1 00:01:54,590 --> 00:01:56,049 - Oh, I'm so glad you're here. 2 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:02,555 It seems like it's been such a long time. 3 00:02:06,852 --> 00:02:09,813 But I wasn't sure if you'd be coming. 4 00:02:11,023 --> 00:02:12,774 I got here as fast as I could. 5 00:02:16,195 --> 00:02:18,113 - Sometimes I feel sorry for your wife. 6 00:02:30,292 --> 00:02:32,460 - I better get back to the hotel. 7 00:02:32,795 --> 00:02:33,921 Oh, no, not yet. 8 00:02:35,047 --> 00:02:36,715 Please stay a little longer. 9 00:02:37,049 --> 00:02:40,010 He's not gonna be back for another two hours. 10 00:02:40,344 --> 00:02:42,220 - Call a taxi for me, will you? 11 00:02:42,554 --> 00:02:43,554 Please? 12 00:02:44,181 --> 00:02:45,181 Marie... 13 00:03:11,709 --> 00:03:13,752 It's sure been raining a lot lately. 14 00:03:17,881 --> 00:03:19,757 Seems like it's been raining for a week. 15 00:03:22,636 --> 00:03:23,803 I've only been here two days. 16 00:03:32,646 --> 00:03:34,689 Would you mind driving around a little bit? 17 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:46,451 Oh, nevermind, just take me to the hotel. 18 00:03:49,038 --> 00:03:50,414 I have to call my wife. 19 00:04:18,108 --> 00:04:20,360 Hey, this is the wrong street! 20 00:04:23,655 --> 00:04:24,655 Hey! 21 00:04:39,129 --> 00:04:41,965 Excuse me, could you tell me where the Ambassador Hotel is? 22 00:04:42,299 --> 00:04:45,218 I thought it was on this block, or a block over. 23 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:47,845 See, the cab left me off, and I don't recognize- 24 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:13,997 Hey, is there anyone in there? 25 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:42,733 Oh! 26 00:06:02,671 --> 00:06:05,090 - No need to stand out in it, friend. 27 00:06:06,049 --> 00:06:07,717 Why not warm up a little? 28 00:06:09,219 --> 00:06:10,219 Dry Out? 29 00:06:46,298 --> 00:06:47,298 This way. 30 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,353 - I, uh, I was looking for my hotel, the Ambassador. 31 00:07:43,689 --> 00:07:46,191 I thought I was in the right neighborhood. 32 00:07:46,525 --> 00:07:48,318 I asked the cab to let me out. 33 00:07:48,652 --> 00:07:49,652 Yes, I know. 34 00:07:52,447 --> 00:07:53,447 What? 35 00:07:54,366 --> 00:07:56,117 I know what you mean. 36 00:07:57,995 --> 00:07:59,371 The rain is a deceiver. 37 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:01,831 A veil over reality. 38 00:08:06,211 --> 00:08:08,254 Things don't look the same in the rain. 39 00:08:09,673 --> 00:08:13,051 In fact, it's quite easy to get lost in these streets. 40 00:08:13,385 --> 00:08:14,511 I do it all the time. 41 00:08:17,806 --> 00:08:19,974 So you lost your hotel, huh? 42 00:08:21,018 --> 00:08:22,018 Yeah. 43 00:08:25,522 --> 00:08:26,648 Maybe the hotel lost me. 44 00:08:30,152 --> 00:08:31,152 Anyway, I... 45 00:08:32,404 --> 00:08:33,404 I can't find it. 46 00:08:35,490 --> 00:08:38,034 Professional transient, are you? 47 00:08:38,368 --> 00:08:41,412 - I'm, uh, I'm here for the plumber's convention. 48 00:08:43,290 --> 00:08:46,876 Universal Plumbers, national sales reps from all over. 49 00:08:48,337 --> 00:08:50,714 I come here several times a year to catch up, you know? 50 00:08:51,048 --> 00:08:53,550 - You were out seeing the sights, were you? 51 00:08:53,884 --> 00:08:55,260 I was visiting a friend. 52 00:08:56,511 --> 00:08:57,512 A friend, eh'? 53 00:09:00,349 --> 00:09:02,684 We all need friends now, don't we? 54 00:09:03,769 --> 00:09:04,769 Want some coffee? 55 00:09:05,687 --> 00:09:07,647 Uh, no, no thanks. 56 00:09:13,362 --> 00:09:16,031 Maybe I will have a little, if you don't mind. 57 00:09:16,365 --> 00:09:17,365 Coffee? 58 00:09:17,491 --> 00:09:18,491 Yeah. 59 00:09:20,952 --> 00:09:22,703 It's kinda cold out there in the rain. 60 00:09:24,414 --> 00:09:27,125 - Grown men shouldn't be out walking around in the rain. 61 00:09:31,088 --> 00:09:32,964 Even to see friends. 62 00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:42,682 You live here? 63 00:09:43,517 --> 00:09:46,102 Live, work. 64 00:09:46,436 --> 00:09:47,812 This is where I do my work. 65 00:09:49,398 --> 00:09:50,941 What kind of work? 66 00:09:51,274 --> 00:09:53,317 - I don't think you'd be interested, really. 67 00:09:54,486 --> 00:09:56,112 Just my work. 68 00:09:56,446 --> 00:09:57,446 Oh. 69 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:00,742 Embalming, actually. 70 00:10:04,454 --> 00:10:05,496 Embalming and such. 71 00:10:06,665 --> 00:10:07,666 I'm a mortician. 72 00:10:09,459 --> 00:10:11,002 I take care of the deceased. 73 00:10:13,338 --> 00:10:15,089 After they're dead, I get them. 74 00:10:16,383 --> 00:10:17,383 That's my work. 75 00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:21,596 I do get some of the more interesting cases. 76 00:10:21,930 --> 00:10:24,599 In fact, the most interesting, unique. 77 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:28,895 Grotesque, actually. 78 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:31,439 At least some of them. 79 00:10:37,154 --> 00:10:39,322 Come with me, I'd like to show you something. 80 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:43,993 - I think I'd better get back to the hotel. 81 00:10:44,327 --> 00:10:45,703 Oh yes, the one you lost. 82 00:10:46,872 --> 00:10:48,832 Meeting another friend, perhaps? 83 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:50,208 No, I just- 84 00:10:50,542 --> 00:10:51,542 - Oh, you must have a business meeting. 85 00:10:51,626 --> 00:10:53,377 A seminar on pipes and fittings. 86 00:10:53,712 --> 00:10:54,712 No. 87 00:10:54,963 --> 00:10:57,215 1,001 leaks you should know? 88 00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:00,426 I better get back to the hotel. 89 00:11:00,719 --> 00:11:02,011 I have to call my wife. 90 00:11:02,345 --> 00:11:04,013 - Well, I was kind enough to bring you in out of the rain, 91 00:11:04,347 --> 00:11:05,765 give you a hot cup of coffee. 92 00:11:07,392 --> 00:11:08,559 Why not stay just a few more minutes 93 00:11:08,894 --> 00:11:10,103 and let me show you around? 94 00:11:11,396 --> 00:11:12,814 I think you'll be interested. 95 00:11:18,028 --> 00:11:19,154 All right. 96 00:11:19,488 --> 00:11:20,488 Good. 97 00:11:52,938 --> 00:11:54,230 My latest clients. 98 00:11:58,985 --> 00:12:01,070 This one, for instance. 99 00:12:01,404 --> 00:12:02,404 It's all very interest- 100 00:12:02,697 --> 00:12:04,573 - Please, let's not be an ungrateful guest. 101 00:12:04,908 --> 00:12:05,908 I really should be going. 102 00:12:06,201 --> 00:12:08,536 - I've just begun to show you around. 103 00:12:08,870 --> 00:12:09,871 There's much, much more. 104 00:12:13,291 --> 00:12:14,375 A very interesting... 105 00:12:19,047 --> 00:12:20,298 Very bizarre case. 106 00:12:24,261 --> 00:12:27,389 Her name was Miss Sibiler. 