1 00:01:17,778 --> 00:01:19,440 Thank you, doctor. Names, please? 2 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:22,276 - Horace Lehigh. - Dr. Nina Revelli. 3 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:24,145 Dr. Maseo Tachikawa. 4 00:01:24,318 --> 00:01:27,038 Thank you. Will each of you step in front of the fluoroscope, please? 5 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:29,019 Keep checking, please. 6 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:40,127 Everyone checked off but, uh, Lowell Rupert, Dr. Scranton. 7 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,030 He'll be along. 8 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:44,103 Oh, excuse me. 9 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:48,668 May I examine your earrings, Dr. Revelli? 10 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:51,368 Do you expect to find a transmitter? 11 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:52,979 A tape recorder? 12 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:56,246 I don't expect to find anything, doctor. 13 00:01:59,386 --> 00:02:02,117 - Ah, thank you very much. - Thank you. 14 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,520 I still don't approve of bringing in all this paraphernalia. 15 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:11,977 Security of the plant is supposed to be my responsibility. 16 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:14,465 No reflection on you at all, Lowell. 17 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:17,075 It's just that this meeting was so vital we wanted to bring in 18 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:19,433 the additional help of an independent agency. 19 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,404 Our missing member, Lowell Rupert. 20 00:02:21,575 --> 00:02:23,635 This is Mr. Drake of the Drake Detective Agency. 21 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,540 - How do you do? - I've heard of you. 22 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:27,510 Uh, excuse me. 23 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:32,010 Doctor, may I see your cigarette lighter, please? 24 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:44,024 Thank you, Dr. Tachikawa. 25 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:55,505 All right, everybody in the car. 26 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:15,286 Mr. Drake, are you certain the room will be secure? 27 00:03:15,796 --> 00:03:17,958 Dr. Scranton, I've reserved three rooms. 28 00:03:18,131 --> 00:03:19,491 My men just checked them to be sure 29 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,433 there are no listening devices in any of them. 30 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:22,931 Now, I won't make up my mind 31 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:25,103 which of the rooms we'll use till we're on our way. 32 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,741 You can be perfectly sure the room will be secure. 33 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,638 All right. 34 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:40,916 You all know the importance of the work 35 00:03:41,088 --> 00:03:44,217 in which we've been involved for the past year. 36 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:48,353 We've put more than a million dollars into research 37 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:51,828 on your various segments in this project. 38 00:03:52,099 --> 00:03:56,298 Now, this meeting represents the culmination of our efforts. 39 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:57,494 For the first time, 40 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:02,198 we're going to pool the data you individually prepared. 41 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:04,537 So if you've been inconvenienced, I'm sorry. 42 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:08,876 But I'm sure you understand we cannot risk a security leak. 43 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,850 If details of what we're about to discuss 44 00:04:12,018 --> 00:04:13,646 should ever get out of this room, 45 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:17,120 it could cost the company millions. 46 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:24,430 That is our process. 47 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:27,124 Every detail. Our ideas. 48 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:30,532 Our research breakthroughs, our production techniques. 49 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:32,730 They have stolen them all. 50 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:33,930 You're certain of that? 51 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,542 Mr. Mason, organized industrial espionage 52 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:37,734 is big business today. 53 00:04:37,911 --> 00:04:39,591 Now, as director of Personnel and Security, 54 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:41,305 I'm positive we have been taken. 55 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:45,577 From the very start of this project, we have taken every precaution. 56 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:47,687 All of our people worked separately. 57 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:50,915 None of them knew how their individual assignments dovetailed 58 00:04:51,258 --> 00:04:53,124 into the total desalinization process. 59 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,023 Until that day in the motel room. 60 00:04:55,195 --> 00:04:58,359 And that's why I asked you to recommend the best security agency, 61 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:01,593 so that that meeting could be absolutely secure. 62 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:03,566 Without consulting me, I might add. 63 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:05,365 We accepted your recommendations. 64 00:05:05,539 --> 00:05:07,770 We contracted with the Drake Detective Agency. 65 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:11,537 And our process was stolen right from under his nose. 66 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:13,202 But was it stolen? 67 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:15,641 You can take my word for that. 68 00:05:15,816 --> 00:05:18,581 And now, Mr. Mason, I want you to file suit immediately 69 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:21,517 against Coleridge Associates for $20 million. 70 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:23,948 And in the meantime, have them enjoined. 71 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:25,888 I can't do that, Dr. Scranton. 72 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:29,791 Mr. Mason, I can't believe that you're afraid of exposing 73 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:32,091 the inefficiency of the Drake Agency. 74 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:35,497 Not at all. Paul Drake is more than capable. 75 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,434 I'm satisfied that if he said that that room was secure, 76 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:39,766 it was secure. 77 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:42,535 But you have no proof, and without it, no case. 78 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:43,904 What about that? 79 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:45,841 There are too many precedents, 80 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:48,948 too many incidents where researchers working independently arrived 81 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:51,016 at the same goal almost simultaneously. 82 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,653 In this case, that's impossible. 83 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:55,152 You may be right, 84 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:57,154 but to go into court, we'd have to establish 85 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,293 how the intelligence was taken from that room. 86 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:01,053 Then we'd have to prove 87 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:03,129 it was made accessible to your competitor. 88 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:05,891 Dr. Scranton, given time, I can prove just that. 89 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:10,834 Mr. Mason, don't you feel a certain obligation to us at all? 90 00:06:11,004 --> 00:06:13,269 After all, if we hadn't taken your recommendations... 91 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,931 All right, Dr. Scranton. 92 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,634 I'll at least determine whether or not you have a case. 93 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:20,303 And I assume you'll use the Drake organization? 94 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,278 Perry, don't worry about my feelings. 95 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,812 If that information was stolen because I slipped up, 96 00:06:24,985 --> 00:06:28,820 I wanna know how so it can't happen again. 97 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:31,117 Paul, wouldn't it be almost impossible 98 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:33,760 to be absolutely sure a room was clean? 99 00:06:33,927 --> 00:06:36,158 Perry, I fluoroscoped everyone present. 100 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:38,369 I'm the only one who knew where we were going to be. 101 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,098 The room couldn't been bugged in advance. 102 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:43,829 If Dr. Scranton is right, and his process was stolen, 103 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:45,996 that would leave only one possibility. 104 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:47,697 The people in the room. 105 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:50,503 Unfortunately, you can't fluoroscope their minds. 106 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:53,670 Well, my job was to assure physical security on that one day, 107 00:06:53,847 --> 00:06:55,543 not to investigate the participants. 108 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:56,774 Who were the participants? 109 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:59,181 After you called this morning, I had a list drawn up, 110 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:02,618 along with some extracts from their personnel records. 