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Yes.

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Mr.

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Wade, I got a guy here says he was
kidnapped by Martians. Said they took

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home with him and they all went swimming
in the canals. Says he's got pictures.

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If that's the best we can do.

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Hold. Mr.

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Wade, Mr. Wade, there's still the
Reverend Stafford's ex -chauffeur. Now,

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swears that Stafford made three attempts
on his wife's life, but he won't budge

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on his price.

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Pay it, Frank.

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You're the managing editor.

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Not the accountant.

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It's only money.

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You know, paper clips.

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Oh, Michelle.

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How you doing?

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Can I see you alone?

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That's an invitation I'll always accept.

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Look, I'm a little nervous about saying
this, but I'd like to beg off the

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judges' story.

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Michelle, we went all through this last
week. And I read, I know.

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But the more of these I do, the queasier
I feel.

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Nobody said it was pretty.

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A lot of what we do isn't pretty.

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Iran Gate wasn't pretty. Watergate
wasn't pretty. For God's sake, Harlan,

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where's the comparison?

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What we're doing is sleaze. The hell it
is.

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We provide a service.

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A kind of journalism that the people
can't get anywhere else.

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Kicking the hell out of commie -loving
politicians, drugged -out actresses.

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Doctors who suppress cancer cures. It's
our duty under the First Amendment. I've

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heard that song before, Harlan.

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It's just not playing right for me.

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Michelle.

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You're just tired.

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Burned out.

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So it goes with being a good reporter.

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I need your help, sweetheart.

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Those others out there?

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Glorified hacks.

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If I take you off the judge's story, I
may as well forget it. I can't afford

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that. The paper can't afford it. Harlan,
when I came here, you promised... I

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know what I promised.

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Now stand by it.

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Then why haven't you answered my memo?

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I've sent you at least five on that
chain of nursing homes.

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You get me what I want, and I'll give
you what you want.

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You have my word, Michelle.

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I wish I could believe that.

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Believe it.

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Hit a home run, baby. I'm counting on
you.

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You know I know I'll be grateful.

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Say, a week in Bermuda?

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Hawaii? Cozumel?

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Anywhere you want to go.

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On me.

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First class.

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With everything thrown in.

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Wonderful man.

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I'm having a medal struck in his honor.

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Save one for me.

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I don't believe it, Paul.

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Surprised, huh?

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Tell me you're thrilled, too.

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What on earth are you doing here? I'm
working on a case with Perry, which

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us plenty of time to get reacquainted.

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Want to buy me some lunch?

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Paul, I'm up to here with assignments.

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Honestly, I'm really jammed.

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Oh, sorry, this is Rick Connor, my
partner in crime. Rick? Hi.

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Well, um... You know, he looks pretty
confident. Why don't you let him do a

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single today, huh?

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I'd love to, Paul, but I'm already late
for an appointment.

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Okay, well, you leave me no choice. I'm
going to come with you. I want you to

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wait right here. I'll be right back.

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Where is he going?

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Mr. Wade.

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Who are you?

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You remember me, Paul Drake.

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That's for you.

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What is it?

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It's a summons and complaint for libel.

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Compliment for Senator Langley.

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Have a nice day.

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Hey, you can't come...

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Oh, I was

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afraid we laid it on a little thick for
that Langley feature.

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Wouldn't you know the lawyer on this is
Perry Mason?

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Mason?

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Frank, I want you to drop everything
you're doing.

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Dig up what you can on Mason.

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If you can't find anything, invent it.

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The usual.

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consider yourself a good friend of Judge
McGill. Isn't that right?

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Well, yes. He said hello to me every
morning.

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And knowing his lovely wife, you must
have been shocked when he and that

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long -legged secretary of his came
sneaking in here that night.

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Very shocked.

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Yes, very shocked.

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And you never did see them come out, did
you? She stayed here all night?

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I didn't see them come out, no. Excuse
me.

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Judge Sanford McGill, in line for the
state Supreme Court vacancy, has been

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having a secret love affair with his
pretty long -legged secretary, a close

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friend confided.

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I was very shocked, the friend
explained, when the two lovebirds

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classy midtown hotel and didn't come out
until morning.

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Who am I kidding?

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Not me.

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I wish I could.

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Why did you have to show up anyway? Did
I advertise for a conscience?

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Does this mean that I have to pay for
lunch?

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There you are.

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You're not dressed.

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The party starts at two o 'clock. We're
not going.

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I'm not going.

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You don't feel well.

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Oh, I'm feeling fine.

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You know where the Society for Homeless
Children is holding the event this year?

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Yes, at the Melbourne estate.

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According to this, it was recently
purchased by Harlan Wade. Now you know

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we're not going.

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You're on the Society's advisory board.

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We are not going.

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But...

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Not even for the children.

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If I can't get circulation up, the only
thing we'll be publishing around here is

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our obituary.

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Ah, nice of you folks to join us. Sorry
we're late, Harlan.

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What did you get from the door?

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Nothing. He suddenly had an attack of
conscience.

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Catches up to all of us sooner or later.

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That's too bad.

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But we'll get it.

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Just up the ante.

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You were supposed to see him at 10. It's
1 .30 now. Where have you been all this

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time?

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Working on something else.

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The chain of nursing homes.

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Handled right, the story could get us a
Pulitzer.

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If you saw what Rick and I did this
morning, old people abandoned and dying,

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you'd know what it means.

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Nursing homes.

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Old people.

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Okay, kid.

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Go win us a Pulitzer.

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Thanks, Harlan.

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You won't regret it.

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You'll see.

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Connor.

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I was wrong about her, Frank.

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Very wrong.

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I want her out of here.

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Today.

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Doctor

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and

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Mrs. Clayman.

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Still the most attractive couple in
town.

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Glad you could come.

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General, you're not leaving already.

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My wife isn't feeling well. I thought
we'd go home early.

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Oh, I am sorry.

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I know this is a terrible imposition,
sir, but I wonder if you could pose for

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just one picture with me. It isn't too
often that I get the opportunity to be

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photographed with a great war hero.

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Well, another time.

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Oh, please, General, there may not be
another time.

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I really appreciate it.

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Well, to be quite frank, Mr. Wade, I'd
rather be photographed with a snake.

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What's with him?

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You.

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You see, the general came by here to
help a good cause, right?

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So why don't you just forget who he is?

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And while you're at it, call off that
pack of wolves that call themselves

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reporters because we don't need your
kind of stories.

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Understand, Harlan?

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Great party.

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You would pull your gun at your own
party?

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Ortega, what kind of way is that for a
banker to behave?

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I was merely getting your attention.

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Since you don't answer phone calls.

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Maybe I knew why you were calling.

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I am sure you do.

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It's about the smear you're planning
with me as the target.

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What smear?

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I'm in the business of news, human
interest.

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Then you should be more careful of your
sources.

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Am I clear?

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Maybe we can talk later when things get
quiet. In the meantime, enjoy yourself.

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I intend to.

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Next time, let's try to get a few
friends here.

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Who?

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No, thank you. Oh, thank you.

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You don't care for any?

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I'm here because I promised. I said
nothing about having a good time.

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Mason, I'm Harlan Wade.

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Is that so?

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We've never met, but I recognize you
from your pictures.

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You must be Ms. Street.

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Thank you. Yes.

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How do you do?

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Would you excuse us a minute for a
little business talk?

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Mr. Wade, I'm not going to discuss the
lawsuit.

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I think you'll recall dates and places.

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You and Miss Street.

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Very inventive.

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I can get bellmen, maids, hotel staff,
others who will swear to occasions when

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you and Miss Street stayed together at
the same hotel. How shocked they were by

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your behavior.

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To buy all that, you must have a very
large editorial budget. Largest in the

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world. Mr. Wade.

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I'd save your money for your attorney's
fees.

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Young lady, I think we've enjoyed this
extraordinary event long enough.

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Mr. Wade?

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The

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doorman

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will get it.

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I told you.

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I've got at least three hours at the
word processor to get this story out.

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Wade is never going to print your story.

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Yes, he will. He has to.

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The only way I'm ever going to get off
the informer is to make a name for

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myself. This is my shot.

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Good luck.

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But make it before midnight. Is that all
right?

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You make it before breakfast or
something.

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Any coffee left, Rick? I've got a ton of
work.

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Michelle, I tried to find you, warn you,
but I didn't know... Did Wade say where

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I was supposed to pick up my chick?

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Michelle, getting canned isn't the end
of the world.

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Why don't we go out for a drink?

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Get you calmed down.

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You know something, Rick?

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For a second, you sounded just like him.
Don't.

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You're a good guy, and he's a vicious,
sadistic hypocrite.

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Michelle, where are you going? Just show
Wade what I think of him. He's not

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getting away with this.

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Everything okay out here?

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Yeah. All right, all right.

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He's doing good.

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I'm gonna go back in the house. Yeah.

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Don't shoot, Harlan. You could spoil a
lovely evening.

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I used your bathroom to freshen up. I
hope you don't mind.

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What do you want?

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Harlan, I need your help.

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You want me to kill the story behind
your divorce, don't you?

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Oh, I'd be very grateful.

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You really think I'd give up that story
for anything you've got to offer?

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Good night, Marianne.

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Great security. Am I ready?

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Sorry, Mr. Wade. She must have... Yeah,
she must have.

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Why don't you get me a pair of trunks?
I'm going to take a swim.

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Sorry, Miss Bente. Mr. Wade's in the
pool. Strict instructions.

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No more visitors.

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Tell Mr. Wade I don't give a damn about
his instructions.

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Mr. Moretti, this is Matthews.

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00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:57,310
Yeah, Moretti.

257
00:14:57,950 --> 00:14:58,950
Yeah, right.

258
00:14:59,950 --> 00:15:03,050
Mr. Wade, Joe Binti's on the way in.

259
00:15:21,550 --> 00:15:24,290
The cleanup crew should be done with the
party now. I'm going to go secure the

260
00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:25,290
place.

261
00:15:29,710 --> 00:15:32,530
You have three minutes to say anything
you want to.

262
00:15:33,550 --> 00:15:38,830
After that, I expect to hear good night,
thanks for the memories, and I'll see

263
00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:39,529
you around.

264
00:15:39,530 --> 00:15:40,750
Oh, no, it's not that easy.

265
00:15:41,910 --> 00:15:42,930
You lied to me.

266
00:15:44,150 --> 00:15:45,150
You're young, Michelle.

