1 00:00:01,034 --> 00:00:05,272 I've retained a private detective to observe your activities. 2 00:00:05,606 --> 00:00:08,308 You're incredibly evil, Margaret. 3 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:09,710 You want to put your fingers in your ear? 4 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:11,278 This thing could make a lot of noise. 5 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:12,846 I can handle it. 6 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:15,582 I wish I could say the same. 7 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:20,587 I think it would be best if I took over chairmanship of the company. 8 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:23,156 You think I would remain with the company... 9 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:25,425 in a subservient position to my wife? 10 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:27,361 But I don't understand why you went to all this... 11 00:00:27,461 --> 00:00:28,962 trouble to put in this system. 12 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:30,998 We expected a thief, not a murderer. 13 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:17,871 Evening, Mr. Van Wick. 14 00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:19,806 Hello, Baxter, anything new? 15 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:22,209 Your brother-in-law just arrived. 16 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,578 Another family meeting. 17 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:03,517 I think he has a new invention. He's been very mysterious recently. 18 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:07,688 You've heard that somewhere? You just have no judgment about him. 19 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:10,757 I'm afraid it's you who doesn't understand him. 20 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:14,361 I mean, in business. I don't know about him in bed, thank God. 21 00:03:14,461 --> 00:03:16,830 Really, Mother, that just isn't funny. 22 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:17,964 Bravo, Margaret... 23 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:22,002 let out all of your secret frustrations. It's good for the soul. 24 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:24,004 If you still have one. 25 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:26,239 - Hello, darling. - Good evening, my love. 26 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:30,210 - You look beautiful. - Thank you. 27 00:03:31,411 --> 00:03:33,046 Margaret, dear... 28 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:35,682 have you done something to your hair? 29 00:03:36,016 --> 00:03:36,983 No. 30 00:03:37,117 --> 00:03:38,518 Just what I thought. 31 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:41,154 - Arthur, how are you? - Hello, Harold. 32 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:42,756 I didn't know you were here. 33 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,058 Why shouldn't he be here? This is my house... 34 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:47,661 he's my son, he doesn't need a pass from you. 35 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:52,199 Is there any special hostility in the air, or is it just the usual one? 36 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:54,968 It's the brandy. 37 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:58,438 No, it isn't. It's the time of year, actually. 38 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:02,409 I've just seen the profits for the last quarter. 39 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,377 Under your brilliant management... 40 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:08,815 my electronics company has shown a remarkable drop in profits. 41 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:12,919 Did you hear, Margaret, that we are in a recession? 42 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,590 Does your own newspaper not inform anymore? 43 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:20,026 Harold's right, Mother, the market's taking a terrible beating. 44 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,229 The market be damned. 45 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,499 Midas Electronics has fallen victim... 46 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:29,069 to your obsessive preoccupation with gadgetry... 47 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:31,938 to which this house is a living monument. 48 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:39,246 These gadgets, as you call it, fulfill a very serious need... 49 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:40,947 especially for someone... 50 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:44,651 who is incapable, like Elizabeth... 51 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:47,354 Don't you dare call my daughter incapable. 52 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:49,489 Come on, Mother. 53 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:51,691 Look, if this is going to turn into one of those... 54 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:54,961 darling group analysis sessions, I think Til go upstairs, okay? 55 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:57,230 And I'll bring you up. 56 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:59,833 No. No, you stay, Harold. Stay please. 57 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:00,800 Oh, Ma. 58 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:03,537 It's just business, darling, just business. 59 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:09,209 Harold, I asked you to stay. 60 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:14,748 Please stay a few minutes, ril see you upstairs. 61 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,254 - Night, everyone. - Good night, dear. 62 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:22,255 Good night. 63 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,623 Good night, Harold. 64 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:25,425 Good night. 65 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:30,030 Tomorrow, if you have some time... 66 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:32,899 I'd like to discuss the photos for the new brochure. 67 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:35,669 Maybe we could spitball it for an hour or so. 68 00:05:35,836 --> 00:05:38,438 Yeah, maybe make it after lunch. 69 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:40,373 Good night, Arthur. 70 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:41,641 Good night, Mother. 71 00:05:45,212 --> 00:05:47,414 - Good night, Harold. - Good night. 72 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,918 Would you close the door, please? 73 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,553 I don't want what we say picked up... 74 00:05:53,653 --> 00:05:56,523 on one of those ridiculous candid cameras of yours. 75 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:58,858 It won't pick up in here... 76 00:05:59,059 --> 00:06:02,829 they're a security measure, not a spy system. 77 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:05,632 But if it makes you happy. 78 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,205 Sit down, Harold. 79 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:14,874 Thank you. 80 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:21,615 I thought for a moment I ought to kneel. 81 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:25,318 You can stand on your head, dear boy... 82 00:06:25,418 --> 00:06:28,555 whatever position braces you best for a shock. 83 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:32,359 Another lecture, thank you. 84 00:06:32,459 --> 00:06:34,027 You'll recall, I'm sure... 85 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:37,797 a conversation we had a few weeks ago in this very room. 86 00:06:38,265 --> 00:06:39,633 I think I made it quite clear... 87 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:42,335 that Midas Electronics would have to show a profit... 88 00:06:42,435 --> 00:06:46,139 or it would get another president. You do recall that, don't you? 89 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:47,874 course, madam. 90 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:53,079 Very well. I'm putting Arthur in your place effective immediately. 91 00:06:55,482 --> 00:06:58,585 I'll accept your resignation the first thing in the morning. 92 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:00,420 Arthur? 93 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:06,893 Arthur, who can't find his way to the commissary without a written order. 94 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:10,363 Arthur won't fritter away hundreds of thousands of dollars... 95 00:07:10,463 --> 00:07:13,800 on idiotic systems, and inventions. 96 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,003 My assets are not unlimited, Harold. 97 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:20,907 I don't intend to go bankrupt, supporting your idle dreams. 98 00:07:21,341 --> 00:07:23,076 Elizabeth knows about this? 99 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:26,646 No, not this time, Harold. 100 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:29,783 Don't throw my daughter at me, it won't work. 101 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:32,085 You see... 102 00:07:32,719 --> 00:07:37,190 I've retained a private detective to observe your activities... 103 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,858 these past few weeks. 104 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:43,096 He's come up with some very interesting data on several women... 105 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:47,100 notably one in Malibu, and another in Beverly Hills. 106 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:51,971 Your comings and goings are all very carefully documented. 107 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:54,074 Need I go on? 108 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:59,579 You're incredibly evil, Margaret. 109 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:03,316 Don't delude yourself. 110 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:06,219 If it weren't for my daughter's blind devotion to you, 111 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,654 I'd give you nothing. 112 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:16,930 Your resignation by breakfast. 