Die Sister, Die! (1978)
PG | 1h 22min | Horror, Thriller | December 1978 (USA)
A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.
Director: Randall Hood
Writers: William Hersey (story), Tony Sawyer
Stars: Jack Ging, Edith Atwater, Antoinette Bower
PG | 1h 22min | Horror, Thriller | December 1978 (USA)
A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.
Director: Randall Hood
Writers: William Hersey (story), Tony Sawyer
Stars: Jack Ging, Edith Atwater, Antoinette Bower
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00:04:28do what the rest of us do, make the best of it.
00:04:58I figured you could use this, Dr. Bourbon, if I remember.
00:05:09Why, doctor?
00:05:12Well, that was precisely the question I was going to ask you.
00:05:19You know, that was quite a hostile display, and you've no idea why.
00:05:27No, I... well, I was never on Amanda's A list.
00:05:35You know, thinking back, though, she used to always set me up against Father.
00:05:44He was quite a man, your father.
00:05:47Well, let's just say that he was a hard act to follow.
00:05:53You know, it's odd.
00:05:55Until he died, Amanda was one of the steadiest women in the world.
00:05:59She was like a rock.
00:06:01Amanda was very attached to your father?
00:06:04Oh, yeah, very.
00:06:07Yeah, she did everything for him.
00:06:09She managed the house, she... everything.
00:06:13Would your sister accept hospitalization?
00:06:16A mental hospital.
00:06:18With her consent, of course.
00:06:20Well, it's a pity.
00:06:22A woman doesn't try to take a life twice in a single year
00:06:25without some deep emotional disturbance.
00:06:28Right now, a therapist might get through very quickly.
00:06:31He might get her to reveal the cause of that inner anxiety.
00:06:36You mean like a confession?
00:06:39Call it that if you wish.
00:06:41Oh, good God, doctor.
00:06:43What could Amanda possibly have to confess?
00:06:46Possibly only a thought, an impulse, a feeling.
00:06:50An impulse she's never acted upon.
00:06:52But anyway, she feels guilty and she represses it.
00:06:55But it's still there, like some sort of monstrous secret.
00:06:59And it frightens her.
00:07:04Well, then maybe a companion in the house.
00:07:07Maybe that would help.
00:07:09What about your younger sister, Nell?
00:07:11I remember her staying here for a short while before your father died.
00:07:15Wouldn't she be willing to come back for a while at least?
00:07:19But not Nell.
00:07:21Nell has never thought about anybody in the world but herself.
00:07:24No, not her.
00:07:27Well, clearly something has to be done.
00:07:29Otherwise there's nothing to prevent your sister from having a third try
00:07:33and succeeding.
00:07:36Now, doctor, what about a professional, an experienced nurse?
00:07:41You think Amanda would agree?
00:07:43Well, her only choice was a mental hospital. She'd have to, wouldn't she?
00:07:47Do it, Edward. Do it now.
00:07:51Meanwhile, you get some rest.
00:07:56You're carrying quite a load yourself.
00:07:59Thank you, doctor.
00:08:02Good night.
00:08:17Good night.
00:08:47Miss Cole, do you want another?
00:08:51Would you have one with you?
00:08:53Sorry, sir, if it's conversation you're looking for, the other girls have left.
00:08:58Maybe later.
00:09:00Look, I'm just the waitress from 62.
00:09:0387.50 a week on tips.
00:09:05Tips good here.
00:09:07Do you want another drink?
00:09:10You know, with your qualifications, I think you could do better, Miss Harper.
00:09:15How do you know my name?
00:09:17I understand you were a pretty good nurse.
00:09:20Nurse? If I were a nurse, what would I be doing here?
00:09:28Maybe these have something to do with it.
00:09:46What are you? You a reporter?
00:09:49Not at all.
00:09:51What do you want from me?
00:09:53I might be able to offer you a job, but I have to know about this.
00:09:57I mean, now, you surely didn't marry a 90-year-old man for love.
00:10:03Now, you listen to me.
00:10:05For years, I looked after that old man. I was his nurse, his friend.
00:10:09The only person in the world that he could talk to.
00:10:12His family never even came to see him. They were just waiting for him to die.
00:10:16And you?
00:10:18He wanted to give me something. The only thing that he could, which was money.
00:10:21So he married me to do it.
00:10:24I see. The family took you to court and cheated you out of it.
00:10:31You know, I guess it's been pretty hard to get a job with all the publicity.
00:10:35I mean, like this place.
00:10:39What kind of a job are you offering?
00:10:43I have a... a secret.
00:10:47She's going to need very special care.
00:10:50And what would it pay?
00:10:52$25,000.
00:10:57Here's your check.
00:10:59Here's my, uh, card with my phone number on it.
00:11:02And, uh...
00:11:04Give the change.
00:12:07Mr. Price?
00:12:09It's Miss Harper.