267
00:15:45,890 --> 00:15:46,890
Really naive.

268
00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:50,630
You knew what my paper was like when you
came to work here.

269
00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,440
I gotta hand it to you, Wade.

270
00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,260
You did one smooth con job on me.

271
00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:56,680
It wasn't all con.

272
00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,840
I liked you, kid.

273
00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,400
You've been a little nicer to me.

274
00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,240
Who knows, I might have given you
anything you wanted.

275
00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:07,360
Wade, you really are a sleaze.

276
00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:10,980
I'm only sorry I didn't see it sooner.

277
00:16:13,660 --> 00:16:14,660
Careful, baby.

278
00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:17,380
You could fall on your face.

279
00:17:27,940 --> 00:17:28,960
I know I was speeding.

280
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,760
70 in the 55 zone.

281
00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,480
Nancy, your license, please.

282
00:17:58,680 --> 00:17:59,840
Step out of the car, please.

283
00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:02,820
Why? I'm afraid you'll have to come with
me, ma 'am.

284
00:18:03,180 --> 00:18:03,979
What's wrong?

285
00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:06,060
There's been a murder. You're wanted for
questioning.

286
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,560
What's going to happen to the lawsuit
now that Wade is dead?

287
00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:26,200
Well, if the new management agrees to
print retractions, we'll drop the suit.

288
00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:29,410
Morning, Paul.

289
00:18:29,470 --> 00:18:30,810
Did you get to see Michelle?

290
00:18:31,290 --> 00:18:33,210
Yes. How's she holding up?

291
00:18:33,410 --> 00:18:34,550
Feeling a lot better.

292
00:18:34,830 --> 00:18:41,230
Who do you think might have killed Wade?

293
00:18:42,410 --> 00:18:44,410
I think we could fill a football
stadium.

294
00:18:44,650 --> 00:18:48,270
Why do you think they're so convinced
that Michelle did it?

295
00:18:48,950 --> 00:18:51,090
The party was over. Everyone had gone
home.

296
00:18:51,310 --> 00:18:53,930
Michelle was left alone with him. Then
he was found dead.

297
00:18:54,860 --> 00:18:57,560
When the police finally caught up with
her, she was speeding away from the

298
00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,660
scene, so... There was one other thing.

299
00:19:01,220 --> 00:19:02,220
What's that?

300
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,460
Her fingerprints were on the murder
weapon.

301
00:19:08,540 --> 00:19:10,280
It must have happened when I was
leaving.

302
00:19:11,020 --> 00:19:13,660
I slipped and grabbed the statue to keep
from falling.

303
00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:17,680
Mr. Mason, are they sure that's what was
used to kill him?

304
00:19:18,860 --> 00:19:21,000
I've just gone over the police report.

305
00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:23,500
Wade was found floating in his pool.

306
00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,040
Fragments of the statue were found in
his skull.

307
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,460
It doesn't make sense, the thought of me
wanting to kill Wade.

308
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,900
The prosecution's going to make a
compelling case.

309
00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:36,520
Wade fired you.

310
00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:39,560
You were furious. You fought.

311
00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:40,780
He wouldn't relent.

312
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:48,140
You lost control, grabbed the nearest
handy object, and kept hitting him till

313
00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:49,140
was dead.

314
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,520
I didn't do it.

315
00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:55,740
Of course you didn't do it.

316
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,040
Good morning.

317
00:20:03,140 --> 00:20:08,300
I should have expected to see you here,
but it's always something of a surprise.

318
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,500
A pleasant one, I hope. Of course.

319
00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:15,840
Your Honor, this was not a death
resulting from reckless conduct or even

320
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,820
voluntary manslaughter.

321
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,460
The people allege that this was a murder
of premeditation.

322
00:20:23,110 --> 00:20:24,750
and deliberation by this defendant.

323
00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:27,910
We respectfully request that bail be
denied.

324
00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:33,490
Your Honor, I have known Michelle Bente
for almost two years, and I can assure

325
00:20:33,490 --> 00:20:37,950
the court she is a responsible young
woman with substantial ties to the

326
00:20:37,950 --> 00:20:41,870
community. She is a professional
journalist who... Journalist?

327
00:20:42,430 --> 00:20:43,550
Your Honor...

328
00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:49,320
This young woman is a procurer of
libelous misstatements and innuendos for

329
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:53,320
weekly tabloid that mocks the First
Amendment while it pads its corporate

330
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,200
wallet. We're all acquainted with the
confidential informer.

331
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:04,360
I would remind my distinguished
colleague, it is my client, not this

332
00:21:04,540 --> 00:21:06,320
who is the accused here.

333
00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:11,700
Miss Bente denies any involvement with
this death and is looking forward to her

334
00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:12,700
day in court.

335
00:21:14,350 --> 00:21:18,090
The court is granting bail in this case
in the amount of $200 ,000.

336
00:21:19,150 --> 00:21:20,150
Thank you, gentlemen.

337
00:21:23,130 --> 00:21:25,290
Okay, Wade was sitting here at the edge
of the pool.

338
00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:28,070
She grabbed the statue.

339
00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:29,890
Someone grabbed the statue.

340
00:21:31,170 --> 00:21:36,730
And when Wade turned his head, she
smashed his skull in. I should have

341
00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:38,810
left him alone with her, not the mood
she was in.

342
00:21:39,810 --> 00:21:43,570
Mr. Moretti, the time is bent -y.

343
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,200
Left the estate.

344
00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,160
To when you discovered the body.

345
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,380
How much time had elapsed?

346
00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:51,840
Minutes. Three -fourths max.

347
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,980
Wait a minute. If you're saying somebody
else had a chance to do it, impossible.

348
00:21:56,420 --> 00:21:57,420
There wasn't time.

349
00:21:57,700 --> 00:21:59,500
Besides, nobody could have got off the
estate.

350
00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,140
Everything was buttoned down tight.

351
00:22:02,380 --> 00:22:04,520
Nobody in, nobody out. You're positive?

352
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,000
I'm paid to be positive.

353
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:09,840
Anything else, Mr. Mason?

354
00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:12,080
I understand Mr.

355
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,580
Wade... Always carried a gun wherever he
went.

356
00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:17,059
That's right.

357
00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:19,120
Did he have it with him at the time he
was murdered?

358
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,880
I saw him put it in the pocket of his
robe just before he came after his swim.

359
00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:24,860
And he put the robe over there on that
chair.

360
00:22:28,220 --> 00:22:32,700
Lieutenant, there's no mention of the
gun in the police report.

361
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,780
Well, no gun was found.

362
00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:37,500
Then it is missing.

363
00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:40,380
Well, what's your point, Mr. Mason?

364
00:22:41,220 --> 00:22:44,840
Well... It wasn't found on Miss Bente
when she was arrested.

365
00:22:45,540 --> 00:22:47,860
This estate is certainly well guarded.

366
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,440
I wonder how it could have disappeared.

367
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:55,000
She must have taken it with her and
dumped it along the road.

368
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,880
Why would she take it, Lieutenant?

369
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,800
The gun wasn't the murder weapon.

370
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,160
How should I know?

371
00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:03,940
How indeed.

372
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,320
Thank you both for your cooperation.

373
00:23:10,510 --> 00:23:11,530
Well, what about letters?

374
00:23:12,790 --> 00:23:15,430
Did Wade receive any actual death
threats?

375
00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:17,910
Just your run -of -the -mill hate mail.

376
00:23:18,810 --> 00:23:22,550
Let's face it, anybody who's been the
subject of one of Wade's smear jobs

377
00:23:22,550 --> 00:23:23,550
love to see him dead.

378
00:23:24,110 --> 00:23:27,670
What about, uh, like a story that might
have still been in progress?

379
00:23:28,550 --> 00:23:30,110
Kill Wade before it's even published?

380
00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:31,510
Yeah, maybe.

381
00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:36,350
In an attempt to keep the story from
getting to print, it's a lot stronger

382
00:23:36,350 --> 00:23:38,630
motivation than revenge after the fact.

383
00:23:39,340 --> 00:23:40,540
You know, that makes a lot of sense.

384
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,940
I think it does, too.

385
00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:45,900
Except most of what Wade publishes is
just rumor, innuendo.

386
00:23:47,020 --> 00:23:49,620
Maybe he had something a little bit more
concrete this time.

387
00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,300
What were some of the stories he was
working on?

388
00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:53,820
All sorts of things.

389
00:23:54,620 --> 00:23:56,480
I've got notes on all of them at the
office.

390
00:23:58,260 --> 00:24:00,740
Uh, notes. What about, uh, Wade's file?

391
00:24:01,780 --> 00:24:05,360
Wade keeps all the juicy stuff and
evidence locked in his safe.

392
00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:07,500
You have a combination?

393
00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:12,460
Let's go get your notes.

394
00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:14,340
I think I better get dressed first.

395
00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:17,980
Michelle, let me ask you something.

396
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,780
If this guy was such a lowlife, why'd
you end up working for him?

397
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,400
Best job I could get.

398
00:24:26,260 --> 00:24:27,260
Why?

399
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:34,000
This condo, car, half a dozen credit
cards, that go along with it? Yeah, it's

400
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000
part of the trap.

401
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,200
But you know, reporters at the Informer
make three, four times the going rate of

402
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,320
other papers, plus all this.

403
00:24:41,470 --> 00:24:44,570
You start out working there thinking
you'll just put aside a little nest egg

404
00:24:44,570 --> 00:24:45,670
then leave to do something important.

405
00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:48,930
But you get real used to those big
bucks.

406
00:24:50,550 --> 00:24:52,130
Because you don't have to worry about
that anymore.

407
00:24:55,210 --> 00:24:56,930
No. Not anymore.

408
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,320
Oh, not locked.

409
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,520
Ah!

410
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,320
Harry, the simplest explanation is that
there was information that was

411
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:41,320
incriminating.

412
00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:45,360
So it had to be extracted before it fell
into the wrong hands.

413
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,480
If that's true, why take all four files?

414
00:27:49,660 --> 00:27:51,580
You're sure only four are missing?

415
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,240
Positive.

416
00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:57,480
Wade kept them together in a special
folder. The hot file, he called it.

417
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,360
When I checked the safe after the break
-in, it was gone.

418
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,140
And with it, all the evidence Wade had
dug up on General Sorensen.

419
00:28:04,910 --> 00:28:07,050
Oscar Ortega and the doctor and Mrs.
Clayman.

