1 00:00:03,140 --> 00:00:05,140 ♪♪ Itheme] 2 00:00:45,575 --> 00:00:49,381 [Man] Of course, l realize your familiarity with Oriental burial, 3 00:00:49,511 --> 00:00:51,438 or grave figures. 4 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:54,418 The small sculptures, mostly of animals, 5 00:00:54,549 --> 00:00:56,819 entombed with dead Oriental nobility 6 00:00:56,951 --> 00:01:00,524 as symbolic representations of the dead men's needs 7 00:01:00,654 --> 00:01:03,458 for enjoyable lives in the next world. 8 00:01:03,590 --> 00:01:07,964 But this one is... is rather unusual. 9 00:01:08,093 --> 00:01:10,932 Phil Rubin, in his book on Oriental art, 10 00:01:11,063 --> 00:01:13,199 comments on the more than five centuries 11 00:01:13,331 --> 00:01:15,600 that guarded the crypt of its dead master. 12 00:01:15,733 --> 00:01:18,237 l like to think of it as not only faithful 13 00:01:18,368 --> 00:01:20,061 but weary. 14 00:01:20,103 --> 00:01:21,529 Yes, definitely. 15 00:01:21,571 --> 00:01:24,710 A most Weary Watchdog. 16 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,767 [Woman] It looks evil to me. 17 00:01:26,809 --> 00:01:31,484 Perhaps l... l can show you something else, Mrs. Holmes? 18 00:01:31,613 --> 00:01:35,052 No. l'll take it. 19 00:01:35,183 --> 00:01:37,319 Fine. Fine. 20 00:01:37,451 --> 00:01:39,955 lf you'll just sign here. 21 00:01:43,723 --> 00:01:46,360 - Trixie, l... - [quietly] l told you not to come here. 22 00:01:46,491 --> 00:01:48,728 - But l thought that... - Busy, Miss Tong? 23 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:54,002 Oh, we, uh... we haven't got what this customer wants. 24 00:01:57,534 --> 00:02:00,005 Would you see that the Kamakura Watchdog 25 00:02:00,136 --> 00:02:03,208 is wrapped and properly crated for Mrs. Holmes? 26 00:02:03,339 --> 00:02:05,710 Right, away, Mr. Franklin. 27 00:02:14,581 --> 00:02:16,508 Della, please. 28 00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:20,023 The drive-in on Vista Haven Road in ten minutes. 29 00:02:20,153 --> 00:02:22,153 All right. 30 00:02:28,994 --> 00:02:31,365 Mrs. Brent. 31 00:02:34,665 --> 00:02:36,835 [bells jingling] 32 00:02:44,140 --> 00:02:46,677 $25,000? 33 00:02:46,808 --> 00:02:48,768 You must be joking. 34 00:02:48,810 --> 00:02:51,714 Where would l get $25,000 to lend you? 35 00:02:51,846 --> 00:02:53,606 There's almost that much in my mother's estate, 36 00:02:53,648 --> 00:02:55,241 but l can't touch it for at least a year. 37 00:02:55,283 --> 00:02:59,123 - But, Janet, that... - Della, you're my only hope. 38 00:02:59,252 --> 00:03:01,079 You're my only friend. 39 00:03:01,121 --> 00:03:02,813 l must have the money. 40 00:03:02,855 --> 00:03:04,648 l must have it now. l must. 41 00:03:04,690 --> 00:03:06,927 No why's, no wherefores, 42 00:03:07,059 --> 00:03:09,830 just $25,000, like that. 43 00:03:09,961 --> 00:03:11,887 Please? 44 00:03:11,929 --> 00:03:13,688 You'll get every penny of it back. 45 00:03:13,730 --> 00:03:16,167 Look, why don't you come back to the omice? 46 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:18,872 Talk to Perry. l know he can help you. 47 00:03:19,002 --> 00:03:21,706 No. No, l can't. l... 48 00:03:25,241 --> 00:03:28,112 What is it, Janet? What's wrong? 49 00:03:28,243 --> 00:03:32,417 Della, you will never know how desperate l am at this moment. 50 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:34,549 There's only one of two things that l can use... 51 00:03:34,682 --> 00:03:37,753 that $25,000 or a gun. 52 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,143 Please, Della. 53 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:41,185 Janet... 54 00:03:47,926 --> 00:03:49,926 Janet! 55 00:03:53,097 --> 00:03:55,097 A gun. 56 00:04:04,405 --> 00:04:06,909 Something special tonight, Della. 57 00:04:07,041 --> 00:04:10,748 - Two, uh, Hong Kong dinners, please. - Two specials. 58 00:04:10,878 --> 00:04:12,878 No, no. Two Hong Kong dinners. 59 00:04:12,946 --> 00:04:14,739 But l heard you say, ''Two specials.'' 60 00:04:14,781 --> 00:04:17,051 [speaking Chinese] 61 00:04:17,184 --> 00:04:19,186 Mr. Mason, Miss Street, 62 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:23,359 uh, your distinguished presence fills my establishment with honor. 63 00:04:23,488 --> 00:04:26,125 High flattery and delicious food, 64 00:04:26,257 --> 00:04:28,294 and from the Honorable Cee Cee himself. 65 00:04:28,425 --> 00:04:30,929 Merely an apology for my awkward son, 66 00:04:31,061 --> 00:04:34,333 uh, not so successfully learning his father's business. 67 00:04:34,464 --> 00:04:37,068 Uh, may l present my son, Dean Chang. 68 00:04:38,101 --> 00:04:40,538 When the head is filled with thoughts of love, 69 00:04:40,669 --> 00:04:43,173 uh, the ears are sometimes closed. 70 00:04:43,305 --> 00:04:45,877 l'll put in the order. Two Hong Kong dinners. 71 00:04:46,007 --> 00:04:48,478 l wouldn't worry, Cee Cee. 72 00:04:48,609 --> 00:04:50,779 He's young enough that he can amord a few mistakes. 73 00:04:50,911 --> 00:04:53,048 There is hope then, Mr. Mason. 74 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:57,086 Uh, for if a fool persists in his folly, he may become wise. 75 00:04:58,084 --> 00:05:00,084 Enjoy your dinner. 76 00:05:04,689 --> 00:05:06,689 Well, can l help? 77 00:05:09,093 --> 00:05:11,095 How far would you go for a friend? 78 00:05:11,229 --> 00:05:13,231 How long is forever? 79 00:05:16,699 --> 00:05:18,392 l need $25,000. 80 00:05:18,434 --> 00:05:19,893 Need what? 81 00:05:19,935 --> 00:05:22,039 No questions asked. 82 00:05:22,171 --> 00:05:25,309 Twenty-five thousand dollars, like that. 83 00:05:46,524 --> 00:05:50,330 Without questions and without facts. 84 00:05:51,828 --> 00:05:55,534 Mr. Franklin asked, would you please also initial these vouchers, Mr. Brent? 85 00:05:55,664 --> 00:05:58,436 Oh, yes, yes. Fabulous man... Ed Franklin. 86 00:05:58,567 --> 00:06:00,293 Simply fabulous. 87 00:06:00,335 --> 00:06:02,095 Couldn't begin to run the business without him. 88 00:06:02,137 --> 00:06:04,374 Not at all. [chuckles] 89 00:06:04,505 --> 00:06:05,965 Yeah. There you are. 90 00:06:06,007 --> 00:06:08,778 Signed, sealed, and ready for you to deliver, Miss Tong. 91 00:06:08,909 --> 00:06:11,714 - Run along now. - Thank you, Mr. Brent. 92 00:06:13,612 --> 00:06:15,472 Well, now, 93 00:06:15,514 --> 00:06:17,684 most enjoyable lunch 94 00:06:17,817 --> 00:06:20,555 with two charming and most enjoyable ladies. 95 00:06:20,685 --> 00:06:23,356 And now you're anxious to get back to your stamp collection. 96 00:06:23,487 --> 00:06:26,993 Oh, a fabulous set of first-aid covers. 97 00:06:27,124 --> 00:06:28,683 Simply fabulous. 98 00:06:28,725 --> 00:06:31,329 - You care to see them, Della? - Oh.. . 99 00:06:31,462 --> 00:06:36,337 Uh, Alton, l think Della would prefer to see the new dresses that l ordered. 100 00:06:36,466 --> 00:06:39,270 Well, yes, that's a very good idea, Janet. 101 00:06:39,402 --> 00:06:40,994 Maybe a little later. 102 00:06:41,036 --> 00:06:43,039 Of course, of course. 103 00:06:49,310 --> 00:06:51,346 Did you get it? 104 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,018 Oh, Della, thank you. 105 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:01,089 And please trust me. You'll get every penny of it back. 106 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,657 - l swear it. - l hope so. 107 00:07:03,788 --> 00:07:05,790 The money isn't mine. 108 00:07:09,025 --> 00:07:13,333 Just as the car you got into at the drive-in yesterday wasn't yours. 109 00:07:13,463 --> 00:07:15,499 Della, l wish that l could explain. 110 00:07:15,631 --> 00:07:18,969 Look, Janet, l didn't mean to pry, and it won't go any further. l promise you. 111 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:24,577 But when you left me sitting in your car and took om in somebody else's, l... 112 00:07:26,707 --> 00:07:30,380 Well, working for lawyers and detectives, 113 00:07:30,511 --> 00:07:33,382 l guess you just naturally get curious. 114 00:07:33,513 --> 00:07:38,489 Della, as soon as l can, l'll explain everything to you. 115 00:07:38,617 --> 00:07:40,954 To me... 116 00:07:41,986 --> 00:07:43,989 or to your husband? 117 00:07:47,957 --> 00:07:49,957 [sighs] 118 00:07:52,328 --> 00:07:54,932 Are you going to ask Alton not to question you 119 00:07:55,063 --> 00:08:00,172 about how fabulous his store manager, Ed Franklin, really is? 120 00:08:01,168 --> 00:08:05,576 $25,000 exactly. 