Thriller (1961) 84 minutes ~ Black & White
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: Curtis Harrington (screenplay and short story)
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: Curtis Harrington (screenplay and short story)
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders
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00:06:21Excuse me, uh, do you mind if I sit here? I can't see anything but their backs from where I'm sitting.
00:06:25It's alright.
00:06:33It's really a great combo, huh?
00:06:36I'd like to listen.
00:06:37Please.
00:07:02That's real fine music, isn't it?
00:07:05Yes, I like it.
00:07:08Do you mind if I buy you a drink?
00:07:11No, thank you.
00:07:12I'd like to.
00:07:14No, thank you.
00:07:42See you tomorrow.
00:07:43Bye, Betty.
00:07:44Me too.
00:07:45Think more soon.
00:07:46I got to go.
00:07:52On neck, or he's in the mouth.
00:07:56That's in a little bit.
00:08:06Who's that woman?
00:08:09I don't know.
00:08:12What did she say to you?
00:08:13Nothing.
00:08:14Would you pay my check for me, please?
00:08:17Hey, wait a minute.
00:08:21Hey, wait a minute.
00:08:52Hey, wait a minute.
00:09:16Hi.
00:09:18Why are you following me?
00:09:19That's the best I don't know how to reach or anything like I'd like to see you get up. It's okay. It's impossible. Hey wait
00:09:28Just let me talk to you for a little while
00:09:32I'll just walk along with you
00:09:36Shouldn't be out alone on a night like this anyway
00:09:39Would I be safe with you?
00:09:41Yes
00:09:43Hey, I know that woman upset you I thought maybe you'd need somebody to talk to
00:09:49Come on is this the way
00:09:52Okay
00:10:07Here's where I live
00:10:14It's a merry-go-round
00:10:16Mm-hmm
00:10:24You live inside a wooden horse
00:10:28No, my apartment is upstairs
00:10:35Must be pretty noisy living over a merry-go-round
00:10:40Sometimes but I love the music
00:10:44It
00:10:46Reminds me of when when you were a kid
00:10:51Yes
00:10:53Well
00:10:56Good night. Wait a minute. I don't even know your name
00:11:01My name is Johnny. I am called Mauda
00:11:09Aren't you gonna invite me upstairs for a while?
00:11:14I have to go in just for a while
00:11:21Good night, Johnny
00:11:38Hey Maura
00:11:41Oh, well, can I see you tomorrow, please?
00:11:50All right
00:11:53I'll fix breakfast for you. Okay, what time?
00:11:59Around 11
00:12:01Okay, I'll be here 11
00:12:04Good night
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00:12:40Am
00:12:57Good morning. Good morning
00:13:00You open it up the merry-go-round already. Sure. I am Sunday's our big day
00:13:04Those look like beautiful horses you mind if I look at him? Sure. All right ahead, sir. Thank you
00:13:18Them horses are all hand-carved
00:13:22Imported from Bavaria
00:13:24Most people don't notice how special they are
00:13:27They're the finest in the country
00:13:30Yeah, good morning, I'll just show this young man here what fine horses we got. Oh
00:13:38Excuse me. This is my granddaughter Ellen. What's your name, son? Johnny Johnny drink?
00:13:47Dad you got the key to the cash box. Oh, yeah got him here somewheres. Oh
00:13:54Thank you, I
00:13:57Better be getting upstairs. I'll see you around
00:14:01Hey
00:14:03beautiful horses
00:14:04Who are you gonna visit?
00:14:07Well, I'm just gonna visit a girl named Maura
00:14:10I
00:14:13Ain't never seen you around here before
00:14:17You
00:14:19Just meet her or something
00:14:22You know, no, I've known her for a while
00:14:30Well, I'll see you around well, so I'm some okay
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00:15:49It's me Johnny
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00:15:58Good morning. Come in. Thank you
00:16:04How are you
00:16:21This is quite a place you got here. Thank you. I collect things in the ocean
00:16:31Yeah, that's what I say, can I take your hand
00:16:40Are you hungry?
