All language subtitles for Barnaby Jones s03e16 Counterfall

Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Ebsen.

Also starring Lee Merriweather, with
guest stars Mitchell Ryan,

Jacqueline Scott, James Callahan,

Robert Mandan, John Carter.

Tonight's episode, Counterball.

Thank you very much.

May I help you?

Oh, I don't know.

My name is Greg Alban. I received a
subpoena to appear in court.

A mistake. I didn't witness any
accident.

Well, it looks in order.

There is some mistake. I'm afraid you'll
have to explain it to the court. No,

no, you don't understand.

I'll check on it.

You sit right over there.

I'll call you.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, you'll
have your questions ready. Judge Lennox

has a full docket. He can only give you
five minutes.

Your Honor.

All right, now don't growl.

Is it true, Judge Lennox, that you
intend to reject your appointment to the

state Supreme Court?

Gentlemen, you... You know, as well as I
do, the governor has made his selection

public. Senator Fox says you're far and
away the odds -on favorite, sir.

I know, fellas. You're familiar with my
feelings of the importance of the lower

court decisions.

I feel a present bench I occupy is an
essential example of that principle.

Now, if I were to get the appointment,
there's no way, unless of my good

conscience, could I...

Don't move.

You can count on it.

Where's your gun?

Easy. All right, now your wallet.

Whatever you find in there isn't going
to make it all worthwhile.

If you took a correspondence course in
armed robbery, the post office must have

lost one of your lessons. There's $5
,000 in there.

I see it.

What's it for?

My name is Greg Albin, and I want you to
find out who murdered me today.

I think you've got it backwards.

On the 5 o 'clock news, I saw you murder
Judge Lennox today.

That's what you think you saw.

But my life ended in that courthouse
today.

Smartest thing you can do is turn
yourself in to the police.

I've been in jail once.

They'll never believe me.

And after the way I was set up, I was
framed.

The APB they've got out on you says
you're armed and dangerous.

They'll take you, alive or dead.

It doesn't matter.

Unless someone can help me, it's all
over for me anyway. But I want you to

find... Out who pulled that trigger.

I'll need more information on this.

Look, I've heard about you, Mr. Jones.

Now, I've risked my life for these few
minutes here.

Please find out.

Please.

For my wife and for my kids, I'm not a
murderer.

Somebody's got to believe that.

All right, don't move.

You're my only hope, Mr. Jones.

Please.

You close the door, darling.

Close it hard.

Can you hold it?

Morning.

Look, no more, please.

I mean, reporters or police, I said
everything I had to say last night.

Mrs.

Albin, my name is Barnaby Jones. I'm a
private investigator.

Your husband hired me.

Greg hired you?

I don't understand.

Well, neither do I. She gave me $5 ,000
last night.

This is some kind of a trick, isn't it,
Mr. Jones?

Well, it is.

A pretty expensive one, just to answer a
few questions.

What do you want to know?

Did he mention Judge Lennox?

He told me he'd been behind bars.

It was Judge Lennox who put him there.

Were you married at the time?

Greg escaped from prison about a year
before we met.

He was innocent then, and I believe he
still is.

Well, if he's innocent, he ought to turn
himself over to the authorities.

I don't know where he is.

And if I did, I wouldn't... Mrs. Alvin,
this case has had a lot of exposure.

The police will probably find him within
a matter of hours.

The way he talked last night, he didn't
intend to be taken alive.

Oh, no.

It doesn't have to end this way.

You can help him?

Well, that's what he hired me for, but I
can't help him unless I can find him.

Uh -uh. Don't do that, darling.

Leave.

He started his first machine shop in a
little place at 123 Netter.

He kept it for storage at first when he
built the...

Big building across town, but whenever
he has a problem to think through, he

still goes back there.

Calls it his hiding place.

Thank you.

What the devil are you doing here,
Barnaby?

Is Albert in there?

The officers are making a routine check
of the property when they spot him.

Two of you guys go around in that alley
there. Cover that.

That way.

You two guys get up on the roof.

Give me that bow horn.

albin's arm those are my client business
must be getting tough to come by get a

wife and two kids i don't think he wants
to see anybody killed except maybe

himself spider -man jones craig i want
to

come in and talk to you there's nothing
to talk about now mr jones change things

Barnaby, will you get back here until
he's in custody? This is my

responsibility. I'm just trying to keep
a big mistake from happening.

He made the mistake when he killed Judge
Lennox. Now, will you get back here?

I don't want anybody else hurt.

Don't be a fool, Greg.

