1 00:01:03,752 --> 00:01:06,857 Oh, you've got that look in your eye again, Dickie. 2 00:01:06,989 --> 00:01:09,626 And the taste of salt water and bilge oil in my mouth. 3 00:01:09,757 --> 00:01:12,596 One tankard of ale, old sport. Then we'll get on with our business, huh? 4 00:01:12,728 --> 00:01:14,464 [grumbles] G-- 5 00:01:14,596 --> 00:01:17,369 Well, all right, one pint, one peaceful pint, 6 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:21,607 but, mind you, no trouble, Dickie, no scrums, no riots. 7 00:01:21,737 --> 00:01:24,977 Everything nice and civil-like and peaceful, eh? 8 00:01:42,493 --> 00:01:44,897 [fists continue smacking] 9 00:01:52,003 --> 00:01:53,738 [police whistle blowing] 10 00:02:12,091 --> 00:02:13,828 Give your name and address, please. 11 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,167 Richard W. Durham, 890 Stanhope Road, Brentwood. 12 00:02:18,296 --> 00:02:20,099 - Brentwood? - Stanhope Road, my lady-- 13 00:02:20,232 --> 00:02:21,565 uh, Your Honor. 14 00:02:21,566 --> 00:02:23,637 An excellent address, Mister, uh... 15 00:02:23,769 --> 00:02:25,004 Durham. 16 00:02:25,138 --> 00:02:28,545 You are charged with being drunk and disorderly, 17 00:02:28,674 --> 00:02:29,777 and assaulting a police omicer. 18 00:02:29,910 --> 00:02:32,981 - How do you plead? - Well, Your Honor... 19 00:02:34,113 --> 00:02:37,053 l wouldn't say l was as sober as a judge, 20 00:02:37,183 --> 00:02:39,856 but actually it was only a bit of a scrum amongst friends. 21 00:02:39,988 --> 00:02:43,360 - Guilty or not guilty? - A little of each, l'm afraid. 22 00:02:43,489 --> 00:02:46,762 For being drunk and disorderly, five days or _50. 23 00:02:49,762 --> 00:02:50,897 [clears throat] 24 00:02:54,904 --> 00:02:58,209 Would you accept a check, Your Honor? 25 00:02:58,338 --> 00:03:01,611 We prefer cash, Mr. Durham. 26 00:03:02,710 --> 00:03:05,982 - l see. - [Judge] Ne_ case. 27 00:03:24,233 --> 00:03:27,072 Oh, the Pollocks are coming down from Palo Alto. 28 00:03:27,204 --> 00:03:29,975 - Isn't that nice, Russell? - Hm? 29 00:03:30,105 --> 00:03:31,875 l said the Pollocks have accepted... 30 00:03:32,975 --> 00:03:35,046 for Paula's coming out party. 31 00:03:35,178 --> 00:03:36,481 Oh, she will be pleased. 32 00:03:36,613 --> 00:03:39,417 lt would please me if she'd get down in time for breaMast some morning. 33 00:03:39,548 --> 00:03:41,518 - [doorbell rings] - She was out late last night, dear. 34 00:03:41,651 --> 00:03:43,054 She's out late every night. 35 00:03:43,187 --> 00:03:45,224 She's eighteen now, Russell. 36 00:03:45,356 --> 00:03:48,594 Being eighteen doesn't give her a license to run wild. 37 00:03:48,725 --> 00:03:50,997 Oh, stop sounding like a father. 38 00:03:51,129 --> 00:03:52,397 What is it, Helen? 39 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:54,734 A gentleman's in here to see you, Mr. Durham. 40 00:03:54,865 --> 00:03:56,668 Who is it? What does he want? 41 00:03:56,801 --> 00:03:59,005 l really don't know, sir. 44 00:04:07,613 --> 00:04:08,782 l'm Russell Durham. 45 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,184 Oh, how do you do, sir. 46 00:04:11,315 --> 00:04:12,417 My name is Fothergill, 47 00:04:12,551 --> 00:04:13,586 Harry Fothergill, 48 00:04:13,719 --> 00:04:15,956 om the freighter 'Umber Bay out of Sydney, Australia. 49 00:04:16,088 --> 00:04:19,695 Well, l'm sure you didn't come all that way just to see me. 50 00:04:19,825 --> 00:04:22,530 Now, that's where you're just wrong, sir. 51 00:04:22,661 --> 00:04:25,466 You see, the plain and fancy truth of it is, we done just that. 52 00:04:25,597 --> 00:04:29,170 - We? - Yes, me and Dickie. 53 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:30,736 Dickie. 54 00:04:30,869 --> 00:04:33,943 Yes, you see, there we was one fine day, sitting in a pub in Sydney, 55 00:04:34,075 --> 00:04:38,682 and all of a sudden he says to me-- he says, ''Lord Harry old sport--'' 56 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:39,880 That's the way he talks, you know. 57 00:04:40,014 --> 00:04:43,419 Anyway, he says, ''Lord Harry, l've a brother in California 58 00:04:43,549 --> 00:04:45,786 l ain't seen in close to 20 years.'' 59 00:04:45,918 --> 00:04:48,824 He's here? Are you saying he's back? 60 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:51,827 Well, almost anyway. 61 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:54,363 You see, truth of the matter is 62 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:57,969 that he got into a little bit of a dust-up in a pup down on the docks. 63 00:04:58,099 --> 00:04:59,534 And he's in jail. 64 00:04:59,667 --> 00:05:01,704 Dickie hasn't changed much, has he. 65 00:05:03,371 --> 00:05:05,408 Why did he come back? 66 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:09,346 Now, l wouldn't be happy telling secrets out of school, now. 67 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:12,783 Dickie will give you the old drill when he gets out. 68 00:05:12,914 --> 00:05:15,083 Just when will that be? 69 00:05:17,585 --> 00:05:20,390 Not till after the ship sails, l'm afraid-- 70 00:05:20,522 --> 00:05:24,329 [clears throat] ... unless of course he can pay his fine. 71 00:05:24,459 --> 00:05:28,601 Oh, then he doesn't intend to stay in this country? 72 00:05:28,731 --> 00:05:30,601 [laughs] Oh, Lord love ya, 73 00:05:30,734 --> 00:05:33,271 no, governor, no longer than he has to, no. 74 00:05:35,205 --> 00:05:38,311 Australia, now, there's the place of opportunity. 75 00:05:39,675 --> 00:05:41,477 He can't wait to get back there, you know. 76 00:05:41,610 --> 00:05:43,947 Well, l'd certainly hate to think of him missing his ship 77 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,518 for the lack of a few dollars, 78 00:05:45,650 --> 00:05:47,352 if you're sure he's not too proud 79 00:05:47,484 --> 00:05:48,819 to accept help from his brother. 80 00:05:48,952 --> 00:05:50,455 Too prou-- 81 00:05:50,587 --> 00:05:52,792 No, no, of course he ain't, governor. 82 00:05:52,924 --> 00:05:54,459 Thank you very much. 83 00:06:07,238 --> 00:06:11,814 Ah, there is sweet music that softer falls 84 00:06:11,943 --> 00:06:14,281 than petals from blown roses on the grass. 85 00:06:14,413 --> 00:06:15,715 Well, what are you selling? 86 00:06:15,848 --> 00:06:17,484 Dreams, my love, 87 00:06:17,616 --> 00:06:19,519 visions of tropical nights and golden days, 88 00:06:19,651 --> 00:06:22,122 of incense and ivory and peacock feathers. 89 00:06:22,254 --> 00:06:23,556 l'll bet. 90 00:06:23,688 --> 00:06:24,924 lt's more like magazines. 91 00:06:25,057 --> 00:06:26,660 She takes me for a peddler. 92 00:06:26,792 --> 00:06:27,959 Oh, no, darling, 93 00:06:28,092 --> 00:06:30,197 l'm a wandering minstrel with a pack of songs 94 00:06:30,330 --> 00:06:33,069 of Gypsy campfires and caravan trails. 95 00:06:33,199 --> 00:06:35,237 You'd better sing them to my mother. 96 00:06:35,369 --> 00:06:37,472 She's the one who reads in this family. 97 00:06:44,144 --> 00:06:46,883 Mother, can you cope with charm this morning? 98 00:06:47,013 --> 00:06:48,316 There's a man outside-- 99 00:06:49,316 --> 00:06:51,386 Well, he was outside. 100 00:06:51,518 --> 00:06:52,887 Start singing, minstrel. 101 00:06:58,092 --> 00:06:59,161 Dickie. 102 00:06:59,294 --> 00:07:01,765 The bad penny himself, or at least what's left of him. 103 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,502 Nineteen years. 104 00:07:06,634 --> 00:07:07,702 Not for you, darling. 105 00:07:07,836 --> 00:07:10,372 l swear you've made time stop dead in its tracks. 106 00:07:10,503 --> 00:07:12,040 Not completely, Dickie. 107 00:07:12,174 --> 00:07:14,546 Paula, this is-- 108 00:07:14,676 --> 00:07:18,082 - Uncle Dickie. - What a dreadful way of putting it. 109 00:07:18,213 --> 00:07:21,319 That's-- That's for all the Christmas presents. 110 00:07:21,450 --> 00:07:24,556 Good heavens, l have lost track of time. 111 00:07:24,686 --> 00:07:27,024 You've forgotten. 112 00:07:27,156 --> 00:07:28,592 When l was a little girl, 113 00:07:28,724 --> 00:07:32,098 every Christmas, there'd always be one special package from Uncle Dickie-- 114 00:07:32,229 --> 00:07:36,202 an ivory rickshaw or a Balinese doll, something carved out of coral. 115 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:40,371 l'll bet you don't remember one present you sent me. 116 00:07:40,502 --> 00:07:43,408 - Uh... - Yes, of course he does, missy. 117 00:07:43,539 --> 00:07:46,278 One year it was a boomerang, wasn't it, Dickie? 118 00:07:46,410 --> 00:07:48,847 Boomerang? Oh, remember it like yesterday. 119 00:07:48,979 --> 00:07:50,114 [clears throat] 120 00:07:50,247 --> 00:07:53,854 Oh, ladies, may l introduce my old shipmate, Lord Harry Fothergill? 121 00:07:53,984 --> 00:07:55,755 Mrs. Durham, my niece Paula. 122 00:07:55,887 --> 00:07:58,458 lt's a great pleasure, l'm sure, ladies, a great pleasure. 123 00:07:58,589 --> 00:08:00,124 Are you really a lord? 124 00:08:00,258 --> 00:08:04,299 Oh, cor, love, of course not. No, that's just Dickie's little joke. 125 00:08:04,429 --> 00:08:08,169 Well, we're very happy to see you anyway. 126 00:08:08,298 --> 00:08:09,669 They'll stay a while, won't they, mother? 127 00:08:09,801 --> 00:08:11,303 You take the words from my mouth, Colleen, 128 00:08:11,436 --> 00:08:12,773 but don't you put yourself out, my dear. 129 00:08:12,905 --> 00:08:16,611 Old Harry and l can doss down in any old spare guest room. 130 00:08:16,741 --> 00:08:20,782 Well, Paula, why don't you show Mister... 131 00:08:20,913 --> 00:08:21,980 Fothergill. 132 00:08:22,113 --> 00:08:24,017 Mr. Fothergill where to put his things. 