1 00:00:02,542 --> 00:00:04,542 Itheme] 2 00:01:00,241 --> 00:01:02,241 [floor boards creak] 3 00:01:31,277 --> 00:01:33,277 [string quartet] 4 00:02:01,213 --> 00:02:04,787 She walks in beauty like the night. 5 00:02:04,850 --> 00:02:07,020 The question is-- why? 6 00:02:07,152 --> 00:02:09,147 Escape from the wicked aunt? 7 00:02:09,189 --> 00:02:11,192 Lure of forbidden pleasures? 8 00:02:11,323 --> 00:02:15,799 Or do you just want a neighbor to play jacks with you? 9 00:02:17,631 --> 00:02:20,871 No, l apologize for that last remark. 10 00:02:22,037 --> 00:02:26,880 You have grown up, little cousin, in a manner of speaking. 11 00:02:28,777 --> 00:02:30,238 ls that it? 12 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,222 Have your tender ears picked up whispers? 13 00:02:34,350 --> 00:02:36,822 Well, it's all true, darling. 14 00:02:36,954 --> 00:02:41,095 l'm depraved, unregenerate, a deceiver of women. 15 00:02:41,226 --> 00:02:47,806 So you slink over here by moonlight in your most fetching negligee, 16 00:02:47,932 --> 00:02:49,932 clutching a teddy bear. 17 00:02:51,003 --> 00:02:53,408 No, no, little cousin. 18 00:02:53,539 --> 00:02:55,539 Not you. 19 00:02:58,612 --> 00:03:00,612 Merle? 20 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,861 Good heavens. 21 00:03:11,994 --> 00:03:16,203 Come along. You'll sleep better in your own little crib. 22 00:03:24,241 --> 00:03:26,241 Merle? 23 00:03:27,011 --> 00:03:29,005 Merle? 24 00:03:29,047 --> 00:03:30,339 Merle, what are you-- 25 00:03:30,381 --> 00:03:33,821 You forgot to lock her in your garret for the night. 26 00:03:33,952 --> 00:03:36,257 l might have guessed, Julian. 27 00:03:36,388 --> 00:03:39,260 This is simply unforgivable. 28 00:03:39,392 --> 00:03:42,664 Before you carry that evil thought to its obvious conclusion, 29 00:03:42,796 --> 00:03:46,202 let me point out she slept through our whole visit. 30 00:03:48,002 --> 00:03:50,005 Merle? 31 00:03:50,138 --> 00:03:52,098 She was walking in her sleep? 32 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:55,347 A fact l find infinitely more intriguing, Aunt Olivia, 33 00:03:55,477 --> 00:03:58,382 is she came directly toward my poor ne_-door hovel. 34 00:03:58,514 --> 00:03:59,907 Do you suppose that indicates 35 00:03:59,949 --> 00:04:02,621 a subconscious preference for another guardian? 36 00:04:02,685 --> 00:04:04,212 Don't be ridiculous, Julian. 37 00:04:04,254 --> 00:04:05,447 The court appointed me-- 38 00:04:05,489 --> 00:04:07,083 To be technically correct, 39 00:04:07,125 --> 00:04:09,051 the court, in accordance with her father's wishes, 40 00:04:09,093 --> 00:04:11,093 appointed Uncle Howard. 41 00:04:11,162 --> 00:04:13,162 lt's all the same thing. 42 00:04:21,107 --> 00:04:23,579 Somebody was ringing the doorbell. 43 00:04:23,710 --> 00:04:26,749 l came down to see who-- 44 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,307 Was it you, Julian? 45 00:04:28,349 --> 00:04:30,042 Come along, dear. 46 00:04:30,084 --> 00:04:32,322 l'll tuck you in again. 47 00:04:33,754 --> 00:04:35,754 He's wicked, isn't he? 48 00:04:37,592 --> 00:04:39,963 Was there anything else, Julian? 49 00:04:41,230 --> 00:04:45,839 One of these days, Auntie, somebody will cut that iron umbilicus... 50 00:04:45,968 --> 00:04:48,606 and maybe your throat in the bargain. 51 00:04:50,274 --> 00:04:52,612 Go to bed immediately, Merle. 52 00:04:52,743 --> 00:04:54,780 And see that you stay there. 53 00:05:08,661 --> 00:05:10,555 Hello, Corbett. Is Merle ready yet? 54 00:05:10,597 --> 00:05:12,557 Miss Gilbert, won't you come in? l'll tell her you're here. 55 00:05:12,599 --> 00:05:14,599 Thank you. 56 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:31,857 Well, good morning, Miss Gilbert. 57 00:05:31,988 --> 00:05:34,193 How very nice to see you again. 58 00:05:34,325 --> 00:05:35,918 Hello, Mr. Langley. 59 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,867 Where are you two young ladies om to this time? 60 00:05:39,998 --> 00:05:41,658 Lunch, fashion show. 61 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:44,505 l'll be taking some pictures if sleepyhead doesn't make me late. 62 00:05:44,636 --> 00:05:46,636 Merle had a restless night. 63 00:05:47,406 --> 00:05:50,145 You know, Mr. Langley, it's always been my one great ambition 64 00:05:50,276 --> 00:05:53,016 to be able to sleep in till 1 1 :OO every morning. 65 00:05:54,014 --> 00:05:56,919 Well, you'll just have to marry a rich man. 66 00:05:57,050 --> 00:05:59,655 Unfortunately, they've all been spoken for-- 67 00:05:59,786 --> 00:06:02,559 especially the handsome, distinguished ones. 68 00:06:02,624 --> 00:06:04,083 Gina-- 69 00:06:04,125 --> 00:06:06,125 Well, it's about time, lazy bones. 70 00:06:06,195 --> 00:06:07,821 Hello, Mrs. Langley. 71 00:06:07,863 --> 00:06:10,067 Good morning, Gina. 72 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:13,306 You're looking very attractive today. 73 00:06:13,436 --> 00:06:14,496 Thank you very much. 74 00:06:14,538 --> 00:06:16,097 l wish l could have clothes like that. 75 00:06:16,139 --> 00:06:18,133 This? It's only 14.95. 76 00:06:18,175 --> 00:06:20,175 But it's so sophisticated. 77 00:06:20,278 --> 00:06:22,616 lt's hardly the style for you, dear. 78 00:06:22,747 --> 00:06:24,817 l asked the chaumeur to bring the car around. 79 00:06:24,949 --> 00:06:26,409 l do have a cab waiting. 80 00:06:26,451 --> 00:06:30,058 Howard can take care of that. l would prefer it if Corbett drove you. 81 00:06:30,188 --> 00:06:31,282 As you like. 82 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:34,163 - Merle, we'll be late if-- - Goodbye, Aunt Olivia, 83 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:36,699 - Uncle Howard-- - Enjoy yourselves. 84 00:06:36,829 --> 00:06:39,568 But be back by 5:OO, remember? 85 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,226 You need your rest, Merle. 86 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:43,606 We'll remember. Come on, Merle, let's go. 87 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,737 Bye-bye. 88 00:06:46,207 --> 00:06:48,579 She's quite beautiful, isn't she, Howard? 89 00:06:48,710 --> 00:06:51,882 Miss Gilbert? Yes, l suppose she is. 90 00:06:52,014 --> 00:06:55,688 Still, on the whole, l think you'd prefer Margo Stevens-- 91 00:06:55,818 --> 00:06:58,857 [chuckle]-- if you had your pick, that is. 92 00:06:58,989 --> 00:07:00,949 Must we go through this every time-- 93 00:07:00,991 --> 00:07:02,984 Oh, don't flatter yourself that l'm jealous, Howard, 94 00:07:03,026 --> 00:07:05,664 of Margo or any of the other silly young creatures 95 00:07:05,796 --> 00:07:07,967 that you mentally pursue. 96 00:07:08,099 --> 00:07:11,105 lt's the emect of your behavior on Merle that l'm thinking of. 97 00:07:11,236 --> 00:07:14,308 Oh, good heavens. Merle will be 21 ne_ week. 98 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,112 And as her trusted trustee, 99 00:07:17,243 --> 00:07:19,513 can you honestly say that Merle is mature enough 100 00:07:19,645 --> 00:07:21,205 to even pick out her own movies, 101 00:07:21,247 --> 00:07:23,986 let alone watch her uncle make a fool of himself? 102 00:07:24,117 --> 00:07:25,677 Oh, Olivia, for heaven's-- 103 00:07:25,719 --> 00:07:30,329 Howard, l think you'd better pay om that cab driver, hadn't you? 104 00:07:44,208 --> 00:07:47,180 l wish Aunt Olivia would let me buy dresses like that. 105 00:07:47,311 --> 00:07:49,315 l wish l could amord dresses like that. 106 00:07:49,447 --> 00:07:50,772 Good afternoon, ladies. 107 00:07:50,814 --> 00:07:53,019 lf l'm in time for lunch, l think l'll have a watercress sandwich 108 00:07:53,151 --> 00:07:54,277 and a little bowl of fruit. 109 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:57,058 Oh, aren't we funny. Sit down, lover boy. Don't be conspicuous. 110 00:07:57,189 --> 00:07:58,482 Thank you. 111 00:07:58,524 --> 00:08:00,184 Merle, you remember Danny Pierce. 112 00:08:00,226 --> 00:08:01,151 l guess so. 113 00:08:01,193 --> 00:08:03,598 Miss Telford, l hope l'm not intruding again. 114 00:08:03,664 --> 00:08:05,123 l guess not. 115 00:08:05,165 --> 00:08:06,825 Well, did you get all your pictures? 116 00:08:06,867 --> 00:08:08,867 No, not yet. l'll shoot them in the dressing rooms. 117 00:08:08,935 --> 00:08:10,895 That's gonna kill half the afternoon. 