All language subtitles for Alfred Hitchcock s03e36 The Safe Place

Good evening interns, patients, and
curiosity seekers.

One of the marvels of television is its
educational value.

A few years ago, only a handful of
people could have witnessed this rare

delicate operation.

Now, because of television, millions may
witness this event, including the

subject herself.

for we are going to present her with a
film of tonight's proceedings, together

with a projector, to say nothing of a
beautiful charm bracelet, each charm to

represent a phase of the operation with
replicas of each organ removed.

Incidentally, we call our program, this
is your, a sentence we don't finish

until we see how the operation turns
out.

And now, gentlemen, you may make the
incision.

Stop. This is a dramatization.

Just a moment.

Just a moment. We forgot the anesthetic.
However, I have something here.

that will put anyone to sleep in just 60
seconds.

There's no account, Piper.

I want you to see that it's given every
courtesy.

Certainly, sir.

Is everything all right?

All right, sir.

Oh, you mean in the office?

Yes, sir, perfectly.

The counter business is a little slack,
but then it usually is about now.

Well, that needn't affect our general
morale, need it? Oh, it certainly need

not, sir.

I think everyone's working at tempo.

If not allegro, then certainly
sostenuto, as we musically minded might

Surprised at you, Miss Manners.

You're going to get me fired.

That's the last thing I'd want.

Don't forget our luncheon date, 12
sharp.

Oh, but...

Mr.

Piper.

Oh, good morning, Mr. Manette. Good
morning.

Uh, the usual 50s? That's right.

Oh, make it used ones this time, will
you?

Last time you gave me new bills, they
kept sticking together all night.

I found myself putting more than I
wanted to into the pot.

Pot? Yeah.

You know, poker.

Oh, so you're a gambler, Mr. Manette.
Well, only technically.

Gamblers are guys who think money talks.

Poker players listen to the cards.

I make a living playing the cards
against the gamblers.

Now, don't tell me you're against
gambling, Mr. Piper.

Oh, by no means.

As long as it's within one's means, of
course.

Well, I figure it's the way you're made.

But some people, it's sport. You know,
like golf or anything else.

Me, I got to exercise the old cranium.

Pretty strenuous exercise it is, too.

You got to train for it like any other
exercise.

See, one of the secrets of my success is
training, Mr. Piper. Is that so?

Most guys I do business with drink.

I don't.

Before I get in a game, I go home and
sleep.

By the time the other guys can't tell
the trays from the aces, I'm still

And sandbagging them.

Mr. Manette, forgive me. I don't know if
you're aware of it, but we have a new

manager in the branch.

Oh?

And, well, you know the old saying about
new brooms?

Oh, sure, I get you.

I suggest if you want to keep your
account in this bank, you'd better not

discuss your profession quite so loudly.

Oh, I forgot.

Might get the place a bad name, huh?

Thanks, Mr. Piper.

Miss Manor.

Oh, yes, Mr. Piper. Would you file
these, please? Put them in the vault.

you.

All set?

Let's go.

Oh, I can't possibly, Mr. Piper.

Mr. Farnsworth just gave me these bonds.
I have to file them and return them to

the vault. But we'll miss our table.

Can't you do it after lunch?

Well, I dare't leave them just lying
around.

Oh, is that all?

Oh, Mr. Cranford.

There we are.

Safe as Fort Knox.

Well?

Okay. No more, Mr.

Piper, really.

The name is George.

Well, that's very nice of you, but all
the same, I think if you don't mind,

just keep it Mr. Piper.

Tell me, my dear, what's wrong?

Wrong?

Yes, what have you got against me?

Nothing.

That is, nothing.

I'm too old for you, is that it?

I don't know how old you are.

Well, let's say you'd like me better if
I was younger.

Not a matter of likes or dislikes.

May I be honest?

Well, isn't that what I'm asking?

Well, a girl has to look out for
herself, doesn't she?

And not that I listen to gossip, but...

From what I hear, I'm not the first girl
you've asked out from the bank, and if

what they say is true, well, it never
comes to anything.

