Episode aired Oct 11, 1960
Stars: Mary Astor • Lin McCarthy • Dorothy Green
An aging actress is mysteriously found dead in a family's garden, and they may know more about her death than they will admit.
Stars: Mary Astor • Lin McCarthy • Dorothy Green
An aging actress is mysteriously found dead in a family's garden, and they may know more about her death than they will admit.
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00:00 [music]
00:16 [arguing]
00:21 Look, I want a nice quiet bar. You cause me any more trouble and I have the cops on me.
00:24 Oh, you and your sleazy gin milk. Who needs it? My credit's good and the best hotels in town.
00:32 [music]
00:35 Oh, you dirty, dirty, dirty you.
00:39 [gunshot]
00:42 [car horn]
00:44 [tires screeching]
00:46 [arguing]
01:10 Walked right into me. It wasn't my fault. Walked right into me. I didn't have a prayer. It wasn't my fault.
01:16 Sure, sure. I know, I know.
01:17 Well, everybody saw it. It wasn't my fault. Did you hear it, Brandon?
01:21 I don't know. Better not mull it.
01:23 [arguing]
01:30 Here come the cops.
01:32 [arguing]
01:37 Do you know who she is?
01:42 Rose French. She used to be a big movie star.
01:46 [music]
01:59 Rose French. In the blur of memory, the face grows dim. But do you remember the name?
02:09 Twenty years ago, Rose French. The remarkable Rose French.
02:17 As a servant girl or as a princess, she was a quicksilver star in a celluloid heaven.
02:26 If a woman could sell her soul to achieve such fame, what wouldn't she do to get it back?
02:32 Poor Rose. That was all she wanted. To relive the past.
02:40 And those who loved her, Frank Clyde, for instance, could do nothing to stop her.
02:45 But the comeback trail can lead to strange and sinister places.
02:51 To a lonely garden and to a night of terror.
02:58 It can even lead to the face of a painted doll.
03:03 But the comeback trail is a journey without maps, as sure as my name is Boris Kala.
03:10 Poor Rose French and her last desperate summer.
03:15 That's the name of our story, "Rose's Last Summer."
03:20 Our principal players are Miss Mary Astor, Mr. Lynn McCarthy, and Miss Helen Quintel.
03:28 Let me assure you, my friends, this is a thriller.
03:33 [music]
03:44 [silence]
03:50 [music]
04:12 Oh, can I help you?
04:14 I talked to the other desk sergeant yesterday. I'm Frank Clyde.
04:18 Oh, yeah. You're the fellow that runs the clinic for boozers.
04:22 We prefer to call it Rehabilitation Center.
04:25 Yeah? Well, who are we rehabilitating today?
04:28 Rose French. She was arrested Tuesday.
04:31 Rose French. Oh, yeah, here it is.
04:35 Drunk and disorderly. Two hundred dollars for thirty days.
04:38 Well, I finally scraped together the two hundred dollars.
04:41 You're too late.
04:43 Too late? What do you mean?
04:45 Somebody else has already bailed her out. She's gone.
04:48 [music]
05:00 Rose French.
05:02 [music]
05:10 [music]
05:15 [knocking]
05:16 Rose?
05:18 [knocking]
05:20 Rose, it's me, Annie.
05:23 [knocking]
05:24 Rose, you got company.
05:27 That water running and all that yelling, she can't hear a thing.
05:32 What's Rose doing with the roadmap?
05:33 What? I don't know.
05:37 She's packing.
05:40 Rose?
05:41 Yeah?
05:42 You got company? Now, don't come out unless you're dressed.
05:46 Why not? I've kept my figure.
05:49 Why, Frank!
05:51 Why, how sweet of you to come and visit an old lady.
05:55 Whose idea was this?
05:57 Mine.
05:58 I'll bet.
05:59 Did you bring a butterfly net with you?
06:01 No, Rose.
06:02 Or were you looking for this?
06:04 The best, the very best.
06:07 Used to buy it by the case.
06:09 Glasses, Annie, glasses.
06:10 Haven't you caused enough commotion?
06:13 Commotion? You'd think this was Russia, not California.
06:16 Come on, Annie, you don't want to drink it out of the bottle, do you?
06:19 All right now, young man, let's talk about you.