113 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:18,431 Don't disappoint me. 114 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:47,821 What are you doing? 115 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:51,057 Well, I made a test on that special tape. 116 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,559 Little homework. 117 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:54,861 I was afraid you were still dueling with Mother. 118 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:58,164 No, actually, we had a nice talk. Come, let's go up. 119 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:01,067 I'm afraid she can be impossible sometimes... 120 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:03,670 especially when she's been at the brandy. 121 00:10:04,404 --> 00:10:07,607 She's jealous that you're not her little baby anymore. 122 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:09,709 I'm afraid I'm nobody's little baby anymore. 123 00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:11,778 Yes, you're my baby. 124 00:10:22,188 --> 00:10:25,225 Francine is opening a new exhibition tonight. 125 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,093 I promised to come, I won't be late. 126 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:28,761 Good, I'll go with you. 127 00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:32,966 No, it's much too crowded, and all these gossiping people. 128 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:36,870 I will look, if I find something for us, we go there tomorrow... 129 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,371 during daytime. 130 00:10:39,105 --> 00:10:41,207 And afterwards... 131 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:44,611 I'm going to invite you for lunch at the beach. 132 00:10:44,878 --> 00:10:46,179 It's a deal. 133 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:51,918 I love you. 134 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:53,386 Huh? 135 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,255 I love you. 136 00:10:57,357 --> 00:10:59,292 How can I go if you say you love me? 137 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:00,560 Don't go. 138 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:01,995 But I have to. 139 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:58,504 Yes? 140 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:02,275 You just caught me on my way out. 141 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:05,845 No, I didn't hear anything. 142 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:08,314 I don't know, I just was... 143 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:12,151 I was just sleeping and then I thought I heard something. 144 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:14,153 You were probably dreaming. 145 00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:19,592 She's in the sitting room with Chopin and her brandy. 146 00:14:19,926 --> 00:14:22,795 Okay. I'll see you later. 147 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:24,831 Won't be late. 148 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:51,551 Baxter... 149 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:54,821 you can reach me under this number. 150 00:15:58,925 --> 00:15:59,926 Okay? 151 00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:03,930 Oh, 9:13, I'm late already. 152 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,660 Thank you, go right ahead. 153 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:38,798 Good evening, sir. 154 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:40,800 Good evening. 155 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:42,635 You're new here. 156 00:16:42,969 --> 00:16:45,504 - Marcy Hubbard. - Hello, Marcy. 157 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:49,242 Oh, Mr. Van Wick. Francine's been looking for you. 158 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:50,877 I'm a little late. 159 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,846 9:28. 160 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:55,948 That's super. 161 00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:57,049 You like it? 162 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:59,418 I designed it. Midastar it's called. 163 00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:00,953 Harold, darling. 164 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:03,489 I'm so glad you could come. No Elizabeth? 165 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,125 She's a little bit tired, maybe tomorrow. 166 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,694 Looks more like a cocktail party than an art showing. 167 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:11,297 Well, it's both. Come on inside. 168 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:15,067 The champagne is free, everything else you're going to pay for. 169 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:17,670 Nice, new young girl you've got. 170 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,062 Grant Galleries. 171 00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:17,763 What? 172 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:22,935 Just a moment. 173 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:45,458 Can I see some identification, please? 174 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:53,132 Don't get too close, you'll get my cold. 175 00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,703 Okay, Lieutenant. Straight ahead. 176 00:18:57,837 --> 00:18:59,138 Thank you very much. 177 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:25,598 All right, hold it. 178 00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:32,805 Was she dead when you got here? 179 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,173 Yeah, very. 180 00:19:57,063 --> 00:19:59,732 Lieutenant, we found the point of entry. 181 00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,734 Want to take a look? It's in the back. 182 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:18,084 You see, he jumped the burglar alarm wire... 183 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:21,120 and on the left the pane is removed. 184 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:28,894 You're getting a cold. 185 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,639 You want to see something? Watch this. 186 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:46,345 They got a bunch of these trick doors all over the place. 187 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:48,180 Nice. 188 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,116 You sure got a break in this one, Lieutenant. 189 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:51,450 What do you mean "break"? 190 00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:54,687 Well, I mean TV cameras, monitors. 191 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:56,589 What about them? 192 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:59,225 They got a bunch of TV cameras. 193 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:02,228 This whole house is rigged up with closed circuit television. 194 00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:05,264 They got a bunch of those monitors down at the gatehouse. 195 00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:08,100 Want to know something? The guard saw the whole thing. 196 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,736 - No kidding. The whole thing? - That's what I hear. 197 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:12,304 What time was that? 198 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:15,674 9:30. 199 00:21:18,677 --> 00:21:20,012 How do you open this? 200 00:21:37,696 --> 00:21:39,498 Excuse me, Mrs. Van Wick... 201 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:43,869 I'm Lieutenant Columbo. I'm with the LAPD. 202 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:47,873 I'm terribly sorry for your loss. 203 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:51,277 Thank you. 204 00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:53,145 I know it's a difficult time for you... 205 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,781 I'd like to ask one or two questions, unless you'd rather wait. 206 00:21:58,384 --> 00:22:00,820 I'm sorry, I don't know anything. 207 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:05,558 I'd like to go to my room, please. 208 00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:10,229 May I help? 209 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,531 Yes, thank you. 210 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:20,739 Where were you when it happened? 211 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:22,741 In my room. 212 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:25,511 Where is that? 213 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:32,117 It's upstairs, on the other side of the house. 214 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:36,255 Are there any other members of the family, except your husband? 215 00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:38,390 Just Arthur. 216 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:42,094 Arthur's my brother, he was here earlier this evening. 217 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:45,130 But he left. 218 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:49,001 We haven't been able to get in touch with him yet. 219 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:51,837 No servants? 220 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,374 No, just Martha, our cook. 221 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:58,744 She left after dinner, she doesn't live in. 222 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,715 How did you find out how it happened? 223 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:07,186 Well, I was sleeping... 224 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:10,990 and the security guard came in... 225 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:14,927 and he told me. 226 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,131 So, you didn't hear anything like a shot? 227 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:20,532 No. 228 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,471 Why? 229 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:29,875 Why did he have to kill her? 230 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:33,479 He could have just run away, why did he have to do that? 231 00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:35,547 I know. 232 00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:56,669 I'm only guessing but... 233 00:23:57,136 --> 00:24:01,073 it seems to me that the prowler came in this way and... 234 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,110 he knocked over the flower pots... 235 00:24:05,411 --> 00:24:10,215 and when Mother came in he was hiding in the shadows... 