1 00:00:47,470 --> 00:00:48,470 Thank you. 2 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:21,220 Roy Mooney, I think you're positively the most loathsome person I know. 3 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:22,520 Oh, hey, baby. 4 00:01:22,580 --> 00:01:23,900 What are you doing out so late? 5 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,880 This is the last time you'll ever stand me up. 6 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,300 Stand you up? 7 00:01:31,180 --> 00:01:32,980 Oh, your school dance. 8 00:01:33,820 --> 00:01:36,840 Oh, gee, kid, I'm sorry. I said I'd make it if I could. 9 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,040 You promised. 10 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:41,080 And I told all the kids you were going to be there. 11 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:44,940 And all evening they saw me dancing with just boys. 12 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:46,790 It was humiliating. 13 00:01:47,950 --> 00:01:49,050 Boss made me work. 14 00:01:49,330 --> 00:01:51,490 You used that excuse for my birthday party. 15 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:55,310 And what about last Saturday night? 16 00:01:56,110 --> 00:01:57,110 No transportation. 17 00:01:57,870 --> 00:01:59,930 I mean, how did you expect me to get to town? 18 00:02:00,350 --> 00:02:01,990 Walk? Yes. 19 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:03,590 Seven miles? 20 00:02:04,410 --> 00:02:06,130 I've got better uses for my energy. 21 00:02:08,610 --> 00:02:09,610 Melinda? 22 00:02:12,450 --> 00:02:13,450 What's your hurry? 23 00:02:13,950 --> 00:02:14,950 You just got here. 24 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:17,600 I said what I came to say. 25 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:20,540 That's not what you came for. 26 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:28,260 Oh, Roy. 27 00:02:29,220 --> 00:02:32,600 If it weren't for you, I'd just die in this awful cow town. 28 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:38,880 Why are you so mean to me? 29 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:40,180 I told you. 30 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,380 I've been, you know, busy. 31 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,220 I've got other things to do besides. 32 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,400 But, ma 'am... Sounds like Michael Martin's truck. 33 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:56,320 Come on, if he finds you here, I'll tell your old man. 34 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:57,640 But you've got lipstick. 35 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,940 It's a woman's hanky. What? 36 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,140 Oh, yeah, well, you gave me that the last time we were. 37 00:03:07,380 --> 00:03:08,380 That's not mine. 38 00:03:13,450 --> 00:03:15,730 That's why you've been too busy to keep dates with me. 39 00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:17,110 Who is A? 40 00:03:17,550 --> 00:03:18,550 Come on. 41 00:03:35,310 --> 00:03:36,310 Roy? 42 00:03:36,570 --> 00:03:37,570 Stay here. 43 00:03:37,590 --> 00:03:38,590 I'll get rid of her. 44 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Here, Uncle Martin. 45 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,420 You're supposed to be sorting bulbs. 46 00:03:48,060 --> 00:03:49,060 All finished. 47 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,640 Oh, did you happen to see my wife drive by? Is she back in town yet? 48 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,600 Haven't seen her since she left the house. 49 00:03:58,500 --> 00:03:59,960 What were you doing out there just now? 50 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,160 Chasing away some kids from town. They're all gone now, Uncle Martin. 51 00:04:06,820 --> 00:04:07,820 Are they? 52 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,180 Then whose is this? 53 00:04:13,260 --> 00:04:14,360 And I hadn't noticed it. 54 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,080 I'll teach those delinquents a lesson. All right, now look, Uncle Mark. Give me 55 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,080 a hand. 56 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:28,720 Maybe if they have to walk home once, they'll stay out of it. 57 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,560 Get in. 58 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,720 You said you were finished with those bulbs, didn't you? 59 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,560 Yeah. 60 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,080 Get in the truck. We'll drive you home. 61 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:05,620 Hello there. 62 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,940 Do girls still have to walk home these days? 63 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:09,860 I'm not walking home. 64 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:11,900 Well, you live in town, don't you? 65 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:14,580 Climb in, sweetie. 66 00:05:15,060 --> 00:05:17,420 Virtue needs more reward than it usually gets. 67 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:39,800 Very nice of you. 68 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:42,520 Beat her. 69 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,280 Sub them in warm water and add some salt. 70 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,380 Is that what you did? 71 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,040 On a few occasions. 72 00:05:49,780 --> 00:05:51,460 And a very long time ago. 73 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:53,480 I'm Mrs. Martin Walden. 74 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:54,980 Oh. 75 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:57,020 Oh? 76 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:02,960 I just mean that my father knows your husband. Station KRT concludes its 77 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,640 broadcasting for this day. That's him. Nelson Carr. 78 00:06:04,980 --> 00:06:08,540 Will return to the air at 6 a .m. My husband sold him the radio station. 79 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,560 So you're Melinda Tarr. 80 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,260 Do you know my father? 81 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,100 Yes. 82 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,560 We've met. 83 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:20,800 Is there going to be trouble about your being out so late? 84 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,680 Since my mother died, he's been awful strict. 85 00:06:25,860 --> 00:06:27,580 I just hope I get home first. 86 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:30,320 Well, fasten your safety belt. 87 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,680 If we don't make it in time, tell him you went for a ride with Andy. 88 00:06:34,820 --> 00:06:36,060 That's short for Andrea. 89 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:48,440 Oh, isn't it? 90 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:11,760 Hello? 91 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,280 Oh, hi, Mr. Tarr. 92 00:07:19,690 --> 00:07:20,890 I didn't exactly take her to the dance. 93 00:07:21,410 --> 00:07:22,410 We sort of met there. 94 00:07:22,830 --> 00:07:23,970 Kind of informal, you know. 95 00:07:24,870 --> 00:07:26,410 Apparently, you didn't bring her home either. 96 00:07:28,810 --> 00:07:30,190 What do you mean she took your scooter? 97 00:07:31,210 --> 00:07:33,070 Well, I guess she just felt like a little ride. 98 00:07:34,050 --> 00:07:36,930 She's brought it lots of times, but she knows I don't need it. I'll see that she 99 00:07:36,930 --> 00:07:37,930 gets it back to you, Jimmy. 100 00:07:38,230 --> 00:07:39,230 Good night. 101 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:43,730 The lights are on. 102 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:46,850 Your father must have run all the way home from his radio station. 103 00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:48,670 It's only a couple of blocks. 104 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,920 Thank you very much, Mrs. Walden. 105 00:07:52,780 --> 00:07:55,720 Sweetie, don't get involved with the wrong kind of boy. 106 00:07:56,660 --> 00:07:59,500 Next time you might have to walk the whole seven miles home. 107 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,460 Oh, I must have dropped my hanky. 108 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:11,840 No, it's mine. 109 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,440 Good night. 110 00:08:21,610 --> 00:08:24,830 I was under the impression curfew was 11 o 'clock. I'm sorry. 111 00:08:26,530 --> 00:08:27,530 Who brought you home? 112 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:29,090 Andrea Walden. 113 00:08:30,230 --> 00:08:32,470 The both of you on a motor scooter? 114 00:08:33,190 --> 00:08:34,190 Scooter? 115 00:08:35,809 --> 00:08:37,710 Daddy, did you have to check up on me? 116 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:40,289 Linda, I did not check. 117 00:08:41,230 --> 00:08:44,110 What about Jimmy's scooter? You know he needs it for his deliveries. 