133 00:08:24,149 --> 00:08:26,419 - All right. - Excuse me. 134 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,228 Russell knows you're back, doesn't he? 135 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,166 He was rather upset this morning, and he wouldn't say why. 136 00:08:37,297 --> 00:08:40,169 l can imagine it would give the old boy a nasty turn. 137 00:08:40,300 --> 00:08:43,807 Guilty conscience, l expect, for marrying my girl. 138 00:08:43,937 --> 00:08:46,441 - At least he did it legally. - Ooh. 139 00:08:46,572 --> 00:08:48,676 You mean our interlude in Tijuana. 140 00:08:48,807 --> 00:08:53,284 l had such good intentions to make old Russell jealous and all that. 141 00:08:53,414 --> 00:08:56,418 Well, he'd been such a clod about you, 142 00:08:56,551 --> 00:08:57,986 but then when l discovered 143 00:08:58,118 --> 00:08:59,654 the girl he'd been ogling from afar 144 00:08:59,786 --> 00:09:02,691 was the most beautiful creature in town, 145 00:09:02,822 --> 00:09:05,427 the most wondrous, magical-- 146 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,799 l was the stupidest fool in the world. 147 00:09:07,930 --> 00:09:09,732 How l ever could have lost my head over-- 148 00:09:09,864 --> 00:09:11,567 Now, now, now, darling, 149 00:09:11,699 --> 00:09:14,304 l left you quick enough when the tears began, didn't l? 150 00:09:14,436 --> 00:09:17,408 And remember how it brought old Russell running to the rescue? 151 00:09:17,539 --> 00:09:22,315 Can you honestly say that you haven't been happy these 20 years since? 152 00:09:22,444 --> 00:09:24,549 l've been blissfully happy. 153 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:26,349 l have my wonde_ul daughter, 154 00:09:26,482 --> 00:09:27,984 a beautiful home, 155 00:09:28,116 --> 00:09:30,354 and a fine husband, 156 00:09:30,486 --> 00:09:33,024 ln that order of importance, no doubt? 157 00:09:33,156 --> 00:09:35,559 And l won't let anything destroy that. 158 00:09:35,690 --> 00:09:37,161 Do you understand me, Dickie? 159 00:09:37,293 --> 00:09:39,163 You're still the one, darling. 160 00:09:39,295 --> 00:09:40,598 Ten thousand women l've known, 161 00:09:40,730 --> 00:09:43,100 and none of them could hold a candle to you. 162 00:10:07,725 --> 00:10:10,062 Golly, l'd better get dressed. 163 00:10:10,194 --> 00:10:11,797 An impatient-type date. 164 00:10:16,267 --> 00:10:20,075 Well, l'll entertain Gil when he arrives. 165 00:10:25,777 --> 00:10:28,549 That comee needs something to hold it up, gentlemen. 166 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,983 Brandy. 167 00:10:31,116 --> 00:10:32,351 Brandy, gentlemen? 168 00:10:34,286 --> 00:10:36,958 Dickie, why did you come back? 169 00:10:37,089 --> 00:10:38,725 For the gathering of the clan, of course, 170 00:10:38,857 --> 00:10:40,494 and for Paula's coming out party. 171 00:10:40,627 --> 00:10:42,697 Nonsense. You didn't even know about it until you got here. 172 00:10:42,828 --> 00:10:44,030 That's true. 173 00:10:44,163 --> 00:10:45,933 OtheM/ise l'd have brought along proper dress. 174 00:10:46,066 --> 00:10:48,537 But you seem to have a good tailor, old man. 175 00:10:48,669 --> 00:10:50,239 Suppose l drop in on him, huh? 176 00:10:50,370 --> 00:10:52,173 By all means. 177 00:10:52,305 --> 00:10:54,710 ls there anything else l can do for you? 178 00:10:54,841 --> 00:10:57,010 Well, yes, there is. 179 00:10:57,143 --> 00:10:58,946 Lord Harry has his heart set on being a pub owner. 180 00:10:59,078 --> 00:11:00,714 and l told him you'd very likely finance it. 181 00:11:00,846 --> 00:11:02,216 You what?. 182 00:11:02,349 --> 00:11:04,754 They're only asking 18,OOO. 183 00:11:04,886 --> 00:11:07,958 lt's in Australia, you know, governor. 184 00:11:08,089 --> 00:11:11,962 - Of all the incredible nerve. - Why, don't you slope om, old sport? 185 00:11:12,092 --> 00:11:14,095 Maybe l better give the drill to big brother in private, 186 00:11:14,228 --> 00:11:16,198 old family business and all that. 187 00:11:16,330 --> 00:11:18,101 Right you are. Anything you say, Dickie. 188 00:11:18,233 --> 00:11:20,536 Well, peace to you, sir, 189 00:11:20,668 --> 00:11:23,006 and peace to you, too, Dickie, eh? 190 00:11:27,008 --> 00:11:29,480 - But what happened? - l hit him with a comee cup. 191 00:11:29,611 --> 00:11:31,214 l wish l had brained him. 192 00:11:31,346 --> 00:11:34,019 He won't be satisfied until he's walked om with the furniture. 193 00:11:34,150 --> 00:11:36,954 E_ortion, that's all it is, by my own brother. 194 00:11:37,086 --> 00:11:39,323 But why do you have to give him anything? 195 00:11:39,455 --> 00:11:41,225 [Russell] Crystal, where is he? 196 00:11:41,357 --> 00:11:42,826 l went upstairs to wash my hand 197 00:11:42,958 --> 00:11:44,092 and then l had to call the omice 198 00:11:44,226 --> 00:11:46,464 l'm afraid Dickie's gone to the Zebra Club with Paula. 199 00:11:46,596 --> 00:11:48,466 l thought she was going out with Gil Simpson tonight. 200 00:11:48,598 --> 00:11:51,637 l'm supposed to tell Gil to join them there. 201 00:11:51,767 --> 00:11:53,571 l'm afraid Gil is going to be hurt, 202 00:11:53,704 --> 00:11:57,878 Crystal, you've got to think of a way to get Dickie out of here immediately. 203 00:11:58,007 --> 00:11:59,343 Me? How? 204 00:11:59,477 --> 00:12:00,579 l was just about to ask you. 205 00:12:00,711 --> 00:12:03,083 l don't care how. Just get rid of him 206 00:12:03,214 --> 00:12:04,549 because if l have to talk to him once more, 207 00:12:04,682 --> 00:12:06,519 l swear l'll kill him. 208 00:12:12,556 --> 00:12:14,760 [Paula] We lived in Bakersfield until l was almost 1 1 . 209 00:12:14,892 --> 00:12:17,631 ln that old Durham manse on the wrong side of the tracks? 210 00:12:17,763 --> 00:12:19,733 Well, it wasn't Stanhope Road. 211 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:21,500 Daddy was still an accountant. 212 00:12:21,634 --> 00:12:24,705 And then came the first gusher, huh? 213 00:12:24,835 --> 00:12:26,672 Oh, Gil. 214 00:12:26,804 --> 00:12:28,474 ls that the boy friend? 215 00:12:28,607 --> 00:12:30,912 l hope l'm not intruding. 216 00:12:31,043 --> 00:12:32,811 Gil, this is my Uncle Dickie. 217 00:12:32,944 --> 00:12:35,515 l thought you wouldn't mind if he joined us tonight. 218 00:12:35,647 --> 00:12:39,254 lt seems l'm joining you, if Uncle Dickie doesn't mind. 219 00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:40,986 No, no, make yourself at home, sport. 220 00:12:41,118 --> 00:12:42,922 Thank you so much. 221 00:12:43,054 --> 00:12:44,090 Gil, he's teasing you. 222 00:12:44,224 --> 00:12:48,397 Matter of fact, l wanted to have a talk with all of Paula's boy friends. 223 00:12:48,528 --> 00:12:49,898 About what? 224 00:12:50,029 --> 00:12:55,072 Well, first thing, what do you do for a living, young man? 225 00:12:55,201 --> 00:12:58,106 He's an oil man, like daddy. l told you that. 226 00:12:58,238 --> 00:12:59,473 Oh, yes. 227 00:12:59,606 --> 00:13:02,611 What are your prospects for the future, my boy? 228 00:13:02,743 --> 00:13:05,247 l think this is hardly the place to discuss that. 229 00:13:05,378 --> 00:13:07,449 Well, if you're going to be dating my niece, 230 00:13:07,582 --> 00:13:09,686 like to know your intentions. 231 00:13:09,818 --> 00:13:12,189 Uncle Dickie, Gil's his own boss. 232 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,622 Now, stop it. 233 00:13:13,755 --> 00:13:18,531 Yes, but is he serious, or is this just a business arrangement, 234 00:13:18,660 --> 00:13:21,999 a bit of social climbing? 235 00:13:22,129 --> 00:13:24,501 Listen, Durham, let's get a couple of things straight. 236 00:13:24,632 --> 00:13:25,934 Number one, my outfits that l own 237 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:27,937 happen to be a lot bigger than anything your brother-- 238 00:13:28,069 --> 00:13:32,445 lndeed. Those are pretty fancy words for any fly-by-night speculator. 239 00:13:32,575 --> 00:13:34,512 That's enough, because number two, 240 00:13:34,643 --> 00:13:36,748 Paula's parents fully approved my dating Paula. 241 00:13:36,879 --> 00:13:39,015 Well, you won't object, Mr. Simpson, 242 00:13:39,147 --> 00:13:42,421 if Paula's uncle casts a dissenting vote 243 00:13:42,552 --> 00:13:44,054 and backs it up. 244 00:13:44,187 --> 00:13:46,189 Anytime you say, 245 00:13:46,322 --> 00:13:48,794 any place. 246 00:13:48,924 --> 00:13:53,264 Durham, how would you like it if l punched you in the mouth right now? 247 00:13:53,394 --> 00:13:54,764 l'd be delighted, sport. 248 00:13:54,896 --> 00:13:56,166 - Fire when ready. - Gilbert., Uncle Dickie, stop-- 249 00:13:56,300 --> 00:13:58,036 No, everybody. 250 00:13:58,169 --> 00:14:01,008 No, Dickie, this ain't no place for a scrummy. 251 00:14:01,138 --> 00:14:04,510 Just a small dimerence of opinion between gentlemen, Harry. 252 00:14:04,641 --> 00:14:06,612 No, no, no, no, no, you come along with me, Dickie. 253 00:14:06,744 --> 00:14:07,846 Excuse us, would you? 254 00:14:07,978 --> 00:14:09,547 Now, come on, Dickie. Come on. 255 00:14:13,284 --> 00:14:14,786 Listen here to me, Dickie, Durham. 256 00:14:14,918 --> 00:14:18,324 You haul your freight out of here right now, and l ain't going to tell you twice. 257 00:14:18,455 --> 00:14:20,794 [groans] 258 00:14:20,925 --> 00:14:22,193 Listen here to me, 259 00:14:22,326 --> 00:14:23,696 - l'm tired and sick-- - Shh. 260 00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:26,267 l'm tired and sick of you making a bloody fool of yourself. 261 00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:28,335 l've a good mind to bash you right in the head. 262 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:31,105 Oh, Harry, don't be like that. 263 00:14:31,236 --> 00:14:33,406 You're the finest shipmate on the seven seas. 264 00:14:33,538 --> 00:14:35,942 And you're a leaky tub. Now, l'm pulling you out of this. 265 00:14:36,073 --> 00:14:38,511 You're leaving this town right now, you got me? 266 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:40,448 All in good time, your lordship. 