1 00:00:50,090 --> 00:00:51,750 I feel like I'm playing What's My Line. 2 00:00:52,550 --> 00:00:57,650 Miss Keene, astrology, numerology, and chirography are sciences. 3 00:00:58,030 --> 00:00:59,110 Oh, I'm sure they are. 4 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:03,230 You didn't come here just for the laughs. 5 00:01:03,710 --> 00:01:05,129 You came looking for answers. 6 00:01:06,350 --> 00:01:08,990 You need a psychiatrist as much as an astrologer. 7 00:01:11,610 --> 00:01:13,230 You're frustrated, Miss Keene. 8 00:01:14,410 --> 00:01:15,770 Professionally and personally. 9 00:01:16,750 --> 00:01:20,390 Is that why you've been asking me to come to see you ever since we saw your 10 00:01:20,390 --> 00:01:21,390 at the country club? 11 00:01:22,170 --> 00:01:23,170 You're a challenge. 12 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:26,810 Now that you're here, I'll give you a few of the answers you're seeking. 13 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:29,150 Perhaps we should come back another time. 14 00:01:29,510 --> 00:01:31,650 No, I'm going to enjoy this. 15 00:01:32,370 --> 00:01:36,550 Besides, I'm getting the services of a psychiatrist and a theater for the price 16 00:01:36,550 --> 00:01:37,550 of one. 17 00:01:39,530 --> 00:01:40,890 I said you were frustrated. 18 00:01:44,350 --> 00:01:45,650 But relief is in sight. 19 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,480 You'll get a promotion soon. 20 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:53,740 That should be good news to an ambitious woman like you. 21 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,840 Now, about your love life. 22 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:00,840 You're 35. 23 00:02:02,420 --> 00:02:06,560 And still deluding yourself that an apple -cheeked Prince Charming will come 24 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,340 galloping into your life any day now. 25 00:02:08,940 --> 00:02:11,460 So you've turned down an older, wiser man. 26 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:14,620 A man you've known for some time. 27 00:02:16,330 --> 00:02:17,630 A man in his waning years. 28 00:02:18,250 --> 00:02:19,890 You've seen me someplace with Max. 29 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:21,950 If you're wise, you'll listen. 30 00:02:22,590 --> 00:02:27,610 First to me, then to the man who wants you, then to wedding bells. 31 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:29,730 You're a mature woman. 32 00:02:30,490 --> 00:02:33,010 In time, Prince Charming will claim you. 33 00:02:33,810 --> 00:02:38,890 But first, you'll wear a bride's white, then a widow's black. 34 00:02:42,450 --> 00:02:45,550 Let's get out of here, Beth. The usual fee is ten bucks. 35 00:02:46,350 --> 00:02:48,650 And just drop it in the kitty, that bowl by the door. 36 00:02:51,050 --> 00:02:52,750 It's been a rare pleasure, ladies. 37 00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:56,710 And by the way, Miss Keene, watch your step. 38 00:02:57,690 --> 00:03:01,650 Until you decide what to do with your life, danger will follow you. 39 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:09,170 I wish we hadn't come. 40 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:10,390 Oh, I'm glad we did. 41 00:03:11,870 --> 00:03:12,970 Didn't he upset you? 42 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,900 Well, he's rude and a fraud, and he knows no more about the future than I 43 00:03:16,980 --> 00:03:20,460 but he made me face up to one thing. I'm not a chicken anymore. 44 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,820 Besides, we just came for the last, remember? 45 00:03:26,380 --> 00:03:27,380 There's the cake. 46 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,540 Crazy fool! He could have killed you! 47 00:03:36,380 --> 00:03:37,600 Danger will follow you. 48 00:03:54,250 --> 00:03:58,010 I'm not some old shoe you can just throw out. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't 49 00:03:58,010 --> 00:04:03,450 be sitting pretty today. You owe me that. I owe you nothing, Buckley. We'll 50 00:04:03,450 --> 00:04:04,450 about that. 51 00:04:08,210 --> 00:04:10,450 Sounds as if Max is being Max again. 52 00:04:13,990 --> 00:04:15,690 Oh, Mr. 53 00:04:15,930 --> 00:04:18,490 Buckley. Well, congratulations, Miss Keene. 54 00:04:18,990 --> 00:04:19,990 Thanks for what? 55 00:04:20,310 --> 00:04:21,589 Nothing, that's what. 56 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,880 You tell me how I can run a department store from a sickbed? 57 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,560 You'd better relax and listen to your doctor. 58 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:31,679 Oh, Dr. 59 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,540 Fisher? I get indigestion, right away it's a heart attack. 60 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,940 He panics. You know, that's his trouble. 61 00:04:38,620 --> 00:04:42,300 You've given him good reason. This is your third case of indigestion in two 62 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:43,460 years. Baloney. 63 00:04:43,740 --> 00:04:45,740 Do I look like a sick man to you? 64 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:47,460 You never look better, Max. 65 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,120 You hear that? The truth from the lips of my head buyer. 66 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,780 Pat Keene, Della Street, and Perry Mason. 67 00:04:53,980 --> 00:04:56,220 Hello. Hello. You're just in time, Miss Keene. 68 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:00,080 We finished our business, so we'll leave Max in your capable hands. 69 00:05:00,420 --> 00:05:04,160 Now you said something. Without this beautiful young lady, Armstead's would 70 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,160 been ruined by now. 71 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,060 As usual, he's exaggerating. 72 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,940 The contracts will be taken care of immediately, Max. 73 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,340 I'll look in on you tomorrow. 74 00:05:11,860 --> 00:05:14,500 Thanks, Perry. Goodbye, Mr. Armstead. Goodbye, Della. Goodbye. 75 00:05:15,820 --> 00:05:17,000 I brought you something. 76 00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:21,900 Again, every day she brings me something. Open it. 77 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:23,360 All right. 78 00:05:27,620 --> 00:05:31,080 A whistle? 79 00:05:31,780 --> 00:05:33,460 Use it when you need to blow off steam. 80 00:05:33,940 --> 00:05:35,640 Saves wear and tear on my boss. 81 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,640 Is that all I am to you? Just a boss? 82 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:41,780 And a dear friend, of course. 83 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:43,840 All right, young lady. 84 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:46,260 Just for that, I've got something for you. 85 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,940 Starting tomorrow, you are the new merchandising manager of Armstead's. 86 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:55,540 What about Dan Buckley? He's out. 87 00:05:56,460 --> 00:06:01,940 Oh, Max, you didn't just fire him. He tries to take over too much. Like I'm 88 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:02,940 already dead. 89 00:06:03,060 --> 00:06:06,840 Just because he brought me out from New York and helped me swing the deal to buy 90 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:08,860 the store don't mean that he runs the show. 91 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,520 That's why I want you beside me. 92 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:14,900 What's the matter? Aren't you happy? 93 00:06:15,740 --> 00:06:20,770 Oh, of course. Of course I am, Max. It's just that it's all so unexpected. 94 00:06:21,710 --> 00:06:24,010 I slaved for him for eight years. 95 00:06:24,850 --> 00:06:26,830 I let him bring me out here from New York. 96 00:06:27,650 --> 00:06:31,810 No, he says he doesn't need a secretary anymore, so you've inherited me. 97 00:06:32,530 --> 00:06:35,290 My name played on the door in a confidential secretary. 98 00:06:35,530 --> 00:06:37,450 I feel like an executive at last. 99 00:06:37,910 --> 00:06:38,990 Giddy with power. 100 00:06:39,330 --> 00:06:40,330 I'm just numb. 101 00:06:40,570 --> 00:06:42,370 I didn't sleep a wink last night. 102 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:43,950 It's all so spooky. 103 00:06:44,750 --> 00:06:45,750 Spooky? 104 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,980 I mean Maria's predictions coming true like this. 105 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,360 Almost being run down last night and now this promotion. 106 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,320 Well, it's safe to predict a promotion for a career woman. 