0:00:02 > 0:00:07This film contains very strong language.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58(CHATTER)
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Did he call anyone? - How the hell should I know?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- You said he was distraught. - I didn't say I knew why.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13You don't look too happy either.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19- Excuse me.- That's the fiancee of the deceased, Miss Leonore Lemmon.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The one on the end's a house guest, Robert Condon.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26The other two are friends, Carol Van Ronkel and Bill Bliss.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Bliss found the body.- What time did the party start?- Just after midnight.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32He woke up, came downstairs,
0:01:32 > 0:01:3620 minutes, half an hour, said good night and went back to bed.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39The coroner's ruling indicated suicide.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Paterson.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- (SHUTTER CLICKS) - Captain.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02The fiancee said he was depressed.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Also predicted he would do it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09He went upstairs, she told her pals he was gonna shoot himself.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13So why didn't she stop him?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Maybe she believed what she saw on TV.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18On TV?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Who, him?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Faster than a speeding bullet.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Hmm.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02'(DOG BARKS)'
0:03:10 > 0:03:14'# "Lonely Boy - Paul Anka'
0:03:18 > 0:03:21(KNOCK AT DOOR) '(PANTING / GRUNTING)'
0:03:21 > 0:03:25'(COUGHING)' '(DOG BARKS)'
0:03:27 > 0:03:29'# I'm just a lonely boy'
0:03:31 > 0:03:33'# Lonely and blue #' '(MUSIC STOPS)'
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Oh, hi.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I have new information.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47(CLEARS THROAT) Good.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I went to the office on Rossmore.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The office is occupied by an orthodontist.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58You can imagine my... consternation.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01We're setting up in a better location.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's right off Wilshire, adding an operative.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09But delays, phone lines, so, time being...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13We believe that my wife continues to engage in illicit...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16..carnal relations.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- I'm gonna take care of the mail. - Good.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Um, Mr Sinclair,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31we did check into that and, um,...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33..there was nothin' we came up with.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Yes, well, in that regard, I blame myself.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38(CLEARS THROAT) How's that?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45My wife became aware of a... change in my demeanour
0:04:45 > 0:04:47and curtailed her activities accordingly.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53(CLEARS THROAT) She still at Western Costume?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I drop her off there every morning. What transpires after that...
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- I have fees.- For 50 a day. Three-day minimum. In advance.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10We'll do everything we can.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It's not right, you know.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- His money. - He's nuts.- '(DOG BARKS)'
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Don't give me grief, OK? Nobody said you had to stay in Van Nuys.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42You're the one that wanted a backyard.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47What did I say?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Disneyland.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Hmm. He like it?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Russ took him on a canoe, the Indian Village.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- It seemed to go alright. - Russ.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Russell.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Rusty.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Am I supposed to ask your permission?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I just wanna make sure his intentions are honourable.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Keeping busy? - Yeah. Maybe somethin' big.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- Don't believe me? - Oh, I always believed you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Every time.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Where's Evan?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- What's goin' on?- That actor who shot himself, the one who plays Superman.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- What about him? - It's made him very upset.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- He told you that? - (SCOFFS)
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Every kid on the block is upset.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Scout. Come on. Your old pops is taking you to school.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06What's on your mind, Scout?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Nothing.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Nothing? - Nothing.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21You know, things you see on TV, you know, someone's a cowboy, or...
0:07:21 > 0:07:24..or a spaceman,... it's just pretend, right?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- I know. - You remember we talked about that?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I remember.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32OK.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- Hey, what's this?- I don't know. - Well, why don't you find out?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- You like that? - Kind of.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Come on, turn the knobs.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33(WHISTLES)
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I'm thinkin', "Maybe I ain't the best DI in California,
0:08:51 > 0:08:53but if I can't spot a one-eyed Negro Jew
0:08:53 > 0:08:57sneakin' into a house, it's time to pack it in." (LAUGHS)
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Davis is a very talented performer. (LAUGHS)
0:09:00 > 0:09:02What did Rick do?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06What's the matter, Alpha Beta not hiring any more parking-lot guards?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Not with you moonlighting, Chuck.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Study this gentleman.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Observe him closely, the haircut, the get-up.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Nobody told him the world don't need two Ralph Meekers.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Listen to him, kid. And don't start smokin', either. Filthy habit.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25This isn't show business, pal,... it's just a job.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Punch in every day. Let's get outta here.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I'm still eatin', Chuck.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Come on.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42'Sweetheart, cheque please.'
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Hey, Del.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Rick working you hard? - Payroll scam at Warner's.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- Wow. That's real detective work. - I'm a real detective.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Anything you guys throwing away? - Jesus, Lou.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Look, I'm askin'. The shit you won't touch. Come on.- You will?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11If it puts me in a Fleetwood bigger than Ricky Harris's, yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- He drives a Lincoln.- Come on, Del, feed me somethin'.- Why should I?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Cos you owe me, partner.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28What?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33What? The guy used to play Superman, he shot himself. What?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Someone thinks he didn't. - Oh, yeah? Who?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- His mother. - His mother!
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- How do you know what she thinks? - She tried to hire us this morning.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- What does she have the cops don't? - Look.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52You like a headline, there's a headline.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- What did Rick say? - Maybe you forgot.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03We're paid to keep things out of the newspaper.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Helen Bessolo, she's in from Illinois at the Ambassador.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- And you don't work for Rick Harris. - What?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17When you pitch her,... you're not an associate, you're not a stringer.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Who said I'm pitchin' her?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I'm done eating.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Oh, I forgot. Have one.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Guess who's a daddy. - It's a boy.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48(KNOCK AT DOOR)
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Mrs Bessolo, I'm Louis Simo. I called.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Our children, yes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- They'll always be our babies. - You work for Mr Harris?
0:12:14 > 0:12:19I was an operative at the agency. I... branched out on my own.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22May I?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27There are certain situations the agency is...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..not prepared to handle. They come to me.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- A house full of strangers. - How's that?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39The ones there that night,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Van Ronkel, Bliss and that woman.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46This is Leonore, the fiancee?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Leonore.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51How could you trust anything they say?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Did he give any indication to you?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- About what? - Being, ya know,...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- ..despondent. - Why would he be?
0:13:12 > 0:13:17When was, um,... if I may, the last time you spoke with your son?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Do you know... a Herbert Spirakis?
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Um, no.- He's also an investigator here. Very professional.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35He says I have a case.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Mrs Bessolo, I'm gonna level with you, alright?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42LAPD, Los Angeles Police Department, they don't like to be shown up.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47OK? They've closed the door on your son. It's a suicide, end of story.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49You want that door open again?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53You wanna make the cops and the DA pay attention?
0:13:53 > 0:13:58You need a headline this big,... only with the truth,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02so that everybody knows. OK? You gotta shove it in their faces.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Did Herbert Spirakis tell you that?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I have to pay by cheque.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Five minutes. I didn't let you in.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Hey. The 20?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Right.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Sorry.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Say, you know who people wanted to see?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Lana Turner's guy, um,... Stompanato.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43No kidding.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45I tell ya, that kid of hers,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48the knife was practically sticking out of his ass. Think about -
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- What are these? - Huh?
0:14:53 > 0:14:58These marks. What did he do, beat himself up before he shot himself?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Um,... I don't know.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Don't do that. Hey. I didn't say you could touch anything.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Don't worry about it.- Put it down. The coroner's gonna be back.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- '(DOOR OPENS)' - Ya hear?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19OK, that's it. You gotta go.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22(CHATTER)
0:15:22 > 0:15:25So, pal,... who's TM?
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Come on, what do you say? You help me, I'll help you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36'George. George.'
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Yes?- Don't order any more drinks. I can't afford it.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44You couldn't afford the cover. Hello, Billy Wilder. Hire me, please.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48We're two steps from the men's room. They'll think we're queer.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You do look fetching tonight. (CHUCKLES)
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- OK, I'm leaving. - No, you're not.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57You're gonna stay right here and work the casting guy from Fox.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01You and I will practise being noticed without looking like you're trying.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Fred Zinnemann.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Who? - He's a director. Pictures.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- He hires people.- No-one's gonna hire me, anyway.- (SAW WHIRS)
0:16:13 > 0:16:15(APPLAUSE)
0:16:15 > 0:16:18That's Rita Hayworth.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21George.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24That's Rita Hayworth.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32- You look absolutely ravishing, Rita! - (CHATTER)
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Miss Hayworth, this way. Thank you.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Just made it. - I beg your pardon?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- Into the picture.- Was someone taking a picture? I hadn't noticed.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49(LAUGHS) Mmm.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51My, we're awfully well trained, Mr...?
0:16:51 > 0:16:56- George Reeves.- (LAUGHS) - Was it the line or the delivery?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- I laugh when I'm happy.- I see. Well, who is it I'm making so happy?
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- I'm Toni. - Just a poor girl with no last name.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- (LAUGHS)- I had no idea I could spread this much joy.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Well, who knows what you might be spreading.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Your turn. - I'm afraid you've got me.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17This way, please. Thank you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24For you, sir.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28(SIGHS) George, George, George.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30(INSTRUMENTAL BIG BAND MUSIC)
0:17:30 > 0:17:32That was your first picture?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35That was my very first paid acting role.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Your very first paid acting role was in Gone With The Wind?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- That's right. - And yet I don't remember you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45You don't? How's this? "We want all your waltzes."
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- "First Brent, then me." - You were a Tarleton!- I was.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- You hair was orange. - It was tangerine.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Ah, well. Alright, then, that was your first.- Mmm-hmm.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- What was your last?- That I'm certain you didn't see.- Ha! Try me.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02The Adventures of Sir Galahad.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Saturday-morning serial, very cheap, we all rode the same horse.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Well, I'm sure you did a wonderful job and the children loved you.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14I don't know. It's a lot of waiting, a lot of wanting
0:18:14 > 0:18:17and, somehow, that's your life.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- How dare you? - What?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22How dare you permit me to talk about myself
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- when I am standing next to the most beautiful woman?- (LAUGHS)
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Well, you're an actor. - (LAUGHS)
0:18:28 > 0:18:30And how about you? Hmm?
