1 00:00:03,430 --> 00:00:06,546 ("Alfred Hitchcock" theme music) 2 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:25,968 - Good evening. 3 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,518 May I check to see if there's something loose 4 00:00:33,557 --> 00:00:34,476 under your bonnet? 5 00:00:52,770 --> 00:00:54,678 I would suggest that you add a quart 6 00:00:54,718 --> 00:00:55,926 before it's too late. 7 00:00:58,952 --> 00:01:01,758 An automobile figures in tonight's play, 8 00:01:01,798 --> 00:01:03,236 which is the story of a man 9 00:01:03,266 --> 00:01:05,982 with an unpleasant job to perform. 10 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:08,698 One which he did not wish to do. 11 00:01:08,748 --> 00:01:11,214 A situation which I understand perfectly. 12 00:01:11,254 --> 00:01:13,611 But, duty is duty. 13 00:01:13,661 --> 00:01:18,844 Ladies and gentlemen, the first commercial. 14 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,006 (mysterious music) 15 00:01:44,288 --> 00:01:47,363 (lighthearted music) 16 00:02:26,918 --> 00:02:28,475 - What took you so long? 17 00:02:28,505 --> 00:02:29,873 Harney said you'd be on the two o'clock. 18 00:02:29,913 --> 00:02:32,470 I've been hanging around this lousy terminal an hour. 19 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,936 - A gypsy told me never to take a two o'clock bus. 20 00:02:34,976 --> 00:02:37,063 - They didn't tell me you were a comedian, Derry. 21 00:02:41,527 --> 00:02:44,523 - What did they tell you about me? 22 00:02:44,573 --> 00:02:45,571 - Harney's waiting. 23 00:02:47,079 --> 00:02:48,287 Car's across the street. 24 00:02:49,446 --> 00:02:52,192 (dramatic music) 25 00:03:02,058 --> 00:03:04,055 (knocking) 26 00:03:04,105 --> 00:03:05,144 Harney in there? 27 00:03:06,022 --> 00:03:08,978 (mysterious music) 28 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,001 (knocking) 29 00:03:21,031 --> 00:03:22,150 - [Man] Wait a minute. 30 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:24,626 Who is it? 31 00:03:24,676 --> 00:03:25,625 - It's Earl. 32 00:03:32,705 --> 00:03:33,733 - It's about time you got here. 33 00:03:33,783 --> 00:03:34,732 - It wasn't my fault, Mr. Harney. 34 00:03:34,782 --> 00:03:36,609 He didn't show up until four o'clock. 35 00:03:36,659 --> 00:03:37,847 - What's the idea? 36 00:03:37,887 --> 00:03:40,564 I hire somebody, I expect them to follow orders. 37 00:03:40,604 --> 00:03:41,882 - He's a real wiseguy, Mr. Harney. 38 00:03:41,932 --> 00:03:42,930 A real comedian. 39 00:03:42,970 --> 00:03:44,049 - All right, Earl, shut up. 40 00:03:44,089 --> 00:03:44,927 - I told you we didn't have to go outside 41 00:03:44,967 --> 00:03:45,996 the organization, Mr. Harney. 42 00:03:46,046 --> 00:03:46,965 I could handle it for you. 43 00:03:46,995 --> 00:03:48,153 - I said shut up! 44 00:03:48,203 --> 00:03:49,801 - I hate these family quarrels. 45 00:03:51,079 --> 00:03:52,826 Do we talk business now or do I come back later? 46 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:54,104 - We talk now. 47 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:58,139 - Give the kid a quarter and send him to the movies. 48 00:03:58,189 --> 00:03:59,028 - Beat it, Earl. 49 00:04:05,778 --> 00:04:06,737 (door slams) 50 00:04:06,777 --> 00:04:08,015 All right, Derry. 51 00:04:08,055 --> 00:04:08,934 Let's talk. 52 00:04:10,012 --> 00:04:11,889 - My price is three grand for the hit. 53 00:04:13,397 --> 00:04:16,513 I do clean work, I pick my own time and place, 54 00:04:17,681 --> 00:04:19,319 and I keep my clients out of it. 55 00:04:20,757 --> 00:04:21,755 Okay with you? 56 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:23,233 - Yeah, that's fine with me. 57 00:04:24,312 --> 00:04:25,940 The mark's a guy named Eddie Breech. 58 00:04:25,989 --> 00:04:27,308 - What do you got against him? 59 00:04:27,348 --> 00:04:29,544 - [Harney] Since when is that your business? 60 00:04:30,693 --> 00:04:31,542 - Okay. 61 00:04:32,570 --> 00:04:34,248 - I want to see the seventh race. 62 00:04:36,295 --> 00:04:38,003 - [Announcer] The horses are coming on the track. 63 00:04:38,042 --> 00:04:39,800 January Gal is in first position 64 00:04:39,850 --> 00:04:42,676 with Tommy Harkness up, wearing number... 65 00:04:42,726 --> 00:04:44,284 - Still got about five minutes. 66 00:04:46,910 --> 00:04:49,107 Eddie Breech used to work for me. 67 00:04:49,157 --> 00:04:51,394 Talking about the best slice of territory in the city. 68 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:54,220 His receipts were like five grand a week. 69 00:04:54,270 --> 00:04:56,147 Only they started to fall. 70 00:04:56,187 --> 00:04:59,382 Four grand one week, two grand the next. 71 00:04:59,412 --> 00:05:01,579 The whole thing smelled bad. 72 00:05:01,619 --> 00:05:04,086 So I took a look into Eddie's activities. 73 00:05:04,136 --> 00:05:07,641 I found out he was making book on his own. 74 00:05:07,691 --> 00:05:09,248 He was setting up his own shop. 75 00:05:10,197 --> 00:05:11,435 - You mean he's a crook? 76 00:05:13,632 --> 00:05:15,240 That makes me feel a lot better. 77 00:05:16,678 --> 00:05:17,477 I don't like crooks. 78 00:05:17,507 --> 00:05:19,154 Do you, Mr. Harney? 79 00:05:19,184 --> 00:05:20,822 - Maybe Earl was right. 80 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:22,030 You're a comedian, huh? 81 00:05:23,818 --> 00:05:26,224 - We can all use a laugh, can't we? 82 00:05:26,264 --> 00:05:27,103 - I'll laugh. 83 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:29,410 I'll laugh when Eddie Breech 84 00:05:29,460 --> 00:05:30,968 has dirt in his mouth. 85 00:05:31,018 --> 00:05:32,216 That's what I want, Derry, 86 00:05:32,256 --> 00:05:33,334 and that's what I'm paying you for. 87 00:05:33,364 --> 00:05:34,333 Understand? 88 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,596 (phone rings) 89 00:05:39,646 --> 00:05:40,524 Hello. 90 00:05:42,122 --> 00:05:43,640 Yeah, sure, honey. 91 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,587 No, I didn't forget. (chuckles) 92 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:46,706 What kind of a father would I be 93 00:05:46,756 --> 00:05:48,703 forgetting my kid's big night? 94 00:05:48,753 --> 00:05:49,552 (laughing) 95 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:50,380 Yeah? 96 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:51,189 Yeah? 97 00:05:51,229 --> 00:05:53,067 She really looks cute, eh? 98 00:05:53,107 --> 00:05:55,104 (laughing) 99 00:05:55,134 --> 00:05:56,662 No kidding? 100 00:05:56,691 --> 00:05:58,060 Like a real angel. 101 00:05:58,100 --> 00:05:59,617 With wings and everything? 102 00:05:59,657 --> 00:06:00,975 (laughing) 103 00:06:01,005 --> 00:06:02,363 Look, honey. 104 00:06:02,413 --> 00:06:04,530 I'll leave the office in about half an hour. 105 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,529 Yeah, you go on over to the school 106 00:06:05,559 --> 00:06:07,726 and save us a couple of good seats. 107 00:06:07,756 --> 00:06:08,605 Okay, honey. 108 00:06:11,551 --> 00:06:13,957 Earl will finger Breech for you this afternoon. 109 00:06:13,987 --> 00:06:15,864 See if you can make the job fast, 110 00:06:15,904 --> 00:06:17,542 and see that I'm kept out of it. 111 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:19,949 That's all, Derry. 112 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:22,735 (dramatic music) 113 00:06:32,761 --> 00:06:34,758 (snaps) 114 00:07:22,131 --> 00:07:23,209 - Get a good picture? 