All language subtitles for Perry Mason s04e07 Clumsy Clown

Lisa, wait.

What is it?

The threshold.

I've got to carry it. The threshold, the
threshold.

The threshold, the threshold, the
threshold, the threshold, the threshold.

I can't want tradition like that.

And this is our home.

The elephants, the horses, the crowds,
and the...

It smells.

You have had too much champagne.

And why not? How often do I get married?

Just once.

Just forever.

You know, you don't know what you're
doing.

And you don't know what you're saying.

As a matter of fact, you're not
responsible for what you're thinking.

But you're hooked.

I've got you and you'll never get away.

Oh, I love you, Philip.

I love you, I love you, I love you.

And this is our wedding night.

I'm so happy.

Diablo.

Hi.

Diablo.

Diablo.

Diablo.

Look, there's Jerry.

We've got to tell the boss. We've got to
tell him. Lisa, wait.

I'll tell him.

Look, you had a little too much to
drink.

Jerry's very much in love with you.

You'll only hurt him.

Jerry!

Hey, where have you two been?

I wanted to go over an idea for your
act, Lisa.

We were hiding.

Hiding?

Right in there.

Come on, no joke. Lisa!

He won't come out.

Even if I unlatched it, he wouldn't come
out.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten
you.

I've got something to tell you. Felix
and I... Look out!

Yes, come in.

Felix?

Well, you expecting someone?

No. Of course not.

Lisa went on a hit today.

She's waiting in L .A. for us.

Well, champagne, four candles and a
cake.

Must be somebody's birthday.

Oh, an anniversary of some kind.

What do you want, Curtis?

Just about this time, wasn't it?

Four years ago?

It was a terrible thing Lisa did with
that cat, Jerry Franklin.

What do you mean Lisa did?

Well, she opened the cage and let the
cat get to Jerry.

She didn't.

Everyone knows it was an accident.

No, that's a story that went out.

Lisa knew how scared Jerry is of the
cats.

Look, why are you bringing up all this
now?

She'd had a little wine, that's all.

You think she maliciously opened the
cage?

Oh, I think she was a little drunk,
Felix.

She's got a conscience.

That's why she married Jerry. She didn't
really love him.

That's why she's sticking with him when
she really loves you.

What do you want, Curtis?

Well, now, you know that Jerry Franklin
and I are partners in the circus.

Yes.

Want to buy me out?

Of course, the circus has fallen on bad
times.

Do you know what he offered me for my
share?

$180 ,000.

Why are you telling me all this?

Well, according to our partnership, I
can turn around, offer Franklin the same

amount for his share.

He has to accept it.

What are you getting at?

I need a loan. I don't want to leave the
circus.

Go to the bank.

I think I got a better chance with you.

Well, I don't have that kind of money.

You've been raising it.

How much you got in the till, Felix?

All right, I am raising it.

For Jerry Franklin, not for you.

And if he has to buy you out, I hope to
be able to give him the money to do it.

See?

That's just the point.

Who gets the money to buy the other guy?

Was it exactly four years ago tonight?

I mean the night you married Lisa?

She didn't have time to divorce you
before marrying Jerry Franklin.

Out of pity.

Can't blow out a marriage just like
that.

Even with the best motive.

Look, you can't tell Jerry.

You've kept it from him for so long.

What are you going to do?

Well...

I'm going to wait for you to lend me the
money you've been raising.

Felix, you can't blow out a torch like
that either.

That's too bad. Lisa won't stay on when
you take over.

She's great.

There'll be a few others who won't stay
on.

Yes, sir. I'm looking forward to that.

Look, Durant, if you're figuring on
replacing Heidemann, forget it.

But you promised me when I gave you the
$10 ,000... We'll have to call that a

loan. I made a mistake.

You can't carry the show. You just
haven't got it. I can do everything.

Heidemann can. I've got the experience,
the ability, talent, everything.

Everything but his genius.

Well, it'll have to be by tomorrow.

It's him or us.

Tony and I just gave Felix our last $15
,000.

It's all the money we have left in the
world.

How much does that make altogether,
Felix?

I'll be able to make it now.

Good.

Lisa, Felix, Joyce, Tony and me,
partners.

Curtis is bluffing.

He says he can raise that money, but he
can't.

In these last four years, we've loved
each other without once saying the

Lisa's been an honorable and devoted
wife to Jerry Franklin, Mr. Mason.

She's paid penance where none was
demanded.

But as long as your marriage with Lisa
is on the book, she's not legally

to Franklin.

