1 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:29,670 (bright orchestral music) 2 00:00:56,070 --> 00:00:59,140 (suspenseful music) 3 00:01:30,430 --> 00:01:33,300 (engine revving) 4 00:01:36,310 --> 00:01:38,270 - You know, Tom. 5 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:40,740 It's fairly funny that there haven't been any calls for you. 6 00:01:40,740 --> 00:01:40,780 - What? 7 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:45,580 - Well, you've been promoted to detective a whole week now, 8 00:01:45,580 --> 00:01:48,120 and no word from Scotland Yard. 9 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,420 There must be some case that has 10 00:01:49,420 --> 00:01:50,650 all their experts baffled. 11 00:01:50,650 --> 00:01:52,190 - Are you looking for this? 12 00:01:52,190 --> 00:01:52,220 - Oh thanks. 13 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:54,320 You know, I bet the word's rolling through 14 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,460 the corridors of power right now. 15 00:01:56,460 --> 00:01:58,490 Send for Tom Patterson. 16 00:01:59,530 --> 00:02:02,430 Oh, Detective Constable Tom Patterson. 17 00:02:02,430 --> 00:02:03,800 - Cut it out, Frosty. 18 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:03,830 - Well after all, 19 00:02:03,830 --> 00:02:07,840 you solved the case of the vicker's missing lawn mower. 20 00:02:09,210 --> 00:02:13,710 Brilliant, incisive forensic thinking that was. 21 00:02:13,710 --> 00:02:16,310 You honed right in on the garden shed 22 00:02:16,310 --> 00:02:17,880 where he forget he'd left it. 23 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,320 (giggling) 24 00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:22,720 That's wishful thinking. 25 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:23,890 - What do you mean? 26 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:25,490 - Well, if we did get a case like this, 27 00:02:25,490 --> 00:02:26,390 do you think the superintendent 28 00:02:26,390 --> 00:02:27,220 would let you handle it? 29 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:27,260 - Why not? 30 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:29,830 - Now Tom, what you wanna remember is to get on, 31 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:32,630 you have to avoid treading on too many toes. 32 00:02:32,630 --> 00:02:35,130 Good morning, miss. 33 00:02:35,130 --> 00:02:35,870 Can I help you? 34 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:38,800 (suspenseful music) 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:39,800 - Voices. 36 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,370 I want to report. 37 00:02:43,170 --> 00:02:45,410 I want to report a murder. 38 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,810 I've committed a murder. 39 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,220 - Murder? 40 00:02:58,220 --> 00:02:59,220 - Yes. 41 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:00,460 - [Tom] Where? 42 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:01,520 - In my house. 43 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:03,760 - [Tom] Where is that? 44 00:03:06,630 --> 00:03:07,560 - I don't know. 45 00:03:09,970 --> 00:03:11,700 It's somewhere, I don't know. 46 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:13,540 - [Frosty] What's your name, miss? 47 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:14,440 - What? 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:14,470 - [Frosty] Your name, what is it? 49 00:03:14,470 --> 00:03:18,340 Come on, miss, you better tell us. 50 00:03:19,910 --> 00:03:21,380 - I don't know. 51 00:03:23,510 --> 00:03:25,210 I can't remember, I don't know. 52 00:03:25,210 --> 00:03:27,380 I can't remember anything. - Okay miss, come on, come on. 53 00:03:27,380 --> 00:03:28,620 We'll go in here. 54 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:30,590 Sit quietly, eh? 55 00:03:30,590 --> 00:03:33,320 (Betty crying) 56 00:03:38,460 --> 00:03:39,700 Now just sit down there. 57 00:03:43,230 --> 00:03:44,670 - Well could you ask Dr. Sammers to get here 58 00:03:44,670 --> 00:03:46,800 as soon as possible, please? 59 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,000 Yes. 60 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,810 Yes, a woman. 61 00:03:49,810 --> 00:03:52,680 No, no I have no idea who she is. 62 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,280 Well, neither has she. 63 00:03:54,980 --> 00:03:58,210 (suspenseful music) 64 00:04:16,570 --> 00:04:18,030 - [Tom] You don't remember your name. 65 00:04:18,030 --> 00:04:20,400 - No, I can't, I'm sorry. 66 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,440 - Alright then let's -- 67 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,810 I was gonna say let's forget about it for a minute. 68 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:25,980 What about the murder? 69 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,410 - Murder? - [Tom] Yes. 70 00:04:29,410 --> 00:04:30,880 You came in to report a murder. 71 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,750 A murder you committed. 72 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:33,920 Tell me about it. 73 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,820 - Midnight. 74 00:04:36,820 --> 00:04:37,890 Is that when it happened? 75 00:04:37,890 --> 00:04:38,820 - Voices. 76 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:40,990 - Voices. 77 00:04:42,730 --> 00:04:43,660 - Yes. 78 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:45,630 It has to be midnight. 79 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:48,060 She'll be alone then. 80 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:49,000 - She? 81 00:04:52,430 --> 00:04:52,470 What do you want? 82 00:04:52,470 --> 00:04:54,870 - Well you might like a coffee, miss. 83 00:04:54,870 --> 00:04:56,310 - Oh that's fine, thanks. 84 00:04:58,840 --> 00:04:59,710 Well go on, Frosty. 85 00:04:59,710 --> 00:05:00,780 I'm handling this. 86 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:03,780 - Oh, yes, Detective Constable. 87 00:05:10,290 --> 00:05:11,790 - You said she, a woman. 88 00:05:11,790 --> 00:05:13,390 You murdered a woman. 89 00:05:13,390 --> 00:05:14,390 - Jill. 90 00:05:14,390 --> 00:05:15,290 - Jill, who's Jill? 91 00:05:15,290 --> 00:05:15,860 - She's blackmailing him. 92 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:15,890 - Blackmailing? 93 00:05:15,890 --> 00:05:18,890 Is that why you killed her, because she's a blackmailer? 94 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,000 - Alley. 95 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,600 - What, is that where it happened, in an alleyway? 96 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,870 - [Betty] Alley. 97 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:26,440 - An alley way in this town? 98 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:30,440 - No, in the house. 99 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,440 It happened in the house. 100 00:05:33,710 --> 00:05:34,640 - Alright. 101 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:36,510 Take your time. 102 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:38,450 And tell me how you did it. 103 00:05:38,450 --> 00:05:40,680 Tell me exactly how you did it. 104 00:05:43,050 --> 00:05:44,620 - Just before midnight. 105 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:48,690 There's a call, it's an important meeting. 106 00:05:48,690 --> 00:05:49,590 - Yes. 107 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:51,460 - He has to leave. 108 00:05:51,460 --> 00:05:53,330 That's the alibi, you see. 109 00:05:53,330 --> 00:05:55,930 He has to leave because he mustn't be involved. 110 00:05:58,130 --> 00:06:00,540 And then she'll be alone in the house. 111 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:03,340 No telephone. 112 00:06:04,540 --> 00:06:06,080 Nothing, she'll be quite helpless. 113 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,910 - You just said you had a call. 114 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:11,480 - We cut the wires after the call. 115 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,650 She'll be quite helpless. 116 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:17,550 - [Tom] And then. 117 00:06:20,790 --> 00:06:23,490 - On the last stroke of midnight, break the lock. 118 00:06:25,830 --> 00:06:27,960 It has to be then, at the very last stroke. 119 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,370 - Why is the time so critical? 120 00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:30,770 - It isn't the time, it's the clock. 121 00:06:30,770 --> 00:06:35,840 It's old and weird, and on the last stroke at 12:00, 122 00:06:38,170 --> 00:06:39,510 it goes crazy. 123 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:40,410 It makes lots of noise. 124 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:45,910 Enough noise to cover the breaking of the lock. 125 00:06:49,050 --> 00:06:51,690 We keep meaning to get it fixed. 126 00:06:51,690 --> 00:06:53,460 - [Tom] But why'd you have to break 127 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:54,420 the lock in the first place? 128 00:06:54,420 --> 00:06:56,130 Don't you have a key? 129 00:06:57,690 --> 00:06:59,060 - But it doesn't look like a break-in. 130 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:00,900 A burglary. 131 00:07:04,130 --> 00:07:06,940 In the study, there's a lot of glass. 132 00:07:07,940 --> 00:07:09,040 It's very valuable. 133 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,840 Some of it's worth thousands. 134 00:07:12,410 --> 00:07:17,480 We steal some, and make it look like a robbery, 135 00:07:20,550 --> 00:07:22,850 and then very gently up the stairs. 