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PERHAPS NOW
IT WILL ALL COME OUT.

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[ Footsteps On Gravel ]

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IT STINKS.

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BUT IT'S TRUE.
I DON'T CARE.

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IT'S TRUE, IT'S NOT TRUE.
IT STINKS.

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YOU SAY HE
WAS BEING BLACKMAILED ?
BY WHO ?  YOU DON'T KNOW.

7
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FOR HAVING AN AFFAIR.
WITH WHO ?  YOU DON'T KNOW.

8
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DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW
ABOUT IT ?  PROBABLY NOT.
YOU DON'T KNOW.

9
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I KNEW ABOUT IT.

10
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BIG DAVE
TOLD ME ABOUT IT...

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AND THE SPOT HE
WAS PUTTING HIMSELF IN
BY GETTING THE MONEY.

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TERRIFIC !
YOUR HUSBAND BACKS YOU UP.
THAT'S TERRIFIC.

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COME ON, YOU GOTTA GIVE ME
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

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FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER IS GOOD,
BUT HE'S NOT A MAGICIAN.

15
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HE CAN'T JUST WAVE HIS
LITTLE WAND IN THE AIR TO MAKE
A PLAUSIBLE DEFENSE MATERIALIZE.

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LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER SIDE
IS GONNA RUN AT US.

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THEY GOT THE COMPANY BOOKS
PREPARED BY YOU, COOKED BY YOU.
THAT'S MOTIVE.

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THEY GOT A MURDER SCENE
YOU HAD ACCESS TO.
THAT'S OPPORTUNITY.

19
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THEY GOT THAT
LITTLE TRIMMER THING HE WAS
STABBED IN THE THROAT WITH.

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A DAME'S WEAPON.
IT WAS BIG DAVE'S.

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DON'T INTERRUPT ME.
THAT'S MEANS.

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THEY GOT A FINE, UPSTANDING
PILLAR OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
AS A VICTIM,

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AND THEN THEY GOT YOU,

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A DISGRUNTLED,
NUMBER-JUGGLING UNDERLING,

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WHO ON THE DAY IN QUESTION
WAS DRUNK AS A SKUNK...

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AND WHOSE ALIBI FOR
THE TIME IN QUESTION IS BEING
PASSED OUT AT HOME, ALONE.

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I WAS WITH HER.

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LIKE I SAY, IT STINKS.

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I KILLED HIM.

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OKAY.
YOU KILLED HIM.

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OKAY, WE FORGET
THE BLACKMAIL THING.
YOU KILLED HIM.

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HOW COME ?

33
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HE AND DORIS, UH,
WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

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OKAY.
HOW DID YOU KNOW ?

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I JUST KNEW.

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A HUSBAND KNOWS.

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WILL ANYONE ELSE
SAY THEY KNEW ?
AND DON'T SAY YOUR WIFE.

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I DON'T KNOW.

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I DON'T THINK SO.

40
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[ Sighs ]
HOW DID YOU
GET INTO THE STORE ?

41
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I TOOK DORIS'S KEYS.

42
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WILL ANYONE SAY THEY SAW YOU
THERE, ON YOUR WAY THERE,
IN THERE, ON YOUR WAY BACK ?

43
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I DON'T THINK SO.

44
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WILL ANYONE CORROBORATE ANY
GODDAMN PART OF YOUR STORY
AT ALL ?  OH, COME ON !

45
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PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T HELP
EACH OTHER LIKE THAT.

46
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[ Sighs ]
LET'S BE REALISTIC, NOW.

47
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LET'S LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS.

48
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WELL, FRANKLY,
I DON'T SEE ANY OPTIONS.

49
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LOOK,
I CANNOT PRESENT STORY "A."
I CANNOT PRESENT STORY "B."

50
00:03:31,194 --> 00:03:34,697
I COULD PLEAD YOU FOR A NUTCASE,
BUT YOU LOOK TOO COMPOSED.

51
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I COULD OFFER A GUILTY PLEA,
AND IN RETURN THEY DON'T
GIVE YOU THE JUICE,

52
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BUT I DON'T THINK YOU
WANT TO SPEND THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE IN CHINO.

53
00:03:39,702 --> 00:03:43,206
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HIRE FREDDY
RIEDENSCHNEIDER TO HOLD YOUR
HAND AT A SENTENCING HEARING.

54
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YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN
LLOYD GARROWAY FOR THAT.

55
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NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE NOT GIVING UP YET.

56
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YOU HIRED FREDDY
RIEDENSCHNEIDER, IT MEANS YOU'RE
NOT THROWING IN THE TOWEL.

57
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I LITIGATE.
I DON'T CAPITULATE.

58
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ALL RIGHT.  NO OPTIONS ?
WE GOTTA THINK.

59
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ALL RIGHT.  WE GO BACK
TO THE BLACKMAIL THING.
YEAH, IT TITILLATES.

60
00:04:03,226 --> 00:04:05,728
IT'S OPEN-ENDED,
AND IT MAKESHIM
THE BAD GUY.

61
00:04:05,728 --> 00:04:08,231
YOU DIG AROUND, YOU NEVER KNOW.
SOMETHING UNSAVORY
FROM HIS PAST.

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HE APPROACHES YOU TO HELP HIM
WITH THE MONEY, HIS PAST
COMES BACK TO HAUNT HIM.

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WHO'S TO SAY ?
YEAH.  YEAH.  YEAH.  YEAH.

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FORGET THE JEALOUS
HUSBAND THING.
THAT'S JUST SILLY.

65
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WE'RE GOING WITH THE BLACKMAIL.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.
I'M COMIN' OUT !

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[ Door Hinges Creaking ]

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[ Door Slams ]

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[ Ed ]
OF COURSE THERE WAS ONE PERSON
WHO COULD CONFIRM DORIS'S STORY,

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OR PLENTY OF IT.

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THE DRY-CLEANING PANSY.

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BUT HE'D LEFT THE HOTEL,
SKIPPED OUT ON HIS BILL.

72
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HE'D ALSO DISAPPEARED
FROM THE RESIDENCE HE GAVE ME,

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OWING TWO MONTHS' RENT.

74
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HOW COULD I
HAVE BEEN SO STUPID ?

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HANDING OVER $10,000
FOR A PIECE OF PAPER.

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AND THE MAN GONE,
LIKE A GHOST.

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DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR,
VAPORIZED LIKE THE NIPS
AT NAGASAKI.

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00:05:01,284 --> 00:05:03,286
GONE NOW.

79
00:05:05,788 --> 00:05:08,791
[ Inhales Deeply ]
ALL GONE.

80
00:05:09,292 --> 00:05:12,295
THE MONEY GONE,
BIG DAVE GONE,

81
00:05:12,795 --> 00:05:15,298
DORIS GOING.

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HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN
SO STUPID ?

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[ Ice Tinkling In Glass ]

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SHE MAKES THIS STUFF
SHE CALLS A DUFF.

88
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IT'S GOT EGG IN THERE.
IT'S GOT SUGAR.  IT'S GOT--

89
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IT'S CAKE, BASICALLY,
EXCEPT SHE CALLS IT DUFF.

90
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YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU
DON'T CALL IT CAKE,

91
00:05:52,335 --> 00:05:54,837
YOU DON'T PUT ON ANY WEIGHT.

92
00:05:54,837 --> 00:05:59,342
LIKE I NEED TO BE EATING DUFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ?

93
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[ Ed ]
SOONER OR LATER,
EVERYONE NEEDS A HAIRCUT.

94
00:06:02,345 --> 00:06:06,849
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
WE WERE WORKING
FOR THE BANK NOW.

95
00:06:06,849 --> 00:06:10,853
WE KEPT CUTTING THE HAIR,
TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT,

96
00:06:10,853 --> 00:06:14,857
[ Loud Muttering ]
MAKE THE PAYMENTS,
TREAD THE WATER DAY BY DAY,

97
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DAY BY DAY.

98
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MOST PEOPLE THINK SOMEONE'S
ACCUSED OF A CRIME,

99
00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:27,370
THEY HAUL 'EM IN
AND BRING 'EM TO TRIAL,
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

100
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IT'S NOT THAT FAST.

101
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THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE
TURN SLOW.

102
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THEY HAVE THE ARRAIGNMENT,
THEN THE INDICTMENT,

103
00:06:35,378 --> 00:06:39,382
AND THEY ENTERTAIN MOTIONS
TO DISMISS AND POSTPONE
AND CHANGE THE VENUE...

104
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AND ALTER THIS AND THAT
AND THE OTHER.

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THEY IMPANEL A JURY,
WHICH BRING MORE MOTIONS.

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THEN THEY SET A TRIAL DATE,
AND THEN THEY CHANGE THE DATE.

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AND THEN, OFTEN AS NOT,
THEY'LL CHANGE IT AGAIN.
NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.

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I SAYS, "HONEY, IF YOU'RE
GONNA MAKE COFFEE, MAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF COFFEE."

109
00:06:55,898 --> 00:06:58,901
AND THROUGH ALL OF IT,
WE CUT THE HAIR.

110
00:07:04,407 --> 00:07:08,411
MEANTIME, FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER
SLEPT AT THE METROPOLE...

111
00:07:10,913 --> 00:07:14,917
AND SHOVELED IT IN
AT DA VINCI'S.

112
00:07:14,917 --> 00:07:19,422
HE'D BROUGHT IN
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
FROM SACRAMENTO...

113
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TO NOSE AROUND
INTO BIG DAVE'S PAST.

114
00:07:39,942 --> 00:07:43,446
I FOUND MYSELF, MORE AND MORE,
GOING OVER TO THE ABUNDAS'S.

115
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IT WAS A ROUTINE WE FELL INTO
MOST EVERY EVENING.

