0:00:15 > 0:00:18'This house, this plantation,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21'this whole damned parish belonged to my family
0:00:21 > 0:00:24'before your people stepped aboard the stinkin' cattle boat
0:00:24 > 0:00:26'that brought 'em to this country.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29'Don't you dare talk back to me, boy!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31'My family's seen this state
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'crawlin' with lousy carpetbaggers
0:00:33 > 0:00:36'that knew more about behaving like a gentleman than you do.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'I can't even look at Charlotte
0:00:39 > 0:00:42'without ugly thoughts rip my guts.'
0:00:42 > 0:00:46I'd sooner it'd been one of my field boys.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I could've killed him.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Do you know what it's costin' me not to kill you?
0:01:00 > 0:01:05My daughter and Jewel Mayhew's husband.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10You gutless, soft, sucklin' swine!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22My daddy sat out there on that veranda.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Let this whole place slide to dust.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32When he died, there was nothin' but debts and dirt.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I touched that dirt and made it blossom.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I fought to keep this house and to bring it back up.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I don't have a son to give it to.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Only Charlotte.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And she ain't gonna give it to you.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01You ain't gonna have my home or my child.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05I created both, and I'm gonna keep 'em.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09I ain't watched over my girl all these years...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12..to have some...
0:02:12 > 0:02:13..to have someone...
0:02:13 > 0:02:17..to have some creature like you take her away.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Listen, I'm gonna tell you somethin'.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Your daughter ain't a little girl any more,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25and there's gonna be other men in her life besides you.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40That's not funny.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Tell me somethin', boy.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56How did you have this elopement planned out?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58How were you fixin' to go about it?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Tomorrow night during the dance,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Charlotte and I had planned to meet out in the summerhouse.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06She was gonna have her bags packed,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and we were gonna go away together, that's all.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And I had got us a room in Baton Rouge. We're gonna stay there.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I don't wanna hear about that.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Well, you asked me, so I just told you, that's all.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Now...
0:03:24 > 0:03:27..you shut your filthy mouth
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and you listen to me.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Charlotte doesn't know about this.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35She doesn't know you're here now.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39She doesn't even know Jewel was here last night.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43How do you mean, Jewel was here last night?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46You mean to tell me that my wife come over here to talk to you?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50As I recollect, she was sittin' right about here.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Now...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13..you're gonna come to that dance tomorrow night with your wife.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16You're gonna meet Charlotte in the summerhouse
0:04:16 > 0:04:19just like you planned,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22but what you're gonna whisper in her ear,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26that's gonna be somethin' else again.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Come on, baby. We haven't even danced once.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Champagne wouldn't be half the fun without prohibition.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Sure would like to meet Sam's bootlegger.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Sam Hollis sure knows how to give a party.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I just love to Charleston.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Ginny Mae? Ginny Mae, you seen Charlotte anyplace?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I got some killing news to tell her.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I haven't seen her for a long time now.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The last time I saw her, she was dancin' with John Mayhew.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Yeah, and it looks like it's gonna be quite a spell before you see her again.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I just gotta find...
0:05:55 > 0:05:56SHE SOBS
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I made a mistake, Charlotte, that's all.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Don't cry.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Look, I-I know it's no consolation to you,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23but I really loved you at one time.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Try and understand that. I really loved you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I could kill you!
0:06:45 > 0:06:46SHE CONTINUES SOBBING
0:07:11 > 0:07:15James! You ought to know you can't open them cases with a thing like that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Look here. Why do you think I brought this special?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Good evening, Mr and Mrs Howard.- Geraldine.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Hasn't this been just the loveliest evening?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46We have to go now. Be a dear and thank Mr Hollis for us.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- I just can't find him anywhere. - I'll do that little old thing, Mr Howard.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Thank you, dear. Good night, ladies.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Good night. - Good night, Mr and Mrs Howard.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31BIRDS SQUAWK GENTLY
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Charlotte?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Charlotte... Aah!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07No!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10No!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12My God!
0:09:16 > 0:09:17APPLAUSE
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Come on. Once more.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27OK. Now, one more time!
0:09:27 > 0:09:28BAND STARTS UP
0:09:46 > 0:09:48There's Charlotte.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59GUESTS GASP
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Somebody ought to call a doctor.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Charlotte, honey,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50you come with me now.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52No, Papa.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57No, Papa. I-I don't want to, Papa.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01No, Papa.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- I don't want to, Papa. - Come with me, baby.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06No, Papa.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Boy, it sure is spooky around here.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Especially the graveyard. Gets spookier. You'll see.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Hurry up. It's gettin' late. You think there really is a ghost?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Who knows? Sure, there's a ghost. There's the house now.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Gives me the creeps every time I see it.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- What if she catches me? - Shh!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Then you tell her you're Jewel Mayhew from down the road...
0:11:39 > 0:11:42..and you come a-lookin' for your poor, little old husband's head.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46What if she catches me?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Now, look, you wanna join the Spiders, don't you?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Well, get on in there.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Don't forget to get somethin' she touched with her own hands.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Watch out for that cleaver, now. She's just liable to chop off your little head.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Well, go on! We haven't got all night.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Go on! Go on!
0:12:43 > 0:12:44CLOCK BELL STRIKES
0:13:22 > 0:13:24MUSICAL BOX PLAYS A MELODY
0:13:57 > 0:13:58John?
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Get out of here! - Hurry! She'll catch us!
0:14:03 > 0:14:05She ain't catchin' me! Come on! Move!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- I'm scared! - I'm runnin', I'm runnin'.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13# Chop, chop, sweet Charlotte
0:14:13 > 0:14:17# Chop, chop, till he's dead
0:14:17 > 0:14:20# Chop, chop, sweet Charlotte
0:14:20 > 0:14:24# Chop off his hand and head
0:14:25 > 0:14:29# To meet your lover you ran, chop, chop
0:14:29 > 0:14:32# Now everyone understands
0:14:32 > 0:14:36# Just why you ran to meet your love, chop, chop
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# To chop off his head and hand
0:14:39 > 0:14:42# Chop, chop, sweet Charlotte
0:14:42 > 0:14:46# Chop, chop, till he's dead
0:14:46 > 0:14:48# Chop, chop sweet Charlotte... #
0:16:21 > 0:16:22HEAVY MACHINERY RUMBLING IN BACKGROUND
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Damn you!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Damn you!
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Get off my property, or I'll shoot!
0:16:57 > 0:17:01I told you to get off my property!
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Stan, look out! Look out up there! Stan!
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Man, oh, man!- That crazy woman. I'm tellin' you.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I wouldn't go out there if I was you.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Now, what do you think you're doin', firing on my man like that?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That's my land he's plowin' up down there.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Damn it! Ma'am, you could have killed him.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32If I'd been aimin' to kill him, I would have.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Now, see here, Miss Hollis. We done everything we could to accommodate you.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38But this time, you've gone too far.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Now, we got a bridge to build and roads to lay,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44and we ain't got no more time to fool with ya.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Where you are, I could spit in your eye...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50..with no strain at all.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Now, Miss Hollis, I ain't in no mood for jokes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I'm goin' straight into town and see the sheriff.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I don't care where you go straight to,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00just so long as you go and take that and them with you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Now, Miss Hollis, you know as well as I do the State of Louisiana...
0:18:04 > 0:18:08requisitioned this whole area, includin' your house, more than six months ago.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Just because some old fool in Baton Rouge signed a little bitty piece of paper
0:18:11 > 0:18:13doesn't make it so.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Nobody ever asked me to sign anything,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and nobody's gonna tear down my house...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20..to build a piddlin' bridge or anything else.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23So you just clear off my property once and for all!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I don't know. Some folks seem to think
0:18:25 > 0:18:28they got a natural-born right to get away with murder.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Hey, look out!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47You sure had yourself a good time today, didn't you, missy?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51You just cool down now.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57What are you gonna do, boss?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I'm goin' into town, and you keep those boys out of sight till I get back.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- OK, boss.- I'll bring that sheriff back out here
0:19:02 > 0:19:05in a half hour if I have to drag him out.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11You fixed things up for fair.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Come on. Come on.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17But they're gonna dig up the graves. Papa's grave.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18They wasn't within 100 feet of them graves.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Anyhow, they're fixin' to tear down the whole house.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I don't see what difference plowin' up the grounds is gonna make.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Come on. Come on, now.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31They offered to move your pappy's remains. You should've let 'em.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35They can't do him any harm now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Now, go on in there and get yourself quieted down.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42You've done enough for one day.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Let me tell you somethin'.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Ain't gonna be but a half an hour before that sheriff comes over here.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56So you get yourself dressed up real pretty...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59..and you come on downstairs and get your breakfast.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04If Luke Standish ever comes out here, he'll be real sorry.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08You hush. That ain't no way to talk, Miss Charlotte.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Now, you come on. Get yourself dressed.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Velma'll go downstairs and fix you a nice breakfast.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Don't you worry about that sheriff when he comes out here.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Velma'll get rid of him.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Yes, sir.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Yes, sir.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's not very often we have a homicide
0:20:53 > 0:20:57and never able to find the victim's head and hand.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I'm not much concerned about examining your credentials, Mr Wills.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I'm happy to go along with anything you say.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I just have my doubts about what you can expect to find.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12We've had newsmen and all sorts comin' down here for 35 years or more,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14and none of 'em any the wiser.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I don't expect to unearth anything extraordinary.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19After all, there's nothing really unusual
0:21:19 > 0:21:21about an unclaimed insurance policy.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23It's just that I don't want to upset anybody.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25So if you'll just go along with my little masquerade
0:21:25 > 0:21:29of a reporter from one of our more esoteric crime magazines,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I'd be most awfully grateful to you.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Well, Mr Wills, since you've come all the way from London, England to see us,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I guess we'll just have to oblige you,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42esoteric magazines and all.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'm sorry, Mr Standish.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49You're gonna to have to come out to the Hollis place. We got real trouble this time.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52What a remarkable coincidence.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54By the way, Sheriff,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I wonder if you could arrange for me to meet Jewel Mayhew?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I guess we'll just have to oblige you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Thank you very much.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05CAR APPROACHES
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Velma! - What?
