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<i>♪♪</i>

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I think you hit him.

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I'm not sure. He
moved just as I fired.

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It'll be dark in an hour.

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I wouldn't want to tangle with a
wounded mountain lion after dark.

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It's rugged country up there.

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Not much chance of
finding him anyway.

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Well, we better back to town.

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Hello, Mike. What are
you doing out here?

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I've been watching you. Where
do you think you're going now?

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- Back to town.
- What about that cat?

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I missed him, I think.

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And you let it go at that, huh?

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If you were a man, you'd
get up there and make sure.

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Mike, what's all the
fuss? It's only an animal?

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He's gone.

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If I did hit him, it
was only in the leg.

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Let the poor thing live.

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Live?

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Dragging a leg for
the rest of its life?

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And you call letting it live?

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Keith, you joined the right clan when
you married Hugh Jamison's daughter.

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You and he are the same brand.

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Selfish and yellow, both of you.

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You leave him out of this.

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Why? It's right up his alley.

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The mighty hunter
cripples a mountain lion.

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He'll be proud of you, Keith.

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Crippling is
Jamison's specialty.

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They're all in the black.

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Silly little gun.

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I could do more
damage throwing rocks.

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What's on the calendar, Lydia?

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Your accountant, Elliott
Dunbar, is due at 10:00

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to go over next
months' drilling costs.

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Yes?

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Sure, Harlow, he's right here.

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It's Phipps over at the well.

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Yeah?

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I'll be right over.

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Oh...

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I hired you to manage this
house and take a few notes for me.

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When I want something
to lean on, I'll buy crutches.

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We're right on top of it, Mike.

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Take a look at that color.

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Not here.

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Let's go inside.

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This is the electric
log I took this morning.

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Take a look at
those oscillations.

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Now, take a look at this core
sample under the microscope.

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Who needs a microscope?

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I could squeeze the oil out
of this with my bare hands.

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It's down there, Mike,
just waiting for us.

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I was never more sure
of oil in my whole life.

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Does any of the crew suspect?

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Not a chance. I've
kept it too close.

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You know your next move.

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Know it?

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Mike, this is what we've both
been sweating out for seven years.

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How could I forget it?

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Okay, get rid of the crew.

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You and I can cap this
well. We'll plug her tight.

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Must be something special going
on at the well to get Mike out there.

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All I know is that he
said for you to wait, Elliot.

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A man gets tired waiting.

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Then sit down.

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You've known for three
years how I feel about you.

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Is that supposed to
make a difference?

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Lydia, he's a cripple
in more ways than one.

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Why do you stay here?

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That's none of your business.

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Mike, by golly
you're looking great.

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Any calls?

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What's the good
word at the drilling?

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Since when is a dry
hole a good word?

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Dry?

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We're shutting it down.

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Dunbar, I want the payroll
checks out to the men by tonight

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and pay off Harlow
Phipps in cash.

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- In cash?
- That's right.

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I fired him.

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Mike, you fired Harlow?

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He's had it. He's through.

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Well, can you do it?

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Yes, your books are
in pretty good shape.

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Of course we'll have to make
some sort of an adjustment

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on your royalty deal
with ABC Products

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for the tool rental.

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I suppose if I have to, I...

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Then what are you standing
here for? Get on with the job.

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Put in a call to Perry
Mason in Los Angeles.

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I want to talk to him
about some leases.

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When you were up at my ranch,

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you wouldn't believe me when I
told you how big the gophers got,

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so I brought one
back to prove it.

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Gopher, indeed.

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It's a mountain lion, a
cougar, and beautiful.

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Is it for me?

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If you've got a place to put it.

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Don't you worry. I'll find one.

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Well, Perry, what
about the leases?

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You say you want to
sell off a thousand acres.

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That's almost half of
what you hold, isn't it?

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I want $50 an acre.

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That's pretty cheap for leases with
proven oil-bearing land on two sides.

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Maybe there's oil there,
and maybe there isn't.

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By selling half my leases,

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I'm putting aside my bet,
taking only half the risk.

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Hedging a bet doesn't
sound like you, Mike.

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So I changed.
That's my business.

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How's Hugh Jamison these days?

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Yes, of course, you've changed.

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But I did think that maybe in seven
years you might have forgotten.

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Oh, sure,

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forget five tons of traveling
block that knocks out half my knee.

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It was Jamison's rig.
The cable was rotten.

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I told him so.

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I suppose you still think
that he set that fire at the well.

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Look, Mike, you really believe
he set that fire to cripple you

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and to steal that money?

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Perry, there was $100,000
dollars in the shack that night.

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I saw it...

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50,000 in securities
and and 50,000 in cash.

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What happened to it?

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Mike, stop and think.

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If that money had been stolen,

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you might not be
able to trace the cash,

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but the securities
were registered,

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and in seven years not one dollar's
worth of that 50,000 in securities...

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50,000...

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and you want to lease out a
thousand acres at $50 an acre.

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Perry, I've made up my
mind, and I don't want to argue.

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Will you prepare
those lease transfers,

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or do I have to walk out of here
and hire myself a real lawyer?

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Any other lawyer would
throw you right out of his office.

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All right, Mike,

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how do you want the
transfers prepared?

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One block, 1,000 acres.

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You know, you may
have to wait a long while

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for the right man to come along.

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The right man will come along.

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$50,000?

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Harlow Phipps came to you
at the bank to borrow $50,000?

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I told him bank
vice-presidents have fancy titles

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but not very much authority.

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For a loan like that,

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he'd have to speak to the
president, Mr. Wilkerson.

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Of course, Wilkerson
turned him down cold.

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Harlow Phipps has been
Mike Preston's right-hand man

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for better than 10 years.

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Two weeks ago, Preston
shuts down his well,

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lays off the crew,
and fires Phipps.

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Without a job and
without a nickel in security,

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Phipps tries to borrow $50,000.

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Now, I'd call that interesting.

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As a dutiful son-in-law,

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I just thought
you'd like to know

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even though what happens
at the bank is confidential.

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There's nothing
confidential about the fact

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that I'm so tied up I
couldn't raise 50 cents,

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let alone $50,000...

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or weren't you suggesting that I
might be interested in Phipp's deal,

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whatever it is?

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He's not kind who
would put up a front

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without having something
pretty solid behind him.

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I thought you might have
some idea of what it was.

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- Did...
- You thought.

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If you did, it's the first time.

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Maybe there's some hope for you.

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But if there was
something, something big,

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and if I could...

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I know things are a little
rough for you right now,

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and there might be a way of
finding out about Phipps' deal,

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that is, if you're
really interested.

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I'm interested.

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Well, he's been keeping
company with a girl at the bank,

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named Paula Hamilton.

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Honolulu... that's
all I can think about.

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It won't be long now.

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Soon as I finish my business.

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What business?

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You don't even have a job.

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Well, you have to admit, honey,

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you haven't been acting
exactly like a big spender, lately.

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Just give me a little time.

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You could get a job with
Mr. Jamison, a good job.

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Look, Paula, I don't
need or want a job.

