1 00:01:00,371 --> 00:01:03,611 Keep your chin down! Nobody's takin' your picture! 2 00:01:18,623 --> 00:01:22,497 Did you hear what l said? Chin down! 3 00:01:22,627 --> 00:01:24,832 Don't you know the dimerence-- up from down? 4 00:01:28,701 --> 00:01:31,406 Oh, l mighta known-- a female. 5 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,000 Who let a female in here? 6 00:01:33,073 --> 00:01:34,810 Come on, get out of there. 7 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:48,293 So this is the red-hot newcomer l've heard so much about. 8 00:01:48,423 --> 00:01:50,492 Jimmy, your boy's got a glass jaw. 9 00:01:50,624 --> 00:01:51,926 My boy's nervous. 10 00:01:52,058 --> 00:01:56,100 This is his first workout in L.A. He had six straight K.O.s in San Diego. 11 00:01:56,231 --> 00:01:58,234 Who did he fight, Cub Scouts? 12 00:01:58,367 --> 00:02:00,404 - Hey. - Take it easy, kid. 13 00:02:00,535 --> 00:02:02,740 This is George Hale, The Evening Star. 14 00:02:02,871 --> 00:02:05,175 You read his column every day. 15 00:02:05,307 --> 00:02:07,812 Why sure, yeah. Every day. 16 00:02:07,943 --> 00:02:10,181 l suppose you want a statement about the Jackson fight. 17 00:02:10,313 --> 00:02:11,948 Kid's first crack at a real pro. 18 00:02:12,081 --> 00:02:15,654 Jackson is a has-been, and that fight's nothing but a preliminary. 19 00:02:15,785 --> 00:02:19,124 No, Jimmy, l'd rather have a statement on the Tod Richards. 20 00:02:19,255 --> 00:02:21,792 Richards? Who told you? 21 00:02:24,994 --> 00:02:27,899 Oh, get to the showers, kid. 22 00:02:28,031 --> 00:02:30,803 - l'll be with you in a minute. - All right, Jimmy. 23 00:02:32,669 --> 00:02:34,639 What did you hear about Richards? 24 00:02:34,771 --> 00:02:38,045 Only that he wants to buy Davey Carroll. 25 00:02:38,176 --> 00:02:39,678 Why, l don't know, but-- 26 00:02:39,810 --> 00:02:42,448 Davey ain't for sale. Davey's my boy. 27 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:44,484 l'm gonna make him a champion out of him someday, 28 00:02:44,616 --> 00:02:46,051 you wait and see. 29 00:02:48,753 --> 00:02:51,492 l oughta kick that bum Richards outta here. 30 00:02:51,623 --> 00:02:53,460 Oh, he's a pretty fast operator, Jimmy. 31 00:02:53,592 --> 00:02:55,929 When Tod Richards wants to buy something, 32 00:02:56,061 --> 00:02:58,566 he just takes out his checkbook and writes. 33 00:02:58,697 --> 00:03:00,901 Not my Davey, he don't... 34 00:03:01,032 --> 00:03:03,570 unless it's over my dead body. 35 00:03:06,005 --> 00:03:09,077 Jimmy, let me know when it's time for the funeral, huh? 36 00:03:09,208 --> 00:03:11,345 l'll send flowers. 37 00:03:26,528 --> 00:03:27,463 No, thanks. 38 00:03:27,594 --> 00:03:30,366 There you are, Mr. Richards-- very dry. 39 00:03:30,498 --> 00:03:31,700 That's fine, Max. 40 00:03:31,832 --> 00:03:34,972 Oh, Max, l'm expecting Mr. Lombard. 41 00:03:35,103 --> 00:03:37,842 The minute you see him come in, bring over one of his specials, huh? 44 00:03:42,344 --> 00:03:44,481 And at least a dozen more. 45 00:03:44,612 --> 00:03:47,050 That's the kind of people you're gonna be meeting from now on, Davey, 46 00:03:47,182 --> 00:03:48,484 if you stick with me. 47 00:03:48,617 --> 00:03:51,622 By the way, l have a tailor that can ease out these shoulders for you. 48 00:03:51,754 --> 00:03:55,294 Hey, what do you mean? l paid 35 bucks for this coat. 49 00:03:55,425 --> 00:03:59,064 l'm sure you did, but why settle for just one coat? 50 00:03:59,194 --> 00:04:03,336 Shall we drink to a whole closetful of new clothes for Davey? 51 00:04:09,373 --> 00:04:11,376 Um, like l told you, Mr. Richards, 52 00:04:11,509 --> 00:04:13,512 l-- l've got an agreement with Jimmy. 53 00:04:13,643 --> 00:04:15,013 What kind of agreement? 54 00:04:15,146 --> 00:04:17,718 Well, a contract, sort of-- a paper l signed. 55 00:04:17,848 --> 00:04:20,486 Well, my lawyer can take care of that. 56 00:04:20,618 --> 00:04:22,254 Well, it's more than the contract. 57 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:24,390 lt's-- well, it's Jimmy. 58 00:04:24,523 --> 00:04:26,928 You see, he took me out of a garage in San Diego; 59 00:04:27,059 --> 00:04:28,261 he taught me everything l know. 60 00:04:28,393 --> 00:04:30,731 Why of course, Davey. His training is important. 61 00:04:30,862 --> 00:04:33,800 So is loyalty. A wonde_ul thing, loyalty. 62 00:04:33,931 --> 00:04:38,173 You only live once, Davey. You have to be loyal to yourself too. 63 00:04:38,303 --> 00:04:40,808 That's right. How many years does a fighter have? 64 00:04:40,939 --> 00:04:43,076 When your break comes, grab it. 65 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:45,613 l can build you into a champ, Davey. 66 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:48,650 Well, Jimmy says he can too. 67 00:04:48,781 --> 00:04:51,854 But Mr. Richards can really do it, Davey. 68 00:04:54,121 --> 00:04:56,793 - Hello there, Richards. - Lombard. 69 00:04:56,924 --> 00:04:58,427 The doorman said you wanted to see me. 70 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,995 You have a good flight from New York? 71 00:05:00,127 --> 00:05:02,332 Pe_ect. l'll have to see you sometime later. 72 00:05:02,464 --> 00:05:04,133 l haven't had a chance to stop by the desk yet 73 00:05:04,264 --> 00:05:05,532 and l would like to freshen up. 74 00:05:05,665 --> 00:05:07,402 That's the best time for a drink, isn't it? 75 00:05:07,534 --> 00:05:10,474 Here you are, sir. The special, Mr. Lombard. 76 00:05:10,605 --> 00:05:14,212 Excuse me, sir, here's your mail. The manager put your calls on top 77 00:05:14,342 --> 00:05:16,813 and l'll take your hat and coat upstairs now, sir, if you'd like. 78 00:05:16,945 --> 00:05:19,516 Well, you've thought of everything, haven't you? 79 00:05:19,648 --> 00:05:21,451 And in my own house too. 80 00:05:21,584 --> 00:05:23,854 l'd like to have you meet my secretary, Miss Sands, 81 00:05:23,985 --> 00:05:26,290 and a young man you'll be hearing about, Davey Carroll. 82 00:05:26,422 --> 00:05:28,926 - Pleasure to meet you. - l didn't expect such a pleasant welcome. 83 00:05:29,058 --> 00:05:31,296 Are you an associate of Mr. Richards too? 84 00:05:31,428 --> 00:05:34,701 l guess l am. l don't know yet. 85 00:05:34,831 --> 00:05:37,034 You'd better watch out for him, son. 86 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:39,204 He's a shrewd dealer. 87 00:05:39,336 --> 00:05:42,275 l remember once he bought a second-rate, broken-down ball club. 88 00:05:42,406 --> 00:05:44,409 Everyone thought he was crazy, 89 00:05:44,541 --> 00:05:46,611 until he fired the entire team 90 00:05:46,743 --> 00:05:49,147 and made a fortune on the real estate. 91 00:05:57,121 --> 00:05:58,690 [Davey] Is it your birthday, Mr. Lombard? 92 00:05:58,823 --> 00:06:01,562 They sure sell big cards these days, don't they? 93 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:05,468 l really don't have time for that drink just now, Richards. Sorry. 94 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:09,335 Hey, did l say something? 95 00:06:09,467 --> 00:06:11,437 Look, Mr. Richards, l'm amul sorry if l said-- 96 00:06:11,569 --> 00:06:15,478 Now now, Davey, big men have big things to think about, that's all. 97 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:18,914 Now where were we? Oh yes, loyalty. 98 00:06:19,044 --> 00:06:22,718 The loyalty of a would-be fighter... 99 00:06:22,848 --> 00:06:25,620 Davey ain't for sale, l tell you. l won't let him go. 100 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:27,187 Won't you sit down, Mr. West? 101 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,023 Sit down? l don't feel like sittin' down. 102 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:32,896 Listen, Mr. Mason, l been in the fight racket 30 years. 103 00:06:33,026 --> 00:06:35,131 And l've known every kind of a rat there is-- 104 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:37,834 owners who would break a fighter just to win a bet, 105 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:40,803 owners who'd have a boy burned up in a cheap flea trap 106 00:06:40,934 --> 00:06:43,873 just to keep him from singin' about a fix. But this l don't get. 107 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:46,575 Why does a guy like Richards even want in this racket? 108 00:06:46,707 --> 00:06:48,777 Tod Richards has his hands in everything. 109 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:52,716 He's owned horses, racing cars. Why shouldn't he own a fighter? 110 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:54,817 Does it have to be my fighter? 111 00:06:54,949 --> 00:06:58,891 l been a hard-luck guy all my life and l ain't gettin' any younger. 112 00:06:59,020 --> 00:07:01,825 l gotta have one champ before l cash in. 113 00:07:01,958 --> 00:07:04,697 Now how about that contract? Will it hold up? 114 00:07:06,929 --> 00:07:08,231 Who wrote this? 115 00:07:08,364 --> 00:07:09,834 l did. 116 00:07:10,967 --> 00:07:12,503 Well, don't worry, Mr. West. 117 00:07:12,636 --> 00:07:16,042 l believe we can draw up a contract that nobody can break. 