Thriller (1960-61) S01 E03 'WORSE THAN MURDER' Constance Ford, John Baragrey, Christine White, Harriet MacGibbon | Hollywood Classics movie
Episode aired Sep 27, 1960
Stars: Constance Ford • John Baragrey • Christine White • Harriet MacGibbon
When her dead husband's late uncle fails to leave her any money, a scheming temptress uses his diary to blackmail her sick mother-in-law, who may have committed murder.
Stars: Constance Ford • John Baragrey • Christine White • Harriet MacGibbon
When her dead husband's late uncle fails to leave her any money, a scheming temptress uses his diary to blackmail her sick mother-in-law, who may have committed murder.
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 Myra, you mustn't.
00:05 You mustn't, Myra.
00:09 (Myra screams)
00:15 Myra, you mustn't.
00:19 You mustn't.
00:20 You mustn't.
00:21 You mustn't.
00:22 - Doctor!
00:29 Doctor!
00:30 - It is difficult to violate the privacy of dreams.
00:35 After all, they're no witnesses to our nighttime fantasies.
00:40 But when a man's nightmares are an accurate reflection
00:43 of the truth, and in trying to relieve his suffering,
00:46 he commits that truth to paper,
00:48 then he creates greater torments
00:51 than those of his restless sleep,
00:53 as sure as my name is Boris Karloff.
00:57 We are concerned now with a woman
01:00 who makes use of a nightmare to persecute the innocent
01:03 as well as the guilty,
01:05 a persecution that is much worse than murder.
01:08 That's the name of our story.
01:11 Our principal players are Miss Constance Ford,
01:15 Mr. John Baragray,
01:17 Miss Christine White,
01:20 Miss Harriet McGibbon,
01:22 and Mr. Dan Tobin.
01:25 Let me assure you, my friends, this is a thriller.
01:29 (dramatic music)
01:50 (dramatic music)
01:52 - Well, aren't they a family lawyer?
02:11 Where's Uncle Archer?
02:17 - He passed on earlier this morning.
02:21 I'm sorry, Connie, but these occasions are very sad.
02:25 - How long will it take to settle the estate?
02:33 - Not too long.
02:34 - I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know
02:37 when and where the will will be read.
02:39 - I'm afraid that won't be necessary.
02:41 You see, Mr. Gedney died intestate.
02:44 By that I mean he died without leaving a wick.
02:45 - I know what it means!
02:49 It means you're a lousy family lawyer!
02:53 First my husband dies without a will, and now his uncle?
02:56 - Archer Gedney was terrified of dying
02:59 or anything that reminded him of it.
03:01 Whether or not your husband died without leaving a will
03:03 makes no difference.
03:05 He had squandered a sizable inheritance from his grandmother.
03:09 - And left me nothing.
03:11 I expected Uncle Archer to leave
03:19 his favorite nephew's widow something, at least.
03:23 Who does get the money?
03:25 - His sister, your mother-in-law, of course.
03:29 - That figured.
03:31 The rich get richer.
03:36 Hm.
03:40 Diary.
03:42 I bet this is a lot of laughs.
03:45 What do you suppose the old coop found
03:48 about in this place?
03:49 - Hm, quite a lot, apparently.
03:52 - What do you know?
03:54 I can hardly wait to read it.
03:57 - I'm sorry, Mrs. Walworth,
03:59 but that belongs to Mrs. Walworth, Sr. now.
04:03 - Don't worry, I'll return it to her.
04:05 Were you about to say something profound, Mr. Sinclair?
04:09 Or just goodbye?
04:11 - You please tell Mrs. Walworth
04:13 that her brother died quietly.
04:15 There was no pain.
04:18 I'm sure she will be very relieved.
04:21 (dramatic music)
04:23 Goodbye.
04:26 - Are you finished poking and probing?
04:35 - For now.
04:36 - What's the verdict?
04:39 - You're going to have to cut down
04:40 on your social life, Mrs. Walworth.
04:42 And I mean way down.
04:45 And since I've got a spy in the house,
04:48 I wouldn't try to put anything over on me.
04:50 - Can't you confine that sort of thing
04:51 to more private surroundings?
04:54 - Oh, Mother.
