1 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:33,977 How's this, boss? 2 00:03:34,447 --> 00:03:35,607 Great. 3 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:38,207 You don't think it should go below the plaque? 4 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:43,384 Oh, here, precious. 5 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,548 You got it crooked. 6 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:52,093 Gee, boss. This is the big break we've been waiting for. 7 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,689 With all this press and Maxfield behind you, 8 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:56,394 why, you're going to have more clients than you know what to do with. 9 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:58,801 I would have loved to have seen the look on Inspector Wolf's face 10 00:03:58,871 --> 00:04:00,498 when they handed him the paper this morning. 11 00:04:00,573 --> 00:04:02,131 I bet he choked on his coffee. 12 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,540 We'll probably need a bigger office in a nicer neighborhood. 13 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:07,409 It's not the first time I've snatched a case right out from underneath his nose. 14 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:10,139 I'll get it. Probably won't be the last, either. 15 00:04:11,484 --> 00:04:14,749 Still, it's Wolf's town. He's not going to let you make a fool of him 16 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,982 without trying to find a way to get back. 17 00:04:20,193 --> 00:04:22,684 Thomas Magnum, Private Investigator. 18 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:24,629 Yes. 19 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:26,898 Yes. Who? 20 00:04:28,968 --> 00:04:30,833 Just a minute, please. 21 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:35,129 It's Alicia Maxfield. She says she has to talk to you. 22 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:38,103 Yeah? What could this be? 23 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,340 Hello? This is Magnum. 24 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:45,144 Uh-huh. 25 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,683 No kidding. Who else knows? 26 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:57,124 That's good. No, you're doing fine so far. I'll be right there. 27 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:00,395 William Tyler Maxfield's been murdered. 28 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:01,797 No! 29 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:03,960 The cops aren't in on it yet. 30 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:08,164 Listen, you'd better stick by the phone. I may need you. 31 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,505 Thomas. 32 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:13,976 Be careful. 33 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:21,417 William Tyler Maxfield. 34 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:25,150 There wasn't a newsboy or office girl in America who didn't know that name 35 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:27,624 and the papers he put out under the Maxfield banner. 36 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:31,095 The Daily Sentinel in New York. The Evening Star in LA. 37 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,756 The Gazette in San Francisco. 38 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:36,199 And probably a dozen more between St. Louis and Denver. 39 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:38,760 He'd made a lot of enemies in his climb to the top. 40 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:41,705 Finding someone with a motive for murder would be easy. 41 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:45,403 Narrowing it down to one suspect was something else again. 42 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:47,809 Mr. Magnum, please come in. 43 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,680 I'm afraid there's been a rather unfortunate accident. 44 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:54,515 Yeah, I know. Mrs. Maxfield called me. 45 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:57,522 Looks like the police beat me here after all. 46 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:08,660 Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. 47 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,066 Inspector. 48 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:13,228 Yeah, I should have known you'd show up. 49 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:16,571 You're just naturally attracted to trouble like rotting meat attracts flies. 50 00:06:16,642 --> 00:06:18,132 That's very descriptive. 51 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,611 Too bad you're not as good an investigator as you are a talker. 52 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,138 But then I guess having unsolved murder cases lying around doesn't bother you. 53 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:27,778 Why, I ought to take you to the back room of the station just for the exercise. 54 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:28,980 Easy, Inspector. 55 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:31,421 You can't go around arresting innocent people in this country 56 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:34,756 just because you don't like the way they look. Not just yet, anyway. 57 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:36,727 Who said anything about arresting you? 58 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:37,956 If you two are going to fight, 59 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:39,998 I wish you'd wait until you've left the house. 60 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,557 It seems so sordid, given the circumstances. 61 00:06:42,635 --> 00:06:45,160 Sorry, Mrs. Maxfield. I let my personal feelings 62 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,069 get the better of my professional conduct. 63 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,370 Careful, Wolf, you don't have much to spare. 64 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:51,069 What's the matter, afraid you won't be able to grab 65 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,338 any of the headlines on this one, sport? 66 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:55,438 I'm not looking for headlines. I'm looking for the man who killed Maxfield. 67 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,983 Maxfield wasn't murdered. He killed himself. 68 00:06:58,050 --> 00:06:59,915 Jumped off his balcony into the ocean. 69 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:02,978 Accident, suicide, body washed up onshore this morning. 70 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:04,283 Is that so? 71 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:08,418 Well, then, I guess I'll just pay the family my condolences and be on my way. 72 00:07:08,494 --> 00:07:11,122 Well, I'll be watching you, Magnum. I'll be waiting for you to screw up. 73 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:13,529 When you do, and you will, I'll be there. 74 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:16,291 Let's go, boys. 75 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:22,597 I'm sorry. Christine called him. 76 00:07:23,309 --> 00:07:25,072 That girl's done the opposite of everything 77 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:27,339 I've asked her to do since the day I married her father. 78 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:31,782 I was trying to keep everything quiet until we had a chance to... 79 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:39,020 Thank you for coming. 80 00:07:40,059 --> 00:07:42,459 According to Wolf, there's no point in my staying. 81 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:47,465 Did William Tyler Maxfield seem like the kind of man who would kill himself to you? 82 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:50,726 I can't say as he did. 83 00:07:51,904 --> 00:07:54,668 I'll show you the room where he was last seen alive. 84 00:07:58,044 --> 00:08:00,376 You're not going to tell me what to do. 85 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:01,708 I'm free of him at last. 86 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:03,908 And nobody else is going to run my life for me ever again. 