1 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:07,466 And have made it look like Jean's death was a mistake. 2 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:09,593 I would never typecast you as a detective. 3 00:00:09,927 --> 00:00:12,846 - I've been in love with you all my life. - Are you insane? 4 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:16,558 - I'm afraid she's dead. - Oh, I'm sorry. 5 00:00:16,642 --> 00:00:18,685 If Charles ever found out I took that money... 6 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:20,604 Unless, of course, he's a blackmailer. 7 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,606 Whose bedroom did you pry into this time? 8 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:25,275 I'm here to arrest you for the murder of Jean Davis. 9 00:01:03,313 --> 00:01:05,482 Hmm, darn. Missed him. 10 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:08,151 Cut! Print it! 11 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:12,781 I don't own this studio anymore. 12 00:01:12,864 --> 00:01:15,867 Come in for a close-up, huh? Nice, tight, just about here. 13 00:01:15,993 --> 00:01:18,078 Jean. Where's Jean? 14 00:01:18,704 --> 00:01:21,582 - Miss Chandler. - She was here a few minutes ago. 15 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:42,019 - Look who's here. - Are they inside? 16 00:01:42,144 --> 00:01:43,186 Yes. 17 00:01:44,980 --> 00:01:46,690 - Thanks, Bob. - Okay. 18 00:02:02,414 --> 00:02:04,916 Oh, happy birthday, darling. 19 00:02:05,042 --> 00:02:07,753 - Save it for tonight. - I want you to know I have everything arranged. 20 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:09,963 I've completely organized your birthday. 21 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:13,133 That's why you're such a good social secretary. 22 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:14,634 Now, you have to be at the Beverly bookstore... 23 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:17,054 every night this week for an autograph session. 24 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:20,724 - So... - So, when I get home, I want the candles all lit. 25 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:24,061 - My dinner waiting. - And your hostess likewise. 26 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:28,815 Just don't let the wicked witch hold you up. Remember, tonight is your night off. 27 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:32,235 Jean! 28 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:34,071 Jean? 29 00:02:37,324 --> 00:02:40,494 Oh, Jerry. I didn't know you were in town. 30 00:02:40,619 --> 00:02:43,914 Had to rush home. Do some local promotion for my new book. 31 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:47,918 Oh, another book? Whose bedroom did you pry into this time? 32 00:02:48,752 --> 00:02:51,505 Just a collection of some of my own movie columns, Nora. 33 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:54,758 Uh, Jean, dear. Thanks for bringing him here. 34 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:56,927 Now, would you run along and tell the director... 35 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,054 that it's too late to try for my close-up. 36 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:00,430 Oh, yes. 37 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:07,521 - It's nice to see you again. - Right. So long, Jean. 38 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:17,406 All right. Why are you here? 39 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:19,741 Why, to see you, of course, Nora. 40 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:23,161 To see if you've given my little proposition any more thought. 41 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:27,958 I have. I've decided to write my own biography. Good-bye, Mr. Parks. 42 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:29,292 Well. 43 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:34,297 I understand there's a big gathering of studio brass coming up. 44 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:38,802 Real estate developers, TV moguls... all the hucksters. 45 00:03:38,927 --> 00:03:40,637 Oh, come on, Jerry. Get to the point. 46 00:03:40,762 --> 00:03:43,432 Nora, while I was in New York, 47 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:47,144 I did some more research on my book about you, remember? 48 00:03:47,269 --> 00:03:48,937 Aren't you gonna pour me one? 49 00:03:50,021 --> 00:03:51,314 Buy your own. 50 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:53,817 Thank you. 51 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:58,321 And I finally managed to dig up some hidden accounts... 52 00:03:58,447 --> 00:04:00,490 on that last picture you made in Italy. 53 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:03,034 That bomb. You didn't lose a penny on it, 54 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,663 but the studio lost two million dollars. 55 00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:10,584 I'm afraid I'm just too tired to talk right now, if you don't mind. 56 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,211 Sure. I won't bore you with details. 57 00:04:14,045 --> 00:04:18,341 But I also understand that the biggest brass of them all is arriving here tonight, isn't he? 58 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:21,678 Mr. Conglomerate himself? Frank Simmons. 59 00:04:22,512 --> 00:04:23,847 And I got to thinking. 60 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:26,808 With all the trouble you're having with the studio right now, 61 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:29,394 wouldn't they just love some ammunition? 62 00:04:29,853 --> 00:04:34,691 Wouldn't Simmons just love to hear how one little has-been movie queen... 63 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:39,529 managed to fix the books and out-swindle him? 64 00:04:40,071 --> 00:04:42,365 I'm not gonna write any of it, you understand. 65 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,242 I'm on your side. 66 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:48,288 Oh, I know how much all of this means to you, Nora. 67 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:49,956 I understand. 68 00:04:50,582 --> 00:04:52,042 How much do you want? 69 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:56,296 Just a reasonable amount for my research, that's all. 70 00:04:56,588 --> 00:04:57,881 For my time? 71 00:04:59,424 --> 00:05:02,802 All right. I'll call you first thing in the morning. 72 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:03,929 Right. 73 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:11,228 Toodle-loo. 74 00:05:48,265 --> 00:05:51,101 Nora? You changed already? The director said that... 75 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:53,186 What have you been telling Jerry Parks? 76 00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:55,522 What? Nothing. Really. 77 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:58,608 Don't lie to me. Don't you know he's a blackmailing, smut-peddling... 78 00:05:58,733 --> 00:05:59,776 No. 79 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,404 You think he likes you. 80 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:05,115 Nora, I simply won't listen to you. 81 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,701 - Oh, yes, you will. - No, I won't. 82 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,245 He loves me. He's asked me to marry him. 83 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:11,580 He what? 84 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:13,790 It's true. 85 00:06:16,585 --> 00:06:20,338 Well, when did all this happen? 86 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,217 We saw a lot of each other before the trip to New York. 87 00:06:24,301 --> 00:06:25,635 The last one. 88 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,971 He's been writing to me. 89 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,017 He asked me in his letter the day before yesterday. 90 00:06:33,476 --> 00:06:36,605 I-I was going to wait to tell you for a while, but... 91 00:06:36,688 --> 00:06:39,983 - And you believed him. - Oh, please, Nora. 92 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:43,445 You really think that creep is a prince in disguise. 93 00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:44,362 Stop it! 94 00:06:49,326 --> 00:06:51,828 I'm sorry. Tin sorry. 95 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:55,332 - And so am I. - I didn't mean to... 96 00:06:57,876 --> 00:07:00,962 Nora, I've never told him anything about you. 97 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:03,840 And he's never asked. Not once. 98 00:07:04,883 --> 00:07:06,843 It's not the way you think. 99 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:10,972 Oh, I would never do anything to hurt you, or let him. 100 00:07:11,681 --> 00:07:13,850 Now, look. That's enough. That's enough. 101 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,603 I'm the one that should be apologizing to you. 102 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:19,606 I just didn't understand. I didn't... 103 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:23,526 I didn't understand how deeply you felt about him. 104 00:07:24,861 --> 00:07:26,988 All right. We just forget it. 105 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,408 And it's 6:00 and you have errands to run. 106 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:32,786 - It's a very long list I'm afraid. - What? 107 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:35,497 Well, you've got my dress to pick up. That's urgent, of course. 108 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:37,624 But I was sort of planning tonight to... to... 109 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:41,378 Oh! Oh. Oh. 110 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:44,339 You were going to take that Dorothy what's-her-name to the concert. 111 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:47,550 - Isn't that what you told me? - Well, yes. 112 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:50,011 But I'll never get through all of this before 9:00 or 10:00. 113 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:53,223 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 114 00:07:54,182 --> 00:07:56,226 I just... I don't know what it is. 115 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:59,187 I suppose we've been together so many years, 116 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:03,066 I just can't stand the thought of losing you. 117 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:06,986 Now, look. You never mind how I feel about Jerry Parks. 118 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,279 I'll get rid of that somehow. 119 00:08:08,405 --> 00:08:10,365 Oh, he does admire you. Truly he does, Nora. 120 00:08:10,448 --> 00:08:13,493 Oh, yeah, of course. Who doesn't? 121 00:08:14,619 --> 00:08:17,247 Now, darling, you will do those errands for me, won't you? 122 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:21,334 I'm sure poor Dorothy won't mind missing another concert. 123 00:08:22,293 --> 00:08:25,964 Well, I-I guess I can. 124 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:29,759 But I-I am sorry about everything. 125 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:01,578 Could I change my order to lobster? 126 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,913 - It's a little late for that. - What? 127 00:11:04,038 --> 00:11:07,542 No! No, no, no, darling. Whatever you like. You can have whatever you wish. 128 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:10,461 Weren't those lobsters in Boston absolutely divine? 129 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:13,047 - I've never tasted anything as good. - Oh, darling, Boston. 130 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,842 - I'll never forget that night. - When were you in Boston, Nora? 131 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:18,678 Last month, when I invited her. 132 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,098 I didn't realize you two knew each other so well. 133 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:23,766 Mr. Fallon, 134 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:29,981 before I bought your studio, I made a personal inventory of all of your property. 135 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:34,527 Pardon me for interrupting. Miss Chandler, may I see you a moment, please? 136 00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:37,697 If somebody wants an autograph, just sign it yourself, Joe. 137 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:40,617 - What is it, Joe? - A gentleman to see you. 138 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,452 He said it's rather urgent. 