1 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,097 - Here they come. - What happened? 2 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:40,332 - Somebody get killed? - Model on the fourth floor. 3 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:43,136 - Oh! I didn't... - Who did it? 4 00:02:06,926 --> 00:02:09,257 I hope the weather holds out. 5 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,439 Ed Cornell. Single room. I made a reservation. 6 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:24,976 Oh, yes. Of course. Will you register, please, Mr. Cornell? 7 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:28,427 Can't offer you much excitement around here, Mr. Cornell. 8 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:32,547 - Not this time of the year. - I'm not lookin' for much excitement. 9 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:35,075 I just wanna sleep... for a week. 10 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:38,851 Well, it's very, very quiet here. 11 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:42,189 Boy! Boy. 12 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:46,528 321. 13 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,499 I wanna talk to New York. 14 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,477 - Headquarters. - Go ahead, 14. 15 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,846 Homicide. Go ahead. 16 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:44,415 Homicide. 17 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:46,639 - It's for you, sir. - Who is it? 18 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:48,922 Cornell. 19 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:54,899 Ed, you're on vacation. I don't wanna see you around here for another week. 20 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:57,801 Chief, I'm comin' back. I want that Lynn case. 21 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:03,273 Oh, now, Ed, look. You're knocked out. You're overworked. S-Stay away. 22 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:07,612 You know my record. You know how many convictions I brought into that department. 23 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,880 I've never let you down. I've never been wrong. 24 00:04:09,882 --> 00:04:12,116 - You know I was never wrong. - Yeah. Yeah, I know. 25 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:14,785 I worked in this department for 15 years. I never let you down. 26 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:17,121 Ed, yes, I know your record as well as you do. 27 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:19,857 It-It's great, but you're not the only man in the department. 28 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,951 Have you read the papers? 29 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:25,396 - See what they say about the department? - Sure. The papers are after us. 30 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:27,698 - Doesn't look fine on the records. - I can read too, you know. 31 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,034 - I'm comin' back, and you can't talk me out of it. - Ed... 32 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:32,469 - Are we gonna... - It's my case! 33 00:04:32,538 --> 00:04:34,801 - Ed, will... - It's my case! 34 00:04:34,874 --> 00:04:37,541 - All right. If you wanna kill... - You can't talk me out of it. 35 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:39,944 - It's my case. - I said, if you wanna kill yourself, okay. 36 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,243 - It's my case! - It's your case. 37 00:04:56,296 --> 00:05:00,131 I don't know why you're such an eager beaver about this, Cornell. 38 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,225 Pretty girl. 39 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,435 I don't like to see a pretty girl get knocked off. 40 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,428 Didn't think you ever looked at one. 41 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,906 - Suspects? - Yeah. 42 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:13,277 The boys are talking to a couple of them now downstairs. 43 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,374 - Who's that? - Her sister, Jill Lynn. 44 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:21,749 That's Robin Ray, the actor. He took her out a few times. 45 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:26,270 There's a newspaper guy, Larry Evans. He used to plug her in his column. 46 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:33,144 That's Steve Christopher, publicity man. He gave her the big buildup. 47 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:37,360 This one... 48 00:05:37,437 --> 00:05:41,065 This one's my baby. 49 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:43,374 - I didn't do it. - You're a liar. 50 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:45,468 Why'd you do it? 51 00:05:45,545 --> 00:05:47,569 I didn't kill Vicki. 52 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:50,214 - Why did you do it? - He just asked me that. 53 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:54,117 And we'll keep on asking. 54 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:57,155 We know you did it. We wanna know why. 55 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:03,986 - Anything? - Nothing yet. 56 00:06:04,063 --> 00:06:06,364 Might be different now that you're here, sir. 57 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:09,095 - Hello, Mac. - Hi. 58 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:11,465 All right. 59 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:17,675 - There was another guy, wasn't there? - You were jealous. 60 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:20,344 - No. - She told you about him. - You got sore. 61 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:23,147 - Then you grabbed her, hit her, killed her! - No, no. No, no! 62 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:26,848 - Sit down. - All right. Hold it there. Give 'im a cigarette. 63 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:35,885 Pretty boy. 64 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:40,790 That's better. Now let's hear the whole story. 65 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:43,701 - I told it all once. - Tell it again. Tell it to me. 66 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:47,252 - You wanna answer up, fella. - How'd you meet Vicki Lynn? 67 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:50,537 Go ahead, Christopher. Tell him. 68 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:01,442 I'd come from the opening night of a show... 69 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,647 with Larry Evans, the columnist. 70 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:07,886 We were... We werejust walking. Going nowhere. 71 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:12,062 Why do they call it a comedy? His wife hates him, loses his money. The kid steals. 72 00:07:12,064 --> 00:07:14,156 - Brutal. - Just brutal. 73 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,867 - I hope Robin isn't waiting up for the notices. - Robin oughta get back... 74 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,995 to those gypsy baron parts. 75 00:07:19,071 --> 00:07:21,372 - As a light comedian, this man's nowhere. - I'll tell ya one thing. 76 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:23,541 Good notices or bad, this thing's gonna run. 77 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:26,076 - Are you kidding? - This thing's gonna run. You know why? 78 00:07:26,078 --> 00:07:28,245 Robin's still a big draw in this town. 79 00:07:28,247 --> 00:07:30,815 He's got what impresses them: a name, publicity. 80 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,950 Knockin' your own trade, aren't ya? 81 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:35,319 Maybe, but the point is, I sold him to the public... 82 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:37,379 and they'll go and see him. 83 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,557 - They like to see famous people. - Whereas, me... 84 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:42,758 sometimes I like to look at a completely new person. 85 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,753 - Nice. Coffee? - Nice. Coffee. 86 00:07:50,002 --> 00:07:53,838 Robin Ray's been sold to the public like any successful product. 87 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,141 - Like a brand of coffee. - Well, who's to blame for that? 88 00:07:57,143 --> 00:08:00,009 Well, the point is, it can be done. 89 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:02,513 You can sell 'em anything if you go about it right. 90 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,449 Then why waste time on a cornball like Robin Ray? 91 00:08:05,451 --> 00:08:08,112 Well, that's simple. He pays me. 92 00:08:08,187 --> 00:08:11,280 - My job is to... - Cream and sugar? 93 00:08:11,357 --> 00:08:14,917 No, thanks. Just black. We're in mourning. 94 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:19,831 - Saw a show, huh? - In a manner of speaking. 95 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:26,032 You're lucky. Working nights, you never get to see anything. 96 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:29,473 Probably a frustrated actress. Are you a frustrated actress? 97 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:33,604 Nope. No talent. No ambition. 98 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,943 No ambition, huh? You could do better than this. 99 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,984 - You're pretty. - She's prettier than Robin Ray. 100 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:44,615 What's wrong with this? It's my first job in New York. 101 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:47,458 They treat me all right. I get Saturdays and Sundays off. 102 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:52,590 And tired feet. Haven't you thought about making a stab at something else? 103 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:57,829 - This lad could help you. - Your coffee's getting cold. 104 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:00,235 Look, uh... 105 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:03,433 I'm gonna give you my address here. 106 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:05,567 Uh, this is my office. 107 00:09:05,645 --> 00:09:11,480 And, if you're interested, I wish you'd stop around sometime. 108 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:14,280 My card. 109 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:17,446 "Steve Christopher, public relations." 110 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:20,286 - Public? - Strictly. 111 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:23,589 Well, thank you. I'll put it in my file. 112 00:09:23,663 --> 00:09:25,829 He means it. It's just his way of saying... 