1 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,420 and proved that she killed her husband. 2 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:45,500 Your Honor, there are other incontrovertible facts. 3 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:51,840 Twelve witnesses saw this sailboat with husband and wife aboard leave the 4 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:57,180 starting line at the regatta, and eight witnesses, six hours later, boarded this 5 00:00:57,180 --> 00:01:01,580 boat adrift in a calm sea, and the only person aboard was the defendant. 6 00:01:02,580 --> 00:01:05,680 Now, the police have found the victim's blood on deck. 7 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,560 They found a radio that hadn't been used to call for help. 8 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,560 And the only defense that we hear is that Jamison Self, an expert yachtsman, 9 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,380 just disappeared over the side. 10 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:22,020 Your Honor, I ask that Louis Self be bound over to Superior Court to stand 11 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:23,600 on a charge of first -degree murder. 12 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:31,380 Here he comes. 13 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:35,380 Hey, what's the idea of tying up this phone? Tell your troubles to your city 14 00:01:35,380 --> 00:01:36,179 editor, son. 15 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:37,180 There you are, Ted. 16 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,200 Go to it, boy. 17 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,760 Rewrite. 18 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:43,200 The deputy D .A. went after Louie himself with both barrels. 19 00:01:43,580 --> 00:01:46,980 Starting with the insurance policy, she browbeat her old man into taking out six 20 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:48,460 weeks before she tossed him into the bay. 21 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:52,740 Then he put on witnesses that gave a blow -by -blow account of the argument 22 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:54,720 and his bride had at the yacht club the night before. 23 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:56,940 Yeah, any minute now. 24 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,340 And so, in the absence of sufficient evidence, 25 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:04,370 The charge against the defendant, Louise Self, is dismissed. 26 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:06,810 Court stands adjourned. 27 00:02:08,030 --> 00:02:09,830 Louise, darling, I'm so happy. 28 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:12,050 Talk about getting away with murder. 29 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:13,970 It pays to have a good lawyer. 30 00:02:14,730 --> 00:02:16,890 Look at her, still putting on an act. 31 00:02:17,450 --> 00:02:20,630 You won, Mr. Mason. But poor blind justice took a beating. 32 00:02:21,130 --> 00:02:22,510 I hope you sleep well. 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,840 My dear, my doors are always open to you. 34 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:39,180 My 35 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:48,780 dear, 36 00:02:52,180 --> 00:02:55,740 your husband has spoken to me from the other side. 37 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,440 I've helped you before. I can do it again. 38 00:03:07,650 --> 00:03:08,650 Come on. 39 00:04:44,970 --> 00:04:45,970 What is it, Louise? 40 00:04:53,830 --> 00:04:56,050 Well, I thought I'd come over and light the home fires. 41 00:04:56,430 --> 00:04:59,970 Who wants to spend two weeks in a hospital and come home to a cold house? 42 00:05:01,950 --> 00:05:02,950 Louise, are you all right? 43 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:04,430 Of course. 44 00:05:05,490 --> 00:05:09,810 Just that across the room in the slide, I thought I saw Jamie. 45 00:05:12,390 --> 00:05:14,470 But then he would have had something cruel to say. 46 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:17,550 Perhaps he wouldn't have spoken to me at all. 47 00:05:18,910 --> 00:05:20,270 Sometimes he didn't, you know. 48 00:05:23,330 --> 00:05:25,310 Sometimes he didn't speak to me for weeks. 49 00:05:31,590 --> 00:05:34,170 Rosemary, I want that portrait of Jameson taken down. 50 00:05:36,090 --> 00:05:37,090 Of course, dear. 51 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,180 I suppose Rosemary has told you that I've started going through Jameson's 52 00:05:41,180 --> 00:05:42,900 to help thin things out. 53 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,480 I don't know what I would have done without the help of you two. 54 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,240 Rosemary has promised to stay for a while. 55 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:54,420 I'd like to feel noble about it, but the fact is I'm still your indigent friend. 56 00:05:54,780 --> 00:05:57,900 What would the mortgage do on the hotel and everything coming down around my 57 00:05:57,900 --> 00:05:58,900 ears? 58 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,960 Remember, Louise, the fine ladies who were going to be when we were in school? 59 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:10,400 Were Jameson's finances really in such awful shape? Pretty muddled that you 60 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,720 don't have to worry. Not with the insurance money. I took the liberty of 61 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,860 Mason contact the company. The money should be in your hands within a week. 62 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,900 Here, I'll show you the letter. What are these? 63 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:21,420 I stacked them there to throw them out. 64 00:06:21,660 --> 00:06:22,660 Rosemary's been a big help. 65 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,100 She written to me. 66 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,740 Louise, don't look at them. They're just from cranks. All that nonsense in the 67 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:28,740 newspapers. 68 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:34,760 Riches gained by murder. 69 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:40,140 Woman who would kill her own husband for his money. 70 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,480 Murderous. 71 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,860 Thou shalt not kill. 72 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:52,600 Louise, you must ignore those letters. 73 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,460 You feel you still need to establish some sort of defense, but the hearing is 74 00:06:56,460 --> 00:06:57,460 over. 75 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,880 Only the court hearing, Mr. Mason. I'm still on trial. 76 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,960 You saw the newspapers. 77 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,500 I can't go on living this way. You can't let the kind of people who write crank 78 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,500 letters and scandal sheets imprison you. 79 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:16,260 Louise, Jameson was the kind of man who collected enemies. Any one of them could 80 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:17,099 have killed him. 81 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:18,100 That's not true. 82 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,040 I was the only one who really knew him. To everyone else, he was the 83 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,520 personification of charm. 84 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:26,960 Not to me. We had a mutual disrespect for one another. 85 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:32,860 Can't you understand how I feel, Mr. Mason? I have to clear myself, and I 86 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:36,120 Not unless Jameson's killer is found. 87 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,760 I understand, Louise. 