87 00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:06,110 Don't be a fool, Christine. 88 00:08:08,087 --> 00:08:10,078 Sorry to interrupt this charming conversation. 89 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:12,953 What are you doing here? Mrs. Maxfield called me. 90 00:08:13,025 --> 00:08:15,653 She seems to think there's more to her husband's death than suicide. 91 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:19,391 Stop it. Stop it. 92 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:23,433 Well, he's mistaken. 93 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,300 The police have already been here. They filed a report. 94 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:26,770 You wanna tell me how you see it? 95 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,239 Go ahead, Sam. You always seem to have all the answers. 96 00:08:29,308 --> 00:08:32,106 I don't see how it's any of your business. 97 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,079 Oh, you know that, and I know that, 98 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:40,050 but I don't think the newspapers are gonna see it that way. 99 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:42,587 You being Maxfield's attorney and all. 100 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:44,748 Wonder if they might think you've got something to hide, 101 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:47,622 closing the casket on Maxfield so quickly, no questions asked. 102 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,627 Now look here, you two-bit gumshoe, 103 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:52,129 if you're looking for a buyout, you've come to the wrong guy. 104 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:53,756 I'm not looking to shake anybody down. 105 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:56,131 I'm telling you something about this business stinks. 106 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:59,194 As far as I can tell, this country was built on justice for all, 107 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,933 and no matter what kind of man he was, 108 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:03,601 I intend to see that Maxfield gets his fair share of that. 109 00:09:03,676 --> 00:09:06,577 Maxfield loved to print that kind of fair-play line. 110 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:07,943 He found it amusing. 111 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:10,505 He found you amusing, I don't. 112 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:15,243 We won't be needing your services around here anymore, Mr. Magnum. 113 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:17,312 I'll make a deal with you. 114 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:22,688 You tell me where you were last night, and I won't call the press. 115 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,664 I brought Father his tea around 7:00. 116 00:09:34,674 --> 00:09:37,666 I always bring him tea before he goes to bed. 117 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,273 We talked briefly, not about much. 118 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:47,510 I think we almost communicated better with our silences. 119 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:52,254 You know the special bond a father and daughter have. 120 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:54,989 I can't say that I do. 121 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:58,095 Maybe someday you will. 122 00:10:00,366 --> 00:10:05,827 Anyway, we talked about the dog show coming up next month in Austria. 123 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:11,609 He was always so proud of the trophies we brought home. 124 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,447 He said he wanted to read the paper and then go to bed, 125 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:22,618 so I kissed him good night and that's the last time I saw him until... 126 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:27,955 I came up about 9:00. 127 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:29,688 I'd drawn his bath. 128 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:32,825 But he had drifted off to sleep in his chair. 129 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:36,199 I guess the scintillating conversation had worn him out. 130 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:38,828 Whatever the case, I didn't want to disturb him. 131 00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:42,139 Then you were the last person in this room? 132 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:45,234 No. I came up about midnight. I couldn't sleep. 133 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:48,439 I thought, perhaps, I could interest W.T. In a nightcap. 134 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:52,782 He was gone and I noticed the doors to the balcony were open. 135 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:54,819 I closed them. 136 00:11:09,568 --> 00:11:12,867 The dogs discovered his body on the beach this morning. 137 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:18,043 He didn't need his bath. 138 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:20,942 He knew he was going to wash up onshore in the morning. 139 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:24,508 For God's sake, Christine, get ahold of yourself. 140 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:32,147 The Reverend Bentley, to pay his respects. 141 00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:33,755 I hope I'm not intruding. 142 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:35,054 Myron. 143 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:38,153 Oh, Myron, it was so awful. 144 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:41,626 I came just as soon as I heard. 145 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,191 If there's anything that I can do... 146 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,669 Can you think of any reason why Maxfield would want to kill himself? 147 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:47,296 Any recent business reverses? 148 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:48,397 No. 149 00:11:48,474 --> 00:11:50,169 An illness that was going to rob him of his health? 150 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:51,766 I thought he was going to outlive us all. 151 00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:54,404 He had recently complained of a touch of indigestion. 152 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,177 That's hardly the kind of illness that would make a man contemplate suicide. 153 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:00,115 Was there anybody else in this house last night? 154 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:01,210 No. 155 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:05,488 Well, that leaves us with only one way to look at this thing. 156 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,527 Someone in this room murdered William Tyler Maxfield. 157 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:19,228 Murder? I don't understand. I thought that... 158 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:21,865 Don't be ridiculous. I've listened to all I'm going to. 159 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:24,501 Christine, go pack your bags. We're leaving tonight for Boston. 160 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,238 I'm not going back. 161 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:28,507 You have no choice in the matter. 162 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,981 You can't let him talk to me like this. Tell him. 163 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:32,244 Tell him what? 164 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,878 No more questions, Mr. Magnum. Tell him what? 165 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:37,388 That Myron and I were secretly married last week. 166 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:41,158 You married Christine? 167 00:12:43,562 --> 00:12:44,722 So that's it, is it? 168 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:47,357 No, it's not. Now look here... 169 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,993 No, you look here, you sniveling little opportunist. 170 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:52,060 When you saw Christine, you saw dollars. 