118 00:07:16,172 --> 00:07:19,478 All you'll need to do is persuade Davey Carroll to sign it. 119 00:07:20,943 --> 00:07:23,682 Come on. Come on. Get the gloves om. 120 00:07:23,813 --> 00:07:25,950 How are you gonna sign with the gloves on? 121 00:07:26,083 --> 00:07:27,351 Jimmy, l just thought that-- 122 00:07:27,484 --> 00:07:29,287 Jimmy thought that you needed protection 123 00:07:29,419 --> 00:07:31,489 now that you're coming up in the world as a fighter, Davey. 124 00:07:31,622 --> 00:07:33,994 But l want to explain this contract before you sign it. 125 00:07:34,124 --> 00:07:37,998 Well, anything that's okay with Jimmy is okay with me. Only-- 126 00:07:38,128 --> 00:07:41,369 Well, it won't make Mr. Richards sore, will it? 127 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:44,172 Richards? What's he got to do with it? 128 00:07:44,303 --> 00:07:45,972 l already signed a contract with Richards. 129 00:07:46,104 --> 00:07:47,774 - You what? - Well, he said-- 130 00:07:47,906 --> 00:07:50,110 He said! What did you say? 131 00:07:50,242 --> 00:07:52,679 No. That's the word, Davey. 132 00:07:52,812 --> 00:07:55,551 No-- that's what you say when somebody's trying to knife your best friend. 133 00:07:55,681 --> 00:07:58,921 But not you. l oughta knock your dumb block-- 134 00:07:59,051 --> 00:08:01,021 Here, here, take it easy on our property. 135 00:08:01,153 --> 00:08:04,527 There he is. There's the crook! Sue him, Mr. Mason. 136 00:08:04,658 --> 00:08:07,898 Now, Jimmy, l've got something here that'll make you feel better. 137 00:08:08,028 --> 00:08:09,163 What's that? 138 00:08:09,296 --> 00:08:12,435 lt's easy. l signed the fighter; now l need to sign the trainer. 139 00:08:12,567 --> 00:08:13,468 Do what? 140 00:08:13,601 --> 00:08:16,707 l've got a place out in the country-- ideal for a fighter-- 141 00:08:16,838 --> 00:08:19,442 fresh air, sunshine-- everything you'll need to get him in condition. 142 00:08:19,573 --> 00:08:21,076 Why, you cheap-- 143 00:08:21,208 --> 00:08:23,312 You think l'd be a hired stooge for some crook 144 00:08:23,443 --> 00:08:25,549 that tried to steal my only boy? 145 00:08:25,681 --> 00:08:28,987 Hold it, Jimmy, hold it. He's giving you 500/o... 146 00:08:29,116 --> 00:08:30,285 and all expenses. 147 00:08:30,419 --> 00:08:33,291 Apparently, Mr. Richards wants you as a partner. 148 00:08:33,422 --> 00:08:35,760 Huh? 149 00:08:35,891 --> 00:08:39,531 l don't believe it. l'm gettin' lucky. 150 00:08:39,662 --> 00:08:42,066 Jimmy West is gettin' lucky. 151 00:08:42,197 --> 00:08:44,535 Why didn't you tell me we was partners? 152 00:08:44,667 --> 00:08:46,737 Well, gimme a pen. Gimme a pen, somebody. 153 00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:49,843 l'll do the signing around here. 154 00:09:15,066 --> 00:09:18,138 Go on, you big-- 155 00:09:38,257 --> 00:09:40,862 - Davey? - How's he doing, partner? 156 00:09:40,993 --> 00:09:42,663 Oh, great, Mr. Richards. Great. 157 00:09:42,796 --> 00:09:44,900 Of course his head's up in the air right now, 158 00:09:45,031 --> 00:09:46,768 but you've got nothing to worry about. 159 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:51,075 By the time the Jackson fight comes along, he'll be great. 160 00:09:51,205 --> 00:09:53,809 With you on the job, l'm not worried about anything, Jimmy. 161 00:09:53,943 --> 00:09:57,114 Here, l bought the rest of that equipment you wanted. 162 00:09:57,244 --> 00:09:59,782 lt's in your name, so you'd better sign the shipping receipts. 163 00:09:59,914 --> 00:10:01,484 Sure. Step inside. 164 00:10:06,587 --> 00:10:09,092 You know, this whole layout is a little too fancy. 165 00:10:09,223 --> 00:10:12,395 l mean, to train a kid that's practically getting started... 166 00:10:13,395 --> 00:10:14,697 What's that for? 167 00:10:14,830 --> 00:10:17,135 l used to keep rough company, but not anymore. 168 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:19,336 You got no idea what a relief it is. 169 00:10:19,468 --> 00:10:22,040 You sure you didn't bring it up here to keep your partner honest? 170 00:10:22,171 --> 00:10:24,809 Oh, Mr. Richards, how can you say a thing like that? 171 00:10:24,941 --> 00:10:26,644 Even Mr. Mason says he never heard of a deal-- 172 00:10:26,776 --> 00:10:29,647 Jimmy, l'm just kidding you. Here. 173 00:10:29,778 --> 00:10:32,717 l know how good a deal this is... 174 00:10:32,849 --> 00:10:35,922 for both of us, Jimmy. 175 00:11:08,787 --> 00:11:10,056 Okay, Joe, that's enough. 176 00:11:10,188 --> 00:11:12,058 The kid's gotta hit the road again. 177 00:11:18,565 --> 00:11:21,971 Hey, you wanna wreck everything? You know who that chick is? 178 00:11:22,102 --> 00:11:25,141 Well, somebody new come up, l guess, huh? 179 00:11:25,272 --> 00:11:28,144 That's Mr. Richards' wife. You lay om, you understand? 180 00:11:28,275 --> 00:11:31,682 Yeah yeah, sure. l understand. 181 00:11:38,185 --> 00:11:41,224 Hi. Do l know you? 182 00:11:41,355 --> 00:11:44,294 - Not yet. - Oh, that's too bad. 183 00:11:44,426 --> 00:11:45,961 l was going to ask you to do my back, 184 00:11:46,093 --> 00:11:49,366 but it wouldn't be proper without an introduction. 185 00:11:49,497 --> 00:11:50,832 l'm Davey Carroll. 186 00:11:50,966 --> 00:11:53,370 Oh yes, Tod's new toy. 187 00:11:53,501 --> 00:11:54,971 - Toy? - Mm-hmm. 188 00:11:55,103 --> 00:11:58,477 My husband collects toys-- fighters, baby dolls-- 189 00:11:58,607 --> 00:12:01,579 baby dolls who walk and talk... 190 00:12:01,710 --> 00:12:04,049 and take the bottle. 191 00:12:08,150 --> 00:12:11,490 l see there's a little island out in the lake. 192 00:12:11,621 --> 00:12:13,224 Nice place to have a picnic. 193 00:12:13,356 --> 00:12:15,460 Picnic? 194 00:12:15,592 --> 00:12:18,464 Yes, it might be at that. 195 00:12:36,247 --> 00:12:37,248 Jo? 196 00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:39,117 Tod, it's you. 197 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:41,821 l know you've been too busy to come to the omice, 198 00:12:41,953 --> 00:12:45,829 but it's been a whole week now, and last week only one day. 199 00:12:45,959 --> 00:12:48,196 Don't you think l know that, Jo? 200 00:12:48,327 --> 00:12:50,665 No, l can't see you tonight. 201 00:12:50,797 --> 00:12:54,838 l have to run down to San Diego today then see Lombard again in the morning. 202 00:12:54,968 --> 00:12:58,475 He doesn't know it yet, but he's going to spend the weekend here. 203 00:12:58,605 --> 00:13:00,743 l'm giving a press party for Davey in the afternoon, 204 00:13:00,875 --> 00:13:03,480 so l want you to phone invitations. 205 00:13:03,611 --> 00:13:05,247 That's right-- Saturday. 206 00:13:05,379 --> 00:13:08,451 And don't expect me back in town until-- 207 00:13:08,582 --> 00:13:11,353 Now... now that's not so long, is it? 208 00:13:11,484 --> 00:13:14,056 Tod, at least you can phone more often. 209 00:13:14,187 --> 00:13:16,190 l miss you. 210 00:13:16,322 --> 00:13:19,662 - [clicking] - Tod? 211 00:13:30,272 --> 00:13:33,145 Well, the well-dressed corpse. 212 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,277 What? 213 00:13:34,410 --> 00:13:36,347 Wasn't Richards going to get Davey's contract 214 00:13:36,479 --> 00:13:38,382 only over your dead body? 215 00:13:38,514 --> 00:13:39,750 - Aw! - [laughing] 216 00:13:39,883 --> 00:13:43,656 Oh, Jimmy, there you are. 217 00:13:43,786 --> 00:13:46,691 We're all ready over at ringside, Mr. Richards. Davey's all set. 218 00:13:46,822 --> 00:13:49,494 Good. Okay, everybody-- ringside. 219 00:13:49,625 --> 00:13:53,232 Grab your cameras. And don't forget your drinks. 220 00:13:53,362 --> 00:13:56,034 Me too, impresario? 221 00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:58,271 Why not? You like to have your picture taken, don't you? 222 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,143 Oh, Keith. 223 00:14:05,275 --> 00:14:07,613 l'm glad you could get here early. l want you to meet my wife. 224 00:14:07,745 --> 00:14:10,650 Lori, this is the fabulous Keith Lombard. 225 00:14:10,782 --> 00:14:12,050 Hi. 226 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:13,921 Your wife? 227 00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:16,557 l know what you're going to say-- she's much too pretty for me. 228 00:14:16,688 --> 00:14:18,091 Every man thinks that about Lori. 229 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,996 Aw, stop it, will you, Tod? 230 00:14:21,126 --> 00:14:23,598 All right, everybody, over at ringside for your pictures. 231 00:14:23,729 --> 00:14:25,466 Who is that man? 232 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:27,868 - In the sport shirt? - Yeah. 233 00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:31,240 That's Davey's trainer. Actually he and l are partners. 234 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,940 What's his name? 235 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:35,611 West. He's a real old-timer, Jimmy is. 236 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:38,113 Jimmy West. 237 00:14:38,246 --> 00:14:40,183 Now let's get you a drink, shall we? 238 00:14:40,313 --> 00:14:42,617 They don't really need us around here. Come on. 239 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:45,488 l've got some good stum in the study. 