She's really committing no crime, Mr.
Mason.

Theirs is not a consummated marriage,
the accident.

Well, the law makes no distinction on
that account.

Now, you said the accident occurred on
the night of your marriage.

Yes. Well, you could have had your
marriage annulled.

Yes, Mr. Mason, but the time never
seemed right.

First, we didn't know what to do, and
then when Lisa married Jerry, couldn't

just then... I think Lisa wanted to hold
on to that one thread secretly,

just as I did.

Bigamy is a felony in this state, Mr.
Heidemann.

Can it be worked out without Jerry
Franklin's knowledge?

Possibly.

And the loan Curtis is demanding?

You mean the blackmail?

That money isn't all yours, is it?

No. Then how could you use it?

Have you raised the entire $180 ,000?

All but $15 ,000 of it.

I know where I can get that, but that
isn't the problem.

The problem is that if Jerry finds out
Lisa's been married to me all this time,

it'll just about kill him.

You see, he thinks Lisa's been in love
with him all along.

I understand.

But these are things that you and Lisa
must decide for yourselves.

Yes, Mr. Mason.

Thank you. No, no, sit down.

No, I haven't been to a circus for
years.

I could reserve some seats for you for
tonight's performance.

Love to.

All right, let's see.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the one
and only, the incomparable Felix

Heidemann, the funniest man in the
world.

with marshmallows.

Well, Perry?

Well, hello, Lieutenant.

You know, hot corn never tastes half as
good as it does with circus.

That's right, Lieutenant.

Nothing like good circus popcorn and
good company to help you eat.

All right, Perry.

What are you doing here?

Eating popcorn.

What about you, Lieutenant?

Oh. Same thing you're here for,
probably.

Duty.

Homicide got a complaint from the owner.

Someone tried to kill him.

Curtis? No, Mr. Franklin.

Had a tiger loose on him.

About an hour ago.

Back in the dressing room area.

Oh, he's okay. Nothing happened to him
this time.

But I understand something did happen to
him once before.

It was a long time ago.

Where's Heidman?

Where's that clown?

Funniest man in the world.

Well, I don't think this part of his act
is going to make a jury laugh.

Mrs. Franklin, we are trying to place
everybody.

No one seems to recall just what
happened to Heidman or in what direction

went. Now, where were you when the fatal
shot was fired?

In my dressing room.

And did you hear the shot?

I heard the silence, Lieutenant.

What's that?

Back here, when a performance goes on,
there's a steady sound.

People talking, music, laughter.

I was putting on my makeup when I heard
the silence.

And then you came out into the corridor?

Yes. And then what?

I went to the performance entrance to
see what was going on.

Did you see Heidemann?

No, Lieutenant.

Did you see anybody in a clown suit,
Mrs. Franklin?

No, Mr. Mason.

It's no good, Perry.

That was Heidemann in that suit and
underneath that grease paint.

Since none of you are going to
cooperate, you'll all have to come

spend the rest of the night, if we have
to, remembering what went on.

You too, Lieutenant?

Huh?

It seems to me that you were just as
much an eyewitness as anyone else. How

do you remember?

Well, I know one thing I didn't forget.

To put out an all -points bulletin on
Felix Heidemann.

In San Francisco, Mr. Mason. I just
found out what happened.

What are you doing up there?

I came up here to get the last part of
the $180 ,000.

Why San Francisco?

My bank is here.

When did you leave Los Angeles?

I caught the 9 o 'clock train from Union
Station last night.

9 o 'clock?

That's right.

The shot that killed Curtis was fired at
9 .15.

Yes, sir.

And you're saying you did not shoot
Curtis?

Of course I didn't shoot him, Mr. Mason.

Look, I know they're looking for me.

What'll I do?

Are you telling me the truth, Mr.
Heidemann?

Yes, sir.

Then you'd better come back to Los
Angeles and tell it to the police.

The police?

Give myself up?

You'd be giving yourself up if you tried
to run away.

I told her just the way it happened, Mr.
Mason. I took the 9 o 'clock train to

San Francisco to get the money out of
the bank.

Well, if we can prove you were on that 9
o 'clock train, it will automatically

clear you.

Well, I don't know if I can, Mr. Mason.

Didn't keep my ticket stub.

Didn't sit next to anyone.

There's just no one I remember.

Maybe one of the conductors will
remember.

We'll have Paul Drake check on that.

Now, what about the gun you used in your
act?

I left it in my dressing room on top of
the makeup table.

