All language subtitles for Barnaby Jones s03e09 Dark Homecoming

Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Epson,
also

starring Lee Merriweather, with guest
stars Julie Summers,

Jim McMullen, John McLean,

special guest star Andrew Pryde.

Tonight's episode, Dark Homecoming.

It's known that your door is always open
and your path is free to walk.

What are you doing in here?

Sorry I didn't mean to ruffle Miss
Songbird's feathers.

Look, Kathy, I don't think we have
anything to say to each other. Well,

you don't, but I sure do.

I saw you out there.

What are you talking about?

Cliff. I saw the way you were singing to
him out there.

It's not going to do you any good.

I think Cliff is old enough to speak for
himself.

I mean, I don't know how things stand
between you two, but... Well, we're

to be married. That's how things stand.

And I don't intend to let the ex -Mrs.
Baxter change it. You understand me?

Look, Kathy, like I said, that's up to
Cliff to decide. Now, if you don't mind,

I have to... Wait a minute. You don't
get off that easy. Look, Kathy, I asked

you to leave nicely.

Now, get out. Don't touch me. I don't
care who you are.

Ruby, will you hurry up? They're taking
the room apart out there.

Splash some water on her face and get
her out of here.

Ruby, we've got trouble.

Yeah, well, she started it.

Coming in here and picking a fight. She
even came at me with the scissors.

Ruby, she's dead.

Dead?

She can't be dead.

Kathy. Kathy.

You must have hit her pretty hard.

No.

No.

We're in a mess of trouble here.

Shine, there's got to be something we
can do.

It's too late for that now, Ruby. Don't
you understand? She's dead.

You better get out of here, Ruby, before
they riot.

She's coming.

I can't go out there.

You've got to.

Now, listen to me.

It's no good you getting mixed up in
this.

You let me take care of it. I didn't
mean to hurt her. I know, I know. Now,

at me. Look at me.

You're going to go out there, and you're
going to let old Shine take care of

this.

Now, I'll handle it.

the garden alone.

Kathy.

Hey, Kathy.

Come on.

Wake up.

Come on.

How do you feel?

Oh, wow.

Well, now, it's just a little bump.

A little? My head's killing me. Nah, a
scratch.

We've got to get you out of here.

What are you doing? Come on. Out you go.

Oh, Sean, leave me alone.

A little fresh air will make you a new
girl. Come on, come on.

That's it.

Boy, oh boy, wait till I get my hands on
that Ruby.

Am I going to fix her what?

Take it easy.

You got off lucky.

Lucky? She could have killed me.

I told Ruby she did.

You what?

Ruby thinks she killed you.

She really does.

Now, you wanted revenge. Just think what
that's going to do to her.

What happens when she sees me?

No reason she has to see you. Not for a
while, at least.

I can put you up in L .A.

You always wanted to live in the big
city.

I'd leave her an open field with Cliff.

Not in your life.

Look, she's already got it.

Ruby came back this time to stay.

But if she thinks she killed you, I can
scare her into going back on the road

with me.

What happens when she finds out we
fooled her?

Who knows?

By that time, Ruby and I...

I'd even be married.

Anyway, I'll have what I want. And you
can have what you want.

You've been after me for a long time,
about a career. Now I can connect you

the right people, change your name, get
your top vocal coach.

With luck, you might even be bigger than
Ruby one day.

You're slick, Cy.

Too slick for me.

You'd end up tricking me the same way
you're trying to trick Ruby right now.

Take me back.

I can't do that.

Not after what I told Ruby.

Take me back or I'll walk back. Kathy,
you're going to Los Angeles.

And a pup's gonna have kittens. Goodbye,
son.

Mr. Hopkins, did Kathy ever take off
like this before?

Not this long.

Not without telling me, anyway.

What did the sheriff say?

Well, I guess I better tell it to you
straight, Mr. Jones.

Kathy has somewhat of a reputation
around here.

George said he'd look into it, but I
know he'll pretty well figure she'll

up on her own.

But you don't think so?

I pray she will.

She didn't take a car, huh?

Didn't pack her bags.

It's not like Kathy.

The one thing she's particular about,
that's her clothes.

That's all I ever said.

Yeah, the joint was jammed, spilling out
into the street. It was fantastic.

Ruby's never been better.

No, we're in Porter City right now,
Ruby's old hometown. We're just passing

through. John, can't you call him back?

Um, I'll call you back, Will.

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey, now, you just relax.

We're going to be back on the road in a
couple of days, and everything's going

to be fine. Ruby, Cliff's here.

What does Baxter want?

Something about property.

Let me tell him I'll talk to him on the
patio.