236 00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:13,352 and when she saw him, he shot her. 237 00:24:18,424 --> 00:24:20,192 What's going on back there? 238 00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:23,329 Who are you? 239 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:25,197 Lieutenant Columbo, sir, Homicide. 240 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,599 Excuse me, I was just checking out the window. 241 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:30,269 Oh, yes, I'm Harold Van Wick. 242 00:24:30,369 --> 00:24:33,339 I've got a cold, sir, I don't want to get too close. 243 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:36,575 Forgive me for not shaking hands. Mister... 244 00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:37,876 Van Wick. 245 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:40,112 It's a pleasure to meet you. 246 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,581 Forgive me. 247 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:46,051 You were talking to the officer, I don't want to interrupt. 248 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:48,487 - Are you finished? - Yes. 249 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:50,856 If you are, I'd like to ask a few questions. 250 00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:52,758 I know it's a difficult time for you. 251 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,461 All times are difficult, Lieutenant... 252 00:24:55,561 --> 00:24:57,963 but I shall answer as good as I can. 253 00:24:58,063 --> 00:25:00,833 What I wanted to ask you, sir, is... 254 00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:04,603 You know, you got some place here. 255 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:09,241 I noticed electronic locks on the door and a closed circuit television. 256 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,944 I've never seen a house like it. 257 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:15,481 And the way the doors open and close... 258 00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:18,484 It's also a very beautiful home. 259 00:25:19,718 --> 00:25:21,353 Oh, yes, I'm confused about one thing. 260 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,922 Just now you were describing to the officer what happened... 261 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,991 but a few moments ago, when I spoke to your wife... 262 00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:28,227 she said she was home alone in the house. 263 00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:30,362 Yes, this is correct, she was alone. 264 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,765 Then this stuff about the flower pot. 265 00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:36,235 It was only guessing, I mean, it seemed to me obvious... 266 00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:37,870 but, of course, I can be wrong. 267 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:40,873 No, sir, that's a very good theory, that's the way it looks. 268 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,743 So you went out? What time was that, sir? 269 00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:49,281 9:13, I went to an art gallery in Beverly Hills. 270 00:25:49,515 --> 00:25:51,283 9:13. 271 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:55,187 Thirteen, sir, not 9:15, or... 272 00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,188 No, no, no. 273 00:25:56,355 --> 00:26:00,159 I know it sounds odd, Lieutenant, but I have this special watch... 274 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,795 you see, it brings out the numbers. 275 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:06,732 I looked at it to see if I was late. 276 00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:09,701 It's funny how you'll remember time when you see it printed. 277 00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:12,037 You know, I've seen those watches advertised. 278 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:14,006 - Do you? - Oh, that is some watch. 279 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:17,509 Yeah, but my company's making it. I designed it. It's called Midastar. 280 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,044 Remarkable. 281 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:25,384 So, according to that watch, you left at 9:13. 282 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:28,320 That's correct. You can check with my gate man. 283 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:31,090 No, that's not necessary, sir, no. 284 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:39,665 You know, Mr. Van Wick, that theory of yours is very interesting. 285 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:45,804 Now, according to you... 286 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:49,074 the person who did it was standing, where did you say, right over there? 287 00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:51,376 Yes, because otherwise... 288 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:54,980 I would have him on the videotape. 289 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,415 Tape? 290 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:57,950 What do you mean? 291 00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:02,387 Let me explain to you. 292 00:27:06,525 --> 00:27:09,094 This is the place we have the safe, in here. 293 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:14,366 Now, let's explain the tape. 294 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:16,668 We have three sensors in the room. 295 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:19,972 They respond to light, sound, and the warmth of the human body. 296 00:27:20,072 --> 00:27:24,109 When the system is turned on, and a person enters the room... 297 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:27,246 it activates a videotape machine. 298 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,884 The person can be seen on the monitor by the guard... 299 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,752 and we also have the person on tape, may I show you? 300 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:35,988 I'll be a son of a gun. 301 00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:42,160 Excuse me, after you. 302 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:47,833 The first thing I did when I came home tonight was... 303 00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:51,436 to check the tape, if we have a picture of the killer. 304 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:55,240 Unfortunately, he walked far enough into the room. 305 00:27:55,641 --> 00:27:58,277 You mean to say, you have this terrific system, but it didn't work? 306 00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:02,247 No, the camera just doesn't cover the whole room. 307 00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:04,983 But I show you. 308 00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:09,588 That's where he came in. 309 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:12,224 Where? I mean, I don't see anything. 310 00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:15,627 No, he must have come in, he activated the tape. 311 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:18,196 Now the flowers. 312 00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:23,202 There she is. Here she comes. Here. 313 00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:26,838 Now she sees him. 314 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:30,208 And he shoots. 315 00:28:33,612 --> 00:28:36,582 That's fantastic, absolutely fantastic. 316 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,557 But I don't understand, Mr. Van Wick, where did he come 317 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:50,596 I assume the rear door in the study. 318 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,571 So, he came in that door... 319 00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:02,975 and walked down here... 320 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:06,678 presses against the pedestal... 321 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:11,316 he's not on the camera. 322 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:21,326 Of all the dumb luck. 323 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:22,894 Pardon me. 324 00:29:24,162 --> 00:29:25,864 Three feet, sir. 325 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:28,567 If he'd come another three feet into the room... 326 00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,302 we'd had a perfect picture of him. 327 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:32,571 Do you think he knew where the camera was? 328 00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:34,973 I doubt it. 329 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:39,945 I think when he... 330 00:29:40,045 --> 00:29:42,581 knocked over the pedestal, he just froze. 331 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:46,952 Hmm. 332 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:49,588 Would you do me a favor, sir? 333 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:50,689 Of course. 334 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:53,458 May I take that videotape down to headquarters? 335 00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:55,927 Now, I know it really doesn't tell us anything, 336 00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:58,730 but as soon as they hear about this down there... 337 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:00,032 they're going to want to see it. 338 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:03,035 Of course, Lieutenant, I'll just rewind it for you. 339 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,443 You have a machine down there at your headquarters? 340 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,378 yeah, we must have. 341 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,414 It's not my department, you understand... 342 00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:18,316 but we're a very modern police force, generally speaking. 343 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:23,488 You can use my equipment, any time you like, Lieutenant. 