136 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,220 Turn the switch. 137 00:07:28,090 --> 00:07:30,460 Oh god, the music's so loud. 138 00:07:30,460 --> 00:07:32,460 - The music, what music? 139 00:07:32,460 --> 00:07:33,060 - It's Bartok. 140 00:07:34,430 --> 00:07:36,900 It has to be Bartok because that's the loudest. 141 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,810 It's loud enough to cover everything. 142 00:07:42,810 --> 00:07:44,240 - Screams, you mean. 143 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,710 Is that what you mean are screams? 144 00:07:45,710 --> 00:07:47,010 - God, will the voices stop. 145 00:07:47,010 --> 00:07:48,880 Why won't they go away? 146 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,720 I don't want to hear them. 147 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,720 I don't want to listen. 148 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,520 (whimpering) 149 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,260 - How did you do it? 150 00:08:05,260 --> 00:08:07,630 You killed this girl, this woman, Jill. 151 00:08:07,630 --> 00:08:08,960 Whatever her name is, how? 152 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:10,930 How did you do it? 153 00:08:17,610 --> 00:08:18,810 - With a poker. 154 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:20,980 - And who's the man? 155 00:08:22,540 --> 00:08:25,810 The one who was a stand-in for the alibi with the telephone. 156 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:26,880 The one who she was blackmailing. 157 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:28,950 Who is he? 158 00:08:30,890 --> 00:08:32,590 - Hello, Tom. 159 00:08:32,590 --> 00:08:33,860 I got here as soon as I could. 160 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,020 - I wish you had a slower car. 161 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:35,960 - Hm? 162 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:35,990 - Hm, nothing. 163 00:08:35,990 --> 00:08:41,100 - So this is the little lady who can't remember anything. 164 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:43,200 - Oh, she remembers a lot. 165 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,830 But not her name. 166 00:08:44,830 --> 00:08:45,900 - I see. 167 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:46,740 - Look, can I stay? 168 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:48,140 - Sorry, outside. 169 00:08:51,610 --> 00:08:53,080 - Look. 170 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:53,110 She's been talking about a murder. 171 00:08:53,110 --> 00:08:56,810 - Her medical wellbeing is the first consideration. 172 00:08:56,810 --> 00:08:59,310 Oh and Tom, congratulations, by the way. 173 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:01,320 - What for? 174 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,120 - Your promotion to detective. 175 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,120 - Oh thanks. 176 00:09:05,090 --> 00:09:06,050 Thanks a lot. 177 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:07,020 - [Frosty] All sewn up. 178 00:09:07,020 --> 00:09:08,760 Young Patterson strikes again. 179 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,160 - It seems so worked out, well planned. 180 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,860 - Break-in, alibi, poker. 181 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:15,800 (soft music) 182 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,730 - Darling, why don't you get -- 183 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:51,070 (keys ticking) 184 00:09:51,070 --> 00:09:51,930 - Morning, Frosty. 185 00:09:51,930 --> 00:09:53,070 Anything new? 186 00:09:53,070 --> 00:09:54,970 - Just a tiny murder, Superintendent. 187 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,110 - Murder? 188 00:09:58,110 --> 00:09:59,640 - Well, a report of one, anyway. 189 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,340 Young Patterson's handling it. 190 00:10:02,610 --> 00:10:04,750 - Oh he is, is he? 191 00:10:04,750 --> 00:10:07,250 Well you better tell me all about it, don't you know? 192 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:09,820 (soft music) 193 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:15,690 (engine revving) 194 00:10:38,410 --> 00:10:39,280 Sounds totally improbable. 195 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:39,310 - Well she believes it. 196 00:10:39,310 --> 00:10:43,050 - Well she might, it doesn't mean I have to. 197 00:10:43,050 --> 00:10:45,020 Fake break-in, murder. 198 00:10:46,150 --> 00:10:47,820 Any break-ins reported after midnight? 199 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:49,090 - Well I don't know. 200 00:10:49,090 --> 00:10:50,160 - Well you didn't think to check? 201 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,290 - I didn't get around to it. 202 00:10:51,290 --> 00:10:52,260 - Frosty? - No, nothing sir. 203 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:53,030 - There you see? 204 00:10:53,030 --> 00:10:54,700 Well, doc? 205 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,100 - She's definitely amnesiac, 206 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:58,230 and suffering from mild concussion, too. 207 00:10:58,230 --> 00:10:59,870 But there's no sign of bruising. 208 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,240 She'll come out of it pretty soon, 209 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,740 be able to remember everything. 210 00:11:03,740 --> 00:11:04,870 - Including the murder? 211 00:11:04,870 --> 00:11:05,910 - Oh yes. 212 00:11:05,910 --> 00:11:07,380 Tom told me about that. 213 00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:08,840 - [Superintendent] So what do you think of -- 214 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,310 Just a minute, just a minute. - Good morning. 215 00:11:10,310 --> 00:11:12,010 - What's your opinion, Arthur? 216 00:11:12,010 --> 00:11:13,950 Could she be telling the truth? 217 00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:14,920 - It's possible. 218 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:17,350 I doubt it, though. 219 00:11:17,350 --> 00:11:19,090 She had a bump on the head. 220 00:11:19,090 --> 00:11:21,290 She could do or imagine anything. 221 00:11:21,290 --> 00:11:23,130 - Imagine, there, you see. 222 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:24,060 - But she seems so different. 223 00:11:24,060 --> 00:11:24,090 - Odd luck, then. 224 00:11:24,090 --> 00:11:26,860 Any idea what caused the concussion? 225 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:28,460 - Fall, car accident. 226 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:30,030 - That's what I was trying to tell you. 227 00:11:30,030 --> 00:11:31,130 I've just found an abandoned car 228 00:11:31,130 --> 00:11:32,800 skidded off the road about a mile back. 229 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,440 Nobody, nothing. 230 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:35,370 Just this book. 231 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:42,010 (laughing) 232 00:11:42,010 --> 00:11:42,910 - Whats' up? 233 00:11:43,810 --> 00:11:44,750 - Look. 234 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,990 (soft orchestral music) 235 00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:55,290 - [Tom] Mrs. Drew. 236 00:11:56,220 --> 00:11:57,830 We know who you are now. 237 00:11:57,830 --> 00:11:57,860 Mrs. Drew. 238 00:11:57,860 --> 00:12:01,300 You see, there's a photograph of you and your husband. 239 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,070 We've contacted him. 240 00:12:03,070 --> 00:12:04,270 He's coming to collect you. 241 00:12:05,970 --> 00:12:07,770 Do you remember who you are now, Mrs. Drew? 242 00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:09,040 Mrs. Betty Drew. 243 00:12:10,340 --> 00:12:11,340 Your husband's a famous author. 244 00:12:11,340 --> 00:12:12,510 Even I've heard of him, 245 00:12:12,510 --> 00:12:14,480 and I don't read detective novels. 246 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:14,510 - I know it, too. 247 00:12:14,510 --> 00:12:14,540 I've read that book, Mrs. Drew. 248 00:12:14,540 --> 00:12:18,780 Matter of fact, I'm a big fan of your husband's. 249 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:20,720 You wouldn't like the plot much, though, Patterson. 250 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,520 You've heard it before. 251 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,250 It concerns a husband and wife who murder a blackmailer. 252 00:12:26,790 --> 00:12:28,890 - Is that all it was, just a plot? 253 00:12:28,890 --> 00:12:30,160 There never was a murder. 254 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,460 - The voices. 255 00:12:33,460 --> 00:12:34,960 - What about these voices, Mrs. Drew? 256 00:12:39,870 --> 00:12:41,240 - I'm tired. 257 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,000 - The doc said to let her sit quiet. 258 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,370 Just until your husband arrives, Mrs. Drew. 259 00:12:50,780 --> 00:12:53,080 Murder Her At Midnight. 260 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,280 - Well, it seemed real at the time. 261 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:54,320 She made it seem real. 262 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,750 - Didn't you know that the fiction is always 263 00:12:56,750 --> 00:12:57,390 more real than fact? 264 00:12:58,790 --> 00:13:00,390 Oh, it's Mr. Drew, isn't it? 265 00:13:00,390 --> 00:13:02,290 I'm Superintendent Terson. 