21:18,008 --> 00:21:19,441 His car... 441 00:21:19,509 --> 00:21:22,177 Is in the garage for repairs. 442 00:21:22,245 --> 00:21:23,945 [Laughs] 443 00:21:24,014 --> 00:21:27,216 So, no one will see you picking him up. 444 00:21:27,283 --> 00:21:29,051 That's right. 445 00:21:31,021 --> 00:21:34,656 Why did you ask him to bring the original? 446 00:21:34,724 --> 00:21:36,925 Because we need 2 copies. 447 00:21:36,993 --> 00:21:38,427 I don't want him 448 00:21:38,495 --> 00:21:40,429 Leaning over my shoulder all evening, 449 00:21:40,497 --> 00:21:42,764 Jeering at my ring- Around-The-Collar, do i? 450 00:21:42,832 --> 00:21:44,766 Yes, but won't he have another carbon copy 451 00:21:44,834 --> 00:21:45,767 Lying around somewhere? 452 00:21:45,835 --> 00:21:47,936 And notes and rough drafts and outlines. 453 00:21:48,004 --> 00:21:49,938 And on opening night of my dazzling triumph, 454 00:21:50,006 --> 00:21:51,440 His gray-Haired old mother 455 00:21:51,508 --> 00:21:54,443 Will come tearing down the aisle screaming, 456 00:21:54,511 --> 00:21:56,078 Closely followed by 457 00:21:56,146 --> 00:21:58,680 The quogue and easthampton police departments. 458 00:22:06,022 --> 00:22:08,290 [Flips turn signal] 459 00:22:31,514 --> 00:22:32,914 Hi, mr. Bruhl. 460 00:22:37,019 --> 00:22:38,454 Ohh. 461 00:22:38,521 --> 00:22:39,455 Wow. 462 00:22:39,522 --> 00:22:41,457 This is beautiful. 463 00:22:41,524 --> 00:22:43,925 I frequently fantasize about high-Tech-- 464 00:22:43,993 --> 00:22:45,927 Something you just hose down. 465 00:22:45,995 --> 00:22:46,928 Hello. 466 00:22:46,996 --> 00:22:47,929 Oh, thank you. 467 00:22:47,997 --> 00:22:49,431 Here we are, darling. 468 00:22:49,499 --> 00:22:51,433 This is clifford anderson. My wife myra. 469 00:22:51,501 --> 00:22:52,934 Hi. Pleasure to meet you. 470 00:22:53,002 --> 00:22:54,936 So nice of you to come, mr. Anderson. 471 00:22:55,004 --> 00:22:58,106 No, no. I am very proud to be asked. 472 00:22:59,175 --> 00:23:01,109 Oh, boy! 473 00:23:03,513 --> 00:23:05,447 [Clifford whistles in amazement] 474 00:23:05,515 --> 00:23:07,783 Clifford: is--Is this the mace 475 00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:09,818 That was used in murderous child? 476 00:23:09,886 --> 00:23:10,952 Sidney: yes. 477 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:12,954 And this here-- See this small one here? 478 00:23:13,022 --> 00:23:15,591 That's the dagger from the murder game. 479 00:23:15,659 --> 00:23:16,592 Wow. 480 00:23:16,660 --> 00:23:17,926 Be careful. It's sharp. 481 00:23:17,994 --> 00:23:21,096 The prop one was substituted in the second act. 482 00:23:21,998 --> 00:23:23,231 Mmm. 483 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:26,935 Oh, g-- 484 00:23:27,003 --> 00:23:28,771 In for the kill, right? 485 00:23:28,838 --> 00:23:29,772 Yes. 486 00:23:29,839 --> 00:23:31,740 Myra: the train must've been late. 487 00:23:33,242 --> 00:23:34,209 Was it? 488 00:23:34,277 --> 00:23:35,944 Uh, no, mr. Bruhl was. 489 00:23:36,012 --> 00:23:37,680 Train was on time. 490 00:23:37,747 --> 00:23:39,615 I had to get some gas, 491 00:23:39,683 --> 00:23:41,550 And frank insisted on poking around 492 00:23:41,618 --> 00:23:43,452 Under the hood for 10 minutes. 493 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,821 Oh, my god. 494 00:23:45,888 --> 00:23:46,955 Gunpoi-- 495 00:23:47,023 --> 00:23:48,424 Do you know that gunpoint 496 00:23:48,491 --> 00:23:50,158 Is the first play that i ever saw? 497 00:23:50,226 --> 00:23:51,627 I was 12 years old. 498 00:23:51,695 --> 00:23:53,495 Young man, if you're trying to depress me, 499 00:23:53,563 --> 00:23:54,797 You're right on target. 500 00:23:54,864 --> 00:23:55,931 Oh, i'm sorry. 501 00:23:55,998 --> 00:23:58,099 But really, that's how i got hooked on thrillers. 502 00:23:58,167 --> 00:23:59,535 Angel street did it to me. 503 00:23:59,602 --> 00:24:01,403 "Bella, where is that grocery bill? 504 00:24:01,471 --> 00:24:03,004 "What have you done with it... 505 00:24:03,072 --> 00:24:04,340 You poor, wretched creature?" 506 00:24:04,407 --> 00:24:05,841 I was 15. 507 00:24:05,908 --> 00:24:07,509 Sounds like some awful disease 508 00:24:07,577 --> 00:24:08,610 That's passed down 509 00:24:08,678 --> 00:24:11,447 From generation to generation, doesn't it? 510 00:24:11,514 --> 00:24:13,949 Yes, it's called thrilleritis malignus. 511 00:24:14,016 --> 00:24:15,951 The fevered pursuit of the one set, 512 00:24:16,018 --> 00:24:17,453 5-Character moneymaker. 513 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,955 Oh, hmmph. I'm not pursuing money, mr. Bruhl. 514 00:24:20,022 --> 00:24:21,923 Well, i mean, i might like to have some 515 00:24:21,991 --> 00:24:23,925 If i could have a place like this to work in, 516 00:24:23,993 --> 00:24:26,428 But that isn't the reason that i wrote deathtrap. 517 00:24:26,496 --> 00:24:27,929 You're infected, all right. 518 00:24:27,997 --> 00:24:29,931 But you're still in the early stages. 519 00:24:29,999 --> 00:24:31,933 Would you like something? Would you like a drink? 520 00:24:32,001 --> 00:24:33,935 Yes, please. Can i have some ginger ale? 521 00:24:34,003 --> 00:24:34,936 Of course. 522 00:24:35,004 --> 00:24:36,705 Sidney, would you like a scotch? 523 00:24:36,773 --> 00:24:40,175 I believe i'll have a ginger ale, too, darling. 524 00:24:40,243 --> 00:24:42,444 These aren't all from your plays, are they? 525 00:24:42,512 --> 00:24:43,945 Good god, no. 526 00:24:44,013 --> 00:24:45,947 I haven't written that many. 527 00:24:46,015 --> 00:24:48,450 Friends give me things, you know, 528 00:24:48,518 --> 00:24:50,452 And i, um, prowl the antique shops. 529 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,087 Now there's a disease. 530 00:24:53,022 --> 00:24:54,923 I found that one the other day 531 00:24:54,991 --> 00:24:56,925 In, uh, sag harbor. 532 00:24:56,993 --> 00:24:58,427 18th century burma. 533 00:24:58,495 --> 00:25:00,429 Oh, boy, that is beautiful. 534 00:25:00,497 --> 00:25:01,430 As you can see, 535 00:25:01,498 --> 00:25:02,931 I'm taking very good care 536 00:25:02,999 --> 00:25:04,433 Of my spiritual child. 537 00:25:04,501 --> 00:25:05,934 Lock and key. 538 00:25:06,002 --> 00:25:07,436 Oh, i've got the original. 539 00:25:07,504 --> 00:25:09,438 It's not in a binder, though--For the xeroxing. 540 00:25:09,506 --> 00:25:10,773 Makes no nevermind. 541 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:11,774 Thank you. 542 00:25:11,841 --> 00:25:13,609 I've got the first draft here, too. 543 00:25:13,676 --> 00:25:15,043 How many did you do? 544 00:25:15,111 --> 00:25:16,244 Uh, just the one. 545 00:25:16,312 --> 00:25:19,448 It's kind of a mess, but i think you can decipher it. 546 00:25:19,516 --> 00:25:21,450 There are some scenes i've cut. 547 00:25:21,518 --> 00:25:24,453 I had a feeling there was a diane and carlo scene 548 00:25:24,521 --> 00:25:26,388 I wasn't seeing before the murder. 549 00:25:26,456 --> 00:25:27,423 That's right! 550 00:25:27,490 --> 00:25:28,924 See, i thought the act might run too long. 551 00:25:28,991 --> 00:25:29,925 Good instinct. 552 00:25:29,992 --> 00:25:31,927 What have you got in there? 553 00:25:31,994 --> 00:25:33,929 Uh, let's see, i've got the outline, 554 00:25:33,996 --> 00:25:35,931 From which i've departed considerably, though. 555 00:25:35,998 --> 00:25:37,933 I made it the way that you suggested, 556 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,935 Page per scene, loose leaf. 557 00:25:40,002 --> 00:25:41,036 Thank you. 558 00:25:41,103 --> 00:25:42,938 And i've got some notes that i've jotted down 559 00:25:43,005 --> 00:25:44,440 But never got to use. 560 00:25:44,507 --> 00:25:46,442 Everything was just in one envelope, 561 00:25:46,509 --> 00:25:47,943 So i just grabbed it. 562 00:25:48,010 --> 00:25:50,011 It's a 2-Hour walk to the train station, 563 00:25:50,079 --> 00:25:52,113 So i had to leave right after we talked. 564 00:25:52,181 --> 00:25:53,615 2 hours? Mmm. 565 00:25:53,683 --> 00:25:55,083 To deathtrap. 566 00:25:55,151 --> 00:25:56,117 Deathtrap. 567 00:25:56,185 --> 00:25:57,352 Deathtrap! 568 00:25:57,420 --> 00:25:59,922 And it'll be toasted with more than ginger ale someday 569 00:25:59,989 --> 00:26:03,058 If sidney's right about it, and i'm sure that he is. 570 00:26:03,125 --> 00:26:05,193 I'll be quiet. 571 00:26:06,996 --> 00:26:07,930 Darling, 572 00:26:07,997 --> 00:26:09,431 This is clifford's first play, 573 00:26:09,499 --> 00:26:10,933 And i am its first reader. 574 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,937 I wonder if he wouldn't rather this discussion was just... 575 00:26:15,004 --> 00:26:17,940 Between us two hacks. 576 00:26:18,007 --> 00:26:19,942 Of course. 577 00:26:25,014 --> 00:26:26,314 This ok? 578 00:26:26,382 --> 00:26:29,317 Don't be embarrassed to say so, clifford. 579 00:26:29,385 --> 00:26:31,954 No. No, i don't mind mrs. Bruhl being here. 580 00:26:32,021 --> 00:26:33,922 In fact, i like it. 581 00:26:33,990 --> 00:26:35,924 Makes me feel a little bit less 582 00:26:35,992 --> 00:26:37,960 As though i've been summoned to the principal's office. 583 00:26:38,027 --> 00:26:40,095 Uh, you're welcome to read the play, too, mrs. Bruhl, 584 00:26:40,162 --> 00:26:41,229 If you'd like to. 585 00:26:41,297 --> 00:26:42,931 I'd like to. Thank you. 586 00:26:42,999 --> 00:26:44,933 I wish you'd mentioned on the phone 587 00:26:45,001 --> 00:26:47,335 That you wanted myra to read it. 588 00:26:47,403 --> 00:26:48,837 I'd have asked you to bring another carbon. 589 00:26:48,905 --> 00:26:51,640 I don't have another one, but she can read this one, 590 00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:53,174 And we could pass the pages back and forth. 591 00:26:53,242 --> 00:26:55,276 I can move over here next to you. 592 00:26:55,344 --> 00:26:57,012 You don't have another carbon? 593 00:26:57,079 --> 00:26:58,413 No, i just have the one. 594 00:26:58,481 --> 00:26:59,848 See, i thought i'd be xeroxing the originals-- 595 00:26:59,916 --> 00:27:03,018 Wait a second. I want to think. 596 00:27:03,085 --> 00:27:05,120 Let me think for a moment. 597 00:27:07,356 --> 00:27:10,926 Mr. Anderson, sidney is simply bursting 598 00:27:10,994 --> 00:27:12,427 With creative ideas about your play. 599 00:27:12,495 --> 00:27:14,429 I've never seen him so enthusiastic. 600 00:27:14,497 --> 00:27:17,432 He gets so many plays from aspiring playwrights, 601 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,434 Plays that are supposedly ready for production, 602 00:27:19,502 --> 00:27:20,936 And usually he just laughs 603 00:27:21,004 --> 00:27:22,938 And says the most disparaging things. 604 00:27:23,006 --> 00:27:25,340 I know he could improve your play tremendously. 605 00:27:25,408 --> 00:27:26,841 He could turn it into a hit 606 00:27:26,910 --> 00:27:28,443 That would run for years and years 607 00:27:28,511 --> 00:27:30,946 And make more than enough money 608 00:27:31,014 --> 00:27:32,447 For everyone concerned. 609 00:27:32,515 --> 00:27:34,482 Is this what you meant by "i'll be quiet"? 610 00:27:34,550 --> 00:27:36,484 No, i won't be. I will not be quiet. 611 00:27:36,552 --> 00:27:38,886 I'm gonna say something that's been on my mind 612 00:27:38,954 --> 00:27:40,387 Ever since your telephone conversation. 613 00:27:40,456 --> 00:27:42,389 It is very wrong of you to expect sidney 614 00:27:42,458 --> 00:27:44,892 To give you the fruit of his years of experience, 615 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,894 His hard-Earned knowledge, without any quid pro quo, 616 00:27:46,962 --> 00:27:48,896 As if that stupid seminar were still in session. 617 00:27:48,964 --> 00:27:50,397 But he offered-- 618 00:27:50,466 --> 00:27:52,399 It's wrong of you to have made that offer, sidney! 619 00:27:52,468 --> 00:27:54,401 I am the one in this household 620 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:55,903 Whose feet are on the ground, 621 00:27:55,971 --> 00:27:57,905 Whose eyes are on the checkbook. 622 00:27:57,973 --> 00:27:59,907 I'm gonna make a suggestion to you, sidney, 623 00:27:59,975 --> 00:28:01,909 And it's gonna come as a big shock to you, 624 00:28:01,977 --> 00:28:03,911 And i want you to give it your grave and your earnest 625 00:28:03,979 --> 00:28:05,412 And your thoughtful consideration. 626 00:28:05,481 --> 00:28:07,414 Sidney, will you do that for me? 627 00:28:07,483 --> 00:28:09,584 Will you promise that you'll do it for me, sidney? 628 00:28:09,651 --> 00:28:11,385 [Exhales] 629 00:28:11,453 --> 00:28:14,388 Put aside the play you're working on. 630 00:28:14,456 --> 00:28:15,389 Yes. 631 00:28:15,457 --> 00:28:16,924 Yes, 632 00:28:16,992 --> 00:28:19,727 Put aside the play about helga ten dorp 633 00:28:19,795 --> 00:28:21,428 And how she finds keys 634 00:28:21,497 --> 00:28:22,930 Under clothes dryers and murderers. 635 00:28:22,998 --> 00:28:24,431 Just put it aside. 636 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:25,933 Put it aside 637 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:27,935 And work with mr. Anderson on his play. 638 00:28:28,003 --> 00:28:29,436 Collaborate with him. 639 00:28:29,505 --> 00:28:31,438 That's the suggestion i'm making, sidney. 640 00:28:31,507 --> 00:28:33,440 That's what i think is the fair, 641 00:28:33,509 --> 00:28:36,443 The sensible, the rational thing to do. 642 00:28:36,512 --> 00:28:40,114 Deathtrap by clifford anderson and sidney bruhl. 643 00:28:40,181 --> 00:28:42,082 Put aside the drowning wife? 644 00:28:42,150 --> 00:28:43,584 I thought it was "frowning." 645 00:28:43,652 --> 00:28:45,653 Frowning? What sort of title would that be? 646 00:28:45,721 --> 00:28:47,087 The drowning wife. 647 00:28:47,155 --> 00:28:49,089 No, sidney, it will keep. 648 00:28:49,157 --> 00:28:51,091 Sidney, people are always interested 649 00:28:51,159 --> 00:28:52,927 In psychics who can point at someone 650 00:28:52,995 --> 00:28:55,429 And say, "that man murdered that man!" 651 00:28:55,497 --> 00:28:56,931 [Breathing heavily] 652 00:28:56,999 --> 00:28:59,934 Anyway, sidney, please, put it aside. 653 00:29:00,002 --> 00:29:01,435 Please, sidney. 654 00:29:01,503 --> 00:29:03,938 Do for mr. Anderson what... 655 00:29:04,006 --> 00:29:07,107 What george s. Kaufman did for you. 656 00:29:08,744 --> 00:29:11,145 That was a very persuasive speech, 657 00:29:11,212 --> 00:29:12,479 And obviously sincerely felt. 658 00:29:12,548 --> 00:29:14,515 Although how it must have sounded 659 00:29:14,583 --> 00:29:15,716 To clifford-- 660 00:29:15,784 --> 00:29:18,152 Well, i sort of feel as though i'm on the spot here. 661 00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:20,387 Yes, you are, really. 662 00:29:20,455 --> 00:29:22,657 Myra has put you there. 663 00:29:22,724 --> 00:29:26,260 As a matter of fact, she has put us both there. 664 00:29:26,327 --> 00:29:28,462 I just thought i should bring it up now. 665 00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:29,797 Right now before anything-- 666 00:29:29,865 --> 00:29:31,098 Um, may i just say, 667 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:37,038 Um, first of all, i'm overwhelmed. 