1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:05,903 - She deliberately disappeared? - She simply vanished. 2 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:09,339 Trapped with 30-year-old ghosts. It's creepy. 3 00:00:09,442 --> 00:00:12,468 Oh, my God. Dennis, start rolling. 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:16,045 - Who invited them? - Listen, buster. 5 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:18,515 Get that thing out of my face or it's gonna end up in pieces. 6 00:00:18,618 --> 00:00:22,247 If I couldn't find her 30 years ago, you're not gonna find her now. 7 00:01:42,735 --> 00:01:45,670 I'm very partial to drunk stories. I don't know whether you are or not. 8 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,673 I happen to love them. The sillier they are, the better I like them. 9 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:52,074 I heard a very cute story recently, and I'd like to tell it to you if I may. 10 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:55,079 It's the story of two drunks walkin'on a railroad track. 11 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:59,641 Two drunks walkin'on a railroad track. One turns to the other and he says... 12 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:01,720 "Hey, Fred... 13 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:06,721 this is the longest flight of stairs I ever climbed. " 14 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:13,294 And the other one says, "It's not the steps I mind. It's these low banisters. " 15 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,719 - All right. - Whoo! What a set of pipes. 16 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:15,350 You should have heard her sing "Where Or When. " 17 00:03:15,461 --> 00:03:18,328 - Really? - Mildred, you're familiar with this. 18 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:20,899 With Billie Young? You bet. 19 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,298 Back before she did Showtime Cavalcade... 20 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:26,497 Herbert used to take me to the Club Oasis, and we'd hear her sing. 21 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:28,574 "Where Or When" was our song. 22 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:32,008 Wait a minute. I thought your husband's name was Walter. 23 00:03:32,111 --> 00:03:34,978 It was. You think that schlub would take me dancing? 24 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:37,049 Ha, ha, ha. No. 25 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:40,085 This was before Walter. 26 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:42,780 Why didn't you marry Herbert? 27 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:45,858 - He was a little light in the loafers. - Ah, yes. 28 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:48,723 Well, the woman was certainly talented. What happened to her? 29 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:50,796 - Good question. - We'd like you to find her. 30 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,865 - Oh. - Why? 31 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:55,594 You haven't been following our promotional campaign. 32 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:58,432 Kyle and I are hosting TV Reunion Week. 33 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,631 L.A. Spotlight is gathering the casts from... 34 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:03,231 some classic '50s TV shows like Showtime Cavalcade. 35 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:05,971 And you can't locate Billie Young. 36 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:10,209 Mr. Steele, you certainly cut right to the heart of the matter. 37 00:04:10,316 --> 00:04:12,375 - Well, Miss Thomas, um- - Windsor. 38 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,817 Windsor-That's all part of the investigative game. 39 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:18,584 You know, to, uh, penetrate. To probe. 40 00:04:18,691 --> 00:04:22,058 - So you'll find her? - Oh, yes. It's just a matter of hours. 41 00:04:22,161 --> 00:04:26,621 - Super.! How? - Yes, Remington, how? I'm fascinated. 42 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:29,566 Ah, yes. How? How- How, indeed. Um- 43 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:33,733 - Skip trace. - Precisely. 44 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:35,831 - What's that? - Uh, Miss Holt... 45 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:39,105 why don't you explain the intricacies of skip trace to Windsor, eh? 46 00:04:39,212 --> 00:04:41,578 Well, I am impressed. 47 00:04:41,681 --> 00:04:43,649 Not many men are willing to admit... 48 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,718 that a woman with looks can have brains too. 49 00:04:45,818 --> 00:04:49,083 Miss Holt, you are lucky to have a boss like him. 50 00:04:49,188 --> 00:04:53,750 - Isn't she, huh? - Yes. A regular Phil Donahue. 51 00:04:56,329 --> 00:05:00,425 Skip trace is a systematic method we use for finding people. 52 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:04,993 - One begins with the most obvious sources. - Such as? 53 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:07,196 Phone listings. 54 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:09,275 Mildred? 55 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:13,175 - Bubkes. Service disconnected in 1956. - D.M. V.? 56 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,009 - License expired in 1956. - Oh. 57 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:18,276 - Screen Actors Guild? - Membership dropped, '56. 58 00:05:18,384 --> 00:05:20,352 Legal records? 59 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:23,388 - No marriage. No name change. - No death certificate. 60 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:27,619 It's as if the woman disappeared from the face of the earth 30 years ago. 61 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:29,285 Uh-oh. 62 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:31,295 - What? - Company. 63 00:05:31,397 --> 00:05:33,297 - Oh. - Great. 64 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:38,234 Mr. Steele, I'll let you explain to Barbara Walters out there just how far we've gotten, hmm? 65 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,863 - Now, Laura, this is your agency. - Go. 66 00:05:40,973 --> 00:05:43,771 What? Oh, boy. 67 00:05:43,876 --> 00:05:48,279 Hi. How are you doing, Kyle? Hello again, Windsor. 68 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:51,612 Sorry we're late. Our remote segment ran a little longer than we planned. 69 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:56,018 - Nude skydiving. Tough to cover. - I'll bet. 70 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:58,215 So, where do we find Billie Young? 71 00:05:59,325 --> 00:06:01,520 - Actually- - Uh, well, Windsor... 72 00:06:01,627 --> 00:06:03,925 this, uh, trace skip, um- 73 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:06,294 - Skip trace. - Thank you. 74 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:08,390 Has taken a little longer than expected. 75 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:11,664 You see, I've allowed Miss Holt to lead this investigation... 76 00:06:11,771 --> 00:06:15,104 as part of her ongoing apprenticeship. 77 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,267 - You are a marvel. - Oh. 78 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,208 A real prize. 79 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:21,212 It's been- 80 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,874 It's been a struggle to stop from hurrying things along myself... 81 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:26,144 but, uh, how else is she gonna learn, hmm? 82 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:28,743 Well, Miss Holt, have you found out anything yet? 83 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,153 The trail goes ice cold... 84 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:35,318 immediately after Billie's last television appearance in 1956. 85 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:37,862 She seems to have covered her tracks. 