06:21 Just what are you doing here at this time of night?
06:24 I was passing by and I saw your light on.
06:27 I said to myself, I must see Rose French right now, this minute.
06:30 Couldn't wait.
06:31 That's right.
06:32 Dear sweet boy, you know, I'm awfully glad I went to your clinic.
06:36 It's been a rare experience knowing you, Frank.
06:39 I'm crazy about you, too.
06:42 Oh, are we a pair. Bless you.
06:45 You did keep me from going over the edge once.
06:47 But there's nothing wrong now, not a thing in the world.
06:50 I don't believe you.
06:51 Come on, tell me about it.
06:53 Oh, if I were any younger, I'd grab you so fast.
06:56 Now, Rose.
06:57 Well, I would.
06:59 No, please believe me, Frank. There's nothing the matter.
07:01 I'm just happy, that's all.
07:02 I've got a job.
07:04 A job?
07:06 Well, what's so startling about that?
07:07 I've made a fortune in my time.
07:09 I supported three husbands.
07:11 No, only two.
07:13 Haley Dalloway supported me.
07:15 The only trouble was he wanted to change me, too.
07:18 You're going back to Hollywood.
07:20 Oh, not a chance.
07:22 Hollywood couldn't meet my price, darling.
07:24 What is it then? What sort of a job?
07:27 Well, it's a sort of a housekeeper.
07:30 A very good job.
07:31 Is this on the level?
07:33 Couldn't be leveler.
07:34 But I think I'll hang on to this room as a sort of a pied-à-terre.
07:38 A hole in the ground to you.
07:40 Rose, really?
07:41 Which reminds me, I owe you two weeks back rent.
07:50 And a month in advance.
07:52 Is that satisfactory?
07:53 Oh, yes, indeed.
07:55 Rose, I just don't understand.
07:57 Neither do I. Where is this job?
07:59 California. The good old USA.
08:02 Will you stop being childish?
08:04 We want to know where you're going.
08:05 I'll keep in touch.
08:06 I'll buy you a steak dinner one of these days.
08:08 Oh, come on, you two. Don't be so serious.
08:11 I thought you'd bust your buttons with joy at getting rid of me.
08:14 Come on, now, drink up.
08:16 Here's to the job.
08:18 No, I've got a better one.
08:20 Here's to independence.
08:23 I know a better one still.
08:25 To Rose French.
08:42 Can't believe it.
08:45 Just can't believe it.
08:56 And the situation in Washington remains in the same state.
09:00 From the town of La Mesa, California, comes news of the sudden death of one-time screen star, Rose French.
09:07 She was found dead in the garden of a couple who say they did not know Miss French or have any connection with her.
09:13 Although the demise seems of natural causes, police are making the usual investigation.
09:18 Miss French was once married to Haley Dalloway, the well-known industrialist.
09:23 From the eastern seaboard comes a story about a man who tried to prove...
09:34 Mr. Jackson.
09:36 Please tell the skipper to hoist anchor.
09:39 Put into port right away.
09:41 Phone also radio my travel agent.
09:43 I want an airline reservation for La Mesa, California, immediately.
10:08 Doesn't make sense, Captain.
10:09 Just doesn't.
10:11 People die every day, Mr. Clyde.
10:13 But she was perfectly well when I last saw her.
10:16 When was that?
10:17 Eight days ago in Los Angeles.
10:19 Suspect murder?
10:21 I didn't say that.
10:23 Police search this preliminary report.
10:26 Says she died of natural causes.
10:29 But what was she doing in that garden?
10:32 What was the name of the family who lived there?
10:35 Goodfield, Willard Goodfield.
10:39 He just moved in with his wife and mother.
10:41 What was she doing there?
10:43 Passing by, it seems.
10:45 Garden gate was open.
10:47 She sat down to rest.
10:49 They found her body by the bench, her suitcase beside her.
10:53 She said she was going to a job.
10:55 It must have been in that neighborhood.
10:57 No, we checked the whole district.
10:59 Nobody knows anything about her.
11:01 Mr. Clyde, I'm afraid you're just going to have to face the facts as they are.
11:10 Hayley Dalloway.
11:14 Do you two know each other?
11:20 Mr. Dalloway, I feel as if I've known you for a long time.
11:24 I'm Frank Clyde, a friend of Rosa's.