171 00:12:52,138 --> 00:12:54,197 Well, she's my ward now and I'm going to do exactly 172 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:55,399 what her father was going to do. 173 00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:56,532 I'm going to annul the marriage. 174 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:57,906 You can't talk to me like that. 175 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:59,501 Even in this decadent part of the world 176 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:01,307 there are laws protecting underage females. 177 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:03,245 Don't think I won't see you rot in jail 178 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:05,146 before I let you get your grimy hands on her money. 179 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:07,185 Her money. You act like it's your money. 180 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:08,481 Get out. 181 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:12,617 Well, are you just going to stand there and let him talk to you like this? 182 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:14,223 Get out! 183 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:19,496 You haven't heard the last from me. 184 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,328 Oh, I think we have. 185 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,732 How could you do this to me? 186 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,932 Go to your quarters and pack your things. 187 00:13:35,447 --> 00:13:37,938 You seem to have everything under control, Caldwell. 188 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:43,051 Alicia, if you'll excuse us for a moment, I need to talk to Mr. Magnum. 189 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:47,288 What about me? What about you? 190 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:49,020 I don't want to go to Boston. 191 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:52,461 It's immaterial to me what you do, one way or the other. 192 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:55,728 Aren't you being a little hasty about leaving? If William was murdered... 193 00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:57,564 It was an accident, Alicia. 194 00:13:57,636 --> 00:13:59,160 The sooner you come to terms with that, the better. 195 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:01,638 I suggest you start making some plans 196 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:03,641 for after the reading of the will. 197 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:12,310 Stop by my room before you leave. 198 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:14,786 I need to speak to you. 199 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:30,030 So what have we got here? 200 00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:31,296 A daughter who wants to get married 201 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,463 and a controlling, domineering father who won't allow it. 202 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:35,268 I'm not interested in discussing Christine. 203 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,309 So the daughter plots to get rid of the one impediment 204 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:40,072 to her imagined wedded bliss, her father. 205 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:43,807 I believe in a day's wage for a day's work. 206 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:48,553 You've put in several hours, however fruitless your investigation has been. 207 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,054 Oh, I wouldn't say it's been fruitless. 208 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:52,317 Will this cover your expenses? 209 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:00,062 There's $1,000 here. 210 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:01,793 That's not enough? 211 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:03,860 You know it is. Good. 212 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:07,167 Then that should conclude our business dealings with each other. 213 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:10,899 It's enough to make me forget about Christine 214 00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:13,274 and consider what your motives for murder are. 215 00:15:15,781 --> 00:15:18,648 The butler will show you out. I've got some packing to do. 216 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:09,054 Thomas Magnum, Private Investigator. 217 00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:10,755 Hello, precious. 218 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:13,821 Oh, Thomas. I was starting to get worried about you. 219 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:15,799 I heard a report on the radio. 220 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,893 They're calling Maxfield's death a suicide. 221 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:19,801 Oh, don't believe everything you hear, precious. 222 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:22,432 I need you to find something out for me. 223 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:25,272 Go down to Maxfield's office at the Gazette, ask around, 224 00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:27,005 see what you can get on Sam Caldwell. 225 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,512 I got a hunch he's got money problems 226 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:30,309 that disappeared with Maxfield out of the picture. 227 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:31,974 Sam Caldwell? 228 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:33,143 Yeah, that's the one. 229 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:36,016 Oh, and see what you can dig up on a Bible-thumper named Bentley. 230 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:37,521 I'll get on it right away. 231 00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:39,147 That's my girl. 232 00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:42,587 Mr. Caldwell said you needed some assistance. 233 00:17:42,661 --> 00:17:44,219 No, I'm fine. 234 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,530 I'll find my way out. Thanks. 235 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:54,032 Mr. Magnum, sometimes it's best not to look into things too closely. 236 00:17:54,773 --> 00:17:57,867 It spoils the illusion of perfection. 237 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:00,410 I'll keep that in mind. 238 00:18:12,891 --> 00:18:15,416 Oh, Thomas. I'm so frightened. 239 00:18:15,794 --> 00:18:17,227 Everything's happening so fast. 240 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:20,561 I was afraid you wouldn't come. That I'd never see you again. 241 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:23,799 Careful, angel. The walls have ears. 242 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:25,166 Oh, what am I going to do? 243 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:28,673 You're going to go to Boston with Caldwell and play the part of the bereaved widow. 244 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,799 How can I? After what's happened between us? 245 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:33,242 The very wealthy, bereaved widow. 246 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:34,973 You'll think badly of me when I'm gone. 247 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:36,708 I'll try not to think of you at all. 248 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:39,410 I'm not a bad person, Thomas. Of course you're not. 249 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:41,248 I loved William. So you said. 250 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,812 I did. Even though he abandoned me romantically, 251 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:47,381 I devoted my life to him. 252 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:50,795 Not like that spoiled little brat he doted on. 253 00:18:51,096 --> 00:18:54,998 Ah, Christine. I thought that name would come up. 254 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,830 You don't know how she broke his heart. 