All language subtitles for Letty.Lynton.1932.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-LAMA

And now, señoras y señores

our last stop is Montevideo's
notorious tango cabaret

where society dances
with the underworld.

Ah! Be very careful
with the water here.

Step right over
the water, señores.

Right in.

Now, this is the place where
the tango is the fever, señores.

And everybody says where
the senorita will go is right.

Come on, right in, come.

- Oh, this is absurd.
- No, it's a custom here, señor.

- Uh, just pull out.
- Looking for a gun?

'Stay
close to me, dear.'

Do you search the ladies, too?

- No, no, no, no, only men.
- No.

Ladies, no search,
only men search.

If you ever return to New York,
you can teach them real tango.

No?

I'm going to stay with you

and eat lotus and poppy.

- You?
- Oh, don't talk.

Just listen to the music.

Hey, Pedro!

Pedro!

Do I have to hire someone
to keep you awake?

No, sir. I'm sorry.

Did you have a
nice sleep, Pedro?

Si, señorita, gracias.

You're lucky and smart.

Tired, my Letty?

Thinking.

Silly business.

I think I've had about enough.

Go to sleep, my darling.

Right now, this minute

I hate you.

Hmm.

In ten minutes,
you will love me.

There's a boat in the harbor.

Goes north tomorrow.

In the three months
you have known me

many boats have gone north.

I think I've had enough.

Mañana, we shall see.

Good morning.

Any rumors, cables or anything?

Only a cable, just a while ago.

Good.

- Pardon me.
- Certainly.

- Uh- oh..
- Your mother?

Mother, home and mother.

I wonder who ever put
those two words together.

'It's from my banker.'

'He suspects I've
been gambling.'

Letty! God bless my
soul, this is a bit of luck.

Oh, wait a minute, Eddy.
Where'd you drop from?

Say, you are a little
fish, aren't you?

You know I never kiss
anyone before 1 o'clock.

Mr. Gwen, Mr. Renaul.

How are you, sir?

- Just getting in?
- Yes, and I'm dead tired.

If you'll excuse
me, I'll go to bed.

I say, Letty

what about a spot at lunch?

Can't think that far ahead.

Miss Lynton is
having lunch with me.

Shall we say about 2 o'clock?

Is the gentleman
hard of hearing?

You're not going
to fight about lunch

because there isn't
going to be any.

See you tonight.

Why, I couldn't find
you, Letty Lynton.

I thought you were
coming back to Rio.

- I did. Mm-hmm.
- Without letting me know?

You see, you're a
very dangerous man

and I'm afraid of you,
so I came right back here.

- How long have you been here?
- About three months.

Hmm.. What's the attraction?

Why, I think this
is a lovely place.

Did you know they
shipped four million beef

seven million sheep and nearly
two million swine last year?

- See you at the bar.
- Confirmación.

See that boat out
there, Miranda?

It's been there since yesterday.

I see nothing else.

We're getting on that boat.

- Oh?
- Don't cheer, pack.

- Pack?
- Yeah.

What about Renaul?

Don't start asking
me any questions.

Get yourself together.

Get myself together,
get myself together.

Get yourself together, get
yourself together. Get your..

Oh..

I hope I can get
everything packed

before he comes in again.

Don't be silly,
Miranda. I'm fed up.

'Fed up to the ears, we're
going back to New York'

'where it's nice and
cold, snow, maybe.'

Sure we're not
going to get off at Rio

and come back
like we did before?

Not a chance. We're
going all the way this time.

- I'm turning this page over.
- I'm scared to death.

Of Renaul?

I think it would be a good idea

for you to go right now

and get on that boat.

Miranda,
I have yet to see

the man I'm afraid of.

Yeah.

Oh, running away again, are you?

No. No. No.

That's alright, Miranda.

I told you I was.

Allez, madame.

Easy now, easy.

May I see you alone a moment?

Come back in five
minutes, Miranda.

Yes, yes, I will.

I will. Five minutes.

Five.. Oh.

Yes, Ms. Letty.

Uh..

Oh.

Oh!

'Poor Miranda.'

It'd be much
simpler if I frightened

as easily as that, wouldn't it?

Much

and not worth the trouble.

Thank you.

Here are some things
that belong to you.

Hm, I see.

