1 00:00:02,270 --> 00:00:05,320 ("Alfred Hitchcock" theme music) 2 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,030 - Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 3 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:30,550 I hope you will pardon me if I don't get up. 4 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,710 It's rather a shock to awaken and find yourself 5 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:37,240 fastened to the floor like a carpet. 6 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,560 I told these little people that this was no way 7 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,150 to treat a tourist, even if it is the off season. 8 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,030 But they say they don't care. 9 00:00:45,070 --> 00:00:49,000 They have a new and sensational tourist attraction, me. 10 00:00:49,030 --> 00:00:53,000 I'm being advertised as a lilliputian Disneyland. 11 00:00:53,030 --> 00:00:55,200 Of course, there is some compensation. 12 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,470 I think I am probably the first member of my family 13 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,320 ever to be declared a national monument. 14 00:01:01,350 --> 00:01:04,000 Tonight's story is called "A Tangled Web," 15 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,000 a title I find embarrassingly apropos. 16 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,000 In it, a young girl falls in love 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,400 and follows her young man with no regard 18 00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:13,230 for his past or future. 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,350 As for your future, it includes a commercial, 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,480 one which I intend to watch all the way through. 21 00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:21,430 I shan't move a muscle. 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,790 (mysterious music) 23 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,630 (objects thudding) 24 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,430 - Hello? 25 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,240 (suspenseful music) 26 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,120 Who's there? 27 00:03:10,030 --> 00:03:12,800 (woman screaming) 28 00:03:16,150 --> 00:03:18,360 (engine roaring) 29 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,750 - Okay, then, go. 30 00:03:31,150 --> 00:03:32,310 - [Man On Radio] The robber escaped 31 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,120 with several thousand dollars worth of jewels. 32 00:03:34,150 --> 00:03:36,190 Mrs. Spaulding was discovered by her butler 33 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,190 wrapped in a blanket and locked in the closet. 34 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,680 She is suffering from shock and is under 35 00:03:39,710 --> 00:03:41,190 the care of her physician. 36 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,150 The entire area has been alerted. 37 00:03:45,470 --> 00:03:46,750 - Were you alerted, Marie? 38 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,560 - I? 39 00:03:49,590 --> 00:03:51,590 I am poor. 40 00:03:51,630 --> 00:03:53,080 - Oh! 41 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,520 I am poor, je suis poor. (laughs) 42 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,190 Poor, poor, poor Marie. 43 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:06,560 Where's mother? 44 00:04:06,590 --> 00:04:10,030 - Your mother went to the hairdresser. 45 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,120 - The hairdresser? 46 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:12,590 (both laughing) 47 00:04:12,630 --> 00:04:13,470 - And to a bridge game. 48 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,430 - The bridge game. 49 00:04:15,470 --> 00:04:17,360 - And then to a fashion show. 50 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:18,560 - Ah. 51 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,430 - David. - Hmm? 52 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,390 - Have you ever seen a real robber? 53 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,680 - Mm-hmm. 54 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,190 - Oh? - Mm-hmm. 55 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:27,480 - What do they look like? 56 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,190 - They look like me. 57 00:04:32,270 --> 00:04:33,120 - [Marie] Mm. 58 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,560 - Like David Chesterman. 59 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,630 Two eyes, a nose, two ears, two arms. 60 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,000 (David chuckling) 61 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,480 Two legs, 10 fingers, and 10 toes. 62 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:02,830 - David! 63 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,680 - Hello, Mother. 64 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,630 How was the bridge party, and the hairdresser, 65 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,800 the fashion show? 66 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:13,800 - I had a suspicion this was going on. 67 00:05:18,630 --> 00:05:19,750 You're fired, my dear. 68 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,120 - Mother. 69 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,160 - You heard me, David. 70 00:05:22,190 --> 00:05:23,360 She's fired. 71 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:26,160 She does understand that word, doesn't she? 72 00:05:26,190 --> 00:05:27,680 What is it in French? 73 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,680 (speaking foreign language) 74 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:30,560 That's final. 75 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,120 - I'm going with her, Mother. 76 00:05:33,310 --> 00:05:34,600 We're going to be married. 77 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:40,800 - Wonderful. 78 00:05:42,430 --> 00:05:43,360 - Mother! 79 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,120 Mother! 80 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:50,360 (vase shattering) 81 00:05:50,390 --> 00:05:52,190 Listen to me. 82 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,800 - I heard you, David. 83 00:05:53,830 --> 00:05:56,120 You're going to marry the maid. 84 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,240 At least, this afternoon you're going to marry the maid. 85 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,600 Well I wish you luck, my dear. 86 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:05,190 Maybe you can control Mr. Temper Tantrum. 87 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,070 Frankly, I'm bored. 88 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:11,040 My wedding present to you will be my absence. 89 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,630 On second thought. 90 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:19,600 Here. 91 00:06:20,430 --> 00:06:23,560 (coins clattering) 92 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,830 Buy yourself a toaster. 93 00:06:30,510 --> 00:06:31,390 - Oh, David. 94 00:06:31,430 --> 00:06:33,390 - Go, go, go on, pack your bag. 95 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,120 Go on! 96 00:06:39,270 --> 00:06:40,750 Do you like the way I proposed? 97 00:06:42,510 --> 00:06:44,600 What, don't you want to marry me? 98 00:06:44,630 --> 00:06:46,600 - Yes, I want to very much. 99 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,560 - You don't know very much about me, Marie. 100 00:06:51,830 --> 00:06:54,390 - I know that when you're near me, I'm very happy. 101 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,360 That's a lot to know about someone you love. 102 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,360 Maybe too much. 103 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,480 They say marriage, that's what it's for, 104 00:07:05,510 --> 00:07:06,680 to find out everything. 105 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,310 - Would you want to marry a man, no matter what... 106 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,000 (David laughs) 107 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:15,750 Wait a minute. 