107 00:12:31,309 --> 00:12:32,560 She was a teacher. 108 00:12:45,824 --> 00:12:50,245 Hi, Miss Sibiler. 109 00:12:50,579 --> 00:12:51,579 "Hi, Miss Sibiler. 110 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:52,956 "Hi, Miss Sibiler. 111 00:12:53,290 --> 00:12:54,457 "Isn't she sweet?" 112 00:12:55,417 --> 00:12:56,417 Little brat. 113 00:12:58,837 --> 00:12:59,837 Stop running! 114 00:13:15,562 --> 00:13:17,105 Get away from my car! 115 00:13:40,795 --> 00:13:44,089 Damn kids, disgusting little litterbugs! 116 00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:34,426 That's funny. 117 00:16:36,471 --> 00:16:37,471 Somebody... 118 00:16:57,867 --> 00:17:01,036 - That was Morris Thupe and his orchestra. 119 00:17:01,371 --> 00:17:05,208 And now, Lalo Barranza and his four strings. 120 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:43,735 Oh my God! 121 00:21:46,155 --> 00:21:47,155 Children! 122 00:21:48,157 --> 00:21:49,157 Just children! 123 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:53,996 What kind of a stupid prank is this? 124 00:21:54,330 --> 00:21:55,330 What is the matter with you? 125 00:21:55,530 --> 00:21:57,040 Don't you know any better? 126 00:21:59,043 --> 00:22:00,043 Stupid prank! 127 00:22:05,007 --> 00:22:06,007 More of you? 128 00:22:10,138 --> 00:22:11,139 What do you want? 129 00:22:14,183 --> 00:22:18,683 What? 130 00:23:40,561 --> 00:23:42,980 - You don't expect me to believe that story? 131 00:23:43,314 --> 00:23:45,024 It's ridiculous. 132 00:23:45,358 --> 00:23:46,358 Perhaps. 133 00:23:47,443 --> 00:23:48,944 Yet it's all very true. 134 00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:54,863 - But, a woman being bitten to death by, by children? 135 00:23:56,327 --> 00:23:58,162 I never said children. 136 00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:03,250 What then? 137 00:24:05,503 --> 00:24:06,837 I have no idea. 138 00:24:07,171 --> 00:24:11,633 I don't think anyone really knows what, or why. 139 00:24:14,345 --> 00:24:17,973 She was very much a mess. 140 00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:23,771 Quite a challenge to me to make something acceptable of her. 141 00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:31,444 - This is just too hard to believe. 142 00:24:34,282 --> 00:24:35,616 Possibly. 143 00:24:35,950 --> 00:24:37,034 As I told you... 144 00:24:38,452 --> 00:24:42,205 I do get the most interesting cases. 145 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:46,335 - You sound like you select these people. 146 00:24:46,669 --> 00:24:48,754 - Everyone should be selected on what they do. 147 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:50,088 Don't you agree? 148 00:24:51,215 --> 00:24:53,759 Take Mr. Growski here for instance. 149 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,554 He was selective for what he did. 150 00:24:57,888 --> 00:25:01,933 Though I must say, he was, uh, somewhat strange. 151 00:25:03,394 --> 00:25:07,439 He had a rather abnormal predilection for cameras. 152 00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:09,858 Photography and all that sort of thing. 153 00:25:11,485 --> 00:25:12,861 Did some very nasty things. 154 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,207 Look at this. 155 00:25:25,541 --> 00:25:26,541 A movie camera. - No! 156 00:25:28,294 --> 00:25:30,087 Looks like Billy's tip paid off. 157 00:25:30,421 --> 00:25:32,965 It's runnin', this creep's got a camera. 158 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:34,299 Here he comes! 159 00:25:34,499 --> 00:25:35,133 There he is! 160 00:25:35,468 --> 00:25:37,720 - ls it true you killed six women, Mr. Growski? 161 00:25:38,054 --> 00:25:39,054 This one is Julie. 162 00:25:39,138 --> 00:25:40,389 I met her at the library. 163 00:25:41,682 --> 00:25:43,016 She's good looking, but you know, 164 00:25:43,351 --> 00:25:44,810 she doesn't have too much upstairs. 165 00:25:45,936 --> 00:25:47,187 Hello? 166 00:25:47,521 --> 00:25:48,521 Hello. 167 00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:49,440 Oh, hi! - Hi. 168 00:25:49,774 --> 00:25:51,317 Um, I was just about to leave. 169 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:53,319 I thought maybe there wasn't anybody home. 170 00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:54,653 No, I'm home. 171 00:25:54,853 --> 00:25:56,196 L- I was just busy. 172 00:25:56,530 --> 00:25:57,530 Come on in. - Good. 173 00:25:57,730 --> 00:25:58,365 Um, thank you. 174 00:26:00,076 --> 00:26:01,285 Oh! 175 00:26:01,619 --> 00:26:03,037 Oh, it's so cute! 176 00:26:03,371 --> 00:26:04,371 What? 177 00:26:04,571 --> 00:26:05,830 Your apartment. 178 00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:09,293 I mean, it's really neat, and uh, it's so cute. 179 00:26:09,627 --> 00:26:10,669 I try to keep it clean. 180 00:26:11,962 --> 00:26:13,296 Sit down. 181 00:26:13,631 --> 00:26:16,508 No, not there, why not here? 182 00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:17,842 Sit here. 183 00:26:18,761 --> 00:26:22,431 - Okay, um, I brought you some wine. 184 00:26:22,765 --> 00:26:24,183 I don't drink. 185 00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:25,517 Oh, uh, well see, 186 00:26:25,559 --> 00:26:27,978 I don't really drink too much anyway either, 187 00:26:28,312 --> 00:26:31,064 but I didn't know if you'd like any or not, so I... 188 00:26:32,274 --> 00:26:33,274 Doesn't matter. 189 00:26:34,527 --> 00:26:35,778 Um- - Oh. 190 00:26:39,824 --> 00:26:41,158 Thank you. 191 00:26:48,290 --> 00:26:52,210 It was really nice of you to invite me to dinner. 192 00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:55,714 I mean, I don't usually accept blind dates. 193 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:59,092 - How come you filmed them? 194 00:26:59,427 --> 00:27:01,178 Oh, Well, I'm uh... 195 00:27:05,474 --> 00:27:07,559 What are you interested in? 196 00:27:12,815 --> 00:27:13,815 Photography- 197 00:27:16,527 --> 00:27:17,527 ~ Oh! 198 00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:19,904 Wow! 199 00:27:21,532 --> 00:27:23,242 Boy, that's, they're really great. 200 00:27:24,994 --> 00:27:25,994 Yeah. 201 00:27:26,954 --> 00:27:28,622 Um, do you have an ashtray I could use? 202 00:27:29,707 --> 00:27:31,250 I don't smoke. 203 00:27:31,584 --> 00:27:32,960 Oh, uh... 204 00:27:36,213 --> 00:27:39,049 Uh, photography? 205 00:27:39,383 --> 00:27:41,176 Well, I mean, of course. 206 00:27:41,510 --> 00:27:45,388 There's one of your cameras right now, just like a, 207 00:27:45,723 --> 00:27:47,266 a model airplane or something, 208 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,102 kind of mounted right on its own stand. 209 00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:52,187 A model airplane? 210 00:27:52,521 --> 00:27:53,813 It-it... 211 00:27:54,148 --> 00:27:58,648 It's more important and expensive than any model airplane. 