When a young soldier suddenly dies, his parents and his girlfriend are naturally shocked and upset by the news. Several months later a young man turns up at the parent's house claiming to be their dead son's best friend. They welcome him and invite him to stay for a while. They also introduce him to their son's girlfriend and she is similarly impressed by him. It is later discovered, however, that he is not what he appears to be and may have had a hand in their son's death. Since he cannot allow his plans to be found out, more deaths are soon to follow. —Kevin Steinhauer
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00:01:00Mrs. Cornfield?
00:01:04Mrs. Cornfield?
00:01:07Mrs. Cornfield?
00:01:11Mrs. Cornfield?
00:01:20Mrs. Cornfield?
00:01:27Ah!
00:01:30Well?
00:01:31George, it's marvellous.
00:01:35It will cost a small fortune to buy, but I made it out of bits and pieces.
00:01:38Tommy will love it.
00:01:40Especially for the sporting programmes and it's so simple.
00:01:43All you do is press a button and the action freezes.
00:01:46Press it again.
00:01:48she's got a letter from Tommy. he's coming home. what? next month. home for good.
00:01:52oh thank God. what's more he's got three weeks leave. three weeks. that's wonderful news.
00:01:57he wants me to go ahead and fix the wedding right away.
00:02:01oh my dear.
00:02:05but right away.
00:02:07so much to do. so much to arrange.
00:02:09George.
00:02:11darling. it isn't that much of a surprise.
00:02:15ever since they were children we knew it was inevitable.
00:02:18it'll be the wedding of the year.
00:02:20there is so much to do. I must phone the vicar.
00:02:22and we must make out some wedding dinner.
00:02:24the first thing you do is to get a bottle of champagne.
00:02:26what a marvellous idea.
00:02:28but then after that we really must get down to work.
00:02:31you won't be losing more together you know.
00:02:33what with my family right next door and visiting and things. you'll get sick of the sight of us.
00:02:38it's what Tommy wants. that's all that matters.
00:02:40he's a very lucky boy.
00:02:42what do you work here now?
00:02:44it's for Tommy. it's a stop-action device. I'll show you.
00:02:52oh that's fantastic.
00:02:54quite simple.
00:02:56gosh well it doesn't look it. how do you manage to make it?
00:02:58it works on all channels.
00:03:00really?
00:03:02I've had enough of that.
00:03:04I've just been thinking if we make it for the 16th it would coincide with...
00:03:09ah
00:03:13Tommy!
00:03:38Tommy!
00:03:55did you have a good trip?
00:03:57oh it was terrific.
00:03:59I haven't seen you in ages.
00:04:01look at that house.
00:04:03it is good isn't it?
00:04:09I see Sheila's friend has arrived.
00:04:11the American girl.
00:04:13you know
00:04:15the one Sheila met last year in Paris.
00:04:17she's over here on some study course or something.
00:04:19Sheila told us.
00:04:21she'll be here some weeks.
00:04:23good thing with Sheila's family away it'll be company for her.
00:04:25yes.
00:04:27I'm sure she'll be fine.
00:04:29I'm sure she'll be fine.
00:04:31I'm sure she'll be fine.
00:04:33I'm sure she'll be fine.
00:04:35I'm sure she'll be fine.
00:04:38we should ask them over.
00:04:40I'm afraid it's a bit like camping out inside.
00:04:43it's terrific.
00:04:45it's just too late to change things.
00:04:47you see mummy and daddy had already planned their holiday
00:04:49and arranged for the house to be redecorated.
00:04:51then I found out you were coming.
00:04:53Sheila it's great. I imagine the bathroom's unaffected.
00:04:55there's a bathroom and kitchen there.
00:04:57so at least we can eat and stay clean.
00:04:59it's just sitting and sleeping that's going to be difficult.
00:05:01oh and you don't mind sharing a bed.
00:05:03oh no. you should see my place in Boston.
00:05:05anyway I don't plan spending much time indoors.
00:05:07I want to get out and meet the great British public.
00:05:09starting with the cornfields.
00:05:11great. who are they?
00:05:13our next-door neighbors.
00:05:15and the nicest people you could wish to meet.
00:05:17that's right. you wrote me about them.
00:05:23this must have been Tommy cornfield.
00:05:25yes.
00:05:31I'm still not quite sure what a study course is Grace.
00:05:33well you see I'm taking social studies
00:05:35as part of my psychology degree
00:05:37and I thought it would be useful
00:05:39to study the social setup of a foreign country.
00:05:41well it was also a fantastic way
00:05:43to get a trip to England and to see Sheila again.
00:05:45it sounds more like fun than study.
00:05:47don't you think so George?
00:05:51hmm?
00:05:53Grace's trip to this country.
00:05:55oh yes.
00:05:57I hope you'll be very happy here Miss Worth.
00:05:59I'm sure you will.
00:06:01I hope you'll be very happy here Miss Worth.
00:06:03very happy.
00:06:05if you'll excuse me I'm very tired.
00:06:09very happy.
00:06:13I'm sorry about George.
00:06:15you see
00:06:17after our son was killed
00:06:19you don't need to explain Mrs. Cornfield.
00:06:21Sheila already did.
00:06:23anyway I'm exhausted.
00:06:25jet lag.
00:06:27see you again.
00:06:29you're always welcome.
00:06:31oh thank you.
00:06:33Sheila.
00:06:35good night Mrs. Cornfield.
00:06:37good night Sheila.
00:06:47hit them really hard didn't it?
00:06:49it was their only son.
00:06:51oh I know but it's been what now?
00:06:53four months?
00:06:55four months and three days.
00:06:57he didn't know Tommy.
00:06:59he was...
00:07:01he was like life.
00:07:03oh Grace.
00:07:05I miss him so much.
00:07:07you'll find someone else.
00:07:09no.
00:07:11yes you will.
00:07:13believe me.
00:07:15that's the way life is.
00:07:17it takes away but it also gives.
00:07:19you'll find someone else.
00:07:27you'll find someone else.
00:07:49George.
00:07:51darling.
00:07:53it's getting late.
00:07:57it might help if you could start making things again.
00:07:59other things.
00:08:01what's the point?
00:08:03go back to work.
00:08:05we're only on a part-time basis of course.
