Episode aired May 2, 1961
Stars: Edward Andrews • Patricia Barry • Ed Nelson
A bookworm uses his good imagination and some storylines from Poe to dispose of his cheating wife's paramours.
Stars: Edward Andrews • Patricia Barry • Ed Nelson
A bookworm uses his good imagination and some storylines from Poe to dispose of his cheating wife's paramours.
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00:00 [Music]
00:20 [Sigh]
00:22 Who's in here?
00:48 Louise?
00:50 Louise isn't here.
00:54 Who are you?
00:57 I'm her husband.
00:59 You have a very interesting library, Mr. Hagen. I've just been looking at one of your books.
01:04 What do you mean by breaking into my apartment?
01:07 Ripping up the furniture?
01:09 What do you mean by that?
01:10 Isn't it obvious? A plain case of burglary.
01:14 You're not a thief.
01:15 No.
01:16 But you are.
01:21 You tried to steal my wife.
01:26 That's not true.
01:31 Then how do you think I got in here, huh?
01:33 With the key that you gave her.
01:37 Did you think I didn't know about you two meeting here? I realized it all along.
01:44 Why did you come here?
01:46 Catch a guess.
01:47 You haven't got a very good imagination, have you?
01:50 Now here we are, just you and I, alone in the middle of the night.
01:56 The place is completely soundproof and look, I'm wearing gloves.
02:00 Now listen, Logan. The stage is all set.
02:04 It will appear as though burglars broke into your apartment and you were killed defending yourself.
02:10 It's all a mistake, I swear it. Now listen to me, Logan. Don't shoot, don't, don't shoot.
02:14 Oh, no, I wouldn't think of shooting you.
02:16 Beside, a gun can be traced.
02:18 Anyway, I have a much better weapon.
02:20 Right here on your wall.
02:23 No, Logan, no.
02:25 Operator.
02:27 She won't answer you.
02:29 You see? I thought of everything.
02:37 [crash]
02:39 No, don't, Logan, no, no, no, no, don't, Logan, look.
02:47 [screams]
02:50 [door opens]
02:54 [door closes]
02:58 [door opens]
03:04 [music]
03:07 [laughs]
03:33 [music]
03:36 Crime and punishment.
03:41 That, in a nutshell, is our story for tonight.
03:44 Except that instead of a neurotic student and his nemesis,
03:49 our play is about a beautiful wife with an intemperate taste in men.
03:53 And her discerning husband, whose reservation will stop at nothing.
03:58 Not even murder.
04:00 This good man, however, is not an ordinary killer.
04:04 He has flair, imagination, a good imagination.
04:08 That's the name of our play.
04:11 Our players are Patricia Barry,
04:15 Ed Nelson,
04:18 and Edward Andrews,
04:22 as the injured bookworm.
04:24 Join us now as we watch this bookworm turn
04:29 to murder.
04:31 [music]
04:34 [music]
04:54 [music]
04:57 Frank, you're back.
05:07 Obviously.
05:09 Surprised to see me?
05:11 Well, I didn't expect you until this evening.
05:13 Well, I took an earlier plane.
05:15 Three days of a book dealer's convention in Philadelphia was all I can stand.
05:19 Oh, I've missed you, Louise.
05:23 You can't imagine how dead it is down there.
05:27 Frank, please, don't use that word.
05:31 What's the matter?
05:33 I've just come from a funeral.
05:36 Funeral? Who died?
05:39 Randy Hagen.
05:41 Randy Hagen?
05:43 Do I know him, dear?
05:45 But of course. We met him months ago at Edna's party. Don't you remember?
05:49 Oh, yes, yes, yes.
05:52 A good-looking young man with a mustache.
05:56 Sort of a minor league d'Artagnan.
05:59 Who?
06:01 D'Artagnan. That's a character in The Three Musketeers.
06:03 I don't suppose you read it, though.
06:05 No.
06:07 Oh, a drink?
06:12 Make me one, too, will you, dear?
06:14 Yes, I remember.
06:17 Yes, I remember now. Randy Hagen.
06:21 Didn't he invite you to go for a ride in his private plane?
06:25 Uh-huh.
06:27 As I recall, he was quite smitten with your charms.
06:30 Tell me, did you ever accept his...
06:31 Of course not. I never saw him again.
06:34 But you went to his funeral.
06:36 Well, Edna called.
06:38 She wanted me to go with her. She didn't want to go alone.
06:42 You understand?
06:44 Oh, of course.
06:46 I'm sorry.
06:48 What did he die of, darling?
06:53 I say, what did Randy Hagen die of?
06:57 Oh, darling!