212 00:28:00,196 --> 00:28:03,741 It's, photography is a serious endeavor. 213 00:28:04,074 --> 00:28:06,701 - Oh hey, I didn't mean anything bad, really. 214 00:28:07,036 --> 00:28:09,079 See, I like to take snapshots too, l_ 215 00:28:09,413 --> 00:28:11,665 This is a motion picture camera. 216 00:28:11,999 --> 00:28:15,502 You do not take snapshots with it, or any other camera! 217 00:28:15,836 --> 00:28:18,505 Photography is not just a game! 218 00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:21,174 Um, hey, I'm sorry. 219 00:28:21,509 --> 00:28:23,385 See, I just didn't know that- 220 00:28:23,719 --> 00:28:24,803 Also, it's done magic. 221 00:28:26,222 --> 00:28:27,306 " Magic? 222 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,391 - Mmhmm, would you like to see a magic trick? 223 00:28:30,684 --> 00:28:31,684 Sure. 224 00:28:32,561 --> 00:28:33,561 You would? 225 00:28:33,646 --> 00:28:34,646 Yes. - Okay. 226 00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:36,356 Uh, yeah. - I need a, uh, 227 00:28:36,690 --> 00:28:38,483 silk, or a nylon, 228 00:28:40,402 --> 00:28:43,029 you wouldn't happen to have a nylon stocking, would you? 229 00:28:44,365 --> 00:28:45,365 Well, just the ones I'm wearing. 230 00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:47,242 I mean, I don't carry extras. 231 00:28:49,203 --> 00:28:50,204 Darn it. 232 00:28:50,538 --> 00:28:54,291 I mean, I-l really need a silk stocking to do this trick. 233 00:28:54,625 --> 00:28:57,878 Uh, could I borrow one of yours? 234 00:28:58,212 --> 00:29:00,214 L - wouldn't ruin it or anything, you know? 235 00:29:00,548 --> 00:29:04,176 I mean, to do this trick, I really need a silk stocking. 236 00:29:05,553 --> 00:29:08,264 Um, how about another trick? 237 00:29:08,597 --> 00:29:10,432 - No, you would really like this trick. 238 00:29:13,477 --> 00:29:15,812 - Well, see, um, actually, they're attached. 239 00:29:16,146 --> 00:29:17,397 You know, they're pantyhose. 240 00:29:17,731 --> 00:29:20,692 So you'd end up having to use both stockings anyway. 241 00:29:21,026 --> 00:29:22,027 That's all right. 242 00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:24,363 I mean, that'll, that'll work fine, even better. 243 00:29:26,782 --> 00:29:27,782 Um... 244 00:29:30,244 --> 00:29:31,453 Well, uh... 245 00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:33,580 I feel silly. 246 00:29:34,957 --> 00:29:35,957 No, no, that's all right. 247 00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:37,250 Don't, don't worry about a thing. 248 00:29:37,585 --> 00:29:39,461 I'll turn my back and you can slip them off. 249 00:29:42,089 --> 00:29:43,381 Okay, uh... 250 00:29:45,968 --> 00:29:48,470 Now, you promise you're not gonna look or anything? 251 00:29:48,804 --> 00:29:50,972 Nope, I won't look, on my honor. 252 00:29:51,974 --> 00:29:53,392 Um, all right. 253 00:29:53,726 --> 00:29:56,019 Well, you know, I've um, 254 00:29:56,353 --> 00:30:00,065 I've always been fascinated by-by magic because 255 00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:04,569 I always like to try to-to figure out how they do the trick. 256 00:30:04,904 --> 00:30:06,864 You know, what the secret is to it. 257 00:30:07,197 --> 00:30:09,824 And I've been to-to Vegas, you know, I go there, 258 00:30:10,159 --> 00:30:12,661 and I've seen some of the magicians there. 259 00:30:12,995 --> 00:30:16,415 And, uh, it's really, it's really interesting to me. 260 00:30:16,749 --> 00:30:19,960 But uh, you know, I haven't been there too recently. 261 00:30:21,503 --> 00:30:24,297 Uh, you aren't gonna ruin them? 262 00:30:24,632 --> 00:30:25,632 Oh, I promise. 263 00:30:27,509 --> 00:30:28,509 Okay- 264 00:30:32,348 --> 00:30:33,474 okay- 265 00:30:33,807 --> 00:30:34,807 Now... 266 00:30:36,226 --> 00:30:39,646 This is a disappearing trick. 267 00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:41,856 A marvel of prestidigitation. 268 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:45,276 I like that kind. 269 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:47,278 You do? 270 00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:48,197 Yeah. - Okay. 271 00:30:48,530 --> 00:30:49,530 You-you just look straight ahead. 272 00:30:50,658 --> 00:30:52,326 - I'm gonna figure out how you do it, too. 273 00:30:52,660 --> 00:30:54,745 - Okay, straight ahead, that's right. 274 00:30:55,871 --> 00:30:57,038 Towards the camera. 275 00:30:58,332 --> 00:30:59,458 All right. 276 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:03,545 Okay, now this takes complete concentration 277 00:31:03,879 --> 00:31:06,423 to get the full effect. 278 00:31:06,757 --> 00:31:09,843 Now, you have to close your eyes, you cannot see this part. 279 00:31:10,803 --> 00:31:12,262 Um, all right. 280 00:31:14,598 --> 00:31:15,724 Abra... 281 00:31:16,058 --> 00:31:17,559 W- wait, okay. 282 00:31:17,893 --> 00:31:21,354 Kadabra. 283 00:31:31,365 --> 00:31:32,365 Voila. 284 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:37,245 Your life is gone, it's disappeared. 285 00:31:39,581 --> 00:31:41,040 I waited until now. 286 00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:43,585 I decided to skip all the boring formalities. 287 00:31:45,295 --> 00:31:47,547 Her name is Carol and she's 288 00:31:47,881 --> 00:31:50,383 some sort of a secretary or something, you know? 289 00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:00,935 I buy all the photography books for myself. 290 00:32:02,730 --> 00:32:03,856 And... 291 00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:05,940 Oh, look at that camera. 292 00:32:07,234 --> 00:32:08,652 Boy, does that look complicated. 293 00:32:10,738 --> 00:32:13,699 Look at all those switches and gadgets and buttons. 294 00:32:18,454 --> 00:32:19,454 Hey, that's funny. 295 00:32:21,331 --> 00:32:22,457 What? 296 00:32:22,791 --> 00:32:23,791 - It sounds like it's buzzing or something, 297 00:32:23,959 --> 00:32:24,959 kind of whirring. 298 00:32:25,127 --> 00:32:26,586 Do you hear it? 299 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,254 No, that's your imagination. 300 00:32:29,423 --> 00:32:30,423 No, listen. 301 00:32:30,623 --> 00:32:31,340 It's running, isn't it? 302 00:32:31,540 --> 00:32:32,175 No. 303 00:32:32,843 --> 00:32:33,843 It's not. 304 00:32:38,599 --> 00:32:39,599 - Yes it is, it's running, isn't it? 305 00:32:39,892 --> 00:32:40,892 No. 306 00:32:40,934 --> 00:32:42,393 Come on, what are you doing? 307 00:32:42,728 --> 00:32:44,104 Are you filming us? - No. 308 00:32:44,438 --> 00:32:45,564 What kind of thing is that? 309 00:32:45,898 --> 00:32:46,898 Now wait a minute, it's not- 310 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:47,940 No, you wait a minute! 311 00:32:48,140 --> 00:32:49,276 I don't go for that kind of thing! 312 00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:51,612 Now what did you think, you're gonna get me drunk, 313 00:32:51,945 --> 00:32:53,237 we're gonna get on that couch? 