00:08:07you're still young and good architects
00:08:09aren't easy to find.
00:08:11you've been talking to dr. Harper.
00:08:13yes.
00:08:15he retired me.
00:08:17I know dear but this terrible depression you're in
00:08:19he thinks that well maybe one or two days a week
00:08:21might help you to forget things.
00:08:23forget Tommy? is that what you mean?
00:08:25darling we're only trying to do...
00:08:29who on earth can that be?
00:08:49Tommy.
00:08:51Tommy.
00:08:55good evening mrs. Cornfield.
00:08:57sorry to disturb you so late but the chap
00:08:59who gave me a lift dropped me on the other side of town.
00:09:01I did think of going back but to be so
00:09:03near and not to see you...
00:09:09you made that didn't you sir?
00:09:17every screw and bolt.
00:09:21it's even more impressive than I imagined.
00:09:23oh I'm Marty.
00:09:25Marty Fuller.
00:09:27I was a friend of Tommy's.
00:09:29a friend of Tommy's?
00:09:31come in lad. come in.
00:09:33I'm... but then you know who I am.
00:09:35couldn't mistake you sir.
00:09:37Tommy was very explicit about his old man.
00:09:39I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to...
00:09:41I know what you meant.
00:09:43I expect you're cold. Would you like a drink or coffee or something?
00:09:45a drink would be most welcome.
00:09:49the living room.
00:09:52French windows to the garden.
00:09:54picture painted by mrs. Cornfield's sister.
00:09:56yes.
00:09:58and the drinks cabinet right there.
00:10:00oh.
00:10:02what would you like mr. Fuller?
00:10:04a scotch would be most welcome. and please
00:10:06Marty.
00:10:08I see you got rid of that yellow striped wallpaper.
00:10:10I told you Tommy was
00:10:12very explicit.
00:10:18it's like coming home.
00:10:21nothing.
00:10:37what do you expect?
00:10:39this isn't the army anymore. it's a holiday camp.
00:10:41come and go as they please. grow their hair long.
00:10:43well that's not my army.
00:10:45he took the stuff with him then.
00:10:47of course he did.
00:10:49work it out.
00:10:51we'll catch up with him sooner or later.
00:10:53only it's not him so much.
00:10:55it's that stuff he took.
00:11:02I was there with him the whole time.
00:11:05he didn't know at first that there was no hope.
00:11:08then he did.
00:11:11he spoke of you two the whole time.
00:11:14he said over and over again that you shouldn't mourn him.
00:11:16just
00:11:18remember the pleasant times.
00:11:20think of him with happiness.
00:11:23he was so badly hurt.
00:11:25did he feel...
00:11:27feel any pain at all?
00:11:29the drugs I pumped into him sorted that out.
00:11:31my hand.
00:11:33then
00:11:35suddenly his grip relaxed.
00:11:37just like that. he didn't feel a thing.
00:11:39thank God.
00:11:41he spoke of you two the whole time.
00:11:44that was nothing new though. ever since I met Tommy
00:11:46he was always talking of you two.
00:11:48this house, his life here.
00:11:50he'd read your letters out to me.
00:11:52see I'm an orphan. I don't have any folks of my own.
00:11:54so he'd read your letters out to me.
00:11:57I sort of
00:11:59shared Tommy's life with you for a while and I'm very proud of that.
00:12:03you stayed with him all the time.
00:12:05that's my job. I'm a medic.
00:12:07yes but there must have been others there and yet
00:12:09you stayed with him until the end.
00:12:11he was the best friend I ever had.
00:12:13and you were the best friend he ever had.
00:12:17well I'm glad I told you.
00:12:19I promised him I would.
00:12:21I was going to write but then it seemed so much better to call by
00:12:23and I had to wait for leave.
00:12:26well I must let you two good people get to bed.
00:12:28where are you rushing off to?
00:12:30up north. I have an aunt up there.
00:12:32not tonight surely. you must have missed the last train.
00:12:34I'll get there eventually.
00:12:36by rule of thumb.
00:12:38do you have to rush off?
00:12:40why not spend the night here?
00:12:42I'm sure Sheila will want to meet you.
00:12:44my gosh I completely forgot to mention her.
00:12:46Tommy spoke of her too.
00:12:48she'll be hopping mad if she doesn't see you.
00:12:50one night can't make that much difference.
00:12:52yes well I would like to meet Sheila.
00:12:54settle then. you stay with us until tomorrow.
00:12:56that's very kind of you. I'm an easy guest.
00:12:58I can sleep right here.
00:13:00you sleep in a bed.
00:13:02Tommy's bed is made up.
00:13:06yes.
00:13:08you can have Tommy's room.
00:13:10these should fit you.
00:13:12about the same size.
00:13:14maybe an inch taller. but you're going to so much trouble.
00:13:16Tommy would have wanted it.
00:13:18I know he would have wanted it.
00:13:20yes.
00:13:22the bathroom is...
00:13:24it's turned right just along the corridor on the left.
00:13:26I know. sleep well son.
00:13:28you're very kind. both of you.
00:13:30good night. good night Marty.
00:13:36just like the old days.
00:13:38where are you going now?
00:13:40I've got things to do.
00:14:10good night.
00:14:40ah!
00:14:58it was for Tommy. he was always going on about
00:15:00waking up in the morning and seeing something cheerful.
00:15:02I thought his face.
00:15:04I'm terribly sorry sir.
00:15:06old habits you know.
00:15:08it was silly. it startled you.
00:15:10no. it's really very good.
00:15:12I worked all night
00:15:14to finish it.
00:15:16you're a genius Mr. Cornfield.
00:15:18an absolute genius.
00:15:20yes. yes.
00:15:22I'll tell her. bye.
00:15:24what was that?
00:15:26Mrs. Cornfield. she wants us to come over as soon as we're ready.
00:15:28what for?
00:15:30to meet Marty someone.
00:15:32a friend of Tommy's.
00:15:34a friend of Tommy's.
00:15:38until now
00:15:40I only had his words to describe you.
00:15:42and the photographs.
00:15:44but they don't do you justice.
00:15:46they were a travesty of justice.
00:15:48Sheila.
00:15:50you knew Tommy well.
00:15:52they were the best of friends.
00:15:54he was with Tommy when he died.
