0:01:12 > 0:01:161st MAN: All of a sudden you get quiet!
0:01:16 > 0:01:182nd MAN: Lost your book of answers?
0:01:18 > 0:01:213rd MAN: Mustn't like being a murderer!
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Maybe I didn't do it. - Look, Marlowe...
0:01:25 > 0:01:31- We don't like you, but it ain't personal. We got a routine to follow. - Where's Randall ?
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- He asked us to talk to you. - Is he holding the kid?- I don't know.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- Is she all right?- I don't know! When did you see her last?- I forget!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- DOOR OPENS - Randall?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Uh-huh.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- How d'you feel? - Like a duck in a shooting gallery.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Cigarette?- Yeah, thanks.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Wanna make a statement?
0:02:07 > 0:02:11The boys tell me I did a couple of murders.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14You got a rope under my ears, huh?
0:02:14 > 0:02:19I'll have to hold it on you but you'd better let me have it.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22OK, darling. Bring in your notebook.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26OK.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- The works?- Yeah.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- Some of it you know. If I miss... - From the beginning.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36With Malloy, then.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40It was about 7 o'clock. It was dark.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46- You were at the office that late? - I always come back no matter how late it is.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52'I'd been out peeking under old Sunday sections for a barber whose wife wanted him back.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57'I only took the job because of my bank account.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03'And I never found him. I just found out once again how big this city is.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08'My feet hurt. My mind felt like a plumber's handkerchief.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13'The office bottle hadn't helped so I decided to go grouse-hunting.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17'Nothing like soft shoulders to improve my morale.
0:03:17 > 0:03:25'The soft shoulders had a date but she thought she could fix something and would check back.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32'There's something unreal about the dead silence of an office-building at night...
0:03:32 > 0:03:36'The traffic down below had nothing to do with me.'
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I seen your name on a blackboard downstairs.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Yeah?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I...come up to see ya.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- You're a private eye, huh? - That's right.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I like you to look for somebody.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I'm closed, pal. Come back tomorrow.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I look for her where she worked but I been out of touch.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19OK. Tomorrow.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28PHONE RINGS
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I like to show you where she worked.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34PHONE CONTINUES RINGING
0:04:35 > 0:04:36OK.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Tell me where she worked. This way.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41PHONE STILL RINGS
0:04:41 > 0:04:46'The joint looked like trouble but that didn't bother me.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50'The two 20s felt good against my appendix.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54'I tried to picture him in love but it didn't work.'
0:04:54 > 0:04:59They changed it a lot. There was a stage where she worked and booths.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Pink flowers was in the slatwork.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05She was cute as lace pants.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08A redhead.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Eight years since I seen her, six she didn't write.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- She'll have a reason. - Is she a singer?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Yeah. Let's go up an' nibble a couple.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31LIVELY PIANO MUSIC
0:05:34 > 0:05:36MUSIC STOPS
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Boss.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Whisky. Call yours. - Whisky.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Never heard of Velma? I'm sorry about your girl.
0:06:01 > 0:06:09But no girl's been here since I took this place over. No show, no noise. I got a reputation for no trouble.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15She used to work here.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19YOU ask him about Velma.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22We been over all that.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36YOU remember Velma? Don't bother the customers.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41You rate me polite? I don't bother you none.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Some guys has no idea when to get fancy.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07- Whisky.- C'mon, pal. They don't know Velma. - Who asked you to stick your face in?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11YOU did! Remember me? I'm the guy who came in with you!
0:07:12 > 0:07:19- The name is Moose. On account of I'm large. Moose Malloy. You heard of me maybe?- Maybe.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26They changed it a lot. There was a stage where she worked and booths.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- You SAID that! - I begin not to like it here.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Maybe I told you too much.- No.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- We was to be married.- What happened?
0:07:48 > 0:07:55- Where you figure I been them 8 years I said about?- Catching butterflies?! - I put away a few grand first.
0:07:55 > 0:08:02- You been in the caboose ever? - Just a few overnight stops. - OK, you find Velma, huh?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Has she got a last name? - Velma Valento.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- How do I contact you? - I- get in touch with YOU.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20'I spent a buck in another bar for some history.
0:08:20 > 0:08:27'Mike Florian died in 1940 drinking a glass of beer. His wife, Jessie, finished it for him.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34'Tracing her was easy. Anyone could have done that, but not Malloy. He needed a private detective.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39'She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like mud.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43'I gave her a drink. She was a gal who'd take a drink.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:46That liquor's been in good company!
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Hold it careful, Mister! This is no time to drop anything.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04- What was we talkin' about? - A redhead. Velma Valento. Worked in your husband's place.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Who was it you said you was, Mister?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Here.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Ohhh, a private cop! You didn't say that, Mister.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23But I knew you wasn't a regular cop. No regular ever bought THAT stuff!
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- Do you remember Velma? - WHO was it, copper?- Velma.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32No...I don't seem to, right off.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- What did you say you wanted her for? - I'm tracing her for a client.
0:09:41 > 0:09:49I shouldn't oughta barber with you. But when a guy buys me a drink, the ceiling's the limit.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Hold on to your chair an' don't step on no snakes. I got an idea.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04No peeking.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Them's all Mike left me. Them an' his clothes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:53Publicity, that is. But them dolls never got in the papers. At least, not in connection with the place.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Why did you hide Velma's picture? Why did you HIDE it?- Gimme!
0:11:18 > 0:11:20She's dead.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24She was a nice kid... but...she's dead.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Moose will be sorry to hear that. - Yeah, sure will.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Yeah, he's out. And looking for his girl.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41I don't know anybody with the name of Moose, copper! Beat it! Beat it! BEAT IT !
0:11:41 > 0:11:47I...don't...know anybody... with the name of Moose.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Don't...know...anybody...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54..with the name...of Moose.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25'Suddenly she wasn't drunk. Her hand was steady.
0:12:25 > 0:12:33'And she was cool, like somebody making funeral arrangements... for a murder not yet committed.'
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Hello, sweetheart.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46I let in a guy a couple of hours ago. He said it was important. OK ?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49He's in love and in a big hurry.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- He'll get over it. Cute, isn't he(?)- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Sober?- Yeah!
0:12:56 > 0:12:59He smelled REAL nice.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Er...Mr Marlowe?- Hm'mm.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I...er... I took the liberty of waiting here.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- The elevator attendant said you'd soon...- Mr Marriott? How did you get my name?
0:13:29 > 0:13:34Oh, actually, I decided to employ a private investigator only today.
0:13:34 > 0:13:41This being Saturday, I failed to reach anyone by phone and was at a loss...
0:13:41 > 0:13:47- Er...the directory listed several in this neighbourhood so... - I'm in a clutch right now.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I'm busy. I couldn't take on anything big.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Er...
0:13:55 > 0:13:59I...require your services just for this evening.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04I'm meeting some men after midnight. I'm paying them some money...
0:14:06 > 0:14:13- Get your flaps down or you'll take off! What's the deal? Blackmail? - Most certainly not!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I simply agreed to bear the money.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21- How much and what for?- Really, I can't say.- So I hold your hand?!
0:14:22 > 0:14:27- I don't like your manner!- I've had complaints, but it just gets worse.
0:14:27 > 0:14:34- How much do I get for doing nothing?- I hadn't thought about it. - Well, think now.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38How about a punch on the nose!
0:14:40 > 0:14:44I tremble at the thought of such violence(!)
0:14:48 > 0:14:54I'm offering 100 for a few hours of your time. Is that enough? There's no risk.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- A friend of mine had jewels stolen. I'm buying them back.- Where? When?
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- I have to drive to a secluded canyon above the beach...- Wait a minute.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11- We drive to a nice dark spot to buy back a lady friend's jewels.- I...