06:59 Please be careful.
07:01 Here, let me get a cloth.
07:02 Sorry.
07:04 Well, are you nervous about something?
07:07 No, no. Just a little clumsy.
07:09 That's strange, isn't it?
07:11 How clumsy we can be when we least intend to.
07:14 Well, I'm nervous.
07:16 You didn't answer my question yet, darling.
07:20 What did Randy Hagen die of?
07:23 Oh, I remember now.
07:26 It was in all the Philadelphia papers.
07:28 Some burglars broke into his place and...
07:31 killed him with a battle axe right in his own bedroom.
07:34 Stop it!
07:36 Must you talk about such things?
07:39 It's horrible.
07:43 It seems like an odd way for a man like that to die.
07:47 He's the type you'd expect would be shot by a jealous husband.
07:52 Oh, I'm sorry, darling. I didn't mean to upset you.
08:00 We'll change the subject.
08:02 Oh, that reminds me.
08:04 I want to ask you about something.
08:07 Where did you get that?
08:09 I found it the other day on top of your vanity before I left.
08:13 Before you left?
08:16 Doesn't fit any of our doors.
08:18 What's it for, darling?
08:20 Oh, I've never seen it before.
08:24 Maybe it belongs to the maid.
08:26 Well, you could ask her tomorrow.
08:28 Here.
08:30 I'll take it.
08:32 I'll take it.
08:34 You could ask her tomorrow.
08:36 Here. Take it.
08:38 And then if it's not hers, why, you can keep it as a...
08:42 a souvenir.
08:44 Louise?
09:01 Where are you going, darling?
09:03 Oh, well, there's something I... I forgot.
09:06 Come on, sis. Pull yourself together. It can't be that bad.
09:31 But he did it, Arnold.
09:33 He killed Randy.
09:35 Frank? That bookworm?
09:37 Oh, he wouldn't hurt a flea.
09:40 You should have seen his face when he gave me the key.
09:45 That's not evidence enough to convict a man of murder.
09:49 But don't you understand?
09:52 He must have sneaked out of the hotel in Philadelphia, flown down here, killed Randy, and then went back again.
10:00 Well, if you're so sure, why don't you go to the police?
10:03 Well, do you think it was that easy for me to come to you, my very own brother, and tell you about Randy?
10:12 Well, if I go to the police, well, it'll all be out.
10:17 Everyone will know.
10:20 And that's what you're afraid of?
10:27 I'd do it in one minute if I was sure Frank would be punished.
10:30 But first I've got to have the proof.
10:33 A private investigation, eh?
10:35 Arnold, you're the only one in the whole world that can help me.
10:40 Isn't there something we can do?
10:43 I have a friend.
10:51 Joe Thorpe.
10:53 He's a licensed investigator and a good man.
10:57 Let me get in touch with him.
10:58 Do you suppose that he could really do something?
11:00 Now, don't worry. You run along home, sis.
11:02 You'll be hearing from me very soon.
11:04 Oh, thank you, Arnold. Thank you.
11:08 I don't know what I'd do without you.
11:11 You say he's coming back, eh?
11:18 That's right, Mr. Logan. He insists upon doing business with you personally.
11:22 Well, there's nothing wrong with that, is there?
11:24 After all, a lot of our customers insist on special attention.
11:28 That's just it, Mr. Logan. He didn't seem like a customer to me.
11:31 There was something offbeat. I can't quite put my finger on it.
11:35 Don't let it bother you, Celia.
11:37 If he comes back, I'll handle him.
11:39 Meanwhile, you better go put your finger on some lunch. It's after one.
11:42 Thanks.
11:44 Mr. Logan, I think this is him coming in now.
11:47 That's all right. You go on ahead.
11:49 Excuse me.
11:51 Good afternoon.
12:03 Oh, good afternoon, sir.
12:05 Is there something I can help you with?
12:07 No, no, no.
12:08 I'm just a little confused.
12:10 Oh, good afternoon, sir. Is there something I can do for you?
12:14 Yes, there is.
12:15 Do you have a book called "The Insider"?
12:18 Oh, that would be O.P.
12:20 O.P.?
12:21 Out of print.
12:23 I don't have a copy on hand. I could probably locate one for you.
12:27 See, "The Insider and Others." That's by J.P. Morgenstern. Klein Press, 1939.
12:33 That's rather a rare item.
12:35 Yes, I can't find it anywhere in town.
12:37 Oh, you collect Morgenstern, eh?
12:39 That's right.
12:40 Then you'll probably agree that "The Insiders" is the best novel he ever wrote.
12:46 Oh, no doubt about that.