420
00:28:07,910 --> 00:28:10,110
There's information on all four of them
in my notes.

421
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:14,190
Della, are those four on the guest list?

422
00:28:14,650 --> 00:28:15,650
Yes.

423
00:28:15,930 --> 00:28:17,730
They all seem to have been at the party.

424
00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:19,890
All right, I'll check them out.

425
00:28:20,730 --> 00:28:21,730
You have breakfast yet?

426
00:28:22,590 --> 00:28:23,590
Yes, I did.

427
00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:24,630
And you're still here?

428
00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:27,030
Paul, we need that safe cracker.

429
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:29,230
Right away.

430
00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:30,950
Michelle, if you're up to it, would you
help me, please?

431
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:32,750
Let's go.

432
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,000
You really love to get on his case.

433
00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:42,320
Yes, I guess I do.

434
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,880
You want me to type up those notes?

435
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:46,960
As soon as I've checked them through.

436
00:28:56,340 --> 00:28:59,780
Yeah. Mr. Street, these are for you.
Where would you like me to set them?

437
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,360
Right over there.

438
00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:09,900
That's okay. The tip's been taken care
of. Have a good day. Oh, thank you.

439
00:29:13,580 --> 00:29:14,580
Strange.

440
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,480
Ever see a bellhop that won't accept a
tip?

441
00:29:19,380 --> 00:29:21,520
Maybe he's independently wealthy.

442
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:22,800
Where were they from?

443
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,480
They're from the hotel.

444
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:31,060
I guess when you take an expensive
suite, you get an expensive welcome.

445
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:54,840
Good, Gretchen.

446
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,480
Looks good for a green horse.

447
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,420
It's my day off.

448
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:09,040
I'm hungover, so if you want another
screaming session, try primal therapy.

449
00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:12,520
I won't take long, but I'm in a little
jam.

450
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,660
I'm deeply moved.

451
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:20,080
Jack, I need some money. You've frozen
our account. Your next check will be on

452
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,800
time. Thursday a week, just as the
agreement says.

453
00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:28,370
30 ,000, Jack. I need 30 ,000. Temporary
alimony isn't going to cover that. 30

454
00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:29,550
,000 for what?

455
00:30:31,450 --> 00:30:32,450
I can't say.

456
00:30:33,030 --> 00:30:34,590
You're being blackmailed, aren't you?

457
00:30:35,890 --> 00:30:37,070
How would you know that?

458
00:30:38,910 --> 00:30:42,710
Unless you're being blackmailed too,
aren't you?

459
00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:48,290
You're getting off easy. I'm supposed to
cough up a... Excuse me, may I help

460
00:30:48,290 --> 00:30:52,650
you? Sorry if I'm intruding, Doctor. I'm
Michelle Bente's attorney. My name's

461
00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:56,370
Mason. Well, I'm sorry for her. She
deserves a medal.

462
00:30:57,130 --> 00:30:59,570
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's all the
help I can give her.

463
00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:02,450
I take it you had a problem with Harlan
Wade.

464
00:31:03,910 --> 00:31:07,590
Since you're here, Mr. Mason, you
already know that. And you already know

465
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:09,270
were both at the party the day he was
killed.

466
00:31:09,630 --> 00:31:10,630
Care for a beer?

467
00:31:10,670 --> 00:31:11,670
No, thank you.

468
00:31:12,150 --> 00:31:15,590
I hate to rush you, Mr. Mason, but my
husband and I were going over some

469
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:16,590
important business.

470
00:31:16,780 --> 00:31:19,540
So if there's something you'd like to
know, please ask it and then go.

471
00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:24,320
I understand from the police report you
left Wade's party so quickly nobody

472
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,660
seems to have seen you leave.

473
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,400
I left early. I was bored to tears.

474
00:31:28,780 --> 00:31:32,800
If necessary, a friend will confirm that
I was home tucking my son in bed when

475
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:33,820
the happy event occurred.

476
00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:35,180
Friend?

477
00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,159
That's right.

478
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,160
Bobby Conwell.

479
00:31:37,620 --> 00:31:39,280
Oh, yes. Bobby Conwell.

480
00:31:40,220 --> 00:31:43,260
Wasn't he one of the reasons for your
pending divorce from Dr.

481
00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:45,520
Clayman? Who told you that?

482
00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:49,100
Wade had reporters researching rumors
about both of you.

483
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,400
Stay away from me, Mr. Mason.

484
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,080
Far away.

485
00:31:55,820 --> 00:31:56,820
Oh, Jack.

486
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,620
What we discussed before, I need it
today.

487
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:05,060
Or I swear it'll take more than a court
order for you to visit your son again.

488
00:32:14,190 --> 00:32:16,130
It's going to be one hell of a divorce,
Mason.

489
00:32:18,250 --> 00:32:20,070
But she'll go down like the Titanic.

490
00:32:20,410 --> 00:32:27,350
I've got enough on her to get custody of
my son and to leave her scrounging for

491
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:28,350
nickels.

492
00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:29,850
I'm betting on a draw.

493
00:32:31,570 --> 00:32:38,090
Doctor, just where were you when... I
was here, getting plastered, feeling

494
00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:39,090
for myself.

495
00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,250
Alone?

496
00:32:42,290 --> 00:32:43,290
Of course.

497
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,040
Of course.

498
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:48,780
He's not there. You think he'd be at the
park?

499
00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:50,860
Thanks, I'll try him there.

500
00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:54,220
Grab that, I'll take this.

501
00:32:58,980 --> 00:33:00,820
Well, well, look who's here.

502
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,460
I'm just getting my things, Frank.

503
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,960
No, no, I'm glad you came by. Look,
Michelle, how much do you want for your

504
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,960
story? Rick, get up here and get some
pictures, will you? Now, it's got to be

505
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,340
exclusive now, because I don't want you
talking to anybody else.

506
00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:16,010
Frank, that's the sickest thing I've
ever heard, and I've heard a lot around

507
00:33:16,010 --> 00:33:19,770
here. Well, why? I mean, somebody's
going to do the story. It might as well

508
00:33:19,770 --> 00:33:23,190
us. Sounds like Harlan Wade's
philosophy. Come on, let's go. You're

509
00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:25,690
regret this. You're going to regret
this. Would you back off?

510
00:33:26,970 --> 00:33:29,790
Come on. You got a camera. Will you use
it?

511
00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:37,290
Mr. Mason.

512
00:33:38,230 --> 00:33:39,290
May I sit down?

513
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,220
You must have made quite an impression
on my secretary to find me here. I told

514
00:33:48,220 --> 00:33:49,920
her it was a matter of life and death.

515
00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:52,000
My life?

516
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,280
Wade's death.

517
00:33:54,780 --> 00:33:56,640
I mean, it is Wade we're talking about.

518
00:33:56,940 --> 00:33:57,839
That's right.

519
00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:58,980
And I am a suspect.

520
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,140
Now, why would I want to kill my friend
Wade?

521
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:10,320
I understand he had his people working
on a rumor about your bank being in the

522
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,560
money laundering business.

523
00:34:12,429 --> 00:34:16,310
That its top clients are drug dealers?
That's a lie. Is it?

524
00:34:16,909 --> 00:34:19,909
For a sophisticated man, you're very
gullible, Mason.

525
00:34:22,530 --> 00:34:28,170
Maybe what Wade had in his safe was
proof of your bank's dealings. Maybe

526
00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:31,250
was killed to stop him from exposing
you.

527
00:34:31,550 --> 00:34:33,830
What the hell is this about a safe?

528
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:36,790
It's in the late edition, Mr. Ortega.

529
00:34:37,770 --> 00:34:41,270
Somebody broke into Wade's safe and took
a number of files.

530
00:34:41,739 --> 00:34:42,739
Yours among them.

531
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:48,760
Why would I go to the trouble of
stealing my own file so that I could

532
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:49,760
myself?

533
00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:51,699
That's right.

534
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,780
Whoever got into that safe called me an
hour ago.

535
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,520
He told me he had information that could
destroy me and my bank.

536
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,180
He wanted $100 ,000 for it.

537
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:09,420
And? I don't pay blackmail, Mr. Mason,
for a lot less than $100 ,000. I can

538
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:10,420
a specialist.

539
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,340
to deal with the situation more
permanently.

540
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:21,660
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to be
at the bank before it closes.

541
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:38,000
Stunning maneuver, Pasquale. Very first
rate, but checkmate, I'm afraid.

542
00:35:38,660 --> 00:35:39,980
My dear Michel.

543
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:41,600
You're free again.

544
00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:42,660
Only on bail.

545
00:35:42,860 --> 00:35:46,180
I want you to meet a good friend. How do
you do? How do you do?

546
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:50,080
Cyril's been very helpful to some of the
reporters on the paper. I'm a marvelous

547
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,080
character witness.

548
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,100
My credentials are impeccable. My record
is spotless.

549
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,060
And he'll testify to anything for a
price.

550
00:35:58,300 --> 00:35:59,158
That's right.

551
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:00,460
A lot happy for me today.

552
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,000
I need some information.

553
00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:05,860
Michelle tells me that you know
everything that goes on in the city.

554
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,720
Something tells me we're going to talk
about the underworld.

555
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,500
Cyril, it's important.

556
00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,540
Last night, I had a run -in with a safe
-cracker.

557
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:19,800
Wide shoulders, chains on the wrist,
around the neck.

558
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,680
He's very good at his job.

559
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,640
Do you have any ideas who it might be?

560
00:36:23,860 --> 00:36:25,380
Yes, he's so boring.

561
00:36:25,860 --> 00:36:27,400
He's also very dangerous.

562
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,080
If I were you, I'd stay very wide of
him.

563
00:36:30,820 --> 00:36:32,220
Well, I need his name.

564
00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:35,120
Would you believe he's called Animal?

565
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,940
Where can we find him?

566
00:36:37,370 --> 00:36:40,410
He usually frequents the Three Aces.
Probably still does.

567
00:36:40,850 --> 00:36:42,610
Thanks, Cyril. I owe you one.

568
00:36:42,830 --> 00:36:44,490
Be extremely careful.

569
00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:48,270
This animal's no pussycat. He likes to
hurt people.

570
00:36:48,810 --> 00:36:49,729
We've met.

571
00:36:49,730 --> 00:36:50,730
Thank you.

572
00:36:54,430 --> 00:36:56,670
Where do you suppose I can find a cab
right now?