255 00:18:56,902 --> 00:19:01,498 She couldn't stand the thought that maybe her father had found happiness with me. 256 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:06,010 I know we're much too close in age for her to ever think of me as a mother, but... 257 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:09,514 I had hoped, for his sake, that we could be friends. 258 00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:18,688 That's very good. How long have you been practicing this pretty little speech? 259 00:19:18,757 --> 00:19:19,917 Thomas... 260 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,085 Did you get a chance to try it out on Maxfield before he died? 261 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,391 Oh, don't be cruel to me. Not now. 262 00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:25,828 Oh. 263 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:29,929 I'm sorry, angel. You just took me by surprise. 264 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,827 So let me get this straight. 265 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:35,169 You think Maxfield died of a broken heart 266 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,834 brought on by the thoughtless actions of his pampered daughter. 267 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:41,937 No. I think she's the one who murdered him. 268 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:44,949 Christine? She couldn't find her way to the powder room without help. 269 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,918 Don't you see? It's all so clear. 270 00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:51,447 William was going to have her marriage annulled. 271 00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:52,956 She's willful, 272 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,157 used to getting what she wants. 273 00:19:57,229 --> 00:20:00,392 And what about you, Alicia? What do you want? 274 00:20:01,099 --> 00:20:04,535 I want William's murderer put behind bars, that's all. 275 00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:08,773 You are good. 276 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:12,602 You won't let Caldwell scare you off the case? 277 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:16,614 Oh, I couldn't do that. I have my reputation to think about. 278 00:20:17,015 --> 00:20:18,676 Thomas. 279 00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:22,620 When William first hired you, I thought 280 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,421 perhaps you and I would have a brief interlude. 281 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:29,386 And when it was over, I'd be left with William and my memories. 282 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:33,690 But now I'm not sure what's going to happen to me. 283 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:38,660 You'll land on your feet, Alicia. Your type always does. 284 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,009 I knew Maxfield had been murdered all right. 285 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,275 There was no doubt in my mind about that. 286 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:51,873 The only problem was finding the killer 287 00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:54,475 before Caldwell disappeared with all the evidence. 288 00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:56,783 I decided I'd better get help. 289 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:01,591 Go away. 290 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,184 Hard at work, I see. 291 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:06,095 Oh, it's you, Magnum. Come in, come in, come in. 292 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:08,257 I thought you closed shop at 5:00 sharp every day. 293 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:11,268 No, they got me here late working on the Maxfield case. 294 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:14,238 You know how the Chief is. 295 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:16,240 What does he care that I promised my girlfriend, Sheila, 296 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:18,469 that I would take her to the double feature at the Bijou tonight? 297 00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,738 Suspicion and Death Takes a Holiday. 298 00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:24,440 I happened to drive by there on my way over here. 299 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:29,010 Something tells me that you didn't come all this way to discuss the movies. 300 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,585 What do you make of Maxfield? You think he jumped? 301 00:21:32,658 --> 00:21:36,754 It's hard to say. He got beat up pretty bad when he fell on the rocks. 302 00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:38,762 It could've been suicide. 303 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:40,457 But not for sure. 304 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:45,903 Nothing is for sure until I see it with these two eyes. 305 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,632 You have a theory? 306 00:21:49,207 --> 00:21:50,640 A little one. 307 00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:53,439 Not enough to make a case out of it yet. 308 00:21:53,512 --> 00:21:57,209 Suppose Maxfield took a beating before he went in the drink? 309 00:21:57,282 --> 00:21:58,613 It's possible. 310 00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:01,915 He sustained injuries around his head and shoulders. 311 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:04,148 Have to be a pretty big man to overpower him though. 312 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:06,087 Not if he was sedated. 313 00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:09,884 How long before you'll know the contents of Maxfield's last supper? 314 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:14,622 Tomorrow morning if I go to this double feature tonight. 315 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:20,570 Funny, I just happen to have a couple of extra tickets to tomorrow's matinee. 316 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,669 In that case, one hour. 317 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:27,635 You know where to call me. 318 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:35,180 He jumped right on it. 319 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:39,649 Well, I was about ready to give up and go home. 320 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:42,026 I had a couple of stops to make. 321 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:43,652 How'd you make out? 322 00:22:43,729 --> 00:22:45,196 Not so good, I'm afraid. 323 00:22:45,263 --> 00:22:47,197 All the girls are talking, all right, 324 00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:49,096 but not about the right people. 325 00:22:49,167 --> 00:22:51,692 Caldwell's clean. Well, at least it looks that way. 326 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,238 But then he's too smart to leave the obvious clues around. 327 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:56,171 I was afraid of that. 328 00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,038 Hello! What's this? 329 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,910 I'm not quite sure. It was delivered this afternoon. 330 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:05,512 I did get something on the girl, though. 331 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:06,846 Alicia? 332 00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:08,249 Christine. 333 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,416 Seems like she had a terrible row with her father in his office downtown last week, 334 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,083 and ran out in tears 335 00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:16,252 and one of the secretaries swears 336 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:20,196 she heard Christine threaten to kill her father if she didn't get what she wanted. 337 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:23,033 Why, Tiffy, you're a detective. 338 00:23:23,101 --> 00:23:24,591 Does that help you out? 339 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:27,194 You don't know how much. I think we just hit the jackpot. 340 00:23:27,272 --> 00:23:30,332 Somebody sent us the goods on Myron Bentley, Christine's playmate. 