267 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:43,116 We came to get money, and money we're going to get. 268 00:14:43,248 --> 00:14:46,021 You're going to get your ticket punched. That's what you're going to get. 269 00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:47,721 Hah. By him? 270 00:14:47,855 --> 00:14:51,761 Listen here to me, Dickie. l'm serious. 271 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:53,862 l heard your brother talking to his missus, 272 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:56,298 and he said is how he'd like to do you in. 273 00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:57,931 Well, everybody wants to bash me. 274 00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:01,370 lt's high time l made out my last will and testa-- 275 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:03,404 That's it. That's just what l'll do-- 276 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:04,939 my last will and testament. 277 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:07,542 Last will and t-- Listen here to me. 278 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:09,579 lt's not you that l'm worrying about. 279 00:15:09,711 --> 00:15:13,885 lt's just that l'm not going to let you go on messing up people's lives. 280 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:17,186 l hereby bequeath. 281 00:15:17,318 --> 00:15:19,622 That's what we'll do, chummy, first thing in the morning. 282 00:15:19,754 --> 00:15:20,822 Now, let's have a drink on it. 283 00:15:20,956 --> 00:15:22,124 A will? 284 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:25,763 All right, Mr. Durham, tell me, 285 00:15:25,894 --> 00:15:28,432 have you ever had a will before now? 286 00:15:28,563 --> 00:15:30,099 Not that l can remember, Counselor. 287 00:15:30,231 --> 00:15:31,765 There was little reason for one, 288 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,335 but now l've seen the light 289 00:15:33,468 --> 00:15:35,906 and remembering that the days of man are numbered, 290 00:15:36,037 --> 00:15:38,342 l want to provide for those l leave behind. 291 00:15:38,474 --> 00:15:40,978 Uncle Dickie, what is the point of all this? 292 00:15:41,109 --> 00:15:43,046 When l called Mr. Mason to get an appointment for you-- 293 00:15:43,179 --> 00:15:45,082 You think it's only wasting the man's time, l am? 294 00:15:45,214 --> 00:15:46,282 Tut, tut. 295 00:15:46,415 --> 00:15:48,484 She's displeased with me today. That's all. 296 00:15:48,616 --> 00:15:51,690 Now, what facts do you need to know, Counselor? 297 00:15:51,822 --> 00:15:56,964 Well, the usual thing is to start with a list of your heirs, your beneficiaries, 298 00:15:57,092 --> 00:15:59,331 and the amount of each bequest. 299 00:15:59,463 --> 00:16:00,698 Well, let's see. 300 00:16:00,831 --> 00:16:03,669 There's Lord Harry here, the best buddy a man ever had. 301 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,207 Look, l want nothing but our pub in Melbourne, and you know it, too. 302 00:16:07,337 --> 00:16:08,973 Ah, but it shall be no ordinary pub. 303 00:16:09,106 --> 00:16:12,010 You shall have golden spigots gushing forth pure nectar. 304 00:16:12,142 --> 00:16:13,777 What do you suppose that would cost, Mr. Mason, 305 00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:14,979 a quarter of a million, would you say? 306 00:16:15,112 --> 00:16:16,414 - Put that down-- - But-- 307 00:16:16,546 --> 00:16:18,851 ...250,OOO for Lord Harry Fothergill, gentlemen. 308 00:16:18,982 --> 00:16:20,920 Now, is that messing up anybody's life? 309 00:16:21,051 --> 00:16:22,822 ls that wasting time? l ask you. 310 00:16:23,889 --> 00:16:25,659 All right. What ne_? 311 00:16:25,791 --> 00:16:27,493 Well, let's see-- 312 00:16:27,625 --> 00:16:29,295 to my niece, my darling niece, 313 00:16:29,427 --> 00:16:31,230 for her to remember me kindly, 314 00:16:31,362 --> 00:16:35,470 a little gift of-- could you make ends meet on 50,OOO, love? 315 00:16:35,601 --> 00:16:38,540 lf l do my own housework. 316 00:16:38,670 --> 00:16:40,407 Please, isn't this sort of ridiculous? 317 00:16:40,539 --> 00:16:42,676 [Dickie] And there it is, sir. That's it. 318 00:16:42,808 --> 00:16:43,909 Very well. 319 00:16:44,043 --> 00:16:46,983 lt will take Miss Street a few minutes to type this for your signature. 320 00:16:47,112 --> 00:16:48,849 Then, Harry, suppose you take my niece home. 321 00:16:48,983 --> 00:16:50,619 You have errands to attend to, anyway. 322 00:16:50,751 --> 00:16:52,385 l'll be here to discuss any further matters 323 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:53,787 with the Counselor that may be necessary, 324 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,122 while l'm waiting to sign. 325 00:16:55,255 --> 00:16:57,926 Uncle Dickie, what about Mr. Mason's fee? 326 00:16:58,059 --> 00:17:02,032 Fee? Oh, the fee. l forgot. 327 00:17:02,161 --> 00:17:04,232 lt's usually a hundred dollars, Mr. Durham. 328 00:17:04,364 --> 00:17:07,103 Of course, and not unreasonable. 329 00:17:07,233 --> 00:17:08,435 Uh... [clears throat] 330 00:17:08,568 --> 00:17:10,705 ...if you'll be good enough, sport? 331 00:17:13,507 --> 00:17:17,213 l'll think of it as an advance on my inheritance. 332 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,449 Mr. Durham? Mr. Durham. 333 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:22,318 l say, Durham, where are you-- 334 00:17:22,451 --> 00:17:23,652 Oh, there you are. 335 00:17:23,784 --> 00:17:26,623 l've been looking all over for you, l have. 336 00:17:26,754 --> 00:17:29,259 l just had a talk with your missus, 337 00:17:29,390 --> 00:17:31,827 and she told me that Dickie had come back to the house, 338 00:17:31,959 --> 00:17:33,663 but he's picked up and left again. 339 00:17:33,795 --> 00:17:35,063 Now, where is he? Where did he go? 340 00:17:35,196 --> 00:17:38,169 - What happened to him? - l'm afraid l wasn't there at the time. 341 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:40,470 My wife had a talk with him. l don't know what was said. 342 00:17:40,602 --> 00:17:42,272 l wouldn't tell you if l did. 343 00:17:42,404 --> 00:17:44,775 Now, look here. l don't know what's going on with Dickie. 344 00:17:44,907 --> 00:17:47,145 He gets amul giggly sometimes, he does, 345 00:17:47,276 --> 00:17:49,278 but this much l do know, Mr. Durham, 346 00:17:49,411 --> 00:17:51,816 that his heart is in the right place, it is. 347 00:17:51,948 --> 00:17:54,520 Harry, l'll make you a bargain. 348 00:17:54,650 --> 00:17:57,821 lf you can find Dickie and get him aboard that ship tomorrow morning-- 349 00:17:57,953 --> 00:17:59,523 any way you have to-- 350 00:17:59,654 --> 00:18:02,729 then you may give him this check for... what was it? 351 00:18:02,861 --> 00:18:05,665 - Eighteen thousand dollars, gov. - Eighteen thousand. 352 00:18:05,796 --> 00:18:09,002 He can use it to buy you a pub or for any other purpose he wishes, 353 00:18:09,133 --> 00:18:11,404 but if he attempts to cash it in this country, 354 00:18:11,535 --> 00:18:13,804 payment will be stopped. 355 00:18:13,936 --> 00:18:15,072 ls that clearly understood? 356 00:18:15,204 --> 00:18:16,307 Oh, certainly, certainly. 357 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:17,910 Now, don't you worry, governor. 358 00:18:18,042 --> 00:18:19,845 l'll see that Dickie don't bother you no more. 359 00:18:19,978 --> 00:18:23,517 - Honest, l will. - Do it any way you have to. 360 00:18:23,647 --> 00:18:25,885 Uh, right. So long. 361 00:18:43,868 --> 00:18:46,975 Dickie. Dickie, old sport. There you are. 362 00:18:47,106 --> 00:18:48,976 l've been looking all over for you. 363 00:18:49,108 --> 00:18:50,277 Hey. 364 00:18:51,811 --> 00:18:54,282 Cor, you are a sight, aren't you. 365 00:18:54,413 --> 00:18:57,252 So help me, l thought maybe you was even dead, 366 00:18:57,383 --> 00:18:59,521 but here you are, hale and hearty, eh? 367 00:18:59,653 --> 00:19:01,255 Oh, well, now, what's up, chum? 368 00:19:01,387 --> 00:19:03,324 Hey, what happened? 369 00:19:03,455 --> 00:19:06,327 No matter what it is, don't take it too hard. 370 00:19:06,459 --> 00:19:09,363 See, l've got a little surprise for you here, matey, 371 00:19:09,495 --> 00:19:11,665 something that's going to perk you right up. 372 00:19:11,797 --> 00:19:14,004 Here, take a glim at that, eh? 373 00:19:14,136 --> 00:19:15,571 How about that, Dickie? 374 00:19:15,703 --> 00:19:19,242 That's what's going to put you aboard ship and then it's home and mother, Dickie boy. 375 00:19:19,372 --> 00:19:20,641 Oh, Dickie, think of it-- 376 00:19:20,775 --> 00:19:26,050 _18,OOO, enough to buy our own pub at long last, eh? 377 00:19:26,180 --> 00:19:29,787 - No. - What do you mean, no? 378 00:19:31,820 --> 00:19:34,558 Maybe l'm not going back to Australia. 379 00:19:34,689 --> 00:19:36,726 Now, you knock that om. Do you hear me? 380 00:19:36,857 --> 00:19:37,959 You knock it om. 381 00:19:38,092 --> 00:19:41,833 Listen, he's fixed it so that no bank will take it in this country. 382 00:19:41,963 --> 00:19:44,436 Now, we're on our way tomorrow, or this thing is no good. 383 00:19:44,566 --> 00:19:46,771 You go, Harry. 384 00:19:46,903 --> 00:19:48,773 Maybe l'm going to stay here. 385 00:19:48,905 --> 00:19:51,909 You're going to stay here, eh? 386 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,345 You just listen here to me, Mr. Dickie Durham. 387 00:19:54,476 --> 00:19:57,449 l've had me heart set on that pub for too long now 388 00:19:57,579 --> 00:19:59,182 to see it suddenly vanish like that. 389 00:19:59,314 --> 00:20:00,416 Listen here. 390 00:20:00,549 --> 00:20:02,552 There's the money for the pub, right in front of your eyes, 391 00:20:02,685 --> 00:20:04,689 and all you've got to do is endorse this scrap of paper, 392 00:20:04,822 --> 00:20:06,891 put your name on it right there, and the pub is ours. 393 00:20:07,023 --> 00:20:08,826 Now, come on. 394 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,861 - Oh, pickle your pub. - [grunts] 395 00:20:12,930 --> 00:20:16,536 No, no, not the police. It's all right. 