116
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I EVEN WENT WHEN WALTER WAS AWAY
ON HIS RESEARCH TRIPS.

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HE WAS A GENEALOGIST,

119
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HAD TRACED BACK
HIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY
SEVEN GENERATIONS,

120
00:07:59,962 --> 00:08:01,964
HIS LATE WIFE'S EIGHT.

121
00:08:01,964 --> 00:08:03,966
IT SEEMED LIKE
A SCREWY HOBBY,

122
00:08:04,467 --> 00:08:06,969
BUT THEN MAYBE
ALL HOBBIES ARE.

123
00:08:09,972 --> 00:08:14,477
MAYBE WALTER
FOUND SOMETHING THERE
IN THE OLD COUNTY COURTHOUSES,

124
00:08:14,477 --> 00:08:16,479
HOSPITAL FILE ROOMS,

125
00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:19,482
CITY ARCHIVES,
PROPERTY ROLLS,

126
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REGISTRIES.

127
00:08:21,984 --> 00:08:25,488
SOMETHING MAYBE
LIKE WHAT I FOUND
LISTENING TO BIRDY PLAY.

128
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SOME KIND OF ESCAPE.

129
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SOME KIND OF PEACE.


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[ People Chattering
In Distance ]

131
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[ Hinges Creaking ]

132
00:09:14,036 --> 00:09:17,540
THEY GOT THIS GUY
IN GERMANY.

133
00:09:19,041 --> 00:09:22,044
FRITZ SOMETHING
OR OTHER.

134
00:09:22,044 --> 00:09:24,046
OR IS IT--
MAYBE IT'S WERNER.

135
00:09:24,046 --> 00:09:27,550
ANYWAY...
HE'S GOT THIS THEORY.

136
00:09:29,051 --> 00:09:32,054
YOU WANT TO TEST SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFICALLY--

137
00:09:32,054 --> 00:09:35,057
HOW THE PLANETS
GO 'ROUND THE SUN,

138
00:09:35,057 --> 00:09:37,560
WHAT SUNSPOTS ARE MADE OF,

139
00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:40,563
WHY THE WATER
COMES OUT OF THE TAP--

140
00:09:40,563 --> 00:09:43,566
WELL, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT.

141
00:09:43,566 --> 00:09:47,570
BUT SOMETIMES
YOU LOOK AT IT--

142
00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:50,573
YOUR LOOKING CHANGES IT.

143
00:09:53,576 --> 00:09:57,079
YOU CAN'T KNOW THE REALITY
OF WHAT HAPPENED,

144
00:09:57,079 --> 00:09:59,081
OR WHAT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED,

145
00:09:59,081 --> 00:10:03,085
IF YOU HADN'T STUCK IN
YOUR OWN GODDAMN SCHNOZZ.

146
00:10:03,085 --> 00:10:06,088
SO THERE IS NO
"WHAT HAPPENED."

147
00:10:06,088 --> 00:10:08,090
LOOKING AT SOMETHING...

148
00:10:08,090 --> 00:10:10,092
CHANGES IT.

149
00:10:14,597 --> 00:10:17,600
THEY CALL IT
THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.

150
00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:22,605
SURE, IT SOUNDS SCREWY,
BUT EVEN EINSTEIN SAYS
THE GUY'S ONTO SOMETHING.

151
00:10:25,608 --> 00:10:27,610
SCIENCE.

152
00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:29,612
PERCEPTION.

153
00:10:32,114 --> 00:10:35,618
REALITY.  DOUBT.

154
00:10:37,119 --> 00:10:40,623
REASONABLE... DOUBT.

155
00:10:42,124 --> 00:10:45,628
I'M SAYING THAT SOMETIMES
THE MORE YOU LOOK,

156
00:10:45,628 --> 00:10:48,130
THE LESS YOU REALLY KNOW.

157
00:10:49,632 --> 00:10:53,135
IT'S A FACT,
A PROVED FACT.

158
00:10:53,135 --> 00:10:55,638
IN-- IN A WAY,

159
00:10:55,638 --> 00:10:58,641
IT'S THE ONLY FACT
THERE IS.

160
00:11:01,143 --> 00:11:04,647
THIS HEINIE EVEN
WROTE IT OUT IN NUMBERS.

161
00:11:07,149 --> 00:11:09,151
BURNS ?

162
00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,162
SUBJECT:
DAVID ALLEN BREWSTER,

163
00:11:20,162 --> 00:11:22,164
BORN BROOKLYN, 1911.

164
00:11:22,164 --> 00:11:25,668
SUBJECT EDUCATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ONE YEAR CASE WESTERN
UNIVERSITY.

165
00:11:25,668 --> 00:11:27,670
FLUNKS OUT.

166
00:11:27,670 --> 00:11:32,174
1931, RETAIL APPLIANCE SALESMAN
IN BARNHOFF'S DEPARTMENT STORE,
CINCINNATI.

167
00:11:32,174 --> 00:11:35,678
1933,
MEETS ANN NIRDLINGER.
THEY MARRY THAT YEAR.

168
00:11:36,178 --> 00:11:38,180
1935, ARRESTED
ON ASSAULT COMPLAINT.

169
00:11:38,180 --> 00:11:40,683
COMPLAINANT HAS A BROKEN NOSE,
COUPLE OF BROKEN RIBS.

170
00:11:41,183 --> 00:11:43,686
'36, ANOTHER ASSAULT BEEF
AT A BAR ROOM ALTERCATION.

171
00:11:43,686 --> 00:11:47,690
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
COUPLE OF FISTFIGHTS, RIGHT ?
GO TO HIS SERVICE RECORD.

172
00:11:49,191 --> 00:11:52,695
INDUCTED MARCH 15, 1942.

173
00:11:52,695 --> 00:11:56,699
SERVED IN A CLERICAL CAPACITY
IN THE U.S. NAVAL SHIPYARDS
AT SAN DIEGO.

174
00:11:57,199 --> 00:11:59,702
ONE FISTFIGHT,
BROKEN UP BY THE M.P.s.

175
00:11:59,702 --> 00:12:04,206
NO COURT-MARTIAL.
HONORABLE DISCHARGE,
MAY 8, 1945.

176
00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:07,710
SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN CLEAN.
THANK YOU, BURNS.
GET LOST.

177
00:12:14,216 --> 00:12:17,219
[ Door Opens, Closes ]

178
00:12:17,219 --> 00:12:19,221
SO ?

179
00:12:19,221 --> 00:12:21,724
SO ?

180
00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:24,727
THIS COULD BE YOUR DOLLY'S
TICKET OUT OF THE DEATH HOUSE.

181
00:12:24,727 --> 00:12:26,729
SO !

182
00:12:26,729 --> 00:12:28,731
I DON'T GET IT.

183
00:12:28,731 --> 00:12:31,734
[ Disgusted Sigh ]
LOOK, CHUMP.

184
00:12:31,734 --> 00:12:36,739
THIS IS A GUY, FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, TOLD EVERYBODY
HE WAS A WAR HERO, RIGHT ?

185
00:12:36,739 --> 00:12:39,742
ISLAND-HOPPING,
PRACTICALLY LIBERATED
THE PACIFIC ALL BY HIMSELF,

186
00:12:39,742 --> 00:12:42,745
WITH A KNIFE IN ONE HAND,
A GUN IN THE OTHER,

187
00:12:42,745 --> 00:12:45,748
AND 20 YARDS OF JAP GUTS
BETWEEN HIS TEETH.

188
00:12:45,748 --> 00:12:48,751
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT
THIS DOPE SPENT THE WAR
SITTING ON HIS ASS...

189
00:12:48,751 --> 00:12:52,254
IN SOME BOAT YARD
IN SAN DIEGO.

190
00:12:52,254 --> 00:12:54,256
YOU ASKED FOR BLACKMAIL.

191
00:12:54,256 --> 00:12:58,260
MR. HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET,
ABOUT TO OPEN
HIS OWN BUSINESS HERE,

192
00:12:58,260 --> 00:13:01,263
HAS BEEN LYING
TO EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS,

193
00:13:01,263 --> 00:13:04,266
PROBABLY INCLUDING
HALF THE PEOPLE SITTING
ON THAT JURY.

194
00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:06,769
WELL, IT FINALLY
CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

195
00:13:06,769 --> 00:13:11,273
SOMEBODY KNEW
HIS DIRTY LITTLE SECRET,
JUST LIKE YOUR WIFE SAYS.

196
00:13:11,273 --> 00:13:14,276
THEY CALLED,
THEY DEMANDED MONEY.

197
00:13:16,278 --> 00:13:19,782
DID BIG DAVE SAY
HE'D RECENTLY HEARD
FROM AN OLD FRIEND ?

198
00:13:19,782 --> 00:13:23,786
DID BIG DAVE MENTION
IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
HIS WAR SERVICE ?

199
00:13:23,786 --> 00:13:26,789
I DON'T KNOW.
I WASN'T THERE.

200
00:13:26,789 --> 00:13:29,792
YOU HAVE TO TELL US.

201
00:13:29,792 --> 00:13:32,795
MAYBE HE SPECIFIED,
MAYBE HE DIDN'T.

202
00:13:32,795 --> 00:13:36,298
I'M NOT PUTTING WORDS
IN YOUR MOUTH, NO.

203
00:13:36,298 --> 00:13:38,801
BUT THE POINT IS
THAT THIS LIAR,

204
00:13:38,801 --> 00:13:40,803
THIS CYNICAL MANIPULATOR,

205
00:13:40,803 --> 00:13:43,806
TURNS TO YOU TO HELP HIM
OUT OF HIS JAM.

206
00:13:43,806 --> 00:13:45,808
FAT-ASSED SON OF A BITCH.

