1 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,780 And that operative picked up subject again. 2 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,200 Let's see. 3 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,040 I'm not going too fast for you, am I, Della? 4 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,340 No, it's just fine, Paul. Go on. 5 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:55,740 After which, subject departed from hotel. 6 00:00:57,260 --> 00:00:59,340 Della, are you eating a candy bar? 7 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,260 I most certainly am not. 8 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:03,960 Go on, Paul. 9 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:05,319 Give me the rest of it. 10 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,720 At 7 -12, second operative relieved first operative. 11 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,120 At 7 .15... Wait a minute. 12 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,180 Why don't you go ahead and read the whole thing back to me? 13 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,520 To 6th Street. Then west to Alvarado. 14 00:01:19,460 --> 00:01:21,740 South on Alvarado to 7th. 15 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,980 Subject was wearing a brown hat. 16 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:30,700 Subject went from gas station at 6 .47. 17 00:01:35,340 --> 00:01:36,360 Paul Drake. 18 00:01:37,020 --> 00:01:38,340 Someday I'm going to. 19 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,040 It's all right, Ella. 20 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:41,800 I do yoga myself sometimes. 21 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:43,700 It's not yoga. 22 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,040 Besides, don't you worry one bit. I'll have these notes ready for Perry by the 23 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,360 time he gets back from lunch. Taking up judo, then? You know, I know a great 24 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:52,980 exercise for building up those back muscles. 25 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:55,620 Believe me, I'm not trying to build up anything. 26 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:57,640 You sure don't have to take anything off, beautiful. 27 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,320 If you only knew. 28 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,380 Trouble is, I have a lunch appointment with a watercress girl from back home at 29 00:02:05,380 --> 00:02:06,380 Diane Adler. 30 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:07,750 Friend like a maze. 31 00:02:08,430 --> 00:02:09,430 Watercress girl? 32 00:02:09,470 --> 00:02:10,590 I don't know how she does it. 33 00:02:10,889 --> 00:02:12,630 Skim milk? Carrots, maybe. 34 00:02:13,110 --> 00:02:15,170 Of course, she's only 22 years old. 35 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:21,410 Paul, every time I see her, I start feeling self -conscious and envious. 36 00:02:21,430 --> 00:02:23,370 What do you mean? What's so special about her? 37 00:02:23,630 --> 00:02:27,290 Aside from having a face that's absolutely beautiful. 38 00:02:29,190 --> 00:02:35,070 She was voted the female with the most perfectly formed figure in all of the 39 00:02:35,070 --> 00:02:36,070 Smoky Mountains. 40 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:37,620 Della, wait a minute. 41 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,020 I just remembered something. 42 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,100 I haven't had lunch myself yet. 43 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,380 There's a candy bar in the second drawer. 44 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:47,960 This 45 00:02:47,960 --> 00:03:00,700 is 46 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:01,940 even better than the creamy chicken soup. 47 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:05,340 Diane, ever since I met you last month, 48 00:03:06,110 --> 00:03:07,110 I've wanted to ask. 49 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:11,770 Excuse me, would you care for something to drink now, lady? Oh, yes, I'd like 50 00:03:11,770 --> 00:03:12,890 some tea. 51 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,450 Just lemon, no milk. 52 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:18,950 Do you suppose I could make me a chocolate milkshake? 53 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:29,810 Oh, thank you, Mr. E. 54 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,840 It was so lovely of you to ask me out. For heaven's sakes, Diane. 55 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:36,540 Don't keep calling me Miss Street. My name is Bella. 56 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:38,180 Oh, I'm sorry. 57 00:03:38,420 --> 00:03:41,160 But you've been so kind to me since I came to Los Angeles. 58 00:03:41,860 --> 00:03:45,240 Well, you probably know that my Aunt May said that you might need a little 59 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,580 looking after in the big city. 60 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,660 But enough of that. 61 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:50,460 Tell me, Diane. 62 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:53,040 How do you do it? Do what? 63 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,880 Eat all that food. 64 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,740 And still keep that lovely figure. 65 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:01,900 Oh. Oh, well, I did have a little more than I usually. 66 00:04:02,380 --> 00:04:06,780 Anyway, as I started to say, your Aunt May was so sweet to me when my mother 67 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:11,420 died. I did need help at first, especially finding a job because there 68 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:12,640 weren't any back home. 69 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,880 But how is your job? You know you haven't even mentioned it. 70 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:18,320 Oh. Oh, haven't I? 71 00:04:18,579 --> 00:04:22,120 Oh, well, it's, you know, fine. 72 00:04:22,580 --> 00:04:23,580 Just fine. 73 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,700 But... Oh, but about your Aunt May mystery, what do you hear from her? 74 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:33,140 Care for any more, lady? 75 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:34,920 No, thank you. 76 00:04:35,260 --> 00:04:38,680 That one with the caramel layers is my own favorite, ma 'am. 77 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,840 Oh, you mean between the whipped cream, those are actually layers of... 78 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:48,660 Oh, no, thank you. 79 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:49,880 You simply couldn't. 80 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:56,100 We better be going. I mean, back to work. 81 00:05:04,050 --> 00:05:05,890 I left my glove. Excuse me. 82 00:05:12,230 --> 00:05:17,650 Excuse me. Your friend's name is Mary, isn't it? No, it's... No, it's not. 83 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:19,190 Diane? Deborah? 84 00:05:19,710 --> 00:05:20,710 Dorothy, maybe? 85 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:24,610 Excuse me. Look, I'm not trying to be fresh. It's just that I'm sure that I 86 00:05:24,610 --> 00:05:25,730 her from someplace or something. 87 00:05:26,290 --> 00:05:28,910 In fact, she just arrived from England. 88 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:31,310 That's it. See, I was just over there in the army. 89 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:33,250 At ease, General. 90 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Bye -bye. 91 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:36,540 No harm in trying. 92 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:39,060 Wow. 93 00:06:45,150 --> 00:06:46,150 Hello, Jonathan Jones? 94 00:06:47,310 --> 00:06:51,510 I'm a friend of Diane Adler, and I just had lunch with her. When she comes back 95 00:06:51,510 --> 00:06:53,430 to the office, would you please have her call? 96 00:06:55,190 --> 00:06:56,190 She what? 97 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,110 When did she quit her job? 98 00:07:01,210 --> 00:07:02,350 Two weeks ago. 99 00:07:05,170 --> 00:07:06,690 Do you know what she could be doing now? 100 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,940 Thank you. 101 00:08:46,209 --> 00:08:47,209 Oh, I'm sorry. 102 00:08:47,730 --> 00:08:50,990 You're Mr. Drake, aren't you? And just who are you, a collector of fortune 103 00:08:50,990 --> 00:08:54,630 cookies? Dillard, sir. My name is Dillard. I tried to get a job at your 104 00:08:54,630 --> 00:08:56,530 once. I guess you don't remember me. 105 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:58,730 Well, I tried to hire men who weren't so clumsy. 106 00:08:59,150 --> 00:09:00,150 Who stays you on now? 107 00:09:01,650 --> 00:09:05,290 Well, you wouldn't think very much of my ethics, sir, if I come right out there. 108 00:09:05,290 --> 00:09:06,310 Then what are you doing here? 109 00:09:06,970 --> 00:09:10,550 Sir, I'm never going to get a job with a big outfit like this if I betray my 110 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:15,210 clients known to fool. You see, I... Oh, excuse me. I think I dropped something. 