344 00:30:27,859 --> 00:30:30,195 May I go up to my wife now, please? 345 00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:34,066 Oh, certainly, sir. I'm sorry, I should have been thinking about that. 346 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:35,734 Yes, you go right ahead. 347 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:39,271 And as a matter of fact, I'll be able to clear out these people very shortly. 348 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,006 Thank you, Lieutenant. 349 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,727 - Mr. Baxter? - Yes, sir. 350 00:31:02,127 --> 00:31:04,529 I want to double-check a few things with you. 351 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,867 saw the murder scene the television screen in there? 352 00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:10,369 That's right. 353 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:14,806 What time was that? 354 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,509 That's about 9:30, more or less. 355 00:31:17,776 --> 00:31:18,677 Right. 356 00:31:18,777 --> 00:31:21,646 Mr. Van Wick, he says he left around 9:13. 357 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,482 That's about right. 358 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:29,821 Cold is killing me. 359 00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:34,993 "Grant Galleries." 360 00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:37,529 Is that where you contacted Mr. Van Wick? 361 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:39,798 Yeah, that's where he was, that's where I called him. 362 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,335 Does he usually leave word when he goes out? 363 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:44,970 Most of the time, yes. 364 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:51,143 Strange place to leave it. Do you have a log? 365 00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:53,178 Right on the wall behind you. 366 00:31:57,516 --> 00:32:00,118 I notice yesterday, he went to his office at 3:00... 367 00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:02,821 and you entered it here. How come tonight you entered it here? 368 00:32:03,722 --> 00:32:06,024 Well, I didn't write it, Lieutenant, you see, he did... 369 00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:08,226 said he was in some kind of a hurry so... 370 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:11,663 he handed me the magazine, said if I needed him, that's where he'd be. 371 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:19,104 So, ordinarily, he'd pull up in a car, and tell you where he's going... 372 00:32:19,204 --> 00:32:22,207 and you would come in here, and you'd record it on the 373 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:25,177 but tonight he wrote it on the magazine and in advance. 374 00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:31,116 I've got this funny habit. 375 00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:33,685 You know, when a person does something one way... 376 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:36,955 and he suddenly does something another way, I immediately think. 377 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:41,059 I'm sure it doesn't mean anything. 378 00:32:57,509 --> 00:33:00,912 It's you, Lieutenant. I thought you left. 379 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:04,316 I'm sorry, sir, I did. But then I realized, I forgot to ask... 380 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:06,751 what may be the most important question of all. 381 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,754 This prowler, did he take anything? 382 00:33:10,055 --> 00:33:11,089 No, nothing. 383 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:13,358 - Nothing? - Nothing at all. 384 00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:14,726 Hmm. 385 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:18,563 All that work to get in here, you think he'd try and take something. 386 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:23,335 Well, after he fired the gun he got panicked. 387 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:26,571 Yes, that makes sense. 388 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:30,609 Yeah, a man like this, there's no telling how his mind might work. 389 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,277 Thank you very much. 390 00:33:33,478 --> 00:33:35,614 Just one more thing, sir. 391 00:33:35,714 --> 00:33:38,750 Uh, I was thinking... 392 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:43,989 in banks, they always have two cameras to cover any area. 393 00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:46,925 No offense, but I don't understand... 394 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,861 why you went to all this trouble to put in this system... 395 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:53,532 but you only put in one camera, leaving part of the room uncovered. 396 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,402 We only wanted to cover the safe. 397 00:33:58,303 --> 00:34:00,372 We expected a thief, not a murderer. 398 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:02,274 Of course. 399 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:04,342 Yes, I see your point. 400 00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:07,345 - Sorry to have disturbed you, sir. - Good night. 401 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,265 All right, now listen to me... 402 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:30,535 this is only going to take 10 minutes, you hear me? 403 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:34,039 So I want you to keep your trap shut and I want you to behave yourself. 404 00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:35,407 All right. 405 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,886 Hey, never mind that, there's people sleeping here... 406 00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:50,388 and you are going to wake them up. Now knock that off. 407 00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,757 Now you are going to have to be quiet. 408 00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:54,526 If you are not quiet, when I take you to the vet's, 409 00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:55,827 I am going to leave you there. 410 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:57,862 Now lie down, go ahead. 411 00:34:58,063 --> 00:35:00,899 No, lie down. That's right, lie down. 412 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,302 Attaboy. Now you just stay there. 413 00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:18,076 - Good morning, Mr. Van Wick. - Morning. 414 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,278 Excuse me, I'm just looking around. I hope you don't mind. 415 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:21,579 That's all right. 416 00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:24,983 You know what this stuff is? 417 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:26,184 What? 418 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,987 This black stuff that they sprinkle on the soil. 419 00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:30,255 No. 420 00:36:30,422 --> 00:36:31,289 It's mulch. 421 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:32,857 Pardon me. 422 00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:34,059 Mulch. 423 00:36:34,459 --> 00:36:35,660 Oh, I didn't know that. 424 00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:41,032 Keeps the moisture in the soil. 425 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:43,968 Have you found anything, Lieutenant? 426 00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:47,205 No, I... 427 00:36:47,672 --> 00:36:50,708 I was just checking on something in the police report. 428 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:53,311 Excuse me. 429 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,214 My dog, he didn't bother you or anything like that, did he? 430 00:36:56,481 --> 00:36:58,316 Your dog? Oh, no. 431 00:36:58,483 --> 00:37:01,786 Because once he starts barking, you know, he never shuts up. 432 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:04,556 You said something about a police report? 433 00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:08,193 It says here... 434 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,764 "Prowler apparently entered the premises by... 435 00:37:12,864 --> 00:37:14,899 cutting the pane in the window/' 436 00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:17,068 - That window. - Mmm-hmm. 437 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:21,773 And it says, "The prowler apparently exited the premises... 438 00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:23,208 the same window/' 439 00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:24,876 That's the way they talk, you know. 440 00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:28,079 Prowlers don't go in and out, they exit and enter premises. 441 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,515 And, apparently, that's what he did. 442 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:31,850 Yeah, sir. But it hit me that... 443 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:35,220 after he shot your mother-in-law, he must've been in a hurry... 444 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:37,422 and he would've jumped out of the window. 445 00:37:37,522 --> 00:37:40,825 But if he jumped, he would've left deep prints where his foot landed. 446 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:42,360 And did he? 447 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:44,262 There's not a sign of them. 448 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:47,265 His footsteps left impressions... 449 00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:49,501 I mean, you can see where he went in... 450 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,270 you can see where he came out... 451 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:54,873 but they're all the same depth. 452 00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:57,776 I mean, the ones immediately under the window... 453 00:37:57,876 --> 00:37:59,811 are no deeper than the ones further away. 454 00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:01,579 Nothing to indicate that he jumped. 455 00:38:02,147 --> 00:38:06,384 Maybe, he eased himself out to avoid any noise. 