86 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:41,695 Covered her tracks? You mean she deliberately disappeared? 87 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:43,769 It's possible. 88 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:46,964 Our preliminary check shows she simply vanished. 89 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:52,711 It's terrific. 90 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:54,837 - It's great! - It is? 91 00:06:54,947 --> 00:06:59,008 Tonight on L.A. Spotlight. Beauty, talent- She had it all. 92 00:06:59,118 --> 00:07:01,086 What happened to Billie Young? 93 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:03,246 Sex and drugs. 94 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:05,654 Another of Hollywood's unsolved mysteries. 95 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:08,283 Why, it'll be bigger than the reunion itself. 96 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:11,124 Mr. Steele, may we follow your investigation... 97 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:14,597 watch a- a crack detective grapple with a 30-year-old puzzle? 98 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:18,329 Oh, yes. I suppose that would be a thrill for the viewers... 99 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,669 to take them inside the deductive process, to observe how- 100 00:07:21,774 --> 00:07:25,210 Mr. Steele, I don't mean to be a wet blanket... 101 00:07:25,311 --> 00:07:27,643 but what if we can't find Billie Young? 102 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:30,443 Well, it's still a great story. Maybe even better. 103 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:33,986 - Like the Loch Ness Monster. - Well put, Kyle. 104 00:07:34,086 --> 00:07:36,577 And it's still great publicity for all of us. 105 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:39,283 Start rolling, Dennis. I want to get this on the show tonight. 106 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:42,657 - Mr. Steele- - I'm just gonna get my jacket. I won't be a minute. 107 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,162 Wait a minute. Dennis, focus on Laura. 108 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,292 - Me? - Why, sure. 109 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:50,665 You're in charge on this one, right? 110 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:54,672 Female detective leads search for actress. There's our angle. 111 00:07:54,774 --> 00:07:57,868 Windsor, I really don't, uh- 112 00:07:57,977 --> 00:08:00,673 - How does she look, Dennis? - Camera loves her. 113 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:03,442 Windsor, I don't, uh, think we should do this. 114 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:06,518 You see, Mr. Steele and I- 115 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:08,644 What do you mean the camera loves me? 116 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:10,722 You don't have a bad angle. 117 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:13,849 Right. But next time, don't wear white or narrow stripes. 118 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,054 - Looks bad on camera. - Dennis. 119 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:23,260 This is L.A. Spotlight talking with Laura Holt... 120 00:08:23,369 --> 00:08:25,735 detective partner of Remington Steele. 121 00:08:25,838 --> 00:08:28,534 Laura, what do you plan to do... 122 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:32,372 to solve the 30-year-old mystery of Billie Young? 123 00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:34,810 I plan to solve it quickly, I hope. 124 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:37,075 No, seriously, Windsor... 125 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:39,947 there aren't any shortcuts in this kind of work. 126 00:08:40,052 --> 00:08:43,453 We have to use, uh, good old reliable shoe leather. 127 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:46,753 I'll bet you do. Tough job for a tough woman. 128 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:48,986 Tell us, what's your next move? 129 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:52,360 We'll question anyone who knew Billie Young- 130 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:56,196 old friends, contacts, acquaintances, people she worked with. 131 00:08:56,302 --> 00:09:00,932 If Billie Young is out there, Remington Steele Investigations will find her. 132 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,008 We're counting on it, Laura. 133 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:06,943 If anyone watching has information regarding the whereabouts of Billie Young... 134 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:11,380 please contact L.A. Spotlight at 555-4321. 135 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:14,009 That's all for tonight's L.A. Spotlight. 136 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,588 Join Windsor and I tomorrow, when we check out... 137 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:19,180 the latest fitness craze to sweep the Southland. 138 00:09:19,358 --> 00:09:21,986 Thank you for calling us, Ms. Vance. 139 00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:27,191 She was such a lovely girl. Don't you think so? 140 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:29,268 Now, that's an unusual inscription. 141 00:09:29,368 --> 00:09:33,361 - You and Billie weren't sisters, were you? - Oh, that's our song. 142 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:35,497 Our signature on the show. 143 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:38,873 Oh, the audience loved it. 144 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,620 Patsy. 145 00:09:57,763 --> 00:10:00,163 Ah, bravo, well done. 146 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,326 Uh, Patsy, on the telephone, you told us where we could find Billie. 147 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:05,336 I didn't say that. 148 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:07,497 I said I knew Billie very well. 149 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:11,270 Oh. 150 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:14,005 Patsy, do you know where Billie is? 151 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,344 No. 152 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:21,682 Mr. Steele, I don't think we need to waste any more of Ms. Vance's time. 153 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:25,086 But I know why Billie disappeared. 154 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:27,159 Sally Benson. 155 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:29,454 Uh, who-who's Sally Benson? 156 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:34,022 Young actress, under contract at Metro. 157 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:37,068 She did a few pictures. 158 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:39,535 - Let's see, there was- - What was her connection to Billie? 159 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,267 Oh, Sally and Billie were best friends. 160 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:44,605 They roomed together. 161 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:48,077 - Tragic. - Uh, tragic? Why is that? 162 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,580 Sally killed herself. 163 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,208 Poor Billie was shattered. 164 00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:56,880 She decided to leave Hollywood and never come back. 165 00:10:56,989 --> 00:11:01,119 I told her she was making a mistake, but she left. 166 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:03,787 Lou, he tried to find her. 167 00:11:03,896 --> 00:11:05,864 Even sent a detective after her. 168 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:09,662 - Lou? - Lou Mackler, Billie's agent. 169 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:13,535 - Ah... - Lou Mackler? The head of Baxter Broadcasting Group? 