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You're on the other side now, Barker.

Hello, Mr. Mannix.

How does it feel?

Oh, can I drop you someplace?

Why bother?

We have a lot to talk about.

First things first.

That's for the seven years.

Barker?

Leave me alone.

Go on, Chili.

Come on, come on.

Please, come on.

I'm loaded.

Remember?

Dave, one thing about a cell, you can close the door and you're alone.

Now that you got a parole, I'd like to work on a full part.

Things you take for granted.

Just being able to hold a knife in your hand and know it doesn't bring a week in

solitary.

You got a place to stay?

They gave me $72 when they released me. Then there's the money the jury said I

took. One million, wasn't it?

That makes $1 ,072 ,000 in my pocket, one account.

Dave!

I was hired.

When all the evidence pointed at you and you were convicted, I never stopped

digging. You know that.

The book is closed.

Dave.

It was my first case. I was green.

Mannix.

I just spent seven years locked into a four -by -six cell for something I

do.

Let's not talk again.

We can clear this up once and for all. Now!

David, I need your help.

What was it, Hit and Run?

He didn't stop to explain.

Another bourbon barkeep.

You're drinking scotch. Oh, is there a difference?

Since when did you become a lush?

Mr. Mannix, starting now, I'm a lot of things I was not.

I'm also an ex -con.

In your business, doctor?

Whenever you deal with people.

I was company controller at Rebecca Cosmetics.

Sounds big, right?

Job, office, title.

What was it about?

Statements. Accounts payable.

Dull for most men. For me.

My life.

My life.

Suddenly one day a million dollars is missing.

Then John Lohman, the vice president, disappears.

The roof is caving in.

Mannix to the rescue.

Mr. Barker, you've had a rough time.

I'm setting a scene.

Doctor, where was I?

Does Mannix find John Lohman in the missing money?

He finds me.

Me.

And I wind up in prison, like a cigar in a box.

No, I had no applause. I think it's a great story.

Hey.

I can't wear these in my new life.

I catch cold.

You won't need pants.

You're not going anywhere for a few days.

Take one of these three times a day.

Be careful they don't mix with alcohol.

Oh, this is it. This is what I need.

A pill.

This helped me to live with the fact that I was forced to trade seven years

my life for stealing.

Is this that kind of pill, Doc?

How about one for Mannix?

How easy to swallow.

This part of this has been sticking in his throat for years.

You've had enough, Mr. Barker. How can one bottle be enough?

Thanks, Doc.

You know, I thought when you got out, just seeing you, somebody might get

nervous, make a mistake, grab the money and run for it, but I sure didn't expect

this. The money is alive and well in Argentina.

How'd they get there? John Lohman. Lohman is dead.

Lohman planned this. They found his car. He's shutting himself now on a veranda.

With his blood on it.

He's had a ball.

If that's true, why didn't the police find it?

Look, if he's not in Argentina, then he's here. He drove that car today. He

tried to kill me.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

That's what we're selling. Beauty, not buckets of paint.

I want this to look like that.

Lucille, dollars and cents are the treasurer's responsibility.

And the controller's. So work on it.

You're disturbing my train of thought.

Mr. Timpkins, I can't locate your wife.

Well, keep at it. She has to sign those papers.

Now, the meeting's adjourned.

Someone almost

killed David Barker today. Now, wouldn't the board like to discuss the

possibility that it wasn't an accident?

It's probably someone in John Lohman's family. Talk to them.

Why then? Do I have to say it again?

You sure Lohman's dead?

So was the district attorney.

The body was never found.

That was the main reason that Barker wasn't charged with murder.

Farnsworth, ambergris at that price.

Don't tell me that whales are scarce. So are customers like us.

By the way, what happened to Tom Summers?

And as long as we could.

John Lohman, David Barker, and now Tom Summers.

You know, at this rate, we won't be able to get up a ball club out of the old

gang.

Excuse me, Mr.

Tinkins wants me to talk to Tom Summers, and somehow I misplaced his last

address.

