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00:00Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy.
00:06Two in Los Angeles.
00:13The other in San Francisco.
00:17And they were each assigned very hazardous duties.
00:22But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me.
00:26My name is Charlie.
01:00Let's go get him.
01:25Okay, Ellen, the concept is still the same as when you did it on stage.
01:29The lady you're talking about is yourself.
01:32Your marriage has ended, and you're looking for that part of yourself that you feel you've lost,
01:37that you feel your husband has taken away.
01:40Okay?
01:42Okay, go through the routine as you rehearsed it, and I'll figure the camera positions.
01:54Where is my lady?
01:59Oh, how I need her today.
02:04Did I put her in uncaring hands and send her away?
02:13Where is my lady?
02:17We were an elegant pair.
02:23Loved the sound of her laughter.
02:26I loved her elegant flair.
02:31I can see she's not part of me.
02:40If it must be told, love has made her bitter and cold.
02:51I need my lady.
02:56Without her, there's nothing of me and any fool could see.
03:07Get her back in my life, and life is a natural high.
03:17Without my lady.
03:23Where are you?
03:28What are we?
03:31Who am I?
03:39Yeah.
04:00Are you saying that someone deliberately tried to kill you, Miss Jason?
04:05Unless the rumors are true and that stage really is jinxed.
04:09Jinxed?
04:11When I rented the facility, I heard talk around the studio.
04:16Norma Friedrich had been killed in a fall when she was making a picture there.
04:20Excuse me, wasn't Norma Friedrich a big musical comedy star?
04:24Didn't she die, what, 15 years ago?
04:27That was near the end of the film musical era.
04:30The studio shut down the stage and used it for storage.
04:35About five years ago, they reopened it and rented it to a small independent film company.
04:41There was another accident.
04:44A scaffolding collapsed, a man was injured.
04:46Mrs. Jason, putting the jinx theory aside for the moment,
04:50can you think of anyone who might want to do you bodily harm?
04:54That's just it, I can't.
04:56Is there someone who doesn't want this company that you've formed to produce the picture?
05:03Well, besides the other companies who bid for the property, there's my ex-husband.
05:09Frank Jason?
05:11Yes.
05:13He's terrific.
05:15That, my dear, depends on one's point of view.
05:20And into the stretch is Paris Red and Reverential.
05:23Renny's Courage Third, Iron Sunset Fourth.
05:26Moving up on the inside is Reverential.
05:28Still Paris Red and Reverential.
05:30Reverential passing Paris Red.
05:32Renny's Courage Third, Iron Sunset Fourth.
05:34And at the wire is Reverential Violet.
05:39Remember, ladies and gentlemen, that the next race is an exacto-wagery race.
05:43It's probable exacto-price stuff.
05:45Hey, taxi!
06:16Number six.
06:18Paris Red?
06:20Nosed at the wire by that dog, uh...
06:23Reverential.
06:25Yours?
06:27I like the jockey's colors.
06:30Oh, I'm sorry, my name's Chris Monroe.
06:33I'm a private detective and your wife told me I could find you here.
06:36Tell her the check's in the mail.
06:38Oh, no, it's nothing like that.
06:40Somebody tried to drop a statement.
06:42Oh, no, it's nothing like that.
06:44Somebody tried to drop a stage light on her.
06:46Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
06:49You still care.
06:51I'm sorry that somebody's been so stricken with blindness that they missed her.
06:57Um, your wife says that you're against her making this picture.
07:01Wrong.
07:03I'm against her making the picture with her and me in it together.
07:07Oh, but wait a minute. Wait a minute.
07:10Sweet Misery was one of the best musicals on Broadway five years ago.
07:13Four Tony Awards and...
07:15You saw it?
07:16Yeah. You and your wife were brilliant, too.
07:19Who are those two guys watching you?
07:21Nobody's watching me.
07:30Cops and cabs. You never get them when you need them.
07:33Oh, you don't have a car?
07:35No, it's in Hock and I'm not gonna get it back, either.
07:38Thanks to that dog who thinks she's a horse that, uh...
07:41Reverential.
07:43Reverential.
07:44Well, listen, let me give you a lift.
07:46You haven't so far.
07:48But you can now.
07:50This way.
08:08This way.
08:35Frank.
08:37The people following us, do they have anything to do with the problems you're having with your wife?
08:41I have no problems with my wife and nobody's following us.
08:46One-seven-zero-something.
08:49Look, Frank, you can trust me. I'm your biggest fan.