266 00:13:02,290 --> 00:13:03,330 - How's my wife? 267 00:13:03,330 --> 00:13:04,560 - Oh she's fine, fine. 268 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:05,860 The doctor's given her a sedative. 269 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:06,800 The car's alright, too. 270 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:07,860 - I don't mind about the car. 271 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:08,860 Where's Betty? 272 00:13:08,860 --> 00:13:10,530 - She's in here, sir. 273 00:13:14,170 --> 00:13:15,100 - Darling. 274 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:20,140 Come on, now sweetheart. 275 00:13:21,340 --> 00:13:23,080 We'll get you home. 276 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:26,920 - You see, it's all coming back now, isn't it? 277 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,890 - I'm sorry to have given you all this trouble. 278 00:13:29,890 --> 00:13:29,920 - It's no trouble at all, sir. 279 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,350 It's a great pleasure to meet you, Mr. Drew. 280 00:13:32,350 --> 00:13:34,190 I've read all your novels, you know. 281 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:36,190 Yes sir, you give me many happy hours. 282 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:37,530 - Thank you. 283 00:13:37,530 --> 00:13:38,990 - I've read them all except for the latest. 284 00:13:38,990 --> 00:13:40,560 I haven't been able to get a copy of that one. 285 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,030 - [George] I'll get Jill to send you one. 286 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:43,130 - Jill? 287 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:44,600 (suspenseful music) 288 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:45,500 Who's Jill? 289 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:46,840 - My secretary. 290 00:13:48,270 --> 00:13:49,400 Come on, now. 291 00:14:04,990 --> 00:14:07,620 (clock ticking) 292 00:14:10,030 --> 00:14:11,960 I told you before about driving too fast. 293 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,160 Especially when the roads are wet. 294 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,070 Still, no recriminations, huh? 295 00:14:18,070 --> 00:14:19,870 Where were you going, anyway? 296 00:14:20,970 --> 00:14:22,170 - Oh, I don't know. 297 00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:27,140 I don't remember anything except last night. 298 00:14:27,140 --> 00:14:28,080 - Last night? 299 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:33,220 - Well we did have dinner here last night, didn't we? 300 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:35,350 - Yes, indeed we did. 301 00:14:35,350 --> 00:14:37,220 Come on, come to bed. 302 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,990 (suspenseful music) 303 00:14:54,470 --> 00:14:55,400 Darling. 304 00:14:58,510 --> 00:15:01,140 You do remember me, don't you? 305 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:03,180 - George. 306 00:15:04,010 --> 00:15:05,950 The man you married. 307 00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:07,880 The man who loves you. 308 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,120 Come on, come lie down. 309 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,530 Lie back. 310 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,670 I'll get you a nice cup of tea, huh? 311 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,740 - I'm going to town, be back later. 312 00:16:02,740 --> 00:16:04,340 Do you think you can hold the fort, Patterson? 313 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:08,310 Just sit back, relax, and read a good book. 314 00:16:08,310 --> 00:16:11,050 (laughing) 315 00:16:11,050 --> 00:16:11,980 - He can laugh. 316 00:16:12,950 --> 00:16:13,950 (keys ticking) 317 00:16:13,950 --> 00:16:15,750 - Well, you know what they say. 318 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:17,490 Laugh and grow fat. 319 00:16:20,590 --> 00:16:21,520 - Frosty. 320 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:25,260 Suppose there had been a murder like she said. 321 00:16:25,260 --> 00:16:27,260 - Yeah, well there wasn't, Tom. 322 00:16:27,260 --> 00:16:31,600 If there had been a break-in, or a murder, 323 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,700 we'd have heard about it by now. 324 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:33,640 - Yes. 325 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:37,410 (keys ticking) 326 00:16:39,070 --> 00:16:40,340 Unless it was planned. 327 00:16:41,510 --> 00:16:42,740 Or something went wrong. 328 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:45,680 Or perhaps it didn't happen? 329 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:45,710 - What do you mean? 330 00:16:45,710 --> 00:16:50,250 - Well you saw when she came in, she was half dazed. 331 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:51,450 - She'd been in a car crash. 332 00:16:51,450 --> 00:16:54,020 - Yes, but where was she going so fast 333 00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:55,560 that the car skidded off the road? 334 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,230 And anyway, we've all assumed it was a car crash 335 00:16:59,230 --> 00:17:00,200 that shook her up, haven't we? 336 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,730 Suppose it wasn't. 337 00:17:01,730 --> 00:17:02,560 Suppose it happened before that. 338 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,730 - Before? 339 00:17:03,730 --> 00:17:04,700 - Yes, they planned to murder 340 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:05,630 a girl named Jill, didn't they? 341 00:17:05,630 --> 00:17:06,700 And there is a girl named Jill. 342 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:06,730 - Oh come on, Tom. 343 00:17:06,730 --> 00:17:10,110 - If the murder did go as planned, but then she panicked. 344 00:17:10,110 --> 00:17:11,470 She jumped into the car. 345 00:17:11,470 --> 00:17:12,810 - And he just let her go, I suppose. 346 00:17:12,810 --> 00:17:12,840 - No no, he did know. 347 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,010 She'd taken the car, so he had to go back. 348 00:17:16,010 --> 00:17:17,450 - What for? 349 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:18,750 - To cover up, hide the body. 350 00:17:18,750 --> 00:17:21,280 - Listen, if George Drew ever runs out of plots, 351 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,750 I can tell him where to come. 352 00:17:26,150 --> 00:17:28,390 - You really can't remember anything at all? 353 00:17:33,190 --> 00:17:37,630 Well, you get some rest and we'll talk about it later, huh? 354 00:17:37,630 --> 00:17:41,200 (soft suspenseful music) 355 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:48,270 - George. 356 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,240 What are you doing? 357 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,780 - Well, I finally got around to storing 358 00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:55,280 those old reference books. 359 00:19:00,620 --> 00:19:03,150 And you ought to be resting. 360 00:19:04,220 --> 00:19:05,150 - Where's Jill? 361 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,790 - Well you know quite well she's -- 362 00:19:10,590 --> 00:19:11,860 Well, perhaps you don't. 363 00:19:13,330 --> 00:19:15,600 Well she went out to see her brother, or something. 364 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:15,630 Go on, back to bed. 365 00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:19,170 - George, look, I don't remember a thing 366 00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:20,300 about the last 24 hours. 367 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:21,300 - And possibly you never will. 368 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,300 That can happen, you know. 369 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:23,340 But I assure you, 370 00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:25,710 there was nothing particularly exciting. 371 00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:27,480 - But if there was, I'd remember. 372 00:19:28,380 --> 00:19:29,380 - I don't know, not sure. 373 00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:32,510 - Look, if something perfectly terrible happened, 374 00:19:32,510 --> 00:19:34,150 I would remember, wouldn't I? 375 00:19:43,860 --> 00:19:43,890 - [Frosty] Where are you off to? 376 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:47,360 - I just thought I'd take a look around Drew's place. 377 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,960 - And what about when the superintendent gets 378 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,200 to hear of it? 379 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,270 - But he won't, will he, Frosty? 380 00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:56,670 (soft suspenseful music) 381 00:21:05,670 --> 00:21:08,680 (doorbell ringing) 382 00:21:22,820 --> 00:21:23,760 Hello, Mrs. Drew. 383 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:26,760 Do you remember me? 384 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,400 - Yes, of course. 385 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,660 Come in. 386 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:30,670 - Thank you. 387 00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:32,000 I'll only stop a minute. 388 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 I was just passing. 389 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:41,040 I just wondered how you're getting along now. 390 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:41,910 - Well. 391 00:21:41,910 --> 00:21:42,840 - That's a kind thought. 