Thank you, Miss James. That won't be necessary.

Well, then he is important.

It would only embarrass us further.

Barker went to jail. That embarrassed him.

Convicted of one crime, suspected of another.

And you got his job.

I was his assistant.

How could I forget? You all did so much to help him.

Okay, I'll help him now.

Where is he?

Why do I get so nervous when you ask that?

He certainly didn't feed you enough to fill out the bones.

You're as thin as the...

The day we got married.

Still, it is becoming.

Well?

Martinis.

Like old times.

No olives.

I never drank a martini in my life.

Such a long time ago.

Forgot.

Maybe one of your husbands who came after me.

It's been a terrible time for me. You were going to be gone for 20 years.

Is that why you divorced me before my appeal was even denied?

Oh, David.

Nobody gets any younger.

Only you.

I had to live.

They didn't want me.

Somehow they assumed you told me where you put all the money.

Oh, come on, David. Taste it. You really like this one.

You really believe I took that money?

David, trust me.

We'll go somewhere.

We'll live.

You're a very desirable man, David. Did you know that?

I don't think I ever realized that before.

I can't believe it.

Seven years.

Not a great deal for you, David.

Kiss Mama, baby.

Kiss Mama.

Kiss both of them.

Hello, Gloria.

Isn't your daughter beautiful, David?

Kiss your father, Gloria. He's missed you.

Kiss him.

Get out.

Gloria, please. I have it all worked out.

Your father came here.

We're going to sit down and talk and get to know each other again.

And everything will be just like it was in the old days. Get out.

I hate you. Get out!

Mm -hmm

Summers? Tom, Summers.

Summers.

Summers. Come on.

Hey, bartender, get me a bottle.

Here, sit down.

Oh, that's work.

Yeah, what?

your needs a reason.

It's been a long, wet trip from your penthouse.

Who are you?

Joe Mannix. We met a long time ago.

That's before you changed.

I had a tough time finding you.

I need a hand, Summers.

I'm looking for money.

A million dollars.

Oh, Kyushu.

Kyushu in Japan?

Kyushu!

What about Kyushu?

My past is an awful ghost.

My past is full of them. Especially John Lohman's.

Get back to me. Get back to me.

I'll cash this check for you. I need more.

I better have it.

Mister? Hey.

Hey, mister.

It

isn't

the Ritz.

Tell Mr. Mannix.

I'm here.

Well, he has a very busy schedule.

Say, Tom Summers, he came to see me last night.

Why don't you come in?

Sit down.

Mr. Maddox!

to be anybody here.

But I swear.

Thank you.

Take it easy,

man. You'll all get a drink. One at a time.

No conversation.

Just tell me who picked up the tab for you to put me away for good.

Where's the other bartender? He made a good telling and

took off.

Where

did

Barker go?

For a walk.

Just keep pouring.

Don't worry. He'll come back. Now you know.

I know.

That guy Summers got that way after Barker was convicted. Why?

He left before I could ask him. Well, I mentioned Summers to Timpkins and he

gets very nervous. You say Barker to Summers and he takes off.

Seven years, a million dollars missing.

Barker gets out of jail and somebody tries to kill him. I get a glass of

hydrate, supposed to put me in a morgue forever.

What are you doing?

You can't worry on coffee alone.

Oh, boy, if I hire a short order cook, give me some answers.

I don't want to make you look bad.

What would the cops come up with?

I'll call a few friends.

Well, I'm on my own now, Mother. You don't have to worry about me anymore.

Don't forget to carry your galoshes and be a good boy.

If Barker gets back, sit on him.

I can't wait around forever.

If that doesn't work, lock him in the closet.

You see, Toby, it's like this.

Mother has this kind of a boss.

up in once in a while.

You tell me you're troubled.

You ask me questions about the same old dreary mess of seven years ago.

Yeah, go on.

It's too late, Joe.

You going away?

David Barker brought back memories.

I have to go off someplace.

Tom Summers had memories too, Lucille.

You taking him along?