Get an ambulance out of here on the
double. He made it. He's in bad shape.

I had no choice, Barnum.

Yeah, I know.

Strange thing about him.

He didn't think he did either.

How'd it look, Doctor?

His vital signs are stabilizing enough
for surgery, but... It's marginal.

What are his chances?

One in four, maybe.

You'll have to excuse me, gentlemen. I
have to check on the OR.

Boy, he'd give a month's pay if he'd set
even money.

If Greg had fired, you might have paid
with a lot more.

I'd better call in.

Mrs. Alvin, they're preparing to take
him into surgery now.

He has a fighting chance.

Oh, thank goodness.

Mr. Jones, this is Hilda Waters, Greg's
secretary.

Miss Waters.

Mr. Jones, Mr. Alvin is a very fine man.

And those terrible things they're saying
about him are just not true.

Miss Waters, is there any reason for Mr.

Albin to have been upset yesterday? Was
there any trouble at the office?

No, sir. Why, he had a smile for
everyone.

He's the nicest man I've ever worked
for.

Is there any explanation for his going
down to the courthouse yesterday?

Why, to answer the subpoena.

What subpoena?

A man delivered it just before closing,
the day before yesterday.

Did you see the man?

No. But the subpoena said that Mr.

Alvin was to appear as a witness at 9 o
'clock yesterday morning.

Betty, would you check that out?

Certainly. The court clerk's office is
still open. I can just make it.

Barnaby.

Ballistics just checked the gun.

It's the same weapon that killed Judge
Lennox.

Are you certain?

There's no question.

Also, we've nailed Alvin.

Real name is Arnold.

Went down for armed robbery one to ten.

He and his cellmate busted San Quentin
eight years ago.

Cellmate?

Kelly.

Dennis Kelly.

He turned himself back in and served his
time.

Cleared parole about a year ago.

Cellmate ought to know more about Greg
than anyone.

Barnaby, we've got Alvin locked.

That armed robbery charge?

Yeah, what about it?

The judge that sentenced him was Judge
Lennox.

Now, that day, Albin threatened that if
he ever got free, he'd kill him.

Fifty witnesses, Barnaby. We've got our
man.

Maybe, Lieutenant.

But until I tie up some loose ends, I've
still got a client.

Mr. Kelly?

Yeah. I'm Barnaby Jones.

Hello, you. I'd like to ask you a few
questions about Greg Albin, alias

Excel Meteor.

Look, I did my time. I served parole. I
haven't seen or heard of Greg in eight

years.

I'm not a police officer, Mr. Kelly. I'm
a private investigator.

I'm trying to help Greg in any way I
can.

I figured you two were friends.

Sit down.

We broke out together.

Can't get much closer than that.

But you went back.

Yeah, I got scared. Not the same thing
that finally happened to Greg.

How's he doing?

Not too well.

He claims that he was innocent of that
armed robbery charge.

I was the only guilty man ever in San
Quentin, Mr. Jones.

Did he ever talk to you about Judge
Lennox?

The hanging judge?

I'll pass on that.

He's a judge that sentenced you, isn't
he?

No, I was luckier.

I wasn't straight with you just now.

I saw Greg about six months after I got
out. Did he still maintain he was

innocent? Yeah, like always.

But Lennox?

No, he never got over that hang -up.

Even the last time I saw him. When was
that?

About a month ago.

It was like he was right back in that
cell block.

Lennox was an obsession with him.

He wanted him dead, Mr. Jones.

Help!

Oh, excuse me.

I got it.

Come on, honey.

Mr. Jones, this is my fiancée, Miss
Whitley. How would you like to dive into

nice, cool daiquiri, Mr. Jones? Only
take a second.

Well, thank you, but all my daiquiris
come straight from the dairy.

Nice to meet you.

Mr. Kelly?

Mr. Jones?

It's Craig's wife and kids. If they need
anything, money, anything, let me know.

Thank you. I'll bear that in mind.

I got your message to meet you here.
What's all this about?

Did you get anything?

Absolutely zero.

I went through every subpoena record for
the last three months.

I even went through all of the bailiff
receipts.

There is no record of a subpoena issued
to a Greg Albin.

That's what I suspected.

It's customary to give a witness
reasonable notice.

You made me go through all that work for
nothing.

Maybe for something.

It's all set and ready to roll, Mr. J.

Betty, you remember Snipper Wilcox? I
sure do. Hi, it's Snipper.

How's the girlfriend?

Well, I haven't seen much of her since
Mr. J got my wheels back for me. You

when she asked to borrow my car, I
didn't know that she meant forever.