111 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:07,658 Well, I suppose you noticed this? 112 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:10,089 Yeah, I did. Dr. Todd Meade, 113 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,129 formerly employed by Coleridge Associates, 114 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:14,379 the outfit Dr. Scranton claims stole his new process. 115 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:15,968 And more than that, 116 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:18,002 while he was working at the Coleridge plant, 117 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:19,651 Dr. Meade apparently had a thing going 118 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:21,035 with Rhonda Coleridge herself. 119 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:23,977 The lady tycoon who owns the company? 120 00:07:25,512 --> 00:07:27,913 If secrecy was so vital, 121 00:07:28,081 --> 00:07:31,677 why would Tryon Industries employ such an obvious security risk? 122 00:07:48,101 --> 00:07:51,469 - Hello, Todd. - Nina. 123 00:07:51,671 --> 00:07:54,641 Such a tragedy. I'm so sorry. 124 00:07:54,808 --> 00:07:58,939 Yup. All our work. 125 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:01,543 Months of it. 126 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:02,939 A year. 127 00:08:03,116 --> 00:08:04,744 No, not ours, yours. 128 00:08:04,918 --> 00:08:08,480 Without your work, our efforts would have gone to nothing. 129 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,129 Your studies were just as important. 130 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:14,284 No. Any researcher who knows what he's doing could do what I did. 131 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:17,625 - You... - Nina, it doesn't matter now anyhow. 132 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:20,490 Coleridge has it, the whole thing. 133 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:24,131 And we're holding the bag. 134 00:08:25,705 --> 00:08:28,800 Todd, let us have lunch together. 135 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:31,471 Uh... 136 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:34,842 No, I'm sorry, uh, Nina. I have to go out. 137 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,648 Then may I have a rain check? 138 00:08:38,051 --> 00:08:40,486 - Sure. - Tomorrow? 139 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,144 Tomorrow. 140 00:08:42,322 --> 00:08:43,813 Ciao. 141 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:05,741 Oh, Dr. Meade, just a moment, please. 142 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:10,416 Dr. Meade, this is Perry Mason. 143 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,518 He's representing the company in a possible suit 144 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:14,285 involving the theft of the Tryon process. 145 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:17,481 And you saw on my record that I'd been employed by Coleridge, 146 00:09:17,657 --> 00:09:19,057 which automatically makes me guilty. 147 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:20,650 Not at all. 148 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:23,319 No, in a case such as this, the first step 149 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:25,590 is to try to eliminate the probable. 150 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:29,031 Then we start to work to find a solution in the improbable. 151 00:09:29,202 --> 00:09:32,639 And in this instance, I'm obviously the probable. 152 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:35,040 Wouldn't you say so? 153 00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:39,445 Uh, I appreciate being given the benefit of the doubt, 154 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,706 and I promise I'll talk to you later. 155 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:44,214 But right now, there's something I... 156 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:47,377 Something very pressing. 157 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:49,614 You'll have to excuse me. 158 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:59,055 I don't care why you called me, whatever the reason. 159 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:01,861 It was such a pleasant surprise after all this time. 160 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:05,028 I told you on the phone the spot you've put me in. 161 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,840 Look, I don't know how you managed to get hold 162 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:09,339 of the Tryon process, 163 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:11,569 but they think they have the answer. 164 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:13,744 Well, they haven't actually accused you, have they? 165 00:10:13,913 --> 00:10:15,745 They don't have to. 166 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:20,044 Thank you. 167 00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:24,657 Rhonda, how did you get our process? 168 00:10:25,492 --> 00:10:28,092 What do you want? A teary-eyed confession that would give Scranton 169 00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:30,588 the evidence he'd like to have to win a $20 million lawsuit? 170 00:10:30,897 --> 00:10:32,195 Then you did steal it? 171 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:34,925 Steal is a nasty word, Todd. 172 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:36,569 I stole nothing. 173 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,562 I don't think Scranton would like to use that word either 174 00:10:39,739 --> 00:10:40,979 in certain of his transactions. 175 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:43,542 We're not talking about Scranton. We're talking about you. 176 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:46,441 Oh, Todd, do us both a favor, quit. 177 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:47,774 Come back to me, 178 00:10:48,848 --> 00:10:50,783 as director of research. 179 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:54,481 That's why I insisted that you come and meet me, 180 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,146 to tell you that the company wants you back. 181 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:58,985 They need you. 182 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:00,821 I need you. 183 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:09,298 Rhonda, it took me too long to get off your payroll. 184 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:13,906 Being with you away from the office, that was one thing. 185 00:11:14,073 --> 00:11:16,099 But the rest of the time, I couldn't take it. 186 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,005 But you only work eight hours. 187 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,274 That leaves 16 when I'm tolerable. 188 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:23,472 It's impossible. 189 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:26,279 If I were to go back with you, they'd be sure I stole the process. 190 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:28,751 What kind of a man are you anyway, Todd? 191 00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:30,535 Living in a private world of your own 192 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,852 where all the characters are good and kind and honest? 193 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:34,324 Well, I'm not. 194 00:11:34,494 --> 00:11:36,134 I'm living in a world where just to get by 195 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:38,128 you have to be rougher and tougher and smarter. 196 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,829 Okay, Rhonda. 197 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:46,762 Okay. 198 00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:56,576 You're tougher and rougher than I am. 199 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:58,709 Goodbye. 200 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,554 So you see, Mr. Mason, 201 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,787 there's a certain amount of musical chairs 202 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:12,091 being played among companies in our industry, 203 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:16,032 especially where really key people are concerned. 204 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,598 And because of the way scientific specialties 205 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:21,206 - come into demand from year to year. - That's right. 206 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,673 And because there are so few good people available, 207 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:25,709 the competition to hire them gets pretty stiff. 208 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:29,872 We've just met one of your scientists, Dr., um... 209 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,145 Dr. Todd Meade. 210 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,981 Yes, I talked him into coming with us. 211 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:37,350 It, uh, was quite a coup getting a man like that 212 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:38,889 away from Coleridge, believe me. 213 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:42,022 And there's no conflict of interest or mixed loyalties? 214 00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:44,687 If you knew Meade, you'd know how impossible that is. 215 00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:47,561 He, uh, has almost a fetish for integrity. 216 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:50,169 That's true. You know, I can't recall Todd 217 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:53,135 ever dropping a single word about his work at Coleridge. 218 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:55,241 And I'm sure it works both ways. 219 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:58,901 He wouldn't say a word to anyone over there about our work here. 220 00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:09,483 Do not tell me it was not you. I know it was. 221 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:12,125 Dr. Revelli, what's wrong? 222 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,860 Here is what is wrong. - May I? 223 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:19,488 I find it behind the screen in the ceiling of my laboratory. 224 00:13:19,666 --> 00:13:21,032 I've seen these before. 225 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:24,263 Miniature self-contained TV camera and transmitter. 226 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,071 Japanese manufacture. 227 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:28,367 He was in my laboratory yesterday. 