115 00:07:26,884 --> 00:07:27,853 Well, how about it? 116 00:07:27,883 --> 00:07:29,760 Did you get a good look at Breech? 117 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:30,639 - Yeah, fine. 118 00:07:31,967 --> 00:07:34,114 How come Breech married a cripple? 119 00:07:34,164 --> 00:07:35,043 - He didn't. 120 00:07:37,919 --> 00:07:40,106 - [Derry] There's no kiddy car they're pushing around. 121 00:07:40,155 --> 00:07:42,223 - The dame was in one piece when he married her. 122 00:07:42,273 --> 00:07:44,509 It was all his fault what happened to her. 123 00:07:44,539 --> 00:07:45,588 They got in an argument one day 124 00:07:45,618 --> 00:07:47,176 and he belted her. 125 00:07:47,216 --> 00:07:48,384 Fell down a flight of stairs 126 00:07:48,414 --> 00:07:50,141 and busted something in her back. 127 00:07:50,171 --> 00:07:52,848 - Oh, he sounds like a real nice guy. 128 00:07:54,645 --> 00:07:57,052 Would be a pleasure to do business with him. 129 00:07:57,082 --> 00:07:58,889 - Yeah, well, don't forget who you're doing it for. 130 00:07:58,929 --> 00:08:01,515 Harney's paying for this job, not the dame. 131 00:08:02,444 --> 00:08:05,190 (dramatic music) 132 00:08:09,115 --> 00:08:10,623 - For her, I'd do it for love. 133 00:08:15,136 --> 00:08:17,982 (cozy jazz music) 134 00:08:23,684 --> 00:08:25,971 (laughing) 135 00:08:27,848 --> 00:08:29,476 - Cheers. 136 00:08:29,526 --> 00:08:30,884 - Excuse me, Mr. Breech. 137 00:08:30,914 --> 00:08:32,552 You're wanted on the telephone. 138 00:08:32,601 --> 00:08:33,400 - Oh. 139 00:08:33,430 --> 00:08:37,275 Why, thank you. 140 00:08:37,305 --> 00:08:38,114 Excuse me, darling. 141 00:08:38,144 --> 00:08:38,992 - Mhm. 142 00:09:27,923 --> 00:09:29,351 - Thank you. 143 00:09:29,401 --> 00:09:30,680 - [Denny] What do you want to play? 144 00:09:31,588 --> 00:09:32,467 - D5. 145 00:09:40,306 --> 00:09:43,142 (romantic music) 146 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:44,210 - That's an old one. 147 00:09:45,778 --> 00:09:47,496 - I used to dance to it years ago. 148 00:09:48,494 --> 00:09:51,251 (romantic music) 149 00:10:46,243 --> 00:10:47,451 - What's the idea? 150 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:49,878 - Just what you think it is, pal, and it's loaded. 151 00:10:51,116 --> 00:10:53,473 - Look, I haven't even got five bucks on me. 152 00:10:53,523 --> 00:10:54,561 - What's the matter, Eddie? 153 00:10:54,591 --> 00:10:55,919 They shut down the tracks? 154 00:10:58,556 --> 00:10:59,674 - Harney sent you, huh? 155 00:10:59,704 --> 00:11:00,673 - Three guesses. 156 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:04,507 - You gonna kill me? 157 00:11:04,547 --> 00:11:05,546 - That's one guess. 158 00:11:06,454 --> 00:11:07,423 Not bad either. 159 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,138 - Look, let's talk a little deal. 160 00:11:11,178 --> 00:11:12,376 I'll pay you twice what he's paying you. 161 00:11:12,416 --> 00:11:14,653 Just tell me how much, just tell me! 162 00:11:14,683 --> 00:11:16,171 - How do you know Harney sent me? 163 00:11:16,201 --> 00:11:17,409 Maybe it was your wife. 164 00:11:18,318 --> 00:11:19,126 - You're crazy. 165 00:11:19,166 --> 00:11:19,955 - Why not? 166 00:11:20,005 --> 00:11:21,004 - You're crazy. 167 00:11:21,044 --> 00:11:22,042 Connie wouldn't do that, she needs me. 168 00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:22,881 - Needs you for what? 169 00:11:22,911 --> 00:11:24,239 To belt her again? 170 00:11:25,637 --> 00:11:29,352 You must be a real brave boy, slugging a woman. 171 00:11:29,392 --> 00:11:30,780 Takes real guts. 172 00:11:32,178 --> 00:11:35,104 - Look, I'm trying to make it up to her. 173 00:11:35,144 --> 00:11:36,222 That's why I needed that dough. 174 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:37,620 I'd cheat Harney or my own grandmother 175 00:11:37,650 --> 00:11:38,689 if it helped Connie. 176 00:11:43,252 --> 00:11:44,880 - All right, let's hear about it. 177 00:11:45,759 --> 00:11:47,007 How are you helping her? 178 00:11:49,394 --> 00:11:50,203 - What's this to you? 179 00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:51,721 - How are you helping your wife? 180 00:11:53,029 --> 00:11:55,835 This doctor you're taking to her every week, 181 00:11:55,865 --> 00:11:57,952 did he say anything will be done for her? 182 00:11:59,430 --> 00:12:00,658 Well, tell me. 183 00:12:00,708 --> 00:12:02,186 Can anything be done for her? 184 00:12:04,582 --> 00:12:07,099 - No, he never said that. 185 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:10,814 Spinal column's all busted up. 186 00:12:12,361 --> 00:12:14,239 All he could do is make her comfortable. 187 00:12:15,477 --> 00:12:16,595 Well, don't you think I feel lousy about it? 188 00:12:16,635 --> 00:12:18,712 It was all my fault, but I didn't mean it! 189 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,227 - Maybe she'd be better off without you. 190 00:12:24,954 --> 00:12:25,862 - Maybe she would. 191 00:12:29,577 --> 00:12:31,424 - All right, let's go. 192 00:12:31,454 --> 00:12:33,022 - Where? 193 00:12:33,062 --> 00:12:35,209 - Up to your place, let's go. 194 00:12:35,259 --> 00:12:38,015 (dramatic music) 195 00:12:55,031 --> 00:12:58,147 (lighthearted music) 196 00:12:59,984 --> 00:13:00,813 - Eddie. 197 00:13:03,290 --> 00:13:08,332 - Hi, baby. 198 00:13:10,609 --> 00:13:12,037 I decided not to go downtown, 199 00:13:12,087 --> 00:13:15,752 I ran into an old friend and we got to talking. 200 00:13:17,509 --> 00:13:19,147 - My name is Derry, Mrs. Breech. 201 00:13:20,545 --> 00:13:21,953 Jim Derry. 202 00:13:21,993 --> 00:13:23,191 - Yes. 203 00:13:23,231 --> 00:13:25,498 You were the man in the bar the other evening. 204 00:13:27,775 --> 00:13:29,373 - Sorry to bust in on you like this. 205 00:13:29,413 --> 00:13:31,979 - Well, I'm glad you did, I like to meet Eddie's friends, 206 00:13:32,009 --> 00:13:34,296 we don't entertain very much. 207 00:13:34,336 --> 00:13:36,173 - Nice apartment you got. 208 00:13:36,213 --> 00:13:37,242 - Thank you. 209 00:13:37,292 --> 00:13:38,929 Can I get you a drink? 210 00:13:38,969 --> 00:13:41,715 Eddie says I'm the fastest rolling bartender in town. 211 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:43,113 - No thanks, I don't drink. 212 00:13:44,042 --> 00:13:46,678 - Not on the job, right, Derry? 213 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:48,386 - Well, let me get you something. 214 00:13:50,343 --> 00:13:51,911 I'm grateful that you brought Eddie home 215 00:13:51,951 --> 00:13:53,149 from that business of his. 216 00:13:53,189 --> 00:13:55,855 He stays out late so many nights. 217 00:13:55,905 --> 00:13:58,372 I was looking forward to a rather lonely evening. 218 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:02,816 - I'm sorry baby, you know I had to go out. 219 00:14:02,845 --> 00:14:03,654 - Well, that's all right. 220 00:14:03,684 --> 00:14:05,082 You're home now, darling. 221 00:14:15,827 --> 00:14:18,344 Would you sit down, Mr. Derry? 222 00:14:19,871 --> 00:14:20,790 It isn't often I have a chance 223 00:14:20,820 --> 00:14:22,538 to talk to one of Eddie's friends. 224 00:14:26,902 --> 00:14:28,170 - He's no friend of mine. 225 00:14:29,408 --> 00:14:31,285 I've never met him before in my life. 226 00:14:32,524 --> 00:14:34,521 Why don't you tell her who you work for, Derry? 