1 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 MARLOWE 2 00:02:22,517 --> 00:02:25,436 How do I get in to see the manager? 3 00:02:25,838 --> 00:02:28,090 Thank you. 4 00:02:36,398 --> 00:02:38,650 Hello? 5 00:03:48,123 --> 00:03:50,375 Who the hell are you? 6 00:03:50,643 --> 00:03:54,517 Orrin Quest's mother. Wants her little boy back. 7 00:03:54,642 --> 00:03:56,894 Cop? 8 00:04:01,724 --> 00:04:04,955 PHILIP MARLOWE Private Investigator 9 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:17,335 Hmm. I'm unhappy. 10 00:04:18,045 --> 00:04:22,960 Get out more. Dance in the streets. Take a cop to lunch. 11 00:04:25,164 --> 00:04:29,417 I got friends. -You got a master key? 12 00:04:45,306 --> 00:04:48,279 Hello. Let me speak to the doctor. 13 00:04:48,404 --> 00:04:50,656 Klausen. 14 00:04:54,047 --> 00:04:56,299 Doctor? 15 00:04:58,026 --> 00:05:02,163 The key. -I run a legit hotel here. -Come on, the key! 16 00:05:02,288 --> 00:05:07,459 All these private rooms. -You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 17 00:05:32,408 --> 00:05:36,829 Excuse me, the manager said that Orrin Quest was here. 18 00:05:39,689 --> 00:05:43,443 The manager said that Orrin Quest was in here! 19 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,926 Talkie that way, ain't he? 20 00:05:46,051 --> 00:05:48,303 He's still registered. 21 00:05:48,769 --> 00:05:51,021 So what am I doing' here? 22 00:05:51,369 --> 00:05:53,621 You ask the question. 23 00:05:53,930 --> 00:05:56,182 Close the lid. 24 00:05:57,770 --> 00:05:59,607 I got a permit for the gun. 25 00:05:59,732 --> 00:06:01,984 Let me see it. 26 00:06:02,450 --> 00:06:04,702 Let me see it! 27 00:06:09,092 --> 00:06:11,344 Quest left ten days ago. 28 00:06:11,930 --> 00:06:14,364 I was across the hall, in 215. 29 00:06:14,532 --> 00:06:16,566 This is a better room. So I switched. You satisfied? 30 00:06:16,691 --> 00:06:18,943 I'll sleep like a lamb. 31 00:06:19,132 --> 00:06:21,327 You're Hicks, right? 32 00:06:21,452 --> 00:06:25,286 The register: Grant. W. Hicks. 215. 33 00:06:25,732 --> 00:06:28,963 Did Quest leave any forwarding address? 34 00:06:29,531 --> 00:06:32,768 These kids, you know. They freak out, disappear. 35 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,145 You narco squad? 36 00:06:46,212 --> 00:06:48,367 Thanks. 37 00:06:48,492 --> 00:06:50,744 For not spitting on it! 38 00:08:28,699 --> 00:08:30,951 Going up? 39 00:08:43,781 --> 00:08:45,935 The little one, darling. Don't want another big roller. 40 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:49,530 Oh my God! -Anything for me, Chuck? 41 00:08:49,701 --> 00:08:52,370 She's back. The one from Kansas. 42 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,655 Hi. -Well? 43 00:08:56,780 --> 00:08:59,032 Hold it. 44 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,372 Well? 45 00:09:03,499 --> 00:09:07,377 What happened? I've been waiting hours and hours. 46 00:09:07,502 --> 00:09:09,617 All shadow no substance. 47 00:09:09,743 --> 00:09:11,257 Not even a trace? 48 00:09:11,382 --> 00:09:13,634 No satisfaction, no charge. 49 00:09:15,181 --> 00:09:16,577 Dr. Lagardie's Office. 50 00:09:16,702 --> 00:09:18,897 I'd like to speak to the doctor, please. 51 00:09:19,022 --> 00:09:21,177 Can I tell him who's calling? 52 00:09:21,302 --> 00:09:23,816 Tell him it's about Mr. Klausen. 53 00:09:23,941 --> 00:09:26,611 Will you hold? -Yes, I'll hold. 54 00:09:26,781 --> 00:09:28,577 No wonder you haven't found my brother. 55 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,378 You've been working on other cases. 56 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:32,937 That's me, just buried alive in success. 57 00:09:33,062 --> 00:09:37,056 The luxurious appointments, executive secretary 58 00:09:37,223 --> 00:09:39,474 the electronic devices? 59 00:09:39,823 --> 00:09:42,075 Drink? 60 00:09:43,183 --> 00:09:44,978 I don't like you, Mr. Marlowe. 61 00:09:45,103 --> 00:09:47,218 The minute I walked into this grubby little office... 62 00:09:47,343 --> 00:09:49,378 I knew I should never have hired you. 63 00:09:49,503 --> 00:09:52,258 Well, there's your retainer. All $ 55. 64 00:09:52,383 --> 00:09:54,699 Now some people would keep it. But I just get a little shaky 65 00:09:54,824 --> 00:09:59,328 running around with that much loose money in my pocket. 66 00:09:59,625 --> 00:10:03,045 You didn't even really try to find Orrin! 67 00:10:05,944 --> 00:10:08,777 Doctor Lagardie. -Doc? 68 00:10:09,826 --> 00:10:13,380 Just this morning a Mr. Havin Klausen tried to talk to you... 69 00:10:13,505 --> 00:10:15,757 ... He got cut off? 70 00:10:16,905 --> 00:10:21,181 Havin Klausen? I'm afraid I don't know a Havin Klausen. 71 00:10:21,306 --> 00:10:23,900 Then you have nothing to fear, Doc. 72 00:10:24,025 --> 00:10:26,360 Unless it was your ice pick. 73 00:10:27,905 --> 00:10:31,500 Who is this? -Hicks. Grant Hicks. 74 00:10:31,625 --> 00:10:34,222 A former tenant of Mr. Klausen's rooming house. 75 00:10:34,347 --> 00:10:38,340 I was just checking out when he tried to call you. 76 00:10:38,665 --> 00:10:42,903 That was before someone mistook him for an ice block. 77 00:10:43,028 --> 00:10:46,497 You might want to know before someone wanted 78 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:49,252 ... why Klausen tried call you. 79 00:10:50,306 --> 00:10:52,021 But Doc? 80 00:10:52,146 --> 00:10:55,302 Don't get me wrong, this is no shakedown. 81 00:10:55,427 --> 00:10:58,464 I'm just a cat looking for a connection. 82 00:10:58,589 --> 00:11:00,541 You know. 83 00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:02,781 Please feel free to consult me. 84 00:11:02,906 --> 00:11:04,703 Anytime. 85 00:11:04,828 --> 00:11:07,901 Goodbye. -Goodbye. 86 00:11:17,329 --> 00:11:19,580 Do you mind? 87 00:11:20,110 --> 00:11:22,362 Filthy habit. 88 00:11:24,267 --> 00:11:26,263 My father used to smoke a pipe. 89 00:11:26,388 --> 00:11:28,664 Momma never let him smoke in the house. 90 00:11:28,789 --> 00:11:32,185 The last two years, after he had the stroke, he used to sit on the porch... 91 00:11:32,310 --> 00:11:33,906 ... with an empty pipe in his mouth. 92 00:11:34,031 --> 00:11:36,625 Probably didn't like that, either. 93 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:38,264 We owed a lot of money. 94 00:11:38,389 --> 00:11:40,825 We couldn't afford useless things like tobacco. 95 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:44,225 Well, stick your $50 back and forget we ever met. 96 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:47,225 Hey, the town's full of detectives. 97 00:11:47,350 --> 00:11:49,602 Fine. 98 00:12:04,511 --> 00:12:08,107 I used up my vacation time looking for him. 99 00:12:09,031 --> 00:12:11,107 And most of my money, too. 100 00:12:11,232 --> 00:12:13,268 And I have to go back home Saturday! 101 00:12:13,393 --> 00:12:17,388 I'm sure something happened! I can feel it, Mr. Marlowe! 102 00:12:17,513 --> 00:12:21,027 I found a boarding house. He slept there ten days ago. 103 00:12:21,152 --> 00:12:24,907 Now, you go home, Miss Quest. 104 00:12:25,232 --> 00:12:28,428 Sooner or later he will shuck his sandals, cut his hair. . 105 00:12:28,553 --> 00:12:33,140 Ten years you won't know him from anyone else in Kansas. 106 00:12:35,712 --> 00:12:38,027 Marlowe. -Grant Hicks, Marlowe. 107 00:12:38,152 --> 00:12:39,868 You in the market for a quick $100? 108 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:42,467 How quick? -Fifteen minutes quick enough? 109 00:12:42,592 --> 00:12:44,668 Is that panel to panel pay? 110 00:12:44,793 --> 00:12:46,950 Marlowe, I'm in the Alvarado hotel. 111 00:12:47,075 --> 00:12:48,469 Just five minutes from your place. 112 00:12:48,594 --> 00:12:51,469 A couple of minutes of your time and you're home free. 113 00:12:51,594 --> 00:12:54,951 Maybe -I'm in Room 22. But hurry, huh? 114 00:12:55,076 --> 00:12:58,030 It's two minutes with you where your story breaks down. 115 00:12:58,155 --> 00:13:01,310 Look, I'll give you something to hold and $100. 116 00:13:01,435 --> 00:13:04,068 Tomorrow, next day, give it back. 117 00:13:04,193 --> 00:13:06,528 Strictly legit. Nothing hot. 118 00:13:11,614 --> 00:13:13,670 Look. Got to hang up. 119 00:13:13,795 --> 00:13:18,216 I'm counting on you, Marlowe. Get over here right now. 120 00:13:23,755 --> 00:13:26,006 $50 is all I've got. 121 00:13:27,436 --> 00:13:30,632 I guess not enough to keep you interested, right? 122 00:13:30,757 --> 00:13:34,928 It's not the money that bothers me. It's ice picks. 123 00:13:41,078 --> 00:13:44,914 If you won't take my money, what will you take? 124 00:13:50,119 --> 00:13:52,371 A simple goodbye. 125 00:13:56,319 --> 00:13:58,754 Does it bother you if a girl makes the first overture? 126 00:13:58,879 --> 00:14:03,300 I've got a low threshold of boredom. It usually helps. 127 00:14:05,998 --> 00:14:08,434 Does it mean that you want me too? 128 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,111 It means, that I keep thinking of your old man... 129 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,990 sitting out on a porch... with an empty pipe. 130 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,610 Goodbye, Miss Quest. 131 00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:23,594 But if you don't help me find Orrin, who will? 132 00:14:23,719 --> 00:14:26,714 The department of missing persons or the FBI... 133 00:14:26,839 --> 00:14:29,091 Mr. Marlowe! 