111 00:09:15,510 --> 00:09:18,190 Did you happen to see... Oh. 112 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:19,810 Oh, baby. 113 00:09:19,990 --> 00:09:21,790 Thank you. Thank you very much. 114 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:37,909 I tell you? 115 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:41,810 You see, Harrison Boring, that's the man who put me up this afternoon. 116 00:09:42,130 --> 00:09:44,930 Well, he spoke to me at the beach one day a couple of weeks ago. 117 00:09:45,330 --> 00:09:46,730 He noticed my figure. 118 00:09:48,250 --> 00:09:49,830 Oh, but not the way you think. 119 00:09:50,170 --> 00:09:53,570 I mean, he's always been a perfect gentleman. And a couple of days later, 120 00:09:53,570 --> 00:09:54,570 signed this contract. 121 00:09:54,790 --> 00:09:57,090 Contract? Mm -hmm. It's a fashion idea. 122 00:09:57,410 --> 00:09:58,930 Oh, but you mustn't breathe a word. 123 00:09:59,270 --> 00:10:03,890 Mr. Boring says there are spies everywhere in fashion. And that's why I 124 00:10:03,890 --> 00:10:05,470 tell you I quit my job, Miss Treat. 125 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,360 Well, anyway, Mr. Boring has his big manufacturer, and he's coming out with a 126 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,600 whole new line of clothes designed especially for the girl who's a teeny 127 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,080 plumpish. And I'm going to be the model. 128 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:19,220 They're going to build their whole campaign around me. 129 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:20,880 So that's the mystery. 130 00:10:21,460 --> 00:10:22,860 You know, I didn't mean that. 131 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:25,220 Oh, Della, yes. 132 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,360 That's why I've been eating so much. 133 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,140 I have to gain 12 pounds. Oh, but still keep the same measurements here and 134 00:10:32,140 --> 00:10:33,960 here. Oh, you know what I mean. 135 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,580 But if you don't think it hasn't been wonderful, I mean, all my life I've had 136 00:10:38,580 --> 00:10:39,580 diet and diet. 137 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,140 This man is paying you $200 a week? 138 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,240 Uh -huh. Even before we get started. 139 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:45,520 Just to eat. 140 00:10:45,660 --> 00:10:46,660 Isn't it fabulous? 141 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,280 Oh, Teller, these past two weeks have been the first real vacation in my life. 142 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:55,760 You see, Mr. Mason, my father drowned when I was 10 years old. 143 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,560 And then I had to leave high school when my mother got sick. 144 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,760 The money is to be paid to you for the duration of this contract, for two 145 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:04,060 Yes, yes. 146 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:05,300 How can I lose? 147 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,580 And maybe there'll be TV and magazine pictures. 148 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:11,580 Yes? Special delivery. 149 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:13,820 There. Every week. 150 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:15,700 Every week, right on time. 151 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:18,620 My 200 pretty little dollars. 152 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,320 Period. All the crazy things I've ever heard of. 153 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,720 It's a rather stringent contract, but it seems proper. 154 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,020 No, I mean, maybe it is a good idea for once not to have a model. Give me a 155 00:11:31,020 --> 00:11:35,890 story. Always come above $200 for magazine, photography, or any source 156 00:11:35,890 --> 00:11:38,770 whatsoever. She used to divide 50 -50 with Mr. Boren. 157 00:11:39,270 --> 00:11:44,130 You mean she used to pay him 50 % of everything that she... He's also 158 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:45,290 Della. 159 00:11:45,490 --> 00:11:47,710 Paying her out of his own pocket for two years. 160 00:11:53,050 --> 00:11:54,050 That's what it is. 161 00:11:54,250 --> 00:11:59,430 And you know what I'm going to buy with it? Big steaks, french fries, shortcake. 162 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:04,820 Maybe I am just meddling. 163 00:12:05,060 --> 00:12:06,060 Oh, no. 164 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,360 No, no. 165 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,360 The manufacturer changed his mind. 166 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:17,380 No money. 167 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,980 Well, why didn't Harrison tell me about this this afternoon? 168 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:22,320 It's... 169 00:12:37,930 --> 00:12:38,689 Mr. Mason. 170 00:12:38,690 --> 00:12:39,690 Thank you. 171 00:12:40,030 --> 00:12:43,070 Well, how do you do? Mr. Mason, it was a pleasure. A pleasure indeed. 172 00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:44,469 Please sit down. 173 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:48,930 I was almost certain you'd be in to see me, Mr. Boring. 174 00:12:49,350 --> 00:12:50,350 Well, of course. 175 00:12:50,750 --> 00:12:54,510 Since this letter you sent me yesterday, I'm a little afraid of letters from 176 00:12:54,510 --> 00:12:55,990 lawyers. I mean, who isn't? 177 00:12:56,790 --> 00:12:59,650 Since you failed to make payment this week, Mr. Adler, under the terms of her 178 00:12:59,650 --> 00:13:02,150 contract, I felt she ought to clarify her position. 179 00:13:02,570 --> 00:13:05,950 Oh, I'm blessed sorry about that thing. You know, this time I thought I really 180 00:13:05,950 --> 00:13:06,950 had one going. 181 00:13:07,050 --> 00:13:11,090 The deal was practically ready to sign when this stupid manufacturer... 182 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:15,350 Furthermore, you should understand that Diane intends to sue for recovery of any 183 00:13:15,350 --> 00:13:19,070 additional checks you may fail to send her for the next two years. I should 184 00:13:19,070 --> 00:13:22,430 mention the inconvenience caused by your inducing her to become overweight. 185 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:27,910 Just a moment, Mr. Mason. I mean, you can't get blood out of a turnip. 186 00:13:28,270 --> 00:13:29,350 I'd pay if I could. 187 00:13:29,570 --> 00:13:33,590 Until a few weeks ago, you were employed by a man named Foster, who had some 188 00:13:33,590 --> 00:13:35,830 vague sort of insurance office. 189 00:13:36,170 --> 00:13:39,070 And you don't see the connection between that and high fashion. 190 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:42,070 Well, you're right. There isn't any. 191 00:13:42,410 --> 00:13:45,110 You see, I'm basically a promoter, an idea man. 192 00:13:45,810 --> 00:13:50,970 Now, if you don't see the sound validity and redesigns for the pleasingly plump, 193 00:13:51,070 --> 00:13:55,850 in fact, I'm on my way to a meeting right now. It may still work out. I'd 194 00:13:55,850 --> 00:13:59,030 look at this, Mr. Boring, and the 50 % clause. 195 00:14:00,050 --> 00:14:01,050 Was it your idea? 196 00:14:02,330 --> 00:14:05,250 If Diane acquires a large sum of money during the... 197 00:14:06,030 --> 00:14:11,450 If she should marry a rich man, for example, then 50 % of that money would 198 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:12,650 yours. If what? 199 00:14:14,190 --> 00:14:19,050 Mr. Mason, you don't think that I'm the kind of a man that would... I mean, if 200 00:14:19,050 --> 00:14:22,790 you think that I was trying to take advantage of Diane, I just thought it 201 00:14:22,790 --> 00:14:25,370 sort of a contract arrangement for him. 202 00:14:29,270 --> 00:14:30,270 How's that? 203 00:14:30,430 --> 00:14:32,710 Isn't that good faith? Doesn't that make you feel better? 204 00:14:33,230 --> 00:14:37,310 Not when you still have your copy of the contract with Diane's signature on it. 205 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:38,810 It'll be here in the morning. 206 00:14:39,650 --> 00:14:42,670 But right now, I do have to get to that meeting. 207 00:14:42,990 --> 00:14:46,910 Actually, I have photostatic copies of that contract with which to sue you. 208 00:14:48,050 --> 00:14:49,029 It'll be here. 209 00:14:49,030 --> 00:14:53,010 It'll be here, I tell you. And, Mr. Mason, the very second that I have some 210 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:55,130 money, I'll make a settlement with that poor girl. 211 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:58,130 Don't you understand? 212 00:14:58,270 --> 00:14:59,129 I'm sorry. 213 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:01,630 I mean, I really want to do what's right. 214 00:15:02,650 --> 00:15:04,990 And if you'll just give me a little more time. 215 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:10,090 And thank you for your time, Mr. Mason. And don't worry, I'll keep in touch. 216 00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:11,570 Don't worry. 217 00:15:19,390 --> 00:15:20,910 Portrait of a promoter in panic. 218 00:15:23,730 --> 00:15:24,730 Harry, you're beautiful. 