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Well, the pot's right.
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You call these cards, Granger?
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Can't win every hand.
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Can't do it with these cards.
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Oh, stop crying, boys.
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Thanks, honey.
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Anybody else?
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How about you, Mr. Wallace?
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No, thank you.
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How many, Clay?
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I'll take one.
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He flushing, Doris?
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Well, I've had
enough for one night.
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Here's my stack.
I'm exactly even.
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I'm glad you could
join us, Mr. Earnshaw.
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I'll try you again the
next time I'm in town.
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That's all right,
I'll get the door.
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Good night, everybody.
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Night. Night.
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You all right if we
go on with the game?
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Wallace?
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I'm out!
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Now let's see who's
got all the power.
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What do you say, Benton?
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I'll take two.
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Dealer takes three.
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All right, Clay. It's your bet.
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I'll check.
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That case, I'll bet two blues.
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Your two, two better.
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I'll fold.
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You drew three cards?
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That's right.
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I ought to raise
you back. What...?
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What you got?
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Read 'em and weep.
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I discarded the
seven of diamonds.
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Ah, you're crazy.
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Wallace, you saw my hand. Oh.
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I... I don't remember.
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Well, I do.
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You calling me a cheat?
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Take it easy, Granger.
He didn't mean to put...
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Stay out of this, Clay.
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This is between
myself and Benton.
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I figure you owe me an apology.
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Now, come on fellas,
let's break this up.
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Somebody could get hurt.
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What do you say, Mr. Benton?
I'm getting out of here.
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Is he...?
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I-I... I didn't mean it, Johnny.
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Y-you saw it was his own fault.
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I know it.
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Well, what should we do, Johnny?
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Let me think.
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I know what we should do.
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We should call the cops.
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Oh, no, Johnny, we can't.
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Yeah. It'd be a rat race.
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They'd be asking a lot of
embarrassing questions.
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Well, then what, Johnny?
I'm in an awful spot.
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There are other things
you don't know about.
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Wait a minute.
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Granger hasn't got any
family. Nobody will miss him,
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and nobody will ask
questions if he just disappears.
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Disappears? How?
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There's a lot of beach
around this house.
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Look, Larry... you get lost.
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The less you know, the
better. Doris, get his coat.
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I'm sorry to bother
you, Mr. Larry,
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but you have a visitor. Who?
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He wouldn't give me
his name, just his card.
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He said you'd understand.
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Hi, Larry.
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What's the idea, Wallace?
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Hey, this is a nice
place you got here.
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Oh, I hope you don't
mind me helping myself.
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See, I'm a sucker for flowers.
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What do you want, Wallace?
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Well, I don't know exactly
how to put this kid, but, uh,
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last night when
that trouble started
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between you and Mike
Granger... You left in a hurry.
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Yeah. Heh-heh. You
see, I'm the sort of a guy
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that, well, likes to
stay clear of the cops.
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How about you?
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You can let that go
until later, Mickey.
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Yes, sir.
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All right, Wallace. What is it?
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Well, about five minutes
after you left last night,
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Johnny Clay come out
carrying Mike Granger.
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He looked awful dead to me, kid.
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You're out of your mind.
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So why do you
suppose he buried him
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in back of his beach house?
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Look, Wallace, it
was an accident.
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Oh, sure it was. You didn't
know the gun was loaded.
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It wasn't even my gun.
You know that yourself.
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So you could've taken it away
from Granger and then shot him.
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No. He was holding
it when it went off.
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Ask Johnny and Doris.
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Look, kid, let me tell you
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something about
Johnny and Doris.
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Do you think they'd
have covered for you
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if they could afford the cops
snooping into their lives?
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So do you think they're gonna
protect you from the police?
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Y-you don't understand.
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No.
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No, I don't.
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Well, maybe you'll have
better luck with a jury.
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Personally, I
wouldn't give odds.
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Wallace.
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What do you want?
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Money.
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You know me,
Larry. I'm not a pig.
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I'll take 5 grand,
forget the whole thing.
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Where would I get
that kind of money?
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You kidding?
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Well, this place
belongs to my brother.
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So?
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I'll have to think it over.
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No, sure, Larry. I'm
not gonna rush you.
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I'll be back tomorrow.
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That doesn't give me much time.
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I got confidence in you, boy.
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Lots of confidence.
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Johnny.
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I'm scared.
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Come here.
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Now, listen, honey.
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There's absolutely nothing to...
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Hello?
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That you, Johnny? JOHNNY: Yeah?
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Ben Wallace. I just saw our boy.
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We're in. The
first bite's 5 grand.
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He give you trouble?
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No, not a bit.
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I told him I'd be back
tomorrow for the dough.
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Nice going, Wallace.
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We play this pigeon
right, we'll make a fortune.
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Right.
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What did I tell you, sweetie?
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There's not a thing
to worry about.
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Hello?
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Yeah, Johnny?
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It is?
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So all you have to do
is stay out of circulation,
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and we'll milk this
for all it's worth.
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You got enough
magazines and things
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to keep you from getting bored?
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Who's bored? I got dreams.
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What? Don't worry.
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Nobody will ever find
me where I'm holed up.
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And Johnny, just keep in touch.
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I want a running account of
how the money's coming in.
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Okay.
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Would you please ask
my brother to step in here?
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You wanted to see me?
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Yes, I did.
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Sit down.
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Want you to take
a look at these.
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They're all alike,
and all signed by me.
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So naturally the bank
accepted them without question.
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Well...?
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Well, what?
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You know that's
not my signature.
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You've had enough
practice copying it.
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That's right. Throw it up to me.
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All right, so I made a mistake.
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Mistake?!
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You've made hundreds of them.
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Sure.
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And my biggest mistake
was to be your brother.
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But you can't really
hold that against me.
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I'm sorry, kid.
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Sure you are.
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Look, I've always tried
to do my best for you.
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Let's not start that.
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Everybody knows how
much you did for me,
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and how I'm the
ungrateful kid brother.
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But then, look at
the paragon of virtue
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I'm being compared with.
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Well, I'm sick and
tired of competing.
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I just want to know what
kind of a jam you're in.
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Now, who's Ben Wallace?
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I know he's got some sort of
connection with Johnny Clay.
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And you've been seeing
a lot of Mr. Clay lately.
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Where did you pick that up?
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A detective named Paul Drake.
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So you've been
checking on me again.
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Look, I just don't want
you to get into trouble.
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Now, what's this
Clay got on you?
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Why don't you ask
this Paul Drake?
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He seems to know
all the answers.
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Larry!
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Larry!
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After I spoke to Mr. Drake,
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he suggested I
have a talk with you.
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I'd say a talk with Mr. Clay
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00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,738
would be more profitable.
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00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:05,174
I tried it, but I
didn't get very far.
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00:11:05,198 --> 00:11:07,718
He said he wasn't
my brother's keeper.
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00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,445
What makes you think
your brother needs a lawyer?
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00:11:10,469 --> 00:11:12,781
I'm a hunch player, Mr. Mason.
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Many's a time
I've drilled a well
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where there was no
indication of oil for 50 miles.
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00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:19,022
Now you have a
hunch that your brother's
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being blackmailed.