227 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:38,246 - At the moment I work for a man named Rupert Harney. 228 00:14:39,604 --> 00:14:41,002 - What do you want from us? 229 00:14:43,548 --> 00:14:45,755 - I want us to sit down and have a talk. 230 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:47,712 - I'm already sitting down, Mr. Derry. 231 00:14:50,418 --> 00:14:51,657 - Rupert Harney isn't very pleased 232 00:14:51,707 --> 00:14:53,254 with your husband, Mrs. Breech. 233 00:14:54,942 --> 00:14:56,220 He thinks he cheated him. 234 00:14:57,249 --> 00:14:58,976 Cheated him out of a lot of money. 235 00:14:59,935 --> 00:15:01,283 - I'm sure that's not true. 236 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:02,401 - I didn't cheat him. 237 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:04,728 I just went into business for myself. 238 00:15:04,758 --> 00:15:06,236 I've got a right to go into business for myself. 239 00:15:06,276 --> 00:15:08,083 - Not with Harney's clientele. 240 00:15:10,959 --> 00:15:11,988 Harney's a bad loser. 241 00:15:13,076 --> 00:15:13,955 He's sore. 242 00:15:15,743 --> 00:15:17,580 And he's not just sore, he's scared. 243 00:15:19,068 --> 00:15:20,706 He's worried that if Eddie gets away with this, 244 00:15:20,736 --> 00:15:23,062 he's going to set a bad precedent, 245 00:15:23,092 --> 00:15:25,419 so he only knows one remedy for the situation. 246 00:15:26,607 --> 00:15:28,205 Tonight, this could've been it. 247 00:15:30,891 --> 00:15:32,769 - He's a professional killer, Connie. 248 00:15:34,436 --> 00:15:35,764 He's come here to kill me. 249 00:15:38,041 --> 00:15:38,920 - No, he hasn't. 250 00:15:41,586 --> 00:15:43,154 You don't look like a stupid man, Mr. Derry. 251 00:15:43,184 --> 00:15:44,342 If you were gonna kill Eddie, 252 00:15:44,392 --> 00:15:45,630 you would have by now. 253 00:15:46,459 --> 00:15:47,388 Why haven't you? 254 00:15:54,568 --> 00:15:57,324 - I'll tell you why he hasn't. 255 00:15:57,374 --> 00:15:59,441 He wants to talk a little deal. 256 00:15:59,491 --> 00:16:01,608 He wants me to pay him for that Harney's paying him. 257 00:16:01,648 --> 00:16:02,437 - You jerk. 258 00:16:02,487 --> 00:16:04,434 Do you think it's that easy? 259 00:16:04,484 --> 00:16:05,432 Do you think Harney will be satisfied 260 00:16:05,482 --> 00:16:06,431 if I let you live? 261 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:10,116 If I walk off this job, somebody else walks in. 262 00:16:10,146 --> 00:16:11,993 This isn't the only gun in the world. 263 00:16:12,023 --> 00:16:13,072 - He's right, Eddie. 264 00:16:15,139 --> 00:16:16,747 Maybe if he gave the money back. 265 00:16:18,494 --> 00:16:19,742 - Well, how about that, Eddie? 266 00:16:19,772 --> 00:16:21,010 - There's nothing to give back. 267 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:23,098 Do you think money stands still in this business? 268 00:16:24,575 --> 00:16:27,002 We gotta get out of town, maybe Mexico. 269 00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:27,881 - That's no good. 270 00:16:28,999 --> 00:16:30,327 Harney won't be satisfied that easy, 271 00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:31,206 it means too much to him. 272 00:16:31,236 --> 00:16:32,394 - Well I'm not staying here, 273 00:16:32,444 --> 00:16:33,353 I gotta get away, I tell you. 274 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:34,442 As far away as-- 275 00:16:34,471 --> 00:16:35,320 - Eddie. 276 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:38,676 - Both of us, baby. 277 00:16:40,104 --> 00:16:41,911 I meant both of us. 278 00:16:41,951 --> 00:16:43,189 Look, you always wanted to go to Mexico. 279 00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:45,736 Remember how you used to talk about it? 280 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:50,060 - Maybe Mr. Derry can tell us what to do. 281 00:16:50,089 --> 00:16:51,448 - Him? 282 00:16:51,487 --> 00:16:53,125 Why should he, what does he care? 283 00:16:55,532 --> 00:16:57,599 - Don't ask me for any answers. 284 00:16:57,649 --> 00:16:58,957 - But there has to be one. 285 00:17:00,315 --> 00:17:02,402 Look, you'll need one now too, don't you? 286 00:17:04,519 --> 00:17:05,717 If you don't finish your assignment, 287 00:17:05,757 --> 00:17:07,235 Mr. Harney won't like that. 288 00:17:08,274 --> 00:17:09,622 What did you say about him? 289 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,787 What he's sore, he only has one remedy? 290 00:17:12,817 --> 00:17:13,856 He has people murdered. 291 00:17:13,896 --> 00:17:15,264 - Look, don't expect too much from me. 292 00:17:15,294 --> 00:17:16,223 I didn't kill your husband, 293 00:17:16,263 --> 00:17:17,421 what more do you want? 294 00:17:20,457 --> 00:17:21,735 - There has to be more. 295 00:17:23,363 --> 00:17:24,641 Things can't stay the way they are 296 00:17:24,691 --> 00:17:25,799 for either one of you. 297 00:17:30,003 --> 00:17:30,832 All right. 298 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:33,758 Go ahead, kill him. 299 00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:36,544 You might as well. 300 00:17:37,542 --> 00:17:38,990 He's as good as dead anyway. 301 00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:46,460 - All right, I'll see what I can do. 302 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,088 Give me some time to think about it. 303 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:50,734 Don't do anything stupid, 304 00:17:50,764 --> 00:17:52,372 and don't leave this apartment. 305 00:17:54,758 --> 00:17:57,205 I'll be in touch as soon as I can. 306 00:17:57,235 --> 00:18:00,031 (dramatic music) 307 00:18:24,277 --> 00:18:26,953 (ominous music) 308 00:18:57,909 --> 00:18:59,397 Well, it won't be easy. 309 00:18:59,427 --> 00:19:00,276 Understand? 310 00:19:01,424 --> 00:19:02,393 But there is a way. 311 00:19:03,501 --> 00:19:04,660 It's the only way I can think of 312 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:05,978 that will satisfy Harney. 313 00:19:08,175 --> 00:19:09,453 He's not gonna settle for a disappearance, 314 00:19:09,493 --> 00:19:10,651 he's gonna want a body. 315 00:19:11,580 --> 00:19:12,688 - How's that possible? 316 00:19:13,857 --> 00:19:15,165 - Well, it's gonna take a little doing, 317 00:19:15,205 --> 00:19:16,573 but I think I can swing it. 318 00:19:17,851 --> 00:19:20,088 There's gonna be some expenses. 319 00:19:20,118 --> 00:19:22,045 - What kind of expenses? 320 00:19:22,085 --> 00:19:25,081 - $1,000 in cash and your car. 321 00:19:25,111 --> 00:19:26,838 There will be some other things later on. 322 00:19:28,316 --> 00:19:30,233 I want you to get some standby reservations. 323 00:19:30,273 --> 00:19:31,861 Mexico, Rio, any place you want. 324 00:19:33,269 --> 00:19:34,228 And don't leave this apartment 325 00:19:34,268 --> 00:19:35,306 under any conditions. 326 00:19:38,172 --> 00:19:39,061 - I gotta go out. 327 00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:41,408 I got business. 328 00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:42,446 - You can't risk it. 329 00:19:44,923 --> 00:19:46,211 Harney hired me to take care of you, 330 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,329 but that doesn't mean some other hood 331 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:48,877 wouldn't try to beat me to it. 332 00:19:50,635 --> 00:19:51,763 There's a kid named Earl. 333 00:19:51,803 --> 00:19:53,561 - Yeah, yeah, I know Earl. 334 00:19:53,591 --> 00:19:54,559 He's a punk. 335 00:19:54,589 --> 00:19:55,628 - Just the kind of punk 336 00:19:55,668 --> 00:19:57,825 that might try shooting you in the back. 337 00:19:57,864 --> 00:19:59,143 - Do as he says, Eddie. 