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Are those friends of yours over at Ciro's?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I know some of them.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Good people to know?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- Not if you know them. (LAUGHS) - Really?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Well, that sounded sad. - Oh! I was aiming for mysterious.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47No, no, no, mysterious is like this...
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Oh, that's good! Do another one! - Alright.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Noble. Stoic.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Heroic.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Bad shellfish. - (BOTH LAUGH)
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Very good. Exactly. - (LAUGHS)
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Well, you don't seem sad. - What if I were?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I won't allow it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm much too old for you, you know.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28(LAUGHS)
0:19:32 > 0:19:34We don't give out that information.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Here's the thing, though.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Mr Tra... The person I work for, he, um...
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I come back empty-handed, I lose my job.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- "Get me that watch that George had," he told me.- George?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- George Reeves. - Oh, Mr Reeves!- Yeah.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55They were very close, like brothers.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59You know, they spoke every week until...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Who do you work for?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07No, I can't. I can't. I just do what I'm told.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The rest of the world knew what these stars are really like...
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Well, we got some stories, right? - (CHUCKLES)
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Hold on.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27A gold Chopard Quattro.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Unfortunately, no longer made. - Uh-oh.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- He was a good customer?- Oh, no, these are Mrs Mannix's account.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39She, um,... she bought him a lotta things, you know?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Of course. Say no more.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Maybe there's some old stock.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I'd be grateful.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00No luck, huh?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03God. I better go break the bad news.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- If I showed you something else? - No, I don't think that's gonna help.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Spencer Tracy.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Now, how the heck did...? - I'd heard he can be difficult.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Oh. Between you and me,... a complete prick.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01(SIGHS)
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Good morning.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Good morning,...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42..Mrs Mannix.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I don't have a problem with a man drinking before breakfast, but...
0:23:03 > 0:23:06..it is impolite not to offer me any.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Your husband... is the general manager of MGM.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23He gives the word, I'm stuck doing serials for the rest of my life.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- He would never do that. - No? Why not?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- Because it would hurt me. - What about me?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34It would hurt both of us.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Look, whatever I said last night... - It sounded true.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Was it, or were you acting?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It was true.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Listen,... Eddie's got a mistress,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57a Japanese girl, very sweet.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00An apartment in Brentwood, a cabin up in Big Bear.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03And what do you have?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I have another seven good years,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11then my ass drops like a duffel bag.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Well, it seems alright now.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Thank you for noticing.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Tell me the truth.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Did you think I could help you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I thought that you were the most beautiful girl in the room.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- And, yes, I did. - (SIGHS)
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Do you know who you looked like? - Hmm?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Sir Galahad.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39(GROANS)
0:24:41 > 0:24:45George, nobody ever asks to be happy later.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Tell me what you want.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51You can have it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Should I leave?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04No,... you should stay.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I got a fiancee, a mistress. A former mistress.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I'm not really sure on that yet, but I got bruises on the body... What?
0:25:27 > 0:25:31After you dropped her off, she, um, never left the building.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I can't swear that nothin' went on in there, but she never left.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- There's an entrance in the rear. - OK.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41And a loading dock.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Neither would be visible from your vantage point.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Look, Mr Sinclair, maybe,... you know, you and your wife
0:25:52 > 0:25:55need to sit down and have a conversation and -
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- This man. Here.- He works there. - No, I've seen him before.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Mr Simo, I have utter faith in your abilities,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07but you might wish to entertain the notion
0:26:07 > 0:26:09there is more going on than you realise.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14"I, George Bessolo Reeves,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17being of sound and disposing mind and memory,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19do declare this my last will and testament."
0:26:19 > 0:26:23"I hereby give, devise and bequeath all monies and personal property
0:26:23 > 0:26:27owned by me at the time of my death to Toni Lanier Mannix."
0:26:27 > 0:26:29What?!
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Maybe there's another will. - There goddamn better be.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Miss Lemmon, can I talk to you?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I'm Louis Simo, I'm a private investigator.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41I've been retained by Helen, the bereaved mother of your...
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Bitch!- I agree. - ..of your late fiance.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- Could I ask a few questions? - You're not an investigator.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Yes, I am, ma'am. I am licensed by the state of California.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- You know what he is? A catfish. - Mmm-hmm.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Go clean the mud outta your whiskers.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01A catfish?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Sir, can you look this way? - Excuse me.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Are you the Times? - I'm the Times.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17You're the Times? What do you think about Superman offing himself
0:27:17 > 0:27:19and cutting his fiancee outta the picture?
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Leaving the green to Eddie Mannix's wife? Huh? Like she needs the dough.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Hell hath no fury, huh? - (LAUGHS)
0:27:26 > 0:27:28People get killed for less than that.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- You saying Reeves was murdered? - That's a heck of a question.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- What's your name? - Louis Simo.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38S-I-M-O.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40# "Cheek to Cheek" - Irving Berlin
0:27:52 > 0:27:55(CLEARS THROAT)
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Did you go to the doctor? - I went.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- What did he say? - Those guys, they're all frauds.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Not a very helpful attitude.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Well, somethin' has to kill ya. Don't it?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- Oh, I guess so. - You under contract?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- I was, at Warner's. - But now you're not?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Now, no. No. - Tough game.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Well, I'm always ready to play.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29George was in Gone With The Wind.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31That picture made money.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- So what brought you to Los Angeles, Miss Yoshida?- Don't talk to her.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- I'm sorry? - She doesn't speak English.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Oh. Oh. Yes.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52(CLEARS THROAT)
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Eddie, I've found a darling place up on Benedict.- Uh-huh.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00It's about 12,000. I'd like to buy it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Well,... it's a good investment.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- Right?- Well, you know what they say about land. They...
0:29:09 > 0:29:12They're not making any more of it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- What's not on the menu?- We have some very nice Blue Points set aside.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- How's the flank steak? - Very good.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Bring me that, the Cobb salad, dressing on the side.- (LAUGHS)
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- Baked... - (LAUGHS) I'm sorry.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30My wife will take another Gibson.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Well, what do you think?
0:29:35 > 0:29:38The most I got from a girlfriend was a tie.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- Just how Toni does things, I guess. - You should be happy, George.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- Wouldn't mind a job.- Well, maybe she can put in a word with her...
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Hmm. Hey, um,... take it.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55- What's this?- It's a coupla hundred. - Why are you giving it to me?
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Cos I got it and you need it. Go ahead, kid, make your first million.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Your talent is required! - Alright.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05(GUITAR MUSIC) (MEN SING IN SPANISH)
0:30:33 > 0:30:36(CHATTER)
0:30:43 > 0:30:45'Lois and Jimmy, what have you done with them?!'
0:30:45 > 0:30:47'They're safe, Superman,
0:30:47 > 0:30:51but don't get any big ideas about stopping the robbery.'
0:30:51 > 0:30:54'Alright, you win this time, but if something happens to them,
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I promise, you'll wish this day never arrived!'
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Whenever you're ready, George.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Alright.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07They're safe for now, Superman,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11but don't get any big ideas about stopping the robbery.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Actually, George, you're reading the other role.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- Oh, um,... Superman? - Yeah.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20He's, you know, the hero.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- I suppose I've always felt more the criminal type.- (SIGHS)
0:31:24 > 0:31:26We're looking for a new take here, George,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30someone the kids will buy, but adults, too. It needs a real actor.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35What's the worst that could happen? We offer you the part.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Well,... OK. (CLEARS THROAT)
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Alright, Mr Prince, I got your message. What is it you want?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It's not what I want, it's what you want.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Listen, I'm not in the mood for games,
0:31:52 > 0:31:56but I promise you this, if anything happens to Lois or to Jimmy...
0:31:56 > 0:31:59(GROANS)
0:32:00 > 0:32:05An actor can't always act. Sometimes he has to work.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09You're talking to a man who defended Camelot with a cardboard sword.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- I enjoyed you in that.- You were the oldest boy in the theatre, Art.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Look, it's a dirt-cheap kiddie show. It doesn't even have a sponsor.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Odds are no-one's ever gonna see it. - It's sounding better and better(!)
0:32:20 > 0:32:23And you need the money.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- There's money. - I mean, money of your own.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Aw, come on, George.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- What do you want from life? - Oh, I dunno.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40I'd settle for Clark Gable's career.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Take the job. Cash the cheque.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Can I tell you something, Art, seriously?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- Of course.- You're beautiful when you take your glasses off.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- (LAUGHS)- (CHUCKLES) - So does this mean we're saying yes?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Why is it so drab? Superman was blue and red.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Not on TV, not enough contrast.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08But maybe if the show flies, they might film in colour
0:33:08 > 0:33:10for when the colour sets... come out.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Then I'll get to wear the blue and red.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24(SIGHS) I look like a damn fool.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- Nice car. - That's my baby. Lou?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- Yeah. - Hey, I'm Russ Taylor.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- We're... - Yeah, Goofy.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- I'm sorry? - You went to Disneyland.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Oh, yeah, that's right. Last week. - Hmm.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Um,... she's a little upset.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I happened to be in the neighbourhood, so...
0:34:11 > 0:34:13That's convenient.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Hey, he's a good kid.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20I saw that right off.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Well, you would know, huh, Russ?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35The policy will cover it, that's not a problem,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- but she's concerned. - He took the charcoal fluid,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- poured it all over it and put it on the couch.- Put what on the couch?
0:34:46 > 0:34:49(KNOCK AT DOOR)
0:34:51 > 0:34:54What's the deal, Scout?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Your mom is very upset with you.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11(SIGHS)
0:35:12 > 0:35:16What if you burnt the house down? Huh?