219 00:15:26,350 --> 00:15:28,210 Diane may have trouble losing those pounds. 220 00:15:29,420 --> 00:15:32,360 She'll certainly never have trouble with that stupid man. 221 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,280 Donna, that contract had nothing to do with fashions, and it never did. I 222 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,060 have spotted it the other night. Every single word about Diane losing weight or 223 00:15:40,060 --> 00:15:42,640 being used as a model is just red herring, just camouflage. 224 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,580 What do you mean? Tell him to meet me at the office of this man's foster, 225 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,000 Montrose Foster, and tell him to make his class. 226 00:15:50,580 --> 00:15:54,440 Yes, but... Patterson Barney, yes. 227 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:55,840 Yes, he used to work for me. 228 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,820 He was here for a couple of years, as a matter of fact. 229 00:15:58,540 --> 00:15:59,820 What was his job, Mr. Foster? 230 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:02,440 Oh, we're engaged in a number of activities. 231 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,380 Some insurance. Yes, I understand. 232 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,840 But I want to know exactly what Boren was doing before he quit. 233 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:09,760 Mr. Mason, you're an attorney. 234 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,540 Perhaps if you told me who your client is, I'd be better able to... Did he 235 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:14,840 handle what you'd call cases? 236 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:16,720 Investigative work? 237 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:21,620 Well, yes. I suppose you might say that running down some of these old insurance 238 00:16:21,620 --> 00:16:24,100 things might... You mean running down missing heirs, don't you? 239 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:25,360 I beg your pardon? 240 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:27,020 Isn't that your real business? 241 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:28,960 The missing air racket? 242 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,700 I don't like your choice of words, Mr. Mason. 243 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,400 What has Harrison Boring done to you? 244 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:39,640 By the way, where is he now? 245 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,480 You mean you don't know? 246 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,380 If I did, I'd break his stupid neck. 247 00:16:43,940 --> 00:16:46,860 What do you mean, walking in here and suggesting that I... The oldest sense 248 00:16:46,860 --> 00:16:47,860 there is, I guess. 249 00:16:49,380 --> 00:16:52,060 A wealthy person dies leaving no close relatives. 250 00:16:53,550 --> 00:16:57,910 But a kind investigator finds distant relatives who don't know of the death or 251 00:16:57,910 --> 00:16:58,910 the deceased. 252 00:16:59,130 --> 00:17:05,369 But for a certain percentage, say 50%, the kind investigator will 253 00:17:05,369 --> 00:17:07,450 tirelessly help prove a relationship. 254 00:17:08,609 --> 00:17:14,230 So you read one of our standard form contracts, but hey, the locating of 255 00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:16,190 heirs is a very worthwhile service. 256 00:17:17,089 --> 00:17:21,410 Unfortunately, there were some deceptive decorations on the contract I saw. 257 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:26,369 Mr. Mason, why don't we make a deal? 258 00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:28,990 Swap what we know. 259 00:17:29,770 --> 00:17:30,810 Over here, Everdry. 260 00:17:32,070 --> 00:17:37,350 Now, this client of yours, who very well may be near to a fortune... No thanks, 261 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:38,470 Mr. Foster. 262 00:17:39,110 --> 00:17:40,850 You've already told me all you know. 263 00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:44,090 But Mason... Boring double -crossed you, didn't he? 264 00:17:44,610 --> 00:17:48,050 He ran into an inheritance so large that he quit his job to take over on his 265 00:17:48,050 --> 00:17:49,050 own. 266 00:17:49,850 --> 00:17:52,490 Exorbitant. And you don't even know whose inheritance it is, do you? 267 00:17:53,050 --> 00:17:54,050 Do you, Mr. Foster? 268 00:17:56,290 --> 00:17:57,550 Wait, wait, Mason. 269 00:17:58,190 --> 00:17:59,750 I'll help you if you'll just tell me. 270 00:18:01,210 --> 00:18:03,670 Sorry I'm late, Terry, but I had another report on Harrison Boring. 271 00:18:04,190 --> 00:18:05,190 Jackpot. 272 00:18:15,630 --> 00:18:16,429 where, Pharaoh? 273 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,329 That's right. 274 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:20,570 Warren even keeps a motel room out there so he can be close to the guy's house 275 00:18:20,570 --> 00:18:21,590 he's been visiting on the QT. 276 00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:22,689 George C. 277 00:18:22,690 --> 00:18:25,810 Winlock. That was he. He's the guy with the house. The richest man in town. 278 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:28,670 Winlock had his money, Paul. Not too long. 279 00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:31,630 He only came to Pharaoh's about 12 years ago and he's made it all since then in 280 00:18:31,630 --> 00:18:32,229 real estate. 281 00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:34,630 Nothing on him before that? No record of it? Not that I can find. 282 00:18:35,090 --> 00:18:38,010 He's married to some society they know, but that's all in the last 12 years, 283 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:39,050 too. 284 00:18:39,310 --> 00:18:40,690 He's our man, Paul. Let's go. 285 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:42,270 Sure. 286 00:18:52,780 --> 00:18:55,980 Boring's real interest in Diane was to sign her up as a missing heiress to 287 00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:59,220 somebody's fortune. That sure can't be Wimlock, because Wimlock isn't dead. At 288 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:00,860 least not yet. 289 00:19:16,270 --> 00:19:19,370 What do you want? Is Mr. Winlock in, please? Oh, he's playing golf. Look, 290 00:19:19,430 --> 00:19:22,490 mister, he never comes here. Call the office or something. His office is 291 00:19:22,490 --> 00:19:23,490 for the day. 292 00:19:23,570 --> 00:19:24,730 I'd like to wait, if you don't mind. 293 00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:26,350 My name is Mason. It's quite important. 294 00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:28,410 Whatever you like. 295 00:19:35,650 --> 00:19:37,250 Nothing, mother. I'll take care of it. 296 00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:38,789 Mason, huh? 297 00:19:38,790 --> 00:19:39,790 I've heard that someplace. 298 00:19:40,730 --> 00:19:41,730 Come on in here. 299 00:19:41,820 --> 00:19:45,540 Just crack some of the old boy's 16 -year -old... Mom, will you please turn 300 00:19:45,540 --> 00:19:46,279 thing down? 301 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,060 Why? If you don't like it, shut your door. 302 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,660 Oh, really, darling? 303 00:19:51,060 --> 00:19:53,560 I'm Mrs. Winlock, and my name is Barry Mason. 304 00:19:54,140 --> 00:19:56,040 Oh, for goodness sake. 305 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,240 Well, surely not the famous Atelier. 306 00:19:58,780 --> 00:19:59,780 How do you do? 307 00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:02,660 Mother, I told him George was out playing golf. Oh? 308 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,400 Oh, of course. Of course, isn't that... Too bad. 309 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:09,140 Perhaps I could help you, Mr. Mason. 310 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:12,580 It's a personal matter I have to discuss with your husband, Mrs. Winlock. 311 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,160 Personal? 312 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,160 What can you say? 313 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,120 What has Georgie been up to? 314 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:19,960 Oh, no, no, I won't be teasing. 315 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,240 I do manage a great many details around here, Mr. Mason. So if you'll just 316 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,240 come... You looking for me? 317 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:26,500 Oh, Georgia. 318 00:20:27,620 --> 00:20:30,140 Darling, we thought you were still at the club. 319 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,580 I've been home for the past hour trying to hear myself on the telephone over 320 00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:34,580 that crazy... 321 00:20:34,890 --> 00:20:35,890 Oh, never mind. 322 00:20:36,250 --> 00:20:39,410 Dear, this is Perry Mason to see you. The lawyer. 323 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:43,150 If I had any idea... All right, all right. Thank you, dear. 324 00:20:52,270 --> 00:20:54,350 What's on your mind, Mr. Mason? I'm rather busy today. 325 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:55,670 As I can imagine. 