118 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:45,590 I don't have it. 119 00:08:46,370 --> 00:08:49,130 I mean, it broke down. That's why I had to walk home. 120 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,800 I'll get it back tomorrow. Don't worry. 121 00:08:54,580 --> 00:08:57,080 She says you used to call her Andy. 122 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,640 Oh, Melinda. 123 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:08,340 I... I wish you would stay away from Mrs. Walden. 124 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,120 Why? Is something the matter with her? 125 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,360 Just because she used to be an actress? 126 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,000 No, of course not. It's just that there's a peculiar situation there. 127 00:09:18,730 --> 00:09:21,110 I mean, I might have some business problems with her husband. 128 00:09:21,550 --> 00:09:22,590 She's so beautiful. 129 00:09:23,170 --> 00:09:24,990 I bet a lot of men are in love with her. 130 00:09:25,330 --> 00:09:26,770 That's no way to talk about her, Melinda. 131 00:09:26,990 --> 00:09:27,990 She's a married woman. 132 00:09:29,830 --> 00:09:30,830 Yes, I know. 133 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:43,750 How was the movie? 134 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:46,890 There were a couple of old friends in the cast. That was fun. 135 00:09:47,530 --> 00:09:48,570 Made you homesick, eh? 136 00:09:48,870 --> 00:09:49,950 Not particularly. 137 00:09:50,350 --> 00:09:53,170 They're still playing second leads. I probably would be, too. 138 00:09:55,090 --> 00:09:56,790 You see anybody you knew in town? 139 00:09:57,450 --> 00:09:58,450 Just your sister. 140 00:09:59,170 --> 00:10:01,350 Frances? She never goes to the movies. 141 00:10:02,990 --> 00:10:05,190 I saw her in front of the hospital. 142 00:10:06,530 --> 00:10:09,750 Oh, I did pick up a girl on the road. She was walking home from a date. 143 00:10:11,490 --> 00:10:12,630 I bet she was. 144 00:10:13,410 --> 00:10:16,010 Maybe those kids will think twice about trespassing after this. 145 00:10:16,780 --> 00:10:17,920 What did you do to them? 146 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,120 I found the motor scooter down by the greenhouse, so I locked it up. 147 00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:22,820 You didn't. 148 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,900 Martin, you'll make a lot of friends that way. 149 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:32,000 It's one thing I don't worry about. My wife has all the friends. 150 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:33,540 And away we go. 151 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,020 Martin, can't you for once... Who was it this time? Tell the truth now. 152 00:10:38,420 --> 00:10:39,680 Well, don't you already know? 153 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,460 I'm surprised you didn't follow me. 154 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:45,100 By any chance, are you riding a motor scooter these nights? 155 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,300 You're asking if it was me down by the green. 156 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:53,580 Where Roy Mooney works. 157 00:10:54,180 --> 00:10:55,600 Oh, that's very flattering. 158 00:10:56,020 --> 00:10:57,500 Me in the hired hand. 159 00:10:57,820 --> 00:10:59,460 And your own nephew at that. 160 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,100 I noticed you mending a shirt for him the other day. And he is a man, isn't 161 00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:04,560 Martin, I think you're sick. 162 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,260 I'm going to bed before I... 163 00:11:25,130 --> 00:11:27,310 Mr. Pinner, Martin Walden. 164 00:11:29,110 --> 00:11:30,430 I want you to come out here tomorrow. 165 00:11:30,730 --> 00:11:32,490 I have a certain legal matter for you to handle. 166 00:11:33,570 --> 00:11:35,670 It isn't my scooter, Roy. 167 00:11:36,050 --> 00:11:37,430 I've got to get it back. 168 00:11:38,110 --> 00:11:40,470 I told you, Walden's got it locked up. 169 00:11:40,990 --> 00:11:43,330 He says the owner can come and get it any time. 170 00:11:44,490 --> 00:11:46,250 But I can't go to him. 171 00:11:46,950 --> 00:11:51,110 If he finds out it was me, he might tell my father. 172 00:11:52,330 --> 00:11:53,790 Doesn't your old man approve of me? 173 00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:56,640 He doesn't even know about you. 174 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,420 I'm afraid he wouldn't if he did. 175 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:00,960 Please, Roy. 176 00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:03,260 Mr. Walden's your uncle. 177 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:04,940 That doesn't mean a thing. 178 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:13,460 Then what about his wife? 179 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:15,740 What about her? 180 00:12:17,220 --> 00:12:19,660 Well, maybe she could be persuaded to help. 181 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:21,680 Why should she? 182 00:12:24,170 --> 00:12:30,050 Maybe to make sure that nothing leaked out about her and a certain gentleman. 183 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:32,270 Don't call me names. 184 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:34,290 And keep your voice down. 185 00:12:34,850 --> 00:12:40,350 They're talking about that Mrs. Walden. I wonder who she's playing around with 186 00:12:40,350 --> 00:12:41,350 now. 187 00:12:44,370 --> 00:12:45,590 Did you hear anything? 188 00:12:46,130 --> 00:12:47,690 What? Who is it? 189 00:12:48,630 --> 00:12:49,630 Tell me. 190 00:12:50,570 --> 00:12:52,980 No. No, you just spread it all over town. 191 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:54,400 I ought to slap your face. 192 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,100 Anyway, I already know who it is. 193 00:12:57,660 --> 00:12:59,080 That Mr. Hearn at the bank. 194 00:12:59,420 --> 00:13:00,420 Chris Hearn. 195 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,520 No, that's old stuff. 196 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:04,780 It's somebody else now. 197 00:13:21,340 --> 00:13:24,340 You know, Aunt Frances, when those kids get through shooting out their mouths, 198 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:26,360 Andrea isn't the only one who may have to leave town. 199 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,060 Have you grown fond of living here? 200 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:30,620 It's the end of nowhere. 201 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:33,840 Listen, the sooner I leave Palmetto, the better I'll like it. But I want to go 202 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:34,719 on one piece. 203 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,620 Nonsense, Roy. You're being well paid for any risks you'd have to take. 204 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,040 Yeah. 205 00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:41,040 But how much will you make out of it? 206 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,680 I'm not doing this for money. It's to protect Martin. 207 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,600 Given enough time, that woman would ruin him. 208 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:51,260 Ah, come off it. You're not paying me a thousand dollars to frame her unless... 209 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:52,460 Don't you talk to me like that. 210 00:13:53,780 --> 00:13:56,400 I'm only exposing Andrea for what she really is. 211 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:58,620 A grasping, immoral woman. 212 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,300 She's just been too clever to get caught. 213 00:14:02,260 --> 00:14:06,020 But this time, I'm going to make sure the whole town knows. 214 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,000 Then Martin will have to divorce her. 215 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,880 And then you'll move back out to the farm, huh? 216 00:14:13,180 --> 00:14:15,020 If my brother asks me to, yes. 217 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,360 He needs someone to take care of him. 218 00:14:27,140 --> 00:14:31,260 Look, Mr. Hearn, I know the bank is closed, but if I could just talk to you 219 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:32,260 about this. 220 00:14:33,020 --> 00:14:34,440 I've just been reading your letter. 221 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Well, sure. 222 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,360 Thank you, Mr. Hearn. I'll be over there in five minutes. Thank you. 223 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,020 Oh, Harvey, will you watch the store? I've got to go over to the bank. 224 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:48,480 May I come in? 225 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,360 Of course. 226 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:52,620 Andy, what's wrong with that crazy husband of yours? 227 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,000 Do you know what he's done about my station here? 228 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,680 He sold my note on it to the bank. Now they're threatening to foreclose. 