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Even if I did, Jamison would
be the last man I'd go to.

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All I need is to get the
right money lined up.

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Money, money everywhere,

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not a cent to spend

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on Paula.

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If Paula will just
keep her little shirt on,

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she'll be able to
start her own bank

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and spend it all on Paula.

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I must be slipping.

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Maybe you'd rather be
out with Harlow Phipps.

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He never takes me out.

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All I get from him is
promises, lots of promises,

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just like you.

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Is your wife back in town yet?

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She'll be in San
Francisco another week.

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Paula, about Phipps' promises...

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Arnie, what's he trying to
get backing for? Do you know?

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He hasn't confided in you?

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He just said he needed to
get the right money lined up.

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What else did he say...
About the deal, I mean?

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Nothing.

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The way he acts,

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you'd think he's afraid
someone might move in on it.

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Even you?

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Don't be silly.

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I'm the kind that gets invited.

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You know, Dave, nobody
kids me about the oil business.

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I'm telling you,

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there's been more dough thrown
away on it than has ever been taken out.

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The only way to
make it in this racket

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is to know something,

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something nobody else knows.

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All right, I'll
take it from here.

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You run along home.

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Harlow.

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Well, if it isn't Mr. Jamison,
the big friend of the little investor.

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You and your boss pack a grudge
a long time, don't you, Phipps?

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Remember, I took a beating in that
oil well deal seven years ago, too.

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$5,000 of those
securities were mine,

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every cent I had in the world.

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Jamison, I'm going to
say it right to your face.

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You're a midget.

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You think you're a big
man in the oil business?

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You ain't seen nothing yet.

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And you're going to
show me, huh, Harlow?

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You bet I am.

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I'm going to be bigger than
you and Mike put together.

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You're going to try your wings

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now that Mike has
pushed you out of the nest.

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- Is that it?
- I've got news for you.

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Mike didn't push. I did.

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I think you're talking
through your whiskey.

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Yeah?

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That ain't whiskey,

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and I was cold sober when I
pulled it out, right under his nose.

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Anybody can carry around a
bottle full of sand and solvent.

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That's right, Mr. Jamison.

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Let's have a drink, Harlow.

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Another drink for Mr. Phipps,
and I'll have a scotch and water.

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Are you trying to tell me
that you fooled Mike Preston

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into plugging a well,

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just feet short of
blowing in a gusher?

250
00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:08,307
Sure, sure, why not?

251
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:09,474
Switch your reports,

252
00:14:09,549 --> 00:14:11,381
the electric log...
the real one...

253
00:14:11,451 --> 00:14:12,749
And the sand.

254
00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:15,687
Got 'em all back in my room.

255
00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:17,280
How did you keep
it from the crew?

256
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:20,555
Those roughnecks
are easy to hire and fire.

257
00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,185
A thousand acres,

258
00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,821
half of it next to
proven ground.

259
00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,731
I can get it for 50 an acre.

260
00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,095
You're bluffing, Phipps.

261
00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:32,763
I've checked on you.

262
00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:35,570
You've been up and down that
coast for weeks trying to raise money.

263
00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:38,406
You're afraid to show your
hand for fear Mike will find out.

264
00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:42,210
You don't stand a chance
at raising that kind of money,

265
00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:45,649
but maybe I can.

266
00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,016
Now, what do you say?

267
00:14:49,322 --> 00:14:52,918
Give me $5,000
cash for expenses,

268
00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:54,290
and it's a deal.

269
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,556
Not quite.

270
00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,064
It's still a pig in a poke.

271
00:14:59,132 --> 00:15:00,930
I want to see the hole.

272
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:05,136
You're taking a big
chance going out there.

273
00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:08,106
What do you call laying
50,000 on the line?

274
00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,935
Every time Mike takes a step...

275
00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:15,574
it reminds him of
what you did to his leg.

276
00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,682
He catches you up
there, he'll kill you.

277
00:15:21,187 --> 00:15:24,419
Then you'd better
see that he doesn't.

278
00:15:24,490 --> 00:15:26,049
I'll see you there at 9:30.

279
00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:34,758
Yeah?

280
00:15:34,834 --> 00:15:36,359
Will you get out
here right away?

281
00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:38,905
I was sure we had Jamison
hooked, but something has come up.

282
00:15:38,971 --> 00:15:40,303
Can't you tell me
over the phone?

283
00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:42,001
Look, please, Mike, I...

284
00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:43,599
I don't have the time.

285
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,235
Now, will you get
out here, and fast?

286
00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,280
This whole thing is
blowing up in our faces.

287
00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:49,679
Phipps, are you trying
to pull something on me,

288
00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,149
so help me, I'll kill you.

289
00:15:51,217 --> 00:15:52,913
Phipps?

290
00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:54,920
Don't hang up on me.

291
00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:56,011
Phipps.

292
00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:06,064
How long have you
been standing there?

293
00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:09,034
Long enough to know it
was Harlow who called.

294
00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:11,696
Mike, what's wrong?

295
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,171
Now, you listen to me, you...

296
00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:14,798
This is Sopac Airlines.

297
00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:17,776
Your operator said that we might
reach Mr. Phipps at this number.

298
00:16:17,844 --> 00:16:18,868
Yes, sir.

299
00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:21,642
It's regarding his reservation
to Honolulu tomorrow.

300
00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:23,706
There were no
cancellations on the flight.

301
00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:25,012
Honolulu?

302
00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:26,848
Yes, sir, that's
right, Honolulu.

303
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:32,523
Well, the same to you, fellow.

304
00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,254
Mike?

305
00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:48,740
Mike! Hey, Mike!

306
00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:03,773
I was just passing through
on my way to Sacramento.

307
00:18:03,849 --> 00:18:07,342
I got here about minutes
before Mike... Mr. Preston... did.

308
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,048
All right, Mr. Dunbar,
thank you.

309
00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:10,321
If you think of anything else,

310
00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:12,916
you can reach me through the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's office.

311
00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:15,120
Landro, Sergeant Ben Landro.

312
00:18:15,194 --> 00:18:16,287
I'll do that, Sergeant.

313
00:18:16,362 --> 00:18:17,853
That'll be all, thank you.

314
00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,036
All right, Mr. Preston, you
might as well tell me about it.

315
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,504
You were there. The
watchman saw you.

316
00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,271
I went out to the
well. It was dark.

317
00:18:30,343 --> 00:18:32,437
I didn't even get
out of the car.

318
00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,241
And I went to town
to his apartment,

319
00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:35,924
but Phipps wasn't there,
so I came back here.

320
00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,280
That's all I know.

321
00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:38,994
Was he out at the well
when he called you?

322
00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:41,112
How do I know where he was?

323
00:18:41,187 --> 00:18:43,622
You must've figured he was
there. You went to the well first.

324
00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:46,888
Don't push me, Landro.

325
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:49,827
I'll push as hard as I have
to. I'm investigating a murder.

326
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:52,925
I'll ask you once more.

327
00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:54,934
What did Phipps
want to see you about?