11:27 How'd you do?
11:28 You go to the morgue?
11:30 Yes, I did.
11:33 She was still wearing my ring.
11:38 After all these years, still wearing my ring.
11:46 So, Rose was a patient of yours, was she?
11:49 For a while.
11:50 Always felt it wasn't Rose that couldn't adjust to the world.
11:54 The world, it couldn't adjust to Rose.
11:56 You liked her, eh?
11:58 Very much.
11:59 So did I.
12:00 There were times when she made my life a hell, but I liked her.
12:04 I was pretty hard on her, I'm afraid.
12:06 She had to conform or else...
12:08 Well, she wouldn't or couldn't, so I lost her, of course.
12:14 You never saw her again?
12:15 No, not until today.
12:17 I just couldn't believe it.
12:19 I couldn't believe she was dead.
12:22 Mr. Dalloway, I'd like to see where she died.
12:25 My car is over here.
12:28 [car engine]
12:32 [car engine]
12:35 How long since you and Rose separated, Mr. Dalloway?
13:00 Oh, about 20 years.
13:01 I never met her again.
13:03 I was wondering about that.
13:04 I was on the verge of it several times, but after all, who could follow her?
13:08 I wish you could hear you say that.
13:10 Yes, so do I.
13:11 This must be it.
13:13 He spoke of a bench.
13:14 [sirens]
13:22 So lonely here.
13:24 You'd think no one was here.
13:26 They probably keep this end of the house closed up.
13:29 Oh, no.
13:30 She should never have died like this, not Rose.
13:33 She should have been surrounded by people.
13:36 Dalloway.
13:37 [knocking]
13:39 Try not to let them see you, but take a look up at that corner window.
13:42 [music]
13:48 [music]
13:58 [music]
14:05 Mr. Goodfield, I understand you rented the place you're now living in.
14:09 Yes, we rented it for two months.
14:11 We've been in it a month.
14:12 Where is your permanent residence?
14:14 In San Francisco.
14:15 Did you know the deceased?
14:17 [laughs]
14:18 No, I told the police that I'd never seen her before.
14:22 Then you didn't recognize her as Rose French.
14:24 Well, the name Rose French meant nothing to me.
14:27 I saw them go to the movies, and she was before my time.
14:31 Then no member of your family saw anything at all, hmm?
14:34 I'm telling you we saw nothing, nor we heard nothing.
14:36 Not until I found the body.
14:38 Then I telephoned the police immediately.
14:41 Well, my mother-in-law, I'm afraid, is a very difficult woman.
14:45 Then you have nothing to add to the testimony of your husband.
14:48 Nothing.
14:49 But I assure you it's been a most unpleasant experience finding a dead body in the corner of your garden.
14:56 Dr. Severin, you performed an autopsy on the body of the deceased.
15:02 I did.
15:03 Would you tell us, please, what brought about her death?
15:05 Coronary thrombosis.
15:06 She died almost instantly.
15:08 As a matter of fact, her death was long overdue.
15:10 Oh?
15:11 Why do you say that?
15:12 Her heart was badly damaged, almost twice its normal size.
15:17 [indistinct chatter]
15:20 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
15:24 We have. We find the deceased Rose French to have died from natural causes, due to a weak heart and overexertion.
15:31 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
15:34 Court is dismissed.
15:44 Willett, is that you?
15:46 Yes, Mother.
15:47 Bring me my cup of tea and tell me how things went.
15:50 Yes, Mother, in just a moment.
15:52 I need a drink.
15:54 You're drinking too much, Willett.
15:58 That's my business.
15:59 And mine.
16:01 I want to send flowers to the funeral tomorrow.
16:04 Flowers?
16:06 Yes. It's the least we can do, isn't it?
16:09 I'll go, darling. You relax.
16:14 [glass clinking]
16:16 Well, yes, I understand. The only thing is...
16:22 Willett, this is Mr. Clyde and Mr. Dalloway. We saw them at the inquest.
16:26 How do you do? Yes, I remember.
16:28 For some reason, they seem to want to talk to your mother.
16:31 My mother? Why?
16:33 We saw her looking out the window. We thought perhaps she might have noticed something.
16:38 Willett? Who's down there? Willett?
16:42 Willett?