118 00:08:10,937 --> 00:08:12,832 At least l have a job. 119 00:08:12,874 --> 00:08:15,512 Oh, sticks and stones will break my bones, 120 00:08:15,644 --> 00:08:18,683 but unemployment will never hurt me. 121 00:08:19,915 --> 00:08:23,121 Why don't you try and be amusing for Merle while l go to work, hmm? 122 00:08:28,825 --> 00:08:29,951 Hello, darling. 123 00:08:29,993 --> 00:08:31,487 l feel sick. 124 00:08:31,529 --> 00:08:32,554 lt'll pass. 125 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:34,867 - You kissed her. - Just on the cheek. 126 00:08:34,999 --> 00:08:37,002 lf l don't stay friends with her, how will l see you? 127 00:08:37,135 --> 00:08:38,795 l could meet you just the same. 128 00:08:38,837 --> 00:08:40,797 How? Your aunt never lets you out of the house. 129 00:08:40,839 --> 00:08:42,699 And even if she does, that chaumeur follows you everywhere he goes. 130 00:08:42,741 --> 00:08:46,348 Oh, pooh on Corbett. l can fool him any time l want to. 131 00:08:46,479 --> 00:08:48,473 Once, maybe, but you'd never get out again. 132 00:08:48,515 --> 00:08:50,819 lf you'd just let me come to the house, l could convince Aunt Olivia-- 133 00:08:50,951 --> 00:08:52,077 No! 134 00:08:52,119 --> 00:08:53,513 Look, baby, you're 21 years old. 135 00:08:53,555 --> 00:08:55,555 Not till ne_ Saturday. 136 00:08:56,357 --> 00:08:58,762 l'm going to have a birthday party. 137 00:09:01,530 --> 00:09:03,357 So you are. 138 00:09:03,399 --> 00:09:06,271 Okay. But l'm going to talk to her then. 139 00:09:07,671 --> 00:09:10,343 Danny, l could run away. 140 00:09:10,474 --> 00:09:12,712 After my party, l mean. 141 00:09:12,843 --> 00:09:16,383 Maybe to San Francisco. 142 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:18,107 lf you want to. 143 00:09:18,149 --> 00:09:20,253 lf l want to? 144 00:09:20,384 --> 00:09:23,090 Oh, little one, l'd run om to Anywhereland with you. 145 00:09:25,924 --> 00:09:27,924 But l don't have any money. 146 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,464 That's easy. 147 00:09:30,597 --> 00:09:34,672 l can't really have any of my money until they say l'm ready for it or something. 148 00:09:36,103 --> 00:09:38,942 But l can get tickets on a plane. 149 00:09:39,073 --> 00:09:40,467 l can charge them. 150 00:09:40,509 --> 00:09:44,016 After we're gone, she'll never know where to look for us. 151 00:09:44,146 --> 00:09:45,371 All right, Danny? 152 00:09:45,413 --> 00:09:47,413 ''All right, Danny?'' 153 00:09:50,753 --> 00:09:52,753 All right, Merle. 154 00:09:52,955 --> 00:09:54,316 Who needs money? 155 00:09:54,358 --> 00:09:56,862 Anywhereland, here we come. 156 00:09:56,994 --> 00:09:58,386 No, silly. 157 00:09:58,428 --> 00:10:00,432 l meant San Francisco. 158 00:10:00,565 --> 00:10:02,565 l knew what you meant. 159 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:10,741 [chattering] 160 00:10:19,186 --> 00:10:21,257 Wait here for me, Corbett. l'll only be a minute. 161 00:10:21,389 --> 00:10:23,389 Whatever you say, Miss. 162 00:10:47,485 --> 00:10:49,485 [no audible dialogue] 163 00:10:55,628 --> 00:10:58,233 Your conduct is absolutely disgraceful. 164 00:10:58,364 --> 00:11:00,969 lf there is one thing l can't stand, it's a sneak. 165 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:02,661 Who told you? 166 00:11:02,703 --> 00:11:04,874 That's quite beside the point, Merle. 167 00:11:05,005 --> 00:11:08,946 Just let me assure you that l am informed of everything you do 168 00:11:09,077 --> 00:11:10,937 lt was Corbett, wasn't it? 169 00:11:10,979 --> 00:11:13,684 Now, don't try and change the subject, Merle. 170 00:11:13,816 --> 00:11:16,655 l would like an explanation. 171 00:11:16,786 --> 00:11:19,491 What exactly did you think you were doing? 172 00:11:19,623 --> 00:11:22,362 - Eloping. - Ha ha ha. 173 00:11:22,492 --> 00:11:27,236 Well, we'll forget all that romantic nonsense for now. 174 00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:30,170 But your Mr. Danny Pierce can consider himself fortunate 175 00:11:30,301 --> 00:11:31,528 if l don't have him arrested. 176 00:11:31,570 --> 00:11:33,570 How did you know his na-- 177 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Why can't l get married? 178 00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:40,782 Because you are still a child. 179 00:11:40,914 --> 00:11:43,085 l'm nearly 21. 180 00:11:44,083 --> 00:11:48,859 l wasn't referring to birthdays, Merle. 181 00:11:48,989 --> 00:11:51,460 Some girls are ready for marriage at that age, 182 00:11:51,593 --> 00:11:55,801 but others, like yourself-- 183 00:11:55,932 --> 00:11:57,932 Well... 184 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:03,511 what l'm trying to say is l'm afraid that you should never get married. 185 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:05,767 You're-- 186 00:12:05,809 --> 00:12:07,879 You're just not well enough. 187 00:12:08,011 --> 00:12:10,716 l'm sorry to have to tell you this. 188 00:12:10,848 --> 00:12:12,842 But it's better to face it now. 189 00:12:12,884 --> 00:12:16,993 There will always be unscrupulous men after your money. 190 00:12:17,121 --> 00:12:18,948 No. Not Danny. 191 00:12:18,990 --> 00:12:20,851 l'm afraid so. 192 00:12:20,893 --> 00:12:22,286 l'm having him investigated, 193 00:12:22,328 --> 00:12:25,501 and l'm sure we will find he's nothing but a cheap fortune hunter. 194 00:12:25,632 --> 00:12:27,492 That's not true. You're lying. 195 00:12:27,534 --> 00:12:30,373 Now that's enough of that kind of talk out of you. 196 00:12:31,505 --> 00:12:33,299 You'll go to your room immediately. 197 00:12:33,341 --> 00:12:35,645 For punishment, 198 00:12:35,777 --> 00:12:38,582 you wanted to wear Grandmother's diamonds to the party. 199 00:12:38,714 --> 00:12:40,640 l'm afraid that's out of the question. 200 00:12:40,682 --> 00:12:41,943 l don't care. 201 00:12:41,985 --> 00:12:44,490 You're always taking them away so you can wear them yourself. 202 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:45,947 Merle! 203 00:12:45,989 --> 00:12:49,329 All l want for my birthday is Danny, and l'm going with him. 204 00:12:49,459 --> 00:12:50,752 Now you stop this. 205 00:12:50,794 --> 00:12:52,794 l hate you. l hate you! 206 00:12:56,668 --> 00:13:01,677 lf you try to stop me, Aunt Olivia, l'll kill you. 207 00:13:05,411 --> 00:13:08,316 You know, she just might do it. 208 00:13:34,077 --> 00:13:35,603 Hey, not bad. 209 00:13:35,645 --> 00:13:37,305 What name did you register under? 210 00:13:37,347 --> 00:13:40,687 Lenore Adams. l hope that meets with your approval. 211 00:13:40,818 --> 00:13:43,190 Hey, now come on, come on. This is the big night. 212 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,425 This is what we've been waiting for. 21 candles, remember? 213 00:13:45,557 --> 00:13:47,517 l still think it's a dirty trick. 214 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,559 That poor little nitwit has fallen in love with you, hasn't she? 215 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,699 Ne_ l suppose you'll say you want to marry her. 216 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,136 lf l married every girl that had eyes for me, 217 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,739 l'd have them strung out from here to... Anywhereland. 218 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:59,108 Oh, yeah, you're quite a rocket. 219 00:13:59,239 --> 00:14:01,239 All right, how much do you think you're gonna get for the diamonds? 220 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:03,378 $50,OOO, easy. 221 00:14:03,445 --> 00:14:05,271 Merle's worth a quarter of a million-- 222 00:14:05,313 --> 00:14:06,539 or she will be 223 00:14:06,581 --> 00:14:08,652 as soon as Uncle Howard decides she's old enough to handle it. 224 00:14:08,784 --> 00:14:10,644 That's the way her trust is set up. Did you know that? 225 00:14:10,686 --> 00:14:12,686 No, l didn't know that. 226 00:14:12,788 --> 00:14:16,763 And, uh...how do you know that? 227 00:14:16,893 --> 00:14:18,893 l keep my ears open, too. 228 00:14:20,363 --> 00:14:22,467 [whistles] A quarter of a million dollars. 229 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,092 That's a lot of money. 230 00:14:24,134 --> 00:14:25,962 But not for Danny boy. 231 00:14:26,004 --> 00:14:27,530 Somebody else can marry that teddy bear. 232 00:14:27,572 --> 00:14:30,845 l'll just take the _50,OOO and-- [whistles]-- blow away. 233 00:14:30,976 --> 00:14:33,949 Just thought l'd mention it to see what you had in your mind. 234 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,452 Yeah? 235 00:14:36,583 --> 00:14:38,920 You, uh... 236 00:14:39,053 --> 00:14:43,094 You wouldn't be thinking of running out on me, would you, lover? 