338 00:20:00,031 --> 00:20:01,310 - But I gotta go out. 339 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:03,786 We'll need dough if we're gonna head toward Mexico. 340 00:20:03,816 --> 00:20:05,414 I have to make collections. 341 00:20:07,181 --> 00:20:08,300 - Couldn't you get him a gun? 342 00:20:08,330 --> 00:20:09,368 To protect himself? 343 00:20:11,256 --> 00:20:12,564 - I never carry one. 344 00:20:12,604 --> 00:20:14,361 - [Connie] Just 'til we leave town. 345 00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,595 - I'll see what I can do. 346 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:21,681 (melancholic music) 347 00:20:26,304 --> 00:20:27,513 I'll call you. 348 00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:32,506 - Mr. Derry. 349 00:20:34,183 --> 00:20:35,901 Why are you doing this for Eddie? 350 00:20:37,009 --> 00:20:38,767 - 'Cause he's such a regular fella. 351 00:20:43,890 --> 00:20:45,487 - Figaro Mortuary. 352 00:20:45,517 --> 00:20:46,835 - Fig. 353 00:20:46,885 --> 00:20:48,833 How's business these days? 354 00:20:48,882 --> 00:20:50,031 Kinda dead? 355 00:20:50,071 --> 00:20:52,118 - [Figaro] Very funny, who is this comedian? 356 00:20:54,115 --> 00:20:55,303 - This is Jim, Fig. 357 00:20:55,343 --> 00:20:56,302 Jim Derry. 358 00:20:56,342 --> 00:20:57,500 - What are you doing back in town? 359 00:20:57,540 --> 00:20:59,258 You haven't been around here for 10 years. 360 00:20:59,298 --> 00:21:01,535 - I'm here on business, strictly business. 361 00:21:03,182 --> 00:21:04,900 I want to make a purchase. 362 00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:07,806 - [Joe] What kind of a purchase? 363 00:21:07,856 --> 00:21:08,964 - You're the only store in town 364 00:21:09,004 --> 00:21:10,093 that has what I want. 365 00:21:12,319 --> 00:21:13,847 I want to buy a corpse. 366 00:21:13,887 --> 00:21:18,551 (dramatic music) 367 00:21:21,157 --> 00:21:24,223 - You have now reached the middle of our program. 368 00:21:24,263 --> 00:21:26,829 If you are considering quitting, 369 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:28,736 I must tell you that it will take you 370 00:21:28,776 --> 00:21:31,772 just as long to go back to where you came in 371 00:21:31,822 --> 00:21:34,248 as it will to continue to the end. 372 00:21:34,288 --> 00:21:36,096 So you might as well go ahead 373 00:21:36,136 --> 00:21:39,331 after this word from your local station. 374 00:21:39,371 --> 00:21:42,127 (dramatic music) 375 00:21:46,841 --> 00:21:49,507 (phone ringing) 376 00:21:56,976 --> 00:21:57,895 - Hello? 377 00:21:57,935 --> 00:21:59,453 - [Joe] Derry? 378 00:21:59,493 --> 00:22:00,302 - Yeah. 379 00:22:00,342 --> 00:22:01,820 - This is Joe Figaro. 380 00:22:01,860 --> 00:22:03,407 I may have rocks in my head for doing it, 381 00:22:03,447 --> 00:22:05,015 but I got what you want. 382 00:22:05,055 --> 00:22:06,054 - [Jim] That's great. 383 00:22:06,094 --> 00:22:07,881 Did you find me the right size? 384 00:22:07,921 --> 00:22:11,047 - He's about six feet, weighs 160. 385 00:22:11,086 --> 00:22:12,235 Heart case. 386 00:22:12,285 --> 00:22:14,282 He's got a mustache, you want me to shave it off? 387 00:22:14,322 --> 00:22:15,870 - Doesn't matter. 388 00:22:15,910 --> 00:22:18,077 What time can I take delivery? 389 00:22:18,117 --> 00:22:19,864 - [Joe] Tonight, around 11. 390 00:22:19,904 --> 00:22:21,312 - All right, fine. 391 00:22:21,352 --> 00:22:24,378 I'll bring my car around the back of the place around 11. 392 00:22:24,418 --> 00:22:25,786 (buzzer rings) 393 00:22:25,826 --> 00:22:27,024 - Who is it? 394 00:22:27,064 --> 00:22:28,582 - [Jim] It's me, Jim Derry. 395 00:22:30,539 --> 00:22:32,057 - Come on in, the door's open. 396 00:22:36,051 --> 00:22:37,010 Eddie's not here. 397 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:39,766 - I thought I told him not to leave the apartment. 398 00:22:39,806 --> 00:22:42,043 - He had to go out, he had to get some money. 399 00:22:45,718 --> 00:22:49,233 - You want me to come back later? 400 00:22:49,273 --> 00:22:50,101 - No. 401 00:22:54,266 --> 00:22:57,811 It's wonderful, how many people owe Eddie money. 402 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:01,565 He's almost like a banker. 403 00:23:02,883 --> 00:23:04,561 - I thought he was just a bookie. 404 00:23:05,769 --> 00:23:09,204 - Oh, he hates that work, bookie. 405 00:23:09,244 --> 00:23:10,043 Whenever he sees his mother, 406 00:23:10,073 --> 00:23:11,681 he tells her he's an accountant. 407 00:23:12,919 --> 00:23:14,108 She's a sweet old lady, she knows the truth 408 00:23:14,147 --> 00:23:15,546 but she never lets on. 409 00:23:15,585 --> 00:23:16,434 - How about you? 410 00:23:17,673 --> 00:23:19,380 You know the truth? 411 00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:21,577 - I've never had any illusions about Eddie. 412 00:23:23,534 --> 00:23:25,182 Maybe when I was first married. 413 00:23:27,019 --> 00:23:28,937 Easy to have illusions when you're first married 414 00:23:28,977 --> 00:23:30,804 and you have a young, straight spine. 415 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:34,928 Want a drink? 416 00:23:35,797 --> 00:23:37,355 You don't drink. 417 00:23:37,405 --> 00:23:38,683 - No thanks. 418 00:23:38,723 --> 00:23:39,791 - Yeah, I guess that's essential 419 00:23:39,831 --> 00:23:41,239 in your line of work. 420 00:23:42,198 --> 00:23:43,197 Not in mine. 421 00:23:50,666 --> 00:23:52,294 - Does he leave you alone a lot? 422 00:23:58,525 --> 00:24:00,931 That banker husband of yours. 423 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:04,037 Does he leave you alone a lot? 424 00:24:04,077 --> 00:24:06,364 - Oh, Eddie's a very busy man. 425 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:08,601 He doesn't keep normal hours like other people. 426 00:24:10,158 --> 00:24:12,465 I don't suppose you do either, hm? 427 00:24:12,505 --> 00:24:13,913 - We're talking about Eddie. 428 00:24:15,151 --> 00:24:17,298 - You know, you're awful curious about him. 429 00:24:18,537 --> 00:24:19,425 Why? 430 00:24:20,823 --> 00:24:24,209 You trying to decide whether he's worth saving or not? 431 00:24:25,617 --> 00:24:27,614 - I've already decided that, haven't I? 432 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,718 - You know about Eddie and me? 433 00:24:32,886 --> 00:24:35,033 About the accident? 434 00:24:35,992 --> 00:24:36,881 - I heard some. 435 00:24:38,429 --> 00:24:39,637 - It was all his fault. 436 00:24:40,835 --> 00:24:41,944 - Something like that. 437 00:24:43,112 --> 00:24:43,981 - Yeah, well. 438 00:24:45,499 --> 00:24:47,785 He had been working late the night that it happened. 439 00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:50,062 I waited up for him. 440 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:53,897 I was already at the top of the stairs, 441 00:24:53,927 --> 00:24:55,205 already with an argument. 442 00:24:57,292 --> 00:24:58,890 Said some pretty nasty things. 443 00:25:00,847 --> 00:25:01,766 So did he. 444 00:25:04,432 --> 00:25:07,358 He grabbed me and started shaking me. 445 00:25:10,074 --> 00:25:11,142 I lost my balance. 