00:16:42Yeah, I'm starving good breakfast is ready. I have it on the balcony
00:16:48Oh
00:17:06Hey Maura, yes sure have a great view
00:17:18You
00:17:37Let's make it toast
00:17:42You and me and to the beautiful Pacific
00:17:48To us Charlie
00:18:00I hope you like fish. I found this wonderful fresh mackerel this morning
00:18:18Oh
00:18:21I love food from the ocean
00:18:24Especially lobster and crab and sea urchin. Do you ever eat sea urchin? No, I never have
00:18:31It's like a wonderful ocean food
00:18:34Scoop them out like a pomegranate. I like to taste one sometime
00:18:38Oh, they're there around here, but I think I know where I can get some
00:18:44Maybe next time okay
00:18:49You
00:19:07What do you do I
00:19:10Mean do you work or what? Yes, I work
00:19:14In fact, I have to work today
00:19:17On Sunday, what do you do?
00:19:21Told you my name hadn't you ever heard it before?
00:19:25No, I think so. I
00:19:29Work on the amusement pier
00:19:32I'm an attraction. What are you dancing? No
00:19:38They throw baseballs at you don't they know
00:19:42My job isn't dangerous I give up. What are you doing? I'm a mermaid
00:19:49You're a what a mermaid half woman have fish
00:19:57I
00:19:58Don't get it. Oh, it's very simple. I
00:20:01wear an artificial fish tail and I lie in a tank that looks like it's filled with water and
00:20:07Water and people pay 25 cents and come and look at me. That's how I make my living
00:20:17Don't you ever get tired of it
00:20:20Sometimes but it's restful anyway
00:20:26I told you about myself. What about you?
00:20:33Me I'm a member of the US Navy
00:20:37I
00:20:40Yes
00:20:47My mother
00:20:51My father left my mother and I when I was very young
00:20:57So I became very close to my mother
00:21:01And I've always wanted to see the world I never had a chance to I could
00:21:07And
00:21:10My mother fell ill and died
00:21:16So I figured the easiest way to get out of Denver, Colorado was to join the Navy see the world
00:21:23But I haven't seen any of it yet you will
00:21:37You
00:21:46Are you going to eat anymore? No, they're attracted by the food on your plate
00:21:52Watch them one will come too close. They get bolder and bolder
00:22:13Hey
00:22:22I
00:22:31Surprised you didn't die. Where did you ever learn to do something like that? I
00:22:36Don't remember
00:22:39Probably on the island where I was born
00:22:43There there don't be afraid little bird I won't hurt you
00:22:52I
00:23:14Like
00:23:16Oh
00:23:21Is that supposed to be you so I look when I'm in my costume
00:23:26Wow, I'm gonna see this you will I
00:23:33Wonder where Sam is who Sam?
00:23:35He's the owner of the show my boss as you say. Hey, aren't you afraid people are gonna see you?
00:23:41No, they don't pay any attention to the place until Sam begin to spiel. Oh, yeah
00:23:47I
00:24:04Caught you captain Murdoch. I beg your pardon. Oh
00:24:10I was just thinking my dear. Yes, I was I was merely contemplating some important matters
00:24:18quiet piece of
00:24:20summer afternoon
00:24:23Why are you so late? I'm not late enough to make any difference
00:24:29Long now and get ready. Oh, I will
00:24:34This is Johnny Drake captain Murdoch
00:24:39How are you
00:24:41How are you long now? I'll be warming up the amplifier. All right, I'm going to put my costume on
00:24:46I'll put you what I'm ready. You're not gonna be long. No
00:24:53Sure is a hot day today
00:25:02They're right over there must really shake you up you ever tried it
00:25:06No looking at it all days
00:25:14Tell me young man
00:25:17You've been saving the seas for how long
00:25:20I'm not long at all. I've only gone as far as the Warrior Islands. I'm stationed on a Pedro. Ah, that's
00:25:27Pity that's a pity. I thought we might reminisce
00:25:30No, compare notes as one seaman to another, you know, I'm retired from his Majesty's service
00:25:38Or you mean English Navy precisely precisely the English Navy
00:25:42Later on I became captain of my own ship. That's how I found her
00:25:48one of my voyages
00:25:51You mean more?
