1 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,800 - Good evening. 2 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:30,559 How do you do, and welcome to "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour." 3 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,759 Strange how old fashioned ways are sometimes best. 4 00:00:34,799 --> 00:00:39,200 In a plastic age, with its many new and different fabrics, 5 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,439 I have suddenly realized the amazing properties 6 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,560 of a material as old as civilization, rawhide. 7 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,840 Here are two of our new rawhide bathing suits. 8 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,840 They are identical. 9 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,799 This one is still wet. 10 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,000 This is the way it looks 11 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:02,520 after you have been lying in the sun. 12 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,359 Obviously, this is the answer to man's most urgent problem, 13 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,920 how to reduce without exercising. 14 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,200 Of course, this material has other more important uses, 15 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:17,159 as a gift to a friend. 16 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,400 Perhaps I can explain by telling you 17 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:22,799 I have just presented the sponsor with a vest. 18 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,239 It's quite modern. 19 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,400 There are no unsightly buttons. 20 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:31,680 After he puts it on, it zips together at the back. 21 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:32,920 After all, I don't want him to change his mind 22 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,000 when it begins to dry, 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,120 and be able to take it off. 24 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:40,120 And now a word from the man 25 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:42,760 with the incredible shrinking vest. 26 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,080 - You pass anybody along this road 27 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,840 in say the last 10 or 15 minutes? 28 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:19,960 - No. 29 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:20,800 Oh yes, I did. 30 00:03:22,599 --> 00:03:26,080 A woman, maybe 20 minutes, half an hour ago. 31 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:29,240 - Do you live in this neighborhood? 32 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,479 - No, just happened to be taking a walk. 33 00:03:35,879 --> 00:03:37,840 - Would you mind getting in the car? 34 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:39,199 - Now look officer, I don't follow you. 35 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,639 I mean, I don't get the point. 36 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,199 - Oh you will, sir. 37 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,719 Would you please get in the car? 38 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,879 I thought you might like 39 00:04:06,919 --> 00:04:09,199 to talk with this fella, Sergeant. 40 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,840 We picked him up down the street. 41 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:12,039 - Well? 42 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,439 - He doesn't live in this neighborhood, 43 00:04:13,479 --> 00:04:16,519 and he says he was just out for a walk. 44 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,480 - It seems they've never heard 45 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:19,079 of such a thing before, Sergeant. 46 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,399 Is there any law against taking a walk? 47 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,040 - No sir, no law against it. 48 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:26,720 What happened to your clothes? 49 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,680 - You were saying? 50 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,240 - I was about to say that I simply fell when I was walking 51 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,399 and I tripped over something in the dark. 52 00:04:38,439 --> 00:04:41,759 - You're new in Lewisburg, aren't you mister? 53 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,759 - Clements, Howard Clements. 54 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,240 See? 55 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,519 Look, here's the driver's license 56 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,920 and the social security card. 57 00:04:49,959 --> 00:04:51,639 Employee identification. 58 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,040 I work for Futurama Plastics. 59 00:04:53,079 --> 00:04:54,560 I was just transferred here. 60 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:56,000 - Excuse me a minute. 61 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:58,519 Doctor? 62 00:05:05,959 --> 00:05:07,040 Bring him in. 63 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:16,560 There's no reason to be frightened now, Isabel. 64 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,160 I just want to see if you can identify this man. 65 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:20,040 Clements? 66 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:34,399 - Yes. 67 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,399 I'm certain this is the man. 68 00:05:39,319 --> 00:05:40,199 - Huh? 69 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,759 What does she mean, what man? 70 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,439 I passed her on the street, I told you, 71 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,639 but I was never within six feet of her. 72 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:53,800 Well make her look at me! 73 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,160 - This is such a serious charge, 74 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:57,519 I would like you to consider it once more. 75 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,240 Are you sure this is the man? 76 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,439 - Yes. 77 00:06:08,959 --> 00:06:13,199 I was calling the parents of one of my students, 78 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,279 and I was searching for the address in the dark when he... 79 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:23,240 Don't ask me to repeat what happened. 80 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,399 I screamed, and fought him off, 81 00:06:25,439 --> 00:06:30,040 and I somehow found my way to the nearest house, 82 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:32,639 and this lady called the police. 83 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,439 - Sergeant, this isn't possible. 84 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,759 I passed her on the street, but that's absolutely all. 85 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:49,600 I got one look at her. 86 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,839 Hey, hey now, you're all crazy. 87 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:57,360 I had nothing to do with it. 88 00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:00,560 I've only lived here a couple of months. 89 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,240 I came from the Chicago office of Futurama. 90 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:07,839 Now wait a minute, I'm not some bum 91 00:07:07,879 --> 00:07:09,040 you found sleeping in an alley! 92 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:10,680 - Suppose we save the details 93 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,160 until we get back to the station house. 94 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,000 - Station house, why should I go to the station house? 95 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,439 - Because I'm taking you in for further questioning 96 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,639 on possible charges of attempted assault 97 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:19,959 with criminal intent. 