237 00:14:43,223 --> 00:14:45,085 Do l have a choice? 238 00:14:45,127 --> 00:14:46,953 No. 239 00:14:46,995 --> 00:14:50,167 Not unless you want the police in Chicago to know where you are. 240 00:14:50,297 --> 00:14:52,568 All right, you made me set it up for you. 241 00:14:52,701 --> 00:14:54,806 Look, Aunt Olivia's going to be wearing the diamonds, not Merle, 242 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:56,270 so with that little piece of information, 243 00:14:56,271 --> 00:14:58,409 will you please just get out of here and leave me alone? 244 00:14:58,541 --> 00:15:00,711 - And leave Merle alone, too. - Okay. Okay. 245 00:15:00,844 --> 00:15:02,844 - Okay, okay, okay. - Danny. 246 00:15:04,648 --> 00:15:06,109 How are you going to do it? 247 00:15:06,151 --> 00:15:08,151 The same old way? 248 00:15:10,688 --> 00:15:12,758 You know, you're too much. 249 00:15:12,892 --> 00:15:15,162 Get out of here and leave me alone! Leave Merle alone, too! 250 00:15:15,293 --> 00:15:17,564 Danny, how are you going to do it, the same old way? 251 00:15:17,696 --> 00:15:19,523 What do you think l am, a sucker? 252 00:15:19,565 --> 00:15:21,458 But l might tell a partner. 253 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:22,827 Oh, forget l asked. 254 00:15:22,869 --> 00:15:24,036 You're blowing a great opportunity. 255 00:15:24,037 --> 00:15:25,865 With all the contacts you can make with that camera and my talent, 256 00:15:25,907 --> 00:15:28,646 - we could retire in a year. - l'm going to retire right after this one. 257 00:15:28,776 --> 00:15:30,946 Then make it a good one. l'll hit at 1 1 :OO. 258 00:15:31,078 --> 00:15:32,873 When the diamonds get here, you check out. 259 00:15:32,915 --> 00:15:35,754 - And don't let anyone see you. - What do you think l am, an amateur? 260 00:15:35,884 --> 00:15:37,410 No, lover. 261 00:15:37,452 --> 00:15:42,863 You're just a reluctant old pro trying to make a comeback. 262 00:15:43,993 --> 00:15:45,993 So keep your fingers crossed. 263 00:15:51,769 --> 00:15:53,395 [knock on door] 264 00:15:53,437 --> 00:15:55,437 Come in, Paul. 265 00:15:58,243 --> 00:16:00,171 Well, working kind of late, aren't you? 266 00:16:00,213 --> 00:16:01,271 Yeah. 267 00:16:01,313 --> 00:16:02,373 Well, hallelujah. 268 00:16:02,415 --> 00:16:06,523 l just thought you peasants might like a touch of glamour in your drab lives. 269 00:16:06,652 --> 00:16:07,946 l'm impressed. 270 00:16:07,988 --> 00:16:10,193 What kind of a singing job do you do tonight? 271 00:16:10,324 --> 00:16:11,390 Thanks a lot. 272 00:16:11,391 --> 00:16:13,996 l happen to be going to a very posh birthday party. 273 00:16:14,128 --> 00:16:15,621 Protecting the family jewels? 274 00:16:15,663 --> 00:16:17,663 No, a wealthy niece. 275 00:16:17,732 --> 00:16:19,726 Her aunt thinks her young man is a fortune hunter. 276 00:16:19,768 --> 00:16:22,205 - Is he? - Well, he's poor. 277 00:16:22,338 --> 00:16:24,032 Anyway, the girl's 21 today, 278 00:16:24,074 --> 00:16:26,067 so Auntie had to let the guy come to the party. 279 00:16:26,109 --> 00:16:28,547 She's just afraid that later on, when things get jumping, 280 00:16:28,678 --> 00:16:30,471 the two kids might try and run om together. 281 00:16:30,513 --> 00:16:33,218 lf the girl's of age, how are you supposed to stop it? 282 00:16:33,350 --> 00:16:35,822 Well, l do know he was married in Texas once, 283 00:16:35,953 --> 00:16:38,425 so if l have to, l can try and run a blum on that. 284 00:16:38,556 --> 00:16:39,582 Wasn't he divorced? 285 00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:42,129 So far l haven't been able to establish it-- 286 00:16:42,261 --> 00:16:44,222 either way. 287 00:16:44,264 --> 00:16:47,470 Will if the blum fails, you should try charming her yourself. 288 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,937 l must say you do look dashing. 289 00:16:50,069 --> 00:16:52,441 Oh, you finally got around to admitting it. 290 00:16:52,572 --> 00:16:54,433 Good night, Perry. Good night, beautiful. 291 00:16:54,475 --> 00:16:56,475 Good night. 292 00:17:00,048 --> 00:17:03,922 Doctor, it's so nice of you to come. 293 00:17:03,985 --> 00:17:04,811 My pleasure. 294 00:17:04,853 --> 00:17:08,861 And, Mrs. Comstock, what a heavenly gown. 295 00:17:08,991 --> 00:17:10,051 How sweet. Thank you. 296 00:17:10,093 --> 00:17:13,667 l believe you know Margo Stevens, Doctor and Mrs. Comstock. 297 00:17:13,797 --> 00:17:14,689 - How do you do? - How do you do, Miss Stevens? 298 00:17:14,731 --> 00:17:18,773 Margo is one of my husband's little golf partners, you know. 299 00:17:18,903 --> 00:17:21,408 lt's a shame you've never played yourself. 300 00:17:21,539 --> 00:17:24,979 Oh, you'd be surprised how much l know about the game. 301 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:29,518 Now be a dear and get Dr. and Mrs. Comstock a drink 302 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:31,209 - for me, will you? - Thank you. 303 00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:34,791 You must come out some time, Mrs. Langley, and give me lessons. 304 00:17:44,866 --> 00:17:46,866 Psst. Danny. 305 00:17:52,842 --> 00:17:56,149 Danny, l was afraid you weren't going to come to my party. 306 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,617 l wouldn't have missed it for anything in the world. 307 00:17:59,883 --> 00:18:01,143 My bags are packed. 308 00:18:01,185 --> 00:18:02,979 Everybody'll be squishy by 1 1 . 309 00:18:03,021 --> 00:18:05,492 We can sneak out then. 310 00:18:05,623 --> 00:18:07,693 We'll drive, Danny. 311 00:18:07,826 --> 00:18:09,826 Anywhere in the world. 312 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:13,200 1 1 :OO. 313 00:18:13,332 --> 00:18:14,658 Anywhere in the world. 314 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,460 Meet me out at the old garage-- 315 00:18:16,502 --> 00:18:19,107 the one behind the gardener's shed, the back road. 316 00:18:23,177 --> 00:18:25,177 l love you. 317 00:18:38,494 --> 00:18:40,494 [fizzing] 318 00:18:54,780 --> 00:18:56,780 Hello, Howard. 319 00:18:57,884 --> 00:18:59,377 Well, hello. 320 00:18:59,419 --> 00:19:01,690 l didn't think you'd be here. 321 00:19:01,821 --> 00:19:03,215 l thought your husband-- 322 00:19:03,257 --> 00:19:05,629 Oh, yes, he's om on another one of those trips. 323 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:07,896 But why should that stop me from traveling? 324 00:19:09,197 --> 00:19:11,197 See you later, maybe? 325 00:19:14,336 --> 00:19:17,876 We had the pleasure of meeting him Iast summer in Lausanne. 326 00:19:18,007 --> 00:19:20,007 l'd taken Merle to Switzerland. 327 00:19:20,109 --> 00:19:22,949 The trip was very beneficial, l thought. 328 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:24,639 Poor Olivia. 329 00:19:24,681 --> 00:19:25,974 What was he like? 330 00:19:26,016 --> 00:19:29,056 Oh, it was indeed a rare privilege. 331 00:19:29,187 --> 00:19:31,592 He is such a quaint old gentleman. 332 00:19:31,722 --> 00:19:33,082 He speaks pe_ect English, 333 00:19:33,124 --> 00:19:36,064 but l am sure he learned it from reading the classics. 334 00:19:36,195 --> 00:19:37,486 [laughter] 335 00:19:37,528 --> 00:19:40,801 He always referred to me as Mistress Langley. 336 00:19:40,933 --> 00:19:44,240 lt sounded terribly elegant but a little bit naughty. 337 00:19:51,846 --> 00:19:53,846 [chatter] 338 00:19:59,221 --> 00:20:01,221 [doorbell rings] 339 00:20:09,466 --> 00:20:11,092 - [door opens] - Good evening, sir. 340 00:20:11,134 --> 00:20:12,494 [Paul] Oh, good evening, Corbett. 341 00:20:12,536 --> 00:20:15,608 Oh, uh, Mr. Drake, 342 00:20:15,739 --> 00:20:19,314 l would like for you to mix around and have fun. 343 00:20:19,445 --> 00:20:20,803 l understand, Mrs. Langley. 344 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:22,883 - But keep an eye on Merle. - All right. 345 00:20:23,015 --> 00:20:27,958 l have a terrible headache. l've got to lie down. 346 00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:14,171 [knocking] 347 00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:54,221 l say, old man, have you seen Margo around? 348 00:21:54,354 --> 00:21:55,580 Margo Stevens? 349 00:21:55,622 --> 00:21:56,781 Sorry. l don't know the lady. 350 00:21:56,823 --> 00:21:58,149 Oh, well, it doesn't matter. 