Married college professor Michael Lane falls in love with one of his students and hatches an elaborate scheme to dispose of his wife, Elizabeth. His murder plot goes as planned. However, he soon receives an anonymous note: "I know what you did, murderer!" Prof. Lane frantically tries to discover who knows his secret...
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00:01:10Well, I'm going to Mass.
00:01:14Okay.
00:01:16Michael.
00:01:18What, me?
00:01:20Oh, thanks. Thank you very much.
00:01:23Be there with me.
00:01:25Sit and admire the church, you mean?
00:01:27Now, you forget, that's the first place I visited the day we arrived here.
00:01:31And you're going to be late.
00:01:37Once you would have.
00:01:39Oh, now, that was a long time ago. I've seen the light.
00:01:42But from your point of view, the dark.
00:01:46Besides, I promised George I'd give him a little time.
00:01:49George?
00:01:50Newton. You know the young fellow's taking his finals this year?
00:01:53Isn't it enough that you work six days a week now? Sundays as well?
00:01:56Darling, you always go to church on Sundays.
00:01:58I always stay home alone doing nothing.
00:02:00There's any harm in giving George some of that free time.
00:02:02Now, make up for my absence by singing extra loud.
00:02:21I'm in.
00:02:23Hello, George.
00:02:25Darling.
00:02:51Afternoon, Mrs Lane.
00:02:53Is the professor home yet?
00:02:55No, not yet.
00:02:57Any idea how long he'll be?
00:02:59No.
00:03:01Well, he might have stopped in to see the dean.
00:03:03Yes, I think. He said he was going to do that.
00:03:05No, that makes things difficult.
00:03:07Can I help?
00:03:09I left some papers here the other day. I need to work on them.
00:03:11Oh, you're George Newton, aren't you?
00:03:13That's right.
00:03:15Well, the papers would be on his desk somewhere.
00:03:17Why don't you come in and have a look?
00:03:19Thank you very much.
00:03:21Did you get much work done yesterday?
00:03:23Not a thing.
00:03:29There you are. Help yourself.
00:03:33I suppose my husband got to talking yesterday
00:03:36and forgot about tutoring altogether, hmm?
00:03:38I really wouldn't know about that.
00:03:40But did you forget?
00:03:42Or oversleep?
00:03:44Forget what?
00:03:46Your session with the professor yesterday.
00:03:48I have a golden rule.
00:03:50Keep away from academics on Sundays.
00:03:52Yeah, but he said you were expected.
00:03:54Not me. Maybe somebody else.
00:03:56But not me.
00:03:58No, he distinctly said...
00:04:00Maybe he's going the way of all professors.
00:04:02Getting absent-minded. That's the legend, isn't it?
00:04:04Yes, I suppose it is.
00:04:06Now, what do you think that's going to grow up to be?
00:04:08Well, what do you think you're doing?
00:04:10Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I was looking for the notes on my thesis.
00:04:12Oh, darling.
00:04:14I said it would be all right.
00:04:16Of course it is. You're looking in the wrong place.
00:04:18Here you are, George.
00:04:20Oh, thanks.
00:04:22Are you rediscovering the wheel, professor, or making a bomb?
00:04:24Oh, it's just a little practical problem I set myself.
00:04:26Well, thanks again, Mrs Lane.
00:04:28I'll see myself out.
00:04:30Bye, George.
00:04:32I thought you said he came here yesterday.
00:04:34Hmm?
00:04:36Newton. You said that he was coming here for extra tuition.
00:04:38Did I say Newton?
00:04:40I meant Wilson, of course.
00:04:42Oh.
00:04:44I'll make some tea.
00:04:46Right.
00:05:00I forgot to tell you,
00:05:02I'm seeing the Petersons Thursday night.
00:05:06I say, I'm seeing Marjorie and John Thursday night.
00:05:08Yes, darling.
00:05:10I don't know who the Petersons are.
00:05:12Any messages for them?
00:05:16They just live around the corner.
00:05:18Well, we rarely see them. You hardly ever.
00:05:20I thought you might want me to say something.
00:05:22Say something?
00:05:24Like what?
00:05:26Well, like, uh,
00:05:28give my regards to Marjorie.
00:05:30Give my regards to Marjorie?
00:05:32Oh, now, you can be more sincere than that.
00:05:36Give Marjorie my regards.
00:05:38Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:05:42Satisfied?
00:05:44Yes.