113 00:09:25,831 --> 00:09:28,032 that you don't belong in a place like this. 114 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:30,834 Sure. How many guys come in and tell you that? 115 00:09:30,836 --> 00:09:34,498 You're the very first... tonight. 116 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,707 I never expected to see her again... 117 00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:39,009 but the next day she turned up at the office... 118 00:09:39,011 --> 00:09:41,178 and she was wrong about no ambition. 119 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:43,272 She was loaded with it... 120 00:09:43,349 --> 00:09:44,848 right from the beginning. 121 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:49,887 That night, I took her to the Club Capri to show her off to caf� society. 122 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:51,981 She did all right. 123 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:54,607 In fact, she was the toast of the table. 124 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:58,118 - Well, Edwina, Steve. - Hi, darling. 125 00:09:58,197 --> 00:10:01,996 There's someone here you simply must meet... Vicki Lynn. 126 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,160 - Hi, Vicki. We've met. - Hi. 127 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:07,568 I'd gone on the line for some fancy clothes for her. 128 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,907 Well, it didn't hurt to have Larry Evans show up... 129 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,672 and make like he and Vicki were old friends. 130 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:16,578 Still, I had to admit that Vicki had what it takes. 131 00:10:16,649 --> 00:10:20,651 - Tell us all the gossip. - Why, you can read it tomorrow in my column, Edwina. 132 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:24,315 I know. He's afraid to repeat it in mixed company. 133 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:27,290 You're doing great. 134 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:31,829 You sure? Every once in a while, I have an impulse... 135 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:34,321 to get up and clear the table. 136 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,492 Fight it. 137 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,636 - Oh, Robin Ray. - Mr. Ray, hello. 138 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:41,138 - How do you do? Hello, Steve. - Hello, Robin. 139 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:43,440 - Oh, hello, darling. - Hello, my dear. 140 00:10:43,442 --> 00:10:46,310 Well, Robin, obviously you're here for one reason. Miss Lynn, may I present... 141 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:48,946 Robin Ray, star of stage, screen and toothpaste endorsements. 142 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:51,040 - Hello. - How do you do? 143 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:54,950 He looks even younger in person. 144 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:57,254 You know, Steve, I could grow very fond of this girl. 145 00:10:57,256 --> 00:11:00,524 - While you're growing, how about standing still for a picture? - Wonderful. 146 00:11:00,526 --> 00:11:03,221 I don't know if I was jealous of Robin. 147 00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:06,330 Maybe I was already thinking of Vicki as my property. 148 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,099 Anyway, I didn't like his moving in like that. 149 00:11:09,101 --> 00:11:12,369 So, I took care of the situation by moving Vicki out. 150 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:14,872 I asked her to dance. Robin wasn't happy... 151 00:11:14,874 --> 00:11:17,675 but at that moment I wasn't concerned about Robin. 152 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:20,406 I had plans for Vicki... 153 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:22,646 things I wanted to discuss with her. 154 00:11:22,648 --> 00:11:25,883 I didn't want Robin panting down our necks while we talked. 155 00:11:25,885 --> 00:11:28,552 - You'd better be thinking of taking me home. - Hello. 156 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:31,488 - It's almost midnight. - Hi. 157 00:11:31,557 --> 00:11:34,787 Say, midnight's never been a reason to go home. 158 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:40,491 Remember Cinderella? 159 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:44,001 This is all wonderful, but the ball's almost over... 160 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:48,335 and tomorrow I'll be back clearing those tables. 161 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:51,967 You're wrong, Vicki. The ball is just beginning. 162 00:11:52,044 --> 00:11:55,479 Your picture in the paper with Robin, plugs in Larry's column... 163 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:57,573 you're on your way. 164 00:11:57,650 --> 00:12:01,385 And with me promoting you, well, you can be the town's top model... 165 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:04,253 to start with, and from there... 166 00:12:04,323 --> 00:12:06,847 Well, we'll see when you get there. 167 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:09,826 - Then last night wasn't just... - A gag? 168 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:14,331 Maybe it was... then. But promotion's my business, Vicki... 169 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,594 and I know you can make it. 170 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:20,297 Oh, it'll be hard work, but it's yours... 171 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:22,805 if you want it. 172 00:12:32,184 --> 00:12:34,276 Of course I want it, Steve. 173 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:36,946 You said last night you had no ambition. 174 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:39,956 Last night, I didn't have you. 175 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:42,822 Then it's a deal? Let's drink to it. 176 00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:45,522 Oh. 177 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:49,158 - Nothing for me. - A brandy, please. 178 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:51,368 Now, then, I want you to repeat after me. 179 00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:54,634 - I, Vicki Lynn... - I, Vicki Lynn... 180 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:58,198 - do solemnly swear... - do solemnly swear... 181 00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:01,044 to wear the clothes, say the things, go to the places... 182 00:13:01,046 --> 00:13:03,878 and be the girl that Steve Christopher orders. 183 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:05,973 End of oath. 184 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:09,042 That Steve Christopher orders. End of oath. 185 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,724 She was so nervous, she started to get up when Robin came along. 186 00:13:13,726 --> 00:13:16,057 - Oh, Steve. - No, no, no. 187 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:18,395 The price tag coming out of the glove. That was the great touch. 188 00:13:18,397 --> 00:13:20,564 Oh, stop teasing her. She was wonderful. 189 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:22,658 - Thanks. - Of course she was. 190 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:27,568 Harry, can I have my key? 191 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,338 - It's right there. - Give the lady her key, Harry. 192 00:13:36,248 --> 00:13:38,340 Thanks. 193 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:41,385 Well, Vick, brace yourself and get ready. 194 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:44,288 Tomorrow we launch the promotional campaign of the century. 195 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,456 Get used to seeing your name in the paper. 196 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:48,757 I'll make it a habit in the column. 197 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:51,194 I feel like Vicki Lynn, Incorporated. 198 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:54,356 Well, meet the new stockholder. 199 00:13:55,701 --> 00:13:57,793 Who let you into this corporation? 200 00:13:57,870 --> 00:13:59,962 - I did. - Mm-hmm. 201 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,372 She could do a lot worse than have her name tied up with mine. 202 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:05,976 - I don't see how. - We'll take that up at the board meeting now. 203 00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:08,070 Sorry. 204 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:10,547 Well, I wish I could ask you up, but... 205 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:12,716 But Cinderella has a cruel stepmother? 206 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:14,912 No. Cinderella has a sister... 207 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:17,079 sound asleep. 208 00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:22,092 Well, good night, and thanks for everything. 209 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:25,220 I'll be around first thing in the morning, Vick. 210 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:27,924 I'll be waiting. 211 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,490 Sister? I hate girls with sisters. 212 00:14:30,569 --> 00:14:32,870 But, in her case, you'll make an exception. 213 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:36,139 But, still, it could be worse. Some girls have husbands, I hear. 214 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:39,390 And I know where you heard it... from their husbands. 215 00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:43,795 Hey, how'd you like to give me back my magazine? 216 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,079 Sure, Harry. 217 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:52,186 - You had to get rough with the kid. - I didn't get rough. 218 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,487 I just didn't like him. 219 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,927 Let's say you were quick-tempered... the way a killer'd be. 220 00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:59,419 When his girl threw him over. 221 00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:03,524 Ah-ah, that temper'll get you into trouble, Christopher. 222 00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:07,051 - Then try talking sense. - That's what you're here for. 223 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:11,055 What made you so sure you could make anything out of Vicki Lynn? 224 00:15:13,845 --> 00:15:17,541 Look, promotion's my business. 225 00:15:17,615 --> 00:15:22,483 She had looks. She was young. She had a good figure. What more do you want? 226 00:15:22,553 --> 00:15:24,887 - I want the truth. - You're hearing it. 227 00:15:24,889 --> 00:15:27,223 Give it to me again and give it to me straight. 228 00:15:27,225 --> 00:15:30,125 I'm checking everything you say. 229 00:15:30,194 --> 00:15:33,393 - Has anyone done any talking? - Yeah, the lieutenant. 