328
00:18:57,436 --> 00:19:00,270
Mr. Preston, where's that
little 25-caliber automatic

329
00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:03,104
I understand you
own and, uh, use?

330
00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:06,873
In the glove
compartment of my jeep.

331
00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:08,209
Bring it in, Wilson.

332
00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:13,178
Let's go back to the
phone call from Phipps.

333
00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:14,777
There's nothing more to tell.

334
00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,134
Miss Reynolds, were you here
when Phipps called Mr. Preston...

335
00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,649
You leave her out of this.

336
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:23,389
My driller's been killed,
and you walk... Your driller?

337
00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:26,125
You threw Phipps out.
Everybody knows that.

338
00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,494
It's not there. There's
no gun in the car.

339
00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,768
Get your hat.

340
00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:39,007
I don't know what happened
to that stupid little gun.

341
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,540
Perry, I didn't Phipps.

342
00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:44,879
Do you believe me or don't you?

343
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:46,077
That's not the problem.

344
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:48,383
- Hugh Jamison killed him.
- Can you prove that?

345
00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:50,355
Jamison was out
at my well last night.

346
00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:52,267
He went out there to keep
an appointment with Phipps.

347
00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:53,350
Phipps told me.

348
00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,054
Phipps is dead.

349
00:19:56,762 --> 00:19:59,823
Now, what about this trip to Honolulu
you discovered he was going to make?

350
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:03,166
Who knows? Phipps is dead.

351
00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:08,338
Come in, Mr. Mason. Sit down.

352
00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:09,431
Thank you.

353
00:20:09,508 --> 00:20:11,340
I'm sorry to hear
about all this,

354
00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,003
but I'm not surprised.

355
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,445
Mike Preston's a brawler.

356
00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,379
He always has been.

357
00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:19,783
When did you last see
Harlow Phipps, Mr. Jamison?

358
00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:21,946
Yesterday, early in the evening.

359
00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:23,699
We met in a restaurant,
talked for a while.

360
00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:26,022
Mind telling me what
you talked about?

361
00:20:27,026 --> 00:20:28,358
No.

362
00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:29,554
He wanted to borrow money

363
00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:31,927
to finance some
new oil exploration.

364
00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,021
What I don't understand

365
00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:35,864
is why Phipps went out
to Mike's well last night.

366
00:20:36,869 --> 00:20:38,895
Yes, that is strange.

367
00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:41,702
It's even stranger that
Mike went out there.

368
00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,800
Not at all. You see,
Phipps called him.

369
00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,310
Oh, incidentally...

370
00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:47,940
do you like guns, Mr. Jamison?

371
00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:50,479
No, Mr. Mason, I don't.

372
00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:53,451
Well, thank you.

373
00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:57,047
Oh, by the way,

374
00:20:57,123 --> 00:21:00,150
did you give Phipps the money
he needed for his oil exploration?

375
00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:03,692
We didn't get that far.

376
00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:05,356
I'm afraid I haven't
been much help.

377
00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:07,297
On the contrary.

378
00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,802
Specifically, I'd like to know

379
00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:21,973
of anyone who's tried to raise a
large amount of money recently.

380
00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:24,744
Derrick City is a
small town, Mr. Mason.

381
00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,547
What do you mean by large?

382
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,178
$50,000.

383
00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:32,157
I'd like to help, Mr. Mason,
but that is bank business, and...

384
00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:34,921
Can you tell me if Harlow
Phipps came in for a loan?

385
00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:37,362
Why, yes... yes, he did,

386
00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:38,488
over a week ago.

387
00:21:38,564 --> 00:21:40,362
Did you make the loan?

388
00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:41,798
I referred him to our president

389
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:44,098
since it involved
so large a sum.

390
00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:47,402
Mr. Wilkerson turned the
loan down, insufficient security.

391
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:51,137
I gather Mr. Jamison wasn't
as concerned about security?

392
00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:52,678
No, he was...

393
00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,810
You're very clever, Mr. Mason.

394
00:21:56,882 --> 00:22:00,080
You're married to Mr. Jamison's
daughter, aren't you?

395
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:03,088
I assumed you
were less secretive

396
00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:06,182
about bank business with him
than you're being now, with me.

397
00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:10,059
Mr. Mason, I don't want you
to think I was being secretive,

398
00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:12,564
but if you'll tell me
how a $50,000 loan

399
00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:13,997
ties in with this murder,

400
00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,591
perhaps I can be more helpful.

401
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:19,136
Mr. Keith,

402
00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:24,837
I really don't think we should ask you to
violate the confidence of your customers

403
00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:26,879
until you're under oath.

404
00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:28,812
Yes, that might be best.

405
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,215
Miss Hamilton,

406
00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,582
I realize what a shock
this must've been,

407
00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:37,282
but, if you don't mind, there are
some questions I'd like to ask you.

408
00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,416
When was the last time
you saw Harlow Phipps?

409
00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,687
When I drove him out
to the well last night.

410
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:42,853
You drove him out?

411
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:44,157
Yes.

412
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,507
I needed his car
to run an errand.

413
00:22:45,531 --> 00:22:47,557
Did you go back for him later?

414
00:22:47,633 --> 00:22:48,862
No.

415
00:22:51,537 --> 00:22:53,699
He told me not to
come until he called...

416
00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,402
but he never called.

417
00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:02,674
You know, you're
a very attractive girl.

418
00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:06,685
Living here alone, I imagine you
have some means of protecting yourself.

419
00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:08,277
You mean a gun?

420
00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:10,016
Honestly, you men are all alike.

421
00:23:10,089 --> 00:23:11,689
Just because a girl
is pretty and alone,

422
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,352
you think she needs a gun.

423
00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,360
How well do you
know Hugh Jamison?

424
00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:18,454
Why, only as a
customer at the bank.

425
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:23,462
Has he borrowed, or tried to
borrow, a lot of money lately?

426
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:26,334
I don't know anything about
Mr. Jamison's business.

427
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,204
Has Jamison ever had occasion
to come here to see you?

428
00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:30,504
Certainly not.

429
00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:32,909
What kind of a girl do
you think I am anyway?

430
00:23:33,946 --> 00:23:35,915
You tell me, Miss Hamilton.

431
00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:39,383
I saw Jamison leave this
place just as I was arriving.

432
00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:40,783
Aside from your tendency

433
00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:43,618
to avoid telling the truth,

434
00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:46,921
I'll be anxious to find out
just what kind of a girl you are.

435
00:23:46,992 --> 00:23:48,324
So long.

436
00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:13,611
Isn't it a little late for electric
logs, Sergeant Landro?

437
00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:15,450
That's what somebody
wanted us to think.

438
00:24:15,521 --> 00:24:17,046
You mean this well isn't dry?

439
00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,114
What did you come
out here for, Mr. Mason?

440
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,828
To look in the shack over there.

441
00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:25,626
We have a court
order permitting it.

442
00:24:25,698 --> 00:24:26,893
Help yourself.

443
00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:42,881
"Darling, I told you
you needed this.

444
00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:44,678
"Keep it near you
when I can't be.