00:12:15I've been expecting you.
00:12:18Since I talked to you yesterday on the phone,
00:12:22I've been thinking. I'm still not sure. I know so little.
00:12:26Would you do me a favor? Sit down. I'll speak to you in a minute.
00:12:29Sit down.
00:12:31Obviously, I couldn't, uh, couldn't discuss everything on the phone.
00:12:34You see, the person involved happens to be my sister, Amanda Price.
00:12:39She's the patient?
00:12:41She had a mental breakdown, and, well, she's still a little erratic.
00:12:46I have to have someone with her.
00:12:48I was hoping that you had had dealings with disturbed people.
00:12:51Occasionally.
00:12:53Okay.
00:12:56What would you expect of me?
00:12:59Not much, really.
00:13:01I have a housekeeper that comes in twice a week.
00:13:03Miss Gonzalez, you'll like her. She's been in the family for years.
00:13:06Amanda's alone a lot.
00:13:08She doesn't go out very much, and I want you to stay with her.
00:13:12The main thing I want from you is...
00:13:15I have to know everything that goes on in the house.
00:13:19Amanda's mind, the way it is.
00:13:22There's certain family affairs that I don't really want other people to know about.
00:13:27No other duties.
00:13:31Amanda, in the last two years,
00:13:35has tried to kill herself two different times.
00:13:40She will certainly try a third.
00:13:47And if she does?
00:13:54She mustn't fail.
00:13:58How would I be paid?
00:14:05Well, I...
00:14:07I think it's better at first to pay your regular nurse's salary.
00:14:14But within ten days of my sister's death,
00:14:16I will deliver to you in cash $25,000.
00:14:28Hush. You're lucky I'm here at home.
00:14:35Here.
00:14:37Eat, drink, and be merry,
00:14:40for tomorrow always comes.
00:14:58We're getting old, Jethro.
00:15:01You in your cage,
00:15:04and I in mine.
00:15:09Come, the invaders.
00:15:11Keep a civil tongue, Jethro.
00:15:13We must make a good impression.
00:15:22Amanda.
00:15:23Edward.
00:15:24Amanda, this is Esther Harper.
00:15:27So I see.
00:15:29Edward, you needn't remain.
00:15:31I think Miss Harper and I can best get acquainted by ourselves.
00:15:34As you wish, Amanda dear.
00:15:36Thank you, Mr. Price.
00:15:38I'll be in touch.
00:15:43And now, Miss Harper.
00:15:45Please call me Esther.
00:15:47Very well.
00:15:49First, I'd like to introduce myself.
00:15:51Very well.
00:15:53First, I'd like to introduce you to the oldest occupant of the house, Jethro.
00:15:58I'd like you to say hello to our new housekeeper.
00:16:01Or is it Godness?
00:16:03I'm a registered nurse, Miss Price.
00:16:05Yes, a nurse.
00:16:08Now, why would I need a nurse, Esther?
00:16:12Surely you know that better than I.
00:16:15Perhaps not.
00:16:17Certainly my esteemed brother must have filled you in on all the choice details.
00:16:21My mental instability, my suicidal impulses.
00:16:26Not really, no.
00:16:28I do gather that there isn't much affection between you.
00:16:32Now, that should be an item for your nurse's notebook.
00:16:36I assume you're going to keep one.
00:16:39Madam is cheerful.
00:16:41Madam is moody.
00:16:42Madam had a bad night.
00:16:44Madam ate her porridge.
00:16:47And to whom, pray, do you expect to report all this delectable gossip?
00:16:52My brother, Dr. Thorne?
00:16:55I didn't intend to keep notes.
00:16:57Oh, come now.
00:16:59My brother, with Dr. Thorne's connivance, hired you against my will.
00:17:03You don't expect me to believe that you're not here to spy on me.
00:17:07Why?
00:17:08You're their Trojan horse.
00:17:12Don't play games with me, Esther.
00:17:15I play for keeps.
00:17:20Miss Price, I'm here simply to help you, if you'll let me.
00:17:26Good.
00:17:28I'll show you about.
00:17:30This is an old house, Esther, set in its ways.
00:17:33Nothing is to be moved or changed.
00:17:36I dine in here.
00:17:38I have breakfast and lunch in the parlor.
00:17:43I like things, Esther, not people.
00:17:47Things are far less dangerous.
00:17:49Treat them properly and they do what they're supposed to do.
00:17:52How old are you?
00:17:57I'm 38.
00:17:59I think you could be pretty if you tried.
00:18:01I don't think about it much.
00:18:03I thought all women did.
00:18:05Miss Price, I have worked for a living all my life.
00:18:09Nonsense, there's no excuse.
00:18:11A pretty face brings in treasure, so I've learned.
00:18:15Come on.
00:18:22This is my room.
00:18:24I've chosen to give you the room adjoining mine.