170 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,870 He was an agent then. 171 00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:20,241 He lost a valuable property when Billie left. 172 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,780 She could have gone places. 173 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:24,850 He never found her. 174 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:27,441 Thank you very much, Patsy. 175 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,680 You've been very helpful and very gracious indeed. 176 00:11:29,789 --> 00:11:33,748 Please, I've got coffee on... and cookies. 177 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:35,827 - Oh. - No, thanks. 178 00:11:35,928 --> 00:11:38,158 I just thought of someone else you might talk to. 179 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:41,927 - Hmm? - Tom Hogan, Billie's makeup man. 180 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:46,528 - What would he know? - Billie and Tom were very close. 181 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:49,665 If she stayed in touch with anyone, I'll bet it would be him. 182 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:52,767 - Mm-hmm. - May I use your phone? 183 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:55,005 There's one out there. 184 00:11:56,949 --> 00:11:59,850 - I was right, wasn't I? - Right? 185 00:11:59,952 --> 00:12:02,352 Billie should have stayed here. 186 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:10,389 People... don't forget a star. 187 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:16,761 No. People don't forget a star, Patsy. 188 00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:24,371 We'll hit Tom Hogan now... 189 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:27,173 get to Lou Mackler tomorrow. 190 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:29,907 Sunset Boulevard. 191 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:32,142 Hogan lives on Beachwood Drive. 192 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:37,245 Gloria Swanson, William Holden. Paramount, 1950. 193 00:12:37,356 --> 00:12:39,847 That's what this case reminds me of. 194 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:43,053 Trapped with 30-year-old ghosts. 195 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:47,189 It's- Well, it's just creepy. 196 00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:49,859 Is that really what's bothering you? 197 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:51,937 Well, what else? 198 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:54,699 I don't know. 199 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:58,641 The fact that someone else is enjoying the spotlight for once. 200 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:01,474 Are you implying that I'm jealous? 201 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:03,741 Envious perhaps. 202 00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:06,818 Oh, no, no, no. Not at all. No. I'm delighted. 203 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:10,252 I've grown rather weary of dealing with the media, Laura. 204 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:12,324 I appreciate the break. 205 00:13:12,424 --> 00:13:14,449 Funny. 206 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:18,018 I didn't get that impression when Windsor was fawning all over you. 207 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:23,295 Well, were we, uh, talking about jealousy? 208 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:25,370 Was that it? 209 00:14:05,911 --> 00:14:07,879 This should be it. 210 00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:19,014 That's odd. He said he'd be here. 211 00:14:19,124 --> 00:14:23,788 I'd say we weren't the only ones who wanted to see Mr. Hogan. 212 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:25,864 Pick marks. 213 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:32,470 Mr. Hogan? 214 00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:04,634 Oh, my God! Dennis, start rolling. 215 00:15:06,238 --> 00:15:08,866 What? Who invited them? 216 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:20,146 The 30-year-old mystery of actress Billie Young... 217 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:22,220 took a grotesque turn this evening... 218 00:15:22,321 --> 00:15:24,482 when private investigator Laura Holt... 219 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:28,788 discovered Billie's former makeup man brutally murdered in his Hollywood apartment. 220 00:15:28,894 --> 00:15:32,330 Laura, in your own words, tell us what happened. 221 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:36,731 Well, Windsor, as you know, we've been following all the leads we can. 222 00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:40,464 Actress Patsy Vance, one of Billie Young's former colleagues... 223 00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:44,269 told me- uh, told Mr. Steele and me, actually- 224 00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:47,777 that we should look up Tom Hogan, her former makeup man. 225 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,111 Well, not wanting to waste any time, we came right over here... 226 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:54,049 only to find that, uh, someone had beaten us to him... 227 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:57,589 - with fatal results, as you- - Hey! 228 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:01,091 You called Windsor from Patsy's and told her to meet us, hmm? 229 00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:03,161 Yes. 230 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:05,822 I thought Tom Hogan would make a colorful interview. 231 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:09,731 Instead, you and Windsor make a circus act out of Hogan's murder. 232 00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:13,202 I didn't know Hogan was dead. And we did not make a circus out of it. 233 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,273 It's a legitimate news story. 234 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:17,808 You really don't like me getting the attention, do you? 235 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:20,979 I don't like the fact that, in the morning... 236 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,048 you go on television broadcasting our case... 237 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:25,116 and, in the evening, one of our leads turns up dead. 238 00:16:25,217 --> 00:16:28,550 Are you implying that I somehow am responsible for that? 239 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:31,714 - No, but under the cir- - I don't believe you. 240 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,588 For four years, you've been getting fabulous press because of me... 241 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:36,820 and now I get one break and you feel threatened. 242 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:39,159 That's not the point. The point is, Laura- 243 00:16:39,264 --> 00:16:41,357 I don't want to talk about it. I'll see you tomorrow. 244 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,025 Okay. 245 00:16:53,278 --> 00:16:57,009 Lou, when you hired me for Spotlight, you knew my heart was in news. 246 00:16:57,116 --> 00:17:00,381 Well, this is the closest thing to a news story I've seen in two years. 247 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:02,454 Hell, there's even a dead body! 248 00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:04,579 Mm-hmm. And what about Spotlight? 249 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,056 Kyle can do it. Fluff's his forte. 250 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:10,322 Kyle's a boob, and you know it. 251 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:13,364 Come on, Lou. One chance. 252 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,593 Let me prove I can do a story where all the people keep their clothes on. 253 00:17:18,837 --> 00:17:21,203 All right. One chance. 254 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:24,275 Blow it, I don't want to hear any more about you switching to news. 255 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,970 You got it. I'll stick to Steele and Holt... 256 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,843 like Mike Wallace to a sweating politician. 