230 00:15:34,866 --> 00:15:38,824 - Vicki Lynn was your sister? - Uh-huh. 231 00:15:38,903 --> 00:15:41,202 How long have you lived in New York? 232 00:15:41,272 --> 00:15:43,535 A little over two years. 233 00:15:43,608 --> 00:15:47,236 - And your sister? - Ten months. 234 00:15:47,312 --> 00:15:49,879 She came here from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania... 235 00:15:49,881 --> 00:15:52,348 after Mom died... 236 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:54,509 to live with me. 237 00:15:54,585 --> 00:15:57,576 I wanted to see more of her, but I didn't. 238 00:15:57,655 --> 00:16:01,021 - Why was that? - Oh, she... 239 00:16:01,092 --> 00:16:03,924 Well, you see, I work days. 240 00:16:03,995 --> 00:16:07,663 I'm a public stenographer at the Wilton Hotel on 44th Street. 241 00:16:07,665 --> 00:16:11,725 I work days, and Vicki worked nights at the cafeteria. 242 00:16:11,803 --> 00:16:14,965 We just kept different hours. That's all. 243 00:16:17,909 --> 00:16:21,207 What do you know about Steve Christopher? 244 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:23,371 Well, not much... 245 00:16:23,448 --> 00:16:25,648 except that he was the one that gave her all those big ideas... 246 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,844 about being a celebrity. 247 00:16:27,919 --> 00:16:30,820 Oh, I know that was his business, but just the same... 248 00:16:30,822 --> 00:16:33,722 When did this start? 249 00:16:33,791 --> 00:16:36,525 Well, the first I knew about it was one night... 250 00:16:36,527 --> 00:16:39,362 when I'd brought a lot of work home from the office. 251 00:16:39,364 --> 00:16:41,864 It got very late, and I guess I must've fallen asleep. 252 00:16:41,866 --> 00:16:44,299 Vicki? 253 00:16:44,369 --> 00:16:47,428 - Uh-huh. - What time is it? 254 00:16:47,505 --> 00:16:50,598 Oh, I don't know. It must be late. 255 00:16:50,675 --> 00:16:54,374 How's the job? Guys still peeking through the window at you? 256 00:16:54,379 --> 00:16:57,074 They weren't peeking tonight, honey. 257 00:16:57,148 --> 00:17:00,708 - They were staring. - Well, I don't blame them. 258 00:17:00,785 --> 00:17:04,811 Hey! Wha... What is this? 259 00:17:04,889 --> 00:17:07,056 - You like it? - Well, sure. I love it... 260 00:17:07,058 --> 00:17:09,150 but I must be dreaming. 261 00:17:09,227 --> 00:17:11,319 - What happened? - Everything. 262 00:17:11,396 --> 00:17:14,159 Compliments of the house. 263 00:17:14,232 --> 00:17:17,598 I've been waltzing at the Club Capri... 264 00:17:17,668 --> 00:17:20,336 and I had my picture taken with an actor, Robin Ray... 265 00:17:20,338 --> 00:17:23,672 and Larry Evans, the columnist, sat right at our table. 266 00:17:23,674 --> 00:17:26,403 And, Jill, I'm gonna be a model! 267 00:17:26,477 --> 00:17:29,178 - Oh, honey, you must be dreaming. - No, it's all true... 268 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:33,411 and I'm never going back to that dirty ol'job at the cafeteria. 269 00:17:35,553 --> 00:17:37,952 What did you say? 270 00:17:38,022 --> 00:17:40,819 I've been wasting my time, Jill. 271 00:17:40,892 --> 00:17:44,122 I've just found out I can be somebody. 272 00:17:44,195 --> 00:17:46,526 Well, that did it. That woke me up. 273 00:17:46,597 --> 00:17:49,665 Vicki, you can't be serious about giving up your job. 274 00:17:49,667 --> 00:17:54,763 Sure I can. I was only waiting around for something better to turn up. 275 00:17:54,839 --> 00:17:57,932 Men wanna look at me... let them pay for it. 276 00:17:58,009 --> 00:18:00,843 Vicki Lynn, you've gone right out of your mind. 277 00:18:00,845 --> 00:18:03,210 No. I'm using my head. 278 00:18:03,281 --> 00:18:07,216 Besides, I'm not doing this all on my own. I've got a sponsor. 279 00:18:07,218 --> 00:18:09,785 If that means what it meant in Harrisburg, it's out. 280 00:18:09,787 --> 00:18:12,880 Oh, no. Silly. Really, I've got three sponsors. 281 00:18:12,957 --> 00:18:15,858 There's Robin and there's Larry and there's Steve Christopher. 282 00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:17,952 Actually, it was Steve's idea. 283 00:18:18,029 --> 00:18:20,861 Well, just who is this Steve Christopher? 284 00:18:20,932 --> 00:18:23,627 Oh! Everybody knows who Steve is. 285 00:18:23,701 --> 00:18:27,864 He's a publicity man... a promoter. 286 00:18:27,939 --> 00:18:30,202 Sounds a little bit to me... 287 00:18:30,274 --> 00:18:32,741 like he might be promoting himself to the head of the class. 288 00:18:32,743 --> 00:18:35,744 Oh, that isn't it at all. This is strictly business. 289 00:18:35,746 --> 00:18:39,078 Vicki, come here. Honey. 290 00:18:39,150 --> 00:18:42,384 Remember, when Mom died, we promised to look out for each other. 291 00:18:42,386 --> 00:18:44,887 I don't wanna ever stand in your way or anything like that... 292 00:18:44,889 --> 00:18:47,990 but don't you think this is all a little sudden and foolish? 293 00:18:47,992 --> 00:18:51,256 - Oh, why should I think that? - Oh, honey. 294 00:18:51,329 --> 00:18:54,378 Important people like this-this Steve Christopher... 295 00:18:54,398 --> 00:18:57,666 and the others, what do they want with people like us? 296 00:18:57,668 --> 00:19:00,693 But, Jill, they're helping me. 297 00:19:00,771 --> 00:19:05,366 - In what way? - They're gonna make me a glamour girl. 298 00:19:05,443 --> 00:19:07,892 l- I know all this started as a gag... 299 00:19:07,912 --> 00:19:11,647 but, after the way things went tonight, I know I can get to the top... and fast. 300 00:19:11,649 --> 00:19:16,517 Oh, honey, sometimes things can happen too fast. 301 00:19:16,587 --> 00:19:19,088 Your face can be on a magazine cover one week... 302 00:19:19,090 --> 00:19:22,149 and be in the ash can the next. 303 00:19:25,796 --> 00:19:28,559 Oh, Vicki, dear. 304 00:19:28,633 --> 00:19:31,133 I know I sound stuffy. I don't mean to. 305 00:19:31,135 --> 00:19:33,302 I just wanna make sure that you're sure. 306 00:19:33,304 --> 00:19:36,672 You know, sometimes, when you get started on something like this... 307 00:19:36,674 --> 00:19:39,107 th-there's no turning back. 308 00:19:39,177 --> 00:19:42,771 I know what you mean, Jill, but I am sure. 309 00:19:42,847 --> 00:19:45,644 I've got the face and the figure for it. 310 00:19:45,716 --> 00:19:48,377 Steve said so. 311 00:19:50,354 --> 00:19:53,254 There's so many things I want. 312 00:19:53,324 --> 00:19:55,883 Now I know how to get them. 313 00:19:58,696 --> 00:20:02,698 Okay. Well, if it's the face and figure that are going to do it... 314 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:05,327 we'd better put the bankroll to bed. 315 00:20:15,980 --> 00:20:19,415 - Vicki, I think that man is here. - Get it, will you? 316 00:20:19,483 --> 00:20:21,643 I'm just putting on a dress. 317 00:20:29,193 --> 00:20:33,094 - Morning. You're Vicki's sister? - Vicki is my sister. 318 00:20:33,164 --> 00:20:35,998 Well, I'm Steve Christopher, and, uh, you can put the weapon down. 319 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,627 - I'm harmless. - I wonder. 320 00:20:38,703 --> 00:20:41,203 - May I come in? - Oh, by all means. Enter. 321 00:20:41,205 --> 00:20:43,297 Thank you. 322 00:20:43,374 --> 00:20:47,673 I'm afraid you won't find anything very elegant, but we call it home. 323 00:20:50,114 --> 00:20:53,173 You know, most homes have a welcome mat. 324 00:20:53,251 --> 00:20:55,618 I'll put one in when I'm sure it belongs. 325 00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:58,187 - Look, if you're worried about Vicki... - Why shouldn't I be? 326 00:20:58,189 --> 00:21:00,789 You should see her. She's up in the air, she's quitting her job... 327 00:21:00,791 --> 00:21:02,883 and for what? 328 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,553 For this... just for a beginning. 329 00:21:05,630 --> 00:21:07,722 Well. 330 00:21:09,467 --> 00:21:11,991 Where are you in this? 331 00:21:12,069 --> 00:21:14,568 Oh, I don't believe in that for myself. 332 00:21:14,639 --> 00:21:18,130 - I'm not publicizing Steve Christopher. - Mm. Modesty? 333 00:21:18,209 --> 00:21:21,371 No, business. 334 00:21:21,445 --> 00:21:24,213 - Ah, here's our glamour girl. - Good morning, Steve. 335 00:21:24,215 --> 00:21:26,814 - Morning. - That's some dress you put on. 336 00:21:29,553 --> 00:21:31,713 Oh! Look, it's me! 337 00:21:31,789 --> 00:21:34,256 Mm-hmm. And there's more. 338 00:21:34,325 --> 00:21:37,225 Larry Evans's column. Lead item. 339 00:21:38,729 --> 00:21:41,561 "Vicki Lynn, a new face with that old magic." 340 00:21:43,934 --> 00:21:47,198 Three model agencies after me. Is that right, Steve? 341 00:21:47,271 --> 00:21:50,306 No, but Monday there will be. Five of them, after this. 342 00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:53,242 Steve Christopher, you're a genius. 343 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:57,576 - Isn't he wonderful, Jill? - The final vote isn't in yet. 344 00:21:57,648 --> 00:22:01,083 From that day on, Steve Christopher saw to it that she was seen everywhere. 345 00:22:01,085 --> 00:22:03,686 First it was just a few of the smart magazines... 346 00:22:03,688 --> 00:22:06,989 and then it was nearly all of the magazines at one time or another. 347 00:22:06,991 --> 00:22:10,357 After that, it was subway posters... 348 00:22:10,428 --> 00:22:13,521 and then billboards... she was everywhere. 349 00:22:13,597 --> 00:22:15,962 Steve Christopher didn't miss a bit. 350 00:22:16,033 --> 00:22:20,025 In a few months, he even had Vicki singing at the Club Capri. 351 00:23:48,392 --> 00:23:51,026 Steve worked hard for her. I'll have to admit that. 352 00:23:51,028 --> 00:23:53,195 And he protected her when she needed it... 353 00:23:53,197 --> 00:23:55,264 even while he was pushing her ahead. 354 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:58,530 Everything that pleased her seemed to please him... 355 00:23:58,602 --> 00:24:02,059 until one night about two months later. 356 00:24:02,139 --> 00:24:04,504 There was an argument. 357 00:24:04,575 --> 00:24:06,875 You don't have to stay if you don't want to, you know. 358 00:24:06,877 --> 00:24:10,835 I've always liked fireworks. I wanna be here when they go off. 359 00:24:10,915 --> 00:24:14,816 Joe, pour me a drink, will you, dear? 360 00:24:14,885 --> 00:24:17,580 - Make it two? - No, thanks. 361 00:24:17,655 --> 00:24:22,648 - Soda, Miss Lynn? - No, just straight. 362 00:24:22,726 --> 00:24:25,727 Why should there be fireworks? They've got nothing to beef about. 363 00:24:25,729 --> 00:24:30,165 - Steve especially. - Why not let Steve decide that when he gets here. 364 00:24:30,234 --> 00:24:33,001 I don't see why you're taking Steve's side. 365 00:24:33,003 --> 00:24:35,300 - Unless... - Unless what? 366 00:24:37,675 --> 00:24:40,438 Unless, maybe you're in love with him. 367 00:24:40,511 --> 00:24:43,343 - Vicki, how could you? - I just said maybe. 368 00:24:43,414 --> 00:24:46,863 But, if it is true, you oughta be happy about all this. 369 00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:49,518 With me out of the way, you'll have him all to yourself. 370 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,717 - I'm going home! - You'd better wait. 371 00:24:53,791 --> 00:24:56,384 We've got company. 372 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,791 - Steve, darling! - Hello, Vicki. 