573
00:36:57,510 --> 00:37:00,830
Meaning go home like a good little girl
because Cyril says he's dangerous?

574
00:37:01,790 --> 00:37:05,590
Paul, I can handle myself. I'm sure you
can. You know what? I think I'm going to

575
00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:06,590
rent a car.

576
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,920
Paul, you're not going to find a rental
car around here.

577
00:37:09,140 --> 00:37:10,058
Use mine.

578
00:37:10,060 --> 00:37:11,060
I'll get a cab.

579
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,118
You sure?

580
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,120
Yeah, I'm sure.

581
00:37:13,180 --> 00:37:14,820
All right. It saves me some time.

582
00:37:15,620 --> 00:37:17,080
I'll call you when I have something.

583
00:37:18,380 --> 00:37:19,380
Go home.

584
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:04,300
General?

585
00:38:05,260 --> 00:38:06,280
They're weekend soldiers.

586
00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:07,580
They're running fast.

587
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,160
They'll be very effective.

588
00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:11,120
In whose army?

589
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,900
It's hard to say, but they'll probably
wind up in Central America.

590
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,600
Have you been doing this long?

591
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:22,420
No, both Captain Rivers and myself are
retired. We're volunteers, that's all.

592
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,560
Fills in some long hours and some very
long days.

593
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,160
You don't sound like a man who's ready
for retirement.

594
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,480
Far from it.

595
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:34,390
Mr. Mason, what brings you here?

596
00:38:35,890 --> 00:38:41,330
Some files concerning you were stolen
from Colin Wade's safe last night.

597
00:38:42,090 --> 00:38:45,530
You're certainly not suggesting that I
took them. I'm suggesting that you're

598
00:38:45,530 --> 00:38:47,990
being blackmailed. Don't dance with me,
Mr. Mason.

599
00:38:48,430 --> 00:38:50,630
I don't like cute politicians and clever
lawyers.

600
00:38:50,970 --> 00:38:54,330
You're implying that I had something to
do with Wade's death. Well, I didn't. I

601
00:38:54,330 --> 00:38:57,850
went directly home from that party, saw
my wife to bed, and fell asleep in the

602
00:38:57,850 --> 00:38:58,850
den watching TV.

603
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:00,190
Would you be able to prove that?

604
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,320
Unfortunately, no. I didn't think I'd
have to have an alibi for a murder I had

605
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,320
no motive to commit.

606
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:05,360
I can think of one.

607
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,560
Isn't it true you were about to be
appointed to the board of directors of

608
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:10,560
South Wing Corporation?

609
00:39:10,820 --> 00:39:11,920
How'd you find out about that?

610
00:39:12,140 --> 00:39:14,620
What's important is Wade found out about
it.

611
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,600
And a scandal involving you that went
all the way back to Vietnam.

612
00:39:19,460 --> 00:39:21,460
Sir, do we have to listen to this?

613
00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:24,700
No.

614
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,140
Mr. Mason, I just hope his date is
welcome.

615
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,640
I enjoyed every minute of it.

616
00:40:24,010 --> 00:40:25,010
all right, Mason?

617
00:40:25,210 --> 00:40:26,210
You all right?

618
00:40:27,170 --> 00:40:29,330
We're all right. What the devil's the
matter with you?

619
00:40:29,650 --> 00:40:32,250
This is a restricted area. Did you see
the warning sign back there?

620
00:40:33,450 --> 00:40:37,190
If there had been a sign, General, my
driver and I surely would have seen it.

621
00:40:37,210 --> 00:40:38,210
You and I both know that.

622
00:40:38,850 --> 00:40:40,650
Let's see what the hell happened to it.
Yes, sir.

623
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:45,190
Well, thank you for the ride.

624
00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:48,050
I enjoyed every minute of it.

625
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:01,840
What do you think?

626
00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:04,040
Just great, Della.

627
00:41:04,980 --> 00:41:07,740
Especially this one on Dr. Clayman.
Where'd you get it?

628
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,820
A Jerry Stringer from Kansas City came
up with it.

629
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,420
Would you like it poured now, or shall
we let it chill for a few minutes more?

630
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,920
I'm so sorry. We didn't order that. It
must be some mistake.

631
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,880
It was ordered for you, Miss Street.

632
00:41:25,660 --> 00:41:27,320
By whom?

633
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:33,820
I wasn't given a name. Well, just leave
it right there and come back in a little

634
00:41:33,820 --> 00:41:34,820
bit, would you please?

635
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,820
Maybe he's married.

636
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,060
Or maybe he's just shy.

637
00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:50,220
Must be some dick.

638
00:41:51,460 --> 00:41:54,860
Well, we'll call it later.

639
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:03,060
Right now, I need you to check on the
caterer, all the temporary help at

640
00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:09,320
party. I want their precise schedules,
what they did, when they left, and

641
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,800
you've made some plans I know nothing
about.

642
00:42:13,940 --> 00:42:14,940
Never.

643
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,160
Never?

644
00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:19,060
Hardly ever.

645
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:39,920
Where's my drink?

646
00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:43,040
On me.

647
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:46,640
Get lost.

648
00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:49,780
Now, that'd cost you money.

649
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:52,040
And it'd mess me up.

650
00:42:52,660 --> 00:42:57,180
See, I got a job. I was talking to your
friends, and they were telling me you're

651
00:42:57,180 --> 00:42:58,180
the best.

652
00:42:58,240 --> 00:42:59,440
I ain't got no friends.

653
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,400
Now, come on, Animal. I mean, Mr.
Animal. What did I call you then?

654
00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:08,280
Now, we are talking about big money
here.

655
00:43:08,620 --> 00:43:10,340
Not the kind of money he made last
night.

656
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,260
I don't know what you're talking about,
mister.

657
00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:18,160
Well, come on now. He laid the whole
thing out for me. Said you pulled it off

658
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:19,220
nice and clean.

659
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,340
That's why I gotta have you working for
me. I got to.

660
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:23,720
You laid what out?

661
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,500
Come on, Mr. Animal.

662
00:43:26,820 --> 00:43:28,020
You got a short memory.

663
00:43:30,420 --> 00:43:31,420
You know what I think?

664
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:32,920
I think you're fishing.

665
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:34,980
I think I know you.

666
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,140
Maybe you ought to get your face out of
mine before I break yours.

667
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:43,300
Okay.

668
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:50,320
It's your loss.

669
00:44:03,630 --> 00:44:05,230
You didn't really think I'd go home, did
you?

670
00:44:05,710 --> 00:44:06,930
Here, I brought you some coffee.

671
00:44:07,650 --> 00:44:08,650
Black and sugar, right?

672
00:44:11,670 --> 00:44:12,670
Yes.

673
00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:15,070
I did think you'd go home.

674
00:44:16,230 --> 00:44:18,910
And no, I don't like sugar in my coffee.

675
00:44:19,150 --> 00:44:20,330
I'm surprised you forgot.

676
00:44:21,350 --> 00:44:22,370
Actually, I just guessed.

677
00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:24,670
Where is he?

678
00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:27,150
Right there.

679
00:44:42,540 --> 00:44:44,580
Well, doctor, you're a fine artist.

680
00:44:44,980 --> 00:44:45,980
Thank you.

681
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,240
What's on your mind, Mason?

682
00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:56,380
You told me you were on your ranch at
the time Wade

683
00:44:56,380 --> 00:44:57,380
was murdered.

684
00:44:57,500 --> 00:44:58,500
That's right.

685
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:04,560
Your answering service called you there
three times during that evening.

686
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,700
One of them was an emergency you never
picked up.

687
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,160
Maybe I was in the shower or asleep.

688
00:45:13,260 --> 00:45:14,700
You can do better than that, Doctor.

689
00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:17,220
All right.

690
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:20,020
I was at a singles bar.

691
00:45:21,580 --> 00:45:22,780
Trying to find a girl.

692
00:45:23,060 --> 00:45:24,060
Any girl.

693
00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:25,500
I was lonely.

694
00:45:26,020 --> 00:45:27,020
Drunk.

695
00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:29,380
But I went back to the ranch alone.

696
00:45:30,940 --> 00:45:34,420
Why are you picking on me, Mason? Do you
really think I killed Wade just to keep

697
00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:35,940
my divorce out of his scandal sheet?

698
00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:37,460
No.

699
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,920
But you did have something much more
damaging to hide.

700
00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:43,920
What are you talking about?

701
00:45:44,460 --> 00:45:51,360
A young doctor, much older and very
rich, wife suddenly and mysteriously

702
00:45:51,620 --> 00:45:54,160
self -administered overdose of insulin.

703
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,360
Kansas City, 1967.

704
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:02,120
You were almost indicted. Finally, the
district attorney dropped the whole

705
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,120
in sufficient evidence.

706
00:46:03,580 --> 00:46:07,240
You inherited $2 million, moved here.

707
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:10,260
If Wade...

708
00:46:10,590 --> 00:46:14,150
printed the Kansas story along with your
present divorce, you would have been

709
00:46:14,150 --> 00:46:16,670
ruined. I didn't kill him, Mason.

710
00:46:18,510 --> 00:46:23,550
No one that I know of has said that you
did, Dr. Clayman.

711
00:46:24,830 --> 00:46:25,830
No one.

712
00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:56,720
Stay here.

713
00:47:55,690 --> 00:47:57,710
If you didn't, you know who lives in
this building?

714
00:47:58,430 --> 00:48:00,670
My good buddy and photographer, Rick
Connor.

715
00:48:01,150 --> 00:48:02,150
You like it?

716
00:48:04,710 --> 00:48:05,710
I love it.

717
00:48:05,810 --> 00:48:06,950
Let's go pay him a visit.

718
00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:11,270
I always wondered how Rick could afford
this place.

719
00:48:11,810 --> 00:48:13,850
Maybe he couldn't. That's why he's
moonlighting.

720
00:48:14,050 --> 00:48:15,110
He hired the animal?

721
00:48:15,370 --> 00:48:16,490
He's our blackmailer?

722
00:48:19,190 --> 00:48:20,190
This is his place.

723
00:48:20,550 --> 00:48:21,550
Wait a minute.

724
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:29,380
Looks like somebody beat us here.

725
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:01,240
Did you see who it was?

726
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,460
This has not been a good day.

727
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,020
Paul, relax.

728
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:18,320
It's your show.

729
00:49:18,460 --> 00:49:19,780
Before or after, I'm deaf.