98 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:26,000 - Are you telling me this woman has got a case? 99 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,040 Now what kind of law do you practice, Mr. Selby? 100 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:30,079 - Well now, wait a minute. 101 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,160 - You think it was easy for me 102 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:32,439 to scrape up that retainer I paid you? 103 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,399 Look, I want something for my money, I want help. 104 00:07:35,439 --> 00:07:36,959 - I'm trying to help you, believe me. 105 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,079 - Well you could've stopped them 106 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,279 from ever bringing the case to trial. 107 00:07:39,319 --> 00:07:40,839 I mean, what kind of evidence have they got? 108 00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:44,120 They've got the testimony of one hysterical woman. 109 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,279 - Well that hysterical woman, as you call her, 110 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:48,639 doesn't always give that impression. 111 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:49,920 She's well known in Lewisburg. 112 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:51,720 She runs one of the finest private girls schools 113 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:54,120 in New Hampshire. 114 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,600 My own daughter went there. 115 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:58,639 - But it's still my word against hers, now isn't it? 116 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,360 Well, isn't it? 117 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:01,680 - Well, yes. 118 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,160 - Then what difference does it make? 119 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:05,439 - No difference in the eyes of the law. 120 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,199 However, in the eyes of a jury-- 121 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,800 - Ah, ah so my word isn't as good. 122 00:08:10,839 --> 00:08:12,600 I mean, I'm a stranger in town 123 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:15,120 and she is the pillar of the community, right? 124 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,360 - It's not as cut and dried as that. 125 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:20,240 I mean, 126 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:23,399 well let's look at the circumstance. 127 00:08:23,439 --> 00:08:26,319 You go for a three mile walk on a cold night. 128 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:27,839 Something people just don't do. 129 00:08:27,879 --> 00:08:29,639 - Correction, please, some people. 130 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,240 - All right, some people. 131 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,799 But nobody else was seen in the vicinity 132 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,480 where Isabel Smith was attacked. 133 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:38,039 Then your clothes were in a mess. 134 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,960 - Now look, come on. 135 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,360 - Yes, yes, you had a convenient explanation of course. 136 00:08:42,399 --> 00:08:44,559 You fell. 137 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,480 Then there was that art collection in your apartment. 138 00:08:47,519 --> 00:08:49,320 The nudes. 139 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,679 - Oh, please. 140 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,039 Now those pictures are prints of established classics! 141 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,840 Degas, Matisse, Picasso. 142 00:08:55,879 --> 00:08:57,639 They're available in most department stores. 143 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,240 Now come on, that's about as racy 144 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:01,320 as two pounds of hamburger. 145 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,000 - But most of all, there's Isabel Smith herself. 146 00:09:05,039 --> 00:09:07,039 Isabel Smith says you're the man. 147 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,120 Well, she's known to be an honest woman. 148 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:12,240 Why should she say it if it weren't true? 149 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,639 - That's the part I can't figure out. 150 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:20,519 All right, Mr. Selby, why did she do it? 151 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,240 - That's an interesting question, Mr. Clements. 152 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:29,080 A very interesting psychological question. 153 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:32,960 I've known Isabel Smith for a long time, 154 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,200 and frankly, well she's not a woman 155 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,399 who's gotten much out of life. 156 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:38,840 I think she was already a spinster, 157 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:40,799 even before she was old enough to marry. 158 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,879 - Yeah, she's no beauty. 159 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:44,000 I mean, how people could even think 160 00:09:44,039 --> 00:09:46,360 I'd risk getting sent to jail because of her. 161 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:47,840 - Now, I'm not saying that Isabel Smith 162 00:09:47,879 --> 00:09:51,840 is aware of this herself, but somewhere, 163 00:09:51,879 --> 00:09:53,559 deep down in her subconscious 164 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:54,679 she may still be waiting 165 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,639 for her 166 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,559 to come out of the West. 167 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,080 - That's ridiculous. 168 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,519 - No no, no I'm serious. 169 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,039 You know what I really think? 170 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,559 I think it's possible some man did accost her that night. 171 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,639 Unfortunately, he got away. 172 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,879 And that left you. 173 00:10:12,919 --> 00:10:17,159 - But why me, why did she have to pick on me? 174 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,600 - Wish fulfillment, maybe? 175 00:10:19,879 --> 00:10:21,600 She saw your face, and she remembered it. 176 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,679 In other words, Mr. Clements, she wanted it to happen, 177 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:27,720 and she picked you. 178 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,840 - Howard Clements, will you rise and face the court? 179 00:10:35,879 --> 00:10:38,120 Howard Clements, having been found guilty 180 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:40,080 of attempted criminal assault, 181 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,759 it is my duty to sentence you to a term 182 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:43,279 of not less than one, 183 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,080 and not more than five years imprisonment 184 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,639 in the state penitentiary. 185 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:01,600 - Come in, Clements. 186 00:11:06,879 --> 00:11:08,320 That's all right, sit down. 187 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,639 We're not so formal here when you're leaving. 188 00:11:12,759 --> 00:11:14,240 I see you're from Lewisburg. 189 00:11:14,279 --> 00:11:16,039 Think you'll be going back there? 190 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,120 - Yes, I'm going back. 191 00:11:18,159 --> 00:11:19,039 - I see. 192 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,960 Well, just what plans have you made? 193 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:23,840 - Oh I've made plans. 