351 00:21:58,191 --> 00:22:00,897 l'm trying to locate a Mr. Pierce. l don't suppose you know him. 352 00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:03,065 Not intimately, but l do know of him. 353 00:22:03,130 --> 00:22:05,768 And from what l've heard, l suggest you check at the bar. 354 00:22:05,899 --> 00:22:07,899 Thanks. Sorry l couldn't help you. 355 00:22:07,969 --> 00:22:09,969 Don't give it a thought. 356 00:22:41,841 --> 00:22:44,646 l'd like a messenger sent to Mr. Julian Kirk's home, please. 357 00:22:44,778 --> 00:22:46,883 5963 Mandolin Road in Bel Air. 358 00:22:49,950 --> 00:22:53,357 To a Miss Lenore Adams, Village Motel on Lankershim Boulevard. 359 00:22:53,488 --> 00:22:55,491 Room number 32. 360 00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:57,050 Yes, that's in North Hollywood. 361 00:22:57,092 --> 00:22:59,797 l'd like your fast service on that, please. 362 00:23:00,863 --> 00:23:02,933 20 minutes? That's fine. 363 00:23:25,825 --> 00:23:27,825 [door opens] 364 00:23:32,467 --> 00:23:34,571 [laughter, chatter] 365 00:24:11,445 --> 00:24:12,738 Blue Streak. 366 00:24:12,780 --> 00:24:14,951 lt's all ready for you. You made good time. 367 00:24:15,082 --> 00:24:16,409 Not much tramic this late. 368 00:24:16,451 --> 00:24:18,788 That'll be 4 bucks. 369 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,592 Sounds like a party at the big house. 370 00:24:21,724 --> 00:24:23,961 You ought to try reading with that racket. 371 00:24:24,092 --> 00:24:25,452 You ought to crash it. 372 00:24:25,494 --> 00:24:27,599 Bet there's nobody sober enough to even notice. 373 00:24:27,731 --> 00:24:28,856 Keep the change. 374 00:24:28,898 --> 00:24:30,391 Much obliged. Good night. 375 00:24:30,433 --> 00:24:32,433 Good night. 376 00:24:48,488 --> 00:24:49,647 Danny. 377 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,689 Nope. 378 00:24:51,791 --> 00:24:55,231 Miss Telford, l'm afraid the elopement's om. 379 00:24:55,362 --> 00:24:56,688 Who are you? 380 00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:58,190 Paul Drake. l'm a private detective. 381 00:24:58,232 --> 00:25:01,439 You can't stop me. You've no right to. l'm 21 . 382 00:25:01,570 --> 00:25:04,509 No. That isn't the reason. 383 00:25:04,573 --> 00:25:06,399 Your aunt-- 384 00:25:06,441 --> 00:25:07,901 Your diamonds have been stolen. 385 00:25:07,943 --> 00:25:10,080 No one can leave till the police get here. 386 00:25:10,213 --> 00:25:12,483 l don't care about those old diamonds-- 387 00:25:12,615 --> 00:25:15,655 Merle, let's go back to the house. 388 00:25:24,929 --> 00:25:26,932 Merle, 389 00:25:27,065 --> 00:25:29,065 my dear child... 390 00:25:30,369 --> 00:25:32,841 Olivia, your aunt-- 391 00:25:32,972 --> 00:25:34,164 Mr. Drake told me. 392 00:25:34,206 --> 00:25:36,411 Somebody stole Grandmother's diamonds. 393 00:25:36,543 --> 00:25:38,336 But it doesn't matter, Uncle Howard. 394 00:25:38,378 --> 00:25:41,618 l'm afraid it's more serious than that, Merle. 395 00:25:43,150 --> 00:25:45,788 Your Aunt Olivia is dead. 396 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,920 She's been murdered. 397 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:53,130 You warned her didn't you, Cousin Ju!lian? 398 00:25:55,163 --> 00:25:57,801 You said somebody would cut her throat. 399 00:26:03,574 --> 00:26:04,834 [Gina] Just a minute. 400 00:26:04,876 --> 00:26:08,115 Messenger service. Package for Miss Lenore Adams. 401 00:26:08,245 --> 00:26:10,245 All right. 402 00:26:12,117 --> 00:26:13,444 Thank you. 403 00:26:13,486 --> 00:26:15,486 [slam] 404 00:26:16,422 --> 00:26:18,422 [phone rings] 405 00:26:19,593 --> 00:26:21,419 Hello. 406 00:26:21,461 --> 00:26:23,388 Oh, Paul. How's the party? 407 00:26:23,430 --> 00:26:25,423 lt died. So did the hostess. 408 00:26:25,465 --> 00:26:26,826 What do you mean? 409 00:26:26,868 --> 00:26:29,206 Well, somebody stole the family jewels after all 410 00:26:29,337 --> 00:26:31,709 and slipped a knife into Mrs. Langley at the same time. 411 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,312 Perry, could you come over right away? 412 00:26:34,443 --> 00:26:36,613 My responsibility here is to the niece Merle, 413 00:26:36,745 --> 00:26:39,685 and the way things are shaping up, the poor kid's going to need help fast. 414 00:26:39,816 --> 00:26:41,141 What kind of help? 415 00:26:41,183 --> 00:26:43,821 Well, right now, the case depends on who's got those diamonds, 416 00:26:43,955 --> 00:26:45,781 which is like looking for a needle in a haystack 417 00:26:45,823 --> 00:26:47,282 because this place is enormous. 418 00:26:47,324 --> 00:26:50,064 But there's one place the police haven't looked-- 419 00:26:50,194 --> 00:26:51,420 Merle's luggage. 420 00:26:51,462 --> 00:26:52,756 Why not? 421 00:26:52,798 --> 00:26:54,798 They can't find the keys. 422 00:26:55,734 --> 00:26:58,707 Paul, do you have the keys? 423 00:26:58,838 --> 00:27:00,531 You guessed it. 424 00:27:00,573 --> 00:27:02,710 Merle slipped them to me with a pleading look. 425 00:27:02,775 --> 00:27:05,681 Perry, l'd appreciate it if you were here 426 00:27:05,813 --> 00:27:08,117 when Lieutenant Anderson forces the locks. 427 00:27:08,248 --> 00:27:10,652 Okay, Sergeant, thank you very much. 428 00:27:10,785 --> 00:27:12,785 All right, no one left the party early. 429 00:27:12,887 --> 00:27:14,647 No one has those diamonds in their possession. 430 00:27:14,689 --> 00:27:17,027 So we're starting to search the grounds now and that other house across the way. 431 00:27:17,158 --> 00:27:19,262 Without a search warrant? 432 00:27:19,394 --> 00:27:21,394 We didn't think you'd mind, Mr. Kirk. 433 00:27:21,497 --> 00:27:22,856 No, no. 434 00:27:22,898 --> 00:27:24,491 Anytime. 435 00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:26,838 But in the meantime, this luggage. 436 00:27:26,970 --> 00:27:30,377 Miss Telford, have you remembered yet what you did with the keys? 437 00:27:30,507 --> 00:27:32,000 l lost them, l told you. 438 00:27:32,042 --> 00:27:34,179 Then l'm afraid we'll have to force the-- 439 00:27:36,547 --> 00:27:38,140 Good evening, Lieutenant. 440 00:27:38,182 --> 00:27:39,810 Perry, come in. 441 00:27:39,852 --> 00:27:41,478 You don't mind, do you, Andy? 442 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,125 Not at all. Come in, counselor. 443 00:27:44,256 --> 00:27:46,828 l won't even ask who your client is. 444 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,465 l was about to spring the locks on some luggage, 445 00:27:49,596 --> 00:27:52,836 but l'll bet a lawyer could think of a better way to get them open. 446 00:27:52,967 --> 00:27:57,443 l, uh, do happen to have some keys that might fit. 447 00:27:57,571 --> 00:27:59,842 Worth a try, anyway. 448 00:28:03,612 --> 00:28:05,612 [lock unlatches] 449 00:28:06,181 --> 00:28:08,181 Well, what do you know? 450 00:28:42,356 --> 00:28:43,884 Well, they're not here, either. 451 00:28:43,926 --> 00:28:47,800 l don't understand it, but as evidence of murder, they're not all that important. 452 00:28:49,099 --> 00:28:52,004 Surely you don't think Merle could have murdered her aunt. 453 00:28:52,134 --> 00:28:55,574 As a matter of fact, Mr. Langley, from the information l've gotten so far, 454 00:28:55,705 --> 00:28:57,705 it seemed entirely possible. 455 00:28:58,609 --> 00:29:01,114 And this rather clinches it, don't you think? 456 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,680 [women gasp] 457 00:29:05,984 --> 00:29:08,622 Of course, we'll have to establish this as the murder weapon, 458 00:29:08,753 --> 00:29:12,160 but l don't think there's much doubt of it. 459 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,398 lsn't that slip lovely? 460 00:29:19,566 --> 00:29:22,505 Aunt Olivia would have a fit if she knew. 461 00:29:24,139 --> 00:29:27,179 She never let me buy clothes like that. 462 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:44,559 The nature of the fatal wound indicated 463 00:29:44,629 --> 00:29:47,668 it had been inflicted by a sharp instrument of rather peculiar shape. 464 00:29:47,798 --> 00:29:49,659 Of a peculiar shape. 465 00:29:49,701 --> 00:29:52,138 Doctor, l show you State's Exhibit 5, 466 00:29:52,271 --> 00:29:55,110 which was discovered in the bag of the defendant. 467 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,868 Do you recognize this? 468 00:29:56,910 --> 00:29:59,615 l do. It's commonly known as a dirk. 469 00:29:59,746 --> 00:30:01,472 The blade exactly fit the wound. 470 00:30:01,514 --> 00:30:03,475 Did you discover anything else about it 471 00:30:03,517 --> 00:30:05,310 which would establish it as the murder weapon? 