04:55 - I suppose I should be grateful to Ralph
04:59 that he finds you attractive, Anne.
05:02 Ralph, can't you help me get her
05:04 to liven herself up a bit?
05:07 - If you're trying to change the subject,
05:10 you're not succeeding.
05:11 If you're feeling like the spasm coming on,
05:14 a few drops of that will set you right.
05:16 But call me in any event.
05:19 - Is he always this authoritative?
05:22 - Nearly always.
05:24 - Goodbye.
05:25 - How is she?
05:33 I mean, really.
05:34 - Her cardiograph shows up very well
05:36 for a woman her age.
05:38 If your mother eases up on parties and running around,
05:40 she should be all right.
05:42 If she doesn't.
05:43 - I don't think it is the parties or the late hours.
05:46 - Maybe she's worried about her only daughter
05:48 becoming an old maid.
05:50 That's because she doesn't see how pretty you really are.
05:54 See you tonight?
05:54 - Yeah.
05:55 (gentle music)
05:58 - Ralph.
06:04 (gentle music)
06:07 - Dr. Mitchell, I presume.
06:17 I'm Connie Walworth.
06:18 - My sister-in-law.
06:20 - Now I know that Myra's in good hands.
06:24 And Anne, too.
06:25 Myra and I worry about our little orphan Annie.
06:29 She always seems to go out of her way
06:30 to avoid meeting attractive, eligible young men.
06:34 Will it be all right if I go up for a moment?
06:39 - Certainly.
06:40 - Thank you.
06:42 - She comes on strong, doesn't she?
06:55 Gets under your skin, I'll bet.
06:58 - Oh, a little.
07:00 That's a lie, a whole lot.
07:02 - Know how you can stop that?
07:05 Take your mother's advice and make her green with envy.
07:09 - Mother always said you've got to be attractive to men.
07:13 Then making the Connies of this world envious
07:16 is the most important asset a woman can have.
07:18 - And you don't believe it.
07:20 - No, I don't.
07:21 Why believe in something that's beyond you?
07:25 - Darling, I love you just the way you are.
07:27 But if it bothers you not being a swan,
07:29 then do something about it.
07:31 You can, you know?
07:35 (gentle music)
07:37 - You're still young, Connie, and you've got your looks.
07:52 So get yourself a job or a man, either or both,
07:55 because I'm finished taking care of you, quite finished.
08:00 - That'll make an interesting item for the gossip columns.
08:03 For rent, one shabby apartment over a hobby shop,
08:08 recently vacated by the daughter-in-law
08:10 of Myra Moneybags Walworth.
08:12 - Don't you threaten me, Connie.
08:14 If it hadn't been for you, my son would be alive today.
08:17 - Your son had a talent for smashing up racing cars.
08:20 I didn't tell him to take that flip at Le Mans.
08:23 He didn't figure to walk away indefinitely.
08:25 - If you were his wife, you should have stopped him.
08:27 - You were his mother a lot longer than I was his wife.
08:30 - Why didn't Archer leave you enough
08:32 to get you out of my hair?
08:34 - Uncle Archer's literary talent
08:36 didn't run to composing wills.
08:39 He was too busy writing diaries.
08:42 - Diaries?
08:43 Archer kept diaries?
08:47 - For 10 years, didn't you know?
08:52 - I'm sorry for every year he spent in that place.
08:56 - How much do you need?
08:59 - Whatever you can spare.
09:05 (dramatic music)
09:08 That's very generous of you.
09:22 - I'll pay my hairdresser.
09:24 - Beggars can't be choosers.
09:26 - I love you, too.
09:33 (dramatic music)
09:37 (dramatic music)
09:40 - Hi.
09:57 - Hi.
10:02 I saw that you were hard at work,
10:03 so I thought I'd just scoot by.
10:07 - You're not trying to avoid me, are you, Connie?
10:11 - I'm your tenant, landlord, not your chattel.
10:13 - So I'm being put in my place again.
10:16 Is it proper for a patient friend
10:18 to congratulate a new heiress on her good fortune?
10:22 - There was no will, nothing.
10:25 - But you were so sure.
10:28 - It's the story of my life.
10:30 Connie pays for what Connie gets.
