All language subtitles for Hitchcock s03e17 An Unlocked Window

Good evening.

We are broadcasting my portion of this
evening's program by radio instead of

television. I seem to have lost some
weight and I don't wish to mar my image.

I cannot reveal exactly how much weight.
I can only say that had I lost ten more

pounds, I would have had to file a
missing persons report.

For the uninitiated, I should explain
that radio is simply television with the

tube burned out. In radio, sound is a
rather important ingredient.

When it does not exist, it is
manufactured. For example, this

cellophane stimulates the sound of a
crackling fire.

This sound effect is so authentic, one
can almost smell the smoke.

This evening's play tells of two nurses.

who spend one terrifying night in a
large house in the country. But first,

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Thank you for everything.

You're sure you're all right? Because I
can go in and get my coat and walk you

back to the clinic. I'm absolutely fine.

Good night, Mr. Crispin. Good night,
Miss Little.

Frida. Who's there?

You're such a pretty nurse, Frida.

Well,

the news from overseas is filled with
explosive new developments.

Here in the city, the tension continued
to mount with each new dramatic turn in

the current rash of brutal killings.

Now there is another one.

And this is the third nurse murder
committed in this area in the past two

The search for Nurse Freda Little, who
disappeared last Thursday evening, was

ended early today with the discovery of
her body here in Northside Park at 7 o

'clock this morning by a park gardener.

The victim had been dead for several
days.

Miss Little was returning from an
assignment where she'd been engaged for

past three days.

Newsman Al Rubin interviewed Mr. Boris
Crispus, the last man to have seen Miss

Little alive.

And you had no idea when she walked out
of this door you would never see her

again? Well, no.

No.

She was a real fine nurse.

My wife has been sick about a year now,
and, uh, well, we've had a lot of them

through here, and she was saying just
this morning that she was the best.

We were wondering why she'd never
phoned.

Did Miss Little ever speak of the other
two murders? The nurses that were killed

two weeks ago?

Yes, we spoke about it a little bit.

She said she knew one of them.

She was upset about it, I guess you
could say.

Was there ever anything else that was
strange or unusual that happened while

was here in the house?

Yes, as a matter of fact, there was. It
happened the night before she left.

Oh, I pooted at the time.

You see, my wife has been...

bedridden about a year now, and she woke
up one night yelling that she saw a man

standing at the window looking in at her
and Miss Little.

Well, I took a flashlight and I went
outside, but I couldn't see anything.

Thank you very much, Mr. Christmas.

All three murders in this neighborhood.

The police are now searching for a
definite suspect, and they are certain

he is still in this area and have
cautioned all residents, particularly

nurses. To be extremely careful until
the killer is caught.

You are urged to speak to no strangers.

To keep your doors and windows locked.

Now let's take a look at the weather.

The official weather forecast for the
next two days... He obviously finds out

where nurses are working and waits for
the chance to get at him.

That's horrible.

I wouldn't go out tonight on a bet. Not
for a million.

Lock every door, every window.

I'll check everything downstairs.

Fine.

I read in a book about a man who only
killed trombone players. He beat them to

death with their own trombones.

You know, this is the same kind of
thing, only this one just... Oh, now.

we're going to have to have some rules.
We're going to have to start knocking at

the postman. Sorry.

Is everything all right?

I'm just checking that everything is
locked.

The kitchen's tight as a tick.

Stella? Yes?

Stella?

What is it, Miss Haynes?

When was the last time you checked the
oxygen tank?

I don't remember.

Is there another tank in the house?

No. Why?

The pressure's very low. It won't last
the night.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Sam, you'll have to go into the clinic
and get another tank. We must have it.

Stella, you simply can't forget things
like this.

I'm sorry, Sam.

I just go to the clinic, ask for a tank
of oxygen.

Yes, they know. There's a signing order
there for Mr. Baker. You just sign for

it. I'll go with you.

You stay here and do your job. You've
got to feed these people, Maude.

Isn't there anyone there who can bring
it out?

Not this time of night.

I don't want to be left here alone.
You're not alone.

Three hefty women ought to be able to
give good account of themselves with

someone came scratching at the door.

Well, I'll be back as soon as I can.

Just lock up good behind me and don't
let anybody in.

Did you check the cellar?

There's no light down there.

I wouldn't go down there for anything in
the world.