668 00:29:37,105 --> 00:29:39,640 I mean, i'm really honored and staggered 669 00:29:39,708 --> 00:29:42,877 That sidney bruhl would actually consider the-- 670 00:29:42,945 --> 00:29:44,712 You know, there i was, i was 12 years old. 671 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:46,380 I was sitting in that theater and now i'm here-- 672 00:29:46,448 --> 00:29:50,685 We get--We get the gist of the message, clifford. 673 00:29:50,752 --> 00:29:55,522 But, um, you see, the thing is, uh, look. 674 00:29:55,591 --> 00:29:58,693 It's as if i went to a doctor, 675 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,527 One of the world's leading specialists, 676 00:30:00,596 --> 00:30:02,063 And he recommended surgery. 677 00:30:02,130 --> 00:30:04,531 Well, even--Even with all my respect 678 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,835 For his eminence, his experience, 679 00:30:07,903 --> 00:30:10,771 I still want to get a second opinion, wouldn't i? 680 00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:13,240 Oh, i mean, i'm sure that your ideas are terrific. 681 00:30:13,308 --> 00:30:14,274 When i hear them, 682 00:30:14,342 --> 00:30:15,910 I'm probably going to hit my head and say, 683 00:30:15,978 --> 00:30:18,412 "Wow, why didn't i think of doing it that way?" 684 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,082 But, uh, i think you're right, mrs. Bruhl. 685 00:30:21,149 --> 00:30:23,484 I don't think it would be fair for me to hear them now 686 00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:27,488 Without some sort of an understanding or arrangement. 687 00:30:27,555 --> 00:30:30,157 And, uh, to be perfectly honest with you, 688 00:30:30,225 --> 00:30:32,827 Without having heard them, 689 00:30:32,894 --> 00:30:37,865 I really feel that deathtrap is pretty good as it is. 690 00:30:37,933 --> 00:30:41,002 What i ought to do, i think, is just xerox a few copies 691 00:30:41,069 --> 00:30:44,005 And send them off to those agents 692 00:30:44,072 --> 00:30:45,973 That you recommended in the seminar. 693 00:30:46,041 --> 00:30:49,010 And, uh, well, if they say it needs major rewriting, 694 00:30:49,077 --> 00:30:51,512 I'll be back here begging you to do what mrs. Bruhl suggested. 695 00:30:51,579 --> 00:30:54,782 We can make whatever arrangement you think is fair at that time. 696 00:30:54,850 --> 00:30:57,785 Maybe the same one you had with mr. Kaufman. 697 00:30:57,853 --> 00:31:00,888 Um, i really hope i haven't offended you. 698 00:31:00,956 --> 00:31:02,289 Not at all. 699 00:31:02,357 --> 00:31:04,592 Oh, mr. Anderson, please. 700 00:31:04,659 --> 00:31:05,893 Agents only know about contracts. 701 00:31:05,961 --> 00:31:07,160 They don't know about creative... 702 00:31:07,228 --> 00:31:08,662 Don't, myra! 703 00:31:08,730 --> 00:31:10,263 Don't beg! 704 00:31:11,666 --> 00:31:13,300 He'll think he has the wealth of the indies in there 705 00:31:13,368 --> 00:31:15,636 And we're mr. And mrs. Long john silver. 706 00:31:15,704 --> 00:31:18,438 I would never think anything like that. 707 00:31:18,507 --> 00:31:19,807 Really, i am very grateful to you 708 00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:21,509 For going out of your way to help me. 709 00:31:21,576 --> 00:31:23,477 But the truth is i'm not really. 710 00:31:23,545 --> 00:31:26,847 Myra here has just been rattling on for a moment. 711 00:31:26,915 --> 00:31:28,749 The fact is, i do not wish to set aside 712 00:31:28,817 --> 00:31:30,684 A play as timely and inventive 713 00:31:30,752 --> 00:31:31,819 As the drowning wife 714 00:31:31,887 --> 00:31:33,754 In order to do wet-Nurse work 715 00:31:33,822 --> 00:31:35,088 On something as speculative 716 00:31:35,156 --> 00:31:36,390 As deathtrap. 717 00:31:36,457 --> 00:31:41,361 Why--Myra, sit down. Don't hover! 718 00:31:41,429 --> 00:31:43,430 Sit down! 719 00:31:47,368 --> 00:31:49,970 Do as you said. Show it to some agents, 720 00:31:50,038 --> 00:31:52,372 And then, if you decide that a major rewrite 721 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,974 Is in order, get in touch. 722 00:31:54,042 --> 00:31:55,809 Who knows, i might hit a snag. 723 00:31:55,877 --> 00:31:57,011 It's happened before. 724 00:31:57,078 --> 00:31:58,412 Thank you very much, i will. 725 00:31:58,479 --> 00:32:01,181 Though i doubt that i shall this time. 726 00:32:01,249 --> 00:32:02,783 I already have the drowning wife 727 00:32:02,851 --> 00:32:03,851 Completely outlined 728 00:32:03,919 --> 00:32:05,385 And i'm halfway through it. 729 00:32:05,453 --> 00:32:09,256 And i have a play ready to go next. 730 00:32:09,323 --> 00:32:10,858 Based on the life of harry houdini. 731 00:32:10,926 --> 00:32:14,294 Jeez, there's been so much television stuff on houdini. 732 00:32:14,362 --> 00:32:16,797 Oh, yes, lousy stuff. Phony and pathetic. 733 00:32:16,865 --> 00:32:17,865 In reality, 734 00:32:17,933 --> 00:32:19,934 Houdini's life was extraordinarily dramatic. 735 00:32:20,001 --> 00:32:22,069 He's always been an idol of mine. 736 00:32:22,136 --> 00:32:23,537 These are a pair of his handcuffs. 737 00:32:23,605 --> 00:32:25,138 Sidney. 738 00:32:25,206 --> 00:32:26,907 He always made his own magical apparatus, 739 00:32:26,975 --> 00:32:28,676 Did you know that? 740 00:32:28,743 --> 00:32:30,310 Extraordinary craftsmanship. 741 00:32:30,378 --> 00:32:32,412 Take a look. 742 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:33,547 Sidney. Wow! 743 00:32:33,615 --> 00:32:35,883 Sit down, myra. 744 00:32:35,951 --> 00:32:38,619 My god, sidney, for god's sakes, 745 00:32:38,687 --> 00:32:40,487 I don't even believe what you're thinking. 746 00:32:40,555 --> 00:32:43,090 I must apologize for myra's suspicions, clifford. 747 00:32:43,157 --> 00:32:45,425 But a few years back, we had a nasty experience 748 00:32:45,493 --> 00:32:47,027 With a plagiaristic playwright, 749 00:32:47,095 --> 00:32:49,162 Whose name we will not mention. 750 00:32:49,230 --> 00:32:51,799 So now she gets alarmed if i so much as tell a fellow writer 751 00:32:51,866 --> 00:32:54,935 What language i'm writing in. 752 00:32:55,003 --> 00:32:56,070 Don't take it personally. 753 00:32:56,137 --> 00:32:58,271 Oh, have a-- Have a good look at those. 754 00:32:58,339 --> 00:32:59,473 They're quite remarkable. 755 00:32:59,540 --> 00:33:01,308 Jeez, they really seem like very solid, 756 00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:02,542 Escape-Proof cuffs. 757 00:33:02,611 --> 00:33:03,744 Give them a try. 758 00:33:03,812 --> 00:33:06,680 Huh! Well, you mean put them on? 759 00:33:06,748 --> 00:33:08,816 They cost me $1,300. 760 00:33:08,883 --> 00:33:12,052 Wow! Let's see. 761 00:33:20,629 --> 00:33:21,795 Firmly manacled? 762 00:33:21,863 --> 00:33:23,964 Yeah, it sure seems that way. 763 00:33:24,032 --> 00:33:27,601 Now turn your wrists like this, 764 00:33:27,669 --> 00:33:29,903 Now, turn, press, pull. 765 00:33:31,239 --> 00:33:32,572 No, you're not doing it right. 766 00:33:32,641 --> 00:33:35,042 It's got to be all in one single moment. 767 00:33:35,110 --> 00:33:36,409 Turn, press, pull. 768 00:33:36,477 --> 00:33:39,046 Both: turn, press, pull. 769 00:33:42,083 --> 00:33:44,317 I guess i'm just not houdini. 770 00:33:44,385 --> 00:33:47,621 It's all right. I have the keys here. 771 00:33:50,591 --> 00:33:52,159 Somewhere. 772 00:33:53,594 --> 00:33:55,529 Don't fuss with them, clifford, you'll ruin them. 773 00:33:55,596 --> 00:33:56,697 Sorry. 774 00:33:56,765 --> 00:34:00,901 Key, key, key. Where are you, little brass key? 775 00:34:04,472 --> 00:34:07,240 I wonder if i put it up there somewhere. 776 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,848 [Whistling] 777 00:34:26,194 --> 00:34:27,360 Um... 778 00:34:29,397 --> 00:34:31,464 I forgot to mention that i should be getting 779 00:34:31,532 --> 00:34:33,433 A phone call any minute now. 780 00:34:35,403 --> 00:34:38,906 There's a girl that's coming to see me at, uh, at 8:30. 781 00:34:38,973 --> 00:34:40,507 It's about what time it is now, isn't it? 782 00:34:44,445 --> 00:34:46,479 You see, i--I couldn't reach her before i took off, 783 00:34:46,547 --> 00:34:50,884 So i just left her a note in the hall mirror, 784 00:34:50,952 --> 00:34:54,188 Telling her where i am and giving her this number. 785 00:34:54,255 --> 00:34:56,489 Uh, so she can call and find out 786 00:34:56,557 --> 00:34:58,592 What train i'll be taking back, 787 00:34:58,659 --> 00:35:01,929 So she can pick me up at the station. 788 00:35:01,996 --> 00:35:04,064 I mean, one 2-Hour walk a day 789 00:35:04,132 --> 00:35:05,866 Is just about enough for me. 790 00:35:05,934 --> 00:35:09,036 So i hope you find the key pretty soon, 791 00:35:09,104 --> 00:35:11,571 Otherwise, you'll have to hold the phone for me. 792 00:35:19,614 --> 00:35:22,182 How's she going to get in to read the note? 793 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,618 Oh, she has a key. 794 00:35:24,685 --> 00:35:28,722 Ah. You said in the car you didn't know anyone in quogue, 795 00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:30,224 Except a few tradespeople. 796 00:35:30,291 --> 00:35:31,792 No, you see, she's from islip. 797 00:35:31,860 --> 00:35:33,060 Her name is marietta kelnofski. 798 00:35:33,128 --> 00:35:35,896 She teaches at stoney brook. Phys. Ed. 799 00:35:35,964 --> 00:35:38,298 How'd you get this number? It's not listed. 800 00:35:38,366 --> 00:35:39,532 I've had it for a long time. 801 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,169 I got it from mrs. Beecham at the university. 802 00:35:42,237 --> 00:35:43,837 I'm very friendly with her. 803 00:35:43,905 --> 00:35:45,906 That's before i decided to send deathtrap 804 00:35:45,974 --> 00:35:47,241 To the music box. 805 00:35:47,308 --> 00:35:48,441 Beecham? 806 00:35:48,509 --> 00:35:50,477 Yes. The short red-Haired lady 807 00:35:50,544 --> 00:35:52,112 With the hearing aid. 808 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:54,915 I hope she gave you the right number 809 00:35:54,983 --> 00:35:58,351 Because we changed it a few weeks ago. 810 00:35:58,419 --> 00:35:59,887 An obscene caller was boring us, 811 00:35:59,954 --> 00:36:04,792 And i don't remember notifying old southampton college. 812 00:36:04,859 --> 00:36:09,229 What number did you give ms. Kelnofski? 813 00:36:11,699 --> 00:36:14,001 Well, i don't remember. 814 00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:18,305 324-3049 815 00:36:18,372 --> 00:36:21,341 Or 324-5457? 816 00:36:21,409 --> 00:36:23,310 Uh, the first one, it was 3049. 817 00:36:23,377 --> 00:36:25,578 Ah, the new one. 818 00:36:27,882 --> 00:36:29,917 I must have notified the university 819 00:36:29,984 --> 00:36:32,119 And completely forgot about it. 820 00:36:32,187 --> 00:36:35,622 How strange and how untypical of me. 821 00:36:35,690 --> 00:36:37,757 Well, uh, could you go on looking for the key, please? 822 00:36:37,826 --> 00:36:38,826 Certainly. 823 00:36:38,893 --> 00:36:40,427 Sidney! 824 00:36:40,494 --> 00:36:41,428 What? 825 00:36:41,495 --> 00:36:42,863 My heart won't take it. 826 00:36:42,931 --> 00:36:44,264 Did you take your pill? 827 00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:45,632 Uh-Uh. 828 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:47,201 Why are you so anxious? 829 00:36:47,268 --> 00:36:50,337 You must know that i'll find the key here somewhere. 830 00:37:00,014 --> 00:37:01,915 Oh, sidney! 831 00:37:01,983 --> 00:37:07,020 Egads, i do believe that you two thought 832 00:37:07,088 --> 00:37:08,455 I was going to take that mace 833 00:37:08,522 --> 00:37:11,158 And do a vincent price, didn't you? 834 00:37:11,226 --> 00:37:12,425 You can't write a play like that 835 00:37:12,493 --> 00:37:14,194 And not have a mind that envisions possibilities. 836 00:37:14,262 --> 00:37:17,030 True, very true. I'm paranoid myself. 837 00:37:17,098 --> 00:37:19,632 What's your excuse, o loyal and loving wife? 838 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:22,336 11 years of tender marital relations, 839 00:37:22,403 --> 00:37:25,105 And she apparently believes me capable of, well... 840 00:37:25,173 --> 00:37:28,441 There's a lesson in there somewhere, isn't there? Hmm? 841 00:37:29,677 --> 00:37:30,744 Ahem. 842 00:37:30,812 --> 00:37:32,645 Here we are, clifford. Uncuff yourself. 843 00:37:32,714 --> 00:37:35,082 Deathtrap is promising, but it's not that promising. 844 00:37:35,149 --> 00:37:36,149 Good. 845 00:37:36,217 --> 00:37:37,818 I think your best invention so far 846 00:37:37,885 --> 00:37:39,586 Is the name marietta klenofski. 847 00:37:39,653 --> 00:37:40,921 It's lovely. Congratulations. 848 00:37:40,988 --> 00:37:41,988 Well, thanks. 849 00:37:42,056 --> 00:37:43,857 Mrs. Beecham's hearing aid however, 850 00:37:43,925 --> 00:37:44,958 That was a bit heavy. 851 00:37:45,026 --> 00:37:47,527 Oh, i hoped it was the kind of fine detail 852 00:37:47,595 --> 00:37:49,429 That you always told us to try for. 853 00:37:50,664 --> 00:37:51,965 Are you sure this is the right key? 854 00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:54,334 Egads, houdini opened them in a milk can 855 00:37:54,401 --> 00:37:56,203 10 feet under water, and you-- 856 00:37:59,673 --> 00:38:01,908 Aah! 857 00:38:04,445 --> 00:38:06,780 Aaah! 858 00:38:10,684 --> 00:38:14,955 [Myra screaming] 859 00:38:15,022 --> 00:38:16,522 Shut up, myra! 860 00:38:28,936 --> 00:38:30,336 Right on the rug. 861 00:38:30,404 --> 00:38:31,938 One point for neatness. 862 00:38:39,613 --> 00:38:41,648 Well, my darling, 863 00:38:41,715 --> 00:38:44,818 Your heart seems to have held up quite well. 864 00:38:47,521 --> 00:38:50,857 It can convalesce on the riviera. 865 00:38:53,060 --> 00:38:55,561 After the opening of deathtrap. 866 00:38:55,629 --> 00:38:57,430 We'll go to prison for life. 867 00:38:57,498 --> 00:38:58,865 No, we will not. 868 00:38:58,933 --> 00:39:02,202 A young would-Be playwright... 869 00:39:03,537 --> 00:39:06,239 Walks away from his house-Sitting job. 870 00:39:07,942 --> 00:39:13,013 No. The police won't even yawn. 871 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,982 Leaving his clothes and his typewriter. 872 00:39:16,050 --> 00:39:18,751 Why not? Who can figure kids these days? 873 00:39:18,820 --> 00:39:20,987 Especially would-Be artistes. 874 00:39:21,055 --> 00:39:23,656 Maybe he realized he wasn't going to make it, 875 00:39:23,724 --> 00:39:25,926 So he ran off to preach ecology 876 00:39:25,993 --> 00:39:29,329 Or join the reverend moon. Who knows? 877 00:39:30,965 --> 00:39:32,999 What are you going to do with him? 878 00:39:33,067 --> 00:39:35,501 Bury him behind the garage. 879 00:39:35,569 --> 00:39:38,471 No. In the vegetable patch. 880 00:39:38,539 --> 00:39:39,940 Easier digging. 881 00:39:41,475 --> 00:39:44,110 Why don't you take a brandy or something, darling? 882 00:39:46,613 --> 00:39:49,182 I am going to be a winner again. 883 00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:52,886 I'm going to be the envy of all the people i envy. 884 00:39:52,954 --> 00:39:56,823 All your dear friends 885 00:39:56,891 --> 00:40:01,427 Are going to see you living on my money. 886 00:40:09,470 --> 00:40:12,038 Myra, would you mind helping me 887 00:40:12,106 --> 00:40:13,506 Carry the body, please? 888 00:40:14,641 --> 00:40:16,809 Myra, it's done. 889 00:40:16,878 --> 00:40:19,880 There's no point in my getting a hernia. 