88 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,120 And of course, I'll do everything I can. 89 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,760 Now, Della, I'd better get you home. 90 00:07:45,180 --> 00:07:46,180 Look at that rain. 91 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,560 That's what I get for believing the weatherman. 92 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:51,260 Good lovely dress. You'll ruin it. 93 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,180 Let me get you a raincoat. 94 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,880 Jameson always kept an old slicker right in the closet. 95 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,620 There's no raincoat here. 96 00:08:06,669 --> 00:08:07,669 Jameson's raincoat. 97 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:08,970 It's gone. 98 00:08:09,330 --> 00:08:10,330 Just go upstairs. 99 00:08:10,570 --> 00:08:13,790 But I'm positive it was there, Rosemary. Did one of the servants borrow it? 100 00:08:14,630 --> 00:08:16,050 No, of course not, Louise. 101 00:08:16,550 --> 00:08:19,030 Don't you remember you let them all go before I came? 102 00:08:19,510 --> 00:08:24,070 It doesn't matter. But it does matter. I saw it there and now it's gone. 103 00:08:25,490 --> 00:08:26,590 Don't worry about it. 104 00:08:26,870 --> 00:08:28,610 We'll run for the car. Good night. 105 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:32,110 Really, Louise, it doesn't matter. 106 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,840 I realize that Mrs. Self has been through an ordeal, and being a sensitive 107 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,280 has suffered more than most. But I never had the impression that she was 108 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,080 unbalanced. But she's been acting so, so strangely. 109 00:08:45,540 --> 00:08:48,880 Well, she's refused to leave her room. I didn't know what to do, so I called 110 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,240 Ralph and... And when she wouldn't talk to me, I called you. 111 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,140 These things that are missing, thank you. 112 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,440 Do you think she's capable of hiding them? 113 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:58,960 I don't know. 114 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:02,420 Louise has always lived such a protected life. 115 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,000 She seems to think we're in some sort of a plot against her. 116 00:09:06,340 --> 00:09:08,460 The usual paranoiac delusion. 117 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,340 You're the only person she really trusts. 118 00:09:11,780 --> 00:09:13,680 And this newspaper didn't help any. 119 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,660 I took it up to her without unfolding it. It's enough to send anyone off. 120 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:21,580 Can't you do something to stop that man, that Harborson? 121 00:09:22,140 --> 00:09:24,160 Yes, he has got to be stopped. 122 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:26,000 I don't want him stopped. 123 00:09:26,460 --> 00:09:27,460 Louise. 124 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,840 I thought I saw you arrive, Mr. Nathan. 125 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,280 Now I've decided to go see Miss Saitse. Oh, Louise. 126 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:41,900 Louise, I can understand this compulsion you have to absolve yourself, but what 127 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:43,620 you're proposing makes no sense at all. 128 00:09:44,660 --> 00:09:48,680 If I don't go, they'll say I'm afraid. 129 00:09:49,060 --> 00:09:50,060 They'll say. 130 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:51,540 Who are they? 131 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,340 A scandal sheet reporter? 132 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,440 A publicity -seeking fraud? 133 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,140 I used to see her, you know. 134 00:10:00,330 --> 00:10:03,750 I can't tell you why any more than I could explain it to Jameson. 135 00:10:05,890 --> 00:10:10,150 Except that... Well, she was easy to talk to. 136 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:12,930 I told her things. 137 00:10:14,370 --> 00:10:16,090 She sipped tea and listened. 138 00:10:18,690 --> 00:10:20,270 It was quiet there. 139 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:25,350 The whole house smelled of fresh bread. 140 00:10:26,590 --> 00:10:28,590 I'm surprised she'd even talk to me. 141 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:33,020 Jameson made all sorts of trouble for her. 142 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:35,540 Louise, do you trust me? 143 00:10:38,540 --> 00:10:40,120 Then you can't trust them. 144 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:41,760 Now, don't do this. 145 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,780 You need a change, a trip perhaps. 146 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,600 We could go to my hotel. 147 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,060 It's closed for the season, but you always loved the woods and the lake. 148 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:54,280 No, that's where I met Jameson. 149 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:58,680 Louise, don't go to see Willis St. Sutton. 150 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,020 Don't give that reporter a chance to keep this persecution going. 151 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,640 You're being stupid, Louise. 152 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:08,220 I hate to say this, but you're proposing to make yourself into a sideshow, a 153 00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:09,220 freak. 154 00:11:10,860 --> 00:11:13,080 I haven't slept in so long. 155 00:11:14,860 --> 00:11:18,400 I've not really slept. 156 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,060 I didn't get anywhere with Harbison's managing editor. 157 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,400 When the public stops wanting it, I'll stop giving it to them. 158 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:31,100 That is the sum and substance. 159 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:32,700 That's what I expected. 160 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,100 And my check on Harbison spells it out. He's always been with the fringe papers, 161 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:38,160 never made the grade. 162 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,140 But he was aboard the boat that found the selfie out of drift and consequently 163 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:42,240 lucked into a big story. 164 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:45,520 Now, when the decent papers won't touch it, he's riding it for all it's worth. 165 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,480 Did Jelly get in touch with you? No. 166 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,680 She called twice. She seemed upset about something. She left this number. 167 00:11:51,780 --> 00:11:52,780 Thanks, Clay. 168 00:12:06,930 --> 00:12:10,130 Nella? Carrie, I'm at Louise's home. She just left with Rosemary. 169 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:14,110 I tried to get them to wait until I could reach you, but... I thought she'd 170 00:12:14,110 --> 00:12:15,110 given up the idea. 171 00:12:15,150 --> 00:12:18,150 I don't know whose idea it was, but I didn't get any help from Rosemary. 172 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:22,050 She just said that if it would make Louise feel any better, there was no 173 00:12:22,050 --> 00:12:24,310 it. Do you know where Willis St. Sutton lives? 174 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:28,150 Good. Paul and I will meet you there. 175 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,560 Mrs. Self? 176 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Everything is prepared. 177 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,020 Won't you at least wait for Perry? 178 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:42,340 Get a shot of it going in. There will be no pictures. 179 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,860 Only Mrs. Self will enter. 