326 00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:57,350 I only hope I'm here in time. 327 00:20:58,030 --> 00:20:59,070 What's that supposed to mean? 328 00:20:59,530 --> 00:21:03,330 Mr. Winlock, I represent a young girl named Diane Adler. 329 00:21:04,540 --> 00:21:05,540 Adler? 330 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,460 Adler. The name means nothing to you? 331 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,120 I meet a great many people, Mr. Mason. 332 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,440 Not to mention the stream of functionaries my wife has running in and 333 00:21:14,860 --> 00:21:16,660 And how about the name Harrison Boring? 334 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:18,060 Boring? 335 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:19,380 That's an odd one. 336 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:23,080 No, I can't say that I've ever... All right. 337 00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:25,400 Thought I was playing a long shot. 338 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,460 Now I know it's a sure thing. 339 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,379 What is? 340 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:29,219 For heaven's sake. 341 00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:30,640 Let me tell you about Diane Adler. 342 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,620 She's an innocent young girl. 343 00:21:33,260 --> 00:21:34,260 Gullible. 344 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,080 Mixed up. 345 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,020 She had no advantages or family environment. 346 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,360 You see, she lost her father about 12 years ago. 347 00:21:43,140 --> 00:21:44,320 Now her mother is dead. 348 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:46,220 Well, what's that got to do with me? 349 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,040 Her father was drowned in a fishing accident at Lake Superior. 350 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,480 Some of the bodies were recovered, but not his. 351 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:55,300 Too bad, Mason, but I really don't see... Where were you 12 years ago, Mr. 352 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:57,720 Winlock? To be explicit, who were you? 353 00:21:58,060 --> 00:21:59,140 I don't know who you're driving at. 354 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:02,140 Of course, I only have enough information to formulate a guess. 355 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:03,640 A guess that... 356 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:07,270 You might have lived through that accident, changed your name, all the 357 00:22:07,810 --> 00:22:11,330 But I suppose Harrison Boring has proof that you're Diane's father, isn't that 358 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:14,970 right? Look, I just told you I never even heard of anyone by the name of... I 359 00:22:14,970 --> 00:22:17,810 have evidence that you've been meeting with Boring secretly at the Shady Glen 360 00:22:17,810 --> 00:22:18,810 Motel. 361 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:27,130 Mason, even if this girl, this client of yours, did have a missing father 362 00:22:27,130 --> 00:22:32,750 somewhere, I'm not sure I understand what sort of... Claim you think she'd 363 00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:37,270 on him? Well, putting aside the moral obligation between human beings, Diane 364 00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:38,790 the sole heir of a dead mother's estate. 365 00:22:39,210 --> 00:22:43,170 It was a four -room house with taxes and mortgage overdue, incidentally. 366 00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:47,850 But it does mean Diane has the legal ability to disassociate her father from 367 00:22:47,850 --> 00:22:49,930 mother's share of his earnings since his disappearance. 368 00:22:51,390 --> 00:22:52,390 Answer your question? 369 00:22:52,590 --> 00:22:53,529 Legally, I mean. 370 00:22:53,530 --> 00:22:55,910 Thanks so much. I told you I'm very busy, ma 'am. One more thing. 371 00:22:56,630 --> 00:23:01,050 Boring cheated Diane into signing a contract entitling him to part of her 372 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:02,640 But then he tore up the contract. 373 00:23:04,260 --> 00:23:06,560 Only one explanation seems logical. 374 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:12,340 Boring realized he could receive more money from you directly by blackmail. 375 00:23:12,340 --> 00:23:13,760 much is he asking to keep your secret? 376 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,320 How much money does Boring want? 377 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:16,660 Mason, please. 378 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,620 I need a little time. 379 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,400 Please, leave me alone now. 380 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:29,880 I have an investigator who'll keep an eye on Boring. 381 00:23:31,340 --> 00:23:33,920 I also reserve a suite for this evening at the Fair Oaks Inn. 382 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:35,920 It's close. We can talk there privately. 383 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:39,680 I want to do the right thing. 384 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,800 But I've got to have time, that's all. 385 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,480 I wanted Boring's motel kept under surveillance until... I know, but he's 386 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:26,480 cagey, I'm afraid. 387 00:24:26,580 --> 00:24:29,800 While I was registering for a room, I spotted him outside sneaking a look at 388 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,800 car registration. 389 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,120 So you left altogether? 390 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,440 But don't worry, we're covered. 391 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,660 There's an investigator already there who's only too glad to have the job. 392 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,720 Dillard, the clumsy guy I met at the beach, remember? 393 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,060 You said you thought Dillard was working for the steps on Marvin Palmer. 394 00:24:43,260 --> 00:24:45,540 He was, but Palmer fired him an hour ago. So I had him. 395 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:48,420 John? Fired him without pay. 396 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,000 Dillard's madder than a white hand, but at least he'll keep in touch with me 397 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,020 until one of my boys takes over. 398 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,260 Diane, what are you doing here? 399 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,500 Oh, well, I was out by the bus stop, you see, and, uh, I mean, well, I couldn't 400 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,820 find the place I was looking for, so I had to find somebody to help me. 401 00:25:04,020 --> 00:25:06,560 Uh, but then this tree... I found her, Perry. 402 00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:08,980 She was on her way to see Harrison Boring. 403 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,640 Why? 404 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,900 And how did you know he was in Farrell's? 405 00:25:13,420 --> 00:25:17,680 Oh. Oh, well, I found these matches he loaned me. But what did you want to see 406 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,680 him about? 407 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,000 Oh, Mr. Mason, you understand, don't you? 408 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,040 To stop all this trouble I've been causing. 409 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,100 I mean, if all we want is to get that other copy of my contract back. 410 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,660 Oh, just because I've been a stupid little idiot gaining all that weight. 411 00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:35,100 Why should all of you be involved? 412 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:36,960 Did you tell her we were coming here? 413 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:38,300 No, Gertie did. 414 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,940 After a man named Foster visited Diane. 415 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,090 Foster? Yes, this Mr. Foster came to see me late this afternoon. 416 00:25:46,490 --> 00:25:49,170 And he started asking questions that I couldn't understand. 417 00:25:49,690 --> 00:25:51,830 So after he left, I called your office. 418 00:25:52,410 --> 00:25:54,470 And I thought I was bluffing Foster. 419 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:57,770 You're not angry with me, are you, Mr. Mason? 420 00:25:58,530 --> 00:26:00,750 Answer that, will you please, Paul? It's probably Mr. Winlock. 421 00:26:00,990 --> 00:26:02,630 Of course I'm not angry, Dan. 422 00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:04,510 You really shouldn't be here. 423 00:26:05,390 --> 00:26:06,790 There's something you should be told. 424 00:26:07,270 --> 00:26:09,710 Oh? And I think Della should be the one to tell you. 425 00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:11,450 About Mr. Winlock, you mean? 426 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,520 Who's Mr. Winlock? 