134 00:14:46,482 --> 00:14:50,598 Excuse me, room 22? Who's registered, please? 135 00:14:51,041 --> 00:14:53,595 Around here the concession for transom peeking 136 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,472 Has been given to Oliver J. Hady. 137 00:14:56,681 --> 00:14:59,715 That little concession ought to bring a fortune at auction. 138 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,259 Past the stairs on your left. 139 00:15:12,001 --> 00:15:14,253 Hady? 140 00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:25,757 So? -I want to get a line on one of your customers. 141 00:15:25,882 --> 00:15:29,159 What name? -Could be Naster for all I know. Room 22. 142 00:15:29,284 --> 00:15:32,798 So? -He wants to see me. 143 00:15:32,964 --> 00:15:35,216 Don't let me keep you. 144 00:15:36,323 --> 00:15:39,118 Would you mind holding your finger there on this thing? 145 00:15:39,243 --> 00:15:43,038 Ollie, a man in my business has enemies. You know that. 146 00:15:43,163 --> 00:15:45,559 Anybody calls me to come over, wants something done 147 00:15:45,684 --> 00:15:47,959 ... and neglects to give me his name. 148 00:15:48,084 --> 00:15:50,399 You think I'm wrong to think of that? 149 00:15:50,524 --> 00:15:54,679 It could be a way to get me into a room and... zap! 150 00:15:54,804 --> 00:15:58,240 Party checks out and your left with me on the floor in 22. 151 00:15:58,365 --> 00:16:02,840 Wouldn't want a case of rigor in your hotel, would you Ollie? 152 00:16:02,965 --> 00:16:04,439 Give me the box. 153 00:16:04,564 --> 00:16:06,899 Will you hold this a minute? 154 00:16:15,404 --> 00:16:19,907 Checked in 5:47. One local phone call. No Room Service. 155 00:16:20,125 --> 00:16:24,000 Dr. G. W. Hamilton, El Centro. 156 00:16:24,125 --> 00:16:25,240 What did he look like? 157 00:16:25,365 --> 00:16:30,702 That's right, I stay out there with a Brownie when they register. 158 00:17:05,569 --> 00:17:07,820 Don't move. 159 00:17:08,169 --> 00:17:13,340 A 45 I wouldn't argue, but a 32 I can get in a couple of words. 160 00:17:13,568 --> 00:17:15,820 I've said them all. 161 00:17:17,050 --> 00:17:19,970 Please. Don't forget you're a lady. 162 00:17:22,091 --> 00:17:23,563 I like the perfume. 163 00:17:23,688 --> 00:17:25,940 What is it? 164 00:19:11,376 --> 00:19:14,890 BENSON's Camera Shop 165 00:19:34,378 --> 00:19:36,212 Whoever did this is a performer. 166 00:19:36,337 --> 00:19:38,373 Cut the spinal cord first try. 167 00:19:38,498 --> 00:19:40,613 They developed the technique in Brooklyn. 168 00:19:40,738 --> 00:19:41,893 You don't say. 169 00:19:42,018 --> 00:19:44,533 Sonny Steelgrave's Boys were specialists. 170 00:19:44,658 --> 00:19:47,371 You're aren't trying to connect Steelgrave with this? 171 00:19:47,496 --> 00:19:49,653 Pretty fragile, isn't it? -Yes 172 00:19:49,778 --> 00:19:52,815 Anyway, he definitely wasn't the last of the big spenders. 173 00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:56,813 Fourteen dollars and change, Seven master keys... 174 00:19:56,938 --> 00:19:58,615 Maybe he thought he'd clean out the hotel. 175 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,653 Eddie, do any of these keys fit this dump? 176 00:20:00,778 --> 00:20:03,535 You can unlock our doors with your little finger. 177 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:05,614 Well, he knew somebody was after him. 178 00:20:05,739 --> 00:20:07,991 Spotted them getting close. 179 00:20:08,418 --> 00:20:13,288 Calls Marlowe and offers him $100 to safe keep something. 180 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:14,895 Is that your story, Marlowe? 181 00:20:15,020 --> 00:20:17,272 That's it. 182 00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:20,125 Only he hasn't got $100 on him. 183 00:20:20,459 --> 00:20:24,796 Maybe he was figuring on getting you to gamble along. 184 00:20:25,179 --> 00:20:30,653 Eddie, could the desk give us a rundown on any visitors? 185 00:20:30,821 --> 00:20:33,056 You don't have to pass the desk to go in or out. 186 00:20:33,181 --> 00:20:34,577 No wonder he stayed in here. 187 00:20:34,702 --> 00:20:37,533 That, and all the atmosphere. 188 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:42,336 I guess that just about does it for the first run-through. 189 00:20:42,461 --> 00:20:44,713 Oh not quite. 190 00:20:57,342 --> 00:20:59,594 What do you know. 191 00:20:59,743 --> 00:21:00,768 Maliway Mushtom. 192 00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:03,812 Used to be a runner for Ace Devore. 193 00:21:05,341 --> 00:21:07,096 How you been, Maliway? 194 00:21:07,221 --> 00:21:10,641 Going to miss you at the morning line-up. 195 00:21:11,104 --> 00:21:13,378 Well, that takes the pressure off. 196 00:21:13,503 --> 00:21:16,755 This punk won't be a 24 hour a day job. 197 00:21:18,383 --> 00:21:20,096 How did you know about that wig? 198 00:21:20,221 --> 00:21:22,473 I'm a trained detective. 199 00:21:23,264 --> 00:21:27,017 That's your exit line, Marlowe. Follow it out. 200 00:21:29,142 --> 00:21:31,977 And don't leave town, you hear me? 201 00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:35,837 Go on, Hady, You too. 202 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:43,981 What's bugging you? -The 150. 203 00:21:45,424 --> 00:21:48,344 Don't get funny in the wrong place. 204 00:21:51,986 --> 00:21:56,136 Oliver, when I checked him he had $164. 205 00:21:56,546 --> 00:21:58,142 Now there's only 14 left. -So? 206 00:21:58,267 --> 00:22:01,421 So where were you while I was calling the Lieutenant? 207 00:22:01,546 --> 00:22:05,466 Are you accusing me? -Just checking for crimes. 208 00:22:17,989 --> 00:22:20,241 Fifty-fifty? 209 00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:26,512 Okay, here you go. I'll remember you! 210 00:22:26,868 --> 00:22:29,120 Ollie! 211 00:22:32,187 --> 00:22:34,103 I don't want the money. I want something else. 212 00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:36,022 What? -The girl. 213 00:22:36,147 --> 00:22:39,584 Went out of here by these stairs. She had to pass you. 214 00:22:39,709 --> 00:22:42,542 She'd have been running, you'd have been following. 215 00:22:42,667 --> 00:22:45,463 What makes you so wonderful? -I'm a trained detective. 216 00:22:45,588 --> 00:22:49,341 All right. I followed her and she got the car. 217 00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:51,984 How do I know that this isn't a number you already had? 218 00:22:52,109 --> 00:22:54,705 Just take my word for it. -What kind of car? 219 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:57,264 Jaguar convertible, XKE, yellow. 220 00:22:57,389 --> 00:22:59,024 Describe the girl. 221 00:22:59,149 --> 00:23:03,144 You want a lot for your bread. -Grant Hicks's bread. 222 00:23:03,269 --> 00:23:07,024 Wide felt black hat with a black patent leather band. 223 00:23:07,149 --> 00:23:09,401 Dark glasses. 224 00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:12,465 Black coat and black patent leather buttons and trimming. 225 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:14,825 White gloves. 226 00:23:14,950 --> 00:23:18,421 Height 5'6"-5'6-1/2". Built like a model. 227 00:23:20,429 --> 00:23:22,681 Don't waste it. 228 00:23:25,111 --> 00:23:27,363 Five, six, seven, eight. 229 00:23:28,591 --> 00:23:30,545 Five, six, seven, eight. 230 00:23:30,671 --> 00:23:32,922 Okay, relax a bit. 231 00:23:35,150 --> 00:23:37,402 Hi. How are you. Hello. 232 00:23:38,072 --> 00:23:39,946 Thank you. You're right, you're right. 233 00:23:40,071 --> 00:23:43,348 Can you get me the name and address with this license? 234 00:23:43,473 --> 00:23:45,388 Sure, I'll be through in half an hour. 235 00:23:45,513 --> 00:23:49,148 Julie, tonight I couldn't lead a kindergarten marching band. 236 00:23:49,273 --> 00:23:51,525 What if I lead, you follow? 237 00:23:53,110 --> 00:23:55,362 Good night, girls. 238 00:23:56,432 --> 00:23:58,628 And then we apply the colour along the part. 239 00:23:58,753 --> 00:24:00,967 And notice how I help it with my thumb. 240 00:24:01,092 --> 00:24:02,347 See? 241 00:24:02,472 --> 00:24:04,906 Good morning, Chuck. -Hold it a minute, girls. 242 00:24:05,031 --> 00:24:07,469 Good morning, Philip. -Good morning, all. 243 00:24:07,594 --> 00:24:11,667 Special delivery for you. Alvarado Hotel. Really, Philip. 244 00:24:11,792 --> 00:24:13,229 Hey... -Do you like? 245 00:24:13,354 --> 00:24:15,606 Yeah! 246 00:24:16,074 --> 00:24:19,159 Another day another dollar. Let me go. 247 00:24:44,956 --> 00:24:46,030 Benson Camera Shop. 248 00:24:46,155 --> 00:24:48,470 Good morning, this is Grant Hicks. 249 00:24:48,595 --> 00:24:53,431 Order ready on claim A1654? -Hold on sir. 250 00:24:57,796 --> 00:24:59,991 Marlowe. -I figured it would be a girl. 251 00:25:00,116 --> 00:25:02,432 Why? -Mr. Hicks? -Why? -Yes, I'm Hicks. 252 00:25:02,557 --> 00:25:04,311 Your order's ready, sir. -Who's Mr. Hicks? 253 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:07,312 It's something I've been working on. Why'd you say it had to be a girl? 254 00:25:07,437 --> 00:25:10,071 Are you kidding? -I'm sorry, I'm on another line. 255 00:25:10,196 --> 00:25:13,272 Should I call you back? -I need the information now. 256 00:25:13,397 --> 00:25:16,072 Sir, are you speaking to me? -Yes, I will be in before noon. 257 00:25:16,197 --> 00:25:18,912 That'll be fine. -I have to be back by one. 258 00:25:19,037 --> 00:25:22,754 How's 12? -I can't make it. -You can't make it. -We close at six. 259 00:25:22,879 --> 00:25:25,233 No, I will be there to pick them up before noon. 260 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:30,351 How? -I'll be here. -Goodbye. -Don't hang up yet! Hello? -Honey, 261 00:25:30,476 --> 00:25:34,395 I'm sorry, I can't make it for lunch, but who's the girl? 262 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,772 Mavis Wald. 263 00:25:38,598 --> 00:25:40,393 The Mavis Wald? 264 00:25:40,518 --> 00:25:41,833 My luck. 265 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:43,274 What's the address? 