08:53As a matter of fact, when I was in junior college,
08:56one of my first professional jobs was playing Sweet Misery in stock.
09:00I played the part of Jenny, the girl you almost had an affair with.
09:03She's just what I need in my life now.
09:05Musical comedy detective.
09:09Frank.
09:11Look, Frank.
09:13If you level with me, I'll see if I can shake those two guys who aren't following us.
09:17Look, I've been married to Ellen Jason for 20 years.
09:20It became a screaming match.
09:22We just don't like each other anymore. It's as simple as that.
09:26Yeah, but she wants you in the picture.
09:28Yeah, she and her manager want me in the film.
09:31Because the people who are financing it may pull out unless I do the role.
09:36They think it's a kind of a publicity gimmick.
09:40A story about a marriage on the rocks,
09:43starring two people whose marriage is on the rocks.
09:46Cute stuff, you know.
09:52Frank?
09:56Hold on.
10:02Frank!
10:26A tree fell on you?
10:28From a truck.
10:30It just fell on you?
10:32It was a ficus tree, Mr. Mancino.
10:34Rubiconosa.
10:35What?
10:36Rubiconosa.
10:37Rubiconosa.
10:39It was a Rubiconosa.
10:41I heard you.
10:44So, you lost Jason again.
11:01Yes.
11:02Mike.
11:04Yes, fine. Thank you.
11:07That was the people who owned the tree.
11:10Yeah?
11:11I'm sending them a check, a large check.
11:14Helping Frank Jason was very expensive.
11:16Well, he's worth it.
11:18Look, I don't know how or if he is involved in his wife's problems,
11:22but he's a real nice fella.
11:24I like him.
11:25Oh.
11:27We're all here now.
11:57What'd you come up with?
11:59Well, I did some more digging.
12:01There were actually three accidents on that stage.
12:03The two we know about, Norma Friedrich and the man who was injured five years ago.
12:08Then, last year, a wardrobe woman worked one day on a commercial
12:12and was nearly hit by a piece of scenery that mysteriously collapsed.
12:15Aha! So we're back to the jinx stage theory.
12:18We gotta cover every angle, right?
12:20Uh-huh.
12:21Anyway, I decided to go back to where it all started,
12:24see if we could get a handle on it.
12:27Now, this is the last shot ever made of Norma Friedrich.
12:58Aah!
13:13Apparently, the camera operator had a perverted sense of the dramatic.
13:16He kept the camera running after the accident.
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13:57we throw them away out of sight out of time when we speak do we hear when we look do we
14:17see when we touch is it really you is it really me two two that was our number you plus me
14:39now one is such a lonely number must we be looking still never seeing living still never being how
15:05absurd all we need are words where are the words where where is the rhyme did we throw them away
15:23out of sight out of time when we speak do we hear when we look do we see when we touch is it really
15:40you is it really me two two that was our number you plus me now one is such a lonely number must we be
15:56looking still never seeing living still never being how absurd all we need are words only words only words
16:13what the hell are you up to G flat you put a detective on me yeah she just hired some professional
16:26help son let me handle this she's afraid of me that she hasn't accused you of anything except
16:33wasting 21 years of my life 20 it seemed longer facing you every morning of a coffee it seemed
16:42like a hundred and twenty if I was still married to you I put poison in your coffee if I was still
16:48married to you I drink it shut up both you just shut up I'm tired of hearing you scream at each
16:54other you make me sick to my stomach son Larry's a very angry young man I wonder how angry I don't
17:07know maybe I better find out keep this one
17:09mine
17:35feeling any better yeah okay
17:40I'm Sabrina Duncan we didn't get a chance to meet inside whose side you on my mother's and
17:46my father's have to be on anybody's side battle runs that many years sooner or later people make
17:52a choice how about you I can't no I guess you know I I never could figure out how they stayed
18:04married as long as they did all she ever wanted was to save the bucks buy a house somewhere plan
18:10a garden all the straight things he wanted to play if it isn't a laugh a minute he gets bored a
18:16mismatch as they say it's kind of like the plot of sweet misery yeah I guess when they did that
18:22show it hit too close to home finally split him up would you like to see him back together no
18:27no I don't want them together together they'll destroy each other I want them apart as far apart
18:38as possible listen while you're here I think you should meet my manager and partner in this project
18:51Austin Wells John Bosley how do we do Kelly Garrett hello Frank drop dead Chris Monroe
19:02hello Austin oh these are the people you hired a miss paranoid mr. Wells as you are miss Jason's
19:13manager maybe we should have a little talk about what maybe you could give us some information