456 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:10,288 That's a thought, sir. 457 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,627 Well, Til just continue looking around if you don't mind. 458 00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:17,128 Be my guest. 459 00:38:24,402 --> 00:38:26,304 Wait a minute, Mr. Van Wick. 460 00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:28,606 That's impossible. 461 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,141 What is impossible? 462 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:36,648 This mulch and soil sticks to your shoes. 463 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:38,883 If that prowler went through the window... 464 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:40,818 he'd have this stuff on his feet... 465 00:38:40,919 --> 00:38:43,488 and there'd be mulch on the floor inside. 466 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:47,992 But this report doesn't say anything about it. 467 00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:52,630 I don't understand how those guys could overlook a thing like this. 468 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:56,201 You don't mind if we just take a quick look inside? 469 00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:58,836 Not at all. Come. 470 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:04,142 Why don't you let your dog run around a bit? 471 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:06,578 No sense cooping him up. 472 00:39:07,412 --> 00:39:09,480 I don't want him to get into anything. 473 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,884 No, but the property is fenced in. Nothing can happen. 474 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:15,820 Oh, thank you, sir. He'd like that. 475 00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:17,455 I'm sure he won't be a bother. 476 00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:19,724 All right, come on, you're gonna run around now. 477 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:21,860 run around. 478 00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:32,370 Wonderful. Why don't you do that at home? 479 00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:36,908 At home he's always chasing the neighbor's cats. 480 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:39,177 I'm afraid there are no cats around here, Lieutenant. 481 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:42,981 Oh, would you mind... doing something about your shoes? 482 00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:46,017 My wife is a little bit fussy with her carpets. 483 00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:00,565 Here it is. 484 00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:15,146 Has the maid come 485 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:16,514 No. Not yet. No. 486 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,183 - So this hasn't been cleaned? - No. 487 00:40:20,952 --> 00:40:25,023 I don't understand. There's nothing here. 488 00:40:28,993 --> 00:40:32,497 How can a man walk through seven feet of soil covered in mulch... 489 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:36,534 climb through the window and not leave any traces? 490 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,606 Maybe he took his shoes off. 491 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:54,218 Stupid, huh? 492 00:40:57,655 --> 00:40:59,991 - Thank you. - You're very welcome. 493 00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:02,694 - I'm embarrassed. - Not at all. 494 00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:13,171 One more thing, this place where you were last night... 495 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,605 Grant Galleries. 496 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:15,807 Grant Galleries. 497 00:41:15,907 --> 00:41:18,076 I checked with the guard, Baxter, and he told me that... 498 00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:21,245 he got you there a short time after the body was discovered. 499 00:41:21,346 --> 00:41:23,247 But he wasn't sure of the time. 500 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,883 It was 9:42 exactly. 501 00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:27,885 You checked your watch. 502 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:32,256 Force of habit. I'm a meticulous man, Lieutenant. 503 00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:35,193 Thank you, you've been very helpful. 504 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:36,594 Not at all. 505 00:41:50,308 --> 00:41:54,345 Hey, what a good puppy you are. What a fine fellow. 506 00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:57,482 Whose doggy are you, huh? Who takes care of you? 507 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,318 Good morning, Lieutenant. 508 00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:02,153 Mrs. Van Wick. 509 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:03,621 This your dog? 510 00:42:04,055 --> 00:42:05,690 Yes, ma'am, I'm afraid it is. 511 00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:07,859 He's always jumping up on people. I'm sorry. 512 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:10,294 Don't apologize, he's adorable. 513 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:13,631 I wish you wouldn't say that in front of him. He's conceited already. 514 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:17,702 All right, come on. Go play. Come on. 515 00:42:20,605 --> 00:42:22,240 Go find a cat. 516 00:42:23,441 --> 00:42:24,942 I hope he didn't hurt you. 517 00:42:25,176 --> 00:42:28,513 You don't have to be afraid that Til break into pieces, Lieutenant. 518 00:42:30,715 --> 00:42:33,751 Everyone always thinks they have to tiptoe around me. 519 00:42:34,485 --> 00:42:39,857 Oh. Yeah. You're right. That's just stupid. Sorry. 520 00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:41,325 That's all right. 521 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:44,529 Bless you. 522 00:42:44,629 --> 00:42:46,864 Boy, I thought I got rid of this thing. 523 00:42:46,964 --> 00:42:49,534 Have you tried that honey and lemon? 524 00:42:49,634 --> 00:42:51,002 Does that work? 525 00:42:51,135 --> 00:42:53,738 I don't know. It's what everyone always suggests. 526 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,974 Would your wife like a few flowers? 527 00:42:58,743 --> 00:43:02,046 That's very nice of you, ma'am. Thank you. Yeah, she loves flowers. 528 00:43:05,216 --> 00:43:06,784 Let me ask you... 529 00:43:07,218 --> 00:43:09,387 I know last night you said you didn't hear the shot. 530 00:43:09,487 --> 00:43:12,056 Did you notice anything unusual? 531 00:43:13,157 --> 00:43:14,792 No, I'm sorry, I didn't. 532 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:17,862 What did you do exactly, say from 8:00 on? 533 00:43:20,064 --> 00:43:23,201 Nothing. I... I just went up to bed. 534 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:27,905 My husband took me upstairs and he kissed me good night and he left. 535 00:43:28,406 --> 00:43:32,643 He had to go that showing at the art gallery, you know. 536 00:43:34,879 --> 00:43:38,149 I took a sleeping pill, just a little one... 537 00:43:38,249 --> 00:43:40,184 and I started to read. 538 00:43:41,552 --> 00:43:42,920 I guess I dozed off. 539 00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:46,491 And that was the last thing you remember? 540 00:43:46,591 --> 00:43:48,526 Yes. Oh... 541 00:43:49,527 --> 00:43:52,997 I did wake up once. I thought I heard a sound. 542 00:43:53,097 --> 00:43:55,199 But I was just dreaming. 543 00:43:56,734 --> 00:43:58,703 Now what makes you think you were just dreaming? 544 00:43:58,903 --> 00:44:02,106 Well, I called my mother's room... 545 00:44:02,206 --> 00:44:05,977 she didn't answer so I called down to the study... 546 00:44:06,077 --> 00:44:07,745 and Harold was still home. 547 00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:09,747 told me that.. 548 00:44:09,914 --> 00:44:14,252 my mother was in the sitting room listening to some Chopin. 549 00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:18,055 She used to do that quite a lot. 550 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,959 Anyway... 551 00:44:23,227 --> 00:44:26,297 since neither of them heard it, I just went back to sleep. 552 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:29,467 About what time was that? 553 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:34,038 I looked at the clock when I woke up... 554 00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:36,941 it was just about 9:00. 555 00:44:38,743 --> 00:44:40,745 You remember what it was you were dreaming? 556 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:43,247 No, I don't. 557 00:44:43,948 --> 00:44:46,350 I remember it was a bad dream. 558 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:48,920 I was very relieved to wake 559 00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:51,422 to see everything right in its normal place. 560 00:44:52,657 --> 00:44:55,993 I mean, my dressing gown on the bed... 561 00:44:56,093 --> 00:44:59,363 the clown in the chair, but nothing else. 562 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,100 Would you mind if we went upstairs and we took a look at the bedroom? 563 00:45:03,501 --> 00:45:06,304 Oh, yes. Certainly. 564 00:45:20,351 --> 00:45:21,652 Marcy. 565 00:45:21,919 --> 00:45:24,455 Have you been smoking something awful? 566 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:27,058 We have a customer with a cigar. 567 00:45:34,031 --> 00:45:35,633 Well, you... 568 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:38,536 finish your coffee. 569 00:45:45,910 --> 00:45:47,578 - Good morning, sir. - Morning. 570 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,447 May I show you something? 571 00:45:52,183 --> 00:45:53,784 Could you explain this? 572 00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:58,723 Well, you see, we don't explain art, 573 00:45:58,823 --> 00:46:00,992 I mean, that's just sort of something you feel. 574 00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:05,663 see, you look at a picture a piece of sculpture... 575 00:46:05,763 --> 00:46:09,066 and that either does something for you or it doesn't, you know. 576 00:46:09,166 --> 00:46:10,401 Uh-huh. 577 00:46:12,236 --> 00:46:15,139 This doesn't do anything for me. 578 00:46:18,075 --> 00:46:19,010 It's too bad. 579 00:46:21,712 --> 00:46:22,913 "Intensity"? 580 00:46:23,014 --> 00:46:26,384 Mmm-hmm. That's the title. 581 00:46:29,687 --> 00:46:30,888 I see. 582 00:46:32,657 --> 00:46:35,159 Well, it's all subjective, you know. 583 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,962 - How much is it? - Seven. 