0:35:16 > 0:35:20You wouldn't have a place to live. You know people get killed in fires?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Huh? Use your noggin.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28- It was just to get rid of it. - What, the costume?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Scout, you begged me for that thing.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33You wanted it so bad, you remember?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Not any more.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Why?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41He shot himself in the head with a Luger.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43That's a Nazi pistol.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55So, you know this man? He was an actor
0:35:55 > 0:35:58and if he did shoot,... whatever he did,
0:35:58 > 0:36:02you can still watch him on TV, can't you? Hmm?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Scout, I asked a question.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- (SIGHS) Evan, you hear what I'm saying?- Alright.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Evan, you answer when I talk.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Evan! Put it down. Come on. What are you doin'?
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- Let's leave it.- Put it down. Evan, put it down.- Louis!
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Stop it, OK?! God damn it!
0:36:24 > 0:36:28(SIGHS) Ah, this kid!
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Why do you bother calling me? - I don't know.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Possibly you might care your son - - Maybe you should take a breath.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41I do care. I care very much. Just cos I don't have every minute...
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- No, you have so much going on(!) - Is that what this is? Huh?
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- Cos I've heard it already.- The actor, this gimmick you're pulling.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- We noticed the item in the paper. - What? I was hired!
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- Can't you see what these tricks...? - It's how I make my fucking living!
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- Lou, that kinda language... - I'm sorry, is this his business?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- I'm trying to keep things civil. - Russ, this is between Louis and me.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07Listen, Lou, he asked for you. I wasn't gonna call you.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11He asked.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20I'm sorry I couldn't be more help, but, after all, I'm not Superman.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Jeepers, no, Mr Kent.- I suppose that would be too much to ask.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I suppose it would, Lois. I suppose it would.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Sorry, that's me. - Keep rolling.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Take it back a line. - Alright, Tommy.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Lois, would you like to see the real Man of Steel?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Well, sure I would.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Well, alright, then. Here he is! (ALL LAUGH)
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- You're next, Jimmy! Leave the bow tie on!- Oh!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Great Caesar's ghost! - More powerful than a locomotive!
0:37:51 > 0:37:55No-one is safe! (ALL LAUGH)
0:37:55 > 0:37:58What did you think?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00The scripts are awful.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- Hmm. - And everything looks cheap.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- You're charming. - Well, that's all that matters.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Oh! - She's a lesbian, you know.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Who? - The one playing Lois.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- (KNOCK AT DOOR) - 'Mr Reeves?'- Y-ello.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- 'Whenever you're ready.' - Alright.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Phyllis? Is she really? - No.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25She is now, as far as you're concerned.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Well,... there it is.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Cue fans!
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Action, George! One!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Two! - (LAUGHS)
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Three!
0:38:51 > 0:38:54(CLUNKING) (SCREAMS)
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Oh!- Cut it! Cut the camera! Unhook him!
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- You alright?- Leave him alone! - Alright, alright, alright!
0:39:03 > 0:39:06(GROANS)
0:39:06 > 0:39:10I'd like to thank the Academy... (GRUNTS)
0:39:10 > 0:39:13..and all the good people of Galesburg, Illinois,
0:39:13 > 0:39:16for making me who I am today. (CLAPPING)
0:39:17 > 0:39:19OK, everybody, let's take ten.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22# "Fannie Mae" - Buster Brown
0:39:25 > 0:39:27# Well, I want somebody
0:39:29 > 0:39:31# To tell me what's wrong with me
0:39:33 > 0:39:36# I want somebody (CHATTER)
0:39:36 > 0:39:39# To tell me what's wrong with me
0:39:40 > 0:39:43# Oh, I ain't in any trouble
0:39:43 > 0:39:45# And so much misery #
0:39:45 > 0:39:50(INSTRUMENTAL ROMANTIC MUSIC) Who was that next to you when I came in?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- Chad. He's in my acting class. - Yeah?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Hmm.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- He any good? - He's OK, I guess.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04You shouldn't hang around people who are less talented than you.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09You've never seen me act.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- So? - So you don't know if I'm talented.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19You don't know what I could do.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24You don't know a thing about me, do you?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33(SIGHS)
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Ever gonna tell me how you got that? - What?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Under your armpit.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Somethin' stupid. - A fight?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01My pop, he, um,... he was on the gate at Warner's.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- A guard?- He used to go to work in this uniform with, ya know,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09the crease in the pants like a knife.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13I used to think he was the chief of police.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17He... he did that?
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I was a month outta the army. (CLEARS THROAT)
0:41:21 > 0:41:25It was 1946, so no job and, you know, Pop got me set up.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30And there was a strike at the studio, so keep the union guys off the lot.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36And,... you know, platoon around the gate, me and 40 other saps.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41You know, bats and billy clubs, and it got outta hand, so...
0:41:43 > 0:41:46A little Teamster shit came at me with a razor and...
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Two years in North Africa all I get are crabs. Six days in Burbank and...
0:41:50 > 0:41:54I, um...
0:41:54 > 0:41:56(INHALES DEEPLY / SIGHS)
0:41:56 > 0:41:59And my pop apologised.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01To you?
0:42:03 > 0:42:07To the studio... for his son screwin' up.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Like the chickenshit peasant he was.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- What's that look? - I'm just watching you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Mrs Bessolo. - I don't need this.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- I do. Sit down, please. - Mrs Bessolo?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Right here, miss. - Mrs Bessolo.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- Mrs Bessolo, I'm James Engelmann from RKO-Pathe Studios.- What?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Superman was filmed on our lot.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49I'm here to express how saddened we are over your loss.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54My son was not lost, Mr Engelmann, he was taken.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58One more! One more! Thank you.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- What did you drag them here for? - Freedom of the press, right?
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- These in the report? - They weren't there then.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Hang on there, Mrs Bessolo. Hang on, hang on. Come on.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30- Just let me sit a minute. - Grab a chair.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33- Excuse me. - Let's get outta here.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37- There you go. There you go.- There you go.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43OK? There we go. There we go.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45OK, good. Here.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49OK? I'm gonna go handle this. You just relax.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55- Is she alright? - That's her boy's blood. You tell me.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57(SIGHS)
0:43:57 > 0:43:59The deceased woke up,
0:43:59 > 0:44:03joined his guests for approximately half an hour, returned to bed.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06No sign of forced entry or physical struggle.
0:44:06 > 0:44:11The Luger, found there on the floor, heavily oiled, no prints.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14He kept it in the nightstand.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17The slug... there,
0:44:17 > 0:44:21and the casing on the bed underneath the body.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24You wanna explain to me how a man can shoot himself
0:44:24 > 0:44:27- and end up on top of the shell? - Is this your strategy,
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- to impugn the laws of physics? - No prints on the gun.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32What, did he wipe it clean?
0:44:32 > 0:44:36- Prints aren't automatic.- Did you question the people in the house?
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- They signed sworn statements. - 45 minutes to call the cops,
0:44:39 > 0:44:41plenty of time to come up with some story.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44- But you got sworn statements. - You accusing me of something?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Was Reeves checked for powder burns? It's a suicide shot to the temple.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- Where's the burn? - When a gun is discharged...
0:44:50 > 0:44:54The coroner never checked. He didn't notice bruises on the body either,
0:44:54 > 0:44:56which, by the way, aren't automatic, OK?
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Certain conditions have to be present,
0:44:58 > 0:45:02like maybe a fight with a guy that's about to fu...
0:45:03 > 0:45:05..cause your expiration.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21He won't be buried in that cape.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Mrs Bessolo, RKO Pathe would be honoured
0:45:24 > 0:45:27to help you pay for any sort of floral tribute
0:45:27 > 0:45:31that you might deem appropriate for your son.
0:45:36 > 0:45:41Since when do suicides miss twice, lay down a rug and start over?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Is that normal? I'm just asking.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49That cost this studio 15 grand.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53- You think you're worth that? - We were just...
0:45:53 > 0:45:55This farmer's daughter picture, what is it?
0:45:55 > 0:45:59- The Mating Game. - A million-dollar investment.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03You think I'll let you fuck with that? You think you'll be a star?
0:46:03 > 0:46:07- Our concern here is - - You're a face. Faces change.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10- What Mr Mannix means - - He knows what I mean.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Outta my sight.
0:46:19 > 0:46:25Set somethin' up, him and... some starlet.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Picnic,... soda pop.
0:46:29 > 0:46:34- Already arranged.- They treat their contract like shit, Howard.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38Whatever the fuck they want.
0:46:39 > 0:46:44- The business is changing. - Yeah. Fags and television.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46(SIGHS)
0:46:46 > 0:46:49And what are we? Huh?
0:46:49 > 0:46:52The last of the Mohicans.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55That was a UA picture, Eddie.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00That, um,... spic,...
0:47:01 > 0:47:05- ..or wop, prick detective? - I sent Jim Engelmann over.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09He used to work for us. I'm sure you don't want MGM coming into it.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13- And?- Louis Simo. Two years with Rick Harris.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16He shot his mouth off about Susan Humphries
0:47:16 > 0:47:19to Confidential for 5,000. Harris fired him.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23- Susan Humphries?- Jennifer Jones type. Under contract at Fox.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Heroin addict.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29- Drove off Topanga doin' 90. - You have a good memory, Eddie.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Hmm. What's the prick want?
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Money, press, whatever he can grab.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37What's he got?
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Some questions.
0:47:42 > 0:47:43Hmm.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56My wife won't get outta bed.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59It's been almost a week.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03- She won't get out. - I'll stop by and see her.- Do that.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Cheer her up.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07She always liked you.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11- Eddie? - Yeah?
0:48:11 > 0:48:15- You don't have anything to tell me? - About what?
0:48:15 > 0:48:19Anything... I need to have a story ready for.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- She's not here. - Miss Lemmon?
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- That's interesting. - What is?
0:48:33 > 0:48:37That you thought I wanted to talk to her since this is your house.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Is that your father?
0:48:47 > 0:48:50- My husband. - (CHUCKLES) Oh. Sorry.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54He's a screenwriter.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58No-one could blame you for wanting to hang around people your own age.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01What was his name again, Robert Condon?
0:49:01 > 0:49:03I'm sure you're just friends.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Around back.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Nuh-uh.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Really oughta prune these.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25My husband does the garden, it takes his mind off his writing.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Uh-huh. What do you do, Mrs Van Ronkel?