139 00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:45,330 Oh, all right. Excuse me. 140 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:48,958 - Don't be long. - No, no, no. 141 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,502 - Joe, how've you been? - Fine. 142 00:11:56,341 --> 00:11:58,259 Uh, Miss Chandler, we've been trying to reach you. 143 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:01,429 I'm afraid there's been a pretty bad accident. 144 00:12:02,013 --> 00:12:02,680 What? 145 00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:06,392 There was an explosion and fire at the house of a friend of yours, Mr. Jerry Parks. 146 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,519 Oh, no. 147 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:13,816 Why come to me? I mean, Mr. Parks isn't particularly a fr... 148 00:12:15,318 --> 00:12:18,863 You tell her yet? Nora, it's Jean. 149 00:12:20,114 --> 00:12:22,867 - Jean. - Miss Jean Davis, ma'am. 150 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:25,995 She was alone in Mr. Parks's car and... 151 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:29,207 Well, I'm-I'm afraid she's dead. 152 00:12:37,507 --> 00:12:38,841 You're a little late. 153 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:41,344 Yeah, I know. I got tied up on the freeway. 154 00:12:41,719 --> 00:12:43,388 The stunt cars are up in the backlot. 155 00:12:43,513 --> 00:12:46,182 Go up this street, make a left and straight up the hill. 156 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,601 - Right. Okay, yeah. - Excuse me, Officer. 157 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:50,019 - Officer. - What is it? 158 00:12:50,144 --> 00:12:53,022 I don't know anything about any stunt cars. I'm here to see Miss Chandler. 159 00:12:53,523 --> 00:12:56,776 This isn't for the demolition derby, uh, sequence? 160 00:12:56,901 --> 00:13:00,446 I'm here on official business. I thought you saw my police sticker on the windshield. 161 00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:02,824 - What sticker? - That sticker. 162 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:05,326 - Right, right, okay. - What happened to my sticker? 163 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:07,620 - Yeah, I'll tell her - Someone took my sticker. 164 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:10,540 Mister, you either state your business or get out. You're holding up the traffic. 165 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,333 I had the sticker this morning. 166 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:16,796 Oh. Yeah, uh... Lieutenant Columbo, police department. 167 00:13:16,879 --> 00:13:19,340 - I'm here to see Miss Chandler. - Okay, Lieutenant. 168 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:21,009 Her bungalow is right up the street. 169 00:13:21,092 --> 00:13:23,886 - Make a right. You can't miss it. - Right. 170 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,055 - Okay. - Hey, Lieutenant. 171 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:28,516 Did you ever think of getting another car? 172 00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:31,436 Yeah, but I got another car. 173 00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:36,399 My wife drives it. Of course, it's nothing special. Just for transportation. 174 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,021 - What do you want? - I understand this is where Miss Nora Chandler... 175 00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:59,941 - She can't see anybody right now. - Uh, my office called. 176 00:15:00,024 --> 00:15:02,360 I'm from the police. Lieutenant Columbo. 177 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:03,486 All right. 178 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:06,906 There's, uh, there's a lieutenant... 179 00:15:06,989 --> 00:15:09,325 Lieutenant Columbo from the police. 180 00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:11,369 All right, all right. Til take care of it. 181 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:14,705 This gentleman will take care of you. 182 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,130 - You're the police. - Uh, yes, sir. 183 00:15:22,213 --> 00:15:26,050 All right now. Miss Chandler had to be hospitalized last night, you know. 184 00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:27,093 I'm terribly sorry to hear that, sir. 185 00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,762 I'm sure that there's very little you have to bother her with now. 186 00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:33,141 The Davis girl was her secretary and constant companion for 18 years. 187 00:15:33,224 --> 00:15:35,643 - I wouldn't do anything to upset her. - You can imagine the kind of shock... 188 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,603 that Miss Chandler's experiencing. 189 00:15:37,687 --> 00:15:40,815 - So, you get out quickly. You understand? - Fully, sir. 190 00:15:40,898 --> 00:15:43,776 Frank? Please, it's all right. I wanna see him. 191 00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:46,070 Good, girl. See you at 2:00. 192 00:15:46,863 --> 00:15:49,031 Make it quick, don't lean on her, 193 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:51,159 or you'll have to answer to me personally. 194 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,035 You understand? Go on in. 195 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:02,879 Please, come on in. 196 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:06,007 Oh, yeah. 197 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:08,759 Uh... 198 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,223 What's the matter, Lieutenant? 199 00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:17,435 - Are you all right? - No, it's just that... 200 00:16:18,269 --> 00:16:21,439 You know, Miss Chandler, if anybody ever told me I'd be standing here, 201 00:16:21,564 --> 00:16:23,524 I mean, right face-to-face with you. 202 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,152 I mean, I've been in love with you all my life. 203 00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:30,281 I know. You never expected to meet a legend. 204 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:33,743 Would you do me a favor? 205 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:35,995 Would you call my wife? 206 00:16:36,454 --> 00:16:39,248 Just say hello. It'd give her a tremendous thrill. 207 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:42,710 I mean, she saw every picture you've ever been in ever since she was a kid. 208 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:46,047 - I mean, ever since high school. - I know how long ago that was, Lieutenant. 209 00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:49,425 - It's right there. - Thank you very much. 210 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:55,598 Just take a minute. 211 00:16:57,058 --> 00:16:58,768 She'll get a big bang out of it. 212 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:02,730 It's me. Put her on. 213 00:17:03,231 --> 00:17:04,273 Where is she? 214 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:06,442 Went to get fish. 215 00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:09,570 When she comes back in the house, tell her not to leave. 216 00:17:09,654 --> 00:17:11,739 Now don't hang up. I'll be right back. 217 00:17:14,951 --> 00:17:17,453 Say hello to my brother-in-law. His name is George. 218 00:17:17,578 --> 00:17:19,747 Just say, "Hello, George." 219 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,750 Hello, George. 220 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:24,710 Guess who that was. 221 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:28,381 What do you mean you don't know? Don't you go to the movies? 222 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:30,341 What are you, a moron? 223 00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:36,556 Hello, George. This is Nora Chandler. How are you? 224 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:45,147 Ask him how tall he is. 225 00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:49,235 George, how tall are you? 226 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:51,237 Sorry, George. I gotta run. 227 00:17:53,447 --> 00:17:56,409 - You're terrific. - Oh, thank you. We try. 228 00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:58,411 Now, what else can I do for you? 229 00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:00,788 Well, as a matter of fact, ma'am, uh, 230 00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:03,416 I would like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind. 231 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:07,962 Oh, of course not. Why don't, uh... Why don't we out on the lanai? 232 00:18:08,045 --> 00:18:09,672 Oh, certainly. 233 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:16,220 Boy, right here in the middle of a huge movie studio. 234 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,015 This is like a regular house. Do you live here? 235 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,350 Mm-hmm. When I'm filming. 236 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:25,062 It originally was built for me when I was a child actress. 237 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:28,232 I saw those pictures, too, on television. 238 00:18:28,357 --> 00:18:31,485 The ones where you were dancing. Wonderful. 239 00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:34,447 Why don't they make them like that anymore? Without all that violence. 240 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:36,866 Lieutenant, you said you wanted to ask me some questions. 241 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:41,704 You see, I hardly remember what happened last night myself. It's still a blur. 242 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:43,873 Must have been a terrible shock to you. 243 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,876 That Miss Davis was very close, I guess. 244 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:48,044 Very close. 245 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:51,172 I'll tell you why I'm here. 246 00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:54,592 It's because the arson squad is investigating that fire... 247 00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:56,552 that trapped her in Mr. Parks's car. 248 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:57,386 Arson? 249 00:18:57,511 --> 00:18:59,680 They're not sure yet. Could be nothing. 250 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,933 But the neighbor, he's the one who called the fire department, 251 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:05,644 he said he saw something that looked like an explosion. 252 00:19:05,895 --> 00:19:07,730 Oh? What else did he see. 253 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:10,816 Who? Oh, the neighbor. Nothing, I guess. 254 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,152 Say, your husband was just a little guy, wasn't he? 255 00:19:14,278 --> 00:19:17,948 Al Cumberland practically built this studio, in case you didn't know. 256 00:19:18,074 --> 00:19:21,702 No, I meant short. I mean, I always figured he was tall. 257 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,954 Like you, Miss Chandler. I always thought you were tall. 258 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:26,707 I thought everybody in the movies was tall. 259 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,504 I notice he was a big man in the Shriners too. Now that's something I know about. 260 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,965 That's a double eagle ring, Scottish rite, 32 degrees. 261 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,259 I had an uncle. He played bagpipes in a Shriner's band. 262 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:39,887 He couldn't play a note, but nobody could tell the difference. 263 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:41,639 When was this picture taken? 264 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:44,850 As a matter of fact, that was taken the day before he died. 265 00:19:45,768 --> 00:19:48,729 Uh, Lieutenant, do you mind? I really am very tired. 266 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,899 Would you mind coming to the point? I'd like to know about Jean. 267 00:19:53,651 --> 00:19:54,694 Excuse me. 268 00:19:57,238 --> 00:19:58,280 Hello. 269 00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:01,283 Yes, yes, there is a lieutenant here. 270 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,953 From which office? 271 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:08,416 Oh, yes, of course. Uh, it's for you. 272 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:12,169 Ma'am, please excuse me. I'm terribly sorry. 