00:05:56Rarely see them. Hardly ever.
00:05:58I thought maybe you might want me to say something.
00:06:00Say something?
00:06:02Like what?
00:06:04Oh, like, uh,
00:06:06give Marjorie my regards.
00:06:08By all means, give Marjorie my regards.
00:06:10Oh, now, you can be more sincere than that.
00:06:14Give Marjorie my regards.
00:06:16Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:06:20Satisfied?
00:06:22Yes.
00:06:36Okay.
00:07:36Give Marjorie my regards.
00:07:38Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:07:56Give Marjorie my regards.
00:07:58Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:08:06Give Marjorie my regards.
00:08:36Give Marjorie my regards.
00:09:06I can't go on like this.
00:09:08No, Stella, no, darling, no.
00:09:12She'll never divorce you.
00:09:14You love me, don't you?
00:09:16You know I do.
00:09:18Well, then, trust me. Trust me just for a while longer, will you?
00:09:20Just for a while longer.
00:09:24But meeting like this...
00:09:26Well, things are going to be different. I know they are.
00:09:32I do love you.
00:09:34I do.
00:09:42Oh, I must go.
00:09:48I'll drive you to the car.
00:09:50No, walk.
00:09:52Really, I prefer to.
00:10:04Bye.
00:10:18What will you do?
00:10:20We'll have an early night.
00:10:22I've got a good book.
00:10:24Not expecting anyone, then?
00:10:26No.
00:10:28Will you be late?
00:10:30Oh, moderately.
00:10:32I had an object to discuss the new curriculum.
00:10:34That's why I said there was no need to invite you.
00:10:36Oh.
00:10:38You know how Peterson goes on, and you've been through it before.
00:10:40So, well, it puts me off
00:10:42seeing you get more and more bored and tired.
00:10:44Early night will do you good.
00:10:50See you later?
00:10:52Mm-hmm.
00:10:54Night.
00:11:02Night.
00:11:32Elizabeth?
00:11:34Elizabeth?
00:11:36What have you forgotten now?
00:11:42What is it?
00:11:44Did you move those papers?
00:11:46What papers?
00:11:48I left them on my desk.
00:11:50Well, then they're still there.
00:11:52I can't find them.
00:11:54Well, I haven't moved anything.
00:11:56Oh.
00:12:02Oh.
00:12:04Honestly, darling,
00:12:06I don't know how you expect me to find your things.
00:12:08Look.
00:12:10Elizabeth?
00:12:12Elizabeth?
00:12:14Elizabeth?
00:12:16Elizabeth?
00:12:32Elizabeth?
00:13:02Elizabeth?
00:13:32Elizabeth?
00:14:02I, uh...
00:14:04I sent Marjorie off to her bridge circle
00:14:06so we can really get down to some serious chat.
00:14:08Ah, thank you.
00:14:32CLOCK TICKS
00:14:40Well, as I look at it, Mike,
00:14:42it's all very well the students being in charge of their own destiny,
00:14:44that sort of thing,
00:14:46but we must retain the right to set the curriculum.
00:14:48Otherwise, before we know where we are,
00:14:50we'll be redundant.
00:14:52Dodo's.
00:14:54Do you have to leave soon?
00:14:56Oh, I'm sorry, John.
00:14:58I'm expecting a call from Elizabeth.
00:15:00You know, even at this short a distance,
00:15:02she'll want to know if I've arrived OK.
00:15:04I agree with you about the curriculum.
00:15:06We said it, but maybe we could pay lip service
00:15:08by asking for their approval.
00:15:10Hmm. It's a compromise, of course.
00:15:12Well, most of life is,
00:15:14except for those brave few
00:15:16prepared to go for broke.
00:15:20CLOCK TICKS
00:15:30DOORBELL RINGS
00:15:54Oh, no, I'll get it. That'll be Elizabeth.
00:15:56DOORBELL RINGS
00:15:58Hello?
00:16:00Oh, hello. Yes, hello, darling.
00:16:02Hey, fine.
00:16:04Why, yes, yes,
00:16:06John is taking very good care of me.
00:16:08He broke out the ten-year-old Scotch.
00:16:10Surely he wasn't that mean.
00:16:12What?
00:16:14Ah, yes, yes, it does look like
00:16:16it's going to be a long, hard evening.
00:16:18Hmm?
00:16:20Well, of course I do.
00:16:24I can't actually say it.