445
00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:46,150
Love, Harlow."

446
00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:51,683
I wonder what that was
that went with this card.

447
00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:58,057
Perry, if there is oil here,

448
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:00,759
then Phipps must have
been trying to swindle Mike.

449
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:03,200
That's what Sergeant
Landro will believe.

450
00:25:06,138 --> 00:25:08,266
Looks like two bulls
hit this China shop.

451
00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:12,773
The watchman saw a .25
automatic beside the body.

452
00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:14,336
When he came back, it was gone,

453
00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,939
and Mike's gun is still missing.

454
00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,713
And no ejected
shell case, either.

455
00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:21,276
Nope. Either they can't find it,

456
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:24,323
or the killer was smart enough
to pick it up and get rid of it.

457
00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:26,086
It's a tough one.

458
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,158
Seems to me, though,

459
00:25:27,226 --> 00:25:29,346
that if we could find that
gun, we'll find the killer.

460
00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:33,861
Well, do I get it
from you, Mike,

461
00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:37,664
or do I get it as a surprise from
the District Attorney in court?

462
00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:40,362
You remember, Perry,

463
00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:46,345
when Jamison and I were partners
in that wildcat well seven years ago?

464
00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:50,247
We were real close to oil when
the option came due... $100,000.

465
00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:54,548
Jamison and I agreed that
we'd sell shares to raise the cash.

466
00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:56,748
Half of Derrick City
was in on the deal.

467
00:25:56,822 --> 00:25:59,815
Perry, besides me, Jamison
was the only other person

468
00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,732
who knew that money
was at the well that night,

469
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:04,457
waiting to be deposited in
the bank the next morning.

470
00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,523
And half of that
100,000 was in securities,

471
00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:10,125
and not one of them has
shown up in seven years.

472
00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:11,636
That's it right there.

473
00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:13,569
They've never shown up.

474
00:26:13,639 --> 00:26:15,784
If they weren't stolen,
they'd have burned in the fire,

475
00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:17,848
and if I stole them, they'd
have burned in the fire,

476
00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:19,344
but suppose Jamison stole them.

477
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,470
What then?

478
00:26:20,546 --> 00:26:22,572
He'd still have them...

479
00:26:22,648 --> 00:26:24,116
hidden.

480
00:26:24,183 --> 00:26:25,310
He'd be afraid to use them

481
00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:26,494
because they were registered.

482
00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:28,987
Jamison's in bad
financial trouble.

483
00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:31,455
A thousand acres
of guaranteed oil,

484
00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:33,754
rich land for
peanuts, $50 an acre,

485
00:26:33,826 --> 00:26:36,295
exactly what Jamison
needs to save his neck.

486
00:26:36,361 --> 00:26:39,763
Only he has no
money and no credit.

487
00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:42,768
Only $50,000 in
stolen securities

488
00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:44,827
that he hasn't touched
for seven years.

489
00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,749
You thought he'd
be desperate enough

490
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:49,503
to use those securities
to buy the leases.

491
00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:52,374
All right, what then?

492
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,107
I blow the whistle,
have him tossed in jail.

493
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,559
Then I'd give everyone who
invested their money seven years ago

494
00:26:57,583 --> 00:26:59,711
a chance to get at least
half their money back.

495
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,516
It was foolproof, Perry,
absolutely foolproof.

496
00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:04,113
Was it?

497
00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:06,317
Harlow Phipps is dead.

498
00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:07,916
Where are the securities, Mike?

499
00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,587
I don't know.

500
00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:12,858
Doesn't make sense.

501
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:16,459
That's what the District
Attorney will say about your story,

502
00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:19,027
but his story will make sense.

503
00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:20,834
Phipps fooled you
into capping your well.

504
00:27:20,906 --> 00:27:22,875
He planned to make a
quick killing on the leases,

505
00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:24,341
then get out of the country.

506
00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:27,607
You found out, confronted him
at the well, and you killed him.

507
00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:29,741
Do you believe that?

508
00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:35,386
Mike, where is
your .25 automatic?

509
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,431
Oh, thank you, Elliot.

510
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,627
I don't think I could've
managed without you.

511
00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:51,135
Lydia...

512
00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:55,635
Evening, Miss
Reynolds, Mr. Dunbar.

513
00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:57,335
Good evening, Mr. Mason.

514
00:27:57,409 --> 00:27:59,344
I'll see you tomorrow, Lydia.

515
00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:00,845
Good night.

516
00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:05,149
I thought you'd already gone
back to Los Angeles, Mr. Mason.

517
00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:08,984
No. May I talk to
you for a moment?

518
00:28:09,054 --> 00:28:11,819
Sure, soon as I put
these groceries away.

519
00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:13,882
That can wait.

520
00:28:13,959 --> 00:28:15,518
Would you come inside, please?

521
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:22,995
Where did you...

522
00:28:24,069 --> 00:28:25,833
What is this, Mr. Mason?

523
00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:28,567
Perhaps Mr. Drake
can help explain it.

524
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,007
One of the top ballistics
experts in Los Angeles

525
00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:33,011
is a man named Harvey Beasely.

526
00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:36,276
This morning Beasely received a
phone call from a "Mrs. Hathaway."

527
00:28:36,348 --> 00:28:37,680
She claimed to be a writer

528
00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:39,549
and wanted to know,
for a story she was doing,

529
00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:40,762
how to run a ballistics test.

530
00:28:40,786 --> 00:28:43,551
Beasely told her that in
order to get test bullets

531
00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:45,250
to compare with
the death bullets,

532
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:47,884
sometimes the gun in
question is fired into a pillow.

533
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,294
Mrs. Hathaway
called Beasely again,

534
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:52,729
asked if it would be possible

535
00:28:52,798 --> 00:28:54,391
to compare two bullets she had

536
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,992
with photos of the murder bullet

537
00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:58,628
from a certain recent killing.

538
00:28:58,704 --> 00:28:59,984
Beasely said he could manage it,

539
00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:03,702
but if by some strange
coincidence the bullet should match,

540
00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,415
there would be a lot
of explaining to do,

541
00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:06,969
and, besides,
which killing was it?

542
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:12,006
At that point, obviously
frightened, Mrs. Hathaway hung up.

543
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,110
I traced both calls.

544
00:29:14,186 --> 00:29:16,951
They were toll calls from
Derrick City to Los Angeles,

545
00:29:17,022 --> 00:29:20,083
both of them from the
phone in this house.

546
00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:21,285
Della?

547
00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:29,425
Now, where did you find the gun,

548
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,470
in the shack beside the body?

549
00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:33,164
No, I swear I didn't.

550
00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:35,230
It was in the glove
compartment of Mike's jeep.

551
00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:37,105
You've got to believe
me, Mr. Mason.

552
00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:38,268
May I have the gun, please,

553
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:40,005
and the two bullets you fired?

554
00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:45,276
Concealing evidence, possibly
even a charge to accessory to murder.

555
00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:46,909
You took quite a chance.

556
00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:48,146
Why?