427 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,660 Please remember, we're your friends, Diane. 428 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:18,460 Why don't you slip out the back way, Dillon? 429 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:19,960 What? 430 00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:21,620 I can't hear you. 431 00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:25,420 It's Dillard, Perry, but I can't hear what he's saying. 432 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:28,480 Dillard, say it again, will you? I still can't hear you. 433 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,840 I can't talk any louder, Mr. Drake. 434 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,780 There's cops all over this place. 435 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:36,860 I said cops. 436 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,680 I said there's been a regular parade around here. 437 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,100 Now look, I've got to get out of here fast. 438 00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:49,900 I said there's no point in watching boring anymore. Didn't you hear me? 439 00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:01,660 I can see Boring's dead. 440 00:27:03,940 --> 00:27:07,700 So, I guess I died all right so good in the dark, but I got it all down right 441 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,520 here. Who was in this parade you mentioned? 442 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,880 Well, a whole string of people come to see Harrison Boring this evening. 443 00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:17,580 Then no sooner the last one's gone than a manager comes running over. Then four 444 00:27:17,580 --> 00:27:18,960 minutes later, a squad car. 445 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,440 That's when I started trying to get a hold of you, Mr. Drake. 446 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:26,120 I mean, I figured maybe you guys might be more interested in seeing this than 447 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:27,119 the police. 448 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,300 Yeah, I'd say we might. 449 00:27:31,660 --> 00:27:35,680 I don't know what your interest is in this, Mr. Mason. I don't know who you're 450 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,860 trying to nab or anything, but please, the notebook. Who was there? 451 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:45,120 Well, first this young creep, Marvin Palmer. I don't know what he's up to. 452 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,200 he has me tailing a dame, then he switches me over to watching this 453 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,900 Borey. Go on. Who's next? 454 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,420 Well, a few minutes later, a woman comes. Big car, dressed nice, kind of 455 00:27:55,420 --> 00:27:57,940 -aged lady I never saw before. Stayed seven minutes. 456 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:03,640 But no sooner she's gone, a guy slips in. He must have been watching, I guess, 457 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,600 on foot. Had pulled down, I'd have trouble spotting him. 458 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,060 Was he the last visitor? 459 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,220 No siree. 460 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:15,080 And, Mr. Drake, I guess now you hire me, all right. Get this. 461 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:22,620 Entered 8 .05, left 8 .21, running just two and a half minutes before the cops 462 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:23,760 and the manager and everybody. 463 00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:28,000 And guess who it was, Mr. Drake? That same broad you were tailing down at the 464 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,720 beach, that Diane Adler. 465 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,800 Pretty good work, girl. 466 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:37,360 All right, yes, yes, I was there. 467 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,040 Why did you lie to us? Because I didn't kill him. 468 00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:41,540 Yes, I didn't. 469 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,820 Please, please believe me. He was dead when you walked into the room, I 470 00:28:46,340 --> 00:28:49,340 And you stayed there 16 minutes with his dead body? What? 471 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,280 Oh, no. 472 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,260 No, I was only there for a few minutes. Four or five, maybe. 473 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,940 Diane, there's evidence to the contrary. 474 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,520 I don't care. It's a lie. 475 00:28:58,580 --> 00:28:59,820 Look, he wasn't dead. 476 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:01,560 He was perfectly alive. 477 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:05,180 And you naturally talked to him about the contract? 478 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,140 Yes. Yes, that's what happened. And he gave it to me. 479 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,320 Oh, I thought he'd argue or threaten me even. But when I told him what I thought 480 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,140 about him, why, he laughed and he threatened my face and... Diane, stop 481 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:17,140 making up this story. 482 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:18,640 But it's true, Mr. Mason. 483 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:22,260 And then I walked here to the center to get your bus. Oh, I was really going to 484 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:25,820 leave Fair Oaks. And then Della saw me. And I did lie then, of course, but... 485 00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:27,020 And you're still lying, every word. 486 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:28,500 Perry. 487 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,880 Mr. Mason, it's a difficult decision to reach. 488 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,320 Decision? Oh, yes, I know what you must think of me. 489 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,640 I know what I thought of myself sometimes. 490 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:52,260 But my first marriage, well, it just wasn't very successful. 491 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,940 You've got to understand, when I realized people thought I was dead and I 492 00:29:56,940 --> 00:30:00,600 chance to change my name... Mr. Winlock, I know of only one marriage. 493 00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:03,140 Your present situation certainly isn't legal. 494 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,880 My present life doesn't know the full truth. 495 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,260 That's one of the difficulties. 496 00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:11,140 But she took me on faith. 497 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,720 She was willing just to tell all our friends that we'd elope to Las Vegas one 498 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:15,720 weekend. 499 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,320 But there wasn't really any ceremony. 500 00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:22,240 It was a great sacrifice for her. 501 00:30:22,540 --> 00:30:24,880 Position is very important to her, what people would think. 502 00:30:25,380 --> 00:30:29,620 Well, that eliminates bigamy. Don't be so impatient. I'm trying to explain it 503 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:30,840 all. I must be impatient. 504 00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:32,600 There's very little time. 505 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,040 Mr. Mason. 506 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,660 I know that I can never make up to Diane for what I did. 507 00:30:39,820 --> 00:30:41,800 But I'm quite willing to discuss the financial settlement. 508 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,340 Willing to give her a quarter, a third of my money perhaps, whatever you think 509 00:30:45,340 --> 00:30:46,340 proper. 510 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,640 But I must insist that this be kept absolutely secret between us. 511 00:30:50,460 --> 00:30:51,460 So you're... 512 00:31:30,670 --> 00:31:32,510 You could smell whiskey a half a mile away. 513 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:41,330 Only when I touched him, 514 00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:45,150 I felt the blood. 515 00:31:47,490 --> 00:31:53,650 So I ran, and I ran, and I ran, and I ran down the road, and I telephoned the 516 00:31:53,650 --> 00:31:57,170 motel, and I said that they should go and look in cabin 10. 517 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:40,440 What do you want? 518 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:42,260 Never mind. 519 00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:43,420 You're her, all right. 520 00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:45,780 Just a minute. I'm Miss Adler's attorney. 