392 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:44,610 Deserves a drink, at least. 393 00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:45,550 - Thanks. 394 00:21:49,950 --> 00:21:51,290 - What'll you have? 395 00:21:51,290 --> 00:21:52,950 Scotch, mister? 396 00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:54,590 - Patterson, Tom Patterson. 397 00:21:54,590 --> 00:21:55,790 Yes, scotch is fine. 398 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,630 That's a nice collection of glass you've got here. 399 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,600 Some of it must be very valuable. 400 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,000 - All of them are valuable. 401 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:07,800 And a couple of them priceless. 402 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:10,070 - Thanks. 403 00:22:11,370 --> 00:22:13,110 It seems vulnerable here. 404 00:22:13,110 --> 00:22:14,840 You don't worry about burglars then? 405 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,110 - Oh I do. 406 00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:17,480 Don't look at this way. 407 00:22:19,950 --> 00:22:19,980 The world's full of worries. 408 00:22:19,980 --> 00:22:22,080 The H bomb, burglars, crossing the road, 409 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,950 cirrhosis of the liver. 410 00:22:23,950 --> 00:22:26,320 I just put the worries behind me just to look. 411 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,390 Cheers. - Cheers. 412 00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:36,330 - You're casing the joint. 413 00:22:36,330 --> 00:22:36,360 - Ah. 414 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:39,470 - [George] Yeah, cops and robbers are my business. 415 00:22:39,470 --> 00:22:41,370 - I'm sorry, it's just a habit. 416 00:22:41,370 --> 00:22:42,670 - A good one, if you're a policeman. 417 00:22:42,670 --> 00:22:44,070 And what conclusions have you come to? 418 00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:45,640 - You're a writer. 419 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,110 - Brilliant. 420 00:22:47,110 --> 00:22:49,580 - [Tom] It pays well, and you worry about taxes. 421 00:22:49,580 --> 00:22:50,580 - [George] Who doesn't? 422 00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:51,580 - I don't. 423 00:22:51,580 --> 00:22:52,450 I don't earn enough. 424 00:22:52,450 --> 00:22:53,510 - [George] You're lucky. 425 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:55,450 I earn 1,000, they take away 900. 426 00:22:55,450 --> 00:22:58,990 Yes, I keep that little place in Bermuda 427 00:22:58,990 --> 00:23:00,620 to help spread the load of it. 428 00:23:01,690 --> 00:23:03,090 - And a wife. 429 00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:04,960 - That's right, darling. 430 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,360 That's the only reason I married you. 431 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,130 Pure financial necessity. 432 00:23:08,130 --> 00:23:08,160 She's right, though. 433 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:08,200 It does help. 434 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,600 - Company is in your wife's name, and that kind of thing. 435 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:12,630 - I thought you didn't worry about taxes. 436 00:23:12,630 --> 00:23:17,040 - Well I don't, but I spent some time with the fraud squad. 437 00:23:18,710 --> 00:23:21,010 - Had ya? 438 00:23:21,010 --> 00:23:22,680 You want another drink? 439 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:22,710 - No thanks. 440 00:23:25,010 --> 00:23:26,180 - It is perfectly legal, Mr. Patterson. 441 00:23:26,180 --> 00:23:27,050 - Oh yes, I know. 442 00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:31,090 Have you remembered any more about the murder yet? 443 00:23:31,090 --> 00:23:32,520 - Murder? 444 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,620 - Yes, when your wife came in, 445 00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:35,920 she confessed to a murder. 446 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:37,930 - She what? 447 00:23:37,930 --> 00:23:38,860 - Tell him. 448 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:42,100 - Darling, is that true? 449 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:44,500 - Yes. 450 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:47,870 I was just confused. 451 00:23:47,870 --> 00:23:49,670 - I'm not surprised, living with me. 452 00:23:49,670 --> 00:23:51,970 Professional mayhem maker. 453 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:54,780 You know, we even discuss murder at breakfast. 454 00:23:55,610 --> 00:23:58,680 - Yes, well I must be going. 455 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,420 Thanks for the drink. 456 00:24:00,420 --> 00:24:02,480 Oh, and Jill. 457 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:02,520 - Jill? 458 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,650 - Yes, the inspector wants to ring her, 459 00:24:05,650 --> 00:24:07,590 remind her about the book that she promised to send him, 460 00:24:07,590 --> 00:24:08,860 but he doesn't know her second name. 461 00:24:08,860 --> 00:24:10,490 What is it, please? 462 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,490 - Pembury. (bell dinging) 463 00:24:11,490 --> 00:24:12,690 It's Jill Pembury. 464 00:24:13,530 --> 00:24:14,730 - Jill Pembury, thank you. 465 00:24:14,730 --> 00:24:15,660 Bye. 466 00:24:18,830 --> 00:24:20,740 Thanks again for the drink. 467 00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:23,070 - It was a pleasure. 468 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:25,040 (bells crashing) 469 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,540 I must get that thing fixed one of these days. 470 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:29,980 Well goodbye. 471 00:24:29,980 --> 00:24:30,910 - Bye. 472 00:24:57,870 --> 00:24:59,970 - No, I'm not going to do it. 473 00:24:59,970 --> 00:25:00,740 - Frosty. 474 00:25:01,740 --> 00:25:04,110 - Look, the case is closed, Tom, closed. 475 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:05,050 - Come on, humor me. 476 00:25:05,050 --> 00:25:06,180 What harm can it do? 477 00:25:06,180 --> 00:25:07,110 Please. 478 00:25:10,850 --> 00:25:12,150 279415. 479 00:25:13,690 --> 00:25:16,990 - I'm only doing it so you'll stop this once and for all. 480 00:25:19,930 --> 00:25:23,760 (keys ticking) (phone ringing) 481 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:24,670 - Hello? 482 00:25:26,130 --> 00:25:26,900 Ms. Pembury. 483 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:29,100 No, I'm afraid she isn't here at the moment. 484 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:29,140 Who is this? 485 00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:31,940 - Oh this is Social Security, sir. 486 00:25:31,940 --> 00:25:34,180 We have a query on Ms. Pembury's documents. 487 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:36,240 Something we can handle over the phone, save time. 488 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,110 Could you tell me when she'll be back, please? 489 00:25:40,210 --> 00:25:42,720 - No, I think she went to see a relative, 490 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,590 and then onto the hair dressers. 491 00:25:44,590 --> 00:25:45,790 I have no idea. 492 00:25:45,790 --> 00:25:47,050 - Oh, I see. 493 00:25:47,050 --> 00:25:48,260 - Well, go on. 494 00:25:50,060 --> 00:25:52,090 - I wonder if you could help us, sir. 495 00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:55,060 Could you tell me Ms. Pembury's current address? 496 00:25:55,060 --> 00:25:56,860 - Yeah, she lives in Carlington. 497 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,300 What did you say your name was? 498 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:02,640 (phone clicks) 499 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:03,800 Hello? 500 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,610 - So, she's not there. 501 00:26:05,610 --> 00:26:06,610 - Very suspicious. 502 00:26:06,610 --> 00:26:08,040 - Yes it is. 503 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:08,910 - It's very unusual. 504 00:26:08,910 --> 00:26:08,940 - Yep. 505 00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:11,180 - Come on, we'd better get three squad cars, 506 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:12,110 and go break the door in. 507 00:26:12,110 --> 00:26:13,580 - No, no. 508 00:26:13,580 --> 00:26:14,620 I'm not going to do that. 509 00:26:15,220 --> 00:26:17,050 But I will check a little further. 510 00:26:24,030 --> 00:26:27,090 (suspenseful music) 511 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:35,970 - What are you playing that for? 512 00:26:35,970 --> 00:26:37,570 - You know. 513 00:26:37,570 --> 00:26:38,970 You can't have forgotten that? 514 00:26:38,970 --> 00:26:41,040 Bartok in the lounge is my favorite luxury. 515 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,310 But this is a bit loud, huh? 516 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:48,050 Here, how's that? 517 00:26:48,050 --> 00:26:48,950 Okay? 518 00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:05,700 - I told you to drop it. 519 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:07,030 - Please, just listen -- - George Drew is 520 00:27:07,030 --> 00:27:07,070 an influential man. 521 00:27:07,070 --> 00:27:09,740 You mess about with his private life -- 522 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:11,070 - I've been to the house. 523 00:27:11,070 --> 00:27:12,270 - Yes, without my permission. 