107 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,740 After all, don't forget I am ambitious. 108 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,560 At least you're frank about it, Miss Keene. 109 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,000 Oh, don't mind me. I just came back from my briefcase. 110 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:12,000 I'm glad you did, Mr. Buckley. I wanted to say goodbye and wish you luck. Thank 111 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,060 you. I'm sorry about all this. 112 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:15,300 Why? 113 00:07:15,370 --> 00:07:16,530 You put up a good fight. 114 00:07:17,090 --> 00:07:20,390 After all, my field is merchandising, not sex appeal. 115 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:22,950 But then I guess it isn't all your fault. 116 00:07:23,350 --> 00:07:26,790 Max Armstead doesn't know the meaning of friendship or gratitude. 117 00:07:28,010 --> 00:07:29,250 Good luck, Miss Keene. 118 00:07:30,310 --> 00:07:31,310 You'll need it. 119 00:07:33,510 --> 00:07:35,070 I can't blame him. 120 00:07:35,430 --> 00:07:39,310 He's really a good man. I just wish Max could have found another place for him. 121 00:07:39,470 --> 00:07:41,450 Oh, my gosh. Look at the time. 122 00:07:41,690 --> 00:07:42,910 And you've got appointments. 123 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:48,530 Now, there's Continental Toys at 11 o 'clock, Sharon Ann Fashions at 3. 124 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:52,610 The last place I wanted to spend a day was in a wholesale showroom. 125 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:56,850 Well, I hear there's a new man showing the line, and he's a tree. 126 00:07:57,230 --> 00:08:01,030 And this is the last of the line, B -203. 127 00:08:01,430 --> 00:08:04,650 Comes in beige, dark blue, and pale green. 128 00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:06,530 Is the scarf included? 129 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:07,950 No, that's our accessory. 130 00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:09,950 Pity, makes us shoot. 131 00:08:10,810 --> 00:08:11,810 All right. 132 00:08:12,810 --> 00:08:15,230 Four each in the beige and the blue. All sizes. 133 00:08:15,470 --> 00:08:16,470 Fine. Thank you, dear. 134 00:08:19,430 --> 00:08:20,409 For me? 135 00:08:20,410 --> 00:08:21,410 We'll never miss it. 136 00:08:22,270 --> 00:08:23,270 Thanks. It's lovely. 137 00:08:23,450 --> 00:08:24,990 Lovely scarf for a lovely lady. 138 00:08:25,750 --> 00:08:28,470 Is that part of the Sharon Ann line or your own? 139 00:08:29,450 --> 00:08:30,450 Strictly my own. 140 00:08:30,690 --> 00:08:32,350 Come on. I'll walk you to the elevator. 141 00:08:35,130 --> 00:08:37,230 You're not the usual showroom salesman, are you? 142 00:08:37,470 --> 00:08:38,470 No. How's that? 143 00:08:38,730 --> 00:08:41,309 Most of the boys come on like they're giving boss a novel lesson. 144 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:43,960 How about having dinner with me tonight? 145 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,220 No, sorry, I can't. 146 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:48,220 How about tomorrow night? 147 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,500 No, really, but thanks. 148 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,280 Don't forget to wear the scarf. 149 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:57,900 Oh, yes, thank you. Thank you. 150 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,440 What time were you thinking of having dinner? 151 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:08,080 Why don't I pick you up about seven? 152 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:09,980 I'm in the book. 153 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:20,450 Everything's happening too fast. 154 00:09:21,230 --> 00:09:22,770 It makes my head swim. 155 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:25,730 What's the line? 156 00:09:27,290 --> 00:09:30,670 Somebody recently told me I was still looking for romance. 157 00:09:32,330 --> 00:09:33,450 Maybe I am. 158 00:09:34,510 --> 00:09:35,790 That's what scares me. 159 00:09:39,350 --> 00:09:40,670 Do I scare you? 160 00:09:42,550 --> 00:09:44,270 Being vulnerable scares me. 161 00:09:45,470 --> 00:09:47,850 I don't even know you. 162 00:09:49,230 --> 00:09:50,230 Not really. 163 00:09:50,510 --> 00:09:51,610 I'm sure you do. 164 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:54,110 I'm Prince Charming. 165 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:57,250 Come to wake the sleeping princess. 166 00:10:05,250 --> 00:10:06,410 Oh, Max. 167 00:10:07,750 --> 00:10:08,750 Max. 168 00:10:09,190 --> 00:10:10,930 And they're perfectly matched. 169 00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:12,190 Like us. 170 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:14,790 You are completely mad. 171 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:16,410 But I love you for it. 172 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:20,370 Now, I didn't give you those because you're such a good employee. For that, 173 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:21,370 get a bonus. 174 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:25,530 These are from me, Max, to you, Pat. 175 00:10:26,170 --> 00:10:28,290 But they're so extravagant. 176 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:33,490 Sit down. I've got something to say to you. And I don't want you to interrupt 177 00:10:33,490 --> 00:10:40,210 like you usually do. You know, 178 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:44,570 all the time I was in the hospital, I kept thinking. 179 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,100 You're a lonely man, Max. 180 00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:49,480 It's four years since your wife died. 181 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,720 Five years since you saw that bum of a no -good son of yours. 182 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:55,920 And what have you got? 183 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,560 A good business. 184 00:10:58,300 --> 00:10:59,300 Few investments. 185 00:11:01,180 --> 00:11:02,400 And a lousy heart. 186 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:06,180 You're a lonely man, I said. You're getting old. 187 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:09,360 That's why she keeps turning you down. 188 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:11,960 She's young. 189 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:14,940 She could do a lot better. 190 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:18,970 And she could also do a lot worse. 191 00:11:21,070 --> 00:11:23,210 So why don't you ask her again, Max? 192 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:27,050 Maybe this time she'll say yes. 193 00:11:27,670 --> 00:11:29,770 Now, I don't want an answer. Not yet. 194 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:32,730 You've been working very hard. You're tired. 195 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:34,170 Go someplace. 196 00:11:34,610 --> 00:11:36,730 Rest, relax, enjoy. 197 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:41,610 And then when you come back, you can give me your answer. 198 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:44,030 Oh, Max, I... 199 00:11:47,950 --> 00:11:48,950 So don't say anything. 200 00:11:49,330 --> 00:11:51,470 But I don't want to find you in this office tomorrow. 201 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,480 Hello, Patty. 202 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,020 How did you know where to find me? 203 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:25,979 Your secretary. 204 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:26,980 What's her name? 205 00:12:27,020 --> 00:12:30,260 Anyway, I've taken the day off. And you're not going to get rid of me. Not 206 00:12:30,260 --> 00:12:32,480 I've got you completely persuaded. 207 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,200 That won't be easy. 208 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,540 Even for a super salesman. 209 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:41,020 Careful, careful. 210 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:42,940 I like a challenge. 211 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:44,660 It brings out the best in me. 212 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,260 Come on, let's take a swim. 213 00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:49,520 You're making waves again. 214 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:51,700 More coffee? 215 00:12:52,540 --> 00:12:53,540 No. 216 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,640 Now, Gordon, you've been very good all day. Now, don't spoil it. 217 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,880 Hello? 