16:43 Yes, Mother.
16:44 It's a gentleman named Mr. Dalloway who wishes to speak to you.
16:47 Never heard of him. Send him up anyway.
16:49 But, Mother...
16:50 You heard me. Send him up.
16:52 Very well, Mother.
16:54 Would you wait here, please?
16:56 Ethel, you'd better fix Mother's tea.
16:58 This way, Mr. Dalloway, please. Yes, General.
17:00 Don't worry about me.
17:10 If you'll excuse me, then.
17:12 Would you come in, please?
17:24 Mother, this is Mr. Haley Dalloway. He was at the inquest.
17:29 He used to be married to Rose French.
17:31 How do you do, Mrs. Goodfield?
17:33 How do you do?
17:34 Sit down.
17:36 Thank you.
17:38 Oh, stop hovering, Willett. You know I don't like it.
17:41 I'm perfectly capable of conducting a conversation by myself.
17:45 I'm sorry, Mother.
17:47 Your tea will be up directly.
17:50 Now, what can I do for you?
17:55 Mrs. Goodfield, is there anything at all you can tell me?
18:00 Anything about my former wife's death?
18:04 What makes you think I can?
18:06 I don't know.
18:10 Perhaps I...
18:12 Perhaps I thought you might have seen something from this window here.
18:19 I just can't bear to think of her dying out there, alone.
18:24 Now, for an actress, that must have been a hardship.
18:28 Did you divorce Rose French?
18:33 Yes.
18:34 Did you have reason to?
18:36 Yes, I thought so at the time.
18:39 We didn't get along.
18:41 Then why this great interest? Why this morbid concern?
18:45 Well, maybe like Frank Clyde, I feel guilty about her.
18:49 Who's Frank Clyde?
18:51 A friend of hers.
18:53 Well, so she had friends. That's interesting in itself. Those people seldom do.
19:00 I see.
19:01 Rose may have had her faults, but meanness wasn't one of them.
19:08 Sit down, sit down. Please, sit down.
19:14 You know, I rather like you. At least you have spirit.
19:21 Tell me, do you know the sweet Marie Dalle?
19:29 I can't say that I do.
19:30 You would if you'd had children.
19:33 It was a beautiful doll. We made a fortune on it once.
19:39 Mr. Dalloway, I'm afraid you'll have to go.
19:44 There's nothing I can tell you.
19:49 Will it? Ethel?
20:13 Yes, Mother Goodfield.
20:16 Get this man out of here. I'm tired.
20:19 Excuse me. There we are, dear. I'm sorry, Mr. Dalloway.
20:25 Just a moment. Who's paying for that woman's funeral?
20:33 I am, of course.
20:35 More fool you. Thank you, dear.
20:44 Nice and hot.
20:46 You still haven't explained this map.
20:48 There's nothing to explain. It's a perfectly ordinary road map. We used it while we were traveling.
20:52 Mr. Dalloway, I found this map burned in the fireplace. Rose had one just like it. I saw it in her room.
20:57 So what does that prove?
20:59 It proves she was here in this house.
21:01 Are you out of your mind? You can get those maps at any gas station.
21:04 Are you sure it's the same one?
21:06 No, he isn't.
21:08 Yes, I'm sure. They have the same markings.
21:10 Let me see it.
21:13 For three days now, I haven't had a moment's peace.
21:15 But this is the last straw. I've had all I can take.
21:18 What are you afraid of, Mr. Goodfield?
21:20 Gentlemen, I think you'd better leave before we call the police.
21:26 Would you go through the pockets of these dresses?
21:42 Well, Frank, I must admit I haven't the steam I used to have.
21:47 I'm sorry you're tired, Mr. Dalloway, but we must go over every inch of this room.
21:51 Yes, I suppose so.
21:53 Well, just exactly what are we looking for?
21:57 I don't know. There must be something. Something will tie Rose in with that house.
22:01 We'll find something besides a map and we'll know.
22:04 You really think that those people...
22:07 What reason would they have to harm her?
22:11 Mr. Dalloway, I can only go by the facts.
22:14 That map is the same map that I saw in this room.
22:17 If it wasn't, why did they burn it?
22:19 If it wasn't, why did that Willett Goodfield get so jittery and so angry?
22:23 Well, that attitude was peculiar, I must admit.