557
00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:50,884
I love Mike Preston.

558
00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,131
Paul...

559
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:03,932
do you still have that contact
inside the Sheriff's ballistics section?

560
00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:05,580
You want a comparison
test run on these bullets

561
00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:06,684
without Landro finding out?

562
00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:07,738
Is that possible?

563
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,173
Yeah, if the
bullets don't match.

564
00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:11,676
And if they do?

565
00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:15,009
You're handing Mike Preston a
one-way ticket to the gas chamber.

566
00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:22,311
Yes.

567
00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:24,356
Just a minute. It's Paul.

568
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:28,687
Go ahead, Paul.

569
00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:32,557
I see.

570
00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:36,568
Paul, I'll have
Della wrap the gun.

571
00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:38,467
Then send it by
messenger to Burger

572
00:30:38,537 --> 00:30:40,005
at the District
Attorney's office.

573
00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:43,603
Thanks. We'll see you later.

574
00:30:47,145 --> 00:30:48,579
The ballistic test...

575
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:50,616
What did Mr. Drake say?

576
00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:52,275
The bullet that
killed Harlow Phipps

577
00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:53,951
and the bullets fired
from Mike's gun...

578
00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:56,285
do not match.

579
00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:06,123
He was dead.

580
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:09,430
That .25 automatic was
on the floor beside him.

581
00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:11,265
The phone had been
pulled from the wall,

582
00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:14,465
and I had to drive better
than 10 miles to call the Sheriff.

583
00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,599
Now, when you
returned to the shack

584
00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:17,938
to wait for the Sheriff,

585
00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,987
was anything different than
when you left the shack?

586
00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:21,343
Yes, sir.

587
00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:24,144
That .25 automatic...
It was gone.

588
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,309
I see.

589
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:28,548
Now, when you drove
to the well the first time,

590
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:30,521
before you discovered the body,

591
00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:32,649
did you see anybody
leaving the area?

592
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,990
Yes, sir, I saw somebody
driving off real fast.

593
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,463
It's him, sir, Mr. Preston,
the defendant.

594
00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:44,166
I took the gun out of the glove
compartment of Mr. Preston's jeep

595
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:47,070
while Sergeant Landro
was questioning him.

596
00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:48,937
You took it? Why?

597
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:52,040
I don't know why. I...

598
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:53,874
You don't know why?

599
00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:55,174
Didn't you take that gun

600
00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:58,411
because you were sure that Mr. Preston
had committed a murder with it?

601
00:31:58,483 --> 00:32:00,179
Objection.

602
00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,346
Not only is the State
asking this witness

603
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,465
to judge whether the
defendant is guilty or innocent,

604
00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:06,567
but the prosecutor is
cross-examining his own witness.

605
00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:07,923
No, your honor.

606
00:32:07,993 --> 00:32:09,518
The State is asking this witness

607
00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:12,530
only to explain her removal
of a vital piece of evidence.

608
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,156
Then does the State contend

609
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,827
that the gun owned by
Mr. Preston is the murder weapon?

610
00:32:16,902 --> 00:32:21,863
Gentlemen, I'm going
to sustain the objection.

611
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,932
Now, do you wish to
rephrase the question?

612
00:32:24,009 --> 00:32:25,944
No, Your Honor,
I'll withdraw it.

613
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:29,042
Now, Miss Reynolds,

614
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:32,050
according to the
autopsy surgeon,

615
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,949
the decedent was
shot through the heart

616
00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:35,715
between the hours
of 10:00 and 11:00.

617
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:39,383
Mike Preston had received
the phone call from the decedent

618
00:32:39,458 --> 00:32:41,723
in your presence at
approximately 10:00.

619
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,853
During the course
of this phone call,

620
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:46,763
you testified that he
accused Mr. Phipps

621
00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:48,391
of pulling something

622
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,493
and also that he
threatened to kill him,

623
00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:53,903
and then you testified Phipps
apparently hung up on him.

624
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:57,238
At this point, did Mr. Preston
put down the phone

625
00:32:57,309 --> 00:32:58,402
and leave the house?

626
00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:01,408
A short time later, yes.

627
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:02,948
Was he delayed further?

628
00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:05,210
Was there another phone call?

629
00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:07,047
Yes... Yes, there was.

630
00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:10,782
An airline called trying
to locate Mr. Phipps.

631
00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:13,325
When I told him there had
been no cancellation on the flight

632
00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:17,226
that Mr. Phipps had
requested to Honolulu,

633
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:20,163
Mr. Preston, he
became rather abusive.

634
00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:22,428
He said he'd see that
Mr. Phipps got the message,

635
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,528
but then... then he used
some stronger language,

636
00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:27,436
and he hung up on me.

637
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:31,534
Miss Hamilton, you were close
to the decedent Harlow Phipps,

638
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,841
perhaps closer than
any other single person

639
00:33:33,912 --> 00:33:36,347
during the days
before his passing.

640
00:33:36,414 --> 00:33:38,007
Did he ever confide in you?

641
00:33:38,083 --> 00:33:39,210
Yes, he did.

642
00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:41,116
And in these
moments of confidence,

643
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:43,155
did he ever mention the
name of the defendant?

644
00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:46,216
Objection.

645
00:33:46,291 --> 00:33:47,759
Question calls for hearsay

646
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,557
and declarations made outside
the hearing of the defendant.

647
00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:52,495
Your Honor, we ask
this particular question

648
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:54,795
only to show the state
of mind of the defendant.

649
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:59,236
I believe the question is proper
for that purpose, Mr. Mason.

650
00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:02,669
The witness will
answer the question.

651
00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:07,736
Once he said, "For 10 years
I broke my back for Mike,

652
00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:09,280
and he threw me out."

653
00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:10,347
Another time he said,

654
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:12,543
"Just wait till my
deal goes through.

655
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:13,915
I'll fix Mike Preston."

656
00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,078
Thank you, Miss Hamilton.

657
00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:16,280
That'll be all.

658
00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:17,822
Your witness.

659
00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:22,853
Miss Hamilton,

660
00:34:22,928 --> 00:34:25,659
did anyone ever try
to find out from you

661
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,392
what Mr. Phipps' deal was?

662
00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:30,299
Did anyone ever ask you
what Mr. Phipps was doing

663
00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:32,064
after he was fired
by Mike Preston?

664
00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,503
Well, one night Arnie...

665
00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:35,667
By Arnie,

666
00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,335
you mean Arnold Keith,
Mr. Jamison's son-in-law?

667
00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:41,810
Was Mr. Jamison at
your apartment yesterday?

668
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:44,179
Yes.

669
00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:46,241
What did you talk about?

670
00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:50,187
Well, it didn't have anything
to do with Harlow's deal.

671
00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:53,191
Mr. Jamison just asked me not
to mention his son-in-law's name.

672
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:56,956
He didn't want his daughter to
find out about us, Arnie and me,

673
00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:58,758
but that was
before I met Harlow,

674
00:34:58,830 --> 00:34:59,830
Arnie and me, I mean.

675
00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:03,494
You and Harlow Phipps
planned to be married.