180 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:48,220 Now just hold your horses, sister. You promised me I could come in. I promised 181 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:49,320 you could be present. 182 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:51,220 I didn't say where. 183 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,820 Sit down, Mr. Harbison, and be quiet. 184 00:12:56,220 --> 00:12:58,680 Or I'll have you tossed out on your rear. 185 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,060 My car seems to have stalled out there. Any chance I could use the phone? 186 00:13:14,140 --> 00:13:15,240 I guess it's all right. 187 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,020 It's in the back, in the kitchen. 188 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,360 Thank you. 189 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:34,859 Where's the lease? 190 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:37,600 She's in there with Miss St. Sutton. I didn't think of it hurt, so I brought 191 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,900 her. I'm taking her out. 192 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,240 Look, counselor, you sounded off to my boss this morning. I'll let you get away 193 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,860 with it. But if you think you can bust in here and give people orders, you're 194 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:47,580 nuts. My paper doesn't take kindly to the press being pushed around. 195 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,300 If you represent the press, then we're all in danger. 196 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:54,280 You've got the integrity of a jackal. That's slander. Print it. Now step 197 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,440 Quiet. Now keep your voices down. 198 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,580 The spirits are very close tonight. 199 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,560 They've been waiting for us. 200 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:02,760 Waiting. 201 00:14:08,270 --> 00:14:10,230 What is it, Louise? What's wrong? James is here. 202 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:14,850 I saw him. And Willow went out. And that's when I heard his voice. 203 00:14:15,090 --> 00:14:17,350 I'm sorry, Louise. I'm so sorry I let you come. 204 00:14:17,830 --> 00:14:19,210 He talked to me. 205 00:14:19,990 --> 00:14:21,590 He talked to me. 206 00:14:24,870 --> 00:14:27,550 You spoiled it, all of you. 207 00:14:29,030 --> 00:14:31,610 Louise, you must understand what has happened. 208 00:14:31,930 --> 00:14:34,150 You saw your dead husband's picture. 209 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:37,750 I know, I know, but I heard him. 210 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:40,030 I heard his voice telling me. 211 00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:41,430 No, not his voice. 212 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:43,630 It may have sounded like it. 213 00:14:44,770 --> 00:14:46,990 No, it was Jameson's voice. 214 00:14:47,290 --> 00:14:49,690 Cold, biting Jameson's voice. 215 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:51,410 Harry. 216 00:14:56,250 --> 00:14:57,750 That door leads to where? 217 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,030 To the kitchen. 218 00:14:59,370 --> 00:15:00,990 But nobody's been there. 219 00:15:01,850 --> 00:15:02,850 Come on, Louise. 220 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:04,990 I heard him. I heard him. 221 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,160 You just imagined it was his voice. 222 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:29,100 Told me to look at the desk. 223 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:31,040 It's in the bottom drawer. 224 00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:33,980 There is a letter in an envelope. 225 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,140 Do what it says. 226 00:15:36,620 --> 00:15:39,900 It will repay you for all the misery I've caused you. 227 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:41,460 Jameson said it. He did. 228 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,800 It's addressed to you. That's your husband's handwriting. 229 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,120 Yes. 230 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:54,660 Yes, it is. 231 00:15:57,820 --> 00:15:58,820 Barry, 232 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,300 what's going on? You think Jameson Self's alive? 233 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:08,020 That, or... Someone wants Louise to believe he is. 234 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,900 Then you do believe the letter was written by Jameson Self? 235 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,820 Yes, it's unquestionably his writing. 236 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,140 Do you know the agreement it refers to? 237 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,820 The one Mrs. Self was to get from the bank? 238 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:24,010 Yes, Jameson was involved in some sort of experimental project with these 239 00:16:24,010 --> 00:16:28,710 people. The Archard Laboratories. Of course, then he was always mixed up in 240 00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:29,569 things like this. 241 00:16:29,570 --> 00:16:34,890 The letter mentioned a sum of $300 ,000 to be paid by the 30th of the month for 242 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:36,430 a 50 -50 interest in the process. 243 00:16:36,890 --> 00:16:38,890 Yes, and Louise is determined to pay it. 244 00:16:39,990 --> 00:16:41,810 That would be in just six days. 245 00:16:42,590 --> 00:16:43,590 Should she pay it? 246 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:46,050 I don't know. She's under no legal obligation. 247 00:16:46,350 --> 00:16:47,810 And who knows what this scheme is? 248 00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:49,450 Well... 249 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,520 Until I've had a chance to check on the Arcott company, I certainly can't advise 250 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:58,300 her. You know, Mr. Mason, it's a strange irony. 251 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:01,560 Jameson treated her like a child. 252 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,940 He was brutal to her when he was alive. 253 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:08,180 And now I see the same tyranny from the grave. 254 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:14,440 How long has it taken you to develop this laser process, Mr. Arcott? 255 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,140 Nearly six years working on other things at the same time. 256 00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:18,740 Now. 257 00:17:19,020 --> 00:17:23,890 Now. If you'll keep a close eye on these blocks, I think you'll get a surprise. 258 00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:33,530 The blocks, Mr. Drake. Now watch closely. 259 00:17:43,210 --> 00:17:44,250 A fusion of... 260 00:17:45,870 --> 00:17:47,250 I think you can see the commercial implications. 261 00:17:47,590 --> 00:17:50,350 Well, for the construction business alone, it's tremendous, but can it be 262 00:17:50,350 --> 00:17:51,350 commercially feasible? 263 00:17:51,510 --> 00:17:54,490 Well, naturally, there are a few steps to work out from the lab to production. 264 00:17:55,150 --> 00:17:58,010 And you were counting on James himself for the money to do that? 265 00:18:00,770 --> 00:18:01,770 We made a deal. 266 00:18:02,850 --> 00:18:03,850 Yes. 267 00:18:04,630 --> 00:18:08,330 I believe you're sincere, Mr. Arcoff, but I think you are rather naive about 268 00:18:08,330 --> 00:18:12,190 some of the problems. I'm sick and tired of being patronized, despite your 269 00:18:12,190 --> 00:18:13,450 urbane manner and your... 270 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:17,240 And your overly polite concern. What you're really saying is you mean well, 271 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,200 but I'm not going to let you take Mr. Self for a ride. 272 00:18:20,540 --> 00:18:22,200 No one's appointed me mediator. 