22:26 And yet, you know, they sent such lovely flowers to the funeral.
22:31 Exactly what I mean.
22:33 And why did they send flowers, and such expensive ones,
22:36 to the funeral of someone who meant nothing to them?
22:40 Was it because they felt guilty about something?
22:42 This is all so circumstantial, so tenuous.
22:47 Would you call this tenuous, Mr. Dalloway?
22:57 Oh? What is it?
22:59 I didn't want to upset you.
23:02 I got this this afternoon.
23:05 It's the last electrocardiogram taken of Rose's heart.
23:09 It was taken by the clinic doctor seven months ago.
23:11 Does that look like the chart of a woman with a badly damaged heart?
23:15 Frank, I don't know about these things.
23:18 Well, look at the rhythm, the pattern of the heart action.
23:21 You heard the coroner's testimony.
23:23 Coronary thrombosis, enlarged heart.
23:26 Dr. Lewis assured me there was no evidence of such a condition in that cardiogram.
23:31 But could it have changed so rapidly?
23:37 I don't know. I don't think so.
23:39 You know what I think?
23:43 I think those people killed Rose.
23:46 I think they lured her up there to La Mesa with a promise of a job.
23:50 Somehow, I don't know how,
23:54 they made it look like she had a heart condition.
23:57 Maybe some drug.
23:59 Why, Frank? Why?
24:05 I don't know, but I'm...
24:34 Yes. I remember now.
24:36 She used to doodle like this while talking on the phone.
24:39 See the word La Mesa?
24:41 Yes, but she knew she was going there.
24:44 Look at the way she doodled the word "Good" four times and each time with a capital letter.
24:48 That could have subconsciously meant the name Goodfield.
24:51 Yes, it's possible, I suppose.
24:57 That does it. La Mesa, Goodfield.
25:00 That ties them together before she ever left here.
25:03 I'm going to the police.
25:04 No, no, Frank. No, don't do that.
25:07 This, uh, this isn't enough.
25:10 That doodle could just mean what the word says, "Good."
25:13 Just an indication that she was happy about getting a job.
25:16 I suppose we took a run up to San Francisco and looked into their background.
25:21 That's where they're from.
25:23 They still have a home there up on Knob Hill.
25:25 They also have a dog factory.
25:27 Good. We'll go to San Francisco.
25:32 It's worth a try anyway.
25:33 Mr. Sturgis?
25:57 Yes?
26:00 There's no one in your outer office, so I took the liberty.
26:02 Lunchtime. They're all out to lunch.
26:05 I always have mine right in here.
26:07 Just fruit. Best thing for you.
26:10 I'm John Richards. I called for an appointment.
26:16 Oh, yes. Toy Digest.
26:20 Sit down, sit down.
26:27 You're interested in doing an article on old Horace Goodfield, aren't you?
26:31 Not exactly. It's a symposium.
26:33 They told me at the doll factory that you were the executor of Horace Goodfield's estate.
26:38 I thought you might fill me in.
26:40 Nobody knew more about old Horace Goodfield than I did.
26:44 Now, what is it you want to know?
26:49 Well, first, when did he die?
26:55 About 15, 16...
26:57 No, 15 years ago. That's it.
27:01 Five years after he created the Sweet Marie doll.
27:04 Oh, yes. About that doll.
27:07 I understand it made him a lot of money.
27:10 Millions.
27:12 Excuse me.
27:14 Lunchtime for them, too, you know.
27:18 One, two, three.
27:24 There. Enjoy your lunch.
27:26 What kind of a man was Mr. Goodfield?
27:33 A genius. Oh, he invented all kinds of toys.
27:36 Of course, he was rather eccentric.
27:41 Hadn't been for all his money, you'd have called him a nut.
27:46 And the rest of the family, what were they like?
27:52 Well, Horace didn't pay much attention to his family.
27:56 Tell you the truth, he didn't like his family very well.
28:00 Especially his son, Willett.
28:02 You see, Willett never invented anything.
28:07 Well, he left them his money.
28:10 As the executor of the estate, I can't discuss that.
28:17 I see.
28:20 Where is Mrs. Goodfield?
28:22 I thought I might like to talk to her.
28:24 Oh, she's away somewhere, traveling.