314 00:32:55,657 --> 00:32:56,908 No way. 315 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:58,785 I've known creeps like you, you are nuts! 316 00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:03,619 Now wait a minute- 317 00:33:16,011 --> 00:33:19,764 It's been three days, but I finally found another one. 318 00:33:20,933 --> 00:33:22,601 She's a real dandy. 319 00:33:22,935 --> 00:33:25,771 You know, society type, upper crust. 320 00:33:27,189 --> 00:33:29,065 Very rich and snooty. 321 00:33:31,193 --> 00:33:34,779 Kind of got acquainted at the Audubon Society. 322 00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:39,284 She's got the hots for me. 323 00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:40,618 I can tell. 324 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:46,249 Probably because I, I bowled her over with my clever wits 325 00:33:46,583 --> 00:33:49,210 and, uh, subtle sexuality. 326 00:33:51,171 --> 00:33:53,506 Anyway, she's, she's coming to see me soon, 327 00:33:53,841 --> 00:33:55,425 and I-l have to prepare, 328 00:33:55,759 --> 00:33:57,635 and there's only about... 329 00:33:59,304 --> 00:34:00,638 There's only about 100 feet of film left, 330 00:34:00,973 --> 00:34:03,183 so I'm going to have to work fast on this one. 331 00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:06,561 Mr. Growski! 332 00:34:08,939 --> 00:34:11,149 I am afraid that I'm going to have ask you 333 00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:14,152 if I may borrow your telephone to call a taxi. 334 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:15,486 No! 335 00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:20,367 L- I mean that won't be necessary, Mrs. Lumquist. 336 00:34:23,912 --> 00:34:25,413 Oh, that's rubbish. 337 00:34:25,747 --> 00:34:26,747 Don't call. 338 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,042 You shouldn't call. 339 00:34:29,376 --> 00:34:31,669 Please don't call! 340 00:34:34,006 --> 00:34:35,465 Mr. Growski, you have no reason 341 00:34:35,799 --> 00:34:38,218 to speak to me in that manner whatsoever! 342 00:34:38,552 --> 00:34:40,971 Mrs. Lumquist... 343 00:34:41,305 --> 00:34:42,305 Please, don't. 344 00:34:50,898 --> 00:34:51,898 No! 345 00:35:03,827 --> 00:35:06,913 A year later, he was executed. 346 00:35:07,247 --> 00:35:09,499 The state didn't allow any pictures to be taken. 347 00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:12,669 Oh, he begged them. 348 00:35:13,003 --> 00:35:14,003 How do you know all about 'em? 349 00:35:14,087 --> 00:35:15,087 I mean, how did you find out the details 350 00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:17,131 of what he did and how? 351 00:35:17,466 --> 00:35:20,135 - I have, uh, respect towards doctor's files 352 00:35:20,469 --> 00:35:23,430 and that sort of thing at my disposal. 353 00:35:25,849 --> 00:35:27,058 I'm a professional. 354 00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:31,187 These are my customers, my clients. 355 00:35:31,521 --> 00:35:34,232 I have to know all about them to take care of them properly. 356 00:35:35,609 --> 00:35:36,693 Like this one. 357 00:35:38,862 --> 00:35:40,321 One of my favorites. 358 00:35:41,615 --> 00:35:43,700 Very intriguing situation. 359 00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:26,844 Oh, Lord. 360 00:37:45,155 --> 00:37:46,155 Yes. 361 00:37:49,284 --> 00:37:50,284 Well, uh... 362 00:37:52,037 --> 00:37:53,037 From the top. 363 00:37:55,874 --> 00:37:58,960 First of all, Mr. Castalucci did not hang himself. 364 00:37:59,294 --> 00:38:00,294 He was murdered. 365 00:38:01,797 --> 00:38:05,634 I found a few small clipped hairs on his collar, 366 00:38:05,967 --> 00:38:09,303 and the fresh scent of a tonic on his face and neck. 367 00:38:09,638 --> 00:38:14,138 A tonic which Mr. Castalucci doesn't happen to possess 368 00:38:16,103 --> 00:38:18,772 in his vast assortment of aftershaves and colognes. 369 00:38:19,106 --> 00:38:21,233 Now this would, uh, lead me to believe 370 00:38:21,566 --> 00:38:26,066 that Mr. Castalucci had recently obtained a haircut, 371 00:38:26,446 --> 00:38:29,532 and in my experience, it is very rare 372 00:38:29,866 --> 00:38:31,951 for a man to get a trim immediately prior 373 00:38:32,285 --> 00:38:33,577 to doing away with himself. 374 00:38:36,248 --> 00:38:39,876 I also found some vaguely distinguishable rope burns 375 00:38:40,210 --> 00:38:44,710 on his wrists, and a few strands on that very rope 376 00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:50,137 on his coat sleeves, strongly suggesting that Mr. Castalucci 377 00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:53,014 had no control over the method of scheduling 378 00:38:53,348 --> 00:38:55,475 of his premature demise. 379 00:38:57,060 --> 00:39:00,855 Also found this airline ticket dated today 380 00:39:01,189 --> 00:39:04,317 in his coat pocket scheduled to leave for Rome, Italy, 381 00:39:04,651 --> 00:39:08,821 by way of New York, departing, uh, 382 00:39:09,156 --> 00:39:13,118 well, a little less than seven minutes ago. 383 00:39:16,163 --> 00:39:19,958 I, uh, strongly believe that the deceased really 384 00:39:20,292 --> 00:39:23,044 wouldn't have passed up the opportunity of a trip like that. 385 00:39:25,172 --> 00:39:26,590 Now... 386 00:39:26,923 --> 00:39:28,424 For the killer. 387 00:39:28,758 --> 00:39:31,051 His name is Savio Galinski. 388 00:39:31,386 --> 00:39:34,722 A rather well-know, well-liked type of character. 389 00:39:35,056 --> 00:39:38,142 And the only man in this town vaguely degenerate enough 390 00:39:38,477 --> 00:39:42,939 to smoke a revolting brand of cigar known as El Amigo, 391 00:39:43,273 --> 00:39:47,485 the ashes of which may be found in that dresser top, 392 00:39:47,819 --> 00:39:49,987 or this table over here. 393 00:39:51,573 --> 00:39:53,366 He could usually be found at this time of day 394 00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:58,200 at a filthy little dive known as Frenchie's Pool Parlor 395 00:39:59,247 --> 00:40:00,331 at 6th and Franklin. 396 00:40:06,213 --> 00:40:08,757 Well, pick him up and book him. 397 00:40:09,090 --> 00:40:10,090 First degree murder. 398 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:19,934 You can take him down now. 399 00:40:21,353 --> 00:40:23,980 He's had his hour in the public eye. 400 00:40:33,323 --> 00:40:34,907 - Congratulations, an excellent piece of work. 401 00:40:35,242 --> 00:40:37,452 Ah, ah, thank you, thank you. 402 00:40:37,786 --> 00:40:39,954 I rather I'd have thought so myself. 403 00:40:40,288 --> 00:40:43,249 Uh, it is not too difficult really, 404 00:40:43,583 --> 00:40:46,961 a rather routine case, obvious clues, 405 00:40:47,295 --> 00:40:49,547 but it does keep the senses keen and the mind alert. 406 00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:51,090 It's something like a baseball player 407 00:40:51,424 --> 00:40:53,300 taking batting practice. 