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00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,013
It can't be anything else.
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00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,227
How big are those poker games?
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Two-dollar limit.
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00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,065
Oh, your brother could
lose a few hundred dollars
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in a game like that,
but hardly 20,000.
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That's the way I figure.
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Mr. Mason, he's in trouble,
and I've gotta help him.
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00:11:38,497 --> 00:11:40,664
Isn't it about time he
learned to help himself?
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I just want him to have the
things that I missed out on.
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All right, Mr. Benton.
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I'll look into it.
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Good.
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Goodbye, Miss Street. Goodbye.
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Thanks.
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00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:04,700
Well, what do you think?
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I like him. What else?
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Oh, he's a good, solid citizen.
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Not overly imaginative, but...
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if he thinks his brother
is headed for trouble,
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I'll bet he is.
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Gin.
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00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:23,219
Oh, no, honey. Not again.
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Hi, Johnny, Doris.
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00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:34,224
Well, what happened to you?
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What the devil are
you doing here?
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I had to talk to you.
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What is it? Granger
getting restless?
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Yeah, but he's all right.
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00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:42,939
He's complaining about
not getting any dough yet.
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And that fleabag he's
in makes him feel like
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he's back in stir.
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00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:47,076
But he's behaving.
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00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,811
So, what are you doing here?
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00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:51,880
Larry got that money
by forging checks.
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00:12:51,904 --> 00:12:53,682
So what?
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I don't like it, Johnny.
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Maybe we ought to cut out.
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00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:57,987
Are you kidding?
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We got a career in this thing.
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00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,326
Now, look... while I'm
running this operation,
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we do it my way.
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We're clean so far, and
we can keep it clean.
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00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,999
And profitable. Until
I blow the whistle.
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00:13:10,023 --> 00:13:12,790
Now you take care of your
end and I'll take care of mine.
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00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:16,205
Okay. If that's the way
you want it, Johnny.
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That's the way it's gonna be.
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Mrs. Bradley?
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My name's Paul Drake.
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I told Mr. Phillips I'd
have the rent on Friday.
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My baby's been sick, and I
haven't been able to work.
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You don't understand,
Mrs. Bradley.
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I'm not a bill collector.
I'm a detective.
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I'd like to ask you
a few questions.
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May I come in?
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00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:21,973
Thank you.
263
00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:29,578
You'll have to excuse
the way the place looks.
264
00:14:29,602 --> 00:14:32,403
That's, uh, perfectly all right.
265
00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,650
You said you were a policeman?
266
00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:38,087
No, I'm a private detective.
267
00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:41,423
But I thought... Mrs. Bradley...
268
00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:42,727
do you know this man?
269
00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:52,335
Where did you get this?
270
00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:54,058
Then you do know him?
271
00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:56,361
He's my husband.
272
00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,608
Where did you get it?
273
00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,644
One of my operatives
took it this morning.
274
00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,251
You mean Johnny's here?
275
00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:09,852
In Los Angeles?
276
00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:11,621
Yes, but...
277
00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:13,623
he calls himself
Johnny Clay now.
278
00:15:13,647 --> 00:15:15,713
His name's John Bradley.
279
00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:19,117
He...
280
00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,655
He left me two years ago.
281
00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:27,870
I never knew why. I...
282
00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:30,194
I just came home one day, and...
283
00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,397
And he was gone.
284
00:15:34,701 --> 00:15:36,312
Where is he, Mr. Drake?
285
00:15:36,336 --> 00:15:37,580
Please tell me.
286
00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:38,703
Please.
287
00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:42,318
Once I found out his
real name was Bradley,
288
00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:43,452
it was strictly routine.
289
00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,053
How did you find out
his name was Bradley?
290
00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,222
Checked the set of
prints I lifted off his car.
291
00:15:47,246 --> 00:15:48,557
He'd done time.
292
00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:50,293
Also, I spoke to his wife.
293
00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,261
She's in a bad way.
294
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:54,963
Did you tell Mrs. Bradley where
she could find her husband?
295
00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:56,165
No, I didn't.
296
00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:58,267
I thought you ought
to hear about it first.
297
00:15:58,291 --> 00:15:59,735
Does he have any close friends?
298
00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:01,036
Well, I don't know if
299
00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:02,137
you'd call 'em friends,
300
00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:03,939
but he used to play
poker every week,
301
00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,341
and there were
always two regulars.
302
00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,909
A Ben Wallace and a
guy by the name of, uh,
303
00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:08,110
Mike Granger.
304
00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:10,454
This Granger served
time for assault.
305
00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,672
Anything on Wallace? Nope.
306
00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:17,687
Where can we find this Granger?
307
00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:19,121
We can't.
308
00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,256
He had a room at
the Byrnes Hotel.
309
00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,758
A week ago, on August 15th,
310
00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:25,160
he told the clerk he was
gonna play a little cards.
311
00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:26,829
He hasn't been back since.
312
00:16:26,853 --> 00:16:29,398
And 24 hours later, Larry Benton
313
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:32,167
forged his first
check for $5,000.
314
00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:34,036
Hm, like the man says,
lots of bits and pieces,
315
00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:35,738
but they just don't add up.
316
00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:36,894
Hm.
317
00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:42,159
Have to keep after
this Granger, Paul.
318
00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:46,116
You know, what this
thing needs is a catalyst.
319
00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,318
Did Clay have a girlfriend?
320
00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:52,054
Yeah. Girl by the
name of Doris Shackley.
321
00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:54,757
I got the impression
she's crazy about him.
322
00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:57,360
I wonder what would happen
if she suddenly heard that
323
00:16:57,384 --> 00:17:00,329
he was married and
had deserted his wife?
324
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:01,552
She may know it already.
325
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,367
Let's find out.
326
00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,001
Pardon me.
327
00:18:12,025 --> 00:18:13,669
Is Mr. Bradley at home?
328
00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,304
Well, you've got the
wrong house, mister.
329
00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:16,672
There's no Bradley here.
330
00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:19,874
Isn't this 1417 Ocean Drive?
331
00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:21,577
Yes.
332
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,413
Maybe you know him
better as Johnny Clay.
333
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,882
Who are you?
334
00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:29,386
My name is Mason. Perry Mason.
335
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,888
Oh. You're that
lawyer, aren't you?
336
00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:34,557
Well, I don't know
if I'm "that" lawyer,
337
00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:35,861
but I am an attorney.
338
00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,682
What do you want with Johnny?
339
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,530
I'd like to talk to him...
340
00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:42,931
about several things.
341
00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,199
Such as?
342
00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:45,789
His wife, for one.
343
00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:50,305
Heh. You don't know
what you're talking about.
344
00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:51,906
Johnny isn't married.
345
00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:54,109
Yes, he is.
346
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,445
His wife's name is Nora Bradley.
347
00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,213
He deserted her and their child
348
00:18:58,237 --> 00:18:59,948
two years ago.
349
00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,249
That's a lie.
350
00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,485
She's living, if
you can call it that,
351
00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:05,609
at 217 Sinclair Avenue.
352
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:08,912
No. You're lying.
353
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:10,959
You're lying.