121 00:08:07,107 --> 00:08:10,813 Uh, this money's yours to give, l assume, 122 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:15,249 or have you added larceny to indiscretion? 123 00:08:15,381 --> 00:08:19,789 The forged hotel registration and the photographs you staged, please. 124 00:08:19,918 --> 00:08:24,493 Make quite a story in some peephole, exposé rag. 125 00:08:24,621 --> 00:08:29,329 ''Wife of Pillar of L.A. Society in Drunken Spree.'' 126 00:08:29,459 --> 00:08:31,051 What an easy mark. 127 00:08:31,093 --> 00:08:33,931 A bartender with a loaded drink, a friend with a loaded camera. 128 00:08:34,063 --> 00:08:36,734 l think you're actually proud of what you've done. 129 00:08:36,865 --> 00:08:41,306 You poor, lonely, neglected wife. 130 00:08:42,336 --> 00:08:44,573 Tell me, Janet, 131 00:08:44,704 --> 00:08:47,342 aside from his stamps, 132 00:08:47,474 --> 00:08:51,080 is blue-bood Alton really interested 133 00:08:51,210 --> 00:08:54,014 in anything? 134 00:08:56,747 --> 00:08:59,184 They're not in there. 135 00:08:59,317 --> 00:09:04,092 The photo negatives and the original registration are not in there. 136 00:09:06,022 --> 00:09:07,781 [mutters] 137 00:09:07,823 --> 00:09:11,095 You made a bargain. You promised! 138 00:09:11,226 --> 00:09:15,066 l promised to cooperate for certain considerations. 139 00:09:15,197 --> 00:09:17,023 25,000 of them. 140 00:09:17,065 --> 00:09:18,991 You have the money! 141 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:22,606 l know l can't bleed any more money out of you, 142 00:09:22,736 --> 00:09:25,540 but there are other considerations. 143 00:09:25,671 --> 00:09:29,210 Your husband's company, for instance. 144 00:09:29,342 --> 00:09:31,342 What? 145 00:09:31,544 --> 00:09:33,270 l want part of it. 146 00:09:33,312 --> 00:09:36,985 Just 50 percent ownership of Brent's Oriental Imports. 147 00:09:38,015 --> 00:09:41,722 A silent, half interest in a business that l already wholly 148 00:09:41,852 --> 00:09:43,888 and openly operate. 149 00:09:44,020 --> 00:09:46,558 - How do you expect me... - Oh, no false modesty. 150 00:09:46,689 --> 00:09:49,727 l'm sure you can be persuasive. If not, 151 00:09:49,858 --> 00:09:53,130 well, just, uh, describe to Alton 152 00:09:53,261 --> 00:09:55,932 what his social register friends will see 153 00:09:56,063 --> 00:09:58,902 if those pictures are published. 154 00:10:01,636 --> 00:10:03,873 ''Fabulous, Janet. 155 00:10:04,004 --> 00:10:06,875 Simply fabulous.'' 156 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:15,683 [door opens, closes] 157 00:10:34,229 --> 00:10:36,055 Hello? Hello. 158 00:10:36,097 --> 00:10:37,789 This is Ed. 159 00:10:37,831 --> 00:10:41,671 l'm sorry, but l have some unpleasant news for you... 160 00:10:41,801 --> 00:10:45,374 a slight increase in your overhead. 161 00:10:45,505 --> 00:10:48,644 The price of my services has gone up. 162 00:10:50,075 --> 00:10:52,879 From 3,000 to 6,000 a month. 163 00:10:53,878 --> 00:10:57,317 And, finally, an antique Chinese headdress 164 00:10:57,448 --> 00:11:01,756 worn by a Manchu lady of high rank during the Chung Lung period, 165 00:11:01,885 --> 00:11:05,224 approximately 1T40. 166 00:11:05,355 --> 00:11:09,095 The jewels are pearls, symbols of purity. 167 00:11:09,224 --> 00:11:13,364 And on each side there is a butterfly, symbolic of long life. 168 00:11:13,495 --> 00:11:15,495 As with the rest of the jewelry, 169 00:11:15,596 --> 00:11:18,935 there is a delicacy and manipulative elaboration 170 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:21,737 singularly characteristic of the Chinese. 171 00:11:21,867 --> 00:11:24,037 And that, l think, Mr. Brent, 172 00:11:24,170 --> 00:11:27,809 ends the invitational preview of your new showing. 173 00:11:33,877 --> 00:11:35,704 Thank you, Mrs. Holmes. 174 00:11:35,746 --> 00:11:38,918 And, of course, our thanks to her husband, Commodore Holmes, 175 00:11:39,049 --> 00:11:41,219 president of Pan World Airfreight, 176 00:11:41,351 --> 00:11:45,391 for making possible the delivery of these simply fabulous pieces 177 00:11:45,521 --> 00:11:47,925 in time for tonight's preview. 178 00:11:48,924 --> 00:11:50,617 And now, eat and drink. 179 00:11:50,659 --> 00:11:53,498 The prices are simply outrageous, 180 00:11:53,628 --> 00:11:55,628 and the proceeds go to charity. 181 00:11:55,731 --> 00:11:57,767 [guests chuckling, chattering] 182 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:18,584 You ought to wear clothes like that more often. 183 00:12:18,716 --> 00:12:20,885 Look good on you. 184 00:12:21,016 --> 00:12:23,053 So does the yoke on an ox. 185 00:12:23,185 --> 00:12:27,159 l never complimented a lady ox before. 186 00:12:28,457 --> 00:12:30,761 Nor kissed one, either. 187 00:12:33,361 --> 00:12:35,361 Go wash your mouth out! 188 00:12:35,996 --> 00:12:38,300 How many times has he kissed you, 189 00:12:38,432 --> 00:12:40,903 put his filthy hands on you? 190 00:12:41,033 --> 00:12:42,993 Y-You don't know what you're saying. 191 00:12:43,035 --> 00:12:47,275 l was so smart, sneaking in here, wearing a busboy outfit. 192 00:12:47,405 --> 00:12:49,876 - It's real smart, wasn't it? - Please. 193 00:12:50,007 --> 00:12:51,834 l saw you kiss him! 194 00:12:51,876 --> 00:12:54,347 You don't understand. 195 00:12:54,478 --> 00:12:57,851 Dirty. You make yourself dirty. 196 00:12:59,015 --> 00:13:01,052 You make this dirty. 197 00:13:07,922 --> 00:13:11,428 l was worried about having new things here for the showing, 198 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,486 but Galen... 199 00:13:13,528 --> 00:13:15,186 uh, Commodore Holmes... 200 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:18,133 managed to deliver them with time to spare. 201 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,702 You really must look at them closely, Della, when you can. 202 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:23,003 - They're priceless. - l know. l've looked. 203 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,339 l wish calories were as expensive. 204 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:28,409 Do you hear that? Calories. [laughing] 205 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:31,512 Oh, that's fabulous, Janet, don't you think? Fabulous. 206 00:13:31,643 --> 00:13:34,647 Alton, would you please stop using that expression? 207 00:13:34,779 --> 00:13:38,117 - [Franklin] Excuse me. - [Alton] Oh, Franklin. 208 00:13:38,247 --> 00:13:41,119 Has Mrs. Brent spoken to you yet, sir, about me? 209 00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:43,787 [Alton] Why, no. l don't believe she has. 210 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:47,425 [Franklin] If it's all right, Mr. Brent, a little later tonight, perhaps, 211 00:13:47,556 --> 00:13:50,060 the three of us can talk for a few minutes? 212 00:13:53,027 --> 00:13:55,130 That's strange. [chuckles] 213 00:13:55,262 --> 00:13:57,598 You ask to talk to us, and she simply disappears. 214 00:13:57,731 --> 00:13:58,923 [chuckles] 215 00:13:58,965 --> 00:14:01,302 Well, l'm sure it'll be all right. A little later, Edward? 216 00:14:01,434 --> 00:14:03,093 Fine. Thanks. 217 00:14:03,135 --> 00:14:04,795 - If you'll excuse me. - Mmm. 218 00:14:04,837 --> 00:14:06,763 Oh, Franklin, one moment. 219 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:09,999 Commodore? -l meant to ask you this earlier. 220 00:14:10,041 --> 00:14:12,545 My insurance man was at my house this morning. 221 00:14:12,677 --> 00:14:15,515 Some question about liability coverage. 222 00:14:15,645 --> 00:14:18,484 He noticed the piece that Zaneta bought at your place yesterday. 223 00:14:18,615 --> 00:14:21,186 l showed it to him. Lucky thing l did. 224 00:14:21,317 --> 00:14:24,723 lt seems he's also a qualified art appraiser. 225 00:14:24,854 --> 00:14:26,553 Oh, come now, Galen. 226 00:14:26,554 --> 00:14:28,925 Don't tell me Edward overcharged your charming wife? 227 00:14:29,056 --> 00:14:31,427 She was charged $10,000 228 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:33,559 for something the appraiser said wasn't worth 50. 229 00:14:33,627 --> 00:14:36,933 Just an error on the appraiser's part, Commodore. 230 00:14:37,063 --> 00:14:39,767 Do you mind if l ask? This, uh... 231 00:14:39,898 --> 00:14:44,740 This $10,000 piece worth only $50... what in the world could it be? 232 00:14:44,871 --> 00:14:47,242 A Watchdog, Miss Street. 233 00:14:47,372 --> 00:14:49,372 A Weary Watchdog. 