446 00:25:15,546 --> 00:25:16,824 Don't think he hasn't suffered for it, 447 00:25:16,864 --> 00:25:17,823 he's done everything he could 448 00:25:17,863 --> 00:25:18,862 to make it up for me, 449 00:25:18,891 --> 00:25:21,298 he just can't change me, that's all. 450 00:25:36,387 --> 00:25:38,943 They still look pretty good, don't they? 451 00:25:40,421 --> 00:25:42,139 I used to be rather proud of them. 452 00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:47,980 I have my own theory, Mr. Derry, 453 00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:49,738 about why you're helping us. 454 00:25:50,776 --> 00:25:51,605 - You do? 455 00:25:52,774 --> 00:25:54,771 - I've been this way for over a year now. 456 00:25:56,728 --> 00:25:58,246 I've become an expert at pity. 457 00:25:59,834 --> 00:26:01,551 I can spot pity a mile away. 458 00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:05,306 - You think that's my reason, huh? 459 00:26:05,346 --> 00:26:06,794 - It's everybody's reason. 460 00:26:08,581 --> 00:26:10,898 That's all anybody gives me these days, 461 00:26:10,948 --> 00:26:12,536 that's all they have to give me. 462 00:26:15,132 --> 00:26:16,330 - You're wrong about me. 463 00:26:18,258 --> 00:26:20,524 I got nothing to do with pity. 464 00:26:20,564 --> 00:26:22,042 It's out of my line. 465 00:26:22,082 --> 00:26:24,928 - Yeah. (laughs) 466 00:26:24,968 --> 00:26:28,314 Yeah, I guess it would have to be in your profession. 467 00:26:31,399 --> 00:26:32,917 (chuckling) 468 00:26:32,957 --> 00:26:34,155 Is that pay good? 469 00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:36,063 - Not bad. 470 00:26:37,151 --> 00:26:38,779 - [Connie] Find your work satisfying? 471 00:26:40,057 --> 00:26:41,745 - I never hurt anybody that didn't deserve it. 472 00:26:41,775 --> 00:26:44,740 (chuckling) 473 00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,288 - You do make moral judgments. 474 00:26:48,215 --> 00:26:49,803 You think before you kill, huh? 475 00:26:51,131 --> 00:26:51,890 (chuckling) 476 00:26:51,930 --> 00:26:52,729 - Maybe I better go. 477 00:26:52,759 --> 00:26:53,648 - Oh. 478 00:26:55,515 --> 00:26:57,682 No, I didn't mean what I said, don't go. 479 00:27:07,109 --> 00:27:08,257 - Sorry I'm late, baby. 480 00:27:13,809 --> 00:27:15,527 All right, what's happening? 481 00:27:15,577 --> 00:27:17,205 - It's all set. 482 00:27:17,244 --> 00:27:19,282 You'll be a dead man by tomorrow morning. 483 00:27:20,610 --> 00:27:22,237 You're gonna leave town as soon as you get a plane. 484 00:27:23,436 --> 00:27:24,195 - There's a plane leaving for Mexico City 485 00:27:24,235 --> 00:27:25,643 at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. 486 00:27:26,991 --> 00:27:28,189 We've got standby reservations. 487 00:27:28,229 --> 00:27:29,557 - You better confirm them. 488 00:27:31,704 --> 00:27:33,831 - What's this gonna cost me, what you're doing? 489 00:27:33,871 --> 00:27:36,258 - Like I told you, $1000 in cash. 490 00:27:36,308 --> 00:27:38,305 $500 for me, $500 for a friend. 491 00:27:39,773 --> 00:27:41,620 - And what do you want with my car of mine? 492 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,097 - You won't need it in Mexico, they got donkeys. 493 00:27:46,293 --> 00:27:48,001 - How do I know you're on the level? 494 00:27:48,051 --> 00:27:49,609 - Eddie, we've gotta trust him. 495 00:27:51,396 --> 00:27:52,994 - If you don't like my proposition, 496 00:27:53,044 --> 00:27:54,911 you can take your chances with Harney. 497 00:27:54,951 --> 00:27:56,839 - All right, what else do you want? 498 00:27:56,879 --> 00:27:59,115 - I'll need your wallet, your watch, 499 00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:00,943 any other jewelry you carry. 500 00:28:00,983 --> 00:28:04,697 That wedding ring, is that inscribed? 501 00:28:04,737 --> 00:28:05,626 - Yeah. 502 00:28:05,656 --> 00:28:07,024 - Let's have it. 503 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:13,365 Eddie and Connie, September 10th, 1959. 504 00:28:13,405 --> 00:28:14,294 Good. 505 00:28:16,012 --> 00:28:17,809 - What about the body? 506 00:28:17,849 --> 00:28:18,808 - That's my worry. 507 00:28:20,435 --> 00:28:21,763 I'm sorry about the ring, Mrs. Breech, 508 00:28:21,803 --> 00:28:23,671 but we've got to make this look good. 509 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:26,946 And I want you to get out of town 510 00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:28,184 as fast as you can. 511 00:28:29,423 --> 00:28:30,341 When that body is found, 512 00:28:30,381 --> 00:28:31,899 you're supposed to be it. 513 00:28:31,939 --> 00:28:32,748 I don't want you hanging around 514 00:28:32,788 --> 00:28:33,936 making me out a liar. 515 00:28:33,986 --> 00:28:34,785 (chuckling) 516 00:28:34,825 --> 00:28:35,933 - That's right. 517 00:28:35,983 --> 00:28:36,892 You don't want to lose that dough, do ya? 518 00:28:36,932 --> 00:28:38,170 The money Harney's paying you. 519 00:28:38,220 --> 00:28:39,129 - [Connie] Eddie. 520 00:28:42,814 --> 00:28:44,322 - I got that gun you wanted. 521 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,397 You know how to handle one of these? 522 00:28:47,447 --> 00:28:49,005 - I can handle it. 523 00:28:49,045 --> 00:28:51,242 It's a Farington .38. 524 00:28:51,282 --> 00:28:53,279 There are four bullets in the cylinder. 525 00:28:54,587 --> 00:28:56,904 I'll take that grand now, Eddie. 526 00:28:56,954 --> 00:28:58,102 And the car keys. 527 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,225 - Hello, Mr. Derry. 528 00:29:31,255 --> 00:29:32,573 I've been waiting for you. 529 00:29:33,812 --> 00:29:36,049 - Sorry I can't invite you in, Earl. 530 00:29:36,089 --> 00:29:37,087 The place is such a mess, 531 00:29:37,137 --> 00:29:37,936 you know how it is. 532 00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:39,324 - This ain't a social call. 533 00:29:40,602 --> 00:29:42,519 Now, Mr. Harney wanted me to give you a message. 534 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:43,558 - Yeah? 535 00:29:43,598 --> 00:29:44,726 - Mr. Harney ain't too happy 536 00:29:44,756 --> 00:29:46,234 with the way things are going. 537 00:29:46,274 --> 00:29:48,122 Mr. Harney said he sort of expected 538 00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:49,589 a little more action by now. 539 00:29:50,958 --> 00:29:53,224 - You go tell Mr. Harney to read the contract again. 540 00:29:54,113 --> 00:29:55,541 I pick my own time and place, 541 00:29:55,581 --> 00:29:57,259 it says so right in the small print. 542 00:29:57,299 --> 00:30:00,294 - I thought you were supposed to be a pro. 543 00:30:01,463 --> 00:30:02,771 I could've had Eddie Breech knocked off 544 00:30:02,811 --> 00:30:05,138 and buried days ago. 545 00:30:05,177 --> 00:30:06,655 - I'm sure you could. 546 00:30:06,695 --> 00:30:08,653 - I don't know why Harney had to go and get you three grand. 547 00:30:08,693 --> 00:30:09,691 Whew. 548 00:30:09,721 --> 00:30:11,888 I would've done it for half that money. 549 00:30:11,928 --> 00:30:13,925 - You would've done it for laughs, Earl. 550 00:30:13,955 --> 00:30:15,323 - Yeah, maybe I would. 551 00:30:16,991 --> 00:30:18,399 - Go on home, Earl, I'm tired. 552 00:30:18,439 --> 00:30:19,357 - You know... 553 00:30:22,703 --> 00:30:24,940 I had to show Mr. Harney he didn't need you. 554 00:30:26,497 --> 00:30:28,774 I had to go take care of Eddie Breech myself. 