218 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,920 Yes? 219 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:07,360 Yes? 220 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,340 Oh, no. When? 221 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,500 How bad is it? 222 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,100 Yes. 223 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:20,240 Yes, of course. I'll be there as soon as possible. 224 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,320 It's Max. He's had another attack. He's asking for me. 225 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,360 I've got to get back to Los Angeles. 226 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:32,100 I'm sorry about the old man, but don't let this... Are you going to marry him? 227 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:34,300 He needs me. I need you. 228 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:38,480 He's a dear, lonely man, and he isn't well. He may not have long to live. 229 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:39,960 Oh, I understand. 230 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,040 I've got nothing, and he's a rich man. 231 00:13:42,670 --> 00:13:45,950 It isn't that at all. You don't understand. If you feel you must, if 232 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:48,970 you want, go ahead, marry him. But remember, sweetheart, you're still 233 00:13:49,270 --> 00:13:50,590 He's old. He's sick. 234 00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:52,130 Gordon, please. 235 00:13:54,950 --> 00:13:58,970 There's no reason that we still can't go on seeing one another, is there? 236 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:02,090 He wouldn't know. We could manage weekends. 237 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:06,930 What kind of a woman do you think I am? 238 00:14:07,550 --> 00:14:09,190 Come on, Patty, be realistic. 239 00:14:10,010 --> 00:14:11,010 Get out of here. 240 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,400 for Patricia Key. 241 00:14:32,460 --> 00:14:35,340 She just checked out. You might still catch her in the parking lot. 242 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:37,500 Thank you. 243 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:02,800 It came as soon as I heard. 244 00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:05,520 I guess it was too much for the old heart. 245 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,400 All that suspense. 246 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,420 I was so worried about you. 247 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,140 So what's the verdict? 248 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,440 Will she or won't she? 249 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,260 I... I'm terribly fond of you, Max. 250 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:26,620 You're my friend. 251 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,900 My dear friend. 252 00:15:30,570 --> 00:15:31,570 I'm not in love with you. 253 00:15:32,410 --> 00:15:34,510 Smart and sweet and kind. 254 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:38,850 I knew you were, but honest? 255 00:15:40,610 --> 00:15:47,430 Imagine an unmarried woman who tells a man the truth so 256 00:15:47,430 --> 00:15:48,790 I don't make you shiver. 257 00:15:51,070 --> 00:15:55,090 And your heart don't skip a beat for me. 258 00:15:55,630 --> 00:15:56,810 So who cares? 259 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,139 Don't look at me. 260 00:16:24,140 --> 00:16:28,080 Uh, Paul, can you spare a moment? I see you still got it in this new will about 261 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,060 leaving my son a dollar. Why should I leave him so much? 262 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,560 In this state, it's possible for your son to contest a will that fails to 263 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,260 include him. The dollar you leave him will protect Pat from such a contest. 264 00:16:40,180 --> 00:16:41,880 Incidentally, I should have his present address. 265 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:44,240 Last I heard, he was in South America someplace. 266 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,100 Rio, who knows? With the rest of the runaway crooks, that's where he belongs. 267 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,580 You'll never forgive him, will you, Max? 268 00:16:51,180 --> 00:16:55,140 A boy who steals from his own father? An embezzler? A gambler? 269 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,020 A no -good louse who broke his poor mother's heart? 270 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,300 That was five years ago, Max, when you were still in New York. 271 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,780 Now, why don't you contact him? He might have changed. 272 00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:06,980 Him change? 273 00:17:07,420 --> 00:17:12,280 You don't know him like I know him. Listen, once a bum, always a bum. So who 274 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:13,239 needs him? 275 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,700 Tonight I'll be on my way to the Bahamas on my honeymoon, and I've got a whole 276 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:19,800 new life ahead of me. As far as I'm concerned, I haven't got a son. 277 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,599 Now, where do I sign this thing? 278 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,740 Hi. Welcome home, Mrs. 279 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,880 Armstead. Oh, Beth, it's so good to see you. Really? 280 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:36,260 Look at that tan. Did you love it? Every minute. Hated to leave. 281 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,520 How is Mac? 282 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:42,680 Oh, he's marvelous. Just marvelous. Dan Buckley's been trying to get you. He 283 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:43,680 left that note for you. 284 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:44,760 Oh? 285 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,420 He says he has something to talk to me about. 286 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,460 Something he'll take to Max if I don't see him. 287 00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:59,260 Get him for me, will you, Beth? I don't want him upsetting Max. 288 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:00,480 Sure. 289 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,020 Oh, don't you want to open these first? They came this morning. 290 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,240 Who's he from? 291 00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:12,060 Gordon Evans. 292 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:14,800 I can't wait much longer. 293 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,980 I'm not asking you, Gordon. I'm telling you. 294 00:18:18,740 --> 00:18:19,840 I made my decision. 295 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:23,300 I married Max, and I'm going to be a good wife. 296 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,840 If he found out I was seeing you, even this once, he'd be hurt. 297 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:32,960 And that's the last thing I want. You're absolutely right. 298 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,680 And I won't be bothering you again. 299 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:39,420 I just wanted to apologize for what I said to you in La Jolla. 300 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,020 And to tell you that I love you. 301 00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:45,500 Whenever you should need me, I'll always be there. 302 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,040 Thank you, Gordon. 303 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:51,940 I'd better get back to the office. 304 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:53,040 Every 305 00:18:53,040 --> 00:19:00,360 time 306 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:04,860 I give love, I get betrayed. First my no -good son, and now my wife, Pat. 307 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,600 You know anyone who might send you a letter like this? If I did, would I be 308 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,000 here? It came in the morning mail. 309 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,200 Boy, I feel rotten. You got a little water? 310 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,740 And if everybody leave me alone, that Buckley keeps calling me, wants to see 311 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:34,940 and now this, this letter. 