229 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,420 Unless I come up with the first three months' payments, they'll take the 230 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:04,100 away from me and... And Nelson. 231 00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:08,820 Andy. 232 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,120 What's the matter? 233 00:15:11,860 --> 00:15:13,120 Well, I'm leaving, Martin. 234 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,200 You're what? 235 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,920 Well, I really don't have much choice. You see, he almost threw me out of the 236 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:20,920 house just now. 237 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:27,440 Why? What possible reason could... I told you, dear, to keep up with the 238 00:15:27,540 --> 00:15:29,820 Everyone else knows what a wicked woman I am. 239 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,800 Will you stop talking nonsense? 240 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:36,840 Well, he's become more and more suspicious. 241 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,460 Today, he became almost completely insane. 242 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,480 I guess he's heard some new silly gossip. 243 00:15:45,530 --> 00:15:47,470 He almost started hitting me. 244 00:15:48,930 --> 00:15:55,870 And, uh, Nelson... Wendy, 245 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:57,670 can you stay here for a while? 246 00:15:58,150 --> 00:16:01,490 I've got to go over to the bank, but I'll be right back. 247 00:16:02,310 --> 00:16:03,310 I'll help you with this. 248 00:16:04,950 --> 00:16:05,950 Honest, I will. 249 00:16:11,970 --> 00:16:14,550 Well, I'm surprised that Mr. Walden didn't inform you himself. 250 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:17,800 The first I knew was when I got your letter, Mr. Hearn. 251 00:16:18,580 --> 00:16:21,740 It was the bank's business to see the payments are made promptly, including 252 00:16:21,740 --> 00:16:24,280 delinquent installments. I haven't paid anything on the principal for three 253 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,660 months. That was part of my agreement with Walden. 254 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:29,840 I was to pay the interest payments for the first six months. 255 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:32,540 Oh, really? Well, I'll have to check over those contracts again. 256 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,800 It was a verbal agreement. 257 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:39,580 Oh, I see. 258 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:41,940 Well, you certainly know that that isn't binding. 259 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:44,780 Now, Mr. Tarr, we want you to make a go of this venture. 260 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,240 How long do I have? 261 00:16:47,780 --> 00:16:53,260 Well, uh... Let's say we could stretch ourselves to... 262 00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:56,900 The end of the month? 263 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,960 Or your foreclose. Well, let's not consider that possibility yet. 264 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:02,180 Well, let's. 265 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,560 I want you to talk to somebody who understands all the legal words. 266 00:17:06,940 --> 00:17:07,940 May I? 267 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,160 Go right ahead. 268 00:17:12,110 --> 00:17:15,710 Yes, I understand your bank's position, Mr. Hearn. It was a sale with recourse. 269 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:18,710 As I think I have the general idea. 270 00:17:20,150 --> 00:17:22,170 Would you put Nelson Tarr back on the phone, please? 271 00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:27,290 Nelson, I'd like to read that contract. 272 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:31,070 In fact, I wish I'd read it before you signed it. 273 00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:33,290 Well, just keep it simple, Perry. 274 00:17:33,650 --> 00:17:36,950 I'm a radio announcer. I don't want to get into a big legal hassle. 275 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,520 A sale with recourse means the bank can come back on Walden for any payments you 276 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:42,520 fail to make. 277 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,940 If he doesn't pay, the bank can foreclose. 278 00:17:46,140 --> 00:17:47,440 And there goes my down payment? 279 00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:48,699 That's right. 280 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:51,540 But that's $29 ,000. Every cent I can scrape together. 281 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,500 It's still possible Walden might honor that verbal agreement. 282 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,100 At least you'd have your six months. 283 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,380 Of course I'll give it a try. 284 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:02,980 All right, Nelson. 285 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,240 Goodbye. 286 00:18:04,780 --> 00:18:06,680 Do you want me to cancel your appointment? 287 00:18:07,230 --> 00:18:10,110 Well, certainly Nelson Tarr can't afford to lose $29 ,000. 288 00:18:27,490 --> 00:18:28,830 Chris, Andrea Walden. 289 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:30,870 Well, hello, stranger. 290 00:18:32,250 --> 00:18:33,810 How did you know I was working late? 291 00:18:34,090 --> 00:18:36,090 Well, I just took a chance. I hope I'm not interrupting. 292 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:37,760 Well, never. 293 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:39,660 Nelson Tarr? 294 00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:41,820 No, he bolted out of here about an hour ago. 295 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,020 I think he went out to do battle with your husband. 296 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:45,540 Aren't you at home? 297 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,060 Well, no, I'm still in town waiting. 298 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,920 What I mean is, I called the house and nobody answered. I guess they could be 299 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:52,920 down at the greenhouse. 300 00:18:53,180 --> 00:18:54,180 Thanks, Chris. 301 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,680 Mr. Walton? 302 00:19:00,820 --> 00:19:03,280 It's Melinda Tarr. I came out to get my scooter. 303 00:19:06,169 --> 00:19:08,070 Mr. Walden, are you in there? 304 00:20:04,790 --> 00:20:05,990 Mr. Walden. Take it easy. 305 00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:08,110 I'll get you out of here in a moment. 306 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:09,510 He's in the greenhouse. 307 00:20:09,970 --> 00:20:11,030 I think he's dead. 308 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:13,310 What? 309 00:20:19,110 --> 00:20:20,430 Here, I'll take care of him. I'm a noose. 310 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:21,890 Oh, thank God you've come along. 311 00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:25,850 I'm afraid she's badly hurt. 312 00:20:27,210 --> 00:20:28,930 She's all right. Can you help me get her to my car? 313 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:44,280 My name is Pinter. 314 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:46,520 I was on my way to see Martin Walden. 315 00:20:46,780 --> 00:20:48,420 Maybe you know him. He's my brother. 316 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,840 Oh, I'm a lawyer. Here's my card. 317 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,360 We've got to get her to the hospital. 318 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:54,720 I'll follow you in a few minutes. 319 00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:57,620 The girl mumbled something just before passing out. 320 00:20:58,500 --> 00:20:59,860 I think it should be looked into. 321 00:21:06,820 --> 00:21:07,679 Calling Mr. 322 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,200 Nelson Tarr. Is he there, please? 323 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Thank you. 324 00:21:13,630 --> 00:21:15,470 David Pinter, attorney at law. 325 00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:19,390 It's funny Mr. Walden would bring a lawyer over from Vegas. 326 00:21:20,210 --> 00:21:22,350 That's what the man told me, George, and he gave me his card. 327 00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:24,010 I don't know anything more than that. 328 00:21:24,550 --> 00:21:27,590 Any lawyer who doesn't know the law is covering motor vehicle accidents. 329 00:21:28,150 --> 00:21:29,710 He said he'd follow me into town. 330 00:21:30,110 --> 00:21:33,650 Well, if he doesn't show in a couple more minutes... Honey, get me to the 331 00:21:33,650 --> 00:21:34,650 station, will you? 332 00:21:35,290 --> 00:21:36,290 Doctor? 333 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,640 A nice, solid concussion, but the x -rays show no fracture. 334 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,420 Here you are, Chief Delahunty. Apparently, the station's been trying to 335 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,280 Sergeant, there's a man named David Pinter driving a blue... Where? 