00:25:52Yeah, so perhaps she's told you all about no, she hasn't she told me something about coming from an island, you know
00:26:01You might be interested in that story. It's a very unusual one
00:26:07Now, why don't you come and visit me sometime?
00:26:10Well, listen, maybe I can come down on some weekend when I have Liberty. Yes. Yes
00:26:16Are you tall? I tell you what I get in my car. I
00:26:21Live in Venice, it's not as grand as Italian namesake, but it has a certain charm
00:26:31Captain Samuel Murdoch
00:26:36Well, I'll see you around
00:26:40Bye
00:26:50Oh
00:27:03Strangers creature in captivity
00:27:06See you alive
00:27:09See her living underwater
00:27:12Woman half-ish
00:27:15Strangers creature in captivity
00:27:1925 cents ladies and gentlemen one quarter of a dollar
00:27:24the thrill of your life
00:27:44I
00:28:14There's service from San Pedro Wilmington, Los Angeles arriving in one
00:28:26Santa Monica station
00:28:44You
00:29:14Oh
00:29:19Good night
00:29:22Are you going to sleep?
00:29:25No
00:29:27Don't you want to go for a swim? I'll go a little later
00:29:31You get crabs to be going now
00:29:35I've never believed that
00:29:37It's true, though
00:29:39It's very very dangerous to go on the water right after you've eaten
00:29:45Baby
00:29:58Hey more what's with this Sam character Sam? Yeah
00:30:05Nothing what do you mean? I mean, what's his story? Who is he?
00:30:14You've been thinking about him haven't you?
00:30:18Yes, sort of
00:30:21Sort of a funny old guy
00:30:27He's just a lonely old man
00:30:35Do you know him very well quite well, he's my employer
00:30:45Sometimes I think my only friend
00:30:49He's your only friend what about me of course you
00:30:57You don't know me very well
00:31:01Maybe after you get to know me. I think I know you pretty well on our third meeting
00:31:08No, but I'd like you to know me better
00:31:13I'm not afraid of that. Why should you be afraid?
00:31:23Tell me did Sam say anything to you about me
00:31:29He said that he found you on some island
00:31:34Yes
00:31:37Yes, he did
00:31:40He found me as an orphan on the island of Mykonos. I
00:31:45Was just a child and he adopted me
00:31:48You mean he's your my guardian?
00:31:52Being like a father to me. I owe him everything
00:31:55I'm sorry. I didn't even realize
00:31:58I
00:32:03If I said anything unkind about him, I'm sorry, that's all right
00:32:09I know that he's a strange man
00:32:14But he's been so good to me and I'm grateful
00:32:19And I know you can understand that because of what you told me about your mother
00:32:25Would you like some more coffee I love some
00:32:29You love this son, don't you? Yes
00:33:00And the moon and the stars and the sea
00:33:12Guess I love to see most of all but I'm afraid of it, too
00:33:24Guess we're all a little afraid of what we love
00:33:29You're awfully far away
00:33:59I
00:34:29I
00:34:59I
00:35:29I
00:35:59I
00:36:29I
00:36:59I
00:37:30I
00:37:34You just stay there for a minute
00:37:40Could you get back a little
00:37:46It was that woman wasn't it
00:37:59You
00:38:16Here's your coffee dad, thank you dear
00:38:24Hi, hi, how are you?