Have you got a flashlight?

The fixture's broken down there.

Sam started a picnic the other day.

Then he left it dangling like he does
everything else.

I'm right here if you need me.

wants to try to kill a couple of people
with a butcher knife.

He was my father's best friend.

As far as I know, he's still locked up
somewhere.

I wonder why this one just wants to kill
nurses. Now, I know why my father's

best friend wanted to kill those people.

Let Gus earn his keep.

Come on, Gus.

Get him.

Why am I so terrified of such a little
thing? I know better.

Turn that way about snakes.

Just show me a snake, any kind of a
snake, and I'll show you how fast my

legs can carry me.

The way that they... They fight and
they're brave and they...

Swallowed them whole. You know, I read
in a book about a snake that swallowed a

full -grown goat.

I think I'll be going upstairs.

I'll bring your supper up in just a few
minutes.

How is he? About the same.

Sam will be back as soon as we get.

Have you checked everything?

Yes, I think so. Every door, every
window?

Yes. Yes.

You're hesitating.

Have you forgotten something?

No.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Stella, you have all the qualities to
assure a very good success, but you must

always be on guard about a very serious
handicap.

I know.

I just get excited and then I get
rattled. Well, you must not get excited

rattled. It makes you forget things.

I know.

Someday you'll forget something vital.

Oh, it won't be a name or a spoon or
even to check the pressure on an oxygen

tank.

Last night when I arrived, I thought it
was just because you were tired.

But it's more than that.

He's waking up.

How do you feel?

Better. Crisis over?

Mm -hmm. All over.

Who is that?

This is Nurse Betty Ames.

Dr. Jones felt I was working too hard,
so he sent her over last night to help

out. Oh, yes. I vaguely remember.

Oh, I do feel better.

Well, he's all yours now.

I'm going downstairs for a cup of
coffee.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I was just going to knock. I was just
trying to balance the tray on my knee to

knock. Is there any coffee downstairs?

Fresh pot.

I'll be in the kitchen if you need me,
Stella.

How's the patient?

Coming up for air.

Can Stella tell you about the new
murder?

The third nurse in two weeks. Strangled,
just like the rest of them.

Chicken soup.

Poor thing. He was killed walking home
from a job.

You don't like my chicken soup. I made
that from scratch.

You even wrung the chicken's neck.

Sure. Ah, you're a suspicious character,
Maude.

You ever watch Maude start the soup from
scratch?

Oh, she's a champion neck wringer.

Now that's enough.

Oh, she lures it closer and closer, then
she grabs it and twists it around.

There she stands, one hand on her hip
and that look on her face and the poor

bird.

Oh, I don't want any soup.

It's going to rain.

It's really going to rain, and that road
turns to mud when it rains.

It rained one day last year. Sam was in
town, and he couldn't get back up the

hill for all the mud.

I'll get it.

I bet you think I can't get out of this
bed. Well, you better not try.

I could, though, if I wanted to.

Hello, Mr. Baker's residence.

Yes? Oh, hello, Dr. Jones. It's Maude.

Yes, I'll call her.

Dr. Jones.

If you like, I'll sit with Mr. Baker and
make sure that he eats his dinner.

Hello.

Hello, Dr. Jones.

Oh.

Are you at the clinic?

No, we have no car.

No Sames arrived in a cab.

Well, Sam's gone to the clinic to get a
tank of oxygen.

Yes, of course.

Yes.

Yes, everything's locked up.

All right.

Thank you, Doctor.

There's been another murder.

When?

They've just discovered the body two
miles from here.

Dr. Jones doesn't know much about it and
he's on his way over to make an

examination.

He said he'd call back, but until then
he said we're not to leave, not to let

anyone in.

Please think that the killer is still in
the neighborhood.

I'll relieve you in an hour.

In the neighborhood.

There sure is in the neighborhood.

Well, we'll be all right as long as we
keep everything locked up tight.

And we don't let anyone in.

1 ,001, 1 ,002, 1 ,003.

Three miles.

What?

From the time of the lightning flash to
the clap of thunder in seconds, it's how

far away the storm is.

Three miles. I counted three seconds
from the flash of lightning to the

1 ,001, 1

,002.

I'm getting closer.

Jen.

Well, I better go see if they need
anything.

Yeah, it's about time I went on duty,
too.