Right.

Ruby, why don't you let me handle this?

No, I can handle it.

We've been expecting your call.

You're looking great.

Looking mighty good yourself, Ruby.

Freddie, you're my main man. I had you
penciled in all along.

You shouldn't worry. Can you please take
that inside?

Hold on a minute, Freddie.

Thanks.

I never had a chance to thank you for
the flowers.

Good to have you back again, Ruby.

Plan on staying a while this time?

No, Shine's firming up the schedule
right now.

Well,

I sold the rest of the yearlings.

Figured we might have a favorite at Rio
Dosa this year.

Cliff, that's nice.

I'm really glad for you.

The horses are still half yours, you
know.

That's what I came to talk to you about.

You never did return the settlement
papers, and we got an offer on the river

frontage. Oh, well, go ahead, sell it.

I won't give you any trouble.

Well, I can't sell it until I get you to
sign the papers.

I need your autograph.

You know, it's funny, I still have the
plans for the summer house we're going

build there.

Listen, I don't have to sell it, you
know, I can... Look, I'll see that you

the papers this afternoon.

Ruby, what is it? What's the matter?

Nothing. Nothing. I guess it's just
coming home blues or something.

Seems like everything here happened a
hundred years ago.

No, it was eight months ago.

Eight months, one week, three days.

And I'm the guy who can never remember
our wedding anniversary.

I guess a divorce is easier to remember.

I figured you were happier now.

Read about you all the time in the
magazines.

You're a big star.

Oh, yeah, a big star.

How about you, Cliff? How's it been with
you?

Oh, it's the same old waiting game, you
know.

Wait for the merit to fall, the kids to
fill out, and then there's the auctions.

Mainly, I wait for a woman to come to
her senses.

Last night, there's something.

Cliff.

Look, I hate to interrupt, but I've
still got Freddy on the other line. He

to know, as Yuma said, for Friday night.

No, no, tell him I've got to think about
it and we'll let him know later.

Listen, you guys are busy. I'll talk to
you later, Ruby.

What's the matter with you, Ruby?

We've got to get out of here. I told
you, I've got to think about it.

Morning. I'm looking for Cliff Baxter.

The factor?

Right, he was here a minute ago.

Here he is over by the gelding. Thanks.

Ah.

Well, muscle chest.

Looks like a winner.

Sounds like you know your horses.

I like his haunches. Looks like he can
get out of a starting gate. That's

important at 400 yards.

You a buyer?

No, I'm a private investigator.

Barnaby Jones.

Mr. Baxter.

I'd like to talk to you a little bit
about Kathy Lou Hopkins. Her father

me. How'd you know I was out here?

Well, I went by your place and I saw
your stables and your short track out

I read about the sale and put two and
two together and it came out quarter

horse.

That's a sample of your work. You ought
to find her in no time.

And you're not worried about her?

She's a free spirit. She'll turn up.

You didn't go looking for her the other
night at the Silver Spur when she

disappeared? I figured she went home
with somebody else, probably Wayne

Wayne Gibson?

Who's he?

He's an old boy friend of hers.

He was there, and from the looks he was
giving me, I figured he wasn't too

happy.

Did he have a reason?

Me and Kathy?

No, not hardly.

That's not the word around town.

It's a small town, Mr. Jones. People
jump to conclusions.

There's nothing serious between us.

Red, this is the one I want. You can
make out a bill of sale.

I'm sorry, sold.

Sold? Yeah, not more than five minutes
ago.

Cliff, he's yours.

I missed your birthday.

So many happy returns.

That was real sweet of you, Ruby.

This is Mr. Jones, Ruby Deems.

This is an unexpected pleasure, Miss
Deems. I'm a big fan of yours.

Well, thank you. Mr. Jones is a private
investigator. He's here looking for

Kathy. I imagine Dwight's getting a
little nervous.

I didn't know she was missing.

Oh, yes, she's been missing for four
days.

Did you know Kathy?

Oh, well, everybody knows Kathy, but I'm
afraid I haven't seen her.

Well, Cliff, I better be going now.

Nice meeting you, Mr. Jones.

Thanks again, Ruby.

Quite a woman.

Quite a present from an ex -wife.

Most divorces I know about, all the
husband gets is a horse laugh.

You got the whole horse.

I can see you did your homework.

Well, I'm a fan of Ms. Deems, and I'm
sorry to hear about the two of you

breaking up.

It's all right. It's just a case of Ruby
wanting a career, me wanting a full

-time wife.

If you're wondering, Mr. Jones, it had
nothing to do with me and Kathy.

Well, I was wondering, but that's part
of my job.