524 00:27:13,940 --> 00:27:15,840 - Sir, there are things there she talked about. 525 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,880 The glass, shelves full of it, 526 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:17,910 and the clock that goes strange at 12:00. 527 00:27:17,910 --> 00:27:21,620 I've seen them, and they didn't come out of a book. 528 00:27:22,650 --> 00:27:24,620 - How'd you like to be back on the beat? 529 00:27:28,290 --> 00:27:30,090 - Well I'll chance it. 530 00:27:30,090 --> 00:27:32,430 I'll stake my instinct against this. 531 00:27:32,430 --> 00:27:34,630 - [Superintendent] A clock, glass. 532 00:27:34,630 --> 00:27:35,960 - And Jill Pembury. 533 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,400 The girl they planned to murder. 534 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,130 - Don't start all that. - Look, she exists, 535 00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:40,900 but she isn't around anymore. 536 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:40,930 - What? 537 00:27:40,930 --> 00:27:43,200 - Drew said she went to the hair dressers. 538 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,140 So I checked every one in the area. 539 00:27:45,140 --> 00:27:46,410 Paul's hair dressers know very well 540 00:27:46,410 --> 00:27:48,810 she goes there regularly, but not today. 541 00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:50,280 She didn't have an appointment today. 542 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,780 - Oh come on. - So then I checked 543 00:27:51,780 --> 00:27:53,180 the Carlington directory. 544 00:27:53,180 --> 00:27:55,280 Jill Pembury's got a flat there. 545 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,650 Her caretaker hasn't seen her for two days. 546 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:08,930 - What do you think, Frosty? 547 00:28:08,930 --> 00:28:10,000 - Well. 548 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,470 We've known stranger things. 549 00:28:11,470 --> 00:28:13,930 - Are you certain about that? 550 00:28:13,930 --> 00:28:15,270 - Yes. 551 00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:16,240 - The caretaker hasn't seen her? 552 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,810 - I spoke to him personally. 553 00:28:19,710 --> 00:28:22,810 (soft suspenseful music) 554 00:28:22,810 --> 00:28:25,480 (engine revving) 555 00:28:59,110 --> 00:29:02,120 (doorbell ringing) 556 00:29:05,850 --> 00:29:05,890 - [George] Hello. 557 00:29:05,890 --> 00:29:08,390 - [Superintendent] I'm sorry to disturb you. 558 00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:11,490 But we must ask about Ms. Jill Pembury. 559 00:29:12,330 --> 00:29:12,360 - [George] Jill, what about her? 560 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,500 - [Superintendent] We'd like to see the flat. 561 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:16,800 - Look, I don't understand. 562 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,330 What is this about Jill? 563 00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:19,800 - You will, sir, when we've had a chance 564 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,840 to talk to Ms. Pembury. 565 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,500 - Oh, it may be ages. 566 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,500 She went out. 567 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:24,140 - When, sir? 568 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:24,170 - This month. 569 00:29:24,170 --> 00:29:28,010 Look, I know the virtues of cooperating with the police, 570 00:29:28,010 --> 00:29:29,380 but I'm beginning to get a little impatient. 571 00:29:29,380 --> 00:29:31,010 Now what is this about Jill? 572 00:29:31,010 --> 00:29:32,150 - We want to see her, sir. 573 00:29:32,150 --> 00:29:33,110 We insist. 574 00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:34,220 - You insist? 575 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:38,320 - [Betty] I know where she is. 576 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:43,890 - Oh darling, this doesn't concern you. 577 00:29:43,890 --> 00:29:45,830 - I know where she is. 578 00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:47,090 - How could you know if I don't? 579 00:29:48,130 --> 00:29:49,000 - [Betty] I'll show you. 580 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,230 - My wife isn't herself. 581 00:29:51,230 --> 00:29:52,530 - The key. 582 00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:53,800 - Darling, you're not well. 583 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,570 - The key. 584 00:29:54,570 --> 00:29:56,540 - What do you want the key for? 585 00:29:56,540 --> 00:29:57,870 - I want to find Jill. 586 00:29:58,940 --> 00:30:01,310 - Are you saying Ms. Pembury's in there? 587 00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:02,780 - Open it, George. 588 00:30:04,810 --> 00:30:05,450 - You're not well. 589 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:07,850 And all you know perfectly well she's -- 590 00:30:07,850 --> 00:30:09,280 - Do you have a key to that cupboard, sir? 591 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,250 - Yes of course I have it. - Well if you wouldn't mind. 592 00:30:11,250 --> 00:30:12,420 - What kind of investigation is this? 593 00:30:12,420 --> 00:30:14,260 - It's no good, George. 594 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:15,820 They know, I told them. 595 00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:16,290 - They know what? 596 00:30:16,290 --> 00:30:19,130 - It would be easier if you open the cupboard, sir. 597 00:30:19,130 --> 00:30:20,130 - We can break it open. 598 00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:25,800 - Alright, you open the thing. 599 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,870 (suspenseful music) 600 00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:42,620 - You can, right? 601 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,440 I don't understand. 602 00:31:09,140 --> 00:31:10,640 - Now what were you expecting to find? 603 00:31:11,950 --> 00:31:12,650 - I thought -- 604 00:31:12,650 --> 00:31:13,580 - Jill. 605 00:31:15,420 --> 00:31:17,250 - Aren't I going to be introduced? 606 00:31:18,090 --> 00:31:19,120 - Are you Jill Pembury? 607 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:20,050 - Yes. 608 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:23,490 What's going on, George? 609 00:31:23,490 --> 00:31:26,630 - I don't know, but I'm waiting for an explanation. 610 00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:28,230 - It's a mistake, sir. 611 00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:30,030 A very bad mistake, isn't it? 612 00:31:30,030 --> 00:31:31,100 - I'm sorry, sir. 613 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:32,170 - [George] What kind of a mistake? 614 00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:33,400 - I thought Ms. Pembury was missing. 615 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,470 - Missing? 616 00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:35,400 But George, didn't you tell them 617 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:35,440 you'd given me some time off? 618 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,340 - Yes I did, but I don't think they believed me. 619 00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:40,370 Glad you came back, anyway. 620 00:31:40,370 --> 00:31:41,880 - Well of course I came back. 621 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,180 I had seen my brother in town, 622 00:31:43,180 --> 00:31:46,010 and while I was there, I had my hair done. 623 00:31:46,010 --> 00:31:46,050 - I can't apologize enough, sir. 624 00:31:46,050 --> 00:31:48,480 If you wish to lodge a complaint. 625 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,350 - No, just forget it. 626 00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:51,350 Just forget the whole thing. 627 00:31:51,350 --> 00:31:52,950 - You might sir, but I won't. 628 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:03,130 - Hey Frosty. 629 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:05,100 - Oh don't go in there, for Pete's sake. 630 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,170 Not unless you've got fire proof ears. 631 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,270 (distant yelling) 632 00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:13,510 - But I left my stethoscope in there. 633 00:32:13,510 --> 00:32:14,580 - Oh, I think it'll be safe. 634 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:16,640 I mean, if the superintendent hits him, 635 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,310 he'll use his fists. 636 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:20,950 - Well hello, Arthur. 637 00:32:20,950 --> 00:32:22,620 I thought you'd be back for that. 638 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:22,650 - Thanks very much. 639 00:32:22,650 --> 00:32:25,220 - I'll be at home if anyone needs me, Frosty. 640 00:32:25,220 --> 00:32:25,250 - [Frosty] Sir. 641 00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:27,690 - But just make sure if I haven't called, 642 00:32:27,690 --> 00:32:30,320 that it's for something with facts behind it. 643 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,460 - [Frosty] Yes sir. 644 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,170 - Ah, the eagerness of youth. 645 00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:45,240 Not new to us, is it, Frosty? 646 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,210 - Well, it's perfectly natural. 