0:49:30 > 0:49:34- I don't try to get my picture in the paper.- You saw that, huh?
0:49:34 > 0:49:38What are you gonna do when this blows up in your face?
0:49:39 > 0:49:42There are two holes in the bedroom floor. What do you know about that?
0:49:42 > 0:49:45- Leonore made them. - Yeah?- Months ago.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48- Why? - I asked her to.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51You asked her to shoot a gun in the floor?
0:49:51 > 0:49:54When you're drunk, everything's funny.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59Yeah. He shoots himself, you all wait 45 minutes to call the police.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03- That's unusual.- Ever been to a party where a man blows his head off?
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- No.- Then how do you know what's unusual?
0:50:09 > 0:50:13- So, how do I find Miss Lemmon? - She's not the way you think she is.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16Yeah? What way is she?
0:50:17 > 0:50:20She was only looking for love.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26Just wanna remember that one. That's... that's good.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28(SCOFFS)
0:50:29 > 0:50:33That's nice. It's, um, very futuristic.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38- (LAUGHS) Hey, you're a detective, right?- Um, yeah.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Men hire you to find out what their wives are up to, that sort of thing?
0:50:42 > 0:50:46- Yeah, they do that. - Does the truth make 'em happier?
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- Hardly ever. - Hmm.
0:50:51 > 0:50:56- You know, he wasn't gonna marry her. - Reeves?
0:50:56 > 0:50:58- Mmm-hmm. - How do you know?
0:50:58 > 0:51:03Well, she ran over here when he told her. I heard every word.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08And how did Miss Lemmon react?
0:51:09 > 0:51:13Like a longshoreman on a bender.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33(SINGS IN SPANISH)
0:51:48 > 0:51:51# "The Girl Can't Help It" - Little Richard
0:51:51 > 0:51:55- Christ!- Fuck you. Nobody wants to hear your mopey singing.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59This is my house. I'm tired of you treating it like a bus station.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Woe-is-fucking-me.
0:52:02 > 0:52:03# If she winks an eye,
0:52:03 > 0:52:05# The bread slice turn to toast
0:52:05 > 0:52:06# She can't help it, the girl can't help it
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- You goddamn miserable son of a bitch.- Christ!
0:52:09 > 0:52:11- Don't walk away from me! - Shut up!
0:52:11 > 0:52:14I haul myself out to this shit hole burg for you
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- and you don't have the balls to tell me it's off?- God damn it!
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Listen. What are you doing? Put that... (GUNSHOT)
0:52:20 > 0:52:23I'm the fucking man in this room!
0:52:23 > 0:52:25- (GUNSHOT) You're a fool! Gimme this gun!- You has-been!
0:52:25 > 0:52:29- Give it to me! God damn it! - Sad!- Agh! (GUNSHOT) Ugh!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32(GASPS)
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Georgie.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23'(THUD)'
0:53:34 > 0:53:36(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
0:53:36 > 0:53:37'(DOOR CLOSES)'
0:53:54 > 0:53:56- (TUTS) - (GASPS)
0:54:00 > 0:54:04I had to take a leak. What's your excuse?
0:54:04 > 0:54:06This is a sealed crime scene.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Then I guess we both deserve to get our bottoms spanked.
0:54:17 > 0:54:22- What's that?- Last I looked, it was 4,000 in traveller's cheques.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Georgie put it aside for our honeymoon.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29- That's off the plate now, isn't it? - That why you killed him?
0:54:29 > 0:54:34You think he was rich? That Superman gig paid shit.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Oh, yeah? Well, maybe you found out a little too late.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45He was fun. Knocked back the booze like nobody's business.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51- Pretty good in the sack. Yeah. - Yeah?
0:54:52 > 0:54:55Lady, I could nail you with this.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00D'Artagnan, you couldn't nail me with roses and a trip to Vegas.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05And you're not a cop,... so what the hell are you doing
0:55:05 > 0:55:08following me into my dead fiance's bedroom?
0:55:08 > 0:55:13"And then... Mr Simo showed me his member, Your Honour,...
0:55:14 > 0:55:17..and I became frightened."
0:55:19 > 0:55:22You're in my way.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28- I'm gonna be on you, Miss Lemmon. - Not unless you dope me first.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39(CHUCKLES) See how I got us in the paper? Look at this.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45Guaranteed, LAPD's gonna sweat this. Now, the more heat they feel,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48the more pressure they're under to reopen the case.
0:55:48 > 0:55:53- The police reopened the case? - No. They will if I keep it up,
0:55:53 > 0:55:58which requires a financial commitment from you so I can go on hammering.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03I did get a copy of the police report.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Lots of holes. And I'm not talking about the ones in the floor.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Plus, your son called the wedding off.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13That's a new motive for Miss Lemmon, OK? I intend to go -
0:56:13 > 0:56:18- She was never going to be his wife. - You knew that he didn't plan...?
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Do you think my own son would get married without telling me?
0:56:21 > 0:56:24And to a greedy slut like that?
0:56:27 > 0:56:30(SCOFFS) All these people.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- What about 'em?- Sitting around like they're so big. (CHUCKLES)
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I don't know who they are.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47George starred with Sinatra, with Gable.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50He was an important film actor.
3:00:00 > 3:00:02(WATER LAPS)
3:00:04 > 3:00:08- Someone else can do that, you know. - Well, now, it's a beautiful car.
3:00:08 > 3:00:11Oughta keep it clean.
3:00:11 > 3:00:14Why? Does this offend your delicate sensibilities?
3:00:14 > 3:00:17- Yes.- (CHUCKLES)- But you're new on the job, so I'll let it pass.
3:00:17 > 3:00:19(CHUCKLES)
3:00:21 > 3:00:23Art got a call.
3:00:23 > 3:00:26- They're picking up Superman. - They're what?!
3:00:27 > 3:00:31- Kellogg's, they bought it. - After two years?!
3:00:31 > 3:00:34That's right. I will be on television in a month...
3:00:35 > 3:00:38..wearing brown and grey underpants.
3:00:38 > 3:00:41Well,... hooray!
3:00:41 > 3:00:43Christ!
3:00:44 > 3:00:47- It wasn't your proudest moment... - No, I'm quite sure it wasn't.
3:00:47 > 3:00:51..but you did create a very likeable, very attractive,
3:00:51 > 3:00:54- very heroic character. - Is that right?
3:00:54 > 3:00:58Mmm. I'd fuck you in a second. (CHUCKLES)
3:00:58 > 3:01:00Well, one thing we can be sure of,
3:01:00 > 3:01:03no-one with a lick of sense would watch that show.
3:01:03 > 3:01:07(SUPERMAN THEME MUSIC)
3:01:12 > 3:01:14- (TV)- "Faster than a speeding bullet."
3:01:15 > 3:01:17"More powerful than a locomotive."
3:01:17 > 3:01:21"Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound."
3:01:21 > 3:01:24- "Look, up in the sky! It's a bird!" - "It's a plane!"
3:01:24 > 3:01:28"It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet,
3:01:28 > 3:01:30who can change the course of mighty rivers,
3:01:30 > 3:01:32bend steel in his bare hands,
3:01:32 > 3:01:35and who, disguised as Clark Kent,
3:01:35 > 3:01:37fights a never-ending battle for truth,
3:01:37 > 3:01:40justice and the American way."
3:01:41 > 3:01:45Homes with children, Adventures of Superman,...
3:01:45 > 3:01:48..91 rating.
3:01:48 > 3:01:50What does that mean, no adults are watching?
3:01:50 > 3:01:54They're watching with the kids, George. Families.
3:01:54 > 3:01:57Kellogg's has ordered 26 more. They wanna film in colour.
3:01:57 > 3:02:01Well, I'll get to wear the blue and red.
3:02:03 > 3:02:06(ALL SHOUT EXCITEDLY)
3:02:06 > 3:02:09- Maybe you oughta put that out. - What for?
3:02:12 > 3:02:16(ALL SHOUT EXCITEDLY)
3:02:16 > 3:02:18Superman doesn't smoke.
3:02:26 > 3:02:28- Sir. - Thank you.
3:02:42 > 3:02:45Art, I'm coming right back.
3:02:45 > 3:02:49- Keep your mitts off my grub. - (CHUCKLES) Alright.
3:02:51 > 3:02:54(ALL SHOUT EXCITEDLY)
3:02:59 > 3:03:02(ALL SCREAM)
3:03:08 > 3:03:10George Reeves?
3:03:19 > 3:03:21Excuse me, Mr Zinnemann.
3:03:21 > 3:03:24George Reeves will be reading for the role of Maylon Stark.
3:03:25 > 3:03:28Good morning, one and all.
3:03:29 > 3:03:31Superman was on pain pills.
3:03:34 > 3:03:38So he crashed his car a couple of months back, almost got killed.
3:03:38 > 3:03:40- Drunk? - There wasn't any brake fluid.
3:03:41 > 3:03:43How do you know that?
3:03:43 > 3:03:47I went down to the Esso station at the bottom of Benedict,
3:03:47 > 3:03:49said I was from the insurance company.
3:03:49 > 3:03:53I spoke to a Mr Phelps. He was very friendly.
3:03:53 > 3:03:58- Leak in the lining?- Mr Phelps couldn't find one. Not bad, huh?
3:03:58 > 3:04:01But they were still getting married then, as far as she knew.
3:04:01 > 3:04:06- Well, wouldn't that be why? - Why Leonore drains his brake fluid?
3:04:06 > 3:04:10Why Mrs Mannix does. He leaves her, right, for this younger woman.
3:04:10 > 3:04:14- She can't bear it and... - And Toni wants him dead.
3:04:14 > 3:04:17Well, wouldn't that be better?
3:04:17 > 3:04:21- (GUNSHOTS)- Help! Help! They've robbed the Docville Bank!
3:04:21 > 3:04:23(SCREAMS)
3:04:23 > 3:04:27- Yeah! (CACKLES)- (GUNSHOTS) - Whoo-hoo!