Oh, that.

So you found out.

I give Tom a little money now and then to help out, that's all.

Or to keep him quiet.

About what?

Maybe a conspiracy to put the wrong man behind bars.

Oh, Joe.

People like Tom Summers come apart for a lot of reasons.

I don't know why it got that way. I don't really even want to know.

But you're running away and he's living in fear.

All right. I am scared.

We're all scared now that David Barker's out on the loose.

Can't I see it? Why don't I just forget the whole thing? Because you're a sweet

guy.

And you're confused.

You feel responsible.

Look, maybe you haven't seen the violence in that man, but I have.

I've been to that prison and he was... He was just like a madman.

He said he'd get us all.

He thinks we should have done more for him, but what could we have done?

Well, I'll see you, Lucille.

Joe. Don't feel guilty.

Frankly, I never understood your carefree attitude, Bernard, from the day

became my assistant.

Rushing away from the office, five on the dot, cocktail parties, golf, boating

on weekends.

Let the books wait till Monday. Man has to play, he always said.

Things seem to have changed.

Look at me.

Time on my hands.

I never had time on my hands before.

What do I do with it?

Even in prison they gave me things to do.

Bernard.

What? How does a man change?

David, I must get this report finished.

All I ever knew was work.

Ledgers, statements, reports.

Until it happened.

It's Saturday. Who works on Saturday?

I promised this for Monday morning.

I don't know where to turn.

I don't seem to fit anywhere.

Am I insane?

Did all this really happen?

There's a stink around me. I did not put there Bernard. I need help. I need to

know what happened.

You worked very long and very hard.

Timpkins refused you more money.

You were mentally exhausted.

So then you planned that theft and John Lohman caught you at it. So you killed

him.

I don't remember any of that.

I guess you'd want to... Block it from your mind.

No.

This is KG62114.

Get me 555 -6644.

Peggy? Hi.

Bernard Cord is dead. Now you tell Barker to stay put. He never got back.

What?

Was it Barker? Nobody saw Barker push Cord. He could have jumped or he could

have fallen.

I just came here to tell you to be cautious, not to panic.

I don't intend to panic.

What's this all about?

Mrs. Timpkins, David Barker.

He may have killed Bernard.

Do you think he did, Mr. Mannix?

Whoever did also tried to poison me.

Now, if it was Barker, why me?

You helped in his arrest, did you not?

Maybe you're on his list.

Well, I suggest you stay here and keep your doors locked.

Mr. Mannix, there's only one way to end all this. Find John Lohman's body. That

would put Barker away once and for all.

You're not dying again for a change, are you, Walter?

Why?

Do you have a bridge game scheduled?

I have nothing in black. All I own is Rebecca Cosmetics.

Rebecca, careful.

You may be on his list, too.

This is KG62114.

Oh,

Mannix. Hello.

Mannix, I'm being followed.

Summers? I feel it.

I feel it. No ghosts.

This is flesh, Mr. Mannix.

Flesh.

It's after me.

Where are you?

At the bar.

Where I found you?

No.

I'm outside.

Summers, why?

I needed it.

I needed it.

Who was following you?

Easy.

I'm sick.

I'm sick.

I gave you this bottle.

All right.

Even the guards treated me with respect.

The man who stole a million dollars.

Then how come you buy such rotten branding?

I'm a cheap billionaire.

You didn't steal that money.

What's the matter with you? Don't you like to vote with the majority?

Maybe I've been working for Mannix too long.

Does he believe me?

He's working with you.

He could want a cut of the treasure.

It stinks.

We're all thieves in this world.

How much we steal is what separates us.

My cellmate robbed a liquor store.

Fifty dollars.

No one talked to him.

I lost a husband that was a policeman.

He worked for peanuts.

So don't tell me about money.

How long has he been here?

This cell I enjoy.

This just walked in.

I don't want to be the complete sponger. I went out for a bottle. And it took

you all day.

Have one.

You know Bernard Court is dead.

Peggy told me. Yeah, that news break you up? He was my friend.