194 00:11:23,879 --> 00:11:25,159 - For a job? 195 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,440 - That's right, a job. 196 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:28,840 Who knows? 197 00:11:28,879 --> 00:11:33,080 I might even find a nice girl in Lewisburg, and settle down. 198 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,120 - Oh that's the best thing you could do, take it from me. 199 00:11:35,159 --> 00:11:36,600 Little family responsibility 200 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:38,240 really makes a man toe the line. 201 00:11:39,759 --> 00:11:41,840 Well, that's neither here nor there. 202 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:42,960 You've 203 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,240 earned $105 for your wages in the machine shop. 204 00:11:48,279 --> 00:11:50,159 Give this to the clerk at the gate. 205 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,879 - I've got a lot more than that coming. 206 00:11:53,919 --> 00:11:55,240 - Well, how's that? 207 00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:56,879 - Well I gave up a pretty good job 208 00:11:56,919 --> 00:11:58,080 to work in that machine shop, warden. 209 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,000 I figure I lost about $13,000 in salary alone. 210 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:03,080 Now is the state gonna make that up to me? 211 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,399 - The state doesn't owe you a thing, Clements. 212 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,080 We gave you something for your time, a lesson. 213 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,960 I sincerely hope you never forget. 214 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,840 - You know, you may be right at that, warden. 215 00:12:13,879 --> 00:12:15,440 I did learn some lessons here. 216 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:17,639 I learned a great deal. 217 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:16,720 12,900, 12,950, 218 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:20,679 15,000. 219 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,600 I'd like to get a bus ticket to Lewisburg. 220 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:55,440 One way. 221 00:15:16,879 --> 00:15:18,399 Oh, excuse me! 222 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,240 - Officer! 223 00:15:21,039 --> 00:15:23,000 This man is annoying me. 224 00:15:23,039 --> 00:15:23,879 - What's that ma'am? 225 00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:25,080 - No, please, Ms. Smith. 226 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,919 Why must you keep on persecuting me? 227 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,600 Haven't you done enough already? 228 00:15:29,759 --> 00:15:31,399 - He tried to attack me once before. 229 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,679 I want you to arrest him. 230 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,879 - Would you mind repeating that, ma'am? 231 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:37,039 - Officer, I hope you realize 232 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,559 I am not making this charge irresponsibly. 233 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,799 - Oh that may well be ma'am, 234 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,000 but I was standing right here. 235 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:44,440 Now I saw what happened. 236 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,919 Now what kind of charge are you prepared to make? 237 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,279 - No charge. 238 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,000 - That was four dollars and 77 cents with tax, and five. 239 00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:11,200 I hope you enjoy it, sir. 240 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,360 Come in again. 241 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,320 Allow me. 242 00:16:47,919 --> 00:16:49,320 Can I help you, Ms. Smith? 243 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,240 - No, thank you. 244 00:16:54,919 --> 00:16:56,320 Well, yes you could. 245 00:16:57,679 --> 00:16:59,279 I'm looking for some music 246 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,480 for a ballet recital we're giving at the school. 247 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:04,839 - Well, I might recommend some-- 248 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,200 - No, that's not the truth. 249 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:13,000 The truth is, I feel guilty about yesterday. 250 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:16,680 I know I made a mistake about yesterday. 251 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:20,640 - I'm glad you told me. 252 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,559 - I didn't mean to be rude. 253 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:26,440 I hope you understand that. 254 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:30,759 - Well, I know that it wasn't easy for you 255 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:32,200 to come here and say this, 256 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:34,559 but I'm very grateful. 257 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,880 - I'd almost completely forgotten about that other time. 258 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,319 I suppose I never expected to 259 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,480 see you in Lewisburg again. 260 00:17:48,519 --> 00:17:49,559 - I wanted to come back. 261 00:17:49,599 --> 00:17:51,279 There are things about this town I like. 262 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:54,039 - It took courage. 263 00:17:54,839 --> 00:17:56,680 - No, I don't think so. 264 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,400 I was counting on the fact that people have short memories. 265 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,240 Also that good music's more important than bad gossip. 266 00:18:05,279 --> 00:18:06,200 You know, I think this town's 267 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,400 always needed a good music store. 268 00:18:09,519 --> 00:18:11,279 - Yes, you know that is true. 269 00:18:11,319 --> 00:18:13,599 I've sometimes had to go all the way to Capitol City 270 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,000 to get a halfway decent record. 271 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,559 Oh well, this will do fine, thank you. 272 00:18:38,039 --> 00:18:39,720 - My, it's pretty. 273 00:18:39,759 --> 00:18:41,720 What is it, Ms. Smith? 274 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:44,720 - "The Damnation of Faust." 275 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:46,640 it's a new album I bought. 276 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,799 - Faust? 277 00:18:47,839 --> 00:18:50,200 But you've already got a record of that. 278 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,000 I remember I saw it last week. 279 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:54,799 - Oh, well yes, 280 00:18:54,839 --> 00:18:58,920 but this one is supposed to be a better version. 281 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,000 - Sounds exactly the same to me. 282 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:05,920 - You know you may be right. 283 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,960 It is the school's money I'm spending after all, isn't it? 284 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,680 Perhaps I should get something different. 285 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,200 Don't you think so, Martha? 286 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,440 - Well, just as you think, Ms. Smith. 287 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,720 - Yes, well I think I'll just run right down 288 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:24,319 and return it. 289 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:25,160 - Here we are. 290 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,720 One fresh copy of "Swan Lake." 291 00:19:27,759 --> 00:19:30,039 - Oh, thank you. 292 00:19:30,079 --> 00:19:31,960 Sorry to put you to so much trouble. 