234 00:14:54,745 --> 00:14:56,982 Well. 235 00:14:57,113 --> 00:15:00,151 Killing yourself won't solve anything. 236 00:15:00,282 --> 00:15:03,955 Just make the scandal that much juicier. 237 00:15:04,085 --> 00:15:06,155 l didn't buy the gun for me. 238 00:15:07,221 --> 00:15:10,594 Kill me, then run? 239 00:15:11,726 --> 00:15:14,197 Still haven't solved anything. 240 00:15:14,327 --> 00:15:16,327 l don't intend to kill, 241 00:15:16,429 --> 00:15:20,269 only to force you to give me the registration and the pictures and the money. 242 00:15:20,399 --> 00:15:22,836 Then run. 243 00:15:22,967 --> 00:15:26,707 They're in my desk, at the store. 244 00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:28,698 We'll drive there. 245 00:15:28,740 --> 00:15:32,346 Pick up the bags. We'll go out the back way. 246 00:15:44,052 --> 00:15:46,221 Look, Janet... 247 00:15:47,856 --> 00:15:49,959 baby! 248 00:16:06,237 --> 00:16:08,441 [siren wailing] 249 00:16:12,976 --> 00:16:16,081 There's been an all-points bulletin on this car for the past hour. 250 00:16:16,211 --> 00:16:19,150 Sorry, Mrs. Brent. You're wanted on a charge of murder. 251 00:16:19,281 --> 00:16:22,152 May l have your driver's license? 252 00:16:22,283 --> 00:16:24,283 Better get out. 253 00:16:27,822 --> 00:16:30,293 l'm afraid you've made a mistake. 254 00:16:30,424 --> 00:16:32,694 My name isn't Mrs. Brent. It's Street. 255 00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:34,826 Della Street. 256 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:48,608 Well, here she is, Perry. And you can have her. 257 00:16:48,739 --> 00:16:49,932 Hmph! 258 00:16:49,974 --> 00:16:52,311 After involuntarily spending several hours 259 00:16:52,442 --> 00:16:54,946 in these, uh, inelegant surroundings, 260 00:16:55,077 --> 00:16:58,016 l expected you to be gracious, if not apologetic. 261 00:16:58,146 --> 00:17:01,217 Della, would you like it better if l booked you and kept you here 262 00:17:01,350 --> 00:17:02,876 for aiding a fugitive to escape? 263 00:17:02,918 --> 00:17:07,025 You'd first have to prove that Della knew that a felony had been committed, 264 00:17:07,153 --> 00:17:10,559 that she was aware that Mrs. Brent had committed said felony, 265 00:17:10,690 --> 00:17:12,693 and that she aided her with the intent 266 00:17:12,826 --> 00:17:15,397 that Mrs. Brent avoid arrest, trial and conviction 267 00:17:15,527 --> 00:17:17,254 for the commission of said felony. 268 00:17:17,296 --> 00:17:19,500 And how could we possibly prove that? 269 00:17:19,631 --> 00:17:23,304 After all, Miss Street got into the car by mistake, thinking it was her own. 270 00:17:23,434 --> 00:17:26,272 Mrs. Brent's luggage just happened to be in the back of the car 271 00:17:26,403 --> 00:17:28,063 and her key in the ignition. 272 00:17:28,105 --> 00:17:29,397 Sounds reasonable to me. 273 00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:32,410 Especially since your own car's at the garage for repairs, 274 00:17:32,541 --> 00:17:34,335 and you took a cab to the Brent house. 275 00:17:34,377 --> 00:17:36,481 Mmm. Oh, l have a message for you... 276 00:17:36,612 --> 00:17:38,471 for both of you... from the district attorney. 277 00:17:38,513 --> 00:17:42,821 He says if and when Janet Brent is caught and convicted, 278 00:17:42,951 --> 00:17:45,956 you, Miss Street, will be tried 279 00:17:46,086 --> 00:17:48,457 as an accessory to murder. 280 00:17:51,324 --> 00:17:53,494 Well, what have you to say to that? 281 00:17:53,626 --> 00:17:55,318 l'm hungry. 282 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:58,532 That's feminine logic. Cafeteria upstairs? 283 00:17:58,663 --> 00:18:00,663 lt's just a little after midnight. 284 00:18:00,766 --> 00:18:05,407 Couldn't we go to the Honorable Cee Cee's Mandarin House? 285 00:18:14,610 --> 00:18:16,610 Thank you. 286 00:18:18,747 --> 00:18:21,952 And we'll just have some tea, please. We'll order later. 287 00:18:24,819 --> 00:18:26,855 You don't really think l'm hungry, do you? 288 00:18:26,987 --> 00:18:28,713 No, Della. 289 00:18:28,755 --> 00:18:33,096 l assume that you've made a date to meet Janet Brent someplace, 290 00:18:33,225 --> 00:18:36,664 and l assume that that someplace is here. 291 00:18:36,796 --> 00:18:39,267 - Perry, this girl is really in trouble... - l know that, Della. 292 00:18:39,397 --> 00:18:41,433 Just let me say this: 293 00:18:41,566 --> 00:18:45,306 lf l see her if you introduce me' to her... 294 00:18:45,436 --> 00:18:47,573 All right. l'll talk with her, 295 00:18:47,704 --> 00:18:50,075 but then l have to turn her over to the police. 296 00:18:50,206 --> 00:18:52,610 l'm an omicer of the court, and she's a fugitive. 297 00:18:52,742 --> 00:18:54,534 l just have no choice. 298 00:18:54,576 --> 00:18:56,579 So think it over carefully. 299 00:19:00,816 --> 00:19:04,889 - Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason. - What is it, Dean? 300 00:19:05,019 --> 00:19:07,957 My father. He's been arrested. He's in jail. 301 00:19:08,089 --> 00:19:09,614 Cee Cee's in jail? 302 00:19:09,656 --> 00:19:11,381 l've been looking for you all over. 303 00:19:11,423 --> 00:19:14,729 He asked me to come and get you and take you to the jail right away. 304 00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:17,664 Please, Mr. Mason, now. 305 00:19:17,796 --> 00:19:20,367 All right, Dean. l'll be right with you. 306 00:19:20,498 --> 00:19:22,223 Perry, what... 307 00:19:22,265 --> 00:19:24,502 l'll meet you back at the omice 308 00:19:24,634 --> 00:19:28,173 after you've decided about Mrs. Brent. 309 00:19:34,777 --> 00:19:37,982 You know, Perry, maybe we should set up an omice for you down here. 310 00:19:38,113 --> 00:19:41,920 - You all right? - Only a weed blooms well in prison air. 311 00:19:42,050 --> 00:19:46,190 This so-contrite sunflower greets you with infinite relief, Mr. Mason. 312 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,425 Andy, l understood the charge against Mr. Chang 313 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:52,315 had to do with grand theft. 314 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:55,028 Why is he mixed up with the homicide department? 315 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,886 Fair question, Counselor. 316 00:19:56,928 --> 00:19:58,928 He isn't involved in the Franklin murder, is he? 317 00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:00,556 Oh, no, no. 318 00:20:00,598 --> 00:20:04,037 The most Honorable Cee Cee wasn't even near the Brent house at the time of the murder. 319 00:20:04,167 --> 00:20:06,504 He was busy running through two red lights, 320 00:20:06,636 --> 00:20:08,395 speeding, and driving recklessly... 321 00:20:08,437 --> 00:20:10,674 all to avoid pursuit by a tramic omicer. 322 00:20:10,806 --> 00:20:13,945 After Tramic picked him up driving around about a half an hour later 323 00:20:14,076 --> 00:20:16,076 they made a routine check of his car. 324 00:20:16,177 --> 00:20:17,269 And found? 325 00:20:17,311 --> 00:20:20,115 Something reported earlier this evening as having been stolen 326 00:20:20,247 --> 00:20:24,154 from the home of a Commodore Galen Holmes. 327 00:20:24,284 --> 00:20:27,022 Of course, Mr. Chang denied any knowledge of the stolen item? 328 00:20:27,154 --> 00:20:30,493 On the contrary, Counselor. He freely admitted stealing it. 329 00:20:30,623 --> 00:20:33,027 Don't ask me why he sent for you. 330 00:20:33,159 --> 00:20:36,197 lt'll take miracle, not a lawyer, to get him out of this. 331 00:20:36,327 --> 00:20:37,420 Cee Cee? 332 00:20:37,462 --> 00:20:42,370 Legend say when Moses throw wand into Red Sea... no miracle. 333 00:20:42,499 --> 00:20:45,136 Waters not divide to leave dry ground. 334 00:20:45,268 --> 00:20:48,941 But when first man believe in miracle and jump into Red Sea, 335 00:20:49,071 --> 00:20:50,898 then miracle happens. 336 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:53,377 Waters open to make dry passage. 337 00:20:53,508 --> 00:20:56,012 You talking about this writ releasing you from custody? 338 00:20:56,144 --> 00:20:58,982 - Is that your miracle? - See? Miracle. 339 00:20:59,113 --> 00:21:01,685 That writ is returnable, and so are you. 340 00:21:01,815 --> 00:21:06,322 lf you stay free, it'll only be on bail pending trial for grand theft. 341 00:21:06,452 --> 00:21:09,757 Andy, just what is he specifically charged with stealing? 342 00:21:09,888 --> 00:21:13,929 Well, the answer to that is also the answer to my interest in him. 343 00:21:14,059 --> 00:21:18,700 That, Mr. Mason, is an exact mate to the so-called Weary Watchdog 344 00:21:18,829 --> 00:21:22,034 Janet Brent used to kill Edward Franklin. 