3:04:27 > 3:04:29(ALL BOO)
3:04:29 > 3:04:32(SUPERMAN THEME MUSIC)
3:04:32 > 3:04:35(ALL CHEER)
3:04:35 > 3:04:39- Superman! - (SUPERMAN THEME MUSIC BLARES)
3:04:39 > 3:04:41(PA) "Stop right there!"
3:04:42 > 3:04:44What's that?
3:04:44 > 3:04:48- Someone's in need. - (LAUGHS)
3:04:49 > 3:04:51(BOTH LAUGH)
3:04:56 > 3:04:59You can't see my penis, can you? (BOTH LAUGH)
3:05:02 > 3:05:04(ALL CHEER)
3:05:13 > 3:05:15(GUNSHOTS)
3:05:20 > 3:05:22Oh!
3:05:27 > 3:05:29(ALL CHEER)
3:05:29 > 3:05:32Go!
3:05:36 > 3:05:40(ALL CHEER)
3:05:44 > 3:05:48Hey, Superman! Hey, Superman!
3:05:48 > 3:05:53- Well, hello, there, young man. What's your name?- Kenneth Giles.
3:05:53 > 3:05:55Can I shoot you?
3:06:05 > 3:06:08Kenneth,... why would you wanna do something like that?
3:06:08 > 3:06:11So the bullet bounces off. Can I?
3:06:14 > 3:06:17Well,... if you did shoot me...
3:06:17 > 3:06:19..and the bullet bounced off,
3:06:19 > 3:06:22it might accidentally hit someone else.
3:06:22 > 3:06:25- We don't want that to happen, do we? - No.
3:06:26 > 3:06:30Well, why don't you just, you and I... Here we go, partner.
3:06:30 > 3:06:33Why don't you just give me that?
3:06:33 > 3:06:36Just hand me that for one minute.
3:06:36 > 3:06:40- (HORN HONKS)- You think I don't see what you're doing?
3:06:40 > 3:06:43- I'm sorry? - Day after day taking pictures.
3:06:43 > 3:06:45I'm just waiting for the traffic to...
3:06:45 > 3:06:47He leaves those where I can see them
3:06:47 > 3:06:51and then he pretends he doesn't know what I'm talking about.
3:06:51 > 3:06:54- Um, Miss Sinclair, I'm... - What is he paying you?
3:06:54 > 3:06:57- That's confidential.- He's been out of work for seven months.
3:06:57 > 3:07:01I don't know what he does all day, he won't tell me.
3:07:01 > 3:07:05- Why don't you investigate that?! - (SIGHS)
3:07:05 > 3:07:08Ma'am,... I'm just trying to turn a buck here,
3:07:08 > 3:07:11so if there's a problem between you two,
3:07:11 > 3:07:16maybe you should talk to a priest or whatever. Hash it out.
3:07:18 > 3:07:23I can't fix your marriage, ma'am. (SIGHS)
3:07:24 > 3:07:28- I thought you might put in a word. - What do you suggest I say?
3:07:28 > 3:07:32He drops a hint to Zinnemann. You know, it was a very solid audition.
3:07:33 > 3:07:35It's Harry Cohn's picture. Eddie's at MGM.
3:07:35 > 3:07:38Whatever happened to honour among thieves?
3:07:38 > 3:07:41Let's save it for something important.
3:07:41 > 3:07:45Oh, I see, this isn't important at all. Well...
3:07:50 > 3:07:53Here. Because you've had a rough week.
3:07:58 > 3:08:01Wow. Who needs another watch?
3:08:01 > 3:08:05I just don't want some drunk finishing what that child started.
3:08:05 > 3:08:08- I don't know that a gun's the answer. - It'd make me feel more comfortable.
3:08:08 > 3:08:11What'd make me feel safe is not prancing around in a monkey suit
3:08:11 > 3:08:16- in front of 8,000 screaming... - You'd be gone, George! Alright?!
3:08:16 > 3:08:18And then what happens to me?!
3:08:26 > 3:08:29- Hi. Mrs Mannix, please. - Who shall I say is calling?
3:08:29 > 3:08:33Lawrence Farmer from the St Jude's Foundation.
3:08:33 > 3:08:37- To thank her for her generosity. - One moment, please.
3:09:01 > 3:09:04Mr Simo.
3:09:07 > 3:09:12- Do I know you? - No, but I'm familiar with you.
3:09:12 > 3:09:14Everybody reads the Times, huh?
3:09:14 > 3:09:19- I'm Howard Strickling. I handle publicity at MGM.- How do you do?
3:09:19 > 3:09:23I'm wondering why you would be trying to approach Mrs Mannix
3:09:23 > 3:09:26- under false pretences. - Are you speaking professionally?
3:09:26 > 3:09:29- I'm speaking as a friend of Mannixes.- Can I see Mrs Mannix?
3:09:29 > 3:09:32She's not well. Neither she nor her husband appreciate
3:09:32 > 3:09:35- being dragged into this business. - What business is that?
3:09:35 > 3:09:40- Your business, Mr Simo. - "(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)" Oh.
3:09:42 > 3:09:44You didn't have to go and do that.
3:09:44 > 3:09:48You seem to have an inflated sense of your importance.
3:09:48 > 3:09:50They're on routine patrol.
3:09:57 > 3:09:59(CLEARS THROAT)
3:09:59 > 3:10:04Could you, um, pass along a message to Mrs Mannix?
3:10:04 > 3:10:06And what would that be?
3:10:08 > 3:10:10Hope to see her at the funeral.
3:10:10 > 3:10:13(PEPPY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
3:10:25 > 3:10:30Art! Where's the boy? I've been hunting all over.
3:10:30 > 3:10:33- He's over there. - Oh.
3:10:33 > 3:10:36Zinnemann sure did keep us hanging long enough,
3:10:36 > 3:10:40- but I knew it would pan out. - How did you know that?
3:10:40 > 3:10:42What choice did I have?
3:10:42 > 3:10:45- And, Toni,... - Cheese! There you go.
3:10:45 > 3:10:48- ..thank you. - For what?
3:10:49 > 3:10:53Whatever you did to help.
3:10:53 > 3:10:55You know how much he needed this.
3:10:59 > 3:11:03- Hi, George. - Hello.- This is my friend, Delores.
3:11:03 > 3:11:05- Hi. - (CHATTER)
3:11:05 > 3:11:08'(CHURCH BELL RINGS)'
3:11:10 > 3:11:14Mr Weissman? I don't wanna disturb you, but...
3:11:14 > 3:11:17You knew George?
3:11:17 > 3:11:20No. Um,... I'm Louis Simo. I'm...
3:11:20 > 3:11:22I'm no speechmaker.
3:11:22 > 3:11:26Saying what you really feel,... it's hard.
3:11:27 > 3:11:29Thank you for coming.
3:11:29 > 3:11:33(CHURCH BELL RINGS) Mr Weissman, I was just wondering if you...
3:11:36 > 3:11:39Seeing me off the grounds again?
3:11:39 > 3:11:43Mrs Mannix was unable to attend for reasons I'm sure you can understand.
3:11:43 > 3:11:46You do a lot for your friends.
3:11:47 > 3:11:51And you're just doing your job, but I am concerned.
3:11:51 > 3:11:54- Yeah? About what? - Your history.
3:11:54 > 3:11:57People are rarely afforded the chance to make a same mistake twice.
3:11:57 > 3:12:01- Are you threatening me? - I'm offering you an opportunity.
3:12:01 > 3:12:04There's a place for you at Metro if you'd like. Pay can be generous.
3:12:04 > 3:12:07- I'd rather talk to Mrs Mannix. - There's nothing there for you.
3:12:07 > 3:12:10Yeah? Then, why you pitching me?
3:12:10 > 3:12:14When it comes to publicity, what's true or false really doesn't matter.
3:12:14 > 3:12:17If it hurts the studio, if it stops one person from buying a ticket,...
3:12:17 > 3:12:20..I have to fix it.
3:12:20 > 3:12:23That's my job. The offer's sincere.
3:12:23 > 3:12:27Don't let pride stand in the way, it won't get you what you want.
3:12:30 > 3:12:34Sad day, huh, boys? Tell you what's sadder.
3:12:34 > 3:12:36Calling it suicide when it's really murder.
3:12:36 > 3:12:39- Why would the cops do that? - Sing us a new song, Simo.
3:12:39 > 3:12:42What, you don't love me any more?
3:12:42 > 3:12:46Two months ago somebody drained all the fluid out of Reeves's brake line.
3:12:46 > 3:12:50Almost bought it right then. Coincidence, right?
3:12:50 > 3:12:53(CHUCKLES) I mean, LAPD don't make mistakes. Hmm, Paterson?
3:12:53 > 3:12:57What's the truth, huh, boys? Who wanted him dead?
3:12:57 > 3:13:00You might be lazy but nobody said you're dumb. Gimme that.
3:13:00 > 3:13:02- Name some names.- Want me to write it for you, too?- Hey!
3:13:02 > 3:13:07- You got a story or not? - You want names? Ask this guy.
3:13:07 > 3:13:10He's got the names. The names, pictures.
3:13:10 > 3:13:14What's he doing here when MGM never cut Reeves a cheque in his life? Huh?
3:13:14 > 3:13:18Come on, do some work, will ya? Capa, lift the fuckin' camera, will ya?
3:13:20 > 3:13:22There you go. Say cheese.
3:13:33 > 3:13:36- Excuse me. - Excuse me.- Hi, Bobby.
3:13:36 > 3:13:39- Hi, Bobby.- Good luck. - Thank you so much.
3:13:39 > 3:13:41- Hey, George. Good luck. - Good to see ya.
3:13:46 > 3:13:48(SIGHS)
3:13:48 > 3:13:52(INTRO MUSIC) (APPLAUSE)
3:14:03 > 3:14:07- Well, Buddy, they love it so far. - (CHUCKLES)
3:14:09 > 3:14:12- (MOVIE)- "You got any prejudices against girls?"