0:15:11 > 0:15:17You'll get a package you won't be allowed to open. They could double-cross you.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23- I- couldn't do anything to stop it! By now, every move is planned.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30They wouldn't like you being twins. One of us might get hurt. I can't do anything for you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37But I'll take your 100 bucks and go for the ride.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43I'll carry the shopping money, too. AND do the driving.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59'We were watched. I didn't see anything, I felt it in my stomach.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01'I was a toad on a wet rock...
0:16:01 > 0:16:04'with a snake looking at my neck.'
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- At the white posts.- Get down.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11A path there goes down into the hollow where we're to wait.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Check. White posts.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25You sit tight. I'll go have a look-see.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14< RUSTLING
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Looks like a try-out to see if you obey orders.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03RUSTLING
0:18:05 > 0:18:08'I caught the blackjack behind my ear.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13'A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16'I felt pretty good...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19'..like an amputated leg.'
0:18:32 > 0:18:36WOMAN'S VOICE: Are you all right? What happened?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Oh!
0:19:16 > 0:19:21'He was doubled up on his face in that bag-of-old-clothes position
0:19:21 > 0:19:24'that always means the same thing.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30'An amateur had killed him, or somebody who wanted it to look like an amateur job.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35'Nobody else would hit a man so many times with a sap.'
0:19:40 > 0:19:45The oftener you go over it, the sillier it sounds.
0:19:45 > 0:19:52You don't know who Marriott was, or how much money you had, or what it was for...
0:19:52 > 0:19:58Oh, sorry I don't have it! Before I hit myself on the head, I hid the money under a bush(!)
0:19:59 > 0:20:05Supposing a jewel outfit was using a detective for contacts and pay-offs.
0:20:05 > 0:20:12- Supposing they ran out of uses for him. They might try to hang a murder round his neck.- Great!
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Now I'm a finger for a heist mob AND Jack the Ripper! Look...
0:20:17 > 0:20:22I get up off the nice cold ground and walk 5 miles to a phone.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I lead you to the body...
0:20:24 > 0:20:31I tell you all I know FOUR times! Sounds screwy? It IS! I'm not always smart but it's all I know!
0:20:31 > 0:20:37I'm tired of looking at you. Either book me or let me go home to bed.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I don't like looking at you, either!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I'd much rather be home in bed, too!
0:20:42 > 0:20:49- I'd rather dig eggshells outta garbage than pry information outta you!- You don't like me ?!- I don't!
0:20:49 > 0:20:54You're a slot machine. You'd slit your own throat for six dimes!
0:20:54 > 0:20:59You keep silent or you'll be locked up as a material witness!
0:20:59 > 0:21:05- And what about the papers? - They'll get their story. And I'll get the murderer.
0:21:05 > 0:21:12- Oh, yeah(!) By the time you get your third set of teeth! - Go on home to bed!
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Stick to your story if you want, but stay outta my way!
0:21:16 > 0:21:23And keep away from Marriott's pals. I've been after them for a long time and I'm getting close.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28So watch your step or I may pick you up along with Jules Amthor.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Yeah?
0:21:31 > 0:21:37- Is Amthor mixed up in this?- So... you know him?- I know lots of people.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41But I never heard of Jules Amthor. Bad guess!
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Business is getting better... AND prettier!
0:21:55 > 0:22:02- Mr Marlowe? Miss Allison - The Post. - Yeah?- The police aren't forthcoming on the Marriott case. I...
0:22:02 > 0:22:09- How did you know about me?- I have friends at the City Hall, naturally. - I'd just get you trouble.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Did Marriott say who owned the jade he was buying back?
0:22:13 > 0:22:21- They'll never know where I got my information from and it would give me bargaining power.- Come in.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Have a seat.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- HE LOCKS THE DOOR - No...
0:22:26 > 0:22:33- I wasn't told who owned the jade. - Have you known Marriott long? - A couple of weeks. Why?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Have you any theories about what happened?- One or two.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- Do your own typing, Miss Allison? - Yes...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I'm not always this brilliant, Miss...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48..Miss Grayle, but I'm improving.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53What do you do... besides playing reporter?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I should toss you to the cops.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03All I knew was that Marriott was buying back some jewellery.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07They'd love YOU! You know Velma Valento, a singer?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Oh, well. I was just hoping.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Did your friends at the City Hall tell you about the jade, too?
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- Who DOES own it? - What's YOUR interest?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24We'll get nowhere answering questions with more questions!
0:23:24 > 0:23:30- MY answer first.- OK... I'm interested in the jade because I'd like to know
0:23:30 > 0:23:33who, besides me, might have killed Marriott.
0:23:33 > 0:23:41He gave me 100 bucks to take care of him and I didn't. I like to follow through on a sale.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- The jade is my father's. - I gathered it belonged to a LADY. - My father happens to be married!
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Oh... Oh, yes, of course, he would be!
0:23:51 > 0:23:56- So...it was your mother who was wearing it...- She's not my mother!
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Which one sent you to feel me out? - It was MY brilliant idea.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Before I see the police, I'd like a talk with your father AND his wife.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Open the door.
0:24:20 > 0:24:27'It was a nice little front yard, cosy. Only you'd need a compass to go to the mail-box(!)
0:24:27 > 0:24:32'The house was all right, not as big as Buckingham Palace.
0:24:32 > 0:24:39'I waited while she sold me to her folks. It was like waiting to buy a crypt in a mausoleum.'
0:24:46 > 0:24:49This is Mr Marlowe, Father.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Hello. It's good of you to come. This is Mrs Grayle.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Are you familiar with jade, Mr Marlowe? >
0:25:01 > 0:25:02H'mmm?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05What do you know about jade?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's...er...green, isn't it?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10H'mm. No, thanks.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Jade is not sufficiently known or appreciated in this country.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19The great rulers of the East... Oh, do sit down. >
0:25:19 > 0:25:23..treated it with a reverence accorded to no other stone.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28They have spent years searching for a single piece.
0:25:28 > 0:25:35Feitsui jade in which I, as a collector, am particularly interested, is extremely valuable.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42- I'm afraid that like most old men with a hobby, I tend to be a bit boring.- Keep going.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47But since my daughter has brought you into this matter...
0:25:47 > 0:25:51I was already in it, up to my eyebrows.
0:25:51 > 0:25:58- So, the whadyacallit you lost was this...Feit Suey? - A necklace, Mr Marlowe.
0:25:58 > 0:26:05- A necklace. 60 beads of about 6 carats each.- Worth how much? - That's difficult to say.
0:26:05 > 0:26:12The Chinese government had a somewhat larger necklace which once brought 125,000.
0:26:15 > 0:26:22You are about to ask why I should be so reckless as to wear an irreplaceable necklace?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Mmmmm... Something like that.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Well, it's unanswerable. I shouldn't have. I should never have worn it out.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37- Where was the stick-up? - Er...if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling rather tired.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Mrs Grayle will tell you anything else you want to know. Goodnight.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51Naturally we're anxious to locate it, Mr Marlowe. I only hope it can be managed without any publicity.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Yes, so do I.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I've had enough polite drinking.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Would you mind...?- Not at all.
0:27:00 > 0:27:08I hadn't supposed there were enough murders these days to make detecting attractive to...a young man.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- I stir up trouble on the side. How much did you give Marriott?- 8,000.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- Cheap.- We guessed they didn't know its real value.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Hmm. Who could have known you were going to wear it that night?
0:27:22 > 0:27:27- My maid. But she's had a hundred chances. Besides, I trust her.- Why?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I don't know. I trust some people... I trust you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- Did you trust Marriott? - Not in some things. In others, yes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42- Aren't detectives heavy drinkers?! - Some are...