00:38:29I
00:38:31Thank you my dear we were just having some tea you want some well, I was just going out for some coffee
00:38:37Oh, you can have that here. I just said tea, but I meant coffee. Madam. I'm on the chair is the only one who drinks tea
00:38:49And how are you lad
00:38:52Hi there. How are you? Pretty fine pretty fine
00:38:56That's good
00:38:58Sit down young man
00:39:02What a dreadful invention these tea bags are
00:39:08If everyone insisted on using tea bags
00:39:12I'd never be able to read anyone's TV. That's so young man
00:39:17Yeah, I guess so. Of course for myself. It doesn't really matter. I can't read my own anyway
00:39:25What to tell us never can they can see for everybody else but not for themselves
00:39:33It's quite frustrating at times must be
00:39:39Coffee thank you
00:39:50How long you been in the Navy
00:39:54Just a little over a year
00:40:00What kind of country you from
00:40:03I'm from Denver, Colorado
00:40:06Now this is my first time out on the coast
00:40:14Yeah, I guess you could call me that I
00:40:18Like it out here
00:40:20When I get out of the Navy, I'd like to locate out here
00:40:24Hello folks
00:40:26Dad it's lieutenant Henderson. Oh
00:40:31How are you lieutenant fine, would you like a cup of coffee?
00:40:36No, thank you. I can't
00:40:38You haven't seen anything new or unusual. Have you?
00:40:43No, I haven't have you dad. No
00:40:45How's things with you lieutenant you come across any new clues, maybe
00:40:53We're not quite sure about it yet, though. There's not very much to go on. It's nice to know you ain't just given up
00:41:01Well, I better be on my way. See you all again soon. Well, why don't you know?
00:41:09What was that all about
00:41:11What was that all about
00:41:14That was lieutenant Henderson of the Venice police he was asking us about Mara
00:41:20More what about it?
00:41:24You're a stranger here and I guess you don't know what everybody here
00:41:29You're meddling
00:41:32But I think you ought to know I think somebody ought to tell him don't you dad why sure certainly in no secret
00:41:42In
00:41:44The past two years Morris had two boyfriends and they're both dead now
00:41:50What are the police think that had something to do with her nothing's been proved no not yet
00:41:57But don't you think the fact that it's happened twice is enough
00:42:02They were both nice boys
00:42:05They went around with her
00:42:08Then suddenly they disappear a few days later their bodies are found
00:42:15washed up on shore
00:42:20Never the less my dear there wasn't a shred of evidence that it wasn't simply a most unfortunate
00:42:27Coincidence the police haven't been able to make a single arrest
00:42:31I know but if she didn't cause their deaths, then she brings bad luck and that's almost as bad
00:42:38I bet she didn't tell you about those boys
00:43:00Just hold on a sailor it's for you
00:43:05That's funny because nobody knows I'm here
00:43:17Hello hello
00:43:24Hello
00:43:34I
00:43:46Don't know look something's come up. I'm gonna have to go. Thank you
00:44:04You drop by and see
00:44:34I
00:45:04I
00:45:34I
00:46:04I
00:46:34I
00:47:04Did you see a woman go by here
00:47:34I
00:48:04I
00:48:28Well, well well what a jolly surprise
00:48:34Well, you finally decided you wanted me with a visit.
00:48:41Yes, yes, we were talking about my ward, weren't we?
00:48:48Well, what I have to say is rather difficult to explain, particularly to young people, you know.
00:48:57I feel that young people nowadays form their opinions about life too soon.
00:49:03One shouldn't do that, but then perhaps you're different.
00:49:07What were you going to tell me about my ward?
00:49:10Oh, my dear, dear, dear, maybe you aren't different.
00:49:13Patience, young man, patience is a virtue. You should learn that.
00:49:18But, uh, no, actually, uh, what I want to tell you is difficult to put into words,
00:49:27certainly into words that you would understand.
00:49:31However, I can put the basic fact quite bluntly.
00:49:37You are in grave and serious danger as long as you continue to see Maura.
00:49:44I'm in danger from you?
00:49:46No, certainly not.
00:49:49Then what are you talking about?
00:49:51Maura, my friend, Maura.