257 00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:34,214 When they find Billie Young, I'll be there. 258 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:40,283 - Ah, Windsor. - Remington. Laura. Well, did you find her? 259 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:42,792 We were hoping that Mr. Mackler can help us. 260 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:44,863 Did you know he was Billie's agent? 261 00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:48,558 Well, of course. That's one of the reasons he went for this TV reunion idea. 262 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:50,635 He wants to find out what happened to her. 263 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,704 But Lou told me he didn't have a clue where she was. 264 00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:54,773 That's why I didn't mention it to you. 265 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:57,774 Well, we thought he might be of some help. 266 00:17:57,876 --> 00:18:00,743 Well, that's terrific. Listen, I've got to run... 267 00:18:00,846 --> 00:18:02,814 but I'll catch up with you later, okay? 268 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,974 Oh, and Laura, those are great colors. 269 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,484 - You'll look fabulous on camera. - Thanks. 270 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:11,420 Hi. Lou Mackler. Please, come in. 271 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,458 It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Steele. 272 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,051 - Thank you. - And your industrious associate. 273 00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:19,756 Uh, sit down. 274 00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:23,562 Miss Holt, you're even lovelier in person than you are on camera. 275 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:25,603 Oh, thank you. 276 00:18:25,704 --> 00:18:28,571 I overheard Windsor tell you that I don't know where Billie went... 277 00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:30,574 so how may I be of service? 278 00:18:30,676 --> 00:18:33,804 We understand you hired a private investigator... 279 00:18:33,912 --> 00:18:36,176 to find Billie Young 30 years ago. 280 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:38,772 Ah, that's right. 281 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:43,685 Yes. There were some contracts and- and payments and- and- 282 00:18:45,858 --> 00:18:49,191 There was something about Billie. 283 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:51,762 Not just talent. A lot of people have talent. 284 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:53,764 But- 285 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:57,927 But she had something special. 286 00:18:58,036 --> 00:19:00,197 Something that- 287 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:03,172 Um, anyway, he never found her. 288 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:05,300 Do you happen to remember his name? 289 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:07,901 As a matter of fact, I do. 290 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:11,380 Always reminded me of a character in a Raymond Chandler novel. 291 00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:13,451 Slater. Jake Slater. 292 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:16,612 Thank you, Mr. Mackler. That may help. 293 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,747 - Good. - Thank you very much, sir. 294 00:19:18,857 --> 00:19:21,553 - Yes, of course. - Good day. 295 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,128 Uh, Mr. Mackler, um... 296 00:19:24,229 --> 00:19:29,166 how does one go from being an agent to running the Baxter Broadcasting Group? 297 00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:31,236 By marrying Pauline Baxter. 298 00:19:34,439 --> 00:19:36,532 Good hunting. 299 00:19:56,628 --> 00:19:58,596 Car's here. 300 00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:02,064 Smoke coming out of the chimney. Try it again. 301 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:33,932 It ain't broken! 302 00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:36,364 Uh, Jake Slater? 303 00:20:36,468 --> 00:20:38,436 - Who's askin'? - Uh, Remington Steele. 304 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:40,437 This is my associate, Laura Holt. 305 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:44,407 - Not interested. - Mr. Slater, this is very important. 306 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:47,375 Why? 307 00:20:47,479 --> 00:20:50,744 It concerns an old case of yours. May we come in? 308 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,719 Okay. 309 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:16,802 - Java? - I don't suppose you have any iced tea? 310 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:20,207 - Sissy drink. - Okay, I'll take that as a no. 311 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:26,146 Warm day for a fire. 312 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,378 Arthritis. 313 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:31,786 Uh, let me turn down the fire a bit. 314 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:38,352 I'm an old man. I chill easy. 315 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:41,861 We understand. 316 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,528 You, uh, said something about an old case of mine? 317 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:50,074 Thirty years ago, you were hired to find a singer by the name of Billie Young. 318 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:57,711 Billie Young. Hmm. 319 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:59,943 Billie Young. 320 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:04,979 Yes, that's right. Billie Young the actress. 321 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:09,789 Has it been that long? Never found her. 322 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:12,090 We've been hired to try again. 323 00:22:12,197 --> 00:22:14,893 Would it be all right if we took a look through your case files? 324 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,094 Can't. Dumped 'em when I retired. 325 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:20,569 Do you remember anything about the case? 326 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:24,108 Did you interview a Tom Hogan? He was her makeup man. 327 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:26,837 - He knew Billie? - Yes. 328 00:22:26,945 --> 00:22:28,970 Then I talked to him. 329 00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:31,276 I was good. 330 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:33,817 Listen, let me save you some time. 331 00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:35,944 If I couldn't find her 30 years ago... 332 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,022 you're not gonna find her now. 333 00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:40,091 Drop the case. 334 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:44,185 Well, uh, thanks for your time anyway, uh, Jake. 335 00:22:44,296 --> 00:22:46,560 We'll see ourselves out. Don't worry about it. Good day. 336 00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:49,031 Oop. Sorry. 337 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:58,975 Whoo! Crusty old codger, eh? 338 00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:01,375 It's like a Turkish bath in there. 339 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,040 It might be you one day. 340 00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:06,276 What is it? 341 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:09,821 I have the disturbing feeling I've seen Slater somewhere before. 342 00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:12,048 Hold on a second. 343 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,896 Oh, no. No, no. Can't place him. 344 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:23,126 Can't place him. It's okay. It's all right. 