408 00:40:53,635 --> 00:40:56,137 - Or a champion oarsman chopping about in a rowboat 409 00:40:56,471 --> 00:40:58,055 on a Sunday afternoon in the park. 410 00:40:58,390 --> 00:40:59,724 - I don't believe I've had the pleasure. 411 00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:01,058 I don't believe you have. 412 00:41:01,268 --> 00:41:03,228 Inspector Wendell McDowal, Scotland Yard. 413 00:41:03,562 --> 00:41:05,105 Ah, England, correct? 414 00:41:05,438 --> 00:41:06,981 Last time I checked, yes. 415 00:41:07,315 --> 00:41:11,815 - Well then you must be the famous Inspector McDowal, 416 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,280 Britain's number one sleuth. 417 00:41:14,406 --> 00:41:15,406 Isn't that what you're called? 418 00:41:15,606 --> 00:41:16,991 Uh, there have been people 419 00:41:17,325 --> 00:41:19,368 that have phrased it that way, yes. 420 00:41:19,703 --> 00:41:22,706 - Ah, in that case, you probably know that I am- 421 00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:24,623 Chief Detective Malcolm Toliver, 422 00:41:24,958 --> 00:41:26,668 America's greatest detective 423 00:41:27,002 --> 00:41:29,254 and master of criminal investigation. 424 00:41:29,588 --> 00:41:30,755 You honor me, sir. 425 00:41:31,881 --> 00:41:32,881 I respect you. 426 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:34,342 I don't think I could everhonoryou. 427 00:41:34,676 --> 00:41:35,968 All right. 428 00:41:36,303 --> 00:41:37,512 We're supposed to be rivals, aren't we? 429 00:41:37,846 --> 00:41:39,973 Oh incorrigibly so. 430 00:41:40,307 --> 00:41:43,184 - Well, how in the world did you ever, uh, 431 00:41:44,561 --> 00:41:47,689 find me in this squalid setting? 432 00:41:48,023 --> 00:41:49,607 - I just asked at the station house, 433 00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:52,485 and your dispatcher, a nice chap, um, Bounty? 434 00:41:53,528 --> 00:41:54,528 Bernie. 435 00:41:54,728 --> 00:41:55,447 Bernie, that's right. 436 00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:56,822 Uh, he told me where I could find you. 437 00:41:57,157 --> 00:41:59,200 - You mean, you didn't deduce my whereabouts 438 00:41:59,534 --> 00:42:02,328 through calculated assemblage of relevant clues? 439 00:42:02,662 --> 00:42:03,663 No, this time, I just stooped to 440 00:42:03,997 --> 00:42:05,331 plain old common sense and asked. 441 00:42:05,665 --> 00:42:07,124 I do that, uh, quite often, actually. 442 00:42:07,459 --> 00:42:10,336 It's less dramatic I suppose, but much more direct. 443 00:42:10,670 --> 00:42:12,129 Oh. 444 00:42:12,464 --> 00:42:14,674 Well are you, uh, visiting here in America? 445 00:42:15,008 --> 00:42:17,468 Or are you on the track of 446 00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:20,179 some ruthless international lawbreaker? 447 00:42:20,513 --> 00:42:22,515 - Oh, bit of both as a matter of fact, 448 00:42:22,849 --> 00:42:24,976 so I thought I may as well drop off and observe 449 00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:27,186 the master of detection at work, 450 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,522 sort of, um, absorb a few tricks. 451 00:42:29,856 --> 00:42:33,985 - Inspector, you are stretching your efforts 452 00:42:34,319 --> 00:42:35,319 in the art of flattery. 453 00:42:35,570 --> 00:42:37,196 Oh, hardly, hardly. 454 00:42:37,530 --> 00:42:38,572 I honestly believe it couldn't hurt me 455 00:42:38,907 --> 00:42:40,074 to pick up a few pointers. 456 00:42:40,408 --> 00:42:43,119 After all, we are competing for the title of 457 00:42:43,453 --> 00:42:45,121 world's leading criminologist. 458 00:42:45,455 --> 00:42:48,166 - Yes, I believe someone did phrase it that way, 459 00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:50,210 didn't they? - Uh, Ajournalist. 460 00:42:50,543 --> 00:42:51,919 - Yes, I think it was Time Magazine. 461 00:42:52,253 --> 00:42:53,253 Rolling Stone. 462 00:42:53,453 --> 00:42:55,006 Oh, I'm certain it was Time. 463 00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:58,301 - Rolling Stone, it was January 7th, page three, column two, 464 00:42:58,635 --> 00:43:00,511 and the headline was in full capitals. 465 00:43:01,846 --> 00:43:02,846 Yes, yes. 466 00:43:04,265 --> 00:43:08,519 Well, uh, Mr. McDowal, shall we adjourn these premises 467 00:43:08,853 --> 00:43:10,437 to a more pleasant environment? 468 00:43:10,772 --> 00:43:12,815 - Yeah, you have to dash off to an appointment right now, 469 00:43:13,149 --> 00:43:14,149 but perhaps later? 470 00:43:14,349 --> 00:43:15,067 We could have dinner together? 471 00:43:15,151 --> 00:43:16,152 You're two steps ahead of me. 472 00:43:16,486 --> 00:43:17,987 - Brilliant deduction. - After you. 473 00:43:18,321 --> 00:43:19,321 No, after you. - Oh, I insist. 474 00:43:19,614 --> 00:43:22,617 Well, okay. 475 00:43:40,009 --> 00:43:41,009 Ah. 476 00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:43,096 Mmm. 477 00:43:43,430 --> 00:43:44,430 Do that. 478 00:43:58,820 --> 00:44:00,238 Ah. 479 00:44:00,572 --> 00:44:03,575 - That's a really excellent vintage, don't you agree? 480 00:44:03,908 --> 00:44:04,908 Most assuredly. 481 00:44:05,702 --> 00:44:06,786 Fragrant. 482 00:44:08,246 --> 00:44:10,498 Softly smooth, yet, uh, 483 00:44:10,832 --> 00:44:14,544 distinctly, uh, melodious. 484 00:44:14,878 --> 00:44:17,672 A very refreshing analysis. 485 00:44:18,006 --> 00:44:19,006 Beaujolais. 486 00:44:19,632 --> 00:44:21,300 Le Bienvenue. 487 00:44:21,634 --> 00:44:26,134 Um 1968 or '69. 488 00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:32,227 No, definitely '69. 489 00:44:35,148 --> 00:44:36,148 Correct. 490 00:44:36,649 --> 00:44:37,900 You're very good at that. 491 00:44:38,234 --> 00:44:40,194 - That's my job, being good at what I do. 492 00:44:40,528 --> 00:44:42,238 Being the best. 493 00:44:42,572 --> 00:44:46,993 - Well, we all try to be the best, Inspector. 494 00:44:47,327 --> 00:44:49,245 Uh, the spirit of competition 495 00:44:49,579 --> 00:44:51,706 is what keeps us going, I suppose. 496 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,460 - Absolutely, sort of a if at first you don't succeed well- 497 00:44:59,047 --> 00:45:01,299 Uh, speaking of, uh, success, 498 00:45:01,633 --> 00:45:03,509 or the lack of it 499 00:45:03,843 --> 00:45:06,595 I've-I've always wanted to ask you, uh, 500 00:45:06,930 --> 00:45:10,433 about that infamous mail train robbery. 501 00:45:12,393 --> 00:45:16,893 How in the world did you ever crack that miserable fiasco 502 00:45:18,441 --> 00:45:20,401 after letting it drag on for all those weeks 503 00:45:20,735 --> 00:45:21,735 with no results? 504 00:45:21,986 --> 00:45:23,320 Yes, actually you see, I, uh, 505 00:45:23,655 --> 00:45:26,032 had it cracked, as you say, months before. 