00:49:55Oh, you must be crazy.
00:49:58On the contrary, I'm quite sane, and Maura is quite dangerous to you.
00:50:04In what way?
00:50:06Well, uh, shall we say that she, uh, that she suffers from a certain compulsion
00:50:16which might cause her to take your life?
00:50:19Are you trying to tell me that she's insane?
00:50:21Not precisely, but it might be better if you thought she were.
00:50:25Oh, I wish you'd take my word for it and break off this, this acquaintance before it's too late.
00:50:34You're a nice young fellow. I wouldn't like to see you get hurt.
00:50:41I wonder if you'd be good enough to get another bottle of this splendid liquid
00:50:46from the cabinet over there, wouldn't you?
00:50:49Well, while you're there, you might turn on the light. It seems to be getting a bit dark in here.
00:51:13One at the end.
00:51:20None at all, is there?
00:51:31Don't be alarmed. That's just a little Arabian souvenir.
00:51:35The hand of a thief.
00:51:37The Mohavadins punish their thieves by removing the offending portions of the body.
00:51:43Rather gruesome, but, uh, logical, don't you think?
00:51:48When did you ever get that?
00:51:57A gift from the Sultan of Marrakesh.
00:52:00He knew that I collected odd things, so he sent it to me, rather thoughtful of him.
00:52:08Yeah. That's very interesting.
00:52:12Another?
00:52:17You hit that stuff pretty hard, huh?
00:52:20It may seem that way to your young eyes, but at my age, one needs a little stimulant.
00:52:25You'll find that out later on.
00:52:28You were going to tell me some more about Marra.
00:52:32Oh, yes, yes. So I was, so I was.
00:52:35Now, you've read the Greek myths, haven't you?
00:52:39No, no, I haven't.
00:52:41You certainly know the legend of the Sirens, who in ancient days used to lure seafaring men to their destruction.
00:52:50Yeah, I've sort of heard of them.
00:52:53Well, the Sirens were a strange race of sea people.
00:52:57The female of the species were, uh, known popularly as mermaids.
00:53:04That means women of the sea.
00:53:07That's like that, uh, that act you do in war, Pernam.
00:53:12Exactly. But that's a fake, isn't it?
00:53:17Well, I don't know.
00:53:20That act you do in war, Pernam.
00:53:22Exactly. But that's a fake, isn't it?
00:53:27A sideshow illusion.
00:53:30You wouldn't believe that they actually exist, would you?
00:53:37No. No, I wouldn't.
00:53:40Well, let me tell you, young man, that things happen in this world never dreamt of in your philosophy.
00:53:48Where do you think myths come from?
00:53:51Do you think they're just made up?
00:53:53No, they spring from truth.
00:53:56Ancient truth.
00:53:58Living truth.
00:54:00Uh, what does this have to do with Moira?
00:54:06She was a sweet little thing.
00:54:09She lived here with me.
00:54:13Up there.
00:54:16That was her room.
00:54:20Behind that door.
00:54:24I found her.
00:54:27I found her on an island.
00:54:31I didn't know then what she was to become.
00:54:36Become?
00:54:41I didn't know then she belonged to that ancient race.
00:54:47She's a monster.
00:54:51And you'd better stop seeing her.
00:54:55Huh?
00:54:57I warned you.
00:55:00That's all I can do.
00:55:04Well, look, just tell me one thing.
00:55:09Captain, Captain Murdock.
00:55:13There's a woman that's been bothering Moira.
00:55:17Now, I think she's here.
00:55:20I just want to talk to her, that's all.
00:55:23Woman?
00:55:25There isn't any woman.
00:55:29I'm all alone.
00:55:35Captain Murdock.
00:55:36Captain Murdock.
00:55:39Sir.
00:56:06Sir.
00:56:36Sir.
00:57:07I didn't want you to know.
00:57:12It was right of him to tell you, but I didn't want you to know.
00:57:29Now, I suppose I...