373 00:24:58,863 --> 00:25:00,955 - Oh, Larry. - Hello, Vicki. 374 00:25:01,031 --> 00:25:03,191 - Hello, Jill. - Hello. 375 00:25:03,267 --> 00:25:08,616 - Well, what's the deal, Vick? - You'd better sit down. You won't have so far to fall. 376 00:25:11,108 --> 00:25:15,373 Well, something terrible's happened. 377 00:25:15,446 --> 00:25:18,039 I don't know quite how to begin. 378 00:25:18,115 --> 00:25:21,948 It's rather embarrassing. 379 00:25:22,019 --> 00:25:25,044 I know you've both done so much for me... 380 00:25:25,122 --> 00:25:28,113 but, well, life's strange, isn't it? 381 00:25:28,192 --> 00:25:33,094 - We're never sure what's going to happen next. - What is gonna happen next? 382 00:25:33,163 --> 00:25:35,892 - I'm going away. - Where? 383 00:25:35,966 --> 00:25:40,459 Well, I couldn't help it really. I didn't ask them. They came to me. 384 00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:44,803 - Hollywood? - Yes, Hollywood. 385 00:25:44,875 --> 00:25:48,173 You see, they wanted to give me a screen test. 386 00:25:48,245 --> 00:25:51,338 I didn't see any harm in it, so I said yes. 387 00:25:51,415 --> 00:25:55,942 I didn't want to mention it for fear it wouldn't pan out, but it did. 388 00:25:56,020 --> 00:26:00,615 I was terrific! So, the next thing I knew, they had signed me up. 389 00:26:00,691 --> 00:26:04,319 Mm-hmm. When are you going? 390 00:26:04,395 --> 00:26:07,830 - Tomorrow night. - Congratulations. 391 00:26:07,898 --> 00:26:10,457 Me too. 392 00:26:10,534 --> 00:26:14,094 Well, aren't we gonna have a drink on it? 393 00:26:15,773 --> 00:26:18,798 All right. Joe, give me one. 394 00:26:18,876 --> 00:26:20,968 We're all very gay, aren't we? 395 00:26:21,045 --> 00:26:24,445 You'd think I just died or something. 396 00:26:24,515 --> 00:26:26,607 Maybe you have. 397 00:26:26,684 --> 00:26:29,051 Well, going to Hollywood isn't a crime, you know. 398 00:26:29,053 --> 00:26:33,011 No, no. Of course not. I said congratulations. 399 00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:39,228 Well, then we're still friends? 400 00:26:39,296 --> 00:26:42,230 Vicki, why didn't you tell me about this? 401 00:26:44,134 --> 00:26:49,833 I know what you're thinking. You gave me my start and all that... 402 00:26:49,907 --> 00:26:52,807 but it was me they were interested in. 403 00:26:52,876 --> 00:26:56,367 I've got what it takes, and you didn't invent it. 404 00:26:56,447 --> 00:26:59,813 Now I'll pay you back every cent you spent on me. 405 00:26:59,883 --> 00:27:02,851 Vicki, I'm sure Steve's not interested in that. 406 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,722 I'm not interested in that. That I have written off, and you too. 407 00:27:06,724 --> 00:27:10,125 What I am interested in is some contracts I have here at the club for magazines... 408 00:27:10,127 --> 00:27:13,254 Who signed these contracts, Steve? 409 00:27:13,330 --> 00:27:15,897 - Well, I did, but... - Then you worry about them, darling. 410 00:27:15,899 --> 00:27:18,890 Oh, brother! 411 00:27:20,604 --> 00:27:24,903 Remind me not to hang around cafeterias anymore. 412 00:27:24,975 --> 00:27:27,704 The things you can pick up there. 413 00:27:27,778 --> 00:27:31,213 Sure I was sore, but not about the money... 414 00:27:31,281 --> 00:27:34,181 or even about the contracts I was stuck with. 415 00:27:34,251 --> 00:27:37,014 It was her ingratitude. 416 00:27:37,087 --> 00:27:39,454 Nobody likes to be played for a sucker. 417 00:27:39,456 --> 00:27:42,219 - So you killed her? - No, wise guy. 418 00:27:42,292 --> 00:27:44,960 I got together with Larry and Robin the next day... 419 00:27:44,962 --> 00:27:47,623 and we did what anybody would do. 420 00:27:47,698 --> 00:27:50,257 We got loaded. 421 00:27:50,334 --> 00:27:54,429 I'm going. Robin, pay the man. It's your round. 422 00:27:54,505 --> 00:27:57,234 All right. 423 00:27:57,307 --> 00:28:01,868 Oh! Amongst my souvenirs. 424 00:28:01,945 --> 00:28:04,310 "To Prince Charming from Cinderella." 425 00:28:04,381 --> 00:28:08,043 To Prince same thing, from guess who. 426 00:28:08,118 --> 00:28:10,142 Ditto. 427 00:28:28,038 --> 00:28:32,337 I don't think there was ever any one man that Vicki took seriously. 428 00:28:32,409 --> 00:28:36,645 She always used to say that there'd be lots of time to look around... 429 00:28:36,647 --> 00:28:39,444 after she got what she wanted. 430 00:28:39,516 --> 00:28:42,075 When she was working at the cafeteria... 431 00:28:42,152 --> 00:28:44,519 did you ever hear of her having trouble with anybody? 432 00:28:44,521 --> 00:28:47,080 The boss maybe? Guys in the kitchen? 433 00:28:47,157 --> 00:28:49,249 No, not that I can... 434 00:28:49,326 --> 00:28:54,194 Wait a minute. There was something queer that happened. 435 00:28:54,264 --> 00:28:57,255 I didn't think much of it at the time, but... 436 00:28:57,334 --> 00:29:00,435 it was late one night, and I was sitting in the cafeteria... 437 00:29:00,437 --> 00:29:02,768 waiting for her to finish work. 438 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,831 It was just a few minutes before she left. 439 00:29:05,909 --> 00:29:08,775 - I'll just be a minute, Sis. - Okay. 440 00:29:34,371 --> 00:29:36,497 - You ready? - Oh, sure. 441 00:29:36,573 --> 00:29:38,699 You've got an unknown admirer. 442 00:29:38,776 --> 00:29:40,942 There was a guy out there really giving you the eye. 443 00:29:40,944 --> 00:29:44,543 Oh, don't let it bother you, honey. Everybody window-shops. 444 00:29:44,548 --> 00:29:46,811 It doesn't mean a thing. 445 00:29:46,884 --> 00:29:49,284 The next time I went there, I saw him again. 446 00:29:49,286 --> 00:29:51,653 He never said anything, never really bothered us... 447 00:29:51,655 --> 00:29:53,822 but... but it frightened me all the same. 448 00:29:53,824 --> 00:29:57,325 I didn't mention it to Vicki anymore. I knew she'd just laugh at me. 449 00:29:57,327 --> 00:30:00,929 But there was something about him, something in the way he looked at her that... 450 00:30:00,931 --> 00:30:05,128 Perhaps if you could find that man, you'd find the murderer. 451 00:30:11,275 --> 00:30:15,277 Mysterious stranger, huh? You'll have to do better than that, young lady. 452 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:18,577 Why are you trying to protect Steve Christopher? 453 00:30:18,649 --> 00:30:22,846 Protect? I'm not trying to protect him or anybody. Why should I? 454 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,354 - You were in love with him, weren't you? - That's a lie. 455 00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:27,689 So much in love with him, you couldn't see straight. 456 00:30:27,691 --> 00:30:30,092 - Only he didn't give you a tumble, isn't that right? - No. 457 00:30:30,094 --> 00:30:32,261 - But you fixed all that by eliminating the competition. - No! 458 00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:35,097 - Vicki seemed to think so. - Didn't she say, "With me out of way... 459 00:30:35,099 --> 00:30:37,191 you'll have him all to yourself"? 460 00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:39,801 - She didn't mean it like that. - Still, that's what she said. 461 00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:42,638 And she is out of the way. You could've put her there. 462 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,475 Stop it! Stop it! Nobody has the right to say a thing like that to me. 463 00:30:46,477 --> 00:30:48,977 Let me talk to somebody else. Who's in charge of this case? 464 00:30:48,979 --> 00:30:51,139 I'll get Cornell. 465 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:56,710 That's the way it was. Each of us got a knife... 466 00:30:56,787 --> 00:30:59,755 right between the shoulder blades. 467 00:30:59,823 --> 00:31:02,086 Lieutenant. 468 00:31:02,159 --> 00:31:05,025 - You're wanted inside. - Okay. 469 00:31:13,737 --> 00:31:16,227 All right, miss. Here's the head man. 470 00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:20,606 Why that's him. That's the man. 471 00:31:20,678 --> 00:31:23,976 - Hmm? - She says she saw a mysterious stranger... 472 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:27,349 peeking through the window of the joint where her sister worked. 473 00:31:27,351 --> 00:31:30,444 Now she says it's you. 474 00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:34,513 How 'bout it, Ed? Do you peek through windows? 475 00:31:34,592 --> 00:31:39,619 Yeah. Sure. 476 00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:42,859 If there's somethin' to look at. 477 00:31:45,502 --> 00:31:49,665 Relax, sister. That's my district. 478 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:51,832 That's my job, peeking at people. 479 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:55,444 Your sister was pretty. A lot of people might have looked at her. 480 00:31:55,446 --> 00:31:59,677 - No. This is the man I saw. - All right. I'm a Peeping Tom. 481 00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:03,515 Sit down. Sit down! 482 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:16,194 Here. Drink this. You'll feel better. 483 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:24,740 Steve Christopher saw your sister and you once... 484 00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:27,591 after she told him she was going to Hollywood. 485 00:32:27,645 --> 00:32:30,875 Whose idea was that? 486 00:32:30,948 --> 00:32:33,575 Mine. Mostly. 487 00:32:33,651 --> 00:32:38,246 After I walked out of the Club Capri, I waited outside. 488 00:32:38,322 --> 00:32:43,020 When Steve came out, I persuaded him to take Vicki and me for a ride. 489 00:32:43,093 --> 00:32:46,687 I wanted them to square things off before she left. 490 00:32:46,764 --> 00:32:51,063 What difference did that make to you? 491 00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:54,001 What difference? 492 00:32:54,071 --> 00:32:57,335 None, except I liked Steve. 493 00:32:57,408 --> 00:33:02,106 I loved my sister. I understood how angry he was with Vicki. 494 00:33:02,179 --> 00:33:05,280 I didn't want him to do anything that would hurt her career. 495 00:33:05,282 --> 00:33:07,545 I knew how much it meant to her. 496 00:33:07,618 --> 00:33:10,051 What happened on that ride? 497 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,577 - They didn't get together. - What was said? 498 00:33:13,657 --> 00:33:17,319 - Nothing of any importance. - Come on! 499 00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:22,225 We-We just rode along the parkway. 500 00:33:22,299 --> 00:33:24,528 He was still very angry at her. 501 00:33:24,601 --> 00:33:29,367 Nobody said anything at all... for about 10 minutes. 502 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,964 I tried to bridge the gap. 503 00:33:32,042 --> 00:33:34,942 Well, it's a nice night anyway. 504 00:33:37,014 --> 00:33:41,313 I'm glad you're enjoying it. This was your idea. 505 00:33:41,385 --> 00:33:44,979 All right. I made a little mistake. I'm sorry. 506 00:33:45,055 --> 00:33:48,251 Your apology's accepted. The case is closed. 507 00:33:48,325 --> 00:33:52,818 Just like that, huh? Look, Steve... 508 00:33:52,896 --> 00:33:56,398 to show we're still friends, how about driving me to the airport tomorrow? 