19:18that might be helpful but I know nothing or less listen I have to make a phone call then
19:25we can talk fine the fives are crowned
19:30hello mr. Mancino
20:00Austin Wells Jason is here at the studio stage 8
20:10I don't understand I mean there is nobody in the whole world that can play the husband's
20:15role in sweet misery as well as you can and since you played my almost mistress
20:21I am qualified to make that judgment yes we any good if only I'd been sick when you were
20:32seven you would have been my ball what happened and when you hit your teens sweaters and faded
20:48jeans so curvy cute and prancing what I have struck your fancy if only you'd been there when
21:02I turn 30 they said a handsome man and a cheap birdie if only we'd been together
21:32if only we'd been together
21:44now tell me why don't you want to do this film I'm not going to unless I really have
22:32to
22:54hey mister
23:01what man we're just looking for the commentary
23:091-7-0-O-L-E-M 1-7-0-O-L-E-M
23:25right thank you Charlie well license number 1-7-0-O-L-M belongs to one Enrico Mancino
23:43Mancino large into bookmaking and other games of chance as they say very same and the two
23:50nonex I dropped the tree on work for him no doubt no doubt Frank's penchant for the ponies
23:56might explain his involvement with Mancino whatever it is well I still don't see the
24:01connection between Frank Jason's problems and all the quote accidents on stage 8 maybe
24:07there isn't any which means we have to stick to the jink stage theory well roll please
24:29I got the names of the people who were on the scene of the accident when Norma Friedrich
24:33was killed for what it's worth the fellow who tried to save Norma Friedrich when she fell his
24:38name is Anton Metzger he was a mute who worked as a grip at the studio for years apparently he
24:44quit his job right after Norma Friedrich's death dropped out of sight I've been trying to find
24:49an address on well we don't believe in Gus now do we hmm so we know that the accidents were
24:59arranged that's him that's Anton Metzger
25:13I don't believe it look I'm telling you the truth you know those two guys who didn't follow
25:32it last time we were here well they didn't follow you at the studio and they didn't have a gun
25:39and how big a gun wasn't it Oh big enough to put a very big hole in you you know I think I'll be
25:47doing that film after all you will yeah now I have to would you like to tell me why you have to
25:56no and there's also a condition which is you want who in the film she did the part in Summer Stock
26:09she was terrific listen this was totally his idea I mean totally you know what I think I'll
26:19get a cup of coffee yeah excuse me what is this Frank some sort of blackmail I don't know what
26:28you're talking about you won't do the picture unless she does the picture she's a very talented
26:33girl didn't you punish me enough with pretty young things when we were married surely the
26:40funds gone out of it by now that's cheap shot then why I like her how do you mean you like her
26:51she's half your age wait a minute you think I'm making a move on her Frank I think there's a
26:59book you should read it deals with the problem of male menopause okay you want to play the game
27:06that way you're right it is blackmail she doesn't do the picture I don't do the picture
27:11you're not serious this was Frank's idea totally Sweet Misery starring Chris Monroe and others I
27:21think it's got a nice ring to it listen it's every little girl's dream to be a movie star I think
27:26you should try it you're not serious Chris did very well in Summer Stock I read some of her
27:32reviews this is Frank's idea totally listen Bosley we're on this case right now if Chris is in the
27:41film it's a great car you're not serious like I said Frank's idea totally well I think I should
27:52call him and tell him you simply refuse you do it I'll break your arm they are very serious
28:0012 take one
28:30when you were seven you would have been my boy would happen and when you hit your teens
28:58sweaters and faded jeans so curvy cute and prance if only you'd been there when I turned 30
29:17they'd said
29:47you
30:18forgive me if I strut I'm feeling strutty and then one look from you I turn to party
30:34and when you kiss a lad he sure can get it bad moonstruck and feeling silly
30:43I'll kiss your tears away
31:14we're gonna stick together
31:32okay
31:44well on a scale of 1 to 10 what do you think 10 at least a 10 well I
31:53I'm okay
32:23he's gone you sure you saw someone well yes I mean I
32:45this is crazy somebody released that rope oh we know it wasn't Larry or Austin
32:57Wells they were standing right next to us okay okay so you sure you saw somebody or
33:03something but the question still is where did he she or it go
33:15you
33:28okay quiet please this will be a dress rehearsal
33:32where is my lady
33:41oh how I need her today
33:48did I put her in uncaring hands and send her away
33:58where is my lady