What's on top of it? The rain.

Listen.

He didn't eat enough.

Aye, he ate enough.

It's great kidney pie.

You didn't eat enough.

Stella, your dinner's on the stove.

I'll take care of him while you eat.

Well, it's time for some more oxygen.

Well, goodbye.

Goodbye.

Bye to you all.

One thousand.

This house, isn't it lovely?

Oh, it's full of charm.

There are places to hide in every
corner.

On every landing.

Can't have just a simple house with
simple walls to work in. Gotta have this

thing full of angles and funny turns and
dark pockets.

Ooh, I'll be so glad when Sam gets home
and the sun comes up. I can't even force

myself to look out the window again.

Every one of those little old trees
looks like a mad old... crouched down

creeping up toward the house.

What amazes me, makes me wonder, is how
all of those poor girls... Now, how did

he?

He's like a snake creeping around,
following them and making his plans.

When and where and how.

You have to make plans to do something
like that.

You know, I knew this man that started
to act strange.

He wanted to get rid of his wife. So, he
got this trunk from the attic.

It was only about so big.

Too small for her. So he got this knife
and he started to cut.

I know you told me.

What is it?

There's something there.

There's something in the window.

That's only a tree limb, Mort.

A tree limb?

It's not what I saw.

Of course it is.

No, it's not.

That's not what I saw. I saw something
else I did.

I saw something else.

that when you're taking care of me, I
feel so good, and when the new nurse is

hovering over me, I feel really rotten.

Haven't the foggiest.

No? No.

I really do feel better, though.

You can give Miss Ames her walking
papers in the morning.

Ah, well, we'll see.

I don't intend to have any kind of
relapse, unless... Unless what?

Unless you say no.

To what?

To marrying me.

Oh.

If you say no, I intend to spend the
rest... of my days in hypochondria. I'll

build a little house there with room for
you because I'll always need a nurse.

That's not a nice place to live, you
know. The climate's terrible.

Friends say yes.

I promise to get well instantly. Take
your hunting tomorrow.

I don't like hunting, fishing or hiking.

I'm afraid I'm a city girl and I tire of
this place awful bad.

We don't have to live here.

Don't you like my house?

I can't tell you how much I love it.
sank when the doctor drove me up here

got my first look at the baker's bake.

I bought it last year. I had to have
some place to hide from my students at

university. But I don't want and I don't
intend to have that kind of peace and

quiet any longer.

I like the house, though.

I was hoping it was haunted.

I've never lived in a haunted house
before. I was kind of looking forward to

All right.

Time to go back under the tent.

A real estate agent assured me there'd
never been a murder, a suicide, or any

kind of violence within these walls.

Belonged to a family, a little old lady,
finally, who died peaceably in a clinic

at the age of 95.

Too bad a hideous old house like this
has no hideous pistol to go along with

Goodbye again.

Who is it?

Who's there?

What are you doing?

I heard something.

I heard something.

Stella. Miss Stella.

I heard a man talking.

What are you doing?

I'm turning on all the lights in the
house. I want to be able to see.

It was Glendon you heard.

I know Mr.

Baker's voice. It wasn't him.

I know his voice.

Turn off the lights more. The darkness
protects us.

Now that there's someone outside, he can
see in and see that we're alone.

Don't turn on another light, Maude. I
want to be able to see.

He may be hiding up there.

Didn't you hear me, Maude?

What is it?

What is it?

What happened?

He's here!

You've blown a fuse.

Why didn't you listen?

We shall return in a moment, but first
we ask your local station to take it

away.

They're all blown, every single one of
them.

Well, there won't be any electricity in
the house tonight.

Are these all the candles, Maude?

There's a candelabra in the hall.

Well, go and get it and take it
upstairs.

I can't. I can't go in there alone.

Come on, Maude.

Come on.

Hey, Lon.

You can't bring that in. The oxygen's
on.

Oh.

I gave him a pill.

Luckily, there are candles in the house.

No fuses?

Not a one.

I hate it! Come on, Lord. Come on.

Now, that's enough, Maude.

No, you can't have any more.

No.

I heard a voice. He is in the house.

Around,

around the cat in the mouth.

And the chicken, the poor skinny little
chicken. Chicken, chicken. You have a

flock of chicken.

I'll show you.

First, you throw him in the hot water.