00:18:26It was my sister's until she went away.
00:18:32My sister liked pretty things, including herself.
00:18:35You'll have no trouble in finding mirrors.
00:18:38I'm sure I'll be very comfortable, thank you.
00:18:41In the future, I should like dinner promptly at 7.
00:18:44You may dine with me at the table if you wish.
00:18:56Miss Price, this cupboard still seems to be locked.
00:18:58Indeed it is.
00:19:00About the house, there are other locked cupboards and doors.
00:19:03Please respect it.
00:19:05My experience with the honesty of servants has not always been reassuring.
00:19:10And I detest snooze.
00:19:31Dreams cost money.
00:19:33You'll be able to afford them, won't you?
00:19:35How about a lift?
00:19:37Thanks, I've got your sister's car.
00:19:39Ah, Madeline.
00:19:40How's my dear sister these days?
00:19:43It's difficult to tell.
00:19:44I know one thing, she doesn't trust me.
00:19:47Well, at least she trusts you with her fabulous heirloom.
00:19:51I wasn't sure I could still shift gears.
00:19:56How's your schedule with Amanda?
00:19:58I mean, has she given you a day off yet?
00:20:01Tomorrow.
00:20:02What about dinner?
00:20:04Somehow I don't think your sister would like that.
00:20:08She needs it now.
00:20:13All right.
00:20:15You must be Mrs. Gonzales.
00:20:43Oh, I am Mrs. Gonzales.
00:20:47What happened?
00:20:48Oh, the ground, it shakes.
00:20:50Earthquake.
00:20:51You do not feel it?
00:20:52Nothing.
00:20:53I must have been driving when it happened.
00:20:55Oh, it was a little one, but it throws down the parts.
00:20:59I hope it hasn't broken any crystal.
00:21:02Where's Miss Price?
00:21:04Oh, Miss Price, she takes years, I think.
00:21:08Have you been with the family long?
00:21:11A long time.
00:21:12I am here since they are children, but now everything changed.
00:21:16Changed how?
00:21:18All the time fighting.
00:21:19They fight for money, but also I think for something else.
00:21:24I think maybe for the father.
00:21:32To be father of children, one must be equal.
00:21:36Mr. Price, he have eyes only for one.
00:21:39Miss Nell.
00:21:40Anything she want, she can have.
00:21:43She run away and marry.
00:21:45Miss Amanda stay here, work, work.
00:21:48Then Miss Nell come back.
00:21:50And everything is the same.
00:21:52Mr. Price give her everything.
00:21:56And yet, when Mr. Price die, Miss Nell do not even stay to bury her father.
00:22:06It is sad.
00:22:08Yes, better to be happy.
00:23:39Cold?
00:23:43I quite like.
00:23:47What do you want, Esther?
00:23:50I told you I'm an ordinary girl.
00:23:53All I want is everything.
00:23:56Well, we're kind of in the same boat, aren't we?
00:23:58Hardly.
00:23:59You had a fortune snap out from under you and I got one dangly right in front of my nose.
00:24:05Is that what all the hate is about?
00:24:07That after one son we're dead.
00:24:10I think it is.
00:24:13There is a word for what you want.
00:24:18The word is suicide.
00:24:20The word is murder.
00:24:22Don't be foolish.
00:24:25If Amanda wants to kill herself, let Amanda kill herself.
00:24:38Edward, where's Nell?
00:24:46Nell got her share and went away.
00:24:53And why are all her clothes in my closet?
00:24:58Well, Nell had a lot of clothes in a lot of places.
00:25:01I guess she didn't need them anymore.
00:25:06Didn't need them?
00:25:10Why, what are you thinking?
00:25:13I was thinking that if everything turned out the way you wanted it to, I'd be a danger to you.
00:25:21You'd have to kill me.
00:25:27We're partners, remember?
00:25:33Now I am cold.
00:26:03In my day, an escort did not have to be a man.
00:26:08It was a woman.
00:26:13And a woman was a woman.
00:26:18And a woman was a woman.
00:26:23In my day, an escort didn't drop a lady in the street.
00:26:34He brought her to a door.
00:26:40And you know that I had dinner with Edward.
00:26:42Of course.
00:26:45Are you my enemy, Esther?
00:26:48Is that what you think?
00:26:51Well, you've lived in this house for nearly two weeks.
00:26:53It's not hard to know anything about you.
00:26:56It's odd, isn't it?
00:26:58For all I know, you might be an escape murderer.
00:27:02Sit down, tell me about yourself.
00:27:06What is it that you want to know?
00:27:08Where you come from.
00:27:10What you've done.
00:27:12Go on, tell me.
00:27:15There isn't very much to tell.
00:27:19My mother died when I was five.
00:27:21My father drifted away.
00:27:24I was taken in by the county.
00:27:26I went to school.
00:27:27I worked at odd jobs.