0:22:20 > 0:22:25The sheriff's comin'. Get rid of him. Hear?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31She's not really crazy. She just acts that way
0:22:31 > 0:22:33because people seem to expect it of her.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36You can wait in the car.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39She ain't a-gonna come down.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46You can't see her. She's sick.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48All that dust and all that racket from your machines
0:22:48 > 0:22:50has made her real sick.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54She's waiting for Dr Drew to come and tend to her right now.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59That's too bad, cos there's a little matter of an unlicensed gun.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I was hopin' Miss Hollis maybe could help me find it.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Well, I reckon I'll just have to look for it myself, Miss Cruther.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Mornin', Miss Charlotte.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Get out, Luke Standish!
0:23:09 > 0:23:12You smirkin' Judas,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14comin' around here with your lyin' tricks!
0:23:14 > 0:23:16You oughta be ashamed of yourself.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Papa gave you the first job you ever had in this town.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Without him, you wouldn't be sheriff or anything else. - I know that, Miss Charlotte.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- That's why I'm trying to help you. - Help me?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27You had orders to leave this house long ago.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30If I'd been doin' my job, you'd have been long gone by now.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33If you are so anxious to help me,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35why don't you leave me alone?
0:23:35 > 0:23:40And tell everybody to stop threatenin' me with cuttin' off my water and electricity.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I can't, Miss Charlotte.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What you did today puts it right out of my hands.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Threatenin' people's one thing, but shootin' at 'em's another.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52I got orders now to see that you're gone within 10 days.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53They can hold up on the blastin' they've gotta do
0:23:53 > 0:23:57and keep the men and equipment workin' on the approach road on the other side of the river.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59But if you aren't out of here by the end of next week,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02the county commissioner is gonna have you up for criminal action.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06But this is my home. I haven't any other place to go.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- They can build their damn bridge anywhere.- No, ma'am.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14They have to build it to meet up with the road on the other side of the river.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16There isn't any alternative.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20End of next week, this house is comin' down.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23When my cousin Miriam comes,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25she'll know how to deal with the county commissioner.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- I didn't know you were expectin' her.- Well, I am.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Afraid she won't make a bit of difference as far as the bridge is concerned.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35We'll wait and see.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I reckon we will. I ain't gonna take that gun away from you, Miss Charlotte.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I certainly hope you aren't plannin' on using it again.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Comin' in here to fetch you out is the last thing I wanna do.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Then don't come!
0:24:59 > 0:25:00CAR ENGINE STARTS
0:25:06 > 0:25:12What'd you wanna go tellin' him stories about Miss Miriam for?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15She ain't even answered your letters.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Well, she's comin' anyway.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Be the saddest day of your life, missy, if she does come.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Your cousin Miriam ain't never had but one idea in her head,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28and that was lookin' out for herself.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31She's gotta come.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34She's the only kin I got left.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Miriam's just gotta come.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49She's the only one who can help me now.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52She's just gotta come.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I guess there's been a whole heap of changes
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- in this part of the country since you was here last, miss. - I imagine there have been.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Course, things ain't changed much in this parish,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03exceptin' folks are gettin' a lot older than they used to be.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I suppose they are.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13There's absolutely no point you're gettin' so upset
0:26:13 > 0:26:17the way you did this morning.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Anyone who knew you less well than I do might be forgiven
0:26:20 > 0:26:23for thinkin' you had a persecution complex.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Yes, Dr Drew.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Charlotte,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31they are asking you to leave this house...
0:26:31 > 0:26:35..because they are going to tear it down,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38not because of any of the ulterior motives
0:26:38 > 0:26:41that you seem to imagine.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- CAR HORN TOOTS What's that? - Charlotte, please.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Don't get so jumpy about everything.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48It's Miriam!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Miriam isn't expected till tomorrow evenin'.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, come on. Calm down.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Well, ma'am, this is it.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03They say that places you knew as a child
0:27:03 > 0:27:06always seem smaller than your memory of them.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09It's not true.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Velma.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Velma Cruther.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Shall I take these in, miss?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Thank you. Just put them up there.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It's just as I left it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- How much is that? - 2.50, ma'am.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- Keep the change. - Thank you, ma'am.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24You nearly beat your telegram here.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I know I'm a day early. I hope it won't inconvenience anybody.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Miriam!
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I just can't believe it.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- You look marvellous.- What is it that you can't believe, Drew?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39That I'm here, or that I look the way I do?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Come on. Don't make fun of an old man.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45You know I never was any good at expressin' myself.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47That's not so at all, Drew.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50You were always very quick with your compliments.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57It was just your intentions...
0:28:58 > 0:29:03..that were sometimes a little vague.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05You all want this stuff upstairs?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I'll give you a hand in just a minute.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13I suppose you wanna see Charlotte.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I think I already have.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Won't she be coming down?- I think we'd better go up. She's a bit upset.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- Well, there was a little trouble here this mornin'.- Trouble?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Nothin' serious.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28And, besides, you took us by surprise. We weren't expectin' you till tomorrow.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31There was a mix-up. I had to take an earlier plane.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33What kind of trouble?
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Just plain, blind stubborn.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42With her money, she could live anywhere in the world like a queen.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45But as it is, I'm afraid you'll have more than your hands full
0:29:45 > 0:29:48gettin' her out of this place.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53The three of us used to slide down this banister.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56I was always the champion.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59We just let you win because you were the youngest.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05An old house is difficult to keep clean.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10If you can get anybody out from town to work in this place,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12you're doin' a lot better than I can.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Don't misunderstand me, Velma.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I know how exhausting it must be,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19having to do all the work out here alone.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28There's a lot more bags out there.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Charlotte, it's Miriam.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10How good it was getting your letter asking me to come.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Miriam! I knew you'd come! I just knew you would.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- And you're gonna help me. - Of course I'll do whatever I can.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31I've thought of you and the house. It's like coming home.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34But everything is-is-is such a mess.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39You see, I wasn't expectin' you until tomorrow.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Don't worry. We're together again. That's the important thing.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Yes. Of course it is.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Miss Charlotte's room.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Remember the night you taught me how to smoke my first cigarette, and you...
0:31:56 > 0:31:59..or was it I... set the drapes on fire?
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I was the one they whopped, I know.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07No! That's Velma's job!
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Yes, but Velma's well, Velma.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21It's just that we haven't seen each other in so long,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24you'd think we'd have other things to talk about.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28I mean, arguing about who's gonna make up the bed.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44If you all want me to fix supper for you...
0:32:44 > 0:32:47..you better eat early,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49because I gotta get home.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Well, thank you, Velma.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Is that an invitation? - No!
0:32:54 > 0:32:58I just reckon you'd be sniffin' around here more than usual
0:32:58 > 0:33:01now that Miss Miriam's back.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03There's nothin' like a family reunion.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07I think I'll just get the key to the cellar.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Hmph! Just thinks he's gonna get the key to the cellar.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Well, it's the only thing.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18SHE CONTINUES TO MUTTER
0:33:21 > 0:33:26I didn't know I ever told you where the keys to the cellar were.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Thank you, sir.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33I can't remember when I last dined in here.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Papa used to say this was his favourite room.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I guess maybe that's cos he loved to eat so much.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41You know, Miriam,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43when all this nonsense about the house is straightened out,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46we could give parties here again.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Why not? What's so impossible about that?
0:33:52 > 0:33:53It would be lovely.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Yes, it would be nice.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Aren't you forgettin' about the limit they put on vacatin' the house?
0:34:00 > 0:34:04You've got to be out of here a week from Monday, and there's no two ways about it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Drew, you carry on as if you're a member
0:34:06 > 0:34:09of the Department of Roads and Bridges, or somethin'.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Miriam will tell them where to get off, won't you, Cousin, darling?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I wish I could.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Charlotte, you have just got to understand
0:34:17 > 0:34:19that there's nothin', absolutely nothin',
0:34:19 > 0:34:21that Miriam or anybody else can do about it.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Now, they are going to tear down this house, and that is final.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28You're so stuffy.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30They took their smelly old equipment out of here, didn't they?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Miriam isn't frightened of a bunch of crooked politicians.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You know, it wouldn't surprise me to find out
0:34:36 > 0:34:39that Jewel Mayhew is behind all this.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Charlotte, that is ridiculous!
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Is it? You notice they're not laying a finger on her land.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48They're destroying my house, but they're not touching hers.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I've rented a car for you, Miriam.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- You can go tomorrow. - Go where?
0:34:54 > 0:34:58To Baton Rouge to put that damn county commissioner straight.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Charlotte,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05there's nothing I wouldn't do for you if I could.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09You know that. But I'm afraid Drew's right.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13There isn't anything we can do about the house.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15You have to leave.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32What do you think I asked you here for?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Company?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37I thought you were gonna help me!
0:35:37 > 0:35:41But I shall. That's why I came to help, to be with you.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43To be with me?
0:35:43 > 0:35:47I've lived alone here ever since Papa died.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50The only people I've ever seen are Velma and Drew,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54who comes out when he feels like it just to see if I'm still alive.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Charlotte, that's not true. - And a bunch of sniggering idiots
0:35:56 > 0:35:58who come out here to make fun of me.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Do you think I'd ask you back here
0:36:01 > 0:36:03just-just to be with me?
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Charlotte, she's only tryin' to lend a helpin' hand.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Yes. I can see that.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14She's just breakin' her back.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18God, do you have gratitude!
0:36:18 > 0:36:20When you first came here after your precious papa died,
0:36:20 > 0:36:22you acted as if we weren't good enough for you.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25And your mama, a sorry, up-north waitress...