108 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:18,600 No matter what he was really like, 109 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:20,600 just because you loved him? 110 00:07:20,630 --> 00:07:21,720 - (sighs) Oui. 111 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:25,040 - Would you want to marry me, if-- 112 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:26,120 - Oui. 113 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,390 - If I was a robber? - Oui. 114 00:07:28,430 --> 00:07:29,240 - Criminal? - Oui. 115 00:07:29,270 --> 00:07:30,600 - Bad man? - Oui. 116 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:31,630 - Murderer? - No. 117 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,390 (both laughing) 118 00:07:33,430 --> 00:07:35,630 You wouldn't kill anything. 119 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,510 Where are we going? 120 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,480 - We're going to visit an old friend of mine, on business. 121 00:07:45,630 --> 00:07:46,720 Mm. 122 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:49,560 (Marie laughing) 123 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:07,600 Karl? 124 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,630 (David whistles) 125 00:08:16,630 --> 00:08:18,310 - And this is Marie. 126 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:20,600 - [David] Yes. 127 00:08:22,270 --> 00:08:23,630 - I'm Karl. 128 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,720 He's talked about you incessantly 129 00:08:25,750 --> 00:08:27,190 for the last eight months, my dear. 130 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,390 Oh, but David, you failed miserably 131 00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:32,550 in describing how lovely she really is. 132 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:33,480 Please. 133 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,030 (Karl sighs) 134 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,790 You mustn't mind my staring at you. 135 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,200 I don't see the likes of you every day. 136 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,030 She's a great beauty, David, a Renoir. 137 00:08:46,550 --> 00:08:48,750 You were right to keep us apart. 138 00:08:48,790 --> 00:08:50,600 I declare a love war here and now, 139 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,200 I'm going to steal her from you. 140 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,150 What do you think of that, my pretty? 141 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,630 - The battle is lost before it is begun. 142 00:08:59,670 --> 00:09:01,750 We are on our way to be married. 143 00:09:01,790 --> 00:09:05,080 - Oh, how unfair, how unjust life is. 144 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,790 This is a time of rejoicing. 145 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,240 There, you see? 146 00:09:13,270 --> 00:09:14,840 I live in the back room. 147 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,600 Ah, happiness. 148 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,000 There was a time when I too believed in it. 149 00:09:21,030 --> 00:09:24,270 When I too believed that love was the answer to everything. 150 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,360 - Karl's been married four times. 151 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:27,720 - Yes, heaven help me. 152 00:09:27,750 --> 00:09:30,360 So you see, my dear, I know what I'm talking about, 153 00:09:30,390 --> 00:09:34,510 and you can take it from me that love does not exist. 154 00:09:34,550 --> 00:09:38,720 No matter what you believe, there is simply no such thing. 155 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,600 Ah. 156 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:45,000 (singing "The Wedding March") 157 00:09:45,030 --> 00:09:46,670 To the bride and groom. 158 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,030 May you not murder each other before the year is out. 159 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:51,750 (both laughing) 160 00:09:51,790 --> 00:09:52,600 - I'll drink to that. 161 00:09:52,630 --> 00:09:53,510 But first. 162 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:55,030 - Ah, David wants something. 163 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,000 Never comes to see me unless he wants something. 164 00:09:57,030 --> 00:09:59,000 - Mother gave us 60 cents for a toaster. 165 00:09:59,030 --> 00:09:59,720 - Oh. 166 00:09:59,750 --> 00:10:00,670 How much do you need? 167 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,200 - 500. 168 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,150 - What security? 169 00:10:04,550 --> 00:10:05,440 - This. 170 00:10:07,030 --> 00:10:07,790 - Oh. 171 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,200 - We can't get married, Karl, unless you say yes. 172 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,320 - I hold your destiny in my hands. 173 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,200 - Yes or no? 174 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,200 - Oh, how could I say no? 175 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,120 If you lose her, I lose her too. 176 00:10:20,150 --> 00:10:22,200 I don't usually keep that much cash, 177 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,080 but I've got an extraordinary new client, 178 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,600 who insists on paying cash for everything. 179 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,600 She lives on Beacon Hill. 180 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:33,440 1743 Beacon Hill. 181 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,600 One, two, three, four, five. 182 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,510 - We have a long way to go, so let's go. 183 00:10:41,550 --> 00:10:45,030 - Ah, she's perfect, David, absolutely perfect. 184 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,390 She didn't say a word. 185 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,360 How clever you've become in your old age, 186 00:10:48,390 --> 00:10:51,200 to marry someone who can't talk. 187 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,000 - Goodbye. 188 00:10:52,030 --> 00:10:54,360 - [Karl] Ah, it does speak. 189 00:10:54,390 --> 00:10:55,440 Au revoir. 190 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,480 You come and see me again. 191 00:10:57,510 --> 00:10:58,750 Let yourselves out. 192 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,120 (door closes) 193 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,840 (cheerful music) 194 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,120 (woman laughing) 195 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,000 (Marie laughing) 196 00:11:28,030 --> 00:11:29,790 - David, don't. 197 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:30,670 Don't. 198 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:31,600 - Take it! 199 00:11:31,630 --> 00:11:32,630 Take it. 200 00:11:32,670 --> 00:11:34,320 It's only a joke, I'll pay him later. 201 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,200 Come on. 202 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,550 - Oh, you're bad. 203 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,360 - Are you happy with your honeymoon, Mrs. Chesterman? 204 00:11:38,390 --> 00:11:39,360 - Am I? 205 00:11:39,390 --> 00:11:41,390 I'm so happy, Mr. Chesterman. 206 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,240 - Excuse me, but your pictures are ready. 207 00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:44,320 - [Both] Ah! 208 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,150 (Marie laughing) 209 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,360 - Oh! 210 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,080 This is our wedding picture for our grandchildren. 211 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,600 - No more rides. 212 00:12:01,630 --> 00:12:02,670 - Let's go ride the roller coaster. 213 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,440 - No, (mumbling). 214 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,080 - Oh! 215 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,510 Oh, my dress! 216 00:12:08,550 --> 00:12:10,200 - What's the matter, you drunk or something? 