273 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:18,592 Yeah. 274 00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:21,512 Look. Don't bother me now. 275 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:23,764 Yeah. 276 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:27,476 Oh. Right away. 277 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:33,566 Ma'am, uh, please excuse me. 278 00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,734 Oh, no, no. That's quite all right. 279 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:41,073 What a lovely garden. Fountain and everything. 280 00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:44,326 Hard to believe this exists right in the middle of the studio. 281 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:47,288 Yes, you know, that fountain was part of a set... 282 00:20:47,371 --> 00:20:51,125 from a picture I made a long time ago called Sarah Goes to College. 283 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:52,918 Can I have a memento? 284 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:56,839 - Not for me, for my wife. She loves mementos. - Certainly. 285 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,508 Every time we go into a fancy restaurant, she steals an ashtray. 286 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:02,219 But, for me, it's embarrassing in my line of work. 287 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:06,682 Oh, but your work, according to that caller is homicide. Correct? 288 00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:08,184 Yeah, that's true. 289 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:11,979 Can you imagine the embarrassment if she ever got caught? 290 00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:15,900 But surely, Lieutenant, 291 00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:20,654 surely they don't think Jane was murdered, do they? 292 00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:25,034 You know, I'm having such a good time here, I keep getting sidetracked. 293 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:29,079 Miss Chandler, would you mind coming for a ride with me down to police headquarters? 294 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:45,513 I'm sorry if it's a bit dusty in there. 295 00:21:45,596 --> 00:21:48,015 Oh, that's quite all right, Lieutenant. 296 00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:51,143 Didn't get a chance to wash it. Been very busy this past week. 297 00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:53,938 - Uh, Jeffries, you got everything? - Yes, sir. 298 00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:58,734 Oh! Is that... 299 00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:02,905 Yes, miss, that's Mr. Parks's car. Don't look at it. 300 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:04,198 - Don't look at it. - Uh, Mr. Parks says... 301 00:22:04,281 --> 00:22:06,575 Just a minute. Are you all right? 302 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:07,910 I'm fine. 303 00:22:08,035 --> 00:22:09,995 - You sure? - Thank you. Yes. 304 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:11,330 All right. 305 00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:15,376 Mr. Parks says that he and Miss Davis traded cars last night a little after 7:00. 306 00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:18,420 - Traded? - A boy in the bookstore confirmed it, sir. 307 00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:20,589 Heard Miss Davis say that she just had to run an errand, 308 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,925 and then she was gonna go on out to Parks's house to wait for him. 309 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:25,511 I-I don't understand any of this. 310 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:28,305 Jean was just running errands for me last night. 311 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,140 Is this your handwriting, ma'am? 312 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:34,311 Yes. Yes, that's the list I wrote for her. Where did you find it? 313 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:37,356 Mr. Parks gave it to us, ma'am. It was in her car. 314 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:38,941 The one he drove out to his house in later, 315 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:41,527 while she was supposed to be getting their little party ready. 316 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:43,946 - Only, of course... - Their little party? 317 00:22:44,071 --> 00:22:48,367 Oh, I don't believe it. She barely knew Mr. Parks. He's lying to you. 318 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:51,078 Well, not entirely, ma'am. You see, Miss Davis did have a flat tire. 319 00:22:51,161 --> 00:22:52,496 - Which one was it? - Left rear. 320 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:54,540 - Flat tire. - What? 321 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,963 Parks got the boy in the bookstore to change it for him. 322 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,888 Uh, Miss Chandler, I'm afraid... 323 00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:13,309 Mr. Parks claims your secretary had a date with him last night. 324 00:23:13,434 --> 00:23:15,019 But when she got down to the bookstore where he was, 325 00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:17,813 she was all upset because you'd given her those errands to run. 326 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,233 Well, he said it wasn't too hard to talk her into skipping the errands, 327 00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:22,818 except for the dress? 328 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:24,194 Poor little Jean. 329 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,989 She never could make up her own mind. 330 00:23:27,448 --> 00:23:31,118 Anyway, when they went outside, her car had this flat tire. 331 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:36,665 Oh! Oh, so that's... why they traded cars. 332 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:40,210 And then she drove off. If I'd only known. 333 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:43,005 If I had any idea. 334 00:23:43,464 --> 00:23:44,882 - There, there. - I'm sorry. 335 00:23:45,007 --> 00:23:47,009 There, there. All right. 336 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:49,678 All right, boys. Let's get this flat tire carefully checked now. 337 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:51,597 The valve stem and the nail or whatever did it. 338 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,807 That might be a slow leak. You never know about that. 339 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:55,809 Could we have this area cleared here, please? 340 00:23:55,893 --> 00:24:00,022 Please, I-I wanna go home. 341 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,083 I guess you can see now, ma'am, why we need your help. 342 00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:23,045 It's apparent that it was just by accident that they traded cars last night. 343 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:26,256 So, a murderer, if he had his plan set to set a fire, 344 00:24:26,382 --> 00:24:28,342 would have no way of knowing that. 345 00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:30,886 - A murderer? - Yes, ma'am. 346 00:24:31,220 --> 00:24:35,641 So what we have to do now is look for somebody who wanted to kill Jerry Parks. 347 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:57,329 You understand, Miss Chandler, the only reason your poor secretary is dead... 348 00:24:57,413 --> 00:25:00,708 is because somebody made a terrible mistake last night. 349 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:20,644 Mistake? 350 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,605 Of course it occurred to me, Lieutenant. 351 00:25:23,939 --> 00:25:25,524 You see, Miss Chandler just couldn't think of... 352 00:25:25,607 --> 00:25:28,277 anybody who might have wanted to hurt Jean Davis. 353 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,320 But maybe a thousand who hate my guts, right? 354 00:25:30,446 --> 00:25:32,906 Oh, no, sir. No. Never said anything like that. 355 00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:38,328 Look. Nobody's even proved there was arson here yet, so until they do... 356 00:25:38,495 --> 00:25:40,831 Sir, they sort of have. 357 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:42,916 You see that empty gas can he's got? 358 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,710 Well, you've been away for a while, haven't you? 359 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,421 Well, he just found that on the side of the hill there. 360 00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:50,799 You told these people that you never store extra gasoline here, didn't you? 361 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,843 - That's right. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. 362 00:25:53,135 --> 00:25:56,472 And they found another one back here in those bushes by the swimming pool. 363 00:25:56,555 --> 00:26:01,310 And scorch marks from there, from that bush, right back here to the garage. 364 00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:03,687 Boy, this is a terrific view you have here, sir. 365 00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:05,272 Meaning what exactly? 366 00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:07,107 Well, that could mean that, uh, 367 00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:09,610 somebody used gasoline to start the fire. 368 00:26:09,777 --> 00:26:13,155 You see, our laboratory says that that car's gas tank... 369 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,199 just couldn't have blown up first. 370 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,910 The worst burning was outside, from underneath. 371 00:26:19,828 --> 00:26:22,748 All right. Maybe it was a crank. 372 00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:26,335 I don't know who it was. That's your department, Lieutenant. 373 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,629 Yes, sir, it is. You're right about that. 374 00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:30,255 Now, if you'll excuse me. 375 00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:34,009 - Oh, Mr. Parks. - Yes. 376 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:39,932 Uh, may I use your telephone? 377 00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:41,100 Certainly. 378 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,233 - There you are, Lieutenant. - Thank you very much. 379 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:55,656 Boy, they're really impressive. You must know a lot of celebrities. 380 00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:04,957 Did she sign that personally? 381 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:07,376 Yes, she did, Lieutenant. 382 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:13,841 May I ask you something, as one professional to another? 383 00:27:13,924 --> 00:27:15,926 Well, I wouldn't dream of trying to stop you. 384 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:18,804 Writers fascinate me. I don't know how you do it. 385 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,598 Where do they get their ideas. That fascinates me. 386 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:23,725 Where do you get your ideas? 387 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,103 But I'm not that kind of writer. 388 00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:28,897 I'm really a reporter. 389 00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:32,359 Ah. I see what you mean. Hmm. 390 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,613 Well, I guess a writer like you has to collect everything, doesn't he? 391 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:38,073 What's that supposed to mean? 392 00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:40,742 I never read any of your books. No offense, sir. 393 00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:44,204 But my brother-in-law, he's got one or two around the house, and, boy, 394 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:49,126 how do you manage to collect all those things about all those famous people? 395 00:27:49,251 --> 00:27:52,421 Gossip, that's all. I keep my ears open. 396 00:27:52,546 --> 00:27:55,382 Well, listen. I suppose you do it the same way we do it. 397 00:27:55,465 --> 00:27:58,760 You listen to an informant. Maybe you pay off a servant here and there. 398 00:27:58,886 --> 00:28:01,513 - Get next to an employee. - Like somebody's secretary? 