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Charlotte, that's enough.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Let her talk, Drew, if insulting me gives her any satisfaction.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34When you first came here, Papa took you downtown, bought you a whole new wardrobe.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Does it insult you to remember that? - Yes, I remember.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40You took your poor, up-north cousin downtown for a whole new wardrobe
0:36:40 > 0:36:43down to a sleazy store he wouldn't even let you set foot in.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46That wasn't good enough for you? Papa didn't give you enough?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Well, maybe that's what you came back here for...
0:36:48 > 0:36:50..to get the rest of Papa's money.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Charlotte! I have a career, and I've given up valuable time to come here.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I know. Now, let me see. What-What is it you call your job?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Yes. Public relations. Sounds like somethin' pretty dirty to me.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04The dirt, Charlotte, is entirely in your own mind.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06I wouldn't dwell on it if I were you, Charlotte.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08She didn't come here to be insulted.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10No, most likely she came back here to help Jewel Mayhew
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- drive me out of my own house. - Charlotte, you don't believe that.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Why wouldn't Miriam conspire with Jewel against me?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Who was it went sneakin' off to Jewel...
0:37:22 > 0:37:26..and told her about her husband and me in the first place?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Didn't know about that, did you, Drew?
0:37:40 > 0:37:46That's somethin' you never told your precious boyfriend, isn't that so, Miriam?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Isn't it, Cousin, darling?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Yes, I told Jewel. And I told your father too.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Why wouldn't I? After all, I wasn't much more than a child then.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06And all I ever got in this house was people telling me how lucky I was...
0:38:06 > 0:38:10..and your father always favouring you and holding you up as an example!
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Why wouldn't I tell him that his pure, darling little girl
0:38:13 > 0:38:18was having a dirty little affair with a married man?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22You're a vile, sorry little bitch!
0:38:22 > 0:38:27How was I to know it would end in murder with John being butchered?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52No, you couldn't have known that.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57And you couldn't have known that when Drew found out,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59he was so frightened of having his fine old name linked with ours
0:38:59 > 0:39:02that he'd walk out on you.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06But Drew's still here,
0:39:06 > 0:39:10and you're both still alive and...
0:39:12 > 0:39:14..and I'm still here.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19But, John...
0:39:22 > 0:39:24John never even...
0:39:38 > 0:39:41John? John?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46John?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50John.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51SHE SOBS
0:39:54 > 0:39:57She is deranged, Drew. She must be.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02Well, no. She's certainly worse than when I last wrote you,
0:40:03 > 0:40:07but not to the extent of being committed.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11I'm sorry. There's just no way to avoid the problem.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13There are times when...
0:40:13 > 0:40:17..she genuinely doesn't know what she's saying, but...
0:40:17 > 0:40:19On the other hand, I thought she described
0:40:19 > 0:40:23the way you left me rather accurately.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26If it's any comfort, I've always regretted...
0:40:27 > 0:40:30..having let you go.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36We don't have time for regrets now, Drew.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46And there is a lot to regret.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51John?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00John?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06What a shame. With all that money,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09she could have done such wonderful things with this place,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12made it so beautiful again.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15How could she stand being alone here all these years?
0:41:15 > 0:41:20People who oblige to live alone have a habit of creatin' company for themselves.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Innocent fancies can become fixed delusions.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I think she never fully accepted John Mayhew's death.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31At least, part of her mind hasn't.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Sometimes, she speaks of him...
0:41:34 > 0:41:38..as if he were still alive here in this house,
0:41:38 > 0:41:42as if she could still feel his personality.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45She plays that old harpsichord, the song he wrote for her.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Often at night, she sits up dressed...
0:41:51 > 0:41:53..as if she were still young
0:41:53 > 0:41:55and expectin' a beau.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01I seem to remember expecting something like that once myself.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15You going to be all right here? I could stay over.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You've been content to let me get along on my own all these years.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21I don't think another night is gonna kill me.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23I guess you're right.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Maybe you'd better have this.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- What on earth for? - Well, you never know.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35You do have people skulkin' around here occasionally.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- Anyway, you'd better take it. - Thank you.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- Good night.- Good night.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Good night.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE
0:43:11 > 0:43:12DOG CONTINUES BARKING
0:43:18 > 0:43:19BARKING CONTINUES
0:43:32 > 0:43:33BARKING CONTINUES
0:44:10 > 0:44:11BARKING CONTINUES
0:44:43 > 0:44:44BARKING CONTINUES
0:45:08 > 0:45:11My dress.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Somebody slashed my dress.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42They certainly were attractive youngsters.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46Yes, sir. That was just about the biggest story that ever broke in this town.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49Yes, I can see you gave it what you might call "the full treatment."
0:45:49 > 0:45:53Well, we couldn't very well bury it on the society page, could we?
0:45:53 > 0:45:56Anyhow, help yourself. I think you'll find everything that you need here.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59And that's a pretty good picture of Miss Charlotte.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Yes, it is.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I was working for the press when she arrived in London.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09Not one of us succeeded in getting an interview with her.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Well, they said that Big Sam sent her over there
0:46:11 > 0:46:13to prevent her from being charged and tried.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15But that wasn't so.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Sending her out of the country wouldn't have helped.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21I reckon Sam's political connections had more to do with it.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25As I remember, the district attorney tried hard to make the charge stick,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28but the whole thing was transferred over to Baton Rouge.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32I reckon Sam's friends in the capitol got busy, because nothin' ever did come of it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Lack of evidence was the official explanation.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38You wouldn't think so from the headlines.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Hi, Mr Blake. Thanks for the use of the hall.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45Tell me, are you running anything on the return of Miriam Deering?
0:46:45 > 0:46:47Just an insert in the social column.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49The social column. You gotta be kiddin'.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53Excuse me, Mr Wills. This is a colleague of yours, Mr Marchand from New York.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- How do you do?- And who are you covering the story for?
0:46:56 > 0:47:01Don't worry about me, old chap. My status is that of an amateur.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03By the way, what journal do you represent?
0:47:03 > 0:47:05Crimes of Passion and Century Crime Classics.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08You know, that Hollis dame hit the news again over that business with the bridge.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10We did a special issue on her. Here, take a look.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16No head, no hand. Just like the way it was.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Yes.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24- Very colourful.- Yeah, we're really going to town on this one.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Hey, Mr Blake.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29You never showed me this stuff.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34Well, one thing they didn't do then was to play up the sex angle like you can today.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48- WHISPERS:- Miriam Deering.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Miss Deering!
0:47:57 > 0:47:59My, it's good to see you back.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Jewel.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04- Jewel Mayhew! - Joseph.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- Here. Let me help you. - You leave me be.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10If I ever prayed for anything,
0:48:10 > 0:48:13it was that you would never dare show your face to me again.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15After all these years, what do you mean?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Do you honestly believe
0:48:17 > 0:48:20that time can excuse all the things you've done to me?
0:48:20 > 0:48:25- Jewel, please don't. Not here on the public steps.- I see.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Not in public.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30We mustn't speak the truth out in the open, you and I?
0:48:30 > 0:48:32It's not about me that I'm worried.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Well, right here on the public street...
0:48:35 > 0:48:37..in the light of day,
0:48:37 > 0:48:39let me tell you, Miriam Deering,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43that murder starts in the heart,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46and its first weapon is a vicious tongue.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50At the time, would anyone else have been as kind to you as I?
0:48:50 > 0:48:54- Would they? - Go away from me.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58I'm ill. I'm very ill.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03I won't give up one more thing to you,
0:49:06 > 0:49:10not even one more minute.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14It's all right, Mrs Mayhew. Come along.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26A world full of monsters!
0:49:26 > 0:49:31Don't you ever show your white-trash face in this house again!
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Damn! Just some damn meanness all day long.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45Just one filthy mess to clean up after another. She's nothin' but a child.
0:49:45 > 0:49:50She never does anything anyway.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Velma.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Who brought this into the house?
0:49:55 > 0:49:58I did! I brought it in.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00It was in the mailbox just like that.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03I reckon somebody put it there. You know,
0:50:03 > 0:50:06she broke that dad-burned teapot up there.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10Tea runnin' all down the wall. Shoo-ee!
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Incidentally, I've managed to find some women to do the packing.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16Please let me know when they arrive.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Them women, they just steal you out of house and home.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23I got to get something to fix this filthy stuff.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27"Incidentally, please tell me when they arrive."
0:50:32 > 0:50:37I told you to stay out!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Charlotte, you're behaving like a child,
0:50:49 > 0:50:53throwing a tantrum over a trivial bit of rubbish like this.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58How can you touch that piece of filth?
0:50:58 > 0:51:01It's only a magazine, cheap and disgusting,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03and only cheap and disgusting people will read it.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07It's Jewel Mayhew devilling me in my own house.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10You think Jewel Mayhew brought it here?
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- She couldn't have.- Why couldn't she have brought it here?
0:51:13 > 0:51:18I just saw her. She's seriously ill.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Much too ill to be running around playing silly games with magazines.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Well, she deserves to be ill.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26She deserves to die!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Charlotte!
0:51:28 > 0:51:32It's just possible that Jewel Mayhew hasn't given you a sustained thought in years.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34You think so, do you?
0:51:34 > 0:51:37You think she's never given me a thought?
0:51:50 > 0:51:54I've been gettin' these in the mail ever since John died.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57That idiot Luke Standish told Papa they were...they were crank notes.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00But then some reporter got a hold of 'em and put it in the newspaper.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03And then they started to come in from all over the world.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06But the first one was mailed right here in Hollisport,
0:52:06 > 0:52:08and that's where the last one came from.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13And nobody can ever make me believe that Jewel Mayhew didn't send them!
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- You saved all these? - All of 'em...
0:52:16 > 0:52:19..to show how mean and unforgiving she can be!
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Well,
0:52:23 > 0:52:26it's time you got rid of them.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- What do you want now? - I come to tell her somethin'.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30She could use some tellin'!