00:15:56he spoke of you.
00:15:58you're very like him. isn't he though?
00:16:00I didn't know the pace in Britain was supposed to...
00:16:02excuse me.
00:16:04you must be Grace. the American girl.
00:16:06this is Marty. Fuller but Marty will do just fine.
00:16:08hello Grace. hello.
00:16:10Grace Worth isn't it?
00:16:12Mrs. Cornfield told me you're here on a study course.
00:16:14gonna be around for a few weeks.
00:16:16you seem to know a great deal for a stranger Mr. Fuller.
00:16:18Marty's no stranger.
00:16:20he was Tommy's best friend.
00:16:28morning sir.
00:16:30I thought you'd turn up.
00:16:33there's a list of the stuff he took.
00:16:37and it would be in a case like this.
00:16:41anything here dangerous sir?
00:16:43all drugs are dangerous in the wrong hand sergeant.
00:16:46but those two could be dynamite.
00:16:48addictive? poisonous.
00:16:50anything here he could sell sir?
00:16:52no that's the funny thing.
00:16:54we keep morphine of course but that wasn't...
00:16:56don't worry about it.
00:16:58it's empty.
00:17:02not quite empty sir.
00:17:10dear son.
00:17:14love mother.
00:17:16well that tells us a lot.
00:17:18that's right.
00:17:20a love mother doesn't have a mother.
00:17:22no family at all.
00:17:24an address a new name.
00:17:26a new name.
00:17:28a new name.
00:17:30an address a new name.
00:17:32obviously belongs to somebody else.
00:17:34nothing to do with him.
00:17:36probably. all the same?
00:17:38that was all he said.
00:17:40that's enough isn't it Sheila?
00:17:42shows that Tommy was thinking of you right up...
00:17:44right up until the last moment.
00:17:46yes.
00:17:48thank you for telling me.
00:17:52you are very light Tommy.
00:17:54another drink Marty.
00:17:56oh thanks.
00:17:58where do you go from here mr. Fuller?
00:18:00go?
00:18:02I mean where's home?
00:18:04I imagine your family's probably...
00:18:06just an aunt isn't that right Marty?
00:18:08oh she's not even that really.
00:18:10she's not a blood relative.
00:18:12you see I'm an orphan.
00:18:14I don't have any folks of my own.
00:18:16she's just the woman who brought me up from when I was about 14.
00:18:18she's just the name under...
00:18:20next of kin in my pay book.
00:18:22just the same she'll be...
00:18:24anxious to see you won't she?
00:18:26oh I suppose so.
00:18:28how much leave do you have?
00:18:30unlimited. I'm on demob leave.
00:18:32as from now I'm a civilian.
00:18:34you could stay with us for a few days.
00:18:36we'd simply love it.
00:18:38there's still a lot of things I'd like to ask you about Tommy.
00:18:40okay.
00:18:42splendid.
00:18:44on one condition.
00:18:46that you'll have dinner with me tonight.
00:18:48well I'd love to.
00:18:50oh but...
00:18:52no no no no don't worry about me.
00:18:54I'll be fine.
00:18:56you must come too.
00:18:58no as Sheila said you have a lot to talk about.
00:19:00anyway I'm free to grab in any country.
00:19:02right.
00:19:04oh!
00:19:06what's wrong?
00:19:08I sent all my civilian clothes on.
00:19:10I can't see me dancing with you in these boots.
00:19:12don't worry about that.
00:19:14we'll find you something.
00:19:18what do you think?
00:19:20it's pretty.
00:19:22the dress Marty.
00:19:24oh he seems very pleasant.
00:19:26oh come on you can do better than that.
00:19:28he's smashing. he's good-looking too.
00:19:30there's something about him.
00:19:32mm-hmm something.
00:19:34must be strange to finally meet him at last.
00:19:36at last? oh can I borrow that perfume of yours?
00:19:38it's right there in front of you.
00:19:40oh yes.
00:19:42I mean Tommy must have wrote and told you all about him.
00:19:44Tommy never mentioned him.
00:19:46what?
00:19:48not a word.
00:19:50three times a week?
00:19:52I can't understand why.
00:19:54well if you were a man would you unleash Marty onto your girlfriend?
00:19:56but his friend.
00:19:58his very best friend.
00:20:02Tommy certainly had style.
00:20:04so do you Marty.
00:20:08you look splendid.
00:20:10absolutely splendid.
00:20:12there is one thing. I hope you don't mind.
00:20:14I notice you don't have a watch.
00:20:16I'd like you to accept this.
00:20:18George! I know.
00:20:20I bought it for Tommy for his birthday.
00:20:22Tommy isn't here anymore. never will be.
00:20:24we have to face that.
00:20:26Tommy isn't here but Marty is.
00:20:28it's gold.
00:20:30real gold.
00:20:32yes it is.
00:20:34I've never had anything that was gold before.
00:20:38I can't accept it.
00:20:40but I'll tell you what mrs. Cornfield.
00:20:42I'll just borrow it for a while.
00:20:48wow you look fantastic.
00:20:50doesn't she? fantastic.
00:20:52mrs. Cornfield.
00:20:54is it all right if Grace watches television?
00:20:56yes of course. you're very welcome.
00:20:58I must phone for a cab. no need.
00:21:00not if you drive.
00:21:02well thanks.
00:21:04ready? go on then you two.
00:21:06sorry. have fun.
00:21:08and enjoy yourselves.
00:21:10they look right together.
00:21:12don't they Betty?
00:21:18oh
00:21:24oh you're still awake.
00:21:26did you have a good time?
00:21:28yes I did. Marty's a super person.
00:21:30listen that's why I'm still awake.
00:21:32I've been thinking.
00:21:34did you ask about Tommy Nevermention?
00:21:36there's so many other things to talk about.
00:21:38Jill he didn't ask him.
00:21:40it's strange.
00:21:42he's strange.
00:21:44oh you are.
00:21:46I've been thinking too.
00:21:48it couldn't be jealousy could it?
00:21:50your eyes practically fell out of your head.
00:21:52undeniable. he's very attractive.
00:21:54but he works at it too much.
00:21:56not enough as far as you're concerned.
00:21:58Sheila. it was me that he took to. isn't that what gets you?
00:22:00Sheila let's forget the whole thing.