273 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,260 But the way you gentlemen have been attacking one another won't solve one 274 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,520 What is your capital position, Mr. Arcott, if you don't get the money from 275 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,460 Louise? What bank is going to carry your paper? 276 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,120 Why haven't you made a market survey? 277 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,180 You know more than I do about everything else. You ought to answer your own 278 00:18:37,180 --> 00:18:40,550 questions. Well, if you want to make a joke out of a $300 ,000 investment, 279 00:18:40,670 --> 00:18:41,489 that's your business. 280 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:45,010 Mr. Self, I came here because Mr. Mason called and asked me to. I wish I hadn't. 281 00:18:45,110 --> 00:18:47,650 Now, it comes to this. If you want to take up the option, it's okay by me. 282 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:50,130 And if you want to listen to Balfour, that's okay by me, too. 283 00:18:54,670 --> 00:18:56,090 You were rude, Ralph. 284 00:18:56,290 --> 00:18:59,050 Really. You can do as you like, Louise, but it seems to me you can't afford to 285 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:00,050 take such a risk. 286 00:19:00,330 --> 00:19:02,610 Any scheme of this sort is a risk, of course. 287 00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:06,170 The process appears to have a good chance of giving time. 288 00:19:06,939 --> 00:19:07,939 Given time. 289 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:09,840 That's what I told you, Louise. 290 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:16,320 I guess I better not do it, Mr. Mason. 291 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,280 I'm really not in a position to make such a large investment. 292 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,200 As Ralph says, it might be too long a wait for a return. 293 00:19:25,780 --> 00:19:27,720 Well, at least we have a decision. 294 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,280 After two hours. 295 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,080 I think I'll call it a night. 296 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,420 Let me see you out. 297 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:33,660 Oh, good night. 298 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:34,700 Good night, Louise. 299 00:19:35,020 --> 00:19:36,020 Thanks again. 300 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,600 Why don't you come up to my place for a nightcap, Mr. Mason? 301 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,700 Thanks, but I have a friend waiting out front. 302 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:41,960 Well, they're both invited. 303 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,120 Jason! 304 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,600 Louise. 305 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,020 Louise. 306 00:19:56,180 --> 00:19:57,240 Whoever it was hung up. 307 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,280 Harry, this is one night, Kev. I'd just as soon skip. 308 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:15,060 At this hour, I like my drink served by a barmaid with long eyelashes. 309 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:16,640 Sorry, no barmaid. 310 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,600 Balfour's invitation was for drinks only. 311 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:24,260 Balfour? 312 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:26,700 Balfour! Can't see a thing. The blinds are drawn. 313 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,700 Housebreaker. I walked right in on him. 314 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,820 Where's your phone? I'll call the police. In the bedroom. 315 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,240 Lucky you came along. You banged on the door. Scared him. 316 00:20:38,090 --> 00:20:39,090 He went out the back. 317 00:20:39,970 --> 00:20:41,550 Can you identify him? I don't know. 318 00:20:42,050 --> 00:20:44,530 I couldn't see him in the dark. He swung on me with a flashlight. 319 00:20:45,950 --> 00:20:47,030 Obviously he was looking for something. 320 00:20:47,690 --> 00:20:48,690 There's no money there. 321 00:20:49,690 --> 00:20:50,690 What do you keep in the ditch? 322 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:52,310 Papers, letters. 323 00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:08,110 The letter I got from Louise. 324 00:21:09,290 --> 00:21:11,810 The one she found at Jameson's desk. 325 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:25,750 Louise. 326 00:21:26,650 --> 00:21:27,650 Louise. 327 00:21:29,210 --> 00:21:31,310 Louise, listen to me, Louise. 328 00:21:33,070 --> 00:21:35,990 I want you to give our God the money. 329 00:21:51,389 --> 00:21:53,490 tattoo? I don't know. It was in the dark. 330 00:21:54,010 --> 00:21:58,810 Nobody there. 331 00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:01,990 What's this? 332 00:22:07,350 --> 00:22:08,350 Jameson's raincoat. 333 00:22:10,690 --> 00:22:12,010 The one that disappeared. 334 00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:17,390 Louise was raving, insisting she wanted to make the deal with our cut as soon as 335 00:22:17,390 --> 00:22:18,390 it could be arranged. 336 00:22:18,610 --> 00:22:21,540 But... If the doctor hadn't calmed her down, I don't know what she might have 337 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:24,720 done. Mrs. Self suffered a very severe shock. 338 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:28,420 It may have been self -induced. I don't know. 339 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:32,380 We'll be able to tell by her response to a day of forced rest. 340 00:22:33,180 --> 00:22:34,780 Tomorrow she may be perfectly fine. 341 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:40,100 There's some sort of business that she's anxious to transact, or I'd keep her 342 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,100 quiet longer. 343 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,620 And you don't believe there's any derangement? 344 00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:47,880 No. No, I don't. Just keep her quiet as possible. I don't think you'll have any 345 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,070 trouble. And keep her under sedation. 346 00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:51,370 I'll go on up. 347 00:22:51,710 --> 00:22:53,550 And thank you, Doctor. Thank you. Goodbye. 348 00:22:54,210 --> 00:22:55,210 And don't worry. 349 00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:57,030 I'll take good care of Louise. 350 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:06,510 What are you doing? 351 00:23:13,370 --> 00:23:14,370 Where's the gun, Louise? 352 00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:18,620 I don't know. 353 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,580 Come on, my dear. Tell me where it is. 354 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:23,960 I know you've always kept it in the drawer. 355 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,100 I'm not going to tell you. 356 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,840 Louise, dear, it's dangerous to have a gun around. 357 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,900 Especially when I'm crazy. 358 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,380 I need the gun, Rosemary. I need it to protect myself. 359 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,240 From whom, dear? 360 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:43,400 From Jameson. 361 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,300 Jameson's dead, Louise. 362 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:47,100 No, I heard him. 363 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,360 I thought for a moment I saw him out there. 364 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,340 He's here, Rosemary. 