555 00:30:30,901 --> 00:30:32,529 - Mr. Harney wouldn't like that. 556 00:30:33,897 --> 00:30:35,525 You're liable to get a spanking. 557 00:30:36,653 --> 00:30:38,371 - You're pretty fresh, you know that? 558 00:30:39,199 --> 00:30:40,368 What makes you so special? 559 00:30:40,408 --> 00:30:41,956 I got as much hardware as you. 560 00:30:42,884 --> 00:30:43,803 See what I mean? 561 00:30:45,401 --> 00:30:47,278 - Have you ever fired that thing, Earl? 562 00:30:48,147 --> 00:30:49,555 - You think I don't know how? 563 00:30:51,792 --> 00:30:54,827 (suspenseful music) 564 00:30:57,544 --> 00:30:58,382 - Ow! 565 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:00,819 - Pick it up. 566 00:31:06,161 --> 00:31:07,160 Now go home. 567 00:31:16,597 --> 00:31:18,903 - Here's the merchandise, Derry. 568 00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:19,902 He's all dressed. 569 00:31:23,307 --> 00:31:24,785 - Well, he's not very pretty. 570 00:31:25,654 --> 00:31:26,503 - You didn't give me any time 571 00:31:26,543 --> 00:31:27,891 to do cosmetic work. 572 00:31:27,931 --> 00:31:31,016 Besides, what's the difference? 573 00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:32,085 - You're right, Fig. 574 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,530 For this guy, it makes no difference at all. 575 00:31:35,570 --> 00:31:38,356 (dramatic music) 576 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,867 All right, come on, let's get him outside. 577 00:31:44,907 --> 00:31:47,663 (dramatic music) 578 00:33:09,078 --> 00:33:11,944 (explosion booms) 579 00:33:26,613 --> 00:33:29,719 (lighthearted music) 580 00:33:50,689 --> 00:33:53,096 - Don't they teach you to knock? 581 00:33:53,136 --> 00:33:54,055 - What's the matter, Mr. Harney? 582 00:33:54,094 --> 00:33:55,922 You look like a man with problems. 583 00:33:55,962 --> 00:33:57,330 - Look, I'll call you back. 584 00:33:58,718 --> 00:34:00,875 Cops just picked up Earl on an old assault charge. 585 00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:03,082 That kid's more trouble than he's worth. 586 00:34:03,122 --> 00:34:04,909 - I could've told you that long ago. 587 00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:08,953 Well, there's one problem you won't have anymore. 588 00:34:08,993 --> 00:34:10,262 - You mean Eddie Breech? 589 00:34:10,302 --> 00:34:12,389 - [Jim] You won't be hearing from him again. 590 00:34:14,106 --> 00:34:14,985 - Give me the details. 591 00:34:15,025 --> 00:34:16,383 - He's dead. 592 00:34:16,423 --> 00:34:17,771 It's what you wanted, isn't it? 593 00:34:17,811 --> 00:34:19,329 - [Harney] I want to know how. 594 00:34:20,807 --> 00:34:22,574 - Well, I had Breech drive me out in the country 595 00:34:22,604 --> 00:34:24,492 out to Potter Valley Road in his car. 596 00:34:26,798 --> 00:34:28,007 After I took care of him, 597 00:34:28,047 --> 00:34:29,924 I gave him and the car a little gasoline bath. 598 00:34:33,709 --> 00:34:35,666 After that, it was easy. 599 00:34:35,706 --> 00:34:36,555 - You burned him. 600 00:34:36,584 --> 00:34:38,102 - Too bad, it was a nice car. 601 00:34:39,101 --> 00:34:40,549 I hate to ruin a good car. 602 00:34:41,867 --> 00:34:43,465 - What did you do after that? 603 00:34:43,505 --> 00:34:44,503 - Took a long walk. 604 00:34:45,732 --> 00:34:47,170 There's a motel about an hour and a half south, 605 00:34:47,209 --> 00:34:48,937 I spent the night there. 606 00:34:48,977 --> 00:34:50,055 - And you're sure it went all right? 607 00:34:50,085 --> 00:34:51,124 Nobody spotted you? 608 00:34:51,164 --> 00:34:53,640 - Our work is guaranteed, Mr. Harney. 609 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,408 Money back if not satisfied. 610 00:34:56,716 --> 00:34:57,525 Speaking of money. 611 00:34:57,555 --> 00:34:59,233 - Yeah, yeah, I know. 612 00:34:59,272 --> 00:35:02,069 (dramatic music) 613 00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:31,956 - Is your name James Derry? 614 00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:32,955 - Yeah, that's right. 615 00:35:32,995 --> 00:35:35,102 - I got a warrant for your arrest. 616 00:35:35,142 --> 00:35:36,310 - Me? 617 00:35:36,350 --> 00:35:37,788 Look, you're making an mistake. 618 00:35:37,828 --> 00:35:38,787 - Over here, Derry. 619 00:35:40,464 --> 00:35:42,342 Hands against the car, you know the routine. 620 00:35:42,382 --> 00:35:43,300 Start the engine. 621 00:35:54,964 --> 00:35:57,960 (car engine revs) 622 00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,507 Get a load of this. 623 00:35:59,547 --> 00:36:00,506 Must be payday. 624 00:36:01,714 --> 00:36:03,582 You must be a pretty expensive man, Derry. 625 00:36:03,622 --> 00:36:04,910 - I sold a car for a guy. 626 00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:06,538 A second hands sports job, 627 00:36:06,577 --> 00:36:07,616 that's the money I got for it. 628 00:36:07,656 --> 00:36:09,014 - Yeah, sure. 629 00:36:09,054 --> 00:36:10,093 And I'll bet you got a copy 630 00:36:10,132 --> 00:36:12,090 of the bill of sale too, haven't you? 631 00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:13,737 Put your hands behind your back. 632 00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:44,524 (door slams) 633 00:36:44,564 --> 00:36:46,371 - You're Jim Derry. 634 00:36:46,401 --> 00:36:47,250 - That's right. 635 00:36:48,518 --> 00:36:50,436 - My name's Lieutenant Geer. 636 00:36:50,476 --> 00:36:51,364 - How are you? 637 00:36:53,841 --> 00:36:56,197 - Did you ever use an alias, Jimmy? 638 00:36:56,237 --> 00:36:57,236 - No, why should I? 639 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:00,791 - Know a fella named Rupert Harney? 640 00:37:01,899 --> 00:37:03,497 - [Jim] Yeah, I met him once or twice. 641 00:37:04,895 --> 00:37:06,094 - What'd you talk about? 642 00:37:07,262 --> 00:37:08,370 - The weather. 643 00:37:08,410 --> 00:37:09,409 - Don't get fresh me with, Derry, 644 00:37:09,449 --> 00:37:10,697 I don't like it. 645 00:37:12,445 --> 00:37:14,292 - We talked about horses. 646 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:15,770 Mr. Harney likes horses a lot. 647 00:37:15,810 --> 00:37:17,437 - Yeah, we know about that. 648 00:37:17,477 --> 00:37:19,644 Oh, we also know that he paid your way into town 649 00:37:19,684 --> 00:37:21,472 about a week ago, isn't that right? 650 00:37:22,391 --> 00:37:23,948 - I can afford my own car fare. 651 00:37:25,157 --> 00:37:25,945 - He brought you here to do 652 00:37:25,985 --> 00:37:27,314 a special piece of work for him. 653 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:30,978 See, Derry, there isn't a great deal 654 00:37:31,018 --> 00:37:33,185 we don't know about Rupert Harney. 655 00:37:33,225 --> 00:37:34,973 Oh, for your information, the DA's office 656 00:37:35,013 --> 00:37:36,301 has been lining up a case against him 657 00:37:36,331 --> 00:37:38,847 for the last six months. 658 00:37:38,887 --> 00:37:41,693 Just your hard luck to come into the picture right now. 659 00:37:43,091 --> 00:37:44,649 - I don't know what you're talking about, Lieutenant. 660 00:37:44,689 --> 00:37:47,126 - Well, maybe I can refresh your memory for you. 661 00:37:49,952 --> 00:37:51,240 Now I'm gonna play you a little something, 662 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,756 and I want you to listen to it very, very carefully. 663 00:37:55,903 --> 00:37:58,070 - [Earl] This guy Derry arrived last Friday. 