336 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:52,520 Pinter's over there now? 337 00:21:54,340 --> 00:21:55,340 Oh. 338 00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:58,300 Yeah, right away. 339 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,240 Tell him to wait for me. 340 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,700 Stick around a minute, will you, Doc? 341 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:08,510 Ma 'am, I'm afraid I have to tell you your brother, Mr. Walden, is dead. 342 00:22:13,910 --> 00:22:16,010 Probably smashed on the temple with that pot. 343 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:17,930 And you think it was murder. 344 00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:20,850 Well, there are handier ways to commit suicide. 345 00:22:21,310 --> 00:22:22,990 But the door was locked from the inside. 346 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:25,190 I had to break the glass there to get in. 347 00:22:25,790 --> 00:22:26,789 Spring lock. 348 00:22:26,790 --> 00:22:29,510 All the killer would have had to do was close the door behind him. 349 00:22:31,050 --> 00:22:33,510 I wish I knew what that tar girl was doing out here. 350 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,280 The kid on the scooter? 351 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:38,720 Oh, come on, Chief. She's only a child. 352 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,720 Sure, sure. And Mr. Walden was only the richest man in town. 353 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,120 No brother is this one going to be trouble. 354 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:47,740 Nelson? 355 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Mr. Tree. 356 00:22:49,540 --> 00:22:50,540 Perry. 357 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:53,120 Thank you for coming out. 358 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,700 But it's too late. 359 00:22:56,020 --> 00:22:58,760 We heard your newscast about Mr. Walden on the car radio. 360 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,260 I saved one item just for you. 361 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:04,800 I guess I'm the one who killed him. 362 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,660 You guess you're the one. We went out there to discuss that verbal agreement, 363 00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:13,020 but it didn't take too long to turn into a verbal disagreement. 364 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:19,340 Walden got personal, and I belted him in the mouth. 365 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,640 Sit down, then. 366 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 All right. 367 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:29,760 Then what happened? 368 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,540 He went down, and he cracked his head against the table. 369 00:23:32,830 --> 00:23:35,070 He said on the newscast he was struck with a flowerpot. 370 00:23:35,290 --> 00:23:38,310 There was a police theory until I told him what had happened. 371 00:23:39,270 --> 00:23:43,850 Walden must have knocked the flowerpot off the table when he fell against it. 372 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:45,810 Why didn't the police hold you? 373 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:48,350 Bank manager, Mr. Hearn, put up the bail. 374 00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:50,030 Keeped the station operating. 375 00:23:50,590 --> 00:23:51,690 So you're out on bail. 376 00:23:51,950 --> 00:23:52,970 What was the charge? 377 00:23:54,150 --> 00:23:57,950 Manslaughter. Nelson, what time did your fight with Walden occur? 378 00:23:58,810 --> 00:24:04,290 Oh... Just a little after 6 .30, I was listening to the garden hour on my way 379 00:24:04,290 --> 00:24:08,110 out to Walden's. How did it happen that the police didn't get there until well 380 00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:09,110 after 7 .30? 381 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:14,010 Because of Melinda's accident, I guess. She was out there around 7, but she fell 382 00:24:14,010 --> 00:24:16,530 off a scooter while going for help. 383 00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:20,030 But she told this guy Pinter, a stranger. 384 00:24:20,410 --> 00:24:24,210 I guess he couldn't even find a greenhouse for a while. 385 00:24:24,690 --> 00:24:26,710 Excuse me. Just a moment, please. 386 00:24:26,930 --> 00:24:27,930 Thank you. 387 00:24:31,629 --> 00:24:32,629 Hello. 388 00:24:33,390 --> 00:24:34,390 You're Perry Mason. 389 00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:36,190 David Pinter. I practice in Las Vegas. 390 00:24:36,410 --> 00:24:37,410 Oh, yes, Mr. Pinter. 391 00:24:37,650 --> 00:24:40,710 Well, I see somebody didn't waste any time getting a lawyer out from the city. 392 00:24:41,330 --> 00:24:42,750 Well, maybe I shouldn't have said that. 393 00:24:43,030 --> 00:24:45,490 Well, I didn't intend to publicize it for a while. 394 00:24:46,410 --> 00:24:48,250 Well, maybe I didn't recognize you then. 395 00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:49,530 That help? 396 00:24:49,650 --> 00:24:51,830 It would help more if you'd give me what you know. 397 00:24:52,530 --> 00:24:56,830 Mr. Walden had asked me to drive over to discuss a legal problem. 398 00:24:57,690 --> 00:25:00,410 Just as I turned off the highway... 399 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,760 The scooter was right there in my headlights. 400 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,940 The girls are right this morning, isn't she? 401 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:07,860 Ordering milkshakes already. 402 00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:12,500 I can tell you that was a pretty shaky moment last night. 403 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,740 The girl bleeding, dying for all I knew. 404 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:19,140 Mumbling something about Mr. Walden being dead in the greenhouse. 405 00:25:20,540 --> 00:25:21,960 Luckily, that nurse came by. 406 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,280 What nurse? 407 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:26,380 Mr. Walden's sister, Frances. She's very efficient. 408 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:28,680 Where did she come from? 409 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:31,660 I don't know. There are a lot of roads through there, I suppose. 410 00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:35,640 I really don't know where she came from. 411 00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:39,160 I had some business to discuss with my brother. 412 00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:43,980 I drove out to his place, but I walked in on a domestic quarrel. 413 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,380 So I backed out again. 414 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,940 I went for a drive. 415 00:25:48,940 --> 00:25:51,580 I thought that by suppertime, things would have settled down a bit. 416 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,520 I was just on my way back when I saw the accident. 417 00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:58,580 Miss Walden, you don't have to answer this next question. 418 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,780 I don't have to answer any of your questions, do I? 419 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,960 Mr. Pinter, was Martin Walden's legal problem a divorce action? 420 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,720 I don't think I ought to discuss that. 421 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,360 Most of your work is in divorce, isn't it? 422 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:16,560 Yes. When did my brother decide on a divorce? 423 00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:20,360 He first considered it about two years ago and then changed his mind. 424 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,480 Then he came to my office last week. Last week? 425 00:26:23,820 --> 00:26:25,660 You had no inkling of this, Miss Walden? 426 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:31,300 He did phone me from Las Vegas, but I thought he was up there to... No, he 427 00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:33,160 certainly didn't say anything about a divorce. 428 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,440 But I imagine the grounds were infidelity. 429 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:39,440 Does that answer your question? 430 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:41,060 Yes, thank you. 431 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,400 But it poses another one. 432 00:26:43,660 --> 00:26:44,900 The name of the other man. 433 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,480 I couldn't tell you. 434 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,760 It may be common knowledge around town, but I simply don't know. 435 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:02,760 Yes, I understand, Mr. Hilbert. Why does the police need to come here again? 436 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:05,880 Oh, you mean to the house. 