365 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:54,940 He's here. 366 00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:56,900 You need some fresh air. No. 367 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,740 All right, dear. 368 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,340 Now you try and get some rest. 369 00:24:35,169 --> 00:24:37,430 No, no, this is Rosemary Welch, Mr. Rockett. 370 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:40,170 Now, I'm sorry she's asleep now. 371 00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:42,490 Does she realize tomorrow's the deadline? 372 00:24:42,830 --> 00:24:44,150 I haven't heard from Mason. 373 00:24:44,810 --> 00:24:48,270 Well, Mr. Mason is due here later this evening. I'm sure he'll be in touch with 374 00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:49,270 you. 375 00:26:06,410 --> 00:26:07,410 You can tell. 376 00:26:15,830 --> 00:26:19,610 Naturally, the district attorney presumes your guilt and treats you as if 377 00:26:19,610 --> 00:26:20,610 were guilty. 378 00:26:20,810 --> 00:26:22,130 But you know you're not. 379 00:26:23,630 --> 00:26:25,090 But I don't know. 380 00:26:25,690 --> 00:26:27,090 I saw him. 381 00:26:29,270 --> 00:26:31,490 I had the gun in my hand. 382 00:26:33,650 --> 00:26:34,650 And that they... 383 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:39,620 Only thing I can remember is Rosemary leaning over me, holding my head in her 384 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:40,620 lap. 385 00:26:41,260 --> 00:26:43,720 Now listen to me, Louise, and listen carefully. 386 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:51,640 Immediately after your husband's death, you told me without hesitation that you 387 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,000 did not fire that gun before you fainted. 388 00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:59,360 I thought it was that way then. 389 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:00,780 You knew it was. 390 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:02,260 You were positive. 391 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,640 James, you're really dead. 392 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,480 Did you see anyone else on the balcony? 393 00:27:16,820 --> 00:27:20,260 Could anyone else have gotten to the balcony through one of the other 394 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,560 Apparently, that's how your husband got there. 395 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:29,740 Louise, you must fight back. 396 00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:33,060 You understand what I'm saying? 397 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:36,720 Yes, I understand. 398 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,640 Of course you can, Louise. 399 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,160 You have to. 400 00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,020 Yes, sir. 401 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,420 According to the lab report, the bullet was fired at very close range. 402 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,100 Now, Lieutenant Drum, when you arrived at the scene, did you speak to Mrs. 403 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:08,560 I questioned her naturally. 404 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,280 And how would you describe her mental condition at that time? 405 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,459 Objection, Your Honor. 406 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:15,220 The witness is not a psychiatrist. 407 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:16,640 Objection sustained. 408 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,080 I'll rephrase the question. 409 00:28:19,370 --> 00:28:23,650 When you questioned Mrs. Self, were her answers cogent and direct? 410 00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:25,930 No, sir. She was extremely agitated. 411 00:28:26,850 --> 00:28:27,850 Apparently in shock. 412 00:28:28,670 --> 00:28:33,830 Mr. Balborn, it's already been established that the decedent, Jameson 413 00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:38,190 out a $400 ,000 insurance policy on his life less than six months ago. 414 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:40,350 You were, of course, aware of this? 415 00:28:40,670 --> 00:28:45,410 Yes. In your capacity as financial advisor to Mr. Self, did you recommend 416 00:28:45,410 --> 00:28:46,550 purchase? No, I did not. 417 00:28:46,970 --> 00:28:50,790 Mr. Self's financial status was precarious. I felt he could not afford 418 00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:54,510 premium. Did he give you any reason for disregarding your advice? 419 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:56,110 There were other considerations. 420 00:28:56,450 --> 00:28:57,610 There was more than money involved. 421 00:28:58,030 --> 00:28:59,970 Really, Mr. Balfour? What else was involved? 422 00:29:00,290 --> 00:29:01,290 Well, personalities. 423 00:29:01,770 --> 00:29:02,910 When a man is married. 424 00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:04,470 Oh. 425 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:06,470 Did Mrs. 426 00:29:06,490 --> 00:29:09,430 Louise Self, the defendant, enter into this decision? 427 00:29:09,710 --> 00:29:13,310 I don't think Mrs. Self's concern about the insurance was in any way unusual. 428 00:29:13,950 --> 00:29:16,030 Possibly not. My question to you, sir. 429 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,440 is of your own knowledge, did Mrs. 430 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,360 Louise Self exert any pressure on her husband to buy this insurance policy? 431 00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:25,980 There was no question of pressure. 432 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,160 You're objecting to the word. Would persuasion do better? Did she persuade 433 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,180 husband to buy the insurance? 434 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,980 Persuade? Jameson? 435 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,200 She wouldn't dare. She was afraid of him. 436 00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:37,900 Then what consideration led him to buy the policy? 437 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:44,640 Jameson told me that Louise gave him the money from her personal savings. 438 00:29:45,390 --> 00:29:46,390 I see. 439 00:29:46,990 --> 00:29:47,990 Then Mrs. 440 00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:53,870 Jamison's self actually paid for that life insurance policy which named her as 441 00:29:53,870 --> 00:29:54,870 beneficiary. 442 00:29:55,610 --> 00:29:57,610 No more questions, Mr. Balfour. 443 00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:00,350 We need some good news, Paul. 444 00:30:00,710 --> 00:30:02,570 Well, this news depends on the point of view. 445 00:30:02,810 --> 00:30:04,490 I finally caught up with our missing witness. 446 00:30:05,410 --> 00:30:07,970 The little man who ran away? 447 00:30:08,230 --> 00:30:09,750 Thank you. His name's Ed Allison. 448 00:30:09,990 --> 00:30:12,630 And right now, it's in Hamilton Burger's office answering questions. 449 00:30:13,930 --> 00:30:14,930 Right this way, please. 450 00:30:17,690 --> 00:30:18,930 Mr. Harbison? 451 00:30:19,190 --> 00:30:19,809 That's right. 452 00:30:19,810 --> 00:30:22,230 I'm the one who phoned. Sit down. 453 00:30:23,150 --> 00:30:24,150 Just coffee. 454 00:30:24,650 --> 00:30:27,710 Coffee. Look, there's that reporter. 455 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:50,300 I'm an investigator with Interwealth Insurance, assigned to the Self case. 456 00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:51,860 The Self case? 457 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:55,500 When did your company decide to investigate the Self case? 458 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,660 When the claim was filed. 459 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:03,220 See, with a policy this new and this big and no corpus delicti, it was 460 00:31:03,220 --> 00:31:04,220 practically automatic. 461 00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:07,820 And you were assigned, were you not, to keep an eye on Mrs. Louise Self? 462 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:10,440 That's right, yes. She was the beneficiary. 