And then you go... Stella,

don't forget to fend the feathers before
you put her in the pot.

Stella, you forget to fend the feathers.

I'll bet you would, because you've got a
bad memory.

You only kill nurses, don't you?

I'm not a nurse.

Do I look like a nurse?

No. No.

Thank goodness.

He's in the house.

Oh.

Oh.

Like that.

Nothing could have stopped it.

Well, we can't leave her here. She's too
heavy to get downstairs.

We could put her on one of the singles
in my room.

Right. Huh?

There we go. Good morning.

Good morning.

Where are we going?

Hi.

Stella?

Come on, Stella.

Listen, you're not going to leave me.

Don't take me in there by myself.

Oh, she's like a great big bug.

You know, the kind with the dark two
-section shells.

Stella, leave a light.

Stella. This morning there were four of
us who were capable of defending

ourselves. And now there are only two of
us.

And the police are sure he's in the
neighborhood.

Have you ever seen someone after they've
been strangled?

No. And I'm not up to any graphic
descriptions.

Oh, I'm sorry.

We're neglecting our patient.

Health is strong.

I'm not so sure how sick he was.

What do you mean?

He seems much healthier than he pretends
to be.

He was very sick three days ago.

I sat with him through the crisis. It
was terrible.

Stella, he's asked you to marry him.

How do you know? He told me so tonight.

He wanted my opinion of you.

And? Why, he said you're everything a
wife should be.

A little absent -minded, perhaps, but
love conquers all failing, sooner or

later. Have you ever been married?

Yes, years ago.

That was the case where love conquered
nothing.

Disaster. I'm sorry.

Oh, there's no need for you to feel
anything akin to sorrow.

It was a long time ago and it had
nothing to do with you.

I'm on duty now.

You go and get some rest.

I don't think I can sleep.

You ought to try.

Afraid? A little, I suppose.

But everything is locked up, isn't it?

Isn't it?

Yes.

What is it? I heard him again.

He was in the room. I couldn't see him,
but I heard him. He was laughing.

There's nothing here.

Nothing. Oh, yes, there was. I heard
him. I know that I heard him. I heard

voice. He was right in here with me.

We better give her a sedative.

Yes, please.

Give me something to put me out.

All right, I'll get it.

It's going to be all right.

Oh.

Tony Stella?

It sounded like... Just

like that.

He was right here with me. He was
going...

Like that.

Did you hear anything?

No. Did you? No.

He said he's been watching you for days.

He was out front last night when the cab
brought me to the door.

He knows we're alone.

And he intends to pay us a visit before
the night is over.

Leave us alone.

Yes? Yes, that's right, Sergeant.

You take the first turn off at Cutticut
Road.

Then you continue on five miles further
till you come to a sign, Private, keep

out.

Then you go on about 50 yards more.

You take the turn off and come out to
the hill.

Yes. How soon?

Yes.

Yes.

No one?

Yes.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Please hurry.

Well, they're on their way.

They won't be here for at least an hour.

I think he thought I was a bit of a
crank.

Well, at least they are coming.

Yes.

What are you doing out there, Gus?

What is it?

The cat.

She was down in the cellar.

I wonder how... The window.

That's what I was trying to remember.

There was one window down in the cellar.

One window I forgot to check.

Go upstairs.

Go on. Go to your patient.

What do I do?

Go on.

Go on.

Landon? Wake up, Landon.

Hussain? Hussain?

Missing? Stella!

Stella!

Missing?

Miss A?

Tell her.

Tell me.

She's in the house, Joe.

She's in the house.

Here.

Here.

Are you all right?

He's had strength.

He had a dance on my throat.

His eyes go. Where is he? I don't know.

Did he go out?

I don't know.

He's in the house.

John! Sam!

I'd forgotten about Sam.

Sam!

Stella, you have a bad memory.

You're

the

man! The police!

There are no police coming, Stella.

I faked that call to the police.

It doesn't matter, Stella.

Stella, you're such a pretty nurse.

Stella.

Thus ends our story.

Nothing more remains to be told.

That is, unless you are interested in
knowing more about Nurse Ames. You see,

later made a regrettable mistake and
found himself attempting to throttle a

nurse who turned out to be a policeman
in disguise.

It was most embarrassing.

Now I have another radio sound effect to
test.

Until next week then, good night.