0:52:30 > 0:52:37Them packin' women you've been lookin' for, they has arrived.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39I'll take care of it.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58This is my favourite place now...
0:52:58 > 0:53:00..here in the shade.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Yes, it's very pleasant here.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05Very pleasant indeed.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Tell me, Mr Wills, weren't you a little surprised
0:53:09 > 0:53:11when I agreed to see you?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15After all, you must've been told that I don't normally receive visitors.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Well, yes. But then, I found the hospitality
0:53:18 > 0:53:21of this part of the country extraordinary.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Besides, I imagine you had your reasons.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Would you have anything else, ma'am?
0:53:25 > 0:53:29Um, no.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- Thank you, Lewis. - Thank you, ma'am.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35I did have my reasons, Mr Wills.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39- I did. - I hope you won't regret it,
0:53:39 > 0:53:43but I did warn you I'd have to touch on some painful subjects.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Which leads me to confess
0:53:46 > 0:53:48to my own reasons for this meetin'.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54I have a particular need for a stranger now.
0:53:54 > 0:53:59Yes, they...they have their uses, don't they?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Well, in this little town,
0:54:01 > 0:54:06our interests are all too... too tightly interlocked.
0:54:06 > 0:54:11If you confide in one person, you confide in the whole community.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14You mean you'd like somebody to talk to?
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Only in a sense.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19I'm not a well woman.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22You can see that much for yourself.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Who was it said, "This long disease, my life"?
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Well, it's...it's comin' to an end.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35Perhaps a month, a few weeks. Who knows?
0:54:35 > 0:54:37I'm terribly sorry.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40No, no. Don't be, not for me.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44I think I'm even glad.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46But never mind that. I take it you're no stranger
0:54:46 > 0:54:50to the unhappier aspects of people's lives.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53In fact, the only way to trust someone is on instinct alone.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57I want you to have this.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01I only ask that you don't open it until after I'm gone.
0:55:01 > 0:55:06Then I want you to use your own judgment and experience.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10You'll know what to do when the time comes,
0:55:10 > 0:55:12or what not to do.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15It seems a dreadful responsibility.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17It is. A terrible one.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21My honest advice is to refuse it.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23You know I won't, of course.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27I know.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29Ruined finery.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32That's all I have left.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36I'm, stony broke. Is that the phrase?
0:55:37 > 0:55:39It's a relief to admit it.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44But your...your policy with Lloyd's?
0:55:44 > 0:55:47You know how long it would take to process an old claim like that.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51By the time I received it, I'd be past needin' it.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Well, now I think you're ready for another cup of tea.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57Would you?
0:55:59 > 0:56:04# I hold two roses within my hand
0:56:04 > 0:56:08# Two roses I give to you
0:56:10 > 0:56:13# The red rose tells you
0:56:13 > 0:56:17# Of my passion
0:56:18 > 0:56:21# The white rose
0:56:21 > 0:56:26# My love so true
0:56:27 > 0:56:32# Hush, hush sweet Charlotte
0:56:32 > 0:56:37# Charlotte, don't you cry
0:56:37 > 0:56:41# Hush, hush sweet Charlotte
0:56:41 > 0:56:44# I'll love you till I die
0:56:46 > 0:56:49# And every night
0:56:49 > 0:56:52# After I should die
0:56:52 > 0:56:55# Yes, every night
0:56:55 > 0:56:58# When I'm gone
0:56:58 > 0:57:04# The wind will sing to you
0:57:04 > 0:57:07# This lullaby
0:57:08 > 0:57:14# Sweet Charlotte was loved
0:57:15 > 0:57:18# By John. #
0:57:18 > 0:57:19SHE SOBS
0:57:21 > 0:57:23Charlotte.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26Charlotte?
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Come. Come to bed, Charlotte.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Come to bed.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Miriam,
0:57:49 > 0:57:52he really... isn't here, is he?
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Just now I thought I heard...
0:57:59 > 0:58:02Sometimes at night when I wake up,
0:58:03 > 0:58:07it seems as if he really is here.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Don't turn on the light.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14It's not real when it's light.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18It's only real when it's dark...
0:58:20 > 0:58:23..dark and still.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26I won't turn on the light.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Come along. You must go to bed.
0:58:47 > 0:58:50CHARLOTTE SCREAMS He's dead!
0:58:51 > 0:58:54He's dead! He's dead!
0:58:54 > 0:58:56He's dead! He's dead!
0:58:56 > 0:58:58- Dead! He's dead! - Charlotte!
0:58:58 > 0:59:01- No, no, he's all right. - He's dead!
0:59:01 > 0:59:03He'll be fine.
0:59:03 > 0:59:06- He's dead! He's dead! - Charlotte, don't...
0:59:24 > 0:59:28PIANO PLAYS
1:00:02 > 1:00:03DOG BARKS
1:00:38 > 1:00:40Stop starin' at me!
1:02:19 > 1:02:22Man, she sure acts
1:02:22 > 1:02:26like she's crazy sometimes.
1:02:26 > 1:02:28That's what all the folks in town say,
1:02:28 > 1:02:30but I wouldn't bet on it.
1:02:30 > 1:02:32I wouldn't bet on it at all.
1:02:48 > 1:02:51Well, upon my word.
1:02:53 > 1:02:55Charlotte Hollis.
1:02:58 > 1:03:01Now I've frightened you. I'm terribly sorry.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09Please don't run away.
1:03:09 > 1:03:11I'm quite harmless, I assure you.
1:03:23 > 1:03:25Would you like a cigarette?
1:03:26 > 1:03:28Well, I won't either.
1:03:28 > 1:03:30What are you doing on my property?
1:03:30 > 1:03:33Yes, my dear, it is your property, isn't it?
1:03:33 > 1:03:37Well, as a matter of fact, I'm snooping. There's no other word for it.
1:03:37 > 1:03:40- Are you one of the surveyors? - No, no.
1:03:40 > 1:03:43- I have nothing to do with all that sort of thing. - Then what's that camera for?
1:03:43 > 1:03:48This is a sort of conversation piece.
1:03:48 > 1:03:51I say, may I introduce myself?
1:03:51 > 1:03:53My name is Harry Wills.
1:03:57 > 1:04:01I've come all the way from London in the hope of meeting you.
1:04:01 > 1:04:03Why?
1:04:03 > 1:04:07Well, we have met before, you know,
1:04:07 > 1:04:09a long time ago.
1:04:09 > 1:04:12On the first night you arrived in London...
1:04:12 > 1:04:14..when I was a newspaper reporter
1:04:14 > 1:04:18and stood as close to you as I am now...
1:04:18 > 1:04:20..for two delightful minutes.
1:04:20 > 1:04:22But I didn't talk to any reporters.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25I know you didn't, and you had every reason not to,
1:04:25 > 1:04:27the way they behaved toward you.
1:04:27 > 1:04:31That's one of the reasons why I've always hoped I'd meet you again...
1:04:31 > 1:04:33..to apologise.
1:04:33 > 1:04:36- You really were there? - Indeed I was.
1:04:36 > 1:04:38And I can prove it to you.
1:04:38 > 1:04:40Let me see now.
1:04:40 > 1:04:42You were dressed in, um,
1:04:42 > 1:04:45a sort of,
1:04:45 > 1:04:47grey... No, green...
1:04:47 > 1:04:50a green suit with a sort of...
1:04:50 > 1:04:52tam-o'-shanter to match.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54Am I right?
1:04:54 > 1:04:57You see, I was there.
1:04:57 > 1:05:02You know, ever since that night I've read almost everything they've ever printed about you.
1:05:02 > 1:05:06In fact, I'm quite an authority on you.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08- You are? - Yes, indeed I am.
1:05:09 > 1:05:12You're my favourite living mystery.
1:05:13 > 1:05:15Have you ever solved me?
1:05:15 > 1:05:18No.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21But then you wouldn't be a mystery any more, would you?
1:05:24 > 1:05:26No, I wouldn't.
1:05:27 > 1:05:32And I'm your-your favourite case when you got so many to choose from?
1:05:32 > 1:05:34That's only natural.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36You have everything.
1:05:36 > 1:05:40You're unsolved. Perhaps even insoluble.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43And you have passion and glamour in your past.
1:05:43 > 1:05:46I say, I hope I'm not offending you.
1:05:46 > 1:05:48It's the oddest thing. You're not.
1:05:49 > 1:05:52I don't usually talk to people.
1:05:53 > 1:05:55Not about that.
1:05:55 > 1:05:59That's why I'm so flattered that you're talking to me now.
1:05:59 > 1:06:03I say, let's go and sit up there and have a nice little chat, shall we?
1:06:18 > 1:06:20Mr Wills,
1:06:21 > 1:06:24since you're an authority on me,
1:06:25 > 1:06:27you think I'm a murderess?
1:06:29 > 1:06:31Do I look like one?
1:06:31 > 1:06:34Well, now, let's see.
1:06:36 > 1:06:39It's rather difficult, isn't it? But that's as it should be.
1:06:41 > 1:06:44They've told you I'm crazy.
1:06:44 > 1:06:47Everyone says you are.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49Are you?
1:06:51 > 1:06:53I used to be positive I wasn't.
1:06:56 > 1:06:58But just lately,
1:06:59 > 1:07:01at night, it...
1:07:03 > 1:07:05..it seems as if...
1:07:07 > 1:07:10I really don't know any more.
1:07:10 > 1:07:13If it comes to that, how does anyone know?
1:07:16 > 1:07:19Would you like to see inside the house?
1:07:19 > 1:07:21I've been wanting to see it for years.
1:07:21 > 1:07:23Come on.
1:07:27 > 1:07:30Papa used to give the most beautiful parties here.
1:07:30 > 1:07:33They went on for days and days.
1:07:33 > 1:07:35You're very fond of this house, aren't you?