293 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,799 - Oh it's no trouble at all. 294 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaking of Tchaikovsky, 295 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,680 there's a concert tonight at Pilgrim Hall. 296 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,359 Liszt and Debussy too, I believe. 297 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,000 Yes, that's right Debussy's "La Mer." 298 00:19:44,039 --> 00:19:45,119 - Sounds interesting. 299 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:46,000 - Yes. 300 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,200 I happen to have two tickets. 301 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,799 Now look, I know how strange it might seem to some people 302 00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:56,599 if you went to that concert with me. 303 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,200 - You mean you-- 304 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,000 - Now please, don't answer in a hurry. 305 00:20:01,039 --> 00:20:04,680 Things we say in a hurry, sometimes we're sorry later. 306 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,599 Maybe some narrow-minded people 307 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:11,720 wouldn't expect to see us together, 308 00:20:11,759 --> 00:20:14,279 but I don't care about people like that. 309 00:20:14,319 --> 00:20:17,279 All I care about is what you think. 310 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,599 - No, I couldn't. 311 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:20,559 I really couldn't. 312 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,039 - The last time you were in here, 313 00:20:23,079 --> 00:20:25,920 you talked about courage. 314 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,200 - Well it's not that. 315 00:20:29,079 --> 00:20:31,160 I have a meeting I have to attend tonight. 316 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,599 It's a charity meeting that I attend every month. 317 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:37,359 - Of course. 318 00:20:43,319 --> 00:20:47,160 - Well perhaps I could get out of it, just this one time. 319 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,039 May I use your phone? 320 00:20:50,079 --> 00:20:52,240 - By all means, it's right over there. 321 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,599 - Mrs. John Needham, please, yes. 322 00:21:11,279 --> 00:21:14,359 I don't see why I can't miss one meeting in seven years. 323 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,759 - You only live once! 324 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,119 - Oh, Howard. 325 00:22:28,839 --> 00:22:31,039 You don't mind. 326 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,400 Would you mind if we didn't go anywhere tonight? 327 00:22:35,599 --> 00:22:36,559 There's something I have to 328 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:38,599 talk to you about, very important. 329 00:22:41,039 --> 00:22:43,000 Would you come inside? 330 00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:56,799 This isn't easy for me, Howard. 331 00:22:56,839 --> 00:22:58,519 - Oh it can't be all that serious. 332 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,240 Or is it? 333 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,200 - To me it is. 334 00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:08,359 Lieutenant Huntley came to see me this afternoon. 335 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,640 - Oh? 336 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,599 Did he want to know if I'd been annoying you again? 337 00:23:14,759 --> 00:23:16,880 - He heard that I had been seeing you, 338 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,359 and he asked if it were true. 339 00:23:20,759 --> 00:23:23,799 I said yes it was, that I'd seen you several times. 340 00:23:23,839 --> 00:23:26,640 - Uh-huh, and how did he take it? 341 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,240 - He seemed worried. 342 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:32,559 - Oh. 343 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,119 - Of course, it's none of his business, 344 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,599 but he's more than just a policeman to me, you know? 345 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,440 He was a friend of my father's. 346 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,079 My father liked him, 347 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,480 and he's always taken an interest in me. 348 00:23:46,519 --> 00:23:49,000 - Apparently he's sort of interested in me too. 349 00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:55,079 - Howard. 350 00:23:57,319 --> 00:24:02,359 I told you once that I'd put that time out of my mind. 351 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,480 That isn't so. 352 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,799 I've thought about that night often, 353 00:24:10,839 --> 00:24:14,640 about that night and what happened afterwards. 354 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,000 - Sh, sh, thought we weren't 355 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:17,640 gonna talk about that, remember? 356 00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:20,559 - I want to talk about it, please. 357 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,960 Lately all I can think about is, 358 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,400 could I have been wrong? 359 00:24:28,039 --> 00:24:29,400 Completely wrong. 360 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,039 I feel now that if you told me the answer, 361 00:24:35,079 --> 00:24:36,319 it would be the truth. 362 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,440 I'd see it in your eyes. 363 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:40,599 I'd know it was true. 364 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,599 - Do you want the answer, Isabel? 365 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:47,880 - I don't know, Howard. 366 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,279 I'm afraid of the answer. 367 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:50,680 Either way, I'm afraid of it. 368 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:54,920 - If I said I wasn't guilty. 369 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,640 If I told you that it wasn't me that night? 370 00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:04,480 - Then you'd hate me for what I did to you. 371 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,400 You'd hate me, and I couldn't stand that. 372 00:25:23,759 --> 00:25:25,319 - You dope. 373 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,880 Don't you know I could never hate you? 374 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,759 - A few of our viewers wrote in telling us 375 00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:52,200 that they feel the station break 376 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,279 is the high point of the evening. 377 00:25:55,319 --> 00:26:00,440 We shall now hear from one of those viewers. 378 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,079 - Lieutenant Huntley, ma'am. 379 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,000 Lieutenant Huntley, ma'am. 380 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:15,079 - Oh, oh thank you. 381 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:15,799 Oh John! 382 00:26:15,839 --> 00:26:18,400 Sorry, I didn't hear you. 383 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,279 - Hello, Isabel. 384 00:26:19,319 --> 00:26:20,359 - Nice to see you. 385 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,200 Please sit down. 386 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,799 Would you like some coffee? 387 00:26:23,839 --> 00:26:24,960 - Oh, no thanks. 388 00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:27,720 - I hope this isn't official business. 389 00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:28,839 - No no, not at all. 390 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,599 It's just that what I have to say to you 391 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,359 is easier standing up. 392 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,240 - Oh. 393 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,640 - You know I was a good friend of your father's Isabel, 394 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,640 and I wanna be your friend too. 395 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:40,680 When I tell you this-- 396 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,799 - I'm 10 jumps ahead of you, John. 397 00:26:42,839 --> 00:26:44,200 You've come to deliver a sermon 398 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,319 on the subject of Howard Clements. 