345 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:26,271 [footsteps approaching] 346 00:21:26,402 --> 00:21:28,402 Listen. 347 00:21:45,351 --> 00:21:47,621 Della, get hold of Paul, tell him we're back. 348 00:21:47,753 --> 00:21:50,124 Sit down, Mr. Chang, Dean. 349 00:21:58,195 --> 00:22:00,432 Hello, Paul? Yes, we're back. 350 00:22:01,564 --> 00:22:05,605 Right. He's waiting for one more call. He should be down in about five minutes. 351 00:22:05,735 --> 00:22:07,727 All right. Stick around, Della, take notes. 352 00:22:07,769 --> 00:22:11,843 Now, Mr. Chang, you admitted to the police to being a burglar. 353 00:22:11,974 --> 00:22:15,179 Would you mind telling me why you broke into the Holmes' residence 354 00:22:15,309 --> 00:22:16,969 to steal the statuette of the Watchdog? 355 00:22:17,011 --> 00:22:20,717 Like the Watchdog, separated from its rightful home, 356 00:22:20,847 --> 00:22:23,551 l am in all things Chinese. 357 00:22:23,682 --> 00:22:27,656 But if l am unworthy expatriate, not so the Watchdog. 358 00:22:27,786 --> 00:22:31,726 Statue belongs to China... to people of China, to history of China. 359 00:22:31,856 --> 00:22:34,695 What were you going to do with the Weary Watchdog? 360 00:22:34,826 --> 00:22:36,862 Return it to Taiwan. 361 00:22:36,995 --> 00:22:41,235 l suspect they'd have more need of financial aid then historic artifacts. 362 00:22:41,364 --> 00:22:45,237 Well, he who give penny to poor man receive one blessing. 363 00:22:45,367 --> 00:22:49,241 He who give heart to poor man receive five blessings. 364 00:22:49,371 --> 00:22:53,878 All you're likely to receive is five years in the state penitentiary. 365 00:22:54,009 --> 00:22:56,313 - No. Mr. Mason... - No. 366 00:22:56,443 --> 00:22:58,443 [knock on door] 367 00:23:02,582 --> 00:23:05,019 Mr. Paul Drake, Mr. Chang and his son Dean. 368 00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:06,543 Hi. 369 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:09,556 l asked Mr. Drake to do a little investigating for me. 370 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:10,947 All right, Paul. 371 00:23:10,989 --> 00:23:12,815 Uh, Cee Cee Chang. 372 00:23:12,857 --> 00:23:16,730 ''Two tramic citations in 25 years... both for driving too slowly.'' 373 00:23:16,861 --> 00:23:18,553 Dean Chang. 374 00:23:18,595 --> 00:23:21,099 ''License revoked for multiple citations. 375 00:23:21,231 --> 00:23:23,768 ''Now on court probation for speeding and reckless driving. 376 00:23:23,899 --> 00:23:27,238 lf caught operating a vehicle, would undoubtedly go to jail.'' 377 00:23:27,368 --> 00:23:30,273 Admit it, Mr. Chang. 378 00:23:30,405 --> 00:23:32,776 lt was your son who ran those red lights, not you. 379 00:23:33,808 --> 00:23:37,046 l have already admitted to police l am guilty. 380 00:23:37,177 --> 00:23:39,281 lt is my wish to plead guilty at trial. 381 00:23:39,412 --> 00:23:42,183 There's more than a tramic citation involved. 382 00:23:42,316 --> 00:23:44,108 There's a charge of grand theft. 383 00:23:44,150 --> 00:23:46,821 Even a guilty man needs good counsel. 384 00:23:46,951 --> 00:23:49,055 Not so, Mr. Mason? 385 00:23:49,187 --> 00:23:52,793 lf that's your decision, that's how your attorney will have to represent you. 386 00:23:52,923 --> 00:23:55,528 My attorney? Not you, Mr. Mason? 387 00:23:55,659 --> 00:23:58,196 - Not me, Mr. Chang. - But why? 388 00:23:58,329 --> 00:24:00,966 - Just because he confessed? - No. 389 00:24:01,097 --> 00:24:04,069 My secretary, Miss Street, is in serious trouble. 390 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,340 That statuette in your car is tied in with a murder case, 391 00:24:08,469 --> 00:24:11,140 and with someone l may be forced to represent. 392 00:24:11,273 --> 00:24:15,146 A charge of conflict of interest might jeopardize that potential client, 393 00:24:15,276 --> 00:24:17,236 and through her, my secretary. 394 00:24:17,278 --> 00:24:22,052 Oh, l'm sure you'll have no trouble in retaining good counsel. 395 00:24:22,182 --> 00:24:24,182 Come. 396 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,720 Thank you. 397 00:24:37,327 --> 00:24:39,831 Two comee cups, Della? Where is she? 398 00:24:39,962 --> 00:24:41,965 The law library. 399 00:24:49,104 --> 00:24:51,875 Page 2T of the penal code, section 189... 400 00:24:52,005 --> 00:24:54,409 murder of the first to second degree. 401 00:24:54,540 --> 00:24:56,543 - Mr. Mason. - Yes, Mrs. Brent. 402 00:24:56,676 --> 00:24:59,180 There's also Section 32... accessories, 403 00:24:59,312 --> 00:25:02,117 which covers, legally, the position into which you put Della Street. 404 00:25:02,248 --> 00:25:04,919 - But, Perry... - And Section 33... 405 00:25:05,050 --> 00:25:07,220 punishment of accessories. 406 00:25:07,352 --> 00:25:09,956 Would you care to refresh your memory? 407 00:25:10,087 --> 00:25:12,926 Now, if there's something you'd like to say to me, Mrs. Brent, 408 00:25:13,057 --> 00:25:15,895 l suggest you do it before we call the police. 409 00:25:18,727 --> 00:25:21,532 l think this belongs to you, Mr. Mason. 410 00:25:21,663 --> 00:25:22,956 $25,000. 411 00:25:22,998 --> 00:25:25,502 l thought you gave the money to... 412 00:25:25,633 --> 00:25:28,204 [Paul] Did Edward Franklin have the money on him, Mrs. Brent? 413 00:25:28,336 --> 00:25:32,277 No. l stole it from his desk at the store, 414 00:25:32,407 --> 00:25:35,311 along with the blackmail evidence, which l burned. 415 00:25:36,343 --> 00:25:39,247 Mrs. Brent, 416 00:25:39,379 --> 00:25:42,917 it seems that there are two figures of the Weary Watchdog. 417 00:25:43,048 --> 00:25:46,621 Now, the one in your room... from where did it come? 418 00:25:46,751 --> 00:25:50,123 Well, l liked the original when it came into the store, 419 00:25:50,255 --> 00:25:52,826 and Alton had a copy made for me. 420 00:25:52,956 --> 00:25:55,293 When you asked Della to help you, 421 00:25:55,426 --> 00:25:59,432 did you tell her that you'd used that figure to strike Edward Franklin? 422 00:25:59,561 --> 00:26:02,967 l... l simply asked her to drive me to the store and drop me om. 423 00:26:03,098 --> 00:26:05,602 Oh, she knew that l'd been in some kind of trouble. 424 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:08,405 l told her that l needed time, 425 00:26:08,536 --> 00:26:11,908 and she agreed to drive around for a few hours and meet me at the restaurant. 426 00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:15,344 Knowing that you'd killed a man, you deliberately involved your best friend. 427 00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:16,968 That isn't so. 428 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:20,416 l didn't know that he was dead until l heard it on the radio in the restaurant. 429 00:26:20,546 --> 00:26:22,139 What did you expect? 430 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:25,587 You clouted him three times on the head with that tired little mutt. 431 00:26:25,716 --> 00:26:27,986 - Did you say, ''Three times''? - Yeah. 432 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,456 lt was three times, wasn't it? 433 00:26:30,587 --> 00:26:33,158 Why, no. 434 00:26:33,290 --> 00:26:36,028 No. It was once. 435 00:26:36,159 --> 00:26:38,051 Just once. 436 00:26:38,093 --> 00:26:40,664 Mr. Mason, do you think that it's possible that l... 437 00:26:40,795 --> 00:26:43,400 Possible? Yes. 438 00:26:43,531 --> 00:26:46,569 Likely? l'm afraid not. 439 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,605 Mrs. Brent, you're under arrest for murder. 440 00:26:50,604 --> 00:26:52,606 Della, we thought she'd come looking for you. 441 00:26:52,738 --> 00:26:55,275 Mr. Burger sent another message along. 442 00:26:55,408 --> 00:26:57,168 This is omicial. 443 00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:59,280 Don't leave town, Miss Street. 444 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:09,089 [Commodore] As my wife and l approached, l clearly overheard Mr. Franklin say, 445 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:14,162 ''Later tonight, perhaps the three of us can talk for a few minutes.'' 446 00:27:14,290 --> 00:27:17,229 Then Mr. Franklin turned to Mrs. Brent and asked her 447 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,252 ''You don't mind, Mrs. Brent?'' 448 00:27:19,294 --> 00:27:21,898 And what happened then, Commodore? 