228 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,442 He could not say what he was doing there. 229 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:34,206 Now I know why. He is looking over my shoulder. 230 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:38,010 I was just in your lab to borrow a few slides. 231 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:40,878 You don't have to make a federal case out of that, Nina. 232 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,285 To you it is not Nina. 233 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,118 It is Dr. Revelli. 234 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:50,054 Dr. Scranton, I will not tolerate such things. 235 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:52,095 I will go back to my home, to Milan, 236 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:53,756 where I can work in peace. 237 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,468 You're not suggesting that I knew anything about this, 238 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,229 or that I would authorize such a thing? 239 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:00,464 I will not be spied on. 240 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,075 If anyone attempts it again, ever, 241 00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:05,108 he will have much regret. 242 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,786 Milan. 243 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:19,651 Paul, you know where one of the two biggest markets 244 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:21,226 in industrial secrets operates? 245 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:22,726 Mm-hm, Italy. 246 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:25,626 - And the other one is... - Japan. 247 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:37,836 Thank you very much. 248 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:39,674 Please come again. 249 00:14:40,780 --> 00:14:42,612 Oh, Dr. Tachikawa. 250 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,784 Have you any word from them? 251 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,478 - On the property? - Yes. 252 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,055 It is available for 75,000. 253 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,125 Offer 70. 254 00:14:54,127 --> 00:14:58,030 Is, uh, everything arranged? 255 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,859 Everything. 256 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:31,092 So we meet again after all, Dr. Tachikawa. 257 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,288 I'm glad. 258 00:15:32,465 --> 00:15:36,061 This does not mean I accept the proposition. 259 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:38,704 Only that I will listen. 260 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:42,603 But you did come to this country specifically to work on the process. 261 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,573 And now that my company owns it, 262 00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:46,544 what's the point of you staying where you are? 263 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:47,977 It is true. 264 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:52,642 The process must be of immense, uh, benefit to my country. 265 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:56,085 And to the man who might get the rights to market it there. 266 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:08,724 Something more, honorable sir? 267 00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:11,302 No, nothing, thank you. 268 00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:25,475 You must realize, Miss Coleridge, 269 00:16:25,618 --> 00:16:27,712 my position is a delicate one. 270 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:43,233 Well, Passion Flower, what's with our friend, Tachikawa? 271 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:45,997 Every night, he flies with a different bird. 272 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:49,267 Well, I hate to give up pleasure for business, 273 00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:52,606 but I guess I gotta go check tonight's bird. 274 00:16:57,984 --> 00:16:59,976 You're full of surprises, Paul. 275 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,652 This case is taking on more cloak-and-dagger aspects 276 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:04,586 than a palace revolution. 277 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:06,248 Have you shown this to Dr. Scranton? 278 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:07,984 No, you're the first to see it. 279 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,062 And you might ask Dr. Scranton to explain this. 280 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:13,165 Horace Lehigh's employment record. 281 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,329 What about these references? 282 00:17:17,503 --> 00:17:20,023 Most of the companies had no record of his having been employed. 283 00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:23,165 A couple said he'd been with them a month or so and then left. 284 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:26,542 A man as cautious as Rupert, 285 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:30,615 you'd think he would have investigated these references before hiring Lehigh. 286 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:34,085 My dad always said that Mal Scranton was the world's worst scientist, 287 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:35,380 but best promoter. 288 00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:37,421 You must be getting old or you'd grab my deal. 289 00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:40,025 You're offering me a deal for my own process. 290 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:42,218 Let's not argue about whose process it is. 291 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,159 We'll divide the market, pool our resources. 292 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:46,424 There'll be plenty for both of us. 293 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:52,969 Why are you suddenly being so generous with me? 294 00:17:53,139 --> 00:17:57,235 It couldn't be that you've been unable to steal all the data you need 295 00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,847 and failing in your effort to recruit members of my research staff. 296 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:03,482 Malcolm, I've known you since you used to fight with my dad, 297 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:05,277 before there was a Tryon Industries. 298 00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:08,051 So don't make the mistake of playing the wronged innocent with me. 299 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:10,507 - Now you listen to me, Rhonda... - I came here to work out 300 00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:11,647 an arrangement with you. 301 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:14,794 But if you don't agree, if you're intent upon legal action, 302 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:17,521 you'd better be very sure of your ground. 303 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:19,893 Or I'll slap you with a countersuit that will ruin you. 304 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:24,326 Yes? 305 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:28,031 It's Lehigh, Dr. Scranton. I've found our thief. 306 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:31,644 You have? Excellent. Uh, are you coming up here? 307 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:33,939 I think we should talk here first. 308 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,877 There are a few things that you should see 309 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:39,041 before I turn this report over to the board of directors. 310 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:40,481 All right, now, you stay there. 311 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:42,533 I have a phone call to make. I'll be right down. 312 00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:46,584 Get me Perry Mason's office. 313 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:48,422 Oh. 314 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:51,787 You're through, Rhonda. 315 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:53,865 Before this night's over, my attorney and I 316 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:56,093 will have you and your company on the wrong end 317 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:59,238 of $20-million lawsuit. 318 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:04,669 I'll notify security you're on your way out. 319 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,277 - I... - Goodbye, Miss Coleridge. 320 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,019 Mr. Mason? 321 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:23,958 Yes, Dr. Scranton? 322 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,560 You mean the case is solved? 323 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:28,564 So instead of my going over to your office, 324 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,734 why don't you get over here as quickly as possible? 325 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:33,270 I'll meet you down at the lab. I'll leave word at the gate. 326 00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:34,964 Very well, we'll be right there. 327 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:37,440 Fine. Fine. 328 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:44,108 We're to meet Dr. Scranton in Todd Meade's laboratory. 329 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:47,720 He says someone there will tell us who stole the Tryon process. 330 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:48,911 Who is someone? 331 00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:51,114 Well, he wouldn't say over the phone. 332 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:54,886 These days, Dr. Scranton is very security conscious. 333 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,662 Mr. Drake and Mr. Mason to see Mr. Scranton. 334 00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:07,596 The lab's down this way, Mr. Mason. 335 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,640 - Guard. Guard. Call the police. - What is it, Mr. Mason? 336 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:03,320 The police know about your relationship with Rhonda Coleridge. 