399 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:47,440 - No, not a sermon. 400 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,559 I have no prepared text. 401 00:26:49,599 --> 00:26:52,400 I have nothing, but a feeling. 402 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,200 - Yes, to you he's just an ex-convict, a criminal. 403 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,960 But don't you see how funny that is? 404 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,839 I'm the one who called him a criminal, not you. 405 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,519 I don't believe you even thought he was guilty. 406 00:27:05,559 --> 00:27:09,000 - It isn't important what we thought then, either one of us. 407 00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:10,720 What is important is now, right now, 408 00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:13,279 and what he is thinking. 409 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,640 - He's thinking about me. 410 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,000 Is there anything wrong with that? 411 00:27:22,039 --> 00:27:23,839 I suppose you think that's crazy. 412 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,519 Isabel Smith, who would ever think 413 00:27:25,559 --> 00:27:27,160 a man would look at her twice? 414 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,400 - I never said anything like that. 415 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,119 - You know you don't remember, but I do. 416 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:33,599 I remember listening to you and Daddy 417 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,319 discussing me in this very room. 418 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,559 I remember Daddy referred to me as his ugly duckling. 419 00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:42,680 I suppose he thought I'd grow up and change 420 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,039 and become pretty overnight, but I didn't. 421 00:27:46,079 --> 00:27:48,119 You didn't know I was listening, did you? 422 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,799 But I had good, big ears. 423 00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:52,519 - Your father was thinking of your happiness. 424 00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:53,839 - Well, you're both wrong. 425 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,640 I found a way to be happy. 426 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,440 - Isabel, listen to me. 427 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,599 This man-- 428 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:58,640 - Don't you want to hear 429 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,400 Isabel Smith's formula for being happy? 430 00:28:01,799 --> 00:28:04,079 Don't ask too many questions, 431 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,200 don't put everything under a microscope. 432 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,680 Take what you can get. 433 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,359 - That's what I wanna know, what are you getting? 434 00:28:19,039 --> 00:28:20,200 - What's your theory? 435 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,519 That he's after my money? 436 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:29,039 Don't you know the school's been in the red 437 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:30,559 for the past four years? 438 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,200 If it weren't for the assistance we get from the town board, 439 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,559 we would've closed our doors long ago. 440 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,079 No John, that's no good. 441 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,079 Howard's more solvent than I am. 442 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,559 He's planning to open a second store in Springdale. 443 00:28:49,079 --> 00:28:51,400 - I know it's not money, Isabel. 444 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,279 - Then what does he want from me? 445 00:28:53,319 --> 00:28:54,559 - I'm afraid-- 446 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:55,400 - You were all out of mushrooms. 447 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,519 Well, this is a nice surprise, Lieutenant. 448 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,079 - I was just leaving. 449 00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:04,400 - Well maybe you'd like to stay for dinner. 450 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,079 I was about to show Isabel why all the great chefs are men. 451 00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:08,759 Would you look at this? 452 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:10,799 If you can wait 'til I can get it chilled, 453 00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:11,680 you can help us celebrate. 454 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,119 - Celebrate what? 455 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,000 - Didn't Isabel tell you the big news? 456 00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:18,960 We're being married at the end of the week. 457 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,000 - Married? 458 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:22,279 - Yes that's right, marriage. 459 00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:25,359 Old and honorable institution. 460 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,920 - Congratulations, to both of you. 461 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,599 - We'd invite you to the wedding, 462 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,799 but it won't be much of an affair. 463 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,400 But I tell you what, 464 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,559 we'll save you some of the wedding cake. 465 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,480 - She really did it, Lou. 466 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:49,359 She married that guy. 467 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,920 I still can't accept it. 468 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,200 - Where'd they go? 469 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,559 - They're honeymooning on the coast, 470 00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:56,920 a place called Credence Cove about 30 miles from here. 471 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,480 - That's one for the books all right, 472 00:29:58,519 --> 00:29:59,680 the psychiatry journals. 473 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:04,519 Why'd he do it, Lieutenant? 474 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:05,599 There's got to be a reason. 475 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,000 - Well it isn't the money, apparently. 476 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:08,200 Isabel doesn't have any. 477 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,799 The school actually loses money. 478 00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:12,599 She says that Clements is richer than she is. 479 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,960 - I didn't know the record business was that good. 480 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,359 - I wouldn't have thought so myself. 481 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,079 He was only a clerk for Futurama Plastics. 482 00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:21,920 He couldn't have made much money. 483 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,880 - Maybe he inherited some. 484 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,000 - For a guy with inherited money, 485 00:30:25,039 --> 00:30:26,599 he lived in a pretty cheap apartment 486 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,000 when he first moved to Lewisburg. 487 00:30:28,039 --> 00:30:30,799 - Yeah, well he sure didn't earn that capital in jail. 488 00:30:30,839 --> 00:30:32,079 I mean they don't pay that much 489 00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:33,519 for making those license plates. 