Oh, not that it has to, of course, but
with younger men, there's always a

that it may become serious, where, as
everyone says... Who is this everyone

keep referring to?

Well, the girls at the bank.

Oh, I see.

Well, you can't expect them not to talk,
can you?

Well, as I said, with a younger man,
there's always a chance that they may be

willing to take a gamble.

Oh, my dear.

I don't think anyone's ever been able to
reproach me with being afraid of a

gamble. As a matter of fact... Well,
look who's here. George, you old so -and

-so. What are you doing here?

This is my brother, Miss Manners, a
fellow employee at the bank.

Oh, how very nice.

Must be quite pleasant having someone as
agreeable as you around all day, Miss

Manners. Fred.

Oh, George, I've been wanting to get a
hold of you.

I've got a proposition that might
interest you.

Tell you what, I'll give you a call
sometime this evening.

Nice meeting you, Miss Manners. Thank
you.

Yes, then we could have dinner and take
in a picture.

Oh, you can't, huh?

Well, maybe you could stop in for a
drink anyway.

Just a second, Barbara.

Who is it?

It's me, Fred.

Come on in.

You'll have to excuse me, Barbara. I'll
call you later.

Mm -hmm.

Bye, my dear.

You certainly live it up.

Well, I hope you're not going to be
long. I have a date this evening.

Most every other evening, eh, Georgie
boy?

You certainly know how to pick them.
That was quite a doll you were having

with today.

May I?

What do you want to see me about?

George, have you ever thought about
what's going to happen to you in a few

years' time?

You're going to be on the shelf.

Pensioned off, given the old buzzeroo.

And on what, half your basic?

Things aren't going to get any cheaper.
You aren't going to stop wanting what

you've always had.

And what you want isn't going to get
cheaper.

Food, wine, girls, particularly girls.

Pardon my vulgarity, dear boy.

No.

No, I won't pardon it. You are vulgar,
disgustingly vulgar.

You think I haven't faced the problem of
retirement, of old age?

I'd give anything not to have to face
it, but don't worry, I'll find a way.

That's my boy, that's my Georgie boy. I
always said you had it in you. Oh, shut

up. No, no, I mean it. You may not have
been in the dough, but you've always

lived like you were. And what you've
had, they can't take away from you.

As for what's to come, well, that's what
I want to talk to you about.

What you need right now is the kind of
investment that'll bring you in that

extra bit of cash to make things easier
for you when the... Okay, okay, put it

any way you like, but what you need is
additional income.

Am I right?

Well, boy, I've got the very thing right
here.

As nice a little proposition as I've
ever had to deal with. Now, really,

No, no, this is solid.

Look, I've got the figures right here to
prove it.

All that's wrong is that it's been run
into the ground through sheer

incompetence. Now, here, look.

Let's take a look at that.

I can't believe it.

How anyone could have let a fine
business like this run down.

His old man built up this business. Now
all he thinks he has to do is milk it.

And boy, has he milked it.

Not that it couldn't be put back on its
feet again. And that's where we come in.

Right now, a 50 -50 share would cost us
only 10 ,000.

10 ,000? Oh, he'd soon run that into the
ground. Then we'd be able to take over

the whole shebang. Just a little
maneuvering.

And how much of the 10 ,000 are you
prepared to put up? Oh, come on now,

You know how I'm fixed.

But you must have a nice little nest egg
stowed away.

Must I? Oh, sure.

And if not, well, there are ways and
means. I mean, a man in your position

all that ready cash at your disposal?

Are you by any chance suggesting that I
embezzle the bank's money?

Don't tell me you've never thought of
it.

Well, of course I've thought of it.

I'm sure a great many tellers have
weighed the chances, and not one who

had the sense to realize that he hasn't
got a chance. Okay, okay.

Personally, I'd rather take a chance on
a straightforward holdup than try to

bamboozle the bank examiners. There
isn't a trick those babies aren't onto.

All right, forget it.

Embezzlement. Oh, no.