312 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:37,380 I want you to find out if it's true, Perry. 313 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:42,280 And then? And I'll get rid of her. I don't need a two -timing gold digger for 314 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,280 wife. 315 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:44,960 You showing that letter to Pat? 316 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:48,620 What good would it do? She'd only deny it. She should have that right. 317 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:49,960 Right schmite. 318 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,460 My wife is carrying on with some guy behind my back. What about my rights? 319 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,440 You go home and talk to Pat. I'm sure there's a simple explanation. 320 00:19:58,060 --> 00:20:00,740 Look, will you do me a favor? Will you keep your sermons? 321 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,760 I don't need a preacher. I need a lawyer. That's what I'm paying you for. 322 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:06,800 You pay for advice. 323 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,680 It's time you learned to take some. 324 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:11,280 Why, if only I didn't feel so rotten. 325 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,980 Max, would you like me to call Dr. Fisher? 326 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:16,900 No, no. 327 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,180 He says I'm all right. 328 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,700 It's not my health that's bothering me. 329 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:35,660 So the suspect said to me, I'm not going to stand in any lineup till you get me 330 00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:36,660 a haircut. 331 00:20:36,940 --> 00:20:37,940 Call for you, Perry. 332 00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:39,580 Thanks, Clay. 333 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:41,479 Hello, Judge. 334 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,080 Hello. Perry, it's about Max. 335 00:20:44,580 --> 00:20:45,840 He told me about that letter. 336 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,740 We had a terrible row. 337 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,380 He started shouting like a madman. 338 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:53,180 Awful things about me, about his son. 339 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,600 Perry, it's like he's seeing things. 340 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,360 Have you called the doctor? 341 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,120 He wasn't in, but I left word. 342 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:04,540 Perry, I'm frightened. 343 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:07,200 I've never seen this side of Max before. 344 00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:08,860 He's violent. 345 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:11,080 Can you come right over? 346 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:12,719 Where is he? 347 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,500 Upstairs. I tried to get him into bed, but he won't stay. 348 00:21:20,900 --> 00:21:24,220 She... She poisoned me! 349 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,200 If I hadn't married him, all this might not have happened. 350 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:49,300 I know everybody thinks it was Max's money. 351 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,780 I can't deny I considered that. 352 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,340 But I honestly cared for him. 353 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,120 And he knew it. 354 00:21:58,580 --> 00:22:02,960 The district attorney is convinced that he has a case. He's not basing it on 355 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,160 Max's accusation and your apparent motives. 356 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,200 He has stronger evidence. 357 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,620 Probably the capsules. 358 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:10,940 I don't understand. 359 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:13,380 No one could have forced Max to take an overdose. 360 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,260 The question is, who tampered with the capsules? 361 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:21,720 Well, Max had enemies, people that didn't like him, but why would anybody 362 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:22,720 to kill him? 363 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,540 Why would anyone want to send him that letter about you and Gordon Evans? 364 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:32,520 The answers to those questions could be the basis of your acquittal or your 365 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:33,520 conviction. 366 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,360 That would be the final irony if I'm convicted. 367 00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,540 It's the one thing Marius didn't predict. 368 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,440 Marius Stowe, an astrologer I went to see about six months ago. 369 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,800 I'd seen him at the Mesa Country Club. 370 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,900 He called me several times after that and invited me to come in. 371 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:56,520 And Perry, he foretold everything that's happened since. 372 00:22:57,260 --> 00:22:58,420 Including Max's death? 373 00:22:58,800 --> 00:22:59,800 In a way. 374 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:02,260 Something about my wearing widow's weeds. 375 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,040 It was uncanny. 376 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:06,540 One thing after another, just the way he said. 377 00:23:11,370 --> 00:23:12,770 When was the last you heard from Mr. Stowe? 378 00:23:13,430 --> 00:23:14,910 Not a word in three weeks. 379 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:16,390 But he'll be back. 380 00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:17,730 You seem pretty sure. 381 00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:20,130 They always come back for their clothes. 382 00:23:20,650 --> 00:23:22,850 Especially if they're expensive ones like these. 383 00:23:36,110 --> 00:23:38,130 Paul, you're contacting Rio. 384 00:23:38,810 --> 00:23:40,660 Just... How reliable is he? 385 00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:43,840 You can count on him any time, except during carnival weeks. 386 00:23:44,260 --> 00:23:48,880 Well, since carnival's a long way off, ask him to trace Max Armstead's son. 387 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,100 His real hotel cabled back. He'd moved over a year ago, leaving no forwarding 388 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,100 address. 389 00:23:54,180 --> 00:23:56,260 I'll cable them to let us know if they hear from him. 390 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,560 As executor of Max's estate, I have to find him, see what you can do. 391 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:02,759 I've got men on it. 392 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:03,980 Perry, what do you make of this? 393 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:08,280 I found it on Marius Stowe's telephone pad. 394 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:10,380 8 -5 -2 -D. 395 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,560 Could be 8 -52 departure time. 396 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,460 And Mex -A -L, Mexican Airlines. 397 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:20,840 The 8 -5 -2 could be flight number. 398 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:24,440 Now, there's no such departure time and no such flight number. But I'm checking 399 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:25,920 the Mexican Airlines passenger list anyway. 400 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,360 Well, I have not any luck tracing the typewriter this poison pen letter was 401 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:33,420 written on, but I have tracked down the stationery. It comes from a very 402 00:24:33,420 --> 00:24:36,720 expensive shop in Beverly Hills. And as this particular weight and color isn't 403 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,220 too popular, We only had 12 customers to screen. 