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Come on, man. What's the problem in there?

What's she doing?

I don't know. She's still on.

What time is it?

Four to the one.

I better check again.

Ninety -nine percent of the time I go along with you, okay?

But I don't like this foolishness.

It'll work, Lee. Just give it a chance.

Cliff, we could have hit nine banks and the time has taken you and that dumb

chick to set this up. So what do you want, Lee? Out?

Elliot. Honey,

why don't you go on home now?

I mean, it's almost one o 'clock.

I want to wait for you.

You're my wife. I'll wait.

Elliot.

I'll wait.

All right, then.

You go on outside. I'll get my coat. Just right here behind the bar.

What call? I'll get it. No, Elliot, it's just here behind the bar. I'll get it,

and I'll be right there.

Joyce?

Thank you.

Right up there waiting for you.

Joyce, I don't see her. Where is she?

Well, just come on up here and take a check.

Come on, go check.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Glenn Corbett, Linda Day.

Tonight's episode, The Widow.

Army Sergeant Elliot Carr was found dead in an alley in San Miguel, Texas.

Military and civilian authorities investigated and both concurred in their

findings. Sergeant Carr, known to be a heavy drinker, had apparently been the

victim of a savage mugging. Then, in the routine processing of fingerprints sent

to the FBI, it was discovered that prints of Sergeant Carr's widow were

identical to those of a known federal parole violator.

What about the National Service life insurance check?

When?

All right, send her picture to the Mexican authorities and put a 24 -hour

surveillance on the foster mother's house.

Her full name is Joyce Jane Carr, maiden name Nelson.

She was born July 4th, 1946 in London, England.

Brought to this country two years later.

No accent.

All right.

The insurance check was issued to the grieving widow this morning. She hasn't

been seen in San Miguel since.

What was her prison sentence for?

Car theft.

How close are you to winding up the Dolan case?

You should have my report any minute. It's being typed up.

Well, there's a flight that could get you into San Miguel by tomorrow

You think you could be on it?

Mm -hmm.

The director reviewed this case with me less than an hour ago, Lewis.

Sergeant Carr was less than 45 with an outstanding record in three wars.

Of course, we've both seen plenty of instances where servicemen have been

cheated and defrauded and taken advantage of.

But if there's the slightest possibility the sergeant was killed in that alley

for $10 ,000, I want the people responsible, and I want them fast.

You mentioned a foster mother.

Yes, Mrs.

Celeste Abrams, 75 Old Trail Road. That's out of Fort Worth.

Incidentally, there may be another man in Joyce's life.

Mrs. Abrams reported that Joyce dropped by with a birthday present last night.

There was a young male civilian with her. She didn't mention a name.

No name. He was sitting outside in the car.

We'll need a sketch.

Could an artist go out there and talk to her?

Welcome back.

What were you thinking about?

I don't know.

I was just wondering who I am, where I was, where I'm going.

You're with me, isn't that enough?

now in the sovereign state of Missouri, country of America, Western Hemisphere,

the world, the universe.

Uh -huh.

What if there really is a last judgment?

Joyce.

Doesn't that bother you ever?

Never.

They've promised me it's going to be different from now on.

I couldn't go through this again.

Sure, whatever you say.

Well, you've got your $10 ,000 now.

So why can't we just get married?

It'll happen. We'll see.

But first I've got to get that $5 ,000 to get Eddie off my back.

Well, you're going to have to do it without me.

Did I ask you to help?

Am I putting any pressure on you?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it the way it sounded.

I'm just...

So

how'd you do?

Get a load of this.

How much do you figure is in the bank?

Maybe 50 ,000. Yeah.

Hey, we'd better be on our way.

The bank will be closed in an hour.

Okay, what is this?

Joyce. What is it?

You told me there weren't going to be any more guns.

You said there were... Oh, fine.

What do you expect me to do, Joyce?

If I could pick the money off the trees, I would.

If I could borrow it from a friend, I would, but we're out of options.

Now, someplace I've got to get a hold of $5 ,000 already, and his friends are

going to take it out of my hide.

But there's got to be another way.

Another GI?

We're always open for suggestions.

You coming or not, Joyce?

We need someone behind this wheel when we come out.

That's him.

That's very good.

Oh, Mrs. Abrams?

This is Inspector Erskine. How do you do?

How are you?

Yeah, it's fine.

Let me have a copy and see if you want them off.

Do you mind if I go on with this?

No, no. Go right ahead, please.

Oh, Mrs. Abrams, do you remember ever seeing this man with Joyce in the past?

I haven't seen Joyce for five years.

I knew she'd been in jail because your people told me she was a parole violator

and asked me to watch out for her.