890 00:40:19,947 --> 00:40:22,015 Myra, come and help me carry the bloody body! 891 00:40:22,083 --> 00:40:24,484 Hurry up! 892 00:40:25,686 --> 00:40:27,420 Take this other end. 893 00:40:30,691 --> 00:40:32,025 Quickly! 894 00:40:34,161 --> 00:40:35,929 Come on! 895 00:40:36,830 --> 00:40:37,898 Aah! 896 00:40:37,965 --> 00:40:40,400 Don't do that. 897 00:40:40,467 --> 00:40:41,667 Come on, now. 898 00:40:43,070 --> 00:40:45,071 Thank god he wasn't the fat one. 899 00:40:49,210 --> 00:40:52,312 Did you scrape your shoes off before you came in? 900 00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:54,114 We're out one rug, but i saw some lovely ones 901 00:40:54,181 --> 00:40:56,349 At bloomingdale's the other day. 902 00:40:56,417 --> 00:40:58,484 I've tidied up the study, darling. 903 00:40:58,552 --> 00:41:00,353 All the props are back-- 904 00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:06,759 I have a feeling you're about to deliver a speech. 905 00:41:08,862 --> 00:41:11,497 Oh, i've just been trying to understand 906 00:41:11,565 --> 00:41:15,035 How you could do it, sidney. 907 00:41:15,102 --> 00:41:18,905 Bearing in mind your disappointments, 908 00:41:18,973 --> 00:41:23,243 Your embarrassment at our financial situation, 909 00:41:23,311 --> 00:41:26,112 But i can't. 910 00:41:28,149 --> 00:41:31,117 And i don't know how you're going to be able 911 00:41:31,185 --> 00:41:32,485 To feel like a winner 912 00:41:32,553 --> 00:41:35,055 When we'll both know that it's his play. 913 00:41:35,122 --> 00:41:37,357 I can't understand that either. 914 00:41:40,328 --> 00:41:42,728 I mean, you are... 915 00:41:42,796 --> 00:41:46,099 Completely alien to me, sidney. 916 00:41:46,167 --> 00:41:49,802 And that just can't be since 5:00. 917 00:41:49,870 --> 00:41:52,472 I mean, you must always have been very different 918 00:41:52,539 --> 00:41:54,607 From the man i thought you were. 919 00:41:58,612 --> 00:41:59,980 I don't think the police are going to be 920 00:42:00,047 --> 00:42:01,314 As disinterested as you do either, 921 00:42:01,382 --> 00:42:03,916 So i wouldn't want anything to happen 922 00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:06,119 That would embarrass you or be-- 923 00:42:06,187 --> 00:42:08,121 Look like we were being suspicious 924 00:42:08,189 --> 00:42:10,123 If they came to question us. 925 00:42:10,191 --> 00:42:13,126 Well, how could they? He disappeared in quogue. 926 00:42:13,194 --> 00:42:14,760 This is easthampton. 927 00:42:14,828 --> 00:42:17,063 Mm-Hmm. 928 00:42:17,131 --> 00:42:19,132 By checking into his past associations. 929 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,300 I mean, his name and address 930 00:42:20,368 --> 00:42:25,171 Were on the return envelope, weren't they, honey? 931 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,273 Anybody at the theater last night could have seen it, 932 00:42:27,341 --> 00:42:28,875 They could have remembered it, right? 933 00:42:28,942 --> 00:42:30,043 If they do come, 934 00:42:30,111 --> 00:42:31,911 I'll simply say that he did write to me, 935 00:42:31,979 --> 00:42:33,513 Asking for a secretarial position. 936 00:42:33,580 --> 00:42:36,149 He sent me his r�sum�, and i threw it away, 937 00:42:36,217 --> 00:42:37,984 Which i know i shouldn't have done, constable, 938 00:42:38,052 --> 00:42:40,086 But then i've been so busy night and day 939 00:42:40,154 --> 00:42:41,321 Writing this play. 940 00:42:41,389 --> 00:42:42,389 Now, which one was he? 941 00:42:42,456 --> 00:42:44,457 Was he the fat one? The thin one? 942 00:42:44,525 --> 00:42:46,259 Or was he this one? 943 00:42:46,327 --> 00:42:47,360 This one? 944 00:42:47,428 --> 00:42:50,063 Ah, yes, the one who is so interested 945 00:42:50,131 --> 00:42:51,831 In the hare krishna movement. 946 00:42:51,899 --> 00:42:54,967 Sidney? 947 00:42:55,036 --> 00:42:57,837 In a month or so, if we haven't been arrested... 948 00:42:59,573 --> 00:43:01,741 Sidney! 949 00:43:01,808 --> 00:43:03,043 What? 950 00:43:03,110 --> 00:43:04,877 I want you to leave. 951 00:43:06,547 --> 00:43:09,516 I want you to leave. 952 00:43:09,583 --> 00:43:11,717 We'll have a few arguments in people's living rooms. 953 00:43:11,785 --> 00:43:14,454 You can write them for us, little tiffs about money 954 00:43:14,522 --> 00:43:16,989 Or you ogling nan wesson. 955 00:43:17,058 --> 00:43:20,293 Oh, i wish you could take the vegetable patch with you, 956 00:43:20,361 --> 00:43:22,862 But since you can't, you'll buy it from me, ok? 957 00:43:22,930 --> 00:43:24,230 As soon as the money starts rolling in 958 00:43:24,298 --> 00:43:27,600 Before you go to the riviera. 959 00:43:27,668 --> 00:43:29,702 You'll buy the goddamn vegetable patch, 960 00:43:29,770 --> 00:43:33,173 You'll buy the house, you'll buy the whole 9.3 acres. 961 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:36,142 We could get buck raymond or maury escher 962 00:43:36,210 --> 00:43:37,810 To set a fair price. 963 00:43:37,878 --> 00:43:40,246 [Laughs] darling, you've had such a painful-- 964 00:43:40,314 --> 00:43:41,414 Aah! 965 00:43:41,482 --> 00:43:42,848 Don't touch me! 966 00:43:42,916 --> 00:43:46,018 Myra, you have been through 967 00:43:46,087 --> 00:43:48,088 A shocking and painful experience 968 00:43:48,155 --> 00:43:50,490 And you are not yourself. 969 00:43:50,558 --> 00:43:51,757 Neither am i. 970 00:43:51,825 --> 00:43:54,060 Behind all the sidney bruhl dialogue 971 00:43:54,128 --> 00:43:57,497 I am peeing the sidney bruhl pants. 972 00:43:57,565 --> 00:43:58,931 I'm terrified of being caught 973 00:43:58,999 --> 00:44:00,500 And absolutely guilt-Ridden 974 00:44:00,568 --> 00:44:03,203 About having been insane enough to do it. 975 00:44:03,270 --> 00:44:04,437 I'm going to give half the money 976 00:44:04,505 --> 00:44:06,106 To the new dramatists league. 977 00:44:06,173 --> 00:44:07,707 I swear it. 978 00:44:07,774 --> 00:44:11,777 Now is no time to talk about it. Anything. 979 00:44:11,845 --> 00:44:13,446 I mean, in a week or so, 980 00:44:13,514 --> 00:44:14,814 When we're both ourselves again, 981 00:44:14,881 --> 00:44:16,349 Everything will look a lot cheerier. 982 00:44:16,417 --> 00:44:18,818 You are yourself. Right now. And so am i. 983 00:44:18,885 --> 00:44:21,421 [Doorbell rings] 984 00:44:25,259 --> 00:44:30,997 Go ahead. He sent me a r�sum�, officer. 985 00:44:34,868 --> 00:44:38,104 It's lottie and ralph, come to yammer about the party. 986 00:44:38,172 --> 00:44:39,539 It's probably helga ten dorp 987 00:44:39,607 --> 00:44:43,410 And her famous pointing finger. 988 00:44:43,477 --> 00:44:44,678 [Doorbell rings] 989 00:44:44,745 --> 00:44:46,613 It is lottie and ralph. Damn them. 990 00:44:46,681 --> 00:44:48,348 I've got to let them in. 991 00:44:48,416 --> 00:44:49,549 Are you up to facing them? 992 00:44:49,617 --> 00:44:51,117 No. You go-- You go upstairs. 993 00:44:51,185 --> 00:44:52,251 Alone? 994 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,754 Jesus christ. 995 00:45:02,896 --> 00:45:04,297 Dear lady-- Aaah! 996 00:45:04,365 --> 00:45:06,433 [German accent] it's only me. 997 00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,535 I am your neighbor from the house of prisky. 998 00:45:08,602 --> 00:45:11,037 Uh, please, will you let me come in? 999 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,240 Hello. Hello. 1000 00:45:14,308 --> 00:45:17,410 I'm helga ten dorp, mr. Bruhl. 1001 00:45:17,478 --> 00:45:19,813 It's most urgent i speak to you. 1002 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:20,980 I called information, 1003 00:45:21,048 --> 00:45:23,650 But that lady will not tell your number. 1004 00:45:23,718 --> 00:45:26,653 Please, will you let me come in? 1005 00:45:26,721 --> 00:45:28,988 Yes, yes. Please. 1006 00:45:30,190 --> 00:45:33,860 I am friend and client of paul wyman. 1007 00:45:33,927 --> 00:45:35,795 I apologize for so late i'm coming, 1008 00:45:35,863 --> 00:45:38,732 But you will forgive when i makes the explaining. 1009 00:45:38,799 --> 00:45:40,567 Oh, you forgive my costume! 1010 00:45:40,634 --> 00:45:43,370 I do running morning and night. 1011 00:45:43,437 --> 00:45:45,505 Uh, this shines in dark. 1012 00:45:45,573 --> 00:45:47,340 I don't get hit by traffic, yeah. 1013 00:45:47,408 --> 00:45:48,708 Yeah. 1014 00:45:50,344 --> 00:45:52,445 There's a room with pain. 1015 00:45:55,549 --> 00:45:57,917 No, not kitchen, no. 1016 00:45:57,985 --> 00:45:59,853 Sidney: excuse me, miss ten dorp. 1017 00:46:03,223 --> 00:46:04,591 Pain. 1018 00:46:07,528 --> 00:46:09,061 Pain. 1019 00:46:23,911 --> 00:46:25,745 Pain. 1020 00:46:25,813 --> 00:46:28,882 [Gasps] just like i sees them. 1021 00:46:40,861 --> 00:46:42,762 Pain. 1022 00:46:45,433 --> 00:46:47,400 Pain, pain, pain! 1023 00:46:47,468 --> 00:46:48,735 Neither of us-- 1024 00:46:48,803 --> 00:46:51,203 Why keep you such pain-Covered things? 1025 00:46:51,271 --> 00:46:52,305 Those? 1026 00:46:52,372 --> 00:46:54,641 They're antiques and souvenirs from my plays. 1027 00:46:54,708 --> 00:46:55,775 I'm a playwright. 1028 00:46:55,843 --> 00:46:58,678 Ja, sidney bruhl. 1029 00:46:58,746 --> 00:47:00,413 Paul wyman tells me. 1030 00:47:00,481 --> 00:47:02,816 Paul sells my book when finished. 1031 00:47:08,088 --> 00:47:09,355 This is my wife myra. 1032 00:47:10,491 --> 00:47:11,991 How do you do? 1033 00:47:17,765 --> 00:47:20,900 My dear, what gives you such pain, dear lady? 1034 00:47:20,968 --> 00:47:23,269 Oh, well, nothing. Really. 1035 00:47:23,337 --> 00:47:27,173 Oh, no, no. Something pains you. 1036 00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:29,442 Paul tells you of me? 1037 00:47:29,510 --> 00:47:32,679 I am helga ten dorp. I am psychic. 1038 00:47:32,746 --> 00:47:34,013 Yes, he told us. 1039 00:47:34,081 --> 00:47:35,548 I wanted to talk to you-- 1040 00:47:35,616 --> 00:47:38,150 I always know i feels the pain from here. 1041 00:47:38,218 --> 00:47:39,919 And more than pain. 1042 00:47:39,987 --> 00:47:45,124 Since 8:30, when begins the merv griffin show. 1043 00:47:45,192 --> 00:47:47,627 I'm on next week, you will watch. 1044 00:47:47,695 --> 00:47:49,228 Oh, yes, yes, certainly. 1045 00:47:49,296 --> 00:47:50,897 Will you make a note of that, myra? 1046 00:47:50,965 --> 00:47:53,366 Thursday night. I call the information, 1047 00:47:53,433 --> 00:47:55,334 But the lady will not tell me number. 1048 00:47:55,402 --> 00:47:57,136 I say, "it's urgent, you must tell me number. 1049 00:47:57,204 --> 00:47:58,872 I'm helga ten dorp. I'm psychic." 1050 00:47:58,939 --> 00:48:00,507 She says, "guess the number." 1051 00:48:00,574 --> 00:48:02,141 Well, i try, 1052 00:48:02,209 --> 00:48:05,845 But i see only the 324, which is everybody. 1053 00:48:05,913 --> 00:48:09,281 Because the pain gets worse. 1054 00:48:09,349 --> 00:48:11,384 And more than pain. 1055 00:48:11,451 --> 00:48:12,519 More than pain? 1056 00:48:12,586 --> 00:48:15,454 Ja, something else here. 1057 00:48:15,523 --> 00:48:18,124 Something frightening. 1058 00:48:18,191 --> 00:48:20,527 No, no, no, thank you, it will interfere. 1059 00:48:20,594 --> 00:48:22,128 What will? 1060 00:48:22,195 --> 00:48:24,230 Uh, the drink you were about to offer me. 1061 00:48:24,297 --> 00:48:26,966 Must keep unclouded the head. Never drink. 1062 00:48:28,903 --> 00:48:29,869 Were you going to offer her a drink? 1063 00:48:29,937 --> 00:48:32,505 Yeah. 1064 00:48:37,595 --> 00:48:40,997 Was used many times by beautiful woman, 1065 00:48:41,065 --> 00:48:43,032 But only pretending. 1066 00:48:44,301 --> 00:48:46,603 That's fantastic. 1067 00:48:46,670 --> 00:48:48,004 That was used every night 1068 00:48:48,072 --> 00:48:49,572 In my play the murder game 1069 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,474 By tallulah, a beautiful actress. 1070 00:48:51,541 --> 00:48:53,943 Will be used again by another woman. 1071 00:48:54,011 --> 00:48:58,748 Not in play, but because of play... 1072 00:48:58,816 --> 00:49:04,553 Because of play, another woman uses this knife. 1073 00:49:04,622 --> 00:49:07,957 You must put away these things. 1074 00:49:08,025 --> 00:49:10,192 Yes, yes, i will. 1075 00:49:10,260 --> 00:49:13,229 In a month or so, i'm going to sell the whole collection. 1076 00:49:13,296 --> 00:49:14,463 I'm fed up with them anyway. 1077 00:49:14,531 --> 00:49:16,165 May be too late. 1078 00:49:16,233 --> 00:49:17,500 Listen, my dears, 1079 00:49:17,567 --> 00:49:19,836 I do not enjoy to make unhappy people, 1080 00:49:19,903 --> 00:49:22,071 But i must speaks when i see something, ja? 1081 00:49:22,139 --> 00:49:24,306 Yeah. 1082 00:49:24,374 --> 00:49:25,574 There's danger here. 1083 00:49:25,643 --> 00:49:28,645 Much danger to you and to you. 1084 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,814 There's death in this room. 1085 00:49:31,882 --> 00:49:33,549 Something that invites death, 1086 00:49:33,617 --> 00:49:36,152 That--That carries death. 1087 00:49:36,219 --> 00:49:39,522 It's a deathtrap. 1088 00:49:39,589 --> 00:49:42,558 One says this in english, the deathtrap? 1089 00:49:42,626 --> 00:49:46,262 Yes, yes, that's the title of my new play. 1090 00:49:46,329 --> 00:49:47,830 That's where you're getting it from. 1091 00:49:47,898 --> 00:49:49,465 There is a death in the play. 1092 00:49:49,533 --> 00:49:50,533 That's what you're responding to. 1093 00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,168 I work at that desk over there. 1094 00:49:55,272 --> 00:49:57,006 Perhaps. Perhaps not. 1095 00:50:03,714 --> 00:50:05,214 Yeah. 1096 00:50:07,017 --> 00:50:08,651 It feels like real death. 1097 00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:09,986 I try to be convincing. 1098 00:50:10,054 --> 00:50:13,556 I act everything out as i write it. 1099 00:50:14,792 --> 00:50:19,162 Man...in boots... young man. 1100 00:50:19,229 --> 00:50:21,798 Watch out for him. Here in this room he attacks you. 1101 00:50:21,865 --> 00:50:22,932 He attacks me? 1102 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,000 Ja, with one of those. 1103 00:50:24,068 --> 00:50:26,703 Comes as friend to help you. To-- 1104 00:50:29,639 --> 00:50:33,109 To work with you, but attacks. 1105 00:50:35,112 --> 00:50:38,915 Is confusion here. Young man in boots. 1106 00:50:38,982 --> 00:50:43,853 He sits in this chair and he talks of 2 people. 1107 00:50:43,921 --> 00:50:48,390 Smith and colonna? No, one person. 1108 00:50:48,458 --> 00:50:53,830 Small, black, buns over ears, no, ribbon? 1109 00:50:56,266 --> 00:50:57,533 Is in your play, 1110 00:50:57,601 --> 00:51:00,402 Is such a black man, this smith colonna? 1111 00:51:00,470 --> 00:51:02,404 No, i don't know that name. 1112 00:51:02,472 --> 00:51:04,907 Do you know that name, darling? Colonna? 1113 00:51:04,975 --> 00:51:06,475 No, i don't know that name. 1114 00:51:06,543 --> 00:51:08,945 Remember what else i tell you. 1115 00:51:09,012 --> 00:51:12,849 Dagger is used again by woman because of play. 1116 00:51:12,916 --> 00:51:14,784 And the man in boots attacks you. 1117 00:51:14,852 --> 00:51:18,087 Of these 2 things i'm certain. 1118 00:51:18,155 --> 00:51:21,090 All else is confusing. 1119 00:51:21,158 --> 00:51:24,894 Oh, but the pain is less now, ja? 1120 00:51:24,962 --> 00:51:26,929 Ja. No--Yes! 1121 00:51:26,997 --> 00:51:29,899 I mean, no. I never had any pain to begin with, really. 