1:07:37 > 1:07:40I'll show you Papa's library.
1:07:40 > 1:07:42Papa built this place up again, you know.
1:07:42 > 1:07:45He bought back a lot of the original pieces.
1:07:47 > 1:07:51You're Miss Deering, aren't you? I had the pleasure of seeing you yesterday.
1:07:51 > 1:07:54- My name is Wills. Harry Wills.- How do you do?
1:07:54 > 1:07:58Your cousin's kindly consented to show me around this lovely old home.
1:07:58 > 1:08:00I see.
1:08:00 > 1:08:03Excuse me.
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Come on.
1:08:05 > 1:08:10Papa's library was like a playroom to me when I was a little bitty.
1:08:10 > 1:08:13That's Papa. He never minded me underfoot.
1:08:13 > 1:08:16He never minded a thing I ever did. He was always so...
1:08:16 > 1:08:20Take your hands off that!
1:08:20 > 1:08:23You give that to me!
1:08:23 > 1:08:25Now you get out! You get out, all of you!
1:08:25 > 1:08:29- Get out, do you hear me? You get out and stay out! - Go outside. Wait for me outside.
1:08:29 > 1:08:32- You get out and stay out!- Charlotte, what's the matter? What did they do?
1:08:32 > 1:08:35And you, too, snooping around.
1:08:35 > 1:08:37Don't you think I know what you're looking for in my house?
1:08:37 > 1:08:40But what does it matter if you haven't anything to conceal?
1:08:40 > 1:08:45But I have. I have things concealed. Vile things.
1:08:45 > 1:08:48Where do you suppose I keep 'em? Haven't you guessed?
1:08:48 > 1:08:50In here.
1:08:50 > 1:08:55A memento of my sinful romance. My lover's hand.
1:08:55 > 1:08:58Look! Just look!
1:08:58 > 1:09:00MUSICAL BOX PLAYS
1:09:12 > 1:09:16It's allall I have left of him.
1:09:17 > 1:09:20A love song he wrote for me
1:09:20 > 1:09:24and gave me in a music box.
1:09:27 > 1:09:30- My dear, Miss Charlotte. - Please.
1:09:30 > 1:09:33- John. - You'd better leave now.
1:09:33 > 1:09:35I was trying to help her.
1:09:35 > 1:09:40If you hadn't come here, this might never have happened.
1:09:40 > 1:09:42I'm sorry.
1:09:44 > 1:09:47Who put that box in there?
1:09:47 > 1:09:50How in the world would I know?
1:09:57 > 1:09:58THUNDER CLAPS
1:10:27 > 1:10:30Charlotte.
1:10:51 > 1:10:54Charlotte.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26Charlotte.
1:11:29 > 1:11:32Charlotte.
1:11:34 > 1:11:36Charlotte.
1:11:38 > 1:11:41John?
1:12:11 > 1:12:12GLASS SMASHES
1:12:18 > 1:12:19MORE GLASS SMASHES
1:12:31 > 1:12:33Charlotte?
1:12:33 > 1:12:37Charlotte? Charlotte, let me in.
1:12:47 > 1:12:49The mirrors.
1:12:49 > 1:12:53Charlotte, what happened to the mirrors?
1:13:00 > 1:13:03Charlotte.
1:13:03 > 1:13:05What have you done?
1:13:14 > 1:13:19It was Papa. He was soso tall and so angry.
1:13:19 > 1:13:21He still hasn't forgiven me.
1:13:21 > 1:13:26- No, Charlotte, he loved you. He wouldn't have harmed you. - But it was Papa.
1:13:26 > 1:13:29It was Papa. I know it was.
1:13:29 > 1:13:34- No, it just seemed that way. - He was there. He really was.
1:13:34 > 1:13:36- He really was. - No, come along.
1:13:36 > 1:13:38We'll talk about it tomorrow.
1:13:43 > 1:13:45- Miriam, what are you doing? - Charlotte.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48I'm taking you away from here today.
1:13:48 > 1:13:50- No.- Drew and I have talked it over.
1:13:50 > 1:13:53- And we found a place where you'll be real comfortable.- No, I won't go.
1:13:53 > 1:13:56- You just get some sleep. - You have to go before next Monday anyway.
1:13:56 > 1:14:00II won't go, not while Jewel Mayhew's still down there.
1:14:00 > 1:14:02I won't have her see me driven off my own place.
1:14:02 > 1:14:06Would you rather she sees you arrested and taken off to jail?
1:14:06 > 1:14:07Luke Standish wouldn't do that.
1:14:07 > 1:14:11There'll be policemen and reporters and photographers everywhere.
1:14:14 > 1:14:17Charlotte, after last night, you must leave here.
1:14:17 > 1:14:19You must.
1:14:19 > 1:14:22- Last night? - The music room.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24The mirrors.
1:14:32 > 1:14:34Where will you take me?
1:14:36 > 1:14:38To a nice place...
1:14:38 > 1:14:41..where people will be kind to you.
1:14:41 > 1:14:43You'll see.
1:14:43 > 1:14:47But I won't go in the daytime. I won't go till it's after dark cos Jewel will see me.
1:14:47 > 1:14:49Now, Charlotte, what difference does that make?
1:14:49 > 1:14:51Jewel will have to know sooner or later.
1:14:51 > 1:14:53I want Charlotte to get some sleep.
1:14:53 > 1:14:56I'll go downstairs and see about cleaning up down there.
1:14:56 > 1:14:59- What are you gonna do to me?- I want you to get all the rest you can.
1:14:59 > 1:15:02You're going to feel a lot better after you've had a little sleep.
1:15:02 > 1:15:06Drew, I didn't break those mirrors. Really, Drew, I didn't break those mirrors.
1:15:06 > 1:15:09Of course you didn't break the mirrors.
1:15:20 > 1:15:22Mr Wills's room.
1:15:22 > 1:15:25Yeah. Will you hurry it up?
1:15:27 > 1:15:29Mr Wills? Velma Cruther.
1:15:29 > 1:15:33You told me to call you if...
1:15:36 > 1:15:40I'll talk to you later.
1:15:47 > 1:15:48I was just using the phone.
1:15:48 > 1:15:50So I see.
1:15:50 > 1:15:53Miss Charlotte will be leaving tonight, Velma.
1:15:53 > 1:15:56You'll be given your wages till the end of the month.
1:15:56 > 1:15:59You trying to hand me my walkin' papers?
1:15:59 > 1:16:02No, it's just that you won't be needed any longer.
1:16:02 > 1:16:04Is that so?
1:16:04 > 1:16:08Well, what about when she comes back? Or ain't she comin' back?
1:16:08 > 1:16:12Since the house won't be here, I hardly think that's relevant.
1:16:12 > 1:16:16You think so? You know what I think?
1:16:16 > 1:16:18I think if she leaves this house with you,
1:16:18 > 1:16:21she ain't never gonna be seen nor heard from again.
1:16:21 > 1:16:25Anyways, I take my orders from Miss Charlotte and not from you!
1:16:25 > 1:16:27It should be obvious, even to you, Velma,
1:16:27 > 1:16:29that my cousin is in no condition to run a household.
1:16:29 > 1:16:34Is that so? Well, there's a whole lot of things that's obvious to me.
1:16:35 > 1:16:39The childish tricks you've been playing here, trying to frighten me into leaving,
1:16:39 > 1:16:42are more than sufficient reason to dismiss you.
1:16:42 > 1:16:44Tricks?
1:16:45 > 1:16:48What are you calling tricks?
1:16:48 > 1:16:51Wasn't me that ripped your dad-burned old dress.
1:16:51 > 1:16:54But you seem to know it was ripped.
1:16:54 > 1:16:57And I haven't mentioned it to anyone.
1:16:58 > 1:17:02Besides, it isn't just the dress.
1:17:02 > 1:17:05I don't even know what you're talking about.
1:17:05 > 1:17:07But I do know one thing, though.
1:17:07 > 1:17:11You're just jealous because Miss Charlotte always favoured me!
1:17:11 > 1:17:13You're trying to dupe me out of the money
1:17:13 > 1:17:17that she promised me when she passes away!
1:17:17 > 1:17:20That's charming.
1:17:22 > 1:17:24Quite charming.
1:17:24 > 1:17:26My cousin just happens to be a little ill,
1:17:26 > 1:17:29and you're already dividing up the spoils.
1:17:29 > 1:17:32I didn't mean it.
1:17:32 > 1:17:36I did not mean it that way, and you damn well know it!
1:17:36 > 1:17:40Anyways, you don't have no call to be so high and mighty.
1:17:40 > 1:17:43I seen all that fancy foreign mail that you've been gettin'.
1:17:43 > 1:17:46You think I don't know a due bill when I see one?
1:17:46 > 1:17:49You had it in for me since the first time you come to this house.
1:17:49 > 1:17:52And you know why? Cos I can see right through you.
1:17:52 > 1:17:56You didn't fool me then, and you sure as hell don't fool me now.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59My dear Velma, I wouldn't dream of trying.
1:17:59 > 1:18:03But the point is you're fired. You're just not needed any longer.
1:18:03 > 1:18:06Well, I'm not gonna clear out just cos you say so.
1:18:06 > 1:18:09I've been lookin' after Miss Charlotte since before you come here, and she knows it.
1:18:09 > 1:18:12Where do you think you're going?
1:18:12 > 1:18:14I'm goin' upstairs, and I'm gonna tell her what you've been up to!
1:18:14 > 1:18:18Don't you dare go up there and bother her.
1:18:20 > 1:18:24What's going on up there that you don't want me to see?
1:18:24 > 1:18:27Now, Velma, Miss Miriam's more than qualified
1:18:27 > 1:18:29to look after Miss Charlotte...
1:18:29 > 1:18:32..and to take care of closing up the house.
1:18:35 > 1:18:39So you're in on this together?
1:18:40 > 1:18:42You and her.