207
00:13:47,309 --> 00:13:50,312
SO WHO--
WHO ACTUALLY--

208
00:13:50,312 --> 00:13:52,815
WHO ?  WHO ?

209
00:13:52,815 --> 00:13:54,817
I DON'T KNOW WHO.

210
00:13:54,817 --> 00:13:57,820
BUT THE POINT IS
THAT IF MR. PROSECUTOR
OVER THERE...

211
00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,824
HAD DEVOTED HALF THE TIME
HE'S SPENT PERSECUTING
THIS WOMAN...

212
00:14:01,824 --> 00:14:06,328
TO EVEN THE MOST
CURSORY INVESTIGATION
OF THIS SCHMO'S PAST,

213
00:14:06,328 --> 00:14:08,330
THEN WE MIGHT KNOW WHO.

214
00:14:08,330 --> 00:14:12,835
BUT WE CAN'T KNOW WHO.
WE CAN'T KNOW
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

215
00:14:13,335 --> 00:14:16,338
[ Rhythmically ]
BECAUSE THE MORE YOU LOOK,
THE LESS YOU KNOW.

216
00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:20,843
BUT THE BEAUTY OF IT IS...

217
00:14:21,343 --> 00:14:24,346
WE DON'T GOTTA KNOW.

218
00:14:24,346 --> 00:14:28,851
WE JUST GOTTA SHOW
THAT, GOD DAMN IT,
THEY DON'T KNOW.

219
00:14:28,851 --> 00:14:33,856
BECAUSE OF FRITZ, OR WERNER,
WHATEVER THE HELL HIS NAME IS.

220
00:14:35,357 --> 00:14:37,359
[ Chuckles ]

221
00:14:37,359 --> 00:14:40,362
FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER
SEES DAYLIGHT.

222
00:14:40,362 --> 00:14:42,865
WE GOT A REAL SHOT
AT THIS, FOLKS.
LET'S NOT GET COCKY.

223
00:14:42,865 --> 00:14:44,867
COMIN' OUT !

224
00:14:44,867 --> 00:14:48,370
[ Door Slams ]

225
00:14:51,874 --> 00:14:53,876
[ Inhales ]

226
00:14:53,876 --> 00:14:56,879
[ Muffled Laughing ]

227
00:14:58,380 --> 00:15:01,383
[ Laughing Continues ]
BIG DAVE.

228
00:15:02,885 --> 00:15:04,887
[ Shaky Gasp ]

229
00:15:06,889 --> 00:15:08,891
WHAT A DOPE.

230
00:15:16,398 --> 00:15:19,401
[ Ed ]
SO MAYBE RIEDENSCHNEIDER
COULD FIX IT FOR DORIS.

231
00:15:19,401 --> 00:15:21,904
MAYBE IT WOULD ALL WORK OUT.

232
00:15:21,904 --> 00:15:23,906
AND I THOUGHT,

233
00:15:25,407 --> 00:15:27,409
I HOPED,

234
00:15:27,910 --> 00:15:30,913
THAT MAYBE
THERE WAS A WAY OUT
FOR ME AS WELL.

235
00:15:30,913 --> 00:15:34,917
HE WAS DEAF
WHEN HE WROTE THIS.

236
00:15:34,917 --> 00:15:37,419
[ Ed ]
WHO ?

237
00:15:37,419 --> 00:15:39,421
BEETHOVEN.

238
00:15:40,923 --> 00:15:44,426
HE CREATED IT, BUT HE NEVER
ACTUALLY HEARD IT.

239
00:15:44,426 --> 00:15:47,930
I GUESS HE JUST HEARD IT ALL
IN HIS HEAD SOMEHOW.

240
00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:52,434


241
00:15:52,434 --> 00:15:54,937


242
00:15:55,437 --> 00:15:58,440
[ Ed ]
THE GIRL HAD TALENT.
ANYONE COULD SEE THAT.

243
00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,943
AND SHE WASN'T
SOME FLY-BY-NIGHTER.

244
00:16:00,943 --> 00:16:03,445
SHE WAS JUST
A GOOD, CLEAN KID.

245
00:16:03,946 --> 00:16:06,448
IF SHE WAS GOING TO
HAVE A CAREER, SHE'D NEED
A RESPONSIBLE ADULT...

246
00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:08,450
LOOKING OUT FOR HER,

247
00:16:08,450 --> 00:16:11,954
SOME KIND OF MANAGER.

248
00:16:11,954 --> 00:16:15,457
SHE'D HAVE CONTRACTS TO LOOK AT,
BE GOING OUT ON TOURS,

249
00:16:15,457 --> 00:16:17,960
PLAYING ON THE RADIO, MAYBE.

250
00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,964
I COULD HELP HER
SORT THROUGH ALL THAT WITHOUT
CHARGING HER AN ARM AND A LEG.

251
00:16:21,964 --> 00:16:24,466
JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY.

252
00:16:27,469 --> 00:16:29,972
THEN I COULD BE WITH HER,

253
00:16:29,972 --> 00:16:32,474
ENOUGH TO KEEP MYSELF
FEELING OKAY.

254
00:16:34,977 --> 00:16:36,979
WHY COULDN'T THAT WORK ?

255
00:16:37,479 --> 00:16:38,981
WHY NOT ?

256
00:16:39,481 --> 00:16:41,984
[ Laughing ]

257
00:16:45,487 --> 00:16:47,489
HI, MR. CRANE.
HELLO, BIRDY.

258
00:16:50,993 --> 00:16:52,995
I THOUGHT THAT
WAS REAL GOOD.

259
00:16:52,995 --> 00:16:56,498
YEAH, I MESSED UP
A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UM,
ON THE AGITATO,

260
00:16:56,498 --> 00:17:00,002
BUT IF NOBODY NOTICED,
THEN IT'S OKAY.

261
00:17:03,505 --> 00:17:06,008
OH, THIS IS, UM,
A FRIEND OF MINE.

262
00:17:06,008 --> 00:17:09,011
TONY, UM, MR. CRANE.

263
00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:14,516
- HELLO, TONY.
- HELLO, SIR.

264
00:17:26,028 --> 00:17:30,032
[ Clears Throat ]
WELL, UH,

265
00:17:30,032 --> 00:17:32,034
CONGRATULATIONS.

266
00:17:35,537 --> 00:17:39,041
THINK I'LL
BE GETTING HOME NOW.

267
00:17:39,041 --> 00:17:43,045
IT WAS...
NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

268
00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:45,047
YOU TOO, TONY.

269
00:17:49,051 --> 00:17:51,553
[ Ed ]
WHY COULDN'T IT WORK ?

270
00:17:51,553 --> 00:17:55,057
ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT
I WAS THINKING IN THE DAYS
LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL.

271
00:17:55,057 --> 00:17:59,061
IT SEEMED LIKE
ONCE THAT WAS OVER,
I'D BE READY FOR A NEW START.

272
00:17:59,061 --> 00:18:01,563
FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER
WAS BUSY PREPARING.

273
00:18:01,563 --> 00:18:04,066
HE WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC.

274
00:18:04,066 --> 00:18:08,070
AND FINALLY IT CAME--
THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL,

275
00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:12,574
WHAT RIEDENSCHNEIDER CALLED
"THE BIG SHOW."

276
00:18:23,585 --> 00:18:28,090
WHERE'S THE JUDGE ?
HOW COME THERE'S NO JUDGE ?

277
00:18:28,090 --> 00:18:30,592
WHERE'S THE JUDGE, ED ?

278
00:18:30,592 --> 00:18:32,594
[ Clears Throat ]
RIEDENSCHNEIDER.

279
00:18:32,594 --> 00:18:35,597
HOW COME THE JUDGE
DOESN'T COME OUT ?

280
00:18:35,597 --> 00:18:40,102
THE JUDGE COMES IN LAST.
HE'LL COME IN
WHEN DORIS GETS HERE.

281
00:18:40,602 --> 00:18:44,106
SO WHERE'S DORIS ?
I THOUGHT WE STARTED
AT 10:00.

282
00:18:44,106 --> 00:18:47,109
HEY, RIEDENSCHNEIDER.
WHERE'S DORIS ?

283
00:18:47,109 --> 00:18:49,111
SHE'S LATE.

284
00:18:49,111 --> 00:18:52,614
LATE ?
HOW CAN SHE BE LATE ?

285
00:18:53,115 --> 00:18:56,118
SHE'S IN PRISON, ED.
NONE OF US ARE IN PRISON.

286
00:18:56,118 --> 00:19:00,122
AND YET WE'RE NOT LATE.
WE'RE ON TIME, ED.

287
00:19:00,122 --> 00:19:02,124
HOW CAN DORIS BE LATE ?

288
00:19:02,124 --> 00:19:05,627
WHAT, THEY DON'T HAVE
WAKE-UP CALLS ?
[ Door Opens ]

289
00:19:09,631 --> 00:19:11,633
ALL RISE.
NO, NO.

290
00:19:11,633 --> 00:19:13,635
[ Judge ]
COUNSELORS.

291
00:19:20,142 --> 00:19:23,145
[ Footsteps ]

292
00:19:27,649 --> 00:19:29,651
WHAT'S GOING ON, ED ?

293
00:19:29,651 --> 00:19:32,654
I THOUGHT THERE
WOULD BE ARGUMENTS,

294
00:19:32,654 --> 00:19:34,656
THE BAILIFF
AND SO FORTH.

295
00:19:34,656 --> 00:19:39,161
[ Quiet Murmuring ]

296
00:19:39,161 --> 00:19:41,663
ED, WHAT IS THIS ?

297
00:19:41,663 --> 00:19:44,166
IS THIS PROCEDURE ?