00:22:02forget it?
00:22:04this is the first time I felt alive in months.
00:22:06anyway Marty isn't the kind of man you forget.
00:22:08he's the kind one could fall in love with.
00:22:16morning.
00:22:18morning Marty.
00:22:20you're spoiling me.
00:22:22I hope you like your eggs like that.
00:22:24bit better than army grub is huh?
00:22:26just like home.
00:22:28better in fact.
00:22:30we were just talking about that.
00:22:32about this aunt of yours.
00:22:34you don't really owe her anything do you?
00:22:36oh she's just somebody I know.
00:22:38I told you.
00:22:40why?
00:22:42I don't know.
00:22:44why?
00:22:46you're out of the army now aren't you?
00:22:48you don't have any proper roots.
00:22:50so why not stay here with us?
00:22:52here?
00:22:54there's plenty of room. we'd be glad at the company.
00:22:56why not stay for a few weeks?
00:22:58until you decide what you want to do.
00:23:00we want you to stay.
00:23:02I'd love to but I don't have much money behind me.
00:23:04that's the least of your problems.
00:23:06that's no problem at all.
00:23:08son what do you say?
00:23:10in that case I'd love to.
00:23:12marvelous.
00:23:14you've made us both very happy. thank you son.
00:23:16there is just one thing.
00:23:18um
00:23:20Tommy and I were so close that it sort of hurts
00:23:22to have him all around me to be
00:23:24reminded. well that's understandable.
00:23:26sensitive boy.
00:23:28why should he be reminded?
00:23:30we can change things around a bit.
00:23:32yes yes all right.
00:23:34in that case it'll be fine.
00:23:36that's a bit early.
00:23:38that must be Sheila.
00:23:40I was supposed to take her for a drive.
00:23:42but of course if you'd rather I spent more time...
00:23:44no you go and have fun.
00:23:46let me do that. I'll tell her you'll be down in a minute.
00:23:48oh mr. Cornfield you wouldn't mind filling up the car for me would you?
00:23:50I'm gonna be so terribly late as it is.
00:23:52it'll be ready and waiting.
00:23:54thank you.
00:23:56we can unpack.
00:23:58there are some things that I can do for myself thanks.
00:24:11mom.
00:24:13it's really gonna be super late.
00:24:41leave the record.
00:24:43you'll need that.
00:24:45hello Grace.
00:24:47excuse me.
00:24:49I'd leave that.
00:24:58after all Tommy may be dead but you don't want to pretend he never existed.
00:25:02he wasn't dirt to be swept under the carpet.
00:25:06what do you mean?
00:25:09I...
00:25:11I imagine you're making this room right to Marty's instructions.
00:25:15simply trying to make it nice for him.
00:25:18he's a good boy.
00:25:20how do you know mrs. Cornfield?
00:25:22how do you know he's a good boy?
00:25:24because he told you?
00:25:26actually you don't know very much about him do you?
00:25:28he was Tommy's friend.
00:25:30I'm sorry then.
00:25:32Tommy wrote and told you all about him.
00:25:34well no.
00:25:36he came home on leave.
00:25:38how many times did he mention Marty Fuller?
00:25:42occasionally?
00:25:44often?
00:25:47not at all.
00:25:49mrs. Cornfield.
00:25:51come on. come on.
00:25:53expect it to be ready by the time he gets back.
00:25:55you bring that out.
00:25:57clear the space in the attic.
00:25:59the attic?
00:26:01these are Tommy's effects.
00:26:03all they sent back after he...
00:26:05mrs. Cornfield please talk to your husband.
00:26:07I'm sorry.
00:26:09it's all right.
00:26:24don't take Tommy's picture down.
00:26:27you see this girl?
00:26:29she really is absolutely gorgeous.
00:26:31honestly I know.
00:26:57night
00:27:19Grace I'm sorry I left you the whole day on your own.
00:27:23it's all right. I had plenty to interest me.
00:27:25we drove down to the river.
00:27:27I haven't been able to bring myself to go there since Tommy died.
00:27:29oh it was perfect.
00:27:31then we went over to the tennis club to see some friends of mine.
00:27:33and time just flew by.
00:27:35but you haven't been too bored?
00:27:37no I haven't been bored at all.
00:27:39oh good. oh I am so tired.
00:27:41happy tired.
00:27:43I imagine you spent a lot of time talking about Tommy.
00:27:47no that would have been too morbid.
00:27:49anyway as Marty says I can't keep looking back.
00:27:53I must look ahead to the future.
00:27:55then he stopped you from talking about Tommy.
00:27:57oh don't start that again.
00:27:59Sheila
00:28:01Sheila do you know what this is?
00:28:03it's a diary isn't it?
00:28:05it's Tommy's diary.
00:28:07Tommy's diary? where on earth did you get it?
00:28:09I borrowed it from his room.
00:28:11Grace that's despicable.
00:28:13you had no right. get it to me.
00:28:15there's something in it you're going to hear.
00:28:17no I'm not.
00:28:19Sheila you're going to hear what's in this diary.
00:28:21Sheila you're going to hear.
00:28:27you had a letter from S.
00:28:29had lunch with S.
00:28:31S is obviously you.
00:28:33stop it. stop it.
00:28:35then there's this entry nearly nine months later.
00:28:37don't like M.
00:28:39he doesn't like me.
00:28:41I'm not going to listen.
00:28:43whatever you say I'm not going to listen to you.
00:28:45my watch missing. sure M took it.
00:28:47had stand-up fight with M.
00:28:49M threw a fit and busted up the whole canteen.
00:28:55I think M must be schizoid.
00:28:59I'm sure M is very dangerous.
00:29:03that's the last entry.
00:29:05a few days later Tommy was dead.
00:29:09M Sheila.
00:29:11Marty you can't prove it.
00:29:13can't prove it you're only guessing.
00:29:15I think M
00:29:17is very dangerous.
00:29:19give me that.
00:29:21you can't forget it
00:29:23Sheila. that's Tommy's
00:29:25diary and he wrote about someone who's obviously
00:29:27his enemy.
00:29:29someone with the initial M.
00:29:31think about it.
00:29:33that's all I ask you.
00:29:35just think about it.
00:29:45Marty?
00:29:47yeah?
