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00:00 [Music]
00:07 Foreign Intrigue, an exciting television drama played against the tense background of present-day Europe.
00:15 Produced in Europe especially for television by Sheldon Reynolds.
00:19 [Music]
00:23 [Sound of a fire]
00:45 [Music]
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01:30 [Sound of a fire]
01:33 How long had Mr. Nile been employed by New News Service, Mr. Cannon?
01:37 Almost four years ago.
01:40 What was his assignment here in Zurich?
01:43 Well, he was doing what we call a feature article on Europe's black market.
01:48 Really? And for this he came to Switzerland?
01:52 Well, not because you have a black market in Switzerland. You don't.
01:56 But the Swiss franc and the American dollar is the final currency exchange.
02:00 Obviously, the black market story has to end here.
02:04 Your colleague ended more than his story here.
02:07 And perhaps he discovered that Europe's black market doesn't end at your border.
02:13 Can you think of any other reason someone might have to kill him for?
02:17 To my knowledge, there was one.
02:20 How much do you know about his personal life?
02:22 I think we're getting off the point here, Bartell.
02:25 When we received your communication in Paris telling us that one of our correspondents was found dead,
02:30 I understood there was some extraordinary circumstances.
02:34 Murder is always an extraordinary circumstance.
02:37 Even for murder.
02:39 You're right.
02:44 Mr. Nile's body was discovered at the lake front three days ago.
02:52 His clothing had been removed, but we were able to make identification by means of a serial number
02:59 engraved on a silver bracelet he wore.
03:02 And you traced that serial number to Washington, D.C.?
03:05 Yes.
03:09 Why was the clothing removed?
03:12 That is one of the extraordinary circumstances.
03:16 Normally, I would assume it was done to hide the identity of the victim.
03:21 But in this case, the murderer left an identification bracelet.
03:24 Exactly.
03:26 And except for the knife wound in his back, there were no signs of physical mutilation.
03:30 According to our last report from Nile, he arrived in Zurich shortly before he discovered him.
03:36 Yes.
03:38 We have been able to check his activities rather thoroughly.
03:46 He arrived by train from Munich at 18 hours, 6 p.m.
03:50 He left his suitcase at the railway station and went to a Turkish bar.
03:55 He stayed two hours.
03:57 He then had dinner in a restaurant near the bar, and at 10 o'clock he left the restaurant.
04:02 And at 11 o'clock he discovered his body at the lake front?
04:05 Yes.
04:09 Could Mr. Nile have been carrying any large sum of money?
04:13 I doubt that.
04:14 And if the motive was robbery, there was no need to take his clothing.
04:17 You're right. Of course, Mr. Kennedy.
04:20 I tried to make some sense out of these circumstances.
04:25 But I admit I'm no closer to an explanation now than I was when we found him.
04:31 No explanation, no motive.
04:34 Thank you.
04:43 I think I'll reenact the crime.
04:45 What do you mean?
04:47 I'll pick up Nile's trail in Munich.
04:49 I'll follow his course of action very closely.
04:52 Somewhere along the line I may discover the motive.
04:57 I consider that the most practical course of action, Mr. Cannon.
05:01 But I'd like to make one request.
05:04 What's that?
05:06 What you're going to do is very serious and very dangerous.
05:11 You're challenging the unknown.
05:14 If you fail, and by that I mean if you're murdered,
05:19 please be murdered in Munich, not in Zurich.
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06:01 Hello, Tony.
06:03 Oh, hey, I'm fine.
06:04 We got your cable from Zurich above Nile.
06:06 What happened?
06:08 Knife in his back.
06:10 Yeah, but why?
06:11 That's what I'm here to find out.
06:14 Did you get that itinerary I asked for?
06:16 Yes. We got it as close as possible.
06:19 We checked every one of his movements from the moment he left until he arrived.
06:26 What do you make of this, Tony?
06:28 Doing a search on Europe's black market can sure get you into some interesting places.
06:32 You know, we never would have had this list of places he visited if Nile hadn't made a daily report.