Just like her daddy.

Yes, we know about that.

Well, that's how she came to me.

I always liked to take in foster kids, you know.

And then, too, I was real close to her ma before she died.

For you never thought, sweeter little girl, she was just like one of my own.

And my son John and her hit it off right from the start.

Um, was she close to her father?

Oh, yes, yes.

Lord, I thought it would break her heart when the police picked him up for

stealing cars.

I never knew a girl who doted on her father so.

Why, all he had to do was walk into the room and her eyes would just light up.

He's dead now, you know.

Killed himself.

Of course, we never told Joyce how he died, but somehow I always thought she

knew. It was right after that she began spending so much time with the boys.

Can you think of any specific names, Mrs. Abrams?

No. There were so many, and then I just didn't pay any attention.

Would your son be more apt to know her boyfriends?

Well, he used to.

He's in Vietnam now.

Funny, now that you mention it, I did get a letter from John Singer's worried

about Joyce.

Why was that?

Well, it seems she took up with somebody that sounded to John like the spitting

image of her father.

Well, thanks for your help, Mrs. Abrams.

Please listen to me.

Well?

What do you think?

Yeah, it looks fine.

Chris, maybe I can help you get the money, huh?

How?

Well, you know how, the same way I did before.

No, it's too late for that now.

We're here and we're going to go through with it.

Wee.

You just sit here and take it easy.

Everything's going to be all right. We'll be right back.

If you don't have to do this... Look, can't we just... No!

She's going to be all right.

Aren't you, sweetheart?

Oh, please!

Come on!

Come on!

Oh, no!

Drive, George!

No! Will you drive?

So that's where she wanted to see me.

Yes. Mr. Davidson?

My name's Erskine. I'm with the FBI.

What can I do for the FBI, Inspector?

What was it about the mugging in the alley?

I've already talked to the military and the local police. Yes, but we're trying

to locate the victim's wife, Mr. Davidson. I wonder if you can help us

that. She quit on the same night.

She came back once on the morning of the funeral to pick up her final check.

I haven't seen her since.

Was she alone?

No, there were two young fellas with her.

Which one of them?

Yeah, we called him Cliff.

Can you describe the other man?

Well, he was about six feet, 170 pounds, about 30 years

of age, dark brown hair.

But the two of them looked enough alike to be brothers.

Hello?

Excuse me.

Well, they located Sergeant Abrams.

They put him through the call to Vietnam. Now you can take it at the

agency. Good. I'll be right there.

Mr. Davidson, just one last thing. Did Joyce Carr give any indication where she

might be going?

No. No, wait a minute.

She did ask me about Kansas City.

She wants to know if there are any good working clubs up there.

Kansas City, huh?

But that doesn't mean she's going to go there.

I've had a lot of girls working for me, Inspector.

And the one thing you can be sure of is that you can't count on a thing they

say.

Take the job for...

A week and they stay for two years.

They start for New York and you get a postcard from Mexico.

Oh, they follow the beat and they have to keep moving.

Just give me a minute.

You want to lie down over there?

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Wait, wait, wait.

It doesn't look too bad.

Can you move your fingers?

I don't think it hit the bone.

Quit talking to him and spread it out!

Try and move your fingers.

Please. Give it to me.

Look around the other side.

Did it go through?

It went through.

Come on. Over here.

Okay. Take it easy when you sit down.

Yeah. Okay.

All right.

Don't joy.

Okay.

Watch it. All right.

All right. You're all right.

Oh, man, why did that woman have to scream like that?

Suddenly everything was out of control, Lee.

She really fixed it, didn't she?

I begged her not to do it.

We've got to manage this arm.

Hey, man, next time, let's pick us a piggy bank, huh?

What next time?

Well, sweetheart, I still owe my boys in Kansas City a little over 5 ,000.

I told you I'd help you.

Did you mean it?

Can't open the glove compartment if you want to tear that.

You really think she'll marry another G .I.? That's what the lady said, didn't

she?

San Miguel?

I have Sergeant John Abrams here.

One moment.

It's 3 .30 yesterday afternoon in Texas, and you're speaking to an FBI inspector

named Erskine.

Hello, Mr. Erskine?

They filled me in about Joyce, but I haven't heard from her in around a year,

guess. Where is she now?

That's what we're trying to find out.

She hasn't contacted any of her known friends for a couple of days.

By the way, do you know anybody named Cliff?

Well, there's Cliff Holm.

Does he have a brother? Yeah, name's Lee.

Hey, look, Inspector, she's not hooked up with this Cliff Holm, is she?

I mean, if she is, it's my fault in a way.