1:18:42 > 1:18:45You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
1:18:45 > 1:18:47Miss Charlotte's sick.
1:18:47 > 1:18:50You're not gonna help her get well by kicking up all this ruckus.
1:18:50 > 1:18:52All right!
1:18:53 > 1:18:56All right, I'm goin'.
1:18:56 > 1:19:00But don't think you're not gonna be sorry!
1:19:00 > 1:19:02Both of you!
1:19:04 > 1:19:08What in the world does she think we're gonna be sorry about?
1:19:08 > 1:19:10She's always been insanely jealous
1:19:10 > 1:19:13of anyone who was close to Charlotte.
1:19:13 > 1:19:17I guess it's something she just can't be rational about.
1:19:20 > 1:19:22You haven't got much to go on, really.
1:19:22 > 1:19:25I got what I know, don't I?
1:19:25 > 1:19:29I know the state Miss Charlotte's been in ever since that fool woman come here!
1:19:29 > 1:19:32She wouldn't have smashed them mirrors that way
1:19:32 > 1:19:35if somebody didn't have her good and worked up about something.
1:19:35 > 1:19:38She loves that old house.
1:19:38 > 1:19:40She really does.
1:19:40 > 1:19:44Yes, but even allowing that there may be some cause for concern,
1:19:46 > 1:19:48what can I do?
1:19:48 > 1:19:50You could do somethin'!
1:19:50 > 1:19:52She likes you.
1:19:52 > 1:19:55I seen how she was with you.
1:19:55 > 1:20:00Now, if you was to... if you was to go out there...
1:20:00 > 1:20:03..and you were to tell her not to listen to them,
1:20:03 > 1:20:07I think she'd mind what you say.
1:20:07 > 1:20:10I must admit, the whole thing seems strangely odd to me.
1:20:10 > 1:20:13If they take my Miss Charlotte away from that house,
1:20:13 > 1:20:15I ain't gonna never see her again.
1:20:15 > 1:20:19I knows it. I just knows it!
1:20:19 > 1:20:22You feeling all right, Charlotte?
1:20:22 > 1:20:25Somebody has to finish your packing for you, don't they?
1:20:25 > 1:20:28You don't want to leave all your things behind, do you?
1:20:28 > 1:20:30Do you?
1:20:55 > 1:20:57Papa.
1:21:01 > 1:21:03Papa, I'm going to have to leave the house.
1:21:03 > 1:21:08I tried to keep the house, but they're tearing it down.
1:21:08 > 1:21:09I can't help it.
1:21:12 > 1:21:14Don't be angry.
1:21:15 > 1:21:18I've lived alone here all these years to protect you.
1:21:18 > 1:21:20You know that.
1:21:26 > 1:21:30Just because I loved John more than I loved you...
1:21:30 > 1:21:33..didn't give you the right to murder him just to punish me!
1:21:37 > 1:21:41John never hurt you. John never even...
1:21:41 > 1:21:42KNOCKING
1:22:13 > 1:22:15One more time, baby.
1:22:15 > 1:22:19Just one more time. Nice. Now hold still.
1:22:19 > 1:22:20Once again.
1:22:20 > 1:22:23Thanks. Remind me to send you one for Christmas.
1:22:36 > 1:22:39Charlotte?
1:22:39 > 1:22:42Charlotte? Charlotte, what is it?
1:23:14 > 1:23:16How is she?
1:23:16 > 1:23:19She'll keep...
1:23:19 > 1:23:21Wanna help me get rid of this?
1:23:25 > 1:23:28It's almost too real, isn't it?
1:23:28 > 1:23:33Your artist friend in New Orleans has quite a talent.
1:23:33 > 1:23:37- And a minimum of curiosity. - Do you think it's done the job?
1:23:37 > 1:23:41Not quite. We could probably achieve the rest with this drug,
1:23:41 > 1:23:43but the effect wouldn't be permanent.
1:23:43 > 1:23:45Besides, chemically it's traceable.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48Then we'll have to go through with the rest?
1:23:48 > 1:23:51Don't you worry. After the last phase of treatment,
1:23:51 > 1:23:55there won't be a doctor in Louisiana who wouldn't commit her.
1:23:55 > 1:23:59Then establishing your right to handle the estate...
1:23:59 > 1:24:02should take,
1:24:02 > 1:24:04just a few days.
1:24:08 > 1:24:10Good morning, Charlotte.
1:24:13 > 1:24:16- Where's Velma? - You let her go yesterday.
1:24:16 > 1:24:18You fired her.
1:24:19 > 1:24:24- Fired?- You're not going to need her any longer.
1:24:24 > 1:24:26I had a terrible dream.
1:24:27 > 1:24:29- Terrible. - I know.
1:24:29 > 1:24:32You'll stop having them once you're away from here.
1:24:32 > 1:24:35Now you eat your breakfast.
1:24:36 > 1:24:39And I'll come back later and see how you are.
1:25:56 > 1:26:00Miss Charlotte?
1:26:01 > 1:26:03Miss Charlotte?
1:26:13 > 1:26:15Miss Charlotte.
1:26:18 > 1:26:20What have they been givin' you?
1:26:25 > 1:26:28That's some kind of drug, ain't it?
1:26:30 > 1:26:33Miss Charlotte.
1:26:33 > 1:26:38- I thought you'd gone.- Well, I was gone. They kicked me out,
1:26:38 > 1:26:42Miss Miriam and your friend Dr Drew.
1:26:42 > 1:26:46I told that to Mr Wills, but he wouldn't listen.
1:26:46 > 1:26:50You can't go that way. Miss Charlotte, I've gotta go get your coat.
1:26:51 > 1:26:54Your shoes. You can't go there.
1:26:54 > 1:26:57Come on, Miss Charlotte. Come on, Miss Charlotte.
1:26:57 > 1:26:59I've gotta get you out of here.
1:26:59 > 1:27:02Come on, honey. We gotta go outta here.
1:27:02 > 1:27:03DOOR SHUTS
1:27:05 > 1:27:08Miss Charlotte. Come on, darling.
1:27:08 > 1:27:11Don't you say anything. You hush now, ya hear?
1:27:11 > 1:27:14Don't you say a word. Come on, Miss Charlotte.
1:27:15 > 1:27:18Miss Charlotte, don't say anything. Shh.
1:27:18 > 1:27:20Shh. Be quiet. Don't say anything.
1:27:23 > 1:27:26My!
1:27:26 > 1:27:28Shh, Miss Charlotte.
1:27:39 > 1:27:41You'll be able to eat something later.
1:27:46 > 1:27:48I'll take this away.
1:27:48 > 1:27:51Is there anything you want before I leave?
1:28:09 > 1:28:11I'll look in on you later.
1:28:24 > 1:28:27Now get some rest.
1:28:41 > 1:28:43Come on, Miss Charlotte. You gotta wake up now. Come on.
1:28:43 > 1:28:46- No. No, Velma, no!- Shh! You gotta be quiet, honey.
1:28:46 > 1:28:50Come on. Put your legs over here. That's right.
1:28:50 > 1:28:53You gotta put this coat on. Put your little hand in here now.
1:28:53 > 1:28:55Come on. Put your little hand in there. That's right.
1:28:55 > 1:28:58Come on. Now give me your other hand.
1:28:58 > 1:29:00That's good. Get it in there.
1:29:01 > 1:29:03Come on. Give me your other one.
1:29:11 > 1:29:15You just can't keep hogs away from the trough, can you?
1:29:15 > 1:29:17I come to get my things.
1:29:17 > 1:29:19Is my cousin one of your things?
1:29:19 > 1:29:22I'm taking her outta here,
1:29:22 > 1:29:24away from you!
1:29:24 > 1:29:27The only thing you're taking out of here is you!
1:29:27 > 1:29:29Miss Charlotte! Miss Charlotte!
1:29:34 > 1:29:39So you're finally showin' the right side of your face, ain't ya?
1:29:39 > 1:29:42Well, I seen it all the time.
1:29:42 > 1:29:46That's some kind of drug that you've been givin' her.
1:29:46 > 1:29:51You've been makin' her act the way she's been.
1:29:51 > 1:29:53Well, I'm goin' into town,
1:29:53 > 1:29:58and I'm goin' to tell them what you been up to.
1:31:04 > 1:31:07Dr Bayliss, please. Yes, Bayliss.
1:31:07 > 1:31:10And hurry. Please hurry.
1:31:10 > 1:31:13Sit down.
1:31:13 > 1:31:17You seem awfully nervous.
1:31:17 > 1:31:21He was always fighting to keep two things -
1:31:21 > 1:31:23his daughter and his money.
1:31:23 > 1:31:25And now he's gonna lose both.
1:31:25 > 1:31:28Gotta hand it to him. He held on to both of 'em an awful long time,
1:31:28 > 1:31:31even after he died.
1:31:31 > 1:31:35I suppose in a way he's got Charlotte to thank for that.
1:31:35 > 1:31:38If she hadn't deluded herself into believing
1:31:38 > 1:31:43it was dear old Papa who killed John Mayhew,
1:31:43 > 1:31:48she might never have stayed here guarding that so-called, secret.
1:31:48 > 1:31:51She might have gone off and spent the entire fortune.
1:31:51 > 1:31:54Are you sure it's all right?
1:31:54 > 1:31:57Sure what's all right?
1:31:57 > 1:32:00Don't make fun of me!
1:32:00 > 1:32:03You mean Velma.
1:32:03 > 1:32:07Of course it's all right. Nobody's ever gonna know it wasn't an accident.
1:32:09 > 1:32:12Except me, of course.
1:32:12 > 1:32:14Which rather tends to make me the senior partner
1:32:14 > 1:32:17in our little enterprise, doesn't it?
1:32:17 > 1:32:20Charlotte's still asleep. Do you want me to give her anything else?
1:32:20 > 1:32:25No, no. She'll do quite nicely as she is.