354
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,028
I am sorry, Miss Shackley.
355
00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:14,252
I wish I were.
356
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:29,912
And you have no idea
where my brother went?
357
00:19:29,936 --> 00:19:31,847
I asked him, but
you know Mr. Larry.
358
00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:33,348
He just drove off.
359
00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,250
So you've been
checking on me again.
360
00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,819
All right, Mickey.
361
00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,643
You can serve dinner
whenever you're ready. Yes, sir.
362
00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,526
Where have you been?
363
00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,850
What's the matter? Did
you call your detectives off?
364
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:48,063
I just talked to Perry Mason.
365
00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:49,231
He might be able to help us.
366
00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:50,588
I don't need any help.
367
00:19:52,091 --> 00:19:55,237
You sign my name to $20,000
worth of checks and you have...
368
00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:57,272
I knew your money
was all you cared about.
369
00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:58,462
Well, here.
370
00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,284
How did you get this from Clay?
371
00:20:09,308 --> 00:20:10,553
I just walked up
to him and said:
372
00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,287
"Johnny, my brother
is unhappy with me.
373
00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:14,657
Will you please
give me $20,000?"
374
00:20:14,681 --> 00:20:17,159
Very funny. You stole it.
375
00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:19,261
You got your money.
What are you griping about?
376
00:20:19,285 --> 00:20:21,430
You idiot. Do you want
to go to jail for robbery?
377
00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:23,032
What are you gonna do?
378
00:20:23,056 --> 00:20:25,723
I'm gonna get to the
bottom of this thing right now.
379
00:21:25,952 --> 00:21:27,162
Hold it.
380
00:21:27,186 --> 00:21:28,852
Just stay right where you are.
381
00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,767
You know, I
wouldn't be surprised
382
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:34,592
if maybe the cops
will wanna talk to you.
383
00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:39,516
Operator, get me the police.
384
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:48,751
I told you all of it.
The truth. All I know.
385
00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:50,055
Did you?
386
00:21:51,678 --> 00:21:54,812
Did you tell me why you
first went to see Clay?
387
00:21:57,884 --> 00:22:00,095
What made you suspect
that your brother killed him?
388
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,429
I didn't.
389
00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:03,353
Then why'd you wipe
the murder weapon clean?
390
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,668
Don't you realize you destroyed
391
00:22:06,692 --> 00:22:08,036
any chance the police might have
392
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,171
of finding the real killer?
393
00:22:10,195 --> 00:22:11,773
Or would that be you, Steve?
394
00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:13,909
No. I was only
there for a minute.
395
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,110
He was dead when I walked in.
396
00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:16,311
Then the question is,
397
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:18,247
was he dead when
your brother walked in?
398
00:22:18,271 --> 00:22:20,671
My brother wasn't there.
399
00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:25,453
Look, Mason...
400
00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:26,622
if you involve Larry in this,
401
00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:27,756
I'll get another attorney,
402
00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:28,824
so help me.
403
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,592
That's your privilege.
404
00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:32,394
But at no time while
I'm representing you
405
00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:33,858
will I work in a straitjacket.
406
00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:37,654
Mason.
407
00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:41,492
Go ahead. Do
what you think best.
408
00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,218
Well, counselor.
409
00:22:57,242 --> 00:22:58,820
Been in to see your client?
410
00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:00,154
That's right, lieutenant.
411
00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:02,023
I hope you advised
him to change his story.
412
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:03,425
What story?
413
00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:05,527
That he'd only been in
Clay's living room for a minute
414
00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:06,695
when Wallace walked in.
415
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:07,863
Well, what's wrong with that?
416
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,364
Well, if he never
left the living room,
417
00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:10,699
how come I found
his fingerprints
418
00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:12,901
all over the bathroom?
419
00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:15,470
Gives you something
to think about, doesn't it?
420
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,421
We'd like to see Larry Benton.
421
00:23:32,445 --> 00:23:33,722
You're Mr. Mason, aren't you?
422
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,189
That's right.
423
00:23:35,213 --> 00:23:36,713
Come in, please.
424
00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:44,032
He asked me to
say he wasn't home.
425
00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:46,167
Oh? But where is he?
426
00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:47,858
In the study.
427
00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:58,135
Who the devil are you?
428
00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:00,916
My name is Mason.
This is Miss Street.
429
00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,450
She called you this afternoon
430
00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:03,885
and asked you to
drop by my office.
431
00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:05,453
I was busy.
432
00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:06,554
I can see that.
433
00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:07,656
Hey, what's the idea?
434
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,658
The idea is I
want to talk to you,
435
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:11,026
and I don't want
any muddy answers.
436
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:12,794
Now, I suggest you sit down.
437
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:13,984
Della?
438
00:24:16,856 --> 00:24:18,033
Do you realize your brother
439
00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,535
is faced with a
first-degree murder charge?
440
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,303
Why don't you ask me
how much sleep I've gotten
441
00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,838
since they arrested him?
442
00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:27,275
I'd rather know why Steve
went to Clay's beach house.
443
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:30,579
What reason did Steve
give? I'm asking you.
444
00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:32,581
He went there to have it
out with him about the money.
445
00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:35,050
The 20,000 the police
found in that briefcase?
446
00:24:35,074 --> 00:24:37,919
I'd brought it here to give him.
447
00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,454
How'd you get it?
448
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,045
Just walked in and took it.
449
00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,859
Oh, it wasn't that simple.
450
00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:45,526
Didn't Clay try to stop you?
451
00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:47,562
He wasn't home.
452
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:48,786
That's the truth.
453
00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:50,855
How'd you get in?
454
00:24:58,130 --> 00:24:59,474
Where'd you get this?
455
00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,143
There's no point in
involving an innocent party.
456
00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,045
Now, listen, young
fellow, you're in no position
457
00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:05,046
to decide who's innocent.
458
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,280
Now, where'd you get it?
459
00:25:06,304 --> 00:25:09,517
I got a phone call from
Doris Shackley last night.
460
00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:12,120
She told me Clay
masterminded the plot
461
00:25:12,144 --> 00:25:13,488
to shake me down.
462
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:16,324
Why was Clay blackmailing you?
463
00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,927
They made me
think I'd killed a man.
464
00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:20,128
Mike Granger?
465
00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,063
How did you know?
466
00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:25,333
He hasn't returned to
his hotel since that night.
467
00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:26,935
Sure.
468
00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:30,005
He's holing up somewhere.
It was all a frame.
469
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,773
Granger wasn't hurt at all.
470
00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:34,175
Clay and Ben Wallace
cooked up the whole thing.
471
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,845
That still doesn't
explain how you got this.
472
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,581
Doris told me if I
wanted to see Clay,
473
00:25:39,605 --> 00:25:41,683
I'd find the key under the mat.
474
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,840
He wasn't there. I swear.
475
00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,320
I only stayed a
couple of minutes.
476
00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:47,878
I left around 7:00.
477
00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:55,364
It must've taken you more
than a couple of minutes
478
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:56,598
to find that money.
479
00:25:56,622 --> 00:25:58,133
No. She said it was
480
00:25:58,157 --> 00:26:00,717
in a briefcase in the closet.