298
00:20:00,682 --> 00:20:05,687
IN THE MATTER OF
THE PEOPLE V. DORIS CRANE,
CASE NUMBER SR-87249,

299
00:20:05,687 --> 00:20:08,190
CAUSE NOW PENDING
IS HEREBY DISMISSED...

300
00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:13,695
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA
PENAL CODE SECTION 1385.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

301
00:20:14,196 --> 00:20:17,199
HAD A REAL SHOT AT THIS.
I COULD'VE WON THIS THING.

302
00:20:17,199 --> 00:20:19,701
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

303
00:20:20,202 --> 00:20:22,204
YOUR SERVICE
IS NO LONGER NEEDED...

304
00:20:22,204 --> 00:20:25,207
AND YOU ARE NOW DISCHARGED.

305
00:20:25,207 --> 00:20:28,210
[ Ed ]
SHE'D HANGED HERSELF.

306
00:20:30,212 --> 00:20:34,716
I'D BROUGHT HER A DRESS
TO WEAR TO COURT,
AND SHE'D USED THE BELT.

307
00:20:34,716 --> 00:20:38,220
AT FIRST I THOUGHT
SHE'D FIGURED OUT SOMEHOW
HOW I FIT INTO IT...

308
00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:41,723
AND COULDN'T STAND IT,
COULDN'T STAND KNOWING.
[ Sobbing ]

309
00:20:41,723 --> 00:20:44,226
BUT THAT WASN'T IT,
I'D FIND OUT LATER.

310
00:20:47,229 --> 00:20:51,233
FOR NOW, EVERYTHING
JUST SEEMED RUINED.

311
00:20:52,734 --> 00:20:55,737
CHECKING OUT.
FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER
WENT BACK TO SACRAMENTO,

312
00:20:55,737 --> 00:20:57,739
STILL SHAKING HIS HEAD,

313
00:20:57,739 --> 00:21:00,742
SAYING IT WAS
THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

314
00:21:00,742 --> 00:21:03,245
FRANKIE FELL TO PIECES.

315
00:21:03,245 --> 00:21:05,247
I SUSPECT HE WAS DRINKING.

316
00:21:05,747 --> 00:21:09,251
ANYWAY, HE STOPPED
COMING IN TO WORK.

317
00:21:09,251 --> 00:21:13,255
THAT LEFT ME
TO KEEP THE PLACE GOING,
OR THE BANK WOULD'VE TAKEN IT.

318
00:21:13,255 --> 00:21:15,757
HAVE TO GET HIM
OFF THE ROAD, RIGHT ?
HE KEEPS SNAPPING.

319
00:21:15,757 --> 00:21:18,260
I WAS THE PRINCIPAL
BARBER NOW.
TALK ABOUT UNGRATEFUL.

320
00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:21,763
I HIRED A NEW MAN
FOR THE SECOND CHAIR.
RUNS RIGHT OVER THE TURTLE.

321
00:21:21,763 --> 00:21:25,267
I'D HIRED THE GUY WHO DID
THE LEAST GABBING WHEN HE
CAME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW,

322
00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:28,770
BUT I GUESS THE NEW MAN
HAD ONLY KEPT QUIET
BECAUSE HE WAS NERVOUS.

323
00:21:28,770 --> 00:21:32,274
ONCE HE HAD THE JOB, HE TALKED
FROM THE MINUTE I OPENED
THE SHOP IN THE MORNING...

324
00:21:32,274 --> 00:21:35,277
UNTIL I LOCKED UP AT NIGHT.
HE TIED A PIECE OF CORN
ON A STRING, RIGHT ?

325
00:21:35,277 --> 00:21:37,779
HE WOULD WAIT
FOR THE CHICKEN TO EAT IT.

326
00:21:37,779 --> 00:21:40,782
FOR ALL I KNOW,
HE TALKED TO HIMSELF
ON THE WAY HOME.

327
00:21:40,782 --> 00:21:43,785
[ Voice Echoes, Fades ]
...THE CHICKEN--

328
00:21:43,785 --> 00:21:47,789
[ Ed ]  WHEN I WALKED HOME,
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE
AVOIDED LOOKING AT ME,

329
00:21:47,789 --> 00:21:50,792
AS IF I'D CAUGHT SOME DISEASE.

330
00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:54,796
THIS THING WITH DORIS,
NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

331
00:21:57,299 --> 00:22:00,802
IT WAS LIKE I WAS A GHOST
WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

332
00:22:02,304 --> 00:22:04,806
AND WHEN I GOT HOME NOW,

333
00:22:07,809 --> 00:22:10,312
THE PLACE FELT EMPTY.

334
00:22:10,312 --> 00:22:12,314
[ Door Closes ]

335
00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:19,821
I SAT IN THE HOUSE,

336
00:22:22,324 --> 00:22:24,826
BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.

337
00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:32,834
IWASA GHOST.

338
00:22:34,336 --> 00:22:36,338
I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE.

339
00:22:36,338 --> 00:22:38,340
NO ONE SAW ME.

340
00:22:43,845 --> 00:22:45,847
I WAS THE BARBER.

341
00:22:51,853 --> 00:22:55,357
I HAD A COUPLE OF EGGS OVER HARD
'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THEY
RUN ALL OVER THE PLATE,

342
00:22:55,357 --> 00:22:57,359
SOME BACON AND POTATOES,
WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO
COME WITH IT.

343
00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,862
SO I PAY FOR IT, AND I
PUT THE CHANGE IN MY POCKET
WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING...

344
00:23:01,363 --> 00:23:03,865
'CAUSE, GOSH,
WHO LOOKS AT THE CHANGE
WHEN YOU EAT THERE EVERY DAY ?

345
00:23:03,865 --> 00:23:06,868
TWO BLOCKS LATER I LOOK
AT THE CHANGE SHE GAVE ME.
GOLLY, I'M TWO BITS SHORT.

346
00:23:06,868 --> 00:23:10,872
[ Customer ]  TWO BITS SHORT.
SO I WALK BACK OVER TO LINTON'S,
FIND THIS GAL, BIG ARGUMENT.

347
00:23:10,872 --> 00:23:13,375
SHE DOESN'T EVEN RECALL
THE TRANSACTION.
NO RECOLLECTION.

348
00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:15,877
DOESN'T RECALL THE TRANSACTION.
NO RECOLLECTIONS.

349
00:23:15,877 --> 00:23:17,879
SO I SAID, "LOOK, DEAR.
GO AHEAD.  LOOK AT THE MENU."

350
00:23:17,879 --> 00:23:21,383
IF YOU'RE IN BEFORE 6:00,
IT'S THE WHATCHAMACALLIT--

351
00:23:21,383 --> 00:23:24,386
THE, UH-- THE, UH--
OH, UM, THE, UH--

352
00:23:24,386 --> 00:23:26,388
THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL.

353
00:23:26,388 --> 00:23:28,390
YEAH, THE EARLY RISER.
[ Bell Jingling ]

354
00:23:31,893 --> 00:23:33,895
CRANE ?

355
00:23:33,895 --> 00:23:36,898
I'M CRANE.

356
00:23:36,898 --> 00:23:39,901
MY NAME'S DIEDRICKSON,
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.

357
00:23:40,902 --> 00:23:42,904
YEAH ?

358
00:23:44,906 --> 00:23:47,909
I JUST CAME BY
FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT.

359
00:23:53,915 --> 00:23:56,418
WHY DON'T I
BUY YOU A DRINK ?

360
00:23:59,421 --> 00:24:01,923
RYE.

361
00:24:01,923 --> 00:24:03,925
JUST COFFEE.

362
00:24:03,925 --> 00:24:06,928
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
SOMETHING STIFFER ?

363
00:24:06,928 --> 00:24:08,930
COFFEE IT IS.

364
00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:14,936
[ Sighs ]

365
00:24:14,936 --> 00:24:19,441
COUNTY M.E. DOES AN AUTOPSY
ON ANYONE WHO DIES IN CUSTODY.

366
00:24:19,941 --> 00:24:21,943
I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU KNEW THAT.

367
00:24:21,943 --> 00:24:24,946
IT'S ROUTINE.

368
00:24:24,946 --> 00:24:29,451
DOESN'T BECOME A MATTER
OF PUBLIC RECORD UNLESS
THERE'S BEEN FOUL PLAY.

369
00:24:29,451 --> 00:24:31,453
HOWEVER,

370
00:24:31,453 --> 00:24:34,456
I DON'T THINK I'M PROHIBITED
FROM TELLING YOU THIS.

371
00:24:34,456 --> 00:24:37,459
OF COURSE, I'M NOT
OBLIGED TO EITHER.

372
00:24:37,459 --> 00:24:40,462
I JUST DON'T KNOW.

373
00:24:40,462 --> 00:24:42,964
BUT IF I WERE THE MAN,

374
00:24:43,465 --> 00:24:45,967
I'D WANT TO BE TOLD.

375
00:24:46,468 --> 00:24:47,969
TOLD WHAT ?

376
00:24:55,477 --> 00:24:58,980
I'M NOT HERE
TO ADD TO YOUR--

377
00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:00,982
THANKS.

378
00:25:10,492 --> 00:25:12,494
[ Sighs ]

379
00:25:12,494 --> 00:25:14,496
YOUR WIFE WAS PREGNANT.

380
00:25:15,997 --> 00:25:17,999
FIRST TRIMESTER.

381
00:25:22,504 --> 00:25:25,006
THERE IT IS.

382
00:25:25,006 --> 00:25:27,008
I'M SORRY.

383
00:25:29,511 --> 00:25:32,514
[ Sighs ]
HELL, I HOPE I'VE DONE
THE RIGHT THING.

384
00:25:37,018 --> 00:25:41,523
MY WIFE AND I HAD NOT
PERFORMED THE SEX ACT
IN MANY YEARS.