509 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,232 Well, why not? 510 00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:02,337 When you've been taken this far, you might as well go the whole distance. 511 00:34:02,339 --> 00:34:04,568 Oh, now, Steve, that's not fair. 512 00:34:04,641 --> 00:34:07,309 Ayear from now, Vicki'll be a big star, and then you'll be proud of her. 513 00:34:07,311 --> 00:34:10,108 - Yeah. Hooray for Vicki. - Three cheers. 514 00:34:10,180 --> 00:34:12,481 I know what you're thinking. You're glad to get rid of me. 515 00:34:12,483 --> 00:34:15,451 I am? Why? 516 00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:18,919 - AskJill. She knows. - Oh, Vicki! Don't be silly. 517 00:34:18,989 --> 00:34:23,254 Let's go back now. Shall we? 518 00:34:25,829 --> 00:34:30,925 Now, Vicki said to Christopher, "You'll be glad to get rid of me." 519 00:34:31,001 --> 00:34:34,128 Is that it, word for word? 520 00:34:34,204 --> 00:34:36,403 Oh, bu... Sh-She didn't mean that. 521 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:39,170 What she meant we'll never know, Miss Lynn. 522 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:42,541 O- Only what she said. 523 00:34:45,749 --> 00:34:49,445 H- How and when did you find the body? 524 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,716 It was about five... 525 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:57,624 It was about 5:30. I'd gotten home early from the office. 526 00:34:57,694 --> 00:35:01,459 There was radio music coming from the apartment. 527 00:35:25,389 --> 00:35:30,018 I just came in. Just a second ag... 528 00:35:30,093 --> 00:35:32,392 I was gonna take her to the airport. 529 00:35:34,665 --> 00:35:40,330 Jill, you don't think that l... 530 00:35:40,404 --> 00:35:42,462 Is she... 531 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:08,430 Operator, get me the police. 532 00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:13,795 Thanks very much, Miss Lynn. 533 00:36:16,106 --> 00:36:18,767 You've been most helpful. 534 00:36:26,183 --> 00:36:30,619 - Well, I give up. - You boys give up too easily. 535 00:36:30,687 --> 00:36:33,177 We've only been here all night. 536 00:36:39,963 --> 00:36:43,465 What did Vicki Lynn mean when she said, "You'll be glad to get rid of me?" 537 00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:46,216 - Where'd you get that? - What did she mean? 538 00:36:46,236 --> 00:36:48,403 - Why, she... - I'll tell you what she meant. 539 00:36:48,405 --> 00:36:52,101 She knew you hated her for running out on you. 540 00:36:52,175 --> 00:36:54,809 You thought about her all that night and the next day... 541 00:36:54,811 --> 00:36:57,145 until you were so jealous you couldn't stand it... 542 00:36:57,147 --> 00:37:00,749 and then you went up to her apartment, but not to take her to the airport. 543 00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:03,310 You went up there and killed her. 544 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,752 - That's not true! - It is true! 545 00:37:05,822 --> 00:37:10,349 I oughta kill you myself. 546 00:37:10,427 --> 00:37:12,758 Pretty boy. 547 00:37:16,833 --> 00:37:20,165 Hold it. 548 00:37:20,237 --> 00:37:24,536 Lieutenant, the chief wants to see Christopher in his office right away. 549 00:37:27,711 --> 00:37:30,008 Take him with you. 550 00:37:46,563 --> 00:37:50,498 You're ridin' him pretty hard, aren't ya, Ed? 551 00:37:50,567 --> 00:37:55,162 - I haven't started. - But why? 552 00:37:55,238 --> 00:37:59,196 I've been in this game 15 years... 553 00:37:59,276 --> 00:38:02,244 and that's a guilty man. 554 00:38:08,952 --> 00:38:11,044 He was found with her... 555 00:38:12,789 --> 00:38:15,086 with the body. 556 00:38:15,158 --> 00:38:17,717 What do you want? 557 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:26,165 Come in. 558 00:38:28,438 --> 00:38:30,530 Good morning, Mr. Christopher. 559 00:38:30,607 --> 00:38:32,974 - I'm afraid we owe you an apology. - Thanks. 560 00:38:32,976 --> 00:38:35,739 - Sit down, please. - Hello, Jill. 561 00:38:35,812 --> 00:38:38,446 The fact is, somebody's made an unfortunate mistake. 562 00:38:38,448 --> 00:38:41,683 I've just been telling Miss Lynn here that it seemed so logical... 563 00:38:41,685 --> 00:38:43,918 - you were the guilty one. - It did? 564 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,683 - What, uh, seems logical now? - Sit down. 565 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:49,624 Well, now we think we know the identity of the killer. 566 00:38:49,626 --> 00:38:51,925 A kid by the name of Harry Williams. 567 00:38:51,962 --> 00:38:54,295 Switchboard boy at the apartment house. 568 00:38:54,297 --> 00:38:57,265 We've just discovered he's been missing since 5:30 yesterday afternoon. 569 00:38:57,267 --> 00:38:59,801 It's only a question of hours before we pick him up. 570 00:38:59,803 --> 00:39:02,470 Well, that's a relief. Did you hear that, Jill? 571 00:39:02,472 --> 00:39:05,099 Yes. Do you mind if I go now? 572 00:39:05,175 --> 00:39:09,110 - I'm not feeling too well. - Not in the least, Miss Lynn. 573 00:39:10,947 --> 00:39:14,279 I'm sorry to have troubled you. 574 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:18,600 Before you go, Christopher. I hope you haven't been too inconvenienced. 575 00:39:18,655 --> 00:39:21,817 No, no. No, not at all. 576 00:39:21,892 --> 00:39:25,588 Jill! Jill, look, don't be like that. 577 00:39:25,662 --> 00:39:28,663 We've both been through the same siege. Shouldn't that make us friends? 578 00:39:28,665 --> 00:39:30,928 - l-I don't know. - Jill. 579 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:33,168 I'm sorry you had to tell 'em about that ride. 580 00:39:33,170 --> 00:39:35,336 I'm afraid it didn't sound too good. 581 00:39:35,338 --> 00:39:37,505 l- I couldn't help it. They got it out of me. 582 00:39:37,507 --> 00:39:40,875 - Vicki didn't know what she was saying. - Yes, I know that. 583 00:39:40,877 --> 00:39:42,969 I tried to tell them. 584 00:39:43,046 --> 00:39:45,479 Jill, can I take you home? 585 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:48,850 No. I'd rather not. I don't want any reminders around... 586 00:39:48,852 --> 00:39:51,342 for a while. 587 00:40:25,021 --> 00:40:29,116 What do you want? 588 00:40:29,192 --> 00:40:32,093 One of these times, you're gonna talk. You're gonna talk in your sleep. 589 00:40:32,095 --> 00:40:34,295 When that time comes, I wanna be around. 590 00:40:34,297 --> 00:40:37,788 You got a warrant? 591 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:42,736 - Uh-uh. I'm doin' this on my own time. - Then get out on your own time. 592 00:40:42,806 --> 00:40:45,433 Get out. 593 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:57,279 You don't seem to realize I'm doin' you a favor. 594 00:40:59,322 --> 00:41:02,882 I'm keepin' you posted on the progress of the case. 595 00:41:06,296 --> 00:41:09,890 For instance... 596 00:41:09,966 --> 00:41:15,904 I found a cigarette butt in Vicki's clothes closet. 597 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:20,842 There was an evening slipper in there, too, with a crushed heel. 598 00:41:20,844 --> 00:41:24,343 Somebody waited in there. Do you smoke in clothes closets? 599 00:41:24,414 --> 00:41:26,779 No, I don't smoke in clothes closets. 600 00:41:26,850 --> 00:41:31,513 That's good. That's very good... 601 00:41:31,588 --> 00:41:35,216 except it happened to be your brand. 602 00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:37,418 Mine and 10 million more. 603 00:41:37,494 --> 00:41:40,519 Maybe it was a mass murder. 604 00:41:40,597 --> 00:41:43,031 I know it doesn't mean much by itself... 605 00:41:43,033 --> 00:41:45,200 but when I put all my evidence together... 606 00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:48,937 I'll have you strapped in that chair so tight you'll scream. 607 00:41:48,939 --> 00:41:51,688 Maybe I oughta keep you posted on this case. 608 00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:54,676 They told me down at headquarters they know it was Harry Williams. 609 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:58,827 - I think they're wrong. - Everybody outta step but you, is that it? 610 00:42:00,116 --> 00:42:03,778 I've never made a mistake. 611 00:42:11,627 --> 00:42:15,528 "To Steve. Thanks for everything." 612 00:42:17,033 --> 00:42:19,694 Everything? 613 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,605 Well, Stevie... 614 00:42:26,676 --> 00:42:28,939 you want her all for yourself, huh? 615 00:42:29,011 --> 00:42:33,242 First her and now her sister maybe, huh? 616 00:42:33,316 --> 00:42:37,718 I'll bet when you were a kid, you wrote dirty words on fences. 617 00:42:39,855 --> 00:42:43,654 - Don't try that again. - I won't. 618 00:42:43,726 --> 00:42:45,875 I don't want a hair out of place. 619 00:42:45,928 --> 00:42:48,477 I want you spick-and-span for the chair. 620 00:42:48,497 --> 00:42:52,125 - Get out! - Stevie-boy, relax. 621 00:42:52,201 --> 00:42:55,692 In the long run, it's not muscles that count. 622 00:42:57,373 --> 00:42:59,567 It's brains. 623 00:43:22,965 --> 00:43:25,057 Bring in those reports. 624 00:43:25,134 --> 00:43:27,233 Come in! Bring in those reports... 625 00:43:27,303 --> 00:43:29,470 on Robin Ray and Larry Evans in the Lynn case. 626 00:43:29,472 --> 00:43:31,639 - You wanna see me, Chief? - Not for long. 627 00:43:31,641 --> 00:43:33,940 You're falling on your face, Cornell. 628 00:43:33,976 --> 00:43:37,378 Now that Harry Williams is out of the running, you're back where you started. Nothin'. 629 00:43:37,380 --> 00:43:39,713 I wouldn't say that. Got my suspicions. 630 00:43:39,715 --> 00:43:42,583 Well, that's just dandy. I'll have the D.A.'s office make a note of it. 631 00:43:42,585 --> 00:43:45,753 What do you mean, suspicions? I thought you said Williams cleared himself. 632 00:43:45,755 --> 00:43:49,190 Mm. I'm not talkin' about Williams. 633 00:43:49,258 --> 00:43:51,925 - I'm talkin' about Steve Christopher. - Christopher? 634 00:43:51,927 --> 00:43:54,261 Christopher? All I hear from you is Christopher. 635 00:43:54,263 --> 00:43:57,431 What about some of the others? This ham actor here or Larry Evans. 636 00:43:57,433 --> 00:43:59,866 Let's sweat him a little. 637 00:43:59,935 --> 00:44:02,970 You'd better leave Evans alone until you get something definite on him. 638 00:44:02,972 --> 00:44:05,565 He might give you a bad notice. 639 00:44:07,443 --> 00:44:10,010 - All right, bring in the actor. - He couldn't kill fleas. 640 00:44:10,012 --> 00:44:13,313 Did I ask your opinion? I want him brought down here this afternoon. 641 00:44:13,315 --> 00:44:17,808 All right, but you're wastin' your time. 642 00:44:20,423 --> 00:44:24,415 - You mind if I bring in Steve Christopher too? - May I ask why? 643 00:44:24,493 --> 00:44:28,292 No special reason. I just like to have him around. 644 00:44:34,704 --> 00:44:38,833 Uh, please. 645 00:44:44,547 --> 00:44:47,447 - Relax. Be like me. - Thanks. 646 00:44:47,516 --> 00:44:50,551 You got nothin' to worry about if you don't let the bulls push you around. 647 00:44:50,553 --> 00:44:54,249 That way, they respect you. Now, take me. I tell 'em off. 648 00:44:54,323 --> 00:44:56,724 - They don't pull nothin' on me. - Grubby. 