1122 00:51:34,471 --> 00:51:37,240 What an extraordinary gift. I've-- 1123 00:51:38,541 --> 00:51:40,743 I've always been skeptical about esp, 1124 00:51:40,811 --> 00:51:43,679 But, well, after this... 1125 00:51:45,916 --> 00:51:47,750 Whoo! Tonight, 1126 00:51:47,818 --> 00:51:51,087 Not in many years have i had such a feeling. 1127 00:51:51,155 --> 00:51:53,555 Like i was 20 again. 1128 00:51:53,623 --> 00:51:55,958 Have you always had this gift? 1129 00:51:56,026 --> 00:51:56,959 Ever since childhood? 1130 00:51:57,027 --> 00:51:59,128 Oh, especially in childhood. 1131 00:51:59,196 --> 00:52:01,530 My parents didn't wrap christmas presents. 1132 00:52:01,598 --> 00:52:04,066 Why wasting paper? 1133 00:52:04,134 --> 00:52:05,768 And then later, you know, 1134 00:52:05,836 --> 00:52:08,337 In my teens ages walking with boys. 1135 00:52:08,405 --> 00:52:10,940 Ugh, such images. 1136 00:52:11,008 --> 00:52:12,809 Would you like that drink now? 1137 00:52:12,876 --> 00:52:15,178 I'd very much like to talk to you. 1138 00:52:16,313 --> 00:52:19,581 Thank you, you know, but i must go to house. 1139 00:52:19,649 --> 00:52:21,217 I am very tired. 1140 00:52:21,285 --> 00:52:24,586 But you will come and take dinner with me sometime? Ja? 1141 00:52:24,654 --> 00:52:27,156 I will tell you all my life. 1142 00:52:27,224 --> 00:52:29,158 Is very interesting. 1143 00:52:29,226 --> 00:52:30,860 It would make good play, 1144 00:52:30,928 --> 00:52:32,728 But first book. 1145 00:52:39,136 --> 00:52:40,803 When you were a child, 1146 00:52:40,871 --> 00:52:43,072 You lived in large house with yellow shutters. 1147 00:52:43,140 --> 00:52:44,573 Eh? 1148 00:52:44,641 --> 00:52:46,275 Yes! 1149 00:52:46,343 --> 00:52:48,544 Good night. 1150 00:52:48,611 --> 00:52:50,813 Oh, my dear, be careful. 1151 00:52:55,185 --> 00:52:58,821 Right. No boots. Good night. 1152 00:52:59,890 --> 00:53:01,057 Good night. 1153 00:53:01,124 --> 00:53:03,792 Oh, remember thursday night. 1154 00:53:03,861 --> 00:53:05,627 Merv griffin. 1155 00:53:12,602 --> 00:53:15,004 Sidney: would you open the window, darling? 1156 00:53:18,509 --> 00:53:20,809 [Sighs] 1157 00:53:20,877 --> 00:53:22,811 Why don't you take a pill? 1158 00:53:22,879 --> 00:53:25,448 I don't want a pill. 1159 00:53:25,516 --> 00:53:30,453 I want a drink. I want a brandy. 1160 00:53:30,521 --> 00:53:33,122 [Sighs] no, i'll get it. 1161 00:53:33,190 --> 00:53:35,224 Shall i bring one for you? 1162 00:53:35,292 --> 00:53:36,926 Bring the bottle. 1163 00:53:48,338 --> 00:53:50,339 [Creaking] 1164 00:53:52,509 --> 00:53:53,443 Sidney? 1165 00:53:53,510 --> 00:53:56,446 [Creaking] 1166 00:54:03,387 --> 00:54:04,653 Sidney! 1167 00:54:04,721 --> 00:54:05,888 Sidney! 1168 00:54:05,956 --> 00:54:07,957 Sidney! 1169 00:54:14,498 --> 00:54:15,898 There's something out there. 1170 00:54:15,966 --> 00:54:17,567 What? 1171 00:54:18,835 --> 00:54:21,003 There's something out there. 1172 00:54:21,071 --> 00:54:23,439 Myra, now, come on. 1173 00:54:23,507 --> 00:54:25,908 I heard it. Sidney, don't leave me! 1174 00:54:25,976 --> 00:54:27,343 Don't leave me, sidney. 1175 00:54:27,411 --> 00:54:29,145 Sidney, don't leave me, please! 1176 00:54:29,213 --> 00:54:31,314 Oh, sidney, please! 1177 00:54:31,381 --> 00:54:33,483 There's nothing down there. 1178 00:54:33,550 --> 00:54:36,586 I heard it, sidney. I heard it. 1179 00:54:36,653 --> 00:54:38,087 Myra. I heard it! 1180 00:54:38,155 --> 00:54:39,088 No, sidney! Myra! 1181 00:54:39,156 --> 00:54:40,789 Myra! Sidney, i heard it. 1182 00:54:40,857 --> 00:54:43,593 Myra, you're coming downstairs. Sidney! 1183 00:54:43,660 --> 00:54:44,727 We've got to go... 1184 00:54:44,794 --> 00:54:45,828 I don't want to go. 1185 00:54:45,895 --> 00:54:48,664 And get the brandy. 1186 00:54:48,732 --> 00:54:50,899 I'd rather not go. 1187 00:54:50,967 --> 00:54:52,468 There is nothing there. 1188 00:54:52,536 --> 00:54:56,506 You got to go down there once and for all and satisfy me... 1189 00:54:56,573 --> 00:54:57,607 No! 1190 00:54:57,674 --> 00:54:58,907 And satisfy yourself. 1191 00:54:58,975 --> 00:55:00,009 There is nothing down there. 1192 00:55:00,076 --> 00:55:01,511 There is something. I saw it. 1193 00:55:01,578 --> 00:55:03,646 It's just the wind. 1194 00:55:03,713 --> 00:55:05,047 It's just the wind. 1195 00:55:05,115 --> 00:55:06,915 And it's blowing the leaves-- 1196 00:55:06,983 --> 00:55:09,218 Sidney, i don't want to do this. 1197 00:55:09,286 --> 00:55:11,387 Blowing the leaves against the windows. 1198 00:55:11,455 --> 00:55:12,588 It's right here. I heard it. 1199 00:55:12,656 --> 00:55:14,957 Listen, luv, you're overwrought 1200 00:55:15,025 --> 00:55:18,694 And no wonder in the condition you're in. Come on! 1201 00:55:18,762 --> 00:55:19,962 I don't want to do this. 1202 00:55:20,030 --> 00:55:21,997 I cannot let you do this-- 1203 00:55:22,065 --> 00:55:24,033 Honey, i'm not going to look. 1204 00:55:24,100 --> 00:55:28,671 You've got to look. Look! Look! 1205 00:55:30,174 --> 00:55:31,840 Aaah! 1206 00:55:31,908 --> 00:55:33,108 Nothing there. 1207 00:55:34,077 --> 00:55:37,613 See, it's nothing. 1208 00:55:37,681 --> 00:55:39,248 Let's have that drink. 1209 00:55:49,492 --> 00:55:51,026 It wasn't locked. 1210 00:55:51,094 --> 00:55:54,296 Well, that's hardly surprising, everything considered. 1211 00:56:00,503 --> 00:56:03,138 Oh, yes. 1212 00:56:04,541 --> 00:56:05,608 [Sighs] 1213 00:56:09,011 --> 00:56:10,846 I suggest you sip this one. 1214 00:56:10,913 --> 00:56:12,348 Oh, thank you. 1215 00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,294 I'm sorry. 1216 00:56:25,362 --> 00:56:26,662 I'm sorry. 1217 00:56:26,730 --> 00:56:28,096 Sidney? 1218 00:56:28,164 --> 00:56:31,467 What? What is it? 1219 00:56:31,534 --> 00:56:33,302 I have to say something. 1220 00:56:34,937 --> 00:56:36,138 Sidney? 1221 00:56:36,205 --> 00:56:37,406 Yeah? 1222 00:56:37,474 --> 00:56:41,477 Part of me tonight-- Oh, sidney-- 1223 00:56:41,544 --> 00:56:45,046 Some terrible, unknown part of me--Aah! 1224 00:56:46,883 --> 00:56:52,888 Oh, god...was hoping that you would do it. 1225 00:56:52,955 --> 00:56:55,691 At the same time that i was terrified that you would, 1226 00:56:55,759 --> 00:56:57,459 Part of me was really hoping. 1227 00:56:57,527 --> 00:57:00,962 I saw your money. I saw the name and... 1228 00:57:01,030 --> 00:57:03,399 You tried to stop me. 1229 00:57:03,466 --> 00:57:05,401 I did? 1230 00:57:05,468 --> 00:57:08,504 Yes, you did your best. 1231 00:57:08,571 --> 00:57:10,406 Now... 1232 00:57:10,473 --> 00:57:12,775 Darling... 1233 00:57:12,842 --> 00:57:15,811 This was my doing and my doing alone. 1234 00:57:15,878 --> 00:57:17,479 Do you understand? 1235 00:57:17,547 --> 00:57:18,480 Mm-Hmm. 1236 00:57:18,548 --> 00:57:20,282 If anything goes wrong, 1237 00:57:20,350 --> 00:57:22,017 I don't want any confusion 1238 00:57:22,084 --> 00:57:23,319 On that point... 1239 00:57:23,386 --> 00:57:24,320 Mm-Mmm. 1240 00:57:24,387 --> 00:57:26,789 Whatsoever, darling. 1241 00:57:26,856 --> 00:57:28,357 None at all. 1242 00:57:33,530 --> 00:57:36,365 But nothing will go wrong. 1243 00:57:36,433 --> 00:57:37,999 I promise you. 1244 00:57:39,569 --> 00:57:42,304 Just believe in me, myra. 1245 00:57:42,372 --> 00:57:45,341 Please. Please believe in me. 1246 00:57:45,408 --> 00:57:46,475 Mmm. 1247 00:57:47,877 --> 00:57:48,944 Believe. 1248 00:57:51,113 --> 00:57:54,383 Do you think it's possible... 1249 00:57:56,152 --> 00:57:58,587 That murder is an aphrodisiac? 1250 00:57:58,655 --> 00:58:01,022 Mmm. Ha ha ha. 1251 00:58:02,124 --> 00:58:03,759 Up we go. 1252 00:58:03,827 --> 00:58:06,829 Ha ha ha. 1253 00:58:06,896 --> 00:58:08,831 Look at that moon, darling. 1254 00:58:08,898 --> 00:58:12,334 Isn't that moon beautiful? 1255 00:58:27,533 --> 00:58:30,202 Open the window, darling. 1256 00:58:40,346 --> 00:58:41,413 Aaah! 1257 00:58:44,384 --> 00:58:45,450 Aaah! 1258 00:58:47,453 --> 00:58:48,887 Aaah! 1259 00:58:48,954 --> 00:58:50,555 Sidney! 1260 00:58:50,623 --> 00:58:52,790 Aaaah! 1261 00:58:52,858 --> 00:58:54,926 Aaaah! 1262 00:58:58,297 --> 00:59:02,067 Listen, all i did was help carry you. 1263 00:59:11,077 --> 00:59:12,744 Oh, no. 1264 00:59:18,284 --> 00:59:19,584 Ohhh! 1265 00:59:21,887 --> 00:59:24,122 [Gasping] 1266 01:00:13,906 --> 01:00:17,542 It worked. She's dead. 1267 01:00:17,610 --> 01:00:20,044 Yes, of course. 1268 01:00:20,113 --> 01:00:23,781 She's had minor heart attacks over much less. 1269 01:00:23,849 --> 01:00:26,351 For future reference, clifford... 1270 01:00:26,419 --> 01:00:29,421 That styrofoam log hurts. 1271 01:00:29,489 --> 01:00:30,922 Sorry. 1272 01:00:30,990 --> 01:00:32,557 You did it much harder 1273 01:00:32,625 --> 01:00:34,058 Than you did in the motel room. 1274 01:00:34,127 --> 01:00:36,194 Well, christ, what about that helga ten dorp lady? 1275 01:00:36,262 --> 01:00:37,695 I almost had a heart attack out there myself 1276 01:00:37,763 --> 01:00:40,031 When she says i was going to attack you. 1277 01:00:40,099 --> 01:00:41,299 God! 1278 01:00:41,367 --> 01:00:44,436 "Ja. Is a very confusing image." 1279 01:00:44,504 --> 01:00:45,437 Thank god for that. 1280 01:00:45,505 --> 01:00:48,440 Perhaps it's a good job she came. 1281 01:00:48,508 --> 01:00:50,442 Now she'll be telling everybody 1282 01:00:50,510 --> 01:00:52,910 That she felt the physical pain of the oncoming attack. 1283 01:00:52,978 --> 01:00:54,879 Every little bit helps. 1284 01:00:54,947 --> 01:00:57,315 I've been telling people for days 1285 01:00:57,383 --> 01:01:00,151 That myra was a bit under the weather. 1286 01:01:04,323 --> 01:01:07,492 Oh, christ. 1287 01:01:10,429 --> 01:01:12,864 If only that goddamned lousy production 1288 01:01:12,931 --> 01:01:15,266 Had worked... 1289 01:01:15,334 --> 01:01:17,735 Even halfway. 1290 01:01:17,803 --> 01:01:20,771 I'd have had a movie sale. 1291 01:01:20,839 --> 01:01:22,507 There would have been enough. 1292 01:01:22,574 --> 01:01:24,976 We could have just taken off. 1293 01:01:30,649 --> 01:01:31,983 It didn't work, sidney. 1294 01:01:32,051 --> 01:01:33,818 And you knew it wasn't going to 1295 01:01:33,886 --> 01:01:35,053 From the second week of rehearsal. 1296 01:01:35,121 --> 01:01:38,523 I didn't want to kill her. 1297 01:01:38,590 --> 01:01:39,790 I didn't. 1298 01:01:39,858 --> 01:01:42,727 Well, this is not exactly what they call 1299 01:01:42,794 --> 01:01:44,462 Involuntary homicide. 1300 01:01:46,198 --> 01:01:48,733 I'll get my things. 1301 01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:49,934 There's no hurry. 1302 01:01:50,002 --> 01:01:52,270 I'm going to wait a few minutes 1303 01:01:52,338 --> 01:01:54,005 Before i call the ambulance. 1304 01:01:55,574 --> 01:01:58,209 Also, we don't want anyone 1305 01:01:58,277 --> 01:02:00,811 Working miracles of resuscitation, do we? 1306 01:02:00,879 --> 01:02:03,581 Come and clean yourself up and give me a hand. 1307 01:02:06,352 --> 01:02:07,919 What if that madame ten dorp comes back? 1308 01:02:07,986 --> 01:02:09,554 I don't see why she should. 1309 01:02:09,621 --> 01:02:12,823 The pain has stopped, hasn't it? 1310 01:02:12,891 --> 01:02:14,892 Cripes! 1311 01:02:26,738 --> 01:02:29,907 Why you burning it? There's nothing incriminating. 1312 01:02:29,975 --> 01:02:32,310 Still, i'll say i was getting rid of manuscripts 1313 01:02:32,378 --> 01:02:34,145 As the grim reaper struck. 1314 01:02:34,213 --> 01:02:36,181 The closer you stay to the truth the better. 1315 01:02:36,248 --> 01:02:39,717 Farewell, deathtrap. 1316 01:02:39,785 --> 01:02:42,753 Would that you were the genuine article. 1317 01:02:42,821 --> 01:02:45,590 I really am going to try something on esp. 1318 01:02:45,657 --> 01:02:48,025 That was an awfully impressive demonstration the lady gave, 1319 01:02:48,094 --> 01:02:49,227 Despite the mistakes. 1320 01:02:49,295 --> 01:02:50,695 Now, i'm going to make the call now, 1321 01:02:50,762 --> 01:02:51,896 So you go and get your things. 1322 01:02:51,964 --> 01:02:53,131 Well, how long you think you're going to be? 1323 01:02:53,199 --> 01:02:54,566 Well, at least 2 hours. 1324 01:02:54,633 --> 01:02:56,201 I may have to go with her. I don't know. 1325 01:02:56,268 --> 01:02:57,702 Well, ciao. 1326 01:02:57,769 --> 01:02:59,370 Ciao. Oh, cliff. 1327 01:02:59,438 --> 01:03:01,739 The floorboards upstairs creak, 1328 01:03:01,807 --> 01:03:04,309 So, do a quick washup, 1329 01:03:04,376 --> 01:03:06,277 Get into bed, 1330 01:03:06,345 --> 01:03:08,012 And stay there. 1331 01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,515 I'll buy that. 1332 01:03:38,677 --> 01:03:43,314 Hello? Th-This is sidney bruhl. 1333 01:03:43,382 --> 01:03:46,083 I-I'm at 10 hookpont lane. 1334 01:03:46,152 --> 01:03:48,253 Could you please send an ambulance 1335 01:03:48,320 --> 01:03:50,755 As quickly as possible? 1336 01:03:50,822 --> 01:03:52,257 My wife has had a coronary. 1337 01:03:52,324 --> 01:03:54,159 Please, come immediately. 1338 01:03:54,226 --> 01:03:56,528 Thank you. 1339 01:03:56,595 --> 01:03:57,795 Good-Bye. 1340 01:04:03,735 --> 01:04:07,438 Minister: accept the soul of our sister 1341 01:04:07,506 --> 01:04:12,443 Myra elizabeth maxwell bruhl 1342 01:04:12,511 --> 01:04:14,812 In the name of the father 1343 01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:16,080 And of the son 1344 01:04:16,148 --> 01:04:20,218 And of the holy ghost. Amen. 1345 01:04:20,286 --> 01:04:23,555 [Typing] 1346 01:04:38,003 --> 01:04:41,138 That must have been quite a welfare office. 1347 01:04:41,207 --> 01:04:42,807 Oh, it was. 1348 01:04:42,874 --> 01:04:45,577 You know, everybody had a really poignant story. 1349 01:04:45,644 --> 01:04:47,978 Well, they're creating the play, really. 1350 01:04:48,046 --> 01:04:49,214 They're just doing it for me. 1351 01:04:49,281 --> 01:04:50,915 It just writes itself out? 1352 01:04:50,982 --> 01:04:52,016 Yeah, that's right. 1353 01:04:52,084 --> 01:04:53,984 No notes? No outlines? 1354 01:04:54,052 --> 01:04:55,620 Well, this isn't a thriller, sidney. 1355 01:04:55,688 --> 01:04:57,522 It's not dependent on intricate plotting 1356 01:04:57,590 --> 01:04:58,856 And contrived theatrics. 1357 01:04:58,924 --> 01:05:00,791 I mean... 1358 01:05:00,859 --> 01:05:03,261 See, these are real people. 1359 01:05:03,329 --> 01:05:05,496 And all i'm doing is just bringing them on, 1360 01:05:05,564 --> 01:05:07,198 Letting them pour out their dreams and frustrations. 1361 01:05:07,266 --> 01:05:09,133 You know, like the clerks 1362 01:05:09,201 --> 01:05:10,968 With their pettiness and frustration. 1363 01:05:11,036 --> 01:05:13,738 And the clients with their bitterness 1364 01:05:13,805 --> 01:05:15,373 And their battered self-Esteem. 1365 01:05:15,441 --> 01:05:17,875 I've really lost interest in thrillers, sidney. 1366 01:05:17,943 --> 01:05:19,677 What i'm doing here is relevant. 1367 01:05:19,745 --> 01:05:23,681 Even though you said that word, 1368 01:05:23,749 --> 01:05:25,283 I am still going to let you stay here. 1369 01:05:25,351 --> 01:05:26,484 Let me see a few pages. 1370 01:05:26,552 --> 01:05:30,020 Ah, i'd rather wait till the whole thing's done. 1371 01:05:30,088 --> 01:05:32,290 I'll just give it to you in one glorious bundle. 