399 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,599 - Is that what you're trying to suggest? - No, sir. 400 00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,977 Well, get this straight, Columbo. I don't know what Nora told you, 401 00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:11,190 but I was seeing Jean Davis because I was very fond of her. 402 00:28:11,565 --> 00:28:15,027 Certainly, sir. I'm sorry. I certainly didn't mean to imply that at all. 403 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:19,615 No, no, not at all. No, I guess I was just wondering... 404 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:24,119 if you had a file here on Nora Chandler and, of course, I never asked to see it. 405 00:28:24,745 --> 00:28:26,622 I would never do that without a subpoena. 406 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,707 Be my guest, Columbo. 407 00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:30,626 Dig in there. 408 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:35,839 Learn the truth about Hollywood's most idyllic marriage, 409 00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:38,425 about Nora's secret fights with her husband, 410 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:41,803 about Al Cumberland's famous casting couch. 411 00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:43,972 Oh, a casting couch. Yes, I've heard of that term. 412 00:28:44,097 --> 00:28:48,518 Read how he left her in tears at the studio on that lovely summer weekend... 413 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:50,437 and went fishing in Malibu, 414 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,316 where he went floating off into his drunken sunset forever. 415 00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:58,111 That's not new. You can see that in any old police file. 416 00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:01,823 Of course. And in every newspaper. 417 00:29:02,324 --> 00:29:05,702 Why, that was 12 years ago. Practically ancient history by now. 418 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:08,330 I don't think I've written a word about Nora since. Why would I? 419 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:11,458 Who cares about an aging actress, sliding downhill? 420 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:14,044 Listen. She's still pretty important on TV. 421 00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:17,506 And on The Late, Late Show, I don't miss a picture she's in. 422 00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:20,801 However, that's another story. Let me say this. 423 00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:23,095 You'll never know how relieved I am... 424 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:26,056 to find out that there is no scandal connected with Nora Chandler. 425 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:31,186 I mean, the shock that I felt when I saw her name on this file. 426 00:29:31,311 --> 00:29:35,399 Believe me, listen. I remember this woman when she was 17. 427 00:29:35,524 --> 00:29:37,359 Don't ask me the name of the picture. 428 00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:41,029 Played a teenager, 17 years old, 429 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:43,824 gets married the same night she graduates from high school... 430 00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:46,868 to an older man and the guy didn't love her. 431 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:49,454 Relax, Lieutenant. 432 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:54,334 Take my word that Nora Chandler and I are very, very good friends. 433 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:56,420 Good. I'm pleased to hear that. 434 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,755 Now we can get down to business. 435 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:03,051 We'll go looking into some of these other people that you've been collecting information on. 436 00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:06,096 Excuse me. 437 00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:09,474 Hello. Who? 438 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:15,897 Oh, I'm very sorry. I'm afraid you've got the wrong number. 439 00:30:16,773 --> 00:30:18,734 Would you mind, uh, dialing again? 440 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:22,029 It's quite all right. No trouble at all. 441 00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:30,370 You see, Lieutenant, famous people don't mind being gossiped about. 442 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:32,664 They thrive on my little publicity. 443 00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:35,584 Well, one sure didn't. I mean, if someone tried to kill you last night. 444 00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:38,712 Do you think he'll try to kill me again? Nonsense. 445 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:42,132 Whoever he is, must be scared to death right now. Don't you think? 446 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,677 You know, I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I have things to do. 447 00:30:45,761 --> 00:30:49,765 Oh, forgive me. I understand. Sorry. 448 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,981 - Why do you keep saying "he"? - Hmm? 449 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:00,609 About the person who made that mistake last night. 450 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:04,654 Well, it's perfectly natural, isn't it? You say "murderer," I say "he." 451 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:06,698 Male chauvinist at heart. 452 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:10,786 I guess you're right. You know, it's sort of like if, uh... 453 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:17,459 That was a woman who just called you on the phone, wasn't it? 454 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,796 Because I notice when a man calls and he gets the wrong number, 455 00:31:20,921 --> 00:31:23,298 I just say, "Sorry. Wrong number," something like that. 456 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:27,844 Only when it's a woman, well, I guess it's just natural to be more polite. 457 00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:30,764 - You see what I mean? - I'll try. 458 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,060 You know, I'm terribly sorry, but I have writing to do. 459 00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:40,816 Oh, Lieutenant. I thought you wanted to use the phone? 460 00:31:41,024 --> 00:31:44,319 Yeah, but I was just gonna call my wife, and she's probably still talking. 461 00:32:04,381 --> 00:32:07,259 Hello? Nora. 462 00:32:07,509 --> 00:32:08,844 Hi, doll. 463 00:32:09,302 --> 00:32:12,097 I was wondering if you wouldn't try to get in touch with me. 464 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:31,283 Oh, just, uh, leave it right there. I won't be a moment. 465 00:32:34,494 --> 00:32:36,538 Well, you certainly got here on time. 466 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:39,541 Good ol' Nora. Never a wasted motion. Come on in. I'll buy you a drink. 467 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:44,713 No, no, somebody will recognize me. Look. What, uh, what about over there? Come on. 468 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,550 Nora, dear, I can't tell you how badly I feel. 469 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,553 Spare me your grief-stricken act. It's not one of my favorites. 470 00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:12,616 Now, what have you told the police? 471 00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:14,159 What is there to tell? 472 00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:17,329 That you tried to kill me? 473 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:21,917 That would be like disposing of the goose who owes me a golden egg. Don't you think? 474 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,169 I had nothing to do with it. Not that I wouldn't be delighted. 475 00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,255 Of course not. Well, I can hardly believe it myself. 476 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:29,925 Oh, you might have wanted to maim me a little. 477 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,718 Never mind about that. 478 00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:35,722 The point is what will Mr. Simmons and the other studio people believe? 479 00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:38,934 To say nothing of that persistent police lieutenant. 480 00:33:40,977 --> 00:33:42,562 You mean, if, uh... 481 00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:48,318 if I don't pay you what you want to keep quiet? 482 00:33:48,443 --> 00:33:53,073 Oh, pay me about 10 times what I would have asked for before. 483 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:55,075 I'm sure you understand, Nora. 484 00:33:55,158 --> 00:33:59,371 If they ever suspected your lovely motive for wanting me out of the way... 485 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:02,832 Well, I certainly know you need the money. 486 00:34:02,999 --> 00:34:06,044 The way you cried to Jean in that letter the other day, 487 00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:10,048 about how your former wives attach every penny you earn. 488 00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:13,134 - Where did you get this? - From a copying machine. 489 00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:16,805 I made copies of every letter you wrote from New York. 490 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,598 Jean never knew, of course. 491 00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:22,978 Oh, that proposal. That was a classic. 492 00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:26,606 "Darling, as I lie here awake, I..." 493 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:28,191 Careful, Nora. 494 00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:35,448 The head of the studio mail room is one of my dearest and oldest friends. 495 00:34:36,032 --> 00:34:38,076 You're not going to get a cent. 496 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:42,414 Suppose the police... 497 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:46,418 knew about your motives for committing murder last night. 498 00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,003 My what? 499 00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:51,673 Oh, you could have arranged it very easily. Now, couldn't you? 500 00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:56,344 Yes, and, uh, and have made it look like Jean's death was a mistake. 501 00:34:56,469 --> 00:34:59,055 - Are you insane? - What happened? 502 00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,559 Did she finally realize why you were interested in her? 503 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,937 Oh, I knew she was making withdrawals from savings. 504 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:09,524 And I gather from her letters, you were, quote, borrowing from her heavily. 505 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:11,359 She catch on? 506 00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:14,988 Nora, stop this! You know it just isn't true. I was not after Jean's money. 507 00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:17,449 I don't know whether it's true or not. 508 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:21,202 But the point is, what will the police think? 509 00:35:21,703 --> 00:35:24,372 You've used so many women before. 510 00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:34,382 Miss Chandler, I sure didn't expect to find you here. I mean, not with, uh... 511 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:37,552 I was just on my way to an appointment and ran into Mr. Parks here. 512 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:41,640 Oh. Well, it was really you I came to see. 513 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,894 Only then I noticed your car was parked there in the... 514 00:35:46,019 --> 00:35:48,229 - Oh, yes. - Columbo, did you follow me? 515 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:51,232 Oh, no, sir. No, no. Uh, not at all sir, no. 516 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:55,111 You see, what happened was, the arson investigator said you kind of left in a hurry, 517 00:35:55,236 --> 00:35:56,654 and I thought you were going to be busy writing. 518 00:35:56,738 --> 00:35:58,615 I decided it could wait. 519 00:35:58,948 --> 00:36:01,242 You know, Columbo, I don't enjoy being watched. 520 00:36:01,368 --> 00:36:03,870 And I certainly don't need police protection. 