12:48 Oh? I have a doubt.
12:50 What do you mean?
12:52 "The Insiders" is not a novel. It's a short story.
12:56 Yeah, sure. Slipped my mind.
13:00 It's just a fantasy. Like you're pretending to be a customer.
13:06 What is your business here?
13:08 Private investigator.
13:10 Private investigator?
13:13 I was going to tell you anyway, as soon as I sized you up.
13:16 Maybe we can deal.
13:21 Who sent you here?
13:22 That doesn't matter, Mr. Logan.
13:24 It's what I found out.
13:26 I don't know what you're talking about.
13:29 No?
13:30 What about Philadelphia last Monday night?
13:34 Flight 27 into town, flight 19 back there again.
13:38 Same evening, right after Randy Hagen was killed.
13:41 Are you out of your mind?
13:44 No.
13:45 But you are, if you think that phony name on the passenger list will protect you.
13:49 There's a couple of flight hostesses to identify you, in case anybody should ask them.
13:53 Who put you up to this?
14:02 You must know, it was Arnold Chase, your brother-in-law.
14:06 Good friend of mine.
14:08 Then you've talked to him?
14:09 No, not yet. I figured it'd be better business to talk to you first.
14:12 I can always tell him I couldn't get any leads.
14:15 How much do you want?
14:17 Ten thousand.
14:19 Ten thousand? Now, wait a minute.
14:21 You do a good business here.
14:22 I'm not about to wait very long.
14:25 All right.
14:28 How soon?
14:29 Tomorrow night.
14:31 Tomorrow night.
14:32 Your brother-in-law has a fishing cabin out at the lake.
14:36 I'm supposed to go up there over the weekend and make my report.
14:39 See, he knows I've been to Philadelphia, so I can't stall him.
14:44 Either I tell him tomorrow night or I don't.
14:47 It's up to you.
14:48 It'll take me all day tomorrow to get that much cash together.
14:51 How can I see you?
14:53 Got that figure too.
14:55 Why don't you run out to the cabin yourself?
14:58 It's only an hour's drive from town.
15:00 Let's make it for eight o'clock.
15:02 But Arnold will be there.
15:03 No, he won't.
15:05 He's tied up until nine. I know he gave me the key.
15:08 I don't know.
15:10 It sounds too risky.
15:12 Safest thing in the world.
15:14 Nobody out at the lake this time of the year.
15:17 Send your wife out for the evening, make some excuse.
15:20 We're in business.
15:22 I still say it sounds risky.
15:24 Would you rather take your chances with a hangman?
15:32 Joe, Joe, are you there?
15:51 I'm in.
15:52 I'm in.
15:53 What are you doing here?
16:01 Waiting for you.
16:03 Oh, don't look so startled. It's all right.
16:08 Joe invited me.
16:09 Joe?
16:11 Where is he? I saw his car.
16:15 Oh, he's out back.
16:16 He'll be here in a minute.
16:18 Sit down, sit down, sit down.
16:20 I'll tell you all about it.
16:21 Here, let me pour you a drink.
16:26 There we are.
16:28 Now go ahead.
16:29 Go ahead, drink it, drink it, drink it.
16:31 It's cold night.
16:32 That's why Joe brought it.
16:34 You and he know each other?
16:38 Well, of course.
16:39 We're like the two of us.
16:43 We're like the two of us.
16:45 We're like Jean Valjean and J'Avert.
16:50 I'm the hunted, he's the hunter.
16:52 At least we were.
16:54 Go ahead, drink up, drink up.
16:56 I'll explain it to you.
16:57 There we are.
17:02 Well?
17:05 Well, you see, it's quite simple.
17:06 Joe came to me and told me that you had hired him.
17:09 He double-crossed you, Arnold.
17:14 Are you crazy?
17:15 No, no, and neither was he.
17:17 He offered to keep his mouth shut for $10,000.
17:21 I just gave it to him.
17:23 Ten?
17:24 And he ran away with the money?
17:27 Oh, no, no, no, he's still here.
17:29 I want to talk to him.
17:31 He's waiting for you in the boat.
17:34 Joe, Arnold's here.
17:39 [footsteps]
17:41 [music]
17:46 You killed him?
17:53 Nonsense.
17:54 Just a little touch of something, I put in his drink.
17:57 You see, after I gave him the money, he wanted to celebrate, so I...
18:02 Uh-oh, that reminds me.
18:04 [music]
18:06 Here, here's the money.
18:20 He won't be needing this now.
18:22 You see, I did tell you the truth.
18:24 I only lied about one thing.
18:26 I brought the bottle, not Joe.