00:29:49we're just taking Grace shopping.
00:29:51won't be long.
00:29:53right.
00:29:55bye.
00:30:15bye.
00:30:45door slams
00:30:55doorbell rings
00:31:15door slams
00:31:35excuse me.
00:31:37I'm sorry miss. I didn't mean to startle you.
00:31:39Sergeant O'Hara.
00:31:41what can I do for you?
00:31:43don't it miss. it's mr. and mrs. Cornfield.
00:31:45they live next door don't they?
00:31:47indeed they do but you've just missed them. they've gone into town.
00:31:49I thought so.
00:31:51I've been ringing the bell long enough to wake the dead.
00:31:53no answer.
00:31:55any idea how long they'll be miss?
00:31:57it could be half an hour or half a day once mrs. Cornfield
00:31:59gets to the shop.
00:32:01oh I know. I've got a wife like that.
00:32:03oh thanks miss. is there any message?
00:32:05no I'll call back some other time.
00:32:07thank you miss.
00:32:09oh sergeant. yes?
00:32:11nobody answered the door.
00:32:13hardly if they're in town.
00:32:41door creaks
00:32:57had a standoff fight with m.
00:32:59m threw a fit and busted up the whole canteen.
00:33:01sure m must be schizoid.
00:33:05think m must be very dangerous.
00:33:07yes
00:33:09my plan
00:33:11is to knock down the dividing wall
00:33:13between your room and the box room
00:33:15and extend. make it more than just a
00:33:17bedroom. more of a den.
00:33:19put in some hi-fi.
00:33:21can you manage that all on your own?
00:33:23George can tackle anything.
00:33:25give you somewhere to relax on your own
00:33:27Marty. perhaps entertain a lady.
00:33:29eh Sheila?
00:33:31you all right Sheila?
00:33:33yes I'm fine.
00:33:35you seem rather withdrawn this evening.
00:33:37something bothering you?
00:33:39perhaps it's love. I hope so.
00:33:41or these will be wasted.
00:33:43theatre tickets for tonight starts in just under an hour.
00:33:45really I don't feel like it.
00:33:47you must understand. three.
00:33:49see?
00:33:51only a local amateur thing but I installed
00:33:53the lighting system. I thought it'd be good for that
00:33:55study course of yours Grace and you can see how
00:33:57we English suffer in a good course.
00:33:59you and Marty stay here.
00:34:01you haven't had much time to yourselves lately.
00:34:03you'd like that wouldn't you?
00:34:05I would.
00:34:19they're great folks aren't they?
00:34:21they're Tommy's mother and father.
00:34:23of course they are. if it hadn't been I never would have met them.
00:34:25or you and that would have been a tragedy.
00:34:27there is something wrong.
00:34:29no.
00:34:31I don't know. it's it's Grace.
00:34:33Grace? she says...
00:34:35I don't care what she says.
00:34:37what does Grace say? it doesn't matter Marty.
00:34:39I'd like a drink. okay.
00:34:43whatever is...
00:34:45is it about me?
00:34:47whatever has Grace been saying?
00:34:51she's frustrated.
00:34:53you know that.
00:34:55well let's forget it.
00:34:57and talk about Tommy.
00:34:59we agreed it was best to forget that too.
00:35:01yes. well and the army.
00:35:03and you.
00:35:05you've hardly told me anything about what you
00:35:07did in the army. counted the days till I
00:35:09got out and saved a few lives I suppose.
00:35:11not Tommy's. I tried.
00:35:13yes.
00:35:15well.
00:35:17it must have been a wild life.
00:35:19not wild exactly. rough around the edges.
00:35:21but surely all those men of different types lumped together.
00:35:23didn't you ever get on one another's nerves?
00:35:25sometimes. I suppose
00:35:27there were always fights breaking out. always inevitable.
00:35:29did the officers crack down on you for
00:35:31fighting? if they found out.
00:35:33that time you smashed up the canteen. what happened then?
00:35:35I got two weeks confined to
00:35:37barracks and stocked a week's pay.
00:35:41who told you about that?
00:35:43Tommy's diary.
00:35:47he mentions you a lot.
00:35:49you are M aren't you?
00:35:51M? yes.
00:35:53here.
00:35:55my watch missing.
00:35:57had a stand-up fight with M.
00:35:59M threw a fit. busted up the whole canteen.
00:36:01you are M
00:36:03aren't you? and you weren't Tommy's
00:36:05friend at all. you were his enemy.
00:36:07you hated him.
00:36:09why?
00:36:11why?
00:36:13stand-up fight?
00:36:15he didn't know how to
00:36:17fight that way. fists I could have understood that.
00:36:19but he fought me
00:36:21with letters.
00:36:23your letters.
00:36:25from his folks.
00:36:27and talk about his life
00:36:29here. his family.
00:36:31and the girl next door he was
00:36:33going to marry.
00:36:35he fought me with weapons I didn't have.
00:36:37weapons I'd never had.
00:36:39I was an orphan
00:36:41and he attacked me with a family.
00:36:43he hit
00:36:45me with a proper life.
00:36:47a sweet proper life I'd
00:36:49always wanted.
00:36:51he stuffed it down my throat
00:36:53Mum. Dad.
00:36:55Sheila.
00:36:57he went on and on about it
00:36:59till I couldn't take it anymore.
00:37:01Tommy wasn't like that. he was worse
00:37:03than that.
00:37:05perhaps he was but
00:37:07perhaps I never really knew him.
00:37:09but why come here and lie?
00:37:11it was the only
00:37:13way Sheila. he had
00:37:15what I wanted. what I'd
00:37:17always wanted. and when
00:37:19he was gone I saw my chance. I wanted to be
00:37:21under his roof to belong and I wanted you.
00:37:23it wasn't right. I know
00:37:25that now. Sheila sweetheart
00:37:27please try to understand.
00:37:29I think I do.
00:37:31then you won't
00:37:33tell them. I must stay here. you won't tell them.
00:37:35I don't know.
00:37:37but you can't
00:37:39tell them. I've done so much.
00:37:41I've come so far. I can't let it go now. done so much?
00:37:43what do you mean?
00:37:45I don't mean anything. well done so
00:37:47much it sounds as though you planned it.