584 00:46:41,499 --> 00:46:44,101 Hundred. Dollars. 585 00:46:44,568 --> 00:46:46,304 $700? 586 00:46:52,176 --> 00:46:55,479 You see, this is one of our newer artists. 587 00:46:55,579 --> 00:46:57,915 We believe that if you buy his work today... 588 00:46:58,015 --> 00:47:01,519 it'd be just like investing in a van Gogh in the 1880s. 589 00:47:02,753 --> 00:47:04,388 What does this go for? 590 00:47:04,689 --> 00:47:09,093 That particular piece, somebody will pay $1,200 for. 591 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:14,965 - $1,200? - Mmm-hmm. 592 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:20,071 What's this called? "Esprit d'un chien mort." 593 00:47:20,171 --> 00:47:24,308 Mmm-hmm. That means ghost of a dead dog. 594 00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:29,580 - And that's the dead dog. - Mmm-hmm. 595 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,015 Uh-huh. 596 00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:36,554 Well, in the right setting that will be very effective. 597 00:47:39,256 --> 00:47:41,292 And this is... 598 00:47:43,561 --> 00:47:45,196 This is "The Parking Lot." 599 00:47:45,296 --> 00:47:48,132 Mmm-hmm. $4,700. 600 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:53,437 $4,700? 601 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:54,839 That's right. 602 00:47:58,109 --> 00:47:59,577 That's for the house, huh? 603 00:47:59,677 --> 00:48:04,181 No. Well, yes. It's a very unique piece as you can see. 604 00:48:04,749 --> 00:48:07,084 Of course, we have others that are more reasonable. 605 00:48:07,184 --> 00:48:08,285 I see. 606 00:48:08,486 --> 00:48:13,891 Now, this here I see it doesn't have a title. 607 00:48:15,059 --> 00:48:16,961 - That? - Yes. 608 00:48:17,294 --> 00:48:21,999 That, sir, is the ventilator for the air conditioning. 609 00:48:24,869 --> 00:48:27,204 - That's the ventilator? - Yeah. 610 00:48:28,973 --> 00:48:30,207 Oh. 611 00:48:31,108 --> 00:48:32,843 - I'm embarrassed. - Oh, no. 612 00:48:32,943 --> 00:48:35,579 - You won't tell anybody. - Of course not. 613 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:39,316 You know, I think that you would appreciate the more traditional things. 614 00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:42,219 If you would come with me, we have some beautiful landscapes upstairs. 615 00:48:42,686 --> 00:48:44,822 Well, I'll tell you the truth about that, ma'am. 616 00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:47,658 I've got plenty of landscapes. Thank you very much. 617 00:48:47,758 --> 00:48:49,960 You see, my wife, she paints a little. 618 00:48:50,227 --> 00:48:51,428 Does she? 619 00:48:51,529 --> 00:48:53,998 Yeah. She buys those canvases with the numbers on them. 620 00:48:54,098 --> 00:48:57,201 You seen them around? Yeah, you fill in the spaces... 621 00:48:57,301 --> 00:48:59,603 with the paints that have the corresponding numbers. 622 00:48:59,703 --> 00:49:01,572 They turn out pretty good. 623 00:49:04,074 --> 00:49:05,242 Yes. 624 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:06,110 Francine. 625 00:49:08,446 --> 00:49:11,916 Would you excuse me for just one minute, please. 626 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:15,619 - It's Everett for you. - Thank you, Marcy. 627 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:19,857 Ma'am, I'm Lieutenant Columbo. I'm from the police. 628 00:49:21,559 --> 00:49:22,893 - The police? - Yes. 629 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:25,029 Just one minute, please. 630 00:49:25,129 --> 00:49:28,866 Everett, look, why don't you just order four orders... 631 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:30,534 of Moo Goo Guy Pan? That'll be enough. 632 00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:34,238 I thought I could pick up something for our foyer while I was here. 633 00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:35,673 But the prices. 634 00:49:35,773 --> 00:49:36,807 Thank you. 635 00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:39,643 What can I do for you, sir? 636 00:49:40,044 --> 00:49:42,613 I'm investigating the murder of Margaret Midas. 637 00:49:43,013 --> 00:49:45,583 Oh. I see. 638 00:49:45,683 --> 00:49:46,917 Terrible thing. 639 00:49:47,017 --> 00:49:48,252 Awful, yes. 640 00:49:48,586 --> 00:49:51,188 You know, a man goes out of the house two hours... 641 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:52,790 somebody breaks in and commits a murder. 642 00:49:52,890 --> 00:49:54,325 Exactly. 643 00:49:55,092 --> 00:49:57,761 Mr. Van Wick, he said he was here when it happened. 644 00:49:58,028 --> 00:50:00,331 Oh, yes, he was. Of course. 645 00:50:00,431 --> 00:50:01,966 I'm just checking. 646 00:50:02,066 --> 00:50:03,901 You see, we have to check everything out. 647 00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:05,069 Of course. 648 00:50:05,169 --> 00:50:07,705 What time was that? Do you know? 649 00:50:07,805 --> 00:50:10,241 Well, I'm not sure exactly, but... 650 00:50:10,341 --> 00:50:12,243 It was 9:28. 651 00:50:12,443 --> 00:50:14,478 I met him when he came in, Lieutenant. 652 00:50:14,979 --> 00:50:16,981 - 9:28. - Mmm-hmm. 653 00:50:17,081 --> 00:50:18,949 You're pretty sure about that time? 654 00:50:19,049 --> 00:50:20,084 I'm positive. 655 00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:23,354 He had a super watch that printed the time in red letters. 656 00:50:23,454 --> 00:50:24,488 He showed it to me. 657 00:50:24,989 --> 00:50:27,258 You know him by sight. Is he a friend? 658 00:50:27,491 --> 00:50:30,594 No, I knew him by his name on his special invitation. 659 00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:33,197 Here it is. 660 00:50:37,101 --> 00:50:39,637 Now, Lieutenant, if you're thinking that maybe somebody... 661 00:50:39,737 --> 00:50:41,605 used his invitation. You're wrong. 662 00:50:41,705 --> 00:50:45,743 You see, I've known him for over a year and it was Harold Van Wick. 663 00:50:46,176 --> 00:50:48,846 - He was here all the time. - Absolutely, all the time. 664 00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,949 Until the phone call came about the murder. 665 00:50:55,252 --> 00:50:56,654 God bless you. 666 00:50:58,622 --> 00:51:01,992 Well, thank you very much, both of you. You've been a big help. 667 00:51:02,493 --> 00:51:03,727 Fine. 668 00:51:03,827 --> 00:51:05,429 You can tell her. 669 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:10,167 I looked at the ventilator, I thought it was a painting. 670 00:51:11,602 --> 00:51:14,038 Well, we'll sell that, too, of course. 671 00:51:14,805 --> 00:51:17,441 - Thank you very much. - Anytime, Lieutenant. 672 00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:28,452 I called your board meeting for tomorrow morning... 673 00:51:28,953 --> 00:51:31,388 then I realized I need your proxy. 674 00:51:32,890 --> 00:51:34,858 Why don't I just go to the meeting with you? 675 00:51:34,959 --> 00:51:36,594 But you know how boring they are. 676 00:51:36,694 --> 00:51:38,028 I know but... 677 00:51:41,365 --> 00:51:43,067 I've been doing a lot of thinking. 678 00:51:43,901 --> 00:51:44,568 Bravo. 679 00:51:47,204 --> 00:51:49,340 I think it would be best if... 680 00:51:49,673 --> 00:51:51,942 I took over chairmanship of the company. 681 00:51:53,711 --> 00:51:54,745 Just for a while. 682 00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:57,381 Do you think I would remain with the company... 683 00:51:57,481 --> 00:51:59,883 in a subservient position to my wife. 684 00:52:00,284 --> 00:52:02,620 No. Not subservient. 685 00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:06,123 Elizabeth, you don't understand anything about business. 686 00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:08,759 The jackals rip you apart. 687 00:52:09,159 --> 00:52:12,029 Here you're safe, in the house I built for you. 688 00:52:12,429 --> 00:52:16,867 Oh, Harold, I love you. And I know that you love me but... 689 00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:20,604 I can't stay locked up here in this house the rest of my life. 690 00:52:20,704 --> 00:52:22,640 Surely you can understand that. 691 00:52:24,575 --> 00:52:26,310 Are you expecting someone? 692 00:52:26,510 --> 00:52:27,578 No. 693 00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:30,714 No further discussions. 694 00:52:32,449 --> 00:52:34,451 I need these papers signed by tomorrow morning. 695 00:52:43,527 --> 00:52:46,196 I know you will not disappoint me. 696 00:52:56,306 --> 00:52:58,642 Mr. Van Wick, I'm sorry to disturb you... 697 00:52:58,742 --> 00:53:01,812 but your wife said it was all right to come back anytime. 698 00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:04,014 Any progress, Lieutenant? 699 00:53:04,114 --> 00:53:08,585 Well, we're inching along. Look, you know these things take time. 700 00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:10,888 - Can we come in? - Of course, come in. 701 00:53:13,624 --> 00:53:15,192 Good evening, Mrs. Van Wick. 702 00:53:15,292 --> 00:53:16,527 Good evening. 703 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:19,129 I hope you don't mind us barging in like this. 704 00:53:19,229 --> 00:53:20,531 Oh, no. Of course not. 705 00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:24,368 This is Officer Banks, he's come to assist me. 706 00:53:26,336 --> 00:53:29,139 Officer, why don't you put the box right down there. 707 00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:33,343 I was thinking, ma'am, about what you said this morning. 708 00:53:34,445 --> 00:53:37,848 That you woke up last night because you thought you heard a noise. 709 00:53:38,482 --> 00:53:39,583 Yes. 710 00:53:41,251 --> 00:53:42,319 What is this? 711 00:53:42,653 --> 00:53:45,789 That's an experiment, sir. A test. 712 00:53:47,491 --> 00:53:50,527 I'm afraid I'm gonna need your assistance. I hope you don't mind? 713 00:53:51,095 --> 00:53:54,531 Certainly, I'd be happy to help. But what would you like me to do? 714 00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:57,768 I'd like you to go upstairs to your bedroom and after the test... 715 00:53:57,868 --> 00:54:00,270 tell us what you saw and what you heard. 716 00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:01,805 We're going to remain down here. 717 00:54:01,972 --> 00:54:04,274 Buzz us on the telephone when you're ready. 718 00:54:07,411 --> 00:54:08,312 All right. 719 00:54:08,412 --> 00:54:10,781 - I'll bring you up. - No, I can do it. 720 00:54:15,953 --> 00:54:18,422 What are you trying to prove, Lieutenant? 721 00:54:18,622 --> 00:54:20,724 Why are you putting my wife through all these things? 722 00:54:22,459 --> 00:54:25,562 I'm terribly sorry, sir. But I just have to start somewhere on this thing. 