266 00:25:43,399 --> 00:25:47,875 2720 Nelson Avenue. I hope they pitch you off the balcony. 267 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,252 Goodbye. 268 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:16,795 Your change, Mr. Hicks. 269 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,756 I'll tell you what we'll do. Keep the change... 270 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,033 ... and mail the photos to me at this address. 271 00:26:25,361 --> 00:26:26,475 Alright Mr. Hicks. 272 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,640 It's Marlowe. -Alright, Mr. Marlowe. 273 00:26:49,722 --> 00:26:51,878 I have some stills for Ms. Wald. 274 00:26:52,003 --> 00:26:54,599 You can leave them with me. -No, not these. 275 00:26:54,724 --> 00:26:56,317 I'll phone, wait a minute. 276 00:26:56,442 --> 00:27:00,196 It's the ones we shot at the Alvarado Hotel last night. 277 00:27:00,321 --> 00:27:02,573 Okay. 278 00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:10,640 Yes, ma'am. 279 00:27:10,765 --> 00:27:13,017 Sir, you can go right up. 280 00:27:14,082 --> 00:27:16,334 Penthouse. 281 00:27:28,685 --> 00:27:30,960 Hi. -Mavis Wald? 282 00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:35,787 She's busy making panic calls. 283 00:27:36,164 --> 00:27:38,720 You really shook her. What's up? 284 00:27:38,845 --> 00:27:41,514 I am the father of her triplets. 285 00:27:43,006 --> 00:27:44,760 Do you have a name? 286 00:27:44,885 --> 00:27:46,522 It wouldn't do anything for you. 287 00:27:46,647 --> 00:27:48,642 Sugar? -Yes, please. 288 00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:51,643 I am Dolores, with an "o". 289 00:27:52,127 --> 00:27:54,041 Dolores Gonzales. 290 00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:56,418 Is that Spanish for pain? 291 00:27:58,007 --> 00:28:00,441 You've picked a nice place to suffer. 292 00:28:00,566 --> 00:28:05,521 You jumped to that conclusion, but it's Mavis's pad, not mine. 293 00:28:05,646 --> 00:28:07,444 Which makes you? 294 00:28:07,569 --> 00:28:09,483 Something you don't see every day. 295 00:28:09,608 --> 00:28:11,859 An old friend. 296 00:28:12,447 --> 00:28:15,783 My friend asked me to keep you occupied. 297 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:20,484 Are you hard to occupy? -As hard to get. as a haircut. 298 00:28:20,609 --> 00:28:24,922 Has anybody ever told you that you have a sensuous under lip? 299 00:28:25,047 --> 00:28:26,602 Everybody mentions it. 300 00:28:26,727 --> 00:28:29,603 Do nice uncomplicated girls turn you on? 301 00:28:29,728 --> 00:28:31,164 I come all unglued. 302 00:28:31,289 --> 00:28:33,791 Are you looking for something? 303 00:28:36,049 --> 00:28:37,683 I just don't want to see Mavis get hurt. 304 00:28:37,808 --> 00:28:40,060 Now who are you? 305 00:28:45,610 --> 00:28:47,862 His name is Philip Marlowe. 306 00:28:48,409 --> 00:28:50,661 Private Detective. 307 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:53,564 Well, I hope everybody's happy. 308 00:28:53,689 --> 00:28:55,941 Goodbye. 309 00:28:59,328 --> 00:29:01,580 Philip Marlowe. 310 00:29:01,769 --> 00:29:04,765 What can I buy you with? -The money helps. 311 00:29:04,890 --> 00:29:08,519 How much? -Say... $ 100. 312 00:29:10,330 --> 00:29:14,751 $ 100 is money to you? -Make it $200 and I'll retire. 313 00:29:15,612 --> 00:29:17,864 I work for my money. 314 00:29:18,170 --> 00:29:19,806 What am I buying? 315 00:29:19,931 --> 00:29:21,766 I do not think you killed him. 316 00:29:21,891 --> 00:29:26,046 Help to have some reason not to tell the police you were there. 317 00:29:26,171 --> 00:29:29,608 Am I supposed to have killed somebody? 318 00:29:32,851 --> 00:29:36,327 You're going to find this hard to believe, but I came up 319 00:29:36,452 --> 00:29:38,807 with the idea that you might need some help. 320 00:29:38,932 --> 00:29:42,768 I figured you went to the room to make a payoff. 321 00:29:42,893 --> 00:29:46,290 You went there alone and took a chance on being recognized. 322 00:29:46,415 --> 00:29:50,668 That made me think you could be in a king-sized jam. 323 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:57,045 I said a king-sized jam as a cue. 324 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:05,325 You're good, Ms. Wald... 325 00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:10,173 You could act your way out of a safe deposit box. 326 00:30:10,334 --> 00:30:12,586 Good day. 327 00:30:19,815 --> 00:30:22,567 You're out of work again, Philip. 328 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:31,546 Car. 329 00:30:37,694 --> 00:30:39,946 Car. 330 00:30:41,336 --> 00:30:45,572 A man with a limited vocabulary you do make your point. 331 00:30:45,697 --> 00:30:47,949 Car. 332 00:31:04,938 --> 00:31:07,413 They tell me there was a disturbance upstairs. 333 00:31:07,538 --> 00:31:09,252 In Miss Wald's apartment. 334 00:31:09,377 --> 00:31:11,053 They tell you wrong. 335 00:31:11,178 --> 00:31:13,430 We were bombing craps. 336 00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,614 Where are the pictures? 337 00:31:15,739 --> 00:31:19,158 Who makes your ice picks, Mr. Steelgrave? 338 00:31:21,619 --> 00:31:23,870 Too bad. 339 00:31:38,058 --> 00:31:42,062 Does your mother know what you do for a living... 340 00:32:39,382 --> 00:32:40,698 Mr. Marlowe? 341 00:32:40,823 --> 00:32:43,075 Yes. 342 00:32:49,302 --> 00:32:51,554 What can I do for you? 343 00:32:58,224 --> 00:33:00,618 Good grief! What are you boys up to? 344 00:33:00,743 --> 00:33:02,338 Just renovating, Chuck. 345 00:33:02,463 --> 00:33:04,539 Yes? It's about time. 346 00:33:04,664 --> 00:33:07,576 Come on girls, back to work! 347 00:33:07,945 --> 00:33:10,697 Don't stand looking back to work. 348 00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:15,476 You won't need that. 349 00:33:18,466 --> 00:33:20,660 The word is you are a cool cat. 350 00:33:20,785 --> 00:33:23,861 The word is wrong, I go all to pieces over nothing. 351 00:33:23,986 --> 00:33:27,501 That coat rack has been my family for years. 352 00:33:27,626 --> 00:33:31,181 Would you like it if your coat rack was disassembled? 353 00:33:31,306 --> 00:33:34,059 I've come to make a proposition. 354 00:33:35,745 --> 00:33:37,997 May I reach for my pocket? 355 00:33:38,466 --> 00:33:43,137 It would give me pleasure to do you do something foolish. 356 00:33:48,867 --> 00:33:51,119 $ 500. 357 00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:59,582 For that you can kick the ceiling. -It's yours. -For what? 358 00:33:59,707 --> 00:34:03,982 You are not looking for anybody and can't find anybody. 359 00:34:04,107 --> 00:34:07,061 You do not have time to work for anybody. 360 00:34:07,186 --> 00:34:09,984 You have not heard anything or seen anything. 361 00:34:10,109 --> 00:34:12,542 And what do I for an encore? -Nothing. 362 00:34:12,667 --> 00:34:15,824 Keep on doing nothing for a reasonable time... 363 00:34:15,949 --> 00:34:20,103 and I'll come back and place another 500 on your desk. 364 00:34:20,228 --> 00:34:22,224 Side by side. 365 00:34:22,349 --> 00:34:26,261 And for whom am I doing this? -Winslow Wong,... 366 00:34:27,028 --> 00:34:28,344 ... that is I. 367 00:34:28,469 --> 00:34:32,640 I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me. 368 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:34,385 ... Whom sent you? 369 00:34:34,510 --> 00:34:38,788 A man who would rather spill money than blood. 370 00:34:39,028 --> 00:34:40,104 But... 371 00:34:40,229 --> 00:34:45,465 also a man who would spill blood if he had no choice. 372 00:34:54,591 --> 00:34:57,867 Take this back to your leader, Mr. Wong. 373 00:34:58,591 --> 00:35:02,225 Tell him you met the last of a dying Dynasty... 374 00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:06,470 ... King of the fools. Unassailably virtuous... 375 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:09,565 ... invariably broke. 376 00:35:14,951 --> 00:35:17,203 Okay. 377 00:35:50,153 --> 00:35:54,156 Come on, everybody. Break it up. Let me in there. 378 00:36:00,114 --> 00:36:02,366 Termites, Lieutenant. 379 00:36:02,754 --> 00:36:04,191 Want to come in, sit down? 380 00:36:04,316 --> 00:36:06,349 We'd better go for a walk. 381 00:36:06,474 --> 00:36:07,710 Why? 382 00:36:07,836 --> 00:36:11,191 Because I say we'd better take a walk. Right? 383 00:36:11,316 --> 00:36:13,567 Well, let's take a walk. 384 00:36:21,394 --> 00:36:24,354 This, uhh? - Be my guest, Lieutenant. 385 00:36:25,396 --> 00:36:27,648 Alright. 386 00:36:32,877 --> 00:36:34,989 Ever read the Bay City paper? 387 00:36:35,114 --> 00:36:36,871 All that rape and homicide? 388 00:36:36,996 --> 00:36:39,712 There's an article in there about a party named Klausen. 389 00:36:39,837 --> 00:36:42,089 Ice pick case, Marlowe. 390 00:36:43,395 --> 00:36:46,272 That's two in a row. A trend, maybe? 