337 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:05,616 They know you were with her the day before the murder, 338 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,324 they know about the stolen process, 339 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,163 they know Lehigh called Dr. Scranton from your lab 340 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:11,895 and promised to reveal the thief. 341 00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:13,751 They know your prints are on the heavy pipe 342 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:15,670 used as the murder weapon. They also know... 343 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,834 You know, you sound just like that Lieutenant Drumm. 344 00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:20,569 You want a confession too? 345 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:27,781 I sweated out three hours in his office last night. 346 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,923 Heh, he spent 15 minutes advising me of my rights 347 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,059 and two hours and 45 minutes ignoring them. 348 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:35,261 I don't believe that. 349 00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:37,396 Steve is tough, but he's fair. 350 00:21:37,563 --> 00:21:38,724 And he's no fool. 351 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,498 He gave you a chance to call a lawyer. 352 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:44,762 When I went in there, I didn't think I needed one. 353 00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:48,634 And when I came out, I was... 354 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,167 I was charged with murder. 355 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,271 Mr. Mason, I... 356 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:57,913 I called you because... 357 00:21:58,651 --> 00:21:59,880 Well, to be frank, 358 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:02,715 because you're the only attorney I could think of by name. 359 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:08,145 I don't even know if I can afford you. 360 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,923 If I take your case, 361 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:14,123 it will be because I believe you're innocent. 362 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,602 With the position I'm in, 363 00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:20,501 expecting anyone to come up with an adequate defense 364 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:24,440 strikes me as an exercise in futility. 365 00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,579 Perhaps it is, doctor, 366 00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:28,771 if you did murder Horace Lehigh. 367 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:30,610 Did you? 368 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:34,310 No. No, I did not. 369 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,625 I left the library, 370 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:44,090 I placed a phone call to my folks, got no answer, 371 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:47,231 went to my lab, and I found him there dead. 372 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:48,662 That's it. 373 00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:50,826 Then that's our starting point, 374 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:53,234 toward finding a defense. 375 00:22:53,639 --> 00:22:56,006 Now, let's put that keen scientific brain to work 376 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:57,973 on your own personal equation. 377 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,167 What equation? 378 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:02,573 Well, we know the positive elements on the prosecution side. 379 00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:07,914 Now we have to solve the equation for the unknown elements on yours. 380 00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:09,111 For example? 381 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,286 Unknown number one: 382 00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:16,221 Who, in your experience, had reason to want Lehigh dead? 383 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,421 Mr. Mason, I don't know. 384 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:20,828 Actually, I hardly knew the man. 385 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,459 Then going on to unknown number two: 386 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:27,329 Lehigh was hit on the head then either fell 387 00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:29,975 or was pushed into the tank of water in your laboratory. 388 00:23:30,376 --> 00:23:32,038 Now, why your laboratory? 389 00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:33,474 What was he doing there? 390 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:36,710 Why should he call Dr. Scranton from your laboratory 391 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:38,242 and tell him he'd found the thief? 392 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:43,716 I've been going over and over the same question. 393 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:47,118 There's nothing in my lab, 394 00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:50,559 just my equipment, working files and references. 395 00:23:50,729 --> 00:23:52,755 No secrets. 396 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,358 And no answers. 397 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,360 There must be another element here. 398 00:23:57,903 --> 00:23:59,235 Something missing. 399 00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:01,632 Something we've overlooked. 400 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:03,738 Something we've failed to notice. 401 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:12,611 Good morning. 402 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,515 May I see Lieutenant...? 403 00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:23,191 Remember me, Mr. Mason? Dr. Revelli? 404 00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:25,490 Why, yes. The dining room at the plant. 405 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:29,362 It is terrible. It is absolutely terrible what they're doing to him. 406 00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:32,004 Todd is no assassin. The police, they... 407 00:24:32,171 --> 00:24:33,195 Hello, Perry. 408 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:34,652 Good morning, Steve. 409 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:41,971 Just a few questions, Perry, 410 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,878 for the record, about the discovery of the body. 411 00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:47,076 Well, up until that point I can help you, Steve, 412 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:49,412 but as of this morning, I became Todd Meade's attorney. 413 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:51,581 - Everything he told me is... - Confidential. 414 00:24:51,757 --> 00:24:52,781 Mm-hm. 415 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:55,951 Did your client tell you what Lehigh was doing for the company? 416 00:24:56,128 --> 00:24:57,596 No. 417 00:24:57,763 --> 00:25:00,824 Well, it might be a good idea if you'd ask him. 418 00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:07,703 It's getting so that I'm afraid to speak 419 00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:09,398 or make a move anywhere. 420 00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:11,066 My home, my office. 421 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,337 I even worry about talking in my sleep. 422 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,879 I swear, it's becoming a phobia. 423 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:18,147 Dr. Scranton, would you tell me 424 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:20,650 what Horace Lehigh was doing for your company? 425 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:25,655 Oh, well, I haven't revealed this to anyone except the police. 426 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:29,226 Horace Lehigh was not a regular employee. 427 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:31,996 As a matter of fact, that wasn't even his real name. 428 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:34,956 He was an industrial intelligence agent 429 00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:37,797 hired by the board of directors at the beginning of this project. 430 00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:39,962 A sort of, uh, counterspy. 431 00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:42,404 Well, that's a dramatic way of putting it. 432 00:25:42,808 --> 00:25:44,674 But I suppose that's what you could call him. 433 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,603 That would give us our motive, wouldn't it? 434 00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:50,710 If Lehigh had solved the case, 435 00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:54,445 found out who stole your new process, and the thief knew that, 436 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:57,249 then the only way to silence Lehigh was to kill him. 437 00:25:57,423 --> 00:25:59,858 When Lehigh called me the night of the murder, 438 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,493 just before I spoke to you, 439 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:04,687 he sounded urgent, excited. 440 00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:07,628 That was because he had discovered who the thief was. 441 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,599 But he was afraid to reveal the name over the telephone. 442 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:12,670 Did anyone else know of that phone call? 443 00:26:15,641 --> 00:26:17,007 Rhonda Coleridge. 444 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:22,006 Any number of people could have learned of that call. 445 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:26,118 Remember, privacy is one thing we can't take for granted. 446 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:31,919 Perry, I don't mind retracing my steps, 447 00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:33,457 conducting a search all over again, 448 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:37,118 but it would help to have some idea what you're searching for. 449 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:40,664 All right, officer, you can log them in. Mr. Mason, Mr. Drake. 