506 00:45:26,366 --> 00:45:30,244 I was simply waiting for my pigeons to move into position 507 00:45:30,578 --> 00:45:33,289 and implicate themselves with irrefutable evidence. 508 00:45:33,623 --> 00:45:34,623 You don't say? 509 00:45:34,874 --> 00:45:37,209 - Well, I couldn't trot around naming names 510 00:45:37,544 --> 00:45:39,337 and allow them to, uh, dig in 511 00:45:39,671 --> 00:45:44,171 with clever attorneys and neatly constructed alibis. 512 00:45:44,509 --> 00:45:47,428 Uh, something like that appalling situation 513 00:45:47,762 --> 00:45:50,556 you yourself experienced on that unfortunate 514 00:45:50,890 --> 00:45:53,809 jewel robbery investigation last year. 515 00:45:54,143 --> 00:45:55,477 Oh, hey wait! 516 00:45:57,063 --> 00:45:59,440 Now that's not exactly right, Inspector. 517 00:45:59,774 --> 00:46:02,359 I had good reason to handle that case 518 00:46:02,694 --> 00:46:04,278 in an unorthodox manner. 519 00:46:04,612 --> 00:46:05,613 Really? 520 00:46:05,947 --> 00:46:09,283 And is this unorthodox manner an American trait? 521 00:46:09,617 --> 00:46:11,243 Mmm, I suppose so. 522 00:46:11,578 --> 00:46:16,078 The Americans are unorthodox, Japanese, inscrutable, 523 00:46:17,625 --> 00:46:19,668 Italians, lusty, French, passionate, 524 00:46:20,003 --> 00:46:21,254 the British, stuffy. 525 00:46:24,716 --> 00:46:26,092 Stuff, but precise. 526 00:46:26,426 --> 00:46:27,844 A message for you, sir. 527 00:46:28,177 --> 00:46:29,553 Oh thanks, Leon. 528 00:46:50,575 --> 00:46:51,575 Leon? 529 00:46:52,493 --> 00:46:53,827 Yes, Mr. Toliver? 530 00:46:57,332 --> 00:46:58,332 Who gave this to you? 531 00:46:58,541 --> 00:46:59,541 Why, no one, sir. 532 00:46:59,792 --> 00:47:01,210 I found it next to the reservation book. 533 00:47:01,544 --> 00:47:03,629 Your name was on it, so I assumed that uh- 534 00:47:03,963 --> 00:47:05,172 Oh, I was gonna say, 535 00:47:05,506 --> 00:47:09,259 you didn't happen to see someone placing it there, did you? 536 00:47:09,594 --> 00:47:11,262 - No, sir, I left to check the kitchen, 537 00:47:11,596 --> 00:47:13,431 and when I came back, I found it there. 538 00:47:13,765 --> 00:47:14,765 Oh, very good now. 539 00:47:14,965 --> 00:47:15,641 Thank you. 540 00:47:15,683 --> 00:47:16,683 My pleasure, sir. 541 00:47:17,602 --> 00:47:19,061 Uh, something mysterious? 542 00:47:19,395 --> 00:47:20,521 Yeah. 543 00:47:20,855 --> 00:47:21,855 It's a note. 544 00:47:23,107 --> 00:47:24,149 Unsigned. 545 00:47:25,693 --> 00:47:26,693 A cryptic note. 546 00:47:26,861 --> 00:47:28,279 Ah, they're the best kind. 547 00:47:28,613 --> 00:47:30,489 "Mr. Toliver, in three days, 548 00:47:30,823 --> 00:47:35,323 "someone you know will die a horrible death. 549 00:47:36,537 --> 00:47:37,788 "You are the only one 550 00:47:38,122 --> 00:47:40,916 "who can prevent this tragic occurrence. 551 00:47:42,251 --> 00:47:43,377 "Don't you think you should?" 552 00:47:43,711 --> 00:47:47,506 Now, it's written by pasting up, uh, 553 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:49,967 letters from newspaper headlines. 554 00:47:51,260 --> 00:47:52,427 That's a very amateurish trick. 555 00:47:52,762 --> 00:47:56,182 - Hmm, it does, uh, simply get the message across, however. 556 00:47:59,644 --> 00:48:02,647 Elmer's glue, very middle class. 557 00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:08,694 Bremerton Paper Mills, New York. 558 00:48:09,779 --> 00:48:12,406 Eh, 20 pound flat bond. 559 00:48:12,740 --> 00:48:14,533 Uh, 80% straight pulp. 560 00:48:14,867 --> 00:48:18,036 15% dye, 5% nylon fiber. 561 00:48:19,664 --> 00:48:20,664 Common. 562 00:48:22,792 --> 00:48:24,585 A little too common, really. 563 00:48:26,254 --> 00:48:30,754 No, this is going to take a bit of looking into. 564 00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,137 - I um, I do have to return to London in a few days. 565 00:48:35,471 --> 00:48:38,056 But I'd like to, uh, tag along on this case, 566 00:48:38,391 --> 00:48:39,391 sort of observe your methods. 567 00:48:39,684 --> 00:48:42,228 Would you, uh, would you mind terribly? 568 00:48:42,562 --> 00:48:44,564 - Still attempting flattery, Inspector? 569 00:48:46,274 --> 00:48:48,484 - Not at all, I'm just, uh, immensely interested. 570 00:48:48,818 --> 00:48:52,404 Uh, you wouldn't feel threatened by my presence, would you? 571 00:48:54,323 --> 00:48:56,241 - Now you flatter yourself, Inspector. 572 00:48:58,870 --> 00:49:00,496 You know, maybe there is only room 573 00:49:00,830 --> 00:49:04,458 for one foremost criminologist in the world, 574 00:49:04,792 --> 00:49:09,046 but being that one is not just a matter of methods. 575 00:49:09,380 --> 00:49:10,380 It's the man. 576 00:49:10,965 --> 00:49:14,426 The man and his methods. 577 00:49:14,761 --> 00:49:17,138 No, certainly, I wouldn't feel threatened. 578 00:49:17,472 --> 00:49:18,723 Tag along if you'd like. 579 00:49:19,057 --> 00:49:20,600 I'd love to have you. 580 00:49:20,933 --> 00:49:22,351 Maybe you will learn something. 581 00:49:23,519 --> 00:49:24,519 Perhaps I will. 582 00:49:56,803 --> 00:49:58,638 All right, uh, Inspector? 583 00:50:01,933 --> 00:50:04,602 Apparently, the letters were cut 584 00:50:04,936 --> 00:50:07,521 from the following four newspaper; 585 00:50:07,855 --> 00:50:10,148 The San Francisco Chronicle, the London Times, 586 00:50:10,483 --> 00:50:12,359 the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 587 00:50:12,693 --> 00:50:16,113 and strangely enough, strangely enough, 588 00:50:16,447 --> 00:50:19,575 just these two letters, N, T, 589 00:50:20,910 --> 00:50:22,328 were cut from the New York Times. 590 00:50:29,752 --> 00:50:32,796 - That's rather a slap in the face for the Times, isn't it? 591 00:50:40,513 --> 00:50:42,681 - Would you like to take a look at this, Inspector? 592 00:50:43,015 --> 00:50:45,559 - Electrolysis test for hair construction identification? 593 00:50:45,893 --> 00:50:46,893 Not really. 594 00:50:46,894 --> 00:50:48,562 I prefer the magnetic analysis myself. 595 00:50:48,896 --> 00:50:50,564 It's considerably more accurate. 596 00:51:11,169 --> 00:51:12,169 Find anything? 597 00:51:13,337 --> 00:51:15,047 Nothing significant. 598 00:51:15,381 --> 00:51:17,925 - No fingerprints on the envelope or the letter? 599 00:51:18,259 --> 00:51:19,260 No prints. 600 00:51:20,553 --> 00:51:22,596 Just mine and Leon's. 601 00:51:22,930 --> 00:51:26,350 Obviously we are dealing with a professional. 602 00:51:26,684 --> 00:51:28,602 And, uh, no convenient cigar ash 603 00:51:28,936 --> 00:51:30,646 or burnt rope's end to 604 00:51:30,980 --> 00:51:32,731 lead you to the identity of the fellow? 605 00:51:35,067 --> 00:51:36,735 Well now, let's see, uh, what have you got? 606 00:51:37,069 --> 00:51:38,445 You have the intended murder, 607 00:51:38,779 --> 00:51:40,280 and you know when, that's tomorrow. 608 00:51:40,615 --> 00:51:42,700 So, uh, all you have to know now is, uh, 609 00:51:43,034 --> 00:51:44,744 where and, uh, how. 610 00:51:45,077 --> 00:51:46,912 And, uh, possibly why, uh, 611 00:51:47,246 --> 00:51:50,374 just to jolly things along a little, what? 612 00:51:50,708 --> 00:51:52,418 Now look, Inspector. 