217 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,270 - You ruined my dress. 218 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,120 - Here, try to clean it up with this. 219 00:12:12,150 --> 00:12:13,390 - The lady said she was sorry. 220 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:14,320 - What lady? 221 00:12:17,390 --> 00:12:20,270 (woman screaming) 222 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,720 (shelf crashing) 223 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:29,630 (people shouting) 224 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,320 (glass shattering) 225 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,360 - David, no! 226 00:12:41,390 --> 00:12:42,200 Don't! 227 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,120 Don't! 228 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:48,600 - Watch out, that's acid! 229 00:12:48,630 --> 00:12:49,510 - David! 230 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,000 - Grab him, grab him, police! 231 00:13:06,030 --> 00:13:07,360 Police! 232 00:13:07,390 --> 00:13:10,120 - You should take up darts as a serious sport, David. 233 00:13:10,150 --> 00:13:12,000 I work off all my hostilities. 234 00:13:12,030 --> 00:13:14,150 No, seriously though, you should do something. 235 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,360 You might kill someone someday. 236 00:13:16,390 --> 00:13:18,480 - David only kills with kisses. 237 00:13:18,510 --> 00:13:21,200 - Ah, the most painful kind of death. 238 00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:26,200 - Show him the present we bought him. 239 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,120 The official wedding photograph. 240 00:13:31,150 --> 00:13:32,600 - Oh. (chuckles) 241 00:13:32,630 --> 00:13:33,790 I shall treasure it forever. 242 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,390 - [Marie] You see how serious David looks? 243 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,120 All frowning, bad, he's mean. 244 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:43,790 - The camera never lies. 245 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:48,630 I'm going to bed. 246 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,390 - Good night, Karl. 247 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:54,600 - Good night. 248 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:57,600 (mysterious music) 249 00:14:22,750 --> 00:14:26,440 (Marie and David laughing) 250 00:14:32,670 --> 00:14:37,840 (suspenseful music) 251 00:14:37,870 --> 00:14:40,440 (ominous music) 252 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,080 - Wig making began in France in the 14th century. 253 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,390 The first wig was worn by Louis the 13th 254 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,120 to cover his baldness. (laughs) 255 00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:55,840 That's very coarse hair. 256 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,270 Oh, yes. 257 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,080 There's a difference. 258 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,750 (horn honking) 259 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,440 (Marie gasps) 260 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,200 - Santa Claus. 261 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,360 Would you like a ride in my new sleigh? 262 00:15:22,910 --> 00:15:23,840 No questions. 263 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,840 Por vous. 264 00:15:25,870 --> 00:15:27,150 Here. 265 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,440 Now go inside, put them on, go on. 266 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:29,360 Go on, go. 267 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,150 Four, five. 268 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:37,960 And voila. 269 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,670 - And what did Teddy think they were worth? 270 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,030 How much did he give you? 271 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,150 - I'll never tell. 272 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,720 - You're too happy, David. 273 00:15:43,750 --> 00:15:46,270 You have too much of everything, too easy. 274 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,000 (David sighs) 275 00:15:52,030 --> 00:15:54,080 - Home again, home again, jiggidy jog. 276 00:15:57,870 --> 00:15:59,870 - David, I can't face your mother. 277 00:15:59,910 --> 00:16:02,150 - You won't have to, unless you go to Rome. 278 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,270 She's flown the coop. 279 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,200 (door rattling) 280 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,080 Oh, great. 281 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,440 (door rattling) 282 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,270 She's not taking any chances. 283 00:16:37,870 --> 00:16:42,870 (Marie gasping) (David shushing) 284 00:16:48,390 --> 00:16:51,240 (glass scraping) 285 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,200 (tapping on glass) 286 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,910 (gentle music) 287 00:17:10,790 --> 00:17:12,030 Easy. 288 00:17:12,070 --> 00:17:14,830 (both laughing) 289 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:20,480 (switch clicking) 290 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:21,350 (David laughing) 291 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,830 - Oh. 292 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,160 - She's a thorough one, she's turned off the electricity. 293 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,880 Gotta hand it to her, good and cheap. 294 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,790 This is where you belong, as the lady of the house. 295 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,200 - Your eyes shine in the dark, David. 296 00:17:46,790 --> 00:17:49,160 I think you are part cat. 297 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,070 Yes? 298 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,270 - Tiger. 299 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,270 A leopard, ready to pounce. 300 00:17:56,310 --> 00:17:58,680 (both laughing) 301 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,750 - I'm going to have to get a wonderful cage to put you in. 302 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:05,270 - Nobody is going to put me in a cage. 303 00:18:05,310 --> 00:18:07,830 - David, you're hurting me. 304 00:18:14,350 --> 00:18:16,880 Where are you going? 305 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,830 - I have to meet someone on business. 306 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:21,960 I'll be back, you go to bed. 307 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,920 We'll sleep in the master bedroom. 308 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,440 - David. 309 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:31,070 David. 310 00:18:32,310 --> 00:18:34,920 (door closes) 311 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,790 (doorbell chimes) 312 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,160 (door opens, closes) 313 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,030 Bonsoir, Karl. 314 00:18:45,070 --> 00:18:46,880 - [Karl] Ah, bonsoir, my dear. 315 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,790 - David has gone out again tonight. 316 00:18:48,830 --> 00:18:50,270 I didn't want to be alone. 317 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,480 It's so dark in here, Karl. 318 00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:55,960 - We are creatures of the dark, my dear. 319 00:18:57,350 --> 00:18:59,070 There's nothing wrong between you and David, is there? 320 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:00,000 - No. 321 00:19:01,030 --> 00:19:01,880 Not really. 322 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,680 - What does that mean? 323 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,680 - Ah, you know, Karl. 324 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,400 You know how he is. 325 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:13,510 Some days, I never see him, and then the next day, 326 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:16,480 he is lying in bed all day, reading the papers, 327 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:17,920 staring at me. 328 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:19,510 I don't know. 329 00:19:20,830 --> 00:19:24,000 Then he makes me to dress up, and we go to parties. 