00:27:29And finally I went to nursing school.
00:27:32What drove you?
00:27:34Fear.
00:27:36I promised myself that I'd never go back to the life I had as a child.
00:27:40I'd do anything.
00:27:41Anything?
00:27:43Anything.
00:27:48Escape, Esther.
00:27:50Escape while you can.
00:27:54I'm not very good at riddles, Miss Price.
00:27:57Can't you feel the current, Esther?
00:28:00It'll trap you.
00:28:02Take you into deep water.
00:28:05This house is dying.
00:28:07So many locked doors.
00:28:09A pass boarded up room by room.
00:28:14We belong to it, Edward and I.
00:28:18He'll use you, Esther.
00:28:20Or try to.
00:28:23Miss Price, you must be very tired.
00:28:26Why don't you take a pill and have a really good night's rest?
00:28:29Yes, the capsule.
00:28:31Now that's a fair exchange.
00:28:33I offer you escape.
00:28:35You offer me oblivion.
00:28:39Good night, Esther.
00:28:40I can manage.
00:28:52How?
00:28:53How dare you?
00:28:55How dare you?
00:28:57Never.
00:28:59Never.
00:29:02No.
00:29:10Oh, never.
00:29:14Bitch.
00:29:15Bitch.
00:29:16Bitch.
00:29:17Bitch.
00:29:18Bitch.
00:29:19Bitch.
00:29:20Bitch.
00:29:38Miss Price.
00:29:39Miss Price.
00:29:42Oh, my God.
00:29:45What on earth are you doing here?
00:29:48Save me.
00:29:49Save me.
00:29:51From what, Miss Price?
00:29:52From water.
00:29:53No.
00:29:54Shh, shh, shh.
00:29:55Mass fatigue.
00:30:05But they're not there.
00:30:08They're not there.
00:30:11Only in your mind.
00:30:14Only in your mind, Miss Price.
00:30:18The visitors of the mind.
00:30:21And our most dangerous enemies, aren't they, Esther?
00:30:26Let me help you back to bed.
00:30:32I can manage.
00:30:47I'll bring you a cup of tea to help you relax.
00:31:07Just pour me some brandy, if you will.
00:31:29How do you fight them, Esther?
00:31:31The enemies of the mind.
00:31:34You must have been having nightmares.
00:31:40Don't you remember?
00:31:44Nothing.
00:31:47But where would you have been going in your sleep, Miss Price?
00:31:51I don't know, Esther.
00:31:54I don't know.
00:31:59I'm very tired.
00:32:01You can sleep now.
00:32:02There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:32:05I'll be here.
00:32:32I'll be here.
00:32:46I'll be here.
00:33:15Come in, Edward.
00:33:35Grandmother.
00:33:37The Tosh 29.
00:33:39What a surprise to our dear father that someone else should drink it.
00:33:43Did you expect to drink it, Edward?
00:33:45No.
00:33:46No, I inherited his expensive taste, but not the money to afford them.
00:33:51As a matter of fact, that was the last burden that he put upon my shoulders.
00:33:58And you, my dear sister, were his happy accomplice.
00:34:00Nonsense.
00:34:01He saw your fatal weakness.
00:34:03Oh, yeah?
00:34:04Then what is that?
00:34:05Your self-pity.
00:34:06You wear it like a badge, like a beggar's sign.
00:34:08Forgive me.
00:34:09Help me, for I cannot...
00:34:10All right, all right, all right.
00:34:11So sure?
00:34:12Damn, you're sure.
00:34:13For a long time, I used to believe that.
00:34:15But it was all pretense, wasn't it, Amanda?
00:34:17We know that now, don't we?
00:34:19Come on, get off of it.
00:34:21We have the same secrets.
00:34:24And who else knows them?
00:34:28Oh, the dead.
00:34:30And they do keep secrets very well.
00:34:35Well, you invited me here.
00:34:37What do you want?
00:34:41I want to make an arrangement with you.
00:34:44An arrangement?
00:34:45What kind, dear sister?
00:34:47You've always wanted this house.
00:34:49Take it.
00:34:50I hate it anyway.
00:34:52I'll double your allowance.
00:34:54You can live almost as well as you've always fancied.
00:34:58Well, I'm overwhelmed with your sudden outburst of generosity, my dear sister.
00:35:03But what corresponding gesture do you expect in return?
00:35:07Send Esther away.
00:35:09Esther?
00:35:12Why?
00:35:13She's an intruder.
00:35:15Intruders are dangerous.
00:35:16They learn things.
00:35:26It's too late, Amanda.
00:35:29It's too late.
00:35:31What do you want?
00:35:35I want it all.
00:35:37Everything.
00:35:41We'd be paupers in a year.
00:35:44Not until I'm dead, Eddie.
00:35:46Not until I'm dead.
00:35:54Of course.