1372 01:05:32,358 --> 01:05:33,291 Do you mind? 1373 01:05:33,359 --> 01:05:35,793 Of course, what's another half hour? 1374 01:05:48,940 --> 01:05:51,041 Nothing doing? 1375 01:05:52,678 --> 01:05:55,112 Why don't you have helga ten dorp over? 1376 01:05:55,180 --> 01:05:56,180 I don't know, 1377 01:05:56,248 --> 01:05:58,082 Maybe talking with her might spark something. 1378 01:05:58,150 --> 01:06:00,652 You do like to live dangerously, don't you? 1379 01:06:00,719 --> 01:06:03,254 No way. I do not want her on the premises. 1380 01:06:03,322 --> 01:06:05,990 Never again, thank you. 1381 01:06:06,057 --> 01:06:07,191 Oh, i don't know. 1382 01:06:07,259 --> 01:06:09,026 Maybe not when the moon is full, 1383 01:06:09,094 --> 01:06:10,395 But any other time, why not? 1384 01:06:10,462 --> 01:06:11,962 I mean, christ, look at the egg she laid 1385 01:06:12,030 --> 01:06:13,264 On the griffin show. That was pathetic. 1386 01:06:13,332 --> 01:06:16,033 Yes. She was pretty rattled. 1387 01:06:17,836 --> 01:06:19,804 [Doorbell rings] 1388 01:06:19,871 --> 01:06:22,072 I'll go. 1389 01:06:23,141 --> 01:06:26,110 We don't want to break the flow, do we, dear? 1390 01:06:29,881 --> 01:06:31,916 Porter. 1391 01:06:31,983 --> 01:06:32,983 How are you, sidney? 1392 01:06:33,051 --> 01:06:34,686 Oh, i'm not too bad, thanks. 1393 01:06:34,753 --> 01:06:36,621 There are a couple of things-- 1394 01:06:36,689 --> 01:06:37,988 I had to be in the area 1395 01:06:38,056 --> 01:06:40,024 And i just decided to take a chance-- 1396 01:06:40,091 --> 01:06:41,559 Uh, thank you. 1397 01:06:41,627 --> 01:06:44,128 You feel up to a few papers? 1398 01:06:44,196 --> 01:06:45,363 Why not? I'd be glad of the break. 1399 01:06:45,431 --> 01:06:46,364 Would you like some coffee? 1400 01:06:46,432 --> 01:06:47,532 Of course i would. 1401 01:06:47,599 --> 01:06:49,967 Sidney: this is clifford anderson, my secretary. 1402 01:06:50,035 --> 01:06:51,035 My friend, porter milgrim. 1403 01:06:51,102 --> 01:06:52,036 How do you do, sir? 1404 01:06:52,103 --> 01:06:53,270 How do you do? 1405 01:06:53,339 --> 01:06:55,473 Sidney: i would say my attorney, but he'd bill me. 1406 01:06:55,541 --> 01:06:58,509 Ah, well, i'm going to bill you anyways. 1407 01:06:58,577 --> 01:07:00,645 It's a business call. 1408 01:07:00,713 --> 01:07:02,179 Look at that. 1409 01:07:02,247 --> 01:07:04,215 Isn't that a beauty? 1410 01:07:04,282 --> 01:07:05,450 Partner's desk. 1411 01:07:05,517 --> 01:07:07,284 Mmm. Where did you find it? 1412 01:07:07,353 --> 01:07:08,986 I happened on it last week. 1413 01:07:09,054 --> 01:07:10,187 It makes more sense 1414 01:07:10,255 --> 01:07:11,255 Than cluttering up the place 1415 01:07:11,323 --> 01:07:12,289 With 2 single ones. 1416 01:07:12,358 --> 01:07:13,991 And it is deductible, porter. 1417 01:07:14,059 --> 01:07:16,494 Well, uh, shouldn't i go get the groceries now? 1418 01:07:16,562 --> 01:07:17,962 And you and mr. Milgrim can talk in private. 1419 01:07:18,029 --> 01:07:19,163 Would you mind? 1420 01:07:19,231 --> 01:07:20,765 No. I have to do it sometime. Might as well go now. 1421 01:07:20,833 --> 01:07:22,867 Oh, wait a second, porter. 1422 01:07:22,934 --> 01:07:23,868 Hold on, clifford. 1423 01:07:23,935 --> 01:07:26,237 Porter: take your time, sidney. 1424 01:07:26,304 --> 01:07:29,974 I haven't started the clock yet. 1425 01:07:33,278 --> 01:07:36,681 I like this room-- Has character. 1426 01:07:36,749 --> 01:07:39,116 It's a pleasure to be working here. 1427 01:07:41,286 --> 01:07:42,487 He's looking well. 1428 01:07:42,554 --> 01:07:45,256 Well, just in the last few days, really. 1429 01:07:45,323 --> 01:07:47,358 You know, it was pretty bad last week. 1430 01:07:47,426 --> 01:07:48,459 He was crying every night. 1431 01:07:48,527 --> 01:07:50,294 You could hear him right through the walls. 1432 01:07:50,362 --> 01:07:51,562 He was drinking, too. 1433 01:07:51,630 --> 01:07:52,563 Ahh. 1434 01:07:52,631 --> 01:07:53,898 But he'll be all right. 1435 01:07:53,965 --> 01:07:55,900 You know, his work's a great solace to him. 1436 01:07:55,967 --> 01:07:57,568 20 do it? 1437 01:07:57,636 --> 01:07:58,736 Oh, it should do. 1438 01:07:58,804 --> 01:08:00,471 We just need salad things, milk, paper napkins. 1439 01:08:00,539 --> 01:08:01,472 I'm going to gibson's. 1440 01:08:01,540 --> 01:08:03,073 Got the keys to the car? Yeah. 1441 01:08:03,141 --> 01:08:06,711 Oh, and yogurt. Any flavor but prune. 1442 01:08:06,779 --> 01:08:08,646 Well, it's very nice meeting you 1443 01:08:08,714 --> 01:08:09,980 Or see you later, 1444 01:08:10,048 --> 01:08:11,949 Whichever it turns out to be. 1445 01:08:12,017 --> 01:08:14,419 Pleasant young fellow. 1446 01:08:14,486 --> 01:08:16,421 Good-Looking, too. 1447 01:08:16,488 --> 01:08:17,855 I guess. 1448 01:08:17,923 --> 01:08:20,124 Do you think he's gay? 1449 01:08:20,191 --> 01:08:24,128 Oh, didn't strike me that way. 1450 01:08:24,195 --> 01:08:27,131 I have a sneaking suspicion he might be. 1451 01:08:27,198 --> 01:08:29,333 Still, so long as he does his job 1452 01:08:29,401 --> 01:08:32,269 And doesn't fly on little fairy wings into my chamber, 1453 01:08:32,337 --> 01:08:34,472 I suppose it's none of my business. 1454 01:08:34,540 --> 01:08:35,873 Besides, how people would talk 1455 01:08:35,941 --> 01:08:38,042 If i'd taken on a female secretary, right? 1456 01:08:38,109 --> 01:08:39,243 If she were under 80. 1457 01:08:39,311 --> 01:08:41,278 That's why i called clifford. 1458 01:08:41,346 --> 01:08:43,614 Good to see you looking so well, sidney. 1459 01:08:43,682 --> 01:08:46,016 That's the main reason i've come. 1460 01:08:46,084 --> 01:08:48,953 I was delegated by the wessons and the harveys. 1461 01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:52,056 That young man's been discouraging all callers, 1462 01:08:52,123 --> 01:08:54,224 And we were afraid you might be 1463 01:08:54,292 --> 01:08:55,827 In worse shape than he was letting on. 1464 01:08:55,894 --> 01:08:59,129 Obviously that's not the case. 1465 01:08:59,197 --> 01:09:03,334 No, but i'm not up to socializing yet. 1466 01:09:03,401 --> 01:09:04,635 But i'm coming through. 1467 01:09:04,703 --> 01:09:06,303 The work is a great solace. 1468 01:09:06,371 --> 01:09:09,774 That's what he said. 1469 01:09:09,842 --> 01:09:12,276 Bring that damn thing out on the porch. 1470 01:09:12,344 --> 01:09:14,512 Let's at least deal with it in the sunlight. 1471 01:09:14,580 --> 01:09:15,613 Right. 1472 01:09:15,681 --> 01:09:19,017 And the next item on the agenda is your will. 1473 01:09:19,084 --> 01:09:21,352 Now that myra's gone, you ought to look it over. 1474 01:09:21,419 --> 01:09:24,555 As it stands, if anything should happen to you, 1475 01:09:24,623 --> 01:09:26,223 Your cousins in england would inherit. 1476 01:09:26,291 --> 01:09:27,458 Do you want to leave it that way? 1477 01:09:27,526 --> 01:09:28,492 I'll deal with it later. 1478 01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:29,493 You hang on to it, porter. 1479 01:09:29,561 --> 01:09:30,995 Well, don't put it off. 1480 01:09:31,063 --> 01:09:32,997 This is the third item: 1481 01:09:33,065 --> 01:09:34,465 This is only approximate 1482 01:09:34,533 --> 01:09:36,467 Because i don't have up-To-Date appraisal 1483 01:09:36,535 --> 01:09:37,969 On the real estate yet, 1484 01:09:38,037 --> 01:09:41,338 But this is what you can anticipate... 1485 01:09:41,406 --> 01:09:45,109 Roughly...give or take a few thousand dollars. 1486 01:09:53,686 --> 01:09:57,655 I had no idea there was this much. 1487 01:09:57,723 --> 01:10:00,491 Porter: well, old man... 1488 01:10:00,559 --> 01:10:03,294 You've gotten off cheap. 1489 01:10:03,361 --> 01:10:05,763 Sidney: yes, i'm aware of that. 1490 01:10:05,831 --> 01:10:07,899 What's the procedure? 1491 01:10:07,966 --> 01:10:10,735 You dictate and he types? 1492 01:10:10,803 --> 01:10:12,469 Oh, no, i type the first draft 1493 01:10:12,537 --> 01:10:15,907 And then he types... and types and types. 1494 01:10:15,974 --> 01:10:17,441 He also does the letters. 1495 01:10:17,509 --> 01:10:20,712 That what he was doing before--Letters? 1496 01:10:20,779 --> 01:10:23,781 Oh, no. He's trying to write his own play. 1497 01:10:23,849 --> 01:10:25,850 Oh, the seminar, of course. 1498 01:10:25,918 --> 01:10:27,484 Yes, he started yesterday, 1499 01:10:27,552 --> 01:10:29,687 Will probably finish tomorrow. 1500 01:10:29,755 --> 01:10:33,624 Well, i hope he's not stealing your esp idea. 1501 01:10:33,692 --> 01:10:35,693 Have you discussed it with him? 1502 01:10:35,761 --> 01:10:38,529 What in the world makes you say that? 1503 01:10:38,597 --> 01:10:41,199 Well, whatever he was working on, 1504 01:10:41,266 --> 01:10:43,034 He locked it up in this drawer. 1505 01:10:43,102 --> 01:10:46,904 Unobtrusively, but i noticed. 1506 01:10:48,207 --> 01:10:53,310 No, not unobtrusively. Slyly. 1507 01:10:53,378 --> 01:10:56,748 Then again, maybe he was afraid you'd steal his idea. 1508 01:10:56,815 --> 01:10:58,649 Oh, the dreams and frustrations 1509 01:10:58,717 --> 01:10:59,817 Of welfare workers? 1510 01:10:59,885 --> 01:11:01,485 He worked in a welfare office? 1511 01:11:01,553 --> 01:11:03,121 Yeah, that's where he was before. 1512 01:11:03,188 --> 01:11:05,522 Oh, well, then it was only force of habit. 1513 01:11:05,590 --> 01:11:08,692 People in large offices often lock their desks. 1514 01:11:09,928 --> 01:11:11,763 I'm sorry if i worried you, sidney. 1515 01:11:11,830 --> 01:11:14,398 Suspicious legal mind. 1516 01:11:14,466 --> 01:11:17,468 He's probably exactly what he seems-- 1517 01:11:17,535 --> 01:11:19,403 An honest and helpful young man. 1518 01:11:19,471 --> 01:11:21,172 Completely trustworthy. 1519 01:11:21,240 --> 01:11:22,306 No doubt. 1520 01:11:22,374 --> 01:11:24,809 Oh, that, uh, check from the insurance company-- 1521 01:11:24,877 --> 01:11:25,810 Has it come yet? 1522 01:11:25,878 --> 01:11:27,145 No. 1523 01:11:27,212 --> 01:11:30,081 Well, i'm sure it's something you'd rather not do yourself. 1524 01:11:30,149 --> 01:11:31,783 Would you like me to get after them? 1525 01:11:31,850 --> 01:11:33,251 Would you mind? 1526 01:11:33,318 --> 01:11:34,886 I'll write them first thing in the morning. 1527 01:11:34,953 --> 01:11:36,187 I'd appreciate that, porter. 1528 01:11:36,255 --> 01:11:38,322 When are you coming to town to have dinner? 1529 01:11:38,390 --> 01:11:39,590 Oh, in a week or two, 1530 01:11:39,658 --> 01:11:41,926 I'll be ready to face the world again. 1531 01:11:41,994 --> 01:11:43,127 Good. 1532 01:11:43,195 --> 01:11:44,262 Good. 1533 01:11:46,731 --> 01:11:47,899 Good-Bye, porter. 1534 01:11:49,768 --> 01:11:52,069 I'm proud of you, sidney. 1535 01:12:25,187 --> 01:12:27,455 Shit. 1536 01:13:08,364 --> 01:13:11,399 Bloody old-World craftsmen. 1537 01:13:23,445 --> 01:13:26,914 [Car engine, screeching tires] 1538 01:13:54,376 --> 01:13:55,976 Where have you been? 1539 01:13:56,044 --> 01:13:57,011 Gibson's. 1540 01:13:57,078 --> 01:13:58,979 Then i stopped by the jeans shop. 1541 01:13:59,047 --> 01:14:01,148 Got mauled by that bitch nan wesson. 1542 01:14:01,216 --> 01:14:03,117 She thinks i'm standing between you two. 1543 01:14:03,185 --> 01:14:04,619 And so you are, luv. 1544 01:14:04,687 --> 01:14:05,886 I'll put away. 1545 01:14:05,954 --> 01:14:07,355 Clifford: no, that's all right. I'll do it. 1546 01:14:07,423 --> 01:14:09,089 You shopped. I'll put away. 1547 01:14:09,157 --> 01:14:11,426 I know you want to get back to your welfare office. 1548 01:14:11,493 --> 01:14:13,795 Well, only literarily. 1549 01:14:13,862 --> 01:14:14,796 [Coins clank] 1550 01:14:14,863 --> 01:14:16,631 Change is in the bowl. 1551 01:14:29,044 --> 01:14:32,947 [Typing] 1552 01:14:34,216 --> 01:14:36,617 Cliff, can you come in here a sec? 1553 01:14:48,397 --> 01:14:49,864 Where are you? 1554 01:14:59,475 --> 01:15:02,677 What's going on? Hello? 1555 01:15:02,745 --> 01:15:04,645 Where the hell were you? 1556 01:15:04,713 --> 01:15:05,646 Where the hell were you? 1557 01:15:05,714 --> 01:15:07,682 I--I thought you hadn't heard me, 1558 01:15:07,750 --> 01:15:10,317 So i--I ambled round through the dappled day. 1559 01:15:10,386 --> 01:15:12,620 I thought you might like one of these. 1560 01:15:12,688 --> 01:15:16,807 I had a sudden craving as in the commercials. 1561 01:15:58,584 --> 01:16:04,288 So, you've lost your interest in thrillers? 1562 01:16:04,356 --> 01:16:05,656 Mm-Hmm. 1563 01:16:05,724 --> 01:16:09,159 No taste for the intricate plotting, 1564 01:16:09,228 --> 01:16:12,162 The 2-Dimensional characters. 1565 01:16:12,231 --> 01:16:15,132 You want to do something real... 1566 01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:18,035 And meaningful... socially relevant. 1567 01:16:18,103 --> 01:16:20,104 Hey, give me a break, will you? 1568 01:16:20,171 --> 01:16:22,573 I mean, your idea will start coming in a minute. 1569 01:16:22,641 --> 01:16:25,643 "Deathtrap. 1570 01:16:25,711 --> 01:16:30,448 "A thriller in 2 acts by clifford anderson. 1571 01:16:30,515 --> 01:16:33,684 "Characters. Julian crane, 1572 01:16:33,752 --> 01:16:36,920 "A playwright. Doris crane, his wife. 1573 01:16:36,988 --> 01:16:39,657 "Victor madison, crane's prot�g�. 1574 01:16:39,725 --> 01:16:42,593 "Inga van bronk, a psychic. 1575 01:16:42,661 --> 01:16:46,096 "The action takes place in julian crane's study 1576 01:16:46,164 --> 01:16:48,733 In the crane home in easthampton, new york." 1577 01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:49,734 How the hell did you-- 1578 01:16:49,801 --> 01:16:53,003 "Stage left. A brick fireplace, 1579 01:16:53,071 --> 01:16:54,372 "Practical to the extent 1580 01:16:54,439 --> 01:16:56,707 "That paper can be burned in it. 1581 01:16:56,775 --> 01:16:59,209 "Center stage, french doors, 1582 01:16:59,278 --> 01:17:01,211 "A post-Colonial modification, 1583 01:17:01,280 --> 01:17:04,148 "Opening out to a shrubbery-Flanked patio. 1584 01:17:04,215 --> 01:17:06,950 "The room is decorated with a collection 1585 01:17:07,018 --> 01:17:09,019 Of antique weapons and shackles." 1586 01:17:09,087 --> 01:17:10,821 A nice selection of which 1587 01:17:10,889 --> 01:17:13,223 I'm about to use any minute, clifford. 1588 01:17:13,292 --> 01:17:14,392 Would you like me to explain? 1589 01:17:14,459 --> 01:17:16,360 What? That you're a lunatic with a death wish? 1590 01:17:16,428 --> 01:17:17,361 Ha ha ha. 1591 01:17:17,429 --> 01:17:19,129 I've got the same wish you have, sidney. 1592 01:17:19,197 --> 01:17:20,164 A success wish! 1593 01:17:20,231 --> 01:17:22,333 This is not going to bring you success! 1594 01:17:22,401 --> 01:17:23,534 This, you asshole, 1595 01:17:23,602 --> 01:17:26,203 Is going to bring you 20 to life in maximum security! 1596 01:17:26,271 --> 01:17:27,571 Listen to me. Come on. 1597 01:17:27,639 --> 01:17:28,572 It hit me that night 1598 01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:30,007 When you were looking for the key. 1599 01:17:30,074 --> 01:17:32,476 This can make a terrific thriller. 1600 01:17:32,544 --> 01:17:34,612 It will make a terrific thriller. 1601 01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:37,348 In which someone like me and someone like you 1602 01:17:37,416 --> 01:17:39,583 Give someone like myra a fatal heart attack?! 