And I guess I better get the rest of it
attended to.

Thank you, Mr. Baxter. It's all right.

Shine, where's Kathy?

What are you talking about?

Don't play dumb with me. Where is she?

Why don't you try Cliff Baxter?

I already checked his place. There's no
sign of her.

Now, look, the other night when we were
all at the club, I went outside for a

cigarette right in the middle of Ruby's
last set.

I saw you sneaking off with Kathy.

Oh, you did, huh?

Yes, I did.

Wayne, everyone knows that my only
interest is in Ruby.

Kathy and I just went off to have a
business meeting.

Oh, business, huh?

So I'm going to tell you something.
Nobody's seen her for five days. Now I

there's a private detective down here
looking for her. So you either tell me

where I can find Kathy or I'm going to
go right to the sheriff.

John, can I speak to you before you go?

Yeah, just a minute, Ruby.

Of course, maybe the one I ought to be
talking to is Ruby. Wait a minute, wait

minute.

Look, um, I didn't want this to get
around, but there was some trouble that

night.

What kind of trouble?

Kathy and Ruby had words over Cliff
Baxter. They got into a fight.

Now, Kathy's staying in L .A. with some
friends. We figured it'd be better for

everyone all around if she just kind of
kept out of sight until Ruby left town.

Just in case there were some reporters
nosing around for a story.

What's the phone number? I want to talk
to her.

I'll save you some time.

Ruby and I are leaving tomorrow. Kathy's
coming back tonight.

You see, I promised Kathy some money for
her trouble.

You wouldn't lie to me.

What for?

Look, I'll call you when she comes in.
Are you still working at the vet's

office? Yeah, yeah, I'll be there around
9 o 'clock.

Well, fine, I'll call you.

Can I trouble you for a glass of cold
milk?

Fresh out. Sorry.

Nothing to be sorry about.

But I'm the culprit.

I just polished off the last carton.

Not much culprit here, so the boss says
I can have all I can drink.

Just so long as I don't move with the
customers.

Can I get you something else? No,
thanks. What I really want is some

information.

What about?

Were you working the night of Ruby
Deem's homecoming?

That was a big night.

I wouldn't have missed it.

She always plays here when she's in town
because this is where she started.

Just listen to that sweet voice.

Ruby never lost touch.

You know, she may be a star and all
that, but she's never forgot her home

She's as plain as hash browns.

Do you know Kathy Lou Hopkins?

Sure. We were drum majorettes together.

Was she here that night?

Oh, yeah, but I didn't wait on her
table.

Pity, that Cliff Baxter, he's something
else.

You happen to recall when she left the
table that night?

Oh, Kathy's auntie. She's always moving.
She slipped out right after Ruby's

first set.

You know where she went?

Backstage. Make a phone call, I guess.

Could I take a look?

Sure. Come on.

See, here's your phone.

Oh, we gotta keep that locked. Souvenir
hunters would take the paint right off

the wall.

You think Kathy may have left the club
by this door that night?

She could have. I never did see her come
back to the table.

How about Wayne Gibson?

Yeah, how about that, Wayne? Cute, huh?

Kathy has all the luck.

Did you notice when he left the club?

He left by himself, right after Kathy,
as a matter of fact.

Well, thank you, young lady. You've been
a big help.

Hey, next time you're in, we'll have
milk. I'll see to it.

All right, what's the deal?

How come we're meeting here at Baxter's
place?

You know, Kathy, she's got her mind set
on seeing Cliff before she does anything

else.

Where is Kathy?

She's out back.

All right, let's go.

Yeah, well, I think that's really
stupid, Kathy, coming over here, because

Baxter doesn't care anything about her.

I'm glad we agree.

The last thing I want is more trouble
between her and Ruby. Now, look.

I'd like to get her out of here before
Ruby and Cliff come back to the club.

Well, don't worry.

I'm taking Kathy with me this time.

Fine. Kathy?

Hey, Kathy.

There you are.

I got home around midnight, maybe a
little later.

Ruby and I stopped off for a drink after
our last show.

Corner put some dead at just about that
time.

Hey, George, you know I didn't kill
Wayne.

Could it be Wayne Gibson?

That's right. You know him?

Oh, what, I've seen him.

He was in the house the other day when I
came out to see Mr. Baxter.

He scooted off in such a hurry I
couldn't get to talk to him.

Cliff, you want to tell me what he was
hanging around here for?

I'm afraid Wayne's the only one that
could answer that.

Well, you can bet that Kathy Hopkins was
involved.

Everybody knows that he was carrying a
burn about you two.

There was no reason.