521 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,240 Oh, is that so? 522 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,880 Well, you might like to know we just caught one of your investigators and 523 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:51,880 a notebook he threw away. 524 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,600 Well, there's more to this case than the times people went into motel rooms. 525 00:32:56,220 --> 00:32:58,520 Would you ask the gentleman in the other room to step in here, please? 526 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,980 It's pulling your leg. There's nobody in here. 527 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,620 Well, read this if you like, lawyer. 528 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:11,919 That's all. 529 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:12,920 Come on. 530 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,000 That's right. 531 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:16,920 Right ahead. 532 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:26,360 I personally... You 533 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:33,340 heard the doctor testify that the deceased Harrison Boring was killed with 534 00:33:33,340 --> 00:33:34,660 a blow from a blunt instrument. 535 00:33:35,220 --> 00:33:40,120 You also heard him say that there were scratches and bruises on the face. 536 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,100 indicating that there might have been a struggle prior to that fatal blow. 537 00:33:44,420 --> 00:33:48,260 Yes, sir, I heard all that. But did you hear anything on the night of the 538 00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:52,780 murder? To substantiate this, from your vantage point in the cabin across the 539 00:33:52,780 --> 00:33:54,700 way, did you hear any struggling? 540 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:55,900 Any fighting? 541 00:33:55,980 --> 00:33:59,960 No, I told you I didn't hear anything except people's radios all the time. 542 00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:03,280 Besides, a couple of hundred feet across there, like your diagram shows. 543 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:04,600 You think I got radar? 544 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:08,020 Just because you've been declared an unfriendly witness, Mr. Dillard. 545 00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:10,840 There's no necessity for you continuing to prove it. 546 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:17,120 Now, you heard the police testify that someone had hurriedly searched Mr. 547 00:34:17,260 --> 00:34:21,420 Boring's cabin and his luggage, and that they had found liquor spilled all over 548 00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:25,900 it. You heard an expert identify fingerprints of the defendant taken from 549 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:30,900 desk and from the bureau drawer, and one bloody fingerprint of hers was found on 550 00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:33,219 the wallet in Mr. Boring's coat pocket. 551 00:34:33,659 --> 00:34:36,340 So it seems obvious... That's the pocket where I found the contract. ...around 552 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:38,679 in that cabin quite a good deal, wouldn't you say so? 553 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,600 Sure. And still you couldn't see any of that movement through the window? 554 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,679 No, the curtains were too thick. You couldn't see anything or anybody in 555 00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:49,699 Fine. 556 00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:54,260 That's all I wanted to find out. That everything that you saw or heard that 557 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:57,820 night is recorded in this notebook, Exhibit A, is that correct? 558 00:34:58,300 --> 00:34:59,560 Yes, sir, that's correct. 559 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,840 But the police found this notebook in a highway trash can, Mr. Dillard. Did you 560 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:05,578 put it there? 561 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:06,479 Yes, sir. 562 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,480 Why? 563 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:09,800 Well, to get rid of it. 564 00:35:10,260 --> 00:35:14,200 I saw a patrol car making a U -turn. I was afraid maybe they spotted my license 565 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,900 number. You're sure that Mr. 566 00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:19,460 Mason, or possibly Mr. Paul Drake, didn't suggest that? 567 00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:24,280 No, no, that's not true at all. Mr. Mason told me he couldn't order me to 568 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,740 destroy evidence like that. I was gonna burn it. 569 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,780 Well, they certainly suggested that you get out of town in a hurry. 570 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,040 I remind you, Mr. Dillard, you were clocked going out the highway 90 miles 571 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,420 hour. But that wasn't my idea, don't you understand? 572 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,960 I figured maybe if I disappeared for a while... You mean you were willing to 573 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,460 take all this risk on yourself? 574 00:35:41,980 --> 00:35:47,320 The risk of removing evidence and of removing yourself, a material witness in 575 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:48,299 murder case? 576 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:50,960 Well, yes, sir. 577 00:35:51,630 --> 00:35:54,730 I didn't want to get that client in the soup. After all, I was still trying to 578 00:35:54,730 --> 00:35:56,610 earn myself maybe a good job, that's all. 579 00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:59,730 Well, I certainly think that Mr. Mason should thank you for keeping his 580 00:35:59,730 --> 00:36:00,730 reputation clear. 581 00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:05,550 And I'm sure that your fine work will get you a top job in the Paul Drake 582 00:36:05,550 --> 00:36:06,610 Detective Agency. 583 00:36:08,590 --> 00:36:12,790 Now, if you'll read for me, please, this last entry in your notebook. 584 00:36:16,290 --> 00:36:17,690 Miss Diane Adler. 585 00:36:18,740 --> 00:36:22,360 Entered cabin 10 at 8 .05, left at 8 .21. 586 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,440 8 .23 and a half, the manager arrived. 587 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,760 8 .27 and a half, the police arrived. 588 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:31,940 Your witness. 589 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:38,100 Mr. Dillard, concerning the first entries in your notebook, the earlier 590 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,480 to Boring's cabin, prosecution has been rather vague about identifying... Your 591 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,120 Honor, we've already explained to counsel and to the court. 592 00:36:45,340 --> 00:36:47,700 We're not presenting our full case at this time. 593 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,960 Just those few facts necessary to have Miss Adler bound over. 594 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,840 I'm inclined to go along with that approach, Mr. Mason. This is only a 595 00:36:55,060 --> 00:36:56,060 Of course I understand. 596 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,340 I'm quite willing to postpone, for the moment at least, my interrogation of the 597 00:37:00,340 --> 00:37:01,700 visitors who have been identified. 598 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,080 But I have a question about the person who immediately preceded Miss Adler in 599 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:07,080 Boring's cabin. 600 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:08,198 Quite pertinent. 601 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,200 Proceed. 602 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:16,040 Mr. Dillard, this man wearing dark hat... 603 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,060 walked to the cabin, entered at 7 .47, left at 8 .02. 604 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,940 You say you didn't recognize him then? 605 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,118 No, sir. 606 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:25,640 It was too dark over there. 607 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,440 Now, since that night, have you seen someone who perhaps reminded you of that 608 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:31,440 person? 609 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,400 No, sir. 610 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:36,660 I'm sorry, sir. 611 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:39,900 Well, I told Miss Adler that Harrison Boring was trying to cut her out of 612 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:40,900 something big. 613 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,840 What did you mean by that, sir? Well, I told her she better get after him 614 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:44,840 because he was cheating her. 615 00:37:44,940 --> 00:37:46,640 And if I knew Harrison, she'd better catch him quick. 