664 00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,858 He was brought in by Harney to knock off 665 00:37:59,898 --> 00:38:02,015 a guy named Eddie Breech. 666 00:38:02,065 --> 00:38:03,263 Breech once worked for Harney, 667 00:38:03,293 --> 00:38:05,849 but then he got to taking bets on his own book. 668 00:38:05,889 --> 00:38:08,216 (coughing) 669 00:38:08,256 --> 00:38:09,135 Excuse me. 670 00:38:10,213 --> 00:38:11,921 Well, anyway, that made Harney sore, 671 00:38:11,961 --> 00:38:14,836 so he decides to kill him, you know? 672 00:38:14,876 --> 00:38:17,083 Derry's price for the job was three grand. 673 00:38:18,721 --> 00:38:21,827 Oh yeah, Derry's staying a hotel called Gracy. 674 00:38:21,867 --> 00:38:22,945 Harney didn't know how 675 00:38:22,985 --> 00:38:24,982 he'd planned to kill Eddie Breech, but... 676 00:38:25,032 --> 00:38:26,590 - Now, how's that? 677 00:38:26,630 --> 00:38:28,747 That's pretty accurate, isn't it? 678 00:38:28,777 --> 00:38:29,775 - That's a lot of junk, 679 00:38:29,815 --> 00:38:31,703 they shouldn't make up junk like that. 680 00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,094 - Oh, what'd you say? 681 00:38:38,962 --> 00:38:40,400 - I said it's a lot of junk. 682 00:38:41,689 --> 00:38:43,836 - It was part of a statement we got last night. 683 00:38:43,876 --> 00:38:45,353 Statement made by a fella that knows 684 00:38:45,393 --> 00:38:46,482 both you and Harney. 685 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,078 You know who I'm talking about, don't you? 686 00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:50,946 - I don't know anything you're saying. 687 00:38:56,218 --> 00:38:57,027 (door slams) 688 00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:58,185 - His name's Earl Clifford. 689 00:38:58,215 --> 00:39:00,502 Now we picked up Earl, oh, on an old charge 690 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,979 that could bring him maybe 20 years in prison. 691 00:39:04,177 --> 00:39:05,655 Now, Earl has turned state's evidence 692 00:39:05,695 --> 00:39:07,452 in hopes of getting a lighter sentence. 693 00:39:07,492 --> 00:39:09,050 You know Earl, don't you? 694 00:39:09,090 --> 00:39:10,049 - Never heard of him. 695 00:39:10,089 --> 00:39:11,167 - Aw, come on, Derry. 696 00:39:11,197 --> 00:39:12,835 Help yourself, tell us the truth. 697 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:13,833 - I'm telling you the truth. 698 00:39:13,873 --> 00:39:14,872 What more do you want? 699 00:39:14,912 --> 00:39:16,959 - Oh, we both know you killed Eddie. 700 00:39:16,999 --> 00:39:18,437 I just want a nice, clean statement 701 00:39:18,477 --> 00:39:20,224 telling me why, and for whom. 702 00:39:23,699 --> 00:39:25,427 - What time you got, Lieutenant? 703 00:39:27,254 --> 00:39:28,213 - It's almost 4:00. 704 00:39:29,251 --> 00:39:30,580 - That's what I got too. 705 00:39:32,577 --> 00:39:34,015 What's the weather like out? 706 00:39:35,762 --> 00:39:36,881 - Warm and sunny. 707 00:39:38,129 --> 00:39:39,487 - Nice flying weather, huh? 708 00:39:40,605 --> 00:39:41,924 - [Geer] Yeah, I'd say so. 709 00:39:44,270 --> 00:39:45,269 - All right, Lieutenant, 710 00:39:45,309 --> 00:39:46,787 I'll tell you what you want to know. 711 00:39:47,995 --> 00:39:49,143 - Good. 712 00:39:49,183 --> 00:39:51,390 - What's the chance of getting a cup of coffee? 713 00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:52,259 - Help yourself. 714 00:39:55,944 --> 00:39:58,460 - Sure, I was hired to kill Breech. 715 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,577 This guy Rupert Harney sent for me, 716 00:40:00,617 --> 00:40:01,766 gave me the contract. 717 00:40:03,283 --> 00:40:04,322 I don't know why he picked me, 718 00:40:04,372 --> 00:40:06,159 I never did any work like that before. 719 00:40:07,088 --> 00:40:08,117 - Oh, thanks, Jimmy. 720 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:10,833 - So I went to see Harney, 721 00:40:10,883 --> 00:40:12,960 he told me the whole setup. 722 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,827 Seems this guy Eddie Breech had been cheating on him, 723 00:40:14,877 --> 00:40:16,305 he wanted him taken care of. 724 00:40:17,264 --> 00:40:18,142 I said I'd do it. 725 00:40:19,391 --> 00:40:20,739 Of course I didn't mean it. 726 00:40:22,177 --> 00:40:23,545 I'm no killer, Lieutenant. 727 00:40:24,613 --> 00:40:26,461 Look at my police record, 728 00:40:26,501 --> 00:40:28,608 you won't find any convictions for murder. 729 00:40:29,457 --> 00:40:31,933 - No, no convictions. 730 00:40:33,241 --> 00:40:34,679 - Not me. 731 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:35,887 I went straight to this guy Breech 732 00:40:35,927 --> 00:40:37,715 and told him the whole story. 733 00:40:37,755 --> 00:40:38,713 Him and his wife. 734 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,625 She's a cripple, in a wheelchair. 735 00:40:47,741 --> 00:40:51,096 Well, I felt sorry for her, 736 00:40:51,136 --> 00:40:52,574 felt sorry for both of them. 737 00:40:55,690 --> 00:40:57,207 I told him that I wouldn't do him any harm, 738 00:40:57,247 --> 00:40:59,894 but that didn't mean they were safe. 739 00:40:59,934 --> 00:41:00,932 Harney would just get somebody else 740 00:41:00,972 --> 00:41:02,370 to take care of them. 741 00:41:02,410 --> 00:41:04,158 - Oh gee, that was nice of you. 742 00:41:04,198 --> 00:41:05,965 - Well, like I said, I wanted to help them. 743 00:41:06,884 --> 00:41:08,112 I told him the only thing to do 744 00:41:08,152 --> 00:41:10,109 is to make it look like Breech had been killed. 745 00:41:10,149 --> 00:41:12,316 I said I'd arrange the whole thing. 746 00:41:12,356 --> 00:41:13,664 - And that's what you did? 747 00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:15,272 - That's what I did. 748 00:41:15,312 --> 00:41:16,270 I got a body. 749 00:41:18,657 --> 00:41:19,576 A dead body. 750 00:41:20,784 --> 00:41:22,502 From an undertaking parlor I know. 751 00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:25,857 I put the body in Breech's car, 752 00:41:25,897 --> 00:41:27,495 drove out on Route Six. 753 00:41:27,525 --> 00:41:30,560 Took a little turnoff into Potter Valley Road, 754 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,677 make it look like the car had cracked up. 755 00:41:33,886 --> 00:41:37,800 I doused it with gasoline, set fire to it. 756 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,237 You'll find Breech's watch and ring on the body. 757 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:43,662 Maybe his wallet too, what's left of it. 758 00:41:44,910 --> 00:41:46,498 Only the body won't be Breech. 759 00:41:50,462 --> 00:41:52,569 It's the whole story, Lieutenant. 760 00:41:52,609 --> 00:41:54,776 Send your boys out to Potter Valley Road. 761 00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:55,605 - Oh, we don't have to, 762 00:41:55,645 --> 00:41:57,372 we already found Breech's car. 763 00:41:57,412 --> 00:41:58,371 Oh, now you did all this 764 00:41:58,411 --> 00:41:59,559 because you felt so sorry for him, 765 00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:00,408 isn't that right? 766 00:42:00,448 --> 00:42:01,287 - Yeah, that's right. 767 00:42:02,595 --> 00:42:05,241 He hurt his wife, made her a cripple. 768 00:42:05,281 --> 00:42:07,109 Only now he wanted to help her. 769 00:42:07,149 --> 00:42:08,277 That's the reason he was cheating on Harney, 770 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:11,023 he wanted to get money to help his wife. 771 00:42:11,063 --> 00:42:12,661 I might've done the same thing. 