385
00:25:57,038 --> 00:25:59,040
[ Sighs ]
WELL,

386
00:26:02,043 --> 00:26:04,546
THAT'S REALLY
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

387
00:26:09,050 --> 00:26:11,052
I'M SORRY.

388
00:26:13,054 --> 00:26:15,056
THERE IT IS.

389
00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:20,061
GOOD LUCK, CRANE.

390
00:26:35,577 --> 00:26:40,081
[ Ed ]
DORIS AND I HAD NEVER
REALLY TALKED MUCH.

391
00:26:40,081 --> 00:26:43,084
I DON'T THINK THAT'S
A BAD THING NECESSARILY.

392
00:26:43,084 --> 00:26:47,088
[ Woman Moaning ]
BUT IT WAS FUNNY.
NOW I WANTED TO TALK.

393
00:26:47,088 --> 00:26:50,091
NOW, WITH EVERYONE GONE,

394
00:26:50,091 --> 00:26:53,595
I WAS ALONE WITH SECRETS
I DIDN'T WANT...

395
00:26:53,595 --> 00:26:57,599
AND NO ONE
TO TELL 'EM TO ANYWAY.
[ Moaning Continues ]

396
00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:00,602
I WENT TO SEE A WOMAN
WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE POWERS
IN COMMUNICATING...

397
00:27:01,102 --> 00:27:04,105
WITH THOSE
WHO HAD "PASSED ACROSS,"
AS SHE CALLED IT.

398
00:27:04,105 --> 00:27:08,109
SHE SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD
PASSED ACROSS WERE PICKY ABOUT
WHO THEY'D COMMUNICATE WITH.

399
00:27:08,610 --> 00:27:11,112
NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE
YOU RUN INTO ON THIS SIDE.
[ Moaning ]

400
00:27:11,613 --> 00:27:16,117
SO YOU NEEDED A GUIDE,
SOMEONE WITH A GIFT
FOR TALKING TO SOULS.

401
00:27:17,118 --> 00:27:19,621
GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

402
00:27:21,623 --> 00:27:26,628
MMM.
WELL, FIRST SHE TOLD ME THAT
MY WIFE WAS IN A PEACEFUL PLACE,

403
00:27:26,628 --> 00:27:28,630
THAT OUR SOULS
WERE STILL CONNECTED,

404
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:31,132
THAT SHE'D NEVER
STOPPED LOVING ME...

405
00:27:31,132 --> 00:27:34,636
EVEN THOUGH
SHE'D DONE SOME THINGS
SHE WASN'T PROUD OF.

406
00:27:36,137 --> 00:27:38,139
MAN, SHE WAS READING ME
LIKE A BOOK.

407
00:27:40,141 --> 00:27:43,645
SHE WAS A PHONY,
JUST ANOTHER GABBER.

408
00:27:44,145 --> 00:27:47,148
I WAS TURNING INTO
ANN NIRDLINGER,

409
00:27:47,148 --> 00:27:49,651
BIG DAVE'S WIFE.

410
00:27:49,651 --> 00:27:52,654
I HAD TO TURN MY BACK
ON THE OLD LADY,

411
00:27:52,654 --> 00:27:56,157
ON THE VEILS,
ON THE GHOSTS,

412
00:27:56,658 --> 00:27:58,660
ON THE DEAD,

413
00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:01,162
BEFORE THEY ALL SUCKED ME IN.

414
00:28:01,663 --> 00:28:03,414
[ Footsteps Receding ]

415
00:28:03,414 --> 00:28:07,785
JURY MIGHT LIKE THAT.

416
00:28:07,785 --> 00:28:11,789


417
00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:16,794
ED ?
HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP ?

418
00:28:16,794 --> 00:28:18,796
OKAY, WALTER.
THANKS.

419
00:28:18,796 --> 00:28:22,800
I, UH-- I WAS SO DAMN SORRY
TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS.

420
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,803
A TERRIBLE THING.
IT'S JUST DAMN TERRIBLE.

421
00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:30,308
UH, BIRDY'S UPSTAIRS.
I'M ON LONG-DISTANCE, SO--

422
00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:32,310
SURE, WALTER.

423
00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:39,817
OKAY.  NO.

424
00:28:42,820 --> 00:28:45,823
HELLO, BIRDY.

425
00:28:45,823 --> 00:28:47,825
HI, MR. CRANE.

426
00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:52,330
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE--

427
00:28:53,831 --> 00:28:56,834
WE'VE CERTAINLY MISSED YOU.

428
00:28:58,836 --> 00:29:01,839
BIRDY, I'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF THINKING.

429
00:29:03,841 --> 00:29:08,346
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT HAVEN'T WORKED OUT FOR ME.

430
00:29:08,346 --> 00:29:13,351
LIFE HAS DEALT ME
SOME BUM CARDS.  OR MAYBE I
JUST HAVEN'T PLAYED THEM RIGHT.

431
00:29:13,851 --> 00:29:16,854
POP DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE
SMOKING IN HERE.

432
00:29:21,859 --> 00:29:23,861
I'M SORRY.

433
00:29:23,861 --> 00:29:27,865
WELL, SOMETIMES I HAVE
A CIGARETTE WHEN HE'S AWAY,
BUT NEVER WHEN HE'S HOME.

434
00:29:27,865 --> 00:29:30,368
HE CAN SMELL IT
A MILE OFF.

435
00:29:30,868 --> 00:29:33,371
WELL, SURE.
IT'S HIS HOUSE.

436
00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:36,374
THAT'S WHAT HE
KEEPS TELLING ME.

437
00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:39,877
ANYWAY, MY POINT IS
YOU'RE YOUNG,

438
00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:41,879
A KID, REALLY,

439
00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:44,882
YOUR WHOLE LIFE
AHEAD OF YOU.

440
00:29:44,882 --> 00:29:49,387
BUT IT'S NOT TOO SOON
TO START MAKING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOURSELF...

441
00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:53,391
BEFORE IT ALL WASHES AWAY.

442
00:29:54,892 --> 00:29:58,396
YEAH, I GUESS.
POP SAYS SO TOO.

443
00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:01,399
YOU KNOW, I WORK
PRETTY HARD AT SCHOOL.

444
00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:03,401
THAT'S SWELL.

445
00:30:03,901 --> 00:30:07,405
HOWEVER, THE MUSIC,
IF YOU WANT TO PURSUE IT--

446
00:30:07,905 --> 00:30:12,410
THE LESSONS FROM MRS. SWAN,
THEY'LL ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR.

447
00:30:12,910 --> 00:30:15,913
THERE'S THIS GUY
IN SAN FRANCISCO.

448
00:30:15,913 --> 00:30:19,417
I'VE MADE INQUIRIES.

449
00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:22,420
EVERYBODY SAYS
HE'S THE BEST.

450
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:26,924
TRAINED PEOPLE WHO'VE GONE ON
TO BIG CONCERT CAREERS IN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, THE WORKS.

451
00:30:26,924 --> 00:30:29,427
HIS NAME IS JACQUES...

452
00:30:29,927 --> 00:30:31,429
CARCANOGUES.

453
00:30:31,929 --> 00:30:34,432
I'M NOT SURE
I'M PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT.
ANYWAY, HE'S A FRENCHMAN.

454
00:30:34,932 --> 00:30:37,435
OH, BOY.
A FRENCHMAN, HUH ?
YOU'VE GOT TALENT.

455
00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:41,939
ANYBODY CAN SEE THAT.
AND HE'S THE BEST.

456
00:30:41,939 --> 00:30:45,943
IF HE SEES A STUDENT THAT
HE THINKS HAS TALENT, HE TAKES
THEM ON FOR NEXT TO NOTHING.

457
00:30:45,943 --> 00:30:47,945
SO YOU'RE A CINCH
TO BE ACCEPTED.

458
00:30:47,945 --> 00:30:51,949
I COULD COVER THE COSTS
OF THE LESSONS.  LIKE I SAID,
IT'S PRETTY MODEST.

459
00:30:51,949 --> 00:30:55,453
- OH, JEEZ, MR. CRANE.
- NO, I HAVE TO DO IT.

460
00:30:55,453 --> 00:30:58,456
I CAN'T STAND BY
AND WATCH ANY MORE THINGS
GO DOWN THE DRAIN.

461
00:30:58,956 --> 00:31:00,958
YOU'RE YOUNG.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

462
00:31:00,958 --> 00:31:05,463
WELL, JEEZ, MR. CRANE.
I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT
ABOUT A CAREER OR STUFF.

463
00:31:06,964 --> 00:31:09,467
WELL, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T.

464
00:31:10,968 --> 00:31:14,972
LOOK, JUST GO SEE HIM
AS A FAVOR TO ME.

465
00:31:14,972 --> 00:31:16,974
I TALKED TO THIS GUY.

466
00:31:16,974 --> 00:31:20,478
HE LOOSENED UP A LITTLE BIT
WHEN I TOLD HIM
HOW TALENTED YOU WERE.

467
00:31:20,478 --> 00:31:23,481
HE'S AGREED TO SEE YOU
THIS SATURDAY.

468
00:31:23,481 --> 00:31:27,985
HE SAID, UH, MAYBE YOU'RE
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

469
00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:29,987
HIS WORDS.

470
00:31:30,488 --> 00:31:32,990
JEEZ, I DON'T KNOW,
MR. CRANE.

471
00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:37,495
JUST GO SEE HIM
AS A FAVOR TO ME.

472
00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:44,001


473
00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:48,506


474
00:31:48,506 --> 00:31:51,008
[ Woman Talking In Distance,
Indistinct ]

475
00:31:58,516 --> 00:32:01,018
[ French Accent ]
YOU ARE THE FATHER ?