341 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,707 Appears he's had quite some past. 342 00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:35,611 He's left six wives with less money than when he married 'em. 343 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:39,375 Here's an arrest record. Boston, Atlanta, Denver. 344 00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:41,715 No wonder he's bringing salvation to the West Coast. 345 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:43,311 Arrests for what? 346 00:23:43,388 --> 00:23:46,380 Petty larceny, breach of promise, bad checks... 347 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,754 What do I do? 348 00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:57,768 Show him in, Tiffy, dear. Show him in. 349 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:01,898 Only, file this where he won't think of looking for it, will you? 350 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:17,114 Mr. Magnum. 351 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:20,022 Come in, Reverend Bentley. Sit down. What can I do for you? 352 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:27,890 I think it's more a matter of what I can do for you. 353 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,093 Is that so? I'm all ears. 354 00:24:30,168 --> 00:24:34,070 I have certain information that I would be willing to trade or exchange for, 355 00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:36,937 shall I say, a document. 356 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:40,133 A document? Yes. 357 00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:42,942 A collection of papers that Mr. Maxfield assured me 358 00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:45,505 would be in my possession by early this evening. 359 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:48,747 And of course, given today's turn of events... 360 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:52,119 Yes. Yes, I see your problem. But what did you come to me for? 361 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:54,958 You don't have them? 362 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,653 Why should I have them? 363 00:24:56,728 --> 00:24:58,252 But I was led to believe that... 364 00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:02,464 Yes, Tiffy? 365 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:04,960 No, that's fine. You can go home. 366 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:07,937 Oh, and lock up behind you, will you, precious? 367 00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:12,402 I'm going to have to ask you to put your hands behind your head, Mr. Magnum. 368 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:14,170 Why, you... 369 00:25:15,947 --> 00:25:17,881 Please. Do as I say. 370 00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:23,011 Stand up. 371 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:26,456 Step out into the middle of the room. 372 00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:33,488 I'm going to have to search your office, Mr. Magnum. 373 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:34,558 Look what you did to my tunic! 374 00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:37,925 I get nervous when people start pointing guns at me. 375 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:42,025 I'm not leaving here until I get what I came for. Those papers belong to me. 376 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,069 The hell they do. Maxfield collected a file on you. A good one. 377 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:46,797 Good enough to convince you to stay away from his daughter 378 00:26:46,871 --> 00:26:49,203 once he'd had the marriage annulled. And for good measure, 379 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,071 he threw in a check for $5,000. 380 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:52,336 You looked in my wallet? 381 00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:54,275 You were ready to take a powder, but once Maxfield died, 382 00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:56,712 you decided to go back for the goods. How am I doing so far? 383 00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:58,214 He had no right to keep those papers. 384 00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:59,511 Who told you I had 'em? 385 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:03,212 No one. 386 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,415 All right, have it your way. 387 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:08,623 What are you going to do? 388 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:11,355 I'm calling the police. I'm telling them you went back to see Maxfield. 389 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:12,828 You fought with him over the papers, 390 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:14,558 and in the struggle you pushed him over the balcony. 391 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,601 That's not how it happened at all. I did go back there. 392 00:27:16,668 --> 00:27:19,296 He promised me $5,000 and the papers. 393 00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:23,065 He lied. But I didn't kill him. Someone else did. 394 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:25,473 He came in while I was there and hit him over the head with a trophy. 395 00:27:25,543 --> 00:27:26,737 Who? 396 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:30,244 I don't know. You got to believe me. 397 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,180 All right. Get out of here. 398 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,945 Stay away from the Maxfield girl, 399 00:27:34,019 --> 00:27:36,715 unless you want the police looking into your business. 400 00:27:37,088 --> 00:27:38,749 Can I have my gun? 401 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:48,196 Put your hands behind your head. 402 00:27:49,768 --> 00:27:52,259 Step out into the middle of the room. 403 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:58,269 I intend to search your office. 404 00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:00,743 Okay, I won't stop you. 405 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,889 Alicia. 406 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:22,028 Oh, Mr. Magnum. 407 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,835 I... 408 00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:28,128 I thought you were... 409 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:30,974 You thought I was who? 410 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,340 I thought you were Mr. Caldwell, actually. 411 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:35,606 We've been waiting dinner on him. 412 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:37,645 Where's Mrs. Maxfield? 413 00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:41,046 She's in the study. 414 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:46,180 It's too late, Alicia, you've lost. Don't be so sure. 415 00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:47,952 The will says the entire estate goes to me. 416 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,017 Not until you're 25. Or married. 417 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:52,154 The money's mine. Not yet, it isn't. 418 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:53,527 Thomas. 419 00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:56,029 Sam can annul the marriage all he wants. 420 00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,966 I'll just marry Myron again, and again, and again. 421 00:28:58,036 --> 00:28:59,503 I'm afraid you won't be able to do that. 422 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,937 What, are you going to stop me? I won't have to. 423 00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:04,039 Bentley's dead. 424 00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:06,101 No. 425 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,076 What? How? 426 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:12,207 If I hadn't been there myself, I'd almost believe you had nothing to do with it. 427 00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:13,477 You. 428 00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:15,485 What are you talking about? You killed him. 429 00:29:15,553 --> 00:29:17,612 I didn't. Why would I? 430 00:29:17,689 --> 00:29:20,157 From what I just heard, to keep Christine from getting her inheritance. 