472 00:30:05,352 --> 00:30:08,491 Yes. The blood stains were also tested in my presence 473 00:30:08,622 --> 00:30:11,227 and found to be the same type as that of the dead woman. 474 00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:12,519 Thank you, Doctor. 475 00:30:12,561 --> 00:30:14,561 Mr. Mason. 476 00:30:15,463 --> 00:30:18,570 Doctor, was the deceased intoxicated at the time of her death? 477 00:30:18,701 --> 00:30:20,628 l wouldn't think so, Mr. Mason. 478 00:30:20,670 --> 00:30:24,144 Our tests did show a small percentage of alcohol in her system, but not much. 479 00:30:24,273 --> 00:30:26,411 Your tests showed something else, didn't they? 480 00:30:26,543 --> 00:30:29,816 Yes, chloral hydrate. 481 00:30:29,948 --> 00:30:32,953 That's commonly known as knock-out drops, isn't it? 482 00:30:33,085 --> 00:30:34,377 That's right. 483 00:30:34,419 --> 00:30:36,857 Thank you, Doctor. That'll be all. 484 00:30:36,989 --> 00:30:38,982 Mr. Langley, as l understand it, 485 00:30:39,024 --> 00:30:42,899 you are the legal guardian of the defendant and the trustee of her estate. 486 00:30:43,029 --> 00:30:44,254 That's right, sir. 487 00:30:44,296 --> 00:30:48,706 Merle's parents died rather tragically when Merle was only 12 years old. 488 00:30:48,836 --> 00:30:51,173 lsn't it true that in actual practice, 489 00:30:51,305 --> 00:30:55,046 your late wife was the real acting guardian of the defendant? 490 00:30:55,177 --> 00:30:57,815 Well, yes. She needed a woman to look after her. 491 00:30:57,946 --> 00:31:02,890 And isn't it a fact that the decedent really managed your niece's trust fund, too? 492 00:31:02,952 --> 00:31:05,324 Someone had to look after things. 493 00:31:05,455 --> 00:31:09,296 And then, Merle is simply not equipped to handle large sums of money 494 00:31:09,425 --> 00:31:11,663 and may not be for some time yet. 495 00:31:11,795 --> 00:31:14,400 Large sums of money, Mr. Langley? How large? 496 00:31:14,531 --> 00:31:20,010 l believe the principal is in the neighborhood of 250,OOO. 497 00:31:20,139 --> 00:31:23,446 That's in addition to real estate, like the house you live in, 498 00:31:23,576 --> 00:31:26,181 and personal property like the still-missing diamond necklace. 499 00:31:26,312 --> 00:31:28,416 - Is that so? - That's correct, sir. 500 00:31:28,547 --> 00:31:33,257 Mr. Langley, why was your wife wearing the defendant's necklace? 501 00:31:33,387 --> 00:31:35,387 lt's e_remely valuable. 502 00:31:35,455 --> 00:31:39,363 As l've said before, Merle doesn't understand of the value of things. 503 00:31:39,494 --> 00:31:40,686 She could have lost them. 504 00:31:40,728 --> 00:31:42,689 Yes, of course. As a matter of fact, 505 00:31:42,731 --> 00:31:45,136 the necklace seems to be lost anyway, doesn't it? 506 00:31:45,268 --> 00:31:47,268 Although, of course, there are a thousand places 507 00:31:47,336 --> 00:31:50,041 where anyone who knew the estate might have hidden it. 508 00:31:50,173 --> 00:31:52,034 Mr. Langley, tell me this. 509 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:55,950 Did the defendant resent your wife's wearing that necklace? 510 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,218 She cried. 511 00:32:00,185 --> 00:32:03,792 Yes, l'm afraid they fought about it several times. 512 00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:06,427 Did your niece receive an allowance, Mr. Langley? 513 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:07,885 Well, not in cash, 514 00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:10,732 but she did have charge accounts practically everywhere. 515 00:32:10,863 --> 00:32:14,337 Yes, l have a charge slip here, signed by the defendant, 516 00:32:14,467 --> 00:32:16,328 reserving two seats on a plane. 517 00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:17,963 The destination is San Francisco. 518 00:32:18,005 --> 00:32:19,999 The departure time is the night of the murder. 519 00:32:20,041 --> 00:32:22,746 - Were you aware of this? - My wife told me about it. 520 00:32:22,877 --> 00:32:24,877 She cancelled the reservations. 521 00:32:24,946 --> 00:32:28,386 Sid your wife also tell you who Merle had intended to occupy the other seat? 522 00:32:29,685 --> 00:32:30,644 Yes. 523 00:32:30,686 --> 00:32:32,723 A Mr. Pierce. 524 00:32:32,856 --> 00:32:37,832 lt was just a childish romantic whim on Merle's part. 525 00:32:37,961 --> 00:32:39,587 l'm sure it was nothing serious. 526 00:32:39,629 --> 00:32:42,502 But your late wife did object to their proposed elopement. 527 00:32:42,633 --> 00:32:43,726 Well, yes, but-- 528 00:32:43,768 --> 00:32:46,273 Enough to hire a private detective to make sure to prevent it? 529 00:32:46,404 --> 00:32:48,165 lt was for Merle's own good. 530 00:32:48,207 --> 00:32:52,349 lsn't it true, Mr. Langley, that your wife's attitude toward Merle's young man 531 00:32:52,478 --> 00:32:56,286 only led to angrier tears and angrier fights between them? 532 00:32:57,385 --> 00:32:58,443 Yes. 533 00:32:58,485 --> 00:33:00,485 l have no further questions. 534 00:33:02,289 --> 00:33:07,266 Mr. Langley, l believe the murder weapon has been identified as belonging to you. 535 00:33:07,329 --> 00:33:11,237 Yes. It was something l picked up in Italy on one of my trips. 536 00:33:11,367 --> 00:33:14,941 lt was of some historic interest. l kept it hanging in my study 537 00:33:15,071 --> 00:33:17,543 in plain sight for anyone, you understand. 538 00:33:17,673 --> 00:33:20,178 Where were you at the approximate time of the murder? 539 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:22,104 l was in the garden. 540 00:33:22,146 --> 00:33:23,839 Alone? 541 00:33:23,881 --> 00:33:24,974 No. 542 00:33:25,016 --> 00:33:27,453 Then there's someone who can verify your whereabouts? 543 00:33:27,585 --> 00:33:32,361 Mr. Mason, l see no reason to involve an innocent person in these proceedings. 544 00:33:32,490 --> 00:33:35,295 Why not? Would it be embarrassing to that person? 545 00:33:35,429 --> 00:33:37,122 Or would it be embarrassing to you? 546 00:33:37,164 --> 00:33:39,869 l simply see no reason to reveal her name. 547 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,993 And neither do l. 548 00:33:42,035 --> 00:33:43,828 lf it please the court, 549 00:33:43,870 --> 00:33:48,447 counsel is just employing his usual shotgun method here. 550 00:33:48,576 --> 00:33:50,503 l'll withdraw the question, Your Honor. 551 00:33:50,545 --> 00:33:52,545 That'll be all, Mr. Langley. 552 00:33:53,882 --> 00:33:55,410 l noticed a few minutes earlier 553 00:33:55,452 --> 00:33:57,722 that the defendant had left the party and changed her clothes, 554 00:33:57,853 --> 00:33:59,513 as though for traveling. 555 00:33:59,555 --> 00:34:01,860 Naturally, l was curious, watchful. 556 00:34:01,991 --> 00:34:04,897 You say that you saw her later in the upstairs hall. Where was this? 557 00:34:04,962 --> 00:34:06,855 She came running out of her aunt's room. 558 00:34:06,897 --> 00:34:09,034 The poor child was white as a sheet. 559 00:34:09,166 --> 00:34:10,559 Terrified, l thought. 560 00:34:10,601 --> 00:34:12,262 Naturally, l didn't let her see me. 561 00:34:12,304 --> 00:34:13,496 Naturally. 562 00:34:13,538 --> 00:34:16,977 But, Mr. Corbett, did you notice anything else about her? 563 00:34:17,109 --> 00:34:19,313 She clutched something under her jacket with one hand, 564 00:34:19,445 --> 00:34:22,150 and her other hand she held stimly away from her. 565 00:34:22,282 --> 00:34:27,058 There was some dark moisture on it. l can't say positively it was blood. 566 00:34:27,187 --> 00:34:28,480 No, l can't, sir. 567 00:34:28,522 --> 00:34:30,049 Just something dark. 568 00:34:30,091 --> 00:34:32,495 And then she disappeared toward the back staiM/ay. 569 00:34:32,627 --> 00:34:34,630 Mr. Pierce, am l correct in assuming 570 00:34:34,762 --> 00:34:38,669 that yours and the defendant's proposed flight to San Francisco-- 571 00:34:38,801 --> 00:34:40,727 or your proposed flight anywhere-- 572 00:34:40,769 --> 00:34:43,307 would have been in the nature of an elopement? 573 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,366 Well, yes, Merle wanted to try it. 574 00:34:45,408 --> 00:34:47,001 You anticipated opposition, then? 575 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:50,283 l figured that Aunt Olivia would try to stop us if she could. 576 00:34:50,414 --> 00:34:53,153 Did she object to you on personal grounds, Mr. Pierce? 577 00:34:53,284 --> 00:34:55,212 Well, no, not actually. 