240 00:14:58,734 --> 00:15:00,537 Davey? 241 00:15:01,903 --> 00:15:05,577 Good Night, boss. Hee hee! 242 00:15:11,814 --> 00:15:13,249 What's the matter, Jimmy? 243 00:15:13,382 --> 00:15:15,520 You lose something? Your dog, maybe? 244 00:15:15,652 --> 00:15:19,326 Your false teeth? No? Your pipe dreams? 245 00:15:19,455 --> 00:15:23,028 - Smart guy. - [laughing] 246 00:15:28,464 --> 00:15:30,334 [laughing] Jimmy, where you been? 247 00:15:30,466 --> 00:15:32,136 You big ape, you're going to bed. 248 00:15:32,269 --> 00:15:34,373 Hey, listen listen, Lori thinks l'm gonna be champ someday. 249 00:15:34,504 --> 00:15:35,606 You think l'm gonna be champ? 250 00:15:35,738 --> 00:15:38,110 What if Mr. Richards saw you like this? Don't you understand? 251 00:15:38,242 --> 00:15:40,246 - If he had any idea-- - But he give it to me! 252 00:15:40,377 --> 00:15:44,753 lt's all right, Jimmy. He give me out of his own private stock. 253 00:15:47,019 --> 00:15:48,688 Did l waken you? 254 00:15:48,821 --> 00:15:51,058 l had to call. It's all over, darling. 255 00:15:51,190 --> 00:15:53,192 Went just the way l figured. 256 00:15:53,325 --> 00:15:55,630 And l'll be with you in a few hours. 257 00:15:57,330 --> 00:16:00,135 l know it's wonde_ul. From now on, you and l-- 258 00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:01,869 [Jimmy] Mr. Richards? 259 00:16:02,001 --> 00:16:03,336 Oh, Jimmy, l'm busy. 260 00:16:03,468 --> 00:16:06,006 ls this your idea of a training quarters for a raw kid? 261 00:16:06,138 --> 00:16:09,345 Parties, drinkin', reporters who don't give a darn about Davey yet? 262 00:16:09,475 --> 00:16:10,977 Darling, l'll have to call you back. 263 00:16:11,111 --> 00:16:14,217 What's goin' on here has got to stop, Mr. Richards. 264 00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:16,953 l won't have a fighter. l'll have a gigolo, 265 00:16:17,084 --> 00:16:18,687 with a head ten sizes too big. 266 00:16:18,819 --> 00:16:21,558 Jimmy, this is no time or place to talk about it. 267 00:16:23,725 --> 00:16:25,928 Listen, if you don't care about our fighter, 268 00:16:26,060 --> 00:16:27,595 maybe you care about your own wife. 269 00:16:27,728 --> 00:16:28,864 lf she'd just leave Davey alone-- 270 00:16:28,996 --> 00:16:31,835 Lori's had hobbies before. Now cool om and-- 271 00:16:31,966 --> 00:16:35,038 Hobbies? You mean you know what's going on and you don't care? 272 00:16:35,169 --> 00:16:36,472 No, Jimmy, l don't. 273 00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:38,507 And from now on you can do anything you wish with Davey. 274 00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:39,975 l don't want to hear any more about him. 275 00:16:40,109 --> 00:16:42,179 You can't do this. You can't do this to me. 276 00:16:42,311 --> 00:16:44,949 You're promotin' Davey. What about the Jackson fight? 277 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,583 What about the fights after that? 278 00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,718 You were gonna make a champion out of him. 279 00:16:48,851 --> 00:16:50,988 Mr. Richards, you can't do this to me. 280 00:16:54,623 --> 00:16:57,795 To the someday champion of the world. 281 00:17:05,834 --> 00:17:07,471 Hey, Jimmy! 282 00:17:08,538 --> 00:17:10,508 Hey, Jimmy, wake up. 283 00:17:10,641 --> 00:17:12,745 Wanna go on a picnic, huh? 284 00:17:15,846 --> 00:17:17,983 Oh, you sure do sleep messy, don't you? 285 00:17:22,486 --> 00:17:25,091 Hey, somethin' hit you? 286 00:17:27,893 --> 00:17:30,197 How could anybody be such a big dumb sucker? 287 00:17:30,328 --> 00:17:33,434 - Get outta my way. - Now now, Jimmy, don't be sore. 288 00:17:33,564 --> 00:17:35,000 Just a little picnic, huh? 289 00:17:35,133 --> 00:17:38,239 Go drown yourself as far as l'm concerned, you big ape. 290 00:17:38,370 --> 00:17:41,710 l'm leaving you, do ya hear? l never wanna see you again. 291 00:17:44,876 --> 00:17:48,216 Now Jimmy, listen to me. Hey. 292 00:17:49,882 --> 00:17:51,553 Hey, Jimmy? 293 00:17:59,227 --> 00:18:01,164 Hey, Jimmy? 294 00:18:02,495 --> 00:18:04,432 Hey? 295 00:18:05,799 --> 00:18:07,802 Hey, Jimmy? 296 00:18:17,479 --> 00:18:19,282 Mr. Richards? 297 00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:31,361 l hitched a ride down the mountain. 298 00:18:31,495 --> 00:18:34,132 l didn't know Richards was dead till this morning, Mr. Mason. 299 00:18:34,264 --> 00:18:36,234 l swear l didn't. 300 00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,636 Apparently no one else did, either. 301 00:18:38,767 --> 00:18:42,541 ''The body of Tod Richards was not discovered until 5:OO a.m. 302 00:18:42,672 --> 00:18:45,711 lt was found near a guest cottage occupied by the missing trainer, 303 00:18:45,842 --> 00:18:47,044 Jimmy West.'' 304 00:18:48,044 --> 00:18:51,684 All right, Jimmy, tell me again about you and Richards. 305 00:18:51,815 --> 00:18:53,685 Well, he knocked me out, like l said. 306 00:18:53,818 --> 00:18:56,690 l may have landed one or two, but then the roof fell in. 307 00:18:56,821 --> 00:18:59,292 l don't know how long l must've laid there. 308 00:18:59,424 --> 00:19:02,296 - And then Davey-- - What about Davey? 309 00:19:02,427 --> 00:19:04,899 Nothin'. 310 00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:06,866 l got sore thinkin' about him. 311 00:19:06,998 --> 00:19:08,567 Richards ruined the kid. 312 00:19:08,699 --> 00:19:11,036 A bum-- that's all Davey is now. 313 00:19:11,168 --> 00:19:15,075 Like givin' him all that big publicity before he's had even one big fight. 314 00:19:15,207 --> 00:19:17,712 That certainly isn't logical. 315 00:19:17,843 --> 00:19:21,183 Yeah, but all the real promoting, like lining up fights ahead, 316 00:19:21,314 --> 00:19:23,084 Richards hadn't done any of that. 317 00:19:23,216 --> 00:19:25,854 He admitted it when we got down to the cottage. 318 00:19:25,985 --> 00:19:28,457 Then when l started yelling again, he tells me to get out. 319 00:19:28,588 --> 00:19:30,692 ''The contract's all through,'' he says. 320 00:19:30,823 --> 00:19:34,765 ''Davey's all through. The whole thing's just a great big joke,'' he says. 321 00:19:34,895 --> 00:19:36,698 Peculiar sense of humor. 322 00:19:38,265 --> 00:19:42,406 Della, l'm going out to the lake house to see what's happening. 323 00:19:42,536 --> 00:19:43,939 Get hold of Paul. 324 00:19:44,071 --> 00:19:47,778 He'll find a place to keep Jimmy out of sight for a while. 325 00:19:55,450 --> 00:19:58,255 - What are you doing here? - l read the newspapers. 326 00:19:59,588 --> 00:20:02,361 Was Richards one of your clients, Mr. Mason? 327 00:20:02,491 --> 00:20:05,263 No he wasn't. Who shot him, Sergeant? 328 00:20:05,395 --> 00:20:06,663 Do you know? 329 00:20:06,796 --> 00:20:09,000 Well, the man who lived in the cottage there ran om last night 330 00:20:09,132 --> 00:20:10,834 and hasn't come back. 331 00:20:10,968 --> 00:20:13,271 His name's Jimmy West. You know him? 332 00:20:13,402 --> 00:20:14,738 We've met. 333 00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:17,174 l thought so. 334 00:20:17,306 --> 00:20:20,446 Where's Richards' fighter, Davey Carroll? l'd like to talk to him. 335 00:20:20,577 --> 00:20:23,449 Then you'll have to go down to the village jail. 336 00:20:23,580 --> 00:20:27,287 That's where he spent the night, along with Mrs. Richards. 337 00:20:31,322 --> 00:20:32,857 Go away. 338 00:20:32,990 --> 00:20:37,466 We're both going away. Come on, l just paid your bail. 339 00:20:37,595 --> 00:20:39,465 What happened last night? 340 00:20:39,597 --> 00:20:43,271 Aw, the party got dull, so we all went down to that joint to dance. 341 00:20:43,402 --> 00:20:45,204 l must've got in a fight. Look at this. 342 00:20:45,337 --> 00:20:47,574 Richards paid almost 300 bucks for this suit. 343 00:20:47,705 --> 00:20:50,912 Davey, what do you know about Richards' death? 344 00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:55,017 Nothing. Nothing at all. How many times l gotta say it to people? 345 00:20:59,519 --> 00:21:01,656 Paul, where's Jimmy West? 346 00:21:01,787 --> 00:21:04,827 He's in my apartment. Is this the much-touted future champ? 347 00:21:04,958 --> 00:21:06,828 - Who, me? - Champ or chump-- 348 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,663 l'm not quite sure at this point. 349 00:21:08,795 --> 00:21:10,932 Look here, Davey-- 350 00:21:11,064 --> 00:21:14,137 when was the last time you saw Jimmy last night? 351 00:21:14,268 --> 00:21:17,006 Jimmy? Oh, l never saw him any place. 352 00:21:17,137 --> 00:21:19,040 He must've been asleep or somethin'. 353 00:21:19,172 --> 00:21:20,975 l never saw Jim-- 354 00:21:27,181 --> 00:21:29,052 Hey, Lori? 355 00:21:35,190 --> 00:21:36,526 Who's that? 356 00:21:36,659 --> 00:21:38,262 The bereaved widow. 357 00:21:38,394 --> 00:21:42,368 She and Davey spend the night in jail after a brawl at a nearby roadhouse. 358 00:21:42,498 --> 00:21:43,433 That's cozy. 359 00:21:43,566 --> 00:21:45,804 But, Perry, l have something l think is more interesting. 