00:37:49but how could you? you couldn't have foreseen that Tommy would
00:37:51die.
00:37:53oh but he did die.
00:37:55and you were with him.
00:37:57taking
00:37:59care of him. Sheila.
00:38:01a tiny slip up in treatment.
00:38:03Sheila. oh god.
00:38:05how badly
00:38:07was Tommy wounded?
00:38:09please.
00:38:11how badly?
00:38:13he would have lived.
00:38:15but I couldn't let
00:38:17him. I did it for
00:38:19you Sheila. I wanted you
00:38:21so badly
00:38:23and I can't let you tell them because it would
00:38:25kill them.
00:38:45tell you what
00:38:47after enduring that baritone
00:38:49we all need a drink.
00:38:51he wasn't that bad. he was
00:38:53appalling.
00:38:55oh now your lighting was fantastic.
00:38:59oh
00:39:01hello
00:39:03where is everyone? Sheila went home.
00:39:05she wasn't feeling well.
00:39:07I knew she was sickening
00:39:09for something. flu? no she was feeling
00:39:11all right this morning. ah but this flu virus
00:39:13going around strikes you down with that in the morning.
00:39:15it wasn't that. I don't think it was physical.
00:39:17she started crying soon after
00:39:19you left. was terribly depressed.
00:39:21I just couldn't shake her out of it.
00:39:23depressed? hmm. about
00:39:25Tommy. she wouldn't stop talking about him.
00:39:27oh dear. I thought she'd got over it.
00:39:29so did I but tonight she just
00:39:31wasn't herself at all.
00:39:33I think I better go see how she is.
00:39:35Mr. Cornfield thank you. Mr. Cornfield was marvelous.
00:39:37terribly depressed.
00:39:39I was very worried.
00:39:43Sheila
00:39:51Sheila
00:39:53that's all right.
00:39:55you sleep.
00:39:57good night Marty.
00:39:59good night Tom.
00:40:07oh I'm sorry.
00:40:09Sheila
00:40:11Sheila
00:40:41Sheila
00:41:11why don't you sit down?
00:41:17now drink it mrs. Harris.
00:41:19that's a very bad idea.
00:41:21now sit down there.
00:41:23here you are.
00:41:25I blame myself.
00:41:27I don't think you should. well if we hadn't stayed
00:41:29away so long.
00:41:31if only I had been here.
00:41:33it was a sudden thing.
00:41:35one moment she was as bright as a penny.
00:41:37not that sudden.
00:41:41I mean the pills she took
00:41:43she had to get them from somewhere.
00:41:45they weren't prescribed or
00:41:47or someone gave them to her.
00:41:49oh what a waste.
00:41:51it would help if we understood why.
00:41:53I mean Sheila
00:41:55had no reason to kill herself.
00:41:57she left no note.
00:41:59there is such a thing as
00:42:01delayed shock.
00:42:03and the doctor said that this young man
00:42:05coming here reminding her.
00:42:07I think you better drop the whole subject.
00:42:09now why not stay and have lunch with us?
00:42:13I'll be all right.
00:42:15life must go on.
00:42:19Grace you're very welcome
00:42:21to remain here with us you know
00:42:23until your
00:42:25studies are finished.
00:42:27thank you mrs. Harris.
00:42:29may I let you know? of course dear.
00:42:31there's no rush.
00:42:39Grace
00:42:41I hope you decide
00:42:43to stay.
00:42:45I'd like you to stay.
00:42:51I think I'd be
00:42:53very good for you.
00:42:55you want to stay
00:42:57really?
00:43:03just
00:43:05buried her.
00:43:07really good for you.
00:43:13you
00:43:15want to shut me up.
00:43:17to stop me from talking.
00:43:19to stop me from thinking.
00:43:21shut you up?
00:43:27I know about you.
00:43:29know what?
00:43:31mrs. Hoss
00:43:33I've decided not to stay.
00:43:35I've got friends in London.
00:43:37I'll go as soon as I'm packed.
00:43:39Marty
00:43:41thanks for all your help. perhaps later
00:43:43some happier time.
00:43:45I hope so sir most sincerely.
00:43:47Marty.
00:43:49mrs. Harris let me see you to your door.
00:43:51thank you so much.
00:43:57I think I'll go too.
00:44:05bye
00:44:29mr. Kornfeld
00:44:31yes?
00:44:33you go but you weren't in.
00:44:35sergeant O'Hara.
00:44:37spare a minute sir.
00:44:39come in.
00:44:41it's just a long shot sir.
00:44:43but you're a son Thomas Kornfeld.
00:44:45my son is dead.
00:44:47I know sir.
00:44:49but it's not him I'm interested in. it's private Fuller
00:44:51Martin Fuller.
00:44:53then you do know him sir.
00:44:55my son's best friend.
00:44:57as a matter of fact he's
00:44:59he's wanted as a deserter sir.
00:45:01if there's any chance... a deserter?
00:45:03we want him back badly.
00:45:05and I wondered if he'd made any contact
00:45:07at all with you sir.
00:45:09deserter? have you seen or heard of him?
00:45:13no not a word.
00:45:15but I
00:45:17don't expect to.
00:45:19now that my son is dead
00:45:21why would he contact us?
00:45:23yes that's what I thought.
00:45:25still out of check sir?
00:45:27yes of course.
00:45:29he does turn up a contact you?
00:45:31I'll let you know immediately.
00:45:33I'll give you my number.
00:45:45I wouldn't expect him
00:45:47to come here in a million years.
00:45:49you never know.
00:45:51your son's best friend
00:45:53you said sir. yes.
00:45:55funny I was asking around the
00:45:57barracks and...
00:45:59thank you sir.
00:46:12George?
00:46:16George.
00:46:18she really is in a bad way you know.
00:46:20I think Marty cheered her up a bit.
00:46:22what's wrong?
00:46:24you look so pale.
00:46:26mr. Cornfield. I'm fine.
00:46:28matter of fact I
00:46:30thought of doing some work in the garden.
00:46:32would you care to slip on some old clothes and give me a hand?
00:46:34right. gardening?
00:46:36I'm not letting you do any gardening
00:46:38while you're looking like that.
00:46:46I don't believe it.
00:46:48true.
00:46:50Marty a deserter. why not?