396 00:20:16,666 --> 00:20:18,336 lt's all right. l'll handle him. 397 00:20:20,004 --> 00:20:21,806 Never you fear. l'll handle him. 398 00:20:39,257 --> 00:20:40,927 [Man] Well, he got it this time. 399 00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:43,063 He's dead. 400 00:20:58,577 --> 00:21:01,549 Om and on, we knocked around together for close to 1T years, 401 00:21:01,682 --> 00:21:03,417 every port in the Pacific. 402 00:21:03,549 --> 00:21:05,719 Oh, we had good times, Mr. Mason. 403 00:21:05,851 --> 00:21:07,821 We had good times. 404 00:21:07,953 --> 00:21:10,658 You heard him yourself-- the best shipmate he ever had, 405 00:21:10,790 --> 00:21:13,863 so why would l kill my best chum, Mr. Mason? 406 00:21:13,994 --> 00:21:15,329 According to the police, 407 00:21:15,461 --> 00:21:17,834 that _1 8,OOO check they took away from you. 408 00:21:17,965 --> 00:21:20,368 Yes, but the check was no good without a signature, 409 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:21,602 and he signed it, didn't he? 410 00:21:21,735 --> 00:21:24,441 So why would l need to kill him? Now, answer me that, Mr. Mason. 411 00:21:24,572 --> 00:21:26,242 The bartender told them 412 00:21:26,374 --> 00:21:28,978 that Dickie got angry and walked out on you 413 00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:30,679 when you asked him to endorse the check. 414 00:21:30,812 --> 00:21:33,483 Yes, l know, but his signature is on it right now. 415 00:21:33,614 --> 00:21:35,148 You can see it for yourself, Mr. Mason. 416 00:21:35,282 --> 00:21:37,553 - When did he endorse it, Harry? - On the wha_. 417 00:21:37,685 --> 00:21:41,226 You see, after he left the pub, l followed him down the pier a ways. 418 00:21:41,358 --> 00:21:44,296 There he was, sitting all by himself, kind of lonesome like. 419 00:21:44,425 --> 00:21:47,230 Well, he cooled down by then, l suppose, because he says to me, 420 00:21:47,363 --> 00:21:49,935 ''Harry, old sport, you're going to get your pub 421 00:21:50,065 --> 00:21:52,537 even if it won't have no gold spigots,'' 422 00:21:52,668 --> 00:21:55,540 and then he signed the check, and he asked me to leave him alone 423 00:21:55,671 --> 00:21:57,841 and says that he'd see me the ne_ morning. 424 00:22:01,143 --> 00:22:03,882 l didn't forge his name, Mr. Mason. 425 00:22:04,012 --> 00:22:06,183 ls that what they believe? 426 00:22:06,316 --> 00:22:08,053 Well, l didn't, l tell you. 427 00:22:09,819 --> 00:22:13,560 l witnessed the signing, and so did my secretary Miss Street. 428 00:22:13,690 --> 00:22:14,959 How do they stack up? 429 00:22:15,092 --> 00:22:17,930 No doubt about it. Both were written by the same man. 430 00:22:18,061 --> 00:22:19,464 Well, Lieutenant? 431 00:22:19,596 --> 00:22:21,701 lt does seem to knock out the motive. 432 00:22:22,767 --> 00:22:24,569 Mind if l have a look at the will? 433 00:22:29,606 --> 00:22:35,419 ''To my old shipmate, Harry Fothergill, the sum of _250,OOO.'' 434 00:22:35,547 --> 00:22:37,182 Now, there's a pretty good motive, Counselor. 435 00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:38,616 Excellent. 436 00:22:38,617 --> 00:22:41,722 Unfortunately Durham didn't have enough money to pay his lawyer's fee. 437 00:22:41,852 --> 00:22:43,455 Then why did he make out a will like this? 438 00:22:43,587 --> 00:22:46,259 Oh, his idea of a joke. Maybe he was trying to impress his niece. 439 00:22:46,391 --> 00:22:47,860 She's in the will for 50,OOO. 440 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,729 How do you know he didn't have hidden assets? 441 00:22:49,861 --> 00:22:52,232 He borrowed _18,OOO from his brother. 442 00:22:52,365 --> 00:22:53,967 Borrowed or e_orted? 443 00:22:54,099 --> 00:22:57,172 Andy, how does any of this 444 00:22:57,303 --> 00:22:59,640 amect my client's immediate release? 445 00:22:59,772 --> 00:23:01,842 All right, maybe you can have your Lord Harry 446 00:23:01,974 --> 00:23:04,077 just as soon as l talk to Durham's brother. 447 00:23:05,812 --> 00:23:09,084 Russell, l think you're getting much too upset. 448 00:23:09,216 --> 00:23:13,389 He was a wandering no-good you hadn't seen for 19 years, wasn't he? 449 00:23:13,518 --> 00:23:16,357 He was murdered, stabbed. 450 00:23:16,488 --> 00:23:19,362 They've found the knife now in the bay, too. They're trying to trace it. 451 00:23:19,494 --> 00:23:23,099 There you are-- just a wate_ront brawl, 452 00:23:23,231 --> 00:23:25,435 but it doesn't reflect on you. 453 00:23:25,566 --> 00:23:29,874 Quite the contrary. You gave him _18,OOO. 454 00:23:30,003 --> 00:23:31,536 But why, Frank? 455 00:23:31,537 --> 00:23:33,108 Suppose the police ask me that? 456 00:23:33,241 --> 00:23:35,779 Out of the goodness of your heart. 457 00:23:35,910 --> 00:23:37,479 l did it to get rid of him. 458 00:23:37,611 --> 00:23:39,982 No one's going to miss that implication, 459 00:23:40,114 --> 00:23:42,117 and you don't pay that kind of money unless there's pressure. 460 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:44,554 Frank, l told you yesterday what Paula said 461 00:23:44,685 --> 00:23:46,589 about Dickie's going to see that lawyer. 462 00:23:47,790 --> 00:23:50,462 Suppose he talked to him about more than just a will. 463 00:23:50,593 --> 00:23:53,731 That was yesterday's worry, not today's. 464 00:23:55,930 --> 00:23:57,667 Now, get this straight, Russell. 465 00:23:57,799 --> 00:24:00,204 l'll tell you the reason you gave Dickie money. 466 00:24:00,336 --> 00:24:02,373 You did it to hang on to your wife. 467 00:24:02,505 --> 00:24:04,743 No, l couldn't do a thing like that to Crystal. 468 00:24:04,874 --> 00:24:06,277 l won't. 469 00:24:06,409 --> 00:24:08,313 You take money from the Rimrock Oil Company, 470 00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:12,686 so as far as they're concerned, that's your omicial explanation. 471 00:24:12,815 --> 00:24:15,788 Well, who do l talk to at Rimrock? 472 00:24:15,919 --> 00:24:18,323 l'm sick ofjust dealing through you. 473 00:24:18,456 --> 00:24:19,891 lf l telephoned them in Texas... 474 00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:23,163 There is no room for argument, Russell. 475 00:24:23,294 --> 00:24:26,432 The police are here again, sir. 476 00:24:26,562 --> 00:24:28,232 Mr. Durham will see them now. 477 00:24:31,168 --> 00:24:33,506 Sorry to cause you so much trouble. 478 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:35,675 Do you gentlemen know Perry Mason? 479 00:24:35,806 --> 00:24:36,874 Mr. Durham and-- 480 00:24:37,008 --> 00:24:38,444 l'm Frank Warden, Lieutenant. 481 00:24:38,576 --> 00:24:41,647 Good morning, Mr. Mason. May l ask who you are representing? 482 00:24:41,778 --> 00:24:44,684 Harry Fothergill, Mr. Warden. And you? 483 00:24:44,815 --> 00:24:49,624 Oh, l'm not a lawyer, just another oil man. 484 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:51,022 See you in the morning, Russell. 485 00:24:51,155 --> 00:24:53,827 - Don't go, Frank. - This is only going to take a minute. 486 00:24:53,958 --> 00:24:57,032 l'm interested in your brother's financial status, Mr. Durham. 487 00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:02,469 Well, there. 488 00:25:02,602 --> 00:25:04,237 That should give you an idea of it. 489 00:25:04,371 --> 00:25:06,774 Case of whiskey he thoughtfully ordered for me yesterday, 490 00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:09,143 socks, shirts he sent his friend to pick up-- 491 00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:11,278 all charged to my accounts, you understand. 492 00:25:11,411 --> 00:25:13,047 Everything, all on me. 493 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:14,815 He had no cash, you mean. 494 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:18,054 Well, why do you think l gave him the _18,OOO? 495 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:20,722 He was absolutely penniless, l tell you. 496 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:22,723 But wasn't there property of any sort? 497 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:24,425 Of course. 498 00:25:24,558 --> 00:25:27,463 Some old clothes, shoes with holes in them. 499 00:25:27,595 --> 00:25:30,567 l was thinking of inheritance, family holdings. 500 00:25:30,698 --> 00:25:32,133 No. 501 00:25:32,266 --> 00:25:33,702 No, Lieutenant. 502 00:25:33,834 --> 00:25:35,169 There's nothing like that. 503 00:25:36,704 --> 00:25:40,912 - Well, Andy? - Guess you win, Perry. 504 00:25:41,041 --> 00:25:43,079 Thanks, Mr. Durham. l'll see you later. 505 00:25:43,211 --> 00:25:44,446 Gentlemen. 506 00:25:50,151 --> 00:25:53,124 Do you have know your biggest trouble, Russell? 507 00:25:53,255 --> 00:25:55,257 You're a compulsive talker. 508 00:25:59,595 --> 00:26:01,566 - Hi, Perry. - Paul. 509 00:26:01,697 --> 00:26:02,964 Congratulations, Harry. 510 00:26:03,098 --> 00:26:04,468 Thank you, Mr. Mason. 511 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,570 Now, l ain't going to forget what you done for me. 512 00:26:06,701 --> 00:26:09,206 Of course, l didn't keep my part of the bargain with Mr. Durham, 513 00:26:09,338 --> 00:26:12,144 so l can't very well cash his check, but don't you worry, now. 514 00:26:12,275 --> 00:26:15,180 Soon as l get me another berth, l'm going to start paying you om. 515 00:26:15,312 --> 00:26:18,017 Well, maybe we can find a ship for you. 516 00:26:18,147 --> 00:26:22,054 There's no rush, Perry. Anderson released him in your custody. 