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Some just encourage other people to drink.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52- Shall I tell you about the hold-up? - Yes.- Lin was bringing me home. We'd been dancing.
0:27:52 > 0:27:59- Where were you stopped? - Near here. Does it matter? - Not at the moment.
0:27:59 > 0:28:07- How many other pretty guys take you dancing?- I am fond of my husband... - Only his two-step's getting stiff.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- Do you know a Jules Amthor? - I've heard Lin speak of him. Why?
0:28:12 > 0:28:17The cops told me to leave him alone so I'm interested. Is he a bad boy?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20A lot of Lin's friends are, I'm afraid.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Lin was rather a heel himself.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25But he was a nice heel.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30The papers said he wasn't shot. They didn't say how...
0:28:30 > 0:28:35With a sap. Only good. Like an elephant had stepped on his head.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41(How awful...) I feel so responsible but it seemed quite simple to buy it back.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47I've tried to put it together with the hold-up but I can't...
0:28:47 > 0:28:54You know, there was something peculiar about the hold-up. They gave me back one of my rings.
0:28:55 > 0:29:02- What's Amthor's racket? - Some sort of psychic consultant. A quack, probably.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08Lin fancied himself a sculptor. He was mixed up about it. That's why he went to him.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11He couldn't get started for fear of failure.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I wonder if he'd take MY case.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19DOOR OPENS >
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Who was that?- Ann.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Strange child.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- You will help me, won't you? - For love? Or are you paying me?
0:29:43 > 0:29:48- I never hired a detective before. How much?- As much as you can bear.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- When can you start?- I HAVE.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- How can I find Amthor? - He can be quite inaccessible.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Yes? Mr Amthor is here. Show him in.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Don't look so...judicial ! He really IS inaccessible.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10I hadn't the faintest idea he was coming. I haven't seen him in months!
0:30:12 > 0:30:19- How do you spend your evenings? - Recently with the cops.- Then what? - I'm in the book.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Let's see what's on his mind.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Oh, I'm sorry.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30Mr Amthor. Mr Marlowe - a private detective. He was with Lin when...
0:30:30 > 0:30:34I was hired as a bodyguard but I bungled.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Forgive me for not coming sooner. Such a shock.
0:30:39 > 0:30:46These things are so difficult to believe. A close friend... What COULD have happened?
0:30:46 > 0:30:53- I have my notions. Like to help me work them out?- I fear I wouldn't make a good detective and I'm...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55..Inaccessible?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57How do you think I could help you?
0:30:57 > 0:31:04I spent last night with the police. They assumed that if I knew Marriott, I knew you.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08They said you bite. You look harmless to me.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14- I'll gladly arrange an interview if you... - Leave the number with Mrs Grayle.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18By the way, I'll bring my own crystal ball.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Hey!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- How do I get outta this fun-house? - This way, sir.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38KNOCK ON DOOR
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Come in! It's on the bed.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Hey, it's 6 weeks since you sent your laundry out. You in love?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Bring it back tomorrow.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06H'mmm, you've got a nice build for a private detective.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11- It gets me around.- How does one get to BE a private detective?
0:32:11 > 0:32:17- Don't mind me sizing you up. - Most are ex-cops. I worked for the D.A. I got fired.
0:32:17 > 0:32:24- Not for incompetence ?! - For talking back. But you didn't drop in to get my biography.
0:32:24 > 0:32:30I thought you'd like to know what Amthor said. And I wanted to give you your retainer.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37It'll do.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40If the cops get to you, you sent for me.
0:32:40 > 0:32:47- I didn't want to, but you hired me. - Do they have to know about ME? - Would that bother you?
0:32:47 > 0:32:55We live by ourselves. My husband has a morbid fear of any kind of publicity. He's not strong.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I'll manage it. What about Amthor?
0:32:57 > 0:33:05- I don't like being rushed. - I figured you were on the town and just stopped by...- Ohhh...
0:33:05 > 0:33:12- I was hoping you'd buy me a drink somewhere. Or don't you ever relax? - Not in public. It's too crowded.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- Do you like the Cocoanut Beach Club? - I prefer drive-ins.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21The lights would flatter you, maybe even mellow you.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27- It's the sort of place where you have to wear a shirt. - Be right with you.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32EASTERN MUSIC PLAYS
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- I'll go powder my nose. - You GOT powder on it!
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Mr Marlowe...
0:34:15 > 0:34:23Look, I like you but I don't like games. Jealous of your step-mother? We'll talk about it tomorrow.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25I don't want you two tangling in public.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29We won't. You're being side-tracked. Helen's gone.
0:34:29 > 0:34:36- What do you mean, side-tracked? - You'll find out. Now let me speak my piece.- Tell me...
0:34:36 > 0:34:42- Do you get ALL your information just by eavesdropping? - What did she ask you to do?
0:34:42 > 0:34:49She wanted me to kiss her and find her jade necklace, not necessarily in that order.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54You're a businessman. Whatever she's paying you, I'll up it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Just stay away from her. Forget the whole thing.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Why are you looking at me like that?
0:35:01 > 0:35:07- I don't know... - Surely I'm not corrupting you(!) You've been bought off before!
0:35:07 > 0:35:13- I seem to remember you from one of my dreams.- How about 1,000?
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Well?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Stick around. I'll be right back.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39- It's the babe.- Don't you want me to have any love-life at all?! - It's the babe.
0:35:39 > 0:35:46- Look, you hired me, so stop following me or I'll get mad.- It's the babe. I like you to meet a guy.
0:35:46 > 0:35:52- Take it easy or I'll get gangrene! - I like you to meet a guy. - OK... OK!
0:36:20 > 0:36:24You DO go for the showgirl type.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Cute, huh?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29C'mon. I like you to meet a guy.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Why don't we go up the front way? Your friend behind in his rent?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Come on.- Hmmh?
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Oh, that! I hardly every shoot anybody with it.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07On clear days, Mr Marlowe...
0:38:07 > 0:38:10you can see the ships in San Pedro harbour.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14I trust you brought your crystal ball.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24- I don't get it.- You mean there ARE some things you do not understand?!
0:38:24 > 0:38:30Aren't private detectives omniscient? Or is that only true in fiction?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33OK, ask him now. Patience.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Ask him what? Do your own asking!
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Easy, big boy. The Boss wants a talk with him.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Now...
0:38:44 > 0:38:49I believe you wanted to discuss my relationship with the police.
0:38:49 > 0:38:57- I usually come in through the FRONT door.- I wanted to take you on the wing. An old psychological trick.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04- Gets closer to the real man. - Where'd you pick up Molloy? - Hmm... My dear Mr Marlowe,
0:39:04 > 0:39:09I notice in you an unpleasant tendency toward abrupt transitions.
0:39:09 > 0:39:15But I must insist on some sort of logical progression. Now, the police.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Either they've got something on you or they're trying to get it.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25I was just baiting you. An old psychological trick, Gran'pa.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27What's your racket?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I am in a very sensitive profession.
0:39:32 > 0:39:38I am a quack, which is to say I'm ahead of my time in psychic treatment.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44Some people would like to show me in a bad light. Maybe THEY went to the police.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46That is it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:52Sorry if I have upset your doubtless more elaborate theories about me.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57My theory is pretty simple. This is it - Marriott blackmailed women.
0:39:57 > 0:40:05He was good. Women liked him. His interest in clothes and jewellery came easy. But he didn't work alone.
0:40:05 > 0:40:12Someone told him which women to cultivate. And he tipped him about where to operate.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18And that is your picture of Marriott and me?!