391 00:36:46,397 --> 00:36:49,112 What did you hear from that hotel cop, Hady? 392 00:36:49,237 --> 00:36:51,070 We lack rapport. 393 00:36:51,195 --> 00:36:54,913 Okay, let's get off Hady and concentrate on you. 394 00:36:55,038 --> 00:36:57,353 Hicks was dead when you got there, right? 395 00:36:57,478 --> 00:37:00,634 Well, as we trained detectives say, he was terminal. 396 00:37:00,759 --> 00:37:05,273 So he could hardly have taken one of your visiting cards? 397 00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:11,685 Stop trying to scare me. -No, tell me about this. 398 00:37:12,638 --> 00:37:16,353 You found my card on Hicks' body? -That's your card isn't it? 399 00:37:16,478 --> 00:37:18,195 Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. 400 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,655 We missed it the first time. 401 00:37:24,399 --> 00:37:27,675 I gave him one of my cards to Hady. 402 00:37:28,598 --> 00:37:33,034 We went upstairs while I called you, he searched the body. 403 00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:35,828 You figure that he could have... 404 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:41,057 ... taken the money and put my card on Hicks' body... 405 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,235 ... while my back was turned? 406 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,612 Well, it's a possibility. 407 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,315 Would you know Sonny Steelgrave if you saw him? 408 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:52,756 Yes, why? 409 00:37:52,881 --> 00:37:55,133 Was he dark, late 30s... 410 00:37:56,481 --> 00:37:58,435 ... slick, something for the girls? 411 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,997 Still punching around with that ice pick theory? 412 00:38:01,122 --> 00:38:04,757 Trying to tie Steelgrave into with Klausen and Hicks? 413 00:38:04,882 --> 00:38:07,357 Does he get out in public much? -No, not much. 414 00:38:07,482 --> 00:38:11,156 Where does he go? -He owns The Dancers. 415 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:16,395 Steelgrave sometimes takes little chicken broads up there. 416 00:38:24,362 --> 00:38:27,448 Marlowe. -Yes, Mr. Marlowe, this way. 417 00:38:44,083 --> 00:38:46,439 Mr. Marlowe... -What is this? 418 00:38:46,564 --> 00:38:49,066 Compliments of Mr. Steelgrave. 419 00:38:50,765 --> 00:38:52,358 Thank you. 420 00:38:52,483 --> 00:38:54,439 Friends in high places. Who is it? He rich? 421 00:38:54,564 --> 00:38:59,000 He is. Even his tax bracket is elevated. 422 00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:10,280 Delicious. 423 00:39:10,405 --> 00:39:12,657 Might say baroque. 424 00:39:17,967 --> 00:39:20,361 To a late breakfast. -I'll drink to that. 425 00:39:20,486 --> 00:39:22,760 All my friends are going to Lake Tropsure. 426 00:39:22,885 --> 00:39:27,277 I see a trial balloon. I'll make the coffee. 427 00:39:27,445 --> 00:39:30,918 Mr. Marlowe, phone call please. -Thank you. 428 00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:37,522 Did you tell anyone we were here? -No. 429 00:39:37,647 --> 00:39:39,040 Well, that makes two of us. 430 00:39:39,165 --> 00:39:41,481 It's just a way to get you alone. 431 00:39:41,606 --> 00:39:43,882 I didn't come here for the cherry jubilee. 432 00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:46,676 Okay. But take care of yourself. 433 00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:29,805 Winslow, you suckered me out here, you devil. 434 00:40:29,930 --> 00:40:33,002 Take the money Marlowe. -Not a chance. 435 00:40:33,410 --> 00:40:37,831 You can't refuse me this time. -You watch me closely. 436 00:40:40,331 --> 00:40:42,884 Can you remember the alternative, Mr. Marlowe? 437 00:40:43,009 --> 00:40:44,326 You're a paper tiger, Winslow. 438 00:40:44,451 --> 00:40:48,371 You can't do anything in your boss's restaurant. 439 00:40:49,211 --> 00:40:52,085 Mr. Marlowe, I have my instructions. 440 00:40:52,210 --> 00:40:55,296 That's what I'm counting on, Winslow. 441 00:40:57,893 --> 00:41:01,979 What are you going to do, break another coat rack? 442 00:41:04,491 --> 00:41:09,913 You're very effective, but I've seen dogs do better on television. 443 00:41:14,612 --> 00:41:17,531 You're light on your feet, Winslow. 444 00:41:18,212 --> 00:41:20,489 Are you just a little gay? 445 00:42:09,377 --> 00:42:12,379 I didn't come to seduce you. -Good... 446 00:42:13,616 --> 00:42:15,868 Can I come in? 447 00:42:16,216 --> 00:42:18,812 I had to walk miles the other night. 448 00:42:18,937 --> 00:42:24,210 All steps in the right direction? -I've never suspected anybody. 449 00:42:24,335 --> 00:42:26,532 There's someone here. 450 00:42:26,657 --> 00:42:27,812 Coffee? 451 00:42:27,937 --> 00:42:31,010 No thanks, I have a taxi with the meter running. 452 00:42:31,135 --> 00:42:33,052 I've heard from Orrin. 453 00:42:33,177 --> 00:42:37,932 He decided to rejoin the establishment? -He's staying with a doctor. 454 00:42:38,057 --> 00:42:39,652 Your mother ought to be happy. 455 00:42:39,777 --> 00:42:42,029 A Dr. Vincent Lagardie. 456 00:42:43,297 --> 00:42:45,852 Okay, so he's staying with a Dr. Lagardie. 457 00:42:45,977 --> 00:42:47,252 The mob is after him. 458 00:42:47,377 --> 00:42:49,653 They're are all busy making movies! 459 00:42:49,778 --> 00:42:52,453 Please, we have to go there right now to help. 460 00:42:52,578 --> 00:42:54,734 He's afraid to leave. 461 00:42:54,859 --> 00:42:57,856 After all, I did pay you! -I gave it back. 462 00:42:57,981 --> 00:43:00,232 I offered it to you again. 463 00:43:02,338 --> 00:43:06,331 And a lot more. 464 00:43:07,018 --> 00:43:09,437 You'd never have forgiven me. 465 00:43:10,939 --> 00:43:15,889 You don't know me, but when a man rejects a woman... 466 00:43:16,060 --> 00:43:17,734 ... he owes her something. 467 00:43:17,859 --> 00:43:20,254 An old Kansas proverb? -Philip, I'm frantic! 468 00:43:20,379 --> 00:43:23,175 Philip? -They're going to kill him. 469 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:26,013 I have the address right here. -I already have the address. 470 00:43:26,138 --> 00:43:30,809 You have a taxi waiting outside and the meter is running. 471 00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:33,695 Philip, you don't know me. 472 00:43:34,261 --> 00:43:36,513 But then that's your loss. 473 00:43:47,181 --> 00:43:49,336 What was that? 474 00:43:49,461 --> 00:43:51,255 Sort of glad she did that. 475 00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:54,777 I noticed your left jab was a little slow. 476 00:43:54,902 --> 00:43:58,488 She reminded me of somebody. -Don't we all? 477 00:44:01,341 --> 00:44:03,676 Want to have some breakfast? 478 00:44:21,103 --> 00:44:23,137 All I see is two people. 479 00:44:23,262 --> 00:44:25,859 Hardly disastrous to Miss Wald's reputation. 480 00:44:25,984 --> 00:44:30,059 Nothing for the sponsors or the network to be concerned about. 481 00:44:30,184 --> 00:44:32,299 Then why are you talking to me? 482 00:44:32,424 --> 00:44:36,862 I still enjoy talking to the man in the street. 483 00:44:37,504 --> 00:44:41,424 Then you won't mind if I show these to Homicide. 484 00:44:41,623 --> 00:44:43,939 Why should they be interested? 485 00:44:44,064 --> 00:44:46,740 I don't think we'll be doing business, Mr. Crowell. 486 00:44:46,865 --> 00:44:49,339 But thanks for taking my call. -Wait a minute. 487 00:44:49,464 --> 00:44:52,859 What might happen if you show those pictures to the police? 488 00:44:52,984 --> 00:44:57,616 I'd have to connect it with something they are working on. 489 00:44:57,985 --> 00:45:00,059 Something that happened a couple nights ago... 490 00:45:00,184 --> 00:45:02,701 ... one of the cheap sin spots in town. 491 00:45:02,826 --> 00:45:04,821 The Alvarado Hotel. 492 00:45:04,946 --> 00:45:07,865 I'd connect it up through the girl. 493 00:45:08,104 --> 00:45:09,302 Miss Wald? 494 00:45:09,427 --> 00:45:10,900 Won't talk to me. 495 00:45:11,025 --> 00:45:12,823 That's why I'm talking to you. 496 00:45:12,948 --> 00:45:14,341 She told me about it. 497 00:45:14,466 --> 00:45:17,423 She told me you tried to force her into hiring you... 498 00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:21,704 ... on the grounds that she had been close to the murder scene. 499 00:45:21,829 --> 00:45:24,081 Did she say how close? 500 00:45:26,267 --> 00:45:28,142 She didn't say. 501 00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:29,768 What? -The 11:30 502 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,542 Yes, thank you. 503 00:45:31,667 --> 00:45:34,543 You amuse the hell out of me, Marlowe. You really do. 504 00:45:34,668 --> 00:45:37,862 Trying to use me as a shovel to dig yourself out of a jam. 505 00:45:37,987 --> 00:45:40,383 The jam I am in is nothing compared... 506 00:45:40,508 --> 00:45:42,826 ... to what the star of your show would be in... 507 00:45:42,951 --> 00:45:46,623 ... if I hadn't done the thing that got me into it. 508 00:45:46,748 --> 00:45:48,822 What are you doing in the next hour? 509 00:45:48,947 --> 00:45:51,199 Recounting my trumps. 510 00:45:52,987 --> 00:45:55,657 Well, let's count them together. 511 00:46:00,668 --> 00:46:04,545 We got to where you were thinking of going downtown with those pictures. 512 00:46:04,670 --> 00:46:06,626 What then? -We didn't get that far. 513 00:46:06,751 --> 00:46:08,665 We only got as far as her calling you. 514 00:46:08,790 --> 00:46:12,704 Did she tell you she also called the man in the pictures. 