723 00:54:25,662 --> 00:54:28,999 You see, I can't seem to get a handle on it. 724 00:54:31,502 --> 00:54:32,603 May I have the gun? 725 00:54:40,244 --> 00:54:42,513 - Is this loaded? - It's loaded, Lieutenant. 726 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,449 - Is the safety catch on or off? - On. 727 00:54:45,549 --> 00:54:47,284 Would you take it off? 728 00:54:48,218 --> 00:54:49,419 I hate guns. 729 00:54:55,726 --> 00:54:57,427 Would you go up on the stairs and watch? 730 00:55:03,333 --> 00:55:04,701 Am I... 731 00:55:05,469 --> 00:55:10,240 to assume that you're going to shoot the gun in the sandbox? 732 00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:12,009 Yes, sir. But you don't have to worry about... 733 00:55:12,109 --> 00:55:13,510 the bullet going through to the floor. 734 00:55:13,610 --> 00:55:15,345 I've tried this before. 735 00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:18,148 Why don't you use a blank cartridge? 736 00:55:18,782 --> 00:55:20,617 Wouldn't sound the same. It never does. 737 00:55:22,419 --> 00:55:23,620 All set out there? 738 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:24,755 All set. 739 00:55:27,825 --> 00:55:29,960 All right, Mrs. Van Wick, thank you. 740 00:55:31,795 --> 00:55:33,230 You want to put your fingers in your ears? 741 00:55:33,330 --> 00:55:34,765 This thing could make a lot of noise. 742 00:55:34,865 --> 00:55:36,567 I can handle it. 743 00:55:37,868 --> 00:55:39,970 I wish I could say the same. 744 00:55:48,612 --> 00:55:51,215 - Officer? - Yes? 745 00:55:51,782 --> 00:55:55,319 Would you ask Mrs. Van Wick what she saw and what she heard? 746 00:55:55,552 --> 00:55:59,022 Mrs. Van Wick, did you see or hear anything? 747 00:56:01,658 --> 00:56:03,594 She said it wasn't very loud but she heard it. 748 00:56:03,694 --> 00:56:05,195 And her door opened. 749 00:56:06,296 --> 00:56:07,798 What are you looking for, Lieutenant? 750 00:56:07,965 --> 00:56:10,801 What are you going to prove? Maybe I can help you. 751 00:56:13,437 --> 00:56:15,706 I wanted to know if you fired the gun here in the study... 752 00:56:15,806 --> 00:56:18,275 whether the noise would open the door to the bedroom. 753 00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:21,678 Yeah, you wouldn't have needed this foolish experiment. 754 00:56:21,778 --> 00:56:24,214 I could've told you. You only need to ask. 755 00:56:24,314 --> 00:56:26,783 Well I really wanted to see for myself. 756 00:56:27,184 --> 00:56:29,653 You saw it. What's your point? 757 00:56:30,287 --> 00:56:32,222 Well, you know, that the other night... 758 00:56:32,322 --> 00:56:34,124 the night of the murder, your wife heard something? 759 00:56:34,825 --> 00:56:35,826 And she didn't know what it was. 760 00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:37,995 So she called her mother, who didn't answer... 761 00:56:38,462 --> 00:56:41,131 so then she buzzed the study and she spoke to you. 762 00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:42,866 That's exactly true. 763 00:56:43,567 --> 00:56:46,069 It was just before I went to the art show. 764 00:56:46,169 --> 00:56:48,805 And that was around 9:13? 765 00:56:49,172 --> 00:56:50,507 Yes. 766 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,580 That's a very big problem, sir. 767 00:56:57,781 --> 00:57:01,919 You have to help me, Lieutenant. I fail to see where the problem is. 768 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:04,488 But, Mr. Baxter, your security guard, he said... 769 00:57:04,588 --> 00:57:07,891 that the shooting occurred around 9:30, give or take a moment. 770 00:57:09,226 --> 00:57:12,396 But if the noise that your wife heard was a gunshot... 771 00:57:12,930 --> 00:57:15,832 that means the shooting took place before 9:13. 772 00:57:16,433 --> 00:57:18,335 How can my wife say that it was a gunshot? 773 00:57:18,435 --> 00:57:20,937 What are you talking about, Lieutenant? 774 00:57:21,905 --> 00:57:24,908 If it would have been a gunshot, I would know myself. I was here. 775 00:57:25,008 --> 00:57:28,078 And I assure you, I heard nothing. 776 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:35,052 And, as a matter of fact, she's not sure if she heard anything either. 777 00:57:36,787 --> 00:57:40,157 She thought maybe she was dreaming. 778 00:57:41,458 --> 00:57:44,328 She wasn't dreaming, sir, that's for certain. 779 00:57:45,362 --> 00:57:47,297 Would you come upstairs with me for a moment? 780 00:57:54,972 --> 00:57:56,640 It had to be a noise. 781 00:57:56,740 --> 00:57:59,843 I mean, that's the only thing that would explain it. 782 00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:03,413 Otherwise why would her door open? 783 00:58:03,714 --> 00:58:06,116 You see, that's my problem, sir. 784 00:58:06,850 --> 00:58:10,153 What caused the door to open? There had to be a noise. 785 00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:12,556 She didn't tell me the door opened. 786 00:58:12,656 --> 00:58:14,291 - She didn't? - No. 787 00:58:14,691 --> 00:58:16,493 She didn't tell me either. 788 00:58:27,137 --> 00:58:28,705 What's going on? 789 00:58:29,373 --> 00:58:32,242 I would like to continue this a step further, if you don't mind. 790 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:34,244 Yes, certainly. Come in. 791 00:58:34,344 --> 00:58:37,647 Last night, when you thought you heard a noise, did the door open? 792 00:58:38,015 --> 00:58:40,217 I wasn't aware of it. 793 00:58:42,586 --> 00:58:45,689 According to your statement, ma'am, you were lying in your bed, reading. 794 00:58:45,789 --> 00:58:48,058 - Is that correct? - Yes, that's right. 795 00:58:53,330 --> 00:58:55,232 Would you turn out the lights, please? 796 00:58:58,535 --> 00:59:00,737 Now, as far as you remember... 797 00:59:00,904 --> 00:59:03,206 you were lying on the right side of your bed... 798 00:59:03,306 --> 00:59:04,908 and you had your book in your right hand... 799 00:59:05,008 --> 00:59:07,044 and your head was against the pillow. 800 00:59:07,644 --> 00:59:12,082 And you were facing your night table. And you had your reading lamp on. 801 00:59:13,016 --> 00:59:14,751 That's what I remember. 802 00:59:16,019 --> 00:59:18,755 I think you'll both get a better idea of what I'm talking about... 803 00:59:18,855 --> 00:59:21,224 if you'll position yourselves in this area. 804 00:59:26,163 --> 00:59:28,632 Now, according to your statement, ma'am... 805 00:59:29,433 --> 00:59:31,368 you then dozed off. 806 00:59:32,936 --> 00:59:35,205 Then you thought you heard something... 807 00:59:35,439 --> 00:59:37,040 and you sat up. 808 00:59:37,741 --> 00:59:40,010 You thought, "Well, maybe I'm just dreaming." 809 00:59:40,377 --> 00:59:42,879 And then you said that you saw your bathrobe at the foot of the bed... 810 00:59:42,979 --> 00:59:45,082 and you saw the toy clown in the chair and you remember... 811 00:59:45,182 --> 00:59:48,952 having the thought "Well, at least I'm awake now." 812 00:59:49,419 --> 00:59:52,255 And then you turned to the phone to call your mother. 813 00:59:52,355 --> 00:59:53,190 Is that correct? 814 00:59:53,957 --> 00:59:55,592 Yes, that's correct. 815 00:59:56,293 --> 00:59:59,262 Where was your bathrobe, ma'am? Was it right about there? 816 00:59:59,362 --> 01:00:01,064 Just in here. 817 01:00:02,232 --> 01:00:04,835 Yes, you would've seen that very clearly. 818 01:00:05,202 --> 01:00:08,038 The problem is, how could you see the toy clown in the chair? 819 01:00:10,941 --> 01:00:12,442 That part of the room is dark. 820 01:00:32,496 --> 01:00:35,966 There is no question in my mind that the door was open. 821 01:00:38,735 --> 01:00:40,136 What difference would it make? 822 01:00:41,805 --> 01:00:45,041 What we're trying to determine, ma'am, is whether you were dreaming... 823 01:00:45,142 --> 01:00:46,776 or whether you really heard something. 824 01:00:47,344 --> 01:00:49,779 The Lieutenant is saying there must've been a noise otherwise... 825 01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:51,781 the door wouldn't have opened. Am I correct? 826 01:00:52,215 --> 01:00:53,917 That is exactly right. 827 01:00:54,017 --> 01:00:56,653 I assume, according to the little experiment... 828 01:00:56,753 --> 01:00:59,789 you made before, you believe it must've been a gunshot. 829 01:01:00,190 --> 01:01:01,791 That is a possibility. 830 01:01:02,259 --> 01:01:04,427 I only can repeat myself, Lieutenant... 831 01:01:04,528 --> 01:01:06,796 I still was in the house at this time. 832 01:01:08,231 --> 01:01:10,667 If it would've been a gunshot, I could've heard it. 833 01:01:10,767 --> 01:01:11,801 That's true. 834 01:01:12,102 --> 01:01:14,070 Well, you must've heard something. 835 01:01:16,239 --> 01:01:19,409 I mean, there had to be a noise otherwise the door would not open. 836 01:01:22,245 --> 01:01:24,447 Elizabeth, you remember... 837 01:01:24,548 --> 01:01:27,651 last month, when the Freemans came over to spend the weekend with us... 838 01:01:27,751 --> 01:01:29,653 the problem we had with the rear door? 839 01:01:29,753 --> 01:01:30,587 Yes. 840 01:01:30,687 --> 01:01:32,522 Closing and opening the whole time. 841 01:01:33,156 --> 01:01:34,224 That's right. 842 01:01:34,324 --> 01:01:38,028 Our back door kept just popping open for no apparent reason. 843 01:01:38,628 --> 01:01:39,930 You know, Lieutenant... 844 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:43,633 my system is very elaborate and very sensitive. 845 01:01:43,733 --> 01:01:49,439 The more complex a system is, the more it is exposed to malfunctions. 846 01:01:49,539 --> 01:01:52,542 We have to accept these little problems from time to time. 847 01:01:53,810 --> 01:01:55,745 I'm afraid, Lieutenant... 848 01:01:55,845 --> 01:01:59,783 the little parlor trick proved absolutely nothing. 849 01:02:10,527 --> 01:02:12,162 Come on, baby, come on. 850 01:02:12,596 --> 01:02:13,697 Come on. 851 01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:19,369 Hey, is there any ketchup? 852 01:02:19,869 --> 01:02:22,339 - On the corner. - No, this is empty. 853 01:02:23,340 --> 01:02:24,541 Give me a minute. 854 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:28,545 Kazmier's got good protection. 855 01:02:28,645 --> 01:02:31,281 He gets it away, high and deep. 856 01:02:31,381 --> 01:02:33,883 Lucas is calling for a fair catch. 857 01:02:34,451 --> 01:02:35,852 He fumbles it. 858 01:02:36,586 --> 01:02:38,722 Picked up by number 43, Jefferson. 859 01:02:38,822 --> 01:02:40,991 He's going to get caught from behind. 860 01:02:41,091 --> 01:02:45,362 Hold everything. There's a flag down on the 42-yard line. 861 01:02:45,462 --> 01:02:46,830 They're going to bring it back. 862 01:02:46,930 --> 01:02:49,099 Let's play it back from another angle. 