431 00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,321 Sit down. 432 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:25,953 Mind your manners. 433 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:29,362 All right, Alicia. Start talking. 434 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,800 You got me into this mess and now I've got a dead man in my office 435 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:34,532 and a cop who'd like nothing better than to put me into San Quentin for it. 436 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,506 Why'd you kill him? Thomas, I swear to you... 437 00:29:36,574 --> 00:29:38,303 I saw your car drive away. 438 00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:41,573 But I've been here all night. Then who was driving your car? 439 00:29:41,646 --> 00:29:42,874 I was. 440 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:46,074 I had to go to the newspaper office 441 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:48,142 to get Maxfield's will out of his safe. 442 00:29:48,219 --> 00:29:50,119 Oh, Sam. Myron is dead. 443 00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:53,380 Then the world is a slightly better place. 444 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:55,454 The will? 445 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:56,990 There are no changes. 446 00:29:57,061 --> 00:29:58,688 I suppose you have witnesses to testify you were 447 00:29:58,763 --> 00:30:00,856 at the newspaper at the time Bentley was shot to death. 448 00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:02,524 At least a dozen. 449 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,966 I'll give you exactly three minutes to get out of here 450 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:06,560 before I have you arrested for trespassing. 451 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,572 You've overplayed your hand, this time, Caldwell. 452 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,902 I'm not playing, Mr. Magnum. 453 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:12,101 You think you can plot and scheme and control people's lives. 454 00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:13,769 Well, I'm not going to let you get away with it. 455 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,870 Two minutes and 40 seconds. I'll be back! 456 00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:30,394 Mr. Magnum... 457 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:35,131 Could you meet me in my quarters? 458 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,134 I'm staying in the guest house. 459 00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:40,763 Christine. Don't you want to hear the reading of the will? 460 00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:42,933 Please. 461 00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:56,610 I knew I had to search Christine's room fast 462 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,179 before she tumbled to my little game. 463 00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:54,274 Easy, boys. Easy. 464 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:03,217 Okay, now. 465 00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:05,847 Let's not do anything foolish. 466 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,524 Oh, my God! 467 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:08,854 Isis, Osiris. Heel. 468 00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:18,591 You must think I'm very bold asking you to meet me here. 469 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,468 What difference does it make what I think? 470 00:32:21,539 --> 00:32:24,633 I think it makes all the difference in the world. 471 00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:28,075 Will you have a drink? 472 00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:31,179 I don't trust a man who won't have a drink. 473 00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:40,682 I feel like 474 00:32:41,025 --> 00:32:45,325 every bleak moment of my existence on this earth so far 475 00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:50,757 has led inexorably into the horrifying events of the past 24 hours. 476 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:58,674 Have you ever known what it's like to be a virtual prisoner of your own life? 477 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:01,541 I'm afraid I never get that philosophical. 478 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:04,940 Well, perhaps if you'd been raised by a father 479 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:08,110 whose sole aim was to control and dominate you. 480 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:12,714 I've been bullied, threatened and abused since the day I was born. 481 00:33:14,726 --> 00:33:18,184 You know, I thought for a fleeting moment when Father died, 482 00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:21,555 that perhaps I was about to be granted my freedom. 483 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,993 But I was only to change jailers. 484 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:26,365 Caldwell. 485 00:33:26,704 --> 00:33:30,435 He handles my estate until I'm 25. Or married. 486 00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:33,803 He controls all the money. Everything. 487 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:37,445 So I'm no better off than some prisoner on death row. 488 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:41,150 Well, I'd say 489 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:44,217 you got a nicer cell than most. 490 00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:50,784 Mr. Magnum, do you think that you could ever find somebody like me attractive? 491 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:55,261 In the right circumstance. 492 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:59,069 I need somebody strong. I need somebody to take care of me. 493 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:02,698 I mean, I thought Myron was that man. But he's no match for Sam. 494 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:04,469 Oh, I'm not sure who is. 495 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:08,205 You are. You can stand up to him. I saw that tonight. 496 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:13,508 Have you ever considered what it would be like to be a very wealthy man? 497 00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:18,281 I could make all your dreams come true. 498 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,859 I'll bet you're good at that. 499 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:24,557 Let's do it tonight. 500 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:27,191 Slow down. 501 00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:30,325 No, no, no. See, I know somebody who can handle all of the paperwork. 502 00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:31,663 Paperwork? 503 00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:33,294 Yes, and by morning we'll be man and wife. 504 00:34:33,371 --> 00:34:35,862 And then Sam will be out in the cold. 505 00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:40,468 You'd like to see Sam get what's coming to him, wouldn't you? 506 00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:45,204 Wouldn't you? 507 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:49,314 Sure. Sure. I'd like to see him get that. 508 00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:51,846 Well, then tell me you'll help me. 509 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,720 I'll help you, angel. 510 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:23,943 What are you doing here, princess? 511 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,420 Wolf called me at home, looking for you. 512 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:27,253 I didn't know where you were. What happened? 513 00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:28,917 How'd Wolf get here so fast? 514 00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:30,426 An anonymous phone tip. 515 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,827 Someone heard the shots you fired and called the station. 