0:40:19 > 0:40:24I am slightly disgusted and very disappointed.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29Don't look now... but Gussie the Gun Collecor's back.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36I am VERY disappointed in you. Your thinking is untidy, like most so-called thinking today.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Depressing.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43Suppose your theory were correct. I would have Mrs Grayle's jade now.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Unless something went wrong.- Like?
0:40:46 > 0:40:54Marriott could have lost his nerve, found a private dick that would risk his neck for 100 bucks.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59He might get ambitious and want his own jade necklace in the bank.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05Would this hypothetical detective... part with the necklace for a payment?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Could be. If he had it. How big a payment?
0:41:08 > 0:41:16He'd have to produce the necklace. He might be bluffing, hoping to gain information.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22- In which case a great thinker might get the idea of trying to shake it out of him.- Would you suggest that?
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Only if you wanted to wear your face backwards.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34No need for us to be at each other's throats. Nor for subterfuge.
0:41:34 > 0:41:41I want that jade. I'm prepared to buy it from you, if you have it. Or if you can get it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Supposing I haven't got it? Or don't want to sell?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47< DOOR OPENS
0:41:49 > 0:41:51You get him to tell you yet?
0:41:51 > 0:41:54He refuses to tell me where she is.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00- I gave you dough. Where you got her? - Who says I got her?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Don't kid with me. He's lying. He knows.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Easy...
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- How'd you get mixed up with these cookies? - He tells me about you.
0:42:15 > 0:42:22He's nuts! He just picked you to do his dirty work. He's after some jewellery. Ask HIM about Velma!
0:42:22 > 0:42:27- I gave you dough. WHERE you GOT her?- I haven't got her!
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Where's the necklace? You shouldn't 'ave hit me.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Let him breathe a little.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- Where's the necklace? - I...haven't...got it.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47More.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Let him go. He's tame.
0:42:58 > 0:43:05I COULD teach you, but to what purpose? A dirty stupid little man in a dirty stupid world.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Shine a light on you, you'd still be the same.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I'm glad you hit me.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20It helps... Helps me a great deal!
0:43:27 > 0:43:31'The black pool opened up again and I dived in.
0:43:32 > 0:43:37'Next thing I remember, I was going somewhere. It was NOT my idea.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39'The rest of it...
0:43:39 > 0:43:42'was a crazy cold-cut dream.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45'I had never been there before.'
0:43:49 > 0:43:53AMTHOR'S VOICE: Where's the necklace?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12You shouldn't 'ave hit me.
0:44:57 > 0:45:02'The window was open, but the smoke didn't move.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06'It was a grey web woven by a thousand spiders.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10'I wondered how they got them to work together.'
0:45:15 > 0:45:17HELP!
0:45:19 > 0:45:22HALF-SOBBING/HALF-LAUGHING
0:45:22 > 0:45:25What's so funny, pally?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Ohh...the smoke.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Yeah?
0:45:34 > 0:45:40- Wh-where am I?- You wanna know where you're at? Anything else, pally?
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- SNIVELLING: - The...doors...are too SMALL.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46The stairs are...made of dough.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50I think this guy's nuts. Do YOU think he's nuts?
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Aw, skip it...
0:45:54 > 0:45:59- I think I'll take a nap again. - Better make it just that, pally.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06MARLOWE GROANS
0:46:18 > 0:46:23'My throat felt sore...but my fingers didn't feel anything.
0:46:23 > 0:46:28'They were just a bunch of bananas that looked like fingers.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37'I wondered what I was shot full of.
0:46:37 > 0:46:43'Something to keep me quiet? Or make me talk? ..Maybe both.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53'"OK, Marlowe," I said to myself, "you're a tough guy.
0:46:53 > 0:47:00'"You've been sapped twice, choked, beaten silly with a gun, shot in the arm till you're crazy.
0:47:00 > 0:47:06'"Now do something REALLY tough - like putting your pants on.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36'"OK, you cuckoo... Walk.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41'"And talk! What about? Anything. Everything!
0:47:41 > 0:47:45'"Just talk... And keep walking! You're getting out of here.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48'"That's a beautiful bed...
0:47:48 > 0:47:50'"Stay OFF it!
0:47:51 > 0:47:53'"WALK !"
0:48:01 > 0:48:03'I walked.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07'I don't know how long, I didn't have a watch.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11'They don't make that kind of time in watches, anyway.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21'Hey, I was ready to talk to somebody!'
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Help! HELP!
0:49:07 > 0:49:10That'll quiet your nerves...pally!
0:50:26 > 0:50:30The buzzer won't buy anything, Doc. Nursey's sleeping(!)
0:50:36 > 0:50:41For three days you've been a sick man, a VERY sick man.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44I cannot recommend your being up...
0:50:48 > 0:50:55I had a nightmare... Crazy things! I slept... I woke up and the room was full of smoke!
0:50:55 > 0:50:59I WAS a sick man! Instead of pink snakes, I got smoke!
0:51:00 > 0:51:06Well, here I am...all cured. What were you saying?
0:51:06 > 0:51:13- I made no remark.- Remarks WANT you to make 'em! Their tongues are hangin' out waitin'!
0:51:13 > 0:51:20- I am Dr Sonderborg. You have been suffering from narcotic poisoning. - Yeah, that YOU pumped me full of!
0:51:20 > 0:51:23Speak up! I'm in a wild mood tonight!
0:51:24 > 0:51:29I wanna go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.
0:51:29 > 0:51:36- I haven't shot a man...in a week! - You very nearly died, sir. I had to give you Digitalis.
0:51:36 > 0:51:41Also a little something to make me talk? Talk about what?
0:51:41 > 0:51:47Maybe about a jade necklace? Was I good telling you about what I don't have?
0:51:47 > 0:51:52Did the customers like me? Or will Amthor be disappointed in you?
0:51:53 > 0:51:56Never...disappoint Mr Amthor.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59It...depresses him.
0:52:02 > 0:52:10You are not well, Mr Marlowe. You could collapse at any time. I insist upon you going back to bed.
0:52:10 > 0:52:11Please...
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Now, the gun, please.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22The GUN, please.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24I strongly advise...
0:52:25 > 0:52:31When you got a gun, people are supposed to do what you tell 'em!
0:52:31 > 0:52:34I am afraid you are going to faint, Mr Marlowe.
0:52:34 > 0:52:39Tie a ribbon on it! The one to the front door, Doc!
0:52:47 > 0:52:50The girls must have a great time with you(!)
0:53:11 > 0:53:15- I'm booked, captain.- Look, pal, I... - I'm BOOKED, captain!
0:53:35 > 0:53:40You ain't in good shape. Don't fight with me. I don't like fighting with nobody.
0:53:40 > 0:53:47- So you were making love to me?! - I like you to keep looking for Velma.- You're crazy as a rabbit!
0:53:47 > 0:53:54- He sent after me.- Who? The smart thinker, Amthor? - He was kidding with me.
0:53:54 > 0:54:02He was kidding the pants off you... so you wouldn't find your gal. Nobody's SUPPOSED to find her!
0:54:02 > 0:54:05I think he's got other plans for her.
0:54:06 > 0:54:11- You ain't in good shape. I better help you.- Then get me a cab!
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Hey...!
0:54:16 > 0:54:20You take my friend! I GOT a fare. The flag's down!
0:54:25 > 0:54:28You take my friend! Oh...sure!
0:54:32 > 0:54:38'I said something wrong there, I knew it. He was too anxious to get rid of me.
0:54:38 > 0:54:44'His brain was working. I don't know how, but it was working - at the wrong time.
0:54:44 > 0:54:51'I wanted to sleep a couple of hundred years but I couldn't. Nulty was watching my apartment.