3:14:14 > 3:14:17"That's what I thought."
3:14:17 > 3:14:20"Well, now, it looks like you're all primed for a big night."
3:14:20 > 3:14:23- "Hello, Stark."- "Want some company?" - "No, thanks, all tied up."
3:14:23 > 3:14:27- "Leva tells me you've been eyeing the captain's wife."- "He has, huh?"
3:14:27 > 3:14:31- It's Superman.- "What else did this character tell ya?"- (CHATTER)
3:14:31 > 3:14:35- 'Great Caesar's ghost!' - "This ain't no story."
3:14:35 > 3:14:38- 'Look, up on the screen!' - (LAUGHTER) "..you know?"
3:14:38 > 3:14:41- "There's something strange..." - 'More powerful than a locomotive!'
3:14:41 > 3:14:45- (ALL LAUGH) - (People can see you.)
3:14:45 > 3:14:48(CHATTER / LAUGHTER)
3:14:48 > 3:14:51- 'Hey, where's Lois Lane?!' - "Hello."
3:14:52 > 3:14:55- "I didn't think you were coming." - "Why not?"
3:14:59 > 3:15:01(JAZZ MUSIC)
3:15:14 > 3:15:16I'll always take care of my boy.
3:15:32 > 3:15:35Nice shot, Lou.
3:15:37 > 3:15:40"(TV CHATTER)"
3:15:45 > 3:15:48(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)
3:15:48 > 3:15:50Kit? (GASPS)
3:15:50 > 3:15:53(GROANS)
3:15:53 > 3:15:56Oh! (COUGHS)
3:15:57 > 3:16:00- (GROANS) - You listening?
3:16:00 > 3:16:03(GROANS) Get the fuck out of my house. Oh! (COUGHS)
3:16:03 > 3:16:06Are you listening? Nod your head.
3:16:14 > 3:16:17Be smart. Let it go.
3:16:17 > 3:16:21(PANTS) What, your mother's snatch? She won't let me.
3:16:21 > 3:16:24Here's what I mean.
3:16:25 > 3:16:26(GROANS)
3:16:28 > 3:16:31(SPUTTERS)
3:16:35 > 3:16:37'Louis? Louis?'
3:16:39 > 3:16:42Louis, can you hear me? Louis?
3:16:44 > 3:16:47- Oh! - I'm calling a doctor.
3:16:47 > 3:16:50- Alright? - I don't wanna go to the doctor.
3:16:50 > 3:16:55- Well, at least some ice. - There's no ice in the...
3:16:55 > 3:16:59- Stop being stubborn, alright? You were unconscious.- (GROANS)
3:16:59 > 3:17:02- There's no ice.- (GROANS) - What did you say?
3:17:02 > 3:17:04There's no ice.
3:17:08 > 3:17:10Ow!
3:17:10 > 3:17:12- Sit down. - (GROANS)
3:17:18 > 3:17:20What's this about?
3:17:20 > 3:17:22Ow.
3:17:25 > 3:17:31This murder bullshit I've been slingin', I think it might be true.
3:17:32 > 3:17:35I can help. Oh, come on, you know I can!
3:17:35 > 3:17:38- Kit, let's call it a day, alright? - What?
3:17:38 > 3:17:43You shouldn't be around me. This isn't some TV show you wanna be in,
3:17:43 > 3:17:46this is just a fucked up little business.
3:17:46 > 3:17:50Makes you go around and you find out how shitty people are
3:17:50 > 3:17:53- to make the rent. - You don't really believe that.
3:17:53 > 3:17:56- You care about what you do. - You know what I care about?
3:17:56 > 3:18:00You're ballin' this Chad kid and you don't got the guts to tell me.
3:18:05 > 3:18:09- Well, I was...- Going to, yeah. So now you don't have to.
3:18:13 > 3:18:15(SIGHS)
3:18:15 > 3:18:17Do you want me here today?
3:18:17 > 3:18:20No, I don't think I do.
3:19:07 > 3:19:09Let's go outside.
3:19:13 > 3:19:17- You packin'?- Not when I cross the street for lunch.
3:19:17 > 3:19:19Lou, I do what I'm told.
3:19:19 > 3:19:23- (GROANS)- You took the cash from that rag same as me!
3:19:23 > 3:19:262,500 for ratting on some hop-head actress and I never said a word
3:19:26 > 3:19:31cos I'm loyal to my fuckin' partner! Huh?!
3:19:31 > 3:19:35- Rick!- Why?!- He didn't say! Just take care of him.- You tell me why, huh?!
3:19:36 > 3:19:40Look, when I helped you out with the old lady,
3:19:40 > 3:19:44I shoulda kept my mouth shut. I had to make good.
3:19:44 > 3:19:47You would have done the same thing. It's how the mortgage gets paid.
3:19:47 > 3:19:49(GROANS)
3:20:36 > 3:20:38(SIGHS)
3:20:42 > 3:20:44"(PHONE RINGS)"
3:20:44 > 3:20:46(GROANS)
3:20:50 > 3:20:52Argh! What?
3:20:52 > 3:20:55- (PHONE)- "Mr Simo." - Mr Sinclair?
3:20:56 > 3:21:00- You have to stop, OK? I'm not gonna - - "I need your help."
3:21:01 > 3:21:04"Things are... (SIGHS)"
3:21:05 > 3:21:07"They're not what they seem."
3:21:09 > 3:21:12- What are you saying? - "I've misjudged terribly."
3:21:12 > 3:21:14"(SIGHS) And I..."
3:21:14 > 3:21:17"Can you meet with me, Mr Simo?"
3:21:17 > 3:21:19"I won't bother you again."
3:21:21 > 3:21:24- "Please!" - Meet you where?
3:21:29 > 3:21:31"(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)"
3:21:35 > 3:21:38(ALL CHATTER)
3:21:44 > 3:21:47(ALL CHATTER)
3:22:12 > 3:22:14'(CHATTER)'
3:22:24 > 3:22:27Yeah, that's all of it.
3:22:30 > 3:22:32What are you doing here?
3:22:32 > 3:22:36- I, um... My client, um... - She was your client?
3:22:41 > 3:22:45Shot her in the throat, the heart,...
3:22:46 > 3:22:50- ..and then the vagina. - Mr Simo.
3:22:51 > 3:22:54- Oh, Jesus Christ! - I do wish you'd been prompt.
3:22:54 > 3:22:56The fault is mine for failing to see
3:22:56 > 3:22:58that you and your whore were not aiding me,
3:22:58 > 3:23:02but guarding the rampant fornications of my wife.
3:23:02 > 3:23:06- I hope you learn the meaning of justice.- Come on.
3:23:11 > 3:23:13Alright.
3:23:15 > 3:23:17This one's easier...
3:23:18 > 3:23:20..than your other murder.
3:23:35 > 3:23:38So, what's the emergency?
3:23:39 > 3:23:43- Better have a drink, Art. - It's 10:30 in the morning.
3:23:43 > 3:23:46- What? - It's pretty bad.
3:23:46 > 3:23:49What is?
3:23:49 > 3:23:51Enough! George, let's deal with it.
3:23:53 > 3:23:56We're cancelled. (LAUGHS)
3:24:01 > 3:24:06- I just don't see the point.- The point is it's my production company.
3:24:06 > 3:24:10- If I don't sell myself, who will? - The business is here, George.
3:24:10 > 3:24:13Yes, but the money's in New York. I can get in the papers there.
3:24:13 > 3:24:17- It's a lot of bother. - I wanna do this.
3:24:17 > 3:24:21- I'm looking forward to it. I'm taking charge of my own life.- I see.
3:24:21 > 3:24:23No,... you don't.
3:24:23 > 3:24:27- You think I should just sit around while both of us...- Yes?!
3:24:27 > 3:24:33- While both of us what? - My love,... this makes sense to me.
3:24:33 > 3:24:37I can set up my own projects, direct and produce.
3:24:37 > 3:24:41We'll get some other sap to jump around in coloured underwear.
3:24:41 > 3:24:45Who knows, maybe I'll direct a picture for MGM. Hmm?
3:24:47 > 3:24:49I'll be back in two weeks.
3:24:51 > 3:24:54- Kiss me. - Let me close this.
3:24:54 > 3:24:56You have to.
3:24:59 > 3:25:02Kiss me. Mmm! Mmm!
3:25:02 > 3:25:05- I have to go. Toni. - George, kiss me.- Alright.
3:25:05 > 3:25:08Mmm.
3:25:08 > 3:25:11Alright. "(PHONE RINGS)"
3:25:13 > 3:25:15"(PHONE RINGS)"
3:25:22 > 3:25:24(SIGHS)
3:25:29 > 3:25:32- Shit! (PHONE)- "That bitch who hired you, you think she loved Georgie?"
3:25:32 > 3:25:35- Who is this? - "He grew up without a father."
3:25:35 > 3:25:39"When he's old enough, she finally tells him what happened to Daddy."
3:25:39 > 3:25:40Miss Lemmon...
3:25:40 > 3:25:44Suicide. Pistol in the mouth. George never stopped thinkin' about it.
3:25:44 > 3:25:48"15 years later, he gets a visitor, his father, alive."
3:25:48 > 3:25:52All he'd done was dump the bitch for another woman. Left George, too.
3:25:52 > 3:25:55"So Mommy tells baby Daddy killed himself."
3:25:55 > 3:26:00"She tells her own son. George swore he'd never speak to her again."
3:26:01 > 3:26:03This lets you off the hook.
3:26:03 > 3:26:07I didn't screw his head on backwards, she did.
3:26:07 > 3:26:09(PHONE) "Why are you telling me now?"
3:26:12 > 3:26:16I'm, um,... I'm just a little blotto, sugar.
3:26:18 > 3:26:21Kinda horny,...
3:26:21 > 3:26:23..and pretty goddamn all alone.
3:26:23 > 3:26:25- So? - "I don't know."
3:26:26 > 3:26:30I thought maybe we had something in common.