1:32:25 > 1:32:29Well, I'd better put in an appearance in town.
1:32:31 > 1:32:34Come on, Miriam.
1:32:34 > 1:32:36Don't start weakenin' now.
1:32:36 > 1:32:39This may be our last chance of acquiring the wealth
1:32:39 > 1:32:42to which I'd like to become accustomed.
1:32:46 > 1:32:48See you.
1:32:57 > 1:32:59It's all yours, Mr Wills.
1:32:59 > 1:33:02Thank you, Sheriff.
1:33:02 > 1:33:05Hi, Mr Wills. I'll bet this is the first time
1:33:05 > 1:33:09you've ever seen the county coroner operate out of a funeral parlour?
1:33:09 > 1:33:12Yes. It's a bit different where I come from.
1:33:12 > 1:33:14It's a bit different most places.
1:33:14 > 1:33:18Still, for a town of this size, it's kind of handy.
1:33:18 > 1:33:21I just heard the news about Velma Cruther's death
1:33:21 > 1:33:23at the newspaper office.
1:33:23 > 1:33:27- It was Miss Cruther he came to see, wasn't it?- Yes, indeed, sir.
1:33:27 > 1:33:31She certainly had a nasty accident, all right.
1:33:31 > 1:33:35- Would you like to see the body? - No, thank you.
1:33:35 > 1:33:38Well, step inside anyway.
1:33:42 > 1:33:44May I ask how it happened?
1:33:44 > 1:33:49Well, it seems sheshe fell off a ladder.
1:33:49 > 1:33:52She must have been up there fixing her roof.
1:33:52 > 1:33:55The roof at her place has always let in the rain.
1:33:55 > 1:33:59And, well, it's done it for years.
1:33:59 > 1:34:02You mean this happened at Miss Cruther's home?
1:34:02 > 1:34:05Well, I'd hardly call it a home, sir.
1:34:05 > 1:34:08But she did fall in her own backyard.
1:34:08 > 1:34:11I see. Who found her?
1:34:11 > 1:34:14Well, I couldn't tell you that, sir,
1:34:14 > 1:34:17but it was Dr Bayliss that brought her in.
1:34:44 > 1:34:53- Charlotte.- Charlotte.
1:34:56 > 1:35:02Charlotte.
1:35:03 > 1:35:06Charlotte.
1:35:09 > 1:35:12# Hush, hush sweet Charlotte
1:35:12 > 1:35:16# Charlotte, don't you cry
1:35:18 > 1:35:22# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
1:35:23 > 1:35:27# I'll love you till I die
1:35:30 > 1:35:32# Hold me, darlin'
1:35:32 > 1:35:35# Please hold me close
1:35:35 > 1:35:37# And brush the tears
1:35:37 > 1:35:40# From your eyes
1:35:40 > 1:35:45# You weep because you had a dream last night
1:35:45 > 1:35:50# You dreamed that I said goodbye
1:35:51 > 1:35:56# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
1:35:56 > 1:36:00# Charlotte, don't you cry. #
1:36:06 > 1:36:08Charlotte.
1:36:11 > 1:36:13John?
1:36:16 > 1:36:19John, wait! Don't go.
1:36:22 > 1:36:24MUSIC STARTS UP
1:36:24 > 1:36:27# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
1:36:28 > 1:36:32# Charlotte, don't you cry... #
1:36:39 > 1:36:41John?
1:36:47 > 1:36:49John?
1:37:20 > 1:37:22SHE PLAYS A FEW NOTES ON THE PIANO
1:39:24 > 1:39:25MUSIC PLAYS
1:40:33 > 1:40:35John?
1:40:36 > 1:40:38Don't go away.
1:40:41 > 1:40:43John?
1:40:44 > 1:40:47Please don't go away!
1:41:28 > 1:41:30Papa?
1:41:43 > 1:41:45Charlotte.
1:41:49 > 1:41:52John.
1:42:27 > 1:42:28GLASS SHATTERS
1:43:26 > 1:43:27CHARLOTTE SCREAMS
1:43:34 > 1:43:36You idiot.
1:43:36 > 1:43:38You wretched idiot!
1:43:40 > 1:43:43He's dead.
1:43:44 > 1:43:46And you killed him.
1:43:56 > 1:44:01Miriam!
1:44:01 > 1:44:04Don't call the sheriff.
1:44:04 > 1:44:06People staring at me and hating me.
1:44:06 > 1:44:09It will be just like the night when John was murdered.
1:44:09 > 1:44:12But you killed Drew. We can't just pretend it never happened.
1:44:12 > 1:44:16You don't know what it's like when hate is everywhere. You can feel it.
1:44:16 > 1:44:18Miriam, don't you hate me too.
1:44:18 > 1:44:21Please, Charlotte. Please, please don't.
1:44:21 > 1:44:25I didn't mean to kill him. The gun was just there in-in my hand.
1:44:25 > 1:44:27And-And when I saw him, he looked so horrible.
1:44:27 > 1:44:31It was just like the night whenwhen the mirrors were all smashed
1:44:31 > 1:44:33and just like the night when I saw that head.
1:44:33 > 1:44:39MiriamMiriam, please don't call the sheriff. I just couldn't stand it!
1:44:39 > 1:44:41Charlotte, don't.
1:44:41 > 1:44:45We could get rid of the body. We could hide it somewhere.
1:44:45 > 1:44:48Then people would think someone else had done it. That's the only thing to do.
1:44:48 > 1:44:51MiriamMiriam, I've got lots of money.
1:44:53 > 1:44:56I'll give it to you, all of it.
1:44:56 > 1:44:59We really could get rid of the body if you'd help me.
1:44:59 > 1:45:01We could get rid of it if you'd help me.
1:45:06 > 1:45:10I wish to God I'd never come here.
1:45:18 > 1:45:22I'll get the car. You turn out the lights.
1:45:22 > 1:45:25Well, go!
1:45:25 > 1:45:26KNOCK ON DOOR
1:45:32 > 1:45:35Get in there and stay quiet.
1:45:35 > 1:45:37Get in there!
1:45:45 > 1:45:49Miss Deering, I hope you'll forgive me for popping in at this time.
1:45:49 > 1:45:52I happened to be out driving with a friend when I noticed the lights.
1:45:52 > 1:45:55I've heard the news about Velma Cruther's death.
1:46:01 > 1:46:04What a terrible thing. She was such a loyal person.
1:46:05 > 1:46:08I'm quite sure Miss Hollis must be terribly upset about it.
1:46:08 > 1:46:11I wonder if there's anything I can do?
1:46:11 > 1:46:14It's very kind of you, but, no, there isn't anything.
1:46:14 > 1:46:16Charlotte was upset.
1:46:16 > 1:46:20I've given her a sedative and put her to bed.
1:46:20 > 1:46:23- It was a dreadful shock for her. - I'm terribly sorry.
1:46:23 > 1:46:25Please give her my sympathy.
1:46:25 > 1:46:27I'm sorry I can't ask you in.
1:46:27 > 1:46:29It's quite all right. I shouldn't have come.
1:46:29 > 1:46:33It's very late. I just happened to be passing, that was all.
1:46:33 > 1:46:37- You understand.- Yes, of course. Thank you, Mr Wills. Good night.
1:46:37 > 1:46:41By the way, I understand you'll be leaving this house
1:46:41 > 1:46:43in a matter of days now, you and your cousin.
1:46:43 > 1:46:48Well, of course our plans are indefinite now.
1:46:48 > 1:46:49Naturally, they would be.
1:46:49 > 1:46:53Mr Wills, you'll have to excuse me.
1:46:53 > 1:46:55I must look in on Charlotte.
1:46:55 > 1:46:58Excuse me, please. Good night.
1:46:58 > 1:47:01Good night.
1:47:38 > 1:47:40I don't think I can help you.
1:47:42 > 1:47:45You can't help me?
1:47:45 > 1:47:47I'm the one that's helping you!
1:47:47 > 1:47:49Do you want me to wash my hands of the whole thing?
1:47:49 > 1:47:53Call the sheriff? Is that what you want?
1:47:53 > 1:47:56Well, all right, then.
1:48:09 > 1:48:12Hey, turn your lights on!
1:48:30 > 1:48:34I must be the worst person in the world
1:48:34 > 1:48:35to have killed Drew.
1:48:35 > 1:48:38Will you please shut up?
1:48:49 > 1:48:51Miriam, I-I can't touch him.
1:49:05 > 1:49:07Don't make me do it, Miriam.
1:49:08 > 1:49:10Get out.
1:49:15 > 1:49:17Do what I say!
1:49:44 > 1:49:45Well?
1:50:33 > 1:50:35Will you stop that!
1:50:38 > 1:50:40Miriam, they'll they'll be finding him soon
1:50:40 > 1:50:42and-and they'll be asking questions
1:50:42 > 1:50:46and I-I-I don't think I-I could lie to 'em.
1:50:46 > 1:50:49You-You-You You'll have... You'll have to tell 'em, Miriam,
1:50:49 > 1:50:51I'm not able to answer questions.
1:50:51 > 1:50:55Cos they'll find out if you don't. They'll find out, Miriam.
1:51:10 > 1:51:12Damn you.
1:51:12 > 1:51:16Now will you shut your mouth?
1:51:18 > 1:51:20You'll do as I tell you.
1:51:20 > 1:51:24And if I tell you to lie, you'll do that too.
1:51:24 > 1:51:28I'm never going to suffer for you again.
1:51:28 > 1:51:30Not ever.
1:51:30 > 1:51:33Do you understand?
1:52:02 > 1:52:04Get out.
1:52:04 > 1:52:07Get out and go up to your room.
1:52:07 > 1:52:09Go ahead!
1:52:12 > 1:52:15I'm going to clean out the back, and I'll be up in a minute.
1:52:15 > 1:52:17Well, go on!
1:53:35 > 1:53:37'Go up to your room.