0:54:51 > 0:54:59'So I decided to call on Ann to find out why she was living alone and if she really liked it.'
0:55:16 > 0:55:22- What do YOU want?- Black coffee, eggs and a Scotch and soda. - Go away!- Excuse me...
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Oh, yes...a nice place.
0:55:35 > 0:55:43But why? No room in the palace?! No old ballroom you could sleep in?! Or don't you like it there?
0:55:48 > 0:55:53I'm broke out with cops. They're all over my place and the office.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57They may just want a chat but I'm not ready yet.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01- I might have to live here a few days.- Get out!
0:56:01 > 0:56:08I'm a man who's just back from the brink of the grave. Helen fixed me a blind date with Amthor.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12What happened? Are you all right?
0:56:12 > 0:56:17They gave me a cute time for three days. I'm not supposed to be alive.
0:56:18 > 0:56:25- Say that again.- What?- The last thing you said.- I said, "What happened? Are YOU all right?"
0:56:29 > 0:56:36What's the matter? Why do you keep looking at me as if I had a hole in my head?
0:56:36 > 0:56:43Why were you in the canyon the night Marriott was killed? I've just remembered...
0:56:43 > 0:56:51Somebody...with a flashlight... asked me if I was all right. And then SHE said 'What happened?'
0:56:51 > 0:56:55A girl with red hair, a crooked nose and a nice figure.
0:56:55 > 0:57:01- I didn't kill Marriott. - You weren't just taking a hike! You knew something was up.
0:57:01 > 0:57:07You probably overheard Marriott and Helen making arrangements about the jade.
0:57:07 > 0:57:15- You knew they were 'good friends'! - I didn't kill him.- You don't like anyone or anything to do with Helen!
0:57:15 > 0:57:22- I HATE her!- That doesn't make sense. - But she's married to my father and means a lot to him.
0:57:22 > 0:57:29I'm fond of my father but you wouldn't understand that. It has nothing to do with money.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33I just don't want anything to hurt him.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37Marriott playing around with his wife would hurt him.
0:57:37 > 0:57:43- If he decided to kill Marriott, you'd protect him.- No, not Father!
0:57:43 > 0:57:50No, I don't buy it, either...yet. I was just trying it on for size. A lot of things still don't fit.
0:57:50 > 0:57:56Like how you could show up in my office the next day, acting a reporter.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05I found this on Marriott.
0:58:05 > 0:58:12- You went through his pockets? That took a strong stomach. Like to work for me?- I'm flattered(!)
0:58:12 > 0:58:15- Look, I've got a date. Go home.- I can't.
0:58:15 > 0:58:22A bundle is sitting on my doorstep playing at not-looking-like-a-cop, but he's terrible at it.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS
0:58:24 > 0:58:28Get rid of him. Tell him we're having a quiet supper.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36Yes? A word with your boyfriend.
0:58:36 > 0:58:39- I really don't... - Come in, Lieutenant.
0:58:39 > 0:58:43- You're ruining my love-life. - Come on. Let's go.
0:58:43 > 0:58:47We were just sitting down to some supper. Join us?
0:58:47 > 0:58:51I gave you good advice. I guess it didn't take.
0:58:51 > 0:58:56I didn't get around to bothering Amthor. He got to ME.
0:58:56 > 0:59:00- He gave me quite a party. - ..How'd it go?
0:59:01 > 0:59:08What'll it buy me? Look, you want to get Amthor. I want to help you. He annoyed me.
0:59:08 > 0:59:12You can have it cheap. Just let me finish my dinner.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14< OK.
0:59:14 > 0:59:18Come in, Nulty. Make yourself at home.
0:59:18 > 0:59:25Amthor works some kind of jewellery routine on gals who come to him with broken-down libidos.
0:59:25 > 0:59:30- Marriott was his contact man. - Get to the new part.
0:59:30 > 0:59:37Marriott was supposedly buying back a 100,000 jade necklace belonging to one of Amthor's patients.
0:59:38 > 0:59:44- Maybe Marriott was crossing Amthor. Anyway, he fumbled the ball. - Just theory!
0:59:44 > 0:59:49Amthor figured I picked it up. But I didn't. And I didn't talk.
0:59:49 > 0:59:56But he has a little rest home where you learn to talk, run by a Dr Sonderborg.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00He's a whizz with a hypo. It's at 23rd and Descanso.
1:00:04 > 1:00:09- Who owns this jade?- I told you. One of Amthor's patients.- Name?
1:00:11 > 1:00:12..Dunno.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15Goodbye, Miss Grayle. Oh...
1:00:15 > 1:00:21When did you last visit your father? Some days ago. Is something wrong?
1:00:21 > 1:00:28By the way, don't make a habit of helping me. I might get grateful and lock you up!
1:00:32 > 1:00:39- How could he know about me?- I don't know. Cops that go to college get too smart! Fix your face.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42We're off to Buckingham Palace. Ohhh....
1:00:43 > 1:00:49- What is it?- Funny, but every 3rd day I get hungry and need to eat something(!)
1:00:57 > 1:01:05Got a razor? Aw, never mind. I'll have to stop at my place. This suit's beginning to crawl.
1:01:05 > 1:01:08I've got another one under the mattress...
1:01:08 > 1:01:12I'm a little beat for this kind of work(!)
1:01:12 > 1:01:18I think you're nuts. You barge around without a clear idea of what you're doing.
1:01:18 > 1:01:25Everybody bats you down, smacks you over the head, fills you full of stuff, and you keep on hitting!
1:01:25 > 1:01:28Do you know which side you're on?
1:01:28 > 1:01:32I don't even know who's playing today!
1:01:32 > 1:01:37Whatever, you must believe in Father. He's no match for anybody.
1:01:37 > 1:01:44Randall probably knows about Helen and Marriott - maybe not about your father. We'll know soon.
1:01:44 > 1:01:48Make the coffee with Scotch. It'll save time.
1:02:03 > 1:02:06He must be in his workshop.
1:02:16 > 1:02:17Father! >
1:02:19 > 1:02:21What are you going to do?
1:02:21 > 1:02:25I don't know. I was frightened. ..I AM frightened.
1:02:25 > 1:02:31- Police been here?- Yes. What's it about?- Don't know. Did they see your wife?
1:02:31 > 1:02:34No, she went away yesterday morning.
1:02:34 > 1:02:39- Has she been with YOU? - What did they say?
1:02:39 > 1:02:42Their main interest was in our beach house.
1:02:42 > 1:02:46Mr Marriott rented it, indirectly, through my bank.
1:02:46 > 1:02:52- That'll keep Randall busy! OK, let's go see it! - No, Mr Marlowe!- Why not?
1:02:52 > 1:02:57- Because this thing has gone too far! - Or maybe come too close?
1:02:58 > 1:03:03I don't say you killed Marriott but you COULD have.
1:03:03 > 1:03:08Look, pop. The cops are mad. They're gonna tag somebody.
1:03:08 > 1:03:15I'm on the pay-roll here but I don't work by push-buttons! I've got to have reasons!
1:03:16 > 1:03:19Forgive me, Mr Marlowe.
1:03:19 > 1:03:22Forgive me, please.
1:03:22 > 1:03:27I am an old man, you can see that. I only have two interests in life -
1:03:27 > 1:03:32my jade and my wife... Oh, and of course, my daughter here.
1:03:34 > 1:03:36But my wife's the most important.
1:03:36 > 1:03:42- Do you find her beautiful?- Why not? - She IS beautiful...and desirable.
1:03:42 > 1:03:48Maybe you think it improper for an old man to have a young, desirable wife.
1:03:48 > 1:03:51I've pretended to myself...
1:03:51 > 1:03:57that she would have become my wife even if I'd been unable to give her wealth.