Did you go there? We talked.

About what?

I don't know. He was changed.

Especially after he hit the sidewalk.

I'm sorry.

Tom Summers is dead, too. That also shake you?

Oh, no.

Yeah, all of that since this busy bee of ours got out of prison.

How brave and true a champion, Mr. Mannix, that you believe in me cracks at

first test.

I can't afford to take any more chances with you.

I didn't kill Cord or Summers. What about John Lohman? I told you, Lohman

I don't know if I believe anything you told me.

If I'm guilty of anything, it's being a fool.

About my work, my life.

Believing in people.

In anyone.

One thing prison did for you. Taught you to play a sad scene.

I'm sorry they're dead.

I am.

They were my revenge.

Someone robbed me of seven years. Now they've taken my anger.

Don't you understand?

Now what'll I do?

Lie awake nights and freeze?

You must know how it is when you're filled with bitterness and there's no

hate.

You can never seem to get warm.

Has to be an answer.

Ask Summers.

Ask Cord. They were my friends.

When I went to the prison, they said they'd always be there to help.

Where are they now?

I'm your friend and somebody tried to kill me.

Friend?

You? Least of all you. You don't know what to believe, even now.

Two people are dead and there are still no answers. That's why you get into

this, why you're still in it. Not for me. Not for a friend. You're a man who

likes to know.

And you don't know a thing.

I've been cooped up long enough. What? Call the police.

Tell them I was at Cords. Say I went out to Summers. Maybe you can help them

find my fingerprints.

Say it and you're fired.

Sometimes it's not easy to like you. All right, what is it? You tell me. You

wrapped it up pretty quick seven years ago. Yeah, and I haven't had one that

easy since.

All the pieces fit like a key in a lock.

Now, where are you going?

I have a child waiting and an irate sitter. Ah, beautiful. Just walk away

the problem.

Whether he's guilty or not, we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning.

I'm sorry I can't solve your dilemma, but that's why I work for you instead of

the other way around.

Yeah, well, all the pieces were waiting. They set me up like a chicken pecking

at grain.

Maybe Lohman is alive.

Where? I don't know.

Well, as they say in TV land, have a nice weekend, Mr. Mannix.

Hey, wait a minute. You came here to make some coffee.

The next pot's on you.

Start with water.

Hello, Walter.

David. I think it's time we met.

Thank you, Johnson.

Come in, Mr. Mannix.

Mrs. Timpkins?

Well, it's too late. He's gone.

Where'd he go? I don't know. He left right after that call from David Barker.

Mr. Mannix, my husband is a fool. He's intent on embarrassing me with this open

sentimentality for a thief, which he made the mistake of employing.

If you can clear all this away, I'll make it worth your while.

It's already worth my while, Mrs. Timpkins.

One should respect all departed who are beloved. Good custom.

Did you know my brother?

Perhaps. I worked for Mr. Timpkins a long time ago. My brother was a gardener

here, too, for many years.

You may have met.

A drop of water in one ocean meets a drop of water in another.

Time passes quickly, but not memories.

At least he's home.

In Kyushu?

You have been there?

No. No, but a friend of mine spoke of it just the other day. Yes.

My brother rests there in a silver casket, carved with care and beauty.

Were it not for Mr. Timpkins, my brother would be buried here.

In a strange land.

Instead of it.

Are not ancestors.

Here it is.

Yoshiba Terukawa.

Had died seven years ago. Coronary occlusion.

It's a lovely service. From the wake to the cremation.

Cremation?

His body was shipped to Japan in a silver casket.

Impossible. We sent the errand to the house.

Would you mind rechecking that?

Well, David, how have you been?

I lost my tan in prison, but then I never had much to begin with. All those

hours at the office, you've changed.

Nothing stays the same. You seem somehow self -assured. Don't kid yourself.

I've got nothing to lose.

David, forget the past. Start again.

Drink? Please.

My mind stopped functioning when I went to jail.

I'm a vegetable, Walter, a cloud in limbo.