613 00:51:52,752 --> 00:51:56,756 You asked if you could observe, not participate. 614 00:51:57,089 --> 00:51:59,841 Now if you want to speculate or theorize, 615 00:52:00,176 --> 00:52:02,678 why don't you get yourself into another room 616 00:52:03,012 --> 00:52:06,432 and shout all your whens and what your whats and your hows 617 00:52:06,766 --> 00:52:07,892 to your heart's content? 618 00:52:09,227 --> 00:52:12,813 Now if you don't mind, I am trying to work. 619 00:52:13,147 --> 00:52:17,067 And I don't need all your amateur Dick Tracy suppositions 620 00:52:17,401 --> 00:52:21,901 and hypothetical poppycock rattling around this laboratory! 621 00:52:25,952 --> 00:52:26,952 Well, uh, I tell you what. 622 00:52:26,994 --> 00:52:30,163 I, uh, I'll just sit over there and watch. 623 00:52:30,498 --> 00:52:31,498 Fine, Inspector, fine. 624 00:52:32,708 --> 00:52:33,708 You just do that. 625 00:53:09,203 --> 00:53:11,121 - Oh yes, I, uh, I got your message 626 00:53:11,455 --> 00:53:13,039 just as I was leaving my hotel. 627 00:53:14,166 --> 00:53:15,292 Oh, come in, come in. 628 00:53:15,626 --> 00:53:16,626 I'm glad I caught you. 629 00:53:16,794 --> 00:53:17,878 Yes, I uh, perfect. 630 00:53:19,088 --> 00:53:20,589 I suppose I am too. 631 00:53:24,885 --> 00:53:25,885 My word. 632 00:53:27,263 --> 00:53:29,390 Your police department looks after you rather handsomely, 633 00:53:29,724 --> 00:53:30,725 doesn't it? 634 00:53:31,058 --> 00:53:34,061 Not at all like our poor impoverished Bobbies. 635 00:53:34,395 --> 00:53:35,896 Don't be deceived, Inspector. 636 00:53:36,230 --> 00:53:38,190 My salary on the force couldn't even begin 637 00:53:38,524 --> 00:53:40,400 to pay for this house. 638 00:53:40,735 --> 00:53:42,695 My good fortune results from the fact 639 00:53:43,029 --> 00:53:44,822 that I have the time and the resources 640 00:53:45,156 --> 00:53:46,782 to take on private cases. 641 00:53:47,116 --> 00:53:48,367 A private eye? 642 00:53:48,701 --> 00:53:50,494 - Oh, you can call me that if you wish. 643 00:53:50,828 --> 00:53:52,621 I prefer private investigator. 644 00:53:54,206 --> 00:53:55,790 - And your, uh, superiors have no objection? 645 00:53:56,917 --> 00:53:59,753 I have no superiors. 646 00:54:00,087 --> 00:54:01,087 Ah, yes. 647 00:54:02,006 --> 00:54:04,133 - Why don't you have yourself a seat? 648 00:54:04,467 --> 00:54:05,467 How gracious. 649 00:54:10,931 --> 00:54:13,767 - I called you here because I have managed to solve 650 00:54:14,101 --> 00:54:16,770 the mysterious case of our threatening murderer. 651 00:54:17,104 --> 00:54:18,146 I thought you might be interested. 652 00:54:18,481 --> 00:54:19,732 Ah, yes, of course. 653 00:54:20,066 --> 00:54:21,942 This is the day, isn't it? 654 00:54:23,194 --> 00:54:24,194 And I was beginning to think 655 00:54:24,487 --> 00:54:25,905 you were really stumped for once. 656 00:54:26,238 --> 00:54:27,530 Hardly. 657 00:54:27,865 --> 00:54:30,534 Although rather unique in its initial appearance, 658 00:54:30,868 --> 00:54:35,368 the case has actually turned out to be rather routine. 659 00:54:36,248 --> 00:54:37,248 Really? 660 00:54:39,502 --> 00:54:44,002 - As you so, uh, aptly put it yesterday, 661 00:54:44,590 --> 00:54:46,633 the what is apparently murder. 662 00:54:46,967 --> 00:54:49,761 The horrible death, as it says in the note. 663 00:54:50,096 --> 00:54:51,972 The when is obviously today, 664 00:54:52,306 --> 00:54:53,890 three days after the note's delivery. 665 00:54:55,518 --> 00:54:59,897 And the victim of this unsavory piece of mayhem, 666 00:55:00,231 --> 00:55:04,731 as the note says, someone that I am supposed to know is... 667 00:55:07,738 --> 00:55:08,780 In fact... 668 00:55:10,491 --> 00:55:11,491 Myself. 669 00:55:12,493 --> 00:55:15,787 Yes, me. 670 00:55:16,122 --> 00:55:18,707 Now for the perpetrator, the plotter, 671 00:55:19,041 --> 00:55:21,668 the instigator of this vicious scheme 672 00:55:22,002 --> 00:55:25,130 to commit cold-blooded, pre-meditated murder. 673 00:55:25,464 --> 00:55:28,633 After examining certain obvious elements, 674 00:55:28,968 --> 00:55:33,468 elements that reek of ego and pride and lust for power, 675 00:55:33,973 --> 00:55:35,474 I could only come to one conclusion: 676 00:55:37,017 --> 00:55:38,101 The case is solved. 677 00:55:39,395 --> 00:55:40,395 I am the victim. 678 00:55:42,189 --> 00:55:46,359 And you, my dear Inspector, are the murderer. 679 00:55:47,862 --> 00:55:48,988 Bravo, well done. 680 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:53,325 An excellent piece of investigation. 681 00:55:53,659 --> 00:55:55,702 And the weapon, of course, a gun, 682 00:55:56,036 --> 00:55:57,787 the least likely weapon to be used 683 00:55:58,122 --> 00:55:59,832 by Britain's leading crime fighter. 684 00:56:00,166 --> 00:56:02,543 That's why no one could possibly suspect me 685 00:56:03,586 --> 00:56:04,586 of killing you. 686 00:56:16,974 --> 00:56:18,141 I forgot to tell you... 687 00:56:20,102 --> 00:56:23,772 I solved the case two days ago. 688 00:58:17,761 --> 00:58:19,262 Yes, yes, yes... 689 00:58:34,111 --> 00:58:35,654 At least I was thoughtful enough 690 00:58:35,988 --> 00:58:38,031 to change the Inspector's bloody shirt. 691 00:58:39,658 --> 00:58:42,827 And I tried to keep the same expression on his face, 692 00:58:44,413 --> 00:58:45,664 a sort of clever little grin. 693 00:58:48,208 --> 00:58:49,667 I suppose you're gonna tell me 694 00:58:50,002 --> 00:58:54,502 American detective Toliver is in that coffin? 695 00:58:55,466 --> 00:58:57,551 Heavens, no. 696 00:58:57,885 --> 00:58:58,885 They never found enough of 697 00:58:59,136 --> 00:59:01,805 poor Chief Detective Toliver to bury. 698 00:59:02,139 --> 00:59:04,850 He seemed to go all to pieces over the incident. 699 00:59:06,393 --> 00:59:07,393 Uh, come. 700 00:59:07,603 --> 00:59:09,062 Let me show you this next one. 701 00:59:09,396 --> 00:59:11,773 Number four, I call him. 702 00:59:12,107 --> 00:59:14,150 He's one of my newest acquisitions. 703 00:59:15,819 --> 00:59:17,362 Acquisitions? 704 00:59:17,696 --> 00:59:20,907 There you go again, acting as if you pick and choose. 705 00:59:21,241 --> 00:59:22,241 I'm sorry. 706 00:59:22,868 --> 00:59:24,578 I shall call them my customers, 707 00:59:24,912 --> 00:59:26,413 if it will make you feel any better. 708 00:59:28,374 --> 00:59:30,918 Let's have a look, what do you say? 709 00:59:34,630 --> 00:59:35,922 - Here's the file on the new applicants, 710 00:59:36,256 --> 00:59:37,256 Mr. Cantwell. 711 00:59:40,177 --> 00:59:41,303 - So what else do you want? 712 00:59:42,888 --> 00:59:45,265 - If there's anything you don't find, please let me know. 713 00:59:49,937 --> 00:59:51,480 Testy little thing. 714 00:59:51,814 --> 00:59:52,815 Thanks, Susan. 715 00:59:53,148 --> 00:59:55,733 - Hey Dennis, how about grabbing some lunch? 