730
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,340
If he's alive, he'll be here.

731
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:24,840
This is his second home.

732
00:49:26,130 --> 00:49:27,130
Another drink?

733
00:49:27,190 --> 00:49:28,190
I don't think so.

734
00:49:29,170 --> 00:49:33,070
You know, I never really did thank you
for getting time to take my case.

735
00:49:33,410 --> 00:49:35,070
There's no time like the present.

736
00:49:38,450 --> 00:49:40,410
Get out of here, Doug. I mean it.

737
00:49:40,610 --> 00:49:41,830
One of your former associates?

738
00:49:42,410 --> 00:49:44,430
Now I know what it feels like to be fair
game.

739
00:49:46,170 --> 00:49:47,170
Oh, no.

740
00:49:51,350 --> 00:49:55,130
That look familiar?

741
00:49:58,520 --> 00:49:59,980
Your partner's here.

742
00:50:00,860 --> 00:50:04,160
Never mind.

743
00:50:18,820 --> 00:50:20,600
Take me. Be there.

744
00:51:20,650 --> 00:51:26,350
Lieutenant Donahue, referring to the
report which you're holding in your

745
00:51:26,430 --> 00:51:29,270
which is marked People's Exhibit H, what
was the cause of death?

746
00:51:29,790 --> 00:51:35,590
The victim died of a massive cerebral
hemorrhage resulting from watermore

747
00:51:35,590 --> 00:51:39,810
by a blunt object to the base of the
skull approximately here.

748
00:51:41,570 --> 00:51:45,990
This piece of carved marble is marked
People's Exhibit A.

749
00:51:47,290 --> 00:51:48,430
Do you recognize it?

750
00:51:49,050 --> 00:51:51,810
Yes, I do. What is it, and where was it
found?

751
00:51:52,510 --> 00:51:58,450
Well, that portion of the statue was
found at the bottom of the pool

752
00:51:58,450 --> 00:52:04,050
the victim, and those portions were
found on the deck nearby.

753
00:52:05,070 --> 00:52:07,390
Could this have been the murder weapon?

754
00:52:07,810 --> 00:52:14,610
Yes, the fragments from the statue were
found in the wound on the victim's

755
00:52:14,610 --> 00:52:15,770
head, and of course the...

756
00:52:16,590 --> 00:52:19,650
Portions that you see there were found
close by the decedent's body.

757
00:52:20,150 --> 00:52:24,310
Now, the statue is weighty, but it's not
terribly heavy.

758
00:52:25,370 --> 00:52:27,270
Tell me, could a woman lift it, do you
think?

759
00:52:27,670 --> 00:52:30,390
Objection. No foundation and proper
opinion.

760
00:52:31,250 --> 00:52:32,250
Sustained.

761
00:52:38,490 --> 00:52:40,010
Lieutenant, one last question.

762
00:52:41,570 --> 00:52:45,330
Fingerprints were found on the smooth
portion of the statue. Were those

763
00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:48,700
identified? Yes, they match those of the
defendant.

764
00:52:49,100 --> 00:52:50,140
Thank you, Lieutenant.

765
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:52,740
No further questions.

766
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:54,560
Mr. Mason?

767
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:58,400
Lieutenant Donahue.

768
00:53:05,660 --> 00:53:12,540
Lieutenant Donahue, the medical
examiner's report also

769
00:53:12,540 --> 00:53:14,320
indicates the presence of...

770
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:19,400
several other deep bruises to the back
of Mr. Wade's neck. Is that correct?

771
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:21,160
Yes, it is.

772
00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:28,640
So it's possible that the killer
inflicted additional blows to Mr.

773
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:33,260
Wade's head either before or after the
one that caused his death?

774
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,620
Well, I suppose... Objection calls for
conclusion on the part of the witness.

775
00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:40,140
We'll draw the question.

776
00:53:42,820 --> 00:53:43,820
Lieutenant...

777
00:53:44,910 --> 00:53:49,490
The defense has learned that Mr. Wade
carried a gun with him at all times.

778
00:53:50,010 --> 00:53:52,050
Does this agree with your findings?

779
00:53:52,890 --> 00:53:55,090
Yes, we have statements to that effect.

780
00:53:55,970 --> 00:53:57,010
Isn't it true Mr.

781
00:53:57,290 --> 00:54:00,990
Wade had the gun with him in his robe
pocket when he went down to the pool?

782
00:54:01,570 --> 00:54:05,690
According to Mr. Moretti, it is all in
my report there.

783
00:54:07,270 --> 00:54:10,550
Now, when I first entered this case...

784
00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:14,260
I asked you if you'd found that gun.

785
00:54:15,700 --> 00:54:18,080
Now I'll ask you once again.

786
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:21,300
Have you found it?

787
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:23,600
No, sir.

788
00:54:24,460 --> 00:54:29,160
Since the gun had no bearing on the
crime one way or the other, and assuming

789
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,500
that the defendant took it with her and
disposed of it... That's all.

790
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:33,760
That's all.

791
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:39,220
Mr. Moretti, is the woman you admitted
to the estate that night present in the

792
00:54:39,220 --> 00:54:40,220
court?

793
00:54:40,470 --> 00:54:41,470
Yes, he is.

794
00:54:41,630 --> 00:54:42,910
Would you point her out, please?

795
00:54:44,650 --> 00:54:45,650
That's her right there.

796
00:54:46,210 --> 00:54:47,510
Indicating the defendant.

797
00:54:49,330 --> 00:54:56,090
Now, Mr. Moretti, were you with Mr. Wade
when the defendant arrived at the

798
00:54:56,090 --> 00:54:57,090
house?

799
00:54:57,130 --> 00:54:58,130
Yes, I was.

800
00:54:59,630 --> 00:55:02,630
Was that before or after the party had
ended?

801
00:55:03,030 --> 00:55:04,690
It was a long time after the party
ended.

802
00:55:05,390 --> 00:55:07,530
Was Ms. Bente expected?

803
00:55:08,370 --> 00:55:09,490
Are you kidding?

804
00:55:10,820 --> 00:55:12,780
Mr. Wade had just fired her that
afternoon.

805
00:55:13,620 --> 00:55:16,620
So the three of you were alone by the
pool.

806
00:55:17,980 --> 00:55:19,180
Then you left.

807
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:20,800
To secure the estate.

808
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:25,380
Leaving the defendant alone with her
former employer, the man who had fired

809
00:55:25,380 --> 00:55:26,380
that very afternoon.

810
00:55:27,020 --> 00:55:28,320
Objection. Argument.

811
00:55:29,720 --> 00:55:31,860
Sustained. Strike Mr. Essendon's
statement.

812
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:35,440
Mr. Moretti.

813
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:39,020
How did Ms. Bente...

814
00:55:39,340 --> 00:55:40,940
appeared to you? How did she seem?

815
00:55:41,260 --> 00:55:42,800
Angry? Upset?

816
00:55:43,260 --> 00:55:44,260
Objection.

817
00:55:44,700 --> 00:55:45,700
Improper opinion.

818
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,440
All right, I will withdraw the question.

819
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:54,080
Mr. Moretti, only a few more questions,
but they are vital ones.

820
00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:03,180
Did you see Miss Benty leave the estate
that night?

821
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:04,840
Yes, I did.

822
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:05,960
How did she leave?

823
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:07,860
She left very fast.

824
00:56:08,510 --> 00:56:10,130
She peeled rubber going down the
driveway.

825
00:56:10,730 --> 00:56:11,810
When was that?

826
00:56:12,310 --> 00:56:14,230
It was when I was walking back to the
pool.

827
00:56:16,130 --> 00:56:19,030
Right before I found Mr. Wade floating
in the pool.

828
00:56:20,070 --> 00:56:25,350
How much time would you say actually
elapsed from the time you saw Ms. Bente

829
00:56:25,350 --> 00:56:28,470
leave the estate until the time you
discovered Mr. Wade's body?

830
00:56:29,250 --> 00:56:30,490
Two, three minutes, Max.

831
00:56:30,690 --> 00:56:32,630
Two to three minutes.

832
00:56:34,310 --> 00:56:35,310
Mr. Moretti.

833
00:56:36,450 --> 00:56:41,350
Could anyone else have left the estate
after Ms. Bente drove off?

834
00:56:41,850 --> 00:56:42,850
Absolutely not.

835
00:56:43,810 --> 00:56:44,970
Not unless they could fly.

836
00:56:46,150 --> 00:56:48,430
I secured the gates personally after she
left.

837
00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:55,210
So let me tell you something, pal. The
beating you took last night is nothing

838
00:56:55,210 --> 00:56:58,490
compared with what's coming up. Give me
a break.

839
00:56:58,770 --> 00:57:01,450
We're going to be hanging coats off your
nose in a minute. I'm trying to help

840
00:57:01,450 --> 00:57:02,450
you.

841
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:09,960
You're not the world's most popular guy
these days, you know that?

842
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:22,080
It's up to you.

843
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:29,040
Okay.

844
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:30,760
Okay.

845
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:34,060
I was in hock up to my neck.

846
00:57:35,569 --> 00:57:40,110
When I found out about the stories we
were doing, I saw a chance to bail out.

847
00:57:41,570 --> 00:57:44,770
So when Wade got killed, I hired the
animal.

848
00:57:45,010 --> 00:57:46,410
I got my hands on the files.

849
00:57:46,830 --> 00:57:48,470
All it took was a couple of phone calls.

850
00:57:49,090 --> 00:57:53,330
Making public knowledge in your home
free.

851
00:57:54,950 --> 00:57:56,030
From the cops, too.

852
00:57:56,710 --> 00:57:59,450
So you give him Mr. Animal and you make
a deal. Come on.

853
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:05,700
Files are in my locker.

854
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:08,580
Spartan Athletic Club.

855
00:58:12,220 --> 00:58:15,400
These guys that made your face so pretty
last night.

856
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:17,840
You recognized them.

857
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:20,420
Who sent them?

858
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:24,440
Sure.

859
00:58:24,860 --> 00:58:26,920
I took pleasure in having it done.

860
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,680
The only thing I regret is that my
people screwed up.

861
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:33,220
I want the defile on me.

862
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:35,020
The one the blackmailer had.

863
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,220
All I bought was struggle.

864
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:42,440
Lately, I seem to be paying too much for
too little. Meaning what?

865
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:45,140
Wade owed a lot of money.