360 00:21:45,935 --> 00:21:47,538 l have a contact on The Evening Star 361 00:21:47,671 --> 00:21:50,308 and he tells me George Hale has a story about Richards-- 362 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,911 some big business deal he pulled just before was killed. 363 00:21:53,041 --> 00:21:55,513 - It'll be in the afternoon edition. - George Hale the sports writer? 364 00:21:55,645 --> 00:21:56,713 Uh-huh. 365 00:21:56,846 --> 00:21:59,183 ''While his pugilist prot�g�, Davey Carroll, 366 00:21:59,315 --> 00:22:01,419 was posing for bored cameramen, 367 00:22:01,552 --> 00:22:04,758 Richards pulled what may be the financial coup of the year: 368 00:22:04,887 --> 00:22:08,227 purchase of the fabulous Wilshire Lombard Hotel. 369 00:22:08,358 --> 00:22:10,462 And in this writer's opinion, at least, 370 00:22:10,594 --> 00:22:13,434 brother Richards swung the deal for pennies-- 371 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:14,901 just pennies.'' 372 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:16,669 Who told you this? 373 00:22:16,801 --> 00:22:20,275 l'm a newspaperman, Mr. Mason, not just a sports bum. 374 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:24,579 And when l saw Lombard up there Iooking kind of grim, l got curious. 375 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:27,715 And when he went into the house with Richards, 376 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:30,818 well, it looked like a better story than the show outside. 377 00:22:30,949 --> 00:22:33,120 You see, there'd been rumors in financial circles 378 00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:35,589 about those two, so l watched. 379 00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:40,565 And just by watching you got the story of the hotel sale? 380 00:22:42,529 --> 00:22:44,466 Mr. Mason, l'm not going to quote anybody. 381 00:22:44,598 --> 00:22:48,405 A little while after Lombard Ieft the house last night, l followed. 382 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:52,009 Richards was still alive then. 383 00:22:52,139 --> 00:22:54,141 And that's all l know. 384 00:22:55,142 --> 00:22:57,914 lf it isn't enough, you'll have to ask Lombard. 385 00:22:59,313 --> 00:23:04,022 Oh, one more question, Mr. Hale. 386 00:23:04,152 --> 00:23:07,526 What is your professional opinion of Davey Carroll? 387 00:23:07,656 --> 00:23:08,724 Well, let's put it this way-- 388 00:23:08,856 --> 00:23:11,394 lf Davey Carroll, at his present stage of development, 389 00:23:11,527 --> 00:23:13,597 was fighting my grandmother, 390 00:23:13,729 --> 00:23:17,069 l'd have to put my bankroll on the old lady. 391 00:23:17,199 --> 00:23:20,573 And she's been dead for ten years. 392 00:23:22,705 --> 00:23:26,010 l'm sorry, Mr. Lombard isn't taking any more calls today. 393 00:23:26,141 --> 00:23:29,280 l'm sorry. l can't connect you to Mr. Lombard. 394 00:23:29,411 --> 00:23:33,385 No no no, Mr. Lombard isn't taking any more calls. 395 00:23:33,516 --> 00:23:35,987 No. l told you, Mr. Drake-- 396 00:23:36,118 --> 00:23:39,159 l know what you told me, but l talked to your garage attendant 397 00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:41,995 and he remembers handling George Hale's car last night. 398 00:23:42,126 --> 00:23:45,666 Well, perhaps he was here. l don't remember. 399 00:23:45,797 --> 00:23:47,867 Can't you see l'm busy? 400 00:23:47,998 --> 00:23:50,503 Mr. Lombard is seeing no one but his lawyers. 401 00:23:50,635 --> 00:23:52,939 Now excuse me, please. 402 00:23:54,539 --> 00:23:57,044 [Operator] Hello? Hello. No, l'm sorry, 403 00:23:57,175 --> 00:23:59,278 l can't connect you with Mr. Lombard. 404 00:23:59,410 --> 00:24:02,249 l'm sorry, l can't connect you with Mr. Lombard. 405 00:24:04,149 --> 00:24:07,788 Well, Paul says George Hale did go to the Lombard Hotel late last night. 406 00:24:07,919 --> 00:24:10,456 But now Lombard's barricaded behind a wall of lawyers, 407 00:24:10,589 --> 00:24:13,194 so Paul is trying an easier angle, whatever that means. 408 00:24:13,325 --> 00:24:15,329 What about the background on Richards? 409 00:24:15,461 --> 00:24:18,500 He was only with his wife a couple of nights the past week, 410 00:24:18,631 --> 00:24:20,501 according to Paul's omice. 411 00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:23,373 Oh, and Perry, there's something you might like to know: 412 00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:27,912 Richards' personal secretary is a blonde named Jo Sands. 413 00:24:28,041 --> 00:24:31,747 Unattached, lives in a plush apartment on the Strip 414 00:24:31,879 --> 00:24:34,050 and draws _200 a week salary. 415 00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:35,918 More? 416 00:24:36,049 --> 00:24:38,621 And drives a very expensive car 417 00:24:38,753 --> 00:24:42,694 and recently spent _10,OOO to redecorate her apartment. 418 00:24:42,824 --> 00:24:46,498 Della, you have a dark and suspicious mind. 419 00:24:46,628 --> 00:24:48,698 Where is her apartment? 420 00:24:58,707 --> 00:25:02,114 lt's running all right now, miss. We put in a new fuel-pump connection. 421 00:25:02,244 --> 00:25:03,813 Just so it doesn't stall again. 422 00:25:03,945 --> 00:25:05,414 Oh, it won't. 423 00:25:09,619 --> 00:25:11,456 [Mason] Miss Sands? 424 00:25:13,723 --> 00:25:16,830 l'm Perry Mason. l tried to telephone you, but l couldn't get through. 425 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,767 l've had the phone om the hook all day. You're the attorney, aren't you? 426 00:25:20,898 --> 00:25:23,603 Yes. As Tod Richards' secretary, 427 00:25:23,734 --> 00:25:26,139 you must know something about his deal for the Lombard Hotel. 428 00:25:26,270 --> 00:25:28,975 l placed a few telephone calls 429 00:25:29,106 --> 00:25:32,580 from Mr. Richards to Mr. Lombard. That's all l know. 430 00:25:32,711 --> 00:25:34,781 Now if you'll please excuse me? 431 00:25:39,750 --> 00:25:42,122 Why weren't you at Richards' party? 432 00:25:42,253 --> 00:25:44,992 l had some work to get out at the omice. 433 00:25:45,122 --> 00:25:46,892 When l tried to go home, my car wouldn't start. 434 00:25:47,024 --> 00:25:49,295 The garage man picked it up this morning. 435 00:25:49,429 --> 00:25:51,800 You know, l've told all this to the police. 436 00:25:51,932 --> 00:25:53,434 Did you tell them how you met Davey Carroll? 437 00:25:53,566 --> 00:25:56,572 Look, Davey Carroll's woman crazy. 438 00:25:56,704 --> 00:25:58,507 Mr. Richards thought perhaps l could help him-- 439 00:25:58,639 --> 00:26:01,544 influence him to sign the contract, that's all. 440 00:26:01,675 --> 00:26:03,779 Why would Richards want a fighter? 441 00:26:05,512 --> 00:26:09,218 Mr. Mason, l was Mr. Richards' secretary, period. 442 00:26:09,349 --> 00:26:11,787 He didn't tell me why he did anything. Ask his wife. 443 00:26:11,919 --> 00:26:14,858 lf anybody knows who killed him, she does. 444 00:26:22,062 --> 00:26:25,569 l don't know why you're asking me about Tod's amairs. 445 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:27,570 He never confided in me. 446 00:26:27,702 --> 00:26:30,140 Didn't you know he was going to buy Lombard's hotel? 447 00:26:30,271 --> 00:26:34,613 Not until today, Mr. Mason-- well after Tod's death. 448 00:26:34,745 --> 00:26:36,214 Who told you about it today? 449 00:26:36,345 --> 00:26:39,618 Well, my lawyers were going through his things. 450 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:42,521 They seem very happy about that hotel. 451 00:26:42,651 --> 00:26:45,089 Apparently he got it at a ridiculously low price-- 452 00:26:45,221 --> 00:26:48,460 almost _1 million less than what they think it's worth. 453 00:26:48,591 --> 00:26:51,129 l suppose you now inherit that bargain, 454 00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:53,130 along with the rest of your husband's estate? 455 00:26:53,263 --> 00:26:56,402 Yes. Isn't that nice? 456 00:26:56,533 --> 00:27:00,440 Mr. Mason, you don't think l killed my husband for it, do you? 457 00:27:00,570 --> 00:27:02,407 'Cause if you do, you're wrong. 458 00:27:02,540 --> 00:27:06,614 l'd never have killed Tod for a little thing like money. 459 00:27:06,744 --> 00:27:08,481 Excuse me. 460 00:27:08,613 --> 00:27:11,886 This is Mr. Drake, Mrs. Richards. l asked him to meet me here. 461 00:27:12,017 --> 00:27:15,322 He looks friendly enough. Can l get you a drink? 462 00:27:15,452 --> 00:27:16,889 Some other time, Mrs. Richards. 463 00:27:17,022 --> 00:27:19,360 Of course he'll have a drink. He's just bashful. 464 00:27:19,491 --> 00:27:21,328 l'll bet. 465 00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:23,197 - Well? - Oh. 466 00:27:25,264 --> 00:27:27,301 ''Keith Lombard, Lombard Hotel.'' 467 00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:28,401 What's this? 468 00:27:28,534 --> 00:27:30,639 Lombard has been receiving these regularly 469 00:27:30,770 --> 00:27:32,105 ever since he checked in from New York. 470 00:27:32,237 --> 00:27:35,110 The girl who works the mail desk said each one made him madder and madder 471 00:27:35,241 --> 00:27:37,278 until finally he just tossed this one into a waste basket. 