404 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,420 Customer number 10 was the Mesa Country Club. 405 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:46,020 What's so interesting about that is that both Dan Buckley and Dr. Fisher are 406 00:24:46,020 --> 00:24:47,020 members of that club. 407 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,100 I'm still sick about Max's death. 408 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:52,360 Seems incredible the way it happened. 409 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:55,740 When I saw him that last morning, he was terribly upset. 410 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,440 What did you prescribe for him? 411 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,960 I prescribed rest and a mild sedative. 412 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:04,620 And I reduced his dosage slightly to bring down his pulse rate. 413 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:08,240 But Max never did anything he didn't want to do. 414 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,800 That morning, Max received a letter vilifying his wife. 415 00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:15,040 Could that have upset him enough to affect his condition? 416 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:16,840 I didn't know about any letter. 417 00:25:17,220 --> 00:25:18,880 Max didn't confide in me. 418 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,840 I know that he was in a dangerous state for a man with his medical history. 419 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,140 And that's all I know. 420 00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:32,480 Hi. Any luck? 421 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,000 Pat is a calculating adventurist who married Max for his five million dollars 422 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000 and then killed him. 423 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:41,880 Everyone but you. 424 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:43,400 And the killer. 425 00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:44,740 Well, cheer up. 426 00:25:44,940 --> 00:25:46,320 One break came while you were out. 427 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,160 Marius Stowe's landlady called. 428 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,040 Mr. Stowe turned up with his back rent, moved into his old apartment, and opened 429 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,540 for business bright and early this afternoon. 430 00:25:54,260 --> 00:25:56,880 Disappears for three weeks and suddenly materializes solvent. 431 00:25:57,820 --> 00:26:00,580 Paul, any luck on the meeting of 852D? 432 00:26:00,940 --> 00:26:01,940 No, not yet. 433 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:04,640 Sounds like a locker or a box number. 434 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:06,140 Locker, of course. 435 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,400 Bus stations. 436 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,020 Della, you're a genius. 437 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,400 Yes. 438 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Yes, I am. 439 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,120 Perry. 440 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:19,180 I just got this cable from my contact in Rio. 441 00:26:19,580 --> 00:26:22,380 Alan Armstead has been living here in Los Angeles for the past year. 442 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,099 Do you know where? 443 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:28,320 No, not yet. But Della was right about that locker. Locker 852D is in a bus 444 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,280 depot two blocks from Marius Stowe's apartment house. 445 00:26:30,940 --> 00:26:31,940 Come in, Poe. 446 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:37,990 Della, see if you can locate Marius Stowe. I want to talk to him. Right. 447 00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:40,190 And Barry, there's someone waiting to see you. 448 00:26:40,410 --> 00:26:41,410 Gordon Evans. 449 00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:43,210 Send him in. 450 00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:47,910 Mr. Mason, the district attorney has subpoenaed me to testify. 451 00:26:48,330 --> 00:26:51,010 I don't know what he expects me to say, but I love Pat. 452 00:26:51,330 --> 00:26:52,630 I'll do anything I can to help her. 453 00:26:52,910 --> 00:26:55,050 That's not what the district attorney has in mind. 454 00:26:55,650 --> 00:27:01,350 Would it help any if I were to tell you that my legal name now is Gordon Evans, 455 00:27:01,490 --> 00:27:03,550 but I'm Alan Armstead. 456 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:05,880 I'm Max's son. 457 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:15,400 The state will prove through testimony of her colleagues and her friends that 458 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:20,640 the defendant is an inordinately ambitious woman who first maneuvered 459 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:25,820 into a high executive position with Armstead department stores and then 460 00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:30,780 the deceased Max Armstead in full knowledge of the precarious state of his 461 00:27:30,780 --> 00:27:31,780 health. 462 00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:37,390 hoping apparently that this would lead to his early death, thus leaving her a 463 00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:38,830 wealthy and powerful widow. 464 00:27:39,650 --> 00:27:45,490 We will show that the defendant's hopes in part were based on the predictions of 465 00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:51,770 a fortune teller, as well as on her knowledge of the medical opinions and 466 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:55,050 predictions of Max Armstead's personal physician. 467 00:27:55,730 --> 00:27:57,790 We shall further prove... 468 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,280 that the defendant surely did not marry the deceased for love since she already 469 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:07,180 loved another man, and that when her husband learned of this guilty 470 00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:13,880 relationship, his knowledge forced her to put an end to herself, to her own 471 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:20,400 impatient hoping and waiting, and an end to his life as well. For having access, 472 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,940 as we shall prove she did to the means of killing him, his threat to divorce 473 00:28:24,940 --> 00:28:29,380 her... drove the defendant finally to the premeditated act of murder. 474 00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:34,580 He pointed a finger at the defendant and said, she poisoned me. 475 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:40,080 Now, Lieutenant, you testified that the vial found in the pocket of the deceased 476 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:45,680 and the brown leather case found in the defendant's medicine cabinet both 477 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,460 contained capsules which were apparently identical. 478 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:53,860 Were you yourself present when the police lab ran tests on these capsules? 479 00:28:54,060 --> 00:28:54,919 I was. 480 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:55,920 And what were the findings? 481 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:02,960 Both the file and the case contained a number of 8 milligram digitalis 482 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,740 No, I did not prescribe 8 milligram capsules. 483 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:09,760 That would have been a toxic dosage far too strong. 484 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,940 Strong enough to prove fatal, Doctor? 485 00:29:13,140 --> 00:29:17,340 Considering Mr. Armstead's condition, his body weight, I'd say that although a 486 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:21,580 single capsule might not cause death, repeated dosage certainly would. 487 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,280 And of course, I concur with the autopsy report. 488 00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:25,750 Thank you, Doctor. 489 00:29:27,210 --> 00:29:30,970 Doctor, will you describe the effects of digitalis poisoning? 490 00:29:32,430 --> 00:29:37,550 The heart would become quicker, more irregular, and would produce 491 00:29:37,550 --> 00:29:38,810 by toxic dosage. 492 00:29:39,390 --> 00:29:42,650 Breathing becomes difficult. Even convulsive death follows. 493 00:29:43,270 --> 00:29:47,570 What are the obvious symptoms, the kind that would be recognized by the layman? 494 00:29:47,890 --> 00:29:52,330 Well, nausea, headaches, thirst. 495 00:29:52,830 --> 00:29:53,910 What else, Doctor? 