463 00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:14,970 If there was fraud and if her husband was still alive, he'd be showing up 464 00:31:14,970 --> 00:31:16,010 or later to get his share. 465 00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:20,730 In this business, you get to the point where you recognize a pattern. 466 00:31:20,970 --> 00:31:25,450 And you were confident then that Mrs. Self was indeed working with her husband 467 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:26,049 in this? 468 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:27,630 That was the assumption, yes. 469 00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:32,330 And we did pretty well with it, except she decided to kill him. 470 00:31:33,090 --> 00:31:33,989 Objection, Your Honor. 471 00:31:33,990 --> 00:31:36,270 The last remark will be stricken from the record. 472 00:31:36,550 --> 00:31:37,710 Take the witness, Mr. Mason. 473 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:44,860 According to your testimony, Mr. Allison, you have been assigned to the 474 00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:47,600 case for two months and two days. Is that correct? 475 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:53,540 Yes. In the space of all that time, have you uncovered one scrap of conclusive 476 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:57,260 evidence to prove that Jameson and Louise Self had worked together on a 477 00:31:57,260 --> 00:31:58,260 defraud your company? 478 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:04,760 Well, uh, there certainly was a plan to defraud, wasn't there? And who else had 479 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:05,760 anything to gain? 480 00:32:05,860 --> 00:32:07,740 I'll ask the questions, Mr. Allison. 481 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:10,240 I'd appreciate your answering them. 482 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:15,620 Now, once again, have you any evidence to implicate Mrs. Self? 483 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:22,500 I, uh... No, I haven't. Now, Mr. Allison, 484 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:28,020 did you at any time observe Mrs. Self in the commission of any act or deed to 485 00:32:28,020 --> 00:32:31,360 indicate that she did in fact know that her husband was alive? 486 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,520 No, I haven't, but that doesn't mean anything. Now, I've seen cases where you 487 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:36,800 would never suspect fraud. 488 00:32:37,140 --> 00:32:38,180 That's enough, Mr. Allison. 489 00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:43,280 Sure, that's him, Jameson Self. 490 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:47,800 But when he stayed at my house, he had a mustache and his hair needed cutting. 491 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,760 And he only called himself James, that's all. Never gave nobody no last name. 492 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:53,939 I see. 493 00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:58,720 Now, how long did Mr. Self rent a room at your establishment, Mrs. Thalma? Five 494 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,500 weeks, in and out. 495 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,100 But he paid his rent. 496 00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:04,100 And what do you mean, in and out? 497 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:08,920 Well, I mean, he didn't keep no regular working hours, and he didn't make any 498 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,020 friends around the place. 499 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:11,300 He had no friends at all? 500 00:33:11,540 --> 00:33:14,920 No, but every so often he'd phone somebody. 501 00:33:15,220 --> 00:33:17,660 And did you ever overhear any of these phone conversations? 502 00:33:18,180 --> 00:33:18,899 Yes, sir. 503 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:22,360 Is this where you want me to tell about, you know, what I told you in your 504 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,540 office? Mrs. Stallman. About the time he saw me and hung up? 505 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,940 Just tell us, please, in your own words, what you overheard. Yes, sir. 506 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:35,540 Well, I walked in on him and he was on the phone and he was saying, Louise, 507 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:37,500 Louise. 508 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:40,160 Soft like that, you know. 509 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,820 Then he saw me and he hung up. 510 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,860 Thank you, Mrs. Stallman. Cross -examined. 511 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:52,600 Mrs. Stallman, we haven't had an opportunity of discussing your testimony 512 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:53,600 before. 513 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:57,820 But I can see that you're a very perceptive woman with an excellent 514 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,000 So I'm sure you can be most helpful. 515 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,200 You told us the decedent didn't give you a last name. 516 00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:06,240 Did he ever offer any reason for this? 517 00:34:06,580 --> 00:34:11,040 Well, he went into some big song and dance about how he didn't know what his 518 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,040 last name was. 519 00:34:12,139 --> 00:34:18,820 Said he figured he had some kind of amnesia. Did he tell that to other 520 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:19,820 tenants also? 521 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:25,159 Yeah. He didn't say much to anyone, but when he did, that's what he talked 522 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:27,360 about, his amnesia. 523 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,460 She was scared sick of her husband, I can tell you that. 524 00:34:30,820 --> 00:34:33,520 This was, of course, prior to her husband's disappearance. 525 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:34,978 That's right. 526 00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:39,600 The first time she came, she wanted me to help her find some pearls she'd lost. 527 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:40,900 She was desperate. 528 00:34:41,219 --> 00:34:43,900 Said he'd be furious if he found out they were lost. 529 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,719 Well, they turned up just like I said they would. 530 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:52,139 And then later she told me that he'd use them as security on a loan without 531 00:34:52,139 --> 00:34:53,139 telling her. 532 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,199 Did you ever meet the decedent, Mr. Jamison Self? 533 00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:57,460 Uh -huh. 534 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:02,700 He came busting into my place one day, called me all kinds of names, slapped 535 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:03,940 right in the face. 536 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:08,620 And then he told her she was a, let me see, a childish idiot. 537 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,160 That's what he called her. 538 00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:14,460 Miss Welch, did the defendant actually state to you that she felt that she had 539 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:16,860 been visited by the ghost of her dead husband? 540 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,360 Will you answer the question, please, Miss Welch? 541 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:32,320 Well, yes, she did say she had seen him. 542 00:35:32,860 --> 00:35:34,940 But she'd been waking from a sound sleep. 543 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,100 You mean she was simply recounting a dream? 544 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:42,700 No, no, it wasn't that exactly. She... She felt he had come back. 545 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:45,920 Oh, but you don't understand. 