10:33 - I'm sorry.
10:35 I know you were counting on at least something.
10:38 - As a matter of fact, so was I.
10:41 - Worried about your rent, landlord?
10:45 - It's been quite a long time.
10:47 I don't like to mention it, Connie.
10:50 - Why don't you stop up later for a drink?
10:57 (dramatic music)
11:00 (dramatic music)
11:03 - Uncle Archer, you were a stupid, dull,
11:26 dreary, old boy.
11:30 (dramatic music)
11:33 - June 5th, 1960.
11:36 It happened again last night.
11:40 The same dream.
11:41 The house is quiet, dead quiet,
11:45 except for the rasping sound of S.M.'s breathing.
11:50 M. has the hypodermic needle in her hand.
11:53 - What's this?
11:54 - M. takes S.M.'s hand.
11:56 My heart beats suffocatingly.
11:59 I try to cry out, but there are no words in my throat.
12:02 And then I hear myself.
12:04 Wait, you mustn't, you mustn't.
12:07 But there is no stopping M.,
12:09 just as there is no stopping the dream.
12:13 But I try.
12:13 Every night I try.
12:16 I wonder,
12:18 does M. dream too?
12:21 Well?
12:27 - Well what?
12:29 What is that?
12:30 Where'd you get that?
12:30 - It's a diary.
12:32 Uncle Archer's diary.
12:35 - So?
12:36 - What do you make of it?
12:37 - Hmm, some kind of a dream.
12:39 - What kind of a dream?
12:42 - Some sort of nightmare.
12:43 - A nightmare.
12:45 A book about a nightmare.
12:49 Page after page, the same nightmare.
12:54 About a murder.
12:55 - Murder?
12:56 Come on, Connie.
12:58 - You want your rent, landlord?
13:00 Well you're going to get it.
13:01 - Look, honey, forget about the rent.
13:04 - You'll get it with a bonus.
13:05 Now scram.
13:07 - We were going to have a drink together.
13:08 - I'm about to have a previous engagement.
13:10 - Connie, don't get carried away with this thing.
13:13 I beg you.
13:14 - That's the difference between us, Ray.
13:17 You beg, and I take.
13:18 (phone ringing)
13:22 - Yes?
13:23 - Oh, Mr. Sinclair.
13:25 I'm sorry to bother you about such a trivial matter, but--
13:28 - What can I do for you, Connie?
13:29 - Well, my mother-in-law was so pleased
13:32 with that diary of her brother's
13:34 that I thought I'd just drop down to your office
13:36 and get the rest of them for her.
13:38 - But I've already personally turned them over
13:40 to her this afternoon.
13:42 - I see.
13:44 Well, there's more than one way to skin a mink.
13:52 (dramatic music)
13:55 - Here's September, October, and November, 1948, lady.
14:19 - Thank you.
14:22 (drawer opening)
14:24 - That's very sweet of you.
14:27 - Yeah, I'm a dust-coated jewel.
14:30 (laughing)
14:38 - Eugh.
14:49 - Obituary, obituary.
14:51 (dramatic music)
14:55 (dramatic music)
14:58 (paper rustling)
15:27 - You're Dr. Milton Crowell?
15:30 - How do you do, Mrs. Walworth?
15:35 My nurse said your business was urgent.
15:37 How can I help you?
15:39 - Well, you couldn't have been out of medical school.
15:42 - I beg your pardon?
15:44 - Oh, when Mrs. Sarah Gedney died 12 years ago,
15:48 I understood you were the attending physician.
15:50 - That must have been my father.
15:52 - Oh, I see.
15:54 Well, then it's your father I want to see.
15:56 - Well, he died last year, Mrs. Walworth.
16:00 - I'm so sorry.
16:01 But, uh, perhaps you can help me after all.
16:07 I assume that your father kept files of all his patients?
16:13 - Yes, of course.
16:14 - I wonder if I could look at Mrs. Gedney's file.
16:16 - I'm sorry.
16:18 Most people don't understand that a doctor's files
16:20 are kept in the strictest confidence.
16:24 Even when the patient and the doctor are deceased?
16:27 - Yes, that's right.
16:29 - Well, thank you for seeing me, doctor.