06:37 Well, we're entitled to one lucky break.
06:40 Is it a lucky break?
06:42 What are you thinking, Tony?
06:44 I'm thinking of all these interesting places and Nile's body in Zurich.
06:49 So am I.
06:51 I'm sticking with you.
06:52 Oh, no.
06:54 Nile traveled alone. I've got to follow that package.
06:57 Is there any way I can keep in touch with you?
06:59 Not unless you want to give the show away.
07:01 I'll file a daily report.
07:03 Like Nile did?
07:05 Like Nile did.
07:07 And if this works out, just like Nile did.
07:11 [music]
07:27 Yes?
07:28 I have a reservation. Robert Cannon.
07:30 Robert Cannon. Let me see.
07:34 Oh, yes, of course.
07:38 You belong to the same newspaper syndicate as Mr. Nile.
07:41 Yes.
07:43 I fell in Mr. Nile. I believe he went to Zurich.
07:46 That's right.
07:48 Will you be seeing him soon?
07:50 Why?
07:51 I'd like you to send him my best regards.
07:53 I'll do that.
07:55 I believe you requested the same room as Mr. Nile.
07:57 Yes. Is it available?
07:58 Yes, it is. You may have the same room.
08:00 How long will you be staying?
08:02 Mr. Nile stayed seven days.
08:04 Yes.
08:05 Seven days.
08:07 [music]
08:33 [music]
09:02 [music]
09:22 I'd like to play.
09:23 Who will roll?
09:24 Me, like.
09:25 Why, the one?
09:26 American.
09:27 Why? What difference does it make?
09:28 There was an American here eleven days ago.
09:31 What did he play?
09:32 Pool or billiards?
09:34 Pool.
09:36 Why do you remember him so well?
09:41 Hans!
09:43 Pool.
09:45 Pure, uh...
09:46 Thank you.
09:47 Ah, two marks.
09:49 [chatter]
10:18 Go ahead.
10:33 American.
10:34 That's right.
10:37 There was an American here eleven days ago.
10:43 He's got a good memory, too.
10:48 He asked questions. Not so many people ask questions.
10:56 You ask questions, too?
11:15 Good. Now you can remember me.
11:17 I'll remember both for you.
11:20 You can forget the other man.
11:22 He was murdered four days ago.
11:28 How long did the American stay?
11:30 I wonder how many questions your friend asked before someone decided to kill him.
11:38 [music]
11:47 It was a path of death.
11:50 For six days and nights, I followed the life of Nile.
11:55 I felt strangely close to him.
11:58 At times, I even thought he was trying to talk to me.
12:02 Just one thing stood between us.
12:05 The reason.
12:07 The motive for his murder.
12:10 For six days, I walked in a dead man's shoes.
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14:12 It's funny that you should come in now to get a manicure.
14:15 Why is it so funny?
14:17 Well, for one thing, we don't get very many Americans in here.
14:21 The last American I saw was over two weeks ago.
14:23 And he came in for a manicure about this time, too.
14:26 Did you wait on him, too?
14:28 Yes, I'm the only girl here at this time of night.
14:31 Sometimes I wonder why we stay open until 12 o'clock.
14:35 You know, I was talking about the American to my girlfriend just the other day.
14:40 Why were you talking about him?
14:42 Because of what happened to the bootblack that night.
14:47 What happened?
14:49 Oh, the American wanted his shoes shined, and the bootblack had one shoe finished.
14:53 One time, a man came in and talked to him.
14:55 Then the bootblack excused himself, and they both stepped outside for a minute.
14:59 And then it happened.
15:02 What happened?
15:03 Do you take polish on your nails?
15:05 No.
15:06 That's good.
15:07 Lots of men take polish on their nails.
15:09 I like it myself.
15:10 I mean on men.
15:11 What happened to the American?
15:13 Nothing.
15:15 You just said something happened.
15:16 Of course, but not to the American.
15:18 It happened to the bootblack.
15:21 Oh, the bootblack.
15:23 Yes, he was almost killed.