1:03:57 > 1:04:03I have enjoyed the pretence. It gave me great happiness... and pride, of course.
1:04:05 > 1:04:08But now...I'm losing her.
1:04:08 > 1:04:12I don't know what's happened but I'm losing her.
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Ironic that it's because of my jade...
1:04:15 > 1:04:17Because of that, a man has died -
1:04:17 > 1:04:22a paltry, foppish man of no consequence, who's better dead!
1:04:22 > 1:04:28Nevertheless, he's dead because of my necklace. (I don't know why...)
1:04:29 > 1:04:35But it must stop. It must stop, Mr Marlowe! It must STOP!
1:04:39 > 1:04:46- What do you want me to do about it? - You must go no further. I'll pay you well.
1:04:48 > 1:04:50Aah! Its makes sense...sort of.
1:04:50 > 1:04:58I get dragged in and get money shoved at me. I get pushed out and get money shoved at me!
1:04:58 > 1:05:01Nobody wants me to DO anything!
1:05:02 > 1:05:05OK... Put a cheque in the mail.
1:05:05 > 1:05:08It costs a lot not to do anything.
1:05:08 > 1:05:14- I get restless. Throw in a trip to Mexico! - I'll be right back, Father.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26- Got a key to the beach house?- But...
1:05:26 > 1:05:32Sure, as far as he's concerned, it's over. But that doesn't stop anything.
1:05:32 > 1:05:40- OK, so I hide under the covers. Do the police stop? Does Helen? Do YOU?- What do you mean?
1:05:40 > 1:05:43I don't always know what I mean!
1:05:43 > 1:05:49- But I DO know a cancer doesn't stop because you ask it to! - You are vicious!
1:05:49 > 1:05:54- You enjoy seeing people torn apart! - They're headed for it anyway!
1:05:54 > 1:05:59You're hanging on to something that's gonna smack you!
1:05:59 > 1:06:05If I stick, it smacks you sooner... but cleaner! Maybe that's why I'm sticking.
1:06:05 > 1:06:09Aww, I'd stick anyway because a guy who hired me got killed.
1:06:09 > 1:06:14I don't want my kids to think I had to hit a guy 20 times to kill him.
1:06:14 > 1:06:17I could bust in...
1:06:19 > 1:06:21You drive.
1:06:44 > 1:06:48- Is that you?- Is what me? - That nice, expensive smell.
1:06:51 > 1:06:54Quite a lad!
1:07:20 > 1:07:22- Someone's been here.- Sure.
1:07:23 > 1:07:30That's the first thing Randall does after a man's been murdered - mess up his house.
1:07:34 > 1:07:35Here.
1:07:39 > 1:07:42Does that prove something?
1:07:42 > 1:07:50He said he found my name in the classified ads. Maybe he did. Or maybe somebody told him about me.
1:07:50 > 1:07:57- But you had nothing to do with this until he came to see you. Or did you?- I don't know.
1:07:57 > 1:08:04There are a lot of things about this I don't know. The only man who DID know is dead.
1:08:04 > 1:08:10- Marriott?- Yeah.- I- can only keep guessing.- Well, let's go guess someplace else.
1:08:10 > 1:08:17As for YOU, all you've told me is that you went out to the canyon because you like your father.
1:08:17 > 1:08:24- I guess you thought he might kill Marriott but you found ME there, not him.- Please, let's go.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27OK.
1:08:27 > 1:08:34- That's a cute nose, even if it IS crooked.- It isn't crooked. It has a bump where a baseball hit me...
1:08:34 > 1:08:38I was playing short-stop for the 7th grade...
1:08:42 > 1:08:45I'm a pretty good guesser, huh?
1:08:46 > 1:08:53Your father loves Helen. Marriott did hurt him. You were afraid I was another Marriott.
1:08:53 > 1:08:59So you tried to buy me off. That didn't work and I began to suspect your father.
1:08:59 > 1:09:07A tough guesser might say that when he couldn't buy me off, either, you decided to be nice to me.
1:09:08 > 1:09:10I don't always guess right...
1:09:10 > 1:09:12I think I'm wrong.
1:09:12 > 1:09:17Sometimes I HATE men! ALL men! Old men, young men...
1:09:17 > 1:09:23beautiful men and almost-heels who are private detectives!
1:09:23 > 1:09:26MOCKING LAUGHTER >
1:09:26 > 1:09:31I couldn't help laughing. You should know by now that men play rough!
1:09:31 > 1:09:36They soften you up and then belt you one!
1:09:36 > 1:09:41Maybe that'll teach you not to overplay a good hand. Now you know. She HATES men!
1:09:41 > 1:09:46That was only the first half of the speech. Here's the rest!
1:09:46 > 1:09:50I hate their women, too - especially big-league
1:09:50 > 1:09:54beautiful blonde babes who know what they've got!
1:09:54 > 1:10:00All bubble-bath, dewy morning and moonlight...but inside,
1:10:00 > 1:10:05blue-steel cold, cold like that, only not that clean.
1:10:05 > 1:10:08..Your slip shows, dear (!)
1:10:14 > 1:10:18Father's worried. I'll tell him you're all right.
1:10:19 > 1:10:26- How long have you been here? - Since yesterday.- Smart thinking. It's a good place to hide.
1:10:26 > 1:10:31- You're very good at throwing stray lambs to the wolves!- Please...
1:10:31 > 1:10:36You hired me to get your necklace. You were gonna help me.
1:10:36 > 1:10:43- So you stand me up...- I...- And tell Amthor where to pick me up... - I thought you might have it.
1:10:43 > 1:10:47- What gave you that idea? - You COULD have had it.
1:10:48 > 1:10:52- Was it... Was it bad? - It almost made me mad!
1:10:52 > 1:10:58- How long HAVE you known Amthor? - I don't lie very well, do I?- Well ?
1:10:59 > 1:11:04- Well...it's a long story.- I got lots of time and I'm not squeamish.
1:11:13 > 1:11:15Amthor is blackmailing me.
1:11:18 > 1:11:20I kinda figured that. How?
1:11:20 > 1:11:25My husband is 65 and in love with me. I'm fond of him and I'm grateful.
1:11:25 > 1:11:28He's been understanding but...
1:11:29 > 1:11:32I've gone out with other men.
1:11:34 > 1:11:37I find men VERY attractive.
1:11:37 > 1:11:39I imagine they meet you half-way.
1:11:39 > 1:11:44When I first knew Marriott, I didn't realize how close he was to Amthor.
1:11:44 > 1:11:50It took me a while to discover the real Amthor because he did me a lot of good.
1:11:50 > 1:11:53He treated my centres of speech.
1:11:53 > 1:12:01- No, really! I had a psychological impediment.- He did a swell job. You talk as good as- I- do now(!)
1:12:01 > 1:12:06His system's partly mumbo-jumbo and partly the real thing.
1:12:06 > 1:12:12He flatters you. he gets into your past...and you talk and talk...
1:12:13 > 1:12:20It's the awful way he works - uncovering a basis for blackmail. Finally, he asked for the jade.
1:12:20 > 1:12:28- I had no choice. He knew too much about me. He threatened to go to my husband.- Sounds like some past!
1:12:30 > 1:12:35A younger man than my husband might accept it or get drunk or divorce me.
1:12:35 > 1:12:39But he's not young... I think it would kill him.
1:12:43 > 1:12:48I couldn't risk that. But then the jade was stolen.
1:12:48 > 1:12:55- The man who took it said that if I called the police, my husband would know everything.- H'mmm...
1:12:55 > 1:13:01That makes it an outfit that knew Amthor's methods or was tipped off
1:13:01 > 1:13:06- by someone who knew that he knew - like Marriott.- Yes.