866
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:49,000
He had thousands of promissory notes
floating around town.

867
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:51,700
I bought them all out by a premium.

868
00:58:53,180 --> 00:58:57,120
So, if he printed any scandal about you,
you could have thrown him right into

869
00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:58,460
bankruptcy. You got it.

870
00:58:59,380 --> 00:59:01,280
He and I made a deal at his party.

871
00:59:03,150 --> 00:59:04,910
His silence for his sovereignty.

872
00:59:06,390 --> 00:59:12,890
You see, Mason, all you can do is nail
me for turning a two -bit blackmailer

873
00:59:12,890 --> 00:59:13,890
inside out.

874
00:59:15,110 --> 00:59:19,850
But as for murdering Wade, why would I
want to do that?

875
00:59:20,690 --> 00:59:22,370
I had him in my pocket.

876
00:59:23,210 --> 00:59:24,810
Of course you can prove all that.

877
00:59:29,330 --> 00:59:31,130
Photocopies of Wade's promissory notes.

878
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,840
The originals are in my safe.

879
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:38,380
You want to save that girl, Mason?

880
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:41,780
You're going to have to find another
person.

881
00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:48,580
What's up?

882
00:59:49,940 --> 00:59:52,280
Coffee? No, thanks. I had it in the
shower.

883
00:59:52,540 --> 00:59:53,540
Sorry about that.

884
00:59:54,620 --> 00:59:56,440
What happened? You find Wade's missing
gun?

885
00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:01,120
I'd like you to find that Lieutenant
Colonel Stanton McCauley retired as soon

886
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:03,160
you can. He... Lived somewhere in this
area.

887
01:00:04,220 --> 01:00:05,320
How does he fit in?

888
01:00:05,780 --> 01:00:08,160
He served with General Sorensen in
Vietnam.

889
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:13,340
He was one of the junior officers who
investigated the general on some rather

890
01:00:13,340 --> 01:00:14,340
serious charges.

891
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:17,660
Find out if McCauley thinks any of it's
true. It's all here.

892
01:00:31,370 --> 01:00:32,370
Thought you wanted to get some rest.

893
01:00:32,570 --> 01:00:34,370
I was going to until I saw this.

894
01:00:37,830 --> 01:00:39,950
This hits the newsstand tomorrow
morning.

895
01:00:45,550 --> 01:00:47,030
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

896
01:00:49,090 --> 01:00:51,030
I don't remember kissing you.

897
01:00:51,470 --> 01:00:53,970
Welcome to Harlan Wade's photo retouch
lab.

898
01:00:54,270 --> 01:00:58,510
You might also notice that my neckline
has dropped about two or three sexy

899
01:00:58,510 --> 01:00:59,510
inches.

900
01:01:00,430 --> 01:01:02,590
Wait till my mother sees this.

901
01:01:03,870 --> 01:01:08,390
Don't tell me your mother reads the
Confidential Informer. Are you kidding

902
01:01:08,770 --> 01:01:10,350
She wouldn't miss it.

903
01:01:11,270 --> 01:01:12,570
You want to get some dinner?

904
01:01:12,990 --> 01:01:14,390
This doesn't bother you?

905
01:01:15,410 --> 01:01:17,610
Not if it doesn't bother Paul's mother.

906
01:01:20,270 --> 01:01:22,390
Come on. Let's make some more headlines.

907
01:01:27,530 --> 01:01:28,790
Mistreat? Roger that.

908
01:01:34,380 --> 01:01:36,880
Excuse me. This just arrived for you.

909
01:01:38,580 --> 01:01:39,600
For me?

910
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:43,260
Oh, that won't be necessary. The tip's
been taken care of. Thanks.

911
01:01:47,660 --> 01:01:48,660
Well, open it.

912
01:01:53,060 --> 01:01:54,060
Perfume?

913
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,080
$400 worth.

914
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:58,060
Sounds serious.

915
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:01,120
I just don't understand what's going on.

916
01:02:02,060 --> 01:02:06,160
You know the flowers that were sent the
other day? They weren't from the hotel.

917
01:02:06,420 --> 01:02:09,720
And then the champagne, and then this.

918
01:02:11,340 --> 01:02:13,300
Who's sending these to me?

919
01:02:13,580 --> 01:02:15,380
What does the card say?

920
01:02:20,300 --> 01:02:26,960
From an admirer.

921
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:32,720
Done it again.

922
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:41,680
Mr. Moretti, yesterday you testified
that on the night of the murder,

923
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:45,380
nobody could have left the estate after
Miss Bente did.

924
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:48,620
In fact, she was the last one out.

925
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:50,680
Is that still your testimony?

926
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:52,520
Yes, it is.

927
01:02:52,860 --> 01:02:56,080
But you're not positive, are you?

928
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,420
I believe I told you once before, Mr.
Mason.

929
01:03:00,460 --> 01:03:01,800
I'm paid to be positive.

930
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:03,600
Yes, you did.

931
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:06,860
But you told the police.

932
01:03:08,020 --> 01:03:09,020
You saw Mrs.

933
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:14,600
Clayman in Mr. Wade's house long after
the other guests had gone home.

934
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:18,840
She was there all right. I saw her come
running out of his bedroom just before

935
01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:20,140
he went and took his final swim.

936
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:22,720
You didn't see her leave the estate, did
you?

937
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:24,280
No.

938
01:03:25,900 --> 01:03:28,640
Now, would you look at that...

939
01:03:29,450 --> 01:03:33,730
Young blonde lady seated in the second
row. Miss Henderson, please stand.

940
01:03:34,490 --> 01:03:37,670
You recognize her, do you not?

941
01:03:39,710 --> 01:03:41,830
Yeah. I know her.

942
01:03:42,250 --> 01:03:46,650
Wasn't she one of the cocktail
waitresses employed by the catering

943
01:03:46,650 --> 01:03:47,650
the party?

944
01:03:49,110 --> 01:03:50,330
Yeah, I believe she was.

945
01:03:50,910 --> 01:03:56,110
And she left with the catering van after
Miss Bente did?

946
01:03:56,490 --> 01:03:57,490
No.

947
01:04:00,240 --> 01:04:01,240
Well, maybe.

948
01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:03,060
Maybe she did.

949
01:04:04,780 --> 01:04:11,460
Mr. Moretti, you testified earlier that
from the time Miss Bente left to

950
01:04:11,460 --> 01:04:17,900
the time you discovered the body, only
two to three minutes had elapsed.

951
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,820
Yeah, that's pretty close to the time.

952
01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,140
But you're paid to be positive.

953
01:04:24,940 --> 01:04:27,460
Isn't it true you delayed the...

954
01:04:28,830 --> 01:04:35,150
Catering van's departure at least eight
to ten minutes while you tried to hustle

955
01:04:35,150 --> 01:04:38,110
Miss Henderson's telephone number from
her?

956
01:04:39,290 --> 01:04:40,350
Eight to ten minutes.

957
01:04:40,950 --> 01:04:44,750
Excuse me, but it's never taken me eight
to ten minutes to get any girl's phone

958
01:04:44,750 --> 01:04:45,750
number.

959
01:04:45,850 --> 01:04:47,710
Eight to ten minutes, Mr. Moretti.

960
01:04:48,310 --> 01:04:52,670
The gate guard, the van driver, and Miss
Henderson will all testify.

961
01:04:55,610 --> 01:04:57,750
It might have been a little longer.

962
01:04:59,370 --> 01:05:01,930
It was a little longer.

963
01:05:02,210 --> 01:05:03,530
Thank you, Miss Henderson.

964
01:05:04,710 --> 01:05:11,510
Mr. Moretti, if I now understand your
testimony correctly, it is

965
01:05:11,510 --> 01:05:17,490
entirely possible that someone hiding in
the house could have gone down to the

966
01:05:17,490 --> 01:05:24,150
pool, waited for Miss Bente to leave,
killed Mr. Wade, and then fled the

967
01:05:24,630 --> 01:05:28,550
Objection, Your Honor. Calls for
speculation. I have no further

968
01:05:28,550 --> 01:05:29,550
Honor.

969
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:33,800
Yeah, I drive that old van. Logan
Caterers.

970
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:35,120
Uses me a lot.

971
01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:40,500
How many people did you drive out to the
Wade party, Mr. Forbes?

972
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:43,060
Eight, but I didn't know any of them.

973
01:05:44,620 --> 01:05:45,660
You're sure it was eight?

974
01:05:46,820 --> 01:05:49,300
Now, there's one thing I can do, and I
can do good.

975
01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:53,280
I can drive, and I can count. And when I
say that there was eight people

976
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:58,520
penciling on that roster thing, that's
precisely how many there was, and that

977
01:05:58,520 --> 01:06:00,300
precisely how many I took.

978
01:06:01,420 --> 01:06:06,900
When you left the Wade estate, Mr.
Forbes, after the party was over, was

979
01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:08,080
van full?

980
01:06:08,420 --> 01:06:09,780
Ain't had an empty seat in the house.

981
01:06:10,540 --> 01:06:13,760
How many passengers does your van carry?

982
01:06:14,900 --> 01:06:15,940
Carries? Let's see now.

983
01:06:16,860 --> 01:06:18,100
Let me figure this out.

984
01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:21,620
It's got nine seats plus mine.

985
01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:26,160
So... Nine.

986
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:33,900
In other words, Mr. Forbes, you
brought... Eight people out to the

987
01:06:33,900 --> 01:06:35,640
took nine back to town.

988
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:41,260
That's right. You're pretty good.

989
01:06:42,660 --> 01:06:45,060
Now, you're not trying to say that I
helped no murderer escape.

990
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,780
No, Mr. Forbes, it's just simple
arithmetic.

991
01:06:49,980 --> 01:06:51,860
I've no further questions.

992
01:06:52,780 --> 01:06:53,780
Mr. Reston.

993
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:55,720
Nothing, Your Honor.

994
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:57,980
You may step down.

995
01:06:59,140 --> 01:07:03,140
Defense calls Marion Clayman to the
stand.

996
01:07:05,380 --> 01:07:08,860
Mrs. Clayman, you've heard testimony to
the effect.

997
01:07:09,180 --> 01:07:11,000
What I've heard is beneath contempt.

998
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:14,300
May I finish my question?

999
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:19,040
I'll finish it for you. Yes, I stayed
behind and waited for Wade after the

1000
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:23,200
was over. And yes, I was in his bedroom
with him just before Mr. Moretti saw me

1001
01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:26,420
leave. But no, I did not kill him.