18:29 The bottle?
18:33 You gave me a drink.
18:35 Mm-hmm.
18:37 And if I'm not mistaken, it should be taking effect about now.
18:41 [music]
18:44 How do you feel, Arnold?
18:46 I can't see.
18:50 But you can hear me, can't you?
18:53 Look!
18:55 Oops, oops, oops.
18:57 Don't exert yourself.
18:58 [music]
19:01 [music]
19:03 You did come up here looking for fish, didn't you?
19:29 Well, in just a little while, you're going to see a lot of them.
19:32 [music]
19:35 [music]
19:51 [music]
19:53 [phone ringing]
20:01 Hello?
20:03 Oh, Louise!
20:04 How was the party?
20:06 Hmm?
20:08 Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
20:09 No, I'm fine.
20:10 I've been home all evening.
20:11 What?
20:13 Oh, reading.
20:14 Just reading.
20:18 [music]
20:20 I tell you, there is nothing like a real fireplace to give a place that homey touch.
20:42 Darling, it is going to be very pleasant for us here this summer.
20:48 But we're so far away from town.
20:50 I mean, nobody lives out here for miles.
20:53 But that's just what you need.
20:55 Rest and quiet.
20:56 Remember what the doctor told you.
20:58 Oh, but I'm all right now.
20:59 I mean, it was just the shock just after the accident.
21:02 Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up. Now we promise not to talk about that anymore, remember? Besides, I want you to just take it easy this summer. That's why I bought this place. You can work in the garden, get lots of fresh air and sunshine.
21:19 The thing I don't like is sleeping out here all alone at night.
21:26 That's nothing to worry about. Besides, you said yourself there's nobody around for miles.
21:32 And I'll be coming up every weekend. Celia can run that shop herself on Saturdays.
21:37 But Frank, if I only had a car of my own, so if some...
21:41 We'll think about that later.
21:43 In a month or so, when you're feeling more... fit.
21:51 Oh, besides, you've got plenty of entertainment here. Look at all these books.
21:57 I'm no reader.
22:00 That's right, you're not. Pity. One can learn so much from the right books.
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22:48 [music]
22:51 [knocking]
22:57 Anybody home?
22:59 Mr. Logan?
23:04 [whistles]
23:06 Yes?
23:07 Oh, uh, Miss Logan?
23:08 Yes?
23:09 I'm George Parker from over at Dalton.
23:11 The fellow over there at the real estate office said you folks just moved in last week.
23:14 Last week? Seems more like last year.
23:18 Yeah, I guess so, with all this rain and everything.
23:20 Oh, oh, I'm sorry. Won't you come in?
23:22 Oh, thank you. It's really, uh, coming down out there.
23:27 I, uh, just stopped by, figuring you might have some work for me.
23:31 Work?
23:33 Yeah, I'm a jack of all trades around here.
23:35 I sort of odd jobs and repairmen.
23:37 Folks used to own this place, wanted me to fix their chimney.
23:40 I never got around to it, and I thought maybe you might want me to look at it.
23:44 Oh, well, I guess you better talk to my husband about that.
23:47 Oh.
23:49 Oh, he's not here?
23:51 No, no, he only comes down on weekends.
23:54 I see. Well, uh, I can, uh, drop by then.
23:57 See, it's awful chilly in here. How is it you don't have a fire going?
24:00 I'm afraid I don't know how to build one properly.
24:03 I'm just not used to roughing it.
24:05 Yeah, well, listen, uh, why don't you let me get it going for you?
24:08 I mean, it won't take a second.
24:10 And, uh, this thing can be a little tricky if you, uh, you don't know what you're doing with it.
24:17 That's very kind of you.
24:19 Well, that's all right.
24:22 [clattering]
24:24 Oh, wait a minute.
24:29 Here. Here are some matches.
24:33 Oh, thanks.
24:35 See, there's really, uh, nothing to it.
24:39 All you gotta do is make sure it gets going where there's a good draft.
24:43 Oh, oh, that's wonderful.
24:46 Yeah.
24:47 Thank you so much.
24:48 It's all right.
24:50 Listen, if there's, uh, anything else I can do around here, you know, be of help or anything, you just, uh, let me know, all right?
24:56 [thunder]
24:58 [panting]
25:01 Oh.
25:02 I'm just terrified of thunder.
25:06 Yeah, well, you know, if you're scared.
25:08 I'm so sorry.
25:11 Are you?
25:15 [thunder]
25:17 Oh.
25:19 [sighs]
25:21 Listen, it's, uh, it's getting kind of late. I think I better be going.
25:47 Oh, no, no, please don't be, please.