Really, my dear Freddy, why not
blackmail? As a matter of fact,

and away the safest form of crime there
is.

Provided, of course, one takes
reasonable precaution. You'd make a

blackmailer. Now, don't be impertinent.

All the same, I fancy I have certain
qualities that might have proved useful

I chosen to embark on a life of crime.

But blackmail?

No, I don't think so. I haven't the
patience.

You know, that's my greatest weakness,
impatience.

Something more immediate, more dramatic.

A murder, for instance.

Yes, why not?

Given the right subject.

Now, this client I was telling you
about. Perfect.

Mixes in questionable circles.

Known to go around at night with quite
large sums of money on him.

No one likely to be seriously upset by
his death.

Well, in every way a suitable victim.

Now... All that remains is to choose the
time when he has the required amount on

him and to dispose of the money in such
a way that it could never be traced.

Swallow it, for instance.

You know what I would do in my position?

I'd rent a safety deposit box at a
suburban bank.

Under a phony name, of course.

Well, good point.

You're learning.

But I might not be able to put the money
into the box for a few days.

So until that time, you'd put it in a
sock and hide it in your dresser.

No.

No, I'd put it where they'd never think
to look.

Where it would become utterly invisible.

And where would that be, Houdini?

You tell me.

Well, I will as soon as it comes off.

In the meantime, you don't mind if I
look somewhere else for the money, do

Hmm? Georgie boy?

I'm afraid that'll only leave a couple
of hundred or so on the account.

$246 .38.

Hey, that's all right.

Have you got all your accounts figured
like that?

No, no.

I'm afraid I'll have to go to the vault
for this. It's quite a large amount.

The usual fifties. Hey, why don't you
rub it a little for luck, huh?

Some of it may rub off on you.

I... I hope so, Mr. Manette. I certainly
hope so.

Fred,

where have you been?

It's I, George.

Fred, do you remember that business
proposition you talked to me about?

Yes, well, is it still open?

Well, I'm expecting a little windfall
and I... Gambling?

Yes, in a sort of way.

I just wanted to know if it was still
open.

Good.

Good, then I'll let you know.

Good evening, Mr. Manette.

Well, good to see you, Mr. Piper.

Not so loud, please.

You know how it is with a bank. I
shouldn't be here at all.

Oh, yeah, Mr. Newbrew.

Come on in.

Now, what's this all about?

Well, I think I overpaid you this
afternoon.

I mean, I'm short on my cash, Tally, and
the bank examiner's at you first thing

Monday morning.

Well, let's just count it and see, huh?

Fix yourself a drink.

Thanks.

Hey, you sound pretty chirpy for a
Monday morning, Mr. P. Come into a

something? Or something.

Good morning, Mr. Martin. Good morning.

Good morning, my dear.

Good morning, Mr. Piper.

How about lunch today?

Oh, no, I'm sorry. No, no, no, I won't
take no for an answer.

Millie, there's something very important
that I have to ask you.

Very important.

Look... Boss wants you. Sounds
important.

What's the matter, Mr. Piper?

Nothing serious, I hope.

Serious?

You look so strange.

Oh, it's the thought of what I have to
ask you.

Until lunch, then.

Or as they say in Italy, arrivederci.

I just can't believe it. I mean that it
should be one of our accounts.

Oh, come in, Piper.

Piper, this is Sergeant Henderson from
the police.

How do you do?

It seems that one of our depositors has
been murdered.

Yes, I read it in the paper.

The name stood out because Mr. Manette
always came to my station. I was just

about to come and tell you about it when
you sent for me.

Well, go on, Sergeant.

What we found was a checkbook on this
bank.

The last step in it showed a check to
cash for $15 ,000.

The money wasn't in the apartment.

Yes, sir. He cashed a check for that
amount Friday afternoon. I gave it to

in 50s. There's only 100 or so left in
the account.

Good. Do you have the serial numbers?

No, we don't usually note them.

Well, at least we can establish that he
left here Friday afternoon with 15 ,000

in cash on him.

As of now, you're the only one who knew
he had it.