472 00:27:37,410 --> 00:27:39,982 - Did she see what was inside? - Yep-- five playing cards: 473 00:27:40,113 --> 00:27:43,419 the king of diamonds, king of spades, four, trey and deuce of clubs. 474 00:27:43,551 --> 00:27:44,819 Poker hand? 475 00:27:44,952 --> 00:27:47,423 l'm a Parcheesi girl, myself. 476 00:27:47,554 --> 00:27:48,622 Thanks. 477 00:27:48,755 --> 00:27:51,026 l was just going to ask Mr. Drake 478 00:27:51,157 --> 00:27:53,762 what he knew of Keith Lombard's background. 479 00:27:53,894 --> 00:27:57,200 Well, l know the legend-- rags to riches, seven-year wonder. 480 00:27:57,330 --> 00:28:00,838 - l mean before the legend. - Well, how much before? 481 00:28:00,969 --> 00:28:05,244 Far enough to find a motive for blackmail. 482 00:28:05,373 --> 00:28:08,345 Lombard started in New York, didn't he, Mrs. Richards? 483 00:28:08,477 --> 00:28:10,815 How on earth would l know? 484 00:28:10,947 --> 00:28:13,952 Well, hi there. Come on and join the party. 485 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:15,820 l noticed your car out there. 486 00:28:15,952 --> 00:28:18,089 What are you still doing around here, Sergeant? 487 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:19,957 A little matter of the murder weapon-- 488 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:22,727 a small boy fishing in the lake finally spotted it. 489 00:28:22,859 --> 00:28:24,429 You have the gun? 490 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,430 Yes, and it puts the clincher On OUr CaSe-- 491 00:28:26,562 --> 00:28:29,401 a .38 revolver belonging to Jimmy West. 492 00:28:29,532 --> 00:28:31,904 So if you'll oblige me by showing me where he is 493 00:28:32,035 --> 00:28:33,570 so l can serve the warrant? 494 00:28:33,704 --> 00:28:38,313 l'll show him, Paul. You're going to New York. 495 00:28:51,923 --> 00:28:54,862 ''A .38 caliber revolver, one shot fired. 496 00:28:54,994 --> 00:28:57,264 Powder marks indicate range under 12 inches. 497 00:28:57,395 --> 00:29:00,869 No identifiable fingerprints.'' 498 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,805 Now, Sergeant Landro, you state that the murder gun 499 00:29:03,936 --> 00:29:07,810 was usually kept in a desk drawer of a cottage occupied by Jimmy West. 500 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:10,178 But that's just your own conclusion, isn't it? 501 00:29:10,309 --> 00:29:12,847 Based on observations of both the first and second maids. 502 00:29:12,979 --> 00:29:17,421 Well, if a gun inside a desk drawer was so easily seen 503 00:29:17,551 --> 00:29:19,922 by the first and second maids, then anyone might have seen it. 504 00:29:20,053 --> 00:29:22,791 And of course anyone might have fired it. 505 00:29:22,923 --> 00:29:26,195 l think that's all, Sergeant. 506 00:29:26,325 --> 00:29:27,996 [Judge] You may step down, Sergeant Landro. 507 00:29:29,197 --> 00:29:30,800 Well, l couldn't hear much of their row, 508 00:29:30,932 --> 00:29:34,004 but l did hear Jimmy yell, ''You can't do this. 509 00:29:34,136 --> 00:29:35,838 You can't do this to me.'' 510 00:29:35,971 --> 00:29:38,108 Do you know what he meant? 511 00:29:38,239 --> 00:29:42,180 Jimmy had a fixation about building Davey Carroll into a champion. 512 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:45,250 And l think Richards had finally seen through him, that's all. 513 00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:47,217 What do you mean, seen through him? 514 00:29:47,349 --> 00:29:51,557 lt's easy to set up a few phony knockouts to make a new fighter look good-- 515 00:29:51,688 --> 00:29:54,660 That's a lie. Davey never had a fixed fight in his life. 516 00:29:54,791 --> 00:29:56,393 lt was Richards made a bum out of the kid. 517 00:29:56,525 --> 00:29:58,195 Jimmy, sit down. 518 00:29:58,327 --> 00:30:01,566 Your Honor, l apologize for the defendant's outburst. 519 00:30:01,697 --> 00:30:05,171 However, l was about to make an objection. 520 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:07,270 The witness was expressing an opinion. 521 00:30:07,402 --> 00:30:09,440 Sustained. 522 00:30:09,572 --> 00:30:11,810 Confine your questioning to direct evidence, Mr. Burger. 523 00:30:11,942 --> 00:30:14,915 l have no further questions of this witness, Your Honor. 524 00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:17,283 Mr. Mason? 525 00:30:17,414 --> 00:30:20,921 Mr. Hale, on the day after Richards' death, 526 00:30:21,052 --> 00:30:23,524 your newspaper column had the first printed the story 527 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,825 of his purchase of a hotel from Mr. Lombard. 528 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,263 Now you stated to me that you had observed the two men 529 00:30:29,393 --> 00:30:31,363 in the process of making this deal? 530 00:30:31,495 --> 00:30:34,468 That's right. They were in the study most of the evening 531 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,001 going over papers together. 532 00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:39,774 l saw securities changing hands and l heard them talking about escrows. 533 00:30:39,904 --> 00:30:43,712 And if you did not then get confirmation of the deal from Mr. Richards, 534 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:45,780 did you get one from Mr. Lombard? 535 00:30:45,911 --> 00:30:47,681 No, not there at the house. 536 00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:51,554 But later, on the way back to town, l did nail him at his hotel. 537 00:30:51,684 --> 00:30:54,490 Lombard admitted making the sale. 538 00:30:54,621 --> 00:30:57,661 Now he didn't actually tell me he was unhappy with the deal, 539 00:30:57,792 --> 00:30:59,695 but when l kept asking him the price, 540 00:30:59,826 --> 00:31:04,100 he did do a little swearing before he threw me out. 541 00:31:05,166 --> 00:31:07,870 lt was a pe_ectly legitimate sale. 542 00:31:08,002 --> 00:31:10,172 l accepted Richards' terms, that's all-- 543 00:31:10,305 --> 00:31:12,242 both cash and some real-estate trading-- 544 00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:14,477 for private financial reasons of my own. 545 00:31:14,609 --> 00:31:16,846 Then there was no bitterness between you? 546 00:31:16,978 --> 00:31:18,748 Certainly not. 547 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,151 What time did you Ieave the party, Mr. Lombard? 548 00:31:21,283 --> 00:31:23,053 About 1 1 :30. 549 00:31:23,185 --> 00:31:27,928 Our deal was over. l don't like big amairs. And l don't like heavy drinking. 550 00:31:28,057 --> 00:31:31,497 And did you say good night to your host before you left? 551 00:31:31,627 --> 00:31:33,196 l wanted to. 552 00:31:33,329 --> 00:31:35,834 l'd seen Richards go om toward the training area with the defendant. 553 00:31:35,964 --> 00:31:38,970 They seemed to be quarrelling. 554 00:31:39,102 --> 00:31:41,507 l waited a little while and after about 20 minutes, l walked down 555 00:31:41,638 --> 00:31:43,908 and heard their voices in the cottage. 556 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,877 lt wasn't my fight, so l left. 557 00:31:46,010 --> 00:31:49,015 l think that'll be all, Mr. Lombard. Thank you, sir. 558 00:31:49,146 --> 00:31:50,381 Counselor? 559 00:31:52,116 --> 00:31:55,490 You heard the defendant talking with Richards in the cottage? 560 00:31:55,619 --> 00:31:58,391 lt was Richards' voice l heard. 561 00:31:58,522 --> 00:32:00,359 He was speaking rather quietly. 562 00:32:00,491 --> 00:32:02,561 But what about the defendant? 563 00:32:02,693 --> 00:32:05,832 You've just heard a demonstration of how unquiet his voice is. 564 00:32:05,963 --> 00:32:10,071 l don't remember having actually heard the other party speak. 565 00:32:10,202 --> 00:32:13,241 Thank you for correcting your testimony. 566 00:32:13,372 --> 00:32:17,313 Now, Mr. Lombard, you're a highly successful hotel man. 567 00:32:17,441 --> 00:32:20,113 Do you recall the first hotel you operated? 568 00:32:20,245 --> 00:32:22,951 The Union-- New York City. 569 00:32:23,082 --> 00:32:24,652 What happened to that hotel? 570 00:32:24,784 --> 00:32:26,487 lt burned down. 571 00:32:26,619 --> 00:32:30,326 Your Honor, this is an old story and l see no reason to exhume it here. 572 00:32:30,456 --> 00:32:32,627 Your Honor, neither do l. 573 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,267 Mr. Mason, what is your objective in this line of questioning? 574 00:32:36,398 --> 00:32:39,035 l'm trying to set a background for what l believe happened 575 00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:41,838 on the Richards estate the night of the murder, Your Honor. 576 00:32:41,969 --> 00:32:44,406 Very well, Mr. Mason. 577 00:32:44,538 --> 00:32:46,909 Now Mr. Lombard, 578 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,048 you sold a valuable property, apparently at a fantastic loss. 579 00:32:51,179 --> 00:32:53,783 On the advice of counsel, Your Honor 580 00:32:53,915 --> 00:32:57,354 l refuse to answer any question concerning my personal financial amairs. 581 00:32:57,484 --> 00:33:00,524 But in the past you did own the Union Hotel, 582 00:33:00,655 --> 00:33:02,892 and the Union Hotel did burn down. 583 00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:07,167 Now was the hotel insured? 