449 00:27:22,030 --> 00:27:25,335 Well, there was a moment of, uh, rather tense silence. 450 00:27:25,466 --> 00:27:28,839 And then Mrs. Brent turned and walked away without a word. 451 00:27:28,969 --> 00:27:30,969 l think that'll be all, sir. Thank you. 452 00:27:31,071 --> 00:27:33,071 Mr. Mason. 453 00:27:33,340 --> 00:27:37,480 Commodore Holmes, after Mrs. Brent left, did you speak to the decedent? 454 00:27:37,609 --> 00:27:38,969 Yes. 455 00:27:39,011 --> 00:27:42,216 l mentioned to Mr. Franklin that my insurance man had, 456 00:27:42,347 --> 00:27:44,006 quite by happenstance, 457 00:27:44,048 --> 00:27:48,555 examined the art object which Franklin had sold to my wife for $10,000, 458 00:27:48,685 --> 00:27:51,489 and he appraised its value at no more than $50. 459 00:27:51,621 --> 00:27:54,827 Mr. Franklin assured me that the appraiser was in error, 460 00:27:54,957 --> 00:27:58,697 and that he would properly authenticate the true value of the art object. 461 00:27:58,827 --> 00:28:00,453 And what was this art object? 462 00:28:00,495 --> 00:28:02,155 The original, Mr. Mason. 463 00:28:02,197 --> 00:28:04,434 The Kamakura burial statuette, 464 00:28:04,565 --> 00:28:08,038 which l believe is called the Weary Watchdog. 465 00:28:08,168 --> 00:28:11,607 Mrs. Brent came down out of her bedroom on the second floor. 466 00:28:11,738 --> 00:28:13,907 She seemed agitated. 467 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,276 Well, the fact that she was still wearing an evening gown 468 00:28:16,409 --> 00:28:18,980 and carrying two suitcases puzzled me. 469 00:28:19,111 --> 00:28:22,417 lt made me curious. Her bedroom door was open. 470 00:28:22,548 --> 00:28:26,121 I l looked in, saw Mr. Franklin on the floor and ran to help him. 471 00:28:27,117 --> 00:28:29,689 - He was dead. - [Alvin] Mrs. Holmes, you testified 472 00:28:29,819 --> 00:28:32,390 that the defendant seemed agitated. 473 00:28:32,522 --> 00:28:34,726 Did you reach that conclusion alone? 474 00:28:34,857 --> 00:28:36,016 No. 475 00:28:36,058 --> 00:28:39,431 Another guest and l were leaving the upstairs powder room at the time. 476 00:28:39,562 --> 00:28:41,799 This other guest ran to Mrs. Brent, 477 00:28:41,930 --> 00:28:45,369 all but supported her when Mrs. Brent appeared ready to collapse. 478 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:47,603 They went down the back stairs together. 479 00:28:47,733 --> 00:28:51,306 - [Alvin] And who was this other guest? - [Zaneta] Miss Della Street. 480 00:28:52,638 --> 00:28:55,843 When Janet Brent returned the $25,000 481 00:28:55,974 --> 00:28:59,513 that she had previously borrowed from you, Miss Street, 482 00:28:59,643 --> 00:29:01,913 did she say where she got the money? 483 00:29:02,046 --> 00:29:04,483 Your Honor l object to the question on the ground 484 00:29:04,614 --> 00:29:07,820 that it calls for disclosure of a privileged communication. 485 00:29:07,951 --> 00:29:10,055 Privilege? What privilege, Mr. Mason? 486 00:29:10,186 --> 00:29:12,186 The relationship between attorney and client. 487 00:29:13,122 --> 00:29:16,494 Mr. Mason, the evidence clearly proves 488 00:29:16,624 --> 00:29:19,128 that at the time of this particular communication, 489 00:29:19,261 --> 00:29:21,765 Janet Brent was not your client. 490 00:29:21,896 --> 00:29:24,900 Furthermore, the privilege you refer to 491 00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:27,068 does not extend to a third party 492 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,308 if that third party is acting not as an attorney's secretary 493 00:29:31,438 --> 00:29:34,442 but as a friend to a fugitive from justice. 494 00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:36,199 Objection overruled. 495 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,645 Proceed, Mr. Burger. 496 00:29:38,776 --> 00:29:42,415 Miss Street, did Janet Brent tell you where she got that money? 497 00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:43,672 Yes. 498 00:29:43,714 --> 00:29:47,287 She said she repossessed it from Ed Franklin's desk at the store. 499 00:29:47,417 --> 00:29:50,723 She also repossessed some incriminating photos 500 00:29:50,853 --> 00:29:52,612 and a hotel register which she burned. 501 00:29:52,654 --> 00:29:54,548 - Is that correct? - Yes. 502 00:29:54,590 --> 00:30:00,066 Miss Street, did Janet Brent admit to you that she struck Edward Franklin? 503 00:30:00,194 --> 00:30:04,101 Well, not right first, but later on, yes. 504 00:30:04,231 --> 00:30:07,102 [Alvin] Now, the defendant left her home 505 00:30:07,233 --> 00:30:10,272 and was arrested at Perry Mason's omice Iater that night. 506 00:30:10,403 --> 00:30:12,396 - Is that correct? - Yes. 507 00:30:12,438 --> 00:30:15,109 Meanwhile, you were apprehended by the police 508 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,510 driving Janet Brent's car 509 00:30:17,643 --> 00:30:20,347 and with Janet Brent's bags in that car. 510 00:30:20,478 --> 00:30:21,570 Yes. 511 00:30:21,612 --> 00:30:25,151 Were you driving the defendant's car at the request of the defendant? 512 00:30:25,281 --> 00:30:28,587 - Your Honor, l object. - Well, it's obvious, Your Honor 513 00:30:28,717 --> 00:30:31,288 that Della Street's drive that night 514 00:30:31,420 --> 00:30:34,692 was simply a ruse to help Janet Brent escape. 515 00:30:34,822 --> 00:30:38,662 Conduct itself is an implied admission of guilt 516 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:42,165 when a person not only flees from the scene of the crime, 517 00:30:42,295 --> 00:30:46,469 but then attempts to avoid arrest and custody. 518 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,438 And that conduct was precisely the conduct 519 00:30:49,568 --> 00:30:52,039 of the defendant, Janet Brent. 520 00:30:52,171 --> 00:30:54,842 Ed Franklin deliberately drugged me, 521 00:30:54,973 --> 00:30:57,277 and then forged the hotel registration 522 00:30:57,409 --> 00:31:01,282 and staged those compromising pictures 523 00:31:01,412 --> 00:31:04,216 so that he could blackmail me and my husband. 524 00:31:04,348 --> 00:31:07,052 But you had gone out with him alone? 525 00:31:07,183 --> 00:31:08,942 Yes, Mr. Mason, l had. 526 00:31:08,984 --> 00:31:11,723 Now, on the night of the charity party, Mrs. Brent, 527 00:31:11,853 --> 00:31:13,779 the night Edward Franklin was killed, 528 00:31:13,821 --> 00:31:18,129 would you please tell this jury what really happened that night? 529 00:31:19,126 --> 00:31:23,299 [Janet] When Ed Franklin asked to speak to my husband and me, 530 00:31:24,297 --> 00:31:26,534 well, it was the end of the road. 531 00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:29,838 lt was the end of everything that mattered to me. 532 00:31:29,968 --> 00:31:31,894 l ran upstairs. 533 00:31:31,936 --> 00:31:34,574 l took the gun out of the drawer... 534 00:31:34,707 --> 00:31:37,044 the gun that l had bought. 535 00:31:37,175 --> 00:31:39,100 When he came in, 536 00:31:39,142 --> 00:31:41,714 l... l pointed the gun at him, 537 00:31:41,845 --> 00:31:44,883 and he picked up the bags. 538 00:31:45,014 --> 00:31:49,389 And then, suddenly, he turned and hit me with one of the bags. 539 00:31:49,518 --> 00:31:53,625 l turned and... and grabbed the Watchdog statuette, 540 00:31:53,755 --> 00:31:57,495 and then l... l turned... 541 00:31:58,926 --> 00:32:02,299 Edward Franklin was struck three times... 542 00:32:02,429 --> 00:32:06,068 one blow on the forehead and two on the back of the skull. 543 00:32:06,199 --> 00:32:10,573 The first blow stunned him. The last two killed him. 544 00:32:10,703 --> 00:32:13,707 How many times did you strike Edward Franklin? 545 00:32:13,838 --> 00:32:15,942 Once, Mr. Mason. 546 00:32:16,941 --> 00:32:20,380 l Swear it. Just once. 547 00:32:20,511 --> 00:32:23,616 l hit Ed Franklin only once. 548 00:32:24,614 --> 00:32:27,318 Brought us some sandwiches and comee. 549 00:32:27,449 --> 00:32:31,557 Well, if this is a private wake, l'm sorry l interrupted. 550 00:32:31,687 --> 00:32:34,926 You know, we haven't lost the case yet. The jury's still out. 551 00:32:35,056 --> 00:32:37,326 You sound like you expect a guilty verdict. 552 00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:39,384 l'm afraid it's very possible. 