481
00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:05,540
Doris was certainly
obliging, wasn't she?
482
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,809
You told Paul you
wanted a catalyst.
483
00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:09,766
Well, you really got one.
484
00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:13,648
Let's go.
485
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:15,617
Mr. Mason.
486
00:26:15,641 --> 00:26:18,161
Steve didn't kill him.
487
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:21,189
He'll appreciate the
vote of confidence.
488
00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:38,040
Paul, you have to
find Mike Granger.
489
00:26:38,064 --> 00:26:39,808
I've tried. Well, try again.
490
00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:41,343
He must be around somewhere.
491
00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:42,577
He was part of this badger game,
492
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:43,845
Clay double-crossed him, and...
493
00:26:45,237 --> 00:26:46,548
Yes, Della?
494
00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:48,417
Mrs. Bradley's here.
495
00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:50,321
Oh, send her in.
I'll get the door.
496
00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:54,445
Come in, Ms. Bradley.
497
00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:58,560
Mrs. Bradley, this
is Perry Mason.
498
00:26:58,584 --> 00:27:00,884
How do you do?
Won't you sit down?
499
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,266
I must tell you how
much I appreciate
500
00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:05,700
your coming down
at a time like this.
501
00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:08,170
Well, Mr. Drake
was very kind to me.
502
00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:10,939
I, uh, hope the
baby's feeling better.
503
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,040
Would you like some coffee?
504
00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:13,064
No, thank you.
505
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:16,678
Tell me, uh...
506
00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:18,813
when was the last
time you saw Mr. Clay?
507
00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,350
His name is Bradley.
508
00:27:21,374 --> 00:27:22,750
John Nelson Bradley.
509
00:27:22,774 --> 00:27:23,907
Yes, I'm sorry.
510
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:27,322
It was about two years ago
511
00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:28,845
when he left me and the baby.
512
00:27:29,949 --> 00:27:31,559
And you never
saw him after that?
513
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:34,551
H-how could I? I didn't
know where he was.
514
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:38,366
But Mr. Drake told you he
was living in Los Angeles
515
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,235
under the name of Johnny Clay.
516
00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:41,869
He didn't tell me where.
517
00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:44,339
But you could've looked
him up in the phone book.
518
00:27:44,363 --> 00:27:46,274
He had an unlisted number.
519
00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:47,976
Then you did try to find him?
520
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,078
Well, of course I did.
521
00:27:50,102 --> 00:27:51,446
Is there anything
wrong with that?
522
00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:53,348
I've been searching for
my husband for two years.
523
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:54,492
I wanted him back.
524
00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:56,818
You're very tolerant.
525
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:59,487
I loved Johnny.
526
00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,556
No matter what he
did, I wanted him back.
527
00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,124
Then you must've been
528
00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:04,960
very grateful to Doris Shackley.
529
00:28:04,984 --> 00:28:07,462
Who?
530
00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:08,997
Doris Shackley.
531
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,666
Didn't she tell you where you
could locate your husband?
532
00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,402
I don't know what you're
trying to do, Mr. Mason.
533
00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:17,005
I only came here because
Mr. Drake asked me to.
534
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:20,542
I hope you understand
my position, Mrs. Bradley.
535
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:23,046
My client is charged
with first-degree murder.
536
00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:26,014
Mrs. Bradley...
537
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,383
I wish you'd accept
this in the spirit
538
00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:29,817
in which it's offered.
539
00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:32,361
I know you must have
had some expenses.
540
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:34,789
I don't want your money.
541
00:28:38,184 --> 00:28:40,362
I knew she wouldn't take it.
542
00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:41,596
Why?
543
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,100
Mm. She just didn't
impress me as that kind.
544
00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:47,436
Did she impress you as the
kind who would file a claim
545
00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:49,837
for her husband's
insurance less than 24 hours
546
00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:51,173
after he was murdered?
547
00:28:51,197 --> 00:28:52,529
She do that?
548
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:55,665
Yes, she did.
549
00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:14,296
Good morning.
550
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,930
What do you want?
551
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,666
Well, inasmuch as you
refused an invitation to drop by...
552
00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:21,269
I've got nothing to say to you.
553
00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:24,439
But I might have something
to say to the district attorney.
554
00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,308
Mr. Burger takes a very dim view
555
00:29:26,332 --> 00:29:29,166
of a witness disappearing
24 hours before a hearing.
556
00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:31,302
May we come in?
557
00:29:41,847 --> 00:29:43,325
I understand you
followed through
558
00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:44,349
on Nora Bradley.
559
00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:47,428
Well, didn't you look into
560
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:49,764
Johnny's marital
status with Nora?
561
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,188
I couldn't be bothered.
562
00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:54,090
I thought you were
in love with Johnny.
563
00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:01,776
I've been in love
a hundred times.
564
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,678
Someday I might even
write a book about it.
565
00:30:03,702 --> 00:30:05,046
I'll send you a copy.
566
00:30:05,070 --> 00:30:07,581
All right.
567
00:30:07,605 --> 00:30:08,883
Anything else you wanna know?
568
00:30:08,907 --> 00:30:11,353
Where can I find Mike Granger?
569
00:30:11,377 --> 00:30:13,121
Try the Byrnes Hotel.
570
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,623
That the best you can do?
571
00:30:14,647 --> 00:30:16,891
Sorry.
572
00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:18,949
Do you think Mr. Wallace
might be more helpful?
573
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,384
I wouldn't know.
574
00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:30,794
Come on out, join the party.
575
00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,341
Next time you go calling,
576
00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:35,076
park more than a block away.
577
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:36,944
Anyone can read
a registration slip.
578
00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:39,047
Thanks. I'll remember it.
579
00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:41,511
You got anything more
to say to these two, Doris?
580
00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:46,262
Then why don't
you both clear out?
581
00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:48,956
I'd still like to
582
00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:50,791
find out how to
locate Mr. Granger.
583
00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:52,260
Well, why don't you
ask Larry Benton.
584
00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:53,684
Ben!
585
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:58,099
Allow me.
586
00:30:58,123 --> 00:31:01,236
Weren't you ever taught
not to point these things?
587
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:02,492
Let's go, Paul.
588
00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:04,772
Oh, uh...
589
00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:05,974
try ice packs.
590
00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:07,838
It'll reduce the
swelling in no time.
591
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:18,474
Well, don't just stand
there. Get some ice.
592
00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:33,601
Sorry to disturb
you, Perry, but...
593
00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:35,636
uh, you have company.
594
00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:37,805
I hope you forgive
this intrusion.
595
00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:40,041
I'm always glad to
see you, lieutenant.
596
00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:41,976
Well, let's say
sometimes you're...
597
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,811
gladder than others.
598
00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:45,980
I hate to interrupt
your homework,
599
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:48,616
but, uh, Mr. Burger
wonders if you're familiar
600
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,551
with that section
of the penal code
601
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,753
which covers
intimidating a witness,
602
00:31:52,777 --> 00:31:54,889
for the state.
603
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,657
What did Mr. Wallace say?
604
00:31:56,681 --> 00:32:00,528
That you and Paul
Drake manhandled him.