00:35:57That could be arranged, couldn't it?
00:36:01I would say that basically it's only a matter of who does it.
00:36:04You or I.
00:36:06You're really preparing to kill me?
00:36:09Of course.
00:36:14If you wanted me dead, why didn't you let me go peaceably when I tried?
00:36:20Well, Amanda, as you tell me so very well, one must keep up appearances, mustn't one?
00:36:26So, when someone alerted the doctor, what could I do but act like a loving brother that, of course, I am?
00:36:35And there is one mistake advantage.
00:36:38I mean, Amanda, just think.
00:36:40What safer victim could there ever be than someone who has a record of suicide attempts?
00:37:02Edward's here.
00:37:03Thanks, Lydia.
00:37:04Hi, Doctor.
00:37:05Thought I'd just save a dime and come over and get Amanda's sleeping pill prescription.
00:37:09How is she?
00:37:11Pretty good.
00:37:13How's that nurse working you out?
00:37:14Oh, she's doing fine.
00:37:16But I'm staying away.
00:37:17I think it's better that way.
00:37:19Perhaps.
00:37:23Here you are.
00:37:28Doctor, wouldn't it save a lot of time and trouble just to double this thing?
00:37:33Well, in view of your sister's history, it would hardly be wise.
00:37:36You know, if someone's really intent on destroying themselves, there's very little you can do to stop it but one doesn't place a loaded weapon into hands.
00:37:43Of course.
00:37:45Well, I'll be particularly careful.
00:37:47Thanks again, Doc.
00:37:49See you.
00:37:54Miss Robinson, please bring in the file on Amanda Price.
00:37:58Yes, Doctor.
00:38:07When was Miss Price's last prescription for sedatives?
00:38:12Ten days ago, 25 seconal, one and a half grains.
00:38:19Is that all, Doctor?
00:38:21Yes, yes.
00:38:22Just make a similar entry for today.
00:38:36What a surprise to find you in the garden.
00:38:39I seldom feel the inclination.
00:38:42It's a pity.
00:38:43Beautiful roses, wasting away with no one to enjoy them.
00:38:47Most of life is a waste, I've found.
00:38:50Isn't it enough that it's a beautiful day?
00:38:53Perhaps it once was.
00:38:57When I was very small, before my mother died, I used to live in this garden.
00:39:04I used to lie on the path, my eyes half closed, and watch the colors of the roses blur and dance.
00:39:13I helped my father plant these roses.
00:39:18He was a god to me then.
00:39:22Why did it change?
00:39:24My sister stole him from me.
00:39:28So I took the pruning shears one night and I cut down all the roses, every one.
00:39:37They grew back again, but it was never the same.
00:39:42It was a sad garden, full of brambles.
00:39:46Is that why you never visited?
00:39:48Or take roses into the house?
00:39:51Never.
00:39:53Until today.
00:40:07Still trying to make peace with him?
00:40:13Too late.
00:40:16I think you must have loved him very much.
00:40:20He was so surprised to die.
00:40:23Forgotten that life is the one disease that's always fatal.
00:40:29One just never knows how it'll come.
00:40:32Or when.
00:40:35I waited and waited, never showed up.
00:40:57I had errands to do.
00:40:59I don't believe that.
00:41:00All right, I thought it was a bad idea.
00:41:02Why?
00:41:03Edward, how's the wife?
00:41:05Relax, will you, and smile.
00:41:06Why?
00:41:07I thought you hired me to do a job, not to be an easy afternoon in bed.
00:41:13Are you losing your nerve?
00:41:15The difference is that I've met Amanda.
00:41:17I know her now.
00:41:20I've saved her all of her life.
00:41:23If she wants to die, let her.
00:41:25You make it almost sound right.
00:41:28It is, Esther, it is.
00:41:31It's almost like an act of mercy.
00:41:33Sometimes I feel as if I'm becoming another person, someone I don't know.
00:41:39Esther, there's nothing to worry about, believe me.
00:41:45I've got to go.
00:42:01You know what you're looking for?
00:42:09I know.
00:42:10I want some kind of poison to get rid of some pests.
00:42:13Oh, what are we talking about here?
00:42:15Rats, bugs, moles, big, medium, small.
00:42:18I got all kinds.
00:42:20Coyotes.
00:42:21Oh, hell, what you want is sodium cyanide.
00:42:24That's about the strongest thing you can get.
00:42:26All Coyote needs is one taste and he's dead right now.
00:42:29This stuff don't fool around.
00:42:31That powerful, huh?
00:42:33Maybe I shouldn't take it.
00:42:34I mean, if it'll kill a coyote, it might kill a person.
00:42:37Oh, hell, yes.
00:42:39If you got kids, you got to keep this under lock and key.
00:42:41You don't take no chances.
00:42:43Remember them Nazis?
00:42:45That's what they took if they got captured.