25:50 [scoffs]
25:51 Well, you told me your husband comes up here every Friday night, remember?
25:55 [sighs]
25:59 [kiss]
26:01 [sighs]
26:02 Say, uh, what does he do, anyway?
26:11 For a living, I mean.
26:12 He's a book dealer.
26:14 Oh, books, huh?
26:16 I noticed there was a lot of books around the place.
26:18 I guess you do a lot of reading, huh?
26:20 No.
26:21 Do you?
26:23 [laughs]
26:24 Not me.
26:25 I guess I'm more what you call a...
26:27 the action type.
26:29 George.
26:32 George, look, I want you to understand.
26:35 I mean, well, just because of what's happened between us...
26:39 I do, I do, baby.
26:41 No, but I mean, you mustn't think that I'm just one of those cheap women.
26:45 No, no, you're one of the classiest specimens I ever met.
26:49 I just think we can have this whole summer together, just you and me.
26:53 [knocking]
26:57 Hello, darling.
27:00 [laughs]
27:02 Dirty weather, isn't it?
27:04 Sure is. I was just trying to get the fire going right.
27:07 Frank, this is George Parker.
27:13 Well, he's the local repairman. He just dropped in.
27:16 Pleased to meet you, Miss Hogan.
27:19 I, uh...
27:20 You see, you've got a faulty fireplace here. It's a chimney.
27:22 I just stopped by to see if I could fix it.
27:24 I was wondering. I saw your truck outside.
27:26 Rather late to repair things now, don't you think?
27:30 Well, not tonight. I meant sometime later on this week.
27:34 Yeah, perhaps.
27:37 Well, I guess I'll just cut out.
27:42 Oh, but, uh, please.
27:44 Oh, thanks. We must have just missed each other on the road, eh?
27:49 Yeah, that's right. Well, I'd just been here about five minutes.
27:51 Yes, I see.
27:53 Well, uh, I'm gonna run along.
27:56 Listen, sure is swell having some nice neighbors here again.
27:59 Bye.
28:00 Bye.
28:01 Bye.
28:10 Frank, darling, really, I'm so sorry.
28:12 I mean, he just barged in. There was nothing I could do.
28:15 Well, of course.
28:16 But the next time he comes, we'll have to be prepared to offer him a little...
28:20 hospitality.
28:22 Honestly.
28:27 Chances you've taken coming here all these weeks.
28:32 It's got to stop.
28:35 Come on, you want it to stop.
28:39 No.
28:40 All right.
28:41 Why then, why won't you come away with me?
28:45 I told you why.
28:48 You haven't any money.
28:51 Neither have I.
28:53 The husband of yours is kind of stingy, eh?
28:56 He keeps everything to himself, just like his precious books.
29:00 Well, you've seen the way he treats me.
29:03 Yeah.
29:05 I might just as well be just another book in his library.
29:09 Something to glance at now and then.
29:12 Until I get old and molder away.
29:16 I wish he were dead.
29:20 Don't say that.
29:21 Why?
29:23 Well, you've got to think about thunderstorms.
29:25 I've got to think about dead people.
29:27 So, when I hear about them, it kind of gets me.
29:30 I'm sorry, George.
29:34 It's all right, it's just one of those things.
29:36 Jeremy.
29:39 What are we going to do?
29:41 Well, don't worry about it now.
29:44 Something will turn up.
29:45 Meanwhile, you forget about your husband.
29:48 Besides, he's the kind that never catches on.
29:50 He's always got his nose stuck in a book somewhere.
29:53 [♪♪♪]
29:56 [TIRES SCREECH]
30:03 [♪♪♪]
30:06 [ALARM RINGING]
30:20 [TIRES SCREECH]
30:22 [WHISTLING]
30:33 Mr. Logan!
30:38 Down here, George!
30:39 I'm down in the basement, all ready to go.
30:49 Afternoon, Mr. Logan.
30:50 Hello, George.
30:51 You all alone?
30:52 Yeah, that's right.
30:53 It's kind of hot today.
30:54 Where's Miss Logan?
30:55 I sent her to Dalton with the car.
30:56 She's picking up the check at the real estate office.
30:58 Sorry to hear about you folks leaving.
31:00 It's kind of sudden, isn't it?
31:02 Oh, I like to move quickly once I make up my mind, George.
31:05 Well, you're going to be missed, Mr. Logan.
31:08 Oh, I don't think so, George.
31:10 After all, we never saw anybody around the place all summer, except you.
31:13 You see, that's the idea.
31:15 I want to spend more time with my wife.
31:18 You can understand that, can't you, George?