330 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:26,310 Or he's happy or he's mad. 331 00:19:27,310 --> 00:19:28,720 I don't know. 332 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:30,750 - Oh, David is someone who swings 333 00:19:30,790 --> 00:19:33,070 between two extreme states of mind. 334 00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:35,270 Exhilaration and apathy. 335 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:37,240 Most of us are like that up to a point, 336 00:19:37,270 --> 00:19:39,160 it's perfectly all right. 337 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,830 If you don't swing too far. 338 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,350 You wish you could change him? 339 00:19:48,110 --> 00:19:53,110 - Karl, where does David get all the money to buy me things? 340 00:19:55,830 --> 00:19:57,750 You know, where, Karl? 341 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:02,510 - [Karl] Leave him, Marie. 342 00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:05,110 - [Marie] Leave him? 343 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,110 - Someday he's going to get into very serious trouble. 344 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,000 He's going to hurt you. 345 00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:12,160 I'll never forgive him if he hurts you. 346 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,480 - Can't be in love without to get hurt. 347 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,310 That's how you know it's the real thing. 348 00:20:20,350 --> 00:20:21,270 - A little fool. 349 00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:27,790 - There's something I don't know about David? 350 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,310 - Come, Marie, you must have a suspicion. 351 00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:36,400 David is an accomplished professional thief, 352 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,030 one of the best, he's been one for years. 353 00:20:39,070 --> 00:20:40,240 - A thief? 354 00:20:40,270 --> 00:20:42,400 - He even has a record, 12 months in prison. 355 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,240 That's his dream about being buried alive. 356 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:47,880 - Buried alive. 357 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,750 - Everything lights up, becomes clear, doesn't it? 358 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,070 So many puzzles so suddenly solved. 359 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,110 Leave him, Marie. 360 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,790 Take a long walk and think about it, carefully. 361 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,920 (somber music) 362 00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:13,070 (door opens and closes) 363 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,680 (door opens and closes) 364 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:28,350 - [David] Where have you been? 365 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,750 - I can't see, David. 366 00:21:31,310 --> 00:21:32,510 I went to visit Karl. 367 00:21:35,070 --> 00:21:36,480 I'm leaving you, David. 368 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,440 - Before you do, hand me those scissors, will you? 369 00:21:45,310 --> 00:21:47,030 - You're bleeding. 370 00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:48,480 - Mm-hmm. 371 00:21:48,510 --> 00:21:49,400 I can manage. 372 00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:51,830 Just hand me the scissors. 373 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:55,070 The scissors! 374 00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:01,070 Hold the light, hold the light. 375 00:22:01,110 --> 00:22:03,240 - Yes, yes, yes, yes. 376 00:22:03,270 --> 00:22:08,270 - Now, why suddenly have you decided to leave me? 377 00:22:09,750 --> 00:22:11,270 - Karl told me. 378 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:12,270 Oh, David. 379 00:22:13,830 --> 00:22:15,070 You were shot? 380 00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:16,200 - Yes, and it hurts. 381 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,880 What did Karl tell you? 382 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,110 - That you're a thief, a professional thief. 383 00:22:21,070 --> 00:22:22,680 - Ah. 384 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,070 Good old Karl. 385 00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:27,270 He didn't mention his part in the operation, of course. 386 00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:29,270 He's not guilty of anything. 387 00:22:29,310 --> 00:22:31,920 He can't help it if in passing, he mentions 388 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,070 that a certain rich lady has a certain diamond 389 00:22:34,110 --> 00:22:35,310 and lives on Beacon Hill. 390 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:39,070 He doesn't commit any robberies. 391 00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:41,400 Guilty only of an occasional indiscretion. 392 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,880 - David. 393 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,920 Why didn't you tell me? 394 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,790 - I didn't want to lose you, Marie. 395 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,000 - I'll pack my things. 396 00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:56,240 - Okay. 397 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,720 (David grunts) 398 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:08,440 - [Marie] David. 399 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:09,270 - No, don't touch me! 400 00:23:09,310 --> 00:23:10,270 Marie, get away, get away. 401 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:12,880 You're leaving, I have to learn 402 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,070 to do things for myself, beginning now. 403 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,480 It's partly your fault, you know. 404 00:23:26,510 --> 00:23:27,680 - Does it hurt you? 405 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,400 - Oh, just a little bit, just a little. 406 00:23:30,550 --> 00:23:32,240 First I just stole for the thrill of it, 407 00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:34,960 but when you get married, you have responsibilities. 408 00:23:36,070 --> 00:23:37,110 A wife to support. 409 00:23:40,790 --> 00:23:41,750 I'm glad, you know. 410 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,400 I'm glad Karl told. 411 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:45,960 - Where's the gauze? 412 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,400 - It's back here. 413 00:23:50,110 --> 00:23:51,440 - I almost had it tonight. 414 00:23:52,830 --> 00:23:54,240 Somebody in the house had a gun. 415 00:23:54,270 --> 00:23:55,070 - Oh. 416 00:23:55,110 --> 00:23:57,070 - Yes, I ran, and bang. 417 00:23:58,350 --> 00:24:00,920 I didn't think I was going to get out of there. 418 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,270 It's amazing what you can do when you're trapped. 419 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:05,720 Shh. 420 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:07,720 It's gonna be all right. 421 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,790 - You promise me that you'll give it up. 422 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,400 - I need you, Marie. 