716 00:59:56,068 --> 00:59:58,403 Uh, no thanks Stan, uh- 717 00:59:58,737 --> 01:00:00,613 - Come on, we're goin' down to that new hamburger joint. 718 01:00:00,948 --> 01:00:02,240 23 different kinds of hamburgers. 719 01:00:02,574 --> 01:00:06,619 - No really, I, uh, I gotta refuse, I'm sorry. 720 01:00:06,954 --> 01:00:08,330 I have to take care of a few things. 721 01:00:09,540 --> 01:00:11,083 Well... 722 01:00:11,417 --> 01:00:12,751 Your loss then. 723 01:00:13,085 --> 01:00:14,586 23 different kinds of hamburgers. 724 01:00:18,882 --> 01:00:20,800 - Why do they keep pestering me? 725 01:00:25,347 --> 01:00:26,556 Stupid jerk. 726 01:00:26,890 --> 01:00:28,474 23 different kinds of morons. 727 01:00:32,312 --> 01:00:34,063 I gotta get outta here. 728 01:00:42,072 --> 01:00:43,072 10, 20, 25, 729 01:00:45,033 --> 01:00:47,160 50, 75, 730 01:00:47,494 --> 01:00:48,494 one buck. 731 01:00:51,081 --> 01:00:52,207 Uh, you have any gum? 732 01:00:53,500 --> 01:00:54,500 What? 733 01:00:55,502 --> 01:00:57,420 Gum, chewing gum? - No. 734 01:01:00,758 --> 01:01:03,177 - You really don't have any chewing gum? 735 01:01:03,510 --> 01:01:05,053 - What do you think this is, a delicatessen? 736 01:01:08,390 --> 01:01:09,390 Slob. 737 01:01:29,787 --> 01:01:31,121 Sorry. - Hey, fella, listen- 738 01:01:31,455 --> 01:01:33,457 - Hey, look, look, I don't have any change. 739 01:01:33,791 --> 01:01:34,917 Why don't you get a job? 740 01:01:36,543 --> 01:01:37,543 Creep. 741 01:02:05,239 --> 01:02:06,239 Hey! 742 01:02:07,366 --> 01:02:08,366 You got me locked in. 743 01:02:13,163 --> 01:02:14,914 Is somebody back there? 744 01:02:24,299 --> 01:02:25,383 Hello? 745 01:03:29,573 --> 01:03:31,575 Is somebody down there? 746 01:04:16,536 --> 01:04:17,536 Hey! 747 01:04:41,186 --> 01:04:42,186 Hey! 748 01:04:43,230 --> 01:04:45,398 Someone let me out of here! 749 01:04:52,030 --> 01:04:54,574 Hey! 750 01:04:54,908 --> 01:04:55,908 Stop, no! 751 01:04:56,743 --> 01:04:57,744 No, stop it! 752 01:04:58,078 --> 01:04:59,078 He)', no! 753 01:04:59,287 --> 01:05:00,287 Stop, stop it! 754 01:05:01,289 --> 01:05:02,290 Stop, no, no! 755 01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:48,169 No! 756 01:05:48,503 --> 01:05:49,503 Help! 757 01:05:58,513 --> 01:05:59,513 Help! 758 01:06:17,824 --> 01:06:18,950 - Here's the files on the new applicants, 759 01:06:19,284 --> 01:06:20,284 Mr. Cantwell. 760 01:06:21,787 --> 01:06:24,873 If there's anything you don't find, please let me know. 761 01:06:25,207 --> 01:06:26,207 No. 762 01:06:26,458 --> 01:06:27,500 I have to take care of a few things. 763 01:06:27,834 --> 01:06:29,502 Look, I don't have any change. 764 01:06:29,836 --> 01:06:32,588 - Mr. Cantwell, please let me know. 765 01:06:32,923 --> 01:06:34,090 No. - Your loss then. 766 01:06:34,424 --> 01:06:36,426 No. - Please let me know. 767 01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:38,261 - I have to refuse. 768 01:06:38,595 --> 01:06:39,595 No, no... 769 01:06:40,806 --> 01:06:43,558 Your loss then. 770 01:06:57,030 --> 01:06:58,030 No... 771 01:07:04,871 --> 01:07:07,456 Jesus, give me strength! 772 01:07:35,735 --> 01:07:36,735 No, no! 773 01:09:05,408 --> 01:09:06,408 Thank you... 774 01:09:44,239 --> 01:09:45,239 Beau... 775 01:09:46,866 --> 01:09:47,866 Tiful... 776 01:09:51,830 --> 01:09:52,830 Yes... 777 01:12:15,140 --> 01:12:17,225 Hey, do you have a minute? 778 01:12:20,103 --> 01:12:21,395 I told you, I couldn't help you. 779 01:12:21,729 --> 01:12:22,938 Why don't you get a job? 780 01:12:29,362 --> 01:12:30,362 No! 781 01:12:37,996 --> 01:12:39,539 But you have his body. 782 01:12:39,873 --> 01:12:41,916 Eventually, he died. 783 01:12:43,168 --> 01:12:45,587 Drunk with a rotted liver. 784 01:12:47,005 --> 01:12:49,048 Sprawled in the gutter. 785 01:12:50,258 --> 01:12:51,592 Pickled, I'd say. 786 01:12:52,969 --> 01:12:54,053 But who would do that to a man, 787 01:12:54,387 --> 01:12:56,347 torture him mentally and physically? 788 01:12:57,765 --> 01:12:59,224 Why would they do that? 789 01:12:59,559 --> 01:13:00,559 Who, Why? 790 01:13:02,687 --> 01:13:04,939 Oh come on, I'm sure you're not that naive. 791 01:13:07,066 --> 01:13:09,985 All these people were the victims of their own frailty, 792 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:11,738 their own petty foibles. 793 01:13:12,864 --> 01:13:15,616 Sibiler was selfish and cold. 794 01:13:15,950 --> 01:13:20,079 And held a thoroughly uningratiating disdain for all people. 795 01:13:21,706 --> 01:13:23,916 Especially children. 796 01:13:24,250 --> 01:13:27,586 And Mr. Growski, our errant camera bug, 797 01:13:27,921 --> 01:13:31,132 was but sadistic and totally contemptuous 798 01:13:31,466 --> 01:13:32,592 of other people's privacy. 799 01:13:35,094 --> 01:13:39,431 And our two sleuths, so vain and egotistical. 800 01:13:40,475 --> 01:13:41,684 Look what became of them. 801 01:13:48,566 --> 01:13:51,402 - Mr. Cantvvell, he had no failings at all. 802 01:13:51,736 --> 01:13:54,905 He was blindly insensitive, sir. 803 01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:56,908 When another human being, 804 01:13:57,242 --> 01:14:00,620 agonized by his own pain, reached out for help, 805 01:14:02,121 --> 01:14:03,205 he passed him by. 806 01:14:05,333 --> 01:14:06,751 Poor Mr. Cantwell, 807 01:14:07,085 --> 01:14:09,212 he might have lived quite long and comfortably 808 01:14:10,171 --> 01:14:13,632 in another age, another world. 809 01:14:13,967 --> 01:14:14,967 His failing? 810 01:14:16,302 --> 01:14:18,053 He simply didn't care. 811 01:14:26,396 --> 01:14:27,897 And this coffin? 812 01:14:28,940 --> 01:14:30,483 What was this person's failing? 813 01:14:31,526 --> 01:14:32,735 Oh, I don't know. 814 01:14:34,862 --> 01:14:36,655 Infidelity, I suppose. 815 01:14:38,658 --> 01:14:39,658 Would you like to see? 816 01:14:55,216 --> 01:14:58,844 - This is all very interesting, everything. 817 01:15:00,179 --> 01:15:01,179 But I must go now. 818 01:15:02,432 --> 01:15:05,309 - Not yet, there's so much more to see. 819 01:15:05,643 --> 01:15:06,643 I have to get to the hotel. 820 01:15:06,894 --> 01:15:08,812 I have to call my wife. 821 01:15:09,147 --> 01:15:10,857 Don't rush off, Mr. Talmudge. 822 01:15:12,650 --> 01:15:13,776 How do you know my name? 823 01:15:14,110 --> 01:15:15,569 Every good businessman 824 01:15:15,903 --> 01:15:18,196 should know the names of his clients. 825 01:17:16,482 --> 01:17:18,233 - How long did you two think you could get away 826 01:17:18,568 --> 01:17:19,568 with your little game? 827 01:17:20,319 --> 01:17:21,737 I'm not stupid, you know? 828 01:17:29,036 --> 01:17:30,537 I can read Marie like a book. 829 01:17:32,373 --> 01:17:36,873 All it took was a little waiting, a little watching. 830 01:17:37,378 --> 01:17:39,505 And I knew I'd catch you both sooner or later. 831 01:17:41,424 --> 01:17:44,427 You stupid bastard, don't you know any better?