578 00:34:55,254 --> 00:34:56,812 lt would've been the same with anybody. 579 00:34:56,854 --> 00:34:59,426 See, she just wasn't letting Merle meet any men. 580 00:34:59,558 --> 00:35:00,851 Objection. 581 00:35:00,893 --> 00:35:03,198 The witness is stating an opinion. 582 00:35:03,263 --> 00:35:05,801 Your Honor, l believe the proper groundwork can be laid 583 00:35:05,932 --> 00:35:08,203 to make the witness' Iast answer admissible. 584 00:35:08,335 --> 00:35:09,861 Very well, Mr. Burger. Proceed. 585 00:35:09,903 --> 00:35:12,776 Mr. Pierce, how long have you known the defendant? 586 00:35:12,907 --> 00:35:14,907 - A few weeks. - And how did you meet her? 587 00:35:14,975 --> 00:35:18,282 l can't recall the exact circumstances, but it was an accident. 588 00:35:18,413 --> 00:35:19,572 Danny! 589 00:35:19,614 --> 00:35:21,651 - You mustn't interrupt, Merle. - But he remembers how we met. 590 00:35:21,783 --> 00:35:23,410 - He must. - Tell me later. 591 00:35:23,452 --> 00:35:26,191 What do you mean by accident, Mr. Pierce? 592 00:35:26,322 --> 00:35:30,097 The watchdog went to sleep on the job-- Mrs. Langley's chaumeur. 593 00:35:30,227 --> 00:35:32,932 Whenever Merle did get out of that house, he was always sent along. 594 00:35:33,063 --> 00:35:36,637 Really? How did you manage to carry on your courtship? 595 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,201 Well, it wasn't easy. 596 00:35:38,202 --> 00:35:40,306 We met in tearooms. 597 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:42,439 [spectators chuckle] 598 00:35:44,243 --> 00:35:46,103 Mr. Pierce, the very fact 599 00:35:46,145 --> 00:35:49,352 that the defendant continued to see you under these circumstances 600 00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:52,689 was a form of rebellion against such strict supervision, wasn't it? 601 00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:57,395 Why, then, since the defendant became Iegally of age on her recent birthday, 602 00:35:57,525 --> 00:35:59,563 did you find it necessary to plan an elopement? 603 00:35:59,694 --> 00:36:01,488 That didn't really mean anything. 604 00:36:01,530 --> 00:36:05,705 You see, Merle was sort of like a zombie as far as her aunt was concerned, 605 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:08,672 and she had to get fighting mad before she'd stand up to her. 606 00:36:08,804 --> 00:36:10,765 - Objection. - Sustained. 607 00:36:10,807 --> 00:36:13,011 The witness will refrain from giving opinions. 608 00:36:13,142 --> 00:36:15,514 l have no further questions, Your Honor. 609 00:36:15,645 --> 00:36:17,506 [murmuring] Tell me now, Merle. 610 00:36:17,548 --> 00:36:19,786 l got to know Danny through Gina. 611 00:36:19,917 --> 00:36:21,511 That's how we used to meet. 612 00:36:21,553 --> 00:36:22,879 He couldn't have forgotten. 613 00:36:22,921 --> 00:36:24,080 Who is Gina? 614 00:36:24,122 --> 00:36:26,082 Gina Gilbert. 615 00:36:26,124 --> 00:36:29,164 She's sitting in the back row, ne_ to Corbett. 616 00:36:29,295 --> 00:36:31,566 l asked her to come and be moral support. 617 00:36:31,697 --> 00:36:33,525 [Judge] Mr. Mason, We await your pleasure. 618 00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:35,567 My apologies, Your Honor. 619 00:36:39,540 --> 00:36:41,677 What is your occupation, Mr. Pierce? 620 00:36:41,808 --> 00:36:43,235 l'm unemployed at the present. 621 00:36:43,277 --> 00:36:44,470 And when you are working? 622 00:36:44,512 --> 00:36:46,340 A salesman. 623 00:36:46,382 --> 00:36:49,087 Mr. Pierce, have you ever been convicted of a felony? 624 00:36:49,218 --> 00:36:51,178 - No. - No? 625 00:36:51,220 --> 00:36:54,293 lsn't it true you that two years ago, in Fort Worth, Texas, 626 00:36:54,424 --> 00:36:56,494 you were arrested for robbery? 627 00:36:56,626 --> 00:36:58,630 But l was cleared. 628 00:36:58,762 --> 00:37:00,489 Your Honor, l object to that. 629 00:37:00,531 --> 00:37:03,570 The police are quite properly investigating everyone 630 00:37:03,634 --> 00:37:06,374 who conceivably could have taken that necklace. 631 00:37:06,505 --> 00:37:10,379 But a mere arrest is not evidence of bad character 632 00:37:10,509 --> 00:37:14,150 which can impeach a witness, and counselor very well knows that. 633 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,219 lf it please the court, l'm not trying to impeach this witness. 634 00:37:17,350 --> 00:37:19,822 l'm just attempting to cross-examine him on his claim 635 00:37:19,952 --> 00:37:23,492 that the objections of the deceased to his marrying my client were unreasonable. 636 00:37:23,625 --> 00:37:26,330 l think you've made your point, Mr. Mason. 637 00:37:26,461 --> 00:37:28,461 Objection overruled. 638 00:37:29,431 --> 00:37:32,304 Now, Mr. Pierce, are you married? 639 00:37:32,435 --> 00:37:34,438 No. Certainly not. 640 00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:36,363 Are you acquainted with a woman 641 00:37:36,405 --> 00:37:39,845 by the name of Jayne Simmons of Fort Worth, Texas? 642 00:37:39,975 --> 00:37:41,975 Yeah. l was married to her seven or eight years ago, 643 00:37:42,045 --> 00:37:43,538 but she got a divorce. 644 00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:45,580 [Mason] l see. 645 00:37:54,626 --> 00:38:00,004 Your Honor, l would like to request an adjournment until tomorrow morning. 646 00:38:00,133 --> 00:38:01,426 Why, Mr. Mason? 647 00:38:01,468 --> 00:38:03,538 Well, it is approaching the hour of adjournment, 648 00:38:03,604 --> 00:38:07,611 and my examination of this witness may be rather lengthy. 649 00:38:07,742 --> 00:38:10,047 l see. Mr. Burger? 650 00:38:10,177 --> 00:38:12,171 Well, Your Honor 651 00:38:12,213 --> 00:38:14,174 lf counselor really wants time 652 00:38:14,216 --> 00:38:17,021 to prepare for this hearing a little more fully, 653 00:38:17,152 --> 00:38:20,192 l think the prosecution might exercise tolerance. 654 00:38:20,323 --> 00:38:21,949 l think that's uncalled for, Mr. Burger. 655 00:38:21,991 --> 00:38:25,465 Court stands adjourned till 10:OO tomorrow morning. 656 00:38:32,604 --> 00:38:34,597 That certainly was a nasty crack Burger made 657 00:38:34,639 --> 00:38:36,466 when you asked for an adjournment. 658 00:38:36,508 --> 00:38:38,646 Nasty but accurate. 659 00:38:38,778 --> 00:38:42,118 lf Burger had a client as confused and frightened as Merle Telford, 660 00:38:42,248 --> 00:38:43,608 he'd be stalling every other minute. 661 00:38:43,650 --> 00:38:45,443 She certainly hasn't been much help. 662 00:38:45,485 --> 00:38:47,555 After all the hours you've spent talking to her, 663 00:38:47,687 --> 00:38:50,025 for her to suddenly think of this Gina Gilbert. 664 00:38:50,157 --> 00:38:52,495 Apparently, Gina became acquainted with Merle 665 00:38:52,627 --> 00:38:55,165 while taking pictures of her house for a magazine. 666 00:38:55,296 --> 00:38:56,856 Then she introduced her to Danny 667 00:38:56,898 --> 00:38:59,870 and subtly arranged for them to meet a number of times. 668 00:39:00,002 --> 00:39:01,995 Sounds like a well worked out campaign. 669 00:39:02,037 --> 00:39:04,876 Yes, but not a campaign for Danny to marry Merle. 670 00:39:04,940 --> 00:39:06,940 His wife had never filed for a divorce. 671 00:39:07,043 --> 00:39:09,748 Well, whatever it was between Danny and the Gilbert woman, 672 00:39:09,879 --> 00:39:11,005 it wasn't romance. 673 00:39:11,047 --> 00:39:13,419 l don't know who yet, but she's seeing somebody. 674 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:15,689 So perhaps Danny was a business arrangement. 675 00:39:15,821 --> 00:39:17,279 lt'll be hard to prove. 676 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:19,759 And if Gina was anywhere near the party that night, 677 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:21,719 l didn't see her, and l can't find anybody who did. 678 00:39:21,761 --> 00:39:24,766 At a big party, that doesn't rule it out, Paul. 679 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:26,323 That's true. 680 00:39:26,365 --> 00:39:30,106 Look, if Mrs. Langley was unconscious during the theft, 681 00:39:30,236 --> 00:39:33,076 there'd be no reason for Danny to kill her-- that is, if Danny was the thief. 682 00:39:33,207 --> 00:39:34,232 No. 683 00:39:34,274 --> 00:39:36,712 But there would be plenty of reason for Merle to do it. 684 00:39:36,845 --> 00:39:38,837 And the murder weapon was still locked in her bag, 685 00:39:38,879 --> 00:39:41,050 so you can't very well say it was planted there. 