345 00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:28,906 Listen, buster. Get that thing out of my face... 346 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:30,975 or it's gonna end up in so many pieces... 347 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,010 that all the king's horses and all the king's men... 348 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:35,671 ain't gonna be able to put that back together again. 349 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:39,273 - No comment. - Laura? 350 00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:42,911 Uh, give me a minute to freshen up. 351 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:50,955 - Boss? - Yeah? 352 00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:53,257 We gotta get rid of them. I think I found something. 353 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:57,992 - Klutz. - Come on, Mildred. 354 00:23:59,337 --> 00:24:01,771 - What is it? - Tom Hogan's address book. I found- 355 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:05,331 - Where'd you get that? - Miss Holt. She wanted me to check it out for leads. 356 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,412 - You didn't know about that? - No. 357 00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:10,481 Mildred, you realize having this is a criminal offense. 358 00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:12,743 Oh, come on, chief. We do it all the time. 359 00:24:12,851 --> 00:24:15,479 That's not the point, Mildred. 360 00:24:15,587 --> 00:24:19,182 I'm afraid L.A. Spotlight has blinded Miss Holt's judgment. 361 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:22,226 - I'm the last one she'd believe about that. - You want me to talk to her? 362 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:24,921 No, I don't think that would be much better. Well, what did you find? 363 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,590 I found a listing for Chelsea Nash in Twin Pines. 364 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:33,065 Forgive me if I don't uncork the champagne, but who is Chelsea Nash? 365 00:24:33,171 --> 00:24:35,639 Chelsea Nash is the name of a character... 366 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:38,140 Billie Young played on Showtime Cavalcade. 367 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:42,441 Mildred, you have just won yourself a free trip to Twin Pines. 368 00:24:42,547 --> 00:24:44,515 - Oh, you devil, you! - Oh, oh, oh! 369 00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:48,746 - What about Miss Holt and that redheaded bombshell? - Leave them to me. Don't worry. 370 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:52,654 Ah, Miss Holt, as you're leading this investigation... 371 00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:55,487 it seems only fair that you should be interviewed in my office. 372 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:58,062 - Oh, that's a great angle. - I think it's a great angle as well. 373 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,131 Come on. Straight through here. Feel at home. 374 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:02,723 - Don't worry about a thing. Don't thank me, Laura. - Thank you. 375 00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:04,802 I'm sure Phil Donahue would do the same thing. 376 00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:06,871 There you go. Make yourself at home. 377 00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:12,269 Pardon me. There you go. 378 00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:56,048 Oh, howdy. Can I help you? 379 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:58,122 I hope so. We're looking for someone. 380 00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:02,284 Well, folks usually come up here to get lost, not to be found. 381 00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:05,493 Uh, who are you looking for? 382 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:08,760 Chelsea Nash. We're friends of hers. 383 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:11,097 Oh, I'm sorry. Chelsea moved. 384 00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:13,170 Been gone more than a year now. 385 00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:16,035 Are you sure? Here's a picture of her. 386 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:20,873 Hard to tell. 387 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:24,380 Old picture. People change. 388 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:27,076 Did she say where she was going when she left? 389 00:26:27,185 --> 00:26:29,779 Mister, folks up here don't pry. 390 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:31,856 I gotta get these cleaned. 391 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:37,253 Well, it was worth a shot. 392 00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:39,489 Maybe there are other people up here we could talk to. 393 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,194 Well, I'll be. 394 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:49,803 Hello, Billie. 395 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:02,954 Look, I'm not goin' back. 396 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:06,717 I won't be paraded around like an old relic brought out of mothballs for people to gape at. 397 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:10,056 - Miss Young- - It's Nash now. Chelsea Nash. 398 00:27:10,161 --> 00:27:12,129 Look, I'm of legal age. 399 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:14,198 Don't I have a right to disappear... 400 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:16,597 without my picture showin' up on a milk carton somewhere? 401 00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:18,896 Yeah, but people want to see you. 402 00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:21,666 - People don't remember me. - I do. 403 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:23,741 This is who you remember. 404 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:30,203 Everything she was is gone now. 405 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,306 I haven't sung a note in 30 years. 406 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,453 You're certainly entitled to your privacy... 407 00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:39,455 but your disappearance is more of a mystery than you're aware of apparently. 408 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:43,118 - What are you talkin' about? - First of all, we know about Sally Benson. 409 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,822 You keep Sally out of this. This is none of your business. 410 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:48,091 Look, we're on your side. 411 00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:51,134 Oh, sure, sure. Just like the agents and the producers. 412 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:55,229 We're prepared to turn around, go back to Los Angeles and pretend we never found you. 413 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,476 Yeah? 414 00:27:58,576 --> 00:28:01,943 - You too? - He's the boss. 415 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:05,316 Oh, that's great. 416 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:08,750 Oh, that's great, because I'm really happy here. 417 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:10,821 Yeah, I lead a quiet life. 418 00:28:12,657 --> 00:28:14,818 I manage these cabins. 419 00:28:14,926 --> 00:28:18,418 Nobody knows I'm Billie Young, and nobody cares. 420 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,862 I'm Chelsea Nash, and that's the way I like it. 421 00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:22,956 Well, I guess there's nothing wrong with that. 422 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:26,595 I just need to ask you a few questions first. Deal? 423 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:29,265 Deal. Fire away. 424 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:32,969 Uh. Tom Hogan. 