450 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:42,233 Thanks, Steve, we'll be seeing you. 451 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:45,997 Perry, may I have an answer from you? 452 00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:48,900 That's what we're searching for, Steve, an answer. 453 00:26:56,415 --> 00:27:00,045 Steve, I wanna know why Lehigh asked Dr. Scranton 454 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,120 to meet him here in Todd Meade's laboratory. 455 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,188 Why not a dozen more convenient places? 456 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:07,436 - Dr. Scranton's office, for instance? - Oh, well, there's one obvious answer. 457 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:09,289 Your client stole the process. 458 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,555 Lehigh found proof of it here in the lab, 459 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,028 and that's why Meade killed him. 460 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:16,566 But of course that, uh, theory is too simple for you, huh? 461 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,272 Oh, I'm sorry. 462 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:25,307 We didn't mean to startle you. 463 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:27,173 Oh, that's all right. I was just... 464 00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:30,441 I wanted to get my records in order before Mr. Rupert checked them. 465 00:27:30,616 --> 00:27:32,278 Records? 466 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:34,346 I'm the librarian. 467 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,149 Three of our files were signed out to Dr. Meade. 468 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:39,188 They're overdue, and since he... 469 00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:41,452 Well, since he can't return them... 470 00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:43,960 Secret material? BESS: Oh, no. 471 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:46,689 Just copies of the original Tryon patents 472 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:49,232 that Dr. Meade was using for some basic data 473 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:50,892 on membrane structure. 474 00:27:51,737 --> 00:27:58,143 That is A-100 and A-102 were... 475 00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:00,741 Is something wrong? 476 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:02,882 Well, it's just... 477 00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:05,911 Those two don't seem to be here and they ought to be. 478 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:07,575 Why? 479 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,546 Mr. Rupert has a very strict rule. 480 00:28:10,722 --> 00:28:13,157 Any company data can't be taken anywhere else 481 00:28:13,325 --> 00:28:15,385 without first checking it back in. 482 00:28:15,561 --> 00:28:17,154 Not even to another office? 483 00:28:17,596 --> 00:28:19,087 No. 484 00:28:20,165 --> 00:28:22,828 I'll have to report this to Mr. Rupert right away. 485 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,776 Well, I think I'll have a talk with Mr. Rupert myself. 486 00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:34,675 - Thanks, Perry. - For what? 487 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:38,578 I don't know for sure, yet. 488 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:48,354 Paul, see if you can get another copy of those patent files from Rupert. 489 00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:49,859 You have an idea? 490 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:52,259 Well, only that they're supposed to be here 491 00:28:52,431 --> 00:28:54,366 and they're not here. 492 00:29:11,383 --> 00:29:14,251 Your Honor, the case before this court today differs 493 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:16,285 from the usual crime of violence 494 00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:19,482 in that this is actually an episode in a war, 495 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:22,856 the cold war of industrial espionage. 496 00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:25,793 The state intends to take cognizance of that fact. 497 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,455 - Any luck, Paul? - None. 498 00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:29,673 Even Rupert couldn't locate copies of those patents, 499 00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:31,601 not even in the original incorporation papers. 500 00:29:31,737 --> 00:29:32,864 Cloak and dagger... 501 00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:34,678 - Have you tried the patent office? - Yep. 502 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:37,166 And Rupert wired the patent office in Washington for copies. 503 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:39,073 The state will prove quite simply 504 00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:41,338 that the defendant, Dr. Todd Meade, 505 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:46,008 a scientist, was, in addition, a professional industrial spy. 506 00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:48,547 He was caught stealing research data 507 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,885 by the deceased, Horace Lehigh, who was a professional counterspy. 508 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:56,126 The state intends to prove that Dr. Meade killed 509 00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:58,764 to prevent the disclosure of his own theft 510 00:29:58,930 --> 00:30:03,026 and was caught virtually in the act by a whole group of witnesses 511 00:30:03,201 --> 00:30:05,830 including his own attorney, 512 00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:07,768 the counsel for the defense. 513 00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:10,238 I was in my laboratory 514 00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:14,176 just across the hall when I heard someone outside. 515 00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:17,748 I'd seen Mr. Rupert go down the hall earlier, 516 00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:19,282 and I wanted to talk to him. 517 00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,477 So I opened my door. 518 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,282 That was when I heard Dr. Scranton 519 00:30:24,456 --> 00:30:26,789 tell the guard to call for the police. 520 00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:30,461 Then you were present when the dead body and the defendant 521 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:32,359 were discovered in his laboratory. 522 00:30:32,531 --> 00:30:33,794 That is correct. 523 00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:36,958 Doctor, was Horace Lehigh a friend of yours? 524 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:40,105 I knew him as one knows a colleague. 525 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:42,298 Did you ever discuss your work with him? 526 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:48,511 It was against our rules to discuss our individual efforts, sir, 527 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,148 even with one another. 528 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:54,411 Well, were you aware that Horace Lehigh was a counterspy? 529 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,316 I did not know what work he did. 530 00:30:57,489 --> 00:31:01,153 Now, just a second, doctor, didn't you tell me earlier in my office 531 00:31:01,326 --> 00:31:03,659 that you suspected him of being unduly concerned 532 00:31:03,829 --> 00:31:06,321 with the work assignments of certain of your colleagues? 533 00:31:06,498 --> 00:31:08,467 You misunderstood me, sir. 534 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:11,569 I told you that one day in the dining room, 535 00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:15,401 Dr. Revelli had accused him of spying on her. 536 00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:18,339 "Looking over my shoulder," I believe she said. 537 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:21,207 Thank you, doctor. Your witness. 538 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:27,284 Dr. Tachikawa, I've been interested to learn that in your country, 539 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:30,581 industrial spying is a respectable profession. 540 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:34,582 That is, uh, regrettably true. 541 00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:37,856 Doctor, will you tell us about your rendezvous 542 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,861 with Miss Rhonda Coleridge in a private room 543 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:42,626 of the Sashimi Gardens two nights before the murder? 544 00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:44,531 I'll object to that, Your Honor. 545 00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:46,672 Even if any such meeting actually took place, 546 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:48,670 it's certainly irrelevant and immaterial. 547 00:31:48,974 --> 00:31:51,375 Your Honor, since the district attorney has maintained 548 00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:53,183 that the defendant's previous relationship 549 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,007 with Miss Coleridge is germane, 550 00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:58,844 it is also germane that someone else with equal opportunity for spying 551 00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:01,217 was enjoying a present relationship with Miss Coleridge. 552 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,383 Hmm, objection's overruled. 553 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:07,891 Yes, I did meet Miss Coleridge. 554 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,493 She offered me a position. 555 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:11,687 Now, in previous testimony, 556 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:14,783 you told the district attorney you spent the afternoon prior to the murder 557 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,129 away from the plant closing a real estate deal. 558 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:18,902 Would you mind telling us the amount paid 559 00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:21,301 for the parcel you purchased in Hollywood Hills? 560 00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:23,840 I do not remember the exact price. 561 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:27,807 Well, perhaps, uh, I can help you there. 