521 00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:05,997 Don't be so certain about that, sir. 522 00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:07,916 That's what I came to tell you. 523 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:12,379 We just located another neighbor of yours, and he remembers almost being hit by a car... 524 00:36:12,462 --> 00:36:15,340 tearing down that road in back of your place last night. 525 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:17,592 And it was just after the fire. 526 00:36:17,717 --> 00:36:19,511 Uh, what kind of car was it? 527 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:23,098 Oh, nothing fancy. Not like you movie people drive. 528 00:36:23,223 --> 00:36:26,810 No, it's just a small, dark, American compact car. 529 00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:29,646 I'm afraid he didn't notice the driver. 530 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:32,941 So, you see, I thought that maybe by now... 531 00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:35,735 you'd have come up with somebody that you think wants to harm you. 532 00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:40,365 Because, sir, that's what this thing looks like, more and more. 533 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:45,120 No. No, I can't think of a single person yet, Lieutenant. 534 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,455 Oh. Gee, that's too bad. 535 00:36:47,747 --> 00:36:50,291 Because I thought maybe that's why you two were getting together. 536 00:36:50,417 --> 00:36:53,586 Oh, no, no. We were just talking about Jean. 537 00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:57,090 Oh. Yeah, I noticed you looked very upset. 538 00:36:57,465 --> 00:37:02,846 Um... but I thought, Miss Chandler, that you didn't approve of Mr. Parks. 539 00:37:02,971 --> 00:37:06,474 And, sir, quite frankly, some of the things that you said about... 540 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:07,934 would indicate to me that... 541 00:37:08,017 --> 00:37:10,645 You just don't understand show business, Lieutenant. 542 00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:13,148 Now, if you'll excuse me. 543 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:16,776 I... I have an appointment with some very important financial people. 544 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:20,530 You see, Hollywood is fighting for survival, Lieutenant. 545 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:22,615 You know, Lieutenant, she's so right. 546 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:27,162 Her dear, departed husband would be spinning in his grave, 547 00:37:27,704 --> 00:37:28,913 if he had one. 548 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:33,585 Ma'am. 549 00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:36,921 Ma'am. 550 00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:39,507 Oh, I-I'm sorry. We just can't help you now. 551 00:37:39,632 --> 00:37:41,760 Neither one of us can help you now. 552 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:48,975 There! You see that? 553 00:37:49,350 --> 00:37:51,519 Millions of people still love her. 554 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,565 I really don't know what you're talking about, Sergeant. 555 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:59,486 Don't misunderstand me. I haven't officially accused you of anything. 556 00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:02,822 But it seems to me you could have put your husband's body in the car, 557 00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:05,700 driven it off and ditched it somewhere. 558 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:10,121 I-I really don't understand you, Sergeant, or your insinuations... 559 00:38:10,872 --> 00:38:12,832 Or whoever wrote this, I can't remember the next line. 560 00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:13,583 Cut it. 561 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:16,127 - Honey, what's the matter? - Well, it's so ridiculous! 562 00:38:16,211 --> 00:38:18,880 She just sits there while this policeman all but puts the handcuffs on her. 563 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:23,134 Nora. Nora, look. I've got to go with the script here. It's television. 564 00:38:23,218 --> 00:38:27,555 - I know it's only been two days since... - No, no, no, no. It's all right. 565 00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:30,266 Quiet back there, please. 566 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,645 Let's, uh, let's do it again, please. 567 00:38:33,728 --> 00:38:36,689 - You're uptight. Now, just easy. - Yeah, I'll cool it. 568 00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:38,566 Jerry? All right. 569 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,194 Let's get ready. 570 00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:42,862 - Go ahead. - Roll it, please. 571 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:45,406 And... action. 572 00:38:45,740 --> 00:38:47,826 I really don't know what you're talking about, Sergeant. 573 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:51,913 Don't misunderstand me. But I haven't officially accused you of anything. 574 00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:55,625 But it would seem to me that you could have put your husband's body... 575 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,836 - Quiet, there! - Cut it. Wait, wait. Cut it. 576 00:38:59,295 --> 00:39:01,923 - I'm sorry, Sid. I'm sorry. - You dropped the cue. 577 00:39:02,048 --> 00:39:05,510 - Look, you mind if I just walk around a minute? - No, go. 578 00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:08,555 Jerry, kill 'em all. 579 00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:09,597 Cut! 580 00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:14,894 I'm sorry. I hope I didn't spoil anything? 581 00:39:14,978 --> 00:39:17,272 Well, hello. No. No, no. 582 00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:19,607 I... I like to take a break now and again, 583 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,609 and I was just going over this section of the scene. 584 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,737 - Please. Don't let me interrupt. - Oh, no. No. 585 00:39:24,821 --> 00:39:27,365 Not at all. What are... What are you doing here, Lieutenant? 586 00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:29,242 Oh, I'm just, uh, 587 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:32,287 talking to all sorts of people here on the lot, finding out what I can. 588 00:39:32,412 --> 00:39:36,249 This is fascinating. You know, as long as I've been in Los Angeles, 589 00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:38,918 this is the first time I've ever been on a movie studio. 590 00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:40,962 Oh, it's true, Fourteen years, never been here before. 591 00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:44,257 I thought you were supposed to be looking for Jean Davis's killer? 592 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,342 Uh, yes, ma'am, only it's not easy. 593 00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:50,221 You see, I found out that almost nobody liked this guy Jerry Parks. 594 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:54,309 Some people really hate him. Only he still won't help us with any suspects. 595 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:56,603 I don't understand why. Do you? 596 00:39:57,186 --> 00:39:58,980 Of course not. Why would I? 597 00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:03,318 Unless, of course, maybe he's a blackmailer. You don't think that's a possibility, do you? 598 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,613 A what? Oh, really, Lieutenant. 599 00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:09,490 I realize I'm just guessing. Only it's funny. 600 00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:12,827 They're a lot of people that just won't talk about him. 601 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,997 I thought that was maybe because he had something on them. 602 00:40:16,205 --> 00:40:18,124 I'm not sure. What do you think? 603 00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:20,293 I think you're wasting your time, Lieutenant. 604 00:40:20,376 --> 00:40:23,713 Well, you know, it always takes a long time to figure out what really happened, 605 00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:27,258 but this case... this case is particularly difficult. 606 00:40:27,342 --> 00:40:29,427 I wonder if you'd excuse me? I-I really am holding up... 607 00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,680 Remember the tire? Miss Davis's tire? 608 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:37,393 We found out the car had been serviced that day. They couldn't even find a nail. 609 00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:39,187 We're still trying to figure that out. 610 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:42,231 They even took the tire, they put it in a tub of water and, uh... 611 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:43,566 Miss Chandler? 612 00:40:43,858 --> 00:40:46,736 Well, it sounds very important, darling. Don't get wet. 613 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:49,906 Mm. Oh, one other thing that I did find out. 614 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:51,532 The American compact? 615 00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:54,869 You know, that the neighbor, he saw tearing away right after the fire? 616 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:56,412 Oh. Yeah? 617 00:40:56,537 --> 00:41:01,334 Well, I noticed 20 cars just like that parked right here on the lot. 618 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:03,378 I... I don't understand. 619 00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:06,130 What I discovered was studio regulations. 620 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:10,176 You see, if you park a car near a soundstage, you have to leave the keys inside. 621 00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:12,470 And these crew members, they work late. 622 00:41:12,553 --> 00:41:16,933 So almost anybody who noticed that Mr. Parks was back from New York, 623 00:41:17,392 --> 00:41:20,061 they could have taken one of those cars and gone right out to his house. 624 00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:21,813 We're ready, Miss Chandler. 625 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:23,773 Makeup! 626 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:32,949 My, my. Aren't we perspiring? 627 00:41:47,088 --> 00:41:49,340 - Terrific person, isn't she? - She sure is. 628 00:41:49,424 --> 00:41:51,175 - Huh? - Sure is. 629 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:55,221 Tell me about these movie stars. What do they do, they drink a lot? 630 00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:57,390 Oh, not her. No. 631 00:41:57,473 --> 00:41:58,599 What's in the thermos? 632 00:41:58,683 --> 00:42:01,102 This? I just keep this in case she needs it. 633 00:42:01,227 --> 00:42:04,105 She only takes a drink when she's under the pressure. You know what I mean. 634 00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:05,106 Oh. 635 00:42:16,659 --> 00:42:19,412 I know you're busy, but if you could give me 10 minutes, I'd appreciate it. 636 00:42:19,495 --> 00:42:20,538 Of course. 637 00:42:26,169 --> 00:42:27,295 Bob. 638 00:42:30,423 --> 00:42:31,424 Listen. 639 00:42:32,633 --> 00:42:34,469 It's all right. I'd rather have you taking up my time than... 640 00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:36,804 holding up their schedule in there. 641 00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:39,390 - Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize... - What is it you want to know? 642 00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:43,436 Um, well, you know, I keep hearing these stories about, uh, 643 00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:46,147 Miss Chandler having some sort of trouble with the studio. 644 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:47,690 When hasn't she? 645 00:42:47,815 --> 00:42:50,109 Ever since she inherited a big piece of it from her husband. 646 00:42:50,193 --> 00:42:53,613 But Nora made the mistake of sinking most of her money into her own films, 647 00:42:53,696 --> 00:42:56,491 one bomb after another, I'm sorry to say. 648 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:57,992 But, you know, I've kind of enjoyed it. 649 00:42:58,076 --> 00:43:00,077 What you're talking about... there. Right there. 650 00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:02,872 That's the current problem. Nora's half acre. 651 00:43:03,164 --> 00:43:04,916 Huh? Her cottage? 