516 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:34,865 The shots that I... 517 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:37,726 Oh, I see. 518 00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:40,636 You're gonna pin this one on me. 519 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,332 Yeah, you telling me you didn't do it? 520 00:35:42,406 --> 00:35:45,705 No. No, there's no use in me pulling the wool over your eyes, Inspector. 521 00:35:45,776 --> 00:35:47,107 I confess. 522 00:35:47,278 --> 00:35:50,111 I lured Bentley up here, I tricked him into pulling a gun on me 523 00:35:50,181 --> 00:35:51,910 and then when he had his back to this window, 524 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,780 I ran downstairs, shot him twice in the back 525 00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:56,342 and then I tipped you off just in case you thought it was another suicide. 526 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:58,285 What are you boys looking for? 527 00:35:58,356 --> 00:35:59,414 All right, all right, all right. 528 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:00,855 Why did Bentley come to see you? 529 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:03,758 He wanted some advice on his Sunday sermon. 530 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:09,923 Laugh your way all the way to the gas chamber, wise guy. 531 00:36:13,437 --> 00:36:16,201 The coroner called. He wanted to make sure you got this message. 532 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:17,639 Thanks, precious. 533 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:20,233 Bring me that file on Bentley, will you? 534 00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:24,409 So what's it gonna be? 535 00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:26,211 You gonna take me downtown and give me the third degree? 536 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:27,808 Or did you bring the rubber hoses with you? 537 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:29,250 If you didn't kill Bentley, who did? 538 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,447 The same person who killed William Tyler Maxfield. 539 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,227 Hello? 540 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:39,794 That's fine. I'll leave right now. 541 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,832 And just where do you think you're going? 542 00:36:41,899 --> 00:36:45,528 I asked Maxfield's killer to meet me in 20 minutes. 543 00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:47,203 We can take your car. 544 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:09,826 I got everyone here, just as you asked. 545 00:37:09,994 --> 00:37:11,825 Inspector, 546 00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:14,063 remove this man from the premises. 547 00:37:14,131 --> 00:37:16,565 Oh, I'm not staying, Caldwell. 548 00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:17,896 I'm leaving. 549 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:22,167 Just as soon as I explain to Inspector Wolf which one of you killed Maxfield. 550 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,639 Inspector! 551 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:26,403 Go on. 552 00:37:26,611 --> 00:37:29,341 Well, from the first it was obvious it was Caldwell. 553 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,210 This is insufferable. 554 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:33,784 Please, Mr. Caldwell. 555 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:37,912 You seemed like the most likely suspect. 556 00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:41,516 Cold, calculating. Smart enough to cover your own tracks. 557 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:44,789 And the only one strong enough to throw Maxfield off that balcony. 558 00:37:44,862 --> 00:37:46,261 That's true. 559 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:51,535 I figured you doped him up a little, put something into his tea. 560 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:56,468 As the mickey took hold, he accidentally knocked his tea cup to the floor. 561 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:58,440 You waited till he was out cold, 562 00:37:58,509 --> 00:38:00,807 then you dragged him over to the balcony, 563 00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:04,837 threw his body into the ocean and closed the balcony doors. 564 00:38:05,416 --> 00:38:08,214 You cleaned up behind yourself, all right. 565 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:12,518 But you missed this little piece of china. 566 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:16,592 I didn't kill Maxfield. 567 00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:19,795 I know. I realized that later. 568 00:38:19,897 --> 00:38:22,365 You didn't drug him. You didn't have to. 569 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:25,334 Maxfield was already dead before you even got into the room. 570 00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:31,968 But that doesn't solve the problem of the broken china cup. 571 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:37,578 And then, there's this odd object. 572 00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:41,081 Looks like it broke off a trophy, doesn't it? 573 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,380 One of mine. 574 00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:45,549 Maybe you can tell me what it was doing on the floor near the balcony. 575 00:38:45,623 --> 00:38:46,817 Well, I don't know. 576 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:49,553 The coroner said that Maxfield was beaten on the head and shoulders 577 00:38:49,627 --> 00:38:54,121 numerous times with a heavy object before he took his midnight swim. 578 00:38:54,198 --> 00:38:55,256 No... 579 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:56,425 There's no way to prove that. 580 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,333 Abrasions and contusions could have been caused by the wave action. 581 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:01,166 They could've, but they weren't. 582 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:04,730 Your late husband saw him get hit. 583 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,938 He was going to confront Maxfield 584 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,073 and force him to give him the blackmail folder. 585 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:15,607 But before he could do that, somebody else came into the room. 586 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:20,214 Somebody who beat Maxfield over the head with a heavy trophy half a dozen times. 587 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:23,426 I'm already onto that trail, Magnum. 588 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:25,928 Get your things, I'm taking you in. 589 00:39:26,297 --> 00:39:27,924 But I didn't do it. 590 00:39:27,998 --> 00:39:30,592 I never said you did, angel. 591 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:32,629 Alicia did that. 592 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,169 Don't be ridiculous. 593 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:36,807 Why would I want to kill my own husband? 594 00:39:36,907 --> 00:39:39,137 I guess you're the only one who can answer that. 595 00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:42,443 You know yourself that I have no claim to the will. 596 00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:45,341 If I murdered William, I'd lose everything. 597 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:48,874 Oh, not if you could make it look like Christine did it. 598 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:51,119 That's insane. 599 00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:53,954 That's also a bit of a long shot. 600 00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:57,318 But not beyond you, my darling. 601 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:58,555 Arrest her. 602 00:39:58,629 --> 00:40:01,189 You're getting ahead of me, angel. Alicia didn't kill your father. 603 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:02,323 But you just said... 604 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,061 I said she hit him over the head with a heavy trophy. 605 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:06,626 But Maxfield was already dead when she did. 606 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:08,604 And how do you figure that? 607 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:15,238 I kept coming back to the china cup and what it was doing on the floor. 