584 00:33:07,297 --> 00:33:09,467 lt's a matter of record 585 00:33:09,597 --> 00:33:13,472 l was paid _250,OOO by the Eastboard Insurance Company. 586 00:33:14,904 --> 00:33:17,376 Thank you again, Mr. Lombard. 587 00:33:17,506 --> 00:33:21,447 l knew that Mr. Richards was going to have trouble with the defendant 588 00:33:21,577 --> 00:33:25,017 because he said that Jimmy-- Mr. West-- 589 00:33:25,148 --> 00:33:26,451 was getting on his nerves. 590 00:33:26,583 --> 00:33:30,457 Did he say anything to you about canceling the defendant's contract? 591 00:33:30,587 --> 00:33:33,827 No, not in so many words. 592 00:33:33,958 --> 00:33:38,232 Mr. Richards had a way of getting bored with his little hobbies. 593 00:33:38,362 --> 00:33:41,368 - l guess he got bored with everything. - Thank you, Miss Sands. 594 00:33:41,499 --> 00:33:44,537 Thank you very much. Cross-examine. 595 00:33:48,339 --> 00:33:51,179 Miss Sands, as Mr. Richards' secretary, 596 00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:54,283 do you recognize this envelope; the stationary; 597 00:33:54,414 --> 00:33:55,883 the style of type? 598 00:33:56,014 --> 00:33:58,352 ''Mr. Keith Lombard, Lombard Hotel, 599 00:33:58,485 --> 00:34:00,689 Personal.'' 600 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:04,026 No. No, l've never seen it before. 601 00:34:04,157 --> 00:34:06,194 Did you know that Keith Lombard was invited 602 00:34:06,327 --> 00:34:08,330 to the press party for Davey Carroll? 603 00:34:08,462 --> 00:34:11,201 No. l mean yes. 604 00:34:11,332 --> 00:34:14,204 Mr. Richards did mention it, but l didn't know why he was invited 605 00:34:14,334 --> 00:34:17,073 or anything about buying hotels, for that matter. 606 00:34:17,203 --> 00:34:20,376 l was his secretary-- just his secretary. 607 00:34:23,244 --> 00:34:27,185 Well, l hadn't seen my husband at the party for some time, 608 00:34:27,314 --> 00:34:29,686 so l went looking for him. 609 00:34:29,817 --> 00:34:32,155 The door to the cottage was open. 610 00:34:32,287 --> 00:34:34,425 He-- the defendant-- 611 00:34:34,556 --> 00:34:37,862 was yelling at Tod. ''l'll kill you,'' he said. 612 00:34:37,994 --> 00:34:39,296 ''l'll kill you for this.'' 613 00:34:39,428 --> 00:34:41,498 And then he started hitting my husband. 614 00:34:41,631 --> 00:34:45,772 Well, Tod just grabbed his arm and kicked the door shut. 615 00:34:45,902 --> 00:34:49,608 l was afraid that some of the other guests might notice, 616 00:34:49,738 --> 00:34:53,713 so l went back to the party to-- well, to sort of keep everyone busy. 617 00:34:53,843 --> 00:34:56,715 You mean you ran om and left your husband? 618 00:34:56,846 --> 00:34:59,083 You didn't even try to help him when he was being attacked? 619 00:34:59,215 --> 00:35:01,085 Well, it never occurred to me 620 00:35:01,218 --> 00:35:05,025 that Tod couldn't quite easily have killed him, if he'd wanted to. 621 00:35:05,155 --> 00:35:08,060 After all, l had no idea then 622 00:35:08,191 --> 00:35:11,096 that Mr. West had a gun. 623 00:35:11,228 --> 00:35:14,602 So later on you again looked for your husband and couldn't find him. 624 00:35:14,731 --> 00:35:17,905 And yet you were willing to leave your home 625 00:35:18,037 --> 00:35:20,941 and go to a nearby roadhouse for an all-night party? 626 00:35:21,072 --> 00:35:24,412 Not until after Davey Carroll had told me he'd seen my husband drive away, 627 00:35:24,543 --> 00:35:27,215 alone and-- and healthy. 628 00:35:27,346 --> 00:35:31,787 Mrs. Richards, how long were you married to the deceased? 629 00:35:31,917 --> 00:35:33,854 Six years. 630 00:35:33,986 --> 00:35:35,088 Six happy years? 631 00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:37,425 Not particularly. 632 00:35:37,557 --> 00:35:39,761 As a matter of fact, 633 00:35:39,892 --> 00:35:43,099 just lately we'd been considering a divorce. 634 00:35:43,229 --> 00:35:45,299 What did you do before you were married, Mrs. Richards? 635 00:35:45,432 --> 00:35:47,102 Do? 636 00:35:47,233 --> 00:35:50,940 Yes, around the time the Union Hotel was destroyed by fire. 637 00:35:54,907 --> 00:35:56,978 ''Lori Wilson, switchboard operator, 638 00:35:57,110 --> 00:35:59,448 reported the blaze shortly after midnight.'' 639 00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:02,520 Your Honor, would it be asking too much 640 00:36:02,650 --> 00:36:04,887 to inquire what counsel is doing? 641 00:36:05,019 --> 00:36:06,922 What is that you're reading, Mr. Mason? 642 00:36:07,054 --> 00:36:09,025 A portion of the police report on the fire 643 00:36:09,157 --> 00:36:12,363 that destroyed the Union Hotel in New York City seven years ago. 644 00:36:12,494 --> 00:36:16,703 l was about to ask Mrs. Richards what her maiden name was. 645 00:36:16,832 --> 00:36:20,406 Well, of course l'm Lori Wilson. But what about it? 646 00:36:20,536 --> 00:36:22,840 l only worked for Mr. Lombard once, that's all. 647 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:25,375 And l did not know that he was coming to the party that night. 648 00:36:25,507 --> 00:36:28,580 l hadn't even seen him since l left New York six years ago. 649 00:36:28,710 --> 00:36:31,916 And l certainly don't know anything about any business dealings 650 00:36:32,047 --> 00:36:34,218 that he might have had with my husband. 651 00:36:35,385 --> 00:36:38,390 Then you admit, Mr. Carroll, that it's quite possible 652 00:36:38,521 --> 00:36:41,895 that Mr. Richards and Jimmy West had quarreled before; 653 00:36:42,025 --> 00:36:43,829 that Jimmy West was already afraid 654 00:36:43,961 --> 00:36:46,433 that Richards was losing interest in promoting you? 655 00:36:46,564 --> 00:36:49,736 Well, l sort of kept my eyes on other things. 656 00:36:49,868 --> 00:36:51,537 l mean, l know Jimmy had a temper but-- 657 00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:54,743 Mr. Carroll l show you this slip'of paper. 658 00:36:54,873 --> 00:36:58,011 This was found by the police in Mr. Richards' wallet 659 00:36:58,142 --> 00:37:00,947 when they examined his body the morning after his death. 660 00:37:01,079 --> 00:37:04,886 Now this is a typewritten note. Do you think you could read it for us? 661 00:37:05,016 --> 00:37:07,420 Yeah, yeah. 662 00:37:07,553 --> 00:37:09,222 ''l'm not going to warn you again. 663 00:37:09,354 --> 00:37:11,292 You know what will happen if you back down.'' 664 00:37:11,424 --> 00:37:13,294 Did you ever see this note before? 665 00:37:13,426 --> 00:37:14,427 No, l never. 666 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,599 Examine it closely. Maybe you'll recognize the signature. 667 00:37:17,729 --> 00:37:21,036 Yeah, it's Jimmy's handwriting. It's signed ''Jimmy West.'' 668 00:37:21,167 --> 00:37:22,837 Yes it is, isn't it? 669 00:37:22,968 --> 00:37:26,276 Of course we'll wait for a handwriting expert 670 00:37:26,407 --> 00:37:30,547 to prove that Mr. West actually signed this, won't we? 671 00:37:30,677 --> 00:37:34,217 l didn't write that note. l never touched a typewriter in my life. 672 00:37:34,347 --> 00:37:37,052 Now, Mr. Carroll 673 00:37:37,184 --> 00:37:39,522 we heard Mrs. Richards testify here 674 00:37:39,654 --> 00:37:42,326 that you clearly told her that you saw her husband 675 00:37:42,457 --> 00:37:46,966 drive away from the house after the time of his quarrel with the defendant. 676 00:37:47,095 --> 00:37:49,065 Well, like l told you before, Mr. Burger-- 677 00:37:49,197 --> 00:37:53,573 Davey, l know that you were just trying to help your friend Jimmy West. 678 00:37:53,702 --> 00:37:55,840 But you have to tell this court 679 00:37:55,971 --> 00:37:59,444 whether or not what you told Mr. Richards was true. 680 00:37:59,576 --> 00:38:01,812 Well, it wasn't exactly true, but-- 681 00:38:01,943 --> 00:38:05,550 Now Davey, do you remember what l told you in my omice about perjury? 682 00:38:05,681 --> 00:38:08,921 Do you remember what l told you about how it would be for you 683 00:38:09,051 --> 00:38:11,791 if you were an unfriendly witness here today? 684 00:38:13,089 --> 00:38:14,826 Jimmy, l didn't want to tell them anything. 685 00:38:14,958 --> 00:38:18,332 But we're in a court of law now, aren't we? 686 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:22,035 And you did lie to Mrs. Richards, didn't you, Davey? 687 00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:24,436 Answer yes or no. 688 00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:27,775 Yeah. But l didn't want anybody going down there, that's all. 689 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:29,742 l seen what a mess the cottage was in. 690 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:32,980 The cottage was a mess, Davey? 691 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:35,614 Why, the police report indicated it was quite tidy. 692 00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:38,518 Well, l only picked things up a little. 693 00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:41,555 lt wasn't much of a fight they had. And Jimmy wouldn't kill anybody. 