34:03we were an elegant pair loved the sound of her laughter I loved her elegant
34:16she's not part of me if it must be told love has made her bitter and cold
34:37I need my lady without her there's nothing of me and any fool could see
34:53get her back in my life and life is a natural high
35:04my lady
35:09where are you what are we
35:17who am I
35:23I can see she's not part of me if it must be told love has made her bitter and cold
35:39I need my lady
35:44without her there's nothing of me and any fool could see
35:56get her back in my life and life is a natural high
36:06get her back in my life
36:12where are you
36:15what are we
36:19who am I
36:32just beautiful we'll shoot it
36:38JR
36:42you know you always sang that song very well
36:50I wonder why I hate it so much now
36:54you always did hate it you just didn't realize it till now
37:00maybe I did at that but all this this self-examination it always did turn me off
37:07right mustn't look too close at ourselves might not like what we see
37:15that we're getting older and no smarter richer and no happier
37:23maybe you should have married a shrink or a prophet
37:27what I should have done Frank is marry a man
37:31look it's a two-way street you know you get it you give
37:36Frank do us both a favor when we're through with this picture get out of my life
37:47I'll do you both a favor I'm gonna get out of your lives and I'm gonna do it right now and it's gonna be permanent
37:53look oh the hell with you both of you
38:02you wouldn't listen to me you had to bring them together you just wouldn't listen
38:07hey listen Larry where you going as far from those two as I can get
38:14don't you think maybe you ought to stick around looks like they could use you now
38:20like father said it's a two-way street and I'm sick of walking it alone
38:32I think I've got something what 610 West 5th Street Anton Metzger's address
38:40hey that's right near here across the street yeah
39:11this looks familiar
39:20Anton Metzger was an Austrian Norma Friedrich made pictures in Austria before she came to this country
39:27apparently Anton followed her here this room is what you would call depressing
39:34since Metzger obviously isn't here and he may not come back here how do we find him
40:04let's try okay wait a minute if you're thinking of recreating the moment that traumatized Metzger it could get dangerous
41:04ah
41:34it's all right it's all right
41:59wait a minute mr. Metzger it's all right Norma's gone and you don't have to worry about her anymore
42:18and you don't have to protect this place for her do you understand
42:23do you understand everything's all right
42:38they're not real mr. Metzger
42:52why don't you just sit down and take it easy
43:02come on
43:05I won't hurt you
43:10just sit down for a minute
43:16it's all right mr. Metzger
43:19it's all right
43:22are you all right
43:52where is the rhyme
44:02did we throw them away
44:07out of sight out of time
44:12when we speak do we hear
44:17when we look do we see
44:22when we touch is it really you
44:28is it really me
44:34still rolling two minutes to the next cue
44:41hi
44:44listen I just talked to Charlie and Mancino and his two no-neck friends were picked up by the police and they did some talking
44:52you mean about why they've been terrorizing Frank
44:54yeah Frank owed them money and it seems that Austin was tipping them to Frank's moves
44:59Austin what for
45:01Austin wanted Frank to do the picture and he knew that he needed money
45:05he figured that he'd have to do the picture if they pressured him enough
45:09mm-hmm that means if Frank got paid Mancino got paid
45:13yeah something like that
45:15any sign of young Larry yet
45:17no Frank and I went out looking for him but
45:20nothing
45:28I think he's really gone I don't think he's coming back
45:32I guess we've come full circle Frank
45:36right back to the beginning
45:40still two lonely people
45:43what did it all mean
45:46what did it add up to why did we do it
45:5120 years Frank
45:5420 years
45:56I lived those years too you know I don't get them back any better than you do
45:59you didn't live them Frank you played at living them
46:02you never grew up
46:04now what about you Ellen you were never a child
46:07you were grown up when I met you
46:10you never gave me a chance to catch up
46:13ever since you were 18 you spent every day thinking about tomorrow
46:17I kept telling you these are the jokes kid but you wouldn't listen
46:21no you wouldn't
46:24where the hell have you been
46:27where the hell have you been
46:31where have I been
46:33yeah where the hell have you been
46:35where I've always been
46:38out where I just can't quite reach you to
46:48maybe it's about time we try to reach you
46:54you got a cue coming
47:08two two that was our number
47:13you plus me
47:17now one is such a lonely number
47:23must we be
47:28looking still never seeing
47:33living still never being
47:38how absurd all we need are words
47:44only words quiet words
47:50only words
48:20only words
48:50only words