31:20 Why, sure.
31:22 Actually, you saw more of her this summer than I did.
31:26 So when I heard about the offer on the house, I closed the deal.
31:30 Yep, we're all set, ready to move out first thing in the morning.
31:33 Miss Logan said you're planning some kind of a trip.
31:35 You talk to her, George?
31:37 Well, last night I dropped in here for a second.
31:40 She says you sold the bookstore, huh?
31:42 Yeah, that's right.
31:43 All free and clear, ready to travel.
31:47 Where are you planning on going?
31:48 It's a surprise, George.
31:50 I haven't even told Louise.
31:52 Main thing is, though, that we're going to be together.
31:55 I think a wife's place is with her husband.
31:58 Don't you think so?
32:00 Oh, yeah.
32:01 See, you mix this stuff up pretty good.
32:03 I didn't know you were so handy, Mr. Logan.
32:05 I can do anything once I set my mind to it, George, anything.
32:09 Is this the hole here you want me to plug up?
32:12 Yeah, yeah.
32:13 That extends clear back under the shed.
32:16 Well, you want me to crawl in here and take a look?
32:17 No, don't bother, George.
32:19 I just want to cement it up before the new owners get here.
32:22 That's why I phoned you and asked you to come down.
32:24 I'll keep the mice out of it.
32:25 And the rats.
32:26 There's no rats around here, Mr. Logan.
32:28 You're wrong there, George.
32:29 There are rats everywhere.
32:30 Oh, dear.
32:31 They'll sneak in when you're not looking.
32:33 First thing you know, they'll ruin a man's home for him.
32:36 And they're cunning, too, George.
32:38 They try to cover up their tracks.
32:41 But a smart man knows when they're around and...
32:44 he gets rid of them.
32:46 You think this cement will do the job?
32:47 Oh, sure, sure.
32:48 That's something new on the market.
32:49 You know, that'll get hard in less than half an hour.
32:51 Now, if you'll just give me a hand here, George, we'll...
32:56 carry this over to the wall and you can get to work.
33:00 [George is working on the cement]
33:15 Say, look at...
33:16 Well, you're almost finished, huh?
33:18 Yeah, this stuff does a swell job.
33:20 It's almost hard already.
33:21 I'm just gonna smooth off this little spot in here.
33:23 Oh, no, no, no. Don't bother, George.
33:24 Don't bother.
33:25 You look hot.
33:26 How about a beer?
33:27 What, you got any?
33:29 It's the purest thing you know.
33:31 Gotta get rid of it all anyway.
33:34 I hope this beer is cold enough.
33:38 I shut the freezer off last night.
33:41 Good God.
33:43 Hmm. Huh?
33:49 That's just right.
33:50 That's the right...
33:51 Hey, aren't you gonna have any?
33:54 No, I never drink around firearms.
33:58 Where did that come from?
34:00 Who?
34:01 Oh, I've had this for years, George.
34:03 I was gonna build a target range down here in the basement.
34:05 But it's too late for that now.
34:07 Listen, how is it a fellow like you is interested in guns?
34:12 George, every time I look at this gun, I think of a thousand stories.
34:17 One for every bullet it's ever fired.
34:19 Whoops.
34:21 Stories of violence and danger.
34:25 Guilt and justice.
34:27 Whatever.
34:29 I'm talking too much.
34:31 Hey, George.
34:32 How about another beer, huh?
34:34 Okay.
34:36 Here we are.
34:41 Okay.
34:43 Stuff really goes swell when you've been working for a hot day.
34:47 You bet your life it does, George.
34:49 What kind of his meal?
34:52 Oh, well, it's the last day. May as well celebrate, huh?
34:55 Gotta get rid of it all anyway.
34:57 Let's go look at your work, huh?
34:58 All right.
34:59 That wall is really solid now, huh?
35:06 What's that noise?
35:10 I don't hear anything.
35:13 Mice.
35:15 Back behind there.
35:17 Maybe it's those rats you're telling me about.
35:19 I don't know. I'd rather think this was a mouse, George.
35:22 The squeaking was so shrill.
35:25 Can't you hear it?
35:27 No?
35:32 Oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway.
35:35 This job is perfectly airtight, isn't it?
35:38 Sure.
35:39 Well, whatever is sealed up back there will suffocate in just a few moments.
35:46 You must be deaf to the high notes, George.
35:49 I could hear that sound all the time you were cementing up the wall.
35:53 Well, that's a nice job, George. That's your last job, huh?
35:57 Come on, let's have a beer and we'll settle up, eh?
36:01 Oh, listen, maybe I better not. I got some things to do.