686 00:39:41,182 --> 00:39:43,042 She admits putting it there, all right. 687 00:39:43,084 --> 00:39:44,778 She planned to get rid of later. 688 00:39:44,820 --> 00:39:46,246 She'd gone into Olivia's bedroom 689 00:39:46,288 --> 00:39:48,558 to get some traveling money from her desk. 690 00:39:48,692 --> 00:39:51,230 She recognized the knife as one belonging to her Uncle Howard. 691 00:39:51,361 --> 00:39:54,400 You mean she swiped it and ran out with it, just to protect him? 692 00:39:54,531 --> 00:39:58,206 What else could she have thought? It was his knife. 693 00:39:58,336 --> 00:40:02,678 She tells me that Olivia was ten times as rough on Howard as she was on her. 694 00:40:02,808 --> 00:40:05,680 Yeah, but with a kookie kid like that-- 695 00:40:05,811 --> 00:40:08,449 Merle seems about 14 years old 696 00:40:08,581 --> 00:40:10,651 only because Olivia deliberately held her back. 697 00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,921 How would you have acted in that kind of situation? 698 00:40:13,052 --> 00:40:16,559 All right. Here's the rest of my report. 699 00:40:16,690 --> 00:40:18,550 One of my men on another case 700 00:40:18,592 --> 00:40:20,696 accidentally stumbled on a messenger service boy 701 00:40:20,829 --> 00:40:23,801 who made a pickup at the house ne_ door while the party was going on. 702 00:40:23,931 --> 00:40:25,592 What time? 703 00:40:25,634 --> 00:40:28,640 Late enough so the package could have been the necklace. 704 00:40:28,771 --> 00:40:30,096 But l couldn't see the guy. 705 00:40:30,138 --> 00:40:32,309 l wouldn't know who it was, in the dark like that. 706 00:40:32,441 --> 00:40:34,712 He just handed me down this thick envelope from the porch, 707 00:40:34,845 --> 00:40:36,671 and l gave him a receipt and that's it. 708 00:40:36,713 --> 00:40:38,106 Then you delivered the envelope here? 709 00:40:38,148 --> 00:40:40,686 Yes, sir. The addressee was a dame in room 32 there. 710 00:40:40,818 --> 00:40:42,010 l got it in the book. 711 00:40:42,052 --> 00:40:43,144 Then what happened? 712 00:40:43,186 --> 00:40:45,892 I Well, l knocked on the door and she answered, and l-- 713 00:40:46,024 --> 00:40:47,550 She answered right away? 714 00:40:47,592 --> 00:40:50,999 Yeah. Yeah, l think so. 715 00:40:51,130 --> 00:40:54,436 Anyway, she opens the door, and she sticks an arm out, 716 00:40:54,567 --> 00:40:56,737 and l give her the package, and she shuts the door. 717 00:40:56,870 --> 00:40:58,796 Just an arm? That's all you saw? 718 00:40:58,838 --> 00:41:01,945 Well, her head some when she leaned out, 719 00:41:02,075 --> 00:41:06,083 but she had a towel draped over it like she was washing her hair, maybe. 720 00:41:06,147 --> 00:41:08,317 With the light behind her, l couldn't see what she looked like 721 00:41:08,450 --> 00:41:10,310 When you make a delivery, you get a signature, don't you? 722 00:41:10,352 --> 00:41:12,723 Uh, well, yeah, only-- 723 00:41:12,855 --> 00:41:14,815 This one? This one right here? 724 00:41:14,857 --> 00:41:17,997 Well, the trouble is, see, she shut the door real quick, 725 00:41:18,127 --> 00:41:21,601 and l-- l guess l sort of filled in the signature line myself. 726 00:41:21,732 --> 00:41:23,659 That could get you in trouble, couldn't it? 727 00:41:23,701 --> 00:41:26,506 l know, mister, but, l mean, the way she was and everything, 728 00:41:26,637 --> 00:41:28,564 l just didn't want to push the door down. 729 00:41:28,606 --> 00:41:30,533 What do you mean, the way she was? 730 00:41:30,575 --> 00:41:33,147 Well, the bare arm and the towel-- 731 00:41:33,278 --> 00:41:37,720 Holy smoke, l just figured she was maybe-- maybe naked. 732 00:41:39,485 --> 00:41:40,779 All right. 733 00:41:40,821 --> 00:41:43,393 Paul, you'd better go down to police headquarters with him. 734 00:41:43,523 --> 00:41:45,517 - Good night, Miss. - Good night. 735 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:47,452 - And thank you. - [Man] Yes, sir. 736 00:41:47,494 --> 00:41:51,069 Della, l want you to get a subpoena for-- 737 00:41:51,199 --> 00:41:53,771 What's the matter, Perry? 738 00:41:53,902 --> 00:41:58,444 Suppose the woman in that room wasn't maybe naked. 739 00:41:58,574 --> 00:42:00,578 Mr. Pierce, did you steal that diamond necklace? 740 00:42:00,710 --> 00:42:01,703 No sir, l did not. 741 00:42:01,745 --> 00:42:04,885 Did you induce chloral hydrate into Mrs. Langley's system? 742 00:42:04,949 --> 00:42:06,174 No. 743 00:42:06,216 --> 00:42:08,421 lsn't it true that you never had any intentions of marrying Miss Telford? 744 00:42:08,552 --> 00:42:10,346 No, that's not true. 745 00:42:10,388 --> 00:42:13,227 Then you must have intended to commit bigamy, Mr. Pierce, 746 00:42:13,357 --> 00:42:16,163 because you knew all along your wife had never divorced you. 747 00:42:16,294 --> 00:42:18,866 l didn't know any such thing. She said she was going to. l assumed she had. 748 00:42:18,998 --> 00:42:20,156 Who's Gina Gilbert? 749 00:42:20,198 --> 00:42:21,325 l don't-- 750 00:42:21,367 --> 00:42:23,938 She's a girl l know. Just a friend, that's all. 751 00:42:24,070 --> 00:42:25,897 She a friend of Merle's, too. 752 00:42:25,939 --> 00:42:28,009 Objection. 753 00:42:28,141 --> 00:42:31,047 Your Honor, if counselor gets much farther afield, we'll-- 754 00:42:31,178 --> 00:42:33,448 l'll discontinue this line of questioning, Your Honor. 755 00:42:33,581 --> 00:42:37,388 And l'm finished with this witness... for the moment. 756 00:42:38,486 --> 00:42:40,213 You're excused, Mr. Pierce. 757 00:42:40,255 --> 00:42:42,081 Call your ne_ witness, Mr. Burger. 758 00:42:42,123 --> 00:42:44,661 Then l call Mr. Julian Kirk. 759 00:42:46,663 --> 00:42:48,900 That's right. My house is ne_ door. 760 00:42:49,032 --> 00:42:52,139 lt was the guest house on the estate when my grandmother was alive. 761 00:42:52,269 --> 00:42:53,796 She left it to me in her will. 762 00:42:53,838 --> 00:42:55,464 Was that all she left you? 763 00:42:55,506 --> 00:42:57,366 Some other odds and ends of property. 764 00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:01,082 All the real money went to Olivia-- l mean Merle. 765 00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:04,452 Then you were familiar with the situation that existed at the Langley house? 766 00:43:04,516 --> 00:43:08,892 l was certainly aware of how completely Olivia dominated Merle. 767 00:43:09,022 --> 00:43:11,494 lt's not the girl's fault she's neurotic. 768 00:43:11,624 --> 00:43:14,964 Are you by any chance a trained psychiatrist, Mr. Kirk? 769 00:43:15,096 --> 00:43:16,522 Well, no, but all you-- 770 00:43:16,564 --> 00:43:20,138 Then you're certainly not qualified to judge the defendant's mental condition. 771 00:43:20,267 --> 00:43:24,042 Now, then, was your knowledge of the situation of the house ne_ door 772 00:43:24,172 --> 00:43:26,166 based on personal observation? 773 00:43:26,208 --> 00:43:27,501 Mostly. 774 00:43:27,543 --> 00:43:30,015 But the chaumeur kept me informed, too. 775 00:43:30,146 --> 00:43:32,851 Did you witness a quarrel between the defendant and her aunt 776 00:43:32,983 --> 00:43:35,053 a couple of days prior to the murder? 777 00:43:35,185 --> 00:43:40,729 Well, Merle was annoyed because Olivia objected to the elopement, 778 00:43:40,859 --> 00:43:42,785 if that's what you mean. 779 00:43:42,827 --> 00:43:45,399 Wasn't she more than annoyed, Mr. Kirk? 780 00:43:45,530 --> 00:43:49,138 Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that she was fighting mad? 781 00:43:49,268 --> 00:43:50,527 She was angry. 782 00:43:50,569 --> 00:43:53,442 Perhaps the degree of her irritation could be estimated 783 00:43:53,573 --> 00:43:56,211 if you would tell us what the defendant shouted at her aunt. 784 00:43:56,343 --> 00:43:58,343 She said-- 785 00:43:58,545 --> 00:44:00,545 Yes, Mr. Kirk? 786 00:44:01,349 --> 00:44:08,764 Well, she said, ''lf you try to stop me, l'll kill you.'' 787 00:44:08,824 --> 00:44:10,824 Your witness. 788 00:44:12,361 --> 00:44:14,188 Mr. Kirk, 789 00:44:14,230 --> 00:44:16,125 when the bulk of your grandmother's estate 790 00:44:16,167 --> 00:44:17,860 was left to your cousin Miss Telford, 791 00:44:17,902 --> 00:44:21,709 were you annoyed, irritated, perhaps even angry? 792 00:44:23,008 --> 00:44:26,247 Furious, l think, would be the best description. 793 00:44:26,378 --> 00:44:28,482 But l recovered nicely in time. 794 00:44:28,613 --> 00:44:30,306 You were on good terms with your cousin? 795 00:44:30,348 --> 00:44:34,356 As much as Olivia would permit. 