676
00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:05,537
Had he ever given you any gifts?

677
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:06,765
Well, a few little things.

678
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:07,965
He didn't have much money.

679
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,769
Was...

680
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:12,106
one of those
little things a gun?

681
00:35:12,177 --> 00:35:14,339
A gun? No.

682
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,908
Did he ever talk about
giving you a gun?

683
00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:21,386
Well, he did say he
thought I should have one.

684
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:24,013
Did he actually buy
a gun to give to you?

685
00:35:24,089 --> 00:35:25,819
He might have. I don't know.

686
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:29,383
Miss Hamilton, your
plans with Mr. Phipps...

687
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,020
Did they include
a trip to Honolulu?

688
00:35:31,096 --> 00:35:32,325
Yes.

689
00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:35,834
When did you find out that he'd
only made one plane reservation?

690
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,528
Well, when I heard
it here in court.

691
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:40,572
Are you sure you didn't find out
the same way Miss Reynolds did?

692
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,507
Are you sure the airlines
didn't call your apartment,

693
00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:44,941
asking for Mr. Phipps?

694
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,375
No, they didn't.

695
00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,506
Are you sure you then
didn't get into Phipp's car,

696
00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:51,948
drive back out to the well,

697
00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:53,645
accuse him of
running out on you,

698
00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:55,830
and then shoot him with the
gun he'd gotten for you as a gift?

699
00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:57,345
No, that's not true.

700
00:35:57,422 --> 00:35:58,890
No further questions.

701
00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:00,118
You may step down.

702
00:36:06,031 --> 00:36:07,431
Mr. Burger?

703
00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:13,838
Your Honor, since
defense counsel,

704
00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:16,397
in cross-examining
many of these witnesses,

705
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:18,943
seems to be engaging in
some sort of treasure hunt

706
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:22,003
for a seemingly
missing murder weapon,

707
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,981
I thought perhaps
he would like it

708
00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:27,508
if I clarified this particular
question for him once and for all.

709
00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:32,216
When the defense
delivered to Mr. Burger

710
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:33,918
the gun belonging
to Mike Preston,

711
00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:35,893
we did indeed anticipate
a treasure hunt...

712
00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:39,126
a hunt for a defendant
other than Mike Preston.

713
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,132
However, at this point,

714
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,067
it would be a pleasure to have
Mr. Burger resolve anything,

715
00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:46,036
and, in particular, the question

716
00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:49,438
of the not seemingly missing but
actually missing murder weapon.

717
00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:50,839
Anything to accommodate

718
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:53,208
the distinguished
defense counsel.

719
00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:55,611
I call Sergeant
Ben Landro, please.

720
00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:02,415
Can you identify this
bullet for us, Sergeant?

721
00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:03,546
Yes, sir.

722
00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:06,489
It has my mark as well
as the autopsy surgeon's.

723
00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:09,926
This is the 25-caliber automatic
bullet that killed Harlow Phipps.

724
00:37:09,994 --> 00:37:11,963
And what about this
second bullet, Sergeant?

725
00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:15,931
It also has my mark.

726
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,834
This is a 25-caliber
bullet, a test bullet,

727
00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:22,305
fired form a weapon suspected
of being the murder gun.

728
00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:24,342
Did you examine
both of these bullets?

729
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,502
Yes, sir.

730
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,136
The bullet that
killed Harlow Phipps

731
00:37:27,212 --> 00:37:29,511
was unquestionably
fired from the gun I tested.

732
00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,311
And who owned this gun?

733
00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:32,680
To whom was it registered?

734
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,982
It was the gun given
to us by Mr. Mason,

735
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:36,919
the one belonging
to the defendant,

736
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:38,616
Mike Preston.

737
00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:39,988
Your witness, Mr. Mason.

738
00:37:44,295 --> 00:37:46,457
Come in, Paul.

739
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,292
Hi.

740
00:37:51,369 --> 00:37:52,564
Perry, we double checked,

741
00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:53,781
and there's no
question about it.

742
00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:56,775
The test bullets Lydia Reynolds
supposedly fired from Mike's gun

743
00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:58,537
do not match the murder bullet.

744
00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:01,603
But the murder bullet
was fired from Mike's gun.

745
00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:03,011
Well, Lydia loves Mike.

746
00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:05,175
She could have
deliberately juggled bullets.

747
00:38:06,184 --> 00:38:08,176
I wonder.

748
00:38:08,253 --> 00:38:09,448
What else did you get?

749
00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:11,285
Well, I came up
with a lot of answers

750
00:38:11,356 --> 00:38:13,222
but not the foggiest
idea what they add up to.

751
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,021
Let's hear them.

752
00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:17,187
One... I checked the airline.

753
00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:18,822
Phipps did buy that
ticket to Honolulu,

754
00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:21,765
but with the provision it could
be rewritten for someone else.

755
00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:22,960
Good.

756
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:27,529
Two... on the day he was killed,
Phipps did buy a gun... 25 automatic.

757
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:30,669
You checked on Dunbar?

758
00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:32,506
That's number three.

759
00:38:32,577 --> 00:38:34,705
Elliot Dunbar does
own a dummy company,

760
00:38:34,779 --> 00:38:36,247
calls it ABC Products.

761
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,715
However, it's nothing but a
bank account. And that's it.

762
00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:41,618
Perry, I called the
phone company.

763
00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:43,484
When you pull a
phone out by the wire,

764
00:38:43,555 --> 00:38:44,865
it sounds, at least
on the other end,

765
00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:47,017
exactly as if someone
were hanging up.

766
00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:48,320
You were right.

767
00:38:48,393 --> 00:38:51,261
That's one of his few bad
habits... Always being right.

768
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:55,767
Paul, put some men on
Dunbar's ABC Company.

769
00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,700
I want all the
information I can get on it.

770
00:38:57,769 --> 00:39:00,933
- Will do.
- Oh, one other thing.

771
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,837
I want you to get a gun for me,

772
00:39:02,907 --> 00:39:05,843
a .25 automatic exactly
like Mike Preston's.

773
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,310
After today's testimony,

774
00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:10,678
I should think you'd never want to
set eyes on another .25 automatic.

775
00:39:10,748 --> 00:39:13,877
Mr. Burger did so well
with one murder weapon.

776
00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:15,580
Let's see how he
makes out with two.

777
00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:19,222
Phipps and I had
discussed a proposition.

778
00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,725
He had an oil lease deal
that looked very promising,

779
00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:24,524
and if he could back it up,
I intended to go in with him.

780
00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:27,657
Did he indicate to you that
lease was held by the defendant?

781
00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,130
No.

782
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:37,437
Earlier that evening you called Arnold
Keith about a possible $50,000 loan.

783
00:39:37,508 --> 00:39:41,411
Was that loan in connection
with those particular leases?

784
00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:43,675
Those or any others.

785
00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:46,013
You have to move
fast in the oil business.

786
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:48,383
I wanted that much
available just in case.

787
00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:51,753
You're a liar. You
went out to my well.

788
00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:54,416
You killed Phipps.