649 00:44:56,726 --> 00:44:58,892 - Yes, sir. - We're through with you. Beat it. 650 00:44:58,894 --> 00:45:01,123 Yes, sir. 651 00:45:06,469 --> 00:45:09,164 - Robin! - Well, what are you doing here? 652 00:45:09,238 --> 00:45:11,467 Oh, I'm their favorite guest. 653 00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:13,707 I think they'd like to make it permanent. 654 00:45:13,709 --> 00:45:16,143 Of course, the whole thing is perfectly ridiculous. 655 00:45:16,145 --> 00:45:19,994 I had nothing to do with it. I only came here to be obliging. 656 00:45:23,486 --> 00:45:27,588 Tell me, Steve. How do they go about these things? What do they do to you? 657 00:45:27,590 --> 00:45:31,355 Robin, it'd spoil the fun if I told you. 658 00:45:32,928 --> 00:45:35,259 Look. Look. Slow down. Take it easy. 659 00:45:35,331 --> 00:45:38,663 - You're not on trial here. - Of course not. 660 00:45:38,734 --> 00:45:42,169 - I hope. - All right. This way. 661 00:45:42,238 --> 00:45:44,705 After you. 662 00:45:47,109 --> 00:45:50,236 Sit down over there. 663 00:45:56,919 --> 00:45:59,648 Steve, what happens now? 664 00:45:59,722 --> 00:46:02,155 I don't know. This is new to me. 665 00:46:35,224 --> 00:46:37,987 Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! 666 00:46:38,060 --> 00:46:43,087 You can't do this! Let me get out of here! 667 00:46:43,165 --> 00:46:45,632 Let me get out... 668 00:46:48,838 --> 00:46:51,237 Bring 'em up to my office. 669 00:47:00,983 --> 00:47:04,418 I couldn't help it. I couldn't stand watching her looking so alive... 670 00:47:04,420 --> 00:47:06,444 and knowing she was dead. 671 00:47:06,522 --> 00:47:09,615 It wasn't fair to do that to Vicki. 672 00:47:09,692 --> 00:47:13,460 When I first met her, I went along with that publicity buildup. 673 00:47:13,462 --> 00:47:16,726 She was just another good-looking girl, but... 674 00:47:16,799 --> 00:47:19,130 something happened. 675 00:47:24,139 --> 00:47:26,299 I fell in love with her. 676 00:47:26,375 --> 00:47:30,743 Then one day I told her, but she laughed. 677 00:47:30,813 --> 00:47:33,372 She thought it was a joke... 678 00:47:33,449 --> 00:47:36,183 but I still felt the same way about her, even after that. 679 00:47:36,185 --> 00:47:41,144 On the day Vicki was murdered, in the afternoon, where were you? 680 00:47:41,223 --> 00:47:44,749 - I'm not sure. - You had to be someplace... 681 00:47:44,827 --> 00:47:47,954 home, out for a walk, Vicki Lynn's apartment. 682 00:47:48,030 --> 00:47:50,122 - No. - Where were you? 683 00:47:50,199 --> 00:47:52,428 - I don't know. - I do. 684 00:47:55,638 --> 00:47:59,164 He was visiting a nightclub cigarette girl... 685 00:47:59,241 --> 00:48:01,333 in her apartment. 686 00:48:01,410 --> 00:48:03,644 I felt foolish after she turned me down. 687 00:48:03,646 --> 00:48:06,680 - I was trying to prove to myself... - We don't need any details. 688 00:48:06,682 --> 00:48:09,479 You can go now. 689 00:48:09,551 --> 00:48:11,711 Thanks. 690 00:48:14,356 --> 00:48:16,687 You're still it, pretty boy. 691 00:48:16,759 --> 00:48:20,854 - Is that all for today? - That's all. 692 00:48:20,930 --> 00:48:23,090 For today. 693 00:48:32,374 --> 00:48:35,275 - How 'bout a statement? - No statement. Please, please, fellows. Let me go. 694 00:48:35,277 --> 00:48:37,544 Hey, Steve, with Robin cleared, where does this leave you? 695 00:48:37,546 --> 00:48:39,979 Ask Cornell. He knows everything. 696 00:48:40,049 --> 00:48:42,141 Tough lad to have on your tail. 697 00:48:42,217 --> 00:48:45,519 - He's never been wrong, they say. - He's never been wrong, he says. 698 00:48:45,521 --> 00:48:47,715 - Say, Lieutenant... - Not now. 699 00:49:07,943 --> 00:49:10,672 Harry! What are you doing here? 700 00:49:10,746 --> 00:49:12,913 Well, I thought I'd have this done before you got here. 701 00:49:12,915 --> 00:49:15,314 I'm back working. 702 00:49:15,384 --> 00:49:17,476 But l... Put that down! 703 00:49:17,553 --> 00:49:19,652 Ooh, you got me wrong, Miss Lynn. 704 00:49:19,722 --> 00:49:22,089 I just went over to see my folks in Newark for a couple of days. 705 00:49:22,091 --> 00:49:24,157 I didn't know it was gonna cause such a stir... 706 00:49:24,159 --> 00:49:26,393 - and I explained everything to the cops. - But l... I thought. 707 00:49:26,395 --> 00:49:29,129 You shouldn't have thought a thing like that. 708 00:49:29,131 --> 00:49:31,598 You don't think I'd do that, do you? 709 00:49:31,667 --> 00:49:34,191 Well, do you? 710 00:49:34,269 --> 00:49:36,498 No, Harry. I don't. 711 00:49:36,572 --> 00:49:39,139 The superintendent told me you were coming back to get your sister's things... 712 00:49:39,141 --> 00:49:41,408 and I thought I'd have 'em packed for ya. 713 00:49:41,410 --> 00:49:43,677 You shouldn't have done that... not without permission. 714 00:49:43,679 --> 00:49:48,206 I thought it might help. I didn't think you'd wanna do it alone. 715 00:49:48,283 --> 00:49:50,751 Well, it's all right, as long as it's done. 716 00:49:50,753 --> 00:49:52,919 Will you help me get these things down into the cab? 717 00:49:52,921 --> 00:49:55,411 Oh, sure. 718 00:49:59,528 --> 00:50:01,927 Just a second, Miss Lynn. 719 00:50:07,970 --> 00:50:11,132 Hello? Huh? Yeah. 720 00:50:11,206 --> 00:50:15,801 All right. I was busy someplace else. 721 00:50:15,878 --> 00:50:18,209 It's Mr. Christopher for you. 722 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,578 Tell him that I'm not in, that I've gone away. 723 00:50:21,650 --> 00:50:24,140 She's gone away. 724 00:50:24,219 --> 00:50:26,520 Mm. He wants to know where you've gone. 725 00:50:26,522 --> 00:50:29,979 Say there's no forwarding address. 726 00:50:30,059 --> 00:50:34,495 There's no forwarding address. 727 00:50:34,563 --> 00:50:39,329 Boy, was he sore. He says he's been ringing for 15 minutes! 728 00:50:44,038 --> 00:50:45,971 Taxi. 729 00:51:04,758 --> 00:51:07,817 - Was the funeral nice? - It was very quiet. 730 00:51:07,895 --> 00:51:12,058 - I wanted to come. - Well, why didn't you, Harry? 731 00:51:12,132 --> 00:51:15,367 - I didn't think it was my place. - Harry, the doll. 732 00:51:15,369 --> 00:51:17,461 Don't step on it. 733 00:51:21,008 --> 00:51:23,100 Harry. 734 00:51:27,348 --> 00:51:30,544 Good-bye, Miss Lynn. 735 00:51:30,618 --> 00:51:34,117 Harry, thanks for helping me with the bags and everything. 736 00:51:34,788 --> 00:51:37,654 I don't want your money. 737 00:52:36,116 --> 00:52:38,811 - What do you want? - A few questions. 738 00:52:38,886 --> 00:52:41,053 You've asked enough questions already. 739 00:52:41,055 --> 00:52:43,655 You wanna find the man who killed your sister, don't you? 740 00:52:43,657 --> 00:52:45,958 - Of course I do. - Maybe I can help you. 741 00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:50,089 Maybe we can help each other. We're after the same thing. 742 00:53:07,715 --> 00:53:09,773 Nice place. 743 00:53:11,318 --> 00:53:14,286 You can tell a lot about people by their books. 744 00:53:16,423 --> 00:53:19,118 Good book. 745 00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:28,958 - That Vicki's? - Yes. 746 00:53:30,237 --> 00:53:32,295 It's too bad she can't talk. 747 00:53:34,141 --> 00:53:36,233 She was there. 748 00:53:42,783 --> 00:53:45,182 You know... 749 00:53:45,252 --> 00:53:48,401 I think you know a lot more than you're telling... 750 00:53:52,092 --> 00:53:54,389 especially about Steve Christopher. 751 00:53:54,461 --> 00:53:56,662 That's not true. I've told you everything I know. 752 00:53:56,664 --> 00:54:00,365 - What more can there be? - If I knew that, I wouldn't be here. 753 00:54:00,367 --> 00:54:03,233 I know what you're going through... 754 00:54:03,303 --> 00:54:05,470 but that guy played your sister for a sucker. 755 00:54:05,472 --> 00:54:07,773 When she tried to run out on him, he let her have it. 756 00:54:07,775 --> 00:54:09,941 - I don't believe that. - You're in love with him. 757 00:54:09,943 --> 00:54:12,511 - No! - Yes, you are. I know it, and your sister knew it. 758 00:54:12,513 --> 00:54:14,713 You're in love with him, and you're trying to cover up for him. 759 00:54:14,715 --> 00:54:17,115 It won't work. I'll get him with or without your help. 760 00:54:17,117 --> 00:54:19,175 I'll get him! He's guilty! 761 00:54:19,253 --> 00:54:21,453 And you'd better play along with me. 762 00:54:21,455 --> 00:54:24,423 - Get out! Get out! - You keep telling yourself he's innocent. 763 00:54:24,425 --> 00:54:27,259 But you're not certain, and that's what's drivin' you crazy. 764 00:54:27,261 --> 00:54:30,796 You look up in his face. He puts his hands on you, and you like that. 765 00:54:30,798 --> 00:54:32,931 But you think maybe they're the hands that killed Vicki. 766 00:54:32,933 --> 00:54:38,495 - I haven't even seen him. - I'd keep it that way if I were you. 767 00:54:38,572 --> 00:54:43,304 Because I'm gonna haunt both of you... like a guilty conscience. 768 00:55:13,507 --> 00:55:15,565 Steve Christopher, please. 769 00:55:18,212 --> 00:55:21,112 Hello? Steve, this is Jill Lynn. 770 00:55:21,181 --> 00:55:25,014 Look, are you free tonight? I've got to see you. 771 00:55:25,085 --> 00:55:27,985 Oh, good. 8:00. 772 00:55:28,055 --> 00:55:30,215 Oh, that's right. You don't. 773 00:55:30,290 --> 00:55:33,224 It's 333 East 29th. 774 00:55:33,293 --> 00:55:35,385 Good. I'll be ready. 775 00:56:04,925 --> 00:56:06,983 What are you thinking about? 776 00:56:08,562 --> 00:56:11,928 I was remembering the last time in here... 777 00:56:11,999 --> 00:56:14,592 when Vicki made her big announcement. 778 00:56:14,668 --> 00:56:16,760 And I remember the first time... 779 00:56:16,837 --> 00:56:20,101 when she came home from here full of big plans. 780 00:56:22,576 --> 00:56:24,736 - Steve. - What? 781 00:56:29,850 --> 00:56:31,942 What is it, Jill? 782 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:36,386 Were you... in love with her? 783 00:56:36,456 --> 00:56:40,118 With Vicki? No. 784 00:56:40,194 --> 00:56:44,892 Cornell seems to think so. He... He came by to see me. 785 00:56:44,965 --> 00:56:47,524 Cornell thinks something else too. 786 00:56:47,601 --> 00:56:50,592 He's wrong... on both counts. 787 00:56:52,039 --> 00:56:55,997 - You believe that, Jill? - I want to. 788 00:56:57,778 --> 00:56:59,802 Look. 789 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:03,782 Jill, l-I know it looks bad for me with Williams in the clear... 790 00:57:03,784 --> 00:57:08,743 but... I just have to ask you to trust me. 791 00:57:08,822 --> 00:57:11,255 As for Vicki, l... 792 00:57:11,325 --> 00:57:13,774 I know I tried to rush her too fast... 793 00:57:13,794 --> 00:57:18,389 into something that... she wasn't ready for. 794 00:57:18,465 --> 00:57:21,331 But as for being in love with her... 795 00:57:21,401 --> 00:57:24,597 Look, Jill, when a man loves a woman... 796 00:57:24,671 --> 00:57:28,970 he doesn't wanna plaster her face on every billboard in town. 797 00:57:29,042 --> 00:57:33,876 He wants to keep her to himself... for himself. 798 00:57:38,652 --> 00:57:43,486 Steve, I can tell you now why I called you. 799 00:57:43,557 --> 00:57:45,724 There's something in the apartment... 800 00:57:45,726 --> 00:57:49,025 something of Vicki's that... that I want you to have. 801 00:58:02,676 --> 00:58:06,668 Steve, I was going through some of Vicki's things... 802 00:58:06,747 --> 00:58:09,579 and l... I happened to come across this. 803 00:58:13,687 --> 00:58:19,056 Hmm. "Bon voyage, Vicki. After the way you behaved last night... 