423 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,350 I've tried before to give it up. 424 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,960 It's kind of a sickness with me. 425 00:24:23,270 --> 00:24:25,880 But I'll try again, I really will. 426 00:24:29,110 --> 00:24:30,880 If you'll stay with me. 427 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:31,880 - I'll stay. 428 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,110 - And help me. 429 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,070 Will you? 430 00:24:36,110 --> 00:24:37,070 - Yes. 431 00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:38,680 - You love me? 432 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:39,790 - I love you. 433 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,200 (all laughing) 434 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,110 (singing in foreign language) 435 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,680 (speaking foreign language) 436 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,110 - Happy birthday, David. 437 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:53,200 - Happy birthday, darling. 438 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,030 - Ah. 439 00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:56,240 - I knitted it myself. 440 00:24:56,270 --> 00:24:58,880 They said "David who?" 441 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,160 (all laughing) 442 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,400 (singing in foreign language) 443 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,070 - [Karl] I wish it were my birthday. 444 00:25:06,110 --> 00:25:07,400 (all laughing) 445 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,310 - Oh, poor Karl. 446 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,350 - Poor Karl will cut the cake. 447 00:25:12,790 --> 00:25:15,270 - Oh no, it's David birthday. 448 00:25:15,310 --> 00:25:18,240 The one whose birthday it is is supposed to cut. 449 00:25:18,270 --> 00:25:20,270 Ah, you spoiled it. 450 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:22,030 - I'm very sorry. 451 00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:23,920 Here, David, you finish cutting it. 452 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,200 (clears throat) 453 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,880 - It's a different David, with a job and a little apartment, 454 00:25:40,790 --> 00:25:42,400 and a birthday cake with candles, 455 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,880 and a little wife who knits. 456 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:45,960 (Marie laughs) 457 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,750 You're so respectable, it makes me sick. 458 00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:51,070 - Ah, and you are responsible. 459 00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:52,790 Telling her the truth lifted me 460 00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:54,440 right out of my life of crime. 461 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,790 - Yes, and we thank you, Karl. 462 00:25:56,830 --> 00:25:59,680 Oh, you should see him getting up in the morning, 463 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:00,750 and going to work. 464 00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:06,400 And I pack him a little lunch and I send him off. (laughs) 465 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,880 He's a good boy. 466 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,000 - I can't even steal a look at another girl. 467 00:26:10,030 --> 00:26:11,480 - No, no. 468 00:26:11,510 --> 00:26:14,790 Oh, Karl, we are happier now than we have ever been before. 469 00:26:14,830 --> 00:26:17,350 You see, it proves you are wrong, huh? 470 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,830 Love does exist, yes? 471 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,310 Admit it, Karl. 472 00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:23,270 Come on, admit it. 473 00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:25,720 - Give him some more champagne, he'll admit it. 474 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:33,480 - Yes, I admit it. 475 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,240 Love does exist. 476 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:42,480 - Hurray! 477 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,480 - I'll make some coffee. 478 00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:51,030 - How's your arm, David? 479 00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:51,880 - It's fine. 480 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,830 It healed fast. 481 00:26:57,110 --> 00:26:58,160 Karl, you couldn't lend me some money, could you? 482 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,070 About $200? 483 00:27:00,110 --> 00:27:01,480 - I thought you were working. 484 00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:04,400 - I lost that job four days ago. 485 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,880 I got in a fight with the foreman, 486 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,880 now I get up every day and pretend that I'm going to work, 487 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,960 just so she won't find out, but I don't think 488 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 I'm going to be able to pay for this... 489 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,310 - Coffee? 490 00:27:14,350 --> 00:27:15,200 - Yeah. 491 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,110 - Coffee? - Mm. 492 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,480 - What do you say, Karl? 493 00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:24,400 - One of my richest customers died today. 494 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,680 Mrs. William Atwell. 495 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,070 Leaving the strangest request in her will, 496 00:27:29,110 --> 00:27:31,680 that she be buried in one of my wigs, 497 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,480 and also that she be buried in all of her jewelry. 498 00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:40,030 Silly old fool, all those pearls and diamonds and emeralds 499 00:27:40,070 --> 00:27:42,440 swallowed up in the earth, lost forever, buried. 500 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,790 She's lying in state at the Evans mortuary, in East Pala. 501 00:27:50,750 --> 00:27:52,400 - Cream or sugar, Karl? 502 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,590 - Mm-mm. 503 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,350 No, when the last drop of champagne is gone, 504 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,920 it's time for poor old Karl to go. 505 00:27:58,960 --> 00:27:59,960 Thank you, my dear. 506 00:28:09,790 --> 00:28:11,720 Corner of Dickens and Wilshire. 507 00:28:17,270 --> 00:28:19,920 (somber music) 508 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,070 (both stammering) 509 00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:33,880 (door slams) 510 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,310 - Where are you going? 511 00:28:36,350 --> 00:28:39,000 (tense music) 512 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,400 (engine roaring) 513 00:30:05,030 --> 00:30:06,680 - [Man] Who's there? 514 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,750 (suspenseful music) 515 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,720 - That was short. 516 00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:17,240 Time passes quickly when you're having a good time. 517 00:30:17,270 --> 00:30:19,790 The next sounds you hear will be that 518 00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:22,030 of our stations breaking. 519 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,680 Welcome back to "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour." 520 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,270 But I wish you had brought along a pair of scissors. 521 00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:34,310 The entertainment I can furnish is extremely limited, 522 00:30:34,350 --> 00:30:37,000 so I shall turn you over to my sponsor. 523 00:30:37,030 --> 00:30:42,960 I'm sure he will think of something to do. 524 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,750 (ominous music) 525 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,720 - [Reporter] The Evans mortuary at Dickens and Wilshire 526 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:51,070 was the scene early this morning 527 00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:52,960 of a brutal murder and robbery. 528 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,680 Herbert Stone, caretaker of the mortuary for 15 years, 529 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,270 was found by the morning mortician 530 00:30:58,310 --> 00:31:01,000 on the floor of the east parlor, beaten to death. 