That's what you say, but that doesn't
explain how he wound up dead all of a

sudden. You know, Cliff, you want to
tell me about it up front.

If you two had a fight and he wound up
off that balcony, it could be self

-defense. I already told you I didn't
even see Wayne until I found him here

morning. You know, it seems strange.

What's that?

Well, if it happened the way you say,
that Baxter and Gibson had a tussle and

Gibson took a hitter over the balcony...

Why would Baxter leave him lying there
for anybody to find?

Thank you, Mr. Jones.

Now, wait a minute. Cliff admits he was
drinking last night.

Ruby and I had a few drinks, that's all.

Well, you can be sure of one thing.

When there's a missing girl involved,
alcohol and perfume don't mix.

Isn't that right, Mr. Jones?

Well, that's a pretty good theory,
Sheriff, but I learned a long time ago

jump to conclusions.

It could be dangerous. You could break a
foot, especially if you got one stuck

in your mouth.

All right cliff. I'm not gonna run you
in but you stick around. Okay.

Sure George.

See you guys

Hello,

I I don't believe you know my manager,

Shine Stanfield. Hello, Mr. Jones.

Pleasure. I understand that your end of
the business is sometimes as important

as a good voice.

Yes, I couldn't do without Shine.

Now, what can I do for you?

Well, I just wanted to ask you a few
questions, Miss Deems. Do you recall

Kathy Lou Hopkins backstage the night of
your homecoming?

No. Should I have?

Well, the waitress told me that she
might have gone back to make a phone

thought maybe... I saw her.

She came backstage, but she didn't make
a call. She went right out the back

door. I wonder why.

Ducking out on Cliff Baxter, I'd
imagine.

That seems strange.

I understood that she was stuck on him.

Well, Cliff Baxter isn't her only beau.

Wouldn't be the first time Kathy played
one against the other.

Well, if you're referring to Wayne
Gibson, I don't think he'll be giving us

information.

Yeah, we got a call about him earlier.
That looks kind of bad for Cliff.

Miss Deems, you were out with Cliff last
night. Had he been drinking?

Yes. Yes, but he wasn't drunk.

And he didn't kill Wayne, Mr. Jones.

The way I read things between you two, I
don't think he did either.

Is that detective analysis, Mr. Jones?

Oh, just cracker barrel logic.

Kathy's been missing five days now. It
seems to me if Cliff had been upset

enough to kill somebody over her, he
would have bristled when she walked out

him. I never thought of it quite that
way.

Look, I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but we gotta
get packing here. We got a date in

Tucson tomorrow.

Ruby? Yes.

We better.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hold you up.

Miss Deems, don't worry too much about
what happened around here the last few

days.

We'll have the answer shortly.

You have a lead.

You might say.

If Baxter didn't kill Wayne Gibson, it
was the act of a person in panic, and

that always leaves a trail.

Couldn't it have been an accident?

Hardly. There was a struggle on Baxter's
veranda, and when we find out who

Gibson was struggling with, we may have
a lot of answers.

Is that more Cracker Barrel logic, Mr.
Jones?

Plus a pinch of instinct.

Have a good trip.

I shouldn't let you do this, Mr. Jones.

Well, nobody ever took a chance. Nothing
ever gets done.

We really better go now.

Well, I'm finished anyway.

Thanks, Billy. You've helped me a lot.

You're welcome.

It's you, Mr. Jones. What is this, some
kind of a deadbeat alarm system so

people can't walk out without paying
their checks? You guessed it.

Is it always on?

During business hours.

Did it ring the night of Ruby's
homecoming?

No.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Business call.

Area code 213 -555 -6793.

Barnaby Jones.

Hi, Betty.

Barnaby, I'd just about given up hope of
ever hearing your voice again. How are

things going?

Well, if you like the sound of my voice,
we got a real sweet voice up here.

Ruby Deems, you know her?

Oh, no other.

Fantastic country and western.

If you ever want to meet her, I got an
inside track.

Oh, would I?

All right, Barnaby, what do you need?

My comparison microscope, some slides, a
small bottle of nail lacquer, a bottle

of alcohol ether mix, some Canada
balsam, and your own sweet smile.

Well, if traffic isn't too heavy, I'll
be there in about an hour.

I'll be at the Dwight Hopkins Farm,
Route 70, on the west side of town.

All right, I'll be there.

Bye.

is one that I took out of Kathy's
hairbrush. You see how thin the root is,

it had come out naturally?

The one on the right is one I took off
the window in the dressing room. You see

how fat the root is, sort of bulbous, as
though it had been pulled out?

You look identical to me in every
characteristic.

Except the root.