425 00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:37,071 Oh, so that's how you found me. 426 00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:40,049 That old fogy. Boy, wait'll I- 427 00:28:42,954 --> 00:28:45,752 - What about Tommy? - He was killed last night. 428 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,887 Someone shot him. 429 00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:52,360 Oh, Tommy. 430 00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:56,592 L- L-Look, could- Could you two scram for a minute? 431 00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:59,067 I- I'd like to walk. 432 00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,866 Yeah. 433 00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:05,067 - I feel lousy. - Mm-hmm. 434 00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:07,144 Yeah. 435 00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:12,310 You're about to feel worse. 436 00:29:13,384 --> 00:29:15,352 How did they find us? 437 00:29:15,453 --> 00:29:17,853 Oh, Miss Holt's doing, no doubt. 438 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:20,823 Grab Fred and have him pull up about half a mile down the road. 439 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:24,019 - I'm gonna get Billie, and we'll rendezvous. Quick. - You got it. 440 00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:33,933 Billie? Get down.! 441 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:36,404 Come on, come on, come on, come on, get down! 442 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:45,639 - You got a hell of a sense of timing, Mr. Steele. - Shh. Shh, shh. 443 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:55,155 - Stay here, Billie. - Oh, don't worry. 444 00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:27,087 - Where's Billie? - Uh, slight delay. 445 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,160 Here, Hold this. I'll get her. 446 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:38,334 Excellent work, Fred. 447 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:40,870 Not a sign of them for the last 20 minutes. 448 00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:44,203 Almost makes up for the fact that you told Miss Holt where we were. 449 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:46,277 Next time, don't answer the car phone. 450 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:51,308 I swore I would never come back here. 451 00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:54,010 - Well, I'm sorry, but- - I know, I know. I need protection. 452 00:30:54,118 --> 00:30:57,451 - Yeah. - Thirty years I lead a quiet life. 453 00:30:57,555 --> 00:30:59,819 You show up, all of a sudden, I need protection. 454 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:02,449 It's just till we get to the bottom of things, Billie... 455 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,585 and we get those news hounds off your trail. 456 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,631 So, Mr. Detective... 457 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:09,700 why are they trying to use me for target practice? 458 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:15,595 Thirty years ago, another detective was sent to find you. 459 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:19,541 - Yeah? Who by? - Your agent, Lou Mackler. 460 00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:21,612 Probably owed him money. 461 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,477 The detective's name was Jake Slater. 462 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:26,550 - So? - Do you know him? 463 00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:30,451 No. Guess he wasn't as good as you. 464 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,955 - I wonder. - Why? 465 00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:37,220 He was the man trying to kill you today. 466 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,528 Yep. 467 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:43,601 What do you mean Steele isn't cooperating? 468 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:45,601 I thought he and Holt worked together. 469 00:31:45,703 --> 00:31:47,637 I don't understand it myself. 470 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,731 Holt told me she'd get in touch just as soon as she had an explanation. 471 00:31:52,343 --> 00:31:54,470 - Get me news. - What are you doing? 472 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:57,980 You asked for one chance. You had it. 473 00:31:58,082 --> 00:32:01,711 - Now I'm bringing in the pros. - This is my story, Lou. I've earned it. 474 00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:04,982 - You're over your head! - But, Lou, you don't understand. 475 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:08,547 This story could do for me what Iran did for Ted Koppel. 476 00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:15,323 I never thought I'd say this, but- 477 00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:17,401 Please. 478 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:26,710 I want to know every move you make. 479 00:32:26,811 --> 00:32:29,279 This story is too good to lose. 480 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:43,660 - All right, where is she? - Mildred? 481 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:46,730 You know damn well who I'm talking about. Fred told me you found her. 482 00:32:46,831 --> 00:32:48,799 What do you think you've been doing? 483 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,869 - I was about to ask you the same thing. - I've been doing a job! 484 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:56,134 Yes, a splendid job of self-promotion, while our case blows up all around us. 485 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,643 I knew you were jealous, but I had no idea you'd go to such lengths to upstage me. 486 00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:04,738 A killer is on the loose out there, and all you can think about is film at 11:00! 487 00:33:04,849 --> 00:33:06,942 - That's ridiculous.! - Is it? I found Billie, all right... 488 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:09,110 and shortly thereafter, someone took a shot at her! 489 00:33:15,893 --> 00:33:18,691 A woman disappears to forget her past. 490 00:33:18,796 --> 00:33:21,629 Thirty years later, a slick Los Angeles detective... 491 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:23,758 finds her, shatters her privacy... 492 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:26,996 tells her that one of her oldest, dearest friends has been murdered... 493 00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:29,369 and then exposes her to the killer as well. 494 00:33:29,474 --> 00:33:32,466 That makes me feel really warm all over. 495 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:40,981 Hogan was likely killed to keep anyone from finding Billie. 496 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:46,422 Why would the killer then go after Billie? 497 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:50,187 Unless he felt we were getting too close. 498 00:33:50,294 --> 00:33:54,628 On camera, I said we wouldn't stop until we found her. 499 00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:59,595 I don't know what to say. 500 00:34:02,807 --> 00:34:05,241 Mildred has Billie under lock and key at my place. 501 00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:08,779 She's, um- She's safe enough for the moment. 502 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,408 I still don't understand why anyone would be killed over all this. 503 00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:15,486 Billie must know something. 504 00:34:15,586 --> 00:34:19,454 According to Billie, she's an innocent escapee from Hollywood. 505 00:34:19,557 --> 00:34:21,057 - That doesn't make sense. - Perhaps not. 506 00:34:21,092 --> 00:34:22,558 - That doesn't make sense. - Perhaps not. 507 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:26,289 But for the moment, I've been following the only lead we have. 508 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:28,365 A fedora? 509 00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:31,128 Our would-be assassin was wearing that up in the mountains. 