36:05 Oh, come on, come on. I'll join you, George.
36:08 And we will have a toast.
36:11 George, we'll drink a little toast...
36:15 to freedom.
36:16 Freedom?
36:18 Yeah.
36:19 Oh, there's no use in keeping any secrets from you, George.
36:22 After all, in a way, you're like one of the family, huh?
36:26 So you may as well know.
36:29 Know what?
36:31 Louise and I have separated.
36:33 Separated?
36:35 Mm-hmm.
36:36 Say, can't you hear that noise now?
36:39 Now, listen, what do you mean, separated? I mean, you have a fight or something?
36:42 Oh, no, no, no. Nothing like that.
36:44 Um, it was rather sudden. At least I don't think she expected it.
36:49 Well, she's not over Dalton, then?
36:51 No, I'm afraid not, George.
36:53 Well, she... she didn't go away, I mean, already today.
36:56 Yes, you might say something like that.
36:58 Look, what are you driving at? I mean, what's the idea of...
37:00 Shh!
37:01 Are you sure you don't hear that, George?
37:05 No, no, what's there to hear?
37:07 I just thought she might be trying to say goodbye to you.
37:11 What?
37:14 Oh.
37:15 What? You're kidding.
37:17 Look, you, you better be kidding, Mr. Lowe.
37:19 You stay right where you are.
37:21 This gun is loaded, and I assure you I'm not afraid to use it.
37:24 I got rid of a mouse. I... I wouldn't hesitate to kill a rat.
37:28 No, you... you're lying.
37:30 You've got to be lying. You... you didn't kill her.
37:32 Oh, no, that's right, George. I didn't kill her.
37:35 She was perfectly alive when I gagged her, tied her up, and put her in that hole and waited for you to come.
37:41 We... we...
37:43 That's right, George.
37:45 You killed her, George.
37:47 You killed her by sealing her up behind that wall, and she could hear you.
37:52 She knew it, George.
37:54 No.
37:55 No.
37:56 It's all right, George. That wall is solid now. There can't be any air left.
38:01 She's gone. She's gone.
38:03 No, you... you're out of your mind.
38:05 No wonder she hated you. She was scared of you.
38:08 No human being could think of anything like this.
38:10 Couldn't they, George? Don't you ever read any books?
38:13 You ever hear of Edgar Allan Poe?
38:16 The Black Cat? The Cask of Amontillado?
38:19 Oh, I... I forgot.
38:21 You and Louise despise reading, don't you, hmm?
38:24 You're proud because you take what you want from life, and you laugh at bookworms like me, huh?
38:29 Well, it is my turn to laugh now, George.
38:33 You'll never get away with it. I'll tell the sheriff. I'll get the sheriff.
38:36 No, no, you won't, because I'll tell him that you were an accessory, that we were in it together.
38:41 We did it for the insurance.
38:43 I'll tell the sheriff that you walled her up in there alive, George, while she tried to scream,
38:49 and she knew you were killing her.
38:51 Tell the lady goodbye, George, while she takes her last breath.
38:56 She'll die quick now. She'll die quick, and then she'll mummify,
39:01 and her face will turn to leather, and her mouth will be open in that last silent scream.
39:06 Can't you hear her, George? Can't you hear her? Listen.
39:09 She's saying, "Help me. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here.
39:14 Let me out of here. Let me out of here. Let me out of here. Let me out of here."
39:20 [laughing]
39:24 Oh, oh, oh.
39:27 [music]
39:55 Hello, darling.
39:57 I thought you were packing.
39:59 All finished. I was just doing a bit of reading.
40:02 Edgar Allen Poe.
40:04 [laughing]
40:05 That man had a tremendous imagination.
40:08 Well, did you accomplish everything in Dalton?
40:10 Yes.
40:12 But, Frank, something very odd happened to me on the way back.
40:16 Uh-oh.
40:17 Yes, I was driving along the county trunk road, and a state trooper stopped me.
40:21 Speeding?
40:22 Of course not. You know, I never do over 50.
40:26 He wanted to see my driver's license to identify me.
40:30 I don't understand it.
40:31 Neither do I.
40:33 He said I'd saved him a trip all the way out here for nothing.
40:37 I asked him to tell me what it was all about, and he wouldn't.
40:41 Can you figure out what he meant?
40:44 Perhaps, but we'd better not talk about it now. I don't want to upset you.
40:48 Frank, please.
40:50 Very well.
40:52 It's getting dark.
40:55 I'll just draw the curtains.
40:57 Let me switch on the lamp.
41:07 Of course.
41:13 [lighter clicks]
41:15 Now, Frank, tell me.