531 00:31:01,030 --> 00:31:03,590 Stone was on special duty guarding the body 532 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,510 of Mrs. William Atwell, which was lying in the parlor. 533 00:31:06,550 --> 00:31:09,070 A knitted scarf with the initials D.C. 534 00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:11,070 was found beside the body. 535 00:31:11,110 --> 00:31:13,590 Mrs. Atwell had requested that she be buried 536 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,790 with several thousand dollars worth of her jewelry. 537 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,880 (television clicks) 538 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,070 - D.C.. 539 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:24,830 Your scarf. 540 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:28,680 - Go on. 541 00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:41,240 - No. 542 00:31:43,790 --> 00:31:44,590 - Ask it. 543 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:45,510 Ask it! 544 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,240 - Did you do it, David? 545 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,070 - No. 546 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:57,510 No. 547 00:31:57,550 --> 00:31:59,000 - No. 548 00:31:59,030 --> 00:32:02,720 - He was there with a flashlight, but I turned and ran. 549 00:32:04,510 --> 00:32:08,070 He grabbed the scarf, and all right, I stole the jewelry, 550 00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:10,070 but I did not beat that man to death. 551 00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:12,070 - I believe you, David. 552 00:32:12,110 --> 00:32:14,110 - Oh, I've lied to you before, Marie. 553 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,070 - No, no. 554 00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:17,200 I know you didn't. 555 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,240 - Thank you for your vote of confidence. 556 00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:20,880 - So what are you going to do? 557 00:32:22,070 --> 00:32:24,830 - Well, the first thing we are going to do 558 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,480 is to get out of here. 559 00:32:26,510 --> 00:32:28,680 And then we are going to leave you at Karl's 560 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,030 for a couple of days. 561 00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:32,070 First we have to put those jewels in some safe place, 562 00:32:32,110 --> 00:32:32,920 till all this cools down. 563 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,000 Now Marie, I have to be alone, 564 00:32:35,030 --> 00:32:36,960 I have to be able to move fast, you... 565 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,000 I didn't do it. 566 00:32:41,070 --> 00:32:42,880 - No, then you shouldn't run, David. 567 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,000 You should-- 568 00:32:44,030 --> 00:32:45,030 - What, turn myself in? 569 00:32:45,070 --> 00:32:46,240 - But you're innocent. 570 00:32:46,270 --> 00:32:47,400 - Yes, well tell that to the police, 571 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:48,550 they'll be out for blood and they won't be 572 00:32:48,590 --> 00:32:50,680 too particular whose blood it is. 573 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,720 (suspenseful music) 574 00:32:55,030 --> 00:32:55,920 - Too coy. 575 00:33:00,110 --> 00:33:01,270 Too coarse. 576 00:33:05,110 --> 00:33:06,510 No. 577 00:33:06,550 --> 00:33:07,270 No. 578 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,750 No, I told you before, Monsieur Karl, 579 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:15,590 I'm frightfully difficult to please. 580 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,160 But once I'm pleased, I'm terribly satisfied. 581 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,640 Definitely black. 582 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,680 Black's my color, you know. 583 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,200 May I touch your hair, my dear? 584 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,720 That is no wig, is it? 585 00:33:28,750 --> 00:33:30,160 - No. 586 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,880 - Wouldn't be interested in selling it to me, would you? 587 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,680 - [Karl] No, she's not interested, Mrs. Flingston. 588 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,070 - $200? 589 00:33:37,110 --> 00:33:38,790 - David needs money. 590 00:33:38,830 --> 00:33:39,680 I will. 591 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:40,960 - Marvelous. 592 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,480 Monsieur Karl, you always know exactly what I want. 593 00:33:43,510 --> 00:33:46,960 One of your most splendid creations by the end of the week? 594 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,000 - You know, the first time I met David, 595 00:33:51,030 --> 00:33:56,070 he'd been in prison for a year, he'd just been released. 596 00:33:56,110 --> 00:34:00,000 He was sent to prison for the brutal, but not fatal, 597 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:02,550 beating of an old woman. 598 00:34:02,590 --> 00:34:04,590 Discovered him stealing her silver. 599 00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:07,880 Turned on her in a fury and struck her, 600 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:12,150 again and again and again, beating her into unconsciousness. 601 00:34:12,190 --> 00:34:13,150 - Stop it, Karl. 602 00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:15,110 - Oh no, be honest, Marie. 603 00:34:15,150 --> 00:34:17,760 You're afraid he did it, and you feel guilty 604 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:18,960 for suspecting it. 605 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,230 - No, I know David stole the jewels, 606 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,670 but he didn't kill that man. 607 00:34:27,230 --> 00:34:29,030 You believe him, don't you? 608 00:34:29,070 --> 00:34:31,510 - Oh, of course I believe him. 609 00:34:33,110 --> 00:34:36,110 You still love him very much, don't you? 610 00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:38,550 Even knowing that he's a thief, a criminal. 611 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,880 Perhaps even a murderer. 612 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:42,880 - Yes. 613 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,920 - You love him even now, don't you? 614 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,480 (Marie sighs) 615 00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:51,000 Tell me what it feels like, this feeling of 616 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,000 immortal, eternal love. 617 00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:59,670 - Oh, you know what love feels like, Karl. 618 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:03,800 - No. 619 00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:08,670 I know what the opposite of love feels like, 620 00:35:10,030 --> 00:35:13,070 and I know what it feels like to be jealous of love. 621 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:17,960 But what the real call of love is like, I don't know. 622 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:18,800 - [Marie] Karl. 623 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:19,920 - [Karl] It's nothing. 624 00:35:21,150 --> 00:35:22,070 - David! 625 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,000 - What happened to you? 626 00:35:27,030 --> 00:35:30,070 - Oh, it'll be fine when I've finished styling it. 627 00:35:30,110 --> 00:35:32,110 - Oh, you really cut yourself bad. 628 00:35:35,110 --> 00:35:36,000 - Oh yes, I did, didn't I? 629 00:35:39,110 --> 00:35:40,000 - [Marie] Ta da. 630 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,190 - Beautiful. 631 00:35:44,230 --> 00:35:45,880 Beautiful. 632 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:46,840 Karl? 633 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:47,920 Karl, are you finished with her? 634 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,800 - [Karl] Oh yes, she's all yours. 635 00:35:50,710 --> 00:35:53,190 - And this is all yours. 