652 00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,668 Al Cumberland gave it to her before they were even married. 653 00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:09,420 But about 12 years ago, 654 00:43:09,504 --> 00:43:12,924 when Cumberland's fishing boat was found smashed up in the surf out there at Malibu, 655 00:43:13,007 --> 00:43:15,092 the movie business was already on the rocks. 656 00:43:15,176 --> 00:43:19,347 By the time the court declared him dead, this studio was near bankruptcy. 657 00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:21,849 I don't understand. What does this have to do with... 658 00:43:21,974 --> 00:43:24,185 Cumberland gave her title to that property, Lieutenant. 659 00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,604 She won't sell, no matter how much we offer. 660 00:43:26,687 --> 00:43:29,857 By now, it's about all she's got left, but she still won't sell. 661 00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:32,151 Gee, you know, in a way, I don't blame her. 662 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,779 I mean, it must have real sentimental value to her. 663 00:43:34,862 --> 00:43:38,282 Right in the middle of the most valuable piece of real estate in Southern California. 664 00:43:38,366 --> 00:43:41,577 How do you think we're gonna put this place back on its feet anyway? By subdividing. 665 00:43:41,702 --> 00:43:45,289 But there she sits, holding up every sensible development plan we've got. 666 00:43:45,373 --> 00:43:48,042 We even tried to buy off the back part... which she rarely even uses... 667 00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:50,086 wouldn't even sell that. 668 00:43:51,504 --> 00:43:53,381 Well, maybe sometime, she'll change her mind. 669 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:54,924 Yeah, when hell freezes over... 670 00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:58,469 or some genius upstairs finds a way so we can legally blast her out of here. 671 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:02,974 Actors, Lieutenant. Take my advice... avoid actors. They'll kill you. 672 00:44:03,599 --> 00:44:04,559 Well, thanks, Mr. Fallon. 673 00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:07,228 I'll be sure to tell your boss I appreciate your hospitality. 674 00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:10,898 - I am the boss. - Oh, gee. 675 00:44:11,065 --> 00:44:14,235 You know, it never occurred to me. I mean, anybody so young... 676 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,736 It's all right. 677 00:44:15,945 --> 00:44:18,781 I would never typecast you as a detective, either. 678 00:44:38,217 --> 00:44:41,637 Well, I certainly am impressed, sir, the way you handle your inventory. 679 00:44:42,513 --> 00:44:44,682 You handle it the same way we handle a piece of evidence. 680 00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:46,434 Well, we have to, Lieutenant. 681 00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:48,936 If the script calls for a shrunken head or a Ming llama, 682 00:44:49,061 --> 00:44:51,689 we have to know right where we can lay our hands on it. 683 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,202 Fascinating. 684 00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:08,956 I only wish we could locate things as quick and as easy as you people do. 685 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:09,916 Glad to help you. 686 00:45:09,999 --> 00:45:13,210 Lieutenant Columbo. I've been looking all over for you. 687 00:45:13,294 --> 00:45:16,214 See that? Tracked me down just like that. Thank you again. 688 00:45:16,297 --> 00:45:17,506 What's on your mind, sir? 689 00:45:17,632 --> 00:45:21,135 Uh, Miss Chandler wants to see you in Edith Head's, uh, office. 690 00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:23,721 It's just down here around the corner, sir. 691 00:45:29,644 --> 00:45:30,937 Here we are. 692 00:45:31,771 --> 00:45:34,690 Right through that door there. She ought to be there by now. 693 00:45:34,941 --> 00:45:37,693 Oh, Lieutenant. She said it was urgent. 694 00:45:56,337 --> 00:46:00,341 Hey, Lieutenant, stop ogling those girls and come in here. 695 00:46:02,510 --> 00:46:03,678 Take a look at this. 696 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:07,098 Have you ever seen such beading in your life? Feel it. 697 00:46:07,181 --> 00:46:10,476 Look how heavy it is. Can you imagine walking around in that? 698 00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:13,187 Look. A little overdressed for this time of the day, huh? 699 00:46:13,354 --> 00:46:14,480 What do you think? 700 00:46:14,897 --> 00:46:17,108 You couldn't care less. 701 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,569 Edith is designing a whole new wardrobe for me. 702 00:46:20,861 --> 00:46:23,531 Oh, Edith, this is Lieutenant Columbo. 703 00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:25,324 - How do you do? - Edith Head. 704 00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:26,951 How do you do? 705 00:46:27,034 --> 00:46:29,495 Which of these do you think would be better for the new scene? 706 00:46:29,578 --> 00:46:31,372 - This one? - No, I like this one. 707 00:46:31,455 --> 00:46:33,749 I'm wedded to it, but I don't like the red. This would be a lot better. 708 00:46:33,874 --> 00:46:36,711 - In other words, using this fabric on this here. - I think it'll work just as well. 709 00:46:38,337 --> 00:46:41,048 Are you still wearing that tie? 710 00:46:41,382 --> 00:46:44,218 Do you know ever since I met you you've been wearing this stupid thing? 711 00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:46,304 Edith, haven't you got a decent tie around here? 712 00:46:46,387 --> 00:46:47,722 Of course I have. 713 00:46:48,264 --> 00:46:51,392 Oh, let's get this off. All right. 714 00:46:52,685 --> 00:46:54,562 Is she the one I see on the Academy Awards? 715 00:46:54,687 --> 00:46:56,397 - Yeah. - What's her name? 716 00:46:56,731 --> 00:46:59,608 - Edith Head. - Edith Head. 717 00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:03,654 - Those are her Oscars? - Yeah. Aren't they fantastic? 718 00:47:03,738 --> 00:47:05,614 - She won these? - Yeah. 719 00:47:06,574 --> 00:47:09,910 Lieutenant, I've been lying to you. 720 00:47:11,037 --> 00:47:13,664 - About what? - About Jerry Parks and me. 721 00:47:13,748 --> 00:47:15,249 Remember when you found us together yesterday... 722 00:47:15,332 --> 00:47:17,084 and I said we were just talking about Jean? 723 00:47:17,168 --> 00:47:18,085 Yes? 724 00:47:18,961 --> 00:47:24,050 Well, Jerry Parks has some awful... awful stuff on me. 725 00:47:24,133 --> 00:47:28,471 He has research records in his files, and I didn't want him to tell anyone... 726 00:47:28,596 --> 00:47:31,348 - How about this one, dear? - Oh, that's perfect. 727 00:47:31,432 --> 00:47:33,017 Oh, yeah, too much. 728 00:47:33,559 --> 00:47:35,394 - Here. Oh, Edie. - Thank you. 729 00:47:35,478 --> 00:47:38,314 Would you, uh, would you bring in that ombre chiffon? 730 00:47:38,439 --> 00:47:41,609 - The one from the dress? - Yeah. Thank you, darling. 731 00:47:43,652 --> 00:47:46,030 See, that was wrong of me, wasn't it? 732 00:47:46,113 --> 00:47:49,116 I mean, for Jean's sake. 733 00:47:49,784 --> 00:47:52,620 F-For Jean's sake you ought to know everything... 734 00:47:52,995 --> 00:47:57,833 and stop wasting your time around here and start looking in the right places... 735 00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:01,962 for whoever it was that was responsible for her death. 736 00:48:03,130 --> 00:48:05,299 Well, what sort of things does Mr. Parks have on you? 737 00:48:05,383 --> 00:48:09,011 Oh, I want to show you. All of it. 738 00:48:09,470 --> 00:48:12,056 The whole truth, right out in the open. Listen. 739 00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:16,060 Listen. Can you get a court order and make that man show you his files? 740 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:18,062 Well, I guess I can. 741 00:48:19,647 --> 00:48:21,148 - Oh, isn't it beautiful? - Here it is. 742 00:48:21,273 --> 00:48:22,983 Oh, yes. Oh, yes, that's it. Isn't that lovely? 743 00:48:23,109 --> 00:48:26,153 - It's gorgeous. Don't you love it? - Yes. 744 00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:28,823 I think it's perfect, dear. No question. 745 00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,282 Thank you so much. 746 00:48:30,366 --> 00:48:32,493 Yeah. Divine. 747 00:48:34,703 --> 00:48:38,707 Well, Lieutenant, I guess you better do what you have to do. 748 00:48:38,916 --> 00:48:41,001 Yeah. I was just thinking, uh... 749 00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:44,672 I've got an anniversary coming up next week. 750 00:48:44,797 --> 00:48:47,758 I wonder if I could have that back and save this for a special occasion. 751 00:48:47,842 --> 00:48:49,844 Sure. Here. 752 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:53,514 Why don't you get your wife to take you on a shopping tour for your anniversary, huh? 753 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:55,975 Take a look at some suits and shirts, 754 00:48:56,058 --> 00:48:58,102 slacks, socks, shoes... 755 00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:01,522 - Are you sure you want to do this? - Yeah, I'm sure. 756 00:49:05,734 --> 00:49:08,195 Hey, look at some raincoats while you're at it. 757 00:49:17,872 --> 00:49:22,376 Casting couches, gossip, a rehash of the old Al Cumberland story. 758 00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:24,253 Who gives a damn about any of that? 759 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,214 All right, Jerry, where is it? 760 00:49:27,381 --> 00:49:30,134 - Where is what? - The new entries. The Italian movie. 761 00:49:30,217 --> 00:49:31,218 Nora, what are you trying to pull... 762 00:49:31,343 --> 00:49:33,554 - Where is it? Show him. - Are you out of your mind? 763 00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:36,056 - Do you realize... - Make him show them. 764 00:49:36,182 --> 00:49:38,267 - I don't believe you. - Make him show them. 765 00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:41,312 Well, I-I guess you better show us. 766 00:49:42,396 --> 00:49:45,566 Well, I certainly never intended to let anybody see this. 767 00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:47,318 I don't care what happens to me. 768 00:49:47,568 --> 00:49:50,279 Finding Jean's killer is all that interests any of us at this point. 769 00:49:51,530 --> 00:49:52,573 All right. 770 00:49:53,908 --> 00:49:55,242 Here you are. 771 00:50:01,165 --> 00:50:02,416 Lieutenant. 772 00:50:08,631 --> 00:50:10,257 Those are ledger sheets. 773 00:50:11,217 --> 00:50:12,301 Yes, ma'am. 774 00:50:14,595 --> 00:50:17,640 - Can you read a budget? - No, ma'am. 775 00:50:18,224 --> 00:50:20,100 Well, Til cut to the bottom line. 776 00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:23,395 The production manager was an old, old friend. 777 00:50:23,479 --> 00:50:27,608 And in order to save my own skin, we made the studio lose two million dollars. 778 00:50:42,623 --> 00:50:43,958 You mean, you deliberately falsified... 779 00:50:44,083 --> 00:50:47,294 Absolutely. The word is swindled, Lieutenant. 780 00:50:50,798 --> 00:50:53,759 - Are you sure you want to reveal this? - Yes. 781 00:50:54,343 --> 00:50:57,680 - It's just what Mr. Fallon is looking... - I know. I know. 782 00:51:02,268 --> 00:51:03,644 Mr. Simmons... 783 00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:08,274 Miss Chandler has voluntarily disclosed... 784 00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:15,906 What are you doing? Just a moment. 785 00:51:17,157 --> 00:51:20,035 - That is evidence. - No, that is not evidence. 786 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,038 My company owns Mr. Fallon's company, Lieutenant. 787 00:51:23,163 --> 00:51:25,541 And I already know all about this. 788 00:51:25,666 --> 00:51:28,377 Wait. Just give me a minute. 789 00:51:29,461 --> 00:51:31,463 You already knew about this? 790 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:34,008 And you don't care about this money? 791 00:51:34,675 --> 00:51:35,426 I don't understand. 792 00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:38,178 Well, of course, I care about two million dollars. 793 00:51:38,304 --> 00:51:40,514 But, uh, well, Nora and I have talked the whole thing over... 794 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:42,266 and we've reached an understanding. 795 00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:46,520 Ooh. Well, that must be a big relief to you, ma'am. 796 00:51:46,854 --> 00:51:48,522 - But when did this... - Uh, 10 days. 797 00:51:49,023 --> 00:51:52,192 - Ten days ago. She told me the whole thing. - Ten days ago? 798 00:51:52,318 --> 00:51:54,903 Yes. And if you have any further blackmail you'd like to... 799 00:51:55,029 --> 00:51:56,530 Just a minute, Mr. Simmons. 