00:57:34Now, I suppose I...
00:57:36I won't see you anymore?
00:57:39Moira, you don't think I believed him, do you?
00:57:43But it's true, Johnny.
00:57:46They are waiting for me to join them.
00:57:52You've seen one of them.
00:58:00You mean that woman?
00:58:04You saw how she looked at me.
00:58:07How she spoke to me.
00:58:10She's one of them.
00:58:16She's one of the Sea People, and she's here to remind me of the time that I must go to them in the sea.
00:58:30Thank you, sir.
00:58:41Thank you, sir.
00:58:50Look, Moira.
00:58:54I don't know how or where you got these ideas, but they're wrong.
00:59:02You see, these things don't happen.
00:59:08Oh, Johnny, if only they didn't.
00:59:11If only they couldn't happen.
00:59:19You Americans have such a simple view of the world.
00:59:25You think that everything can be seen and touched and weighed and measured.
00:59:33You think you've discovered reality, but you don't even know what it is.
00:59:44You mean that everything Sam told me is the truth?
00:59:49Almost everything.
00:59:54Will you just tell me how you know?
01:00:15Because I feel the sea water in my veins.
01:00:21Because I listen to the roar of the sea and it speaks to me like a mother's voice.
01:00:29The tide pulls at my heart.
01:00:34The face of the moon fills my soul with a strange longing.
01:00:41Lord, I don't really understand.
01:00:49Listen.
01:01:09Try to understand.
01:01:13Forgive me.
01:01:27I haven't listened to one of these since I was a kid.
01:01:32My grandmother used to have one of these on her dresser.
01:01:41It does sound like the ocean, doesn't it?
01:01:49When I made the voyage to this country from Greece,
01:01:54I carried such a shell with me over the land.
01:01:59And that way I kept the sea always with me.
01:02:05Always close.
01:02:11Sonny, I'm so afraid.
01:02:15It's not to be afraid.
01:02:27Look, I don't know what this is all about, you see.
01:02:30I don't know what it's all about.
01:02:34But I know that I'm here and that we'll work this out.
01:02:40Hold me.
01:02:43Hold me.
01:03:13My dear, dear boy.
01:03:19I hope you don't mind my telling you, but I willed you to come here.
01:03:24I really did.
01:03:25And I'm so happy that it worked.
01:03:28Oh, really?
01:03:30I know you have a problem.
01:03:32A very serious problem.
01:03:34And I'm going to try and help you.
01:03:41I'd appreciate that.
01:03:43After the reading.
01:03:45After the reading is time enough to thank me.
01:03:51How much does the reading cost?
01:03:55We'll try to be two dollars.
01:03:59You can afford that, can't you?
01:04:02Oh, sure, that's fine.
01:04:15Have you ever had a tarot reading before?
01:04:19No, I've never been to a fortune teller before.
01:04:22Don't use that expression, fortune teller.
01:04:27It's so vulgar.
01:04:30I prefer to be known as a chiromancer or clairvoyant.
01:04:35Now, first we must find the card that represents you.
01:04:49If you've never had a tarot reading before, you've probably never seen cards that look like these.
01:04:55No, I haven't.
01:04:56Our modern deck of playing cards is based on these.
01:05:01But most of the symbolical cards have been left out.
01:05:07Here you are, the Knight of Cups.
01:05:13Why does that mean?
01:05:15Because this card represents a fair young man, innocent and searching.
01:05:32Take a good look at these cards, young man.
01:05:36They contain all the secrets of the universe.
01:05:40How can a deck of cards contain all the secrets of the universe?
01:05:44Each card is a symbol.
01:05:47Linked together properly, the total of all these symbols contains the total of man's knowledge.
01:05:54It's like putting a message into a card.
01:05:57Exactly.
01:05:58Now, this is what crosses you.
01:06:01This is what crowds you.
01:06:03This is what is beneath you.
01:06:06This is what is behind you, what is before you.