694 00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:43,256 Look, Mr. Burger, like l told you, 695 00:38:43,388 --> 00:38:45,191 l didn't want anybody to think Jimmy had anything to do 696 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,995 - with that body on the path. - Big dumb ape. 697 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:50,731 Oh, you saw Richards' body too? 698 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,632 That's why l got everybody to go down to that roadhouse. 699 00:38:52,765 --> 00:38:54,001 That's why l got them out of there. 700 00:38:54,133 --> 00:38:55,870 Why, Davey? Why was that? 701 00:38:56,002 --> 00:38:58,640 Well, look, some people add two and two and they get four. 702 00:38:58,772 --> 00:39:00,675 And just because there's a gun Iying around 703 00:39:00,808 --> 00:39:02,111 and l happen to know it's Jimmy's... 704 00:39:02,242 --> 00:39:04,045 Oh, you saw the gun? 705 00:39:04,178 --> 00:39:06,247 Now look, l didn't touch it. There's no fingerprints. 706 00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:08,784 And there were none because l used a handkerchief. 707 00:39:08,915 --> 00:39:10,518 You hear me? l used a handkerchief. 708 00:39:10,651 --> 00:39:14,158 - A handkerchief, Davey? - When l threw it in the lake. 709 00:39:14,288 --> 00:39:16,291 Ho ho, of course. 710 00:39:16,423 --> 00:39:18,293 That's how it got in the lake, isn't it? 711 00:39:18,425 --> 00:39:20,463 And why did you do all this, Davey? 712 00:39:20,595 --> 00:39:24,803 Come on now, tell the court. Why did you do it? 713 00:39:24,932 --> 00:39:27,003 To help him. 714 00:39:27,135 --> 00:39:29,572 Now listen, Judge, honest, l wasn't trying to hurt the evidence-- 715 00:39:29,705 --> 00:39:33,011 To help your friend Jimmy West to escape-- isn't that what you mean? 716 00:39:33,141 --> 00:39:35,813 You wanted to give your friend time to get away 717 00:39:35,944 --> 00:39:38,183 because you knew he'd just committed a murder. 718 00:39:38,315 --> 00:39:40,584 No! l just thought he had. l mean, l just thought he had. 719 00:39:40,716 --> 00:39:44,858 Now Davey, why don't you tell us your story right from the beginning? 720 00:39:44,987 --> 00:39:48,627 Just start at the beginning and tell us your whole story. 721 00:39:52,829 --> 00:39:55,802 That's my signature, all right, but l didn't sign that note. 722 00:39:55,932 --> 00:39:57,735 l didn't write Richards any notes. 723 00:39:57,869 --> 00:39:59,672 You must have signed something, Jimmy. 724 00:39:59,804 --> 00:40:03,076 - No, nothing except those receipts. - Receipts? 725 00:40:03,207 --> 00:40:05,511 Richards bought gym equipment in my name. 726 00:40:05,643 --> 00:40:07,848 l kept signing for all kinds of stum like that. 727 00:40:09,647 --> 00:40:11,984 The pressure had to be put on Lombard in some way, 728 00:40:12,115 --> 00:40:13,384 but why from you, Jimmy? 729 00:40:13,517 --> 00:40:15,152 l don't know what you're talking about. 730 00:40:15,286 --> 00:40:16,821 But l know that guy Lombard. 731 00:40:16,953 --> 00:40:19,124 Why didn't you tell me that before? 732 00:40:19,257 --> 00:40:21,462 Because l didn't remember him till he got talking 733 00:40:21,593 --> 00:40:22,996 about that old Union Hotel. 734 00:40:23,128 --> 00:40:24,764 That's where l stayed and that Buddy Chance stayed-- 735 00:40:24,898 --> 00:40:26,367 you know, the fighter l told you got bumped. 736 00:40:26,499 --> 00:40:28,970 Buddy died in that fire. 737 00:40:30,236 --> 00:40:32,039 What? Is that important? 738 00:40:32,171 --> 00:40:34,910 How can anything l say be important after that big-- 739 00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:36,878 Della, get hold of Paul in New York. 740 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:38,613 l believe l know how this worked, 741 00:40:38,746 --> 00:40:41,718 but l can't rely on Jimmy's memory to prove it. 742 00:40:41,849 --> 00:40:44,186 Before l start my defense, 743 00:40:44,317 --> 00:40:46,788 you'll have to check again with the telephone company. 744 00:40:46,921 --> 00:40:48,924 l'll also want a book on guns 745 00:40:49,055 --> 00:40:51,426 and a pair of gloves. 746 00:40:55,396 --> 00:40:57,967 ln the course of your investigation, Sergeant Landro, 747 00:40:58,098 --> 00:41:00,803 did you find that the defendant had a police record? 748 00:41:00,936 --> 00:41:02,739 No, not exactly. 749 00:41:02,871 --> 00:41:05,243 l did find he'd been subpoenaed once as a witness 750 00:41:05,373 --> 00:41:06,943 in a New York boxing scandal. 751 00:41:07,075 --> 00:41:08,445 He was training for Doc Morgan, 752 00:41:08,577 --> 00:41:10,580 a hoodlum who owned a string of fighters. 753 00:41:10,713 --> 00:41:14,587 Was the defendant personally involved in the scandal, Sergeant? 754 00:41:14,718 --> 00:41:16,019 Apparently not. 755 00:41:16,151 --> 00:41:18,589 Anyway, the investigation was dropped when the chief witness, 756 00:41:18,721 --> 00:41:21,192 a fighter named Buddy Chance, died. 757 00:41:21,324 --> 00:41:24,630 You might have added that he died in the Union Hotel fire. 758 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,802 Oh, one more question-- 759 00:41:28,932 --> 00:41:33,006 Did you check as to whether this Doc Morgan had a police record? 760 00:41:33,135 --> 00:41:36,175 Morgan had been brought to trial three times in years past-- 761 00:41:36,306 --> 00:41:37,675 no convictions. 762 00:41:37,808 --> 00:41:41,148 He left the country for good six years ago to dodge a tax rap. 763 00:41:41,278 --> 00:41:43,916 What other crimes had Morgan been accused of, Sergeant? 764 00:41:44,047 --> 00:41:47,219 Armed robbery, 765 00:41:47,352 --> 00:41:49,756 assault with a deadly weapon, 766 00:41:49,887 --> 00:41:52,058 arSOn... 767 00:41:52,190 --> 00:41:54,494 l didn't know anything about that fire. 768 00:41:54,625 --> 00:41:57,665 Mrs. Richards, l remind you that you're under oath. 769 00:41:57,796 --> 00:42:00,501 Now you were on duty the night of the fire, were you not? 770 00:42:00,632 --> 00:42:03,738 Yes, l was in the omice 771 00:42:03,869 --> 00:42:05,606 going over some unpaid bills. 772 00:42:05,738 --> 00:42:07,508 l was helping the bookkeeper. 773 00:42:07,639 --> 00:42:10,077 But l didn't see anything that had to do with anything. 774 00:42:10,209 --> 00:42:11,645 Were there many unpaid bills? 775 00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:14,249 Yes, l guess so. 776 00:42:14,381 --> 00:42:17,386 lsn't it true that Mr. Lombard was very near bankruptcy at that time? 777 00:42:17,517 --> 00:42:19,654 Well, l'd heard stories, 778 00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:22,323 but l didn't know anything about his amairs. 779 00:42:22,454 --> 00:42:24,257 Your Honor 780 00:42:24,390 --> 00:42:27,630 this hearing concerns the present-day murder 781 00:42:27,761 --> 00:42:29,631 of Tod Richards, not-- 782 00:42:29,763 --> 00:42:32,469 l can relate this evidence to the present crime, Your Honor, 783 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,570 with just one more question. 784 00:42:34,703 --> 00:42:37,642 Since defense hopes to prove that Jimmy West 785 00:42:37,773 --> 00:42:40,345 has been an innocent pawn in a blackmail scheme that succeeded-- 786 00:42:40,475 --> 00:42:42,178 Never mind the argument, Mr. Mason. 787 00:42:42,310 --> 00:42:44,982 Ask your one question. 788 00:42:45,113 --> 00:42:47,785 Mrs. Richards, 789 00:42:47,917 --> 00:42:50,789 did you tell your husband all these things you knew 790 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,290 about Keith Lombard? 791 00:42:52,422 --> 00:42:55,894 Well, l-- l guess so... 792 00:42:56,025 --> 00:42:57,995 a long time ago. 793 00:42:58,126 --> 00:43:01,900 But if Tod used anything l told him to put pressure on Mr. Lombard, 794 00:43:02,031 --> 00:43:04,503 well, l don't know anything about it! 795 00:43:05,501 --> 00:43:07,705 All right, all right, yes. 796 00:43:07,837 --> 00:43:10,877 There were playing cards in those envelopes l received. 797 00:43:11,008 --> 00:43:13,011 lt was a poker hand. 798 00:43:13,142 --> 00:43:15,681 And what did the cards signify to you? 799 00:43:15,814 --> 00:43:18,084 More of the old hotel slander. 800 00:43:18,215 --> 00:43:20,085 Then l started getting notes from Jimmy West-- 801 00:43:20,218 --> 00:43:22,755 or at least l thought they were from him. 802 00:43:22,887 --> 00:43:25,658 l knew he was there in New York at the time, 803 00:43:25,790 --> 00:43:28,896 but l didn't think he knew that-- 804 00:43:29,027 --> 00:43:30,362 They were threatening notes. 805 00:43:30,495 --> 00:43:32,599 With what, Mr. Lombard? 806 00:43:32,730 --> 00:43:35,702 Did the notes threaten to link you with both arson and murder 807 00:43:35,834 --> 00:43:37,838 which followed a poker game one night? 808 00:43:37,970 --> 00:43:40,174 There was no claim of arson and you can't implicate me 809 00:43:40,305 --> 00:43:42,142 in Chance's death. 810 00:43:42,273 --> 00:43:45,513 l didn't even know he was still in the hotel when it burned. 811 00:43:45,644 --> 00:43:47,647 Didn't you know that you'd hired an arsonist, 812 00:43:47,780 --> 00:43:50,619 that he in turn had used the fire for his own purpose-- 813 00:43:50,749 --> 00:43:53,087 to cover the murder of a troublesome witness? 