Then anyone could have taken it.

I left it there purposely for my
replacement.

What replacement?

I'd never leave the show in the lurch
without arranging for a substitute.

I left a note.

Then you know who was in your costume at
the time of the shooting.

No, I don't, Mr. Mason.

You see, the man that was supposed to be
in that costume was Mr. Curtis.

Curtis?

Well, he used to be a clown. He's filled
in for me on occasion in the past.

Who could have filled in for you this
time?

Who could have made every single person
there believe it was Felix Heidemann in

that clown suit?

Somebody did, Mr. Mason.

I thought it was Heidemann. Of course, I
wasn't looking for it not to be.

If you know what I mean.

Where were you when the shot was fired,
Mr. Durant?

My axe with the elephants. I was waiting
over there to come in.

Did you see any part of Heidemann's axe?

Well, without really seeing it.

You know, you've seen it before. It's a
routine. Well, this time, was there

anything about it that struck you as
unusual?

Some missing characteristic?

Something left out of the routine?

No, but as I say, I wasn't really
looking for anything.

What are you trying to do, Mr. Mason?
Make out it wasn't Heidemann performing?

I think it's a possibility.

Is that how you're aiming to defend him?

Heidemann said that he took the 9 o
'clock train to San Francisco.

That he'd made arrangements with Curtis
to substitute for him.

Curtis did substitute for him
occasionally.

Did anyone else?

Occasionally?

Why don't you say it?

You mean me?

No.

No, I was never asked.

Now, um... Franklin was sitting there in
his wheelchair at the tunnel entrance

to the dressing rooms when the shot was
fired. Do you recall that, Mr. Durand?

I've been trying to remember everybody's
position, but...

I'm more confused than sure.

Well, the killer was standing here, just
about where we are.

And Curtis was standing directly over
there.

A bullet fired along this line could
have come from the dressing room

From where you say Mr. Franklin was.

That's right.

Well, even if I'd been looking, I
couldn't have seen Mr. Franklin from

was.

Well, could you have seen Curtis
standing over there?

Yes, I could have. I don't remember
looking.

Mr. Durant, I need your help.

A question has been raised that Felix
Heidemann either had a substitute or

someone impersonated him.

Now, would you search back in your
memory for some definite clue as to the

that the killer could not have been
Heidemann?

You're suggesting that I might be able
to testify that it wasn't Heidemann in

that costume?

Yes, you might.

That's the way of a lawyer, to protect
his client.

Figuring out angles like that, true or
not.

Well, even if I might, I wouldn't.

You'd lie?

There's no love lost between Heidemann
and me, Mr. Mason.

I'm not saying I'd lie and hang him.

But I wouldn't tell the truth to help
him either.

Hello, Paul.

Anything new?

Hi, Perry.

Plenty, but it'll keep. The Gilberts are
waiting for you, and Della says it's

important.

Della, I'm back.

Would you bring the Gilberts in, please?

Yes, sir.

Come in, please.

My wife has something to tell you,
Mason.

Won't you sit down?

No, thank you.

I don't know if it's important or not.

Tony seems to think so.

Last night, about 20 after 6, I went
into Mr.

Curtis' office.

There was a note on his desk from Felix
saying that he was going to San

Francisco and couldn't make the
performance.

And he wanted Mr. Curtis to fill in for
him.

Felix said he had left a note for
Curtis.

Go on, Joyce.

Later, after dinner, I went back to his
office, and the note was gone.

And you thought Curtis had picked the
note up?

Yes, yes.

And when you saw Curtis lighting his
cigarette during the performance, and

realized that he had not taken
Heidemann's place, what did you think?

I thought Felix had changed his mind.

You know...

I believe someone other than Felix
Heidemann was in that clown suit.

I'd like you to try to recall if there
was anything in the act, anything

different or out of the ordinary which
would show that it wasn't Heidemann.

No, I... I don't recall.

I didn't notice anything.

Did Felix go to San Francisco, Mr.
Mason?

That's going to be one of the major
issues in this case, Mrs. Gilbert.

Whether he did or did not.

The police will be very dubious.

Very.

That is some of the news I have for you.

I think the police are prepared to
concede that Heidemann went to San

They are?

Any time after 10 o 'clock.

Heidemann said he took the 9 o 'clock
train.

They got a call this morning from the
state police near Santa Barbara.

A gun was found on the highway,
presumably thrown from a San Francisco

train. Santa Barbara?

Close by, Carpinteria.

Kind of lucky it landed on the highway.