476
00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:04,522
NO, I'M HER--
I'M A FAMILY FRIEND.

477
00:32:04,522 --> 00:32:08,526
I AM CARCANOGUES.
YOU WILL WAIT, MY DEAR.

478
00:32:10,528 --> 00:32:13,030


479
00:32:16,033 --> 00:32:18,035
[ Water Running ]

480
00:32:18,035 --> 00:32:20,538
I SPEAK WITH YOU
ON THE PHONE, NO ?

481
00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:23,541
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST
IN MUSIC ?

482
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,544
UH-HUH.

483
00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:31,048
AH.

484
00:32:31,549 --> 00:32:34,051
A MUSIC LOVER,
SO.

485
00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:37,555
UM, I DON'T PRETEND
TO BE AN EXPERT.

486
00:32:37,555 --> 00:32:39,557
AH.

487
00:32:45,563 --> 00:32:48,065
AHA.

488
00:32:50,067 --> 00:32:53,571
- HOW DID SHE DO ?
- SHE SEEMED LIKE
A VERY NICE GIRL.

489
00:32:56,073 --> 00:32:59,577
SHE PLAY, MONSIEUR,

490
00:32:59,577 --> 00:33:02,580
LIKE A VERY NICE GIRL.

491
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,582
STINKS.

492
00:33:05,082 --> 00:33:06,584
NICE GIRL,

493
00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:09,086
HOWEVER, STINKS.

494
00:33:09,086 --> 00:33:11,589
WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

495
00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:13,591
IS NOT SO HARD
TO UNDERSTAND.

496
00:33:14,091 --> 00:33:17,094
HER PLAYING, UH,
VERY POLITE.

497
00:33:17,094 --> 00:33:19,597
DID SHE MAKE MISTAKES ?

498
00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:22,099
MISTAKE ?  NO.

499
00:33:22,099 --> 00:33:24,602
IT SAY "E-FLAT,"
SHE PLAY E-FLAT.

500
00:33:25,102 --> 00:33:28,105
PING, PING.  SHE PLAY
THE RIGHT NOTE ALWAYS.

501
00:33:28,105 --> 00:33:30,608
WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
NO MISTAKES ?

502
00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:33,110
LOOK, SHE'S JUST A KID.
I THOUGHT YOU TAUGHT
THESE KIDS TO--

503
00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:36,113
NO, NO, NO, MONSIEUR.
THAT IS WHAT I CANNOT
TEACH HER, HUH ?

504
00:33:36,113 --> 00:33:38,115
I CANNOT TEACH HER
TO HAVE THE SOUL.

505
00:33:38,115 --> 00:33:42,620
HMM, SEE, SIR.
LOOK.

506
00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:47,124
TO PLAY THE PIANO
IS NOT ABOUT THE FINGERS.

507
00:33:47,124 --> 00:33:49,627
WE MAKE WITH THE FINGERS.

508
00:33:50,127 --> 00:33:53,130


509
00:33:53,130 --> 00:33:56,133
BUT THE MUSIC, MONSIEUR,

510
00:33:56,634 --> 00:34:00,638
SHE COME FROML'INTERIEUR,
FROM INSIDE, HUH ?

511
00:34:02,139 --> 00:34:04,141
THE MUSIC,

512
00:34:04,141 --> 00:34:06,143
SHE STARTS HERE.

513
00:34:06,143 --> 00:34:09,146
SHE COME OUT
THROUGH HERE.

514
00:34:09,146 --> 00:34:12,149
HMM ?
THEN PERHAPS,

515
00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:14,151
PERHAPS,

516
00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:17,154
SHE CAN GO HERE.

517
00:34:21,158 --> 00:34:24,161
LIKE I SAID,
I'M NOT AN EXPERT.

518
00:34:24,161 --> 00:34:29,166
SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO ME,
FOR I AM EXPERT.

519
00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:32,670
VOYEZ, MONSIEUR.
THIS GIRL, NICE GIRL.

520
00:34:33,170 --> 00:34:36,674
VERY CLEVER HANDS.
NICE GIRL.

521
00:34:36,674 --> 00:34:39,677
I THINK, UH,
PERHAPS SOME DAY...

522
00:34:41,178 --> 00:34:44,682
SHE CAN MAKE
VERY GOOD TYPIST, HUH ?

523
00:34:45,182 --> 00:34:49,186
TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT,
TAT, TAT, TAT.

524
00:34:49,186 --> 00:34:51,188
VOILA.

525
00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:02,199
I STANK, DIDN'T I ?
HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

526
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:05,202
NO, BUT MORE OR LESS.

527
00:35:07,204 --> 00:35:10,708
I'M NO EXPERT, BUT THERE
MUST BE A DOZEN TEACHERS
BETTER THAN THIS CLOWN.

528
00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:13,210
NO, LOOK, REALLY--
MORE QUALIFIED.

529
00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:15,713
GODDAMN PHONY.

530
00:35:15,713 --> 00:35:17,715
REALLY, IT'S OKAY.

531
00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:22,219
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN PLAYING MUSIC
PROFESSIONALLY.

532
00:35:22,219 --> 00:35:24,722
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE
I WANT A CAREER AT ALL,

533
00:35:24,722 --> 00:35:27,725
AND IF I DID, I'D PROBABLY
BE A VETERINARIAN.

534
00:35:31,228 --> 00:35:34,231
- VETERINARIAN.
- YEAH.

535
00:35:34,231 --> 00:35:37,234
BUT I-I DO APPRECIATE
YOUR INTEREST.

536
00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:40,237
IT WAS NOTHING.

537
00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:45,242
I WISH I'D PLAYED BETTER FOR YOU
'CAUSE I KNOW IT WOULD'VE
MADE YOU REAL HAPPY.

538
00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:50,748
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ?

539
00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:53,751
WHAT ?

540
00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:56,253
YOU'RE AN ENTHUSIAST.

541
00:35:59,256 --> 00:36:01,258
YEAH, MAYBE.

542
00:36:07,765 --> 00:36:12,269
YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THE INTEREST
YOU'VE TAKEN.

543
00:36:18,275 --> 00:36:21,779
BIRDY.
I JUST WANTED
TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

544
00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:24,782
BIRDY.
NO, IT'S REALLY OKAY.
I WANNA DO IT.

545
00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:26,784
- BIRDY !
- NO, IT'S OKAY, REALLY.

546
00:36:26,784 --> 00:36:29,787
NO !  NO !  NO !
MR. CRANE, I WANNA DO IT.
MR. CRANE !

547
00:36:29,787 --> 00:36:31,288
BIRDY, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT !
MR. CRANE, PLEASE !

548
00:36:31,288 --> 00:36:34,291
- HEAVENS TO BETSY, BIRDY !
- PLEASE, MR. CRANE.

549
00:36:34,291 --> 00:36:38,796
- [ Horn Honking ]
- [ Birdy Screaming ]

550
00:36:44,301 --> 00:36:47,304
[ Ed ]
TIME SLOWS DOWN
RIGHT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT,

551
00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:50,808
AND I HAD TIME
TO THINK ABOUT THINGS.

552
00:36:52,810 --> 00:36:56,313
I THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT AN UNDERTAKER
HAD TOLD ME ONCE--

553
00:36:56,313 --> 00:37:00,317
THAT YOUR HAIR KEEPS GROWING,
FOR A WHILE, ANYWAY,

554
00:37:00,317 --> 00:37:05,322
AFTER YOU DIE.
[ Loud Crash ]

555
00:37:05,322 --> 00:37:07,825
AND THEN IT STOPS.

556
00:37:11,328 --> 00:37:14,832
I THOUGHT,
"WHAT KEEPS IT GROWING ?"

557
00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:19,336
IS IT LIKE A PLANT IN SOIL ?

558
00:37:20,838 --> 00:37:22,840
WHAT GOES OUT OF THE SOIL ?

559
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,842
THE SOUL ?

560
00:37:26,343 --> 00:37:29,346
AND WHEN DOES THE HAIR
REALIZE THAT IT'S GONE ?

561
00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:43,360
[ Birds Chirping ]

562
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,363
[ Children Chattering
In Distance ]

563
00:37:46,363 --> 00:37:48,866
[ Ticking ]

564
00:37:53,370 --> 00:37:55,873
[ Child Shouting ]

565
00:37:59,376 --> 00:38:01,378
[ Child Giggling ]

566
00:38:08,385 --> 00:38:10,387
[ Giggling Continues ]

567
00:38:19,897 --> 00:38:22,399
HELLO !

568
00:38:22,399 --> 00:38:25,903
I NOTICED YOU STILL HAVE
PEA STONE IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.

569
00:38:26,403 --> 00:38:29,406
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO
REJUVENATE THAT EVERY COUPLE
OF YEARS, DON'T YOU ?

570
00:38:29,406 --> 00:38:31,408
WHEN THE PEA STONE
THINS OUT ?

571
00:38:31,408 --> 00:38:34,411
HA.
WHERE DOES IT GO, HUH ?

572
00:38:34,411 --> 00:38:36,413
LIKE THE ODD SOCK.

573
00:38:36,413 --> 00:38:41,418
'COURSE, YOU KNOW WHERE IT GOES.
YOU PROBABLY PICK PIECES OF IT
OFF YOUR LAWN ALL THE TIME,

574
00:38:41,418 --> 00:38:45,422
CHURN IT UP WITH
YOUR LAWN MOWER, SWEEP IT OFF
YOUR PORCH THERE.

575
00:38:45,422 --> 00:38:48,926
- PAIN IN THE NECK.
- NEVER BOTHERED ME.

576
00:38:49,426 --> 00:38:51,428
WELL, HAVE YOU EVER
CONSIDERED TAR MACADAM ?