804 00:58:19,126 --> 00:58:22,075 the sooner you're out of the way, the better. " 805 00:58:23,730 --> 00:58:25,822 That's the day she was leaving. 806 00:58:25,899 --> 00:58:29,648 I sent her an orchid to wear on the plane and this with it. 807 00:58:29,703 --> 00:58:33,571 I know what you meant by it, but I don't think anyone else would. 808 00:58:33,573 --> 00:58:35,665 Why didn't you turn this in? 809 00:58:35,742 --> 00:58:39,191 First I had to be sure about you, Steve, and now I am. 810 00:58:39,246 --> 00:58:41,736 - Jill, l... - I'd like to keep that. 811 00:58:44,618 --> 00:58:46,710 Easy. 812 00:58:50,557 --> 00:58:53,391 Now, pretty boy, let's try these on for size, huh? 813 00:58:53,393 --> 00:58:56,759 Put those hands up there. Put 'em up there! 814 00:59:05,305 --> 00:59:08,004 That was nice of you to put it in writing. 815 00:59:14,348 --> 00:59:17,373 You were holdin' out on me, weren't you? 816 00:59:17,451 --> 00:59:20,553 Mona Lisa type. 817 00:59:39,139 --> 00:59:41,299 This is real nice, Stevie boy... 818 00:59:41,374 --> 00:59:43,637 you and me bein' alone like this. 819 00:59:43,710 --> 00:59:46,811 - I've been lookin' forward to it. - You're crazy, Cornell. 820 00:59:46,813 --> 00:59:50,942 - You're tryin' to railroad me. - Stevie, you bought the ticket. 821 00:59:51,017 --> 00:59:53,484 - I'm just holdin' it for you. - Anybody could've written that. 822 00:59:53,486 --> 00:59:56,977 Anybody didn't. You did. 823 00:59:57,057 --> 00:59:59,149 I found these in your apartment. 824 00:59:59,225 --> 01:00:01,392 Exhibit "A"... a pair of brass knucks. 825 01:00:01,394 --> 01:00:03,918 - You never found... - Stevie-boy. 826 01:00:03,997 --> 01:00:09,200 Vicki was hit behind the ear with a weapon about the size of a fist, only much harder. 827 01:00:09,202 --> 01:00:12,602 - Remember? - It's a frame! You planted those... 828 01:00:12,672 --> 01:00:14,730 That's what they all say. 829 01:00:16,876 --> 01:00:20,106 I got a cop saw me take these outta your bureau. 830 01:00:20,180 --> 01:00:22,329 Did he see you put them there too? 831 01:00:22,382 --> 01:00:24,542 I forgot to ask him. 832 01:00:27,988 --> 01:00:31,684 Stevie, you shouldn't have tried to resist arrest. 833 01:00:31,758 --> 01:00:33,987 Slug me with those, Cornell... 834 01:00:34,060 --> 01:00:37,228 and I'll square you off if it takes me the rest of my life. 835 01:00:37,230 --> 01:00:40,031 You're not gonna have a very long life, Stevie. 836 01:00:40,033 --> 01:00:43,593 You're like a rat in a box without any holes. 837 01:00:43,670 --> 01:00:46,297 But they're gonna make a hole for you... 838 01:00:46,373 --> 01:00:49,739 6- by-3, filled with quicklime... 839 01:00:55,415 --> 01:00:59,282 Steve. Oh, we've got to get out of here right away. 840 01:00:59,352 --> 01:01:01,876 Your hands. 841 01:01:03,623 --> 01:01:06,716 Do you suppose someone heard? 842 01:01:08,461 --> 01:01:10,628 They must have. These walls are so thin. 843 01:01:10,630 --> 01:01:14,565 We've got to get out quickly. 844 01:01:14,634 --> 01:01:18,633 - Is there another way out? - Yes, upstairs. Quick. I'll show you. 845 01:01:31,818 --> 01:01:33,985 Where can we go? The police will be everywhere. 846 01:01:33,987 --> 01:01:37,121 - I don't know. I have to think. - You can't go home. They'll find you. 847 01:01:37,123 --> 01:01:39,957 I have to figure someplace where no one will look for me. 848 01:01:39,959 --> 01:01:42,358 - Is there... - No, listen. 849 01:01:42,429 --> 01:01:45,763 There's an all-night movie down on Lower Third... the Avon. 850 01:01:45,765 --> 01:01:49,834 I could stay there tonight. Maybe... Maybe I could think of some way to get out of all this. 851 01:01:49,836 --> 01:01:52,437 - No, Steve. You've got to get away... out of town. - No, no. 852 01:01:52,439 --> 01:01:55,106 - You only run away when you're guilty. - But if they find you... 853 01:01:55,108 --> 01:01:59,157 I'll worry about that later. I'm only sorry that you're in this. 854 01:01:59,212 --> 01:02:02,480 Oh, I couldn't help it when I saw you standing there so helpless... 855 01:02:02,482 --> 01:02:04,779 and that-that vulture bullying you. 856 01:02:04,851 --> 01:02:07,819 - Yeah. "Vulture's" the word for him. - Vicki called him that. 857 01:02:07,821 --> 01:02:11,522 He infuriated me so much that I just had to strike out at something. 858 01:02:11,524 --> 01:02:13,957 Was that the only reason? 859 01:02:15,829 --> 01:02:18,228 - No. - Jill. 860 01:02:18,298 --> 01:02:21,323 Vicki was right about us. 861 01:02:35,515 --> 01:02:38,783 - We can cross over to the other roof. - I have to get rid of these. 862 01:02:38,785 --> 01:02:41,219 There's a repair shop where I park the car sometimes. 863 01:02:41,221 --> 01:02:44,222 There might be a hacksaw there. You take the car. The keys are in it. 864 01:02:44,224 --> 01:02:46,224 - Can't we be together? - No, we can't. 865 01:02:46,226 --> 01:02:48,392 - Oh, Steve. - Our chances are better if we separate. 866 01:02:48,394 --> 01:02:50,561 The place is at 64th Street and the river. 867 01:02:50,563 --> 01:02:53,331 It closes at 11:00. Meet me there at midnight. 868 01:02:53,333 --> 01:02:56,367 - I wish there was something I could do. - Don't look so worried. 869 01:02:56,369 --> 01:02:58,569 You'll have to help me cut these off. 870 01:02:58,571 --> 01:03:01,004 Are you handy with a hacksaw? 871 01:03:02,308 --> 01:03:04,657 All right, go ahead. I'll follow you. 872 01:03:08,214 --> 01:03:11,182 Homicide. 873 01:03:11,251 --> 01:03:15,753 This is Cornell. I want an alarm sent out forJill Lynn and Steve Christopher. 874 01:03:15,755 --> 01:03:18,354 They may be in his car. Check the number. 875 01:03:19,726 --> 01:03:22,922 Just pick 'em up! That's all! 876 01:03:22,996 --> 01:03:26,145 I'll have a charge on file when you bring 'em in. 877 01:03:44,284 --> 01:03:46,513 Young lady! Young lady! 878 01:03:51,858 --> 01:03:54,358 All right, all right. You're coming with us. 879 01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:56,527 Where's the man? Where's Christopher? 880 01:03:56,529 --> 01:03:58,628 You're too late. He's left town. 881 01:04:04,070 --> 01:04:06,237 - Hiya, Lieutenant. - Where's the man? 882 01:04:06,239 --> 01:04:08,773 - She says he left town. - He won't mind if we use his car. 883 01:04:08,775 --> 01:04:12,073 Let's go. Get in the car. We're goin' downtown. 884 01:04:12,145 --> 01:04:15,294 - Keller, take a look around. - Okay. Barr, come on. 885 01:04:39,505 --> 01:04:41,672 I guess she told the truth. He isn't here. 886 01:04:41,674 --> 01:04:43,766 Let's go, huh? 887 01:06:03,256 --> 01:06:05,348 - Blake. - Yes, Ed. 888 01:06:05,425 --> 01:06:08,951 - Anything on Christopher? - Nothin' yet. 889 01:06:09,028 --> 01:06:11,228 - You know they picked up the girl? - Yeah, they told me. 890 01:06:11,230 --> 01:06:13,564 - You wanna see her? - I don't wanna see anybody but Christopher. 891 01:06:13,566 --> 01:06:16,701 I want him picked up. If he tries anything, let him have it. 892 01:06:16,703 --> 01:06:18,602 Okay. 893 01:06:18,671 --> 01:06:21,195 Ed, you look awfully beat. 894 01:06:21,274 --> 01:06:24,223 If anything comes up, we can phone you at home. 895 01:06:32,952 --> 01:06:35,044 Yeah. 896 01:06:36,356 --> 01:06:40,189 Yeah, do that. I'll call it a night. 897 01:07:14,594 --> 01:07:16,652 Oh, good morning, Ed. 898 01:07:19,933 --> 01:07:22,800 Here's the stuff on Jill Lynn. I made it assaulting an officer. 899 01:07:22,802 --> 01:07:25,065 We can write our own ticket later. 900 01:07:27,607 --> 01:07:32,236 Mac, you ever read a book on butterflies by a guy named Fabre? 901 01:07:32,312 --> 01:07:34,979 Not being a butterfly, I was never interested. 902 01:07:34,981 --> 01:07:39,679 - Now, if you'll just sign these. - This Fabre was a naturalist. 903 01:07:39,753 --> 01:07:44,416 Once he got hold of a very rare female butterfly worth a thousand bucks. 904 01:07:44,491 --> 01:07:47,254 He kept it in a glass box. 905 01:07:47,327 --> 01:07:51,626 But what he really wanted was the male of the species. 906 01:07:51,698 --> 01:07:54,564 Nobody'd ever been able to capture one. 907 01:07:54,634 --> 01:07:57,363 - You know what he did? - Advertised. 908 01:07:57,437 --> 01:08:00,769 Mm-mmm. He turned the female loose. 909 01:08:02,108 --> 01:08:05,406 In 24 hours, he had the male in a net. 910 01:08:05,478 --> 01:08:08,813 - You get the point? - A house doesn't have to fall on me. 911 01:08:08,815 --> 01:08:12,978 Turn Jill Lynn loose, and we'll have Christopher in 24 hours. 912 01:08:13,053 --> 01:08:15,687 If this doesn't work, the chief'll pull the rug out from under you. 913 01:08:15,689 --> 01:08:17,781 Turn her loose! 914 01:08:19,226 --> 01:08:21,318 You're the boss. 915 01:10:07,500 --> 01:10:09,901 What are you trying to do, force a confession out of me? 916 01:10:09,903 --> 01:10:12,103 You've been holding out, and I want to know why. 917 01:10:12,105 --> 01:10:16,006 It'll be easier for you if you tell the truth. 918 01:10:16,076 --> 01:10:18,575 What difference does it make what I say? 919 01:10:18,578 --> 01:10:21,876 - In your mind, I'm guilty. - Are you? 920 01:10:21,948 --> 01:10:26,441 - Don't tell me you have any doubts? - This seat isn't taken, baby. 921 01:10:26,519 --> 01:10:29,968 Ken, please, do I have to have those lights in my face? 922 01:10:32,459 --> 01:10:35,427 Jill. 923 01:10:35,495 --> 01:10:37,553 Thanks. 924 01:10:37,630 --> 01:10:39,688 Wait. 925 01:10:39,766 --> 01:10:41,824 Quiet. Quiet, please. 926 01:10:45,672 --> 01:10:47,839 Steve, I was so afraid I wouldn't find you. 927 01:10:47,841 --> 01:10:50,942 I'm sure glad you did. I've seen this picture four times. 928 01:10:50,944 --> 01:10:53,344 You know who killed Lady Batterslee? The butler. 929 01:10:53,346 --> 01:10:56,047 Did you find out anything? Did you get anywhere? 930 01:10:56,049 --> 01:10:58,983 I've been checking all afternoon. Couldn't dig up a thing. 931 01:10:58,985 --> 01:11:01,452 - Well, listen. I think I may have. - What? 932 01:11:01,454 --> 01:11:04,322 I'm not quite sure what it means, but I thought you might. 933 01:11:04,324 --> 01:11:07,417 I found these. They're cards the florist sent me. 934 01:11:07,494 --> 01:11:09,660 They were on flowers sent to Vicki at the cemetery. 935 01:11:09,662 --> 01:11:13,661 There's six of them with the same message... "Because I promised." 936 01:11:17,036 --> 01:11:19,629 "Be-Because I promised." 937 01:11:21,341 --> 01:11:23,399 "Until tomorrow." 938 01:11:25,478 --> 01:11:28,935 Jill. That's the way Larry Evans signs off his column. 939 01:11:29,015 --> 01:11:32,683 - Larry Evans? - Uh, may we have a little bit of quiet, please? 940 01:11:32,685 --> 01:11:36,134 - Some of us are trying to enjoy the picture. - Come on. 941 01:11:47,267 --> 01:11:49,667 - I wanna talk to you. - I don't mind people dropping in. 942 01:11:49,669 --> 01:11:52,336 But some other time, huh? I got a column to turn out. 943 01:11:52,338 --> 01:11:54,572 - What do you know about Vicki's murder? - What I read in the papers. 944 01:11:54,574 --> 01:11:56,723 - What do you know? - I know this. 945 01:11:56,743 --> 01:11:59,444 You've been sending flowers every day to her grave. 946 01:11:59,446 --> 01:12:03,506 Oh. So you found out about that, have you? 947 01:12:03,583 --> 01:12:06,642 It's easy to explain. I promised her. 948 01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:09,016 - Promised her? - Uh-huh. 949 01:12:13,226 --> 01:12:15,284 Let me get a cigarette. 