Yes.

Very lucky.

Was it Heidemann's gun?

Registered to him and identified as the
.357 long -barrel magnum revolver used

in his act. And, according to Tragg, the
gun that killed Judson Kurtz.

I show you Exhibit A and ask if you can
identify it.

Yes, sir. That's the bullet which passed
through the deceased's body and

ricocheted off an iron plate on one of
the tent poles.

And this peculiar flattened and bulging
effect.

That's when it struck the iron plate.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Frag, I show you this gun and
ask you to identify it.

Yes, sir.

It's the gun found on Highway 101 in
Carpateria.

That's on the way to San Francisco at a
point where the railroad tracks cross

the highway.

It's a Magnum 357, purchased by the
defendant, Felix Heidemann, and

in his name.

It was wiped clean of all fingerprints.

Thank you.

Now, Lieutenant, on the night of the
murder, did you, in the course of duty,

visit the Curtis Franklin Circus?

Yes, sir. I'd gone there to investigate
an attempted homicide against Gerald

Franklin, one of the owners.

What time was this?

About 8 .30.

Then you were present during the evening
performance. Did you see a clown named

Felix Heidemann performing that night?

Yes.

What happened during that performance?

He was caricaturing a shooting act which
had preceded him.

And? He fired a shot at the deceased,
Judson Curtis.

But instead of having blank cartridges
in his gun, there were real bullets.

Now, and I want to emphasize this point,
Lieutenant.

Was there during the act, following the
act... or in any discussion with any of

the principals at any later time, any
hint or suggestion that it was not the

incomparable, world -renowned Felix
Heidemann performing that night.

Oh, no, no, sir.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

You may cross exam.

Was the clown in costume, Lieutenant?

Yes, sir.

And in heavy makeup?

Yes. Would you say unrecognizable?

Well, if you mean, uh...

Feature by feature. That's what I mean,
yes.

Yes, he was unrecognizable.

Lieutenant, did you check the fatal
bullet ballistically?

We tried, but the distortion was so
severe, no comparison could be made.

Then for all we know, the gun found on
Highway 101 was not the murder gun.

Well, I wouldn't put it that way. I just
put the answer the way I put the

question, Lieutenant.

No, we can't prove it was the murder
gun.

Was the gun loaded?

Yes. How many bullets were in the
cylinder?

Four.

Then, since the .357 Magnum holds six
bullets, it could mean that two shots

been fired.

Could.

Now, Lieutenant, you took several
members of the circus personnel down to

headquarters for questioning on the
night of the murder. What time did you

release them?

Oh, various times.

Now, what time did the last of them
leave?

About 3 o 'clock.

I believe you stated in your testimony
that the gun was found at Carpinteria

early in the morning. Now, exactly what
time early in the morning?

Well, the state police reported it at 6
.50 a .m.

Then any of those people you'd been
questioning at police headquarters had

time to drive to Carpinteria, toss the
gun onto the highway to simulate its

having been thrown from a train.

Well, if you're asking if any of them
had been kept under surveillance, no,

weren't.

That's what I was asking. Thank you,
Lieutenant. That's all.

You may step down.

And the amount of money to buy Judd
Curtis out was $180 ,000.

Heidemann was the treasurer.

As explained then, it was a question of
your buying out Curtis or his buying you

out.

Yes. And you had partners on your end,
including the defendant, Felix

Yes. Now, Mr. Franklin, let's dig a
little deeper.

I asked you to explain the relationship
which existed between you and your wife

before your marriage.

What is there to tell?

We were all good friends.

I think Lisa had a great affection for
Felix.

I'm proud to say she had a greater
affection for me.

She was in love with me.

The measure of that love is that...

At the time of my accident, she'd
already made up her mind to accept me.

I don't know what else there is to tell.

Her devotion.

Her self -sacrifice over these past four
years. The way she gave

real meaning to futility.

And Felix Heidemann.

Was he in love with your wife?

Of course. How could he help it?

I knew it all along.

And did you also know... Objection, Your
Honor.

Defense has been very patient with this
line of questioning, but it's

extraneous, argumentative, leading, and
certainly not best evidence.

Your Honor, the prosecution is trying to
lay a foundation as to the motive for

murder. The objection is not without
merit.

Perhaps, Mr. Alvin, you will explain to
me what your plans are.

Your Honor.

It is the intention of the state to
prove that the defendant, Felix

was being blackmailed by Judson Curtis.

That the blackmail centered around the
relationship between... Your Honor, I

the witnesses in this case be excused
from the courtroom.