616 00:37:46,980 --> 00:37:48,660 Yes, but cheating her of what? 617 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,280 I don't know. 618 00:37:50,380 --> 00:37:53,620 I was just guessing, but those are the exact words I use, and she can't tell 619 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:54,620 any different. 620 00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:58,180 All right, then. What was the effect of your words on Miss Adler? 621 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,160 Well, she seemed to already know he was cheating her. 622 00:38:01,660 --> 00:38:04,820 But it sure made her mad, all right, because the minute I left, she took off 623 00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:05,840 fair robes just like that. 624 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:07,520 Thank you, Mr. Foster. 625 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:08,800 That'll be all. 626 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:12,960 Mr. Foster. 627 00:38:14,060 --> 00:38:18,380 You say you deliberately upset and angered the defendant so that she might 628 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:22,040 you to Harrison Boring? That's right. Why were you so eager to find him? 629 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,660 Like I told you, he owed me money. 630 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,840 Not because he was cutting you out of something? 631 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:27,720 Absolutely not. 632 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:31,620 Is it possible that you won't admit it because you hoped to take over where 633 00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:32,620 Boring left off? 634 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:33,839 No, sir. 635 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,500 When Boring left, my employee owed me $352. 636 00:38:36,820 --> 00:38:38,680 If I could have caught him, I would have broken his neck. 637 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:43,140 But I didn't. Like I testified, I tailed the girl and... 638 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:44,440 I lost her. 639 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,280 Diane Adler went by bus to Fair Oaks. 640 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,580 You mean you couldn't follow a bus? 641 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,400 Well, I lost her in Fair Oaks. You know, at a drugstore, and I didn't see her 642 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:54,400 come out. 643 00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:56,700 But I wasn't anywhere near that motel that night. 644 00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:58,440 Are you willing to furnish proof of that? 645 00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:00,300 Of course I am. I wasn't anywhere near it. 646 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:01,600 Good. 647 00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:05,200 Would you mind putting on this hat? 648 00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:06,740 Your Honor. 649 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,300 Just a moment, Mr. Berger. I don't think this would do any harm. 650 00:39:10,820 --> 00:39:11,980 Of course I don't mind. 651 00:39:19,820 --> 00:39:20,940 I'm sorry, Mr. Mason. 652 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,900 I just can't tell. 653 00:39:26,860 --> 00:39:29,200 Well, what time will Mr. Mason be back from the courtroom? 654 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,000 But I must speak to him the minute he gets back. 655 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,980 Yes, I... Oh. 656 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:38,460 Yes, I can wait. 657 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:41,340 Oh, Mr. Mason. 658 00:39:41,820 --> 00:39:45,840 Yes, Mrs. Winlock, what is it? Mr. Mason, I... I want to know if you're 659 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,720 put on the defense for that girl this afternoon. 660 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:51,080 Well, that's not a matter I can discuss. 661 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,840 Oh, Mr. Mason, the district attorney's office has been asking questions. 662 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:57,640 Privately, of course. 663 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:04,220 I think they may realize that I'm the other woman who was at Boring's cabin 664 00:40:04,220 --> 00:40:05,420 earlier that night. 665 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:10,160 Just after my son... After Marvin was there. 666 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,740 Yes, I've thought of that possibility, Mrs. Winlock. 667 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,140 But perhaps if you'd tell me why you visited Boring. 668 00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:23,400 I'd be quite willing to give a perfectly logical explanation for that, Mr. 669 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,480 Mason, from the witness stand. 670 00:40:26,540 --> 00:40:28,680 If I testified for, it depends. 671 00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:30,300 If you what? 672 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,940 Oh, listen to me, please. 673 00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:37,400 The girl, Diane, her story's going to be that she thought Boring was drunk. 674 00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:38,379 Isn't that right? 675 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:41,840 That when she came into the cabin, he was already lying there in the dark. 676 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,480 And she didn't realize that he wasn't just drunk, but dying. 677 00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:48,080 Once again, I can't discuss it. 678 00:40:48,510 --> 00:40:53,450 Mr. Mason, if I testified that I thought exactly the same thing, that I saw him 679 00:40:53,450 --> 00:40:58,370 lying there and smelled all that liquor, and if my son, if Marvin, should say 680 00:40:58,370 --> 00:41:03,730 exactly the same thing about his disappear on the witness stand, wouldn't 681 00:41:03,730 --> 00:41:06,010 save Diane from further prosecution? 682 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:08,910 In return for what, Mrs. Winlock? 683 00:41:09,770 --> 00:41:15,650 Oh, Mr. Mason, she can have all of George's money that you want, but the 684 00:41:15,650 --> 00:41:19,960 truth... About Diane, about our marriage and all that. 685 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,800 It just mustn't come out. 686 00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:24,060 Not ever. 687 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:25,600 Don't you understand? 688 00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:29,560 Of course, Mrs. Winlock. I will definitely be in touch with you. 689 00:41:29,980 --> 00:41:31,300 Oh, thank you. 690 00:41:32,780 --> 00:41:34,040 Thank you, Mr. Mason. 691 00:41:39,740 --> 00:41:41,260 Della, find Paul. 692 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:44,060 He has a job to do before we finish lunch. 693 00:41:46,279 --> 00:41:47,760 This way, Perry. I'm passing the alley. 694 00:41:48,140 --> 00:41:50,160 Well, what about the times they were prescribed to? 695 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,360 My boys are double -checking every one that's possible. 696 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:55,440 Two and a half minutes from the time Diane left until the motel manager... 697 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,760 Sorry, Perry, it's right. The motel clock is right. Every one of those times 698 00:41:58,760 --> 00:41:59,738 right. 699 00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:00,740 Let me do this alone. 700 00:42:07,780 --> 00:42:09,720 Thanks for getting here so quickly, Mr. Brenner. 701 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:11,100 Drinks don't give me much choice. 702 00:42:16,430 --> 00:42:17,710 I'll come directly to the point. 703 00:42:18,090 --> 00:42:21,210 You were the man in the dark hat, weren't you? The man who was in the 704 00:42:21,210 --> 00:42:23,850 after the woman and just a few minutes before Diane's visit. 705 00:42:24,090 --> 00:42:25,670 What gives you a crazy idea like that? 706 00:42:26,070 --> 00:42:28,270 Mrs. Winlock has offered to commit perjury. 707 00:42:28,670 --> 00:42:31,450 She wouldn't do that unless you were positive you were that man. 708 00:42:31,770 --> 00:42:32,810 She offered to? 709 00:42:33,110 --> 00:42:34,190 Now, could we have the truth? 710 00:42:34,890 --> 00:42:35,828 All of it? 711 00:42:35,830 --> 00:42:36,830 Yes, I was there. 712 00:42:37,550 --> 00:42:41,770 But Boring had already blackmailed me, Mason. I'd already given him $10 ,000 in 713 00:42:41,770 --> 00:42:42,770 advance in cash. 714 00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:46,540 After talking with you, I realized there was only one thing to do. I went to see 715 00:42:46,540 --> 00:42:48,060 Boring, and I scared the daylights out of him. 716 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,420 I told him I was perfectly willing to expose myself to the whole world, expose 717 00:42:51,420 --> 00:42:53,800 him as a blackmailer, and put him in prison for what he'd done. 718 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,520 You stayed there for only a few minutes, Mr. Winrock? 