772 00:42:13,829 --> 00:42:15,187 - Gee, you sure make it sound like Eddie 773 00:42:15,227 --> 00:42:17,095 was one sweet guy. 774 00:42:17,135 --> 00:42:18,383 Too bad it isn't true. 775 00:42:19,381 --> 00:42:20,490 - What do you mean? 776 00:42:20,530 --> 00:42:21,778 - Well, Eddie was responsible 777 00:42:21,818 --> 00:42:23,815 for his wife's injury, all right. 778 00:42:23,855 --> 00:42:25,253 He knocked her down the stairs one night. 779 00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:26,771 You know why? 780 00:42:26,811 --> 00:42:27,810 - Oh yeah, some kind of argument. 781 00:42:27,849 --> 00:42:29,367 - Oh, they sure did have an argument. 782 00:42:29,407 --> 00:42:30,765 She caught him with another woman, 783 00:42:30,805 --> 00:42:33,511 a gal named Louise something or other. 784 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:34,760 And if you think he gave her up 785 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,198 after that happened, you're nuts. 786 00:42:36,238 --> 00:42:38,395 He went right on cheating on his wife. 787 00:42:38,425 --> 00:42:39,942 And the fact that she had to stay in a wheelchair 788 00:42:39,982 --> 00:42:41,460 just made it easier. 789 00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:43,707 But the worst part of it is that she knew. 790 00:42:43,747 --> 00:42:46,343 She knew, and there was nothing she could do about it. 791 00:42:46,383 --> 00:42:47,891 She knew and she had to sit there 792 00:42:47,931 --> 00:42:49,928 in that wheelchair and take it. 793 00:42:49,968 --> 00:42:51,137 She knew, Jimmy. 794 00:42:51,177 --> 00:42:53,334 And she had to sit in that wheelchair 795 00:42:53,373 --> 00:42:55,920 and let him do anything he pleased. 796 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:57,957 Now that was your friend, Eddie Breech. 797 00:43:00,873 --> 00:43:03,319 - Well, she said she had no illusions about him. 798 00:43:03,359 --> 00:43:05,386 - [Geer] Oh, she knew everything he was. 799 00:43:07,064 --> 00:43:11,668 - All the time she was hating him, hating his guts. 800 00:43:15,143 --> 00:43:16,820 Well anyway, they're gone. 801 00:43:16,850 --> 00:43:19,097 They're on their way to Mexico City. 802 00:43:19,137 --> 00:43:20,256 - Oh no, they're not. 803 00:43:22,173 --> 00:43:24,919 - They took the 4:00 plane to Mexico City. 804 00:43:24,959 --> 00:43:26,996 - Oh, you're such a liar, Jimmy. 805 00:43:27,036 --> 00:43:28,204 You tell a very touching story, 806 00:43:28,244 --> 00:43:29,642 but you're a terrible liar. 807 00:43:30,681 --> 00:43:31,869 Now I'll buy the fact that you made 808 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:33,117 some kind of deal with Breech, 809 00:43:33,157 --> 00:43:34,316 and he was gonna give you a bunch of money 810 00:43:34,346 --> 00:43:36,463 and you were gonna fake an accident for him. 811 00:43:36,503 --> 00:43:38,190 But all that time, you were planning to collect 812 00:43:38,230 --> 00:43:39,538 from both parties, weren't you? 813 00:43:39,588 --> 00:43:41,066 - That's a lie, I was trying to help him. 814 00:43:41,106 --> 00:43:41,935 - Oh, were you? 815 00:43:44,302 --> 00:43:46,618 Eddie Breech, 29, male, Caucasian. 816 00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:48,056 Found shot to death in his apartment, 817 00:43:48,096 --> 00:43:50,403 at 704 E. 73rd Street. 818 00:43:50,443 --> 00:43:53,439 The bullets came from a Farington .38 found at the scene. 819 00:43:53,479 --> 00:43:54,917 Now, we traced that gun to the guy 820 00:43:54,957 --> 00:43:55,835 that sold it to you, Jimmy, 821 00:43:55,875 --> 00:43:57,872 and he can describe you to a T. 822 00:43:57,912 --> 00:44:00,639 And that's why you've got your $3,000 from Rupert Harney. 823 00:44:00,678 --> 00:44:02,785 For doing the job you were imported to do. 824 00:44:02,825 --> 00:44:04,942 - Quit bluffing, Lieutenant. 825 00:44:04,982 --> 00:44:07,030 Breech took that plane, he's on the plane. 826 00:44:07,069 --> 00:44:08,817 - Eddie Breech is in the morgue, 827 00:44:08,857 --> 00:44:09,856 right where you put him. 828 00:44:09,895 --> 00:44:11,184 - You're crazy! 829 00:44:11,224 --> 00:44:12,332 Check the plane to Mexico City 830 00:44:12,372 --> 00:44:14,139 if you don't believe me. 831 00:44:14,179 --> 00:44:15,488 - Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. 832 00:44:20,051 --> 00:44:20,920 All right, Sam. 833 00:44:35,669 --> 00:44:37,147 Now, Mrs. Breech, I hate to do this to you, 834 00:44:37,187 --> 00:44:39,504 but would you please repeat what you told me? 835 00:44:39,544 --> 00:44:40,372 It's necessary. 836 00:44:51,357 --> 00:44:54,682 - It was about 7:30 when the doorbell rang, 837 00:44:54,712 --> 00:44:58,557 and my husband answered the door. 838 00:45:00,115 --> 00:45:01,193 I was in the bedroom. 839 00:45:02,262 --> 00:45:04,069 I didn't think anything of it 'cause 840 00:45:04,109 --> 00:45:07,624 Eddie was having visitors all the time. 841 00:45:09,771 --> 00:45:11,728 Then I heard the shots. 842 00:45:14,614 --> 00:45:15,493 Two of them. 843 00:45:17,570 --> 00:45:22,563 I opened the bedroom door, and he was standing there 844 00:45:30,781 --> 00:45:32,379 with a gun in his hand. 845 00:45:33,947 --> 00:45:35,145 I screamed. 846 00:45:37,372 --> 00:45:39,579 He just dropped the gun, and he ran out. 847 00:45:42,135 --> 00:45:43,364 - That's all right, thank you, Mrs. Breech. 848 00:45:43,413 --> 00:45:44,322 That's all I need. 849 00:45:45,570 --> 00:45:46,929 I said that's all I need, thank you very much. 850 00:45:46,968 --> 00:45:48,566 Sam. 851 00:45:48,606 --> 00:45:51,352 (dramatic music) 852 00:46:07,769 --> 00:46:09,686 You should've killed her too, Jimmy. 853 00:46:09,726 --> 00:46:12,053 That's where you made your mistake. 854 00:46:12,093 --> 00:46:13,851 You shouldn't have of been so soft-hearted. 855 00:46:15,318 --> 00:46:17,316 - You're right about that, Lieutenant. 856 00:46:18,115 --> 00:46:20,921 (dramatic music) 857 00:46:37,457 --> 00:46:40,163 - The moral of tonight's story is of course, 858 00:46:40,203 --> 00:46:43,199 never underestimate the power of a woman. 859 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,275 Then again, perhaps it's simply shoot first, 860 00:46:46,325 --> 00:46:48,232 ask questions later. 861 00:46:48,272 --> 00:46:50,109 In any case, I'm certain you are better 862 00:46:50,149 --> 00:46:51,917 for having watched. 863 00:46:51,957 --> 00:46:54,623 Personally, I enjoyed seeing a hired killer 864 00:46:54,663 --> 00:46:56,181 getting the worst of it. 865 00:46:56,221 --> 00:46:57,579 For in this particular field, 866 00:46:57,619 --> 00:47:00,824 I'm an ardent advocate of do it yourself. 867 00:47:00,864 --> 00:47:05,128 Unfortunately, the police took a more stuffy view of events, 868 00:47:05,168 --> 00:47:08,014 and Constance is now at a woman's honor farm 869 00:47:08,044 --> 00:47:10,890 where she scurries about in her wheelchair 870 00:47:10,930 --> 00:47:16,003 arousing pity and riding roughshod over her fellow inmates. 871 00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:19,358 The next item on the agenda consists of scenes 872 00:47:19,398 --> 00:47:21,315 of our coming attraction. 873 00:47:21,355 --> 00:47:24,351 The first scene may appear to be a commercial, 874 00:47:24,391 --> 00:47:27,537 and if I know my sponsor, it will be.