510 00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:34,295 Meet anyone recently who might wear a chapeau like that? 511 00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:40,039 - Jake Slater. - Uh-huh. 512 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:42,374 I've been doing a little background check on old Jake. 513 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,814 Fascinating stuff. Closed his detective agency in 1956. 514 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:49,216 No report of any income for the past 30 years... 515 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,550 yet he's made house payments and paid taxes... 516 00:34:51,656 --> 00:34:54,454 on a tidy interest he's earned every year. 517 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:56,527 Charming coincidence. 518 00:34:56,627 --> 00:35:00,620 Thirty years ago, he's hired to find Billie Young. Supposedly, he can't locate her. 519 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:05,168 And yet he retires shortly thereafter with a sizable nest egg. 520 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:07,703 - Blackmail? - I don't know. 521 00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:10,273 The thought has crossed my mind. 522 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,501 Perhaps we should payJake a little visit. 523 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,010 I'd like to talk to Billie first. 524 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,445 Something about this doesn't fit. 525 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:21,849 Oh, um, you wanna call Windsor, hmm? 526 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:27,656 Was it Andy Warhol who said we all get 15 minutes of fame? 527 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:29,726 I think I've had mine. 528 00:35:29,827 --> 00:35:32,261 Okay. 529 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:39,101 Tell me about Sally Benson. 530 00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:45,875 She was a real sweetheart, one of the good people. 531 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:50,176 And talented. 532 00:35:50,281 --> 00:35:53,011 I don't think she ever knew how good she was. 533 00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:58,618 I found her. 534 00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:00,782 You didn't know that, huh? 535 00:36:02,693 --> 00:36:05,025 Yeah. 536 00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:09,361 She looked so cold lying on that bare floor. 537 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:12,766 All I could think of was, "I gotta cover her up. 538 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:16,169 I gotta keep her warm. I- I got"- 539 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:19,402 I couldn't. 540 00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,978 Why did she do it? 541 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:25,071 Aw, she was pregnant and single. 542 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,447 You remember what it was like back then. 543 00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:30,919 And it didn't help that the guy didn't want to have anything to do with her. 544 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,922 You knew the father? 545 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:38,462 Sometimes... even best friends don't tell. 546 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:40,997 He probably told her he was gonna make her a star. 547 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:45,636 I'll get us some fresh tea. 548 00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:50,002 You know, somehow it doesn't seem right- 549 00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:52,905 Sally and Tom both gone... 550 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:54,978 and I'm still here. 551 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:57,775 I guess life is like that sometimes. 552 00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:00,783 There's not much we can do about it. 553 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,025 Sometimes. 554 00:37:20,538 --> 00:37:23,473 I know you'd rather be in your own bed tonight. 555 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:26,476 Billie? 556 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,448 Billie? 557 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:40,612 What was I supposed to do, handcuff her to the coffee table? 558 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,693 No one's blaming you, Mildred. 559 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:46,422 - We just have to figure out where she could have gone. - And why. 560 00:37:47,531 --> 00:37:49,692 - Back to the lake. - Without her luggage? 561 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,759 Out Of The Past. Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas. RKO, 1947. 562 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:57,307 Mitchum plays a private detective, hired by Douglas to find Jane Greer. 563 00:37:57,408 --> 00:37:59,376 He does, only he falls in love with her. 564 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:02,640 - Then he doesn't tell Douglas that he found her. - I don't get it. 565 00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:05,045 Neither do I exactly, but I have a strong feeling... 566 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:08,482 - this revolves around Jake Slater and Billie Young. - You've got my vote. 567 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:11,077 - Good. - What are you guys waiting for? 568 00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:16,888 That was marvelous! Would you mind repeating it for the camera? 569 00:38:16,994 --> 00:38:20,054 Windsor, this is not a game anymore. It's deadly serious. 570 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:23,531 - That makes it news. - That makes it none of your business, sweetheart. 571 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:26,228 - Excuse me. Out of my way. - Laura? 572 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:29,363 Sorry, Windsor. That won't work anymore. 573 00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:34,201 - We had a deal. - Deal's off. 574 00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:36,337 - Since when? - Since I realized all this publicity... 575 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:38,415 was making me just like you. 576 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:41,974 I won't needlessly jeopardize someone's life for the sake of a story. 577 00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:45,783 Don't get sanctimonious with me, sweetheart. 578 00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:48,825 We're more alike under the skin than you're willing to admit. 579 00:38:49,927 --> 00:38:51,895 I don't think so. 580 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:57,563 - What now? - We take the stairs. 581 00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:10,380 Who's there? 582 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:16,420 - Who is it? - Hello, Jake. 583 00:39:19,223 --> 00:39:21,487 - Hello, Billie. - Long time. 584 00:39:21,592 --> 00:39:24,686 You shouldn't have come. 585 00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:26,763 Just curious. 586 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:30,823 - Yeah? - Yeah, I wondered how you'd look after all these years. 587 00:39:30,935 --> 00:39:33,802 I guess time caught up with both of us. 588 00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:35,838 You're crazy to be here. 589 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:38,340 I also wondered how I'd feel- 590 00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:41,775 if I'd hate you as much as I've hated you for so long. 591 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:43,847 I don't. 592 00:39:45,783 --> 00:39:48,411 I don't feel a thing. 593 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:51,010 Ain't that a kick? 594 00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:54,057 The man who destroyed me, and I don't feel a thing. 