You ready, Mr. J?

Here he comes.

Roll it, Harry.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, you'll
have your questions ready. Judge Lennox

has a full docket. He can only give you
five minutes.

Your Honor.

All right, now don't growl.

Is it true, Judge Lennox, that you
intend to reject your appointment to the

state Supreme Court?

Gentlemen, you know as well as I do that
the governor has made his selection

public. Senator Fox says you're far and
away the odds -on favorite, sir.

All right, now, fellas, you know my
feelings as far as the importance of the

lower court's decision.

I feel at the present bench that I
occupy... Can you cut the sound?

Sure.

Yeah, it's just about here that Albin
fires.

I wish I could be as sure as that makes
it seem.

Well, that's it, Mr. J.

Didn't I see another cameraman at that
press conference?

Any chance of getting his footage?

Yeah, maybe.

I'll take a few phone calls.

I'd appreciate it. You got it.

Call me when you get the other film?

Absolutely.

That's what I said. Take all the action
you can on Calavaris.

If I ever led you wrong, the word from
his coach is, the kid's ulcers acting

three hard games, he won't get a racket
on former serve.

That's right.

And we pull the usual percentage.

Great. See you when you get to the
coast.

Kelly, how's it going?

Groatman's contribution from the Midwest
basketball action.

Yeah, a little better than we expected.

This isn't.

Well, the police will take
responsibility for shooting him.

Rex, I set Greg up to do some hard time
for Judge Lennox's death, not to get him

killed.

Would you rather have me standing in
front of Lennox for that fight -fixing

charge? He would have thrown the book at
me.

I just wish it could have been done some
other way.

Well, there was no other way.

Lennox refused to change a venue or
refused to take himself off the case. He

wanted to nail me, Kelly.

I know. I just hate to see a good guy
like Greg go down for it, that's all.

Now, don't forget, you've got a stake in
this, too.

My lawyer tells me that the judge who's
going to hear the case now is good for

no more than a six -month sentence,
maybe even suspended.

Either way, you may have to take over
for a while.

Don't worry, I can handle it.

Hey, look.

Riker took Lennox out. The police have
their man.

They have their motive.

It's over and it's clean.

Just try and forget it.

Just like that, huh?

That'll make you feel better when things
have cooled down. I'll figure out a way

to see that Albin's wife and kids are
taken care of, okay?

You'll have to do better than that.

What are you talking about?

I had a visit from a private detective,
Barnaby Jones. He's nosing around trying

to prove that Greg didn't kill Judge
Lennox.

What can he prove? There are 10 million
witnesses.

I know.

But just in case he comes up with
something, remember, it's my neck that's

sticking out.

I'm the only one involved that can be
tied directly to Craig.

Okay, okay.

I'll phone Cincinnati. I'll fly Riker
out again to keep an eye on him.

What's his name?

Jones.

Barnaby Jones.

If Mr. Jones gets too close, we'll put
him out of business, okay?

It's even more being about fighting.

Oh, Doc, Doctor, how is he?

Well, the next 24 hours should tell us a
lot.

You know, for a man who tried to get
himself killed, he's putting up one

of a fight in there right now.

When can I see him?

As soon as we set up the monitors, we'll
move him into his room. It shouldn't be

more than a half an hour.

If you'd like to, I could hold these
questions.

No, it'll...

Probably take my mind off things.

Ms. Albin, do you know a man named
Dennis Kelly?

Oh, I don't want to get him into
trouble.

Well, Mr. Kelly himself said that he had
kept in touch with Greg.

Greg felt very close to Dennis.

I think he was grateful that he had
someone he didn't have to lie to other

me.

Did you ever hear him say that he'd like
to see Judge Lennox dead?

Oh, no.

Greg was...

He was really like a different man once
he took on the responsibility of a

family.

And his business.

During the last week when Judge Lennox
was in the news, Greg didn't even then

discuss him with you?

Oh, wait a minute. Yes, he did say
something.

He said that he thought the judge should
take the vacancy because we needed a

strong man to balance out the court
right now.

You sure?

Absolutely.

He said that he thought the judge was a
fair man.

That he was wrong in Greg's case, but
there was a difference between being

and being fair.

You know, I put away guys who don't con
nearly as well as you do.

Hello, Betty.

One more number

three.

Fill up a chair.

What got you dander up?

Now, this is what you were about to ask
for.

This is where I saved myself the
indignity of being bribed by a couple of

enchiladas.

Betty, do you recall my saying anything
about bribing an officer of the law?