See, I met him in a bar in Kansas City after my basic training.

Joyce had just come up to visit me, and I introduced him.

I mean, I knew he was a gambler involved in some game in Kansas City, but I had

no idea about this other business.

What other business?

Well, I don't know, really.

Well, maybe it was just talk, but Cliff and his brother Lee, actually it was

mostly Lee, they kept bragging about how they were going to knock over some

bank. When I told this to Joyce, she said it was just their way of showing

Maybe.

But it sure had me convinced.

I see.

Can you tell me anything more about this game in Kansas City?

Who runs it, for instance, or the address?

No. Kansas City.

That's all I know.

Oh, but there was this...

There was this guy that Cliff used to talk about there named... A gambler

of his named Ed Crawford.

Does that help?

Yes, it does.

Thanks very much, Sergeant.

And good luck to you.

Contact Kansas City.

See if they have a man named Ed Crawford.

This is it. You should have changed your mind.

Now, you know me, man. This is my town.

Now, you two go on ahead.

I'll just stick around here and see if I can't find me some trouble to get in.

How's the arm? Fine. Good.

Joyce!

What are you doing? We're going to miss that plane.

I am hurrying as fast as I can.

You know what their muscles lock?

Yeah.

She's been sitting in front of that same mirror in the same position for the

last hour and a half.

I thought love conquered all that.

Well, I'm taking her to Galveston. What more do you expect?

I said, what do you want to go to Galveston for? She said she didn't know.

just likes Galveston. Her daddy's buried there. Of course, Crawford doesn't

object to that.

Well, he didn't like it, but I said, Eddie, I've already paid you ten. You

I'm good for the other five.

What do you expect me to do, hide?

Rush, rush, rush. I look terrible and I feel terrible.

Oh, sweetheart, she looked like a movie star.

Sure. And now I say, uh, which one?

And he says, King Kong.

Lee, this is a beautiful woman.

That's a beautiful woman.

He didn't touch it. Oh, get out of here.

So

I

showed Crawford the drawing you sent. He said he'd never seen the man. But by

then we'd picked up the report of the attempted bank robbery in Mattsonville.

The security officer identified the man in the drawing as one of the robbers.

And the, uh, policeman.

Said he heard one robber call the other Cliff.

Well, we asked Crawford if there was any connection between that Cliff and

another party named Cliff who'd paid off a $10 ,000 debt to him that afternoon,

according to certain reports we'd heard.

Now, what did Crawford say to that?

He said, Mr. McDonald, I want to talk to my lawyer.

That's when I called you.

Have you seen him since?

About 20 minutes before your plane landed.

Now, this time he told me he was astounded that we'd think he'd be mixed

anything like a bank robbery.

He said the 10 ,000 was a legitimate debt on Cliff Holmes' part.

Cliff's brother, Lee, was with him.

He said he'd washed his hands of the two of them.

He said Lee had told him they were staying at the Oaks Motel.

No mention of the girl?

No. There it is.

I'll see how we stand.

Lee, sir, the manager recognizes the description.

He's using the name Hutchins, and he's a number 12.

What about Cliff?

Cliff and the girl have left.

Destination unknown.

Except, uh, presumably to Lee home.

Let's find out. I have agents at the back, too.

They've already evacuated the other cabins.

KC -1 to all units on the special.

Come out with your hands.

Where are your brother and the girl?

Give me a doctor.

I'll get an ambulance.

Do you know where they've gone?

To find another... Another what?

Another GI.

For the insurance.

Oh, a beer.

Have a beer.

Little breath today.

Yes.

Windy.

Oh, I don't know. I kind of like it that way.

Yeah? Well, so do I.

It kind of cleans everything up, doesn't it?

Well, almost everything.

Do you come out here often, miss?

Well, I used to come out here every day.

I lived in Galveston back in the early 60s.

I don't know. I used to take the bus out here and just sit.

All day long.

I didn't know that there's something very special about this place.

But none of your friends felt that way about it, did they?

No. No, neither did mine. And it is a special place.

I come down here all the time, all alone.

I just love this golf.

I don't know how to explain it. It settles me down.

It accepts me.

Like home.

Yeah, like home.

Where is your home? I mean, when you're not in the army.

Well, California, North Dakota, Kansas, Idaho, you name it.

Well, have you ever thought of owning a home here?

I sure have.

Where would you build it?

Right on the beach.

That's you two?

Mm -hmm.

My name is Fred Bruno.

I'm Joyce.

Joyce.

We sound like we're tuned in on the same wave, don't we?

I have to split now, but can I see you later?

Oh, sure.

When?