1002
01:07:27,380 --> 01:07:28,380
Thank you.

1003
01:07:29,980 --> 01:07:34,360
Mrs. Clayman, you will please restrain
yourself from doing anything more than

1004
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:35,820
answering counsel's questions.

1005
01:07:36,180 --> 01:07:37,180
Is that understood?

1006
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:41,080
Your Honor, what Mr. Mason is about to
do is to smear me with innuendos about

1007
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:44,720
why I was in Mr. Wade's bed or my past
relationship with him. You are not to

1008
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:50,300
anticipate counsel's questions nor
speculate on what he may be going to do.

1009
01:07:50,860 --> 01:07:54,880
You will simply wait for counsel's
question and respond. Is that clear?

1010
01:07:55,500 --> 01:07:56,500
Yes, perfectly.

1011
01:07:56,800 --> 01:07:57,800
Thank you.

1012
01:07:58,220 --> 01:07:59,540
You may continue, Mr. Mason.

1013
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:08,640
Mrs. Clayman, weren't you waiting in Mr.
Wade's bedroom in order to persuade

1014
01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:11,420
him not to publish the story about your
impending divorce?

1015
01:08:13,060 --> 01:08:19,580
I guess so. In fact, you didn't want him
to publish anything in any way

1016
01:08:19,580 --> 01:08:22,080
that touched on the divorce. Isn't that
true?

1017
01:08:23,500 --> 01:08:27,340
Oh, what's the use? No, I didn't want
him to go within a million miles of it.

1018
01:08:27,979 --> 01:08:32,300
How did you plan to persuade him not to
publish that story?

1019
01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:38,899
I offered to do whatever he wanted if
he'd keep it out of his lousy paper.

1020
01:08:42,160 --> 01:08:48,660
And did you?

1021
01:08:49,740 --> 01:08:53,800
Objection, Your Honor. There is no
relevancy here. Mr. Mason is harassing

1022
01:08:53,800 --> 01:08:55,300
witness. Your Honor.

1023
01:08:56,490 --> 01:09:01,830
I'm attempting to prove that my client
wasn't the only one with the opportunity

1024
01:09:01,830 --> 01:09:03,510
and the motive to kill.

1025
01:09:04,910 --> 01:09:06,729
Sustained. I'll not allow the question.

1026
01:09:07,490 --> 01:09:12,790
No, it seemed he preferred to take a
cold swim. Mrs. Clayman, you are not to

1027
01:09:12,790 --> 01:09:15,710
answer questions to which I have already
sustained objections.

1028
01:09:16,529 --> 01:09:17,870
The answer will be stricken.

1029
01:09:18,490 --> 01:09:19,970
You may continue, Mr. Mason.

1030
01:09:21,170 --> 01:09:22,390
You were married.

1031
01:09:23,700 --> 01:09:26,680
Before your marriage to Dr. Clayman,
were you not?

1032
01:09:27,660 --> 01:09:30,240
That was a long time ago. I was just a
kid.

1033
01:09:30,600 --> 01:09:32,200
Back in Texas, wasn't it?

1034
01:09:34,380 --> 01:09:35,380
Yes.

1035
01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:43,380
Isn't it true you never divorced and you
knew you weren't divorced when you

1036
01:09:43,380 --> 01:09:44,380
married Dr. Clayman?

1037
01:09:44,660 --> 01:09:50,520
No. Mrs. Clayman, isn't it true that
Harlan Wade discovered all of this and

1038
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:51,979
threatened to publish his discoveries?

1039
01:09:52,939 --> 01:09:57,440
Thus making your marriage to Dr. Clayman
a nullity, depriving you of support and

1040
01:09:57,440 --> 01:09:58,440
community property?

1041
01:10:04,380 --> 01:10:05,440
Mrs. Clayman?

1042
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:09,940
Look, I knew that Wade had found out.

1043
01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:13,040
And that if he published the story, I'd
be finished, ruined.

1044
01:10:14,300 --> 01:10:15,620
But I didn't kill him.

1045
01:10:17,220 --> 01:10:18,220
Didn't you?

1046
01:10:20,100 --> 01:10:21,660
Mr. Moretti testified.

1047
01:10:23,530 --> 01:10:28,110
That he did not see you actually leave
the estate. No one else did either.

1048
01:10:28,670 --> 01:10:29,910
Objection, Your Honor.

1049
01:10:30,650 --> 01:10:34,770
Mrs. Clayman is not on trial here. Mr.
Mason is argumentative.

1050
01:10:35,010 --> 01:10:39,190
Your Honor, I'm merely attempting to
establish that my client might not have

1051
01:10:39,190 --> 01:10:45,550
been the last person to leave. That, in
fact, Mrs. Clayman could have been the

1052
01:10:45,550 --> 01:10:47,350
ninth person in the van.

1053
01:10:50,030 --> 01:10:51,530
I'm sustaining, Mr. Mason.

1054
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:08,760
Mrs. Clayman, you're acquainted with
Miss Hillary Scott?

1055
01:11:10,420 --> 01:11:12,120
Yes, she babysits my children.

1056
01:11:13,340 --> 01:11:17,180
Isn't it true you had to pay Miss Scott
overtime because it was nearly midnight

1057
01:11:17,180 --> 01:11:18,620
when you returned from the party?

1058
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:20,500
Where were you all that time?

1059
01:11:22,660 --> 01:11:27,400
Objection. No relevancy. Mr. Mason is
harassing and humiliating this witness.

1060
01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:30,020
Order. Order.

1061
01:11:33,820 --> 01:11:35,020
Mr. Mason.

1062
01:11:36,330 --> 01:11:40,190
I have been tolerant up to now, but this
concludes this line of questioning.

1063
01:11:41,570 --> 01:11:42,570
Yes, it does.

1064
01:11:42,710 --> 01:11:43,810
Thank you, Your Honor.

1065
01:11:46,150 --> 01:11:47,270
No further questions.

1066
01:11:50,810 --> 01:11:51,930
Did she do it?

1067
01:11:52,630 --> 01:11:53,650
What do you think?

1068
01:11:54,610 --> 01:11:55,610
No.

1069
01:11:57,550 --> 01:11:58,550
No.

1070
01:12:01,830 --> 01:12:02,830
General.

1071
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,520
Would you describe yourself as a man of
action?

1072
01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:11,660
I would describe myself as a former
soldier.

1073
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:15,240
Who's seen combat, great deal of combat.

1074
01:12:16,340 --> 01:12:17,460
Fort and two wars.

1075
01:12:18,780 --> 01:12:19,840
And you've killed.

1076
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:24,920
I was an airborne rager, Mr. Mason, not
a pastry chef.

1077
01:12:25,480 --> 01:12:27,720
Meaning you have killed.

1078
01:12:28,180 --> 01:12:29,180
Yes.

1079
01:12:30,460 --> 01:12:32,600
Have you ever killed with your bare
hands?

1080
01:12:33,839 --> 01:12:34,960
objection, relevancy.

1081
01:12:35,460 --> 01:12:39,660
It would appear that Mr. Mason is
attempting to put the entire state on

1082
01:12:39,660 --> 01:12:44,660
for murder in the bizarre hope of
distracting this court from the real

1083
01:12:44,780 --> 01:12:50,120
the guilt or innocence of Michelle
Bente. Your Honor, my sole purpose is to

1084
01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:55,460
with the real issue by proving to this
court that my client is innocent.

1085
01:12:56,920 --> 01:12:58,560
You may proceed, Mr. Mason.

1086
01:13:02,670 --> 01:13:09,370
When you did kill General, how did you
regard

1087
01:13:09,370 --> 01:13:10,370
your enemy?

1088
01:13:11,890 --> 01:13:12,890
As an enemy.

1089
01:13:14,570 --> 01:13:16,650
Is that how you felt about Harlan Wade?

1090
01:13:17,810 --> 01:13:20,950
That he was an enemy to be hated and
feared?

1091
01:13:22,730 --> 01:13:24,150
I wouldn't say feared.

1092
01:13:24,610 --> 01:13:25,890
You didn't fear him?

1093
01:13:26,650 --> 01:13:30,290
Even though he was going to publish
articles purporting to...

1094
01:13:30,890 --> 01:13:36,550
Prove that while serving in Vietnam, you
participated in the selling of millions

1095
01:13:36,550 --> 01:13:40,290
of dollars of medical supplies to the
black market? That you were a thief?

1096
01:13:40,550 --> 01:13:43,590
And worse, a traitor to humanity?

1097
01:13:44,310 --> 01:13:46,290
Those would have been Wade's
allegations.

1098
01:13:47,730 --> 01:13:51,790
All those charges made against me were
untrue. Anybody who knows me knows that

1099
01:13:51,790 --> 01:13:52,790
they are lies.

1100
01:13:53,750 --> 01:13:55,970
That is fair Holland Wade or his paper.

1101
01:13:57,009 --> 01:14:02,590
Wouldn't Wade's allegations, indeed,
wouldn't Wade himself have ruined your

1102
01:14:02,590 --> 01:14:07,630
chance to become executive vice
president of the South Wing Corporation,

1103
01:14:07,630 --> 01:14:10,570
position paying hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year?

1104
01:14:11,850 --> 01:14:15,410
Anybody would kill for reasons like that
and have to be insane, Mr.

1105
01:14:15,750 --> 01:14:21,430
Mason. There are many kinds of insanity,
aren't there, General?

1106
01:14:23,710 --> 01:14:24,710
Yes, there are.

1107
01:14:26,060 --> 01:14:32,800
Do you recall an occasion during the
Vietnam War when a man saved your

1108
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:36,640
life by killing with his bare hands?

1109
01:14:39,220 --> 01:14:45,740
Isn't it true, General, that you and
Colonel McCauley were saved by a young

1110
01:14:45,740 --> 01:14:51,980
driver, a black belt expert, who killed
two of your attackers with his bare

1111
01:14:51,980 --> 01:14:52,980
hands?

1112
01:14:56,810 --> 01:14:57,810
That's right.

1113
01:14:57,830 --> 01:15:02,850
What, General, is that heroic soldier's
name?

1114
01:15:05,810 --> 01:15:07,930
You're talking about my former aide of
camp.

1115
01:15:09,170 --> 01:15:12,230
My friend, Mr. James Rivers.

1116
01:15:14,210 --> 01:15:19,090
Captain Rivers, you heard General
Sorensen describe you as a friend.