01:06:11This is you, your house, your hopes and fears, and this is your future.
01:06:24What do you see?
01:06:25How strange.
01:06:28What?
01:06:29There are certain lunar aspects suggested here.
01:06:33The moon card represents the journey into the unknown.
01:06:39The dog and the wolf, the fears of the mind, the deep primitive instincts in all of us.
01:06:49You see, the crab is attempting to climb out of the water onto the land, but it almost
01:06:59always sinks back again.
01:07:02What does that mean?
01:07:04Don't be impatient.
01:07:06I don't like to make a mistake.
01:07:08A mistake in this profession can be disastrous.
01:07:13You see, the lunar card is most unhappily placed next to the card known as the hanged man.
01:07:20What does the hanged man mean?
01:07:22Ah, this is a card of profound significance.
01:07:29The figure shows life in suspension.
01:07:36It has often falsely been called a card of martyrdom, but martyrdom involves suffering,
01:07:46and if you will look closely at the face of the figure, you will see that it expresses
01:07:55deep entrancement.
01:07:58This card shows that a great awakening is possible and reminds one that after the sacred
01:08:11mystery of death, there is the glorious mystery of resurrection.
01:08:24Well, is that good or bad?
01:08:27My dear boy, the cards don't lend themselves to all the simplification.
01:08:35Well, what about Mora?
01:08:40I'm afraid she's caught in a vortex of evil.
01:08:52And you, it saddens me to tell you, but you are in danger, grave danger.
01:09:01What kind of danger?
01:09:04Now that is a question you do not need to ask me.
01:09:11The answer lies already in your heart.
01:09:23Well, I wouldn't put much stock in what a fortune teller says.
01:09:32I don't.
01:09:34It's just when you keep hearing things over and over again, you start believing it after a while.
01:09:41You said some things about Mora.
01:09:43What do you really know about her?
01:09:47Oh, I felt sorry about what I said the other afternoon.
01:09:53That was really none of my business.
01:09:56I was just telling you what I'd read in the newspapers, because I thought you ought to know.
01:10:05I just can't believe that...
01:10:13Are you in love with her?
01:10:18Yes.
01:10:23It's a funny thing about love.
01:10:26It can happen very suddenly, you know what I mean?
01:10:33Like when you're lonely, or when you've been left up for so long.
01:10:46I don't know what to do for Mora.
01:10:51See, she believes it too.
01:10:54Believes what? That she killed those boys?
01:10:57No, no, no.
01:11:00I... I can't explain.
01:11:07Well, try not to worry about it.
01:11:11Maybe things will turn out better than you think.
01:11:17You want some more coffee?
01:11:23I'm going to go for a walk.
01:11:26She's been killed before Mora gets home.
01:11:29Is she working?
01:11:32Yeah.
01:11:36Well, Ellen, it is early, isn't it?
01:11:39Uh-huh. I didn't think you'd remember, Johnny.
01:11:47Well, thanks for listening to me.
01:11:50It's hard sometimes when you don't have anybody to talk things over with.
01:11:57I know.
01:12:00Maybe you'll come around again soon, huh?
01:12:03Yeah. Okay.
01:12:06I'll see you later.
01:12:07Okay.
01:12:13Bye, Johnny.
01:12:40Mora?
01:12:42Hi. I'm taking a bath.
01:12:48Did you have a good day today?
01:12:50I sure did.
01:12:52There were lots of people on the pier.
01:12:59That's good.
01:13:01I'm sort of tired.
01:13:04Why don't you lie down for a while?
01:13:07Yeah, I think I will.
01:13:36You going to be in there long?
01:13:38No, not long.
01:13:40Okay.
01:13:42That's good. I'm anxious to see you.
01:15:34Mora?
01:15:59Mora?
01:16:28Mora?
01:16:57Mora?
01:17:26Mora?
01:17:44Mora?
01:18:13Mora?
01:18:31Mora?
01:19:00Mora?
01:19:10Mora?