553 00:32:39,426 --> 00:32:42,131 Janet didn't kill that man. She didn't. 554 00:32:42,262 --> 00:32:44,054 Of course she didn't. 555 00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:47,902 She, uh, wasn't there, she had no motive, and she didn't hit him. 556 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:49,460 All right. So she hit him. 557 00:32:49,502 --> 00:32:52,707 Any decent girl would have reacted exactly the same way she did. 558 00:32:52,836 --> 00:32:54,564 Trixie Tong didn't. 559 00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:57,477 [Della] Trixie? The girl who works at the store? 560 00:32:57,608 --> 00:32:58,766 [Paul] Yep. 561 00:32:58,808 --> 00:33:03,249 Paul, was there something between Franklin and Miss Tong? 562 00:33:03,379 --> 00:33:05,483 Well, l'm not sure. 563 00:33:05,615 --> 00:33:09,321 But l heard Trixie and young Chang arguing on the way out of court earlier. 564 00:33:09,451 --> 00:33:12,857 She said something about Chang's having no business getting angry 565 00:33:12,987 --> 00:33:15,591 when he saw Franklin make a pass at her that night at the Brent house. 566 00:33:15,723 --> 00:33:18,562 The Brent house? You sure that's what she said? 567 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,585 Sure l'm sure. l was right behind them. 568 00:33:20,627 --> 00:33:23,466 - What is it, Perry? - Mr. James Wong. 569 00:33:23,596 --> 00:33:26,768 l asked you to find out if he still kept his apartment here in Chinatown. 570 00:33:26,899 --> 00:33:28,901 Do you think maybe that... 571 00:33:31,002 --> 00:33:33,039 Jury coming in, Andy? 572 00:33:33,171 --> 00:33:35,171 No, not yet. 573 00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:39,011 Maybe l'm talking out of school. 574 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:41,446 Uh, l don't imagine it makes much dimerence. 575 00:33:41,578 --> 00:33:44,549 l'm sorry. Mr. Burger's pretty sure about that verdict. 576 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,253 He's asked to have a warrant issued for the arrest of Della Street 577 00:33:48,383 --> 00:33:50,653 as an accessory to murder. 578 00:34:00,426 --> 00:34:01,685 Thank you. 579 00:34:01,727 --> 00:34:06,102 l'm deeply upset about Mr. Chang's trial in the morning, Mr. Mason, 580 00:34:06,231 --> 00:34:08,535 particularly so since you're not representing him. 581 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:10,667 He's a wonderful man. 582 00:34:10,769 --> 00:34:12,973 Generous, good to a fault. 583 00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:15,707 You've know the Changs for a long time, haven't you, Mr. Wong? 584 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,699 Yes. 585 00:34:17,741 --> 00:34:21,114 Since the older Chang married his late wife. 586 00:34:22,244 --> 00:34:25,049 Dean is his stepson, you know. 587 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:27,784 Her boy by an earlier marriage. 588 00:34:27,915 --> 00:34:31,521 Dean and his father... somehow never gotten along. 589 00:34:31,652 --> 00:34:35,325 Dean's been interested in a girl... a Miss Tong. Do you know her? 590 00:34:35,455 --> 00:34:38,127 Not directly. l never met her. 591 00:34:38,258 --> 00:34:40,862 Young Dean spoke to me about her, 592 00:34:40,993 --> 00:34:44,432 oh, uh, two years ago, l think, 593 00:34:44,563 --> 00:34:47,669 just before l left town on an extended trip. 594 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,138 Seems the girl and her mother were turning heaven and earth 595 00:34:51,269 --> 00:34:54,207 to bring her father to this country from China. 596 00:34:54,338 --> 00:34:57,142 Dean knew l was stopping om in Washington, 597 00:34:57,273 --> 00:35:00,579 asked me to see what l could find out, do for the girl. 598 00:35:00,710 --> 00:35:02,710 lt turned out, from my inquiries, 599 00:35:02,778 --> 00:35:05,549 that the father had been dead for some time. 600 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,487 l remember wondering how to break the unfortunate news to Dean, 601 00:35:09,618 --> 00:35:12,823 when l ran into Cee Cee himself in Washington. 602 00:35:12,952 --> 00:35:17,493 The older Chang promised he would tell his son when he returned to Los Angeles. 603 00:35:17,624 --> 00:35:19,894 l don't think l've seen either of them since. 604 00:35:20,025 --> 00:35:23,064 Mr. Wong, you said that Mr. Chang 605 00:35:23,195 --> 00:35:25,732 and his stepson have never gotten along. 606 00:35:25,864 --> 00:35:27,457 A particular problem? 607 00:35:27,499 --> 00:35:30,070 Basically, l'd say the chief trouble is the fact 608 00:35:30,201 --> 00:35:33,139 that the two of them are about a century apart. 609 00:35:34,337 --> 00:35:36,541 The boy has been badly confused. 610 00:35:36,673 --> 00:35:39,010 As for Mr. Chang, 611 00:35:39,141 --> 00:35:42,881 well, l think there's nothing he wouldn't do for that boy. 612 00:35:43,011 --> 00:35:46,083 - Including going to jail, Mr. Wong? - Will he? 613 00:35:46,214 --> 00:35:48,818 ln a few hours now, in Superior Court, 614 00:35:50,284 --> 00:35:53,123 Cee Cee Chang will stand with his attorney, face the judge, 615 00:35:53,253 --> 00:35:57,226 and plead guilty to a charge of grand theft. 616 00:35:58,958 --> 00:36:00,384 Yes, Mr. Mason. 617 00:36:00,426 --> 00:36:03,130 A good many years ago, Trixie and l came to this country, 618 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:08,069 and my husband was unable to join us then but hoped to shortly. 619 00:36:08,198 --> 00:36:11,571 He... He never has. Not yet. 620 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:15,741 Let me understand this, Mrs. Tong. 621 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:19,044 Your husband hasn't come to this country because... 622 00:36:20,475 --> 00:36:22,478 because he doesn't now want to? 623 00:36:22,611 --> 00:36:24,371 No, Mr. Mason. 624 00:36:24,413 --> 00:36:27,785 Because he's... he's behind the Bamboo Curtain. 625 00:36:27,916 --> 00:36:30,954 ''Behind''! A human ox yoked to a plow. 626 00:36:31,084 --> 00:36:32,977 l'm sorry, Mrs. Tong. 627 00:36:33,019 --> 00:36:35,323 l know. You didn't know. 628 00:36:35,455 --> 00:36:37,447 Nobody does. 629 00:36:37,489 --> 00:36:39,483 Except the people like us 630 00:36:39,525 --> 00:36:42,397 with fathers, husbands, mothers, brothers, and sisters... 631 00:36:42,528 --> 00:36:44,664 all of them like human cattle. 632 00:36:45,930 --> 00:36:47,933 All of them tortured, 633 00:36:48,065 --> 00:36:50,769 barely kept alive as long as they can bleed us. 634 00:36:50,902 --> 00:36:52,902 Bleed you? 635 00:36:53,770 --> 00:36:55,773 Extortion, Mr. Mason. 636 00:36:55,906 --> 00:36:59,379 A private extortion racket carried on in this country 637 00:36:59,508 --> 00:37:02,981 by someone in league with an omicial from one of the provinces of China. 638 00:37:03,111 --> 00:37:05,111 Blood money. 639 00:37:06,213 --> 00:37:08,181 Yes, every week. 640 00:37:08,182 --> 00:37:10,686 Every week, we pay to keep them alive. 641 00:37:10,818 --> 00:37:14,691 Oh, they make sure we pay. They show us pictures. 642 00:37:14,821 --> 00:37:17,793 Would you like to see a picture of my husband with his yoke? 643 00:37:17,924 --> 00:37:21,163 With his bleeding back, pulling a plow? 644 00:37:21,293 --> 00:37:24,164 No, Mother, no. 645 00:37:24,295 --> 00:37:26,999 This extortion... are you paying it now? 646 00:37:27,131 --> 00:37:29,602 No. Not for weeks now. 647 00:37:29,734 --> 00:37:31,803 Not since the collector died. 648 00:37:33,436 --> 00:37:36,174 But there'll be somebody new to collect. 649 00:37:36,305 --> 00:37:38,308 To whom were you paying the money? 650 00:37:41,910 --> 00:37:45,182 We were paying it to Edward Franklin. 651 00:37:56,055 --> 00:37:57,815 Perry, l don't understand it. 652 00:37:57,857 --> 00:38:00,628 Amicus curiae. How can you possibly be a friend of the court 653 00:38:00,759 --> 00:38:02,759 at the same time you're representing a client? 654 00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:05,164 Can't. You've got the wrong courtroom, Paul. 655 00:38:05,295 --> 00:38:07,432 Well, then, what's this amicus curiae brief for? 656 00:38:07,564 --> 00:38:09,491 Cee Cee Chang's case. 657 00:38:09,533 --> 00:38:11,904 Perry, the Brent jury could be coming in at any minute. 658 00:38:12,036 --> 00:38:14,036 How can you possibly be in two places at once? 659 00:38:14,102 --> 00:38:17,041 We can try anything, Paul, once. 660 00:38:22,811 --> 00:38:26,717 Mr. Chang, you have received a true copy of the information filed against you. 661 00:38:26,847 --> 00:38:29,751 - How do you plead to the charge? - Excuse this interruption, Your Honor, 662 00:38:29,884 --> 00:38:32,020 but it's vitally important that l be heard. 