636 00:35:54,550 --> 00:35:56,590 - You don't want me to come to Mexico too, do you? 637 00:35:56,630 --> 00:35:57,840 I'm a good, fast driver. 638 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,110 - No, we need you right where you are. 639 00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:00,920 If anything goes wrong, I'll send her right back. 640 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:01,800 Let's go. 641 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,110 - But what about the jewels? 642 00:36:03,150 --> 00:36:04,670 - I talked to Teddy a couple of hours ago. 643 00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:06,150 He said he'd handle things as always, 644 00:36:06,190 --> 00:36:07,510 and I'll get more out of him this time. 645 00:36:07,550 --> 00:36:08,760 - David, that's dangerous. 646 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,760 Teddy's careless, don't go. 647 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:11,710 - Who's Teddy? 648 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,840 - [Karl] Don't let him go, Marie. 649 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:13,880 - Are going to give me some money, Karl? 650 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,110 - I'd love to, David, but you know. 651 00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:17,880 - We can't get far on $200. 652 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,000 Teddy is a nice old man. 653 00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:23,190 You give him this, he gives you this. 654 00:36:23,230 --> 00:36:24,110 Au revoir, Karl. 655 00:36:26,510 --> 00:36:27,280 - Good luck. 656 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:30,800 (door closes) 657 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,590 (ominous music) 658 00:36:37,030 --> 00:36:38,920 (rotary phone dialing) 659 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:39,960 - [Operator] Operator. 660 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,880 - Give me the police. 661 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,360 (ominous music) 662 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,280 - Hi. 663 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:05,190 - Hi. 664 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:12,960 - Doesn't look too good, does it? 665 00:37:13,710 --> 00:37:16,070 - Is he good, the lawyer? 666 00:37:16,110 --> 00:37:18,480 - Oh, he may be good, but I don't think 667 00:37:18,510 --> 00:37:20,800 he believes much in me either. 668 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,760 There's just too many fingers pointing right at me, 669 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,230 my record, I can't deny I didn't steal the jewels. 670 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:26,400 My scar. 671 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:27,920 - But you didn't do it, David. 672 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,920 (rattling wires) 673 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,230 - No. 674 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:32,710 You keep telling them that. 675 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,280 Scream it in their faces, make them sick of it. 676 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,280 I'm innocent. 677 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,920 I'm guilty of everything else, but I did not kill that man. 678 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:40,840 - No. 679 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:43,280 (David sighs) 680 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:44,670 - Are you all right? 681 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:45,440 - No. 682 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:52,400 I can't eat, I can't sleep, and I'm catching a cold. 683 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,480 - You look cute. 684 00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,320 - I love you. 685 00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:03,030 I love you. 686 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:05,760 - Karl, how's Karl? 687 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,190 - Oh, he is being marvelous. 688 00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:11,110 He's working so hard to pay for the lawyer. 689 00:38:12,070 --> 00:38:13,400 No word from your mother. 690 00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:18,000 He bought me this hat. 691 00:38:21,230 --> 00:38:23,280 - He's in love with you. 692 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:24,190 - I know. 693 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,920 - But don't you go falling in love with him. 694 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,480 - I try not to. 695 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:31,320 I try. 696 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,280 - Maybe you should take another sleeping pill. 697 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,510 - No. 698 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:43,760 No, the two you gave me earlier will do the job. 699 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,710 - But one more won't hurt. 700 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,920 Marie, you have to sleep. 701 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,150 That's a good girl. 702 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:58,760 - You called the lawyer? 703 00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,480 - Yes. 704 00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:02,190 He thinks it's better that you don't try 705 00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:04,070 to see David tomorrow. 706 00:39:04,110 --> 00:39:05,960 That your being in the courtroom 707 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,320 would only upset him and make him nervous. 708 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,840 You see, he's very worried about you. 709 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:13,880 - He's so pale. 710 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,360 It's been so hard on him. 711 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,360 Karl, when you testify tomorrow, 712 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,670 you will convince them that he's innocent. 713 00:39:25,710 --> 00:39:26,960 - I'll do my best. 714 00:39:28,110 --> 00:39:30,960 - Yes, the third pill really worked. 715 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,190 I'm so tired. 716 00:39:34,710 --> 00:39:35,670 (gavel banging) 717 00:39:35,710 --> 00:39:37,000 (people chattering) 718 00:39:37,030 --> 00:39:38,920 - [Lawyer] Have you ever seen this scarf, Mr. Gault? 719 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,920 - Yes. 720 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,710 It belongs to David Chesterman. 721 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,920 I was at his apartment when his wife 722 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,480 gave it to him as a birthday present. 723 00:39:50,510 --> 00:39:53,150 (somber music) 724 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,190 I was drunk. 725 00:39:57,230 --> 00:40:00,070 I happened to mention that Mrs. Atwell, 726 00:40:00,110 --> 00:40:02,710 who was a customer of mine, had requested 727 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,760 that she be buried with all her jewelry. 728 00:40:06,710 --> 00:40:07,960 (ominous music) 729 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,280 His eyes brightened when I said it. 730 00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:15,150 The day after the murder, they came to my shop 731 00:40:15,190 --> 00:40:16,800 to borrow money. 732 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,840 Mrs. Chesterman knew nothing about it. 733 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,280 He got me a loan, and I'll never forget 734 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,360 his face when he said it. 735 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,070 He told me he had killed the caretaker. 736 00:40:28,110 --> 00:40:29,710 (people shouting) 737 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:30,760 (gavel banging) 738 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,280 - [Judge] Order, order in the court. 