490 00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:34,720 - No. 491 00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:36,079 When Clements first came to see me, 492 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:38,599 he said he had money saved. 493 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,480 Margaret, get me Dan Gordon at the Lewisburg Bank. 494 00:30:46,519 --> 00:30:47,960 - What are you thinking of? 495 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,400 - Nothing, I just wanna look this gift horse in the mouth. 496 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:52,599 Hello, Dan. 497 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,160 John Huntley. 498 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,680 You have a depositor by the name of Howard Clements. 499 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,519 I think your bank arranged financing 500 00:30:59,559 --> 00:31:01,000 for a record shop he owns. 501 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:03,400 So I understand. 502 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:07,920 Look Dan, I'd like a rundown on his personal account. 503 00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:10,400 No no, nothing official, 504 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,920 but it is important. 505 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,200 All right, fine. 506 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,000 I'll be waiting for your call. 507 00:31:17,799 --> 00:31:19,680 You know what Isabel said to me? 508 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,799 She said the only way to be happy 509 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:23,519 is to stop asking questions. 510 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:26,640 But I have to ask them, Lou. 511 00:31:28,599 --> 00:31:29,400 I have to. 512 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,200 - And this thing went out, 513 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:34,839 it was the longest ball I've ever seen in my life. 514 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,759 - Lou, would you come in here a minute please? 515 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,400 - Yeah, excuse me. 516 00:31:39,839 --> 00:31:43,279 - I just got a call from Dan Gordon at the bank. 517 00:31:43,319 --> 00:31:46,759 It seems that Clements made his first deposit on June ninth 518 00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:50,359 to the tune of $13,000 exactly. 519 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,000 (Lou whistles) 520 00:31:54,359 --> 00:31:56,960 And the money wasn't transferred from another bank. 521 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,839 It was in cash, in large bills. 522 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,599 - Yeah but that still doesn't mean he's done-- 523 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:02,599 - Now wait a minute. 524 00:32:04,039 --> 00:32:06,519 When I heard this, something clicked in my brain. 525 00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:08,720 Something that happened in Capitol City on June 6th, 526 00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:12,640 just three days before. 527 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,720 The holdup of a bank messenger. 528 00:32:13,759 --> 00:32:16,880 So I dug out the bulletins. 529 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,119 Now you won't find much in this. 530 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,319 There were no witnesses. 531 00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:21,279 Nobody spotted the license number 532 00:32:21,319 --> 00:32:23,839 on the car the criminal was driving. 533 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:24,759 The only peculiar thing is 534 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:28,039 what happened after the robbery. 535 00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:31,880 - An unmarked envelope postmarked to Capitol City 536 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,039 was received by police, containing $2,150. 537 00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:40,359 The total amount stolen from the bank messenger was $15,150. 538 00:32:41,799 --> 00:32:44,000 That would leave 13,000. 539 00:32:44,039 --> 00:32:45,799 - On the nose. 540 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:47,039 - That's still not proof, Lieutenant. 541 00:32:47,079 --> 00:32:49,000 You can't convict anybody on evidence like this. 542 00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:49,680 - Well it's better than nothing. 543 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,200 - Okay, so maybe Clements did do the job, 544 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,680 but it still doesn't make sense. 545 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,519 Why would he want to marry the woman who sent him to jail? 546 00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:02,559 - Well it isn't for money, 547 00:33:02,599 --> 00:33:04,759 and it certainly isn't for her looks. 548 00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:07,559 Howard Clements is an attractive guy. 549 00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:10,799 He could've married any number of better looking women. 550 00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:11,920 No, Lou. 551 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:17,960 There can only be one reason. 552 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,599 I think he intends to kill her. 553 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,960 And there's not a thing I can do to stop him. 554 00:33:38,519 --> 00:33:41,359 - You have such a nice chin, Howard. 555 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,480 Don't ever grow a beard, promise? 556 00:33:46,519 --> 00:33:48,359 - All right, I promise. 557 00:33:54,319 --> 00:33:54,440 You're tickling me. 558 00:33:58,519 --> 00:34:00,000 - I just love to look at you. 559 00:34:01,319 --> 00:34:03,559 - Well, that's good because you'll be seeing me 560 00:34:03,599 --> 00:34:04,880 around for a long time. 561 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,320 - It'll never be long enough. 562 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:11,880 Howard? 563 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:12,800 - Mhmm? 564 00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:16,880 - I'd hate to think that tomorrow's our last day. 565 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,320 Couldn't we stay a little bit longer? 566 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,639 - Well, I wish we could but-- 567 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:21,880 - The girls are still on vacation. 568 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,559 School won't begin 'til the end of the month. 569 00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:24,679 - Well it's not just your school. 570 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,920 I've got a business to run too, you know. 571 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,320 - Just hate to think about going back. 572 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,119 - Well, we better think about going back right now. 573 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,679 To shore, I mean. 574 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,199 We've used up practically all the gas in this baby. 575 00:34:43,079 --> 00:34:44,679 - No we haven't. 576 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,360 There's still a whole tank left. 577 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,760 - Take a look for yourself. 578 00:34:49,039 --> 00:34:51,280 Yeah, we've only got a couple of gallons left. 579 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,840 - You really don't know very much about boats, do you? 580 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,360 There are two tanks in this kind of boat. 581 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,400 See, there's the port tank. 582 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,079 And a starboard tank. 583 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,599 When this tank is empty, you flip the switch. 