00:16:26You two newly wed or something.
00:16:28Look, John is pressuring me to get back to work,
00:16:30so don't wait up for me, all right?
00:16:32DOORBELL RINGS
00:16:34What?
00:16:36Oh, she wants a word with you.
00:16:38Hold on.
00:16:42Hello, Elizabeth. What can I do for you?
00:16:44Give Marjorie my regards.
00:16:46Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:16:48Well, indeed. Thank you very much. I'll do...
00:16:50DOORBELL RINGS
00:16:52Elizabeth?
00:16:54Elizabeth?
00:16:56That's strange.
00:16:58Darling?
00:17:00Darling?
00:17:04The lion seems to have gone dead.
00:17:06Mike, I heard glass breaking.
00:17:08Oh?
00:17:10Well, she probably broke something on my desk.
00:17:14John,
00:17:16maybe I'd better go around there.
00:17:18Yes, would you like me to come with you?
00:17:20Oh, no, no, no, that's all right.
00:17:22Well, shall I call the police or something?
00:17:24No, no, no, I'll be there in a couple of minutes.
00:17:26I'd feel like such a fool. I'll be right back.
00:17:52DOORBELL RINGS
00:18:02Give Marjorie my regards.
00:18:04Tell her I hope to see her soon.
00:18:22DOORBELL RINGS
00:18:34DOORBELL RINGS
00:18:52DOORBELL RINGS
00:19:22DOORBELL RINGS
00:19:26DOORBELL RINGS
00:19:38Alice?
00:19:40DOORBELL RINGS
00:19:46DOORBELL RINGS
00:19:52DOORBELL RINGS
00:20:12That's about it, Professor.
00:20:14He obviously didn't get upstairs.
00:20:18He broke straight in here.
00:20:22If only your wife hadn't been here.
00:20:26What if he'd known she was in here?
00:20:30She probably didn't bother to turn the lights on.
00:20:32Yes.
00:20:34It's a panicky thing he did.
00:20:38We don't have much to go on, you understand.
00:20:42If only he'd taken something.
00:20:44Stolen goods. A lead, you see.
00:20:46But he encountered your wife.
00:20:48No time for that.
00:20:50Encountered your wife.
00:20:52No time to take anything at all.
00:20:54Only thing is, we can place the time
00:20:56exactly from the moment
00:20:58she spoke to you and your friend.
00:21:00Peterson.
00:21:02We can place it within half a minute.
00:21:04That's unusual.
00:21:06Pathologists can usually place the time
00:21:08well, they can only be accurate
00:21:10to around an hour or so,
00:21:12never this accurate.
00:21:14It may help.
00:21:16It won't help her.
00:21:18No, I see what you mean.
00:21:22It's a pity you didn't take anything though.
00:21:26Mint?
00:21:30Trying to give up smoking.
00:21:32Ten years, still trying.
00:21:34Moments of stress.
00:21:36I'll probably get run over by a car.
00:21:40Catholic, are you?
00:21:42She was, I'm not.
00:21:44Not for a long time anyway.
00:21:46She was though.
00:21:48Yes?
00:21:50Is that important?
00:21:52Not to everyone.
00:21:56Well sir, we'll let you know.
00:22:02I'm very sorry sir.
00:22:16I'm sorry.
00:22:46That's all for today.
00:23:04Miss Mason would like to see you.
00:23:12Michael, I'm so sorry.
00:23:16You said something would happen.
00:23:18But I never thought that this would...
00:23:20I got to see you tonight.
00:23:22At my place.
00:23:24Must it be there?
00:23:26It's better, it's more discreet.
00:23:32This is where it happened, isn't it?
00:23:34Mm-hmm.
00:23:36I didn't like or dislike her,
00:23:38I never thought.
00:23:40Shh, Stella.
00:23:42Stella.
00:23:46Do you believe in God, Michael?
00:23:48What?
00:23:50Well, in the conventional sense,
00:23:52you mean the benevolent chap in the sky
00:23:54with the beard and all that,
00:23:56is that what you mean?
00:23:58Well, in fate then.
00:24:00I believe in man's own destiny.
00:24:02Depends on how he manipulates it.
00:24:06What about your wife,
00:24:08who couldn't possibly have foreseen that?
00:24:10No, no, of course not.
00:24:12Oh, I suppose I believe in fate of some kind.
00:24:14It was meant, then,
00:24:16to leave the way clear for us.