517 00:26:22,185 --> 00:26:23,320 He can't leave town. 518 00:26:23,453 --> 00:26:27,294 All right, Paul, what didn't Andy tell me? 519 00:26:30,761 --> 00:26:33,900 Huh? Oh, excuse me. 520 00:26:34,898 --> 00:26:37,169 Search me. l haven't turned up anything new. 521 00:26:37,301 --> 00:26:39,772 What about Dickie's movements yesterday afternoon? 522 00:26:39,903 --> 00:26:41,641 Nothing but a lot more shopping. 523 00:26:41,773 --> 00:26:44,410 He managed to nick the R.W. Durham charge accounts 524 00:26:44,542 --> 00:26:45,945 to the tune of about a thousand dollars. 525 00:26:46,077 --> 00:26:48,649 - Nice guy. - But they sat still for it. 526 00:26:50,449 --> 00:26:52,218 - Perry. - Yes, Della? 527 00:26:52,350 --> 00:26:53,986 This just arrived. 528 00:26:56,689 --> 00:26:58,893 Mailed at 10:OO last night. 529 00:26:59,023 --> 00:27:01,696 What time was Dickie murdered? 530 00:27:01,827 --> 00:27:02,995 About an hour later. 531 00:27:03,128 --> 00:27:05,165 [reading] 532 00:27:11,237 --> 00:27:14,042 ''Give her the big chunk and him the little. 533 00:27:14,174 --> 00:27:16,678 ''Please have the lovely Miss Street type it up. 534 00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:19,548 ''l'll be in Brighton early to sign it. 535 00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:21,114 Confusion to our enemies.'' 536 00:27:21,247 --> 00:27:22,315 Signed Dickie Durham. 537 00:27:22,449 --> 00:27:24,587 He really had a fixation on wills. 538 00:27:24,719 --> 00:27:27,124 Too bad he didn't live long enough to make out this new one out. 539 00:27:27,254 --> 00:27:28,991 What's the dimerence, Paul? 540 00:27:29,123 --> 00:27:31,727 This way Harry wouldn't inherit nearly as much as Paula, 541 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:33,361 but that's still much of nothing 542 00:27:33,494 --> 00:27:35,764 and certainly no motive for murder... 543 00:27:35,895 --> 00:27:39,202 unless Dickie did have hidden assets. 544 00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:42,170 ''Dickie Durham.'' 545 00:27:42,303 --> 00:27:45,175 ''Richard William Durham,'' as l remember. 546 00:27:45,306 --> 00:27:47,743 - And his brother is ''R.W.'' - Yes, same initials. 547 00:27:47,874 --> 00:27:50,280 Paul, l want some information in a hurry, 548 00:27:50,412 --> 00:27:52,449 on brother Russell's business dealings. 549 00:27:52,581 --> 00:27:54,452 What sort of business dealings? 550 00:27:54,584 --> 00:27:58,424 Oh, anyone he's ever written a contract with or a lease-- 551 00:27:58,553 --> 00:28:01,292 - Yes, check on oil leases. - All right, l'll get right on it. 552 00:28:01,423 --> 00:28:03,026 Oh, what shall l do with his lordship? 553 00:28:04,326 --> 00:28:07,064 l wish l knew, 554 00:28:07,195 --> 00:28:08,798 but if what l suspect is true, 555 00:28:08,930 --> 00:28:11,368 it'll be taken out of our hands. 556 00:28:27,050 --> 00:28:30,088 Well, Mr. Mason, it was quite a surprise, hearing from you so soon. 557 00:28:30,219 --> 00:28:32,757 Surprise? Yes, l suppose it was. 558 00:28:32,889 --> 00:28:33,991 Mr. Warden, 559 00:28:34,123 --> 00:28:35,326 is it true that you handled 560 00:28:35,459 --> 00:28:38,699 the leasing of some oil property from Russell Durham? 561 00:28:38,829 --> 00:28:40,599 Well, not for myself. 562 00:28:40,732 --> 00:28:43,237 l did act as agent for the Rimrock Oil Company. 563 00:28:43,368 --> 00:28:46,239 My investigator says that Rimrock Oil 564 00:28:46,370 --> 00:28:47,706 is a small, out-of-state outfit 565 00:28:47,838 --> 00:28:50,108 that might be a little hard to pin down. 566 00:28:50,241 --> 00:28:53,347 However, the property we're concerned with is in West Texas. 567 00:28:53,478 --> 00:28:54,948 lsn't that right? 568 00:28:58,883 --> 00:29:00,752 Miss Burney, is Mr. Durham in yet? 569 00:29:01,886 --> 00:29:03,255 Yes, please. 570 00:29:04,323 --> 00:29:07,496 When you called saying you'd be over, l thought he'd better be here, too. 571 00:29:07,627 --> 00:29:09,931 When did Russell Durham sign that oil lease? 572 00:29:10,062 --> 00:29:13,334 About eight years ago, l think. l'll have to look up the exact date. 573 00:29:13,465 --> 00:29:15,803 Eight years is close enough, 574 00:29:15,935 --> 00:29:18,439 but Richard Durham had been out of the country 575 00:29:18,571 --> 00:29:20,776 for more than twice that long. 576 00:29:20,906 --> 00:29:23,011 What does my brother have to do with it? 577 00:29:23,143 --> 00:29:24,811 According to my investigation, 578 00:29:24,944 --> 00:29:27,382 your brother purchased that parcel of land in Texas 579 00:29:27,514 --> 00:29:28,950 some 22 years ago, 580 00:29:29,082 --> 00:29:32,154 and no transfer of title was ever made 581 00:29:32,285 --> 00:29:33,821 prior to the signing of that oil lease. 582 00:29:33,954 --> 00:29:38,530 Mason, are you saying that land is or was the property of Dickie Durham 583 00:29:38,659 --> 00:29:40,029 and not Russell here? 584 00:29:40,161 --> 00:29:41,897 Would that also surprise you, Mr. Warden? 585 00:29:42,028 --> 00:29:43,731 lt certainly would. 586 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:46,837 The name on that deed was R.W. Durham, 587 00:29:46,967 --> 00:29:49,939 and l negotiated the lease with a man by that name. 588 00:29:50,070 --> 00:29:52,409 Of course, you didn't know that there were two R.W. Durhams? 589 00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:53,809 Absolutely not. 590 00:29:53,942 --> 00:29:55,411 Rimrock may be small, 591 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:58,548 but they've paid royalties of 16 2 592 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,354 in good faith to R.W. Durham for the past eight years. 593 00:30:02,484 --> 00:30:05,690 That good faith must amount to a rather large sum, 594 00:30:05,821 --> 00:30:09,261 every cent of which belongs and always has belonged to your brother. 595 00:30:09,391 --> 00:30:12,096 l fail to see how that concerns you, Mr. Mason. 596 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:14,396 My brother has owed me debts all his life 597 00:30:14,529 --> 00:30:16,634 that are so much larger than money. 598 00:30:16,766 --> 00:30:19,439 l'm not concerned with the implication of fraud, 599 00:30:19,570 --> 00:30:22,675 but l do intend to clear my client of any suspicion of murder. 600 00:30:22,805 --> 00:30:25,677 Well, it's a little late for that, isn't it, Mr. Mason? 601 00:30:25,809 --> 00:30:28,246 l certainly didn't kill Dickie. 602 00:30:28,378 --> 00:30:31,383 lf you'll recall, the will he made out that day in your omice-- 603 00:30:31,514 --> 00:30:33,318 Russell, you talk too much. 604 00:30:33,450 --> 00:30:36,455 - The will you refer to-- - Paula told me all about it. 605 00:30:36,587 --> 00:30:39,224 Harry Fothergill gets practically everything. 606 00:30:39,355 --> 00:30:41,193 That's why he murdered my brother. 607 00:30:41,325 --> 00:30:42,995 But did Lord Harry really know 608 00:30:43,127 --> 00:30:45,464 that your brother had any property to leave him? 609 00:30:45,596 --> 00:30:46,864 Did he? 610 00:30:46,865 --> 00:30:49,203 l think you're in for a surprise, Mason, 611 00:30:49,334 --> 00:30:51,204 several surprises, 612 00:30:51,336 --> 00:30:54,140 and in court because, for your information, 613 00:30:54,271 --> 00:30:57,443 the police just notified me they finally traced the murder weapon. 614 00:30:57,574 --> 00:31:00,079 That knife was purchased in Sydney, Australia, 615 00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:03,750 and by Lord Harry, of course. 616 00:31:10,856 --> 00:31:14,429 Now, omicer, you say you were in charge of the operation 617 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,265 which recovered the body of the deceased Richard Durham 618 00:31:17,397 --> 00:31:20,201 from the shallow water near the pier. 619 00:31:20,333 --> 00:31:23,672 Was this the first time you had ever encountered Richard Durham? 620 00:31:23,803 --> 00:31:24,872 No, sir. 621 00:31:25,004 --> 00:31:28,209 No, l had arrested the same man two nights before in a wate_ront bar. 622 00:31:28,340 --> 00:31:29,978 He was fighting with two seamen. 623 00:31:30,110 --> 00:31:32,348 Was the defendant present at the time? 624 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,016 He was there, but he took no part in the brawl. 625 00:31:35,148 --> 00:31:38,254 You mean that his friend was engaged in fighting two seamen, 626 00:31:38,385 --> 00:31:40,455 and he made no attempt to go to his assistance? 627 00:31:40,587 --> 00:31:41,622 [Omicer] None that l saw. 628 00:31:41,756 --> 00:31:43,893 - Objection. - Sustained. 629 00:31:44,024 --> 00:31:47,865 Omicer, when the body was taken from the harbor 630 00:31:47,996 --> 00:31:50,166 was the cause of death apparent to you? 631 00:31:50,297 --> 00:31:53,370 Well, there was what looked like to be a knife wound in his back. 632 00:31:53,501 --> 00:31:55,037 ln his back. 633 00:31:55,169 --> 00:31:58,843 The assailant apparently wasn't a very brave man, was he? 634 00:31:58,974 --> 00:32:01,244 Objection, Your Honor. 635 00:32:01,377 --> 00:32:02,545 Sustained. 636 00:32:03,679 --> 00:32:05,516 Omicer, l show you this knife, 637 00:32:05,647 --> 00:32:08,118 previously identified as having been purchased in Australia, 638 00:32:08,249 --> 00:32:09,852 by the defendant. 639 00:32:09,985 --> 00:32:12,991 Were you present when this knife was recovered from the water? 640 00:32:13,122 --> 00:32:14,858 Yes, l was, sir. 641 00:32:14,990 --> 00:32:16,626 The men from Homicide found it later 642 00:32:16,759 --> 00:32:18,196 at the same place l found the body. 643 00:32:18,328 --> 00:32:19,730 [Burger] Cross-examine, Mr. Mason? 644 00:32:19,863 --> 00:32:22,368 No questions, Mr. Burger. 645 00:32:22,498 --> 00:32:23,700 [Judge] You may stand down, Omicer. 646 00:32:26,669 --> 00:32:28,573 l suppose l should have told you sooner, Mr. Mason, 647 00:32:28,706 --> 00:32:30,909 but how was l to know which sticker done him in? 648 00:32:32,141 --> 00:32:34,145 They'll prove you always carry that knife. 