1603 01:17:39,651 --> 01:17:41,985 Absolutely right. At the end of act one. 1604 01:17:42,053 --> 01:17:43,487 Clifford, i hate to ask this, 1605 01:17:43,555 --> 01:17:45,055 But could you give me 1606 01:17:45,123 --> 01:17:47,525 Your own special definition of success?! 1607 01:17:47,592 --> 01:17:51,028 Being gangbanged in a shower in the state penitentiary?! 1608 01:17:51,095 --> 01:17:52,196 Oh, jeez, i knew 1609 01:17:52,263 --> 01:17:53,497 You were going to have reservations about it. 1610 01:17:53,565 --> 01:17:55,199 Reservations?! 1611 01:17:55,266 --> 01:17:59,303 I am standing here petrified, stupefied, horrified! 1612 01:17:59,371 --> 01:18:01,138 How's that for bloody reservations?! 1613 01:18:01,206 --> 01:18:02,940 Come on, sidney, listen. 1614 01:18:03,007 --> 01:18:05,976 Look, there is no way for anybody to prove 1615 01:18:06,044 --> 01:18:08,479 What did or did not cause myra to have a heart attack. 1616 01:18:08,547 --> 01:18:09,480 Ha ha! 1617 01:18:09,548 --> 01:18:11,449 A--A playwright, 1618 01:18:11,516 --> 01:18:13,917 A writer of thrillers, 1619 01:18:13,985 --> 01:18:15,519 And living in long island! 1620 01:18:15,587 --> 01:18:17,321 Sidney, come on, babe, babe, babe, 1621 01:18:17,389 --> 01:18:19,923 If i could change things, i would, but i can't. 1622 01:18:19,991 --> 01:18:22,159 Now, look, it's got to be a playwright. 1623 01:18:22,227 --> 01:18:24,395 Who else can pretend to be about to receive 1624 01:18:24,463 --> 01:18:26,530 A finished work that can make a ton of money? 1625 01:18:26,598 --> 01:18:27,998 Uh, a composer, a novel-- 1626 01:18:28,066 --> 01:18:29,467 Why am i discussing this?! 1627 01:18:29,534 --> 01:18:30,601 Oh, check. 1628 01:18:30,669 --> 01:18:33,571 A surefire, smash-Hit symphony. Uh-Huh. 1629 01:18:33,638 --> 01:18:35,939 And does a novelist or a composer know 1630 01:18:36,007 --> 01:18:37,675 Where to get a chain that squirts blood 1631 01:18:37,743 --> 01:18:39,610 Or how to stage a convincing murder? 1632 01:18:39,678 --> 01:18:41,579 It's got to be a playwright who writes thrillers, 1633 01:18:41,646 --> 01:18:43,013 'Cause, i mean, i don't know, 1634 01:18:43,081 --> 01:18:45,015 Arthur miller probably has old sample cases 1635 01:18:45,083 --> 01:18:46,751 Hanging on the wall. Uh... 1636 01:18:46,818 --> 01:18:48,652 I can make it bridgehampton, not easthampton. 1637 01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:50,020 Why make it anywhere?! 1638 01:18:50,088 --> 01:18:51,522 Why make it?! 1639 01:18:51,590 --> 01:18:53,123 Ha ha! Because it's there, sidney. 1640 01:18:53,191 --> 01:18:55,192 That's mountains, not plays! 1641 01:18:55,260 --> 01:18:58,228 Plays are not there until some asshole writes them! 1642 01:18:58,296 --> 01:19:01,198 Oh, oh, come on. Oh, hey, hey, come on. 1643 01:19:01,266 --> 01:19:03,768 It's all right. Sh-Shh. Just sit down. Sit down. 1644 01:19:03,835 --> 01:19:06,303 Come on, sit down. Come on. 1645 01:19:06,371 --> 01:19:08,572 It's all right. 1646 01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:11,575 Hey, sh-Shh. Listen to me. 1647 01:19:11,643 --> 01:19:16,447 Sh-Shh. Ok? Now, think for a minute, all right? 1648 01:19:16,515 --> 01:19:18,081 Just think about everything 1649 01:19:18,149 --> 01:19:20,250 That happened that night. 1650 01:19:20,318 --> 01:19:22,520 Now, try to see it 1651 01:19:22,587 --> 01:19:26,590 From an audience's point of view. 1652 01:19:26,658 --> 01:19:29,993 See, everything that we did to convince myra 1653 01:19:30,061 --> 01:19:31,896 That she was seeing a real murder 1654 01:19:31,963 --> 01:19:33,898 Would have exactly the same effect 1655 01:19:33,965 --> 01:19:35,733 On an audience, wouldn't it? 1656 01:19:35,801 --> 01:19:37,935 Didn't we write a play? Didn't we rehearse a play? 1657 01:19:38,002 --> 01:19:39,937 Didn't we plan it? Didn't we execute it? 1658 01:19:40,004 --> 01:19:41,305 Wasn't she the audience? 1659 01:19:41,372 --> 01:19:43,474 We did it! And it worked. 1660 01:19:43,542 --> 01:19:44,909 It worked perfectly, 1661 01:19:44,976 --> 01:19:46,243 And nobody can prove 1662 01:19:46,311 --> 01:19:47,945 What really happened here, nobody! 1663 01:19:48,012 --> 01:19:49,747 And what are you going to say 1664 01:19:49,815 --> 01:19:52,249 To the men from the times when they ask you, 1665 01:19:52,317 --> 01:19:54,217 "Didn't you work for sidney bruhl, 1666 01:19:54,285 --> 01:19:56,153 "And didn't his wife have a heart attack 1667 01:19:56,220 --> 01:19:58,622 At about the same time you came here?" 1668 01:20:01,660 --> 01:20:04,194 Uh...no comment. 1669 01:20:04,262 --> 01:20:06,797 Well, i have a comment. 1670 01:20:06,864 --> 01:20:11,034 No! Absolutely and definitely no! 1671 01:20:11,102 --> 01:20:13,304 I have a name and a reputation. 1672 01:20:13,371 --> 01:20:15,038 Somewhat tattered, perhaps, 1673 01:20:15,106 --> 01:20:17,040 But still good for dinner invitations 1674 01:20:17,108 --> 01:20:18,776 And summer seminars. 1675 01:20:18,843 --> 01:20:21,111 And i wish to live out my years 1676 01:20:21,179 --> 01:20:23,880 As the man who wrote the murder game, 1677 01:20:23,948 --> 01:20:27,618 Not as the faggot who knocked off his wife. 1678 01:20:27,686 --> 01:20:30,287 Why, look! A brick fireplace! 1679 01:20:30,355 --> 01:20:32,255 I wonder if it is practical 1680 01:20:32,324 --> 01:20:35,225 To the extent that paper can burn in it. 1681 01:20:35,293 --> 01:20:37,394 Stop right where you are, fella. 1682 01:20:41,499 --> 01:20:43,734 You burn that and i'll go right out of here 1683 01:20:43,802 --> 01:20:46,570 And write it someplace else. 1684 01:20:46,638 --> 01:20:48,171 Now, you give it to me. 1685 01:20:51,309 --> 01:20:54,077 Give it to me! 1686 01:21:06,758 --> 01:21:08,158 Thank you. 1687 01:21:15,032 --> 01:21:17,334 You know, we really, 1688 01:21:17,402 --> 01:21:19,370 Really shouldn't get angry with each other, sidney. 1689 01:21:19,437 --> 01:21:22,773 You see, that's--That's not what i want. 1690 01:21:22,841 --> 01:21:24,775 Of course not. 1691 01:21:24,843 --> 01:21:28,278 Let's, uh...talk about exactly what it is... 1692 01:21:28,346 --> 01:21:29,913 You do want. 1693 01:21:29,981 --> 01:21:31,515 Certainly. 1694 01:21:37,589 --> 01:21:40,524 I want a shortcut, and i really don't give a shit 1695 01:21:40,592 --> 01:21:41,792 Whose property it cuts through, 1696 01:21:41,860 --> 01:21:43,994 If you understand me. 1697 01:21:45,497 --> 01:21:48,499 And you think that that play, that wild concoction of... 1698 01:21:48,566 --> 01:21:50,634 Of truth, of fact. 1699 01:21:50,702 --> 01:21:51,968 Clifford, my dear, 1700 01:21:52,036 --> 01:21:54,337 Those facts are the most outlandish and preposterous... 1701 01:21:54,406 --> 01:21:56,540 Set of circumstances entertaining enough 1702 01:21:56,608 --> 01:21:59,610 To persuade an audience to suspend its disbelief. 1703 01:21:59,677 --> 01:22:01,412 Opening lecture. 1704 01:22:02,747 --> 01:22:04,281 You're an excellent student, clifford. 1705 01:22:10,321 --> 01:22:13,089 Student, companion, 1706 01:22:13,157 --> 01:22:15,124 Lover... collaborator. 1707 01:22:15,192 --> 01:22:17,861 We're going to write deathtrap, sidney, 1708 01:22:17,929 --> 01:22:21,431 You and me. I mean, it's perfect. 1709 01:22:21,499 --> 01:22:24,000 Ha! Oh, christ, what the hell do you care 1710 01:22:24,068 --> 01:22:25,502 If the publicity gets a little sticky? 1711 01:22:25,570 --> 01:22:28,638 Come on, don't be such an old nellie. 1712 01:22:28,706 --> 01:22:31,040 I mean, just look around you! Jesus christ, 1713 01:22:31,108 --> 01:22:32,809 You don't have to read hustler. You know? 1714 01:22:32,877 --> 01:22:34,143 Just read, uh... 1715 01:22:34,211 --> 01:22:36,446 Village voice, people magazine. 1716 01:22:36,514 --> 01:22:39,182 Sidney, i'll tell you something. 1717 01:22:39,249 --> 01:22:42,051 Everything that you have ever thought of 1718 01:22:42,119 --> 01:22:43,820 And a hell of a lot that you haven't 1719 01:22:43,888 --> 01:22:45,489 Is in print and on the screen. 1720 01:22:45,556 --> 01:22:47,691 I mean, babe, it is a tidal wave. 1721 01:22:47,758 --> 01:22:49,893 All the news is fit to print and show. 1722 01:22:49,961 --> 01:22:52,195 Sidney, nobody gives a shit 1723 01:22:52,262 --> 01:22:54,931 Who did what or who they did it to. 1724 01:22:54,999 --> 01:22:56,700 All they want is to be in on it. 1725 01:22:56,767 --> 01:22:58,167 I mean, you killed your wife? 1726 01:22:58,235 --> 01:23:00,670 That's ok. Why don't you abuse your kids, 1727 01:23:00,738 --> 01:23:03,006 Poison the well, flog bats? 1728 01:23:03,073 --> 01:23:04,173 As long as you get on television, 1729 01:23:04,241 --> 01:23:05,775 Talk about it afterwards. 1730 01:23:05,843 --> 01:23:07,577 You know i'm right, don't you? 1731 01:23:07,645 --> 01:23:09,445 Sidney, you ever hear of somebody 1732 01:23:09,514 --> 01:23:10,614 Turning down a party 1733 01:23:10,681 --> 01:23:13,349 Where they think they can meet nixon or vesco 1734 01:23:13,417 --> 01:23:16,887 Or any one of those big guys that got away with it? 1735 01:23:16,954 --> 01:23:18,588 Now, listen. 1736 01:23:18,656 --> 01:23:21,124 I've given this a lot of serious thought, 1737 01:23:21,191 --> 01:23:24,528 And i really think if there's some talk about us 1738 01:23:24,595 --> 01:23:27,096 And about myra, it can help the play. 1739 01:23:31,268 --> 01:23:33,236 Well... 1740 01:23:33,303 --> 01:23:36,873 You really have given it some thought, haven't you? 1741 01:23:36,941 --> 01:23:39,876 Who knows? You, uh, you may be right, but, uh... 1742 01:23:39,944 --> 01:23:41,578 But what? 1743 01:23:43,548 --> 01:23:46,416 Let's be honest, clifford, and i mean... 1744 01:23:46,483 --> 01:23:48,752 Really honest. 1745 01:23:48,819 --> 01:23:52,255 If you had the choice between turning out just a hit play 1746 01:23:52,322 --> 01:23:55,191 And turning out a hit play with dangerous origins, 1747 01:23:55,259 --> 01:23:57,460 You'd choose the latter, right? 1748 01:24:00,230 --> 01:24:01,598 Clever old sid. 1749 01:24:01,666 --> 01:24:04,233 Now, level with me, luv. 1750 01:24:04,301 --> 01:24:06,202 Those little brushes with the authorities-- 1751 01:24:06,270 --> 01:24:09,005 In your infancy, as it were, 1752 01:24:09,073 --> 01:24:11,675 Before you matured and settled down, so to speak-- 1753 01:24:11,742 --> 01:24:15,712 Did any of the--The courts 1754 01:24:15,780 --> 01:24:18,281 Or the social workers or the shrinks... 1755 01:24:20,417 --> 01:24:24,153 Did anybody ever use the word... 1756 01:24:25,289 --> 01:24:26,856 What word, luv? 1757 01:24:30,828 --> 01:24:33,663 "Sociopath." 1758 01:24:33,731 --> 01:24:35,465 I-Isn't that what it's called? 1759 01:24:35,532 --> 01:24:37,901 That's what it's called. 1760 01:24:37,969 --> 01:24:40,804 Does that word... frighten you, sidney? 1761 01:24:40,871 --> 01:24:42,538 Oh, no, it doesn't frighten me. 1762 01:24:42,607 --> 01:24:44,507 It does, however... 1763 01:24:44,575 --> 01:24:46,209 Give me pause. 1764 01:24:46,276 --> 01:24:49,746 Clinically, it means, as i'm sure you know, 1765 01:24:49,814 --> 01:24:55,418 It means one who has no sense of moral obligation whatsoever. 1766 01:24:55,486 --> 01:24:59,288 Now, if, and i repeat, if 1767 01:24:59,356 --> 01:25:01,825 I decide to kick over the traces 1768 01:25:01,892 --> 01:25:03,693 And actually write deathtrap... 1769 01:25:03,761 --> 01:25:05,461 With me. 1770 01:25:05,529 --> 01:25:06,963 Oh, yes, of course, with you. 1771 01:25:07,031 --> 01:25:08,665 If i decided to enter 1772 01:25:08,733 --> 01:25:12,002 Into such a risky and exciting collaboration, 1773 01:25:12,069 --> 01:25:14,004 I wonder if, um... 1774 01:25:14,071 --> 01:25:15,271 If what? 1775 01:25:15,339 --> 01:25:16,840 I wonder if it would not be-- 1776 01:25:16,907 --> 01:25:21,244 Well, just a trifle starry-Eyed of me 1777 01:25:21,311 --> 01:25:23,647 To contemplate a partnership 1778 01:25:23,714 --> 01:25:28,018 Where i could count on no sense of moral obligation whatsoever. 1779 01:25:30,287 --> 01:25:31,855 Are you trying to say 1780 01:25:31,922 --> 01:25:33,657 That you don't think that you can trust me? 1781 01:25:33,724 --> 01:25:35,659 How clearly you put it. 1782 01:25:35,726 --> 01:25:37,661 That's up to you, sidney. 1783 01:25:37,728 --> 01:25:40,563 You can trust me. 1784 01:25:40,631 --> 01:25:42,799 You can always trust me. 1785 01:25:42,867 --> 01:25:45,201 You just have to be sure about one little thing. 1786 01:25:45,269 --> 01:25:46,836 And that is? 1787 01:25:46,904 --> 01:25:48,838 You just have to be sure 1788 01:25:48,906 --> 01:25:51,007 That whatever happens, i need you. 1789 01:25:51,075 --> 01:25:52,742 For instance, 1790 01:25:52,810 --> 01:25:54,644 Like i need you now. 1791 01:25:54,712 --> 01:25:56,980 Would you count the ways? 1792 01:25:57,048 --> 01:25:58,381 Sure. 1793 01:25:58,448 --> 01:26:01,384 One--It's a little academic, perhaps, but nevertheless, 1794 01:26:01,451 --> 01:26:03,452 I know that scene one is still coming out 1795 01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:05,155 A little stilted and heavy-Handed. 1796 01:26:05,222 --> 01:26:07,356 Of course i could help you fix that. 1797 01:26:09,026 --> 01:26:10,560 Then do it. 1798 01:26:16,500 --> 01:26:19,536 God knows i could do with half the royalties 1799 01:26:19,603 --> 01:26:21,571 Of a good, solid hit. 1800 01:26:21,639 --> 01:26:23,973 Porter just gave me the figures 1801 01:26:24,041 --> 01:26:25,775 On myra's estate. 1802 01:26:25,842 --> 01:26:27,977 It was a bit of a shock. 1803 01:26:28,045 --> 01:26:30,446 Even smaller than i thought. 1804 01:26:30,514 --> 01:26:32,815 42,000 lousy bucks. 1805 01:26:32,883 --> 01:26:34,850 There's the house and land, of course, 1806 01:26:34,918 --> 01:26:36,553 But i can't even sell any acreage 1807 01:26:36,620 --> 01:26:39,489 Until the will goes through probate, 1808 01:26:39,557 --> 01:26:42,458 And he says that will take nearly 2 years. 1809 01:26:42,526 --> 01:26:44,827 You're not going to live long on that much. 1810 01:26:44,895 --> 01:26:46,496 What about the insurance? 1811 01:26:46,564 --> 01:26:47,664 Minimal. 1812 01:26:47,731 --> 01:26:49,499 My offer's open, sidney. 1813 01:26:52,869 --> 01:26:55,071 I'll do it! 1814 01:26:55,138 --> 01:26:56,706 They can wag their damn tongues off. 1815 01:26:56,773 --> 01:26:58,775 I'll blush all the way to the bank. 1816 01:26:58,842 --> 01:27:01,243 Ah! You mean it? 1817 01:27:01,311 --> 01:27:03,279 Ta-Da! 1818 01:27:03,346 --> 01:27:05,081 Bruhl and anderson. 1819 01:27:05,149 --> 01:27:06,716 Bruhl and anderson. 1820 01:27:08,552 --> 01:27:10,386 We'll make it bridgehampton, not easthampton. 1821 01:27:10,453 --> 01:27:12,088 Oh, what the hell, who cares? 1822 01:27:12,156 --> 01:27:14,290 I don't believe it. Me, clifford anderson, 1823 01:27:14,357 --> 01:27:17,026 Actually collaborating with sidney bruhl! 1824 01:27:17,094 --> 01:27:19,562 Don't kid a kidder, cliff. That's from act one. 1825 01:27:19,629 --> 01:27:20,563 Here you go. 1826 01:27:20,630 --> 01:27:21,931 Happy new year. 1827 01:27:27,270 --> 01:27:28,705 Deathtrap. 1828 01:27:28,772 --> 01:27:29,839 Deathtrap. 1829 01:27:34,712 --> 01:27:37,680 I think we might have a problem with act two, 'cause... 1830 01:27:37,748 --> 01:27:39,281 Uh-Oh. How so? 1831 01:27:39,349 --> 01:27:40,783 Well, we've got a murder in the first act. 1832 01:27:40,851 --> 01:27:42,351 We got 2 murders, as a matter of fact. 1833 01:27:42,419 --> 01:27:44,353 I think that act two might be a letdown. 