647 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:50,080 - Give you a hard time, did he? 648 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,350 You know Frosty, I think he's suffering from shock. 649 00:32:54,350 --> 00:32:57,150 Well, I shall have to prescribe something. 650 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:00,550 How about a drink? 651 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:01,490 On me. 652 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,090 Come on, doctor's orders. 653 00:33:05,090 --> 00:33:06,030 - Thanks. 654 00:33:10,130 --> 00:33:13,130 (knocking on door) 655 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:16,970 - George told me about your accident. 656 00:33:16,970 --> 00:33:18,470 That was awful. 657 00:33:18,470 --> 00:33:19,570 How are you feeling? 658 00:33:19,570 --> 00:33:19,610 - I'm alright. 659 00:33:19,610 --> 00:33:22,680 - [Jill] Sure there's nothing I can do or get you? 660 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,550 - Nothing. 661 00:33:24,550 --> 00:33:25,480 - Alright then. 662 00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:30,550 That was crazy about the murder. 663 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:34,190 George told me you confessed to murder. 664 00:33:34,190 --> 00:33:35,990 Who did you think you'd murdered? 665 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:41,030 - It was silly. 666 00:33:41,030 --> 00:33:42,160 It was just a mistake. 667 00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:46,230 I must have been out of my mind, well literally. 668 00:33:47,130 --> 00:33:49,100 I'm embarrassed about it now. 669 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:52,010 - Well, obviously the police didn't take you seriously. 670 00:33:52,010 --> 00:33:53,510 I mean, you're still at liberty. 671 00:33:54,410 --> 00:33:56,680 - Oh, yeah. 672 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,150 - [Jill] You sure you're alright? 673 00:33:59,150 --> 00:34:00,080 - Yes. 674 00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:02,320 Jill. 675 00:34:03,580 --> 00:34:05,250 Why don't you take a holiday? 676 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:06,090 - What? 677 00:34:07,350 --> 00:34:10,620 - Well, just go away from here for a couple of weeks. 678 00:34:10,620 --> 00:34:12,290 It'll do you good. 679 00:34:12,290 --> 00:34:14,630 - [Jill] But I've already had my holiday this year. 680 00:34:14,630 --> 00:34:15,660 Don't you remember? 681 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:19,530 - No. 682 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,240 I don't remember everything. 683 00:34:24,770 --> 00:34:26,140 - Look, get some rest. 684 00:34:27,470 --> 00:34:30,580 (suspenseful music) 685 00:34:51,170 --> 00:34:52,830 - Let's go and sit by the fire, docky. 686 00:34:52,830 --> 00:34:53,770 - Good. 687 00:34:55,140 --> 00:34:57,070 Would you mind? 688 00:34:57,070 --> 00:34:58,470 Bottle of stout? 689 00:34:58,470 --> 00:35:00,370 - Yeah, thanks. 690 00:35:00,370 --> 00:35:03,440 (people chattering) 691 00:35:07,410 --> 00:35:08,720 - [George] I tell you I won't be blackmailed 692 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:09,850 like this any longer. 693 00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:13,550 I've already put up with it for too long. 694 00:35:13,550 --> 00:35:16,290 I was a fool to believe you in the first place. 695 00:35:16,290 --> 00:35:18,630 Man can be pushed just so far, 696 00:35:19,590 --> 00:35:21,300 and then he starts to fight back, 697 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:23,830 starts trying to do something about it. 698 00:35:26,570 --> 00:35:28,700 - [Jill] It's coming along fine, isn't it? 699 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:29,570 - What? 700 00:35:29,570 --> 00:35:31,310 - George's new book. 701 00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:32,870 How he churns them out, I never know. 702 00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:35,740 But he always does, and always on time. 703 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,210 - It's careful planning. 704 00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:41,580 Meticulous attention to every detail. 705 00:35:41,580 --> 00:35:43,320 That's right, isn't it, darling? 706 00:35:48,790 --> 00:35:50,290 - Goodnight. 707 00:35:50,290 --> 00:35:52,260 - [Jill] Night. 708 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:53,230 - Now darling. 709 00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:55,330 Where we got to? 710 00:36:00,130 --> 00:36:02,200 (people chatting) 711 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,640 - Alright. 712 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,170 - I was a fool to believe anything she told me. 713 00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:08,410 Murder, blackmail. 714 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,910 - Look, it wasn't your fault, really you know, Tom. 715 00:36:12,910 --> 00:36:15,580 You took her too literally, and she led you astray. 716 00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:18,150 She probably regrets it now. 717 00:36:18,150 --> 00:36:19,220 - So do I. 718 00:36:19,890 --> 00:36:21,660 - Well that typo was due. 719 00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:22,820 Neurotic. 720 00:36:22,820 --> 00:36:24,630 They do or say something wrong, 721 00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:27,560 and take the whole burden of guilt upon their own shoulders. 722 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,630 One of nature's born sufferers. 723 00:36:37,540 --> 00:36:38,770 - Hollow voices. 724 00:36:38,770 --> 00:36:38,810 - Hm? 725 00:36:38,810 --> 00:36:43,510 - I don't know what she meant by that, hollow voices. 726 00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:45,210 - Well she didn't mean anything. 727 00:36:45,210 --> 00:36:47,310 Her mind was attle, she was all mixed up. 728 00:36:49,550 --> 00:36:51,790 - Well, they haven't killed her yet, anyway. 729 00:36:52,850 --> 00:36:54,190 - [Arthur] Killed who? 730 00:36:55,790 --> 00:36:56,990 - Jill Pembury. 731 00:36:56,990 --> 00:36:59,390 They were planning to kill her, you know. 732 00:37:03,660 --> 00:37:04,630 - Come on. 733 00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:04,660 - What are you doing? 734 00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:06,700 - I have something prescribed for you. 735 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:08,240 You're not driving, are you? 736 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:08,270 - No. 737 00:37:08,270 --> 00:37:11,640 - Good, a nice brisk walk in the fresh air will do you good. 738 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,240 - Listen, as from tomorrow, 739 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:15,410 I'm gonna get all the fresh air I need. 740 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:30,220 Ready. 741 00:37:38,530 --> 00:37:39,370 - [Superintendent] Patterson. 742 00:37:39,370 --> 00:37:39,400 - Sir. 743 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:39,430 - Mrs. Millet, 12 Colbred Cottages. 744 00:37:39,430 --> 00:37:43,870 Claims there's a submarine in her duck pond. 745 00:37:43,870 --> 00:37:45,570 Look into it, will you? 746 00:37:45,570 --> 00:37:45,610 - What? 747 00:37:45,610 --> 00:37:47,940 - Public races there, off you go. 748 00:37:47,940 --> 00:37:50,310 Oh and Patterson. 749 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:50,340 - [Tom] Sir. 750 00:37:50,340 --> 00:37:52,480 - [Superintendent] I shall expect a report 751 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,980 and triplicate of course. 752 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:54,920 - Yes sir. 753 00:37:56,050 --> 00:37:57,780 - You're being very hard on him. 754 00:37:59,350 --> 00:38:01,560 - Yes, I know. (door shutting) 755 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,060 - He's a good lad. 756 00:38:03,060 --> 00:38:04,490 And basically, he's a good copper. 757 00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:06,060 - Basically an excellent one. 758 00:38:06,060 --> 00:38:07,760 But he has to learn, Frosty. 759 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,660 We all had to. 760 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:12,800 He's been on the beat for two weeks now. 761 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,530 Another couple and I'll bring him back inside. 762 00:38:14,530 --> 00:38:15,940 - Gosh. - But don't you tell him. 763 00:38:15,940 --> 00:38:17,440 You give him one hint. 764 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,410 - Now don't you threaten me, superintendent. 765 00:38:19,410 --> 00:38:23,640 Just remember, I'm the one who makes the tea around here. 766 00:38:24,610 --> 00:38:26,910 (laughing) 767 00:38:27,850 --> 00:38:29,420 - Are we going out tonight? 768 00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:31,020 - No, I don't think so. 769 00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:32,750 I thought a quiet dinner at home, alright? 770 00:38:32,750 --> 00:38:36,560 - Yes, fine with me. (phone ringing) 771 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,860 - Hello? 772 00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:40,860 Yeah, she's around somewhere, hold on. 773 00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:43,560 - Who is it? 774 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:44,500 - It's for Jill. 775 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,410 Jill, Jill. 776 00:38:52,310 --> 00:38:55,510 It's Ally on the phone for you. 777 00:38:55,510 --> 00:38:56,980 - [Jill] I'll take it in the study. 778 00:39:08,060 --> 00:39:08,990 - Ally? 779 00:39:09,790 --> 00:39:11,790 - Ally, Allen. 