800 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:59,366 I'd like to remind you that blackmail is still illegal. 801 00:51:59,825 --> 00:52:02,620 You have to be able to prove that before you can say it again. 802 00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:06,957 Well, I suggest that if you've got anything to say at all, you get it out now. 803 00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:10,586 - There might be something else. - Such as? 804 00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:13,547 - And then again, there might not. - Sir? 805 00:52:14,298 --> 00:52:17,718 If you have anything pertinent to this case, I advise you to get it out now. 806 00:52:19,345 --> 00:52:22,181 There's nothing else, is there, Nora? 807 00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:25,184 He's bluffing. 808 00:52:25,267 --> 00:52:27,519 Sure of that, Nora? 809 00:52:27,686 --> 00:52:29,563 You're damn right I am. 810 00:52:29,855 --> 00:52:32,441 You heard the lieutenant. Let's see what else you've got. 811 00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:34,693 Just my suspicions. 812 00:52:34,777 --> 00:52:37,738 You can't get a search warrant for what's in here. 813 00:52:37,863 --> 00:52:40,407 You couldn't get bus fare for what's in there. 814 00:52:40,908 --> 00:52:43,410 This is his humor, Lieutenant. 815 00:52:45,037 --> 00:52:46,747 There's nothing else. 816 00:52:47,414 --> 00:52:50,250 All in all, Jerry, you are a bore. 817 00:52:53,754 --> 00:52:55,214 Let's go, darling. 818 00:52:56,465 --> 00:52:59,593 I find you somewhere beneath contempt, Mr. Parks. 819 00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:02,096 And, Lieutenant, as for you, 820 00:53:02,221 --> 00:53:05,391 you have an obtuse manner which some people find ingratiating. 821 00:53:05,474 --> 00:53:09,186 - I do not. Do you follow me? - Yes, sir. 822 00:53:09,812 --> 00:53:15,776 I hope we can assume that it's clear that Nora had no reason to kill this... this journalist? 823 00:53:15,901 --> 00:53:16,568 Yes, sir. 824 00:53:16,652 --> 00:53:18,445 She has nothing to hide. You saw that for yourself? 825 00:53:18,529 --> 00:53:19,446 Yes, sir. 826 00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:23,283 I am gonna hold you responsible... 827 00:53:23,826 --> 00:53:26,245 for any further harassment of Miss Chandler. 828 00:53:26,328 --> 00:53:26,995 Yes, sir. 829 00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:33,711 Hmm. 830 00:53:35,129 --> 00:53:38,173 Well, you think it's good enough for the working press? 831 00:53:38,298 --> 00:53:39,758 Too good for them. 832 00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:44,972 Oh, Tom, would you get that? I still have to finish my makeup. 833 00:53:45,055 --> 00:53:46,890 And, uh, darling, look, would you take this up with you? 834 00:53:46,974 --> 00:53:49,143 - Certainly, Nora. - Thank you so much. 835 00:53:55,524 --> 00:53:56,900 Yes? 836 00:53:56,984 --> 00:53:58,902 Lieutenant Columbo to see Miss Chandler. 837 00:53:58,986 --> 00:54:01,155 Is, uh, she expecting you? 838 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,699 I don't think so, but this is official business. 839 00:54:03,824 --> 00:54:06,952 Oh. Uh, well, she isn't, uh, quite dressed yet... 840 00:54:07,035 --> 00:54:09,163 and, uh, she is going to a press reception. 841 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:10,080 Oh, I won't bother her. 842 00:54:10,164 --> 00:54:13,167 I'll just wait right here in the living room. Thank you very much. 843 00:54:21,175 --> 00:54:23,635 - Miss Chandler. - Yes? 844 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,055 - Lieutenant Columbo. - Oh. What is it? 845 00:54:27,347 --> 00:54:30,350 On, nothing important. I'm just here to bring you up-to-date on the case. 846 00:54:30,434 --> 00:54:32,686 Oh, that's very considerate of you. 847 00:54:32,811 --> 00:54:36,315 Um, I'll be out in a moment. Just make yourself at home. 848 00:54:36,398 --> 00:54:38,859 You mind if I use your telephone? It's a local call. 849 00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:41,695 No, not at all. Go right ahead. Help yourself. 850 00:54:54,750 --> 00:54:56,376 Hi. It's me. Is she there? 851 00:54:57,044 --> 00:54:59,004 Why does she have to go shopping every day? 852 00:54:59,213 --> 00:55:01,548 Do you have any idea where I am right now? 853 00:55:02,633 --> 00:55:05,552 Don't get smart, George. I'm in Nora Chandler's bungalow. 854 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:09,640 You're what? No kidding? What's the title? 855 00:55:10,557 --> 00:55:12,559 I never heard of that one. What channel? 856 00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:14,436 Thank you, George. 857 00:56:00,607 --> 00:56:02,734 Hello, darling, it's me. 858 00:56:03,277 --> 00:56:06,113 Yes. Yes, I delivered the package. 859 00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:10,117 No. No, no one saw me. 860 00:56:11,118 --> 00:56:14,580 No, don't worry, darling. No, no. 861 00:56:14,955 --> 00:56:17,958 You see, I took Charles's coat and hat. 862 00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:21,003 So even if anyone did see me, the street was so dark, 863 00:56:21,128 --> 00:56:22,921 they would have thought it was Charles. 864 00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:27,301 Phillip. Phillip, I'm frightened. 865 00:56:27,593 --> 00:56:29,428 Are you sure we did the right thing? 866 00:56:31,013 --> 00:56:34,391 Darling? Darling, when can I see you? 867 00:56:34,892 --> 00:56:36,768 / can't go on like this. 868 00:56:39,271 --> 00:56:42,065 You're... You're leaving tonight? 869 00:56:42,733 --> 00:56:47,029 But we were going to go together. Phillip, you promised. 870 00:56:48,196 --> 00:56:52,534 Phillip, don't hang up. Darling. 871 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:55,537 Phillip, I love you. You know I love you. 872 00:56:56,288 --> 00:56:57,831 What more can I do to prove it to you? 873 00:56:57,914 --> 00:56:59,916 If Charles ever found out I took that money... 874 00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:02,085 Lieutenant Columbo. 875 00:57:03,170 --> 00:57:04,296 Right here, Miss Chandler. 876 00:57:05,255 --> 00:57:08,008 I hope you don't mind my watching your TV? You're on. 877 00:57:08,133 --> 00:57:08,675 Oh, no. 878 00:57:08,759 --> 00:57:11,345 I never saw this picture before. George told me. 879 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:15,557 Oh. Isn't that awful? 880 00:57:15,682 --> 00:57:18,644 I didn't like it when I made it and I don't like it any better now. 881 00:57:18,727 --> 00:57:20,270 Really? I found it very interesting. 882 00:57:20,354 --> 00:57:21,688 Uh, I hope you'll excuse me. 883 00:57:21,813 --> 00:57:24,566 I have a press reception and then we're shooting process tonight. 884 00:57:24,691 --> 00:57:27,861 Well, if you don't mind, I'll just tag along and I can fill you in as we go. 885 00:57:27,986 --> 00:57:29,738 - Is that all right? - Yes. 886 00:57:29,905 --> 00:57:32,991 Listen. That guy Phillip in the picture, what does he do, he frame you in the end? 887 00:57:33,075 --> 00:57:36,328 - Uh-huh. You have seen it. - No, no, no. I just had a hunch. 888 00:57:36,411 --> 00:57:39,373 From that conversation I just heard, I knew he was no good. 889 00:57:39,498 --> 00:57:40,874 I know he's up to something. 890 00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:43,377 I just knew it had to be something like that. 891 00:57:43,919 --> 00:57:44,586 Thank you. 892 00:57:44,711 --> 00:57:47,839 Have you been able to persuade Mr. Parks to suggest someone who might have... 893 00:57:47,923 --> 00:57:49,758 Oh, yes, ma'am. Those files of his. 894 00:57:49,883 --> 00:57:53,095 There's a hundred people in there that might have wanted to kill him, only, uh... 895 00:57:53,804 --> 00:57:56,640 it's really this flat tire that I wanted to tell you about. 896 00:57:56,723 --> 00:57:57,724 Uh, this what? 897 00:57:57,849 --> 00:57:59,893 Uh, Miss Davis's, remember? 898 00:58:00,018 --> 00:58:03,814 'Cause see, the trouble is, that tire just won't go flat. 899 00:58:03,897 --> 00:58:05,023 I mean, not for us. 900 00:58:05,482 --> 00:58:06,817 We thought it might be a rim leak, 901 00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:09,277 but in all this time, there hasn't been a single bubble. 902 00:58:09,403 --> 00:58:11,363 Oh, that sounds very interesting. 903 00:58:11,446 --> 00:58:13,907 Yes, ma'am, only it does mean I've been sort of wrong. 904 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:16,576 About Miss Davis's death being a mistake, I mean. 905 00:58:16,702 --> 00:58:17,828 About what? 906 00:58:19,121 --> 00:58:21,790 Well, what I mean is, if there's nothing wrong with that tire... 907 00:58:21,915 --> 00:58:25,001 and it'd just been checked that day when she had the car serviced, 908 00:58:25,085 --> 00:58:27,295 well, that means that somebody must have let the air out of it. 909 00:58:27,421 --> 00:58:30,215 - Do you see what I mean? - No. 910 00:58:30,924 --> 00:58:32,759 Right there in back of the bookstore. 911 00:58:32,843 --> 00:58:36,430 Somebody who was watching them, somebody who wanted them to trade cars... 912 00:58:36,513 --> 00:58:39,641 so that it would just look like Miss Davis's death was a mistake. 913 00:58:39,766 --> 00:58:42,352 Anyway, I'll tell you what it boils down to. 914 00:58:42,644 --> 00:58:46,481 - I gotta start all over again. I was wrong. - Oh, you know, you're priceless. 915 00:58:46,606 --> 00:58:48,275 Some hoodlum lets air out of a tire and you think... 916 00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:50,861 But the valve stem was nice and tight. 917 00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:55,240 And when kids let the air out of the tire, they just loosen it and they run away. 918 00:58:55,323 --> 00:58:57,075 Anyway, there are other things. 919 00:58:57,284 --> 00:59:00,579 Like that car that was tearing away from the house just after the fire. 920 00:59:00,662 --> 00:59:02,205 Well, what about it? 921 00:59:02,789 --> 00:59:05,417 Well, if the person in that car actually lit the fire... 922 00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:08,628 I mean, if it wasn't started by some kind of device or something... 923 00:59:08,962 --> 00:59:12,966 well, you don't really believe someone that close couldn't see who was in Mr. Parks's car, 924 00:59:13,091 --> 00:59:15,677 couldn't see that it was Miss Davis that was gonna be killed? 925 00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:17,929 I haven't the slightest idea. 926 00:59:18,013 --> 00:59:20,974 No, ma'am, that's it. I was wrong before, dead wrong. 927 00:59:21,641 --> 00:59:25,771 Even my bosses agree. It was Miss Davis that the murderer wanted to kill. 928 00:59:26,104 --> 00:59:27,522 Clever idea, huh? 929 00:59:27,647 --> 00:59:31,401 Mr. Parks, he's got all those enemies. We might never have guessed. 930 00:59:32,027 --> 00:59:35,655 Lieutenant, do you mind? I really have to go. 931 00:59:36,031 --> 00:59:38,116 Well, ma'am, you're the only one that can help me now. 932 00:59:38,450 --> 00:59:40,535 I mean, you're the only one that really knew about Jean Davis. 933 00:59:40,660 --> 00:59:43,080 And what's worse, I'm afraid, 934 00:59:43,413 --> 00:59:47,292 who else besides Mr. Parks could have possibly known where she was gonna be that night... 935 00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:48,835 and you? 936 00:59:49,628 --> 00:59:54,382 Well, I still think Jean's death was a mistake. It just had to be a mistake. 937 01:00:29,876 --> 01:00:31,962 - All right, cut it. Cut it. - Okay? 938 01:00:32,045 --> 01:00:35,465 That's good, dear. That's a print. Okay, Doug? Good here? 939 01:00:36,216 --> 01:00:37,509 Thanks. 940 01:00:43,431 --> 01:00:46,393 Honey, I'm gonna have to break for dinner to avoid a meal penalty, you know? 941 01:00:46,518 --> 01:00:49,479 So, we'll come back and do a few shots of you going the other way, okay? 942 01:00:49,604 --> 01:00:51,731 - Sounds thrilling. - Relax. 943 01:00:51,857 --> 01:00:52,774 Nora? 944 01:00:56,194 --> 01:00:59,406 How do you like your stockholders... before or after dinner? 945 01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:01,408 Surely, you're not gonna feed them here? 946 01:01:01,533 --> 01:01:04,995 No, no. They just came here to gawk. I promised them dinner later. 947 01:01:05,078 --> 01:01:08,081 Uh, I think I'll meet them later. 948 01:01:08,164 --> 01:01:11,251 I really have to go to my dressing room. I've been on location all day, 949 01:01:11,376 --> 01:01:13,170 and I have a wardrobe change for the next scene. 950 01:01:13,253 --> 01:01:15,922 Oh, all right. Til hold them at bay. 951 01:01:17,549 --> 01:01:19,259 - See you later. - Mm. 952 01:01:19,384 --> 01:01:20,719 Hi. 953 01:01:24,764 --> 01:01:26,641 Fellas, I think that, urn... 954 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:29,311 She's got a lot to do. We can get together... 955 01:01:44,618 --> 01:01:47,412 Okay, Charlie, see you tomorrow night. 956 01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:16,733 Officer. 