814 00:43:53,219 --> 00:43:56,391 ls that what Richards blumed you into believing that Jimmy West could prove? 815 00:43:56,523 --> 00:44:00,564 On advice of counsel, l refuse to answer on the grounds it may incriminate me. 816 00:44:00,694 --> 00:44:03,166 But you will admit that Richards did force you 817 00:44:03,296 --> 00:44:05,266 to sell your hotel at his price; 818 00:44:05,398 --> 00:44:07,603 and after saying goodbye to everyone else that night, 819 00:44:07,735 --> 00:44:09,839 you followed him down to his cottage? 820 00:44:09,971 --> 00:44:12,810 Yes yes yes! But l didn't talk to him again. 821 00:44:12,940 --> 00:44:14,310 l swear l didn't. 822 00:44:14,442 --> 00:44:16,646 He was still alive when l left the premises. 823 00:44:16,777 --> 00:44:19,984 Yes, you heard him, you said, speaking to someone else. 824 00:44:20,115 --> 00:44:22,319 But you didn't hear the other person's voice. 825 00:44:22,451 --> 00:44:24,955 So isn't it possible that what you really heard 826 00:44:25,087 --> 00:44:27,158 was Tod Richards speaking on the telephone? 827 00:44:27,289 --> 00:44:29,226 Your Honor 828 00:44:29,358 --> 00:44:32,697 Mr. Mason is asking the witness to guess what happened. 829 00:44:32,828 --> 00:44:35,199 Your Honor we are prepared t_ prove 830 00:44:35,329 --> 00:44:38,469 that a phone call was made from the cottage that night. 831 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,005 Mr. Mason, that's completely irrelevant. 832 00:44:41,137 --> 00:44:44,377 Your Honor, the prosecution is pe_ectly well aware 833 00:44:44,507 --> 00:44:47,647 that several phone calls may have been made 834 00:44:47,778 --> 00:44:49,381 from that cottage that night, 835 00:44:49,513 --> 00:44:51,316 and that's equally irrelevant. 836 00:44:51,448 --> 00:44:55,489 Prosecution may not be aware that the last number called-- 837 00:44:55,619 --> 00:44:57,589 a San Diego number-- 838 00:44:57,721 --> 00:44:59,792 had also been called 3T times 839 00:44:59,925 --> 00:45:02,397 during the past two months from the Richards' house. 840 00:45:02,527 --> 00:45:07,168 The number called was the residence of a Miss Kay McKenzie. 841 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,403 l should have come foM/ard, 842 00:45:11,535 --> 00:45:14,808 but Tod was dead. l couldn't bring him back. 843 00:45:15,807 --> 00:45:18,512 How long had you known the decedent, Miss McKenzie? 844 00:45:18,643 --> 00:45:19,811 Three months. 845 00:45:19,945 --> 00:45:21,715 We wanted to marry, 846 00:45:21,846 --> 00:45:24,017 but Tod kept saying ''Let's wait.'' 847 00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:27,491 He didn't want to leave his wife until he'd completed a business thing-- 848 00:45:27,621 --> 00:45:28,723 buying that hotel. 849 00:45:28,855 --> 00:45:31,360 And when he completed the hotel deal, he called you? 850 00:45:31,491 --> 00:45:32,726 Yes. 851 00:45:32,859 --> 00:45:34,362 He was very happy. 852 00:45:34,494 --> 00:45:36,764 He said he'd see me within just a few hours. 853 00:45:36,897 --> 00:45:38,634 And then something interrupted 854 00:45:38,765 --> 00:45:42,506 and he had to call me back from the cottage, about 1 1 :45. 855 00:45:42,636 --> 00:45:45,508 When Richards talked to you that second time, 856 00:45:45,639 --> 00:45:48,244 did you hear anything unusual? 857 00:45:48,375 --> 00:45:49,778 Any sound, any other voice? 858 00:45:49,911 --> 00:45:51,648 No. 859 00:45:51,779 --> 00:45:55,318 We talked for some time. Tod sounded rather breathless. 860 00:45:55,450 --> 00:45:57,287 He-- he said he'd just had a fight with somebody, 861 00:45:57,418 --> 00:45:59,288 but that l shouldn't worry 862 00:45:59,420 --> 00:46:01,157 and that he loved me. 863 00:46:01,289 --> 00:46:05,598 And, well there was one stra_ge thing-- 864 00:46:05,728 --> 00:46:07,230 he hung up suddenly. 865 00:46:07,362 --> 00:46:09,099 He didn't even say good night. 866 00:46:09,231 --> 00:46:11,202 As if someone had entered the room? 867 00:46:11,333 --> 00:46:13,336 Your Honor, l object to that. 868 00:46:13,469 --> 00:46:15,439 That's a leading question. 869 00:46:15,571 --> 00:46:18,176 Yes it is. 870 00:46:18,307 --> 00:46:22,214 Your Honor, l early read part of the police laboratory report 871 00:46:22,345 --> 00:46:23,847 on the murder weapon. 872 00:46:23,980 --> 00:46:26,151 ''A .38 caliber revolver, one shot fired. 873 00:46:26,284 --> 00:46:29,356 Powder marks indicate range under 12 inches.'' 874 00:46:29,486 --> 00:46:31,724 Now as the court may be aware, 875 00:46:31,856 --> 00:46:34,628 no gun of this type has a slight tendency to leak 876 00:46:34,759 --> 00:46:36,896 around the breach-- to bacMire. 877 00:46:37,028 --> 00:46:40,334 Therefore anyone firing it 878 00:46:40,463 --> 00:46:44,537 would probably receive a scattering of minute powder particles on the hand. 879 00:46:44,669 --> 00:46:47,240 These would soon disappear, of course, or be washed om. 880 00:46:47,370 --> 00:46:51,979 But if the murderer happened to be wearing a glove... 881 00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:54,148 Now see here, Mr.-- 882 00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,584 One moment, Mr. Mason. Is it your intention 883 00:46:56,716 --> 00:46:59,287 to link that particular glove with the witness on the stand? 884 00:46:59,418 --> 00:47:03,159 Since the glove is monogrammed with initials not those of the witness-- 885 00:47:03,290 --> 00:47:04,692 no, Your Honor. 886 00:47:04,824 --> 00:47:07,496 But l will ask that the glove be tested by the police laboratory 887 00:47:07,627 --> 00:47:09,097 for traces of gunpowder. 888 00:47:09,229 --> 00:47:11,132 But whose glove is that, Mr. Mason? 889 00:47:11,265 --> 00:47:14,336 lt belongs to the woman who helped Tod Richards 890 00:47:14,467 --> 00:47:16,504 execute every step of his blackmail purchase 891 00:47:16,636 --> 00:47:18,272 of the Lombard Hotel, 892 00:47:18,404 --> 00:47:21,576 hopeful that he would divorce his wife and marry her-- 893 00:47:21,708 --> 00:47:23,846 that is until she walked into the cottage that night 894 00:47:23,977 --> 00:47:26,414 and caught him at the telephone 895 00:47:26,547 --> 00:47:29,753 - telling still another woman-- - Where did you get that glove? 896 00:47:32,287 --> 00:47:35,794 Tod lied to me. 897 00:47:35,925 --> 00:47:38,029 He said that if l helped him, 898 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,899 he'd marry me. 899 00:47:41,030 --> 00:47:42,967 And... 900 00:47:43,099 --> 00:47:44,769 then l caught him 901 00:47:44,899 --> 00:47:47,905 talking to that woman... 902 00:47:48,037 --> 00:47:50,842 telling her that he loved her; 903 00:47:50,973 --> 00:47:53,945 telling her that he-- 904 00:48:00,050 --> 00:48:02,120 [crowd cheering] 905 00:48:12,696 --> 00:48:14,366 Davey, keep your chin down. 906 00:48:14,498 --> 00:48:17,070 Hit him, Davey-- hit him again. 907 00:48:24,642 --> 00:48:28,282 When George Hale gave me his opinion of Davey as a fighter, 908 00:48:28,414 --> 00:48:31,386 l was pretty sure he had to have ulterior reasons 909 00:48:31,517 --> 00:48:33,319 for wanting Davey's contract in such a hurry. 910 00:48:33,452 --> 00:48:34,954 lt was a good idea. It worked. 911 00:48:35,087 --> 00:48:37,192 Correction-- it would have worked 912 00:48:37,323 --> 00:48:40,797 if Jo Sands hadn't gotten a strong case of feminine suspicion 913 00:48:40,927 --> 00:48:43,431 and gone to the party without an invitation. 914 00:48:43,563 --> 00:48:46,435 Yep, Richards wasn't paying enough attention to her. 915 00:48:46,566 --> 00:48:49,505 Yet Paul said he wasn't spending his time at home, either. 916 00:48:49,636 --> 00:48:52,073 Since the motive for Richards' murder 917 00:48:52,205 --> 00:48:54,910 was obviously something that happened after his deal with Lombard, 918 00:48:55,041 --> 00:48:57,278 somebody either had to have been cut out or hurt. 919 00:48:57,410 --> 00:48:58,910 That's right. 920 00:48:59,012 --> 00:49:00,815 The lady walked in on Richards, made a big scene; 921 00:49:00,947 --> 00:49:03,420 Richards told her to go jump in the lake and walked out. 922 00:49:03,551 --> 00:49:06,023 Unfortunately for him, she spotted the gun in the open drawer 923 00:49:06,154 --> 00:49:07,055 and went after him. 924 00:49:07,189 --> 00:49:09,326 That glove of hers-- they found them powder burns, did they? 925 00:49:09,458 --> 00:49:11,763 Search me. We had to buy it in a store. 926 00:49:11,893 --> 00:49:14,265 l figured if Richards could run a blum, why couldn't l? 927 00:49:14,397 --> 00:49:16,601 [groaning] 928 00:49:22,138 --> 00:49:24,307 [laughs] You know something, Jimmy? 929 00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:27,044 l-- l didn't keep my chin down. 930 00:49:27,175 --> 00:49:29,346 He learned it! Come on, kid. 931 00:49:29,479 --> 00:49:30,999 Come on, kid, get to the showers. 932 00:49:31,047 --> 00:49:33,819 You know, Mr. Mason, you were wrong about only one thing-- Davey. 933 00:49:33,950 --> 00:49:35,152 You wait and see. 934 00:49:35,284 --> 00:49:38,223 Now that he's tasted canvas, l'll make a real fighter out of him. 935 00:49:38,354 --> 00:49:39,890 l'm sure you will.