649 00:32:34,277 --> 00:32:36,114 But like l told you, Mr. Mason, 650 00:32:36,246 --> 00:32:38,550 l gave it to Dickie same time as he was signing the checks, 651 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,216 same place. 652 00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:41,820 He sort of had the shakes like, you know, 653 00:32:41,952 --> 00:32:43,221 sitting all alone in the dark. 654 00:32:43,354 --> 00:32:45,492 He says to me, ''Hey, let's have your sticker 655 00:32:45,624 --> 00:32:47,827 in case l have to fight om some mermaids, you know. 656 00:32:47,958 --> 00:32:49,795 You know how he talked, don't you, Mr. Mason? 657 00:32:51,162 --> 00:32:53,566 Who do you think he planned to meet there after you left? 658 00:32:53,697 --> 00:32:54,698 l-- 659 00:32:54,832 --> 00:32:57,337 [Burger] l call Mr. Russell Durham to the stand, please. 660 00:33:01,673 --> 00:33:03,107 We were both born in Bakersfield. 661 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,575 My brother was two years younger. 662 00:33:04,708 --> 00:33:06,344 l practically raised him. 663 00:33:06,477 --> 00:33:09,383 He knocked around in the Texas oil fields for a few years, 664 00:33:09,514 --> 00:33:11,384 then left home-- and the country-- for good. 665 00:33:11,516 --> 00:33:13,888 After a few years, l heard nothing more from him. 666 00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:16,425 Until he and the defendant moved into your home? 667 00:33:16,556 --> 00:33:17,591 Yes. 668 00:33:17,723 --> 00:33:18,891 Mr. Durham, 669 00:33:19,025 --> 00:33:21,362 in the strictest sense, 670 00:33:21,493 --> 00:33:24,498 it isn't entirely your home, is it? 671 00:33:24,629 --> 00:33:28,103 l suppose you could say it was partially Dickie's. 672 00:33:28,233 --> 00:33:30,103 Will you explain that for us, please? 673 00:33:30,235 --> 00:33:33,141 One of my sources of income for the past eight years 674 00:33:33,273 --> 00:33:34,375 has come from an oil lease. 675 00:33:34,508 --> 00:33:37,246 Technically the property belonged to my brother. 676 00:33:37,376 --> 00:33:38,511 Technically? 677 00:33:38,644 --> 00:33:40,816 ln one of his rare letters in those early days, 678 00:33:40,949 --> 00:33:43,987 he enclosed the deed to a parcel of land in West Texas. 679 00:33:44,118 --> 00:33:46,857 Since he had borrowed money from me to leave home, 680 00:33:46,987 --> 00:33:51,062 l assumed the deed was meant to be a form of repayment. 681 00:33:51,191 --> 00:33:52,792 Anyway, years later, 682 00:33:52,926 --> 00:33:57,069 when l discovered the Rimrock Oil Company was interested in that land, 683 00:33:57,198 --> 00:34:00,102 l negotiated the lease myself in the name of R.W. Durham-- 684 00:34:00,234 --> 00:34:01,870 the name on the deed-- 685 00:34:02,003 --> 00:34:06,178 but l was really acting as an involuntary trustee. 686 00:34:06,307 --> 00:34:08,344 ln other words, Mr. Durham, 687 00:34:08,476 --> 00:34:09,979 not only part of your home 688 00:34:10,112 --> 00:34:13,786 but part of your other property and assets 689 00:34:13,916 --> 00:34:15,753 actually belonged to the deceased? 690 00:34:15,884 --> 00:34:17,186 Yes, that's right. 691 00:34:17,318 --> 00:34:20,658 [Burger] Would you mind estimating his estate for us, please? 692 00:34:20,789 --> 00:34:23,729 ln the neighborhood of _200,OOO. 693 00:34:23,861 --> 00:34:26,231 Thank you, Mr. Durham. Cross-examine. 694 00:34:27,631 --> 00:34:30,135 Wasn't the value of the decedent's estate 695 00:34:30,266 --> 00:34:32,937 much more than _200,OOO, Mr. Durham? 696 00:34:33,068 --> 00:34:37,311 l have kept a full and complete accounting of every dollar paid in royalties. 697 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,277 lt was available to Dickie at any time. 698 00:34:39,409 --> 00:34:45,388 When he returned after this 19 or 20-year period away, 699 00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:48,554 how much in cash was actually turned over to him? 700 00:34:48,685 --> 00:34:53,195 He asked for and l wrote a check to him, in the amount of _1 8,OOO. 701 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:57,197 lsn't it true that he moved out of your house during the afternoon preceding his murder? 702 00:34:57,327 --> 00:34:58,362 Yes. 703 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:02,971 You mean he was leaving with only _18,OOO 704 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:07,008 out of an estate of at least _200,OOO? 705 00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:11,181 - Now, why? - l really couldn't say, Mr. Mason. 706 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:14,048 Perhaps my brother was more interested in just causing trouble 707 00:35:14,179 --> 00:35:16,149 than he was in getting his money. 708 00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:19,453 When l tried to talk to him about it-- work out some schedule of repayment-- 709 00:35:19,585 --> 00:35:23,092 he just laughed at me, made fun of my embarrassment. 710 00:35:24,958 --> 00:35:26,828 Hm. 711 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,962 Well, when Uncle Dickie made out his will that morning, 712 00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:30,595 we thought it was a joke. 713 00:35:30,596 --> 00:35:34,504 Lord Harry and l both thought that he didn't have anything to leave. 714 00:35:34,635 --> 00:35:36,170 l think you mean, Miss Durham, 715 00:35:36,171 --> 00:35:38,340 that you thought it was a joke. 716 00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:42,378 You can hardly say that you knew what the defendant was thinking. 717 00:35:42,509 --> 00:35:44,479 - Well, no, but-- - Just answer me this. 718 00:35:44,612 --> 00:35:46,881 Was the defendant mention in that will 719 00:35:47,013 --> 00:35:48,649 and if so, for how much money? 720 00:35:48,781 --> 00:35:50,051 For a quarter of a million dollars. 721 00:35:50,185 --> 00:35:51,253 Thank you, Miss Durham. That'll be all. 722 00:35:51,385 --> 00:35:54,356 - Mr. Mason? - Miss Durham, 723 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:56,023 to your knowledge did anything occur 724 00:35:56,156 --> 00:36:00,098 that might've caused your uncle to feel that his life was in danger? 725 00:36:00,228 --> 00:36:01,663 No, l don't think so. 726 00:36:01,795 --> 00:36:03,633 Did you know at that time what caused 727 00:36:03,765 --> 00:36:06,905 your uncle's sudden decision to move out of your house the ne_ day? 728 00:36:07,036 --> 00:36:10,909 No, and he was gone before l had another chance to talk to him. 729 00:36:11,039 --> 00:36:13,411 Thank you, Miss Durham. That'll be all. 730 00:36:15,010 --> 00:36:19,719 Mr. Simpson, Richard Durham's decision to leave his brother's house 731 00:36:19,848 --> 00:36:21,886 seems to be troubling the defense counsel. 732 00:36:22,018 --> 00:36:23,889 Can you throw any light on that, sir? 733 00:36:24,021 --> 00:36:26,692 [Simpson] Yes, l made it very clear to Mrs. Durham 734 00:36:26,822 --> 00:36:29,327 that his influence on Paula was an unhealthy one 735 00:36:29,458 --> 00:36:32,197 and it would be better all around if he left for good. 736 00:36:32,329 --> 00:36:34,498 Thank you, Mr. Simpson. Counselor. 737 00:36:34,630 --> 00:36:37,068 Are we to assume, Mr. Simpson, 738 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,635 that it was Mrs. Durham 739 00:36:38,769 --> 00:36:40,505 who ordered her brother-in-law out? 740 00:36:40,637 --> 00:36:42,105 l think it's safe to assume 741 00:36:42,238 --> 00:36:43,708 she felt Paula's friendship with me 742 00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:45,342 was more important than Durham's feelings. 743 00:36:45,474 --> 00:36:48,849 How she accomplished his ejection, if she did, l couldn't say. 744 00:36:50,747 --> 00:36:52,617 l represented Rimrock Oil 745 00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:57,325 in obtaining the lease from R.W. Durham eight years ago. 746 00:36:57,455 --> 00:36:59,524 That was the name on the title, 747 00:36:59,656 --> 00:37:03,164 but l had know way of knowing there were two R. W. Durhams. 748 00:37:03,295 --> 00:37:05,666 When l learned this, just a few months ago, 749 00:37:05,797 --> 00:37:08,869 l immediately attempted to negotiate a new lease. 750 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,636 Directly with the decedent? 751 00:37:10,768 --> 00:37:12,338 At first, yes, 752 00:37:12,471 --> 00:37:15,542 but the man had an exaggerated sense of values, 753 00:37:15,674 --> 00:37:19,181 so l wrote to the ''buddy'' he'd mentioned-- Mr. Fothergill-- 754 00:37:19,312 --> 00:37:22,017 asking him to use his good omices, 755 00:37:22,147 --> 00:37:24,652 unsuccessfully, l'm afraid. 756 00:37:24,783 --> 00:37:26,185 But just how much of the situation 757 00:37:26,318 --> 00:37:28,489 did you explain in your letter to the defendant? 758 00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:31,392 Enough to suggest the amounts of money involved. 759 00:37:31,523 --> 00:37:33,526 ln other words, Mr. Warden, 760 00:37:33,659 --> 00:37:35,396 the defendant was fully aware 761 00:37:35,527 --> 00:37:37,031 that his friend, Dickie Durham, 762 00:37:37,164 --> 00:37:39,033 far from being penniless, 763 00:37:39,165 --> 00:37:42,037 might actually be worth as much as _200,OOO? 764 00:37:42,168 --> 00:37:43,838 Yes, sir. 765 00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:46,842 That'll be all, Mr. Warden. Thank you very much, sir. 766 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:49,745 - Counselor? To you. - One moment, Your Honor. 767 00:37:50,744 --> 00:37:51,847 Very well, Mr. Mason. 768 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,015 ls that true, Harry? 769 00:37:54,148 --> 00:37:55,517 No. No, Mr. Mason. 