3:26:34 > 3:26:36"(LINE DROPS)"
3:26:49 > 3:26:51(KNOCK AT DOOR)
3:27:00 > 3:27:02Mrs Bessolo?
3:27:12 > 3:27:14Mrs Bessolo?
3:27:15 > 3:27:18Mrs Bessolo.
3:27:20 > 3:27:23I won't be needing your services any longer, Mr Simo.
3:27:23 > 3:27:25When were you gonna tell me?
3:27:25 > 3:27:29- I intend to mail you a cheque. - A cheque? That's it?
3:27:29 > 3:27:33- I don't owe you anything else. - How about an explanation?
3:27:33 > 3:27:36Your son wouldn't give you the time of day.
3:27:36 > 3:27:38Don't you use that tone with me!
3:27:39 > 3:27:42- Mr Strickling gave me his word. - Strickling?
3:27:42 > 3:27:46- Oh.- A statue would be erected in my son's honour...- A what?
3:27:46 > 3:27:48..outside the Chinese Theatre.
3:27:48 > 3:27:54- (LAUGHS) You never gave a shit, did ya?- You'll be paid.
3:27:55 > 3:27:57Keep your goddamn cheque.
3:27:57 > 3:28:02My son was a great star. He deserves a statue.
3:28:07 > 3:28:11(JAZZ MUSIC)
3:28:11 > 3:28:12# "Blue Skies" - Irving Berlin
3:28:12 > 3:28:14- Can I take your picture? - Sure.
3:28:14 > 3:28:17- Wait. I blinked. Take another one. - Sorry, no retakes.
3:28:17 > 3:28:20My goddamn eyes were closed!
3:28:22 > 3:28:26- You know who that is? - Can I take your picture?- Superman.
3:28:28 > 3:28:33- Right.- He's gotta be loaded. Me and my cousins are glued to that show.
3:28:33 > 3:28:35# Never saw the sun shining so bright
3:28:35 > 3:28:38# Never saw things going so right
3:28:38 > 3:28:40- Ow! - Look at her ass. Lem, look.
3:28:40 > 3:28:42# When you're in love,
3:28:42 > 3:28:44# My, how they fly #
3:28:44 > 3:28:45(CHUCKLES)
3:28:45 > 3:28:49- What's exciting to me is that I've been thinking about -- Earl Wilson.
3:28:49 > 3:28:51Look at you all dressed up.
3:28:51 > 3:28:55- I haven't seen you since... - You punched a waiter at Sardi's.
3:28:55 > 3:28:58- I left a nice tip. - (LAUGHS)
3:28:58 > 3:29:01- Find something funny, junior? - No, no, no.
3:29:01 > 3:29:04- I know when I'm outta my league. - Don't sell yourself short.
3:29:04 > 3:29:09I got a big heart. I'll bet you've got a big one, too.
3:29:09 > 3:29:13(CHUCKLES) Oh, well,... very nice of you to say, Miss...?
3:29:14 > 3:29:17- Leonore Lemmon. - Miss Lemmon.
3:29:17 > 3:29:22So, how about an autograph for my poor crippled nephew?
3:29:22 > 3:29:25- Is he in an iron lung? - He's in Yonkers.
3:29:27 > 3:29:29# Blue skies
3:29:29 > 3:29:31# Smiling at me
3:29:31 > 3:29:32# Nothing but blue skies #
3:29:32 > 3:29:35Superman wants to get laid.
3:29:35 > 3:29:38- (GASPS) - (GRUNTS)
3:29:41 > 3:29:45- (GASPS) - (GRUNTS)
3:29:45 > 3:29:48(BOTH SIGH)
3:29:48 > 3:29:50Goddamn!
3:29:50 > 3:29:54- Make room for fuckin' Daddy. - (CHUCKLES)- (SIGHS)- Ah.
3:29:54 > 3:29:56- You know what, stallion? - What?
3:29:56 > 3:30:00- You're starting to get the hang of this.- (LAUGHS)- Ah.
3:30:01 > 3:30:03(SIGHS) Let's do it again.
3:30:19 > 3:30:22(CHUCKLES) Scout.
3:30:22 > 3:30:26- Mom's picking me up. - I know that, I just wanted to...
3:30:27 > 3:30:30I got you something.
3:30:34 > 3:30:38I left it in the car. I'll give it to you when we go home. Come on.
3:30:38 > 3:30:40Let's go. Let's go home. Let's go home.
3:30:40 > 3:30:43How come you're not at work?
3:30:44 > 3:30:47Cos I don't sit in an office. OK? That's for suckers.
3:30:47 > 3:30:50Your pop's an investigator.
3:30:50 > 3:30:53Alright? Come on, let's go.
3:30:53 > 3:30:56I'm supposed to wait for Mom.
3:30:56 > 3:31:00- What? - I'm supposed to wait for Mom.
3:31:02 > 3:31:04(SIGHS)
3:31:06 > 3:31:09Your mom and me, we... Come home.
3:31:12 > 3:31:14Evan.
3:31:16 > 3:31:18Evan. Evan.
3:31:18 > 3:31:23Nobody has magic powers. You gotta be tough.
3:31:25 > 3:31:29You gotta show 'em what you're made of, you know?
3:31:29 > 3:31:31My father never taught me that.
3:31:33 > 3:31:37OK, here we go. Come on. (KEYS JANGLE)
3:31:41 > 3:31:43I'm fine.
3:31:48 > 3:31:51I'm his son. He's my son. He is.
3:31:52 > 3:31:56Tell him, Scout. Tell him. Evan, tell him, please. Come on.
3:31:56 > 3:31:59Evan. Evan.
3:32:01 > 3:32:04Evan. Honey, what's the matter?
3:32:04 > 3:32:06Aw, jeez!
3:32:07 > 3:32:10- Would you take him? Just in there. - Sure.
3:32:28 > 3:32:31Whatever you wanna say, you know...
3:32:31 > 3:32:34Are you gonna fight everybody?
3:32:35 > 3:32:37I thought you liked tough guys.
3:32:52 > 3:32:56- You're saying this why? - I wanna be honest with you.
3:32:56 > 3:32:58My, that's noble! (LAUGHS)
3:32:58 > 3:33:01What is that, from some script you auditioned for in the '40s?
3:33:01 > 3:33:04No, it's just me talking to you.
3:33:04 > 3:33:08I'm so grateful! Straight-arrow George.
3:33:08 > 3:33:11You go to New York, fuck some whore and you run back to tell me.
3:33:11 > 3:33:14- She's not a whore. - Oh. She's an actress?
3:33:14 > 3:33:18A singer? Does she blow smoke rings with her cunt?!
3:33:21 > 3:33:23- Is it a fling you want? - It's not a fling.
3:33:23 > 3:33:27Oh, you're in love?! Two weeks in a hotel room?!
3:33:27 > 3:33:29She makes me feel young.
3:33:31 > 3:33:34(SIGHS) Have you seen yourself, George?
3:33:35 > 3:33:37- Your face is going. - Don't do this.
3:33:37 > 3:33:40- Here.- Stop it. - Your eyes, your hair, your stomach.
3:33:40 > 3:33:43- You think no-one notices?!- Toni, don't.- But you've got your projects.
3:33:43 > 3:33:48You'll be a director. You'll sit in your chair, polishing your balls.
3:33:48 > 3:33:51"Thank God I'm rid of that hag. What was her name?"
3:33:51 > 3:33:54- "The one who bought me a fucking house!"- For God's sake!
3:33:54 > 3:33:58You want publicity? You'll get it. I'll say you're a Red.
3:33:58 > 3:34:02- A faggot. A lush. Nobody can call that a lie!- You never helped me.
3:34:02 > 3:34:05You never helped me! You coulda gotten me something but you didn't
3:34:05 > 3:34:09because you liked me where I was, in a fuckin' red suit!
3:34:09 > 3:34:13Well, that's not who I am! You understand?! God damn you!
3:34:13 > 3:34:17But that's all you were good for, ten-year-olds and shut-ins.
3:34:17 > 3:34:22That was the best you were ever going to be. I knew that.
3:34:22 > 3:34:25Why didn't you?
3:34:28 > 3:34:32They rushed it and closed the case. I didn't like it from the start.
3:34:32 > 3:34:34Why?
3:34:37 > 3:34:41- There was pressure. - Yeah? From who?
3:34:41 > 3:34:44Look, I can't do what you can do. Understand?
3:34:44 > 3:34:49I got a wife, kids,... car payments.
3:34:49 > 3:34:52- I'm in for 20 and a pension. - But I got nothin' to lose?
3:34:52 > 3:34:55Look, think it through. MGM buys off the mother.
3:34:55 > 3:34:59- I'm not gettin' paid, pal. - That's all it's about for you.
3:34:59 > 3:35:01Hey!
3:35:01 > 3:35:03(SIGHS)
3:35:03 > 3:35:06I got that woman killed for nothin', OK?
3:35:06 > 3:35:1050 bucks a day I'm stringin' her husband along like I'm runnin' him
3:35:10 > 3:35:13cos I can't see straight in front of me. No,... I'm done.
3:35:13 > 3:35:16Look, this is how they work. It just gets buried.
3:35:16 > 3:35:20Don't you wanna know about this guy? Why don't you get on the right side
3:35:20 > 3:35:25- of something for once?- Where do you come off tellin' me what I should do?
3:35:25 > 3:35:28Well, I'm not the one with the guilty conscience, am I?
3:35:34 > 3:35:36(SIGHS)
3:37:09 > 3:37:13(MUSIC BLARES) Who wants me to wrestle?
3:37:13 > 3:37:16Professional circuit. They're serious.
3:37:16 > 3:37:18- (PHONE)- "You might get a kick out of it."
3:37:18 > 3:37:20Whaddya got, a party?
3:37:20 > 3:37:24No, just a few friends of Leonore's. (DOORBELL CHIMES)
3:37:24 > 3:37:27So now when that old bitch calls, this gizmo records it so...
3:37:27 > 3:37:30- I got a delivery for Mr Reeves. - Hey! In there.