1834 01:27:44,421 --> 01:27:45,554 Not necessarily. 1835 01:27:45,622 --> 01:27:47,123 Maybe we should bring in a fifth character. 1836 01:27:47,191 --> 01:27:48,758 A detective like a long island version 1837 01:27:48,826 --> 01:27:50,359 Of the one they had in dial m, huh? 1838 01:27:50,427 --> 01:27:51,660 Inspector hubbard. 1839 01:27:51,729 --> 01:27:53,362 Yeah, i think inga van bronk 1840 01:27:53,430 --> 01:27:54,797 Should come in again, too. 1841 01:27:54,865 --> 01:27:57,266 Good. Now, you go on drafting act one, clifford, 1842 01:27:57,334 --> 01:28:00,002 And let me do the thinking about act two. 1843 01:28:12,582 --> 01:28:14,683 [Thunder] 1844 01:29:05,635 --> 01:29:07,736 [Thunder] 1845 01:29:33,864 --> 01:29:35,965 [Knock on window] 1846 01:29:41,571 --> 01:29:42,504 It's helga. 1847 01:29:42,572 --> 01:29:44,673 It's only helga, mr. Bruhl. 1848 01:29:47,077 --> 01:29:48,510 You're not mr. Bruhl. 1849 01:29:48,578 --> 01:29:50,980 Uh, mr. Bruhl isn't here. 1850 01:29:52,316 --> 01:29:53,649 Oh. 1851 01:29:55,018 --> 01:29:56,819 Is very wet. 1852 01:29:56,887 --> 01:29:57,820 Oh, sorry. 1853 01:29:57,888 --> 01:30:00,189 Uh, why don't you come in? 1854 01:30:00,257 --> 01:30:01,324 Ok. 1855 01:30:06,496 --> 01:30:07,563 Whoo. 1856 01:30:09,066 --> 01:30:12,835 Uh, mr. Bruhl should be back in a minute. 1857 01:30:12,903 --> 01:30:14,337 You are, uh... 1858 01:30:14,404 --> 01:30:15,504 I'm clifford anderson. 1859 01:30:15,572 --> 01:30:16,638 I'm his secretary. 1860 01:30:16,706 --> 01:30:18,674 I'm helga ten dorp. 1861 01:30:23,013 --> 01:30:24,013 I'm psychic. 1862 01:30:24,081 --> 01:30:25,014 Uh, yes, i know. 1863 01:30:25,082 --> 01:30:27,016 In fact, mr. Bruhl told me about you. 1864 01:30:27,084 --> 01:30:29,518 He said you were actually able to predict his wife's death. 1865 01:30:29,586 --> 01:30:34,757 Ja. Ja, was much pain right here. 1866 01:30:36,593 --> 01:30:37,526 Hmm. 1867 01:30:37,594 --> 01:30:39,962 Very sad. Such a nice lady. 1868 01:30:40,030 --> 01:30:41,630 Ay, this room. 1869 01:30:43,033 --> 01:30:44,500 He is well, mr. Bruhl? 1870 01:30:44,567 --> 01:30:46,269 Oh, yes, ma'am, he's just fine. 1871 01:30:46,336 --> 01:30:48,271 In fact, he's gone out to dinner for the first time since-- 1872 01:30:48,338 --> 01:30:50,006 He said he'd be back around 10:00. 1873 01:30:50,073 --> 01:30:51,207 Should be about that now. 1874 01:30:51,275 --> 01:30:52,508 It will be big storm. 1875 01:30:52,575 --> 01:30:53,842 Much wind and rain, 1876 01:30:53,911 --> 01:30:55,244 Lightning and thunder. 1877 01:30:55,312 --> 01:30:56,913 Again trees will fall. 1878 01:30:56,980 --> 01:30:58,014 Are you sure? 1879 01:30:58,081 --> 01:30:59,648 Ja, was on radio. 1880 01:30:59,716 --> 01:31:01,951 I come to borrow candles. 1881 01:31:02,019 --> 01:31:04,253 Are none in cottage. 1882 01:31:04,321 --> 01:31:06,188 You have? 1883 01:31:06,256 --> 01:31:08,024 Well, i'm sure he must have some. 1884 01:31:08,091 --> 01:31:10,359 Why don't you sit down, ma'am? 1885 01:31:10,427 --> 01:31:11,660 Thank you. 1886 01:31:16,433 --> 01:31:17,866 Boots? 1887 01:31:19,920 --> 01:31:21,387 You wear boots? 1888 01:31:21,455 --> 01:31:22,722 Oh, yes, ma'am. 1889 01:31:22,790 --> 01:31:23,956 Practically everybody does these days. 1890 01:31:24,024 --> 01:31:25,124 They're very comfortable. 1891 01:31:25,191 --> 01:31:29,862 Uh, you are for long time secretary to mr. Bruhl? 1892 01:31:29,930 --> 01:31:30,863 Uh, no. 1893 01:31:30,931 --> 01:31:33,032 Actually i came here about 3 weeks ago 1894 01:31:33,099 --> 01:31:34,534 After his wife died. 1895 01:31:34,601 --> 01:31:37,303 [Car pulls up] 1896 01:31:37,370 --> 01:31:38,671 Excuse me. 1897 01:31:42,375 --> 01:31:43,843 Ah, mr. Bruhl. 1898 01:31:43,911 --> 01:31:45,210 Bloody bore porter is. 1899 01:31:45,278 --> 01:31:47,012 Glad you're back. Mrs. Ten dorp is here. 1900 01:31:47,080 --> 01:31:48,113 Oh, helga, how nice to see you. 1901 01:31:48,181 --> 01:31:49,515 How good you get home before storm. 1902 01:31:49,583 --> 01:31:51,517 Miss ten dorp says we're in for a bad one. 1903 01:31:51,585 --> 01:31:53,018 She came to borrow some candles. 1904 01:31:53,086 --> 01:31:54,119 Do we have any? 1905 01:31:54,187 --> 01:31:56,388 Yes, there's some upstairs. 1906 01:31:56,457 --> 01:31:58,357 I saw you on the merv griffin show. 1907 01:31:58,425 --> 01:32:00,025 It wasn't a very good night, was it? 1908 01:32:00,093 --> 01:32:01,026 What is it? 1909 01:32:01,094 --> 01:32:02,528 Is man i warn you of. 1910 01:32:02,596 --> 01:32:04,029 Man in boots who attacks you. 1911 01:32:04,097 --> 01:32:05,130 Warn me? 1912 01:32:05,198 --> 01:32:07,667 Oh, yes. In the turmoil of myra's death-- 1913 01:32:07,734 --> 01:32:08,668 Is he. 1914 01:32:08,735 --> 01:32:11,136 Candles are not why i come. 1915 01:32:11,204 --> 01:32:13,238 I have many candles. But again tonight, 1916 01:32:13,306 --> 01:32:15,274 I feel danger here in this room. 1917 01:32:15,342 --> 01:32:17,242 The feeling, very strong. 1918 01:32:17,310 --> 01:32:19,345 You should not have him here. 1919 01:32:19,412 --> 01:32:21,481 Oh, this is weird. 1920 01:32:21,548 --> 01:32:24,016 This is absolutely amazing. 1921 01:32:24,084 --> 01:32:25,518 Do you know, 1922 01:32:25,586 --> 01:32:29,121 I decided just tonight to dismiss him? 1923 01:32:29,189 --> 01:32:31,791 I was discussing this with my lawyer. 1924 01:32:31,859 --> 01:32:34,026 Now, i felt uneasy about him last week, 1925 01:32:34,094 --> 01:32:35,795 And i asked my lawyer to check on him. 1926 01:32:35,863 --> 01:32:36,829 [Gasps] 1927 01:32:36,897 --> 01:32:38,731 Smith-Corona? 1928 01:32:40,200 --> 01:32:41,133 Is his? 1929 01:32:41,201 --> 01:32:42,935 Why, uh, yes. 1930 01:32:43,003 --> 01:32:45,738 Corona, not colonna. 1931 01:32:45,806 --> 01:32:48,040 You must send away this man at once. 1932 01:32:48,108 --> 01:32:49,542 Oh, i was going to. 1933 01:32:49,610 --> 01:32:51,243 Well, give him his notice, at least. 1934 01:32:51,311 --> 01:32:53,245 And i shan't put it off now that you've warned me. 1935 01:32:53,313 --> 01:32:54,714 But tell me, 1936 01:32:54,781 --> 01:32:59,218 Are you positive that you saw him attacking me? 1937 01:32:59,285 --> 01:33:01,854 Very sharp, very clear. 1938 01:33:01,922 --> 01:33:04,189 Like tv with cable. 1939 01:33:04,257 --> 01:33:06,025 Ah, thank you. 1940 01:33:06,092 --> 01:33:07,527 Ja, i take 2. 1941 01:33:07,594 --> 01:33:08,528 There's plenty more. 1942 01:33:08,595 --> 01:33:10,396 Oh, no, no, 2 is enough. 1943 01:33:10,463 --> 01:33:12,164 Clifford: it's really blowing up out there. 1944 01:33:12,232 --> 01:33:15,334 Ja, sometimes they get it right, these weathermen. 1945 01:33:17,604 --> 01:33:19,539 You want i should stay? 1946 01:33:19,606 --> 01:33:20,873 No, there's no need. 1947 01:33:20,941 --> 01:33:23,042 You're going to get very wet out there, you know? 1948 01:33:23,109 --> 01:33:25,011 I'm not afraid of rain. 1949 01:33:25,078 --> 01:33:26,045 Good night. 1950 01:33:26,112 --> 01:33:27,780 It was very nice meeting you. 1951 01:33:27,848 --> 01:33:29,281 She told you 1952 01:33:29,349 --> 01:33:31,483 I'm man in boots who attacks you, ja? 1953 01:33:31,551 --> 01:33:32,551 Ja. 1954 01:33:32,618 --> 01:33:34,519 She noticed them just before you came in. 1955 01:33:34,587 --> 01:33:36,521 I told her you were giving me karate lessons 1956 01:33:36,589 --> 01:33:39,024 And we were attacking each other all over the place. 1957 01:33:39,092 --> 01:33:41,526 The closer you stick to the truth, the better. 1958 01:33:41,594 --> 01:33:42,527 Old bat. 1959 01:33:42,595 --> 01:33:44,529 Listen, i finished act one. 1960 01:33:44,597 --> 01:33:46,498 Well, your evening was better spent than mine. 1961 01:33:46,566 --> 01:33:48,968 I've ended it with julian on the phone. 1962 01:33:49,035 --> 01:33:51,536 "Oh, god, how can i go on without her?" 1963 01:33:51,604 --> 01:33:54,039 Yeah, he wants the doctor to think he's upset, right? 1964 01:33:54,107 --> 01:33:55,540 The dialogue's a bit tin pan alley, 1965 01:33:55,608 --> 01:33:57,042 But your timing couldn't be better. 1966 01:33:57,110 --> 01:33:58,610 I've got act two ready to go. 1967 01:33:58,678 --> 01:33:59,611 Terrific. 1968 01:33:59,679 --> 01:34:01,013 Well, at least i think i have. 1969 01:34:01,081 --> 01:34:03,749 There are 2 bits of business i'm not sure will work. 1970 01:34:03,816 --> 01:34:04,917 Mm-Hmm. 1971 01:34:04,985 --> 01:34:06,919 We'll try them, and if they do, 1972 01:34:06,987 --> 01:34:08,921 We'll go through the whole thing scene by scene. 1973 01:34:08,989 --> 01:34:10,289 It's really full of surprises. 1974 01:34:10,357 --> 01:34:13,025 Ah. Let's hear them. 1975 01:34:13,093 --> 01:34:15,995 Oh, shit, i'm fed up with this weather. 1976 01:34:16,062 --> 01:34:19,198 Cliff, check the upstairs windows, will you? 1977 01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:41,353 Just made it. 1978 01:34:41,421 --> 01:34:43,822 It's really going to be a bitch. 1979 01:34:43,890 --> 01:34:46,392 So, what's the bits, the business? 1980 01:34:46,459 --> 01:34:48,227 Uh, they're in the final scene. 1981 01:34:48,295 --> 01:34:49,228 Yeah? 1982 01:34:49,296 --> 01:34:51,196 Uh, victor has spilled the beans, 1983 01:34:51,264 --> 01:34:55,134 And our detective has come to beard julian in his den. 1984 01:34:55,201 --> 01:34:56,135 Right? 1985 01:34:56,202 --> 01:34:58,037 Julian goes berserk, 1986 01:34:58,104 --> 01:35:00,239 Shoots the detective in the left arm. 1987 01:35:00,307 --> 01:35:01,240 Left. 1988 01:35:01,308 --> 01:35:03,542 But there's only one bullet in the gun. 1989 01:35:03,609 --> 01:35:05,044 I'll explain that later. 1990 01:35:05,111 --> 01:35:10,282 Now, he's got to get to the upstage wall, 1991 01:35:10,350 --> 01:35:12,985 Grab a weapon, and finish him off. 1992 01:35:13,053 --> 01:35:15,520 Now, the first question is, 1993 01:35:15,588 --> 01:35:19,158 Can a one-Armed inspector in very good physical condition 1994 01:35:19,225 --> 01:35:21,693 Stop a two-Armed, middle-Aged playwright? 1995 01:35:21,761 --> 01:35:24,396 And the answer has to be no. 1996 01:35:24,464 --> 01:35:25,730 So let's try it. 1997 01:35:25,798 --> 01:35:28,033 Uh, me julian, you detective. 1998 01:35:28,101 --> 01:35:29,301 Right over here. 1999 01:35:29,369 --> 01:35:30,302 Why? 2000 01:35:30,370 --> 01:35:32,304 Don't you remember the seminar? 2001 01:35:32,372 --> 01:35:33,538 When in doubt, 2002 01:35:33,606 --> 01:35:34,806 Physicalize. Physicalize. 2003 01:35:34,874 --> 01:35:35,807 Come on. 2004 01:35:35,875 --> 01:35:36,942 Ok. 2005 01:35:38,111 --> 01:35:41,513 All right, so my left arm is out of commission. 2006 01:35:41,581 --> 01:35:42,514 Yes. 2007 01:35:42,582 --> 01:35:43,515 Uh-Huh. 2008 01:35:43,583 --> 01:35:44,516 You ready? Yeah. 2009 01:35:44,584 --> 01:35:45,985 Go! 2010 01:35:48,588 --> 01:35:50,689 [Thunder] 2011 01:35:57,930 --> 01:35:59,531 Voila. 2012 01:35:59,599 --> 01:36:00,532 It works. 2013 01:36:00,600 --> 01:36:03,035 I scratched your neck. 2014 01:36:03,103 --> 01:36:04,503 Oh, i'll survive. 2015 01:36:04,570 --> 01:36:07,873 Now, the next bit is less strenuous 2016 01:36:07,940 --> 01:36:09,208 And very brief. 2017 01:36:09,275 --> 01:36:10,542 Glad to hear it. 2018 01:36:10,610 --> 01:36:12,711 Uh, come up here. 2019 01:36:12,778 --> 01:36:15,514 Now i'm the detective... 2020 01:36:15,581 --> 01:36:17,782 And you're julian. 2021 01:36:17,850 --> 01:36:18,783 Ok. 2022 01:36:18,851 --> 01:36:21,320 Now take the ax off the wall. 2023 01:36:24,090 --> 01:36:25,524 Uh, this one? 2024 01:36:25,591 --> 01:36:26,525 Yeah. 2025 01:36:26,592 --> 01:36:27,659 Ok. 2026 01:36:31,564 --> 01:36:34,666 No, it doesn't look natural that way. 2027 01:36:34,734 --> 01:36:37,403 Well, it feels natural this way. 2028 01:36:37,470 --> 01:36:38,837 Uh, try it the other way. 2029 01:36:38,905 --> 01:36:40,705 The other way. 2030 01:36:42,375 --> 01:36:45,310 No, it really doesn't feel natural this way. 2031 01:36:45,378 --> 01:36:47,279 Put it back the way you had it, then. 2032 01:36:47,347 --> 01:36:48,647 Ok. 2033 01:36:50,583 --> 01:36:51,517 Yeah, feels-- 2034 01:36:51,584 --> 01:36:53,919 Feels better this way. 2035 01:36:54,070 --> 01:36:54,903 Good. 2036 01:36:54,971 --> 01:36:56,705 Uh, i'll tell you what, cliff, 2037 01:36:56,772 --> 01:36:58,874 Put the ax down on the floor. 2038 01:37:09,052 --> 01:37:11,353 Stand very still, clifford. 2039 01:37:12,588 --> 01:37:15,257 We're going to say good-Bye. 2040 01:37:17,227 --> 01:37:20,996 This weapon from gunpoint... 2041 01:37:21,064 --> 01:37:24,666 Is now full of live bullets, luv. 2042 01:37:25,735 --> 01:37:28,303 I loaded it myself last night. 2043 01:37:34,077 --> 01:37:37,913 I just can't have the play written, cliff. 2044 01:37:39,082 --> 01:37:43,018 And i honestly cannot think 2045 01:37:43,086 --> 01:37:46,688 Of any other way to stop you but this. 2046 01:37:48,091 --> 01:37:51,026 And i do not wish to join 2047 01:37:51,094 --> 01:37:53,995 All the ex-Mistresses of ex-Presidents 2048 01:37:54,064 --> 01:37:56,998 And former cia assassins 2049 01:37:57,067 --> 01:37:59,501 And happy hookers 2050 01:37:59,569 --> 01:38:02,904 Lining up to-- To tell tom snyder 2051 01:38:02,972 --> 01:38:06,508 And phil donahue how it was. 2052 01:38:07,577 --> 01:38:09,144 That's not my style. 2053 01:38:09,212 --> 01:38:12,147 It's just not me, is it, luv? 2054 01:38:12,215 --> 01:38:15,016 It's not going to be you either, luv, 2055 01:38:15,085 --> 01:38:17,018 Spending the next 25 years slaving away 2056 01:38:17,087 --> 01:38:18,687 At crappy jobs for no money. 2057 01:38:18,754 --> 01:38:20,689 You have got a very firm grip on unreality, sid. 2058 01:38:20,756 --> 01:38:22,524 46 years old, you're written out, 2059 01:38:22,592 --> 01:38:24,059 You're practically broke. 2060 01:38:26,929 --> 01:38:29,331 I'm afraid i told you a little fib. 2061 01:38:29,399 --> 01:38:34,436 Between the insurance which arrived a few days ago, 2062 01:38:34,504 --> 01:38:37,106 And what myra really left, 2063 01:38:37,173 --> 01:38:39,941 I'll have about a million dollars. 2064 01:38:40,009 --> 01:38:41,443 Plus, of course, 2065 01:38:41,511 --> 01:38:44,213 This quite valuable property. 2066 01:38:44,280 --> 01:38:47,716 And i do hope to have another hit play someday. 2067 01:38:47,783 --> 01:38:50,719 Hope springs eternal. 2068 01:38:50,786 --> 01:38:52,354 You shit! You'll never get away with this. 2069 01:38:52,422 --> 01:38:53,388 Why not? 2070 01:38:53,456 --> 01:38:56,858 Such wildly extenuating circumstances. 2071 01:38:58,595 --> 01:39:01,563 I asked porter to have you checked out in riverhead, 2072 01:39:01,631 --> 01:39:03,965 Do a serious rundown. 2073 01:39:04,033 --> 01:39:08,504 And i spent this evening listening to his report. 2074 01:39:08,571 --> 01:39:10,506 Porter was shocked, 2075 01:39:10,573 --> 01:39:14,075 Very disturbed at this possibly quite dangerous young man 2076 01:39:14,144 --> 01:39:18,147 I had innocently taken into my place. 2077 01:39:18,214 --> 01:39:21,483 Porter insists that the sooner i send you packing, 2078 01:39:21,551 --> 01:39:22,484 The better. 2079 01:39:22,552 --> 01:39:24,953 So i come home, 2080 01:39:25,021 --> 01:39:27,022 And i give you your notice. 