437 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,440 Well, I've certainly tried to answer everything as best I know how. 438 00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:21,720 Of course, Mr. Hilbert. 439 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:25,380 There's someone at the door and... All right. 440 00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:27,220 Yes, I'll be here. 441 00:27:35,699 --> 00:27:37,600 Mrs. Walden, my name is Perry Mason. 442 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,060 Oh, yes, I heard you were in town. 443 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000 May I come in? 444 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,080 What is it you want, Mr. Mason? 445 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,880 Well, I wanted to meet you. I've heard a good deal about you. 446 00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:55,220 I can imagine. 447 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,880 They say lovely things about me in Palmetto. 448 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,480 That attitude may well change now. 449 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:04,320 Oh, do you really think my bereavement will win that much sympathy? 450 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 I couldn't say. 451 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,420 But the richest woman in any town usually commands respect. 452 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,760 Oh, look, I'm just all upset now. 453 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,160 The district attorney just phoned and... Well, if you're here about Nelson Tarr, 454 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:19,620 I mean if you're his lawyer... 455 00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:29,760 Now, 456 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,500 wait a minute. I've got a right to be here. This is my uncle's house. 457 00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:34,580 Hello, Andrea. 458 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:37,620 I just came over to see if there was anything I could do. 459 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,340 Mr. Mason, Roy Mooney. 460 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:42,440 Roy Mooney? 461 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,920 Why, yes. 462 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,980 Melinda Tarr was telling my secretary... Now, it's a lie. 463 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,500 Whatever Melinda says about Andrea and me. 464 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:52,180 Why would she lie? 465 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,440 Because she's jealous. 466 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:55,140 For no good reason at all. 467 00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:58,740 Just kid gossip, so don't go making something out of my being here. 468 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,940 I just came over to pick up a jacket she was mending for me. That's all. 469 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,880 I don't think you're helping the situation any, Roy. 470 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:08,100 Now, look, there's nothing between Mrs. Walden and me. 471 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,320 Nothing. Tell him, Andrea. 472 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:13,780 I doubt that Mr. Mason wants to be lied to. 473 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,820 Mrs. Walden, my only concern is in trying to help Nelson Tarr, so... So now 474 00:29:18,820 --> 00:29:20,760 you've found out what you wanted to find, isn't that right? 475 00:29:21,780 --> 00:29:22,900 Goodbye, Mr. Mason. 476 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:28,580 No, listen to me. Wait. 477 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,680 I only came in here to get... 478 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,650 You let them think we were... Why didn't you tell them the truth? 479 00:29:36,130 --> 00:29:38,110 Isn't this what you've been wanting people to believe? 480 00:29:38,670 --> 00:29:40,470 No, now they've got to know the truth. 481 00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:43,630 Frank, what are you trying to do? 482 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:45,930 The truth according to Aunt Frances. 483 00:29:46,690 --> 00:29:50,830 I know what you've been doing, and I know who put you up to it. Now you live 484 00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:52,010 with your lying gossip. 485 00:29:53,570 --> 00:29:58,770 Mr. Hale, my client has already admitted punching Walden. I know, I know, and in 486 00:29:58,770 --> 00:30:02,350 California. A killing with a pistol is presumed to be a manslaughter, but here, 487 00:30:02,470 --> 00:30:03,690 take a look at this. 488 00:30:05,590 --> 00:30:06,590 Coroner's report? 489 00:30:07,850 --> 00:30:09,250 Oh, the flowerpot. 490 00:30:10,650 --> 00:30:15,050 Well, Walden knocked it off the table when he fell. No, Mr. Mason, the pot 491 00:30:15,050 --> 00:30:15,829 didn't fall. 492 00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:18,270 It was swung with enormous and willful force. 493 00:30:18,890 --> 00:30:20,910 In other words, Martin Walden was murdered. 494 00:30:21,730 --> 00:30:25,210 Well, I suspected almost from the start that someone had gone into the 495 00:30:25,210 --> 00:30:26,710 greenhouse after Nelson left. 496 00:30:27,950 --> 00:30:33,430 And since certain people would stand to profit greatly from the death of such a 497 00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:39,070 wealthy man... Chris? 498 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:40,370 Come in here, please. 499 00:30:43,830 --> 00:30:44,930 This is Mr. Hearn. 500 00:30:45,130 --> 00:30:48,270 He's manager of the bank. He handled all of Walden's affairs. 501 00:30:48,610 --> 00:30:50,070 And now, what are his local investments, remember? 502 00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:52,070 He had holdings elsewhere? 503 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:53,650 Well, so I was led to believe. 504 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,420 But for some time, he'd been selling off his property in town to reinvest in Los 505 00:30:57,420 --> 00:30:58,540 Angeles, so he said. 506 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,840 Now, the district attorney asked me to investigate, and I found out there were 507 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:02,840 no such investments. 508 00:31:03,580 --> 00:31:05,520 Apparently, Mr. Walden died almost bankrupt. 509 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,200 Perhaps his wife was unaware of that fact. 510 00:31:08,820 --> 00:31:09,779 No, no. 511 00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:12,420 I think Andrea had a pretty good idea of this all the time. 512 00:31:12,660 --> 00:31:17,960 Then a man with ambition who might have been close to his wife... I see you've 513 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,780 already heard some of our gossip, Mr. Mason. 514 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,680 Well, let's just say I think I know the name of the man. His name is Mr. Tarr. 515 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,580 Isn't it true that you were Andrea Walden's lover before and after she 516 00:31:28,580 --> 00:31:29,580 Walden? 517 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,040 No, that is not true. 518 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,960 Well, I guess we'll just have to prove that in court, won't we? 519 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,820 Mr. Mason, we're charging your client with first -degree murder. 520 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:47,380 Then what happened, Melinda? 521 00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:50,410 Well, I had to get back the scooter. 522 00:31:50,690 --> 00:31:52,310 Jim needed it for his delivery. 523 00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:57,370 So I phoned Mr. Walden and he said to come out and get it. He'd leave it down 524 00:31:57,370 --> 00:31:58,370 the greenhouse. 525 00:31:58,450 --> 00:31:59,650 He agreed so easily? 526 00:32:00,090 --> 00:32:02,730 Well, I did have to beg him a little. 527 00:32:03,150 --> 00:32:07,650 In my office, didn't you tell me you had to appeal to Mr. Walden on the basis of 528 00:32:07,650 --> 00:32:08,770 a family friendship? 529 00:32:09,570 --> 00:32:12,830 Well, my father did buy the radio station from him. 530 00:32:13,530 --> 00:32:15,970 And that's what persuaded him to release the scooter? 531 00:32:17,290 --> 00:32:18,870 Maybe not exactly, no. 532 00:32:19,110 --> 00:32:20,570 Well, what else did you tell him? 533 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:27,390 Well, I mentioned that my father was also a friend of Mrs. Walden. 534 00:32:27,950 --> 00:32:30,230 But didn't Mr. Walden already know that? 535 00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:33,610 Well, I thought he did, or I wouldn't have said anything. 536 00:32:34,890 --> 00:32:36,570 But I guess he didn't. 537 00:32:37,130 --> 00:32:43,390 I didn't know it myself until... Oh, Daddy, I'm sorry. 538 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,620 Mr. Walden came to my office in Las Vegas about two years ago and consulted 539 00:32:51,620 --> 00:32:52,620 about a divorce. 