00:42:47Yes, is that right?
00:42:48One little capsule in the mouth.
00:42:51Save the expense of a hanging.
00:42:55You want it?
00:42:58Yeah, I'll try.
00:42:59Okay.
00:43:12I'm Dr. Thorne.
00:43:14Come in.
00:43:15You must be the nurse that Mr. Price engaged.
00:43:17Yes, I am.
00:43:19Is Miss Price about?
00:43:21I believe she's taking a nap.
00:43:23And how is Miss Price these days?
00:43:26In your own judgment.
00:43:28She's been having nightmares.
00:43:31A couple of nights ago, I found her on the stairs.
00:43:33She had no idea of where she was.
00:43:35Sleepwalking?
00:43:37Absolutely terrified.
00:43:39I should think so.
00:43:41Well, I gave Mr. Price a new prescription for sleeping capsules.
00:43:46Keep them in your possession.
00:43:48I understand.
00:43:50Leaving so soon, Doctor?
00:43:53I was just about to have some tea.
00:43:55Won't you join me?
00:43:58I'm sorry, Amanda, but I'm due at the hospital.
00:44:02I just dropped in on my way.
00:44:04Dropped in?
00:44:06For what?
00:44:07To take my pulse?
00:44:09To see how you were getting along.
00:44:12Would you mind if I went and made tea?
00:44:14That would be nice.
00:44:18And how am I getting along, Doctor?
00:44:21I presume Miss Harper has kept you up on my coming and going?
00:44:25My rages, my fears?
00:44:28Nothing nearly so dramatic.
00:44:31What, then?
00:44:34No more than the fact that, occasionally, you were a little moody.
00:44:39Moody?
00:44:41I sing and dance all day long.
00:44:44Good God, Doctor, only idiots are not moody.
00:44:47Amanda, it's really not healthy for anyone to stay in so much.
00:44:51And what's so healthy about the outside, pray?
00:44:53Don't you read the papers?
00:44:55What else is out there but rape and robbery and deceit?
00:44:59And murder and greed and war.
00:45:01It just depends on what you see.
00:45:03Really, Amanda, why don't you give some thought to a trip?
00:45:07Change of scene. Get out of yourself for a bit.
00:45:10Where's your sister, Nell?
00:45:12Why do you ask?
00:45:14Well, didn't she go back abroad?
00:45:16Perhaps she might enjoy a visit from you.
00:45:23I'm glad you find it so amusing.
00:45:27I'm sorry, Doctor. It struck me hardly.
00:45:30But by all means, you're right.
00:45:33I shall give it some thought.
00:45:36Perhaps I shall visit Nell.
00:45:39All right.
00:45:41All right. I have to go.
00:46:46How silent tonight.
00:46:50The house is always quiet.
00:46:55Tonight it's particularly quiet.
00:47:02Odd, isn't it?
00:47:04We've been thrown together, you, Edward, and I.
00:47:08Like strangers in a lifeboat.
00:47:12And who will survive?
00:47:14And who will die?
00:47:20And what did he promise you, Esther?
00:47:25Promise?
00:47:27To be my executioner.
00:47:30And how will it be done?
00:47:33A gun? An axe?
00:47:36How will it be done?
00:47:39A gun? An axe?
00:47:42Or in some subtler way?
00:47:47If it were true, would I admit it?
00:47:53Perhaps.
00:47:55I suppose I want to trust you.
00:47:58And you don't.
00:48:02Is that why you haven't touched the wine?
00:48:06The Borgias use poison.
00:48:09Usually quick, effective, and without unseemly violence.
00:48:31Well done, Esther.
00:48:36Now prepare the table. I'll go to my room.
00:49:04No.
00:49:06No.
00:49:08No.
00:49:32Where are you?
00:49:34Father?
00:49:36Father?
00:49:39Where are you?
00:49:41Father?
00:49:43Father?
00:49:45Father?
00:49:47Where are you?
00:49:49Where are you, father?
00:49:52I'm frightened.
00:49:54What frightened you, my child?
00:49:57Where are you?
00:49:59That's right
00:50:04Why should you be frightened my child I'm so sorry father why
00:50:14Yeah
00:50:29Last will and testament I James Linden price being of sound mind to hereby amend all earlier wills and testaments
00:50:36Whatever to my weakling son Edward and my faithless daughter
00:50:41Amanda I leave nothing
00:50:45To my beloved daughter now I took the queen control of all my estate's monies in earthly possessions
00:50:52First to enjoy so long as she may live
00:50:56James
00:50:58Linden price
00:51:03There's nothing happen Amanda you seem dreadfully sure so you've won I
00:51:13Must say as sick as father may be he writes a beautiful hand and expresses himself so clearly
00:51:21Don't you agree I nursed my
00:51:24God for over two years. I I nursed him day and night choice is to dear
00:51:29I'm hardly responsible and you had yours until your lover ran out
00:51:33How dare you come back here and take everything I sleep for?