770 00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:57,985 No, uh-- Dickie tore up that letter 771 00:37:58,118 --> 00:38:00,022 before l barely laid eyes on it. 772 00:38:00,154 --> 00:38:02,426 l suppose l knew there was some money out to him, 773 00:38:02,556 --> 00:38:05,495 but it never occurred to me it might be honest. 774 00:38:05,626 --> 00:38:07,797 You've got to understand, Mr. Mason, 775 00:38:07,929 --> 00:38:10,400 every time that Dickie got those happy giggles, 776 00:38:10,532 --> 00:38:13,871 it was like as if he wanted to hurt somebody, you know? 777 00:38:14,002 --> 00:38:18,378 He'd say, ''All right, if they want to pay, let them pay, 778 00:38:18,507 --> 00:38:20,776 but make them pay double.'' 779 00:38:20,909 --> 00:38:23,446 Me, l was kind of-- 780 00:38:23,577 --> 00:38:25,582 l'd settle for the pub, you know. 781 00:38:25,715 --> 00:38:29,456 l'd say, ''All right, let's head for the pub and be happy.'' 782 00:38:29,585 --> 00:38:31,555 Della, get hold of Paul. 783 00:38:31,687 --> 00:38:33,557 l want him to go to Bakersfield right away. 784 00:38:33,689 --> 00:38:35,158 Right. 785 00:38:36,926 --> 00:38:37,994 Please, Mr. Mason. 786 00:38:38,127 --> 00:38:39,563 l ask you now. 787 00:38:39,695 --> 00:38:42,233 lf a man's got a friend that ain't no good, 788 00:38:42,367 --> 00:38:43,501 what's he going to do, 789 00:38:43,633 --> 00:38:45,636 l mean ditch or stay with him 790 00:38:45,768 --> 00:38:47,571 and try and keep him from being so bad? 791 00:38:48,771 --> 00:38:52,746 l mean, there ain't none of us pe_ect, now. Is there, Mr. Mason? 792 00:38:56,146 --> 00:38:59,920 Mr. Mason, l'm not sure that it's ethical for me to talk to you. 793 00:39:00,050 --> 00:39:02,688 ls the District Attorney going to call you as a witness? 794 00:39:02,820 --> 00:39:04,657 l don't think so. He hasn't subpoenaed me. 795 00:39:04,788 --> 00:39:07,026 Then there is no ethical or legal reason 796 00:39:07,158 --> 00:39:10,229 why you can't tell me how you persuaded Dickie to leave your house. 797 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,434 l simply told him it was best for all concerned. 798 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,071 But why would he walk out on all that money? 799 00:39:17,203 --> 00:39:19,975 He never liked involved situations. 800 00:39:20,105 --> 00:39:21,607 l think he was happy to escape. 801 00:39:21,740 --> 00:39:24,644 From what was he escaping when he left 20 years ago? 802 00:39:24,776 --> 00:39:26,447 l don't know. 803 00:39:26,579 --> 00:39:29,484 He was always footloose. 804 00:39:29,615 --> 00:39:32,953 You were in love with him then, weren't you? 805 00:39:33,085 --> 00:39:35,957 Mr. Mason, l don't wish to discuss this any further. 806 00:39:36,088 --> 00:39:39,462 - Did you stay in love with him? - No. No, l didn't. 807 00:39:39,593 --> 00:39:40,761 Oh, before he came back, 808 00:39:40,894 --> 00:39:43,899 l suppose l had some middle-aged memories, 809 00:39:44,030 --> 00:39:46,468 but after l saw him again, 810 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,536 he was so obviously dishonest. 811 00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:52,675 But Paula was very fond of him, wasn't she? 812 00:39:52,806 --> 00:39:54,844 She was too young to know. 813 00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:57,212 Oh, she'd remember the Christmas presents he'd sent her, 814 00:39:57,345 --> 00:39:58,914 and you know something? 815 00:39:59,045 --> 00:40:00,815 Dickie never picked out one of them. 816 00:40:00,947 --> 00:40:03,153 lt was really Lord Harry who sent them. 817 00:40:03,285 --> 00:40:05,054 l made Harry admit it. 818 00:40:05,186 --> 00:40:08,593 You know, l keep finding that Harry's much more of a person-- 819 00:40:08,723 --> 00:40:10,494 Oh, l don't care what he is. 820 00:40:12,627 --> 00:40:17,937 Was it because of Paula that you sent Dickie away? 821 00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:19,234 Please, Mr. Mason, 822 00:40:19,368 --> 00:40:20,770 l don't want to talk about it. 823 00:40:22,303 --> 00:40:25,109 l don't believe that Harry killed him. 824 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,946 l don't think you do either. 825 00:40:28,077 --> 00:40:31,983 Would you want to see an innocent man convicted? 826 00:40:32,115 --> 00:40:34,987 l don't want to see an innocent girl convicted by public opinion 827 00:40:35,118 --> 00:40:36,687 for something that l did, 828 00:40:36,818 --> 00:40:39,824 something that was my fault. 829 00:40:39,956 --> 00:40:42,193 Mrs. Durham, 830 00:40:42,326 --> 00:40:45,731 was Dickie Paula's father? 831 00:40:46,762 --> 00:40:48,799 Yes. 832 00:40:48,932 --> 00:40:51,002 About a month before Dickie left Bakersfield, 833 00:40:51,134 --> 00:40:52,738 we were married in Tijuana. 834 00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:54,405 At least we went through a ceremony. 835 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,609 lt wasn't recorded right, or something. 836 00:40:56,740 --> 00:40:58,376 At any rate, when Dickie found out, 837 00:40:58,510 --> 00:41:00,746 he-- he disappeared. 838 00:41:01,744 --> 00:41:03,447 And just after that you married Russell. 839 00:41:03,581 --> 00:41:05,953 He'd been in love with me for a long time. 840 00:41:06,083 --> 00:41:07,386 Does Russell know? 841 00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:09,188 Of course he knows, 842 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,756 but not anybody else, 843 00:41:10,888 --> 00:41:12,758 not until l told Dickie. 844 00:41:12,890 --> 00:41:17,099 After that he-- well, he just went away quietly. 845 00:41:17,228 --> 00:41:20,033 l guess l hoped that for once he was going to do something decent. 846 00:41:21,467 --> 00:41:22,535 Oh, Mr. Mason, 847 00:41:22,668 --> 00:41:24,938 does all of this have to become public now? 848 00:41:25,070 --> 00:41:28,944 l'll try to prevent it. 849 00:41:29,074 --> 00:41:33,515 Thank you very much for trusting me, Mrs. Durham. 850 00:41:33,644 --> 00:41:36,752 lf Paula found out, l don't know what she'd do. 851 00:41:36,882 --> 00:41:38,885 She loves Russell so-- 852 00:41:39,018 --> 00:41:40,220 as her father-- 853 00:41:40,353 --> 00:41:42,658 Do you know whether Dickie spoke to Russell about this? 854 00:41:42,788 --> 00:41:45,660 Did he perhaps threaten to tell Paula 855 00:41:45,791 --> 00:41:47,461 unless he was given what he'd come here for? 856 00:41:47,594 --> 00:41:50,199 Well, no. No, l'm sure he didn't. 857 00:41:56,770 --> 00:41:58,539 Are you ready to proceed, Mr. Mason? 858 00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:01,342 Your Honor 859 00:42:01,475 --> 00:42:04,248 the defense requests the right to withhold cross-examination of this witness 860 00:42:04,379 --> 00:42:05,614 until a later time. 861 00:42:05,747 --> 00:42:08,552 [Burger] l suppose that'll be all right, Your Honor. 862 00:42:08,683 --> 00:42:10,252 [Judge] Call you ne_ witness. 863 00:42:10,386 --> 00:42:12,021 [Burger] l call Mr. George Coleman. 864 00:42:13,288 --> 00:42:17,328 All l know is they seem to be in a beef over some money. 865 00:42:17,458 --> 00:42:20,431 The ne_ thing l know, the thin one-- Durham, that is-- 866 00:42:20,562 --> 00:42:21,864 was stalking out, 867 00:42:21,996 --> 00:42:24,066 and the other guy-- uh, him-- 868 00:42:24,198 --> 00:42:25,634 he was lying on the floor. 869 00:42:25,767 --> 00:42:27,770 Right away l said to myself, ''Here we go again,'' 870 00:42:27,902 --> 00:42:29,238 and l reach for the phone. 871 00:42:29,371 --> 00:42:32,110 Only then the limey-- uh, him-- 872 00:42:32,241 --> 00:42:33,444 says not to call the police. 873 00:42:33,576 --> 00:42:35,179 He'd handle him good. 874 00:42:35,311 --> 00:42:36,781 [Burger] He'd handle him good, eh? 875 00:42:36,913 --> 00:42:38,481 Now, let's go back for a moment 876 00:42:38,615 --> 00:42:43,958 to the time when the decedent Dickie Durham was sitting by himself, drinking. 877 00:42:44,086 --> 00:42:45,756 Did anything unusual occur? 878 00:42:45,888 --> 00:42:49,796 Well, he tapped me for some paper and an envelope to write a letter. 879 00:42:49,926 --> 00:42:53,098 Do you know to whom the letter was addressed? 880 00:42:53,229 --> 00:42:55,367 Yeah. He gave it to me to mail for him. 881 00:42:55,499 --> 00:42:58,905 lt was to Mr. Perry Mason. 882 00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:00,505 Do you wish to cross-examine, Counselor? 883 00:43:00,638 --> 00:43:02,174 No questions. 884 00:43:02,306 --> 00:43:04,643 l call Miss Della Street to the stand. 885 00:43:06,410 --> 00:43:08,481 [Judge] You may step down, Mr. Coleman. 886 00:43:08,613 --> 00:43:11,216 '...l'll be in bright and early to sign the new will. 887 00:43:11,348 --> 00:43:13,017 Confusion to our enemies.'' 888 00:43:13,149 --> 00:43:15,087 Signed, Dickie Durham. 889 00:43:15,219 --> 00:43:18,292 Thank you for reading the letter, Miss Street. 890 00:43:18,422 --> 00:43:21,562 Now, this part about Paula getting the ''big chunk.'' 891 00:43:21,694 --> 00:43:23,931 Exactly what does that mean to you? 892 00:43:24,062 --> 00:43:27,568 That he wanted Paul Durham to receive _250,OOO. 893 00:43:27,699 --> 00:43:30,771 - Instead of the defendant. - Yes. 894 00:43:30,902 --> 00:43:33,574 But somebody conveniently murdered Dickie Durham 895 00:43:33,706 --> 00:43:36,544 before he could make such a change in his will, 896 00:43:36,676 --> 00:43:41,117 before he could manage to disinherit his erstwhile friend Harry Fothergill. 897 00:43:41,246 --> 00:43:42,915 lsn't that correct, Miss Street? 898 00:43:43,047 --> 00:43:44,885 Yes, but he still wanted to leave 50,OOO-- 899 00:43:45,016 --> 00:43:48,491 l think we understand the implications here, Miss Street. 900 00:43:48,622 --> 00:43:49,891 You wish to-- 901 00:43:50,023 --> 00:43:52,827 You wish to cross-examine, Mr. Mason? 