496 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:59,140 Digitalis poisoning is a fairly rare occurrence. I don't carry a book on 497 00:29:59,140 --> 00:30:00,580 toxicology around with me. 498 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,480 Doctor, isn't it true that hallucination is a symptom? 499 00:30:04,860 --> 00:30:07,420 Every case doesn't conform to the same pattern. 500 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,240 Would you agree delusions may accompany such a condition? 501 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:12,700 Yes. 502 00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:16,580 Delusions and hallucinations, then, are possible symptoms. Is that right? 503 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:22,060 Yeah. So when Max Armstead appeared at the top of the stairs, pointed a finger 504 00:30:22,060 --> 00:30:24,660 at his wife and said, She poisoned me. 505 00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:27,220 Could he have been hallucinating? 506 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,420 I can't testify to that, but I ask you for your expert medical opinion. 507 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,320 Now, is it possible that the decedent was hallucinating, was suffering from a 508 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:37,820 delusion? It is possible. 509 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:39,100 Thank you. That's all. 510 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,780 Is this the moment, Dr. Fisher? 511 00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:42,039 Until Mr. 512 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,140 Mason put the words hallucination and delusion into your mouth. 513 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:46,680 Objection. Sustained. 514 00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:51,420 Isn't it a fact, doctor, that those symptoms are so rare that you never even 515 00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:52,820 considered mentioning them? 516 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,300 Your Honor, the district attorney is attempting to lead the witness to a 517 00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:57,300 conclusion. 518 00:30:57,700 --> 00:31:01,440 Dr. Fisher, why didn't you mention these symptoms before? 519 00:31:03,220 --> 00:31:04,220 Why? 520 00:31:05,380 --> 00:31:09,260 Well, I suppose because nobody ever asked me. 521 00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:12,260 She was ambitious and deceitful. 522 00:31:13,260 --> 00:31:17,080 Sure, I knew she was playing around, but that was Max Armstead's problem, not 523 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,420 mine. What exactly do you mean, sir, by playing around? 524 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,160 I was in La Jolla one night just before she married Max. 525 00:31:24,540 --> 00:31:28,000 And as the room clerk testified, she was there with a man. 526 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,300 Mr. Mason? 527 00:31:29,580 --> 00:31:34,100 Mr. Buckley, you didn't answer the district attorney's question on what you 528 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:35,100 by playing around. 529 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,060 I mean seeing other men. 530 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:41,920 Well, can you name several of these men with whom you suggest the defendant was 531 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:42,920 playing around? 532 00:31:42,940 --> 00:31:46,420 I couldn't raffle off a list. All right, give me three names. 533 00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:48,940 Two names. 534 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,120 Just one name. Look, I'm not very good at names. 535 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:56,540 But you've told the court the defendant was seeing other men. 536 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,280 Your Honor, it seems to me there's no purpose being served by having Mr. Mason 537 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,960 continue to harp on the subject. 538 00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:06,840 Mr. Berger, you opened up this line of questioning. 539 00:32:08,020 --> 00:32:12,300 Objection overruled. Mr. Buckley, what were you doing in La Jolla? 540 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,060 Oh, I went to see Mrs. Armstead. I'd been trying to see her for some time. 541 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,320 For what reason? 542 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,760 I hope she talked to Max, get me back on the job. 543 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:27,000 You called this woman ambitious and deceitful, and yet you felt she'd be 544 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,000 to help you. Why? 545 00:32:29,060 --> 00:32:32,460 Did you intend to threaten her? To tell Mr. Armstead about her? 546 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:33,760 No. 547 00:32:34,260 --> 00:32:36,240 I wrote her a note, but she didn't answer. 548 00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:39,400 Every time I tried to see her, she avoided me. 549 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,800 I thought if I saw her face to face, I... Was it your usual practice as 550 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,980 entertainment chairman of the Mesa Country Club to write personal notes on 551 00:32:47,980 --> 00:32:51,180 stationery? It just happened I wrote it at the club. 552 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:55,280 Did you also just happen to write at the club a letter to the decedent vilifying 553 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:56,079 his wife? 554 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,360 No. Are you certain? I'm certain. 555 00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,660 Your memory's improving. 556 00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:03,620 Now, would you care to try and name some of these men with whom the defendant 557 00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:04,980 was allegedly running around? 558 00:33:06,020 --> 00:33:07,840 Perhaps I can help you, Mr. Buckley. 559 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,680 The fact is she saw only one man in La Jolla before her marriage, and she saw 560 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,100 him only once more in a public place after her marriage. 561 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:17,780 As the desk clerk testified, that man was Gordon Evans. 562 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:23,340 Now, do you understand exactly why you have been designated an unfriendly 563 00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:24,340 witness? 564 00:33:24,540 --> 00:33:25,540 Yes, sir. 565 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,100 All right, Mr. Evans, or should I call you Mr. Armstead? 566 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,520 I've had my name legally changed. It's Gordon Evans. 567 00:33:32,820 --> 00:33:35,160 Would you mind telling us why you had it legally changed? 568 00:33:36,430 --> 00:33:39,410 I was trying to make a new start on my own. 569 00:33:40,770 --> 00:33:44,770 Nobody in Los Angeles knew me. I just came here from Rio. I didn't want 570 00:33:44,770 --> 00:33:47,570 from my father. Not even his name. Didn't you want his wife? 571 00:33:49,690 --> 00:33:52,330 I was in love with a defendant before she married my father. 572 00:33:52,550 --> 00:33:54,370 How about after she married him? 573 00:33:54,930 --> 00:33:57,210 Your Honor, do I have to answer that? Yes, Mr. Evans. 574 00:33:57,470 --> 00:33:58,470 Answer the question. 575 00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:00,370 Yes. 576 00:34:00,710 --> 00:34:01,710 I loved her. 577 00:34:02,070 --> 00:34:03,390 Before and after. 578 00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:05,390 I love her now. 579 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:09,120 She's not capable of murder. She couldn't hurt anyone. Just answer my 580 00:34:09,219 --> 00:34:10,219 please. 581 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,480 Now, Miss Evans, were you in La Jolla with the defendant? 582 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:18,380 Yes, sir. Did you take your meals together? 583 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:20,600 Yes, sir. Did you swim together? 584 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,000 Yes, sir. Did you visit her in her room? 585 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,280 No. 586 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:26,500 Yes. 587 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,020 But just for a few minutes. 588 00:34:29,139 --> 00:34:32,699 And this was less than a week before her marriage to your father? 