Well, I could hardly be expected not to
know, could I?

I also know of several other depositors
who left the bank with large amounts of

cash on them. Okay, okay. Now, just for
the record, where were you Friday night?

Say, between 5 p .m. and 10.

In my apartment, reading.

Piper here has been with the bank for
more than 30 years. He has an impeccable

record. Of course he knew that this man
had the money. But if you were by the

slightest chance suggesting that Piper
here might have done it, would he have

left his checkbook there to lead you
here, Sergeant? Don't get excited, Mr.

Farnsworth. At Manette's apartment,
nobody saw anything, nobody heard

nobody left any fingerprints that
shouldn't be there.

Ballistics probably can't trace the
weapon. So Mr. Piper could have done it

as well as anyone else.

Only he didn't.

Nobody who's been a bank teller for 30
years would leave himself that wide

So we'll just have to go about it in the
usual way.

Pass the word around and wait till
somebody starts flashing $50 bills.

Thanks for the information.

Don't mention it. Sergeant, would it be
possible to avoid publicity to the bank?

I'm sure there will be some way that we
can show our appreciation.

There wouldn't be any way you could do
that, Mr. Farnsworth.

This is bad, Piper. This is very bad.

We'll be blamed for having accepted an
account from such a fellow.

But it was a good account, Mr. Fonz. Not
that good, Piper. Not that good.

I suppose that detective reports that I
tried to bribe him. Oh, he won't.

Besides, they may never catch anyone.

In that case, we just keep quiet and no
one need know anything about it. Don't

be a fool, Piper.

You know perfectly well that I have to
report this downtown.

And then I've tried to explain exactly
why we took this account.

You may not know this, Piper, but my
name is being considered for a vice

presidency of the back.

Now what do you think will happen?

Oh, come now, Mr. Farnsworth. I'm sure
you're making a mountain out of a mole.

You think so, huh? You think they select
vice presidents from among branch

managers whose depositors get murdered?

And even the way we carried it will make
it worse.

Green goods broker.

Yes, but you could hardly be expected to
know the kind of green goods, Mr.

Farnsworth.

They'll understand.

Understand nothing.

All they'll understand is that I didn't
know who I was doing business with.

You, uh...

I said that he always came to your
station.

Now, do you mean to tell me that there
was nothing to give you an inkling about

Manette?

I ask you a question, I expect you to
answer it.

Well, perhaps Mr. Manette did say things
now and then that may have made me

suspicious.

But it was a good account on the books.
It was helping the branch standing, and

that was good for you, Mr.

Farnsworth.

If I did wrong in keeping my suspicions
to myself, I did it with the best of

intentions. You know what the road to
hell is paved with, don't you?

Mr. Farnsworth, I've had over 30 years'
service with this company.

You just said it was an impeccable
record.

I've never been reprimanded. If a
reprimand is called for in this case,

ready to accept it from those who've
known me much longer than you have. What

boils down to is that you didn't report
an account about which you were

suspicious.

And now you're standing on your record
and claiming the right to make one

mistake, huh?

Well, I've got news for you. I have
absolutely nothing to lose and perhaps a

great deal to gain by taking decisive
action.

Send in Martinson, will you please?

You, Piper, are fired.

You can't do that. My record. I can't do
that. We'll see about that. Come in

here.

Yes, sir.

Martinson, as of this minute, you take
over as head teller.

Very well.

I'll just count up. No.

You tally out Piper's case.

You heard what I said?

Give him the key, Piper.

The key, Piper, the key!

I can now report.

that the operation was a huge success.

Our patient now has what she wanted.

Perfect measurements.

36, 0, 36.

So much for operation, operation.

Now a word from you -know -who, after
which I shall toddle back.

I'm sorry to say that after further
consideration,

The girl on whom we operated became
unhappy with the results.

She learned that two cannot live as
cheaply as one.

For one thing, she had to buy a sidecar
for her motorcycle.

Things like that.

So while she's pulling herself together,
I would like to say that I shall be

back next week with another play. Until
then, good night.