Certain hardships might result if...
There's only one way he can try to prove

what he thinks he knows about us.

And that is to bring me to the stand, to
ask me the questions, not Jerry or

anybody else.

Just me.

Well, I'm sorry, Jerry.

I'm very sorry, but I cannot sacrifice
Felix.

I will not testify.

Young woman, you're out of order.

But you mean you're not going to
testify?

He's my husband, Your Honor.

Felix Heidmann is my husband.

Can I be forced to testify against my
husband?

He was going to have the money by 3 o
'clock the next day.

Did he say where he expected to get the
money?

From Heidemann.

From Heidemann?

But now, Felix Heidemann was part of the
combine that was going to buy him out.

Did he say how he expected to get the
money from Heidemann? He said that

Heidemann and Lisa were trying to
protect Mr. Franklin.

That they didn't want him to know that
they were married.

It would be a terrible blow to him.

And by threatening to tell Mr. Franklin,
he could get the money.

Yes. Now, Mr. Durant, why did the
decedent tell you all this?

Well, why not?

Mr. Curtis planned after he took over
the circus to make me the premier clown.

He was going to get rid of Heideman.

Did you witness the performance of Felix
Heideman on the night of the murder?

Yes, sir.

Well, then, as a clown, as a working
member of the profession, what's your

expert opinion on the performance that
night?

It was superb.

I've never seen Heidemann in greater
form.

Then, as far as you're concerned, it was
Felix Heidemann, the defendant, who was

performing that night.

Of course it was. There's not the
slightest doubt about it.

Heidemann is a genius.

Wouldn't it take a bigger genius to
impersonate him?

Thank you.

You may cross -examine.

Mr. Mason, before you begin your cross
-examination, if you have no objection,

I'd like to call the noon recess now.

No objection, Your Honor.

Court is adjourned till 2 o 'clock this
afternoon.

Now, as I understand it, Gerald Franklin
was sitting in his

wheelchair watching the performance from
here.

Yes, I think so.

You know so, don't you, Mr. Gilbert?

Well, yes.

Let's see, he was... Just about here, in
the shadow of the stand.

They had a direct line of the clown on
the center of the ring and Judson Curtis

on the other side.

Mr. Mason, if there's any way that I can
help, maybe on the stand I can remember

some differences in the performance.

Thank you, Mr. Gilbert.

Now, you were watching the performance
from there?

Yes, right there.

And your wife?

Joyce was sitting right beside me.

Then, when the shooting started, of
course, we ran out.

Did you notice in which direction the
clown was running?

That's what Lieutenant Tragg kept after
us on.

Yes, I think I did.

I think he ran back to the dressing
rooms.

And nobody followed?

No.

Paul. Yeah?

Paul, I wonder what happens when it
rains.

Oh, you mean the canvas roof?

Well, that's waterproof, Mr. Mason.

It shouldn't be.

There should be a hole in it, a bullet
hole.

The clown fired up at the platter,
remember?

But those were blanks.

One of those blanks killed Curtis,
didn't it?

Two bullets gone out of six.

But why do you want to find a hole in
the roof, Perry?

It's going to present quite a problem
without striking the whole tent.

I know a better man to tackle it.

This is Durant's dressing room.

Perry, you want me to get going on the
canvas top?

Help me here first, Paul.

Sure, help you with what?

Help me find some .38 caliber blanks, at
least four of them and possibly six.

What blanks would they be?

Well, if there were real bullets in that
.357 Magnum, then the blanks normally

used would have been removed.

You expect to find them here, in
Durant's dressing room?

You want to chip in, Mr. Gilbert?

Yes, certainly.

Anything I can do to help.

I noticed you were a little angry at
your wife the day you came to my office,

Mr. Gilbert.

No.

No, I wasn't.

Hadn't she told you about that note soon
enough?

No.

What do you mean?

Perhaps she had some reason for keeping
it back.

Perhaps she had some reason for not
telling you why she went to Curtis'

in the first place.

And then she went back the second time.

I forgot to ask her what for.

Do you know, Mr. Gilbert?

No.

What kind of guns do you and your wife
use in your act, Mr. Gilbert?

We have them specially made.

You a jealous man?

No, why should I be... Well...

There had been a time when Curtis and
Joyce were... Perry, here they are.

How many, Paul?

Four.

You'd better get back to the courtroom,
Mr. Gilbert.

What about me?

You cover the world, Paul.