540 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,260 Apparently, there was a reconciliation because he dropped the matter. 541 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,900 Did you have any further contact with him after that? 542 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:01,380 Not professionally. 543 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,720 I frequently ran into him in the casinos, however. 544 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,520 You mean he was gambling? 545 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,860 Well, uh, losing would be a more accurate description. 546 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:17,120 I remember seeing him drop nearly $10 ,000 on two different occasions. 547 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,380 A couple of weeks ago, the matter of the divorce came up again. 548 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,680 And the night before the murder, he called me and asked me to drive over 549 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,000 see him. For what purpose? 550 00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:30,940 Well, he didn't specify on the telephone. 551 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:36,460 However, he had on several occasions mentioned that if the divorce were to 552 00:33:36,460 --> 00:33:38,020 up again, he wanted me to represent him. 553 00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:41,880 So I assumed that that was the legal problem he referred to. 554 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,820 Did he ever indicate to you what would be his grounds for divorce? 555 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,680 Not in so many words. 556 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:53,000 He did mention, however, that his wife was having an affair with, as he put it, 557 00:33:53,060 --> 00:33:55,680 one of her old Hollywood cronies. 558 00:33:56,980 --> 00:34:00,820 Well, for the past two years, Mr. Walden has disposed of holdings worth no less 559 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:02,180 than a quarter of a million dollars. 560 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,280 So that on the day of his death, how much was left? 561 00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:08,880 Well, practically nothing. 562 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,560 And as far as I've been able to find out, everything is gone. 563 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,080 Mr. Hearn, besides yourself, was there anyone else in Palmetto who might have 564 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,179 known the deceased was approaching bankruptcy? 565 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,480 Well, as far as I know, just his wife. 566 00:34:24,380 --> 00:34:25,380 Mr. Mason? 567 00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:29,460 Mr. Hearn? 568 00:34:31,260 --> 00:34:35,159 Was it through you that Mrs. Walden learned of her husband's insolvency? 569 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,260 Well, I told her that Martin had lost a great deal of money, and if he didn't 570 00:34:39,260 --> 00:34:40,940 stop making bad investments, he'd go broke. 571 00:34:41,469 --> 00:34:44,110 Was concern for him your only motive, Mr. Hearn? 572 00:34:44,489 --> 00:34:45,690 It was a sufficient one. 573 00:34:46,330 --> 00:34:50,409 Weren't you perhaps motivated by friendship and concern for Mrs. Walden? 574 00:34:51,050 --> 00:34:54,190 Well, yes, I consider Mrs. Walden a friend, but that's all she's ever been, 575 00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:56,510 regardless of any gossip you might have picked up along the way. 576 00:34:56,969 --> 00:35:00,230 If there was any truth in such gossip, do you think for one minute Mr. Walden 577 00:35:00,230 --> 00:35:01,570 would have continued to have done business with me? 578 00:35:02,750 --> 00:35:04,270 I'm sure I don't know, Mr. Hearn. 579 00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:06,510 That's all. 580 00:35:08,850 --> 00:35:10,710 The witness may step down. 581 00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:12,190 I call Dr. 582 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:13,350 Holden to the stand. 583 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:19,810 The cause of death was a blow on the temple by a heavy object. From the tiny 584 00:35:19,810 --> 00:35:24,870 fragments embedded in the wound, I'm satisfied that Martin Walden was struck 585 00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:25,808 a flower pot. 586 00:35:25,810 --> 00:35:27,430 Thank you, doctor. No more questions. 587 00:35:27,630 --> 00:35:28,630 Your witness. 588 00:35:29,690 --> 00:35:34,150 From previous testimony, doctor, the time of death has been put forth as 589 00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:35,870 approximately 6 .30 p .m. 590 00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:38,710 Now, couldn't you be a little more definite? 591 00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:41,420 Fixing a time of death is always a bit speculative. 592 00:35:42,860 --> 00:35:49,360 And in this case, our most reliable factor of measurement, body temperature, 593 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,620 been confused by the place where the murder occurred. 594 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:58,720 The extreme temperature in the hothouse probably inhibited the rate of cooling 595 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:04,580 of the body so that... What you're saying is that in this case, the time of 596 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:07,500 death cannot be determined with any accuracy whatsoever. 597 00:36:08,140 --> 00:36:12,160 No, no, it really can't. And therefore, the murder may have been committed an 598 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,440 hour later than 6 .30. 599 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:17,480 Well, uh, an hour later or even an hour earlier. 600 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:20,220 Earlier, Doctor? 601 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,440 Well, there's really, uh, there's really no way of pinpointing it. 602 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:25,540 Thank you very much. 603 00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:27,980 Is that me? 604 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:32,020 Maybe somebody finished Walden off after I left the room. Oh, Andrea Walden. Or 605 00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:33,020 before. 606 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,160 You mean he was already dead when I got there? 607 00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:39,060 Don't you know? 608 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,320 Look, I told you I had a quarrel with him, and I hit him. 609 00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:44,280 You think I'd lie about a thing like that? 610 00:36:45,060 --> 00:36:47,300 You might, if you're protecting someone. 611 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:50,700 Be seated. How are you? 612 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,540 Yes, I knew Nelson Taro when we both worked together in radio years ago. 613 00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:59,740 Mrs. Walden, some years ago, was an operation performed on you in a Los 614 00:36:59,740 --> 00:37:01,880 hospital? Yes, for appendicitis. 615 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,580 I hold here in my hand a statement from that hospital showing the bill was paid 616 00:37:06,580 --> 00:37:07,549 in full. 617 00:37:07,550 --> 00:37:08,550 By the defendant. 618 00:37:09,150 --> 00:37:12,530 That was a loan. I repaid it as soon as I got back to work. 619 00:37:12,750 --> 00:37:14,350 Is that the only way you repaid him? 620 00:37:15,570 --> 00:37:19,690 I'm referring, Mrs. Walden, to the purchase by the defendant of your 621 00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:20,690 radio station. 622 00:37:20,910 --> 00:37:22,530 I told him it was for sale. 623 00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:24,350 Was your husband aware of what you did? 624 00:37:25,050 --> 00:37:30,610 No. But Martin was anxious to dispose of the property, and I knew Nelson Tarr 625 00:37:30,610 --> 00:37:32,670 had always wanted to own a small radio station. 626 00:37:33,130 --> 00:37:36,190 Did the defendant tell you this before moving to Palmetto? 627 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,120 It was in a letter. 628 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,920 Oh, then you'd been corresponding with him. Just Christmas cards, nothing more, 629 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,220 with occasionally a note enclosed. 630 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,440 What were your relations with the defendant after he came to Palmetto? We 631 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,060 friends, though we seldom saw each other. 632 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:56,100 Mrs. Walden, in a statement given by you in my office, did you not admit to 633 00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:59,340 several recent clandestine meetings with the defendant at out -of -the -way 634 00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:00,340 roadhouses? 