515 00:46:12,829 --> 00:46:14,746 She neglected to mention it. 516 00:46:14,871 --> 00:46:19,875 He and some of his soldiers were waiting outside when I left. 517 00:46:20,349 --> 00:46:22,305 Do you know who he is? 518 00:46:22,430 --> 00:46:24,682 Don't you? 519 00:46:24,988 --> 00:46:29,659 You're making me more unhappy by the minute, Mr. Marlowe. 520 00:46:30,551 --> 00:46:32,803 Hold it back there, please! 521 00:46:33,552 --> 00:46:37,556 I can't do anything until I get back from London. 522 00:46:42,752 --> 00:46:44,065 You were saying? 523 00:46:44,190 --> 00:46:47,785 Her boy friend tried to buy me first, then bury me. 524 00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:50,162 I resent both overtures. 525 00:46:51,271 --> 00:46:53,773 Where does it stand right now? 526 00:46:54,671 --> 00:46:56,923 You tell me. 527 00:46:59,553 --> 00:47:01,227 She was great, wasn't she? 528 00:47:01,352 --> 00:47:03,604 On the film? 529 00:47:04,711 --> 00:47:06,963 But he must answer. 530 00:47:09,472 --> 00:47:11,724 Fine. 531 00:47:12,834 --> 00:47:17,507 Why don't you answer the phone? -The show is out there. 532 00:47:17,632 --> 00:47:19,884 Yes. - good? 533 00:47:26,915 --> 00:47:29,553 Where are you? 534 00:47:30,993 --> 00:47:35,750 Well the darling of millions has got herself and the rest of us... 535 00:47:35,875 --> 00:47:40,045 ... who put her where she is in one hell of a mess. 536 00:47:40,473 --> 00:47:44,753 If it were any actress it would be bad enough,... 537 00:47:45,357 --> 00:47:48,943 ... but in this series? The part she plays? 538 00:47:49,315 --> 00:47:51,550 Did you ever see the show? -No, I haven't. 539 00:47:51,675 --> 00:47:54,713 It's the top rated sitcom in the country. 540 00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:56,270 A situation comedy. 541 00:47:56,395 --> 00:48:00,511 Can you imagine what would happen if it got out that our poor little Mary... 542 00:48:00,636 --> 00:48:04,640 ... was shacking up with public enemy number one? 543 00:48:19,677 --> 00:48:21,592 Everything's set, Mr. Crowell! 544 00:48:21,717 --> 00:48:24,272 You don't really want the cops to have those pictures, do you? 545 00:48:24,397 --> 00:48:26,871 No, Marlowe, that's the last thing I.... 546 00:48:26,996 --> 00:48:29,674 Little Mavis Wald. The public would chew her to pieces. 547 00:48:29,799 --> 00:48:33,052 Not to mention the sponsor and network. 548 00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:35,312 The federal gangster's girl. 549 00:48:35,437 --> 00:48:38,189 The number one gangster, no less. 550 00:48:38,558 --> 00:48:41,674 What do you want? -Same thing I wanted from the start. 551 00:48:41,799 --> 00:48:44,755 What she wouldn't give me: the right to work in her best interests. 552 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,033 By suppressing evidence. 553 00:48:46,158 --> 00:48:49,913 If it was evidence. The police can't determine that... 554 00:48:50,038 --> 00:48:51,514 ... without smearing. Maybe I can. 555 00:48:51,639 --> 00:48:53,994 They don't have time to worry about reputations. 556 00:48:54,119 --> 00:48:55,234 You do. 557 00:48:55,359 --> 00:48:57,713 Come on. Why are you doing this? 558 00:48:57,838 --> 00:49:02,152 Steelgrave's boys spoiled the coat in my best suit. 559 00:49:02,599 --> 00:49:05,515 Where would I be if I didn't put a stop to things like that? 560 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:06,755 What is your price? 561 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,875 $ 100 a day and expenses. 562 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:14,922 And a letter employing me to investigate blackmail of one of your stars. 563 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,395 that a man in my spot dreads over 564 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:20,995 all other mistakes. 565 00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,476 I will find myself doing business with somebody I can trust. 566 00:49:24,601 --> 00:49:27,755 and I'm going to be too damned smart to trust him. 567 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,236 Take this letter to Mr. Philip Marlowe. 568 00:49:30,361 --> 00:49:32,276 " Dear Mr. Marlowe. 569 00:49:32,401 --> 00:49:35,871 This agency employs you to investigate... 570 00:49:36,041 --> 00:49:39,356 on behalf of one its television personalities, a certain matter... 571 00:49:39,481 --> 00:49:41,956 ... the particulars of which you have been given verbally. 572 00:49:42,081 --> 00:49:44,878 You fee is to be $ 100 day plus expenses... 573 00:49:45,003 --> 00:49:47,236 ... plus a deposit of $ 500. 574 00:49:47,361 --> 00:49:49,613 Sincerely, etc...." 575 00:49:51,123 --> 00:49:54,293 My driver will take you to the office. 576 00:49:56,683 --> 00:49:59,557 I'm just going to have to trust you, Marlowe. 577 00:49:59,682 --> 00:50:01,934 I hate making mistakes. 578 00:50:36,405 --> 00:50:38,520 Alright, lunch everybody. 579 00:50:38,645 --> 00:50:40,522 40 minutes for the crew. 580 00:50:40,647 --> 00:50:42,360 time for the rest of you. 581 00:50:42,485 --> 00:50:45,321 first shot after lunch will be Miss Wald. 582 00:50:45,446 --> 00:50:47,781 Please be back punctually. 583 00:50:59,605 --> 00:51:01,881 Who let you in? -Mr Crowell. 584 00:51:06,007 --> 00:51:08,759 I do not want you to work for me. 585 00:51:09,248 --> 00:51:11,722 I go to ridiculous extremes to get clients. 586 00:51:11,847 --> 00:51:14,099 Even collect rare photos. 587 00:51:27,489 --> 00:51:30,241 You like a drink? -No, thank you. 588 00:51:32,128 --> 00:51:34,380 Alright, so you know. 589 00:51:34,848 --> 00:51:37,242 It could happen to any red-blooded girl. 590 00:51:37,367 --> 00:51:40,003 Do you love him? -You mean will I give him up? 591 00:51:40,128 --> 00:51:41,604 Something like that. 592 00:51:41,729 --> 00:51:45,232 Do not know if I could, or that I want to. 593 00:51:46,008 --> 00:51:47,804 Anyway, what good will that do now? 594 00:51:47,929 --> 00:51:50,843 Who took the pictures? -I don't know. 595 00:51:50,969 --> 00:51:54,961 Who's trying to blackmail you? -I don't know. 596 00:51:56,650 --> 00:52:00,003 Could you be persuaded to give those negatives to me? 597 00:52:00,128 --> 00:52:03,204 Mr. Crowell hired me to decide what's in your best interests. 598 00:52:03,329 --> 00:52:05,525 I know what's in my best interests. 599 00:52:05,650 --> 00:52:09,767 Fold that letter up and forget this job. Go away, Mr. Marlowe. 600 00:52:09,892 --> 00:52:14,045 You can't win them all! -Did Steelgrave have Hicks killed? 601 00:52:14,170 --> 00:52:15,525 You remember Hicks? 602 00:52:15,650 --> 00:52:18,005 He was stretched out on the bed in the Alvarado hotel. 603 00:52:18,130 --> 00:52:20,167 Sonny did not know there was a picture of us... 604 00:52:20,292 --> 00:52:22,884 ... not until you came to my place and I called him. 605 00:52:23,009 --> 00:52:26,446 Leaves the blackmailer, and whoever else is in this with him. 606 00:52:26,571 --> 00:52:29,207 You don't think he will let you off the easy way, do you? 607 00:52:29,332 --> 00:52:32,906 You aren't going to follow my advice? -In one ear and out the other. 608 00:52:33,031 --> 00:52:34,047 What? 609 00:52:34,172 --> 00:52:36,924 You're on, Miss Wald. -Thank you. 610 00:52:37,291 --> 00:52:40,127 Thank you very much for coming by. 611 00:52:41,372 --> 00:52:43,287 You know, Miss Wald, ... -Excuse me. 612 00:52:43,412 --> 00:52:47,727 You could make life easier for all of us by laying your cards on the table. 613 00:52:47,852 --> 00:52:50,104 Goodbye, Mr. Marlowe. 614 00:52:50,492 --> 00:52:52,744 I'll be in touch. 615 00:52:54,454 --> 00:52:56,706 Yes? 616 00:52:58,812 --> 00:53:01,064 I'll be right there. 617 00:53:02,674 --> 00:53:04,926 Stay with it. 618 00:53:09,734 --> 00:53:11,568 Hello. -Hello, I'm Dr. Lagardie. 619 00:53:11,693 --> 00:53:13,888 How do you do. I'm looking for a Mr. Quest. 620 00:53:14,013 --> 00:53:15,528 Orrin Quest. 621 00:53:15,654 --> 00:53:17,409 Who? -Quest. 622 00:53:17,534 --> 00:53:20,287 " Q " as in quintessential,... 623 00:53:20,454 --> 00:53:22,648 ... "U" as in uninhibited,... 624 00:53:22,773 --> 00:53:25,129 ... "E" as in extrasensory... 625 00:53:25,495 --> 00:53:27,249 ..." S" as in subliminal,... 626 00:53:27,374 --> 00:53:28,410 ... and " T" as in Truth. 627 00:53:28,535 --> 00:53:32,205 We chatted on the phone. About a Mr. Klausen. 628 00:53:33,095 --> 00:53:35,347 Please, come along. 629 00:53:36,015 --> 00:53:38,651 There is no Orrin Quest among our patients. 630 00:53:38,776 --> 00:53:40,370 You don't know him at all? 631 00:53:40,495 --> 00:53:43,831 The name is completely unfamiliar to me. 632 00:53:44,257 --> 00:53:46,508 Sit down. -Thank you. 633 00:53:46,974 --> 00:53:50,372 That's funny. His sister says he was here. 634 00:53:50,497 --> 00:53:52,749 Hiding out. 635 00:53:52,897 --> 00:53:54,012 From what? 636 00:53:54,137 --> 00:53:56,389 You tell me. 637 00:53:56,577 --> 00:54:01,451 I could be wrong, but smelling all that pot smoke in Klausen's place... 638 00:54:01,576 --> 00:54:05,933 ... and his calling you, I jumped to conclusions. 639 00:54:06,176 --> 00:54:10,292 I told you I don't know a Havin Klausen, or an Orrin Quest. 640 00:54:10,417 --> 00:54:12,773 I think you're wasting your time. 641 00:54:12,898 --> 00:54:16,484 You don't mind if I call you a liar, doctor? 642 00:54:17,216 --> 00:54:19,454 I should I call the police and have them run you out. 643 00:54:19,579 --> 00:54:23,652 But my field is special children. Unusual children. 