780 00:39:11,790 --> 00:39:12,990 Jill's brother, you know. 781 00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:16,630 Maybe you don't. 782 00:39:16,630 --> 00:39:17,800 I don't know if you ever met him. 783 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,700 Anyway, he's the black sheep of the family. 784 00:39:23,870 --> 00:39:24,770 - [Betty] Ally. 785 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,040 - [Tom] What, is that where it happened, 786 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,640 in an alleyway? 787 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:28,680 - [Betty] Ally. 788 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,680 - [Tom] An alleyway in this town? 789 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:31,550 - Yes, Ally. 790 00:39:31,550 --> 00:39:32,480 I understand. 791 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,790 (phone clicking) 792 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,990 He's in town tonight. 793 00:39:52,630 --> 00:39:55,440 (phone dialing) 794 00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:59,540 (phone ringing) 795 00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:02,040 - Police, hello, hello? 796 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,640 - Can I speak to Mr. Patterson, please? 797 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,150 - [Frosty] Who is this, please? 798 00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:09,120 - It's Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Betty Drew. 799 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,620 - [Frosty] Oh yes, Mrs. Drew. 800 00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:12,090 Well I'm afraid Constable Patterson 801 00:40:12,090 --> 00:40:13,950 isn't here at the moment. 802 00:40:13,950 --> 00:40:15,720 Is there anything that I can do? 803 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,060 - No, no thank you. 804 00:40:17,060 --> 00:40:18,660 - [Frosty] Should I ask him to call you back? 805 00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:20,060 - No really, it's not important. 806 00:40:20,060 --> 00:40:21,060 - [Frosty] I see. 807 00:40:21,060 --> 00:40:22,030 - It's not important, really. 808 00:40:22,030 --> 00:40:23,400 - Shall I tell him that you -- 809 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,470 (suspenseful music) 810 00:40:41,010 --> 00:40:44,220 Well, did you have a vital, energizing day? 811 00:40:44,220 --> 00:40:44,250 - Yes. 812 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:47,690 Two parking tickets, one lost dog, 813 00:40:47,690 --> 00:40:49,820 and a grim fracas in the main street. 814 00:40:49,820 --> 00:40:50,860 - Bad? 815 00:40:50,860 --> 00:40:52,230 - The protagonists were armed. 816 00:40:52,230 --> 00:40:53,030 - Eh? 817 00:40:53,990 --> 00:40:55,630 - Both of them with water pistols. 818 00:40:55,630 --> 00:40:57,900 They felt the strong hand of the law on their back sides. 819 00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,000 Is there any coffee in that pot? 820 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,630 - Yeah, I'll pour you some. 821 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,700 - Oh, I'm tired. 822 00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:07,610 - Tom, there was a call for you. 823 00:41:07,610 --> 00:41:08,910 - [Tom] Yeah? 824 00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:09,840 - That Mrs. Drew. 825 00:41:11,550 --> 00:41:12,610 - What did she want? 826 00:41:12,610 --> 00:41:14,680 - Unimportant, she said. 827 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:15,980 - Why did she call in the first place? 828 00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:16,920 - I don't know. 829 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:19,850 - Did she want me to call her back? 830 00:41:19,850 --> 00:41:20,790 - No. 831 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:23,720 - Well I think I'll just find out -- 832 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,130 - Tom, it's going to be Winter soon. 833 00:41:25,130 --> 00:41:27,760 A cold, hard Winter. 834 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:29,930 Do you like pounding the beat in the cold? 835 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,540 - What time does the library close? 836 00:41:38,540 --> 00:41:40,710 - About another half hour, I suppose. 837 00:41:43,210 --> 00:41:45,180 Why, what do you want the library for? 838 00:41:46,780 --> 00:41:47,710 Tom? 839 00:41:52,990 --> 00:41:55,790 (clock ticking) 840 00:42:00,230 --> 00:42:01,160 - Night, Betty. 841 00:42:02,260 --> 00:42:04,200 - See you in the morning. 842 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,950 (people chattering) 843 00:42:31,830 --> 00:42:34,530 (keys ticking) 844 00:42:43,540 --> 00:42:44,570 - What are you staring at? 845 00:42:46,610 --> 00:42:49,080 - I wasn't staring. 846 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:51,180 Just admiring. 847 00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:57,880 - Oh. 848 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,660 (people chattering) 849 00:43:07,660 --> 00:43:09,960 - George Drew, his wife Betty. 850 00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:12,100 Successful. 851 00:43:13,770 --> 00:43:15,300 Oh, printed in 14 languages. 852 00:43:16,970 --> 00:43:19,340 My Working Methods by George Drew. 853 00:43:21,170 --> 00:43:22,780 Take all the unrelated elements of the plot, 854 00:43:22,780 --> 00:43:24,980 write them down, mix them up, 855 00:43:24,980 --> 00:43:26,710 and put them together piece by piece 856 00:43:26,710 --> 00:43:27,850 like a jigsaw puzzle. 857 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:30,580 Well. 858 00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:33,750 If it's good enough for George Drew, 859 00:43:34,750 --> 00:43:35,990 it's good enough for me. 860 00:43:56,310 --> 00:43:58,240 (cabinet clanking) 861 00:43:58,240 --> 00:43:59,850 Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up. 862 00:43:59,850 --> 00:44:00,650 Are you still on duty? 863 00:44:00,650 --> 00:44:01,950 - Yeah. 864 00:44:01,950 --> 00:44:03,150 Cyril's wedding anniversary. 865 00:44:04,250 --> 00:44:06,420 Said I had to stay over until he got here. 866 00:44:07,790 --> 00:44:10,220 You know, I could say the same to you. 867 00:44:10,220 --> 00:44:12,190 - It's not my wedding anniversary. 868 00:44:12,190 --> 00:44:14,130 - No. 869 00:44:14,130 --> 00:44:15,360 You're not even married. 870 00:44:16,660 --> 00:44:19,430 I mean you went off duty ages ago. 871 00:44:19,430 --> 00:44:21,130 - Well, I came back, didn't I? 872 00:44:21,940 --> 00:44:24,640 (yawning) 873 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:25,840 - What are you looking for? 874 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,240 - The report I made on the Drew case. 875 00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:30,840 - oh, Tom, now come on. 876 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,710 - No no, it's purely academic interest, Frosty. 877 00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:34,980 Purely academic, I promise you. 878 00:44:34,980 --> 00:44:35,920 - Yeah. 879 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,120 (clock ticking) 880 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:50,800 - Night, darling. 881 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:51,870 - Goodnight. 882 00:45:05,210 --> 00:45:07,910 (bright music) 883 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,090 - Hollow voices. 884 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:18,690 Alleyway. 885 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:23,760 Alleyways, steal glass. 886 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,270 Break lock. 887 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:37,840 And Bartok. 888 00:45:39,450 --> 00:45:40,380 Bartok. 889 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:44,850 Oh. 890 00:45:45,990 --> 00:45:47,350 All the unrelated elements. 891 00:46:13,150 --> 00:46:15,220 (clock ticking) 892 00:46:15,220 --> 00:46:18,020 (phone ringing) 893 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:21,050 - Hello. 894 00:46:22,190 --> 00:46:23,090 Yes, speaking. 895 00:46:24,890 --> 00:46:26,830 Come on boy, do you know what time it is? 896 00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:29,530 Well couldn't it wait 'til the morning? 897 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,930 I wouldn't be there 'til after midnight. 898 00:46:34,870 --> 00:46:37,940 Oh alright, alright, I'll do it. 899 00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:38,870 Goodbye. 900 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:42,910 - What is it? 901 00:46:42,910 --> 00:46:46,110 - Oh it's that American publisher. 902 00:46:46,110 --> 00:46:46,150 He's flying out at 2:00 a.m. 903 00:46:46,150 --> 00:46:49,120 He wants to see me before he goes. 904 00:46:51,420 --> 00:46:53,420 - At this hour? 905 00:46:53,420 --> 00:46:54,850 - Yeah, that's what I said. 906 00:46:54,850 --> 00:46:56,860 But it's important. 907 00:46:56,860 --> 00:47:00,590 He wants to sign that serialization deal now. 908 00:47:00,590 --> 00:47:02,330 Could mean a lot of money. 909 00:47:02,330 --> 00:47:03,500 Worth a trip to see him, anyway. 910 00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:04,430 - Alright. 911 00:47:30,020 --> 00:47:31,620 - I'm sorry you had to be disturbed. 912 00:47:31,620 --> 00:47:33,330 - That's fine. 913 00:47:33,330 --> 00:47:36,500 - Sweetheart, see you in the morning. 914 00:47:49,310 --> 00:47:52,110 (clock ticking) 915 00:47:59,350 --> 00:48:00,290 Goodnight. 