608 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:17,678 So I had my friend at the Coroner's office check 609 00:40:17,748 --> 00:40:20,342 very carefully the contents of Maxfield's stomach. 610 00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:23,242 He was poisoned. 611 00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,490 With this. 612 00:40:30,494 --> 00:40:33,122 Designed to look like he had a heart attack. 613 00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:35,097 She planted it in my room. 614 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:36,633 Oh! 615 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:39,831 I never said I found it in your room, angel. 616 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,867 Looking for this? 617 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:47,809 You know, the one thing I couldn't figure was motive. 618 00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:49,140 What's in it, angel? 619 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:50,578 Benzedrine? 620 00:40:52,650 --> 00:40:55,915 All right, I'm only going to go through this once, so listen good. 621 00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:58,477 Christine got into a little trouble with Bennies. 622 00:40:58,556 --> 00:41:01,184 And when Daddy wouldn't come through with the money to keep her in supply, 623 00:41:01,258 --> 00:41:03,522 she had to look to other ways to get her fix. 624 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:05,357 Eventually all the avenues dried up. 625 00:41:05,429 --> 00:41:06,987 She had to get her hands on her own money. 626 00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:10,591 There were only two ways, murder and marriage. 627 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:13,198 Marriage didn't work out so good, 628 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:16,239 so she started slowly poisoning her father 629 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:18,400 hoping it would look like a natural death. 630 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:20,474 And it did. 631 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:26,073 It looked so good 632 00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:29,483 that Alicia thought it was a heart attack. 633 00:41:29,553 --> 00:41:33,512 She knew that would leave her penniless. And she couldn't have that. 634 00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:36,651 So she hit Maxfield over the head with one of Christine's trophies 635 00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:39,457 hoping that it would look to everyone like Christine did it. 636 00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:43,489 Don't, Thomas, don't. We can still get away from all this. 637 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:44,829 Stop now before you go too far. 638 00:41:44,902 --> 00:41:47,132 It's too late for that, Alicia. 639 00:41:47,838 --> 00:41:50,204 It's gone too far already. 640 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:56,772 With her step-daughter up on a murder rap, Alicia would get the money. 641 00:41:57,414 --> 00:41:59,439 But she hadn't counted on Caldwell. 642 00:42:00,918 --> 00:42:03,443 Caldwell came across the murder frame and believed it. 643 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:05,421 He knew if Christine went to the gas chamber, 644 00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:07,855 he wouldn't have control of Maxfield's estate. 645 00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:14,230 But that wasn't the real reason you tried to rescue 646 00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:18,359 Christine from what you thought was her murderous act, was it, Sam? 647 00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:20,460 No. 648 00:42:20,771 --> 00:42:21,999 No. 649 00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:28,041 What you didn't realize was that Sam Caldwell was in love with you all along. 650 00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:32,605 How did you know? 651 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,187 I'm not sure. 652 00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:44,759 Anyway, he cleaned it up, he even tried to bribe me with this thousand dollars. 653 00:42:44,995 --> 00:42:48,294 You'll want that for evidence. So, once he was in, he couldn't get out. 654 00:42:48,365 --> 00:42:49,957 When he thought Bentley was going to talk, 655 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:52,195 pointing the finger at Christine, he had to kill him, 656 00:42:52,269 --> 00:42:53,736 framing Alicia. 657 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:55,736 Exactly. 658 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:59,708 Book 'em all, Inspector. Murder One and accessory after the fact. 659 00:43:03,447 --> 00:43:05,176 Wait a minute, Magnum. 660 00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:09,077 If they're all going to jail, 661 00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:11,744 who's going to get Maxfield's money? 662 00:43:46,457 --> 00:43:49,824 "As Magnum drove off into another beautiful sunset, 663 00:43:50,394 --> 00:43:51,918 "he wondered 664 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:56,258 "how many times he could go through this 665 00:43:56,734 --> 00:43:59,066 "before his heart broke for good." 666 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:09,770 Well? What do you think? 667 00:44:12,282 --> 00:44:13,943 I think it's 668 00:44:15,352 --> 00:44:18,651 quite possibly the finest piece of fiction I've ever come across. 669 00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:20,246 You're kidding. 670 00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:22,992 The style is strong and aggressive, 671 00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:25,153 the characterization is clean, 672 00:44:25,229 --> 00:44:29,495 the story innovative, yet comfortingly familiar... 673 00:44:29,566 --> 00:44:31,431 Well, it's my first effort, 674 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:35,233 and I'm sure I'll have to, you know, 675 00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:38,799 change a word or two here and there, but you really like it? 676 00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:40,070 Like it? 677 00:44:40,144 --> 00:44:44,706 Not since Dashiell Hammett have I seen such raw, pure talent. 678 00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:48,844 Wait a minute. You're comparing me to Dashiell Hammett? 679 00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:52,878 A sort of Raymond Chandler meets Erle Stanley Gardner... 680 00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:54,287 Black and white. 681 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,918 An Agatha Christie bumps up against Arthur Conan Doyle, 682 00:44:56,994 --> 00:44:58,586 there's an image. 683 00:44:58,662 --> 00:45:00,857 Excuse me. I'm still dreaming. 684 00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:05,360 I have to get back to sleep. 685 00:45:12,676 --> 00:45:14,109 Magnum. 686 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:17,437 Magnum! 687 00:45:18,816 --> 00:45:20,249 Magnum! 688 00:45:29,526 --> 00:45:30,857 Magnum. 689 00:45:34,031 --> 00:45:36,363 Higgins, what are you doing here? 690 00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:38,726 You asked me to come down. 691 00:45:39,169 --> 00:45:41,967 You implored me to stop by before I left. 692 00:45:43,507 --> 00:45:45,202 Why are you wearing that suit? 693 00:45:46,176 --> 00:45:47,643 You know why I'm wearing this suit. 694 00:45:47,711 --> 00:45:50,373 I am going to the Anglo-Hawaiian Royal Yachting Costume Brunch. 695 00:45:50,447 --> 00:45:52,915 And I'm late. Now what is it you wanted me to see about? 696 00:45:53,517 --> 00:45:54,848 Right. 697 00:45:56,620 --> 00:46:01,216 I'm sorry. I've been up all night 698 00:46:01,725 --> 00:46:03,249 working. 699 00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:04,521 Yes? 700 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:06,494 And... 701 00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:14,935 No. 702 00:46:16,807 --> 00:46:18,900 I just wanted to say, 703 00:46:19,943 --> 00:46:21,934 have a good time at the party. 704 00:46:22,012 --> 00:46:23,809 Don't worry about a thing here. 705 00:46:23,881 --> 00:46:28,079 I'll be on the job, making sure no harm comes to Robin's Nest in your absence.