00:51:38If you'll be good children you and Edward I shan't let you say I
00:51:44Won't beg for it. No
00:51:48You may have to
00:51:49Cry go before so they say give it to me. I certainly will not I said
00:52:19I
00:52:49Now we have only each other to hate what do we do about now?
00:53:19I
00:53:49I
00:54:20I
00:54:26Think nightmares and sleepwalking
00:54:34She always seems to be going somewhere in a sleep
00:54:38The first time I found her on the stairs
00:54:42Tonight I found her shaking the cellar door
00:54:45I
00:54:48Would
00:54:49You've got to tell me what's down there
00:54:53How should I know, you know, I know, you know, I
00:54:57Think it's the reason that you wanted it. I don't think it's simply money. You're afraid that she's
00:55:02There you question me. We are partners. Remember I
00:55:07Haven't forgotten. Well, that's good. I mean it's not like I asked you to commit a crime
00:55:12Just ask you to let nature take its course
00:55:17Easy yes, let her own demons kill her whoever they may be
00:55:31Almost forgot dr. Thorne sent over a new batch of sleeping capsules
00:55:36Not enough for a lethal dose, unfortunately, but perhaps it'll keep
00:55:42You
00:56:02That was Edward I
00:56:05Didn't know what to do cycle. It's trash
00:56:09trash
00:56:12This price called me Amanda I preferred
00:56:18Amanda I'm so sorry that I frightened you
00:56:23Wasn't you that frightened me
00:56:27Anyway, it doesn't matter
00:56:30Dr. Thorne sent over some new sleeping tablets. Do you want to take a cup set them on the table first? I'll try some brandy
00:56:42You
00:56:52Will you drink it?
00:56:55Yes
00:57:01You're not afraid
00:57:12Just leave the pills I may need them
00:57:14Oh
00:57:38There's nothing to worry about just a mild allergy meanwhile this will help
00:57:45I
00:57:46Put a lovely crucifix. She must be very proud of it. Miss price. Give it to me. Oh
00:57:51I had no idea that mr. Bandit was so devout. Oh, no, it belonged to miss Nell before she go away
00:57:57You know her. Well miss Nell, I mean. Oh, yes, and she was little girl
00:58:03She left rather suddenly didn't you? Oh very one day. I come to house and everything is changed. Mr
00:58:10Price's dead and miss Nell has gone away. Miss Amanda say she fly away and big plane
00:58:17But not to stay for her father's funeral. I do not understand
00:58:22Yes. Well, there's nothing more we can do for you today. So now if you get a severe attack come back
00:58:27I
00:58:44Want to check the date on his death certificate
00:58:50Here it is June 13th last year
00:58:55massive coronary
00:58:57Get me Charlie Wyndham on the phone Donna travel agency
00:59:08Hello Charlie, I
00:59:11Want a favor?
00:59:12May be important. I
00:59:14Want to know if Nell price made any air travel arrangements through your agency?
00:59:20Nell price old man price's youngest daughter
00:59:23Leaving Los Angeles, June 12th for June 13th of last year
00:59:27Now if you have no record of it, she may have made the arrangements directly with the airline. I want to know that too
00:59:35No, I haven't gone into the private eye business it's a personal matter
00:59:41Okay, Charlie. Thank you. Oh
00:59:44Oh
00:59:49Excuse I'm late. I got the doctor. Don't you feel well? Oh, no doctor say I'm okay. Okay. It's miss price up here
00:59:57I do not see her. Well, perhaps she's still asleep. She had a late night
01:00:07Surprise Amanda
01:00:13Oh
01:00:31Edward it's Esther. Listen, something's wrong. Amanda's gone
01:00:35Oh
01:00:41Well, that's rather obvious isn't it Esther the point is when she could be a hundred miles in here by now, where would she go?
01:00:48That's something we better find out. Come on, you know, it's so strange because she was panicked by something in the dream
01:00:53So when you left she was perfectly calm. Why didn't you just give her the pills? I
01:00:58Left them on her night table. She had brandy instead. I thought she was going to
01:01:05What's in those pills, I don't know whatever they put in pills
01:01:10You change goddammit after just like Amanda
01:01:35I
01:02:05I
01:02:35I
01:03:05I
01:03:35I
01:04:06So many little
01:04:13Jealousy
01:04:16Stealing even
01:04:19Small things from my father
01:04:27Pieces my father
01:04:35I
01:04:52Committed a sin too great to be
01:04:59I'm pretty father. What's wrong?
01:05:05My life my sister
01:05:11He had everything I ever wanted
01:05:28She's still here
01:05:31Every night my dream she visits
01:05:51I'll believe you
01:05:58No
01:06:00What else
01:06:08Thank you
01:06:30I
01:07:00I
01:07:30I
01:07:41I'm sorry. I just got back from the hospital
01:07:44What did you find out on L price?