739 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,760 (suspenseful music) 740 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,150 (door opens) 741 00:40:38,070 --> 00:40:40,280 - Oh, you brought flowers. 742 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,030 David has been found innocent? 743 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,440 - Soon all this will be over, and you'll be well, 744 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:51,150 and then we can go away together and forget it all. 745 00:40:52,110 --> 00:40:53,230 - Forget? 746 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,000 - I have bad news. 747 00:40:57,070 --> 00:40:58,880 David is guilty. 748 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:00,670 I tried to wake you this morning, 749 00:41:00,710 --> 00:41:03,030 I came to bring you back to the courthouse. 750 00:41:03,070 --> 00:41:07,190 The judge is sentencing him this afternoon. 751 00:41:07,230 --> 00:41:08,840 - [Marie] Today? 752 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,000 - Oh, you should have seen him, my dear. 753 00:41:10,030 --> 00:41:11,670 Such a show of temper. 754 00:41:11,710 --> 00:41:14,280 Furious with the jury that convicted him. 755 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,070 He waived all rights to the penalty phase 756 00:41:16,110 --> 00:41:18,320 and threw himself on the mercy of the court. 757 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,320 But there's no mercy for a murderer. 758 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:24,480 - [Marie] He's not a killer. 759 00:41:24,510 --> 00:41:27,480 - The law has decided that he is. 760 00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:30,480 There's nothing that can be done to save him now. 761 00:41:30,510 --> 00:41:33,190 No, don't, don't pull away from me. 762 00:41:33,230 --> 00:41:35,230 I have a present for you. 763 00:41:37,190 --> 00:41:38,670 - You hate David. 764 00:41:38,710 --> 00:41:40,800 - Yes, I hate David! 765 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,440 I hate your love for each other. 766 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:48,480 So ardent, so exclusive, so just for David. 767 00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:52,030 - You would let David die? 768 00:41:52,070 --> 00:41:54,760 - [Karl] I planned it, my dear, for us. 769 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:55,840 - David didn't murder that man. 770 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,800 - [Karl] Well who did, me? 771 00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,000 - Maybe. 772 00:41:59,030 --> 00:42:01,400 - Ah, my poor little angel. 773 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,110 My poor little... 774 00:42:03,150 --> 00:42:05,510 (door slams) 775 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:21,280 No, no. 776 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,070 You mustn't be frightened of me. 777 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,000 (suspenseful music) 778 00:42:28,030 --> 00:42:30,480 (Karl shouts) 779 00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:39,030 - Taxi! 780 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:45,480 - Marie. 781 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:49,800 - Taxi! 782 00:42:52,190 --> 00:42:53,070 Ah! 783 00:42:56,510 --> 00:42:58,320 Municipal courthouse, hurry, please. 784 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,320 - [Driver] Oh, miss! 785 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:10,320 Your change. 786 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,670 - Is this the Chesterman trial? 787 00:43:20,710 --> 00:43:22,480 - You're too late, it's all over. 788 00:43:22,510 --> 00:43:24,760 Sentenced him to death 15 minutes ago. 789 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,280 - Where did they take him? 790 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:32,670 - Chesterman? 791 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:35,360 Well, he's probably still in the building somewhere. 792 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:36,960 Aren't you Mrs. Chesterman? 793 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:37,880 - David! 794 00:43:39,150 --> 00:43:40,070 David! 795 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,960 (camera clicks) 796 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:46,880 David! 797 00:43:48,150 --> 00:43:49,070 - Hey! 798 00:43:50,510 --> 00:43:52,400 Come back in here, hey! 799 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:53,280 (horns honking) 800 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,150 - Please, find David for me. 801 00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:56,000 Please. 802 00:43:56,030 --> 00:43:57,960 He's innocent. 803 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,070 Believe me. 804 00:43:59,110 --> 00:44:00,480 - That's Chesterman's wife. 805 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,400 (horn honking) 806 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:07,320 - Yeah! 807 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,000 - [Man] I'll jump. 808 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:12,800 I'll jump. 809 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:04,280 - Marie? 810 00:45:05,110 --> 00:45:06,000 - David. 811 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,190 Oh, David. 812 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:14,760 - Come inside, Marie. 813 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,880 - No, not until they listen to me, David. 814 00:45:19,710 --> 00:45:21,360 You're innocent. 815 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,030 You're innocent. 816 00:45:25,030 --> 00:45:26,000 No. 817 00:45:26,030 --> 00:45:28,000 - Give me your hand, Marie. - No. 818 00:45:28,030 --> 00:45:30,000 Not until they know the truth. 819 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:33,190 - Marie. 820 00:45:34,070 --> 00:45:34,920 Marie. 821 00:45:38,710 --> 00:45:40,400 It's no use. 822 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,070 Don't make it any harder on me. 823 00:45:44,230 --> 00:45:46,230 I didn't mean to kill the caretaker. 824 00:45:47,150 --> 00:45:48,070 - No. 825 00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,400 - But I couldn't stop. 826 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:57,280 Please, Marie. 827 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,070 The only happiness I've ever had in my life 828 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,280 has been our love. 829 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,440 Now you must forgive me my lie, Marie. 830 00:46:13,110 --> 00:46:16,360 Now, listen to me. 831 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:21,070 You must forgive me that, and live for the both of us. 832 00:46:22,710 --> 00:46:25,230 (somber music) 833 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,030 I didn't mean to kill him. 834 00:46:40,070 --> 00:46:42,510 (Marie moans) 835 00:46:46,510 --> 00:46:47,710 Please forgive me. 836 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,400 (Marie crying) 837 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,880 - Yes, my darling. - Please, please. 838 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,360 - Yes, my darling. 839 00:46:58,070 --> 00:47:01,070 (people chattering) 840 00:47:19,630 --> 00:47:21,800 - We are coming to the end of the second half 841 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:23,630 of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour." 842 00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:26,800 In fact, we're coming to the end of Alfred Hitchcock. 843 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:30,150 Two rival groups of little people were fighting over me, 844 00:47:30,190 --> 00:47:33,030 but they have now hit upon a happy compromise. 845 00:47:39,030 --> 00:47:41,590 The pendulum drops a few inches each day, 846 00:47:41,630 --> 00:47:45,230 so by next week, I imagine I shall be able to host 847 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:48,800 two half-hour shows simultaneously. 848 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,030 Until then, good night. 849 00:47:52,030 --> 00:47:55,070 (mischievous music) 850 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,000 (mischievous music) 851 00:48:42,630 --> 00:48:45,280 (dramatic music)