00:24:18Yeah, it was meant.
00:24:22When will we get married?
00:24:24Well, I think we should wait a little while,
00:24:26a respectable period.
00:24:28Why?
00:24:30Well, I think it's best,
00:24:32otherwise the suspicious tongues
00:24:34will start wagging.
00:24:36Suspicious?
00:24:38We did not say suspicious.
00:24:40Suspicious.
00:24:42We did not say suspicious.
00:24:44I meant malicious, of course.
00:25:12All right.
00:25:42You see, the stresses can be equated,
00:25:44measured, dealt with,
00:25:46before actual construction begins,
00:25:48so that they can be practised.
00:25:50Every unknown quantity can be practised.
00:25:52Don't you agree?
00:25:54I don't agree.
00:25:56I don't agree.
00:25:58I don't agree.
00:26:00I don't agree.
00:26:02I don't agree.
00:26:04I don't agree.
00:26:06I don't agree.
00:26:08I don't agree.
00:26:11Don't you agree, Professor?
00:26:13What?
00:26:15Look, I can see you're very preoccupied at the moment.
00:26:17If there's anything I can do to help, I'd be very pleased.
00:26:19Oh, no, thanks. No, George.
00:26:21Let me have your papers, please. That'll be all today.
00:26:24Sorry.
00:26:26Stella, are you coming into town?
00:26:28Help me choose that sweater.
00:26:30I'll meet you there.
00:26:41I hope you choose a sweater.
00:26:43What did George just say?
00:26:45He just said you were going to choose a sweater.
00:26:47Darling.
00:26:49Are you sure you're OK?
00:26:51I'm sorry.
00:26:53I don't know what it is.
00:26:55I'll, er...
00:26:57I'll see you tonight, OK?
00:26:59OK.
00:27:01Oh.
00:27:04I'm glad you came by, Meg.
00:27:06I was going to ask you to,
00:27:08but I thought that you'd be busy.
00:27:10I'm sorry.
00:27:12I'm sorry.
00:27:14I'm sorry.
00:27:16I'm sorry.
00:27:18I'm sorry.
00:27:20I'm sorry.
00:27:22I'm sorry.
00:27:24I'm sorry.
00:27:26I'm sorry.
00:27:28I'm sorry.
00:27:30I'm sorry.
00:27:32I'm sorry to do this to you,
00:27:34but I thought that in the circumstances
00:27:36I'd better let you make the first move.
00:27:38Another?
00:27:40Yes. No, no.
00:27:42I'd better keep a clear head.
00:27:44For what?
00:27:46Look, honestly, Mike,
00:27:48I don't advocate alcohol as a cure-all,
00:27:50but, er, well, it might help.
00:27:52No, I feel better.
00:27:54I just had to get someplace safe for a while.
00:27:56Safe?
00:27:58I mean away from the house.
00:28:00Have you considered moving at all, Mike?
00:28:04I don't know. I don't know.
00:28:08I really ought to be going. Oh, really? Are you sure? Yes, John, I...
00:28:12Well, you're welcome to stay and share dinner with us. I know I am. Whatever you say.
00:28:16Look, Mike, it goes without saying, if you ever get lonely
00:28:20and need to talk, any time of night. I know, John. Thanks. Thanks very much.
00:28:24What, Mike?
00:28:28Oh, it's a letter a student gave me to mail.
00:28:32I forgot completely about it. Goodbye, John.
00:28:52Hello. What?
00:28:56Oh, Stella. Yeah. What?
00:29:00Well, of course I'm disappointed.
00:29:04You can make it tomorrow night, can't you?
00:29:08No, it's all right. An early night will do me good.
00:29:12I'm perfectly all right. Yeah.
00:29:16I promise.
00:29:20All right. All right. You too, darling. Good night.
00:29:26Good night.
00:29:56Good night.
00:30:26Good night.
00:30:56Oh, good morning, sir.
00:31:00Morning. Well, come in. Come in, won't you?
00:31:04Thank you. I was just about to make some coffee.
00:31:08Will you join me? Thank you, sir.
00:31:12That peppermint and coffee set up a terrible conflict for my taste buds.
00:31:16Thank you, sir.
00:31:20Now that my mind is de-addled, if that's the word,
00:31:24what can I do for you, Inspector?
00:31:28Not very much, I shouldn't think.
00:31:32We're not getting very far with your wife's murder,
00:31:36so I've decided to try a new tack. Oh?