1:53:37 > 1:53:39'Well, go on!
1:53:39 > 1:53:42- ECHOES:- 'Go on! Go on!'
1:54:31 > 1:54:33SHE SCREAMS HYSTERICALLY
1:54:55 > 1:54:56SHE MUMBLES TO HERSELF
1:55:01 > 1:55:03Hush...
1:55:03 > 1:55:07hush, sweet Charlotte.
1:55:48 > 1:55:51I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
1:55:52 > 1:55:55To your very good health.
1:55:55 > 1:55:57- You look absolutely ravishing. - Thank you, sir.
1:55:57 > 1:56:00I bet Lazarus never felt as good as I do.
1:56:00 > 1:56:02To Venice in the spring.
1:56:02 > 1:56:04Venice?
1:56:04 > 1:56:07Well, as a matter of fact, I'm not certain
1:56:07 > 1:56:10that I shall want to live in Europe.
1:56:11 > 1:56:13I don't see that what you want
1:56:13 > 1:56:15has anything to do with where we go.
1:56:15 > 1:56:19You forget that Velma's tragic departure
1:56:19 > 1:56:24has allowed me to become the senior partner of our little enterprise.
1:56:24 > 1:56:28Are you sure you have the brains to be the senior partner?
1:56:29 > 1:56:32I, er, don't think I follow you.
1:56:33 > 1:56:38Who do you suppose helped to set up cousin Charlotte for this little comedy
1:56:38 > 1:56:40by sending her all those charming notes?
1:56:40 > 1:56:43Well, naturally Jewel Mayhew.
1:56:43 > 1:56:45Jewel?
1:56:45 > 1:56:48Jewel Mayhew hasn't done a thing in years and years,
1:56:48 > 1:56:52except keep me in comfort until her money ran out.
1:56:55 > 1:56:57I sent Charlotte all those notes.
1:56:57 > 1:56:59You...
1:56:59 > 1:57:01And Jewel Mayhew?
1:57:11 > 1:57:14My notes to Jewel had a more practical purpose.
1:57:14 > 1:57:18The one good thing that ever happened to me in this house...
1:57:18 > 1:57:22..was seeing Jewel Mayhew go out to the summerhouse that night.
1:57:25 > 1:57:28She paid me handsomely for that indiscretion.
1:57:34 > 1:57:36She paid you?
1:57:50 > 1:57:52Jewel murdered her husband,
1:57:53 > 1:57:55and you could actually bring yourself
1:57:55 > 1:57:59to make both her and Charlotte suffer for it all these years?
1:57:59 > 1:58:01Yes, darling.
1:58:01 > 1:58:04That's exactly what I did.
1:58:04 > 1:58:06Do you still feel you have the imagination
1:58:06 > 1:58:09to be the senior member of this partnership?
1:58:13 > 1:58:15Evidently not.
1:58:17 > 1:58:21I didn't know you had such a dulcet baritone.
1:58:21 > 1:58:25Well, you attended the wrong Sunday school when I was a choirboy.
1:58:25 > 1:58:28So, you see, my dear,
1:58:28 > 1:58:30you've joined this game somewhat later than you thought.
1:58:30 > 1:58:32I did indeed.
1:58:32 > 1:58:35If you'd known earlier, would you have trusted me
1:58:35 > 1:58:37not to put real bullets in that gun tonight?
1:58:37 > 1:58:41No, ma'am, Miss Miriam. I don't believe I would.
1:58:43 > 1:58:47I would be careful not to over-celebrate too soon.
1:58:47 > 1:58:50We've still got one more show to put on first thing in the morning.
1:58:50 > 1:58:53- So early? - Yes.
1:58:53 > 1:58:56I asked the folks from the state institution to come over here about 10:00.
1:58:56 > 1:58:58You mean I shall have to wring my hands
1:58:58 > 1:59:01in abject misery and humiliation
1:59:01 > 1:59:05at the disgrace of having a member of our fine old family
1:59:05 > 1:59:07committed to the local madhouse?
1:59:07 > 1:59:09Fine old family, indeed.
1:59:09 > 1:59:14Sam Hollis was nothing but a thieving, fat fraud. And...
1:59:17 > 1:59:19And furthermore,
1:59:19 > 1:59:22he and John Mayhew
1:59:22 > 1:59:25were the biggest two damn womanizers
1:59:25 > 1:59:28in the whole state of Louisiana.
1:59:28 > 1:59:30Dear, all that lovely money
1:59:30 > 1:59:33that Big Sam sweated to get his hands on.
1:59:33 > 1:59:35While we're spending it like water,
1:59:35 > 1:59:39Charlotte will be weaving lots and lots of little baskets.
1:59:39 > 1:59:42Don't distress yourself, darling.
1:59:42 > 1:59:45There's nothing wrong with basket weaving.
1:59:45 > 1:59:48Of course, it never cured anybody,
1:59:48 > 1:59:51but it is most therapeutic.
1:59:53 > 1:59:57I can just see Charlotte's face when those doctors at the institution
1:59:57 > 2:00:01call you in to confirm their opinion.
2:00:01 > 2:00:05When she sees me walk in there tomorrow morning,
2:00:05 > 2:00:09she'll let out such a scream that they'll never let her out.
2:00:45 > 2:00:47The way I heard it, that Deering woman
2:00:47 > 2:00:51didn't have nothin' but a flimsy peekaboo dress on.
2:00:51 > 2:00:55Yeah, me too. I heard that. She and that Dr Drew.
2:00:55 > 2:00:58You didn't have to guess what was going on there.
2:00:58 > 2:00:59Ya ask me,
2:00:59 > 2:01:02you go to live with a bloodthirsty maniac,
2:01:02 > 2:01:04you're just asking for it.
2:01:04 > 2:01:07She went on a real rampage.
2:01:07 > 2:01:11I'll bet they'll never pin it on her, just like back before.
2:01:11 > 2:01:15Martha! Dora! Ooh, whee, is this a day.
2:01:15 > 2:01:18People dropping like flies every which way.
2:01:18 > 2:01:20- BOTH:- What happened?
2:01:20 > 2:01:25- Well, what, Lily?- You won't never in this world believe it, but it's so.
2:01:25 > 2:01:29Jewel Mayhew - and I know because I got it straight from Bessie...
2:01:29 > 2:01:31- What? What? - What happened?
2:01:31 > 2:01:35- Jewel Mayhew just went and dropped dead this morning.- No.
2:01:35 > 2:01:38She had her third stroke and she was gone
2:01:38 > 2:01:40before they even got the doctor on the phone.
2:01:40 > 2:01:44- No! - And just guess what brought it on.
2:01:44 > 2:01:45- What? - What?
2:01:45 > 2:01:49It was when she heard what happened over here last night.
2:02:09 > 2:02:12Isn't that the most extraordinary thing?
2:02:12 > 2:02:14What is?
2:02:14 > 2:02:16It was just a thought.
2:02:16 > 2:02:21But suppose it was Jewel Mayhew who really murdered her husband back in '27.
2:02:22 > 2:02:25And supposing there was a witness to the murder.
2:02:25 > 2:02:27So?
2:02:27 > 2:02:32That would explain why she didn't try to collect on her husband's insurance.
2:02:32 > 2:02:38She was afraid a routine investigation might reveal her guilt,
2:02:38 > 2:02:42thus enabling the witness to take advantage of her silence and blackmail her,
2:02:44 > 2:02:46bleeding her white.
2:02:46 > 2:02:48What does that give you?
2:02:48 > 2:02:51Well, it would at least give us...
2:02:51 > 2:02:55..the timing of Jewel Mayhew's death and...
2:02:55 > 2:03:00..all this sort of bizarre irony, wouldn't it?
2:03:00 > 2:03:02Hey, you're not kidding, are you?
2:03:02 > 2:03:06It would mean that Charlotte Hollis has suffered all her life
2:03:06 > 2:03:09for a murder she hadn't committed.
2:03:09 > 2:03:13- You mean that's true? - How should I know, old chap?
2:03:13 > 2:03:15I'm just guessing.
2:03:15 > 2:03:17Merely speculating, that's all.
2:03:20 > 2:03:23Here she comes now.
2:03:28 > 2:03:32- It's Charlotte Hollis. - Look. There she goes.
2:04:12 > 2:04:16- Here she comes. - Hey, Miss Hollis, over here.
2:04:19 > 2:04:21Now give me another one.
2:04:22 > 2:04:24Thank you, Miss Hollis.
2:04:26 > 2:04:29Can I have one too, Miss Hollis?
2:04:31 > 2:04:34She looks right pretty, don't she?
2:04:37 > 2:04:40Sometimes they got their sane moments, just like you or me.
2:04:40 > 2:04:43Maybe so, but you ain't seen Dr Drew
2:04:43 > 2:04:45or that Deering woman lying in there.
2:04:45 > 2:04:48She has to be crazy as a loon.
2:05:00 > 2:05:02- I wouldn't wanna be in her shoes. - Y'all step back.
2:05:02 > 2:05:04All right, let's move back, everybody.
2:05:04 > 2:05:07Miss Hollis, this letter's for you.
2:05:07 > 2:05:10I think you've been waiting a long time for it.
2:05:13 > 2:05:15Sorry. Everybody has to move back.
2:05:49 > 2:05:52OK, let's go.
2:05:55 > 2:05:57Step back.
2:05:57 > 2:06:00- Stop pushing! - Get back over there!
2:06:27 > 2:06:31# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
2:06:32 > 2:06:37# Charlotte, don't you cry
2:06:37 > 2:06:42# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
2:06:42 > 2:06:46# I'll love you till I die
2:06:48 > 2:06:51# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
2:06:53 > 2:06:57# Charlotte, don't you cry
2:06:58 > 2:07:03# Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte
2:07:03 > 2:07:05# I'll love you
2:07:05 > 2:07:11# Till I die. #