584 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,239 And this tank takes over. 585 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,119 So, we've got plenty of gas. 586 00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:14,719 - Well what do ya know? 587 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,360 I had a picture of us being marooned out here. 588 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,360 - That be so bad? 589 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,880 - Yeah, sure. 590 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,559 Couldn't we drift out to sea or die of thirst or something? 591 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:24,039 - No, if somebody didn't pick us up 592 00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:27,679 we'd probably drift right back into shore anyway. 593 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,679 So that's one thing you can stop worrying about. 594 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:32,360 - Okay, I'll stop worrying about that. 595 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,840 - Nice little craft you got yourself. 596 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:38,719 Rented? 597 00:35:39,599 --> 00:35:40,800 - That's right. 598 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,440 Only I'm not the skipper. 599 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:43,360 That'd be my wife. 600 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,119 Me, I'm just a landlubber. 601 00:35:45,159 --> 00:35:46,840 - Got plenty of company. 602 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,840 Whole danged ocean's filled with Sunday sailors nowadays. 603 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,119 - Yeah, I guess that's right. 604 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:53,320 - Well, there's a heck of a lot more to it 605 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,679 than hoistin' a sail, or turnin' a wheel. 606 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:56,960 You got to know what you're about, 607 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,880 or the next thing you know, trouble. 608 00:36:01,519 --> 00:36:03,480 - Huh, is that a fact? 609 00:36:03,519 --> 00:36:05,119 - Seen it happen plenty of times. 610 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,079 - What kind of trouble did you mean, falling overboard? 611 00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:12,400 - There was a couple last month that drifted around 612 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:17,039 for 18 hours before the Coast Guard picked 'em up. 613 00:36:17,079 --> 00:36:20,079 Brought 'em in lookin' like a pair of drowned rats. 614 00:36:20,119 --> 00:36:21,400 - Well I, I don't suppose 615 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,039 there are many fatal accidents though. 616 00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:25,679 - No. 617 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,920 Whoa, but there was a bad one two years ago last August. 618 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,880 A boat like this exploded out at sea, blam. 619 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,039 All three people in it, killed. 620 00:36:35,519 --> 00:36:37,400 - My, that's terrible. 621 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,280 Do they know what caused it? 622 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:40,519 - Wasn't enough of that boat left 623 00:36:40,559 --> 00:36:42,079 to make a stack of firewood. 624 00:36:42,119 --> 00:36:45,880 But look, what's the biggest cargo a boat like this carries? 625 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,920 Gasoline, son, and that is what blew her up. 626 00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:17,840 - No official reason was given 627 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,400 as the cause of the explosion, 628 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,599 but Police Chief Martin Summers theorized 629 00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:23,639 that a buildup of gasoline fumes 630 00:37:23,679 --> 00:37:25,800 in the bilge caused the disaster. 631 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,559 One possibility mentioned was that the coupling 632 00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:30,360 on the fuel lines from the starboard and port tanks 633 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,559 had loosened. 634 00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:33,679 If the coupling had come loose even a fraction, 635 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,280 Chief Summers said, an explosion could've occurred 636 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,679 when switching tanks. 637 00:38:57,039 --> 00:38:58,079 Hi. 638 00:38:58,119 --> 00:38:58,920 - Hi. 639 00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:02,599 My, you took a long time to get those cigarettes. 640 00:39:02,639 --> 00:39:04,719 - Well, I thought I'd take a little walk. 641 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,719 You know honey, I've been thinking about that 642 00:39:09,519 --> 00:39:10,760 shop in Springdale. 643 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:12,679 And you know, if Ferguson 644 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,880 won't accept the $3,000 down payment, 645 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,840 I'll have to give up the whole idea. 646 00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:19,679 - There's plenty of time to worry about that. 647 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,119 - No, no there's no time at all. 648 00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:23,679 Ferguson's leaving for Europe next week. 649 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,639 So I told him to call me here tomorrow and let me know. 650 00:39:26,679 --> 00:39:27,840 - Tomorrow? 651 00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:30,480 But we're taking the boat out tomorrow. 652 00:39:30,519 --> 00:39:31,639 It's our last day. 653 00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:32,519 - Yeah, I know. 654 00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:34,199 But it can't be helped. 655 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,320 This is important to me, honey. 656 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,079 Well, it's important to both of us. 657 00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:40,880 I tell you what, why don't you take the boat out yourself? 658 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:41,360 I'd hate to spoil your fun. 659 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,280 - Alone? 660 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,079 I wouldn't think of it. 661 00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:48,159 - But why not? 662 00:39:48,199 --> 00:39:49,840 You're the sailor in the family, not me. 663 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,960 I hate to see you disappointed. 664 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,599 - I wouldn't enjoy it without you. 665 00:39:54,639 --> 00:39:56,440 Maybe Ferguson will call early. 666 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,239 - I doubt it. 667 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,679 I doubt it, I might have to hang around the hotel all day. 668 00:40:02,039 --> 00:40:03,559 Aww. 669 00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:06,280 Now don't make me feel like a heel, Isabel. 670 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,519 It's the last chance you'll have, 671 00:40:07,559 --> 00:40:09,880 and they say the weather's going to be perfect. 672 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,719 I won't take no for an answer. 673 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,159 - You're so sweet to me, Howard. 674 00:40:40,559 --> 00:40:41,639 - Yes? 675 00:40:42,599 --> 00:40:44,280 No, this is room 520. 676 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:45,960 You've got the wrong number. 677 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,199 Thank you. 678 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:47,800 - May I come in? 679 00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:53,280 - Why Lieutenant, you're a long way off your beat. 680 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:54,519 - I thought I'd take a drive down, 681 00:41:54,559 --> 00:41:55,960 and express my sympathies. 682 00:41:57,159 --> 00:41:59,280 - Thank you, but you could've telephoned. 