789
00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:56,537
You killed him because you
didn't want to share with him.

790
00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:58,257
Mike.

791
00:39:58,329 --> 00:40:01,993
Mr. Preston, this court will
not tolerate that sort of behavior.

792
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:07,597
Your Honor, I insist
the record show

793
00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:10,836
that the defendant made a
shocking outburst against this witness.

794
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:13,640
I submit that this is
prima facie evidence

795
00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:15,942
of the violent character
of the defendant.

796
00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:23,052
Your Honor, I apologize
on behalf of my client.

797
00:40:23,121 --> 00:40:24,987
I can only offer,
in extenuation,

798
00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:28,686
the long-standing ill feeling
between these two men

799
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,127
and the reason
behind that ill feeling.

800
00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:33,391
I'm sure the court
is aware of it.

801
00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:36,628
Mr. Mason, I am aware of that.

802
00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:38,465
If the defendant
clearly understands

803
00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:39,970
that regardless
of the background,

804
00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:42,564
he keeps his emotions
under control in this court,

805
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,733
we will continue.

806
00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,052
I have no further questions

807
00:40:45,076 --> 00:40:46,601
of this witness, Your Honor.

808
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,120
Mr. Jamison,

809
00:40:57,188 --> 00:41:00,215
you said that the deal offered
you by Mr. Phipps looked good.

810
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:01,657
Now, what did you mean?

811
00:41:01,726 --> 00:41:03,718
Well, he showed
me a core sample.

812
00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,526
An electric log and geologist's
reports were also available.

813
00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:08,862
Those are common
items in the oil business,

814
00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:11,903
are they not, easily
almost picked up anywhere?

815
00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,632
Surely a man of your experience

816
00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:17,437
wouldn't put up $50,000 unless
he knew the ground, now, would he?

817
00:41:17,508 --> 00:41:18,908
I knew the man.

818
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:20,707
I knew I could
trust Harlow Phipps.

819
00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:23,748
Mr. Jamison, I must remind
you that you are under oath.

820
00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,511
Now, did you not, in fact,

821
00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:27,176
have an appointment
with Mr. Phipps

822
00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:29,550
to be shown that ground the
very night he was murdered?

823
00:41:32,757 --> 00:41:34,692
Answer the
question, Mr. Jamison.

824
00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:38,924
All right, yes, I did.

825
00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:42,862
I met Phipps at
Preston's well at 9:30.

826
00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:45,403
We took about 20 minutes
to look over the layout.

827
00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:49,168
It was good, so I told him I'd
put up the money for the leases

828
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,074
and advance him $5,000
cash in the morning.

829
00:41:52,143 --> 00:41:53,907
We shook hands on it.

830
00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:56,880
I left him at 10 minutes of 10:00
and drove back to my office.

831
00:41:56,948 --> 00:41:59,042
Did you go back to
the well that night?

832
00:41:59,117 --> 00:42:02,519
No, absolutely, positively no.

833
00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:05,255
Mr. Keith,

834
00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:08,259
it is my understanding that the
Jamison Tool and Supply Company

835
00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:11,660
has been in severe financial
difficulties the past few months.

836
00:42:11,729 --> 00:42:15,029
May I ask, in requesting
this loan from the bank,

837
00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:18,092
what security did
Hugh Jamison offer

838
00:42:18,169 --> 00:42:20,729
as a basis for
borrowing $50,000?

839
00:42:20,805 --> 00:42:23,673
Security? There was
no problem about that.

840
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:26,438
He offered the bank a first
mortgage on my wife's home.

841
00:42:29,347 --> 00:42:30,508
My father gave me the house,

842
00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:32,846
free and clear,

843
00:42:32,917 --> 00:42:35,910
as a wedding gift when
Arnold and I were married.

844
00:42:35,987 --> 00:42:38,980
It's been appraised
at over $100,000,

845
00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:41,035
and when Dad called me and
asked me if he could use the house

846
00:42:41,059 --> 00:42:42,960
as security for a loan,

847
00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:44,996
I told him of course he could.

848
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:50,297
Mr. Dunbar, was the turnover
in crewmen on this particular well

849
00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:51,961
unusually large?

850
00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:54,562
Oh, definitely,
several times over.

851
00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:58,633
In your considerable experience
in the oil business, Mr. Dunbar,

852
00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:00,610
why, would you
think, Harlow Phipps,

853
00:43:00,678 --> 00:43:02,704
without the knowledge
of the defendant,

854
00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:05,682
hired and fired
crewmen so frequently?

855
00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:07,548
It's quite obvious...

856
00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:09,211
To keep the real
progress of the well

857
00:43:09,287 --> 00:43:10,983
a secret from Mike Preston.

858
00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:13,485
Objection.

859
00:43:13,558 --> 00:43:15,518
I'll withdraw the
question, Your Honor...

860
00:43:16,627 --> 00:43:18,255
and that'll be all, Mr. Dunbar.

861
00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:19,695
Your witness.

862
00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:23,426
Mr. Dunbar,

863
00:43:23,501 --> 00:43:25,561
you are the sole
stockholder and owner

864
00:43:25,636 --> 00:43:28,629
of a business called
ABC Products Company?

865
00:43:29,907 --> 00:43:33,344
Why... Why, yes.

866
00:43:33,411 --> 00:43:37,576
But isn't ABC Products simply
a dummy company set up by you

867
00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:40,174
to lease equipment
to Mike Preston?

868
00:43:40,251 --> 00:43:43,779
And didn't you occasionally write
checks to ABC from Mike's account

869
00:43:43,855 --> 00:43:47,553
for equipment that never
really was purchased?

870
00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:49,856
Well, no... no, I
can explain that.

871
00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:52,692
You see, every time
I went out to the well,

872
00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:54,374
I'd write any checks
that were necessary.

873
00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:57,061
Including the ones
I just spoke of.

874
00:43:57,135 --> 00:44:01,231
But what happened when you
heard the well was to be closed down?

875
00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:02,898
Were there checks outstanding?

876
00:44:02,974 --> 00:44:04,875
Were you afraid you'd
written one too many

877
00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:06,911
and Mike would find out
what you'd been up to?

878
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:08,674
No, please... please...

879
00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:11,580
Isn't that why you
came to Derrick City

880
00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:13,208
on the night of the murder,

881
00:44:13,284 --> 00:44:15,219
because you wanted to
remove any such checks

882
00:44:15,286 --> 00:44:17,721
from the safe at
the oil well office?

883
00:44:17,788 --> 00:44:20,690
Didn't you drive out
and find Phipps there,

884
00:44:20,758 --> 00:44:24,854
fight with him and kill him with the
gun he'd bought for Paula Hamilton?

885
00:44:24,929 --> 00:44:27,489
No. No, I didn't kill him.

886
00:44:27,565 --> 00:44:29,397
I didn't.

887
00:44:29,467 --> 00:44:31,278
Then you took that
gun out to the ranch,

888
00:44:31,302 --> 00:44:34,431
waited for your chance
to frame Mike Preston...