644 00:54:24,218 --> 00:54:27,852 Sometimes it�s better to let them bang on the walls and scream their heads off. 645 00:54:27,977 --> 00:54:31,213 Until they�re prepared for reason. Scream away, Mr. Marlowe. 646 00:54:31,338 --> 00:54:35,093 A fellow named Klausen and a grifter named Hicks... 647 00:54:35,218 --> 00:54:37,293 both killed... by the same man,... 648 00:54:37,418 --> 00:54:39,932 ... but not necessarily for the same reason. 649 00:54:40,057 --> 00:54:43,375 Hicks because he muscled in on somebody else�s shtick. 650 00:54:43,500 --> 00:54:46,894 And Klausen because he was a babbling junkie. 651 00:54:47,019 --> 00:54:51,296 Not exactly a master of the zipped lip. Any good so far? 652 00:54:51,421 --> 00:54:54,006 What is all this to do with me? 653 00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:57,258 Question: what was the shtick? 654 00:54:57,580 --> 00:54:59,832 Answer: Some photographs. 655 00:55:00,099 --> 00:55:02,455 A good man could make a fortune... 656 00:55:02,580 --> 00:55:04,136 ... out of these particular photographs. 657 00:55:04,261 --> 00:55:06,894 Question: Who took the photographs? 658 00:55:07,019 --> 00:55:10,576 Presumption: Orrin Quest, the boy I'm looking for. 659 00:55:10,701 --> 00:55:13,851 And why this particular subject... 660 00:55:14,019 --> 00:55:16,577 without their knowing they were being photographed? 661 00:55:16,702 --> 00:55:21,123 Time to take a flier. Let's say Quest knew the girl... 662 00:55:21,620 --> 00:55:25,206 . . let's even say the girl was his sister. 663 00:55:25,663 --> 00:55:28,332 Pretty well screamed out by now? 664 00:55:29,261 --> 00:55:31,513 Not quite. 665 00:55:31,662 --> 00:55:34,699 These ice pick jobs. 666 00:55:35,822 --> 00:55:40,178 They say the Steelgrave gang was taught the technique 667 00:55:40,823 --> 00:55:43,056 by a young intern in Brooklyn. 668 00:55:43,181 --> 00:55:45,855 And it worked... 669 00:55:49,903 --> 00:55:52,370 What happened... 670 00:55:52,542 --> 00:55:55,378 to a bright young medic like that? 671 00:55:56,342 --> 00:55:59,574 Did he come west when they did? 672 00:56:01,383 --> 00:56:03,634 Did he come to... 673 00:56:05,624 --> 00:56:10,379 open a clinic... for kids... 674 00:56:14,263 --> 00:56:18,418 well... to cover illegal activities? 675 00:56:45,107 --> 00:56:47,526 Don't worry, it's not lethal. 676 00:56:48,146 --> 00:56:50,301 I need a little more time. 677 00:56:50,426 --> 00:56:53,340 Not much, just to clear things up. 678 01:00:29,959 --> 01:00:33,275 What's the matter? -Have you got a band aid? 679 01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,354 Ooh, you'd better take that off. -In here? 680 01:00:36,479 --> 01:00:41,427 Oh honey. First aid, rubbing alcohol, band aids... 681 01:00:42,437 --> 01:00:45,037 You should get a tetanus shot. That looks deep. 682 01:00:45,162 --> 01:00:47,196 Where I can find Mavis? 683 01:00:47,321 --> 01:00:49,991 Mavis? -She's not at her place. 684 01:00:50,159 --> 01:00:52,435 And why should I turn you over to her? 685 01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:56,795 Because underneath those pasties there's a size 40 heart. 686 01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:58,235 I thought you liked Mavis. 687 01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,636 I do like her but why should she get all the goodies? 688 01:01:01,761 --> 01:01:04,559 She's a star. Give me that. 689 01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:10,321 If you believe that Mavis and I studied at Lee Strasbourg... 690 01:01:10,641 --> 01:01:14,561 Thank you, nurse. You're wanted in the premmies. 691 01:01:15,481 --> 01:01:18,555 Will you come back tonight? 692 01:01:19,282 --> 01:01:22,079 Am I under oath? -Sure. 693 01:01:23,522 --> 01:01:25,774 Probably not. 694 01:01:26,762 --> 01:01:29,539 They'll be shooting late at the studio. 695 01:01:29,664 --> 01:01:31,038 Very well. 696 01:01:31,163 --> 01:01:33,638 Thank you, Doctor. -My pleasure. 697 01:01:33,763 --> 01:01:36,757 Thank you, nurse. -Any time. Call me. 698 01:01:36,882 --> 01:01:40,717 Honey, that is a no-no. 699 01:01:44,725 --> 01:01:46,558 Okay, kids, that's fine. 700 01:01:46,683 --> 01:01:49,853 Give me a minute, huh? How long did... 701 01:01:59,764 --> 01:02:02,016 Miss Wald... 702 01:02:02,524 --> 01:02:05,839 Your brother... -Don't you have anything else to do? 703 01:02:05,964 --> 01:02:09,559 He took the pictures of you and Steelgrave, right? 704 01:02:09,684 --> 01:02:11,936 He's dead. 705 01:02:15,645 --> 01:02:18,898 Someone shot him a couple of hours ago. 706 01:02:19,204 --> 01:02:21,456 You're making that up. 707 01:02:25,205 --> 01:02:27,879 I have to tell Orfamay too. You want to come along? 708 01:02:28,004 --> 01:02:30,256 All set, Miss Wald? 709 01:02:32,966 --> 01:02:35,301 Where is Steelgrave tonight? 710 01:02:37,205 --> 01:02:39,456 Don't try to blame him. 711 01:02:40,165 --> 01:02:42,040 I talked to him on the phone more than an hour ago. 712 01:02:42,165 --> 01:02:44,121 . . in his place at Mount Wilson. 713 01:02:44,246 --> 01:02:46,082 That's one thing about Steelgrave. 714 01:02:46,207 --> 01:02:49,122 He's never around when the shooting starts. 715 01:02:49,247 --> 01:02:52,202 Maybe that's because he knows when it will start. 716 01:02:52,327 --> 01:02:54,579 Please Miss Wald. 717 01:03:12,968 --> 01:03:15,122 Orfamay Quest? 718 01:03:15,247 --> 01:03:18,083 Checked out. -To where, did she say? 719 01:03:18,208 --> 01:03:20,605 She asked for a train schedule to Kansas. 720 01:03:20,730 --> 01:03:23,963 If that's any help... -Every little bit helps. Thank you. 721 01:03:24,088 --> 01:03:26,340 Any time. 722 01:03:57,171 --> 01:03:59,486 Are you going to leave without saying goodbye? 723 01:03:59,611 --> 01:04:03,486 After all we've meant to each other? -I told you I leave Saturday. 724 01:04:03,611 --> 01:04:05,206 But it's only Friday. 725 01:04:05,331 --> 01:04:06,926 I ran out of money. 726 01:04:07,051 --> 01:04:08,207 And out of friends. 727 01:04:08,332 --> 01:04:10,527 I'm going home. My train leaves in an hour. 728 01:04:10,652 --> 01:04:12,766 And I can do without your company. 729 01:04:12,891 --> 01:04:15,007 Here, I'll help you. -No, thank you. 730 01:04:15,132 --> 01:04:16,686 Orfamay. 731 01:04:16,811 --> 01:04:19,063 Orfamay! 732 01:04:19,453 --> 01:04:21,046 What do you want? 733 01:04:21,171 --> 01:04:23,927 I thought we could go up to my place and have a drink. 734 01:04:24,052 --> 01:04:27,222 I'll give you a shoulder to cry on. Oh! 735 01:04:31,613 --> 01:04:34,001 Miss! 736 01:04:34,653 --> 01:04:35,729 Miss! 737 01:04:35,854 --> 01:04:37,968 Hot chocolate, please. -Coffee. 738 01:04:38,093 --> 01:04:39,528 I'm sick of this stupid city 739 01:04:39,653 --> 01:04:41,649 It's can be a meat grinder. 740 01:04:41,774 --> 01:04:43,849 How come you're being so nice to me all of a sudden? 741 01:04:43,974 --> 01:04:47,894 I get an attack of the nices every now and then. 742 01:04:48,053 --> 01:04:51,210 You're getting ready to tell me something nasty, isn't it? 743 01:04:51,335 --> 01:04:53,587 Yes. 744 01:04:54,092 --> 01:04:56,249 About Orrin, isn't it? 745 01:04:56,374 --> 01:04:58,626 Yes. 746 01:04:59,094 --> 01:05:01,451 They killed him, didn't they? 747 01:05:01,576 --> 01:05:03,828 Yes. 748 01:05:05,255 --> 01:05:08,054 When? -Tonight at Lagardie clinic. 749 01:05:08,456 --> 01:05:11,170 You could have saved him had you gone there when I told you! 750 01:05:11,295 --> 01:05:12,849 But you had that girl in your place! 751 01:05:12,974 --> 01:05:15,049 You couldn't bother to save a fellow human being. 752 01:05:15,174 --> 01:05:17,611 Not when it might interfere with your animal pleasures! 753 01:05:17,736 --> 01:05:20,372 He was alive when I got there with an ice pick in his hand. 754 01:05:20,497 --> 01:05:22,770 Doesn't that tell you anything? 755 01:05:22,895 --> 01:05:24,210 Are you accusing my brother? 756 01:05:24,335 --> 01:05:25,969 You know about those ice pick murders? 757 01:05:26,094 --> 01:05:28,171 Why shouldn't I, they're all over the papers. 758 01:05:28,296 --> 01:05:32,374 When do the tears start to flow for your long-lost brother? 759 01:05:32,499 --> 01:05:36,370 Officer, I believe this man knows about a murder. 760 01:05:36,495 --> 01:05:40,694 This a joke? -My brother's been killed and he was there. 761 01:05:40,819 --> 01:05:44,971 Is she putting me on? -I was just about to call Homicide. 762 01:05:45,096 --> 01:05:47,252 Oh, you were, were you? 763 01:05:47,377 --> 01:05:50,287 I hope they lock you up forever. 764 01:05:50,457 --> 01:05:53,132 License 643 295. 765 01:05:55,258 --> 01:05:58,844 Okay, Lieutenant, it's all yours. -Alright. 766 01:05:59,337 --> 01:06:01,728 Now you just start to talk. 767 01:06:01,896 --> 01:06:04,093 Let it flow. You know what I mean. 768 01:06:04,218 --> 01:06:06,373 Want me to make a statement? -Yes, full statement. 769 01:06:06,498 --> 01:06:08,852 A voluntary and without coercion. 770 01:06:08,977 --> 01:06:10,293 Everything you know, alright? 771 01:06:10,418 --> 01:06:12,812 Then ask. If you don't like the answers book me. 772 01:06:12,937 --> 01:06:14,655 And if you book me I get to make a phone call. 773 01:06:14,780 --> 01:06:19,833 Wait. Don't tell me that you've been strictly legal in this... -Case? -Yes 774 01:06:19,958 --> 01:06:22,854 No. -I suppose you have a client to protect? 775 01:06:22,979 --> 01:06:24,976 Maybe. -He did. She dropped... 