863 01:02:49,199 --> 01:02:53,770 Here's the replay. Watch Lucas with his arm up, and watch the feet. 864 01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:57,507 It looks like 65, Romano, interfered with Lucas. 865 01:02:58,541 --> 01:03:02,145 Well, it looks from here as if Lucas never touched the ball. 866 01:03:02,245 --> 01:03:03,680 Yeah, that's what they're saying. 867 01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:06,416 And that '11 be 15 yards for tripping. 868 01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:08,685 And that's a real break for the Cougars. 869 01:03:14,157 --> 01:03:17,027 I appreciate this. I know how busy you are. 870 01:03:17,127 --> 01:03:20,030 Look, I'm afraid I'm not much of an expert on tapes. 871 01:03:20,363 --> 01:03:23,366 If you need any technical answers just ask Thompson. 872 01:03:23,900 --> 01:03:25,101 Yes, sir. 873 01:03:26,836 --> 01:03:28,171 Thompson? 874 01:03:29,005 --> 01:03:32,275 Lieutenant Columbo. The tapes that I sent down are his. 875 01:03:32,575 --> 01:03:34,411 How do you do, Lieutenant? 876 01:03:35,712 --> 01:03:38,748 Lieutenant, what are we gonna be looking at? 877 01:03:39,382 --> 01:03:41,084 This may be difficult for you. 878 01:03:42,118 --> 01:03:44,587 This was recorded the night of the murder. 879 01:03:45,055 --> 01:03:47,357 It shows the death of your mother and the arrival of... 880 01:03:47,457 --> 01:03:49,059 the security guard after the shooting. 881 01:03:49,325 --> 01:03:52,128 Mr. Thompson, I assume that you cut the tape in the place that I marked it. 882 01:03:52,362 --> 01:03:56,433 Yes, I did. The arrival of the security guard would be on the right monitor... 883 01:03:56,533 --> 01:03:58,735 and the shooting would be on your left monitor. 884 01:04:01,304 --> 01:04:03,273 Would you start them up, please? 885 01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:12,782 Now the one on the right is after the murder. 886 01:04:13,416 --> 01:04:16,486 That's when the security guard came in and discovered the body. 887 01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:18,722 See, his presence in the room activated the tape... 888 01:04:18,822 --> 01:04:20,356 that's when it started up again. 889 01:04:23,159 --> 01:04:24,494 Freeze that. 890 01:04:25,729 --> 01:04:27,163 Freeze this. 891 01:04:31,368 --> 01:04:32,902 Excuse me. 892 01:04:41,010 --> 01:04:43,546 Lieutenant, exactly what are you looking for? 893 01:04:43,646 --> 01:04:47,350 I don't know. A clock on the wall, a watch, a shadow. 894 01:04:47,984 --> 01:04:51,020 Something that would definitely establish the exact time of the murder. 895 01:04:51,888 --> 01:04:55,125 Well... Baxter said it was 9:30... 896 01:04:55,225 --> 01:04:57,394 he saw the whole thing. He was an eyewitness. 897 01:04:57,494 --> 01:05:00,864 Not exactly. He saw it on a monitor, he wasn't actually in the room. 898 01:05:20,016 --> 01:05:20,850 What do you see? 899 01:05:22,952 --> 01:05:24,387 I'm not sure. 900 01:05:28,091 --> 01:05:28,925 Let me ask you something. 901 01:05:29,025 --> 01:05:31,628 Can you zoom in close like they do in the football games? 902 01:05:31,728 --> 01:05:33,163 Can you do that on this tape? 903 01:05:33,263 --> 01:05:35,131 Oh, sure. That's no problem. 904 01:05:42,238 --> 01:05:43,006 What do you see? 905 01:05:45,208 --> 01:05:46,876 I'm not sure. 906 01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:51,881 I'm not sure. 907 01:05:57,754 --> 01:06:00,423 I'll call you as soon as the meeting is over. 908 01:06:03,226 --> 01:06:04,894 What kind of a face is this again? 909 01:06:06,796 --> 01:06:09,432 You know I'm only concerned what is good for you. 910 01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:12,702 You went through a nightmare, I know. 911 01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:19,642 We need each other even more than ever before. 912 01:06:21,845 --> 01:06:24,747 Thank God you went to the gallery that night. 913 01:06:25,548 --> 01:06:26,883 What do you mean? 914 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:31,921 If you'd been here I might have lost you both. 915 01:06:36,259 --> 01:06:37,594 I think I have to go now. 916 01:06:42,765 --> 01:06:44,300 Good afternoon, Mr. Van Wick. 917 01:06:44,801 --> 01:06:47,537 What is it? A new experiment? 918 01:06:47,937 --> 01:06:50,206 I'm sorry to bother you again so soon. 919 01:06:50,540 --> 01:06:52,475 Perhaps it's more convenient for you, Lieutenant... 920 01:06:52,575 --> 01:06:54,644 if you just move in one of our guest rooms. 921 01:06:54,878 --> 01:06:57,847 I'm a nuisance, I know, but I do have a problem, I need your help. 922 01:06:57,947 --> 01:07:00,450 It won't take long. It's about these tapes. 923 01:07:00,817 --> 01:07:01,651 What about it? 924 01:07:02,151 --> 01:07:04,120 I wonder if you can run them for me. 925 01:07:04,954 --> 01:07:08,691 I'm sure you can explain this, it's a technical question. 926 01:07:08,791 --> 01:07:09,959 This is the last time. 927 01:07:11,928 --> 01:07:13,930 I promise it will not happen again. 928 01:07:15,398 --> 01:07:18,935 All right, Lieutenant. Til take your word for it. 929 01:07:23,673 --> 01:07:26,109 - Good afternoon, Mrs. Van Wick. - Hello. 930 01:07:27,710 --> 01:07:29,579 This is Officer Bronson. 931 01:07:30,013 --> 01:07:32,315 - How do you do? - How do you do? 932 01:07:34,817 --> 01:07:37,287 I think it's better if you remain out here. 933 01:07:47,196 --> 01:07:48,398 Two tapes? 934 01:07:48,498 --> 01:07:50,400 - Yes. - What is it? 935 01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:54,404 One is the arrival of the security guard... 936 01:07:54,704 --> 01:07:56,706 and the other is the shooting of your mother-in-law. 937 01:07:57,774 --> 01:08:00,076 You mean the tape I gave you, you cut? 938 01:08:00,510 --> 01:08:02,378 Yes, sir. Would you play them? 939 01:08:02,779 --> 01:08:03,980 Which first? 940 01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:06,382 Both at the same time. 941 01:08:16,159 --> 01:08:18,361 You know, I don't know much about these things. 942 01:08:18,661 --> 01:08:20,363 Is it possible to take that tape... 943 01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:23,566 and play it into the closed TV system here... 944 01:08:23,833 --> 01:08:27,704 so that it could be seen by Baxter on the monitor in the gatehouse? 945 01:08:28,371 --> 01:08:31,074 Everything is possible with this equipment. 946 01:08:32,275 --> 01:08:34,077 That's what Mr. Thompson said. 947 01:08:36,145 --> 01:08:38,114 I just wanted to confirm it. 948 01:08:38,881 --> 01:08:40,883 - Ready. - Good. 949 01:08:42,919 --> 01:08:44,320 You can start. 950 01:08:49,726 --> 01:08:50,860 Freeze that. 951 01:08:55,198 --> 01:08:56,532 Freeze this. 952 01:09:00,870 --> 01:09:03,906 You know, sir, I checked your alibi with Baxter and the Grant Galleries... 953 01:09:04,007 --> 01:09:06,075 and for a while there I accepted your story. 954 01:09:10,179 --> 01:09:12,382 Then I happened to be watching a football game on TV... 955 01:09:12,482 --> 01:09:15,018 and they did one of those tape replays. 956 01:09:16,085 --> 01:09:17,587 That's when it hit me. 957 01:09:19,555 --> 01:09:20,890 What are you talking about? 958 01:09:21,791 --> 01:09:25,895 You've fed a videotape of the study with no one in it down to the gatehouse... 959 01:09:26,129 --> 01:09:27,697 an empty room. 960 01:09:28,131 --> 01:09:30,733 While it was playing, you shot your mother-in-law. 961 01:09:34,237 --> 01:09:37,206 Then you set the machine to feed the murder tape... 962 01:09:37,807 --> 01:09:40,643 this tape here, into the closed circuit system... 963 01:09:41,010 --> 01:09:44,414 so that Baxter would see it after you arrived at the art show. 964 01:09:46,783 --> 01:09:49,152 All you required was an automatic timer... 965 01:09:49,252 --> 01:09:51,654 to start the tape at the right time. 966 01:09:52,221 --> 01:09:58,194 This is amusing theory, Lieutenant, but just a theory. 967 01:09:58,594 --> 01:10:00,463 I wouldn't say it if I couldn't prove it. 968 01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:06,169 You see that? 969 01:10:06,402 --> 01:10:07,470 What? 970 01:10:08,104 --> 01:10:09,939 Compare this spot... 971 01:10:10,807 --> 01:10:13,710 with this spot. Do you see the difference? 972 01:10:13,810 --> 01:10:14,944 No. 973 01:10:15,178 --> 01:10:17,980 You're right, it's hard to see. I almost missed it myself. 974 01:10:18,081 --> 01:10:20,183 But if you look very carefully... 975 01:10:20,349 --> 01:10:22,285 you'll see that this spot on this monitor... 976 01:10:22,385 --> 01:10:25,621 is lighter in color than this spot on this monitor. 977 01:10:26,355 --> 01:10:28,558 And that's what caught my eye. 978 01:10:29,358 --> 01:10:31,994 And I thought, at first, it might be a reflection. 979 01:10:33,129 --> 01:10:34,497 But I had to be sure. 980 01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:40,603 Advance button. 981 01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:45,708 Do you see it now? 982 01:10:46,676 --> 01:10:47,710 What? 983 01:10:50,813 --> 01:10:53,649 - You still don't recognize it? - No. 984 01:10:56,819 --> 01:10:58,955 Well, then, let's make very close. 985 01:11:07,096 --> 01:11:08,030 Harold... 986 01:11:08,931 --> 01:11:11,334 that's your invitation to the art gallery. 987 01:11:16,739 --> 01:11:19,842 That's what it is. You can even see your name written on it. 988 01:11:20,977 --> 01:11:22,879 It's your invitation. 989 01:11:25,615 --> 01:11:27,950 I went back and got this from the Grant Galleries. 990 01:11:29,652 --> 01:11:30,786 This... 991 01:11:31,521 --> 01:11:32,722 is this. 992 01:11:39,996 --> 01:11:43,466 This is what you presented at the art show the night of the murder. 993 01:11:43,833 --> 01:11:47,737 The problem is, it was on the desk immediately after the shooting. 994 01:11:48,271 --> 01:11:49,772 How did it get to the art gallery? 995 01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:52,408 By your own testimony, you took it there. 996 01:11:55,011 --> 01:11:59,015 But in order to get it off the desk you practically had to step over the body. 997 01:11:59,916 --> 01:12:03,119 That woman was shot before you left the house. 998 01:12:03,519 --> 01:12:04,654 And you shot her. 999 01:12:09,692 --> 01:12:11,661 This is insane. 1000 01:12:12,461 --> 01:12:15,898 This is absolutely insane. 1001 01:12:17,166 --> 01:12:18,334 Elizabeth... 1002 01:12:18,734 --> 01:12:22,371 tell the Lieutenant before I left the house... 1003 01:12:22,471 --> 01:12:25,908 I saw your mother coming up to the room to wish you good night. 1004 01:12:26,242 --> 01:12:27,243 Tell him. 1005 01:12:27,610 --> 01:12:30,479 I saw her, I saw her alive before I left. 1006 01:12:30,846 --> 01:12:32,615 Tell him, Elizabeth! 1007 01:12:33,749 --> 01:12:34,884 No. 1008 01:12:41,924 --> 01:12:42,792 Officer. 1009 01:12:50,633 --> 01:12:52,702 This won't be necessary.