I'm nothing.

You still don't? Still can't.

What can I do to help?

Tell me my crime.

The court said that.

You're not a fool.

Whatever happened, whether you had anything to do with it or not, you must

known something.

What did happen, Walter?

Am I a killer?

How could I have been such a fool to let that theft get past my department?

Help me, please.

I've lost everything else. I want my sanity. Please help me to save that.

May I?

Help yourself.

You were in a bad state at the time.

Overworked. And you and John Loman never got along.

Cord said that, too. It's true, David.

Loman and I were friends.

David, you just don't want to remember.

Cord said that, too, Walter.

But that's not the truth.

I think you know the truth.

I think Claude knew the truth.

But none of you even tried to help with my trial. None of you seemed to want to.

Did you expect us to make up lies?

I want the truth, Walter. The truth. I want it now or I'll be your son, David.

All right.

We killed John Lohman.

And we stole the money.

You want to call the police now?

You know they won't believe me without Lohman.

Lohman is dead.

You're still lying.

I'm sorry, David.

Truly sorry.

It was you all along.

You know what Rebecca is like.

She owns this place. She owns me. Nothing here is mine.

Money was a chance to be free.

It had to be all of you.

It was all of us.

Even John Lohman.

But he was too greedy. He wanted it all for himself.

So I had to kill him.

And Somers found out he was an accessory to murder.

He just went to pieces.

It's terrible.

The reverence some people have for life.

It all worked.

The statute of limitations ran out on the money and I was just waiting for the

right moment.

Then Mannix got you out of prison and everything started to go wrong.

Bernard Cord started to crack under the strain.

So you put him out of his misery with a push.

Now there's no one left.

Except Lucille.

And me.

And the million dollars.

Too bad you had to come here to kill me, David.

I did have to protect myself.

People will understand.

Peggy, I need help.

It's all right. Don't apologize. I always wake up at 3 a .m. in the

I know what happened to Lohman's body.

What? It's in Japan.

What is it, Mommy?

Oh, it's all right, darling. Go back to sleep.

The body's in Japan.

Oh.

Peggy? Go on, go on.

Timpkins may be our key.

I want you to find Barker. Call your friends at headquarters.

Tell them that he stole a pair of my cufflinks, anything, but find him before

does something foolish.

He already has.

My friend from headquarters called a few minutes ago.

Barker just killed Walter Tempkins.

Joe! Late date, Lucille?

What do you want, Joe?

Well, for one thing, I'd like to know who your liquor dealer is. The stuff he

sells kills people.

What are you talking about?

About Tom Summers dead in an alley. You gave him a bottle instead of a check

this time, didn't you, Lucille?

Get out of here. I told you I'm leaving town.

Oh, if you're waiting for Walter Timpkins and a million dollars.

Walter's dead.

I don't believe it. Yeah.

Dull David Barker came back to life.

Oh, you won't need your bags where you're going, Lucille. They furnish the

clothes.

Chuckie.

No. Talk to me, Joe. Please talk to me. Talk to me before you do anything.

Please. Please.

Like you said, Lucille, it's a little late.

Give me the police.

Why did you call me here?

I don't know.

Wait. Wait.

I guess I called to...

I know what's happened to your life.

I don't know what I've done to cause it, but... It just seemed

to me that something should be said.

Angela.

Who are you?

She's my daughter.

The police are tearing up the town looking for you. What are you doing

I felt the need of a friend.

Call an ambulance.

I told you to stay out of it.

I had to know.

I couldn't stand not knowing.

I called Timpkins.

And he said he'd tell me.

He'd try to kill me.

Now, who'll buy that?

I'll buy it.

I'm seven years wiser.

I told you to call an ambulance.

It's an emergency. There's been a shooting. Seventy for sale. Verde. Yeah,

an ambulance. Fast.

All of them.

My friends.

Get me some towels in the upstairs bathroom.

Get me some towels!

Seven years.

Seven bad.

Seven good.

Bye -bye.