546 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:48,540 So many strange things have been happening. 547 00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:50,020 Objects disappearing. 548 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,880 The letter from Jameson. His voice on the telephone. The seance. 549 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,420 But weren't you a witness to these incidents? 550 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,080 Yes. Yes, I was. 551 00:35:58,710 --> 00:36:02,170 And did you yourself ever feel that these were ghostly manifestations? 552 00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:04,150 No, of course not. 553 00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:06,970 But that doesn't mean there was anything wrong. 554 00:36:07,490 --> 00:36:11,830 Miss Welch, are you trying to say it's possible for a normal mind to believe in 555 00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:12,830 ghosts? 556 00:36:15,410 --> 00:36:19,190 Your Honor. 557 00:36:20,910 --> 00:36:23,870 Your Honor, could we possibly have a brief recess? 558 00:36:26,030 --> 00:36:29,010 And could we ask defense counsel to join us in your chambers? 559 00:36:31,130 --> 00:36:33,030 Mr. Mason, will you approach the bench? 560 00:36:35,150 --> 00:36:38,490 Your Honor, I'm not enjoying torturing that woman out there. 561 00:36:39,950 --> 00:36:43,790 I'm convinced that the defendant in this case did indeed murder her husband. 562 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:45,750 But I'm not an ogre. 563 00:36:46,670 --> 00:36:50,050 And I think the ends of justice could be better served in another way. 564 00:36:51,110 --> 00:36:52,110 How? 565 00:36:52,590 --> 00:36:54,670 I'm convinced that she was not... 566 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,260 mentally responsible at the time of the act. 567 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:59,340 You're suggesting she was unbalanced. 568 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,300 You're a fine prosecutor, Hamilton, but I question your credentials as a 569 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:06,720 psychiatrist. What about the case you presented? 570 00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:10,400 That she and her husband conspired to defraud the insurance company and that 571 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,000 killed him to avoid sharing the money. 572 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:16,280 All right, but let's suppose that Jameson Self forced her to take part in 573 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,160 scheme and that her mind gave way under the strain. 574 00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:21,140 What are you proposing? 575 00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:24,100 I'm proposing that you bind her over to Superior Court. 576 00:37:24,650 --> 00:37:29,290 I will then accept the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and will 577 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:33,470 stipulate that Louise Self be confined for treatment to a proper institution. 578 00:37:34,010 --> 00:37:35,810 It seems worth considering, Perry. 579 00:37:36,210 --> 00:37:38,590 Your client does seem to be at the breaking point. 580 00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:44,190 That may be, but it's a long way from being psychotic. No, Your Honor, I'm not 581 00:37:44,190 --> 00:37:46,870 interested in a deal, no matter how well intended. 582 00:37:47,150 --> 00:37:48,750 Why, Perry? Why not? 583 00:37:49,130 --> 00:37:51,010 Because I reject all your assumptions. 584 00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:55,320 That Louise was in on the fraud, that she killed her husband, and that she's 585 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,220 mentally incompetent. I hope you can substantiate all that, Perry. 586 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,500 Choosing to subject your client to further strain. 587 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:05,600 I would rather subject her to the stress of this hearing than to confinement in 588 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:06,600 a mental institution. 589 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,940 You make an excellent cup of coffee, Your Honor. 590 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:15,180 Mr. Belfort, as Jameson Self's financial advisor, what was your attitude toward 591 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:16,720 the option deal he made with Archon? 592 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,800 I'm not against speculative deals, per se. 593 00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:23,880 If you can afford to lose the money, things don't work out. Then you regarded 594 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,840 Arcot's process as speculative. 595 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:27,019 Of course. 596 00:38:27,020 --> 00:38:28,980 On paper, it looked promising. 597 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:34,880 But until it was developed and tested and proved... But James himself didn't 598 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,520 have money with which to speculate. 599 00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:38,180 He was facing bankruptcy. 600 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,840 His credit was gone. He stood to lose everything, including the Arcot deal, 601 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,080 unless he came up with the money before the option deadline. 602 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:49,680 Then that could have given James himself a motive for dying, couldn't it? 603 00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:53,990 With the insurance settlement, the option could be exercised. 604 00:38:55,090 --> 00:38:56,190 Not if he were dead. 605 00:38:56,530 --> 00:39:01,970 Then later, he would be able to come back to life, pretend amnesia, repay the 606 00:39:01,970 --> 00:39:04,630 insurance company out of his profits from the Arcott process. 607 00:39:05,030 --> 00:39:06,570 If any. Of course. 608 00:39:07,470 --> 00:39:11,570 But apparently, Jamison Self had enough faith that there would be profits to 609 00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:17,150 risk everything. Now, we can see how Jamison Self expected to gain by 610 00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:18,150 his option. 611 00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:22,740 Was there anyone, Mr. Balfour, who would benefit by its not being exercised? 612 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,040 Glamour cut. 613 00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:31,080 I don't like what you're suggesting, Mr. Mason. 614 00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:35,860 But you've admitted you feel the option deal you made with Jameis himself was a 615 00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:36,499 bad one. 616 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,240 No, yes, but I didn't feel that way at the time I made it. 617 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,440 I was even grateful. I needed development money badly. 618 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,200 What made you change your attitude? 619 00:39:45,660 --> 00:39:49,080 Oh, my process has almost proved out. We'll soon be ready to go into full 620 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,800 production. Is that general knowledge? 621 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:57,980 Well, no, I've kept the results a secret so far. Well, I promised Mr. Self. 622 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,280 But you feel you could make a far more favorable financial deal today than you 623 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,158 could have then. 624 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,860 I not only feel it, I've had a better offer from another source. 625 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,500 But your option with Jameson Self, that's an obstacle. 626 00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:12,860 Look, Mason, I don't know how you do business, but when I make an agreement, 627 00:40:12,860 --> 00:40:13,860 stick to it. 628 00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:15,590 I don't have to like it, but I keep my word. 629 00:40:15,870 --> 00:40:16,970 That's fine, Mr. Arcott. 