589 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:34,880 Yes, sir. 590 00:34:34,969 --> 00:34:38,210 You were quite a son to your father, weren't you, Mr. Evans? 591 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:40,750 No, Mr. Berger. 592 00:34:41,630 --> 00:34:43,590 I was a rotten son to my father. 593 00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:48,389 Oh, I know how that sounds, but as heaven is my witness, we were never 594 00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:50,489 together after she married my father. 595 00:34:50,850 --> 00:34:55,110 But can you say as much for the time when she was planning to marry an old 596 00:34:55,110 --> 00:35:00,530 wealthy man, and at the same time trifling with a young and disinherited 597 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:06,050 Were you so circumspect when she was growing impatient that the old man might 598 00:35:06,050 --> 00:35:07,050 live too long? 599 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,890 Your Honor. I apologize, Your Honor. I got carried away. 600 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:12,410 Cross -examiner, Mr. Mason. 601 00:35:19,730 --> 00:35:20,730 No question. 602 00:35:23,310 --> 00:35:28,070 I mean the same birds that knock my predictions read their weight cards with 603 00:35:28,070 --> 00:35:29,070 great interest. 604 00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:33,600 And if some gypsy saw death in their tea leaves, they'd be scared sick for a 605 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:34,600 long time. 606 00:35:35,380 --> 00:35:36,860 Everybody believes a little. 607 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:42,940 Everybody. All right, tell us then what you predicted for the defendant. 608 00:35:43,420 --> 00:35:44,420 Well, let's see. 609 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:49,820 Like I said, marriage, promotion, and danger in her future. 610 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,060 Well, now, those seem like very routine sort of predictions. 611 00:35:53,920 --> 00:36:00,380 And didn't you predict anything specific, anything unusual for her? 612 00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:06,780 her to marry an older man, that she'd be a widow before her Prince Charming 613 00:36:06,780 --> 00:36:07,538 married her. 614 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:08,960 Fast exam, Mr. Mason. 615 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,780 Marry us the great. 616 00:36:16,490 --> 00:36:20,470 Apparently, by using your supernatural powers, you've been able to take a woman 617 00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:24,270 whom the district attorney has characterized as efficient, ambitious, 618 00:36:24,430 --> 00:36:25,510 capable, brilliant. 619 00:36:26,470 --> 00:36:29,690 You've compelled her to believe that you can foretell the future. 620 00:36:30,210 --> 00:36:34,450 I am used to being persecuted and pushed around because I can offer a path to 621 00:36:34,450 --> 00:36:35,450 the future. 622 00:36:35,930 --> 00:36:37,970 Oh, now it's Mary as the martyr. 623 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,290 Well, I'm not interested in your vision of the future. I want to know something 624 00:36:42,290 --> 00:36:43,290 about the past. 625 00:36:43,630 --> 00:36:46,390 For instance, did the defendant laugh at your predictions? 626 00:36:46,870 --> 00:36:48,170 I don't remember. 627 00:36:48,450 --> 00:36:49,490 You don't remember? 628 00:36:50,230 --> 00:36:54,930 Come now, put that sensitive instrument, that delicate, all -seeing brain of 629 00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:55,868 yours to work. 630 00:36:55,870 --> 00:36:59,330 Your Honor, this sarcastic brow -beating of the witness. 631 00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:03,370 Mr. Mason, you've made your point. Let's get on with it. 632 00:37:04,130 --> 00:37:07,150 What's your average weekly income, Mr. Stowe? 633 00:37:07,410 --> 00:37:09,070 It depends on how things go. 634 00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:13,610 Things must have gone well lately. 635 00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:18,750 You just returned from three weeks in Acapulco. You paid your back rent. 636 00:37:19,810 --> 00:37:22,830 Now, how do you account for this sudden return to prosperity? 637 00:37:23,770 --> 00:37:24,770 Just lucky. 638 00:37:24,790 --> 00:37:25,790 I guess. 639 00:37:26,590 --> 00:37:30,410 Did your good luck begin after Dan Buckley hired you to appear at the Mesa 640 00:37:30,410 --> 00:37:31,149 Country Club? 641 00:37:31,150 --> 00:37:32,470 I don't know what you mean. 642 00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:33,790 I think you do. 643 00:37:34,730 --> 00:37:37,290 That's when the defendant and her friends first saw you. 644 00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:40,910 Soon after that, you called, inviting her to a private reading. 645 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:43,690 Now, exactly why did you call her? 646 00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:45,770 Well, she seemed interested that night. 647 00:37:46,170 --> 00:37:48,330 Are you going to tell the court where the money came from? 648 00:37:48,750 --> 00:37:51,650 Or do you want to add perjury to your other bunco convictions? 649 00:37:52,350 --> 00:37:56,110 I get the message, Counselor. But who left that money in the locker for you, 650 00:37:56,210 --> 00:37:59,510 Stowe? Who bribed you to give a specific forecast of the defendant's future? 651 00:38:00,650 --> 00:38:05,530 Objection! Mr. Berger, you're within your rights, but at last we appear to be 652 00:38:05,530 --> 00:38:06,530 getting someplace. 653 00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:09,530 I'm going to let the witness answer. Go ahead, Mr. Stowe. 654 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:12,890 I don't know. 655 00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:18,030 You don't know who bribed you? That's right. 656 00:38:18,250 --> 00:38:19,530 Then you were bribed. 657 00:38:20,050 --> 00:38:21,370 I thought it was just a gag. 658 00:38:22,270 --> 00:38:24,150 I never saw whoever made the deal. 659 00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:25,630 I got a note. 660 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:29,770 It laid out what I was supposed to say and gave me a locker at the bus station 661 00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:30,910 where I could pick up the thousands. 662 00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:32,630 That's all I know. 663 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:37,350 Didn't a thousand dollars seem like a lot of money to spend on a gag? 664 00:38:37,790 --> 00:38:39,990 I guess so. I never thought about it. 665 00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:42,010 I don't. No. 666 00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:46,770 Miss Fuller, did the defendant confide in you that she was interested in Gordon 667 00:38:46,770 --> 00:38:48,370 Evans? Yes, sir. 668 00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:50,470 But that was before she married. 669 00:38:50,990 --> 00:38:54,870 And did she happen to tell you why she was interested in one man but was 670 00:38:54,870 --> 00:38:56,030 marrying his father? 671 00:38:58,730 --> 00:39:03,050 No. To the best of your knowledge, did the defendant receive any messages from 672 00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:04,630 Gordon Evans after the marriage? 673 00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:08,650 He sent her flowers and a note. 674 00:39:08,970 --> 00:39:10,530 Do you happen to recall what the note said? 675 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,960 It said, I can't wait much longer. 676 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,540 Really? And what do you suppose that meant? 677 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,520 That he couldn't wait much longer for her to get rid of the old man? 678 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:24,700 Objection. Sustained. 679 00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:27,200 Cross -examined. 680 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:35,180 Miss Fuller, as the defendant's good friend, you probably knew more about her 681 00:39:35,180 --> 00:39:37,620 than anyone else. Is that correct? 682 00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:38,940 Yes, sir. 683 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:42,680 You knew, for instance, about the jewelry Mr. Armstead gave her. 684 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:44,860 Also, that he intended to propose. 685 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,700 Mr. Mason, are you saying that I told the fortune teller? 