00:31:40It's a bit wild, but it might lead somewhere.
00:31:44Suppose whoever killed your wife wasn't a burglar?
00:31:48But there was evidence of a break-in.
00:31:52Oh, no, that's easily faked. No, no, suppose it wasn't a burglar.
00:31:56Then who?
00:32:00Quite frankly, sir, if your alibi weren't so totally watertight, you'd be in the running.
00:32:04Oh, really? But you're not in the running, so we won't waste any time on that one.
00:32:08Well, what are you getting at?
00:32:12Suppose your wife knew her killer?
00:32:16There are plenty of young men around this town.
00:32:20Your wife was at a funny age. Is it at all possible that she had a lover?
00:32:24What?
00:32:28Oh, well, forgive me, Inspector, but, well, the idea of Elizabeth...
00:32:32If you knew her...
00:32:36Staunch churchgoer. Devout. Nevertheless, it's not unheard of,
00:32:40the passion for God with the passions of the flesh.
00:32:44Oh, I know, but, well, as far as Elizabeth is concerned,
00:32:48it's quite ridiculous.
00:32:52Yes. I thought you'd say that.
00:32:56But it was worth a try.
00:33:00I hope you don't mind, sir. No, no, no, of course not. You have to explore every avenue, right?
00:33:04Nice of you to understand that. Thank you for the coffee.
00:33:08I'll see myself out.
00:33:14I quite forgot. I met the postman on the way in.
00:33:18Bye, sir.
00:33:44Turn left at Fonk.
00:33:48But this is where Stella and I...
00:33:52Oh, no.
00:33:56Oh, no.
00:34:00Oh, no.
00:34:04Oh, no.
00:34:08Oh, no.
00:34:12Oh, no.
00:34:16Oh, no.
00:34:20Oh, no.
00:34:24Oh, no.
00:34:28Oh, no.
00:34:32Oh, no.
00:34:36Oh, no.
00:34:40Oh, no.
00:34:44Oh, no.
00:34:48Oh, no.
00:34:52Oh, no.
00:34:56Oh, no.
00:35:00Oh, no.
00:35:04Oh, no.
00:35:08Oh, no.
00:35:12Oh, no.
00:35:16Oh, no.
00:35:20Oh, no.
00:35:24Missed you by a whisker.
00:35:28This morning. I came over to your place just in time to see you driving off.
00:35:32Oh, yes. That's right.
00:35:36I did. At least, I think I did.
00:35:40Went for a spin in the country, eh? A blow away the cobwebs.
00:35:44Well, anyway, I'll tell you why I was looking for you. Marjorie and I thought if you were free tonight, what about some dinner?
00:35:48Oh, thanks, John, but I've got some extra tutoring to do.
00:35:52It would be foolish to overdo it, Michael.
00:35:56Well, I promised. I like it. It keeps my mind off other things, you see.
00:36:00Yes, well, I understand that.
00:36:04Well, why don't you come along after? You'd be very welcome.
00:36:08I can't, really. Well, look, I mean, you can't work all night, and what are you going to eat, anyway?
00:36:12I'll grab a sandwich someplace. Don't worry about it. Don't start grabbing sandwiches. Can't you take no...
00:36:16I'm... I'm sorry, John. I'm just... I'm edgy, all right?
00:36:20Sorry. Yes. Look, Mike.
00:36:24We're old friends now. Is there anything I can do?
00:36:28Anything you'd like to talk over with a friend? I'll remember that.
00:36:32Well, they'll be piling in here soon.
00:36:36Yeah. Okay.
00:36:40Oh, by the way, this was left at the gate for you.
00:37:02Michael!
00:37:06Where were you? We waited for you.
00:37:10The lecture this afternoon. You missed it.
00:37:14Oh, darling, what's wrong? What's the matter?
00:37:18Oh.
00:37:22Of course, the Greeks realized the infinite possibilities of the universe.
00:37:26And so they invented the universe.
00:37:30The Greeks realized the infinite possibilities of this system way ahead of any other comparable civilization,
00:37:34at least any civilization that we know of.
00:37:38Well, with the advanced techniques, we could unearth...
00:37:42Uh, we, uh... we could unearth another civilization.
00:37:46That's not probable, but it's not impossible, either.