1:13:06 > 1:13:11If he thought Amthor suspected him, he maybe wanted you as protection.
1:13:11 > 1:13:18Amthor had decided to kill him. Maybe he knew about you and counted on you taking the blame.
1:13:18 > 1:13:20It's rough... but I'll buy it so far.
1:13:20 > 1:13:28Amthor was blackmailing you. You decide to fork over the jade. It's stolen, with Marriott's help.
1:13:28 > 1:13:31Amthor kills him. What happens now?
1:13:31 > 1:13:34I want you to help me kill Amthor.
1:13:35 > 1:13:38MARLOWE ALMOST DROPS HIS GLASS
1:13:38 > 1:13:41It's the only way I'll ever have peace.
1:13:41 > 1:13:46It'll go on and on. He'll never be satisfied, even if he gets the jade!
1:13:46 > 1:13:49Why me? Because I know how to use a gun?
1:13:49 > 1:13:53- Or just because I wear pants? - Don't say that.
1:13:53 > 1:13:56Please! I need you so. I'm lost...
1:13:56 > 1:14:02I haven't been good, not half-way good. I haven't even been smart. But...
1:14:02 > 1:14:04I need help...and peace.
1:14:05 > 1:14:08I need YOU...
1:14:13 > 1:14:17- Got anything worked out? - Yes, if I could find him.
1:14:17 > 1:14:23That's probably my fault. I tossed Sonderborg to the cops. Amthor may have skipped.
1:14:23 > 1:14:28Even if we DO find him, we've gotta be good to sell the butcher a steak.
1:14:28 > 1:14:35- Tell him you're ready to sell, that you've got the jade.- HaveI ?- He'll not expect you to have it on you.
1:14:35 > 1:14:40- He'll need time to get the money. Arrange to meet later.- Where?- Here.
1:14:40 > 1:14:47- He'll send a stooge.- No, we don't play that way. We just wait. - OK, then what?- That's MY part.
1:14:47 > 1:14:52- All right. I'll dig him up. - In the morning.- I have work to do.
1:14:54 > 1:14:59You're wonderful. How would you like NOT having to earn a living?
1:15:00 > 1:15:02Wouldn't bother me. Got any ideas?
1:15:03 > 1:15:09- When will you be back?- He's slippery. I'd better not come out till tomorrow night.
1:15:27 > 1:15:31'I went in the way I knew about. It was simpler.
1:15:31 > 1:15:36'And I had a psychological trick to try out on foxy Gran'pa.
1:15:36 > 1:15:40'I thought it would give him a bang.
1:15:41 > 1:15:44'I thought it would kill him.
1:16:19 > 1:16:26'He wasn't hurt much, he was just snapped - the way a pretty girl would snap a stalk of celery.
1:16:26 > 1:16:32'Only for this job, you'd have to be a big man, with a big pair of hands.'
1:17:08 > 1:17:13- I gotta find her NOW. I gotta go away.- Yeah, sounds like a good idea.
1:17:13 > 1:17:17You might get unpopular, breaking guys off at the neck.
1:17:17 > 1:17:25You didn't mean to kill him, you just shook him too hard. Relax, or I won't be able to help you!
1:17:25 > 1:17:27- You find her?- Is that your girl?
1:17:28 > 1:17:30That's your girl, isn't it?
1:17:30 > 1:17:33It says "Always, Velma", doesn't it?
1:17:33 > 1:17:39- I don't like you to kid with me. - Nobody's kidding with you. Somebody's kidding with me.
1:17:39 > 1:17:43I THOUGHT it was a phoney. I had to make sure.
1:17:43 > 1:17:48She wasn't like that. I tell you how she was - cute.
1:17:48 > 1:17:53Cute as a cap pistol. She still is. Do you wanna see her or don't you?
1:17:54 > 1:18:00- You mean, you find her now?- Yeah, I find her. Just now.- She OK ?
1:18:00 > 1:18:03- Depends.- She doin' OK ? - That depends, too.
1:18:03 > 1:18:08You tip the johns off? I wouldn't want her to serve no stretch.
1:18:08 > 1:18:12What stretch? You two mixed up in something together?
1:18:12 > 1:18:15You tip the johns off on her!
1:18:15 > 1:18:20Stop dancin' with me! The johns haven't got her. She's got herself!
1:18:20 > 1:18:26- She wants to talk to you. Of course, things have changed a little in 8 years.- OK!
1:18:26 > 1:18:28Tomorrow.
1:18:28 > 1:18:32OK. I like to pay you some more for finding her.
1:18:35 > 1:18:42Aw, skip it. Here, grab a hamburger and lay low. Be here tomorrow as soon as it's dark.
1:18:55 > 1:18:58- You got that?- Yeah.
1:18:58 > 1:19:03- What do you do?- I wait here. Then I come up.- WHEN do you come up?
1:19:03 > 1:19:05You open the window.
1:19:05 > 1:19:12I open the CURTAINS ! You'll see the light. Don't jump the gun. I'll leave the door open.
1:19:15 > 1:19:18'That was like lighting a stick of dynamite,
1:19:18 > 1:19:20'and telling it not to go off.
1:19:20 > 1:19:25'But I had to know one more thing. I had to know how the jade figured.'
1:19:35 > 1:19:38< KNOCKS SOFTLY ON DOOR
1:19:53 > 1:19:58- You're trembling.- I was afraid something had happened.
1:19:58 > 1:20:03- Did you find Amthor?- He's gone under cover. It'll be around 12.
1:20:03 > 1:20:09- What's the programme? - Pull the curtains and turn on the lights.
1:20:33 > 1:20:37You told Amthor you'd have it for him, didn't you?
1:20:41 > 1:20:48- Well, don't you like it?- Dunno. I've never seen a necklace worth a hundred thousand bucks before.
1:20:48 > 1:20:53- Where'd you get it?- Lower left-hand drawer of my dressing-table.
1:20:53 > 1:20:56It was never stolen?
1:20:56 > 1:20:58There wasn't any hold-up!
1:20:58 > 1:21:05- You faked the whole thing!- I wasn't going to let him get it. I'm not going to let him get it now.
1:21:05 > 1:21:13- We'll let him see it. He'll quibble. - He carries a gun. He may know how to shoot it.- He won't get that far.
1:21:13 > 1:21:18Let's not talk about it now. It's quite simple. Then...this is yours.
1:21:18 > 1:21:23You're too nice to be a grubby detective all your life.
1:21:23 > 1:21:30- You told Marriott it had been stolen. Why?- I had to make him, and Amthor, believe that.
1:21:30 > 1:21:35- So I pretended to buy it back. - Marriott fell for that?- Why not?
1:21:38 > 1:21:42I didn't REALLY like him. He was no good but...
1:21:42 > 1:21:48- Remembering does something to my stomach.- You still think Amthor killed him?- Who else?
1:21:50 > 1:21:52You.
1:21:53 > 1:21:56No! No, you CAN'T mean that!
1:22:02 > 1:22:05- Why?- Because I see the picture different.
1:22:05 > 1:22:12Marriott was scared. He'd agreed to help you kill the nosy detective Mrs Florian phoned him about.
1:22:12 > 1:22:18He had to protect his interest. You belonged to him. And to Amthor.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21And to Mrs Florian. You supported them.
1:22:21 > 1:22:26You wouldn't have been worth blackmailing if I'd found you for Moose.
1:22:26 > 1:22:29He might even have hurt you.
1:22:29 > 1:22:36If Marriott hadn't been so scared, he might have realized you were pushing us BOTH in a corner.
1:22:36 > 1:22:41One of us would get out of the car. It didn't matter which.