663 00:38:32,151 --> 00:38:36,859 l request permission of the court to appear as amicus curiae in the matter now pending, 664 00:38:36,989 --> 00:38:40,562 limiting my appearance strictly to the present proceeding before the court. 665 00:38:40,691 --> 00:38:43,296 Please come foM/ard, Mr. Mason. 666 00:38:44,829 --> 00:38:47,400 You are, of course, familiar to the court. 667 00:38:47,531 --> 00:38:51,404 Now, uh, may l ask what purpose you hope to serve 668 00:38:51,534 --> 00:38:54,406 by participating in this case as amicus curiae? 669 00:38:54,537 --> 00:38:57,408 With Your Honor's permission, it is my intent to present a motion 670 00:38:57,539 --> 00:38:59,809 to dismiss proceedings against the defendant. 671 00:38:59,941 --> 00:39:03,915 - Now, wait a minute! Wait a minute! - Just a second, Mr. Alvin. 672 00:39:04,045 --> 00:39:06,416 Dismissed on what grounds, Counselor? 673 00:39:06,547 --> 00:39:08,305 Corpus Juris Scundum. 674 00:39:08,347 --> 00:39:12,621 ''A motion to dismiss may be made by an amicus curiae for want of jurisdiction.'' 675 00:39:12,752 --> 00:39:17,627 Flinn vs. Krotz, Texas Civil Appeals, 2930, South Western Reporter, 625. 676 00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:20,695 Your Honor Mr. Mason, prior to this matter, 677 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:23,764 acted as attorney for the accused in civil matters. 678 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:26,699 He refused to represent the defendant in this action, 679 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,435 but now he appears as amicus curiae. 680 00:39:29,566 --> 00:39:31,324 l appear as a friend of the court 681 00:39:31,366 --> 00:39:33,603 in the interest ofjustice and not as an attorney 682 00:39:33,735 --> 00:39:36,540 for either the People on the one hand or the defendant on the other. 683 00:39:36,672 --> 00:39:38,976 The defendant is charged with grand theft 684 00:39:39,108 --> 00:39:42,914 in that he stole an art object allegedly valued at $10,000. 685 00:39:43,044 --> 00:39:46,550 As this brief in support of my motion indicates, Your Honor 686 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,986 the owner of the art object in question, at a trial in another court, 687 00:39:50,117 --> 00:39:53,223 testified under oath that the object had been appraised 688 00:39:53,352 --> 00:39:56,123 the day of its theft for no more than $50. 689 00:39:56,254 --> 00:39:57,680 Now, that's ridiculous. 690 00:39:57,722 --> 00:40:00,527 We recovered the Weary Watchdog from his car. We know what it's worth. 691 00:40:00,658 --> 00:40:03,129 He's charged with grand theft, Mr. Alvin, 692 00:40:03,260 --> 00:40:07,367 under Title 8, Chapter 5, Section 48T of the Penal Code. 693 00:40:07,497 --> 00:40:11,404 The property stolen must have a value exceeding $200. 694 00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:15,707 Your Honor, the same appraiser that valued that Watchdog at $50 695 00:40:15,837 --> 00:40:19,009 subsequently admitted that it was most likely in error. 696 00:40:19,141 --> 00:40:22,180 And his appraisal of the Watchdog recovered from defendant's car 697 00:40:22,309 --> 00:40:26,215 which defendant, in pre-trial deposition, admitted he stole... 698 00:40:26,346 --> 00:40:29,050 that appraisal places the value at $10,000. 699 00:40:29,181 --> 00:40:30,240 Mr. Mason? 700 00:40:30,282 --> 00:40:32,586 With the court's permission, Your Honor 701 00:40:32,718 --> 00:40:35,089 l think we can prove the value of the Watchdog 702 00:40:35,219 --> 00:40:37,958 and the validity of the information against the defendant 703 00:40:38,090 --> 00:40:40,259 without the testimony of the appraiser. 704 00:40:40,391 --> 00:40:44,197 This would require the calling of witnesses before the court rules on my motion. 705 00:40:44,327 --> 00:40:46,731 Your Honor, l object. l strenuously object to... 706 00:40:46,863 --> 00:40:49,000 One moment, Mr. Alvin. 707 00:40:49,132 --> 00:40:51,703 Now, what objection or complaint can there be 708 00:40:51,834 --> 00:40:54,906 if the court grants a hearing to an amicus curiae 709 00:40:55,037 --> 00:40:57,173 when no action on the part of the amicus curiae 710 00:40:57,305 --> 00:41:01,211 can possibly amect the legal rights of either party to the action? 711 00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:04,680 [sighs] Well, none, of course. 712 00:41:04,811 --> 00:41:09,018 Your Honor, the prosecution in no way questions the judgment of the court, 713 00:41:09,148 --> 00:41:11,352 nor are we anything but confident 714 00:41:11,483 --> 00:41:14,222 that the utter irrelevancy of the evidence to be adduced 715 00:41:14,352 --> 00:41:18,926 will render completely absurd Mr. Mason's motion for dismissal. 716 00:41:19,057 --> 00:41:21,361 We withdraw the objection, Your Honor. 717 00:41:21,492 --> 00:41:23,417 Very well. 718 00:41:23,459 --> 00:41:25,763 Oh, you may call your first witness, Mr. Mason. 719 00:41:25,895 --> 00:41:29,701 May l request that Alton Brent be summoned here to testify? 720 00:41:31,233 --> 00:41:34,271 He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth 721 00:41:34,402 --> 00:41:38,208 makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. 722 00:41:39,941 --> 00:41:43,580 Yes, uh, there were two Weary Watchdogs: 723 00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:46,247 the Kamakura, of course... a most fabulous work of art... 724 00:41:46,378 --> 00:41:48,582 and an inexpensive copy that l had made. 725 00:41:48,714 --> 00:41:52,120 - My wife kept the copy in her room. - You're sure, Mr. Brent, 726 00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:56,090 that the copy wasn't somehow inadvertently, of course, 727 00:41:56,221 --> 00:41:58,592 sold and delivered to Mrs. Holmes? 728 00:41:58,722 --> 00:42:01,694 [Alton] Positive. It's child's play for an expert 729 00:42:01,825 --> 00:42:03,995 to tell the dimerence between the real and the copy. 730 00:42:04,127 --> 00:42:07,333 l personally put the real Weary Watchdog in the store vault 731 00:42:07,463 --> 00:42:11,837 and it was from the vault that Mr. Franklin took it to show to Mrs. Holmes. 732 00:42:11,967 --> 00:42:16,542 l consider myself an expert on Oriental art, yes, Mr. Mason. 733 00:42:16,670 --> 00:42:19,776 l am presently serving as consultant in that capacity 734 00:42:19,907 --> 00:42:22,211 to the Greater Metropolitan Museum. 735 00:42:23,476 --> 00:42:26,715 And despite the appraiser's claim to your husband 736 00:42:26,846 --> 00:42:29,083 at your house, 737 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:31,485 you testify that the authentic Watchdog 738 00:42:31,617 --> 00:42:34,588 was purchased by you and then delivered to you? 739 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,825 [Zaneta] Beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt, Mr. Mason. 740 00:42:37,955 --> 00:42:42,363 Mrs. Holmes, who is Madame Tzu Sen? 741 00:42:44,393 --> 00:42:46,393 Who is Madame Tzu Sen? 742 00:42:46,495 --> 00:42:48,966 l-l don' don't know. 743 00:42:49,098 --> 00:42:51,098 l don't know! 744 00:42:51,766 --> 00:42:53,836 Mrs. Holmes, 745 00:42:54,836 --> 00:42:57,740 you've always been proud of your Chinese ancestry. 746 00:42:57,871 --> 00:43:00,141 l, too, would be proud if it were mine. 747 00:43:00,274 --> 00:43:03,947 Even if the dignity and the wisdom that is the real China were only partly mine, 748 00:43:04,077 --> 00:43:06,413 l would deem it a distinction. 749 00:43:06,545 --> 00:43:08,648 Madame Tzu Sen, your mother... 750 00:43:08,780 --> 00:43:11,785 she's still alive in China? 751 00:43:11,916 --> 00:43:15,589 - Yes. - Alive but a prisoner. 752 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,858 lsn't that why you were afraid to acknowledge her? 753 00:43:18,989 --> 00:43:20,082 Yes. 754 00:43:20,124 --> 00:43:22,695 And to keep her alive, 755 00:43:22,825 --> 00:43:24,995 for years, you allowed the late Edward Franklin 756 00:43:25,128 --> 00:43:28,901 to extort money from you as he had from so many others? 757 00:43:29,031 --> 00:43:30,857 Yes. Yes! 758 00:43:30,899 --> 00:43:32,491 How, Mrs. Holmes? 759 00:43:32,533 --> 00:43:36,874 By selling your relatively worthless art objects for large sums of money 760 00:43:37,004 --> 00:43:39,004 such as the Watchdog? 761 00:43:39,073 --> 00:43:41,109 Was that part of the continuing extortion? 762 00:43:41,241 --> 00:43:44,914 Or was the Watchdog that was stolen from your house the authentic one? 763 00:43:46,111 --> 00:43:47,904 No. 764 00:43:47,946 --> 00:43:49,705 No, it was the copy. 765 00:43:49,747 --> 00:43:52,385 Thank you, Mrs. Holmes. 