28:28 Well, you've given me a very interesting side light on Mr. Goodfield.
28:33 Thank you, Mr. Sturgess.
28:35 You're welcome, Mr. ...
28:37 Richards.
28:39 I'd like to see a copy of the article when it's published.
28:42 I'll send you a copy.
28:44 Goodbye, sir.
28:47 [Music]
29:13 From now on, from a distance, I want to place a person-to-person call.
29:16 Willett, Goodfield.
29:19 La Mesa, California.
29:22 Asking questions about us?
29:27 You didn't tell him anything, did you?
29:29 Now, what would I tell him?
29:31 It was just that, after he left,
29:35 I thought he had asked some very peculiar kind of questions for a trade paper writer.
29:42 As a matter of fact, he seemed a little peculiar himself.
29:46 What did he look like?
29:48 I thought so.
29:54 Frank Clyde.
29:56 He's a friend of Rose French's.
29:58 He didn't believe the findings at the inquest.
30:01 I am careful.
30:03 We thought we'd covered everything.
30:05 This means more to us than it does to you.
30:09 All right, I'll keep you informed.
30:11 Clyde?
30:14 Yes, he's up in San Francisco checking.
30:17 What are we going to do?
30:20 Don't panic, Willett.
30:22 We're past the time limit now.
30:24 We'll just have to end it a few days sooner than we planned.
30:27 Ethel, I don't mean to be weak.
30:30 I know you don't, baby.
30:33 Just trust me, that's all.
30:35 Just leave everything to me.
30:38 Mother Quidfield.
30:39 Mother, what are you doing up?
30:42 Well, now that's a stupid question if I ever heard one.
30:45 I got bored, that's all.
30:47 Well, I did.
30:49 Now, darling, you know it's better for you to stay upstairs.
30:52 You're much more comfortable there.
30:54 But I'm bored, Ethel.
30:57 Go to your room.
30:59 Ah, that's the girl.
31:04 We'll be up in a minute.
31:07 We'll be up to talk to you later.
31:08 Don't bother. Neither one of you is very amusing.
31:11 [Door opens]
31:12 [Door closes]
31:24 [Door opens]
31:26 [Door closes]
31:28 [Door opens]
31:30 [Door closes]
31:32 [Door opens]
31:34 [Door closes]
31:36 [Door opens]
31:38 [Door closes]
31:40 [Door opens]
31:41 Now, now, Rose, none of that.
31:54 Forget who you are.
31:56 You're giving a performance.
31:59 You're not Rose French.
32:02 You're me.
32:05 That's what we're paying you for.
32:09 To be me.
32:10 I'll look more like you when I get this wig adjusted.
32:15 Still isn't right across the forehead.
32:18 I'll try the walk again.
32:21 No, no, no, that's not right.
32:27 You still haven't got it.
32:29 Well, I'm doing the best I can.
32:31 You're doing nothing of the sort.
32:33 It's not enough that you look like me.
32:37 That's only part of it.
32:39 You must be like me inside.
32:42 Well, that's a big order.
32:44 I thought you were an actress.
32:46 I am.
32:48 At least I was.
32:50 Because of a pretty face?
32:52 No.
32:54 All right, let's try it again.
32:57 A little slower. I couldn't walk that fast.
33:06 That's more like it.
33:08 Now, say something.
33:11 Say something to my son.
33:13 That's not very bright of you, is it, Willett?
33:20 Did you ever try using a fraction of your brain?
33:23 That's it.
33:25 That's it, isn't it?
33:28 Yes.
33:30 What I can't understand
33:32 is how Willett happened to recognize me on the street.
33:35 How could anyone help but recognize Rose French?
33:39 Of course I always resembled you.
33:42 I was not as beautiful,
33:44 but I looked like Rose French.
33:47 Yes, I can see where you would,
33:49 especially if you darkened your hair a little.
33:52 That's it.
33:54 Remember, if I should die,
33:56 darken my hair.
33:58 Oh, Mother, please.
34:00 Ethel?
34:02 I'll remember.
34:04 It's a miracle that we found you, Rose.
34:06 But you saw the maps that I gave you.
34:09 You know where we went.
34:11 We've been traveling since February,
34:15 looking for someone to pass for me.
34:18 But you did find her.
34:20 Yes.
34:22 Maybe just in time.