00:46:52remember the times Tommy said he was so fed up
00:46:54with the army he thought of going over the wall?
00:46:56well Marty's actually done it.
00:46:58what's wrong with that? it takes guts to do a thing like that.
00:47:00what a deserter.
00:47:04if they find him... they'll take him away from us.
00:47:06but Betty it doesn't have to be like that.
00:47:08there's an answer to every problem and I think I have it.
00:47:24hello?
00:47:26hello?
00:47:28who is it?
00:47:30what?
00:47:32I'm sorry. hold on a minute will you.
00:47:38I'm sorry who is it?
00:47:40hello?
00:47:42who is it?
00:47:44what?
00:47:46I'm sorry who is it?
00:47:48I'm sorry who is it?
00:47:50who is it?
00:47:52I'm sorry, who is it?
00:47:54It's Grace. Grace Worth.
00:47:56Oh, Grace! How are you?
00:47:59Fine. I'm leaving for the States, and I wanted to come by and say goodbye to you and Mr. Cornfield and Mr. and Mrs. Howes.
00:48:06Oh, well, you won't see them, I'm afraid.
00:48:08They went away again, you know, to help her to forget, you understand.
00:48:13But George and I, we'd love to see you. What time do we expect you?
00:48:16Uh, tomorrow, early evening?
00:48:18Oh, great. We're in such a happy coincidence, too.
00:48:22Coincidence?
00:48:23Yes. Tomorrow is Marty's birthday.
00:48:30Oh, that's lovely! And we have a special supper for you.
00:48:34Your favorite, crunchy tuna salad.
00:48:37Now, Mrs. Cornfield, you've gone to far too much.
00:48:39Oh, Marty, it's about time you called us Betty and George.
00:48:42Oh, I don't like to.
00:48:43Why not?
00:48:44Well, it doesn't sound right. It's as if we were no more than close friends.
00:48:48What do you suggest?
00:48:50Well, mum and dad would sound more natural.
00:48:53And for us, Marty.
00:48:54Mum and dad. That's as it should be.
00:48:56In fact, we anticipated you.
00:48:58The one thing we haven't given you today is a present from Mr. Cornfield.
00:49:00Now, we haven't. It's what we want for you.
00:49:02We did it weeks ago. Signed, sealed, and witnessed.
00:49:05Everything we'd planned for Tommy is going to be yours one day.
00:49:08This house, everything. We've willed it to you.
00:49:11You are our legal heir.
00:49:13When we go, dad.
00:49:16Mum.
00:49:18Weeks ago, eh?
00:49:20More than a month.
00:49:21Perfect. A perfect day.
00:49:25Right. Shall we eat?
00:49:27I must go and put on my best bib and tuck.
00:49:30No, no, no, no, no. In honor of my newfound family.
00:49:33Looks delicious.
00:49:34Mmm.
00:49:39What's wrong?
00:49:41It tastes kind of off.
00:49:46No.
00:49:54Sergeant.
00:49:55No luck, then?
00:49:57Anything I am.
00:49:58Catch up with them sooner or later, I suppose.
00:50:02Something you want?
00:50:04No, no. I was just thinking.
00:50:07Didn't you say that a couple of the drugs at Fuller Took were poisonous?
00:50:10Yes.
00:50:11How poisonous?
00:50:12You pointed out a couple that were dynamite.
00:50:16Your word, sir. Dynamite?
00:50:19Well, only to the initiated.
00:50:20What do you mean, sir?
00:50:22Well, because handled properly, they can kill almost undetected.
00:50:26Don't think I'm giving you names.
00:50:29How were they killed, sir?
00:50:31You can at least tell me that.
00:50:33Well, there is one.
00:50:35Once administered, it brings death rather quickly, and yet...
00:50:38Yet?
00:50:39All the symptoms of botulism.
00:50:41Botulism. Lethal food poisoning.
00:50:44Bad fish or meat does the same sort of thing.
00:50:46Anyway, this is all rather academic, isn't it, Sergeant?
00:50:49I mean, Fuller's a deserter, isn't he? Not a murderer.
00:50:53You were wrong about this, Marty.
00:50:55It's perfect.
00:50:57Marty.
00:50:58No, thanks, Mum.
00:50:59He doesn't know what he's missing, does he?
00:51:01Some more wine, though.
00:51:02No, no, no. I'll get it.
00:51:12This is not only the best birthday I've ever had.
00:51:17It's the best birthday I've ever had.
00:51:21It's the only one I care to remember.
00:51:23It isn't over yet.
00:51:24George.
00:51:25Well, I was going to keep it until it was needed, but I don't think I can.
00:51:28I'm damn proud of it.
00:51:29What is it?
00:51:30Another surprise.
00:51:31Oh.
00:51:32It's in the cellar.
00:51:34Darling, you'll get indigestion.
00:51:36I don't... I can't help it.
00:51:37I must show it to you.
00:51:39Bring your wine.
00:51:41Go on. I'll clear up.
00:51:46Come on.
00:51:51This is it.
00:51:52This is it, Tommy.
00:51:55I don't mind you calling me Tommy.
00:51:57Not if you please it, you don't.
00:51:58You're Marty.
00:51:59And I did this for you, Marty.
00:52:01Did what?
00:52:03You see those T-squares on the wall in the alcove?
00:52:07Yes.
00:52:08Bring one of them to me, will you?
00:52:11All right.
00:52:21Hey, Mr. Caulfield!
00:52:23Where's the Caulfield?
00:52:26Don't panic, son.
00:52:28That's the surprise.
00:52:30You see, Marty, we know about you.
00:52:33You know what?
00:52:35Being a deserter.
00:52:36We know, but we don't care.
00:52:38All we care about is...
00:52:40Well, we love you, son, like we love Tommy, and...
00:52:43Well, the army, in a way, took him from us, and now they want to take you.
00:52:47Well, we're not going to let them.
00:52:49We couldn't.
00:52:50That's why I built this place.
00:52:52It's a kind of priest's hole, a hiding place.
00:52:55No one would ever find it.
00:52:57If they ever came looking for you again, son, you'd be safe in there.
00:53:02You see, I thought of everything.
00:53:05They won't take you from us.
00:53:08That's fine, Dad, but how do I get out?
00:53:10You can't.
00:53:11What?