635 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:05,000 Well, I, um... I met Nelson a few times. 636 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:09,290 But it was only because I was so upset about Martin, you see. And weren't you 637 00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:12,690 concerned about my discovering this, you tried to lead people to believe it was 638 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,030 Roy Mooney you were involved with? 639 00:38:14,470 --> 00:38:17,910 No, I mean, I didn't want people finding out. And on the day of the murder, 640 00:38:18,050 --> 00:38:21,410 wasn't Nelson Tarr the man whom your husband accused you of having an affair 641 00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:25,850 with? But that wasn't true. Thank you, Mrs. Walden. I believe that's all. 642 00:38:27,010 --> 00:38:30,910 Mr. Mason, Mrs. Walden, how did you meet your husband? 643 00:38:31,250 --> 00:38:33,150 Well, he wanted to publicize his nursery. 644 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:35,650 in the garden supplement of the Sunday papers. 645 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:40,390 The advertising agency wanted a layout with a girl in it. I got the job and 646 00:38:40,390 --> 00:38:41,390 up here with a photographer. 647 00:38:42,290 --> 00:38:45,670 Naturally, I met Mr. Walden, and after that, he came to Hollywood several times 648 00:38:45,670 --> 00:38:49,930 to see me. After you were married, did he become jealous, possessive? 649 00:38:50,930 --> 00:38:55,330 Yes. And did he ever accuse you of being involved with other men? 650 00:38:56,790 --> 00:38:58,710 Yes. Nelson Tarr, for one? 651 00:38:59,150 --> 00:39:02,010 It didn't matter. It was any man. He pulled names out of the air. 652 00:39:02,270 --> 00:39:06,710 Now, following the quarrel on the day of the murder, what did you do? 653 00:39:07,130 --> 00:39:08,130 Well, I left the house. 654 00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:13,850 And? And I took my troubles to Nelson Tarr. According to previous testimony, 655 00:39:13,850 --> 00:39:17,850 defendant left the radio station to go to the bank and later to the greenhouse. 656 00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:21,610 Now, how long did you stay in his office? 657 00:39:22,190 --> 00:39:23,490 Until Mr. Tarr returned. 658 00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:25,430 You were alone all that time? 659 00:39:26,970 --> 00:39:28,330 Except for the other announcer. 660 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,960 But the other announcer was occupied in the studio, wasn't he, Mrs. Walden? 661 00:39:33,820 --> 00:39:38,900 Yes. Then, actually, there is no one who can verify your claim that you remained 662 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:40,220 in his office, isn't that so? 663 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,660 I suppose so. 664 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:50,720 Mr. Mooney, you didn't appear until long after the body had been discovered and 665 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:51,720 taken away. 666 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,460 But since you admit you were in a nearby field... 667 00:39:56,460 --> 00:40:00,900 Can you explain how it was that you didn't see or hear all that activity? 668 00:40:01,820 --> 00:40:02,820 Sure. 669 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:08,520 I wasn't working in that field. It was dark already and I had turned on my 670 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,840 portable radio. I was listening to the fights. 671 00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:14,120 I suppose someone can verify that. 672 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:15,720 I was alone. 673 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,320 Tell me, were you on friendly terms with Mrs. Walden? 674 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,500 I never had anything to do with her. 675 00:40:21,780 --> 00:40:24,000 And anyone who says I did is a liar. 676 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:27,580 But didn't you have a handkerchief in your possession the night before? 677 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,360 A woman's handkerchief with a monogrammed A in the corner? How did it 678 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,140 your possession? Did you borrow it? Did you steal it? 679 00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:35,360 If so, why? 680 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:36,600 Why, Mr. Mooney? 681 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,940 Oh, I don't know. I don't have... Very simple question. 682 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,040 Now, why did you flaunt Mrs. Walden's handkerchief in front of Melinda Tarr? 683 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:44,600 Objection, Your Honor. 684 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,100 Counsel is badgering the witness. 685 00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:49,760 He has asked four questions without allowing the witness to complete any one 686 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,760 his answers. 687 00:40:50,940 --> 00:40:53,760 I think you might slow down a little, Mr. Mason. 688 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:55,620 Very well, Your Honor. 689 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:04,300 Mr. Mooney, would you please tell this court how you acquired a handkerchief 690 00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:05,700 belonging to Mrs. Walden? 691 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,220 It was given to me. 692 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,760 By Mrs. Walden? 693 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:11,760 No. 694 00:41:12,860 --> 00:41:13,940 My Aunt Frances. 695 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:22,120 I don't know why I didn't realize it, but that's exactly what Roy was doing. 696 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,140 Losing me to start a rumor about Andrea. 697 00:41:25,980 --> 00:41:27,180 Seems to have worked. 698 00:41:27,940 --> 00:41:29,340 But I didn't tell anybody. 699 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:33,620 Well, it's obvious it was Francis who was trying to break up the marriage. 700 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:37,680 But apparently the whole stunt was unnecessary. 701 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,600 Why? 702 00:41:40,180 --> 00:41:44,260 Because Mr. Walden was already secretly intending to divorce Andrea. 703 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,160 Go on, Della. I'm interested. 704 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,940 Well, isn't that the irony of the whole thing? 705 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:01,460 The fact that both of them were plotting independently of each other for the 706 00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:04,360 same result? It's for you, Mr. Mason. Las Vegas calling. 707 00:42:08,940 --> 00:42:09,940 Hello. 708 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,380 Oh, yes, Paul. What have you got? 709 00:42:12,620 --> 00:42:16,860 Well, not too much so far, Perry. I did find out that Walden's a bad loser. He 710 00:42:16,860 --> 00:42:20,000 cries to the bartenders a lot. But none of them ever remember seeing him with a 711 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,000 woman. 712 00:42:21,230 --> 00:42:22,230 Wait a minute. 713 00:42:29,910 --> 00:42:30,930 Okay, now I can hear you. 714 00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:32,830 You may be looking for the wrong type, Paul. 715 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:35,550 I'm sending you pictures of Frances Walden. 716 00:42:36,370 --> 00:42:37,370 His sister? 717 00:42:37,590 --> 00:42:41,170 She told me he phoned her from there once. I want to know if he called her 718 00:42:41,170 --> 00:42:42,170 times. 719 00:42:43,170 --> 00:42:44,170 What was the name? 720 00:42:46,190 --> 00:42:48,310 Well, you'd better check that out at the same time. 721 00:42:49,290 --> 00:42:50,290 But hurry, Paul. 722 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:57,580 I watched my brother become nervous, dispirited on the verge of a breakdown. 723 00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:00,240 The cause of it all was his wife. 724 00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:07,020 That's why he gambled his money away. That little... Well, anyway, I just knew 725 00:43:07,020 --> 00:43:08,840 that the marriage had to end one way or another. 726 00:43:09,060 --> 00:43:13,300 But why was it necessary to fabricate an incident if, as you testified, there 727 00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:15,040 were actual grounds already existing? 728 00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:20,380 Somehow she was able to convince Martin that it was all completely innocent. 729 00:43:20,990 --> 00:43:25,530 But by that time, it appears your plan was no longer needed, because Martin 730 00:43:25,530 --> 00:43:28,830 Walden had decided to go on with the divorce for other reasons. 731 00:43:29,090 --> 00:43:33,510 Late that afternoon, I overheard Martin accuse Andrea of having carried on an 732 00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:35,930 affair with the defendant over a period of years. 