562 00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:31,711 Wasn't it in excess of $70,000? 563 00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:33,852 There is something wrong? 564 00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:36,386 I'm not allowed to buy what I can pay for? 565 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,656 Of course you're allowed, doctor. 566 00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:40,588 But your employment record at Tryon shows 567 00:32:40,759 --> 00:32:44,491 that you receive a yearly salary of $22,500. 568 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:47,155 It would seem you've been extremely frugal if you're able to... 569 00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:50,734 I'm not dependent on my salary. 570 00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:55,200 I hold five extremely valuable patents, sir. 571 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:58,874 I left a much more lucrative position in Japan to come here. 572 00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:00,068 But why? 573 00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:02,544 The process for converting seawater 574 00:33:03,048 --> 00:33:07,042 is of tremendous significance to my country. 575 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:10,787 I came here at Dr. Scranton's invitation. 576 00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:15,223 It is important to me to be a part of the project. 577 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,927 I will not be accused. 578 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:22,027 Doctor, no one is accusing you. 579 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,925 No further questions. 580 00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:26,230 Were you alone in your office, Dr. Scranton, 581 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,396 when the phone call came from the decedent? 582 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:31,042 No, Rhonda Coleridge was with me. 583 00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:32,233 Rhonda Coleridge? 584 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:35,812 The former employer of the accused? - Yes, sir. 585 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:38,143 Did the decedent, Horace Lehigh, 586 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:40,751 tell you why, of all possible meeting places, 587 00:33:40,919 --> 00:33:43,821 - he chose Dr. Meade's laboratory? - No, sir. 588 00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:46,481 Regarding this phone call from the deceased, 589 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:50,254 is it correct that you told absolutely no one about it? 590 00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:53,327 No, except for Mr. Mason, the defense counsel. 591 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:55,057 I phoned him immediately and asked him 592 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:57,099 to meet me at Dr. Meade's laboratory. 593 00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:59,509 That's how Mr. Mason and Mr. Drake happened to be with me 594 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:00,798 when we discovered the body. 595 00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:03,237 And at that precise moment, where was the defendant? 596 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,804 He was standing by the tank. 597 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:08,571 And what was in that tank, doctor? 598 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:10,406 Mr. Lehigh's body. 599 00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:12,182 I have no more questions of this witness. 600 00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:13,409 Thank you, Dr. Scranton. 601 00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:14,883 No questions for now. 602 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,045 At this point in time, it seems obvious to me 603 00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:19,418 that we're not going to complete this hearing today. 604 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:21,253 Therefore, this court will stand adjourned 605 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:23,725 until 10:00 tomorrow morning. 606 00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:28,029 Todd, I'll talk to you later. 607 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:29,724 Paul. 608 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:35,906 Paul, beside Rhonda Coleridge, who knew about that phone call 609 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,834 and could have reached the lab before we did? 610 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:40,775 Perry, I've gone over Scranton's office inch by inch. 611 00:34:40,946 --> 00:34:43,814 There just couldn't possibly be a bug in there or on his phone. 612 00:34:43,982 --> 00:34:46,952 Besides, I've installed the most powerful anti-bug generator made, 613 00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:50,145 and he's had it turned on constantly. So how...? 614 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:53,319 That's it, Paul. How. 615 00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:56,623 - Hi. I thought you might... - Might need you? 616 00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:59,196 Well, there are letters to correct, a brief to get out. 617 00:34:59,364 --> 00:35:02,334 In fact, there's more for you to do than you can imagine. 618 00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:35,091 Your office is bugged. 619 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:48,504 Did you have any trouble getting Lehigh's car, Paul? 620 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:49,704 None whatever. 621 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:52,441 She let us have it as soon as I explained why we wanted it. 622 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,018 - Do you know where it is now? - Seventh Street garage. 623 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:57,186 We went over it from one end to the other. Nothing. 624 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:58,687 Yes, I know. 625 00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:00,792 Tell me something, will you, Perry? 626 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:02,951 If somebody planted a bug in your office 627 00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:05,256 and Paul found it, why leave it there? 628 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,210 Uh, Paul Drake. How's it coming? 629 00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:11,632 Good. Look, call Perry's office in exactly 25 minutes. 630 00:36:11,803 --> 00:36:15,137 And remember, nobody but nobody goes near that car 631 00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:17,332 till I give the word, okay? 632 00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:20,237 - We're all set. - Fine. 633 00:36:20,412 --> 00:36:22,452 Wait a minute. You didn't answer my question. 634 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:24,742 You found a hidden mike in your office, 635 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:26,384 and you leave it there. Why? 636 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,715 Oh, just a vague idea we might make use of it. 637 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:31,720 Here's your script, Paul. 638 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:33,688 There's yours, Della. 639 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:36,157 Remember, when we get back to the office, 640 00:36:36,594 --> 00:36:38,790 don't say one word that isn't written on those pages. 641 00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:41,893 "Phone rings, Della Answers." 642 00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:48,973 "Mr. Mason's office. Who? 643 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:53,134 Paul Drake? Yes, he's here. Just a moment, please." 644 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:55,639 Paul Drake. 645 00:36:56,281 --> 00:36:58,580 "You did? Where is it? 646 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,480 Uh, just a minute, I'll write that down. 647 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,945 They've located Lehigh's car. 648 00:37:03,121 --> 00:37:04,612 No, don't go in. None of you. 649 00:37:04,789 --> 00:37:06,280 I'll handle it personally." 650 00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:12,059 "That's a break." 651 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,499 "If a copy of Lehigh's report, 652 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:16,794 with the record of his investigation is in the car..." 653 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:20,099 "Well, we've searched his office, his files, his home. 654 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:22,033 We know from Scranton there was a report, 655 00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:24,938 - so, uh, where else could it be?" - "Where is the car?" 656 00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:27,635 "Seventh Street garage. Fourth level. 657 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:31,977 License number GD 0011. We better get going." 658 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:33,311 "I can't yet. 659 00:37:33,485 --> 00:37:36,819 Della, what time do we expect that call from New York City?" 660 00:37:37,322 --> 00:37:39,382 "Oh, uh, not for a half hour yet." 661 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:41,958 - "A half hour?" - "Oh, relax, Paul. 662 00:37:42,127 --> 00:37:44,824 No one knows about the car but us." 663 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:05,279 You're accusing me of stealing. 664 00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,450 You'll answer for these allegations in civil court. 665 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:11,351 Sit still, Miss Coleridge. I'm not through with you. 666 00:38:11,523 --> 00:38:15,392 I'm gonna ask the question again. I'd like an answer. 667 00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:18,720 Did you discover the desalinization process in your own laboratories, 668 00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:21,298 or did you purchase the process from another party? 669 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,833 Your Honor, Mr. Mason is attacking this witness. 670 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:27,063 He's proceeding without any possible proper foundation. 671 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,298 Your Honor, the district attorney opened the door 672 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:31,136 in previous examination. 