00:37:50Uh, take, for instance, the recently advanced theory
00:37:54that all the manifestations of God
00:37:58are, uh, well, that they're evidence of the fact that
00:38:02we may have been visited in the long distant past by another race,
00:38:06another race altogether from another planet or even another galaxy.
00:38:10I'm, uh, digressing,
00:38:14and I'm also keeping after time, so, uh, that'll be all.
00:38:22Yes, George? These are the notes on the construction theory.
00:38:26If you've got any comments, I'd like to hear them. Notes?
00:38:30They're all there. I've checked. Oh, I'll be glad... be glad to read them.
00:38:34I'll be glad to read them.
00:38:38I'll be glad to read them.
00:38:40I'll be glad to read them.
00:39:04George. It must be George.
00:39:10George.
00:39:12George.
00:39:38All right, that's all.
00:39:40I'll collect the papers. Get some fresh air, everybody.
00:39:54George.
00:40:10This is very good of you, Professor.
00:40:12Oh, nonsense. Now, you're one of my best students.
00:40:14If I can't take the time with you, would you like a drink?
00:40:16Thanks, yeah.
00:40:18You didn't mind the cloak-and-dagger stuff? No, not at all.
00:40:20It affects the other students adversely to see if any one of them thought,
00:40:24well, if they knew I was giving you extra time.
00:40:26It'll be our secret. Yes.
00:40:30Along with the other things, eh, George?
00:40:32Soda? Yes, please.
00:40:36You didn't tell anyone, then? No, not a soul.
00:40:40Not even Stella?
00:40:42Not even Stella.
00:40:44She's a...
00:40:46very pretty girl, Stella.
00:40:50Very pretty.
00:40:52Seems we both know that.
00:40:56Yes.
00:41:00Well, cheers, George.
00:41:02Cheers.
00:41:06Where would you like to start?
00:41:08Hmm? The tutorial.
00:41:10You want to thrash through dynamics first?
00:41:12I've got some pretty avant-garde theories.
00:41:14I bet you do. No, no, let's don't rush.
00:41:16Just finish your drink.
00:41:20And have another.
00:41:22I really don't think I could...
00:41:24I insist.
00:41:26It relaxes the mind.
00:41:28Then we can get into those deep, uncluttered spots of the brain
00:41:30and be surprised what lurks there.
00:41:32If you say so.
00:41:34That makes me sick.
00:41:38Not this one.
00:41:40It's too fine. It's too aged.
00:41:46Cheers. Cheers.
00:41:50Professor,
00:41:52do you mind if I ask you
00:41:54a personal question?
00:41:56Not at all. Any last request?
00:41:58Sorry? Go ahead.
00:42:01You and Stella,
00:42:03what I mean is
00:42:05I like her, too.
00:42:07But if I thought there was anything going on between you two,
00:42:09I'd gladly step aside. Do you understand?
00:42:11Oh, that's... That's really... That's very big of you, George.
00:42:13But you don't have to step aside.
00:42:15You're being swept aside, under the carpet,
00:42:17where all the best dirt ends up.
00:42:19What?
00:42:21See, you didn't break me, George.
00:42:23Oh, I'll admit the first couple of letters shook me,
00:42:25but I have this capacity for fighting back,
00:42:27for shaping my own destinies.
00:42:29Professor, what is happening?
00:42:31Happening, George?
00:42:33I'm killing you, George.
00:42:35See, eight's a fatal dose, and you've had ten.
00:42:53Bye-bye, George.
00:42:59Bye-bye.
00:43:29Bye-bye.
00:44:00It's hard to believe.
00:44:02George is one of my best students.
00:44:06He never confided any worries to you?
00:44:08No.
00:44:10No, all students worry, regardless of their ability.
00:44:12They worry about passing exams,
00:44:14getting a degree, the right job.
00:44:16George...
00:44:18I just never thought he'd kill himself.
00:44:22Funny way to do it, too.
00:44:25Well, most people do it at home,
00:44:27quietly,
00:44:29especially if they're going to take an overdose.
00:44:31They usually get into bed,
00:44:33last comfort before they go to meet their maker.
00:44:36They don't usually get onto a bike
00:44:38and cycle out into the country.
00:44:40He was obviously very disturbed.
00:44:44Could there...
00:44:46Could there be a connection?
00:44:48Connection?
00:44:50Between this death and your wife's.
00:44:52In what way?
00:44:54We discussed it before, Professor,
00:44:56your wife being involved with someone else.
00:45:00George?
00:45:02That's what I was thinking.