Well, tonight?

Yeah. Where?

Well, after work.

Where's work?

Oh, at the orchid room. I'm a dancer there.

Well, I'll be there.

Great.

How'd it go?

Hey, Phil.

Can you hear me?

Yeah.

I can hear you.

The hospital's given me permission to talk to you, but first I'd like to

you that you don't have to tell me anything.

You may even want a lawyer.

How long have I been here?

Five days.

You're the agent.

You came after me. I'm one of them.

My name's Erskine.

Yeah.

Yeah, I remember your face.

You asked me questions about something.

I asked you where your brother and the girl were.

You told me they'd gone to find another soldier.

Did I?

I don't remember.

I don't remember that.

You don't know where they are now?

No idea.

I understand your brother still owes over $5 ,000 to a man named Ed Crawford.

Is that what this GI business is all about?

So she can marry him?

For the insurance?

I wouldn't know.

How did Sergeant Carr die?

I wouldn't know.

Was the girl along with you in the Mansonville job?

Let's say, for argument's sake, that your brother is as loyal to you when we

catch him as you're being to him.

Let's still leave the girl.

How loyal do you think she'll be?

Catch him.

You don't think we will?

All right, let's see.

He still needs $5 ,000.

When he gets it, he'll either take it to Crawford himself, or Crawford will send

somebody after it.

In either case, our agents will be there when the exchange is made.

And if your brother gets that money by killing someone else, you would have

able to have prevented it by helping us.

Think about that for a while I

Can't give you an address the city

Galveston

Hey. What?

How are you and Bruno getting along?

Nothing spectacular.

What do you mean? He's seen you every night this week.

Was he asking to marry him yet?

No. You're lying.

What do you think I am?

Something so special.

All I have to do is snap my fingers and men do anything I want.

We're not talking about men. We're talking about boys.

Now don't try and put me on, Joyce.

Anyone with a pair of eyes can see so much in love with you doesn't know his

name.

What would you know about love?

Look, if you want out, just say the magic word. No one's twisting your arm.

How about my mind?

We'll just be a sec.

You don't have to pick me up tonight.

Well, if I remember correctly, this little game was your idea.

Not the first time it wasn't.

Then why'd you do it?

You really don't know, do you?

You gonna marry this guy or not?

Why?

So you can kill him for the insurance?

Joyce. You use people, Cliff.

Just use them.

Yes or no?

No.

Get lost!

Sweetheart, you know I love you.

Doesn't mean anything coming from you.

You do.

I haven't changed.

I have.

Why? What's so different about this Bruno guy?

He's like me.

That's what's different.

The others... Well, the others... They were like you.

They just took.

Bruno wants to give.

Do you understand that?

Do you?

Do you know what's going to happen to you when we split?

I don't really care.

I ought to spend a hundred years in jail for what I've done.

And maybe I will.

And that's all right, too.

Anything would be an improvement over nothing.

But the question is, what's going to happen to you?

And they start asking me questions.

Mark it up there. I'll be back in a minute.

Actually, I got the report just as you were deplaning, Inspector.

We've contacted half the go -go clubs in town, but she was using the name Joyce

Freeman.

The owner recognized her from a photograph.

Is she there now?

The agents are still looking. Apparently she checked in earlier, but she hasn't

been seen since.

Has there been any word on Cliff home yet?

Nothing. Unit 6 calling Unit 1.

1, go ahead.

We found another dancer.

We've just taken a cab that Joyce used.

Did you get a destination?

Yes, sir, we did.

I talked to the cab dispatcher.

The subject's been taken to a bar on Gary Street.

The Roche.

How far is that? About ten minutes.

We're on our way.

I had to see you first.

I couldn't do it without seeing you.

You've got to take me to the police.

You've got to. It can't be as bad as all of that. Whatever it is, I'm sure it

can be fixed.

No. It can't be fixed.

Try me.

How do I start?

You start at the beginning.

You say, you see, Mr. Bruno, I was married once.

But my lover, Mr. Home here, killed the guy.

And for kicks, we tried to rob a little bank. And then we came down here looking

for a new husband. And lo and behold, Mr. Bruno, we met you.

Get up.

Now, wait.

Hold it.

Cliff Holm, FBI.

Thank you.

I don't know why I stayed with Griff.

I loved him.

I thought I loved him.

I don't know.

All right, Miss Carr, I think that's enough for tonight.

Got it, Bruno.

Right.

Clifford Holm died of his injury. Joyce Carr and Lee Albert Holm were convicted

of the murder of Sergeant Elliot Carr and are serving life sentences in a

prison. Charges of attempted bank robbery against them are still pending.