605
00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,163
Well, I'm sure I
don't have to tell you
606
00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:03,631
that Wallace is lying.
607
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,700
Unfortunately, he
has a witness to
608
00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,235
substantiate the charge.
609
00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:08,770
Doris Shackley? Moreover,
610
00:32:08,794 --> 00:32:09,937
you removed from his person
611
00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,473
and against his will
a valuable weapon.
612
00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:14,309
A .38 caliber Smith
and Wesson revolver
613
00:32:14,333 --> 00:32:16,853
that he is duly
licensed to carry.
614
00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:23,050
Mr. Burger knew that
you were discouraged
615
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:25,119
about Benton's chances...
616
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:27,555
but he didn't think you
were this desperate.
617
00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:29,724
Well...
618
00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:32,108
see you in court.
619
00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:51,712
On examination we
found that the deceased
620
00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:53,914
had been struck
four times on the head
621
00:32:53,938 --> 00:32:56,384
with a blunt instrument.
622
00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:59,154
And any one of the blows
might've proved fatal.
623
00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:02,524
The examination disclosed
death was instantaneous.
624
00:33:02,548 --> 00:33:04,459
Now, Dr. Victor...
625
00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:07,795
would you say that this
was such a blunt instrument?
626
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,130
In my opinion, yes.
627
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:10,465
And is this poker the one
628
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:11,999
that was found at
the scene of the crime,
629
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,434
and subsequently
examined by you?
630
00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:14,868
Yes, sir, it is.
631
00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:16,036
If it please the court,
632
00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:18,372
I should like this poker
marked for identification.
633
00:33:18,396 --> 00:33:19,396
Mr. Mason?
634
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:21,531
No objections.
635
00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:24,178
Now, Dr. Victor...
636
00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:26,147
were you able to
establish the time of death?
637
00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:30,017
I would say the victim died
between 7 and 8:30 p.m.
638
00:33:30,041 --> 00:33:32,253
on the evening of
September 12th.
639
00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:33,521
Thank you, sir. That'll be all.
640
00:33:33,545 --> 00:33:34,545
Your witness.
641
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,081
No questions.
642
00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:43,298
In accordance with
our usual procedure,
643
00:33:43,322 --> 00:33:46,033
we subjected this
to a precipitin test.
644
00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:48,736
And on this end, we
found traces of blood.
645
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,937
I see.
646
00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:52,039
Now, lieutenant, can you
identify this object for us?
647
00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:53,641
Oh, yes, sir. That has my mark.
648
00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:55,910
Where and how did you find it?
649
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:57,645
Well, I removed it from
the defendant's coat
650
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:59,380
when I searched him
at the scene of the crime.
651
00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:01,683
And would you tell us
please what these spots are?
652
00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:03,150
They're bloodstains.
653
00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:04,985
The same blood
type as the deceased.
654
00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:07,544
Thank you, lieutenant.
Think that'll be all.
655
00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:11,515
Cross-examine.
656
00:34:15,253 --> 00:34:17,165
Lieutenant, you
testified you saw the body
657
00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:18,299
at the scene of the crime.
658
00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:19,567
Yes, sir.
659
00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:21,802
Would you say there was
a great amount of bleeding?
660
00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:24,439
Well, there always is
in cases of this kind.
661
00:34:24,463 --> 00:34:27,241
Was the defendant
splattered with blood?
662
00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:29,009
Well, his handkerchief was.
663
00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:30,411
What about Mr. Benton himself?
664
00:34:30,435 --> 00:34:31,779
Well, there were
a few bloodstains
665
00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:33,982
on, uh, the cuffs of his pants.
666
00:34:34,006 --> 00:34:35,683
Anywhere else?
667
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,240
His hands, for example?
668
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,287
No. No, sir.
669
00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:41,623
Well, in your experience,
670
00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:43,312
wouldn't you say
that was unusual?
671
00:34:44,683 --> 00:34:46,461
Yes. Yes, sir.
672
00:34:46,485 --> 00:34:47,962
Thank you,
lieutenant. That's all.
673
00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:50,197
You may stand down, lieutenant.
674
00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:52,500
Just a minute, lieutenant.
675
00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:55,002
I have one or two
questions on redirect.
676
00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,504
Let's see if we
can't clear up a point
677
00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:59,039
that Mr. Mason seems to
consider a contradiction.
678
00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:00,808
You testified that the defendant
679
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,176
said he was only
in the living room.
680
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,310
Is that correct?
681
00:35:03,334 --> 00:35:04,545
That's right.
682
00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:06,447
Did you find his fingerprints
in the living room?
683
00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:07,749
Yes, sir.
684
00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:10,251
Were his fingerprints found
anywhere else in the house?
685
00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:11,352
In the bathroom.
686
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:12,887
Whereabouts in the bathroom?
687
00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:14,477
Near the washbowl.
688
00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:17,558
I think that may help Mr. Mason.
689
00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:18,859
Thank you, lieutenant.
690
00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:20,794
Hm.
691
00:35:20,818 --> 00:35:22,952
Have you any
questions on re-cross?
692
00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:25,022
Yes, Your Honor.
693
00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:29,270
Lieutenant, isn't it true
that there's no possible way
694
00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:31,739
for an expert to tell when a
set of fingerprints were left?
695
00:35:31,763 --> 00:35:33,207
Yes, sir.
696
00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:34,609
Did you ask Mr. Benton
697
00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:36,744
if he'd ever paid a visit
to the deceased before?
698
00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:38,212
He didn't claim he had.
699
00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:39,647
But you did not ask him
700
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:41,482
that specific question?
701
00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,626
No, sir.
702
00:35:44,075 --> 00:35:45,308
Thank you.
703
00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:51,681
I call Lawrence Benton
to the stand, please.
704
00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,064
I don't know.
705
00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,899
I may have seen
it. I'm not sure.
706
00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:00,401
It has the name "John Clay"
707
00:36:00,425 --> 00:36:01,535
stamped in the middle of it.
708
00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,803
Doesn't that help at all?
709
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,238
No, sir.
710
00:36:04,262 --> 00:36:09,042
The sum of $20,000 was found
in that briefcase, Mr. Benton.
711
00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:10,378
Isn't it true that the deceased
712
00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:12,346
originally got that
money from you?
713
00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:13,747
Objection.
714
00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:16,083
The district attorney
is leading the witness.
715
00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,885
If Your Honor please,
716
00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:20,154
it seems to me the court has
seen enough of this witness
717
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,256
to be convinced
of his hostility.
718
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,058
You may ask your
leading question.
719
00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:25,727
Thank you, Your Honor.
720
00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:27,116
Your Honor...
721
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,632
I further object on the
ground that the question
722
00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:33,601
calls for a conclusion
of the witness.
723
00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:35,770
So far there's been
nothing in the testimony
724
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:37,405
to show that this
particular money
725
00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:39,273
can be identified in any way.
726
00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:40,808
The witness can testify
727
00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:42,410
as to whether he was
being blackmailed,
728
00:36:42,434 --> 00:36:45,112
but he cannot testify as
to this particular money
729
00:36:45,136 --> 00:36:46,980
unless he has a list of
the numbers on the bills,
730
00:36:47,004 --> 00:36:49,404
or can otherwise identify it.