16:33 It isn't essential that we find her.
16:35 - I beg your pardon?
16:36 Find who?
16:38 - Mrs. Gedney's nurse.
16:40 You see, my mother-in-law is quite ill,
16:41 and we remembered how efficient this particular nurse was.
16:44 And we'd like to find her.
16:46 - Well, the nurse's registry can help you locate her.
16:48 - Ah, well, I know how stupid it sounds,
16:50 but we can't even remember her last name.
16:53 - Well, I think professional ethics can be stretched
16:56 to accommodate a request like that.
17:00 - Thank you, doctor.
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17:51 (knocking)
18:03 - Miss Snyder?
18:07 - Yes.
18:08 - May I come in?
18:12 - That's not fair.
18:13 You're the third one this week.
18:15 A person can't have a gentleman friend
18:18 without the gossip spreading tales.
18:22 Go ahead, take a look.
18:23 You'll find a bottle in the kitchen and some fancy eats,
18:26 none of which came out of my relief check.
18:29 I don't care what my neighbors say.
18:31 My gentleman friend likes me to have nice things.
18:35 And lots of them.
18:37 - Well, it's only custom jewelry.
18:39 The thought's the same.
18:42 Do you mind making your report and leaving?
18:43 I want to go back to bed.
18:45 - I'm not a social worker, Miss Snyder.
18:48 I've come for your professional help.
18:50 I'm willing to pay for it.
18:52 - No.
18:53 No, that's out of the question.
18:54 I haven't taken a nursing case since--
18:57 - Since?
18:57 Mrs. Gedney died 12 years ago.
19:01 (footsteps)
19:03 You better sit down, Miss Snyder.
19:09 - Look, it's nothing, it's...
19:11 I haven't been well.
19:15 I don't know anything about Mrs. Gedney's death.
19:20 - I didn't ask you anything about Mrs. Gedney's death.
19:23 - Who are you?
19:24 - A friend, if you'll confide in me.
19:26 - There's nothing to confide.
19:28 - All right.
19:30 Let's talk in generalities.
19:33 Suppose an 84-year-old lady had just been given
19:36 an injection of insulin, and suppose a few minutes later
19:41 she was given a second injection of insulin.
19:45 Would it be fatal?
19:47 - I'm no doctor.
19:48 - You were a very competent nurse.
19:52 - You'll have to excuse me.
19:53 (sad music)
19:55 - Take your time.
19:57 (sad music)
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20:39 (bell ringing)
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20:47 (bell ringing)
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21:03 (bell ringing)
21:14 - You've got no right to go prying into my things.
21:23 I'll thank you to leave.
21:24 - When you tell me what I want to know.
21:27 - Get out of here!
21:28 (glass shattering)
21:31 - Something a gentleman friend once taught me.
21:40 - I'll yell.
21:42 I'll yell for the police.
21:44 - And how will you explain a sable coat
21:46 from relief checks to the Bureau of Internal Revenue?
21:49 - What do you want?
21:51 - The truth about Mrs. Gedney's death.
21:53 - I don't know anything!
21:55 - Myra and Archer paid you off, didn't they?
21:57 - No!
21:58 (glass shattering)
21:59 (gun firing)
22:01 - Oh, I took their money!
22:03 Why not?
22:04 She was gonna die anyway.
22:05 And then when I got the money, I was afraid to spend it.
22:08 I was afraid people would ask questions.
22:11 - What happened the night Mrs. Gedney died?
22:13 - I wasn't in the room, I swear it.
22:15 They said I looked tired,
22:16 that I should lie down for a while
22:18 and they'd take care of her.
22:19 And when I came back, the poor old thing was dead.
22:22 - From an overdose of insulin?
22:23 - Yes.
22:25 - Why didn't the doctor discover it?
22:27 - He didn't suspect anything.
22:28 She was very old.
22:30 There was no need for an autopsy.
22:32 - And you made sure he wouldn't suspect.
22:35 - She was gonna die anyway.
22:37 And then I got the money and I was afraid to spend it.
22:40 I was alone and afraid.
22:42 I was alone and afraid.
22:45 (sobbing)
22:47 (dramatic music)
22:50 (sobbing)
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22:58 (dramatic music)
23:01 - What do you want?