950 01:12:22,569 --> 01:12:25,230 Just thought I'd try it. 951 01:12:25,305 --> 01:12:27,905 Make a good story if I could bring you in myself. 952 01:12:27,907 --> 01:12:31,899 Swell. What do you mean you promised to send Vicki flowers? 953 01:12:34,214 --> 01:12:37,114 It was like this. On the day of the murder, after I'd taken her down to pick up... 954 01:12:37,116 --> 01:12:39,550 Wait. You were with Vicki the afternoon she was murdered? 955 01:12:39,552 --> 01:12:41,552 - Sure. - Why didn't you tell the police that? 956 01:12:41,554 --> 01:12:43,554 You told them your story. Look what it got you. 957 01:12:43,556 --> 01:12:45,489 Never mind. Go on. 958 01:12:45,558 --> 01:12:48,125 When we got back to her place, she found out she'd forgotten her key... 959 01:12:48,127 --> 01:12:50,962 so we went to the desk to pick up the passkey. 960 01:12:50,964 --> 01:12:54,632 The passkey wasn't there, and neither was the kid who ran the switchboard. 961 01:12:54,634 --> 01:12:58,135 I give up. We'll just have to wait around till Harry gets back. 962 01:12:58,137 --> 01:13:00,905 From what I've seen of that boy, he could be gone for hours. 963 01:13:00,907 --> 01:13:03,033 Tell you what... 964 01:13:03,109 --> 01:13:05,276 I'll climb up the fire escape and let you in. 965 01:13:05,278 --> 01:13:08,477 Oh, Larry Evans. You'd never do anything so gallant. 966 01:13:08,481 --> 01:13:11,210 Oh, no? Where is it? 967 01:13:11,284 --> 01:13:13,410 Down the corridor, I think. 968 01:13:13,486 --> 01:13:16,135 I'm an old fire escape man from way back. 969 01:13:16,155 --> 01:13:20,022 I get most of my items that way. 970 01:13:36,342 --> 01:13:38,591 We were expecting you, Your Ladyship. 971 01:13:38,645 --> 01:13:41,704 Oh. Larry, you're a doll. 972 01:13:42,815 --> 01:13:45,715 You know... 973 01:13:45,785 --> 01:13:50,153 Now that I'm going away, l... I really feel a little sad. 974 01:13:50,223 --> 01:13:53,357 - Forget it. - If I didn't think I'd be a success... 975 01:13:53,359 --> 01:13:55,560 I'd never dream of doing a thing like this. 976 01:13:55,562 --> 01:13:59,827 You'll make it. You've got a heart made out of rock candy. 977 01:13:59,899 --> 01:14:03,766 - You won't forget me, will you? - Not for at least two weeks. 978 01:14:03,836 --> 01:14:06,404 Two weeks isn't a very long time, do you think? 979 01:14:06,406 --> 01:14:08,999 It is for a columnist. 980 01:14:09,075 --> 01:14:11,167 Listen, I'll do you a favor. 981 01:14:11,244 --> 01:14:13,678 For the first two weeks, I'll send you flowers. 982 01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:16,247 It'll make a big impression out there where you're going. 983 01:14:16,249 --> 01:14:19,081 Oh. That'd be terrific. 984 01:14:20,587 --> 01:14:23,521 - You promise? - Promise. 985 01:14:40,607 --> 01:14:44,133 I promised her. A promise is a promise. 986 01:14:44,210 --> 01:14:47,211 I hope it still makes an impression wherever she is. 987 01:14:47,213 --> 01:14:50,362 Besides, I thought it'd make a great Sunday column. 988 01:14:51,951 --> 01:14:54,942 - What happened after that? - I left. 989 01:14:55,021 --> 01:14:57,888 Was the kid back at the switchboard when you went downstairs? 990 01:14:57,890 --> 01:15:01,518 No. I remember the board was buzzing as I passed by. 991 01:15:01,594 --> 01:15:04,153 That's odd... gone so long. 992 01:15:04,230 --> 01:15:07,465 Was there anything unusual about the apartment when you went in? 993 01:15:07,467 --> 01:15:10,701 Yes, now that you mention it. There was cigarette smoke in the bedroom. 994 01:15:10,703 --> 01:15:14,138 - I thought maybeJill had just left. - Jill was still at the offi... 995 01:15:14,140 --> 01:15:16,869 Wait a minute. l... 996 01:15:16,943 --> 01:15:19,910 I remember she told me, when she went back to get Vicki's things... 997 01:15:19,912 --> 01:15:22,011 there was a cigarette burning in... 998 01:15:23,716 --> 01:15:25,740 Thanks, Larry. 999 01:15:34,661 --> 01:15:36,787 Stand still, Mac. 1000 01:15:38,598 --> 01:15:40,765 Put that gun away. We got enough on you as it is. 1001 01:15:40,767 --> 01:15:43,428 Not till you hear me out. 1002 01:15:43,503 --> 01:15:47,404 I've got a line on the real killer, but I need your help. 1003 01:15:47,473 --> 01:15:50,107 Sorry, Steve. I'm on the other side of the fence. 1004 01:15:50,109 --> 01:15:52,208 Okay, I'll make you a proposition. 1005 01:15:52,278 --> 01:15:56,475 If you'll trust me for just half an hour, I'll trust you. 1006 01:16:00,086 --> 01:16:03,282 Well, I guess half an hour won't do much harm. 1007 01:16:03,356 --> 01:16:05,619 But, just in case, I'll take this. 1008 01:16:25,378 --> 01:16:27,902 Yeah? 1009 01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:31,540 Hello. Harry? This is Vicki. 1010 01:16:32,618 --> 01:16:34,778 Why did you do it, Harry? 1011 01:16:34,854 --> 01:16:37,048 Didn't you love me? 1012 01:16:37,123 --> 01:16:40,489 Tell Vicki. Please tell Vicki. 1013 01:17:10,089 --> 01:17:13,990 Hello? 1014 01:17:14,060 --> 01:17:17,756 Tell Vicki. Please tell Vicki. 1015 01:17:17,830 --> 01:17:20,729 Why did you do it, Harry? Didn't you love me? 1016 01:17:22,902 --> 01:17:25,803 Tell Vicki. Please tell Vicki. 1017 01:17:30,441 --> 01:17:33,705 Tell Vicki. Why did you do it, Harry? 1018 01:17:33,778 --> 01:17:38,805 - Didn't you love me? - I can't! 1019 01:17:41,386 --> 01:17:43,820 Why did you do it, Harry? Come on. Let's have it. 1020 01:17:43,822 --> 01:17:46,689 - Go away! Go away! Leave me alone! - You loved her, didn't you? 1021 01:17:46,691 --> 01:17:48,858 I won't tell you! I won't tell you! 1022 01:17:48,860 --> 01:17:51,494 You let yourself into her apartment with a passkey, and you waited for her. 1023 01:17:51,496 --> 01:17:54,764 When Larry Evans came through the window to let her in, you hid in the closet. 1024 01:17:54,766 --> 01:17:57,266 - After Evans left, you came out and you tried to grab her. - No! 1025 01:17:57,268 --> 01:17:59,602 She screamed, you got scared, and you hit her with this! 1026 01:17:59,604 --> 01:18:02,405 No! I didn't know what I was doing! I swear! 1027 01:18:02,407 --> 01:18:04,499 When she screamed, I got scared. 1028 01:18:04,576 --> 01:18:06,909 - I didn't know! I didn't know! - Sure, sure, sure. 1029 01:18:06,911 --> 01:18:10,710 - I understand. - Do you? Do you? 1030 01:18:10,782 --> 01:18:12,874 Sure, Harry. 1031 01:18:14,652 --> 01:18:19,054 I told the cop how it was when he traced me to Newark. 1032 01:18:19,123 --> 01:18:24,719 He said he understood too. He said he understood how anybody would want to kiss her. 1033 01:18:24,796 --> 01:18:28,598 He told me just to come back here and to keep quiet. It'd be all right. 1034 01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:31,300 - He said he'd forget all about it. - What cop? 1035 01:18:31,302 --> 01:18:33,360 - Th-The big one. - Ed Cornell? 1036 01:18:33,438 --> 01:18:36,305 Yeah. Yeah, that's his name. You understand, don't you? 1037 01:18:36,307 --> 01:18:39,475 - It's all right, isn't it? - Yes, Harry. It's all right. 1038 01:18:39,477 --> 01:18:41,637 Come on. Let's go. 1039 01:18:46,818 --> 01:18:48,910 Come on, come on. 1040 01:18:58,329 --> 01:19:00,523 Did you hear that, Mac? 1041 01:19:00,598 --> 01:19:02,963 He knew I was innocent all the time. 1042 01:19:07,005 --> 01:19:09,165 Come on down, Jill. He confessed. 1043 01:19:09,240 --> 01:19:11,434 Oh, Steve. Thank heaven. 1044 01:19:11,509 --> 01:19:13,601 I'll be right down. 1045 01:19:16,814 --> 01:19:19,263 Mac, I'm gonna ask you one more favor. 1046 01:19:20,318 --> 01:19:22,842 Five minutes alone with Cornell. 1047 01:19:24,822 --> 01:19:27,551 Okay. I guess you got it comin' to you. 1048 01:19:27,625 --> 01:19:30,718 But exactly five minutes after you get there... 1049 01:19:30,795 --> 01:19:33,285 I'll be around. 1050 01:19:33,364 --> 01:19:35,388 Thanks. 1051 01:20:54,479 --> 01:20:57,072 You come here to give yourself up? 1052 01:20:57,148 --> 01:20:59,240 I don't have to. 1053 01:20:59,317 --> 01:21:01,716 I just had a talk with Harry Williams. 1054 01:21:05,056 --> 01:21:08,149 Yeah. It must have been very enlightening. 1055 01:21:08,226 --> 01:21:10,659 It was. Very. 1056 01:21:12,497 --> 01:21:16,091 You're a sick man, Cornell. 1057 01:21:16,167 --> 01:21:20,432 - You knew all the time it was Harry Williams. - Sure. I'm not dumb. 1058 01:21:20,505 --> 01:21:22,805 - You knew it, and yet you wanted to hang it on me. - That's right. 1059 01:21:22,807 --> 01:21:25,434 Why? Why didn't you go after him? 1060 01:21:25,510 --> 01:21:27,568 He was the one who killed her. 1061 01:21:27,645 --> 01:21:31,194 Vicki was dead for me from the time you set eyes on her. 1062 01:21:32,517 --> 01:21:35,383 You're the one who really killed her. 1063 01:21:35,453 --> 01:21:37,987 You're the one who took her away from me. Not him. 1064 01:21:37,989 --> 01:21:41,724 Don't make me laugh, Cornell. You never had a chance with her. 1065 01:21:41,726 --> 01:21:46,287 Yeah. I guess... it must seem funny to you... 1066 01:21:47,832 --> 01:21:51,961 a worm like me looking up to a woman like that. 1067 01:21:56,674 --> 01:21:59,623 I used to hang around that cafeteria at night... 1068 01:21:59,644 --> 01:22:02,578 just to be sure she got home safe. 1069 01:22:03,948 --> 01:22:08,646 She seemed... really grateful, friendly. 1070 01:22:11,122 --> 01:22:13,180 We had a cup of coffee together. 1071 01:22:15,860 --> 01:22:17,884 I guess a cup of coffee's... 1072 01:22:17,962 --> 01:22:23,024 not very much to... hang your hopes on... 1073 01:22:23,101 --> 01:22:25,864 but I didn't need much. 1074 01:22:27,004 --> 01:22:30,564 I started to hope... 1075 01:22:30,641 --> 01:22:33,190 hope we'd get to know each other better. 1076 01:22:35,313 --> 01:22:40,181 I might even get up enough courage to ask her to marry me someday. 1077 01:22:40,251 --> 01:22:45,244 I took this apartment and st-started to furnish it with... 1078 01:22:46,691 --> 01:22:48,749 things I thought she'd like. 1079 01:22:50,528 --> 01:22:52,620 I was gonna surprise her with it. 1080 01:22:52,697 --> 01:22:57,724 Then you came along, put big ideas in her head. 1081 01:22:59,003 --> 01:23:01,232 She was a glamour girl. 1082 01:23:03,007 --> 01:23:05,201 Why didn't you leave her alone? 1083 01:23:05,276 --> 01:23:08,642 Nobody took Vicki away from you, Cornell. 1084 01:23:08,713 --> 01:23:13,048 She hated you for the way you were always watching her and following her. 1085 01:23:13,050 --> 01:23:16,246 - She used to call you "the vulture." - No. 1086 01:23:24,428 --> 01:23:27,796 This is the end of the line, Cornell. They're gonna put you away. 1087 01:23:27,798 --> 01:23:30,960 I oughta kill you for what you've done. 1088 01:23:37,041 --> 01:23:39,133 Yeah, Stevie. 1089 01:23:39,210 --> 01:23:41,944 Stevie, you do that. You... You kill me, Stevie. 1090 01:23:41,946 --> 01:23:44,113 - I could be with her then. I'd like that. - You're crazy. 1091 01:23:44,115 --> 01:23:47,049 - You do that. - You're through, Cornell! 1092 01:23:52,757 --> 01:23:54,815 You hear what he said? 1093 01:23:56,794 --> 01:23:58,818 You hear? 1094 01:24:08,906 --> 01:24:12,932 Now there won't be anyone to change the flowers now. 1095 01:24:13,010 --> 01:24:15,204 Steve. 1096 01:24:21,819 --> 01:24:23,911 Come on, Ed. 1097 01:24:41,872 --> 01:24:43,964 As I was saying... 1098 01:24:45,009 --> 01:24:47,101 Good morning, kids.