731
00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:52,152
I think the point is well-taken.
732
00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:53,936
Your Honor...
Objection is sustained.
733
00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:01,462
Mr. Benton...
734
00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:03,286
why was Johnny
Clay blackmailing you?
735
00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:06,367
Because I wouldn't
listen to my brother.
736
00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,369
He was always
trying to protect me,
737
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,538
and like a fool, I
hated him for it.
738
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,608
And in order to protect you
from Clay, he had to kill him.
739
00:37:13,632 --> 00:37:14,876
That's a lie.
740
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,811
Johnny was dead
when Steve walked in.
741
00:37:16,835 --> 00:37:18,935
Were you there, Mr. Benton?
742
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:25,275
Your witness.
743
00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:35,051
No questions.
744
00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:45,005
Then, a couple of days
before Johnny was murdered,
745
00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:46,940
the defendant
dropped by to see him.
746
00:37:46,964 --> 00:37:49,410
He showed Johnny
some canceled checks.
747
00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:51,634
Did you have a chance
to see those checks?
748
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:54,148
Yes. There were four of them.
749
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:56,732
For $5,000 each.
Made out to cash.
750
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,779
Are these the checks?
751
00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:05,459
Yes.
752
00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:08,962
He claimed Johnny
wound up with the money.
753
00:38:08,986 --> 00:38:10,932
Johnny told him he was crazy.
754
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:12,934
What did the defendant do then?
755
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:15,102
He hit Johnny...
756
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:16,236
and then he told him
757
00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,839
if he didn't lay
off his kid brother,
758
00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:19,874
he'd be back and
take care of him.
759
00:38:19,898 --> 00:38:22,443
Are you certain those
were his exact words?
760
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:25,346
Quote, "I'll take care
of you," unquote?
761
00:38:25,370 --> 00:38:26,481
Yes, sir.
762
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:27,837
Thank you, Miss Shackley.
763
00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:30,840
That'll be all. Your witness.
764
00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:36,090
Miss Shackley,
you testified that
765
00:38:36,114 --> 00:38:38,058
two days before
Mr. Clay's murder,
766
00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:39,226
you witnessed an altercation
767
00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,595
between him and the defendant.
768
00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:41,896
That's right.
769
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,632
And the defendant struck
the deceased at that time?
770
00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,934
He certainly did.
771
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:49,704
Johnny had a nosebleed that
looked like it would never stop.
772
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,405
There was blood
all over the place.
773
00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:54,530
I suppose it also
splattered on the defendant.
774
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,911
Yes.
775
00:38:56,935 --> 00:39:00,236
Uh, where did Mr. Benton
wash up before he left?
776
00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:06,176
Did he wash in the
bathroom at that time?
777
00:39:08,579 --> 00:39:09,824
I don't remember.
778
00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:12,760
You're under oath,
Miss Shackley.
779
00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:14,662
I said I don't remember.
780
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,264
Would you remember a call
you made to Nora Bradley
781
00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:18,787
on the night of the murder?
782
00:39:25,496 --> 00:39:26,929
I didn't call her.
783
00:39:28,232 --> 00:39:30,177
Then you believed
me when I told you
784
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:31,534
the deceased was married?
785
00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:34,114
It didn't make any
difference to me.
786
00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:36,183
Then why did you
call Larry Benton
787
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,653
and tell him that Mr. Clay
was behind a blackmail scheme
788
00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:40,021
to shake him down?
789
00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:42,678
Wasn't that an act
of a jealous woman?
790
00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:46,794
I was only kidding.
791
00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:49,196
How was I to know Larry
would take me seriously?
792
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,531
I'd say you had
793
00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:52,666
an oddly developed sense
of humor, Miss Shackley.
794
00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:53,957
That'll be all.
795
00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:57,359
You may stand down.
796
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,751
And when I walked
into the beach house,
797
00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:12,954
he was wiping his
fingerprints off the poker.
798
00:40:12,978 --> 00:40:15,322
Now, Mr. Wallace,
when you say "he,"
799
00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:16,891
to whom are you referring?
800
00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,659
Him. Steve Benton.
801
00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:20,527
Did you recognize him at once?
802
00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:22,362
Yes. I played, uh, cards
803
00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:23,964
every week with
his brother, Larry.
804
00:40:23,988 --> 00:40:25,098
He showed me a picture of
805
00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:26,333
the two of 'em together once.
806
00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:29,904
I see. Now, when you
recognized Mr. Benton,
807
00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:31,705
what did you say
and what did you do?
808
00:40:31,729 --> 00:40:35,008
I told him to stay where he
was and I called the police.
809
00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:37,010
I think that's all,
Mr. Wallace. Thank you.
810
00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,034
Your witness.
811
00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:47,254
Mr. Wallace...
812
00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:49,189
you would have us believe
813
00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:51,325
that you had cornered
a dangerous killer,
814
00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:53,794
and that he obeyed your
command to stay where he was
815
00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,395
while you summoned the police?
816
00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:59,188
Oh, uh, I forgot to
mention I had a gun.
817
00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,570
Now, I'd like to
pursue the matter
818
00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:05,472
of those weekly card
games, Mr. Wallace.
819
00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:07,008
I object to that, Your Honor.
820
00:41:07,032 --> 00:41:09,811
That question is improper
cross-examination.
821
00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:13,146
Nothing was asked this witness
about any weekly card games.
822
00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:15,115
If the court please...
823
00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:17,417
the district attorney
asked Mr. Wallace
824
00:41:17,441 --> 00:41:18,919
how he recognized the defendant.
825
00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:21,489
The witness responded that
he had seen a picture of him
826
00:41:21,513 --> 00:41:23,357
at one of the weekly card games.
827
00:41:23,381 --> 00:41:25,860
I think Mr. Burger
opened the door.
828
00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:27,349
You may proceed.
829
00:41:29,754 --> 00:41:31,064
Thank you, Your Honor.
830
00:41:31,088 --> 00:41:32,967
Now, Mr. Wallace...
831
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:35,135
who were the regulars
at those games?
832
00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:38,105
Oh, me, Johnny Clay
and Larry Benton.
833
00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:39,506
What about Mike Granger?
834
00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:42,009
Oh, he played once in a while.
835
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:43,311
I believe the last card game
836
00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:46,169
in which Mr. Granger
participated was on August 15th.
837
00:41:47,405 --> 00:41:49,249
It's possible. I don't remember.
838
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:51,518
Perhaps I can
refresh your memory.
839
00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:52,987
There was an argument that night
840
00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:54,855
between Mr. Granger
and Larry Benton.
841
00:41:54,879 --> 00:41:56,857
Mr. Benton accused
Granger of cheating.
842
00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:58,525
Do you remember that? Yes.
843
00:41:58,549 --> 00:41:59,927
Well, what happened?
844
00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:02,163
I don't know. I
left right after that.
845
00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:05,332
Yet you showed up the next
morning at the Benton residence
846
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,935
and demanded $5,000
of the defendant's brother.
847
00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:09,469
That's a lie.
848
00:42:09,493 --> 00:42:11,305
You did not appear at
the Benton residence
849
00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:12,639
the next morning? No!