902 00:43:52,959 --> 00:43:55,464 No questions. 903 00:43:55,596 --> 00:43:57,266 Your Honor, with the court's indulgence, 904 00:43:57,397 --> 00:44:00,302 l would now like to recall Mr. Frank Warden for cross-examination. 905 00:44:00,434 --> 00:44:02,304 [Judge] Very well, Mr. Mason. 906 00:44:03,470 --> 00:44:06,577 You realize of course that you're still under oath? 907 00:44:06,708 --> 00:44:08,110 l know. 908 00:44:08,242 --> 00:44:12,451 Would you care to correct any of your previous testimony at this time? 909 00:44:12,580 --> 00:44:13,648 No. 910 00:44:13,782 --> 00:44:17,789 At any rate, let's review part of your testimony. 911 00:44:17,919 --> 00:44:21,258 To wit, ''l had no way of knowing 912 00:44:21,389 --> 00:44:23,860 there were two R.W. Durhams. 913 00:44:23,991 --> 00:44:26,095 When l learned this, just a few months ago, 914 00:44:26,226 --> 00:44:28,599 l attempted to negotiate a new lease.'' 915 00:44:29,632 --> 00:44:32,771 - l see nothing wrong with that. - Don't you? 916 00:44:32,902 --> 00:44:34,404 lsn't it true that eight years ago, 917 00:44:34,537 --> 00:44:38,011 prior to accepting Russell Durham's signature on that lease, 918 00:44:38,140 --> 00:44:40,844 you made a long and e_ensive search for Richard Durham? 919 00:44:40,975 --> 00:44:42,311 Well, no, that's-- that's not-- 920 00:44:42,444 --> 00:44:43,880 Mr. Warden, 921 00:44:44,013 --> 00:44:46,118 would you please examine these. 922 00:44:47,184 --> 00:44:51,057 They are records of a missing persons agency in Bakersfield. 923 00:44:51,187 --> 00:44:52,590 You will find there a detailed report 924 00:44:52,722 --> 00:44:56,662 of the agency's emort to locate a Mr. Richard Durham, 925 00:44:56,792 --> 00:45:00,268 also the original letter requesting that, that search be made. 926 00:45:00,398 --> 00:45:03,036 Yes. 927 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:04,836 l guess l hired these people, but l-- 928 00:45:04,968 --> 00:45:08,007 And then rather abruptly called om their search. 929 00:45:08,138 --> 00:45:10,343 But they'd been so unsuccessful. 930 00:45:10,474 --> 00:45:11,609 Didn't you call it om 931 00:45:11,741 --> 00:45:15,249 because you managed to find Richard Durham yourself? 932 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:17,851 No. No, l didn't. 933 00:45:17,982 --> 00:45:20,585 lt was his brother who heard from him. It was Russell. 934 00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:24,292 Your Honor, may l interrupt 935 00:45:24,423 --> 00:45:27,396 the questionable testimony of this witness 936 00:45:27,527 --> 00:45:30,698 to ask these same questions of Mr. Russell Durham? 937 00:45:30,829 --> 00:45:34,603 - Well... - l'd have no objection to that, Your Honor. 938 00:45:35,869 --> 00:45:39,475 All right, yes, l did hear from Dickie eight years ago. 939 00:45:39,605 --> 00:45:43,079 He was in Spain at the time, and one of my cables caught up with him. 940 00:45:43,209 --> 00:45:46,281 l'd asked if he'd be willing to put a small lease on his land. 941 00:45:46,412 --> 00:45:49,117 And what was your brother's answer, Mr. Durham? 942 00:45:49,249 --> 00:45:52,555 ''Don't bother me with songs from peanut vendors,'' he said. 943 00:45:52,685 --> 00:45:55,157 ''When John D. himself sends a million, l'll sign.'' 944 00:45:55,289 --> 00:45:57,459 [Mason] So you then went ahead with the deal yourself. 945 00:45:57,591 --> 00:45:58,726 Yes. 946 00:45:58,859 --> 00:46:00,728 And you signed your own name to those leases, 947 00:46:00,860 --> 00:46:02,630 making it look like Richard's signature 948 00:46:02,763 --> 00:46:06,002 so that no title search could or would disclose your fraud. 949 00:46:06,132 --> 00:46:07,568 Yes, l-- 950 00:46:07,701 --> 00:46:08,835 l had to. 951 00:46:08,967 --> 00:46:10,070 Why did you have to? 952 00:46:10,203 --> 00:46:12,642 Because l was broke, 953 00:46:12,774 --> 00:46:16,314 because l owed money to Frank Warden. 954 00:46:19,613 --> 00:46:22,051 We only thought it was a short-term thing. 955 00:46:22,182 --> 00:46:24,454 Rimrock's a speculative outfit. 956 00:46:24,586 --> 00:46:28,760 We knew Russell was prepared to reimburse Dickie 957 00:46:28,890 --> 00:46:32,130 if there was oil and if he ever discovered that-- 958 00:46:32,260 --> 00:46:33,695 The fact remains 959 00:46:33,828 --> 00:46:37,368 that you prevailed upon Russell Durham to sign a fraudulent lease. 960 00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:40,205 The fact remains that it was your idea and not his. 961 00:46:40,337 --> 00:46:42,673 No, it wasn't my idea. 962 00:46:42,805 --> 00:46:44,976 lt-- 963 00:46:45,107 --> 00:46:46,576 lt came from the head omice. 964 00:46:46,709 --> 00:46:49,480 The head omice of a company who participates in fraud, 965 00:46:49,612 --> 00:46:51,582 of a company whose omicers, l find, 966 00:46:51,714 --> 00:46:55,154 are all conveniently located in Texas or are out of the country? 967 00:46:55,285 --> 00:46:57,554 But l tried to negotiate with Dickie. 968 00:46:57,687 --> 00:46:59,490 Just several months ago when he wrote that he-- 969 00:46:59,623 --> 00:47:01,226 You mean he contacted you this time, 970 00:47:01,358 --> 00:47:02,928 instead of vice versa? 971 00:47:03,060 --> 00:47:05,463 And once more, l suppose, you told his brother 972 00:47:05,595 --> 00:47:08,702 that matters had to be handled in a certain way. 973 00:47:08,833 --> 00:47:11,505 lf l hadn't handled it, l would have lost my job. 974 00:47:11,636 --> 00:47:13,905 They were making me the fall guy. 975 00:47:14,037 --> 00:47:16,007 Dickie kept holding out. 976 00:47:16,139 --> 00:47:17,374 He'd found out somehow 977 00:47:17,507 --> 00:47:20,647 that Rimrock was in trouble if he pulled away those leases. 978 00:47:20,778 --> 00:47:23,215 So he wanted double value. 979 00:47:23,348 --> 00:47:25,219 lsn't that why he made out a will 980 00:47:25,351 --> 00:47:27,154 for more than his estate was actually worth 981 00:47:27,286 --> 00:47:29,123 because he figured he'd be paid that much more? 982 00:47:29,254 --> 00:47:30,622 He wanted half a million. 983 00:47:30,755 --> 00:47:33,828 That's why he wouldn't talk to his brother about the money. 984 00:47:33,959 --> 00:47:35,996 He knew Russell couldn't pay that much, 985 00:47:36,127 --> 00:47:37,597 but we couldn't pay it either. 986 00:47:37,730 --> 00:47:39,400 So the only way that Rimrock Oil 987 00:47:39,531 --> 00:47:41,968 could make sure of retaining the very lucrative rights to that property 988 00:47:42,101 --> 00:47:43,369 was for Richard Durham to die. 989 00:47:43,502 --> 00:47:46,975 No! l had nothing to do with death. 990 00:47:47,105 --> 00:47:50,345 l wasn't Rimrock Oil. l told him so. 991 00:47:50,476 --> 00:47:52,715 Everything had been taken out of my hands 992 00:47:52,847 --> 00:47:54,549 Taken out of your hands by whom? 993 00:47:54,681 --> 00:47:57,119 The guy behind Rimrock, 994 00:47:57,250 --> 00:47:59,888 the guy who calls all their shots. 995 00:48:00,021 --> 00:48:03,660 You said you'd take care of this thing, Mr. Simpson. 996 00:48:03,790 --> 00:48:05,995 You said l was getting too old. 997 00:48:06,126 --> 00:48:09,899 Okay, it's all yours now. 998 00:48:10,030 --> 00:48:12,335 Let's see you take care of it. 999 00:48:14,468 --> 00:48:19,276 l already did, Mr. Warden. l already did. 1000 00:48:23,645 --> 00:48:24,880 You know, when l dated Gil, 1001 00:48:25,013 --> 00:48:27,350 he'd never quite say where his holdings were. 1002 00:48:27,481 --> 00:48:29,051 Why, daddy didn't even know. 1003 00:48:29,183 --> 00:48:30,218 But Dickie knew 1004 00:48:30,351 --> 00:48:31,887 because Warden finally had to tell him 1005 00:48:32,020 --> 00:48:33,823 that Gil Simpson was the man to deal with. 1006 00:48:33,956 --> 00:48:37,261 Your uncle was putting on all sorts of pressure, l guess, 1007 00:48:37,392 --> 00:48:40,599 even to his coming up here so they'd know he was talking to a lawyer - 1008 00:48:40,730 --> 00:48:42,866 But Gil was just a little bit too tough for Dickie. 1009 00:48:42,999 --> 00:48:45,203 When they met on the pier that night to talk settlement, 1010 00:48:45,333 --> 00:48:47,905 Dickie made the mistake of threatening Gil with a knife. 1011 00:48:48,037 --> 00:48:51,511 They got into a fight, and that was that. 1012 00:48:51,641 --> 00:48:54,212 My Uncle Dickie really was a horrible man, wasn't he? 1013 00:48:55,745 --> 00:48:58,583 Well, now, l don't think l'd quite say that, Missy. 1014 00:48:58,713 --> 00:49:01,385 l mean, people are a lot of things, you know, 1015 00:49:01,516 --> 00:49:04,090 and after all he did leave you all his money, didn't he? 1016 00:49:04,221 --> 00:49:06,625 You mean the first will wasn't legal? 1017 00:49:06,757 --> 00:49:10,130 Of course it was, completely valid. 1018 00:49:10,260 --> 00:49:12,464 So Harry, as soon as it can be probated, 1019 00:49:12,596 --> 00:49:14,933 it's you who'll receive the bulk of the estate will go. 1020 00:49:15,065 --> 00:49:16,667 But-- 1021 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,103 Oh, no, you don't. 1022 00:49:18,235 --> 00:49:19,605 No, you don't, sir. 1023 00:49:19,737 --> 00:49:22,341 Now, Dickie ain't leaving me with no pack of trouble like that. 1024 00:49:22,474 --> 00:49:23,708 All l wanted was my pub. 1025 00:49:23,841 --> 00:49:25,477 Now, it's your money, Missy. You take it. 1026 00:49:25,609 --> 00:49:27,080 l certainly will not. 1027 00:49:27,212 --> 00:49:29,716 - Thank you for being so nice but-- - And thank you very much, too. 1028 00:49:29,849 --> 00:49:31,483 [Mason] Suppose we argue about this later. 1029 00:49:31,616 --> 00:49:34,188 Oh, that reminds me, Mr. Mason. 1030 00:49:34,319 --> 00:49:36,056 My mother sends her thanks. 1031 00:49:36,187 --> 00:49:38,659 l don't know exactly for, though. 1032 00:49:38,791 --> 00:49:41,795 l can't imagine, either, but my thanks for her thanks.