957 01:02:17,317 --> 01:02:17,984 Lieutenant. 958 01:02:18,109 --> 01:02:21,279 Officer, I understand somebody tried to run down a Mr. Parks. 959 01:02:21,363 --> 01:02:23,156 That's right. Missed him completely. 960 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:25,700 - He wasn't hurt at all? - No. Just a few scratches. 961 01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:29,245 Took him to the hospital, a few X-rays just to play it safe. 962 01:02:29,329 --> 01:02:32,540 - Anybody see who did it? - Not a soul around here. 963 01:02:34,834 --> 01:02:37,003 - Anything else I can... - Shh. 964 01:02:38,964 --> 01:02:42,008 - Well, like I said. We'll get to you... - Are you a Shrine... 965 01:02:42,717 --> 01:02:45,845 - Excuse me. Are you a Shriner? - No. 966 01:02:45,971 --> 01:02:48,306 - Is your partner a Shriner? - I don't know. Why don't you ask him? 967 01:02:48,515 --> 01:02:50,934 - Excuse me, are you a Shriner? - No. 968 01:02:51,017 --> 01:02:54,354 Is anybody here a Shriner? I'm Lieutenant Columbo, police department. 969 01:02:54,437 --> 01:02:57,941 I could use some help. Is anybody here a Shriner or does anybody here know a Shriner? 970 01:02:58,024 --> 01:02:59,609 - Lieutenant. - Are you a Shriner? 971 01:02:59,693 --> 01:03:03,571 No, but, uh, Frank the bartender on the corner is a Shriner. 972 01:03:03,738 --> 01:03:04,823 Thank you. 973 01:03:06,032 --> 01:03:08,952 Does he have a Shriner's ring? I don't know. Why don't you ask him? 974 01:03:09,035 --> 01:03:10,161 Thank you. 975 01:03:15,458 --> 01:03:17,043 Hey, just a minute, mister. You can't go in there. They're shooting. 976 01:03:17,168 --> 01:03:18,628 Police emergency. 977 01:03:24,092 --> 01:03:26,469 - Hey, wait a minute! Where do you think... - Emergency. 978 01:03:27,053 --> 01:03:30,015 - Hey, what the hell's going on? Cut it! - Mister, are you crazy? 979 01:03:30,098 --> 01:03:31,391 - Sorry. - Yeah, but you can't... 980 01:03:31,516 --> 01:03:34,227 - Hey, what are you doing here? - Police. Miss Nora Chandler? 981 01:03:34,311 --> 01:03:37,731 - She's right there. We're shooting. - Sorry. Police emergency. 982 01:03:37,897 --> 01:03:41,568 Forgive me for barging in. Mr. Parks... somebody tried to kill him again. 983 01:03:41,693 --> 01:03:44,404 - What? - This car tried to run him over. 984 01:03:44,529 --> 01:03:45,947 But who? Did he see who it was? 985 01:03:46,072 --> 01:03:48,450 I don't know. He hasn't been able to say anything yet. 986 01:03:48,908 --> 01:03:49,576 What? 987 01:03:49,951 --> 01:03:52,746 Severe concussion. Still unconscious. It looks very bad. 988 01:03:52,871 --> 01:03:54,456 - Oh. - Very bad. 989 01:03:55,081 --> 01:03:57,083 I'm so sorry about all this. 990 01:03:59,044 --> 01:04:04,591 That means Jean's death was a mistake, just as you thought in the first place. 991 01:04:04,674 --> 01:04:06,426 Miss Chandler, at this point, I don't know what to think, 992 01:04:06,509 --> 01:04:08,511 but I was hoping you'd be able to help me. 993 01:04:09,220 --> 01:04:10,263 But how? 994 01:04:10,722 --> 01:04:12,974 Uh, may we have some privacy? 995 01:04:13,099 --> 01:04:14,893 - Uh, yeah. - Do you mind? 996 01:04:14,976 --> 01:04:17,937 No, it's all right. Uh, save it, fellas. 997 01:04:25,487 --> 01:04:27,781 Mr. Parks was onto something new. 998 01:04:27,989 --> 01:04:31,326 He didn't say what. Didn't want to speak on the telephone. 999 01:04:31,451 --> 01:04:32,952 He had some new evidence. 1000 01:04:33,036 --> 01:04:35,455 I was on my way to see him when he got hit by this car. 1001 01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:39,209 You remember the other day he said he was suspicious? 1002 01:04:39,292 --> 01:04:41,419 - We thought he was just saving face? - Yeah. 1003 01:04:41,503 --> 01:04:43,088 He was onto something. 1004 01:04:44,172 --> 01:04:45,965 But how can I help you? 1005 01:04:46,132 --> 01:04:47,801 I want to show you something. 1006 01:05:02,524 --> 01:05:05,944 The ambulance driver found this in Mr. Parks's personal effects... 1007 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:09,989 in this envelope with the initials marked "N.C." 1008 01:05:12,117 --> 01:05:17,080 N.C. Those are my initials, but it's certainly not mine. 1009 01:05:18,915 --> 01:05:23,503 Too bad. I was hoping you'd be able to tell me what it means. 1010 01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:24,838 I have to tell you, Miss Chandler, 1011 01:05:24,921 --> 01:05:27,465 at this point, I'm up in the air on this whole business. 1012 01:05:27,549 --> 01:05:28,842 Nora, is everything all right? 1013 01:05:28,967 --> 01:05:31,678 Uh, yes, sir. I was just about to leave. 1014 01:05:32,846 --> 01:05:33,805 All right. 1015 01:05:35,557 --> 01:05:39,686 Uh, forgive. Uh, ma'am, as soon as he's able to, uh... 1016 01:05:39,853 --> 01:05:41,729 - I'll tell you what he says. - All right. 1017 01:05:42,021 --> 01:05:43,064 Sorry. 1018 01:05:44,357 --> 01:05:48,820 Uh, darling. Darling, would you mind very much if, uh, 1019 01:05:49,028 --> 01:05:50,822 you went on with the others? 1020 01:05:50,905 --> 01:05:53,491 I'll try and join you later. I've got this... sick headache. 1021 01:05:53,575 --> 01:05:56,661 - But, Nora... - Uh, please, darling. Please. 1022 01:05:56,744 --> 01:05:59,747 Sidney? Look. I'm-I'm not feeling well. 1023 01:05:59,873 --> 01:06:01,708 Could we come back to this tomorrow? 1024 01:06:01,791 --> 01:06:03,835 Sure. Sure, go ahead. 1025 01:06:04,043 --> 01:06:06,379 Jer? Let's, uh, call the cop car in. 1026 01:06:06,462 --> 01:06:09,716 We'll change the angle and shoot them following her. 1027 01:06:09,841 --> 01:06:11,676 Okay, new setup, fellas, okay? 1028 01:07:06,523 --> 01:07:07,941 What is it, Lieutenant? 1029 01:07:08,441 --> 01:07:10,276 I guess it's a lot of things, Miss Chandler. 1030 01:07:11,694 --> 01:07:14,072 Would you care to explain that and what you're doing here? 1031 01:07:14,822 --> 01:07:18,201 You know, a part of me really didn't want them to add up. 1032 01:07:19,994 --> 01:07:23,456 You know, Lieutenant, I really don't feel very well. 1033 01:07:24,207 --> 01:07:28,294 I wonder if you mind leaving and perhaps we can chat some other time. 1034 01:07:28,836 --> 01:07:30,421 I know you killed Jean Davis. 1035 01:07:31,965 --> 01:07:35,760 I find you amusing up to a point, Lieutenant, but you've passed that. 1036 01:07:35,843 --> 01:07:37,971 There's just so many pieces that didn't add up... 1037 01:07:39,264 --> 01:07:40,807 tire that wouldn't go flat, 1038 01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:43,726 why you refused to sell the cottage... that bothered me. 1039 01:07:43,810 --> 01:07:44,978 Would you kindly get out? 1040 01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:48,273 I'm just not in the mood for any more of your rambling speculations. 1041 01:07:48,481 --> 01:07:51,109 I'm here to arrest you for the murder of Jean Davis. 1042 01:07:52,527 --> 01:07:55,363 Oh, you're not serious. 1043 01:07:55,530 --> 01:07:56,656 You let the air out of her tire, 1044 01:07:56,781 --> 01:07:59,325 you stayed to see her get into Parks's car and then you killed her. 1045 01:07:59,450 --> 01:08:00,702 I'm afraid I am serious. 1046 01:08:02,370 --> 01:08:06,416 But why? Why would I do that? I loved Jean. 1047 01:08:06,749 --> 01:08:09,377 The "why" was very difficult to figure out. 1048 01:08:10,586 --> 01:08:13,673 "Meeting... Parks's study, Tuesday, June 6." 1049 01:08:14,048 --> 01:08:16,843 Do you remember after you admitted juggling the books on the Italian movie... 1050 01:08:16,968 --> 01:08:19,846 and then Mr. Parks intimated he still had something on you? 1051 01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:21,514 "Note... Parks probably bluffing. 1052 01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:24,350 Nevertheless, Chandler unnerved, quickly takes drink/' 1053 01:08:24,475 --> 01:08:25,852 Oh, that means nothing. 1054 01:08:25,977 --> 01:08:28,521 Well, it could mean you had something else to hide. 1055 01:08:28,688 --> 01:08:31,316 The prop man told me you only drink under pressure. 1056 01:08:31,816 --> 01:08:33,651 Had a theory here... 1057 01:08:33,776 --> 01:08:39,699 "Nora Chandler has secret, Jean Davis knows secret." There's a motive. 1058 01:08:41,701 --> 01:08:43,369 I have it written right here. 1059 01:08:43,703 --> 01:08:48,416 "Possible motive... prevent Jean Davis from revealing secret to Jerry Parks." 1060 01:08:48,541 --> 01:08:50,543 Oh, you must be desperate, Lieutenant. 1061 01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:52,003 You have no proof of anything. 1062 01:08:52,086 --> 01:08:55,965 "What is the secret? See, key? What is secret?" 1063 01:08:56,424 --> 01:08:58,468 That's what bothered me. "Fountain." 1064 01:08:59,469 --> 01:09:02,138 "Why fountain doesn't run?" That bothered me. 1065 01:09:02,805 --> 01:09:07,602 Yeah, that's what started to bother me. Right. That's what fountains are for. 1066 01:09:07,727 --> 01:09:11,731 Why didn't the water run? Most people like the sound of running water. I do. 1067 01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:15,401 - Well, I don't. - Well, that's what I assumed at first. 1068 01:09:16,235 --> 01:09:18,738 And then I spoke to the head of the property department. 1069 01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:20,698 You know, they keep incredible records. 1070 01:09:20,782 --> 01:09:22,700 You know, there's a number at the base of that fountain? 1071 01:09:23,326 --> 01:09:25,411 I saw it that day that I picked the flower. 1072 01:09:25,870 --> 01:09:29,374 Anyway, the prop man told me that you ordered the fountain for sentimental reasons. 1073 01:09:30,249 --> 01:09:33,711 Yes, but I told you it was from a picture I'd just finished. 1074 01:09:35,713 --> 01:09:38,674 September 16, 1960. 1075 01:09:38,841 --> 01:09:40,802 That was the day you ordered the fountain. 1076 01:09:41,219 --> 01:09:43,179 Well, I don't remember the exact day. 1077 01:09:43,262 --> 01:09:44,681 September 15. 1078 01:09:45,056 --> 01:09:49,060 The day before. That was the day your husband disappeared. 1079 01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:51,396 Now it starts to make some sense. 1080 01:09:51,562 --> 01:09:54,941 I have a possible explanation for why the fountain doesn't run. 1081 01:09:55,942 --> 01:09:57,944 In order to lay water pipe, 1082 01:09:58,069 --> 01:10:00,655 somebody would have to dig up the lawn, wouldn't they? 1083 01:10:22,927 --> 01:10:23,761 Drink, Lieutenant? 1084 01:10:25,304 --> 01:10:26,305 Thank you. 1085 01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:43,489 - Jerry Parks wasn't hurt, was he? - No, ma'am. 1086 01:10:44,740 --> 01:10:46,743 - Where'd you get that ring? - Borrowed it. 1087 01:10:46,951 --> 01:10:48,828 I was just playing hunches. I had nothing to go on. 1088 01:10:48,911 --> 01:10:52,248 I was just guessing. I had nothing concrete. I just wanted to see what you'd do. 1089 01:10:52,457 --> 01:10:54,417 When you came in here, you didn't even turn on the lights. 1090 01:10:54,500 --> 01:10:56,752 Just ran right straight through to the fountain. 1091 01:10:57,003 --> 01:10:58,421 You know, coincidence. 1092 01:10:58,504 --> 01:11:01,340 If I hadn't called George, if he hadn't been looking at TV, 1093 01:11:01,466 --> 01:11:02,925 if it was some other movie, 1094 01:11:03,009 --> 01:11:06,220 if you hadn't been dressed like a man, 'cause that's when it occurred to me. 1095 01:11:06,846 --> 01:11:09,223 Twelve years ago, somebody standing on a beach at night... 1096 01:11:09,348 --> 01:11:11,809 saw your husband get in a boat and go out to the ocean. 1097 01:11:12,185 --> 01:11:15,813 I remember the photographs. You and your husband... the same height. 1098 01:11:16,314 --> 01:11:17,523 It could have been you. 1099 01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:26,574 It was. 1100 01:11:29,535 --> 01:11:33,581 You see, uh, I-I... 1101 01:11:34,582 --> 01:11:37,376 I married Al because I thought I could, 1102 01:11:37,585 --> 01:11:40,379 oh, improve myself, you know, my career. 1103 01:11:41,339 --> 01:11:45,468 And... And then I-I began to, uh, care about the marriage. 1104 01:11:45,551 --> 01:11:50,223 So when he went playing around, you know, all the starlets, all that bit, well, it hurt. 1105 01:11:50,348 --> 01:11:55,478 So... I put up with it, you know. I put up with it until, uh, 1106 01:11:56,103 --> 01:12:00,233 one night he brought one of them right in here. 1107 01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:02,944 And we had a hell of a fight. 1108 01:12:03,069 --> 01:12:05,071 We argued, fought, 1109 01:12:06,155 --> 01:12:07,448 and I... 1110 01:12:08,366 --> 01:12:10,535 I struck him with a bottle. 1111 01:12:11,452 --> 01:12:12,537 And he... 1112 01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:16,916 I—I—I panicked. 1113 01:12:16,999 --> 01:12:18,000 And... 1114 01:12:19,585 --> 01:12:21,337 I buried him out there. 1115 01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:24,298 Jean knew. 1116 01:12:26,926 --> 01:12:28,594 Well... 1117 01:12:29,971 --> 01:12:33,641 I'll get a coat and we'll go.