850
00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:14,697
Will Mickey Fong please stand?
851
00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:22,816
Do you want to change your
testimony now, Mr. Wallace?
852
00:42:24,508 --> 00:42:26,520
All right, I was there.
853
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,622
And for the
purpose of blackmail.
854
00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:30,925
I wouldn't call it blackmail.
855
00:42:30,949 --> 00:42:32,582
What else would you call it?
856
00:42:35,653 --> 00:42:37,998
Isn't it true that you
blackmailed Larry Benton
857
00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:39,600
when, in fact, he had
done nothing at all?
858
00:42:39,624 --> 00:42:41,202
Why don't you ask him?
859
00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:42,903
I'm asking you.
860
00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:45,272
Wasn't this just a
clumsy blackmail scheme
861
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,841
based on a trumped-up killing?
862
00:42:46,865 --> 00:42:47,841
That's what you say.
863
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:49,209
That's what Doris Shackley said.
864
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:51,512
She was just trying to
get Johnny in trouble.
865
00:42:51,536 --> 00:42:53,948
Granger's dead. You
can't call that trumped-up.
866
00:42:53,972 --> 00:42:55,449
And Larry Benton killed him?
867
00:42:55,473 --> 00:42:57,284
Yes, I saw Johnny bury the body.
868
00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:58,919
Well, if you saw
Granger being buried,
869
00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:00,087
then you should have
870
00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:02,011
no difficulty in showing
us where he was buried.
871
00:43:04,315 --> 00:43:07,128
Well, it was pretty
dark that night.
872
00:43:07,152 --> 00:43:09,730
I can't be sure just where.
873
00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:12,133
The... general area
874
00:43:12,157 --> 00:43:13,367
will be sufficient.
875
00:43:13,391 --> 00:43:15,769
If it please the court...
876
00:43:15,793 --> 00:43:18,439
Your Honor, in view of
this witness' testimony...
877
00:43:18,463 --> 00:43:20,808
I'd like at this time
to ask for a recess.
878
00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:23,311
I certainly think
it is in order.
879
00:43:23,335 --> 00:43:27,803
Court stands adjourned
until 10:00 tomorrow morning.
880
00:43:45,089 --> 00:43:47,701
Any more ideas, Mr. Wallace?
881
00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:50,037
It was around here somewhere.
882
00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:51,438
I told you, it was
dark that night.
883
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:54,275
But light enough for you to
see Johnny Clay bury a body.
884
00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:56,277
Yes!
885
00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:57,811
Why don't we take
a look over there?
886
00:43:57,835 --> 00:44:00,315
Lieutenant!
887
00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:16,530
Told you I wasn't lying.
888
00:44:16,554 --> 00:44:17,820
No, you weren't.
889
00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:21,877
Nice family you represent.
890
00:44:36,274 --> 00:44:37,251
Your Honor.
891
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:38,319
Mr. Burger.
892
00:44:38,343 --> 00:44:40,583
May we approach
the bench? You may.
893
00:44:44,915 --> 00:44:46,827
If the court please, at
this time, we should like
894
00:44:46,851 --> 00:44:49,396
to introduce evidence of
the murder of Mike Granger.
895
00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,797
If Your Honor please,
896
00:44:50,821 --> 00:44:53,634
I think the introduction of
such evidence is improper.
897
00:44:53,658 --> 00:44:55,636
Your Honor, the state contends
898
00:44:55,660 --> 00:44:57,904
that this prior murder
of Mike Granger
899
00:44:57,928 --> 00:44:59,206
provides the basic motive
900
00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:01,175
for the murder of the
deceased in this case.
901
00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:03,643
While the introduction of
evidence of another crime
902
00:45:03,667 --> 00:45:05,645
is ordinarily improper...
903
00:45:05,669 --> 00:45:08,615
nevertheless, when it
is an inseparable part
904
00:45:08,639 --> 00:45:11,885
of the motivation of
the crime being tried,
905
00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:14,487
the law is that the
evidence can be admitted...
906
00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:17,291
but purely for the purpose
of proving motivation.
907
00:45:17,315 --> 00:45:19,260
That's our sole
purpose, Your Honor.
908
00:45:19,284 --> 00:45:21,517
Very well. You may proceed.
909
00:45:23,421 --> 00:45:25,988
I recall Lieutenant
Arthur Tragg.
910
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,872
And apparently, nothing
was removed from the body.
911
00:45:31,896 --> 00:45:34,041
We found his
wallet in this coat.
912
00:45:34,065 --> 00:45:35,443
And what caused this hole?
913
00:45:35,467 --> 00:45:37,545
The fatal bullet.
Thank you, lieutenant.
914
00:45:37,569 --> 00:45:38,767
Re-cross, Mr. Mason?
915
00:45:40,338 --> 00:45:41,715
Mr. Burger.
916
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:44,318
Lieutenant, how can you be
sure that the body you discovered
917
00:45:44,342 --> 00:45:45,652
was that of Mike Granger?
918
00:45:45,676 --> 00:45:47,955
Well, for one thing, he
was positively identified
919
00:45:47,979 --> 00:45:50,424
by Doris Shackley
and, uh, Ben Wallace,
920
00:45:50,448 --> 00:45:51,625
who knew him.
921
00:45:51,649 --> 00:45:52,960
And for another?
922
00:45:52,984 --> 00:45:54,929
That jacket was
identified by the cleaners
923
00:45:54,953 --> 00:45:56,263
as belonging to Mr. Granger.
924
00:45:56,287 --> 00:45:57,753
It... bears his mark.
925
00:45:58,823 --> 00:46:00,700
No, you can't see it that way.
926
00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:02,502
Um, they use an ink
927
00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:05,306
that's only visible
under ultraviolet light.
928
00:46:05,330 --> 00:46:06,307
Oh. Would you mind
929
00:46:06,331 --> 00:46:07,707
demonstrating
that for the court?
930
00:46:07,731 --> 00:46:09,065
No, not at all.
931
00:46:26,650 --> 00:46:30,997
The name Wilson
Cleaners is self-explanatory.
932
00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:34,401
And the number 443, I
assume, refers to the customer?
933
00:46:34,425 --> 00:46:36,603
Who happened to be Mr. Granger.
934
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,205
Uh, what do these
other numbers mean?
935
00:46:38,229 --> 00:46:40,189
Those are the dates on
which the coat was cleaned.
936
00:46:42,333 --> 00:46:44,411
Oh, one thing
puzzles me, lieutenant.
937
00:46:44,435 --> 00:46:45,779
Yes, sir?
938
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,714
According to the dry cleaners,
939
00:46:47,738 --> 00:46:49,283
the last time this
coat was serviced
940
00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:51,452
was on the 18th day
of the eighth month.
941
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:52,941
That's correct. August 18th.
942
00:46:54,112 --> 00:46:56,190
Yet we all heard
Mr. Wallace testify
943
00:46:56,214 --> 00:46:58,758
that Granger was murdered
on the night of August 15th,
944
00:46:58,782 --> 00:47:00,227
three days earlier.
945
00:47:00,251 --> 00:47:01,728
How would you explain that?