766 00:43:52,517 --> 00:43:56,490 With the court's permission, l would like to recall Alton Brent to the stand. 767 00:44:01,992 --> 00:44:04,429 Mr. Brent, l believe you said 768 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:08,767 it would be child's play to tell the authentic Watchdog from a copy. 769 00:44:08,897 --> 00:44:12,770 Now, as proprietor of a highly successful Oriental import business, 770 00:44:12,901 --> 00:44:14,903 which should make you an expert, 771 00:44:15,035 --> 00:44:17,639 the answer to what l'm about to ask you 772 00:44:17,771 --> 00:44:19,664 should be the same child's play. 773 00:44:19,706 --> 00:44:22,545 Look at these two carvings, Mr. Brent. 774 00:44:22,675 --> 00:44:25,513 Fabulous. Most fabulous. 775 00:44:25,644 --> 00:44:27,437 Both are Chinese. 776 00:44:27,479 --> 00:44:29,338 One is from the Chou Dynasty. 777 00:44:29,380 --> 00:44:31,041 The other, from the Han Dynasty, 778 00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,887 was carved 1 ,300 hundred years after the Chou figure. 779 00:44:34,018 --> 00:44:36,722 Both beautiful, both distinctive, 780 00:44:36,853 --> 00:44:40,459 both easily identified by a Chinese art expert. 781 00:44:40,589 --> 00:44:44,763 Now, Mr. Brent, which is which? 782 00:44:50,998 --> 00:44:53,535 Well, l th... 783 00:44:59,373 --> 00:45:01,132 l don't know. 784 00:45:01,174 --> 00:45:05,147 As a matter of fact, you know next to nothing about your own business, isn't that so? 785 00:45:05,277 --> 00:45:07,204 Franklin ran it for me. 786 00:45:07,246 --> 00:45:09,984 Were you associated with Franklin in his extortion? 787 00:45:10,115 --> 00:45:11,807 No, no. l swear it. 788 00:45:11,849 --> 00:45:14,721 But you did know your business was a front for other activities? 789 00:45:14,852 --> 00:45:17,056 [Alton] Yes, l knew. 790 00:45:17,187 --> 00:45:20,125 [Mason] It wasn't Franklin, but you did have an accomplice... 791 00:45:20,256 --> 00:45:22,995 an accomplice who took care of those other activities? 792 00:45:23,126 --> 00:45:24,251 That's right. 793 00:45:24,293 --> 00:45:27,899 Even before it was mentioned the night of the charity party at your home, 794 00:45:28,029 --> 00:45:31,234 you knew of the appraisal on the copy of the Watchdog. 795 00:45:31,366 --> 00:45:33,469 Now, how did you know? 796 00:45:34,467 --> 00:45:39,542 My accomplice called me earlier. 797 00:45:39,671 --> 00:45:42,142 He told me not to worry. 798 00:45:43,142 --> 00:45:46,348 He said that, uh, Zaneta had called Franklin, 799 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:49,181 and Franklin told him. 800 00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:51,550 But he wasn't upset. 801 00:45:51,681 --> 00:45:53,441 He said he'd take care of it. 802 00:45:53,483 --> 00:45:55,753 Your accomplice did take care of it, didn't he? 803 00:45:55,886 --> 00:45:58,457 He stole the copy of the Watchdog, brought it to your house, 804 00:45:58,587 --> 00:46:01,091 and exchanged it for the authentic one in your wife's bedroom. 805 00:46:01,223 --> 00:46:05,364 - Isn't that what happened? - Yes, yes, yes. 806 00:46:05,493 --> 00:46:08,097 Now, who did the actual exchanging? 807 00:46:08,229 --> 00:46:11,133 Was it you? Were you almost caught in the act? 808 00:46:11,266 --> 00:46:13,837 Was it you who heard the fight between your wife and Franklin? 809 00:46:13,967 --> 00:46:16,404 You who then picked up the Watchdog she had dropped, 810 00:46:16,536 --> 00:46:19,407 and used it to murder Franklin, who was unconscious on the floor? 811 00:46:19,538 --> 00:46:20,630 No, no! Not me! 812 00:46:20,672 --> 00:46:24,311 No, Mr. Brent, it wasn't you. 813 00:46:24,443 --> 00:46:26,948 lt was your accomplice, 814 00:46:27,078 --> 00:46:30,016 Cee Cee Chang. 815 00:46:30,147 --> 00:46:31,740 But how could that have been? 816 00:46:31,782 --> 00:46:33,918 At the very moment of the murder, the Honorable Chang 817 00:46:34,050 --> 00:46:37,022 was running through two red lights, pursued by the police. 818 00:46:37,153 --> 00:46:39,113 At least so he has confessed. 819 00:46:39,155 --> 00:46:41,155 lf Mr. Chang is your accomplice, 820 00:46:41,223 --> 00:46:43,660 then he is also the extortionist, 821 00:46:43,791 --> 00:46:46,530 the man in league with a crooked Chinese omicial. 822 00:46:46,661 --> 00:46:50,167 Dean, is it possible 823 00:46:50,298 --> 00:46:52,669 that the man who knew Trixie Tong's father was dead 824 00:46:52,799 --> 00:46:54,726 knew two years ago that he was dead? 825 00:46:54,768 --> 00:46:57,037 ls it possible that he could be the same man who broke her heart 826 00:46:57,170 --> 00:46:59,029 and bled her of every cent she earned? 827 00:46:59,071 --> 00:47:01,175 No! No! 828 00:47:04,175 --> 00:47:06,178 He wasn't driving the car. 829 00:47:06,311 --> 00:47:08,548 l was. 830 00:47:08,679 --> 00:47:11,651 - l ran those red lights. - [door opens] 831 00:47:16,252 --> 00:47:18,356 Will you excuse this intrusion, Your Honor? 832 00:47:18,488 --> 00:47:20,925 This is a matter of some urgency. 833 00:47:21,923 --> 00:47:25,229 Mr. Mason, if you don't mind, the jury has returned, 834 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,731 and the court is waiting for you, sir. 835 00:47:27,862 --> 00:47:30,566 And this court is waiting for you, Mr. Chang. 836 00:47:30,697 --> 00:47:33,903 What superior man seeks is in himself. 837 00:47:34,033 --> 00:47:36,504 What the small man seeks... in others. 838 00:47:36,635 --> 00:47:38,635 Yes, Franklin work for me. 839 00:47:38,737 --> 00:47:40,941 Become greedy, too ambitious. 840 00:47:41,073 --> 00:47:43,377 Try to take my place, my money. 841 00:47:43,509 --> 00:47:46,046 l kill him gladly. 842 00:47:48,012 --> 00:47:50,012 Yes, you're right, Mr. Mason. 843 00:47:50,113 --> 00:47:53,752 Weary Watchdog l take from Commodore's house only copy. 844 00:47:53,884 --> 00:47:57,022 The amicus curiae motion is granted. 845 00:47:57,152 --> 00:47:58,779 Case dismissed. 846 00:47:58,821 --> 00:48:02,394 Bailim, arrest Mr. Chang on a charge of murder. 847 00:48:08,061 --> 00:48:11,567 You said they were waiting? Let's go, Hamilton. 848 00:48:18,037 --> 00:48:21,208 Well, Della, young Dean was afraid he'd go to jail 849 00:48:21,339 --> 00:48:23,342 if he admitted he'd driven his father's car that night. 850 00:48:23,475 --> 00:48:25,879 And when Chang came home from Brent's with the real Weary Watchdog 851 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,602 after he killed Franklin, 852 00:48:27,644 --> 00:48:29,644 he used his own car for the first time that night 853 00:48:29,712 --> 00:48:31,712 to take the statue back to the Commodore's place, 854 00:48:31,781 --> 00:48:34,452 then was arrested by a tramic omicer for what Dean had done. 855 00:48:34,583 --> 00:48:37,789 And l always thought he was such a nice man, protecting his son. 856 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,092 His stepson. There was never any feeling between them. 857 00:48:41,223 --> 00:48:45,063 Chang wasn't concerned in protecting Dean, only in giving himself an alibi. 858 00:48:45,192 --> 00:48:47,192 Perry, they told me l'd find you here. 859 00:48:47,261 --> 00:48:50,032 - Thanks for rushing that dismissal through. - It's perfectly all right. 860 00:48:50,163 --> 00:48:53,903 Della, the court has released Mrs. Grant. You can pick her up on the way out. 861 00:48:54,033 --> 00:48:56,033 Thanks again, Hamilton. We appreciate it. 862 00:48:56,101 --> 00:48:59,507 - l thought you might appreciate this. - What is it? 863 00:48:59,637 --> 00:49:03,543 After the jury had been dismissed, the foreman gave me that. 864 00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:06,746 lt's the verdict they never had a chance to deliver. 865 00:49:06,877 --> 00:49:10,483 There are some things l'd just as soon not know. 866 00:49:14,050 --> 00:49:15,342 [chuckles] 867 00:49:15,384 --> 00:49:17,988 Perry, one thing l want to know: 868 00:49:18,119 --> 00:49:20,723 what in the world made you suspect Chang to begin with? 869 00:49:20,855 --> 00:49:23,024 The Weary Watchdog. 870 00:49:23,157 --> 00:49:26,396 He told me he took it to protect China's historical art resources. 871 00:49:26,527 --> 00:49:28,353 Well, what's wrong with that? 872 00:49:28,395 --> 00:49:32,903 Well, the Kamakura Weary Watchdog grave figure isn't Chinese, Andy. 873 00:49:33,032 --> 00:49:35,503 lt comes from Japan. 874 00:49:35,634 --> 00:49:37,971 [chuckling]