34:24 Don't talk like that, Mother.
34:26 You know you'll live to be 90.
34:28 I don't want to live to be 90.
34:32 I just want to live long enough to be sure you get the money.
34:35 Oh, Mother, please.
34:37 This whole thing is just insane.
34:40 You were always incompetent.
34:42 You and your father.
34:45 You always were incompetent.
34:47 You and your father.
34:50 Is that the way I sound?
34:53 Yes, I guess it is.
34:58 All right, Rose, that's enough.
35:01 Mrs. Goodfield is tired.
35:02 Yes, I think I am.
35:04 All of a sudden.
35:06 I'll put you to bed, dear.
35:08 No, wait a minute.
35:10 There's something else, something I thought of this morning.
35:12 It can wait.
35:14 If anything should happen and Rose has to take over,
35:17 you must never let down,
35:19 not even when you're alone.
35:21 You must call her Mother,
35:23 and you must call her Mother Goodfield.
35:26 Never think of her as Rose French.
35:30 Do you understand?
35:31 Rose, before we say goodnight,
35:34 will you do me a favor?
35:36 Put the wig on again.
35:38 Oh, sure.
35:40 When I tried it on this morning, it was terribly tight,
35:44 but I managed to stretch it a little.
35:46 There we are.
35:52 Incredible.
35:59 Wait a moment.
36:00 Well, it's unnerving, isn't it?
36:11 What do you see?
36:15 Rose?
36:17 I see two dreadful old women.
36:23 Two dreadful old women.
36:25 Two dreadful old women.
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37:15 What are you doing?
37:19 I'm going home.
37:22 You're what?
37:24 I'm going home.
37:26 I'm a fraud and a cheat and so are you.
37:29 I can't go on with it any longer. I won't.
37:32 I'm afraid you'll have to.
37:35 Now, look, I don't want to cause any trouble, but
37:37 I'm ashamed and...
37:39 and I'm scared.
37:42 You're going to kill yourself again.
37:43 And who is that?
37:45 Who is that?
37:47 Why, Rose French, of course.
37:49 You can't be Rose French.
37:51 Rose French is dead.
37:53 No.
37:57 She's dead and buried.
37:59 She doesn't exist anymore.
38:01 Oh.
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38:11 Oh, no.
38:12 Oh, no, she isn't dead.
38:15 Rose French isn't dead.
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38:36 I'm a realist.
38:38 So was your mother.
38:40 Do you know what she said to me?
38:41 She said, "Rose must die as me.
38:43 If I die as Rose French,
38:45 Rose must die as Mrs. Horace Goodfield."
38:47 It was awful when Mother died.
38:49 Trying to make her look younger.
38:52 Dying her hair so she'd look like Rose.
38:55 I know, dear.
38:57 I couldn't go through it again.
38:59 I'll never forget when we carried her down.
39:01 I just couldn't go through it again.
39:03 You won't have to.
39:05 Once we get Rose to San Francisco, you can leave everything to me.
39:07 Just don't fail me now, darling.
39:09 Don't fail your mother.
39:10 All right.
39:16 When do we do it?
39:18 Tonight.
39:20 Now, miss.
39:27 Just a moment.
39:29 I'd like to have a copy of this page, please, as soon as possible.
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39:59 I'm sorry I was late.
40:01 Have any luck up on Knob Hill?
40:03 No. I watched their house from noon till four.
40:05 Nobody showed.
40:07 I even tried to get inside.
40:08 But a police car came around, and I figured I'd better skip that gambit.
40:11 Well, I think I found something in the newspaper files.
40:15 Look at this.
40:17 A copy of Goodfield's obituary in the Times, 15 years ago.
40:20 Mrs. Horace Goodfield.
40:23 She was when her husband patterned the sweet Marie doll after her face.
40:27 She's a dead ringer for Rose.
40:30 Of course, but look farther down.
40:33 The part about the will.
40:36 Now, here, Frank.
40:37 And it is rumored that the eccentric millionaire left an eccentric will,
40:41 leaving his fortune in trust to his widow.
40:44 It becomes hers only if she reaches 65 years of age.
40:49 Otherwise, the entire estate will go to the Parnassus Health Food Foundation.
40:54 If she dies before 65, the family loses the whole shebang.