630 00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:22,190 And I presume you've notified this other source that you can't accept the offer. 631 00:40:22,450 --> 00:40:25,390 Guerin Industries. Well, I haven't given them a definite refusal because I don't 632 00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:26,510 know what the outcome will be. 633 00:40:26,770 --> 00:40:27,770 Guerin Industries. 634 00:40:28,670 --> 00:40:32,430 So they offered you considerably more than you were to receive from Jamison 635 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,770 if his option is not exercised. 636 00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:39,790 How could they know you were so near success if, as you say, you kept it a 637 00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:43,050 secret? All I know is that I didn't tell them. I kept my word. 638 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:44,500 Look, I'm no businessman. 639 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,340 I'm an engineer, a scientist. 640 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,740 I do my work and I try to be honest. 641 00:40:49,340 --> 00:40:51,540 So get off my back. I'm not on trial here. 642 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,760 I'm sure you try to be honest, Mr. Arcott, but don't be angry. 643 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,280 I've seen the consequence when you become angry. 644 00:41:00,220 --> 00:41:01,420 Cross -examine, Mr. Berger. 645 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:06,280 Just a few brief questions, Mr. Arcott. 646 00:41:07,420 --> 00:41:11,420 After the death of Jameson's self, did you still feel that that option 647 00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:12,420 was valid? 648 00:41:12,650 --> 00:41:17,230 Yes, by the terms that could be reassigned. But was that option one that 649 00:41:17,230 --> 00:41:18,730 be exercised by just anyone? 650 00:41:19,290 --> 00:41:23,590 Or was it possible only for Jamison Self's legal heir, his widow? 651 00:41:23,810 --> 00:41:24,870 Only by his widow. 652 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:26,650 No one else. 653 00:41:26,910 --> 00:41:27,910 That's all? 654 00:41:28,950 --> 00:41:30,270 Witness may stand down. 655 00:41:34,850 --> 00:41:39,210 Since Mr. Harcott's testimony has not been corroborated, the defense recalls 656 00:41:39,370 --> 00:41:40,890 Balfour. Mr. Ralph Balfour? 657 00:41:41,580 --> 00:41:42,580 Take the stand. 658 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,520 I remind you, Mr. Balfour, that you're still under oath. 659 00:41:53,220 --> 00:41:57,080 Mr. Harcott claims he kept the development of this process a secret, 660 00:41:57,180 --> 00:41:58,180 Balfour. Is that true? 661 00:41:58,360 --> 00:41:59,880 No. I was informed. 662 00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:01,760 By whom, Mr. Harcott? 663 00:42:02,060 --> 00:42:03,060 Not directly. 664 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:04,600 By Mr. Self. 665 00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:06,300 And whom did you tell? 666 00:42:06,660 --> 00:42:07,660 No one. 667 00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:09,660 That's the truth. 668 00:42:10,380 --> 00:42:14,780 Mr. Balfour, you kept the secret so well that you didn't even inform Louise 669 00:42:14,780 --> 00:42:18,980 Self. That is true, Mr. Mason. I thought it would be a mistake for Louise to 670 00:42:18,980 --> 00:42:23,500 speculate. But if Louise Self had known that the Arcott process had proved out, 671 00:42:23,620 --> 00:42:28,540 or if she had been in on the insurance fraud with her husband, she'd have gone 672 00:42:28,540 --> 00:42:29,540 through with the deal. 673 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,720 And Jameson Self could have stayed dead as he planned. 674 00:42:33,060 --> 00:42:34,220 But he couldn't do that. 675 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:39,440 Because his partner in the fraud, the person who helped him leave the boat, 676 00:42:40,230 --> 00:42:44,710 The person who was supposed to advise Louise to pay for the option was instead 677 00:42:44,710 --> 00:42:47,530 doing everything possible to prevent her from paying. 678 00:42:48,710 --> 00:42:55,390 And when he realized the double cross, Jameson Self returned and fought with 679 00:42:55,390 --> 00:42:56,390 you. 680 00:42:56,470 --> 00:42:58,490 Fought with you the night I came to your home. 681 00:42:58,730 --> 00:43:00,850 That man was an intruder. I couldn't see who it was. 682 00:43:01,390 --> 00:43:02,390 Oh, but you could. 683 00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:05,530 When we arrived... 684 00:43:05,980 --> 00:43:09,080 We could see the lights inside, but you told us they were off and that you 685 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:10,600 hadn't recognized your assailant. 686 00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:15,400 When he couldn't force you to keep your part of the agreement, it left Jamison 687 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:16,400 only one chance. 688 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:20,120 To try and communicate with his wife from beyond the grave. 689 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,820 And there was only one way, ultimately, for you to stop him. 690 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,700 Jamison himself had to die. 691 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,000 Again. Give me a chance to explain. 692 00:43:28,420 --> 00:43:29,760 Let me give you the facts. 693 00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:31,540 Facts? 694 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,000 Facts, Mr. Belfort? 695 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:36,160 It's a fact that you made the counteroffer to Mr. Arcott. 696 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,740 It's a fact that you set up the dummy corporation, Guerin Industries. 697 00:43:40,220 --> 00:43:43,420 It's a fact that you decided it was the only way you could have it all. 698 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,680 James himself was a man without conscience. 699 00:43:47,740 --> 00:43:49,760 An opportunist. A double dealer. 700 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:51,240 He was ruthless. 701 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:53,040 A liar and a cheat. 702 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,500 And so was his murderer, Mr. Balfour. 703 00:44:06,030 --> 00:44:07,110 I'll never make it to the check room. 704 00:44:07,390 --> 00:44:10,330 I don't know why I managed to carry them three blocks away. 705 00:44:11,070 --> 00:44:13,950 Rosemary, Louise, and I have just been shopping, and Louise told me about these 706 00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:18,630 great bargains, so... All this stuff, bargains? With a fabulous savings. I 707 00:44:18,630 --> 00:44:19,630 price sale. 708 00:44:19,950 --> 00:44:25,190 Shoes, stockings, dreads, robes. Believe me, I saved a fortune. I bet you only 709 00:44:25,190 --> 00:44:27,210 spent $150 to save that fortune. 710 00:44:28,070 --> 00:44:32,450 Seances, missing jewelry, mystery phone calls, a dead man that talks, all that I 711 00:44:32,450 --> 00:44:33,750 understand, but women? 712 00:44:35,210 --> 00:44:36,210 They're beyond understanding. 713 00:44:36,670 --> 00:44:38,750 Clay, you're a misogynist. 714 00:44:39,850 --> 00:44:40,850 Misogynist? 715 00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:44,450 Della, you're going to have to stop using that kind of language. 716 00:44:45,470 --> 00:44:47,070 Clay is a woman -hater. 717 00:44:47,770 --> 00:44:49,930 On the other hand... I'm exactly the opposite. 718 00:44:50,430 --> 00:44:52,750 I'm not thinking about you, Paul. I'm thinking about Perry. 719 00:44:53,410 --> 00:44:56,010 And believe me, you were just wonderful to Louise. 720 00:44:56,310 --> 00:45:01,150 All that time, interest, and understanding. Perry, I don't know what 721 00:45:01,150 --> 00:45:02,730 angling for, but you might as well let her have it. 722 00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:03,950 Della, tell me. 723 00:45:05,070 --> 00:45:08,390 What would you have done if you had a client whose husband died twice?