23:27 - I just thought I'd drop by
23:28 and see how you were getting along.
23:30 And to see if you found Uncle Archie's diaries
23:32 as fascinating as I did.
23:34 - As you did?
23:35 - Didn't you notice this year's was missing?
23:39 - What exactly fascinated you, Connie?
23:42 - A dream Uncle Archie had.
23:44 - A dream?
23:45 - A dream about a murder.
23:47 - Go on.
23:49 - You sure you wanna hear this?
23:51 I wouldn't like to see you toss off
23:53 one of your little attacks.
23:54 - You couldn't care less about me.
23:57 - Go on.
23:58 - You and Uncle Archie got rid of the nurse
23:59 that night, didn't you?
24:00 - Snyder never left the room.
24:03 - That's not what she says.
24:04 - She said...
24:05 Where did you find her?
24:07 - You look tired, Uncle Archie said.
24:10 Why don't you take a nap, you said.
24:13 We'll take care of the old lady.
24:14 - No.
24:15 Snyder never left the room.
24:17 - She left the room, all right.
24:19 She left the room long enough for you
24:20 and Uncle Archie to commit murder.
24:22 - That's not true.
24:23 She was old and sick.
24:25 She simply died.
24:26 There wasn't even an autopsy.
24:29 - You thought that one out too, didn't you?
24:31 An old lady, helpless, being kept alive by injections,
24:36 the insulin and the hypodermic needle handy.
24:38 - No.
24:39 - Why not give her an extra dose?
24:41 Put her out of her misery.
24:44 - No.
24:45 - Put her out of her misery
24:46 and put her fortune into your hands.
24:47 - Stop.
24:48 - Into your hands and Archer's
24:50 before she changed her will
24:52 or changed her mind about dying
24:54 for another four or five years.
24:57 - No.
24:58 Stop it.
24:59 - Archer held her down,
25:02 clamped his hand over her mouth,
25:05 while you, Myra, you jabbed in the needle.
25:08 (dramatic music)
25:14 (Myra panting)
25:16 - Better, sweetie?
25:40 - How much?
25:43 - $100,000.
25:44 - You're mad.
25:46 - For the diary and my silence.
25:50 Oh, and I'll be perfectly reasonable.
25:52 I'll give you exactly 24 hours to raise the cash.
25:56 (Myra chuckles)
25:59 Until tomorrow, Myra.
26:01 Oh, and don't disappoint me, huh?
26:07 I have to go to the police.
26:09 (dramatic music)
26:12 - Anne, you look absolutely wonderful.
26:22 - I can't go, Ralph.
26:26 - What do you mean you can't go?
26:27 What's happened?
26:29 - Nothing, I just can't go, that's all.
26:31 - Now, come on.
26:32 Something must have happened
26:35 or you wouldn't be so upset.
26:36 Is anything wrong with your mother?
26:38 - Please don't ask me.
26:39 - Anne, I have every right to ask you.
26:42 All right, I'll go up and find out for myself.
26:43 - No, I don't want you to, Ralph.
26:45 Please, it's none of your concern.
26:48 - I thought you were my concern,
26:51 but I guess I was wrong.
26:54 Well, your mother's still in my care.
26:56 If she needs me, you know where you can find me.
26:58 (dramatic music)
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27:03 - My, my, my, my, my.
27:25 New hairdo, new dress, new little orphan Annie.
27:28 - Stay away from my mother.
27:30 - Something doesn't quite make it, though.
27:32 - Stay away from her.
27:34 - I know, flair.
27:35 You haven't got the flair, sweetie.
27:38 - If you don't stay away from her, Connie,
27:40 I swear I'll kill you.
27:42 - You're not the type.
27:43 (dramatic music)
27:46 You're not the type to hold onto a man, either.
27:50 Especially one as good-looking as that doctor of yours.
27:54 (dramatic music)
27:57 - When she wakes up, give her two of those.
28:22 (dramatic music)
28:25 - Ann, what was she muttering about, having only 24 hours?
28:31 24 hours for what?
28:32 - I don't know.
28:34 - All right, then I'm gonna get her into a hospital.
28:36 - Oh, no, not without her permission.