00:45:04Well...
00:45:06She knew him, but not that well,
00:45:08as far as you know.
00:45:10Yes, as far as I know.
00:45:14I'll keep an open mind.
00:45:18You see, from our inquiries so far,
00:45:20George Newton had no reason at all to kill himself.
00:45:23Unless it was guilt.
00:45:25If he was involved with your wife, killed her,
00:45:27it would fit.
00:45:29There is another factor,
00:45:31and it may be coincidence,
00:45:33but the pills he took, your wife,
00:45:35had exactly the same kind on prescription
00:45:37a month or two ago.
00:45:39You're very thorough.
00:45:41You ever see a dog with a bone, Professor?
00:45:43It worries away at it until finally it cracks
00:45:45and he gets to the juicy marrow inside.
00:45:48Thanks for your help, sir.
00:45:58That'll be all.
00:46:02Before you go,
00:46:04I'd like to mention George Newton.
00:46:08I know we all feel his death deeply.
00:46:12What I want to say is that
00:46:14we're all under unbearable stress at times,
00:46:16particularly people like you
00:46:18who are trying to achieve something
00:46:20and fearing failure.
00:46:22Well, just remember that
00:46:24a problem shared
00:46:26is a problem lessened.
00:46:28Now, if George had come to me,
00:46:30or...
00:46:32Well, I just want you to know that I'm here.
00:46:34Don't hesitate to call on me at any time.
00:46:38That's all.
00:46:50I hadn't forgotten.
00:47:08Oh, God!
00:47:14Michael,
00:47:16fancy a drink?
00:47:20All very quiet today.
00:47:22What is it?
00:47:24That student of yours,
00:47:26George, whatever his name was?
00:47:28Terrible mistake.
00:47:30Mistake?
00:47:32Well, when youth,
00:47:34especially promising youth, is snuffed out like that,
00:47:36yes, it's always a mistake.
00:47:38Makes you wonder what God's up to sometimes.
00:47:40God didn't kill him. A handful of pills did.
00:47:44Yes, I keep forgetting you're a converted agnostic.
00:47:46Well, you think what you like.
00:47:48I'm pretty certain God had a hand in it.
00:47:50Only God, John?
00:47:52Hmm?
00:47:54I don't follow. What do you mean?
00:47:56What did you make of Elizabeth's murder?
00:47:58Make of it?
00:48:00Well, I was stunned, of course.
00:48:02Aghast of it.
00:48:04You didn't form any conclusions of your own, then?
00:48:06Well, I'm forming one now.
00:48:08Look, you're overwrought, Mike.
00:48:10Now, why don't you take a few weeks off?
00:48:12Come on, now, you must have thought something.
00:48:14Where do your suspicions lie?
00:48:16Look, Mike...
00:48:18Come on, come on, I can take it.
00:48:20If you worked out some theory of your own...
00:48:22Look, I've thought nothing of it at all, Mike,
00:48:24except its effect on you.
00:48:26And if I did think more,
00:48:28well, you know me,
00:48:30I'd come straight out into the open and say it,
00:48:32wouldn't I?
00:48:34Yes.
00:48:36I, um...
00:48:38You were never one to pussyfoot around.
00:48:40Sorry, John, I'm not making much sense.
00:48:42Well, that's perfectly understandable.
00:48:46I've got to be going.
00:48:48Look, if you're worried about something, Mike,
00:48:50and you need a father confessor...
00:48:52Confessor?
00:48:54I don't need a confessor!
00:48:58Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
00:49:06Hoo!
00:49:14You know, tonight was the first night
00:49:16I walked through the front door.
00:49:24Oh, darling, you look tired.
00:49:26And you're drinking too much.
00:49:36Mmm.
00:49:44Oh, you deserve it.
00:49:46I'll have one too.
00:49:48Thanks.
00:49:50Come on.
00:50:04Why didn't you tell the police
00:50:06George came here?
00:50:08The night he died,
00:50:10he was coming to see you.
00:50:12He told me, but you didn't tell anyone.
00:50:14Well, he never got here.
00:50:16He didn't arrive.
00:50:18I didn't bother to call to find out why.
00:50:20Look, why didn't you tell the police
00:50:22he was expected?
00:50:26How did you know that?
00:50:28They questioned me.
00:50:30A man called Rush.
00:50:32Rush questioned you?
00:50:34He questioned all of us
00:50:36to find out, well,
00:50:38George's state of mind.