3:37:30 > 3:37:32Sorry.
3:37:34 > 3:37:36Put that on the table, hon.
3:37:36 > 3:37:40- Georgie, why don't you show this boy how much we love him?- Alright.
3:37:40 > 3:37:43Why don't we take it easy on this batch, Lem?
3:37:46 > 3:37:50Alright, kid, here's a hundred. Go make your first million.
3:37:50 > 3:37:54Georgie, you are directing your own movie in a month. Live a little. OK?
3:37:54 > 3:37:58- Don't ruin the party. - Alright.- Give me a kiss.
3:37:58 > 3:38:02- Go. Come on.- Alright, alright. - I'll fix you a drink, alright?
3:38:02 > 3:38:05# "It's Only Make Believe" - Conway Twitty
3:38:27 > 3:38:29(SOBS)
3:38:31 > 3:38:33(SCREAMS)
3:38:35 > 3:38:39(CONTINUES TO SCREAM / SOB)
3:38:42 > 3:38:45- "(PHONE RINGS)" - Yeah?
3:38:45 > 3:38:48- (PHONE)- "That actor...?" - Eddie. (SIGHS)
3:38:48 > 3:38:51It's very late.
3:38:51 > 3:38:54What's he plan to do with the rest of his life?
3:38:54 > 3:38:57He has some spaceman script
3:38:57 > 3:39:00set up with Wasserman to direct.
3:39:00 > 3:39:04- "If you offered some kind of -" - Yeah, yeah, I know how to handle it.
3:39:08 > 3:39:11(SINGS IN SPANISH)
3:39:14 > 3:39:17(CLAPS)
3:39:18 > 3:39:20Well, alright.
3:39:20 > 3:39:23Very nice.
3:39:23 > 3:39:28Thank you. You're very kind. What did you think, my sweetest dream?
3:39:28 > 3:39:33- Moved to tears?- I thought you sounded like a goddamn beaner. (CHUCKLES)
3:39:33 > 3:39:36Well, and so good night.
3:39:36 > 3:39:38Buenas noches, Jorge.
3:39:38 > 3:39:42# "The Girl Can't Help It" - Little Richard
3:39:42 > 3:39:45# She can't help it, the girl can't help it
3:39:45 > 3:39:47# She can't help it, the girl can't help it
3:39:47 > 3:39:49# If she walks by
3:39:49 > 3:39:50- # The men folks get engrossed - (SIGHS)
3:39:50 > 3:39:52# She can't help it, the girl can't help it
3:39:52 > 3:39:54# If she... #
3:39:54 > 3:39:56Hey! (GUNSHOT)
3:40:15 > 3:40:19Universal is not the only studio. Get him in the door someplace else.
3:40:19 > 3:40:22- I already tried. - Try harder. He's your only client.
3:40:22 > 3:40:24- What kind of agent are you?! - Leonore.
3:40:24 > 3:40:28- You come here, dragging around like a wet dog!- Leonore, stop it!
3:40:30 > 3:40:33Art, we talked about this.
3:40:33 > 3:40:35This picture's important.
3:40:35 > 3:40:38Or it was. These people don't want me.
3:40:38 > 3:40:41They don't know what I can do. We gotta show it to 'em,
3:40:41 > 3:40:43show 'em I can do something different.
3:40:43 > 3:40:46We gotta cook something up for me now.
3:40:46 > 3:40:49The wrestling offer?
3:40:51 > 3:40:54- Does it pay? - Their only concern,
3:40:54 > 3:40:58are you up to it... physically?
3:41:00 > 3:41:05Well,... you can film me, so they can see.
3:41:05 > 3:41:09Why don't you just join the goddamn circus?
3:41:24 > 3:41:27- Keep an eye on the car, huh, boys? - OK.
3:41:42 > 3:41:45(CHATTER)
3:41:49 > 3:41:51How ya doin'?
3:42:20 > 3:42:23- (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Mrs Mannix?
3:42:23 > 3:42:26I'll just put it on the bed for you.
3:42:49 > 3:42:52(KNOCKS ON DOOR) (Mrs Mannix?)
3:42:55 > 3:42:57(SOBBING)
3:42:58 > 3:43:02Mrs Mannix, can I talk to you? It's about George.
3:43:06 > 3:43:11George... shot himself.
3:43:11 > 3:43:13He was... shot.
3:43:13 > 3:43:17Someone shot him, is that what you mean? Who did that?
3:43:18 > 3:43:22- (SOBS) - Mrs Mannix,...
3:43:23 > 3:43:28..can you help me understand? Will you please help me?
3:43:28 > 3:43:30Did you know George?
3:43:32 > 3:43:35Why don't you tell me about him?
3:43:35 > 3:43:39He really was... the most beautiful boy.
3:43:39 > 3:43:43- Mrs Mannix, please, if I could just come in.- You're not invited, Simo.
3:43:46 > 3:43:50- Were you? - (SIGHS) We're workin'. Come on.
3:43:55 > 3:43:57Why don't you lay off?
3:43:59 > 3:44:03- Mr Harris. - Hello, Louis.
3:44:03 > 3:44:06You come up from Palos Verdes just to see me?
3:44:06 > 3:44:09I came here to celebrate my friends' anniversary.
3:44:09 > 3:44:13- You've met Mr Mannix? - Nah, but we got people in common.
3:44:14 > 3:44:19- Ain't that right, Eddie? - I've got nothin' in common with you.
3:44:19 > 3:44:21Well,...
3:44:21 > 3:44:24..Bernice, the first missus.
3:44:24 > 3:44:28- You like that car-crash gimmick, huh? - Rick.
3:44:28 > 3:44:30Riva Watson.
3:44:30 > 3:44:32Huh? She get all clingy?
3:44:32 > 3:44:36How'd it feel poundin' her face in? Happy times, huh, Ed?
3:44:36 > 3:44:39- Richard, please.- George Reeves. - That's enough.
3:44:39 > 3:44:42Am I being indiscreet? Bad for business?
3:44:42 > 3:44:45- Your problems are your own. - How can you cover for this prick?!
3:44:45 > 3:44:49- Whatever you're pursuing -- You had a bullet put in Reeves's head!
3:44:49 > 3:44:53- ..will not alter -- You used the studio and the cops to do...! Oof!
3:44:54 > 3:44:58Argh! You're gonna burn in hell, you son of a bitch. (CHOKES)
3:45:02 > 3:45:04Come here.
3:45:07 > 3:45:09You don't know me.
3:45:09 > 3:45:15You don't know what I think, what I do. I don't let you.
3:45:15 > 3:45:19You're an old man, Eddie. Who's gonna wipe the blood off your hands?
3:45:19 > 3:45:23My hands? I'm in the picture business.
3:45:23 > 3:45:26No, you're a murderer.
3:45:26 > 3:45:29Prove it. You hear me?
3:45:29 > 3:45:35Go on. I'm ready. Prove one fuckin' thing!
3:45:45 > 3:45:47Oh, God! (GROANS)
3:45:50 > 3:45:53(INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ MUSIC)
3:45:53 > 3:45:56(CHATTER)
3:46:18 > 3:46:21People are waitin'. You comin' down?
3:46:23 > 3:46:25- Help with the dress. - Yeah.
3:46:32 > 3:46:35OK?
3:46:37 > 3:46:39I'm gonna let some light in.
3:46:52 > 3:46:55I wanna tell you somethin'.
3:46:56 > 3:46:59You know I'll always take care of you.
3:47:00 > 3:47:02Whatever's happened,...
3:47:02 > 3:47:07..whatever might have been done, it doesn't matter.
3:47:08 > 3:47:11Nobody's gonna hurt you.
3:47:12 > 3:47:16Nobody gets to ask. I won't allow it.
3:47:17 > 3:47:21You're safe with me,... with your husband.
3:47:23 > 3:47:26Let me see what you look like.
3:47:39 > 3:47:41You're beautiful.
3:47:44 > 3:47:47You always will be.
3:47:52 > 3:47:55I see the pieces,...
3:47:55 > 3:47:58..how they should fit,...
3:47:59 > 3:48:01..how I want 'em to fit,...
3:48:03 > 3:48:05..but I can't...
3:48:07 > 3:48:09(SIGHS)
3:48:13 > 3:48:16I looked in his face.
3:48:16 > 3:48:19I know he could do it. Wouldn't think about it twice.
3:48:19 > 3:48:22- Eddie Mannix? - Yeah.
3:48:22 > 3:48:26No, I would never say it wasn't possible.
3:48:27 > 3:48:31- What about Mrs Mannix? - You had to like her.
3:48:31 > 3:48:35Such brightness. Could she have done what you're saying?
3:48:37 > 3:48:40I don't wanna think that.
3:48:40 > 3:48:45- And Leonore? - We never got along. Leave it there.
3:48:52 > 3:48:56- Mr Reeves? - A charming man.
3:48:58 > 3:49:01Funny. Handsome.
3:49:01 > 3:49:05Not like the ones today, all the squinting and the mumbling.
3:49:05 > 3:49:07A movie-star face.
3:49:09 > 3:49:12Why wasn't he one?
3:49:14 > 3:49:16Where he wound up,...
3:49:16 > 3:49:19..it should have been enough, right?
3:49:19 > 3:49:22Enough for a life.
3:49:23 > 3:49:25But George...
3:49:28 > 3:49:30Yeah?
3:49:38 > 3:49:41I never showed this. I knew it wouldn't help.
3:49:44 > 3:49:46You watch it.
3:49:49 > 3:49:51Tell me what you see.
3:51:00 > 3:51:04'(SINGS IN SPANISH)'
3:51:06 > 3:51:09(CONTINUES TO SING IN SPANISH)
3:52:12 > 3:52:15(CONTINUES TO SING IN SPANISH)
3:52:25 > 3:52:27Good night.
3:53:18 > 3:53:21(CLOCK TICKS)
3:54:11 > 3:54:13'(GUNSHOT)'
3:55:05 > 3:55:08(INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ MUSIC)