673 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:32,504 As for attacking the witness, 674 00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:35,545 I'm only attacking the kind of thinking she represents. 675 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:38,578 For it is this thinking that is at the root of this tragedy. 676 00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,330 If it weren't for the philosophy 677 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:43,353 that honesty, ideals and integrity do not matter, 678 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:45,883 there would be no market for stolen secrets. 679 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,856 This court will not tolerate these personal exchanges. 680 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:51,758 Mr. Mason, you will confine yourself to proper questioning 681 00:38:51,930 --> 00:38:55,230 without commentary on the witness's ethics. 682 00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:57,264 Mr. Burger, your objection is overruled. 683 00:38:57,435 --> 00:38:59,802 Miss Coleridge, you will respond to the question. 684 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:02,065 Yes, I purchased the process. 685 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,642 It was offered to me by an independent research organization and I bought it. 686 00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:07,142 And I violated no law. 687 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,510 Do you know where that independent research organization 688 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:11,877 obtained the information? 689 00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:13,575 I didn't check the pedigree. 690 00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:26,723 Miss Coleridge, you recognize this? 691 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:28,124 I'm afraid I don't. 692 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,161 It's called a thumbnail, 693 00:39:31,336 --> 00:39:34,238 a tiny self-contained mike and an FM transmitter. 694 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,270 In common parlance, a bug. 695 00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:39,004 Do you recognize this? 696 00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:40,943 A tie-clasp microphone. 697 00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:45,807 This? A spike microphone. 698 00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:50,313 You have never seen any of these tools of the industrial spy? 699 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:51,512 No. 700 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:54,523 Miss Coleridge, you apparently do not know 701 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:57,252 how the industrial spy steals his secrets. 702 00:39:57,595 --> 00:40:00,429 Can you tell us from your own experience how he markets them? 703 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:02,829 - Objection. MASON: I'll withdraw the question. 704 00:40:03,301 --> 00:40:07,466 Miss Coleridge, what was the purpose of your meeting with Dr. Tachikawa? 705 00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:08,868 I offered him a position. 706 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,202 Working on the process you now own which is, 707 00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:13,277 shall we say, similar to the Tryon process? 708 00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:14,468 Yes. 709 00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:17,707 Did you attempt to recruit any other members of the Tryon research team? 710 00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:20,852 Mr. Mason, you're being very naive about this. 711 00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:24,114 Anyone in our business will tell you every company tries to do just that. 712 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:26,424 Did you attempt to recruit 713 00:40:26,591 --> 00:40:28,492 any other Tryon personnel? 714 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,494 Yes. Todd Meade, the defendant. 715 00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:33,996 - Anyone else? - Dr. Revelli. 716 00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:35,633 How about Horace Lehigh? 717 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,996 He's the only member of the team you haven't mentioned. 718 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:40,695 No, I didn't talk to him. - Why not? 719 00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:42,704 Because I'd never heard of him before. 720 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:45,155 There was no reason to think he could make a contribution. 721 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,745 Miss Coleridge, did you see Horace Lehigh 722 00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:49,072 on the night he was murdered? 723 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:52,547 No, not then or any other time. 724 00:40:53,918 --> 00:40:55,784 No further questions. 725 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,185 The witness may stand down. 726 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:08,961 Your Honor, as has been established in previous testimony, 727 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:12,695 someone stole the secret process developed by Tryon Industries 728 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,862 and was later unmasked by Horace Lehigh, 729 00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:16,735 an undercover counterspy. 730 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:19,742 But how could the thief have known Lehigh had discovered him? 731 00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:22,111 The person who planted the listening device in my office 732 00:41:22,246 --> 00:41:24,406 was the only one who could have known of the phone call 733 00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:25,881 to me from Dr. Scranton. 734 00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:28,451 The only one who could have hurried to Dr. Meade's laboratory 735 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:30,747 ahead of us to silence Horace Lehigh. 736 00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:33,491 Your Honor, I'd like your permission 737 00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:35,923 to have the light dimmed so we can project some film. 738 00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:37,392 Any objection, Mr. Burger? 739 00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:41,930 Your Honor, I realize that Mr. Mason has gone to infinite pains 740 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:45,764 to present this little dramatic interlude for us. 741 00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:48,873 Although I doubt that it serves any useful purpose, 742 00:41:49,207 --> 00:41:52,177 I would hate to deprive defense counsel of an opportunity 743 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,608 to get a headline in this evening's papers. 744 00:41:54,779 --> 00:41:56,111 I have no objection, Your Honor. 745 00:41:56,547 --> 00:42:00,541 The district attorney's generosity is exceeded only by his wit. 746 00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:03,984 I assure the court this will prove of value. 747 00:42:04,155 --> 00:42:06,021 We turned that listening device in my office 748 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,649 against the person who planted it, and the results are on that film. 749 00:42:09,961 --> 00:42:11,452 Bailiff, will you draw the blinds? 750 00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:20,938 When the bug was discovered in my office, 751 00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:23,131 we concealed the fact that it had been found. 752 00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:25,674 Then we planted information on which the party 753 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,505 who had planted the bug might act. 754 00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,670 We announced the whereabouts of the decedent's car 755 00:42:29,847 --> 00:42:32,146 to our unknown listener, 756 00:42:32,316 --> 00:42:36,253 implying that there might be incriminating evidence in that car. 757 00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:39,823 Mr. Drake had previously arranged it so that anyone entering the car 758 00:42:39,991 --> 00:42:42,153 would take his own picture by infrared light. 759 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:43,753 And you were successful? 760 00:42:43,928 --> 00:42:45,362 Yes, Your Honor. 761 00:43:13,458 --> 00:43:16,394 It was I who took the information. 762 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:20,226 I sold it through friends at home in Italy 763 00:43:20,398 --> 00:43:22,196 so it could never be traced to me. 764 00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:23,664 The sale was legal there. 765 00:43:23,835 --> 00:43:26,566 My country does not issue patents on manufacturing processes. 766 00:43:27,238 --> 00:43:29,036 And how much did you receive in payment? 767 00:43:29,307 --> 00:43:32,573 The Italian organization paid me $50,000. 768 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:35,577 And you arranged to have the bug planted in my office? 769 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,849 I never dreamed an American company 770 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:39,244 would buy the information. 771 00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:41,818 When the inquiry began, 772 00:43:42,186 --> 00:43:44,678 I was afraid to stay, afraid to leave. 773 00:43:44,856 --> 00:43:47,348 I had to know what progress you were making. 774 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:50,421 How did you get the information out of that motel room? 775 00:43:51,062 --> 00:43:53,827 Mr. Drake made absolutely sure that the room was debugged 776 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:56,433 and the participants had no monitoring devices. 777 00:43:56,601 --> 00:44:01,062 All except Dr. Scranton himself. 778 00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:04,332 He did not undergo the fluoroscopic examination. 779 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:06,406 So I... 780 00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:10,014 I managed to place a tiny thumbnail microphone 781 00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:11,513 in the cuff of his trousers. 