1:22:41 > 1:22:45Then you'd tag us, one at a time. Get Amthor later.
1:22:47 > 1:22:53It might have worked, too, if it hadn't been for Ann. Of course, my head's pretty hard.
1:22:53 > 1:22:59- Killing a man with a sap is quiet, but it's no work for a lady.- Don't! It's all true...
1:22:59 > 1:23:05I was trapped! Everybody was closing in on me! I didn't know what I was doing!
1:23:05 > 1:23:12- You almost did it! I almost ended up dead!- I didn't know what to do! But I can't go back now...
1:23:12 > 1:23:14I'm so close to peace. So close...
1:23:14 > 1:23:17Just Amthor.
1:23:17 > 1:23:22But I can't face it alone. Don't desert me now.
1:23:22 > 1:23:24Sorry. It won't work twice.
1:23:27 > 1:23:34But it's a good technique. I don't count the first time, 8 years ago. You were just learning.
1:23:34 > 1:23:40Moose loved you. What did you talk him into? Murder - or something serious (?)
1:23:40 > 1:23:45You almost had me, sister, because you almost told me the truth.
1:23:45 > 1:23:52Sure, Amthor's blackmailing you, but why? It wasn't just men. Pop understood the men.
1:23:52 > 1:23:55That was part of the set-up, an understanding Gran'pa.
1:23:55 > 1:24:02No, it was the clink coming up. It's no good there. You still don't get silk sheets.
1:24:02 > 1:24:04Don't do that!
1:24:05 > 1:24:12I should have told you not to kiss a girl when you're wearing that gun. It leaves a bruise.
1:24:12 > 1:24:15I'll try to remember.
1:24:15 > 1:24:19I could like you... I could like you a lot.
1:24:19 > 1:24:21Too bad it has to be like this...
1:24:21 > 1:24:24C-R-A-S H!
1:24:26 > 1:24:28Don't move!
1:24:28 > 1:24:30Well, come in. Come in!
1:24:34 > 1:24:38Your sense of timing, dear, gets worse.
1:24:38 > 1:24:42- No,- I- insisted on coming. I was worried.
1:24:42 > 1:24:47Why didn't you tell me you were in trouble? I wanted to spare you.
1:24:47 > 1:24:53I might have been able to prevent all this. Now, it's too late.
1:24:53 > 1:24:59If Mr Amthor's coming, I think perhaps you'd better do it quickly.
1:25:02 > 1:25:05..Get his gun.
1:25:06 > 1:25:11HELEN: I've never killed someone I knew so little and liked so well !
1:25:11 > 1:25:15- What's your first name? - Philip...for short.
1:25:15 > 1:25:17Philip.
1:25:17 > 1:25:22Philip Marlowe. A name for a duke - and you're just a nice mug (!)
1:25:22 > 1:25:27I've got a name for a duchess - Mrs Lewin Lockridge Grayle.
1:25:27 > 1:25:30Just a couple of mugs.
1:25:30 > 1:25:34- We could have got along. - What's stopping us now?
1:25:34 > 1:25:39I'll handle Moose. He loves you. He broke Amthor's neck because he loves...
1:25:42 > 1:25:45Then that leaves only you.
1:25:45 > 1:25:51- There's nothing I want to do about you now.- You know too much. It's gone too far.
1:25:52 > 1:25:54And I'm so tired...
1:25:54 > 1:25:57B-A-N-G!
1:26:15 > 1:26:16Police.
1:26:18 > 1:26:23He saved your life! Must he suffer for that? Why must he suffer more?
1:26:23 > 1:26:29- The cops like to solve murders done with my gun.- She's dead. She was evil.
1:26:29 > 1:26:32Does it matter who killed her?
1:26:32 > 1:26:34S-W-I-S-H
1:26:36 > 1:26:39I hear it so I come up.
1:26:43 > 1:26:51- I like to talk to Velma now.- It... didn't work out the way I planned, Moose. You got a refund coming.
1:27:03 > 1:27:06She ain't hardly changed.
1:27:06 > 1:27:08Just like always...
1:27:09 > 1:27:11..only more fancy.
1:27:11 > 1:27:14Cute as lace pants.
1:27:14 > 1:27:15Always.
1:27:15 > 1:27:20MOOSE: I wasn't gonna bother her none if she done all right.
1:27:20 > 1:27:24It was the only thing I could do. Please understand...
1:27:24 > 1:27:30GRAYLE: I couldn't let her go. I loved her too much...
1:27:30 > 1:27:33- You shouldn't 'ave killed her. - Moose!
1:27:33 > 1:27:36- You shouldn't 'ave!- Moose...!
1:27:43 > 1:27:46A SECOND SHOT IS FIRED...AND A THIRD
1:27:46 > 1:27:49ANN SCREAMS
1:27:51 > 1:27:58'That old black pit opened up again, right on schedule, blacker than the others and deeper.
1:27:58 > 1:28:01'I didn't expect to hit bottom.
1:28:01 > 1:28:03'I thought I was full of lead.'
1:28:05 > 1:28:10That's all I know. I don't see so well with my eyeballs scorched.
1:28:10 > 1:28:15I heard the shots. I didn't fire them. I don't know who got hit.
1:28:15 > 1:28:19It wasn't the kid, was it? It wasn't Ann?
1:28:20 > 1:28:23- Randall!- He'll be back in a minute.- Oh.
1:28:23 > 1:28:30- How soon do I get these off, Nulty? - A couple of months, if you live that long.
1:28:38 > 1:28:43- I'm sprung?- Get outta here. I'll have your statement tomorrow.
1:28:43 > 1:28:45Who backed me up?
1:28:46 > 1:28:49Who got shot? I heard three.
1:28:49 > 1:28:52- Molloy. - Dead?- Yeah. And Grayle.
1:28:52 > 1:28:56They fought... Grayle got the third slug himself.
1:28:57 > 1:28:59The kid's OK, then.
1:29:00 > 1:29:06- She thought it over, came around and backed me up?- I didn't say. - She here now?
1:29:07 > 1:29:10No. Nulty, see he gets home.
1:29:10 > 1:29:16- Hey, want a going-away present? - It's yours. She gave it to you.
1:29:16 > 1:29:24- She was going to, if I'd finished the job. Anyway, it doesn't suit my complexion.- What do- I- do with it?
1:29:24 > 1:29:31Give it to your girlfriend. Give it back to China. Strangle yourself with it. I don't care!
1:29:31 > 1:29:38- How about the redhead, pitching for me! How'd she take it about the old man?- I wouldn't know.
1:29:38 > 1:29:41Cute figure, huh?
1:29:42 > 1:29:46- I didn't notice. - You must be low on vitamins.
1:29:48 > 1:29:51She had more than a figure, too.
1:29:51 > 1:29:54- Watch your step.- A good face...
1:29:54 > 1:29:59- Like a Sunday School picnic. Know that kind of face, Nulty?- No.
1:29:59 > 1:30:05Too bad I had to push her around. I wonder how she figured me?
1:30:05 > 1:30:11Not much, probably. I guess she thought I liked that blonde chewing on my face.
1:30:11 > 1:30:14You know, I'd like to tell her.
1:30:14 > 1:30:18- Would there be much percentage in that?- I wouldn't know!
1:30:18 > 1:30:21Hey, cab!
1:30:23 > 1:30:28Watch your head. 1800, South Kingsley. Right.
1:30:39 > 1:30:42HE SNIFFS
1:30:44 > 1:30:47Aw, well... She made swell coffee, anyway.
1:30:48 > 1:30:50Nulty...
1:30:50 > 1:30:55I haven't kissed anybody in a long time. How about I kiss YOU, Nulty?
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