2081 01:39:27,089 --> 01:39:29,424 But you become abusive and violent. 2082 01:39:29,492 --> 01:39:33,094 Luckily, i get to the gun. 2083 01:39:35,565 --> 01:39:37,533 I'm truly sorry, cliff. 2084 01:39:39,068 --> 01:39:40,636 I shall miss you. 2085 01:39:41,571 --> 01:39:45,507 You opened up certain doors for me, 2086 01:39:45,575 --> 01:39:48,677 And for that i'm grateful. 2087 01:39:53,916 --> 01:39:55,517 Oh, god. 2088 01:39:55,585 --> 01:39:59,688 This is going to be even harder than i expected. 2089 01:40:01,424 --> 01:40:02,992 Good-Bye, clifford. 2090 01:40:06,329 --> 01:40:08,364 Bye, sidney. 2091 01:40:11,368 --> 01:40:12,434 [Click] 2092 01:40:14,371 --> 01:40:15,437 [Click] 2093 01:40:18,975 --> 01:40:20,075 [Click] 2094 01:40:21,277 --> 01:40:23,112 Bang bang. 2095 01:40:23,179 --> 01:40:25,447 Sorry the click is so anticlimactic, sidney, 2096 01:40:25,515 --> 01:40:28,283 But i needed the bullets from that gun... 2097 01:40:29,919 --> 01:40:32,221 For this one. 2098 01:40:32,288 --> 01:40:34,556 Now sit down, dum-Dum. Sit down! 2099 01:40:34,624 --> 01:40:37,092 Right in that chair, thank you. 2100 01:40:38,395 --> 01:40:40,429 Reversal, sidney. 2101 01:40:40,497 --> 01:40:41,897 Remember? 2102 01:40:41,964 --> 01:40:44,566 You stressed it in the seminar, first day. 2103 01:40:44,634 --> 01:40:46,668 But you see, the problem was, 2104 01:40:46,736 --> 01:40:48,703 I had this terrific first act-- 2105 01:40:48,771 --> 01:40:50,839 I just couldn't think of what came next. 2106 01:40:50,907 --> 01:40:52,607 You see, dialogue's a snap for me, 2107 01:40:52,675 --> 01:40:55,077 But i still have little problems with plotting. 2108 01:40:55,145 --> 01:40:56,945 And that was very frustrating, 2109 01:40:57,013 --> 01:40:59,081 Particularly because i'm sharing bed and board 2110 01:40:59,149 --> 01:41:02,717 With the old master plotter himself. 2111 01:41:02,785 --> 01:41:04,086 Let's see. 2112 01:41:04,154 --> 01:41:07,022 I think you're about a 42 regular. 2113 01:41:12,628 --> 01:41:15,030 You can put your gun down, sidney. 2114 01:41:17,600 --> 01:41:18,800 Unlock them, please. 2115 01:41:18,868 --> 01:41:20,001 [Thunder] 2116 01:41:20,070 --> 01:41:21,403 Ha. 2117 01:41:21,471 --> 01:41:23,505 It's corny but effective. 2118 01:41:23,573 --> 01:41:26,141 Well, there i am with my problem. 2119 01:41:26,209 --> 01:41:28,377 See, sidney's not going to help me-- 2120 01:41:28,445 --> 01:41:29,945 Well, not voluntarily. 2121 01:41:30,012 --> 01:41:31,947 This--I know that from square one, 2122 01:41:32,014 --> 01:41:34,049 'Cause sidney uses 3 kinds of mouthwash 2123 01:41:34,117 --> 01:41:35,784 And 4 kinds of deodorant-- 2124 01:41:35,851 --> 01:41:39,088 Not for him the whiff of scandal. 2125 01:41:39,155 --> 01:41:40,689 But i think to myself, 2126 01:41:40,756 --> 01:41:43,192 Is there a way that maybe i can harness 2127 01:41:43,259 --> 01:41:44,460 That 17-Jewel brain 2128 01:41:44,527 --> 01:41:46,728 And get it to work for me all unwittingly? 2129 01:41:46,796 --> 01:41:48,530 So i go on drafting act one, 2130 01:41:48,598 --> 01:41:50,365 And every time i leave the room, 2131 01:41:50,433 --> 01:41:53,768 I put it inconspicuously in the drawer. Ha ha. 2132 01:41:53,836 --> 01:41:55,036 So inconspicuously in fact, 2133 01:41:55,105 --> 01:41:56,505 That for a day and a half, 2134 01:41:56,573 --> 01:41:58,507 Smart old sidney doesn't even notice. 2135 01:41:58,575 --> 01:42:00,709 And then dull old porter comes in 2136 01:42:00,776 --> 01:42:02,043 And twigs right away. 2137 01:42:02,112 --> 01:42:03,512 Oh, what a relief. 2138 01:42:03,580 --> 01:42:05,414 So, on we go with my scenario. 2139 01:42:05,482 --> 01:42:06,715 You rifling my desk, 2140 01:42:06,782 --> 01:42:08,417 Confronting me with the evidence, 2141 01:42:08,485 --> 01:42:10,652 Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 2142 01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:11,953 You're a prick, you know that? 2143 01:42:12,021 --> 01:42:14,055 Duh, sticks and stones, sidney. 2144 01:42:14,124 --> 01:42:17,359 Ha. Hey, sidney, here we are, huh? 2145 01:42:17,427 --> 01:42:19,094 Bruhl and anderson. 2146 01:42:19,162 --> 01:42:21,363 Now, i write, and sidney thinks. 2147 01:42:21,431 --> 01:42:22,397 Hmm. 2148 01:42:22,465 --> 01:42:24,399 And i really don't sleep much. 2149 01:42:24,467 --> 01:42:26,135 Uh, last night, for example, 2150 01:42:26,202 --> 01:42:27,802 I hardly got a wink 2151 01:42:27,870 --> 01:42:31,072 With all your elephantine tiptoeing around. 2152 01:42:31,141 --> 01:42:32,608 Tin pan alley dialogue? 2153 01:42:32,675 --> 01:42:34,376 God, do you think i'm stupid? 2154 01:42:34,444 --> 01:42:36,044 That was dummy dialogue, dummy! 2155 01:42:36,112 --> 01:42:38,046 To keep you comfy while you're plotting. 2156 01:42:38,114 --> 01:42:40,015 For every wooden line i wrote there, 2157 01:42:40,082 --> 01:42:41,683 There's an aerial one up here. 2158 01:42:41,751 --> 01:42:45,354 I am going to burn this shit myself when i leave here. 2159 01:42:45,421 --> 01:42:48,023 Now you give me the key, please. 2160 01:42:48,090 --> 01:42:49,858 And you put them on. 2161 01:42:51,894 --> 01:42:55,264 Oh, and i do thank you for act two, sidney, 2162 01:42:55,331 --> 01:42:58,300 But we're not going to have a long island detective. 2163 01:42:58,368 --> 01:43:01,136 Julian's lawyer is the fifth character. 2164 01:43:01,204 --> 01:43:03,505 Julian finds out in scene one 2165 01:43:03,573 --> 01:43:05,974 That victor is actually writing the real deathtrap 2166 01:43:06,042 --> 01:43:07,176 About doris' murder. 2167 01:43:07,243 --> 01:43:09,144 He pretends that he will collaborate-- 2168 01:43:09,212 --> 01:43:11,446 Through the arm of the chair. 2169 01:43:11,514 --> 01:43:13,382 Don't be stupid. 2170 01:43:13,449 --> 01:43:15,884 Put the handcuffs through the arm of the chair. 2171 01:43:19,389 --> 01:43:21,456 Thank you. 2172 01:43:21,524 --> 01:43:24,426 Yes. Old julian pretends that he will collaborate. 2173 01:43:24,494 --> 01:43:26,094 Meanwhile, he has his lawyer 2174 01:43:26,162 --> 01:43:28,096 Do some checking up on victor, 2175 01:43:28,164 --> 01:43:31,300 Knowing that there are some charges to be found... 2176 01:43:31,367 --> 01:43:33,902 Most of them very, very unfair. 2177 01:43:35,971 --> 01:43:37,472 Scene 2... 2178 01:43:39,141 --> 01:43:40,375 Julian sets victor up 2179 01:43:40,443 --> 01:43:43,345 For what will look like a murder in self-Defense 2180 01:43:43,413 --> 01:43:46,582 By getting him to act out bits of business 2181 01:43:46,649 --> 01:43:47,749 From the play. 2182 01:43:47,817 --> 01:43:49,918 Unh! Unh! Uhh! 2183 01:43:49,985 --> 01:43:51,253 God, that's nice, sidney! 2184 01:43:51,321 --> 01:43:52,454 I mean, wow! 2185 01:43:52,522 --> 01:43:54,823 That is simple. It is workable. 2186 01:43:54,890 --> 01:43:56,157 It's gonna play. 2187 01:43:56,226 --> 01:43:57,959 I'm really in your debt. 2188 01:43:58,027 --> 01:44:01,630 So, julian shoots victor, 2189 01:44:01,698 --> 01:44:04,299 Who's a handsome, charming, wonderful kid 2190 01:44:04,367 --> 01:44:07,769 That julian has led astray, seduced-- 2191 01:44:07,837 --> 01:44:08,937 You big creep. 2192 01:44:09,004 --> 01:44:10,239 Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah. 2193 01:44:10,306 --> 01:44:11,806 But at the very next moment, 2194 01:44:11,874 --> 01:44:13,609 Inga van bronk and the lawyer come in. 2195 01:44:13,676 --> 01:44:14,943 See, she's called him 2196 01:44:15,010 --> 01:44:17,379 Because she's been getting bad vibes all night. 2197 01:44:17,447 --> 01:44:19,381 They met at doris' funeral. 2198 01:44:19,449 --> 01:44:21,416 Now, victor lives just long enough 2199 01:44:21,484 --> 01:44:24,353 To tell the truth about himself and julian... 2200 01:44:24,420 --> 01:44:27,556 And about doris' funeral. 2201 01:44:27,624 --> 01:44:29,858 And then... 2202 01:44:29,925 --> 01:44:33,262 Julian shoots himself... 2203 01:44:33,329 --> 01:44:34,896 Curtain. 2204 01:44:36,499 --> 01:44:37,733 Is that it? 2205 01:44:37,800 --> 01:44:39,701 What do you mean, "is that it"? 2206 01:44:39,769 --> 01:44:42,036 They're both dead, dummy. The play is over. 2207 01:44:42,104 --> 01:44:44,773 Julian shoots himself? 2208 01:44:44,840 --> 01:44:47,409 That's exceedingly feeble, clifford. 2209 01:44:48,511 --> 01:44:50,211 I'd be glad to think about it some more. 2210 01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:53,014 No, no. That's ok. I can fill in the holes. 2211 01:44:53,082 --> 01:44:54,783 Now, here's the big surprise, sidney. 2212 01:44:54,850 --> 01:44:56,818 Are you ready? 2213 01:44:56,886 --> 01:44:58,019 [Gasps] 2214 01:45:00,590 --> 01:45:02,190 I'm not gonna kill you. 2215 01:45:02,258 --> 01:45:04,159 Ha. 2216 01:45:04,226 --> 01:45:06,961 Hey, i just wanted a hit play. Ha ha. 2217 01:45:07,029 --> 01:45:08,697 And i'm really not the total sociopath 2218 01:45:08,765 --> 01:45:10,165 That you'd like to think. 2219 01:45:10,232 --> 01:45:13,001 Sidney, i'm gonna pack, i'm gonna call a cab, 2220 01:45:13,068 --> 01:45:15,537 And i really hope that i can get one in this storm 2221 01:45:15,605 --> 01:45:18,573 Because otherwise you're going to have to sit there all night. 2222 01:45:18,641 --> 01:45:22,277 When the cab is safely at the door... 2223 01:45:23,346 --> 01:45:25,614 I'm going to give you the key 2224 01:45:25,682 --> 01:45:28,082 And unlock one wrist. 2225 01:45:29,885 --> 01:45:33,054 You will tell people that you gave me my notice. 2226 01:45:33,122 --> 01:45:35,724 I accepted it with grace. 2227 01:45:35,792 --> 01:45:37,926 But if you hassle me in any way, 2228 01:45:37,993 --> 01:45:41,029 You will be opening up a very messy can of worms. 2229 01:45:41,096 --> 01:45:42,431 If you don't bother me 2230 01:45:42,498 --> 01:45:43,998 Between now and the opening of deathtrap, 2231 01:45:44,066 --> 01:45:46,635 I'll say, "well, yes, i got the idea years ago. 2232 01:45:46,703 --> 01:45:50,305 "I worked for sidney bruhl for a few weeks, but i left... 2233 01:45:50,373 --> 01:45:51,773 "'Cause i was so depressed 2234 01:45:51,841 --> 01:45:53,975 "At the way he kept humping beautiful women... 2235 01:45:54,043 --> 01:45:56,311 Out of grief for his wife." 2236 01:45:56,379 --> 01:45:58,480 [Thunder] 2237 01:45:59,716 --> 01:46:02,451 Electrical effects by god himself. 2238 01:46:07,256 --> 01:46:09,057 So long, sidney. 2239 01:46:09,124 --> 01:46:11,493 It's really been educational. 2240 01:46:35,484 --> 01:46:36,818 Sidney: cliff? 2241 01:46:38,520 --> 01:46:39,955 Cliff? 2242 01:46:40,022 --> 01:46:42,490 You can come down. 2243 01:46:42,558 --> 01:46:44,626 Those were houdini's handcuffs. 2244 01:47:01,811 --> 01:47:03,912 [Thunder] 2245 01:47:14,623 --> 01:47:16,124 [Creak] 2246 01:47:17,160 --> 01:47:18,693 [Creak] 2247 01:47:26,702 --> 01:47:28,036 [Creak] 2248 01:47:31,040 --> 01:47:33,308 [Creaking] 2249 01:48:00,369 --> 01:48:01,569 [Creak] 2250 01:48:08,878 --> 01:48:09,878 [Creak] 2251 01:48:09,946 --> 01:48:11,546 [Thunder] 2252 01:48:43,246 --> 01:48:45,347 [Thunder] 2253 01:48:47,350 --> 01:48:49,717 Hang in there, long island light. 2254 01:49:02,031 --> 01:49:04,299 [Thunder] 2255 01:49:05,467 --> 01:49:06,868 Jesus! 2256 01:49:28,490 --> 01:49:30,959 [Thunder] 2257 01:49:31,027 --> 01:49:32,560 They're gone. 2258 01:49:37,433 --> 01:49:39,301 [Thunder] 2259 01:49:39,368 --> 01:49:40,868 Oh, shit! 2260 01:49:40,937 --> 01:49:43,004 Shit! Shit! 2261 01:49:43,072 --> 01:49:44,973 Candles. Ah, candles. 2262 01:49:45,041 --> 01:49:47,175 Matches, matches, matches. 2263 01:49:47,243 --> 01:49:49,311 Oh, shit! Matches. 2264 01:49:49,378 --> 01:49:51,313 Matches, matches. 2265 01:49:52,414 --> 01:49:53,898 Helga: matches. 2266 01:49:55,467 --> 01:49:57,135 Candle. 2267 01:50:03,275 --> 01:50:05,009 I came to help. 2268 01:50:05,077 --> 01:50:07,278 Such troubles. 2269 01:50:07,346 --> 01:50:09,613 But not trouble for you. 2270 01:50:09,681 --> 01:50:11,015 Trouble from you! 2271 01:50:11,083 --> 01:50:13,751 Well, strictly speaking, helga, 2272 01:50:13,819 --> 01:50:17,788 I'd say we're both in a spot of trouble. 2273 01:50:17,857 --> 01:50:21,792 Now you will want to kill me, ja? 2274 01:50:21,861 --> 01:50:24,863 First mrs. Bruhl-- Somehow you do that. 2275 01:50:24,930 --> 01:50:27,431 I'm right, ja? Then the boy... 2276 01:50:27,499 --> 01:50:29,900 No. You've got it wrong. 2277 01:50:29,967 --> 01:50:31,702 He killed myra. 2278 01:50:31,770 --> 01:50:34,004 And tonight, he tried to kill me. 2279 01:50:34,071 --> 01:50:36,039 Then why you need burn evidence 2280 01:50:36,107 --> 01:50:38,074 If evidence prove he did it? 2281 01:50:38,142 --> 01:50:40,010 Ja, i don't think. 2282 01:50:40,077 --> 01:50:41,011 [Thunder] 2283 01:50:41,078 --> 01:50:42,713 That's not evidence, helga. 2284 01:50:42,781 --> 01:50:44,381 It's a manuscript, a play. 2285 01:50:44,449 --> 01:50:47,618 A play? About death? 2286 01:50:47,685 --> 01:50:49,119 I will read. 2287 01:50:49,186 --> 01:50:51,422 [Thunder] 2288 01:50:53,224 --> 01:50:56,259 You will not kill me with beautiful woman's dagger! 2289 01:50:56,327 --> 01:50:58,995 I will not allow that! 2290 01:50:59,063 --> 01:51:01,998 I don't wish to make violence, mr. Bruhl, but-- 2291 01:51:02,066 --> 01:51:04,501 There are no bullets in that gun, helga. 2292 01:51:04,569 --> 01:51:06,837 It's a stage prop. 2293 01:51:06,905 --> 01:51:08,939 If you don't believe me, check it out. 2294 01:51:09,006 --> 01:51:12,509 Ja, maybe i check it by pulling trigger. 2295 01:51:12,577 --> 01:51:14,478 Suit yourself. 2296 01:51:14,546 --> 01:51:16,480 But it's just as easy to check it by-- 2297 01:51:16,548 --> 01:51:18,148 If no bullets in gun, 2298 01:51:18,215 --> 01:51:22,486 Then you don't let me cross room to fireplace. 2299 01:51:22,554 --> 01:51:25,304 [Thunder] 2300 01:51:27,041 --> 01:51:30,143 [Thunder] 2301 01:51:35,816 --> 01:51:37,517 Aah! 2302 01:51:37,585 --> 01:51:38,985 [Gun drops] 2303 01:51:42,456 --> 01:51:45,859 Sidney: i thought i heard the gun drop. 2304 01:51:45,927 --> 01:51:49,663 Heh. You dropped it, didn't you, helga? 2305 01:51:52,600 --> 01:51:54,167 [Thunder] 2306 01:51:55,269 --> 01:51:56,836 [Thunder] 2307 01:52:08,983 --> 01:52:11,084 [Thunder] 2308 01:52:16,223 --> 01:52:18,091 [Thunder] 2309 01:52:20,427 --> 01:52:22,629 [Thunder] 2310 01:52:29,269 --> 01:52:31,605 Let go of the knife, helga. 2311 01:52:31,672 --> 01:52:33,272 Get back, helga! Get back! 2312 01:52:33,340 --> 01:52:35,008 Get back! 2313 01:52:35,076 --> 01:52:36,543 [Thunder] 2314 01:52:46,687 --> 01:52:48,121 [Gasps] 2315 01:52:48,189 --> 01:52:49,656 [Audience gasps] 2316 01:52:52,426 --> 01:52:54,261 Ahh! 2317 01:52:54,328 --> 01:52:57,097 Actress: inga, you're well out of this! 2318 01:52:57,165 --> 01:52:58,464 [Laughter, applause] 2319 01:52:58,532 --> 01:53:00,667 Bravo! 2320 01:53:00,734 --> 01:53:02,002 Bravo! 2321 01:53:02,069 --> 01:53:04,171 Bravo! 2322 01:53:18,052 --> 01:53:20,053 Ha ha ha! Helga, baby, 2323 01:53:20,121 --> 01:53:23,023 We've got ourselves a smash! 2324 01:53:23,090 --> 01:53:24,724 What a play you wrote! 2325 01:53:24,792 --> 01:53:27,160 We're gonna make ourselves a fortune here, helga! 2326 01:53:27,228 --> 01:53:30,330 Waste not, want not! 162341

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