Well, when I invited the lieutenant to
join us for lunch, I did drop a hint

you would like to see the files on Greg
Albin and Dennis Kelly.

Now, if that constitutes bribery, well,
I... Why Dennis Kelly,

Barnaby? I just wanted to see a
comparison of the record to your model

and the vicious escapee who is my
client.

So now all of a sudden, Kelly belongs to
me.

Who is World Promotion Enterprises he
works for?

Well, they produce arena events,
conventions, rock concerts.

What is it, Barnaby?

Albin has got to be the lamest case
you've ever taken. Why?

I'd like an answer to that myself.

Well, you know that big insurance
company down the block?

They have a two -year rider in their
policies against payment on suicide

Well, now, what does that have to do
with Albin?

Well, the odds are 10 ,000 to one that
anyone bent on self -destruction will

change his mind within two years.

So? You want me to believe that Albin
waited to raise a family, build a

successful business, he had everything
in the world to live for, and then

suddenly decided to go back and follow
through on an eight -year -old threat to

kill a judge?

Okay. But you said yourself there can be
one in 10 ,000.

I want a little better bet than that,
uh, say, uh, four to one that you asked

for seconds on those enchiladas.

And the pepper.

Yeah, Turner.

Don't worry, I'm with them.

I'll wait for your signal.

Well, most of them. We all work the same
street.

The guy in the dark blue suit and the
mustache, do you know him?

No. No.

Why him?

He's in the area the shots came from,
and he's the only one with his hands

All the rest of them are holding mics or
notepads.

You mean other than Alvin?

Mr. Jay, you mean you really think that
one of these guys shot Lennox?

Hey, would you close that door? We're
working in here.

Hey, come on.

Can you move this ahead one frame at a
time sure

Now

in all the confusion

The man in the dark blue suit is the
only one who moved directly to Albin,

the shots were supposed to have come
from.

Could I have this piece of film?

No sooner said than done.

Here

you

go. Thank you. With hands like that, you
should have been a surgeon.

Are you kidding? I am.

The only problem is that most of my
patients have a chance at the box office

die over and over again.

Is there anything else I can do for you,
Mr. J?

What about the trims from the other
stations?

Well, I spliced them all together in
sequence, except for the light cues and

slate. They're really nothing but a
bunch of junk.

They're at the end of that sequence.

I don't mind double features.

Go.

Okay.

As I said, it's nothing but a bunch of
junk.

Copy, sir.

Cameramen can never resist a good
-looking chick.

Who?

What do you want to bet? He wants an
8x10 blow -up of that one.

You're just about right, because unless
my eyesight is failing, that is Joan

Whitley, Dennis Kelly's fiancée.

Never get your scissors.

For you.

Thanks, Nipper.

That's one I owe you.

Anytime, Mr. J. Bye, Betty. Bye -bye,
Nipper.

Yeah, what can I do for you?

I just came by to pick up the Lennox
film.

Oh, well, you don't have to do that. I
flat out can't. Picked up in the

Yeah, well, we need it tonight.

Hey, wait a minute. Don't I know you?

Yeah, that's right. You're the guy who
was with the other reporters in the

Lennox film.

What are you, with KBEX?

Uh, yeah, but we'd like to look at all
of it.

Oh.

Sure.

Sure, why don't I check it out at the
station first, okay?

Just be a second.

Barnaby, sometimes I'm not sure whether
I should be on the city's payroll or

yours. What's the difference as long as
the work gets done?

Betty, would you get the lights?

I recognize Kelly's mugshot.

Who's this?

Joan Whitley.

Kelly's fiancée.

I don't get it.

Last night, an editor friend of mine ran
some film for me. This blow -up is from

film... Taken in the corridor of the
courthouse just moments before Lennox

shot.

Any idea what she was doing there?

Well, there's no record of Albin's
subpoena.

Barnaby thinks that she was used to make
Albin think that it was legitimate.

Well, next you tell me that it was Kelly
who pulled the trigger.

No, that's the reason I blew up that
picture.

No amount of disguise could make this
fella.

Look like him.

I got a hunch he's a pro and a good one.

Well, you do plan to tell me why you
think this fellow's the one that hit

Lennox. In analyzing the film, he's the
only one that could have pulled the

trigger and have a chance to plant the
gun on Albin.

Recognize him?

Um, I don't know.

If... If there was no mustache in the...
hair was just a little lighter. I've

had flyers on a guy named Riker out of
Cincinnati.

Professional killer?

Uh, no, no convictions. They just send
us an alert when they think he might be

headed this way, but I... I can't be
sure.