28:37 She made me promise.
28:39 But I will try to persuade her.
28:41 - Do that.
28:42 You've been most cooperative in all the little ways.
28:47 - What do you mean?
28:48 - You know what I mean.
28:51 Whether I get her to the hospital or not,
28:52 whether I keep her under sedation,
28:54 nothing is going to help her,
28:56 except a release from the tension
28:57 that's choking her to death.
28:59 I've got to know what's causing it, Ann.
29:02 Ann, have it your way.
29:07 Keep your secret.
29:08 Carry her to your mother's grave.
29:10 (dramatic music)
29:12 (somber music)
29:15 - Hi.
29:38 - Hi.
29:40 (door opens)
29:42 - There's nobody in here at her office.
29:47 - I was just about to leave.
29:49 - That's pretty good timing.
29:52 I've been shopping.
29:54 You can take me to lunch.
29:56 Like?
30:01 - I like.
30:01 (door opens)
30:04 - How do you like the fat cat?
30:12 - I like.
30:13 You have been shopping.
30:16 - Why not?
30:17 I'm about to come into a little inheritance.
30:22 - Oh.
30:23 - How about that lunch, Doctor?
30:25 - I have an appointment.
30:26 - Cancel it.
30:29 You do come on strong.
30:32 - Only when the mood and the man stir me.
30:35 - You tempt me, but no.
30:38 - Scared Annie will find out.
30:43 (dramatic music)
30:46 - Give me 10 minutes.
30:51 (dramatic music)
30:54 - Make yourself at home.
31:12 (dramatic music)
31:15 - Want something, Miss Marner?
31:23 - I just phoned the bank, Bessie.
31:25 They're sending a man out with
31:28 some papers that I must sign.
31:31 Let me know the minute he gets here.
31:33 - Yes, ma'am.
31:34 - Mother, do you think you should see anyone?
31:38 - I must, dear.
31:40 This is something that can't be postponed.
31:42 It's something very important for all of us.
31:45 - Is it something I could do?
31:46 - No, thank you, dear.
31:47 Only I can attend to this.
31:50 - I see.
31:51 Well, now it's time for your medicine.
31:54 - Later, dear, after the man comes.
31:56 - No, Ralph left strict orders.
31:58 And now we're going to take a nap.
32:11 - Oh?
32:12 - Up.
32:13 Comfy?
32:23 - Thank you, dear.
32:24 (dramatic music)
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32:30 - The diary, Connie.
32:50 If you make scandal, I'll stab you.
32:54 - Shh, shh.
32:55 - I should kill someone.
32:56 - Shh, I won't let Connie hurt you.
32:59 Leave everything to me.
33:01 - Bessie, go up and sit with Mother.
33:17 She's sleeping.
33:18 I'm going out for a while.
33:19 - I'll look after her, Miss Anne.
33:21 Now, don't you worry now.
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35:13 - Come on up.
35:29 - I thought you said you had to see Mara at six o'clock.
35:32 - It's time.
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35:36 - You're not exactly the bashful type, are you?
35:44 - My father was quite a philosopher.
35:47 He used to say, "Connie, never hide your light
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35:51 - And being a good little girl,
35:52 you listened and you learned.
35:54 - I've always been fascinated by doctors.
35:59 - Well, as everybody knows, we're nature's noblemen.
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36:05 - I can wait.
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38:35 - Hand it over.
38:46 Hand it over.
38:51 Hand it over.
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39:04 - Oh, I'm sorry.
39:14 Are you all right, did you walk?
39:17 - Yes, yes.
39:18 - What's going on out there?
39:22 - I'll send you a telegram.
39:23 - I asked you, what was going on up there?
39:25 - What's the matter with you?
39:25 Let go of me, you're hurting me.
39:27 - Well, it's about time, it's a fair exchange.
39:32 (knocking)
39:34 - Drop something.
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39:41 - Thank you.
39:57 I'll turn around.
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40:02 - Still ticking, Doctor?
40:07 - Like a two dollar clock.
40:10 - You're lying.
40:12 - Now, you just close your eyes
40:14 and go right back to sleep, Myra.
40:17 - I have to talk.
40:18 - No arguments, young lady.