776 01:06:25,101 --> 01:06:29,095 Ask the questions, please. -What happened at Klausen's place? 777 01:06:29,220 --> 01:06:31,415 I went out there looking for her brother. 778 01:06:31,540 --> 01:06:35,375 His sister told me she got a call from him at the Lagardie clinic... 779 01:06:35,500 --> 01:06:36,936 ... and I went out there. 780 01:06:37,061 --> 01:06:38,974 Care to see my back? -Wait a minute. 781 01:06:39,099 --> 01:06:42,216 Why would he try to pick you? You were his pal, come to save him. 782 01:06:42,341 --> 01:06:45,014 I was just something between him and the light. Something that moved. 783 01:06:45,139 --> 01:06:47,815 Maybe he thought I was the person who shot him. 784 01:06:47,940 --> 01:06:51,255 A man in his condition acts from instinct. 785 01:06:51,380 --> 01:06:53,016 He does not invent new techniques. 786 01:06:53,141 --> 01:06:57,645 So I believe Orrin Quest killed both Klausen and Hicks. 787 01:06:58,141 --> 01:07:01,811 What about Lagardie? You got anything on him? 788 01:07:02,323 --> 01:07:03,417 We checked on him. 789 01:07:03,542 --> 01:07:07,096 He could have killed me and he didn't, so he probably hasn't killed anybody. 790 01:07:07,221 --> 01:07:11,137 But finding an ice pick in his place, made me think of Steelgrave. 791 01:07:11,262 --> 01:07:14,419 That's pretty wild, Marlowe. That's tenacious, you know. 792 01:07:14,544 --> 01:07:19,739 Would I do myself any good if I went out and tried to tighten it up? 793 01:07:19,864 --> 01:07:22,116 I won't leave town. 794 01:07:23,863 --> 01:07:26,115 Thanks. 795 01:07:29,182 --> 01:07:31,297 I don't want to run this into the ground 796 01:07:31,422 --> 01:07:34,461 One more little favour? -Yes, what? 797 01:07:34,622 --> 01:07:36,419 Orfamay Quest. 798 01:07:36,545 --> 01:07:40,099 Could you arrange to keep her around town for a day or two? 799 01:07:40,224 --> 01:07:42,378 On what grounds? 800 01:07:42,504 --> 01:07:44,379 Well, I don't know... 801 01:07:44,504 --> 01:07:49,057 Tell her you've decided to draw and quarter me and you want her to whip the horses. 802 01:07:49,182 --> 01:07:52,018 She won't be able to pass that up. 803 01:10:12,991 --> 01:10:15,243 Is the party over? 804 01:10:23,753 --> 01:10:26,338 Trying to break a lease, right? 805 01:10:26,592 --> 01:10:28,844 Speak softly, please. 806 01:10:29,274 --> 01:10:31,526 Sorry. 807 01:10:33,674 --> 01:10:35,668 Tough day at the office? 808 01:10:35,793 --> 01:10:40,026 Tough day? An average day in a detective's life. 809 01:10:40,755 --> 01:10:43,007 I've been,... 810 01:10:43,395 --> 01:10:45,749 stabbed...... 811 01:10:47,073 --> 01:10:49,909 mugged... and generally snookered. 812 01:10:50,555 --> 01:10:52,807 I ache all over. 813 01:10:53,754 --> 01:10:56,909 My office qualifies for urban renewal... 814 01:10:57,034 --> 01:11:03,911 the cops... envy my successes, they're trying to take my license away,... 815 01:11:04,036 --> 01:11:06,871 ... I'd say that's an average day. 816 01:11:09,635 --> 01:11:13,055 I'm almost afraid to ask why you're here. 817 01:11:14,196 --> 01:11:16,698 I'm almost afraid to tell you. 818 01:11:18,277 --> 01:11:20,528 Mavis? 819 01:11:21,597 --> 01:11:26,268 She tried to call you, couldn't find you, and she got me. 820 01:11:29,037 --> 01:11:31,288 I'll wait a minute. 821 01:11:43,919 --> 01:11:46,254 I think you can service her. 822 01:11:47,159 --> 01:11:49,273 All my clients have troubles. 823 01:11:49,398 --> 01:11:51,650 That's why they come to me. 824 01:11:55,158 --> 01:11:57,493 Why do you bother with them? 825 01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:01,094 Why don't you get out of it? 826 01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:04,233 Stock options. 827 01:12:04,358 --> 01:12:06,610 Pension plan. 828 01:12:53,841 --> 01:12:56,078 What kind of trouble is Mavis in? 829 01:12:56,203 --> 01:12:59,196 I don't know. I was on stage when called. 830 01:12:59,321 --> 01:13:03,575 The message was: get Philip Marlowe. I need him now. 831 01:13:04,764 --> 01:13:08,756 You do a lot of fetching and carrying for Mavis, don't you? 832 01:13:08,881 --> 01:13:11,840 Why not? We go waaay back. 833 01:13:13,603 --> 01:13:15,855 What are friends for? 834 01:13:16,804 --> 01:13:19,056 Something like that. 835 01:13:26,843 --> 01:13:29,095 The Steelgrave place. -Yes 836 01:13:53,805 --> 01:13:56,057 She's not alone in there. 837 01:13:57,165 --> 01:13:59,120 He's there too. 838 01:13:59,246 --> 01:14:02,640 It's not like Steelgrave to leave the gate unlatched. 839 01:14:02,765 --> 01:14:05,016 Where are all his troops? 840 01:14:05,366 --> 01:14:07,722 Now and then he likes to be alone. 841 01:14:07,847 --> 01:14:10,099 Speaking from experience? 842 01:14:13,647 --> 01:14:16,066 Once upon a time he was mine. 843 01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:19,137 Until Mavis took him. 844 01:14:20,327 --> 01:14:21,680 You know? 845 01:14:21,805 --> 01:14:23,441 I'm great between the lines. 846 01:14:23,566 --> 01:14:27,903 I only suffer. Every winner has to be a loser, right? 847 01:14:30,527 --> 01:14:32,779 Be careful in there. 848 01:14:38,689 --> 01:14:40,003 I'll wait. 849 01:14:40,128 --> 01:14:42,380 No, go on home, Dolores. 850 01:16:09,853 --> 01:16:11,807 Miss Wald... 851 01:16:11,932 --> 01:16:14,601 I got word you tried to call me. 852 01:16:20,255 --> 01:16:22,507 Mavis? 853 01:16:27,134 --> 01:16:29,385 Come on! 854 01:16:42,895 --> 01:16:46,667 Hear, drink it. Come on. 855 01:16:48,974 --> 01:16:51,226 More. 856 01:16:57,974 --> 01:17:02,186 Where's yours? -Someone has to drive. 857 01:17:03,377 --> 01:17:06,380 You're rather nice for what you are. 858 01:17:07,217 --> 01:17:11,721 Well, it could be the brandy, the altitude, or shock... 859 01:17:12,417 --> 01:17:15,375 ... You're stalling for time. 860 01:17:16,176 --> 01:17:18,573 For someone to get here or get away from here. 861 01:17:18,698 --> 01:17:20,950 Where is Steelgrave? 862 01:17:23,737 --> 01:17:25,989 I liked him. 863 01:17:26,538 --> 01:17:28,790 I liked him a lot. 864 01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:38,537 Going to wrap it in a handkerchief? 865 01:17:40,579 --> 01:17:42,831 Where'd you leave him? 866 01:17:43,139 --> 01:17:44,893 Behind that chair. 867 01:17:45,018 --> 01:17:47,270 In the corner. 868 01:18:09,980 --> 01:18:13,056 Well it's been one hell of a day. -What did you expect? 869 01:18:13,181 --> 01:18:16,136 He killed my brother. -Your brother was pushing too hard. 870 01:18:16,261 --> 01:18:17,375 But to kill him? 871 01:18:17,500 --> 01:18:20,537 Did you tell Steelgrave that it was your brother blackmailing you? 872 01:18:20,662 --> 01:18:22,176 Of course I didn't. 873 01:18:22,301 --> 01:18:23,575 Somebody did. 874 01:18:23,700 --> 01:18:26,935 He did not care about those pictures except for your sake. 875 01:18:27,060 --> 01:18:29,535 He was only trying to protect you. 876 01:18:29,660 --> 01:18:33,296 Well, he certainly proved that. -Yes, he did in his own way. 877 01:18:33,421 --> 01:18:38,425 The same way he came after me when he thought I was pressing. 878 01:18:39,099 --> 01:18:41,684 It will cost a lot to fix this. 879 01:18:41,862 --> 01:18:43,177 I'm not worth it. 880 01:18:43,302 --> 01:18:46,387 Tell me why you had the gun with you. 881 01:18:46,622 --> 01:18:49,182 The gun? -Don't stop to think. 882 01:18:49,342 --> 01:18:51,577 Tell me: did you mean to kill him! -Why not? 883 01:18:51,702 --> 01:18:54,298 I thought I meant something to him. I guess I was vain. 884 01:18:54,423 --> 01:18:56,675 Fool. 885 01:18:57,143 --> 01:18:58,857 Go home, Miss Wald. -What? 886 01:18:58,982 --> 01:19:00,817 Go on home. -You say! 887 01:19:00,943 --> 01:19:02,816 You're my client. Do as you're told. 888 01:19:02,941 --> 01:19:05,611 Go on! Get out! -I'm going, okay? 889 01:20:03,066 --> 01:20:05,318 Homicide, please. 890 01:20:10,827 --> 01:20:13,329 Yes, this baby's been working. 891 01:20:23,347 --> 01:20:25,599 What is the story, Marlowe? 892 01:20:26,666 --> 01:20:30,702 A girl came to my office to tell me that a client of mine was in danger. 893 01:20:30,827 --> 01:20:33,864 Drove me up here, dropped me off and went home. 894 01:20:33,989 --> 01:20:35,624 The girl's name? 895 01:20:35,749 --> 01:20:38,023 Dolores Gonzales. -Your client? 896 01:20:38,148 --> 01:20:40,984 Another party altogether. -Your client's name? 897 01:20:41,109 --> 01:20:42,425 Not yet, Lieutenant. 898 01:20:42,550 --> 01:20:44,802 Your rules, right? 899 01:20:45,189 --> 01:20:47,441 You here when he got it? 900 01:20:47,588 --> 01:20:49,840 No. -Who was? 901 01:20:50,949 --> 01:20:53,201 He was. -Who else? 902 01:20:54,028 --> 01:20:57,104 I won't lie, I don't know who was here when he got it. 903 01:20:57,229 --> 01:20:59,814 Who was here when you got here? 904 01:21:01,630 --> 01:21:03,882 He was. 905 01:21:05,350 --> 01:21:08,899 Alright, Fred, put the cuffs on this guy. 906 01:21:09,711 --> 01:21:11,962 Behind. 907 01:21:14,151 --> 01:21:15,986 Alright, Marlowe. 908 01:21:16,111 --> 01:21:18,363 Let's go. 909 01:21:19,632 --> 01:21:24,505 If I didn't have enough trouble, I have to worry about you too. 910 01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:27,299 Do you know how I spend my days? 911 01:21:27,513 --> 01:21:29,907 Turning over dirty underwear. 912 01:21:30,032 --> 01:21:32,107 And my nights? 913 01:21:32,232 --> 01:21:35,067 Spent snooping rotten teeth. -Alright. 914 01:21:35,192 --> 01:21:38,987 I go up a dark stairway after some gun punk with a skin full of horse 915 01:21:39,112 --> 01:21:41,627 Maybe tomorrow I don't get up the stairs. 