40:58 Right.
41:00 See, that should be just about now.
41:02 I had her date of birth.
41:05 Date of birth?
41:06 Let's see.
41:08 Oh, here it is.
41:12 May 29th.
41:14 Now, she was 65 just two days ago.
41:17 You realize what this could mean?
41:20 That must have been Mrs. Goodfield they found in the garden.
41:23 Ridiculous.
41:25 Are you trying to tell me that that old woman in bed upstairs was Rose French?
41:30 The woman I was married to?
41:34 They must have hired Rose to take her place so they'd get the money,
41:36 even if Mrs. Goodfield died before she reached 65.
41:39 A fantastic scheme.
41:42 But...
41:44 But, Frank,
41:46 that would mean only one thing, that Rose is alive.
41:50 As of now.
41:52 But they don't need her any longer.
41:54 Today is May 31st.
41:56 Come on, let's get back to La Mesa at once.
41:59 But my car's in the garage down the street.
42:01 I'll get it.
42:02 I'm sorry.
42:20 You go first.
42:22 No, I just wanted to say I'm sorry I blew my top yesterday.
42:27 I didn't mean it.
42:30 You didn't, Rose.
42:31 We both lost our heads.
42:33 And for the same reason, we've been under a great strain.
42:36 Well, you and Mr. Goodfield particularly.
42:38 It was inexcusable of me to act the way I did.
42:41 Can you forgive me?
42:43 If you can forgive me...
42:45 You know I can.
42:47 You've been magnificent, Rose.
42:49 You know, this is nice, our talking like this.
42:53 It's the first time we've really talked together.
42:57 Then we're friends?
42:59 Not yet.
43:00 That's wonderful.
43:02 After all, we are so close to the end.
43:04 That's right.
43:06 Just one more day and you'll be free as the air.
43:08 Yes, I'm going to New York and I've made up my mind.
43:10 I'm going to change my name and you'll never hear of me again.
43:13 I brought you a present, Rose.
43:15 Oh, glory be.
43:20 I know you've missed your little nip and I see no harm in it now.
43:24 This is good stuff, too, you know.
43:28 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:29 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:31 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:33 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:35 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
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43:39 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:41 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
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43:55 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:57 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
43:59 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
44:00 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
44:01 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.
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44:33 How much sedatives did you give her?
44:34 Enough, apparently.
44:36 There we are. Now, come right up here.
44:43 Goodfield. That's right.
44:45 That's fine. Now we've got you here.
44:47 You force your way into Goodfield's house and that kind of evidence,
44:52 if you're wrong, you'll have one whale of a suit on your hands.
44:55 Well, let's not stand here arguing. Let's get up there.
44:57 A suit or no suit? Are you coming with us, Captain, or do we go without you?
45:02 [Footsteps]
45:07 I'll have to wait for my relief.
45:09 He's due in a few minutes.
45:12 Wait a minute. Where are we going?
45:19 We're just taking you downstairs for a change, dear.
45:21 Oh, no.
45:23 Come on.
45:24 Oh, she's passed out completely.
45:30 All right, I've got her.
45:31 Get the door, Artis.
45:33 Here we go.
45:35 You can manage alone.
45:47 I could have managed alone from the very beginning.
45:49 Let me go, will it?
45:55 You know how I hate to have you fuss over me.
45:57 Oh, I'm sorry, Mother.
45:59 [Door opens]
46:00 We can't let her get away now. We'd lose everything.
46:17 Open the gate.
46:20 [Door opens]
46:21 [Gasping]
46:31 Help me, somebody!
46:48 Over there.
46:49 Somebody let me in!
46:51 Please, somebody let me in!
46:55 [Growling]
46:58 [Groaning]
47:00 [Growling]
47:04 [Groaning]
47:17 Help me, somebody!
47:18 [Growling]
47:20 [Groaning]
47:25 Oh, Frank, they're trying to kill me.
47:46 [Groaning]
47:47 It's all right, Rose.
47:49 Get out!
47:50 It's all right.
47:51 It's all over.
47:52 It's all right.
47:56 It's all right.
47:58 It's all right. It's all over, Rose.
48:00 Oh.
48:02 Oh, Hayley.
48:04 Rose.
48:08 Let's go home.
48:10 Oh, thank you.
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