577
00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:54,431
PEOPLE THINK IT'S
JUST FOR PUBLIC WORKS
OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES,

578
00:38:54,431 --> 00:38:57,434
BUT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW
TO BRING IT TO THE HOMEOWNER,

579
00:38:57,935 --> 00:39:00,437
INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER,
AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES.

580
00:39:00,437 --> 00:39:04,942
MIND IF I SHOW YOU
THE SPECIFICATIONS ?
AFTERNOON, MA'AM.

581
00:39:04,942 --> 00:39:06,944
WHAT ARE YOU SELLING ?

582
00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:08,946
[ Laughs ]

583
00:39:09,446 --> 00:39:12,449
MA'AM, I WAS JUST
TELLING YOUR HUSBAND HERE
ABOUT TAR MACADAM...

584
00:39:12,449 --> 00:39:14,451
FOR YOUR
HOME DRIVEWAY HERE.

585
00:39:14,451 --> 00:39:18,455
HERE'S THE BROCHURE.
IT'S THE MODERN WAY TO--

586
00:39:18,455 --> 00:39:20,457
GET LOST.

587
00:39:35,472 --> 00:39:37,474
JESUS.

588
00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:55,492
[ Cork Pops,
Liquid Pouring ]

589
00:39:55,492 --> 00:39:57,494
[ Bottle Clatters ]

590
00:40:31,028 --> 00:40:32,529
DORIS--
NO.

591
00:40:34,031 --> 00:40:37,534
DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
I'M FINE.

592
00:40:38,535 --> 00:40:40,537
[ Child Laughing Outside ]

593
00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:49,046
[ Man's Voice, Faint ]
MR. CRANE ?

594
00:40:49,046 --> 00:40:52,049
MR. CRANE ?

595
00:40:52,049 --> 00:40:54,051
MR. CRANE.

596
00:40:54,551 --> 00:40:56,053
MR. CRANE ?

597
00:40:58,055 --> 00:41:00,557
MR. CRANE.

598
00:41:00,557 --> 00:41:02,559
MR. CRANE ?

599
00:41:04,061 --> 00:41:06,563
ARE YOU THERE ?

600
00:41:06,563 --> 00:41:08,565
ARE YOU AWAKE ?

601
00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:13,570
HE'S COMIN' AROUND.

602
00:41:13,570 --> 00:41:16,573
CAN YOU TALK, SIR ?
THESE MEN HAVE TO
TALK TO YOU.

603
00:41:16,573 --> 00:41:19,576
ARE YOU AWAKE ?  SIR ?

604
00:41:19,576 --> 00:41:21,578
HE'S-- HE'S AWAKE.
GO AHEAD.

605
00:41:21,578 --> 00:41:24,581
[ Persky ]
ARE YOU AWAKE ?
IS HE AWAKE ?

606
00:41:25,082 --> 00:41:28,585
CRANE, AS SOON
AS YOU'RE CONSCIOUS,
WE HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT--

607
00:41:28,585 --> 00:41:31,588
UH, IS HE CONSCIOUS ?
HIS EYES ARE OPEN.

608
00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:33,590
UH, YOU'RE
UNDER ARREST.

609
00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:36,593
[ Persky ]
SOON AS THE DOCTOR LETS US,
WE GOTTA MOVE YOU.

610
00:41:36,593 --> 00:41:39,596
DOES HE UNDERSTAND THAT ?
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TELL HIM.
ARE YOU CONSCIOUS ?

611
00:41:39,596 --> 00:41:43,100
THEY'LL TAKE YOU
TO THE PRISON HOSPITAL.
UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER.

612
00:41:45,602 --> 00:41:48,605
- BIRDY.
- WHAT ?

613
00:41:48,605 --> 00:41:50,607
WHAT'D HE SAY ?
BIRDY.

614
00:41:50,607 --> 00:41:53,610
BIRDY.  UH, THE GIRL.
NO, THE GIRL'S OKAY.

615
00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:58,115
BROKEN CLAVICLE.
THAT'S A COLLARBONE, CRANE.
IT'S BROKEN.

616
00:41:58,115 --> 00:42:02,619
SHE'S OKAY, THOUGH.
SO HE UNDERSTANDS, THEN,
HE'S UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER ?

617
00:42:02,619 --> 00:42:04,621
[ Whispers ]
BIG DAVE.

618
00:42:04,621 --> 00:42:08,125
HUH ?
WHAT ?
WHAT'D HE SAY ?

619
00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:11,628
[ Persky ]
HE SAID OKAY.
IS THAT WHAT HE SAID ?

620
00:42:13,630 --> 00:42:17,134
[ Loud ]  YOU'RE
UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER
OF CREIGHTON TOLLIVER.

621
00:42:17,634 --> 00:42:21,138
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ?
DOES HE UNDERSTAND ?

622
00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,142
[ Ed ]
THE PANSY.

623
00:42:27,144 --> 00:42:31,148
A KID DIVING IN
A WATER HOLE OUTSIDE OF TOWN
HAD FOUND HIS CAR.

624
00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:33,150
THEY WINCHED IT OUT...

625
00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:36,653
AND FOUND HE'D BEEN BEATEN,
JUST LIKE BIG DAVE SAID.

626
00:42:38,655 --> 00:42:40,657
BEATEN TO DEATH.

627
00:42:42,659 --> 00:42:47,164
INSIDE HIS BRIEFCASE
WERE THE PARTNERSHIP PAPERS
I'D SIGNED,

628
00:42:47,164 --> 00:42:51,168
SHOWING THAT I'D
GIVEN HIM TEN GRAND.

629
00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:55,172
FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
THAT MADE IT FALL INTO PLACE.

630
00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:57,674
I'D GOTTEN DORIS
TO STEAL THE MONEY.

631
00:42:57,674 --> 00:43:01,678
THE PANSY HAD GOTTEN WISE
SOMEHOW, SO I HAD TO KILL HIM
TO COVER MY TRACKS.

632
00:43:01,678 --> 00:43:03,680
ON THE ARRAIGNMENT CALENDAR,

633
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,183
PEOPLE V. EDWARD CRANE.

634
00:43:06,183 --> 00:43:09,186
I WAS IN A SPOT.
YOU ARE CHARGED
IN A ONE-COUNT COMPLAINT...

635
00:43:09,686 --> 00:43:12,189
THAT ALLEGES AS FOLLOWS--
I CALLED IN
FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER...

636
00:43:12,689 --> 00:43:15,192
AND SIGNED THE HOUSE
OVER TO HIM.

637
00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:17,694
HE SAID HE DIDN'T ORDINARILY
WORK THAT CHEAP,

638
00:43:17,694 --> 00:43:21,198
BUT HE FIGURED HE OWED ME
SOMETHING SINCE THE LAST ONE
HADN'T PLAYED OUT.

639
00:43:21,198 --> 00:43:24,201
HOW DO YOU NOW PLEAD ?
WE PLEAD NOT GUILTY,
YOUR HONOR.

640
00:43:24,201 --> 00:43:27,204
[ Ed ]  I TRIED TO
TELL HIM THE WHOLE STORY,
BUT RIEDENSCHNEIDER STOPPED ME.

641
00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:29,206
HE SAID THE STORY
MADE HIS HEAD HURT.

642
00:43:29,206 --> 00:43:33,210
HE DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY OF USING
IT WITHOUT PUTTING ME ON THE HOT
SEAT FOR THE MURDER OF BIG DAVE.

643
00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:36,213
TRIAL DATE IS SET
FOR MONDAY A WEEK.

644
00:43:37,714 --> 00:43:40,217
HE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY,
THOUGH.

645
00:43:40,217 --> 00:43:43,720
SAID HE'D THINK OF SOMETHING.

646
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:46,723
THEY PUT ME
ON 24-HOUR DEATH WATCH,

647
00:43:46,723 --> 00:43:51,728
SO THAT I COULDN'T CHEAT JUSTICE
LIKE THEY SAID MY WIFE HAD DONE.

648
00:43:51,728 --> 00:43:54,731
BUT IN FRONT OF THE JURY,
THEY HAD IT THAT DORIS
WAS A SAINT.

649
00:43:55,232 --> 00:43:58,235
THE WHOLE PLAN HAD BEEN MINE.

650
00:43:58,235 --> 00:44:02,739
I WAS A SVENGALI
WHO HAD FORCED DORIS TO JOIN
MY CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

651
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,742
A TERRIBLE--
ON AND ON IT WENT,

652
00:44:05,742 --> 00:44:10,247
HOW I'D USED DORIS,
THEN LET HER TAKE THE FALL.
THAT MAN !

653
00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:13,750
THAT STUFF SMARTED
BECAUSE SOME OF IT
WAS CLOSE TO BEING TRUE.

654
00:44:16,753 --> 00:44:19,256
AND THEN IT WAS
RIEDENSCHNEIDER'S TURN.

655
00:44:27,264 --> 00:44:31,268
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MEMBERS OF THE JURY,
CITIZENS OF SANTA ROSA,

656
00:44:31,268 --> 00:44:35,272
WE'VE JUST HEARD
FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
A RATHER LURID DESCRIPTION...

657
00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:37,274
OF A TRULY DESPICABLE MAN.

658
00:44:37,274 --> 00:44:40,777
I GOTTA HAND IT TO HIM.
HE TOSSED A LOT OF SAND
IN THEIR EYES.

659
00:44:41,278 --> 00:44:44,281
HE TALKED ABOUT
HOW I'D LOST MY PLACE
IN THE UNIVERSE,

660
00:44:44,781 --> 00:44:48,785
...THE CHARACTER DRAWN...
HOW I WAS TOO ORDINARY TO BE
THE CRIMINAL MASTERMIND...