796 00:44:34,487 --> 00:44:39,464 One night, Merle walked in her sleep and came directly toward my house. 797 00:44:39,593 --> 00:44:42,265 Subconsciously, she preferred me to Olivia-- 798 00:44:42,396 --> 00:44:44,090 Objection, Your Honor. 799 00:44:44,132 --> 00:44:48,241 The witness has previously testified to having had no training in psychiatry. 800 00:44:48,369 --> 00:44:49,662 Sustained. 801 00:44:49,704 --> 00:44:52,911 Let us turn now to the night of the party. 802 00:44:53,042 --> 00:44:55,647 Where were you at the approximate time the murder occurred? 803 00:44:55,778 --> 00:44:59,920 Well, in the living room, for one thing, Iooking out into the garden. 804 00:45:00,050 --> 00:45:01,843 ls there anyone who can verify that? 805 00:45:01,885 --> 00:45:04,223 Yes. Mr. Paul Drake. 806 00:45:04,287 --> 00:45:06,959 He asked if l knew where he could find Danny Pierce, 807 00:45:07,091 --> 00:45:09,296 and l asked him if he'd seen Margo Stevens. 808 00:45:09,427 --> 00:45:11,999 l'm sure he'd recall the conversation. 809 00:45:12,130 --> 00:45:14,335 Mr. Kirk, since you were Iooking out into the garden, 810 00:45:14,466 --> 00:45:16,426 perhaps you saw Howard Langley out there. 811 00:45:16,468 --> 00:45:20,142 Well, yes, as a matter of fact, l did. 812 00:45:20,273 --> 00:45:23,880 That's why l asked Drake about Margo Stevens. 813 00:45:24,979 --> 00:45:27,584 They were necking in the bushes. 814 00:45:27,715 --> 00:45:28,841 That's a lie! 815 00:45:28,883 --> 00:45:30,987 l wasn't in the garden with Howard or anyone else. 816 00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:34,326 Young lady, l will not tolerate such outbursts. 817 00:45:34,456 --> 00:45:36,116 But it's not true. 818 00:45:36,158 --> 00:45:39,798 Any more interruptions, and l'll have the bailim remove you from the courtroom. 819 00:45:42,933 --> 00:45:46,340 lt was really pretty dark. Maybe l'm wrong. 820 00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:47,896 But l doubt it. 821 00:45:47,938 --> 00:45:50,911 Then how can you be certain the man was Howard Langley? 822 00:45:51,042 --> 00:45:53,247 Well, l saw him go outside. 823 00:45:53,378 --> 00:45:57,754 Your Honor, at this time, l would like to recall Howard Langley to the stand. 824 00:45:57,883 --> 00:45:59,776 Your Honor. 825 00:45:59,818 --> 00:46:03,292 Counselor's strategy is transparently obvious. 826 00:46:03,355 --> 00:46:06,495 These desperate attempts to cover his own client's guilt 827 00:46:06,626 --> 00:46:08,696 by directing suspicion on others-- 828 00:46:08,829 --> 00:46:09,855 Mr. Mason? 829 00:46:09,897 --> 00:46:13,504 lf it please the court, the suspicion is already in existence 830 00:46:13,634 --> 00:46:17,141 and should be clearly established or eliminated. 831 00:46:17,272 --> 00:46:21,514 Surely our prosecutor, with his great tolerance, can't object to that. 832 00:46:21,643 --> 00:46:26,920 The suspicion exists, Your Honor, in Mr. Mason's mind and nowhere else. 833 00:46:27,051 --> 00:46:29,388 Neither the police nor the District Attorney's omice 834 00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:31,513 could find any grounds for it. 835 00:46:31,555 --> 00:46:32,981 Then by your own argument, 836 00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:35,561 Mr. Mason can only weaken his own defense by recalling the witness. 837 00:46:35,693 --> 00:46:38,399 Howard Langley will return to the witness stand. 838 00:46:38,530 --> 00:46:41,002 Mr. Langley, at this time, l ask you for the name 839 00:46:41,133 --> 00:46:43,060 of the woman you say was in the garden with you. 840 00:46:43,102 --> 00:46:44,795 Mr. Mason, you have no right 841 00:46:44,837 --> 00:46:47,776 to expose an innocent person to this kind of notoriety. 842 00:46:47,908 --> 00:46:49,533 Very well. If this court will agree 843 00:46:49,575 --> 00:46:53,049 to hear your testimony in private, will you then answer? 844 00:46:53,181 --> 00:46:54,339 No. 845 00:46:54,381 --> 00:46:55,741 No, l can't see that l must. 846 00:46:55,783 --> 00:46:58,288 You realize that in refusing to answer, 847 00:46:58,419 --> 00:47:00,419 you might be held in contempt of court. 848 00:47:00,889 --> 00:47:03,460 l can only do what my conscience dictates. 849 00:47:03,525 --> 00:47:06,197 Mr. Langley, didn't you go to your wife's bedroom that night? 850 00:47:06,329 --> 00:47:07,487 No. 851 00:47:07,529 --> 00:47:09,800 And didn't you find her unconscious from a drug she'd been given? 852 00:47:09,933 --> 00:47:11,260 No. 853 00:47:11,302 --> 00:47:12,927 Didn't you also find that the necklace had been stolen? 854 00:47:12,969 --> 00:47:15,341 And didn't you then kill your wife, using this weapon? 855 00:47:15,472 --> 00:47:16,498 That's not true! 856 00:47:16,540 --> 00:47:18,067 Not true that the necklace had been stolen? 857 00:47:18,109 --> 00:47:20,347 Did you also take the necklace, Mr. Langley? 858 00:47:20,478 --> 00:47:21,838 No, l didn't. 859 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,552 No, l was in the garden, l tell you, all that time. 860 00:47:24,683 --> 00:47:25,875 l never left! 861 00:47:25,917 --> 00:47:28,188 But a certain woman left that garden, didn't she? 862 00:47:28,321 --> 00:47:30,693 The nameless woman you'd been embracing-- 863 00:47:30,823 --> 00:47:32,823 That woman left the garden, didn't she? 864 00:47:34,727 --> 00:47:36,321 Well-- 865 00:47:36,363 --> 00:47:40,538 Well, yes. She did, as a matter of fact. 866 00:47:40,667 --> 00:47:42,738 Who was that woman, Mr. Langley? 867 00:47:47,309 --> 00:47:49,346 Gina Gilbert. 868 00:47:49,477 --> 00:47:52,450 You filthy old man! You didn't have to tell him! 869 00:47:52,581 --> 00:47:53,875 [judge pounding] 870 00:47:53,917 --> 00:47:55,777 Don't you know what l did for you? 871 00:47:55,819 --> 00:47:58,391 Stupid, filthy, rotten man! 872 00:48:05,630 --> 00:48:08,837 l knew Howard made a hopeful play for every woman he ever met, 873 00:48:08,967 --> 00:48:11,672 but l never guessed he'd got around to Gina. 874 00:48:11,804 --> 00:48:14,109 lt had gone further than that, Mr. Kirk. 875 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:18,182 Gina wanted to marry Howard and help him manage Merle's estate, 876 00:48:18,312 --> 00:48:20,349 if only Olivia could have been disposed of. 877 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:25,591 A divorce wasn't the answer because Olivia had such a hold over Merle. 878 00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:27,113 Then Danny came on the scene. 879 00:48:27,155 --> 00:48:30,862 Danny was looking for someone who had entree to the wealthy set. 880 00:48:30,992 --> 00:48:33,230 Gina went along with his plan to steal the necklace 881 00:48:33,362 --> 00:48:36,502 because first he knew that she was wanted by the police back east 882 00:48:36,632 --> 00:48:40,841 and second because it amorded her a pe_ect chance to murder Olivia. 883 00:48:40,971 --> 00:48:44,010 Gina put on an evening gown, slipped quietly through the party, 884 00:48:44,141 --> 00:48:45,867 killed the unconscious Olivia, 885 00:48:45,909 --> 00:48:49,116 and got back in time to meet the messenger who delivered the stolen diamonds. 886 00:48:49,247 --> 00:48:51,040 Oh, that's what you meant 887 00:48:51,082 --> 00:48:54,924 when you said the girl at the motel was not maybe disrobed. 888 00:48:55,054 --> 00:48:56,448 Exactly. 889 00:48:56,490 --> 00:48:58,861 lt was her evening gown Gina didn't want the messenger to see. 890 00:48:58,992 --> 00:49:00,517 And, in the normal course of events, 891 00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:02,388 Danny would have been suspected of the murder. 892 00:49:02,430 --> 00:49:04,767 But things are never normal when little-- 893 00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:08,638 Hey, look at the new dress. 894 00:49:08,769 --> 00:49:10,230 Della picked it out. 895 00:49:10,272 --> 00:49:12,309 Oh, l did not. Isn't she pretty? 896 00:49:12,441 --> 00:49:14,846 Sure is. How about a date? 897 00:49:16,211 --> 00:49:21,723 Merle, l think you owe these people a very, very large encomium. 898 00:49:21,851 --> 00:49:23,212 What for, Julian? 899 00:49:23,254 --> 00:49:25,254 Well-- 900 00:49:25,688 --> 00:49:26,815 thanks. 901 00:49:26,857 --> 00:49:28,418 For saving your life. 902 00:49:28,460 --> 00:49:32,768 Oh, l was going to give them all a big kiss for that, silly. 903 00:49:44,478 --> 00:49:47,483 Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc. Burbank, CA 904 00:49:47,533 --> 00:49:52,083 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0