I believe that the hair I took off the
window in the dressing room was Kathy's,

just as these prints that I took off her
mirror are identical with the prints

that I took off the window in the
dressing room.

Well, then, Kathy was in the dressing
room the night of Ruby's homecoming. I

think there's very little doubt of that.

The question is, why did Shine and Ruby
go to such great lengths to lie about

it? They can't very well deny evidence
like this.

Hmm?

Depends on what they're trying to hide.
These prints from the window had a

little blood on them.

Think Kathy's dead?

I think they're the only ones who can
tell us.

I think we ought to go pay them a visit.

We were so happy that... Hey, Ruby,
what's the matter?

I'm leaving, Cliff.

This evening.

Hey, come on. Now, last night we both
decided we were going to give it another

chance. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, but we'll have to forget
about last night.

Is it anything to do with Wayne or you
think something's going on between me

Kathy? No.

It has nothing to do with you. I love
you.

Seeing you again has made me know just
how much, but there's nothing I can do.

Look, Ruby, I'm not going to let you
walk out of my life again. I have to go.

Not without a better explanation than
that.

Look, we might not get another chance
again.

Come on, what is it? Nothing can be so
terrible. Oh, it is.

It is.

Please, just let me go.

Miss Deems' aunt said I might find Ruby
here. It'll just take a few minutes.

Oh, this is my daughter -in -law, Betty
Jones.

Hello. Yeah, she's here. Come on. Take
her.

Ruby, you remember Mr. Jones?

Miss Deems, this is my daughter -in
-law, Betty Jones.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Deems.
Nice meeting you.

How are you, Mr. Jones? Just fine.

Miss Deems, are you aware that... Kathy
Hopkins was in your dressing room the

night she disappeared.

I don't understand.

I told you... I know, but before you
tell me again, I think that you ought to

know that I have proof that she was
there.

Ruby, what is it?

She was there, wasn't she?

Yes.

Why don't you tell us exactly what
happened?

Kathy came backstage during my change.

She was angry about Cliff and me, and I
asked her to leave, but she wouldn't.

And suddenly we were fighting, and I hit

her.

I hit her.

She had the scissors.

Ruby, you don't have to say any more.
Now we get a lawyer.

Mr. Baxter, I'm not a policeman.

No, no, no. Cliff, please. I want it
out. I want it out.

Thank God it's over.

Not quite, Miss Deems.

What did you do with the body?

It's in the old sawmill pond.

You put it there?

Yes.

He lifted up her body and took it
through the window, put it in the car.

Yes, yes.

I understand that when you came back on
stage, you had changed your costume.

Now, where did you get the time to do
all of that?

I can't lie anymore.

I can't.

Shine did it for me, but he only did it
to protect me.

Very good of Shine. Very loyal.

Was he there that whole time?

No. No.

No, he... He came in after I hit Kathy.

How did you know she was dead?

She just lay there.

And then Shine came in and he checked
her.

And he told me.

I don't see...

It's all right, Ruby.

These are latent fingerprints of Kathy's
that I removed from the window in your

dressing room.

A little blood on them probably from
when you hit her.

What are you talking about?

Dead people don't leave fingerprints.

Kathy was alive when she went through
the window.

They're hers.

I checked.

I don't understand.

You mean I didn't kill Kathy?

Not in your dressing room, you didn't.

You mean Kathy's still alive?

She's still alive?

I wish I could believe that.

Mr.

Baxter, do you have any grappling gear?

There's a grappling hook out in the
stable.

What is it?

Give me 15 minutes head start and call
the sheriff. Tell him to meet me at the

Saw Hill Pond.

Mr. Jones.

I've been expecting you, Shine.

You know, I think that pond's all fished
out.

No, I don't think so.

Matter of fact, I think the fish I
want's still around here.

When I find Kathy's body, I'll have the
evidence that she didn't die from a blow

on the head. The ruby didn't kill her.

That's why you followed me, isn't it?

Something Jones.

an ambulance and you better bring out a
crew.

I think they'll find Kathy Hopkins' body
in there.

I don't think that there's really too
much to worry about here, Cliff.

There'll have to be a hearing.

But in my opinion, the only thing that
Ruby is guilty of is bad judgment.

What about Shine?

He's ready to confess to the two murders
and I think that'll satisfy the state

I'm

so sorry. Mr. Hopkins.

Mr. Jones told me the whole story

I don't blame you, Ruby.

I guess the problem is I blame myself.

If I hadn't trusted Shine... Nothing
wrong with accepting your share of the

blame, as long as you don't give
yourself a life sentence.

Thank you, Mr. Jones.

Mind if I go with her, George? No, not
if she doesn't.