683 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:00,760 - No, I couldn't. 684 00:42:02,639 --> 00:42:04,039 I wanted to see your face. 685 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,480 - What's that supposed to mean? 686 00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:08,519 - I want to see what you look like now, Clements. 687 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:10,280 Now that you've got what you wanted. 688 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:12,679 - You think I wanted this? 689 00:42:13,599 --> 00:42:15,360 Isabel dead? 690 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:16,519 - I've thought so ever since 691 00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:18,119 I heard you were going to be married. 692 00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:19,559 I couldn't prove it. 693 00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:22,039 I couldn't even say it out loud. 694 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:24,480 But I smelled murder on you, Clements. 695 00:42:24,519 --> 00:42:26,400 I still smell it. 696 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,519 - And what about now, Lieutenant? 697 00:42:27,559 --> 00:42:28,960 Do you have the proof? 698 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,800 - You know I haven't anything, not even a corpse. 699 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,119 - Yes, the sea is a pretty big graveyard. 700 00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:37,679 I guess you'd have trouble finding anything there, hm? 701 00:42:39,519 --> 00:42:42,679 Now look, would you mind leaving, Lieutenant? 702 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:44,159 I've been up all night. 703 00:42:44,199 --> 00:42:45,679 I could use the sleep. 704 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,760 - You think you can sleep? 705 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,079 - I can sleep very well, Lieutenant. 706 00:42:57,079 --> 00:42:57,920 Hello? 707 00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:00,639 It's for you. 708 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:05,679 - Hello? 709 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:07,800 Yes, Lou. 710 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:10,280 What? 711 00:43:13,639 --> 00:43:14,400 It's fine, I'll stay right here. 712 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,840 Thanks for letting me know. 713 00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:21,039 - Good news? 714 00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:21,920 - Very good news. 715 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,079 A fishing boat spotted the wreckage. 716 00:43:25,119 --> 00:43:27,239 There must have been an explosion of some kind, 717 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,760 but Isabel was thrown clear. 718 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,079 She held onto some debris, 719 00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:33,119 and floated in the water half the night, 720 00:43:33,159 --> 00:43:35,519 but she's all right, she's perfectly fine. 721 00:43:35,559 --> 00:43:37,719 She should be back here within the hour. 722 00:43:53,039 --> 00:43:53,880 - Hello? 723 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:56,960 Yes, I've heard. 724 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,800 Yes, thank you very much. 725 00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:06,880 - So it didn't work, Clements. 726 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,639 You didn't get your revenge, after all. 727 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:13,800 - Get out of here, Huntley. 728 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,199 You just leave me alone. 729 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,400 - You don't get many chances at murder, Clements. 730 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,280 A woman can have one fatal accident, 731 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,920 but two would be very suspicious. 732 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,960 We'll be watching you from now on in. 733 00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:26,920 - Now what makes you think that murder's 734 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,599 the only way to get rid of a wife, Lieutenant? 735 00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:31,039 - But you don't want to get rid of Isabel. 736 00:44:31,079 --> 00:44:32,960 She loves you, Clements. 737 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:37,199 She doesn't care what you are, or why you married her. 738 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:38,760 She doesn't ask questions. 739 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:40,760 She just wants you around. 740 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,199 - Well she might have to learn to do without me. 741 00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:46,679 - Marriage isn't so bad, Clements. 742 00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:51,280 It's a lot better than prison, 743 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,880 if you had to go back. 744 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:53,960 - Go back? 745 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,320 - You see, there was this bank messenger in Capitol City. 746 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,280 Now the man who robbed him got away with more than $15,000 747 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:04,639 and he was never caught. 748 00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:07,119 A strange sort of criminal. 749 00:45:07,159 --> 00:45:10,440 He seemed to think that the world owed him something. 750 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:14,400 Owed him $13,000, to be exact. 751 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:18,320 So he sent back the remainder, and opened a bank account. 752 00:45:19,519 --> 00:45:22,480 - That's got nothing to do with me. 753 00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:25,679 - Oh, there was no real case against him now, 754 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:27,719 but who knows? 755 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,280 With a little hard work, and patience? 756 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,239 I'm a patient man, Clements. 757 00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:34,360 - You couldn't prove it. 758 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,079 - If you want to take that chance, take it. 759 00:45:41,199 --> 00:45:44,719 But remember what the penalty might be. 760 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:48,239 Another five or 10 years behind bars. 761 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,159 Five or 10 years, Clements. 762 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,719 A cell can look pretty small in all that time. 763 00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:08,000 - Okay. 764 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,280 What do you want me to do? 765 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,320 - Do, why nothing at all. 766 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,280 What any ordinary husband does. 767 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,880 Love and cherish, honor and obey. 768 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,079 Isabel deserves that much, Howard. 769 00:46:23,039 --> 00:46:26,400 - I can't, I can't! 770 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,360 - It's your choice. 771 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,199 - Howard. 772 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:37,599 Oh, Howard. 773 00:46:37,639 --> 00:46:39,599 I'm all right, I'm safe. 774 00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:15,639 - And so Isabel and Howard lived happily ever after. 775 00:47:15,679 --> 00:47:19,400 Oh, Howard occasionally had unwholesome thoughts, 776 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,599 but the knowledge of what the consequences would be 777 00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:25,400 proved a purifying influence. 778 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,039 He is now a model husband. 779 00:47:29,199 --> 00:47:32,800 A miserable husband, but a model one. 780 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:36,239 Next week, we should be back with another uplifting story. 781 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,719 Scenes of which will be on view in a few moments.