The circus was in financial difficulty,
wasn't it, Mr. Durant?

I'm not an accountant.

Please, speak up, Mr. Durant.

I'm not an accountant.

You loaned a large sum of money to
Judson Curtis to enable him to take over

circus, did you not?

Yes, I did.

Why shouldn't I have?

And he made you a promise at that time.

A promise that you could take over the
act belonging to Felix Heidemann.

Yes.

Now, Mr. Durant, on the afternoon of the
murder, Joyce Gilbert had occasion to

go into Mr.

Curtis's office.

On his desk, she saw a note left there
by Felix Heidemann. Did you see that

note?

No.

You did not see that note?

No, sir.

It was a note telling Curtis that...

Heidemann was going to San Francisco,
asking Curtis to substitute for him.

What are you asking me all these
questions for?

Because I believe you've been lying, Mr.
Durant. I believe you did see that

note. I believe you destroyed it.

And further, I believe you took
Heidemann's place during his act.

You knew his routine by heart, his every
move, his every gesture.

Under all the paint, who could tell the
difference?

It was your great opportunity, wasn't
it, Mr. Durant?

All right.

Yes, it was my opportunity, and I took
it.

Thousands of people laughed and watched
and applauded and thought I was

Heidemann.

Curtis watched me.

Franklin watched me.

All the professionals watched me.

And not one of them knew it wasn't
Heidemann.

It was a greater performance than
Heidemann ever gave.

Then Curtis fell to the ground.

You realized he was dead and you fled to
the dressing room area.

Yes. Changed to your own clown costume
to resume your own identity.

Yes.

Then what, Mr. Durant?

Well, then there was questioning by
Lieutenant Tragg.

We were taken down to police
headquarters.

And released before 3 a .m.

That's right.

Go on.

Well, then I went back to the circus,
back to my dressing room.

I got the revolver, got in my car, drove
to Carpinteria,

to a place where the railroad track
crosses the road.

You knew Heidemann was taking that train
to San Francisco?

Yes.

I dropped the revolver on the highway.

Trying to implicate Heidemann?

Yes.

I... I don't suppose you'll believe me,
but... when I went into the ring, when

the act started, I didn't know the gun
was loaded.

I believe you about that, Mr. Durant.

I believe that you did not kill Judson
Curtis.

What? You thought there were blanks in
that gun? There were.

When you fired up at that spinning
platter, you fired a blank cartridge.

Just as you fired a blank cartridge at
Curtis.

But that's impossible.

The gun I took to Carpenter Real was
loaded with real bullets.

When did you first examine that gun?

When? Why, when I came back from police
headquarters?

The only one who could have committed
the murder waited for everyone to be

to police headquarters, then calmly went
to your dressing room, took the blanks

out of Heidemann's gun, replaced them
with four bullets, and let you take it

from there.

The murderer is the only one who...

Could have shot Curtis without having
been observed.

His revolver, the counterpart of
Heidemann's gun, concealed by the robe

covered his lap.

What made you want to kill Curtis, Mr.
Franklin?

What made you want to kill him?

I killed him because... because he set
the tiger on me.

He opened the cage door knowing I was
the only one in the aisle.

Unprotected. Deliberately.

He wanted to kill me like that.

He set the tiger on me.

Thank you.

Thank you, Lisa.

For those four years, I never knew.

Coming up next, another episode of Harry
Mason, followed by comedy kickback,

only on the Hallmark Channel. Curtis was
desperate.

Not only couldn't he buy Franklin out,
but he'd stolen so much that an

accounting would have disclosed that
Franklin wouldn't have had to pay him

cent. So that's why he tried to kill
Franklin.

That's right.

He had to buy Franklin out, not be
bought out.

And there's some other things I dug up,
things that Perry's known, but no one

else has. No one, that is, except Lisa.

About what, Lisa?

Lisa never really married Gerald
Franklin.

No, I didn't. I wanted everybody else to
believe I did, but it was a mock

ceremony.

A friend of mine acted as the
magistrate.

So you see, Lisa has never been legally
a bigamist.

Now what happened? Now, Paul.

Now? Now.

Now we're going to celebrate the
beginning of a honeymoon you've never

Night on movie night on the Hallmark
Channel in September.

Once upon a time there lived a little
mermaid.

Why is he doing this to me?

Men is our enemy.

Revolution!

Okay, might be chaplain after all. You
want to understand me, watch my moves.

You are the parent of them all. Just
take a bite.

The Hallmark Channel in September,
weeknights at 9, where great stories

life.