889
00:44:35,439 --> 00:44:36,873
but Mike's gun was missing.

890
00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:39,570
Your chance didn't
come until the next night,

891
00:44:39,644 --> 00:44:42,614
when you helped Lydia
Reynolds bring in some groceries...

892
00:44:43,614 --> 00:44:45,583
and found a chance
to get at her purse.

893
00:44:45,650 --> 00:44:49,314
Your Honor, I
protest this nonsense.

894
00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:51,379
We have the murder weapon.

895
00:44:51,455 --> 00:44:54,948
Is Mr. Mason contending that
there are two murder weapons?

896
00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:57,222
Exactly.

897
00:44:57,295 --> 00:44:59,958
Your Honor, I realize
this is highly irregular,

898
00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:02,796
but since this is a preliminary
hearing without a jury,

899
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:04,802
I believe I can expedite
matters considerably

900
00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:06,963
with the court's indulgence.

901
00:45:07,038 --> 00:45:10,702
Subject to any subsequent ruling as
to the admissibility of what you present,

902
00:45:10,775 --> 00:45:12,368
you may proceed, Mr. Mason.

903
00:45:12,443 --> 00:45:14,776
Thank you, Your Honor.

904
00:45:14,845 --> 00:45:16,609
First, as a matter of record,

905
00:45:16,681 --> 00:45:18,843
Harlow Phipps did
purchase a .25 automatic

906
00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:20,441
on the day he was murdered.

907
00:45:20,518 --> 00:45:22,248
That gun is still missing.

908
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:23,515
Sergeant Landro?

909
00:45:27,458 --> 00:45:32,089
Sergeant, since there were
no cartridge cases found,

910
00:45:32,163 --> 00:45:34,257
you identified this
as the murder weapon

911
00:45:34,332 --> 00:45:37,928
solely because of the marks left
on the bullet by the barrel of this gun.

912
00:45:38,002 --> 00:45:39,265
Is that correct?

913
00:45:39,337 --> 00:45:40,828
That's right.

914
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,867
Now, this is a new gun,

915
00:45:45,943 --> 00:45:50,108
of the same make and model as
the gun Sergeant Landro now holds.

916
00:45:50,181 --> 00:45:52,741
It was purchased this morning.

917
00:45:52,817 --> 00:45:54,285
Watch carefully,
would you, please?

918
00:45:59,023 --> 00:46:01,356
Sergeant, would you please
remove the barrel of that gun?

919
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,236
Now, exchange it with this
barrel, would you, please?

920
00:46:26,884 --> 00:46:30,912
Sergeant Landro holds the
gun registered to Mike Preston,

921
00:46:30,988 --> 00:46:32,786
the murder weapon,

922
00:46:32,857 --> 00:46:36,988
but the gun you hold has the
barrel that marked the fatal bullet.

923
00:46:37,995 --> 00:46:39,554
So you, also, hold
the murder weapon.

924
00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:41,394
Yes, Mr. Burger,

925
00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:42,831
two murder weapons.

926
00:46:50,041 --> 00:46:51,634
You, Mr. Dunbar,

927
00:46:51,709 --> 00:46:55,669
you picked the real murder weapon up
from beside Harlow Phipps' dead body.

928
00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:57,305
You removed the barrel from it.

929
00:46:57,381 --> 00:47:00,545
Later, when you were helping Lydia
Reynolds bring groceries into the house,

930
00:47:00,618 --> 00:47:04,612
you took Mike Preston's gun from
her purse, and you switched barrels.

931
00:47:06,424 --> 00:47:11,488
It... It was a chance to
get even with Mike Preston,

932
00:47:11,562 --> 00:47:12,894
but please believe me.

933
00:47:12,963 --> 00:47:15,364
I didn't kill Harlow
Phipps. I didn't!

934
00:47:15,433 --> 00:47:19,029
No, Mr. Dunbar,
you didn't kill him.

935
00:47:19,103 --> 00:47:21,663
The one who killed Phipps
knew every step of the deal.

936
00:47:21,739 --> 00:47:23,002
He followed Jamison out there,

937
00:47:23,074 --> 00:47:24,269
waited until Jamison left,

938
00:47:24,342 --> 00:47:26,573
then moved in like a
jackal at a feast of lions.

939
00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:28,545
He knew the deal was really good

940
00:47:28,612 --> 00:47:31,013
if Jamison was willing to
mortgage his daughter's house.

941
00:47:31,082 --> 00:47:33,017
The killer wanted that land,

942
00:47:33,084 --> 00:47:36,282
wanted it so badly he tried to buy it
with the only funds he had available...

943
00:47:36,354 --> 00:47:40,621
$50,000 worth of securities
he'd stolen seven years ago.

944
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:41,715
You, Mr. Keith,

945
00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:44,352
you stole that money, and
you killed Harlow Phipps.

946
00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:48,964
All right.

947
00:47:49,967 --> 00:47:52,960
Sure, I gave Phipps the stolen
securities to buy the lease.

948
00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:58,139
He thought I left, but
I heard him call Mike.

949
00:47:58,209 --> 00:48:01,179
I pulled out the phone.

950
00:48:01,245 --> 00:48:04,340
He... He was like a madman.

951
00:48:04,415 --> 00:48:08,375
I didn't know that part of those securities
were his, that he'd recognize them.

952
00:48:08,452 --> 00:48:09,681
He attacked me.

953
00:48:09,754 --> 00:48:11,518
I grabbed the gun and...

954
00:48:12,690 --> 00:48:15,216
I didn't mean to
kill him. I didn't.

955
00:48:20,931 --> 00:48:24,834
Well, Harlow got that reservation
to Honolulu for Paula as a surprise.

956
00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:28,737
I guess he planned on joining her
later, when he'd finished things up.

957
00:48:28,806 --> 00:48:30,434
And it was Keith, not Jamison,

958
00:48:30,508 --> 00:48:34,138
that started that fire seven
years ago to steal the $100,000.

959
00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:36,544
Yes, apparently he had
embezzled money from the bank

960
00:48:36,614 --> 00:48:38,344
and used the cash to
make up his shortages.

961
00:48:38,416 --> 00:48:41,215
And held on to the
securities, afraid to use them.

962
00:48:41,285 --> 00:48:44,016
Until he fell into the trap you
baited for his father-in-law.

963
00:48:48,726 --> 00:48:51,389
Well, Mike, I'm glad
you're off the hook.

964
00:48:52,897 --> 00:48:54,923
And I'm sorry about
Keith, Jamison.

965
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:00,059
Well, I guess I've really suspected
my son-in-law for several years,

966
00:49:00,137 --> 00:49:03,972
but doing anything about him
would have hurt my daughter so.

967
00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:07,976
I guess it hasn't been easy
for either one of us, Mike.

968
00:49:19,557 --> 00:49:23,153
I once said, "If I wanted something
to lean on, I'd buy crutches."

969
00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:27,296
It wasn't exactly
what I wanted to say.

970
00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:30,491
I know, Mike.

971
00:49:44,248 --> 00:49:47,241
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