686 00:39:50,220 --> 00:39:51,740 I'm not saying that at all, Beth. 687 00:39:52,540 --> 00:39:55,960 But I want you to remember who might have elicited this information from you 688 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,040 when you were unaware that you were giving it. 689 00:39:58,340 --> 00:39:59,420 I never told anyone. 690 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,420 Really, I didn't. 691 00:40:02,420 --> 00:40:08,540 However, you did tell Gordon Evans that... 692 00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:11,180 The defendant was in La Jolla, did you not? 693 00:40:11,420 --> 00:40:14,920 Well, yes, he asked, and Pat hadn't told me not to. 694 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,600 Did you tell anyone else? 695 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:25,020 Oh, Mr. Buckley, he called for her. And I didn't think... I see what you mean. 696 00:40:25,780 --> 00:40:30,540 And when you and Pat were at the Mesa Country Club and saw Maria Stowe, saw 697 00:40:30,540 --> 00:40:33,660 perform, did you tell him anything about Pat? 698 00:40:34,060 --> 00:40:35,060 Well, yes, he... 699 00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:39,500 Asked me some questions, like where she worked and... Did anyone else ask you 700 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,500 questions about Pat? 701 00:40:40,820 --> 00:40:41,820 Dr. Fisher. 702 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,540 He asked me if Pat was going to marry Mr. Armstead. 703 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:54,560 Well, Mr. Mason, I didn't realize. I've blabbed and blabbed. 704 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:59,100 Perhaps that explains how someone obtained the information used in 705 00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:00,100 this vicious scheme. 706 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:04,980 Your Honor, to reconstruct what actually happened in this case, I wish to recall 707 00:41:04,980 --> 00:41:05,980 a witness. 708 00:41:06,020 --> 00:41:09,260 Mr. Evans, do you believe the future can be predicted? 709 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,080 No, sir. 710 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:14,620 And what's your theory on Marius Stowe's predictions? 711 00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:16,420 I don't know. 712 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:17,960 Coincidence, maybe. 713 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,200 No. 714 00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:21,180 No, not coincidence. 715 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,560 The note Marius Stowe received makes that clear. 716 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:30,120 Some of the incidents were known in advance. The promotion, repetition of 717 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:35,310 proposal. Some were arranged, such as the car waiting for the defendant when 718 00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:36,450 left Maria Stowe's apartment. 719 00:41:37,190 --> 00:41:40,070 And it appears that some of the incidents were fortuitous. 720 00:41:40,350 --> 00:41:42,210 Your arrival on the scene, for instance. 721 00:41:42,610 --> 00:41:46,050 But that's one thing no one could have arranged, Mr. Mason. It was an 722 00:41:46,050 --> 00:41:47,510 intricately planned operation. 723 00:41:49,010 --> 00:41:51,790 Whoever is responsible had to know the defendant well. 724 00:41:52,350 --> 00:41:55,330 Had to be present when the defendant went to the Mesa Country Club, had to 725 00:41:55,330 --> 00:41:56,350 borrow stationery there. 726 00:41:56,930 --> 00:42:00,090 Had to know when the defendant was leaving Maria Stowe's apartment. 727 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,860 Had to have access to the decedent's medicine. 728 00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:05,020 All that worked perfectly. 729 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,380 That sounds awfully complex to me. 730 00:42:07,820 --> 00:42:12,440 But the danger in complexity is the chance that some small detail will 731 00:42:12,580 --> 00:42:14,280 And that's exactly what happened here. 732 00:42:14,780 --> 00:42:17,280 Your father's death was to appear to be a heart attack. 733 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,520 But instead, the defendant was accused of murder. 734 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:25,300 And whoever it was who thought up this awful plan didn't count on that. 735 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:26,640 Right. 736 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:28,740 You didn't count on that. 737 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,200 You didn't want your father to die and leave the entire estate, yours by 738 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,620 birthright, to Dr. Fisher's clinic, did you? No. 739 00:42:36,340 --> 00:42:40,140 I wasn't interested in the money. I wouldn't do anything to hurt my father. 740 00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:44,220 plan was to convince the defendant she should marry your father. 741 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,640 When she hesitated, you decided to dramatize the situation. 742 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,780 You had a stranger suggest certain ideas to her. 743 00:42:51,420 --> 00:42:56,220 Then you increased the pressure by having his contrived predictions 744 00:42:56,220 --> 00:42:57,220 come true. 745 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:58,600 Your Honor, I haven't. 746 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:00,040 He's accusing me. 747 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,800 No, not you alone. There was too much to be done for one person. It took two to 748 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,100 play your fantastic game. 749 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:07,700 You and the person who knew all the answers. 750 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:09,820 You and Beth Fuller. 751 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,620 What happened? Did she become impatient when her letter didn't kill for her? Was 752 00:43:14,620 --> 00:43:16,820 that when you decided to murder your own father? 753 00:43:17,180 --> 00:43:18,180 No! 754 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,360 No! 755 00:43:22,020 --> 00:43:23,460 I never meant to harm him. 756 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:26,720 The whole thing was her plan. 757 00:43:27,260 --> 00:43:30,600 She wrote to me in Rio, asked me to come. She told me about Pat. 758 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,220 She came up with the idea of using Mary. She put up the thousand dollars. 759 00:43:34,420 --> 00:43:37,800 She arranged for me to meet Pat. She ducked to the capsules. It wasn't my 760 00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:38,860 She did it all. 761 00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:42,760 You made me sound like some kind of a monster, as if it were all my doing. 762 00:43:42,780 --> 00:43:45,920 it wasn't. When it looked as if his father might die at any moment, he was 763 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,120 one who decided we had to help Pat make up her mind to marry Max. And then after 764 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,560 they married, Max kept on thriving, kept on living. 765 00:43:57,130 --> 00:43:59,870 Had to do. He didn't say don't do it. She did it all. 766 00:44:00,490 --> 00:44:02,530 I never lifted a finger to hurt my father. 767 00:44:02,810 --> 00:44:05,090 But you never lifted a finger to help him, did you? 768 00:44:05,670 --> 00:44:10,170 Beth Fuller led you step by step, but you chose to follow all the way. 769 00:44:17,790 --> 00:44:20,790 There was so much to lose. 770 00:44:21,230 --> 00:44:23,030 No, you two had nothing to lose. 771 00:44:23,490 --> 00:44:25,610 In any case, you would both be winners. 772 00:44:26,010 --> 00:44:27,010 Well. 773 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:29,800 You feel like winners now? 774 00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:34,820 I was such a fool. 775 00:44:35,260 --> 00:44:36,260 No, Pat. 776 00:44:36,620 --> 00:44:38,980 After all, you chose Mack, not Gordon Evans. 777 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:44,420 And if I may be forgiven justifiable pride, you also chose Perry to defend 778 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:46,080 I call that good judgment. 779 00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:47,380 Good evening. 780 00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:49,060 Are you enjoying yourselves? 781 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:52,340 Yes, thank you very much. Good, good. 782 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,940 Now, who would like to have his fortune told? 783 00:44:56,590 --> 00:44:57,750 from the tea leaves. 784 00:45:00,150 --> 00:45:01,990 Boy, did you pick the wrong table.