No mustache?

Closer?

That's close enough.

But if he made the hit, where's the
motive?

Now, Lieutenant, I'm not going to tie
this up in as neat a package as they did

on Alvin.

Barnaby, that was the television
station. When they went to send the film

this morning, it was missing.

Did they check Wilcox?

That member didn't show up for work this
morning, and they can't locate him.

He's the man who got the film for me.

I'll have it checked out.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

Mr. Jones, I know who killed Judge
Lennox.

I was there.

I saw it.

It must seem that way, Mr. Byrne, but
hypothetically, was there anyone else

might have had a motive?

No. Nobody.

Judge Lennox had the best rehabilitation
record in the state.

And how did he get his reputation as a
hanging judge?

He didn't deserve that name.

That came to him when he handed down a
stiff sentence to a football player who

had thrown several games.

There was a lot of publicity.

Everybody expected a slap on the wrist.

The judge was very firm.

Clayton Lennox believed that...

Competitive sports was the root of
national character.

He actually held an Olympic medal,
didn't he?

Yes, sir, he did.

Are there any recent decisions the judge
handed down involving sports or sports

promotion, anything like that?

No, sir. I've been going over the docket
for the past two years. I'm certain

there was nothing.

What about the future docket?

Any cases there where he could have been
rough on a guilty defendant?

Well, look.

Here's something.

The people versus Rex Turner.

Does that have anything to do with
sports?

This man Turner is under indictment for
attempting to fix a state well -awaited

title fight.

By any coincidence, does Mr. Turner have
any connection with world promotion

enterprises?

As a matter of fact, he's president of
the company.

I remember that because his attorneys
tried very hard to get the case taken

Judge Lennox's docket.

It's off now, isn't it?

Mr. Jones.

Miss Whitley.

Oh, Mr. Kelly certainly is a fortunate
man.

You have both a secretary and a fiancé
all wrapped up in one pretty package.

Thank you.

I think I have some good news for him.
Could I see him for just a moment?

Okay.

I think the staircase is too wide at
this point.

Well, perhaps we'll just move this whole
section.

Yes? Mr. Barnaby Jones to see Mr. Kelly.

Send him in.

Oh, Mr. Jones. Mr. Kelly, come right in.

This is our president, Rex Turner.

It's Barnaby Jones.

You do?

I know you'll be happy to learn that the
doctors tell me that Greg has a better

than a 50 -50 chance of making it. Oh,
that is good news.

But he faces the rest of his life in
prison.

Maybe not.

That is, if you can help me.

Is this man an employee of yours?

I don't believe so. Who is it?

I believe his name is Riker.

And it could just be that he is the man
who murdered Judge Lennox.

Oh, come, Mr. Jones, that's a bit of a
reach, isn't it? Not really.

You see, that picture is blown up from
some film taken in the courtroom

the morning Judge Lennox was killed.

I have another picture of Miss Whitley
taken at the same place, same time.

Well, that's a very good likeness.

But that's not me.

No, couldn't be.

Joe was here all that morning.

You may have to prove that, Miss
Whitley.

She can.

But your implication that this photo was
genuine will have to be proved.

Otherwise, I won't allow you to
intimidate one of my employees.

Do you have that film?

Funny.

That sounded like a question you already
have the answer to.

Don't bother. I'll find my way out.

Get Riker and his car phone.

Have them hit him now.

Well, what'd you find out?

Afraid I'm losing my touch.

Take a snake and six pounds of dynamite
to shake that bunch.

Do you think it could be wrong?

What troubles me is how they can stay so
cool when they know I'm so close.

Betty, do exactly as I tell you.

What is it?

That's Riker behind us.

Go inside and call Lieutenant Biddle.

Ciao.

Please, Riker.

Drop it.

Too bad, Riker.

There's one contract you should have let
Turner put out for bids.

Mr. Jones, I appreciate everything
you've done for me.

For both of us.

But I think I should apologize.

No need to.

Since Riker admitted he killed Judge
Lennox and Snipper Wilcox, Turner,

and his girlfriend are apologizing for
you.

To Lieutenant Biddle.

Betty, let's you and I get out of here
and leave Mr. and Mrs. Albin a little

time to themselves.

Thank you for everything.

Both of you.

Oh, by the way, I have a lawyer friend
who said in view of your record and all

you've been through, and the fact it's
been in the paper and all, a governor

might have a sympathetic ear for a
pardon.

That's too much to even wish for.

I don't know.

My mother always used to say, wishes
come true for good people.

You both qualify.

Thank you very much.