01:07:46Zero international flights domestic carriers. Hell, I even checked the town cabbie no record anywhere
01:07:55Maybe
01:07:57Listen doc. I sure hope it's all that important. I could have shot 18 holes this afternoon
01:08:05Well, I can give it to you right now don't eat so much you're getting fat
01:08:10Thank You Charlie I do appreciate all your effort bye-bye
01:08:27I
01:08:39I'm going in
01:08:41I'll go with you. No, don't you come?
01:08:45If I go in alone, you know, it'll seem more innocent there's no need for you to get involved. I'll take the risk
01:08:58All right, but you must give her the pills tonight what if she refuses and call me it has to be tonight we're through waiting
01:09:07And by the way, how will I be paid will it be in cash
01:09:27I
01:09:57I
01:10:27I
01:10:57Admin doctor you need any time just coffee, please
01:11:14Thank you
01:11:16I
01:11:23Got something on your mind doctor
01:11:26Yes, I've got a problem I don't know what to do with it. Oh, yeah
01:11:30All I have is a guess
01:11:33suspicion
01:11:35But I'd like you to come to the price home with me I
01:11:40Think Amanda price is in great danger and what grounds?
01:11:44I
01:11:46Said all I have is a guess
01:11:48But I think it's because she has knowledge of a crime. It's already been committed
01:11:53What kind of a crime?
01:11:56Murder
01:12:07You wouldn't want to be left behind
01:12:14It's lonely
01:12:16You've been together so long
01:12:20She wouldn't like to eat he was
01:12:44I
01:13:00Know you're in there. Please answer me
01:13:08Amanda answer me
01:13:14Where have you been I've been looking for you everywhere
01:13:22Amanda please let me in I have to talk to you
01:13:33If you insist
01:13:36Yourself
01:13:39You
01:13:42Nothing
01:13:50What's wrong Amanda you seem so strange
01:13:56No, I'm not frightened anymore
01:14:00If you leave me I'm going to take a pill and go to bed
01:14:08You mustn't
01:14:11Why mustn't I?
01:14:14They're poisoned. I'm sure of it
01:14:16Edward
01:14:24I'm sure of it
01:14:26I
01:14:29Thought surprised
01:14:32He hired you to kill me didn't he? Yes, and you couldn't
01:14:42We could have been such good friends
01:14:56I
01:15:26Love me
01:15:56I
01:16:13Think you'd better come to the house right away to the man to come back
01:16:26I
01:16:56Will be facing just about mr. Price
01:17:27Where's my sister the ambulance just left the body
01:17:35She was determined to kill herself I tried to stop
01:17:54The best plans don't always succeed Edward
01:17:57You did your best
01:18:02It's all on my shoulders now
01:18:06House
01:18:08It's state the lawyers I
01:18:11Began oh, I don't think you have to carry that burden
01:18:17Just before she died Amanda made a will
01:18:21She provided for mr. Gonzalez of course, but she left the bulk of her estate including this house
01:18:27Who was Hopper?
01:18:34You're lying, let me see that will I have it
01:18:38Oh, I see miss Harper gave it to you miss Harper gave it to you. Well, let me tell you about miss Harper doctor
01:18:45Miss Harper plays for very nice. Thanks. Don't you? Oh
01:18:48First it was the senile old millionaire, but you got caught didn't you she got caught but now she's trying to do it again
01:18:54Could you make yourself clear I'll make it very clear very clear
01:18:57You say she wormed her way in here and then seduced my sister into changing her will and then you killed her and tried to
01:19:02Make it look like suicide. That's what she did. And I want to know what's in those pills
01:19:05I demand a laboratory analysis of exactly what's in those pills what she gave my sister it would be done
01:19:10Oh, you're so smart what you staged up there
01:19:13You were trying to stop Amanda
01:19:17You were forcing her to take the poison weren't you
01:19:21She didn't take poison
01:19:24She jumped
01:19:33I'm so confused. I did so much has happened. Maybe a drink will help steady your nerves
01:19:42Some of that brandy your sister stored in the cellar
01:19:47No, whiskey the cellar doors locked. I think you'll find it open
01:19:54Open
01:20:08See
01:20:24You
01:20:54You
01:21:24I
01:21:38Think we have quite a lot to talk about
01:21:41You
01:21:53See Edward Amanda left two letters a
01:21:57Will and a full confession. She finally said what she had to say. I
01:22:05Couldn't do it. I had to tell them all I know
01:22:11I'm sorry
01:22:38Well, mrs. Gonzalez
01:22:41So many years
01:22:43Once they were little children
01:22:47And now they are all gone
01:22:52Only he is still here let him stay in the silence. I
01:23:03Hope you come back sometime
01:23:10I
01:23:40You
01:24:10You