719 00:42:57,820 --> 00:43:01,080 The gun in my hand helped to convince him, and I might have used it, Mason, if 720 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:02,058 he hadn't given in. 721 00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:05,940 Given in? He handed me back the $10 ,000 and promised to get out of town for 722 00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:07,700 good. And then you left. 723 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:09,760 Had Boring been drinking? 724 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,040 In his cabin, there was a smell of whiskey. 725 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:14,680 He was alive when you left? 726 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:17,720 I asked you a question. 727 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,400 When you left that cabin, was Harrison Boring alive? 728 00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:24,060 Good heavens, Mason, haven't I done enough to Diane? 729 00:43:24,660 --> 00:43:26,620 What do you want me to do, send her to the gas chamber? 730 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,740 So it's possible, from this diagram, that someone could have visited cabin 731 00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:34,120 number 10 without your seeing. 732 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,900 No, sir, Mr. Mason, I'm sorry, but they just couldn't. What about other means of 733 00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:38,900 access to the cabin? 734 00:43:39,140 --> 00:43:40,480 There's a side window here, for instance. 735 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:41,800 If it please the court. 736 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:47,520 We've already proved that that window can't be opened, that there's no back 737 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:53,080 to cabin 10, that on that night it was impossible even to approach cabin 10 738 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,920 without being observed by Mr. Dillard here from across the way. 739 00:43:56,180 --> 00:43:59,520 Yes, I think we've been over that ground satisfactorily, Mr. Mason. Very well, 740 00:43:59,540 --> 00:44:00,540 Your Honor. 741 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:05,240 But one or two more questions to clarify the notes in your notebook. 742 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,980 Now, Miss Diane Adler at 8 .05. 743 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,640 Left cabin at 8 .21. 744 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,000 Now, that's written clearly enough. 745 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:15,080 But what's this number here? 746 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:19,100 Enter 747. Is that the one you mean? 747 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:20,600 Oh, it's a seven. 748 00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:24,560 Well, I was writing in the dark, Mr. Mason. But my watch does have a luminous 749 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:25,780 dial, so... Yes, of course. 750 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,240 And that's left at what time? 751 00:44:31,020 --> 00:44:32,880 802. You mean the man wearing the dark hat. 752 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,320 Oh, yes. 753 00:44:35,260 --> 00:44:36,780 The man in the dark hat. 754 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,140 You're... Quite sure there's no mistake about these times? 755 00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:45,720 Well, like I said, I may be a little clumsy, but at least I can read a watch. 756 00:44:46,460 --> 00:44:49,540 Your Honor, it's obvious that Mr. Mason can't read a watch. 757 00:44:49,780 --> 00:44:51,580 Certainly he's wasting the court's time. 758 00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:55,640 May it please the court, we're trying to confirm certain new evidence we've 759 00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,180 uncovered. Go on, Mr. Mason. 760 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:01,880 You'll be glad to know, Mr. Dillard, that the man in the hat also looked at 761 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:03,580 watch, and your figures agree. 762 00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,200 You mean you found him? 763 00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:09,540 We are further prepared to introduce testimony showing that when this man 764 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,400 the cabin, Harrison Boring was still alive. 765 00:45:12,460 --> 00:45:15,960 He will also state that there was no smell of liquor in the room, that the 766 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,420 whiskey bottle visible was sealed. 767 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,180 Who is it, Mr. Mason? Who? 768 00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:23,020 Why put him on the stand when it's you who committed murder? 769 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:26,160 Mr. 770 00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:31,000 Dillard, Paul Drake is a very good detective, but Boring still managed to 771 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,380 him. Is that what happened? Did Boring see you watching him? 772 00:45:34,780 --> 00:45:36,560 Doesn't it true I don't know what you're talking about? 773 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,520 Sixteen minutes you said Diane was in there. In very clear writing. 774 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,840 Why? Because you wrote those times after the fact? 775 00:45:44,140 --> 00:45:45,560 Doesn't it too, scumbag? 776 00:45:45,860 --> 00:45:49,300 Wrote them to cover up what you'd done? Wrote them in a notebook which you could 777 00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:50,720 have destroyed if you'd really wanted to? 778 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,220 I won't answer that. I won't tell. Would a frightened girl think of pouring 779 00:45:54,220 --> 00:45:56,000 whiskey on a man she just fought with? 780 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,240 Doesn't it true he was drinking it? 781 00:45:58,680 --> 00:45:59,680 No, he was. 782 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:01,040 What else was he doing? 783 00:46:15,660 --> 00:46:19,380 See, I didn't mean to do it. His head just struck this thing when I hit him, 784 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,640 see. All right, all right, he spotted me. 785 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,300 But by that time, I had enough on him. 786 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,660 See, he had this money, see. 787 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:31,220 But when that guy left, boring comes right over to my cabin. 788 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,060 He says, what gives? Well, naturally, I says, what gives right back? Let's have 789 00:46:35,060 --> 00:46:36,060 some of that money. 790 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,640 Well, he laughed at me. He said he didn't have it anymore. 791 00:46:40,340 --> 00:46:42,900 But I didn't want to rough him up, but... 792 00:46:46,290 --> 00:46:52,290 Well, you see, then I carried him back to his place, and I 793 00:46:52,290 --> 00:46:54,570 poured that whiskey on him, see? 794 00:46:57,570 --> 00:46:58,630 I'm sorry, Jim. 795 00:47:02,390 --> 00:47:03,390 I'm sorry. 796 00:47:08,310 --> 00:47:12,350 So the one thing wrong in Diller's notebook was the time he showed Diane as 797 00:47:12,350 --> 00:47:13,350 arriving at the cabin. 798 00:47:14,290 --> 00:47:15,290 Exactly. 799 00:47:16,690 --> 00:47:22,230 With nerves of steel, a person couldn't spend 16 minutes searching a dark room 800 00:47:22,230 --> 00:47:25,030 with even a drunken occupant present. 801 00:47:25,750 --> 00:47:31,450 But of course, when your wife decided to protect the family name and reputation 802 00:47:31,450 --> 00:47:35,570 by committing perjury, I fully understood. Oh, wait a minute. It was 803 00:47:35,570 --> 00:47:37,150 useless son of hers she was trying to protect. 804 00:47:38,010 --> 00:47:40,170 Oh, Mason, we all make so many mistakes. 805 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:43,500 Marvin has been snooping around for some time, I guess. 806 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,440 He was getting as close to nailing me as boring himself. 807 00:47:47,260 --> 00:47:48,760 And what's a mother to do? 808 00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,560 The wrong thing, maybe. I don't know. I'm sure no judge. 809 00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:57,320 The way I... I ruined poor Diane's life. 810 00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:01,000 Well, we're not hiding the truth anymore now. 811 00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:03,720 My wife is kicking Marvin out on his own. 812 00:48:04,460 --> 00:48:07,260 So you see, mistakes can be changed. 813 00:48:09,580 --> 00:48:10,580 Just like people. 814 00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:12,900 Wait a minute. 815 00:48:13,380 --> 00:48:14,720 How long has that thing been on? 816 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:28,320 Diane. 817 00:48:29,660 --> 00:48:32,180 Your father's taking us out for a steak dinner, Diane. 818 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,340 Might be willing to try a little cottage cheese.