41:25 Well, we had some excitement here this afternoon, too.
41:28 George Parker...
41:29 George? What about George?
41:31 Well, he was supposed to come and cement up that hole in the basement, remember?
41:35 Well, he never showed up.
41:37 [gasps]
41:39 That's odd.
41:41 Yes, isn't it?
41:43 Anyway, I went right ahead and did the job myself.
41:45 Want to see it? I'm rather proud of my work.
41:48 Frank, please tell me what happened.
41:50 Of course.
41:52 Come along.
41:54 Come on.
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42:01 Well, about four o'clock this afternoon, Sheriff Taylor called.
42:16 He was trying to contact you.
42:18 Me? What on earth for?
42:21 Well, it's a rather unpleasant situation. Are you sure you want to hear the rest of it?
42:25 Of course. You can't stop now.
42:28 Then let's go downstairs.
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42:33 Well, I hardly know how to tell you this,
42:43 but it seems our friend George has suffered some kind of...
42:48 breakdown.
42:50 George?
42:52 Rather unexpected, isn't it?
42:54 You seem like such a solid, unimaginative fellow.
42:57 Didn't you get that impression?
43:00 Please, Frank, what's wrong? What happened?
43:03 All right, all right, all right.
43:05 Well, as I get it,
43:08 our friend George burst into the Sheriff's office with this utterly fantastic story.
43:13 It seems that he accused me of murdering you
43:18 and walling you up here in the basement.
43:23 You're joking.
43:25 That's just what the Sheriff said to George at first,
43:28 until he realized the poor fellow had gone actually out of his head.
43:33 And then the Sheriff asked me where you were,
43:37 and I told him.
43:39 You see, that's why the trooper stopped you. He was just checking up.
43:42 George.
43:49 How is he?
43:52 Complete state of shock, according to the doctor the Sheriff called in.
43:57 Well, if he doesn't snap out of it,
43:59 toopsy-doo, you can't...
44:02 Funny thing about these strong, silent types, isn't it?
44:06 Did, uh...
44:12 Did George say anything else?
44:15 No.
44:18 What else was there to say?
44:21 Well, where did he ever get the idea that you would try to kill me?
44:26 I haven't got the slightest idea.
44:29 Just snapped, I guess. Imagination ran away with him.
44:32 Well, I'm just glad it didn't happen while he was up here with you.
44:36 Can't tell what he might have done.
44:38 Now, this might sound far-fetched to you, darling,
44:40 but you realize he actually might have tried to make love to you?
44:44 Ick.
44:47 Imagine being kissed by a fellow like that.
44:51 Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
44:59 Don't cry.
45:01 No, no, no. You'll never see him again.
45:05 There, that's better.
45:09 Let's go.
45:12 Let's go look at my wall.
45:16 I thought you said you did it yourself.
45:29 I did. It's not finished.
45:31 Well, when are you going to do it?
45:34 I've got it all planned.
45:37 Ever since I found out about you two.
45:41 That's why I sold the place and sent you into town with the money.
45:45 You expected to come back here, meet George, and run away.
45:50 I know. I was outside listening while you were talking to him.
45:56 What are you going to do?
46:00 Just what George thinks I've already done.
46:07 Oh, no. No, no, Frank.
46:11 Why not? The sheriff knows you're alive tomorrow.
46:14 He'll just think we've gone away together.
46:16 My alibi will be set and the cement will be set, too.
46:20 No, Frank, that's not nice.
46:22 Nobody will look behind that wall, but you'll be there.
46:27 No, no, Frank, no. Frank, Frank.
46:34 Oh, no. That's finished.
46:38 Can you hear me, Louise?
46:40 I say it's finished.
46:44 Now you know, don't you, the difference between George and me?
46:49 Just a matter of having a good imagination.
46:53 Logan. Mr. Logan.
46:56 Sheriff. What are you doing here?
47:00 I just wanted to run out before you left.
47:04 This is George Parker case.
47:07 Parker? Yes, my deputy has him upstairs.
47:10 You mind if we fetch him down? Oh, no, no, of course not.
47:14 OK, Sam. It's all right.
47:16 Sam will keep him quieted down.
47:20 I'm afraid I don't understand.
47:39 Why did you bring him here?
47:42 It's the doctor's idea.
47:44 He thought if Parker actually saw your wife again, maybe he'd snap out of it.
47:48 Saw my wife? Now?
47:51 That's right. We just want to have a look at Mrs. Logan now.
47:55 Where is she?
47:58 I don't know.
48:13 I don't know.
48:42 I don't know.
48:45 I don't know.
48:48 I don't know.
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