00:53:12I suppose I put a lever in there, and you touched it by mistake,
00:53:14and you opened up the wall just as they were in here looking for you.
00:53:17I told you I thought of everything.
00:53:19There's only one way to open up the wall, and that's out here.
00:53:22The lever's so well disguised, I'd defy anyone.
00:53:41It's getting awfully hot in here, Dad.
00:53:44All right, son.
00:53:45I'll have you out of there, all right?
00:53:50Dad?
00:53:52It's just...
00:53:54Justin, it's...
00:53:55Now, come on, Dad.
00:53:57Hurry it up.
00:53:58Get me out of here, Dad!
00:54:01I don't see...
00:54:02I don't see anything.
00:54:04Dad?
00:54:07Dad!
00:54:10Get me out of here, Dad!
00:54:11It's...
00:54:12It's my heart.
00:54:14I...
00:54:15I bet you my life.
00:54:16Dad!
00:54:17Dad!
00:54:18Get me out of here, Dad!
00:54:20Dad, get me out of here!
00:54:22Dad!
00:54:23Come back, Dad!
00:54:24Dad!
00:54:33Dad, get me out of here, Dad!
00:55:14Hey, down here.
00:55:23Hey, down here.
00:55:30Ms. Kornfield?
00:55:34Ms. Kornfield?
00:55:39Mrs. Kornfield?
00:55:43Emergency, which service, please?
00:56:13Yes, yes, that's right. Please hurry.
00:56:23Here, Mr. Kornfield. Here, just lift up your head. It's all right. It's all right.
00:56:30Mr. Kornfield, here, here. It's all right.
00:56:33Now just, here, loosen your tie. Yes, it's all right.
00:56:37Here, loosen your tie. Yes, it's all right.
00:56:46Hey!
00:56:54Hey! Here! Here!
00:57:08Marty? Is anyone here?
00:57:12Grace? Is that you, Grace?
00:57:16Marty, where are you?
00:57:20I'm here, behind the alcove. What you see is a false wall. It's one of George's gadgets.
00:57:27Grace, do you hear me, Grace?
00:57:31Yes, I hear you. Marty, what happened?
00:57:36Marty, can you hear me? What happened? George and Betty are lying up there. They're almost dead. What happened?
00:57:42I don't know. Some kind of food poisoning. I think they both ate something bad.
00:57:47I was on my way to call a doctor and I got myself trapped in here.
00:57:52I don't know what happened. I don't know.
00:57:56I was on my way to call a doctor and I got myself trapped in here.
00:58:02Grace?
00:58:05Are you still there, Grace?
00:58:07Yes, I'm still here. Food poisoning.
00:58:12Oh, I don't know. I mean, how can I tell? Look, I've been here. Let me out, Grace. Then I'll explain everything.
00:58:21Everything, Marty?
00:58:23What was that, Grace? I couldn't quite hear you.
00:58:27I said I don't know how to get you out, Marty.
00:58:30Oh, well, there's a lever. It must be above your head somewhere. George said he couldn't reach it.
00:58:37It's probably cleverly concealed.
00:58:40Yes, very cleverly concealed. Just like this false wall.
00:58:47No one would ever know it was here.
00:58:50You see it. Then pull it, Grace.
00:58:58Why don't you pull it? Come on, Grace, get me out of here.
00:59:03Tell me about Sheila, Marty.
00:59:06Sheila?
00:59:07You killed her, didn't you?
00:59:09Are you crazy? She committed suicide.
00:59:12No!
00:59:14Now, come on, Grace, what are you? Judge and jury? I had nothing to do with Sheila's death.
00:59:20Now, come on, Grace, get me out of here, Grace.
00:59:26Grace? Grace, get me out of here, Grace!
00:59:33Grace!
00:59:34Grace!
00:59:38Tommy. Tommy. Tommy.
00:59:45Tommy.
00:59:47Tommy? It's a sadness. Right now.
01:00:05You see how it can be, Grace.
01:00:08Out of the house, the money, everything.
01:00:14Just you and me, Grace.
01:00:19I always wanted you, Grace.
01:00:23And you always wanted me.
01:00:35You killed her, didn't you, Marty?
01:00:37What are you, judge and jury?
01:00:39You killed her.
01:00:40I had nothing to do with Sheila's death.
01:00:42You killed her.
01:00:43What are you, judge and jury? Get me out of here!
01:00:46Judge and jury! Judge and jury! Judge and jury!
01:00:58You're the one who called the ambulance?
01:01:01You're the one who called the ambulance?
01:01:04Yes.
01:01:05Oh, the hospital called me. I couldn't think why.
01:01:08Then I remembered. Gave them my phone number and they found it in his pocket.
01:01:12O'Hara. Sergeant O'Hara.
01:01:15You've been to the hospital?
01:01:18How are they?
01:01:19Oh, they'll probably pull through, thanks to you.
01:01:22But both are in a coma. Likely to stay that way for a long time. Weeks, maybe.
01:01:27Be a long time before I can talk to them.
01:01:30Food poisoning.
01:01:32It was Fuller.
01:01:33Fuller?
01:01:36Now, you wouldn't have seen him.
01:01:38No. You're just a casual friend.
01:01:42Private Martin Fuller, deserter.
01:01:45At least, that's all he was until a little while ago.
01:01:48Food poisoning.
01:01:51I don't understand.
01:01:54Well, he was a medic, see?
01:01:56And he took off with some drugs.
01:01:58One of them a killer with all the symptoms of food poisoning.
01:02:02Why?
01:02:04That's the problem.
01:02:06A nice couple, by all accounts.
01:02:09You've never seen him.
01:02:12They never mentioned him at all?
01:02:15No.
01:02:17I've never seen him.
01:02:23You staying here or can I drop you somewhere?
01:02:28You said they'd be in a coma for weeks.
01:02:33Well, that's what the doctors say.
01:02:39Yes, then you can drop me at the station.
01:02:41Of course.
01:02:44They don't hang murders here anymore, do they?
01:02:47No. More's the pity.
01:02:53I'm ready.
01:02:55Where are you going, miss?
01:02:56Home.
01:03:00I know from the first moment we met that you were absolutely crazy for me.
01:03:05Stop! Get out!
01:03:07Get out!
01:03:26THE END
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