946
00:47:01,752 --> 00:47:03,230
I can't.
947
00:47:03,254 --> 00:47:05,065
I'd like to hear, uh...
948
00:47:05,089 --> 00:47:06,388
Mr. Wallace try.
949
00:47:09,793 --> 00:47:12,806
I would be very much
interested myself.
950
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:14,663
Will Mr. Wallace come forward?
951
00:47:17,201 --> 00:47:18,678
Look... Your Honor,
952
00:47:18,702 --> 00:47:19,713
he's got this all wrong...
953
00:47:19,737 --> 00:47:22,177
You will be quiet, sir!
954
00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:26,420
You have made a serious
accusation, counselor.
955
00:47:26,444 --> 00:47:29,789
Are you saying that this
man is guilty of willful perjury?
956
00:47:29,813 --> 00:47:31,691
Yes, I am, Your Honor.
957
00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:33,961
I further contend he's
guilty of the murders
958
00:47:33,985 --> 00:47:35,896
of Mike Granger and Johnny Clay.
959
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,764
He doesn't know
what he's talking about.
960
00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:39,321
Your Honor.
961
00:47:40,624 --> 00:47:42,669
I know this is most unusual...
962
00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:44,504
but the district
attorney's office
963
00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:46,206
is much more
concerned with justice
964
00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:48,309
than it is with convictions.
965
00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:49,543
I therefore have no objection
966
00:47:49,567 --> 00:47:51,579
to hearing Mr. Mason out.
967
00:47:51,603 --> 00:47:52,813
Very well.
968
00:47:52,837 --> 00:47:54,781
Thank you, Mr. Burger.
969
00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:57,351
The motive for both the
murder of Granger and Clay
970
00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:58,752
was the same.
971
00:47:58,776 --> 00:48:01,054
Twenty thousand dollars
in blackmail money.
972
00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:03,190
Funny, I didn't wind
up with a nickel.
973
00:48:03,214 --> 00:48:04,458
That's why you murdered Clay.
974
00:48:04,482 --> 00:48:05,726
You came to him that evening
975
00:48:05,750 --> 00:48:07,794
and demanded your share
of the blackmail money.
976
00:48:07,818 --> 00:48:09,729
But Clay couldn't
produce the briefcase
977
00:48:09,753 --> 00:48:11,365
because Larry
Benton had removed it.
978
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:12,966
I tell you, you
got this all wrong.
979
00:48:12,990 --> 00:48:15,269
No, you thought Clay
was double-crossing you.
980
00:48:15,293 --> 00:48:17,371
And after all you'd done.
981
00:48:17,395 --> 00:48:19,573
You even disposed of Granger
982
00:48:19,597 --> 00:48:22,008
so the money would only
have to be split two ways.
983
00:48:22,032 --> 00:48:23,710
Your Honor, he's making this up.
984
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:25,079
He can't prove a word of it.
985
00:48:25,103 --> 00:48:26,713
I think I can.
986
00:48:26,737 --> 00:48:28,382
Lieutenant Tragg...
987
00:48:28,406 --> 00:48:31,184
has an autopsy been
performed on Mr. Granger's body?
988
00:48:31,208 --> 00:48:32,453
Well, it hasn't been completed,
989
00:48:32,477 --> 00:48:34,555
but I can show you
the cause of death.
990
00:48:34,579 --> 00:48:37,346
This is a, uh,
.38-caliber bullet.
991
00:48:38,516 --> 00:48:39,860
Do you recall my
turning over to you
992
00:48:39,884 --> 00:48:41,495
a .38-caliber gun?
993
00:48:41,519 --> 00:48:42,929
The gun that, uh,
Wallace claimed
994
00:48:42,953 --> 00:48:44,498
that you forcibly
took away from him?
995
00:48:44,522 --> 00:48:45,765
That's right.
996
00:48:45,789 --> 00:48:47,967
How long will it take you
to run a comparison test?
997
00:48:47,991 --> 00:48:50,770
Oh, well, with luck, I could
make the test in 15 minutes,
998
00:48:50,794 --> 00:48:54,241
provided that I get
a... A positive match.
999
00:48:54,265 --> 00:48:57,311
Your Honor, I would like to
request a 30-minute recess.
1000
00:48:57,335 --> 00:48:58,912
I'm satisfied that
Lieutenant Tragg
1001
00:48:58,936 --> 00:49:01,181
can get a positive
match in that time,
1002
00:49:01,205 --> 00:49:05,207
since this fatal bullet seems
to be in good condition.
1003
00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:09,585
Well, sir, have you
anything to say for yourself?
1004
00:49:14,651 --> 00:49:17,364
The district attorney will take
Mr. Wallace into custody...
1005
00:49:17,388 --> 00:49:20,489
and hold for due process,
pending a court hearing.
1006
00:49:26,164 --> 00:49:29,265
This court stands adjourned
until 2:00 this afternoon.
1007
00:49:48,919 --> 00:49:51,164
You know, there is one
thing I don't understand.
1008
00:49:51,188 --> 00:49:52,832
Go on, Paul.
1009
00:49:52,856 --> 00:49:55,202
What made you think of
Wallace in the first place?
1010
00:49:55,226 --> 00:49:57,304
When I became convinced
that Granger was dead.
1011
00:49:57,328 --> 00:49:59,373
And what convinced you of that?
1012
00:49:59,397 --> 00:50:02,476
Well, I don't believe
there's honor among thieves.
1013
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:04,043
When that $20,000 showed up,
1014
00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:05,545
none of it having
been distributed,
1015
00:50:05,569 --> 00:50:07,280
I wondered what had
happened to Mr. Granger.
1016
00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:09,215
Yeah. Now that you mention it,
1017
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:12,052
doesn't seem exactly logical
he'd take off without his cut.
1018
00:50:12,076 --> 00:50:14,421
Not in a thousand years.
1019
00:50:14,445 --> 00:50:17,424
You notice how much
Mr. Wallace was on the scene.
1020
00:50:17,448 --> 00:50:20,294
The big problem was
to bedevil Wallace
1021
00:50:20,318 --> 00:50:22,129
into leading us
to Granger's body.
1022
00:50:22,153 --> 00:50:24,064
You gotta admit
you were pretty lucky.
1023
00:50:24,088 --> 00:50:25,465
Suppose Granger
didn't believe in
1024
00:50:25,489 --> 00:50:26,933
keeping his dry cleaner so busy.
1025
00:50:26,957 --> 00:50:30,003
Oh, I think the results
would've been the same.
1026
00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,272
I'm sure the autopsy
will show that...
1027
00:50:32,296 --> 00:50:34,829
Mr. Granger died
after August 15th.
1028
00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:40,910
Any further questions?
1029
00:50:42,739 --> 00:50:43,772
Nope.
1030
00:50:45,376 --> 00:50:46,854
Well, I have one.
1031
00:50:46,878 --> 00:50:48,054
Oh?
1032
00:50:48,078 --> 00:50:49,790
Just once, do you suppose
1033
00:50:49,814 --> 00:50:51,914
we could get out of
here before midnight?
1034
00:50:55,453 --> 00:50:58,013
Let's go, Cinderella.
We'd better hurry.