916 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,120 (door shutting) 917 00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:09,660 (footsteps pacing) 918 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,270 (car revving) 919 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,910 (suspenseful music) 920 00:48:40,130 --> 00:48:42,060 - You want some coffee, lad? 921 00:48:46,370 --> 00:48:48,070 That's right, you sleep it off. 922 00:48:49,070 --> 00:48:50,200 It's been a hard week. 923 00:49:19,270 --> 00:49:20,200 - Okay. 924 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:25,940 - Voices. 925 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:29,610 Hollow voices. 926 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:44,420 (George whispering) 927 00:49:44,420 --> 00:49:48,030 (Jill whispering) 928 00:49:48,030 --> 00:49:50,000 - [Jill] Will she give me a funny look in the bedroom? 929 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,560 - [George] If she does, she'll go right back to sleep, 930 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:51,600 I assure you. 931 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,470 She goes right back to sleep, I tell you. 932 00:49:55,470 --> 00:49:57,300 This is ridiculous. 933 00:49:57,300 --> 00:49:59,640 - [Jill] I can't understand. 934 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,350 - [George] I tell you, she suspects nothing. 935 00:50:05,350 --> 00:50:06,750 - [Jill] But that business with the police 936 00:50:06,750 --> 00:50:08,480 a couple of weeks ago. - No, it was a mix-up. 937 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,150 Anyway, the alibi's all arranged, isn't it? 938 00:50:10,150 --> 00:50:11,680 Ally's standing by. 939 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:12,690 - But George. 940 00:50:12,690 --> 00:50:14,250 - You sure he's reliable, Ally? 941 00:50:14,250 --> 00:50:16,060 - He'll swear you were with him from midnight 942 00:50:16,060 --> 00:50:17,260 until tomorrow morning. 943 00:50:17,260 --> 00:50:19,630 He has to, I've got too much on brother Allen. 944 00:50:19,630 --> 00:50:21,090 - And the car. 945 00:50:21,090 --> 00:50:22,060 - Parked right behind the trees. 946 00:50:22,060 --> 00:50:23,000 No one can see it. 947 00:50:24,130 --> 00:50:26,030 Darling, you are sure. 948 00:50:26,030 --> 00:50:26,800 - Yes. 949 00:50:28,270 --> 00:50:30,040 - I still think we should've called it off. 950 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:30,070 - [George] No. 951 00:50:30,070 --> 00:50:32,410 - [Jill] Don't you think between that, 952 00:50:32,410 --> 00:50:33,370 don't you think it's pretty strange? 953 00:50:33,370 --> 00:50:33,410 - [George] Strange, yes. 954 00:50:33,410 --> 00:50:36,510 But they won't be able to prove anything. 955 00:50:36,510 --> 00:50:37,810 So trust me. 956 00:50:37,810 --> 00:50:41,050 I've been plotting murder for years. 957 00:50:48,290 --> 00:50:50,490 (sighing) 958 00:51:00,230 --> 00:51:01,430 - Any coffee, Frosty? 959 00:51:01,430 --> 00:51:03,700 - Oh, the sleeping beauty awakes. 960 00:51:03,700 --> 00:51:05,040 No, don't move. 961 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,840 I just want to drink you in. 962 00:51:08,310 --> 00:51:09,540 - Coffee, black. 963 00:51:12,780 --> 00:51:15,550 (clock ticking) 964 00:51:29,860 --> 00:51:33,100 (suspenseful music) 965 00:52:10,740 --> 00:52:11,640 - George. 966 00:52:12,770 --> 00:52:13,770 We don't have to. 967 00:52:13,770 --> 00:52:14,810 - We do. 968 00:52:14,810 --> 00:52:15,780 - Get divorced. 969 00:52:15,780 --> 00:52:15,810 - No, it's not possible. 970 00:52:15,810 --> 00:52:18,280 Even if she agreed, it's not possible. 971 00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:19,580 - But darling. - Betty and I are inseparable, 972 00:52:19,580 --> 00:52:22,750 financially, we are inseparable. 973 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:25,520 Now, this is the only way. 974 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,120 - [Jill] Hold me, darling, hold me. 975 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:31,190 Tell me you love me. 976 00:52:32,390 --> 00:52:33,530 - I love you. 977 00:52:34,930 --> 00:52:35,930 I love you. 978 00:52:41,930 --> 00:52:43,700 - [Tom] Thanks for the coffee. 979 00:53:12,830 --> 00:53:14,300 - [Frosty] Goodnight, Tom. 980 00:53:14,300 --> 00:53:15,300 - See you, Frosty. 981 00:53:19,670 --> 00:53:20,940 - [Frosty] What's the matter? 982 00:53:21,810 --> 00:53:23,280 - Assumption of guilt. 983 00:53:26,310 --> 00:53:27,710 She didn't say that. 984 00:53:27,710 --> 00:53:28,650 It was Sammers who said that. 985 00:53:28,650 --> 00:53:30,480 Doc Sammers, he said that. 986 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:31,680 Assumption of guilt. 987 00:53:32,850 --> 00:53:34,790 What's his telephone number? 988 00:53:34,790 --> 00:53:36,620 - Sammers, what's his number? 989 00:53:36,620 --> 00:53:38,930 - Well you're not thinking of calling him at this time. 990 00:53:38,930 --> 00:53:40,230 Look, it's nearly midnight. 991 00:53:40,230 --> 00:53:41,590 - I know, that's why I wanna call him. 992 00:53:42,230 --> 00:53:43,230 What is it? 993 00:53:53,570 --> 00:53:56,380 (clock ticking) 994 00:54:12,690 --> 00:54:15,560 (glass breaking) 995 00:54:54,930 --> 00:54:55,800 Doc, it's me. 996 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:56,870 Patterson, Tom Patterson. 997 00:54:57,670 --> 00:54:59,540 - Is it an emergency? 998 00:54:59,540 --> 00:55:01,640 - Emergency, well it might be. 999 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:03,480 Look, I know it's late. 1000 00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:06,380 But I just had to clarify something with you. 1001 00:55:06,380 --> 00:55:07,710 - Not at this hour. 1002 00:55:08,710 --> 00:55:09,850 - No no no, don't hang up. 1003 00:55:09,850 --> 00:55:11,080 You remember a couple of weeks ago, 1004 00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:12,890 you examined that woman, Mrs. Drew. 1005 00:55:12,890 --> 00:55:14,090 - Who? 1006 00:55:14,090 --> 00:55:15,020 - Drew. 1007 00:55:15,820 --> 00:55:17,290 That's right, yes. 1008 00:55:17,290 --> 00:55:17,320 The one who got me busted. 1009 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,560 Well you remember when you examined her, 1010 00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:22,030 you said that she was highly strung. 1011 00:55:22,030 --> 00:55:25,300 The sort of woman who might assume guilt, neurotic. 1012 00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:27,030 Well look Doc, suppose a woman like that 1013 00:55:27,030 --> 00:55:28,770 heard a crime being planned, 1014 00:55:28,770 --> 00:55:30,900 that involves someone she loves very much. 1015 00:55:30,900 --> 00:55:31,900 What might she do? 1016 00:55:34,670 --> 00:55:35,980 Panic. 1017 00:55:35,980 --> 00:55:38,010 Well that would fit, wouldn't it? 1018 00:55:38,010 --> 00:55:40,580 And then suppose she had a bad bump on the head. 1019 00:55:41,910 --> 00:55:44,780 Well that would mix it all up, wouldn't it? 1020 00:55:44,780 --> 00:55:46,350 - Yeah. 1021 00:55:46,350 --> 00:55:48,350 - She'd come out only half remembering, 1022 00:55:48,350 --> 00:55:50,620 perhaps not even wanting to remember anything at all. 1023 00:55:50,620 --> 00:55:51,860 She might then assume the guilt, 1024 00:55:51,860 --> 00:55:53,390 might and she'd take the guilt on her shoulders, 1025 00:55:53,390 --> 00:55:55,030 pretend it was her. 1026 00:55:55,030 --> 00:55:57,100 Well thanks Doc, I'll talk to you again. 1027 00:56:00,430 --> 00:56:02,970 - The superintendent will eat you alive. 1028 00:56:02,970 --> 00:56:04,570 After he's roasted you. 1029 00:56:09,580 --> 00:56:12,550 - [Tom] Take your time, and tell me how you did it. 1030 00:56:12,550 --> 00:56:14,880 Tell me exactly how you did it. 1031 00:56:17,450 --> 00:56:18,980 - [Betty] Just before midnight. 1032 00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:22,460 There's a call, it's an important meeting. 1033 00:56:22,460 --> 00:56:23,390 - [Tom] Yes. 1034 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:25,590 - [Betty] He has to leave. 1035 00:56:25,590 --> 00:56:27,490 That's the alibi, you see. 1036 00:56:27,490 --> 00:56:30,100 He has to leave because he mustn't be involved. 1037 00:56:32,470 --> 00:56:34,630 And then she'll be alone in the house. 1038 00:56:36,140 --> 00:56:39,040 No telephone, nothing. 1039 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,040 She'll be quite helpless. 1040 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:42,710 - [Tom] But you just said you had a call. 1041 00:56:43,110 --> 00:56:45,710 - [Betty] We cut the wires after the call. 1042 00:56:52,390 --> 00:56:55,090 (phone clicking) 1043 00:57:03,460 --> 00:57:05,700 (zipping) 1044 00:57:21,710 --> 00:57:22,920 - [George] This is it. 1045 00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,450 The end to all our problems. 1046 00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:32,060 - [Jill] Only time. 1047 00:57:40,970 --> 00:57:43,700 (door shutting) 1048 00:57:43,700 --> 00:57:46,510 (clock ticking) 1049 00:57:50,580 --> 00:57:53,180 (bells ringing) 1050 00:58:10,530 --> 00:58:13,230 (bells crashing) 1051 00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,750 (suspenseful music) 1052 00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:57,040 (wood creaking) 1053 00:59:31,610 --> 00:59:35,810 (loud suspenseful music) 1054 00:59:35,810 --> 00:59:37,120 - Help. 1055 00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:38,020 Help. 1056 00:59:38,950 --> 00:59:39,890 Help me. 1057 01:00:28,700 --> 01:00:30,900 (yelling) 1058 01:00:56,630 --> 01:00:59,700 (record scratching) 1059 01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:06,770 (whimpering) 1060 01:01:21,890 --> 01:01:24,890 (orchestral music)