733 00:43:36,290 --> 00:43:41,290 He said that she had arranged for him to buy the station so he could be near 734 00:43:41,290 --> 00:43:45,010 her, and that not only was he finished with her, but that he would break her 735 00:43:45,010 --> 00:43:46,010 lover financially. 736 00:43:46,050 --> 00:43:47,090 Thank you, Miss Walden. 737 00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:48,950 Your witness, Counselor. 738 00:43:50,540 --> 00:43:51,540 Counselor? 739 00:43:54,140 --> 00:44:00,180 Shortly after the murder was committed, Miss Walden, did you not categorically 740 00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:04,520 deny knowing with whom Mrs. Walden was accused of consorting? 741 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,340 I told you I didn't know. 742 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:11,760 And yet, directly thereafter, scandal or not, you went to the district attorney 743 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:12,920 and named Nelson Tarr. 744 00:44:13,140 --> 00:44:17,080 By that time, I began to suspect that my brother's death was not manslaughter, 745 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,160 but deliberate murder. 746 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:19,660 Who planted that suspicion? 747 00:44:20,170 --> 00:44:26,550 Well, when I heard from Mr. Pinter that Martin was going to get a divorce, I 748 00:44:26,550 --> 00:44:30,970 knew that Andrea could be of no financial help to Nelson Tarr unless 749 00:44:30,970 --> 00:44:33,090 would die before the divorce went through. 750 00:44:33,370 --> 00:44:36,890 Then you knew that your brother had sold Nelson's note on the radio station to 751 00:44:36,890 --> 00:44:37,629 the bank. 752 00:44:37,630 --> 00:44:38,750 Certainly. He told me that. 753 00:44:38,990 --> 00:44:41,450 Did you also know that he was gambling regularly? 754 00:44:42,730 --> 00:44:46,870 No. No, I didn't. You never accompanied him on any of those trips to Las Vegas? 755 00:44:48,319 --> 00:44:51,840 As far as I know, those trips were to the high Sierras, fishing trips. 756 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:53,600 Just a moment, Miss Walden. 757 00:44:54,180 --> 00:44:57,520 When I talked to you on the day after the murder, you mentioned that your 758 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,500 brother had phoned you from Las Vegas. 759 00:45:00,420 --> 00:45:02,020 Yes, Mr. Mason, you're quite right. 760 00:45:02,340 --> 00:45:05,760 I did not think it significant at the time that he called from Las Vegas. 761 00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:08,100 There's bass fishing there, I believe. 762 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:13,220 Miss Walden, how many times did you phone your brother in Las Vegas? 763 00:45:13,740 --> 00:45:14,740 Never. 764 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:16,600 Oh, no, I'm sorry. 765 00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:20,600 That one time he called me, I was on duty at the hospital. 766 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,600 He left a number and I called back. 767 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,440 If that's what you want to think of as my calling. 768 00:45:28,380 --> 00:45:29,480 One moment, please. 769 00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:45,980 Miss Walden, who is Edward Montrose? 770 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:47,800 I haven't the slightest idea. 771 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,640 You didn't know that your brother was registered under that name at the ranch 772 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,120 where he was staying in Las Vegas? 773 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:54,480 Certainly not. 774 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,340 I called the number and Martin answered. I can think of no reason why he should 775 00:45:58,340 --> 00:45:59,340 want to use a different name. 776 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:00,800 Then let me suggest one. 777 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:05,160 Two years ago, your brother considered divorcing his wife for an alleged 778 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,520 indiscretion. He didn't proceed because he had no proof of the affair, probably 779 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:10,520 because it never happened. 780 00:46:10,740 --> 00:46:13,840 In any case, he realized a divorce would mean paying alimony. 781 00:46:14,220 --> 00:46:18,200 And very likely a large alimony, since his wife had given up a career of her 782 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:19,178 to marry him. 783 00:46:19,180 --> 00:46:22,840 Your Honor, I find all this theorizing extremely irrelevant. 784 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,660 I'm not so certain it is, Mr. Hale. 785 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:27,940 Proceed, Mr. Mason. 786 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:33,000 To escape paying alimony, I submit Martin Walden conceived a plan of 787 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,440 his holdings into cash and then putting that money out of his wife's reach. 788 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,560 Your Honor, this is sheer speculation. 789 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,220 May it please the court, I am prepared to introduce evidence proving that the 790 00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:46,920 telephone number this woman called was the room occupied by a man who 791 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:51,580 as Edward Montrose, but who was identified from photographs as her 792 00:46:51,580 --> 00:46:55,940 brother. All right, Your Honor. Furthermore, I can show that recent cash 793 00:46:55,940 --> 00:47:00,620 purchases of securities have been made in several different cities by a man who 794 00:47:00,620 --> 00:47:02,220 called himself Edward Montrose. 795 00:47:04,020 --> 00:47:05,480 Go ahead, Mr. Mason. 796 00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:15,140 Now, Miss Walden, I submit that this whole plan was no secret to you. And 797 00:47:15,140 --> 00:47:18,020 when you went to the greenhouse and saw your brother lying there, apparently 798 00:47:18,020 --> 00:47:22,800 dead, you decided that all that money he'd hidden under another identity could 799 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:23,800 be yours. 800 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:28,820 No. Realizing then that your brother was still alive, didn't you take that 801 00:47:28,820 --> 00:47:30,300 flower pot and... No, that's a lie. 802 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,540 I didn't know what he did with the money until... Until what, Miss Walden? 803 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:41,320 Until after he was dead. I mean... Until someone told you about the money. Isn't 804 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:42,320 that what you were going to say? 805 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,820 No. Because, of course, someone else must have known about your brother's 806 00:47:46,820 --> 00:47:50,440 identity. Someone must have helped Edward Montrose with his new 807 00:47:51,900 --> 00:47:53,200 I don't know who it was. 808 00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:54,840 Oh, yes, you do, Miss Walden. 809 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,300 You're only keeping quiet because you still hope to get some of that money. 810 00:47:59,340 --> 00:48:00,340 Isn't that right? 811 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,760 Well, she shouldn't get it. She shouldn't get it. 812 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,280 I doubt if anyone could have counted on getting that money after your brother's 813 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,940 death without Edward Montrose's power of attorney. 814 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:14,200 Miss Walden, I'm sure the court will explain that you can only make yourself 815 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:18,560 accomplice by remaining silent, or a perjurer by continuing to lie. 816 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,580 It was Mr. Pinter. 817 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:28,760 Mr. Pinter told Martin how to do that, how to hide his money in new 818 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,960 investments. He handled all that. 819 00:48:32,010 --> 00:48:36,390 I knew that Martin was too stingy to ever lose money gambling. 820 00:48:37,890 --> 00:48:40,630 When I guessed what Mr. Pinder had done, I accused him of it. 821 00:48:41,410 --> 00:48:46,350 Until then, I... I had no idea that he was the one who killed Martin. 822 00:48:48,750 --> 00:48:49,750 Oh, Daddy! 823 00:48:51,150 --> 00:48:52,190 It's all right, baby. 824 00:48:52,610 --> 00:48:53,650 It's all right now. 825 00:48:53,910 --> 00:48:54,910 Don't cry. 826 00:48:55,530 --> 00:48:56,990 Melinda, you go with Dylan. 827 00:48:57,210 --> 00:48:58,450 I'll even buy you a malt. 828 00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:00,610 Your father and I will join you in a few minutes. 829 00:49:05,110 --> 00:49:07,170 Daddy, should I invite Andrea? 830 00:49:08,570 --> 00:49:09,569 Later, maybe. 831 00:49:09,570 --> 00:49:11,290 This one's just for you and me.