00:50:40Of course, you told him
00:50:42that George wanted to see me.
00:50:44No.
00:50:46Why not?
00:50:48Well, because I thought
00:50:50if you hadn't told them,
00:50:52he must have had a reason.
00:50:54Yes, well, a simple one, yes.
00:50:56It's just that
00:50:58these past couple of weeks
00:51:00there have been so many cops and questions.
00:51:02Oh, darling.
00:51:04Hmm.
00:51:14Mike.
00:51:16Darling, no more questions, please.
00:51:28What time is it?
00:51:30God, I'm going to be locked out.
00:51:32Yes, you will.
00:51:38It'll be so nice in a couple of weeks
00:51:40not to have to hide.
00:51:42Hmm.
00:52:02Thanks.
00:52:08Good night.
00:52:22Stella.
00:52:24Stella.
00:52:54Stella.
00:53:24Stella.
00:53:54Stella.
00:54:14I'm sorry I'm late.
00:54:24It's all right.
00:54:54It's all right.
00:55:24Stella.
00:55:44Stella.
00:55:46You still haven't told me why,
00:55:48but at this time of night...
00:55:50Trust me.
00:55:56Here.
00:56:12Did it for you?
00:56:14I did it for you.
00:56:16I killed her for you.
00:56:18What?
00:56:20Don't pretend you don't understand.
00:56:22Elizabeth.
00:56:24I did it so we could be together.
00:56:26But you betrayed me, didn't you?
00:56:28You and George,
00:56:30the two of you.
00:56:32You were in it together, weren't you?
00:56:34Mike.
00:56:36I was a fool not to have seen it, you and George.
00:56:44I was a fool not to have seen it.
00:57:14I was a fool not to have seen it.
00:57:44I was a fool not to have seen it.
00:58:14John, do you mind if I...
00:58:16Hello, Mike.
00:58:18No, help yourself.
00:58:24Has he been stooping around your class?
00:58:26Who?
00:58:28That copper, Rush.
00:58:30No, I haven't seen him.
00:58:34I see.
00:58:36Well, why should he?
00:58:38There's nothing wrong, is there?
00:58:40Not that I know of.
00:58:42He might still be probing
00:58:44into young Newton's suicide.
00:58:46Or Elizabeth's death.
00:58:48I thought there might be something else.
00:58:50Like what?
00:58:52It's probably nothing, but a student of mine
00:58:54didn't show up today, Stella Mason.
00:58:56Oh, yes, I know.
00:58:58Very pretty girl.
00:59:00He didn't mention her to you, did he?
00:59:02He didn't mention her to you, did he?
00:59:04Mike, I keep telling you,
00:59:06I haven't seen Hyde in a hair of Rush.
00:59:08Yes.
00:59:10Thanks.
00:59:12Bye.
00:59:14Bye.
00:59:40Bye.
00:59:42Bye.
01:00:10Bye.
01:00:40I know what you did.
01:00:44Who?
01:00:48It was you.
01:00:50Yes, I put it there for you to see.
01:00:52But I didn't write it,
01:00:54if that's what you mean.
01:00:56Now, I've been getting something like this
01:00:58every day since your wife was murdered.
01:01:00Something like this. Anonymous.
01:01:02So have you.
01:01:04Yes.
01:01:06Yes.
01:01:08Yes.
01:01:10But...
01:01:12if it wasn't you,
01:01:14then who?
01:01:22You wrote them,
01:01:24Professor.
01:01:26Um...
01:01:38I don't know what the psychiatrists
01:01:40will make of it.
01:01:42Guilt, insanity.
01:01:44But I'd say it was a need to confess.
01:01:46To be caught and punished.
01:01:48Absolved.
01:01:52When you're ready, Professor.
01:01:54Do you think we should, sir?
01:01:56Hm?
01:01:58Leave him alone.
01:02:00Where would he run to?
01:02:02I wasn't thinking of that, sir, but...
01:02:04he might kill himself.
01:02:08I'm afraid so.
01:02:10I'm afraid so.
01:02:12I'm afraid so.
01:02:14I'm afraid so.
01:02:16I'm afraid so.
01:02:18I'm afraid so.
01:02:20I'm afraid so.
01:02:22I'm afraid so.
01:02:28Not him.
01:02:30Not any more.
01:02:52I'm afraid so.
01:03:22I'm afraid so.