595 00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:57,461 I meant to come back. 596 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,758 Oh, sure you did, Jake. Sure. 597 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:04,734 You killed Tommy, didn't you? 598 00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:06,894 Why'd you have to do that? 599 00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:09,666 He was such a harmless little guy. 600 00:40:09,774 --> 00:40:12,436 The pip-squeak wouldn't shut up. 601 00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:14,511 I just went over to scare him off. 602 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:16,580 But he knew who I was... 603 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,648 from your letters, I guess. 604 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:20,717 But he wouldn't shut up. 605 00:40:20,818 --> 00:40:24,379 Gonna kill me now too, Jake? Like you tried in the woods? 606 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:27,724 This isn't the way I wanted it, Billie... 607 00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:30,658 but I gotta protect my investment. 608 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:33,389 Slater.! 609 00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:36,261 Slater, open up.! Slater, open up.! 610 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:39,097 Some other time, doll. 611 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:42,864 Slater! 612 00:40:42,973 --> 00:40:44,304 - Billie! - Are you all right? 613 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:45,705 - Yeah. - Where's Jake? 614 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:48,779 - Out the back. Mr. Steele? - Uh, yeah, what? 615 00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:51,006 Nail the creep. 616 00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:53,543 Oh, God. 617 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,641 Roll tape, Dennis. I want a three-shot of us around the body. 618 00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:09,450 - I'll have your license! - Just try! 619 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,519 Billie! 620 00:42:23,574 --> 00:42:25,542 Oh! 621 00:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,441 Here you go. There we are. 622 00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:35,542 Just relax. Okay. 623 00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:51,635 Windsor! 624 00:43:25,302 --> 00:43:30,171 Oh, lousy turn radius! Come on! 625 00:43:54,832 --> 00:43:58,393 - Lou Mackler? - I recognized the car. 626 00:44:00,504 --> 00:44:02,472 He was using me. 627 00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:07,266 I told him where Billie was. 628 00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:15,512 After Sally's death, I took off for the mountains. 629 00:44:15,619 --> 00:44:19,055 I just wanted to forget everything I ever knew about this town. 630 00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:21,681 But a man found me- 631 00:44:21,792 --> 00:44:24,886 - handsome, smooth- - Jake Slater. 632 00:44:26,797 --> 00:44:29,163 He didn't tell me he was a detective at first. 633 00:44:29,266 --> 00:44:31,234 He told me he was a truck driver. 634 00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:33,303 We fell in love. 635 00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:35,702 At least, I did. 636 00:44:36,774 --> 00:44:40,471 Harder than I ever thought possible. 637 00:44:40,577 --> 00:44:44,343 After a few days, he told me the truth- Lou Mackler hired him. 638 00:44:44,448 --> 00:44:47,884 - Why? - To recover Sally's diary. 639 00:44:47,985 --> 00:44:51,113 I inherited most of her stuff. She didn't have any family. 640 00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:53,587 - Why the diary? - Jake didn't know. 641 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:56,455 He'd been sent up to get it. 642 00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:00,394 I hadn't read it, so I had no idea either. 643 00:45:00,497 --> 00:45:03,193 So he took a look. 644 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:05,268 And? 645 00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:07,337 Lou Mackler got Sally pregnant. 646 00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:12,341 He didn't want to marry her. He was gonna marry some rich broad. 647 00:45:12,443 --> 00:45:14,570 Sally was gonna have the baby anyway. 648 00:45:14,678 --> 00:45:17,112 And she insisted that Lou be responsible as his father. 649 00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:20,547 So Sally Benson didn't commit suicide. 650 00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:24,485 - Lou Mackler killed her to keep his career on track. - Yeah. 651 00:45:24,588 --> 00:45:28,183 Obviously he forgot that Sally kept a diary... till later. 652 00:45:28,292 --> 00:45:32,695 - Well, why didn't you go to the police? - I was in love. 653 00:45:32,796 --> 00:45:38,496 And Jake, he said the diary wasn't enough to prove anything. 654 00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:41,127 It wouldn't bring Sally back. 655 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:43,706 So we'd hit Lou where it hurt the most. 656 00:45:43,807 --> 00:45:46,037 Blackmail. 657 00:45:46,143 --> 00:45:50,136 I was so in love, I'd have done anything Jake said. 658 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:52,215 So I agreed. 659 00:45:54,084 --> 00:45:57,349 He covered my trail. 660 00:45:57,454 --> 00:46:00,719 He wiped out every trace of my former life... 661 00:46:00,824 --> 00:46:03,019 set me up at Twin Pines... 662 00:46:05,028 --> 00:46:07,553 took the diary, went back to Los Angeles. 663 00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:12,034 He said he'd be back for me in a week... 664 00:46:12,136 --> 00:46:14,934 we'd be together. 665 00:46:15,038 --> 00:46:17,268 He never came. 666 00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:21,275 Why didn't you tell us this before? 667 00:46:21,378 --> 00:46:23,903 I was so ashamed. 668 00:46:25,549 --> 00:46:27,517 I'd betrayed my best friend. 669 00:46:27,618 --> 00:46:29,586 I was betrayed. 670 00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:32,052 I lost everything. 671 00:46:32,156 --> 00:46:35,148 And I've hated myself ever since. 672 00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:38,319 All these years... 673 00:46:38,428 --> 00:46:41,329 Jake was bleeding Lou, and Lou thought it was Billie. 674 00:46:41,431 --> 00:46:43,831 So when I suggested TV Reunion Week... 675 00:46:43,934 --> 00:46:46,232 Lou saw a chance to get his hands on the woman... 676 00:46:46,336 --> 00:46:48,827 he thought had been blackmailing him for 30 years. 677 00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:52,509 And I played right along. 678 00:46:55,913 --> 00:46:59,076 Well, I guess you got your story. 679 00:46:59,183 --> 00:47:02,744 I, for one, shall be very anxious to hear how you report it. 680 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:05,083 And so, after 30 years... 681 00:47:05,189 --> 00:47:09,148 the truth behind actress Sally Benson's death is finally known. 682 00:47:09,259 --> 00:47:13,491 Ironically, the murder of Benson was uncovered during an L.A. Spotlight search... 683 00:47:13,597 --> 00:47:16,395 for Benson's longtime friend, Billie Young. 684 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:22,097 The whereabouts of Young, a former Showtime Cavalcade star, remain a mystery. 685 00:47:22,206 --> 00:47:25,107 This is Windsor Thomas, Newswatch Six. 686 00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:40,784 You're quiet tonight. 687 00:47:40,891 --> 00:47:44,122 I was just thinking about the way I acted when I was in the spotlight. 688 00:47:44,228 --> 00:47:46,458 Oh. It's a bit troubling to find... 689 00:47:46,563 --> 00:47:50,226 how easily we all can be seduced by the camera, eh? 690 00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:52,529 Why didn't you pull me aside and shake me? 691 00:47:52,636 --> 00:47:55,469 Oh! Would it have done any good? 692 00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:58,439 Sometimes it's frightening how well you know me. 693 00:47:58,542 --> 00:48:01,067 How about a real scare? 694 00:48:01,117 --> 00:48:05,667 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0