40:23 - Please, Ralph.
40:25 I have to talk.
40:29 I've got to talk.
40:30 - All right, all right.
40:32 (breathing heavily)
40:35 - Funny how things work out.
40:40 The old lady was 84 and dying.
40:43 But I couldn't wait.
40:49 I couldn't wait for the money.
40:53 Furs, jewels.
40:57 Other things I won't shock you with.
41:00 I thought they'd keep my conscience quiet.
41:05 And they did.
41:08 For quite a few years.
41:11 But then, gradually,
41:13 finally, my conscience took over completely.
41:20 And now, Connie's trying to kill me.
41:25 Trying to kill me the way I killed my stepmother.
41:29 - Myra, Myra, that's enough.
41:32 - She's done it.
41:33 But now, now she'll try to blackmail Anne with the diary.
41:39 - Myra, that's enough.
41:41 Be quiet.
41:42 - But you, you mustn't let her get any more money.
41:45 Ralph, promise me you won't let Connie get any more money.
41:50 - All right, all right, I promise, I promise.
41:53 - No, no more.
41:54 No more, no more.
41:56 Myra, Myra.
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42:37 - What happened, Bessie?
42:45 - I tried to stop a doctor, but you know how proud she is.
42:48 She wouldn't let that man see her in a sickbed.
42:51 - What man?
42:52 - From the bank.
42:53 He had a package and wouldn't leave it with nobody
42:56 but Miss Walworth herself.
42:58 It was on the stairs going back to her room
43:01 that she faded the package.
43:04 It fell too.
43:06 And all that money.
43:08 - Money?
43:09 - I never saw so much money, doctor.
43:11 It, it was downright unholy.
43:13 I left it laying on the hall table.
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44:22 - All right, what did you do with it?
44:33 What did you do with it?
44:34 - I burned it.
44:35 - Stop!
44:37 No!
44:38 Stop it, Connie, stop it!
44:42 - No.
44:44 - You set the whole house on fire!
44:48 You set the whole house on fire, Connie!
44:51 - Father.
44:52 - Father!
44:56 - Leslie!
44:57 - Father!
45:02 Father!
45:04 - Father.
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45:13 - A stinking $100,000 and you're gonna miss it!
45:24 Father!
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45:37 - I'm checking you out, Connie.
46:03 - Well, thanks, landlord.
46:05 I was just about finished with this place anyway.
46:07 - I'm writing off the rent you owe as a bad debt.
46:10 Goodbye, sweetie.
46:12 Constance Walworth?
46:14 - Yes.
46:15 - Moving, Miss Walworth?
46:18 - Why, no, I was just going on a vacation for a few days.
46:23 - I'm afraid you'll have to postpone it.
46:26 - Postpone it, why?
46:27 - I'll have to ask you to come along with us.
46:29 - Are you arresting me?
46:31 What for?
46:32 - Let's just say there are a few questions
46:33 we'd like to ask you.
46:36 - About the fire?
46:38 Well, I had nothing to do with it.
46:40 I tried to help put it out.
46:42 The curtains got caught on and...
46:45 Was anybody hurt?
46:46 - A woman died.
46:48 - Who?
46:49 - Your mother-in-law, Mrs. Myra Walworth.
46:50 Heart attack.
46:52 Less than an hour ago at the city hospital.
46:55 A Dr. Mitchell signed a complaint against you.
47:01 - That miserable rat.
47:03 - Let's go, lady.
47:04 On the way downtown, you can tell us all about the fire.
47:06 - Let go of me.
47:08 - Aren't you running into filthy luck, Connie, dear?
47:12 - I told you, sweetie.
47:16 Connie always pays for what she gets.
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47:25 - I'd like to go to the hospital now.
47:37 There's nothing more we can do here.
47:39 - There's nothing we can do at the hospital either.
47:41 Anne, your mother's dead.
47:43 I'm taking care of you now.
47:45 - Connie killed her.
47:46 Connie and her filthy blackmail.
47:48 - Yes, I know.
47:49 But Anne, your mother wanted to die.
47:52 She was happy to die.
47:54 Connie's the only one who'll suffer now.
47:57 - The way Mother did.
47:59 And all for money.
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