916 01:21:41,752 --> 01:21:44,069 Or I get a confession from some guy... 917 01:21:44,194 --> 01:21:45,987 they swear I beat it out of the bastard. 918 01:21:46,112 --> 01:21:47,745 Nothing I do is right. Never. Not once. 919 01:21:47,870 --> 01:21:49,668 If I make one mistake,... 920 01:21:49,793 --> 01:21:53,347 I'm back in uniform, out in the streets with the hookers yelling at me. 921 01:21:53,472 --> 01:21:55,908 I taking tire chains away from tough kids. But that's not enough... 922 01:21:56,033 --> 01:22:00,388 ... I have you. I got to have me a shark with a private license... 923 01:22:00,513 --> 01:22:01,667 ... suppressing information. 924 01:22:01,792 --> 01:22:03,363 Concealing evidence, framing set-ups that 925 01:22:03,488 --> 01:22:05,228 wouldn't fool a baby. impossible to believe. 926 01:22:05,353 --> 01:22:09,469 You wouldn't mind if I call you a cheap double-crossing keyhole peeper! 927 01:22:09,594 --> 01:22:12,189 You want me to mind? -I'd love it. I'd love it. -Okay, then I mind. 928 01:22:12,314 --> 01:22:15,109 Your license is dead as of now! -When the commissioner says it's dead! 929 01:22:15,234 --> 01:22:18,150 Let's get one thing straight! -I'm doing this my way! 930 01:22:18,275 --> 01:22:20,828 I'm waiting for this bird to crack wise. He hasn't cracked wise yet. 931 01:22:20,953 --> 01:22:24,269 The price of practice! Not as fast. -Come on... 932 01:22:24,394 --> 01:22:26,469 Not so good tonight are you lieutenant? -Shut the hell up! 933 01:22:26,594 --> 01:22:28,950 Lieutenant, calm down. -I don't need any excuse... 934 01:22:29,075 --> 01:22:31,744 I'll take care of this comedian. 935 01:22:36,555 --> 01:22:40,791 The new type of third degree. The police beat the hell out of each other... 936 01:22:40,916 --> 01:22:43,792 ... the suspect cracks up from the agony of watching. 937 01:22:43,917 --> 01:22:45,910 It never fails. 938 01:22:46,035 --> 01:22:49,872 You knew I hit, Fred. -Nobody hit me, Christy. 939 01:22:50,316 --> 01:22:52,818 Nobody I can remember, Fred... 940 01:22:54,357 --> 01:22:57,392 Tell this character to get out of here. He's on short rope. 941 01:22:57,517 --> 01:23:00,110 Tell him to get his ass home. Directly home! 942 01:23:00,235 --> 01:23:04,572 Tell him I'll be in touch with him. Very close touch. 943 01:23:07,278 --> 01:23:10,312 Get out of here, baby. Get out now. -How? I don't have transportation. 944 01:23:10,437 --> 01:23:13,937 Try hitchhiking and don't press your luck. 945 01:23:32,478 --> 01:23:34,730 What? 946 01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:42,946 Who do you suppose will clean up this mess? 947 01:23:43,119 --> 01:23:45,673 Where are they? -Looking for something? 948 01:23:45,798 --> 01:23:48,994 You know what I'm looking for. -The pictures. 949 01:23:49,119 --> 01:23:51,154 Now that your brother is dead... 950 01:23:51,279 --> 01:23:55,199 Grab the pictures and blackmail your own sister. 951 01:23:55,641 --> 01:23:58,955 Well I burned the pictures and negatives, and they made a lovely flame. 952 01:23:59,080 --> 01:24:01,332 You what? 953 01:24:02,642 --> 01:24:09,035 Give me your purse, little sister. -Get away from me! Drops it, Mavis! 954 01:24:04,722 --> 01:24:06,716 Don't come any closer to me. 955 01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,595 It's my purse! 956 01:24:11,759 --> 01:24:13,796 It's mine, Mavis! 957 01:24:13,921 --> 01:24:16,675 It's mine! It's mine! 958 01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:20,716 It's mine! -Sonny gave you that money, didn't he? 959 01:24:20,841 --> 01:24:22,077 I don't know any Sonny. 960 01:24:22,202 --> 01:24:25,318 The smell of lilacs in his place that night was a little girl smell. 961 01:24:25,443 --> 01:24:27,796 You went up there to tell where Orrin was hiding. 962 01:24:27,921 --> 01:24:29,598 How much did he pay you to tell? 963 01:24:29,723 --> 01:24:31,837 About an even $ 1.000. 964 01:24:31,962 --> 01:24:33,996 Well, it was Orrin's own fault. 965 01:24:34,121 --> 01:24:36,517 He took the pictures of you with that gangster. 966 01:24:36,642 --> 01:24:38,237 And he promised me some of the money. 967 01:24:38,362 --> 01:24:41,518 And I didn't hear from him any more. So I came to find him. 968 01:24:41,643 --> 01:24:45,318 Sister, you got our brother killed! -Mavis, that's not true. 969 01:24:45,443 --> 01:24:46,838 I warned Orrin. 970 01:24:46,963 --> 01:24:49,078 I said that if you don't take care of me 971 01:24:49,203 --> 01:24:51,319 I'll tell Mr. Steelgrave where you are. 972 01:24:51,444 --> 01:24:53,118 He said he had lost the pictures. 973 01:24:53,243 --> 01:24:54,318 And I didn't believe him. 974 01:24:54,443 --> 01:24:58,363 So I took a taxi and went to see Mr. Steelgrave. 975 01:24:58,645 --> 01:25:00,198 You know how expensive that is? 976 01:25:00,323 --> 01:25:03,598 Then I talked to Philip to go by the clinic and protect Orrin... 977 01:25:03,723 --> 01:25:05,079 ... even though he didn't deserve it! 978 01:25:05,204 --> 01:25:08,000 It's not my fault your boys got there before Philip! 979 01:25:08,125 --> 01:25:10,840 He was our brother? -Don't you go blaming me! 980 01:25:10,965 --> 01:25:13,239 You had no business going off and leaving us! 981 01:25:13,364 --> 01:25:16,158 Orfamay, when did I forget about you or Mom? 982 01:25:16,283 --> 01:25:17,359 Or even poor Orrin? 983 01:25:17,484 --> 01:25:19,641 And I always came to see you whenever... 984 01:25:19,766 --> 01:25:21,400 Oh, sure... 985 01:25:21,525 --> 01:25:22,879 Always ask and no guilt feelings... 986 01:25:23,004 --> 01:25:25,473 pardoned now! 987 01:25:25,644 --> 01:25:29,281 I tried to take the blame for you after you shot Sonny. 988 01:25:29,406 --> 01:25:32,200 After I what? -I kept the gun in my apartment... 989 01:25:32,325 --> 01:25:34,360 ... and after you came to see me it was gone. 990 01:25:34,485 --> 01:25:36,737 Well I didn't take it. 991 01:25:39,327 --> 01:25:42,496 I hope your mother will be very happy. 992 01:25:48,806 --> 01:25:50,680 Anyway, Who can prove it? 993 01:25:50,805 --> 01:25:53,000 What can prove it? You? 994 01:25:53,125 --> 01:25:55,689 Who are you? -Nobody. 995 01:25:55,928 --> 01:25:58,401 That's right a nobody! A cheap nobody! 996 01:25:58,526 --> 01:25:59,721 I said it first. 997 01:25:59,846 --> 01:26:02,098 $ 50 means bye to you. 998 01:26:04,207 --> 01:26:06,458 You! You! 999 01:26:07,568 --> 01:26:11,206 You! Get away from me! I hate you, Mavis! 1000 01:26:11,367 --> 01:26:13,618 I hate you! 1001 01:26:15,488 --> 01:26:18,764 Come on... -Let go of me! 1002 01:26:28,570 --> 01:26:30,822 Now stay there! 1003 01:26:35,047 --> 01:26:38,803 Kansas is due east. 1004 01:27:00,732 --> 01:27:02,984 Come here. 1005 01:27:08,692 --> 01:27:11,805 I tried to make things better for her. 1006 01:27:11,930 --> 01:27:14,807 I used to tell her how pretty she was. 1007 01:27:14,932 --> 01:27:19,936 You really thought that your little sister killed Steelgrave? 1008 01:27:20,132 --> 01:27:24,086 So you went out on stage and played the big guilty. 1009 01:27:24,211 --> 01:27:26,407 Trying to cover for her. 1010 01:27:26,532 --> 01:27:30,118 Those little 32s kick out a lot of graphite. 1011 01:27:30,253 --> 01:27:34,531 Last night your hand was a pure snow white. 1012 01:27:38,412 --> 01:27:42,887 But if Orfamay didn't kill him, then who did? 1013 01:27:43,012 --> 01:27:47,569 Forget it, Mavis, forget it. You've got plenty of time. 1014 01:27:47,694 --> 01:27:50,367 You've got old bullfighters to meet, jets to fly... 1015 01:27:50,492 --> 01:27:52,994 Magazine covers to pose for... 1016 01:27:53,293 --> 01:27:55,889 Do it, make it work for you. 1017 01:28:02,375 --> 01:28:05,377 Thank you very much, Philip Marlowe. 1018 01:28:22,576 --> 01:28:25,651 Reservations. No, she's not here today. 1019 01:28:25,776 --> 01:28:29,697 Hi, Joe. Dolores is expecting me. -Go right in. 1020 01:28:49,376 --> 01:28:51,628 Our night? -All ours. 1021 01:29:48,060 --> 01:29:51,735 There's one piece still missing. Lagardie. 1022 01:29:51,861 --> 01:29:54,136 It would help if he used to be your husband. 1023 01:29:54,261 --> 01:29:56,696 Back in Brooklyn, a young doctor with the mob, 1024 01:29:56,821 --> 01:29:59,296 a wife like you, a man like Steelgrave? 1025 01:29:59,421 --> 01:30:05,254 It makes a tidy package. -The streets are paved with forgotten husbands. 1026 01:30:49,664 --> 01:30:54,247 You must have loved him a lot. -My husband? -Steelgrave. 1027 01:31:37,668 --> 01:31:41,943 It had to be someone who knew both Steelgrave and Mavis. 1028 01:31:42,068 --> 01:31:45,742 Who could come and go in her apartment as they pleased. 1029 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:49,101 Who had access to the gun Steelgrave gave her. 1030 01:31:49,226 --> 01:31:51,478 It comes up you. 1031 01:32:03,468 --> 01:32:08,463 Like I said, Mavis is a nice girl, but why should she get hold of him? 1032 01:32:08,588 --> 01:32:11,007 You went to a lot of trouble. 1033 01:32:11,707 --> 01:32:15,264 And there is nothing you can do about it. Is there? 1034 01:32:15,389 --> 01:32:17,544 ... unless you want to destroy her. 1035 01:32:17,669 --> 01:32:19,863 And you wouldn't do that, would you? 1036 01:32:19,988 --> 01:32:23,574 You'd dream of those great big eyes of hers! 1037 01:33:25,912 --> 01:33:28,164 Police department, please. 1038 01:33:43,753 --> 01:33:46,923 Police department. Sergeant Parrish. 1039 01:33:59,274 --> 01:34:01,526 Hello, hello.