1117
01:15:19,450 --> 01:15:24,630
Isn't it true that after you saved his
life, he recommended you for officer's

1118
01:15:24,630 --> 01:15:25,630
candidate school?

1119
01:15:26,060 --> 01:15:28,980
And after you were commissioned, he had
you assigned to him?

1120
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:30,640
Yes, sir.

1121
01:15:31,500 --> 01:15:35,580
And you resigned your commission how
long after he retired?

1122
01:15:36,220 --> 01:15:38,380
I believe it was the very next day.

1123
01:15:38,640 --> 01:15:39,640
The next day?

1124
01:15:40,260 --> 01:15:41,780
You really are devoted.

1125
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:44,940
Is that something I should be ashamed
of, Mr. Mayor? No, no.

1126
01:15:46,580 --> 01:15:53,100
Now, Captain Rivers, would you please
tell the court just

1127
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:54,260
where you were?

1128
01:15:54,840 --> 01:15:57,020
at the moment Harlan Wade was murdered.

1129
01:15:57,940 --> 01:16:01,880
I would imagine I was driving General
Sorensen and his wife home.

1130
01:16:02,300 --> 01:16:03,300
No, Captain.

1131
01:16:04,260 --> 01:16:06,560
You came to the party in your own car.

1132
01:16:06,960 --> 01:16:11,600
The gate guard noted the license number,
and if necessary, I can recall the

1133
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:15,980
general. No, no, I'm sorry. I forgot
it's my fault. You see, I usually drive

1134
01:16:15,980 --> 01:16:17,080
general everywhere he goes.

1135
01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:20,500
But this was a special occasion, wasn't
it?

1136
01:16:21,260 --> 01:16:23,180
You wanted to see Wade?

1137
01:16:24,270 --> 01:16:25,770
You wanted to see him alone.

1138
01:16:26,650 --> 01:16:29,910
So you drove off, parked the car nearby,
and then walked back.

1139
01:16:30,190 --> 01:16:31,190
Isn't that so?

1140
01:16:31,570 --> 01:16:33,390
No, Mr. Mason, that is not so.

1141
01:16:33,730 --> 01:16:35,390
Tell me something, Captain Rivers.

1142
01:16:36,250 --> 01:16:41,390
Isn't it true that you are an expert in
unarmed defense?

1143
01:16:42,910 --> 01:16:44,070
I suppose I am.

1144
01:16:44,510 --> 01:16:50,570
And that if a man pulled a gun on you
and was within your reach, it might be

1145
01:16:50,570 --> 01:16:52,610
last thing he ever did in this life?

1146
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:56,960
I think that's putting it a little
strong. Is it?

1147
01:16:57,880 --> 01:16:58,880
Why?

1148
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:04,400
Isn't that what really happened when you
confronted Wade in the corridor of his

1149
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:07,000
house? He was surprised. He pulled his
gun.

1150
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:14,160
Confronted by an angry man waving a gun,
you reacted as you'd been trained to

1151
01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:16,660
do. You killed him with a karate blow to
the back of his neck.

1152
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:20,460
Harlan Wade's body was found in his own
swimming pool.

1153
01:17:20,890 --> 01:17:25,950
He was dragged there, thrown into the
water, after you discovered you'd killed

1154
01:17:25,950 --> 01:17:26,950
him.

1155
01:17:28,930 --> 01:17:32,870
This statue was just window dressing,
wasn't it?

1156
01:17:34,030 --> 01:17:39,010
You used it on his corpse to make it
look like the murder weapon.

1157
01:17:40,010 --> 01:17:42,030
Oh, you were lucky, weren't you?

1158
01:17:43,270 --> 01:17:46,730
Lucky that the caterer's van was still
on the estate?

1159
01:17:51,259 --> 01:17:53,580
Lucky that there was an empty seat.

1160
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:57,500
Lucky that you could pose as just
another temporary employee.

1161
01:17:58,440 --> 01:18:00,620
Lucky to have gotten away undetected.

1162
01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:03,200
Your Honor, this is pure speculation.

1163
01:18:03,820 --> 01:18:06,800
Your Honor, may we have a moment?

1164
01:18:07,420 --> 01:18:08,420
Yes, you may.

1165
01:18:27,870 --> 01:18:28,870
Proceed, Mr. Mason.

1166
01:18:37,410 --> 01:18:43,770
Captain Rivers. Now, you are way out of
line, mister, and you can't prove any of

1167
01:18:43,770 --> 01:18:44,770
this.

1168
01:18:46,690 --> 01:18:47,950
I'm afraid I can.

1169
01:18:50,810 --> 01:18:55,010
Captain Rivers, there's a bullet hole in
the wall of the corridor where the

1170
01:18:55,010 --> 01:18:56,010
murder took place.

1171
01:18:57,930 --> 01:19:01,510
At my request this morning, the police
removed a bullet from there.

1172
01:19:02,510 --> 01:19:04,530
There are traces of fabric on it.

1173
01:19:05,210 --> 01:19:09,490
Your Honor, all of this had absolutely
nothing to do with me.

1174
01:19:09,750 --> 01:19:16,090
Police at this moment are checking the
jacket you wore to the party to see if

1175
01:19:16,090 --> 01:19:17,870
those traces of fabric match it.

1176
01:19:19,390 --> 01:19:25,550
Defense is prepared to prove that this
bullet, that this bullet, taken from the

1177
01:19:25,550 --> 01:19:26,550
wall...

1178
01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:28,860
was fired from this gun.

1179
01:19:30,680 --> 01:19:32,500
Harlan Wade's missing gun.

1180
01:19:33,620 --> 01:19:37,840
The gun that you, Captain Rivers, ripped
from him after he'd fired at you.

1181
01:19:38,100 --> 01:19:44,300
There was a struggle, the gun was lost,
but the barrel of this gun had your

1182
01:19:44,300 --> 01:19:45,300
fingerprints on it.

1183
01:19:47,040 --> 01:19:50,680
More than that, there is final proof
that you killed Harlan Wade.

1184
01:19:51,210 --> 01:19:56,070
A fresh bullet wound. Somewhere on your
body, Captain Rivers, there is a fresh

1185
01:19:56,070 --> 01:19:57,070
bullet wound.

1186
01:19:57,710 --> 01:19:58,710
Thank you.

1187
01:20:02,010 --> 01:20:03,010
All right.

1188
01:20:04,610 --> 01:20:07,410
I did it. I killed him! No!

1189
01:20:10,470 --> 01:20:11,550
I did it.

1190
01:20:12,730 --> 01:20:14,130
I didn't mean to.

1191
01:20:15,530 --> 01:20:17,450
But, sir, I don't regret it.

1192
01:20:18,090 --> 01:20:19,870
And, yes, I waited.

1193
01:20:20,510 --> 01:20:24,810
for Wade that night in his house until
after the party because I was determined

1194
01:20:24,810 --> 01:20:27,210
to get him off the general's back.

1195
01:20:28,250 --> 01:20:30,230
I was determined.

1196
01:20:31,050 --> 01:20:34,790
But before I could open my mouth, that
man pulled a gun on me.

1197
01:20:37,010 --> 01:20:40,470
Let me tell you about the wonderful Mr.
Wade.

1198
01:20:41,730 --> 01:20:46,770
That man, he feared and hated the whole
world.

1199
01:20:47,820 --> 01:20:51,320
And the world in return hated him, and
rightfully so.

1200
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:58,700
That man was a disgrace to his
profession,

1201
01:20:58,860 --> 01:21:04,960
to our country, and most of all to
humanity.

1202
01:21:08,140 --> 01:21:13,700
And he set out to destroy one

1203
01:21:13,700 --> 01:21:17,160
of our greatest patriots.

1204
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:21,280
And one of our greatest soldiers.

1205
01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:26,880
And the finest...

1206
01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:32,520
The

1207
01:21:32,520 --> 01:21:38,760
finest man that I have ever had the
honor of knowing.

1208
01:21:44,380 --> 01:21:48,480
And in the end, Harlan Wade destroyed
himself.

1209
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:06,160
And it's for you, Miss Benfie.

1210
01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:15,480
All I can say is that if you're going to
work for the devil, don't be

1211
01:22:15,480 --> 01:22:16,940
surprised if you get burned.

1212
01:22:19,880 --> 01:22:20,880
I'm sorry.

1213
01:22:30,760 --> 01:22:34,520
Your Honor, the people move for a
complete dismissal of all charges

1214
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:35,520
defendant.

1215
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:36,920
Case dismissed.

1216
01:23:22,020 --> 01:23:23,020
Congratulations, Counselor.

1217
01:23:23,660 --> 01:23:26,420
That was remarkable.

1218
01:23:27,780 --> 01:23:28,780
Remarkable even for you.

1219
01:23:47,100 --> 01:23:48,300
Well, a whole new start.

1220
01:23:49,750 --> 01:23:53,090
Somewhere, I'm going to find a paper, I
don't care how small, that will let me

1221
01:23:53,090 --> 01:23:54,290
do my job the honest way.

1222
01:23:55,530 --> 01:23:56,750
Harry, I'd like to thank you.

1223
01:23:58,350 --> 01:23:59,249
Mr. Mason.

1224
01:23:59,250 --> 01:24:00,690
On your way, both of you.

1225
01:24:02,170 --> 01:24:02,969
Bye -bye.

1226
01:24:02,970 --> 01:24:03,970
Goodbye, dear.

1227
01:24:06,490 --> 01:24:07,910
At last, we're alone.

1228
01:24:11,270 --> 01:24:12,270
Um, Harry.

1229
01:24:13,590 --> 01:24:16,950
I know who sent me the flowers, the
champagne, and the perfume.

1230
01:24:18,950 --> 01:24:22,190
Who? You. Why would I do that?

1231
01:24:22,950 --> 01:24:25,070
Because Tuesday was my birthday.

1232
01:24:25,530 --> 01:24:30,190
You felt sorry for me, being here so
many miles from home.

1233
01:24:30,730 --> 01:24:32,190
I admit nothing.

1234
01:24:33,490 --> 01:24:39,290
If you remember, after I was 39, I
stopped counting my birthdays.

1235
01:24:39,870 --> 01:24:45,790
Really? What about the pearls, the
amethyst ring, and all the other things?

1236
01:24:46,370 --> 01:24:49,270
Does that mean you're going to return
them when you get to be 97?