15:27 How?
15:28 I guess the man he went out with hit him on the head with something.
15:31 Anyway, when we found him outside, he was all bloody.
15:35 And the American had only one shoe shined.
15:37 I was talking about it to my girlfriend just the other day.
15:41 Is that man the bootblack?
15:43 No, that's another one.
15:45 The old one quit.
15:47 Here.
15:48 Thank you very much.
15:49 But I haven't seen--
15:50 Oh, no, no, no.
15:51 They look fine.
15:52 Can I get a shoe shined?
15:53 Yes, sir.
15:54 Please.
16:00 Hey, you.
16:02 Me?
16:03 Yeah.
16:04 What are you giving me a shine for?
16:05 I asked you first.
16:06 You can't entouse me.
16:07 Are you calling me a liar?
16:09 No, but--
16:11 Come over here and give me a shine.
16:15 Go ahead.
16:24 That's funny.
16:26 The other American didn't get a shine either.
16:55 [knocking]
17:07 [music playing]
17:33 [music playing]
17:38 OK, Dick.
17:40 Now we know.
17:43 You know why Nile was killed, don't you?
17:45 What makes you think so?
17:47 Because you're flying to Zurich.
17:49 Nile took the train.
17:50 This is the first time you're not doing exactly as he did.
17:53 That's right, Connie.
17:55 I don't have to take the train.
17:57 All I have to do is get to Zurich.
18:00 And I'll find Nile's murderer.
18:02 Why don't you call the Zurich police
18:04 and tell them to arrest him?
18:05 Because he isn't in Zurich yet.
18:07 For the past week, I've followed Nile's actions,
18:10 move for move, step for step.
18:13 Matter of fact, that's a pretty good way to put it.
18:15 Because that's why Nile was murdered.
18:18 I don't get you.
18:21 As newspaper men, we travel quite a bit.
18:24 We get press courtesy.
18:26 Usually, we're not held up in customs.
18:28 What's this got to do with murder?
18:30 Somebody got the bright idea to use us as messengers.
18:34 The heel of my right shoe is hollow.
18:36 What?
18:37 Somebody picked up my shoes while I put them out to be shined
18:40 and filled it with what I think is heroin.
18:43 Filled the hollow part of the shoe.
18:46 None to take it across the border.
18:48 But you can't do that.
18:49 Once I get across the border,
18:51 they pick it up and get their treasure back.
18:54 That's why Nile's clothes were removed.
18:56 They didn't want his clothing.
18:57 They just wanted his shoes.
18:59 That would have been too obvious.
19:00 They took all his clothes.
19:01 In other words, all you're going to do is walk around Zurich
19:04 until somebody comes up and murders you.
19:07 That's my plan.
19:08 How are you in Switzerland?
19:10 You can't go, Bob.
19:12 Oh, they're waiting for me, Tony.
19:14 Can't disappoint them.
19:24 The commute to Zurich is only an hour by air.
19:29 I had an appointment with death.
19:41 All right, sir.
19:49 Hello, Miss Kennan.
19:51 Hello.
19:52 Remember me?
19:53 I'm the bellboy from the Hotel in Munich.
19:56 Of course, the bellboy.
19:58 Yes.
19:59 I guess you didn't recognize me out of uniform.
20:01 No, I didn't.
20:03 I wasn't there when you left.
20:04 I had to be in Zurich this morning, so I came yesterday.
20:07 I see.
20:08 Did you enjoy your stay in Munich?
20:11 I was comfortable.
20:13 Well, I hope I see you again.
20:15 I hope so.
20:17 All right.
20:18 Bye.
20:20 Bye.
20:27 Bye.
20:37 Bye.
20:48 Bye.
20:59 Bye.
21:10 Bye.
21:21 Bye.
21:28 Bye.
21:34 Bye.
21:44 Bye.
21:54 Bye.
22:04 Bye.
22:14 Bye.
22:24 Bye.
22:34 Bye.
22:44 Bye.
22:54 Bye.
23:04 Bye.
23:14 Bye.
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