661
00:44:48,785 --> 00:44:50,787
THE D.A. MADE ME OUT TO BE,

662
00:44:50,787 --> 00:44:54,291
HOW THERE WAS SOME GREATER
SCHEME AT WORK THAT THE STATE
HAD YET TO UNRAVEL.

663
00:44:54,791 --> 00:44:57,794
- IS IT THAT SIMPLE ?
- AND HE THREW IN SOME OF
THE OLD TRUTH STUFF...

664
00:44:57,794 --> 00:45:00,297
HE HADN'T HAD THE CHANCE
TO TROT OUT FOR DORIS.

665
00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:04,301
MAY AT FIRST LOOK AT THESE LINES
AND SEE ONLY THE CHAOS
OF A WORK OF MODERN ART.

666
00:45:04,301 --> 00:45:08,805
BUT IT IS YOUR JOB--
[ Ed ]  HE TOLD THEM TO LOOK
AT ME, LOOK AT ME CLOSE.

667
00:45:08,805 --> 00:45:11,808
THAT THE CLOSER THEY LOOKED,
THE LESS SENSE
IT WOULD ALL MAKE.

668
00:45:11,808 --> 00:45:15,812
THIS HUMAN, THIS BARBER.

669
00:45:15,812 --> 00:45:18,815
[ Ed ]
THAT I WASN'T THE KIND OF GUY
TO KILL A GUY,

670
00:45:18,815 --> 00:45:21,818
THAT I WAS THE BARBER,
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

671
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:25,322
I WAS JUST LIKE THEM,
AN ORDINARY MAN.

672
00:45:25,322 --> 00:45:29,326
GUILTY OF LIVING IN A WORLD
THAT HAD NO PLACE FOR ME, YEAH.

673
00:45:29,326 --> 00:45:32,829
GUILTY OF WANTING TO BE
A DRY CLEANER, SURE.
BUT NOT OF MURDER.

674
00:45:32,829 --> 00:45:37,334
BUT MOST SPECIFICALLY,
THIS IS A BARBER'S DILEMMA.

675
00:45:37,334 --> 00:45:39,336
FOR HE IS MODERN MAN.

676
00:45:39,836 --> 00:45:41,838
HE SAID I WAS MODERN MAN.

677
00:45:41,838 --> 00:45:43,840
HE IS YOUR REFLECTION.

678
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,842
AND IF THEY VOTED
TO CONVICT ME,

679
00:45:45,842 --> 00:45:49,846
THEY'D BE PRACTICALLY
CINCHING THE NOOSE
AROUND THEIR OWN NECKS.

680
00:45:49,846 --> 00:45:52,849
HE TOLD THEM TO LOOK
NOT AT THE FACTS, BUT AT
THE MEANING OF THE FACTS.

681
00:45:52,849 --> 00:45:55,852
AND THEN HE SAID
THE FACTS HAD NO MEANING.

682
00:45:56,353 --> 00:45:59,356
IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SPEECH
AND EVEN HAD ME GOING,

683
00:45:59,356 --> 00:46:02,359
UNTIL FRANKIE
INTERRUPTED IT.

684
00:46:02,359 --> 00:46:06,363
- [ Crowd Gasps ]
- WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ?

685
00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:08,865
WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ?

686
00:46:08,865 --> 00:46:11,868
MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL !
YOUR HONOR !

687
00:46:11,868 --> 00:46:14,371
- WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ?
- MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL.

688
00:46:14,371 --> 00:46:17,374
[ Ed ]
WELL, HE GOT HIS MISTRIAL,
BUT THE WELL HAD RUN DRY.

689
00:46:17,374 --> 00:46:19,876
THE COURT WILL COME TO ORDER.
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
TO MORTGAGE.

690
00:46:19,876 --> 00:46:24,381
RIEDENSCHNEIDER WENT HOME,
AND THE COURT APPOINTED
LLOYD GARROWAY,

691
00:46:24,381 --> 00:46:26,883
WHO THREW ME
ON THE MERCY OF THE COURT.

692
00:46:26,883 --> 00:46:29,386
YOUR HONOR,
WE PLEAD GUILTY...

693
00:46:29,386 --> 00:46:32,889
WITH EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES.

694
00:46:32,889 --> 00:46:35,392
[ Ed ]
IT WAS MY ONLY CHANCE,
HE SAID.

695
00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:38,895
I GUESS THAT MEANT
I NEVER HAD A CHANCE.
...ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENSE.

696
00:46:39,396 --> 00:46:40,897
CERTAIN FACTS
HAVE BEEN CLEARLY--

697
00:46:41,398 --> 00:46:46,403
HE WASN'T BUYING ANY
OF THAT MODERN MAN STUFF,
OR THE UNCERTAINTY STUFF,

698
00:46:46,403 --> 00:46:48,405
OR ANY OF THE MERCY STUFF
EITHER.

699
00:46:48,405 --> 00:46:50,907
THIS MAN IS A MENACE
TO SOCIETY.

700
00:46:50,907 --> 00:46:52,909
NOPE, HE WAS GOING
BY THE BOOK,

701
00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:56,413
IT IS THE JUDGMENT OF
THIS COURT, AND IN SO DOING,
AND THE BOOK SAID...

702
00:46:56,413 --> 00:46:59,916
I GOT THE CHAIR.
HE HAS FORFEITED THE RIGHT
TO HIS OWN LIFE.

703
00:46:59,916 --> 00:47:01,918
SO HERE I AM.

704
00:47:02,419 --> 00:47:04,921
AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW I GOT HERE.

705
00:47:04,921 --> 00:47:07,424
I KNEW STEP BY STEP,
OF COURSE,

706
00:47:07,424 --> 00:47:10,927
WHICH IS WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU,
STEP BY STEP.

707
00:47:10,927 --> 00:47:14,931
BUT I COULDN'T SEE
ANY PATTERN.

708
00:47:14,931 --> 00:47:17,934
NOW THAT I'M NEAR THE END,
I'M GLAD THAT THIS
MEN'S MAGAZINE...

709
00:47:17,934 --> 00:47:20,437
PAID ME TO TELL MY STORY.

710
00:47:20,937 --> 00:47:23,440
WRITING IT HAS HELPED ME
SORT IT ALL OUT.

711
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,442
THEY'RE PAYING ME
FIVE CENTS A WORD,

712
00:47:25,442 --> 00:47:28,945
SO YOU'LL PARDON ME
IF SOMETIMES I'VE TOLD YOU
MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW.

713
00:47:28,945 --> 00:47:32,449
[ Bell Rings ]
BUT NOW ALL THE DISCONNECTED
THINGS SEEM TO HOOK UP.

714
00:47:34,451 --> 00:47:36,953
THAT'S THE FUNNY THING
ABOUT GOING AWAY,

715
00:47:36,953 --> 00:47:40,457
KNOWING THE DATE
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

716
00:47:40,457 --> 00:47:43,960
AND THE MEN'S MAGAZINE
WANTED ME TO TELL HOW THAT FELT.

717
00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:13,990
WELL, IT'S LIKE PULLING AWAY
FROM THE MAZE.

718
00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:18,495
WHILE YOU'RE IN THE MAZE,
YOU GO THROUGH WILLY-NILLY,

719
00:48:18,495 --> 00:48:20,997
TURNING WHERE YOU THINK
YOU HAVE TO TURN,

720
00:48:20,997 --> 00:48:22,999
BANGING INTO THE DEAD ENDS,

721
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:26,002
ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

722
00:48:30,006 --> 00:48:32,509
BUT YOU GET
SOME DISTANCE ON IT,

723
00:48:32,509 --> 00:48:34,511
AND ALL THOSE TWISTS
AND TURNS--

724
00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:39,516
WHY, THEY'RE THE SHAPE
OF YOUR LIFE.

725
00:48:41,017 --> 00:48:43,520
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

726
00:48:45,021 --> 00:48:49,526
BUT SEEING IT WHOLE
GIVES YOU SOME PEACE.

727
00:49:01,037 --> 00:49:05,041
[ Spaceship Engine
Accelerating, Fading ]

728
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:26,062
THE MEN'S MAGAZINE
ALSO ASKED ABOUT REMORSE.

729
00:49:26,563 --> 00:49:31,067
YEAH, I GUESS I'M SORRY
ABOUT THE PAIN I CAUSED
OTHER PEOPLE.

730
00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:35,071
BUT I DON'T REGRET ANYTHING.

731
00:49:35,071 --> 00:49:37,073
NOT A THING.

732
00:49:37,073 --> 00:49:40,076
I USED TO.

733
00:49:40,076 --> 00:49:42,579
I USED TO REGRET
BEING THE BARBER.

734
00:49:43,079 --> 00:49:45,081
[ Hinges Creaking ]

735
00:49:47,083 --> 00:49:50,587
[ Slow Footsteps ]

736
00:49:50,587 --> 00:49:53,590
[ Hinges Creaking ]

737
00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:49,145
I DON'T KNOW
WHERE I'M BEING TAKEN.

738
00:50:50,647 --> 00:50:53,650
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL FIND
BEYOND THE EARTH AND SKY,

739
00:50:55,151 --> 00:50:58,154
BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO.

740
00:50:58,655 --> 00:51:01,658
MAYBE THE THINGS
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WILL BE CLEARER THERE,

741
00:51:01,658 --> 00:51:04,661
LIKE WHEN A FOG BLOWS AWAY.

742
00:51:07,163 --> 00:51:09,666
MAYBE DORIS WILL BE THERE.

743
00:51:10,166 --> 00:51:13,670
AND MAYBE THERE
I CAN TELL HER...

744
00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:16,673
ALL THOSE THINGS...

745
00:51:16,673 --> 00:51:19,175
THEY DON'T
HAVE WORDS FOR HERE.