782 00:44:11,682 --> 00:44:15,949 Dr. Revelli, since you were party to all that went on in my office, 783 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:17,952 is it not true that you heard the conversation 784 00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:19,454 in which Dr. Scranton advised me 785 00:44:19,624 --> 00:44:22,025 that Lehigh had learned the identity of the thief? 786 00:44:22,193 --> 00:44:23,821 That he would disclose that information 787 00:44:23,995 --> 00:44:25,293 in the defendant's laboratory? 788 00:44:25,463 --> 00:44:26,487 Your Honor, 789 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,429 the witness is a comparative stranger in our country. 790 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,536 She's unfamiliar with our laws. I think she's entitled to know 791 00:44:32,703 --> 00:44:34,797 the possible consequences of her answer. 792 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:37,965 Mr. Mason is trying to get her to admit to a murder. 793 00:44:38,142 --> 00:44:39,735 No! 794 00:44:40,044 --> 00:44:41,945 That I took the process, I confess. 795 00:44:42,113 --> 00:44:44,878 And I did know of the telephone call. 796 00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,985 But when I go quick to the laboratory, 797 00:44:48,152 --> 00:44:49,643 he is already dead. 798 00:44:51,389 --> 00:44:54,882 Mr. Mason, I believe that, uh, Mr. Burger's comments are justified. 799 00:44:55,059 --> 00:44:58,496 Your Honor, the district attorney is mistaken. 800 00:44:58,663 --> 00:45:01,132 I have no intention of accusing the witness of murder. 801 00:45:01,632 --> 00:45:03,897 If Dr. Revelli had killed Lehigh 802 00:45:04,068 --> 00:45:06,128 and obtained the written report he was carrying, 803 00:45:06,671 --> 00:45:09,835 she would no longer have been concerned about being exposed. 804 00:45:10,107 --> 00:45:11,871 That's true. 805 00:45:12,143 --> 00:45:14,669 But when I heard over the microphone in your office 806 00:45:14,845 --> 00:45:16,746 that his car had been discovered, 807 00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:19,679 I had to find out whether the report was in it. 808 00:45:19,850 --> 00:45:21,341 But it wasn't. 809 00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:24,182 Because someone else had gotten to Lehigh first 810 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:27,118 and killed him, and then taken that report. 811 00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:29,485 But for an entirely different reason. 812 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:31,458 Who else had a reason, Mr. Mason? 813 00:45:31,629 --> 00:45:34,690 The witness has already admitted that she stole the process. 814 00:45:35,933 --> 00:45:39,461 Your Honor, may I recall Mr. Lowell Rupert? 815 00:45:39,637 --> 00:45:42,106 Mr. Rupert, will you return to the stand, please? 816 00:45:51,382 --> 00:45:54,216 - Any later word from Washington? - Nothing. 817 00:45:54,385 --> 00:45:57,878 Perry, I'm convinced there is no record of any such patents. 818 00:45:58,222 --> 00:46:00,054 Yes, Paul, I'm convinced too. 819 00:46:00,224 --> 00:46:02,716 Mr. Rupert, may I remind you that you're still under oath. 820 00:46:03,494 --> 00:46:06,123 Mr. Rupert, these missing files, 821 00:46:06,297 --> 00:46:09,597 A-100 and A-102 that were checked out to Dr. Meade, 822 00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,759 they were of great importance to you? 823 00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:13,029 No, not actually. 824 00:46:13,304 --> 00:46:15,504 Then why did you make such a point of getting them back? 825 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,541 Why was your librarian so worried? 826 00:46:17,708 --> 00:46:21,236 No special point, Mr. Mason. Just normal security procedure. 827 00:46:21,412 --> 00:46:23,745 Mr. Rupert, what was in those files? 828 00:46:23,914 --> 00:46:25,906 Well, outlines of the basic processes 829 00:46:26,083 --> 00:46:27,984 and patents on which the company was founded. 830 00:46:28,152 --> 00:46:29,848 And yet the patent office in Washington 831 00:46:30,021 --> 00:46:31,853 has no record of any such processes. 832 00:46:32,356 --> 00:46:34,518 Apparently, they were never registered. 833 00:46:34,692 --> 00:46:37,662 - Why, Mr. Rupert? - I don't know. 834 00:46:38,195 --> 00:46:39,823 Only Dr. Scranton can tell you. 835 00:46:41,899 --> 00:46:44,994 Mr. Mason, I don't recall the contents of those files, 836 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:47,450 but perhaps our librarian could give you that information. 837 00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:50,506 Dr. Scranton, did you find the decedent 838 00:46:50,675 --> 00:46:52,268 a capable man at his job? 839 00:46:52,443 --> 00:46:53,570 Thorough, dependable? 840 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:55,212 Oh, yes. He was quite competent. 841 00:46:55,379 --> 00:46:58,144 So thorough, so competent, that you did not object 842 00:46:58,316 --> 00:47:01,252 when he placed that television camera in Dr. Revelli's laboratory? 843 00:47:01,419 --> 00:47:04,218 Well, I told him to spare no one. 844 00:47:04,388 --> 00:47:06,220 He was concerned about Dr. Revelli. 845 00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,757 And he had a free hand to do just as he pleased. 846 00:47:08,926 --> 00:47:11,452 Did he investigate the defendant just as thoroughly? 847 00:47:11,629 --> 00:47:13,120 Well, I assume he did. 848 00:47:13,297 --> 00:47:15,425 Did he ever report any suspicions to you 849 00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:17,693 in regard to the defendant? - No. 850 00:47:17,868 --> 00:47:21,134 Did he run a check on Lowell Rupert? 851 00:47:21,305 --> 00:47:23,604 I suppose so, but I couldn't be sure of that. 852 00:47:23,974 --> 00:47:25,909 Well, let me put it this way. 853 00:47:26,077 --> 00:47:28,740 Did you see in the report the decedent prepared 854 00:47:28,913 --> 00:47:31,033 for the company board of directors any information...? 855 00:47:31,148 --> 00:47:34,380 But, Mr. Mason, I never did see the report. 856 00:47:34,552 --> 00:47:37,420 Mr. Lehigh told me he had it with him when he called me. 857 00:47:37,588 --> 00:47:39,386 But as you know, it was never found. 858 00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:43,259 Do I understand that you did not have a day-to-day knowledge 859 00:47:43,427 --> 00:47:45,555 of the information accumulated for that report? 860 00:47:45,730 --> 00:47:47,028 That's right. 861 00:47:47,198 --> 00:47:49,292 Then it must have been quite a surprise to you 862 00:47:49,467 --> 00:47:51,129 when you talked to Lehigh about it. 863 00:47:51,302 --> 00:47:54,067 But I never talked to Lehigh about it, Mr. Mason. 864 00:47:54,238 --> 00:47:56,469 He was dead when we arrived at the laboratory. 865 00:47:56,807 --> 00:47:59,402 I mean, the first time you went to the lab, doctor. 866 00:47:59,577 --> 00:48:01,478 Before Mr. Drake and I arrived. 867 00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:02,840 But I didn't. 868 00:48:03,013 --> 00:48:04,572 I think you did, Dr. Scranton. 869 00:48:05,116 --> 00:48:08,314 I think you found out how thorough Lehigh had been. 870 00:48:08,486 --> 00:48:11,251 I think you found out that your counterspy had even investigated you. 871 00:48:11,422 --> 00:48:13,703 Mr. Mason, we know who the spy is. What are you trying...? 872 00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:15,759 I think the decedent showed you what he'd found 873 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:18,122 in files A-100 and A-102. 874 00:48:18,295 --> 00:48:20,655 And I think he was ready to report to the board of directors 875 00:48:20,798 --> 00:48:23,859 that the very patents you had used to raise financing for Tryon 876 00:48:24,034 --> 00:48:26,162 were not yours to pledge. 877 00:48:26,737 --> 00:48:29,605 No, they weren't. 878 00:48:29,974 --> 00:48:32,170 But Tryon was mine. 879 00:48:32,676 --> 00:48:35,805 I built it from scratch. He had no reason to tear it down. 880 00:48:35,980 --> 00:48:37,312 I didn't ask much of him. 881 00:48:37,481 --> 00:48:39,211 No, not much. 882 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:42,512 Only that he compromised his integrity as you'd compromised yours 883 00:48:42,686 --> 00:48:46,418 when you founded your company on an out-and-out fraud. 884 00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,222 He didn't understand. 885 00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:55,829 He wouldn't listen. He was rigid. 886 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,731 Everything was black and white. 887 00:48:59,303 --> 00:49:02,205 And when he refused the money I offered him, 888 00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:04,741 I picked up the pipe to threaten him. 889 00:49:04,909 --> 00:49:06,844 I didn't intend... 890 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,377 I hit him. I hit him. 891 00:49:12,550 --> 00:49:15,816 I did, I did, I hit him. I hit him. 892 00:49:25,729 --> 00:49:28,130 This is delicious. What is it, Dr. Tachikawa? 893 00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:29,426 Della, please. 894 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,536 That is one thing an Occidental never asks in an Oriental restaurant. 895 00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:36,504 Right. It's considered a flagrant invasion of privacy. 896 00:49:36,674 --> 00:49:39,701 - Don't listen to them, Miss Street. - You know, this is the first time 897 00:49:39,877 --> 00:49:42,813 in weeks I've been able to joke about invasion of privacy. 898 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:45,211 Well, I'm afraid it's nothing to joke about. 899 00:49:45,382 --> 00:49:47,078 Consider what it would ultimately mean. 900 00:49:47,251 --> 00:49:51,586 No privacy in police investigation, no privacy in the judge's chambers, 901 00:49:51,755 --> 00:49:53,280 not even in the jury room. 902 00:49:53,457 --> 00:49:55,619 Well, we're coming up with some pretty good weapons. 903 00:49:55,793 --> 00:49:58,456 High-powered anti-bug generators, sensitive detectors, 904 00:49:58,629 --> 00:50:00,029 telephone scramblers. 905 00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:02,029 Not so, Mr. Drake. 906 00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:05,101 The science will always be one step ahead. 907 00:50:05,736 --> 00:50:07,034 There must be some way. 908 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,437 There is, Della. 909 00:50:09,807 --> 00:50:11,503 One sure way. 910 00:50:11,675 --> 00:50:13,769 But it's pretty far out. 911 00:50:14,011 --> 00:50:17,573 Just plain, old-fashioned personal integrity. 912 00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:21,746 You're right, Mr. Mason. That is pretty far out. 913 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:27,754 Well, maybe it would be easier if we all lived in, um, cocoons. 914 00:50:28,492 --> 00:50:31,792 Della, there's one thing you will always find inside a cocoon. 915 00:50:31,962 --> 00:50:32,986 A bug.