And how soon do
you return to me?

Darling, you must
get your courage up.

You have a dreadful
inferiority complex.

Four times in these three
months you have run away.

In three, four, or five
days, you write to me

you cannot, just
cannot live without me.

How soon this time?

Emile..

...have you still got
the letters I wrote you?

Yes, in Buenos Aires, why?

Oh, no matter.

I'm going home.

- Home?
- Mm-hmm.

You told me your mother
was not very friendly

uh, sympathetic?

I've told you a lot
of things, haven't I?

Yes, of course.

That's too bad.

Say, here, do you
think you mean this?

Definitely. This is the finish.

No, that's not possible.

Oh, no. Not possible.

Yes, it is.

You see, finishing
is a habit of mine.

I merely turn the page
over and that's that.

But, my sweetheart,
listen to me.

You came from the clouds.

We love each other..

I'm going, Emile.

Oh, no. No, you
shall stay always.

And I will make you love me
more and more all the time.

No.

When I hold you in my arms..

...even the memory
of everything is gone.

You know that's true.

Yes.

That's why, I must
go and go now.

Not now.

Tomorrow, maybe.

We will have one day to talk

and a night to tell you
how much I love you.

I know best.

I should.

Tomorrow, perhaps.

You cannot leave me like this.

You belong to me

and to nobody else.

I love you.

I adore you.

You will never
leave me, my Letty.

Not tomorrow

nor tomorrow

and no tomorrow.

Don't breathe till
we're out at sea.

We're alright.

He sleeps like a rhinoceros.

Same as he does everything else.

You know I feel as though

I'd escaped from
a burning building.

Well..

What's that, Miss Letty?

Just turning the page over.

Are you alright, Miranda?

- This way, please.
- Oh..

Oh.

Ah, ah!

Sorry, Miss Letty.

Not all sweet, but
had its moments.

I wonder if there's
anybody exciting aboard.

Well, I hope not.

I'm going into seclusion.

Right this way, please.

Ah, 7-8-7, my lucky numbers.

But how they threw me
down the other night.

Maybe they're just
comin' up, who knows?

Hmm, rather nice, isn't it?

I'll bring the luggage
up right away.

- Oh, Miranda.
- Hmm?

You think my devoted
mother will be glad to see me?

Of course. You've
been away a year.

- Little over.
- That's right.

We left just before
the holidays, didn't we?

Oh, thank goodness
it'll be over.

I hate Christmas at home.

- Miranda.
- Mmm?

Do you think she'll
be at the boat?

Throw her arms around me?

Say I shall never
leave her again?

Do you think so, Miranda?

Well..

...if not, Miss
Letty, there's a lot

of the world you
haven't seen yet.

You're not crying, Miss Letty?

I guess I was at that.

Feeling sorry for myself.

Um, Miranda, the door.

Seven-eight..

... seven.

We haven't done anything
about the dining room yet

have we, Miranda?

Here, give this to the steward

and ask him to find
another table alone.

Or, uh..

...or with somebody
more or less human.

More or less human?

Yes, Miss Letty.

More or less human,
more or less human.

Seven-eight-six.

- Good morning, steward.
- Hello, Mr. Darrow.

Anything I can do for you?

I thought I recognized

a familiar face among
those passengers

getting on at Montevideo,
have you a list?

Yes, right here, sir.

There were only about a dozen.

I think I owe you
some money, steward.

Thank you very much, sir.

I've eaten alone all
the way from Capetown.

Why, Mr. Darrow, I thought
you preferred that, sir.

I'm sure the captain
would be delighted

- to have you at his table.
- Oh, no, no, thanks.

- I'm not as lonesome as that.
- Mm.

Seven-eight-seven. Lynton.

Letty Lynton.

I wonder what makes that
name sound so familiar.

That can be arranged, sir.

We'll take a chance on that.

I hope she's
very beautiful, sir.

And not too dumb.

- Thank you very much.
- Oh!

I beg your pardon.

Steward, with Miss Letty
Lynton's compliments.

Seven-eight-seven.

Okay, Miss Lynton, oh, yes, yes.

Well, we are pretty
well crowded.

- May I see the list, sir?
- Certainly.

Seven-eight-six. Darrow.

That name seems
familiar, steward.

I don't know why, but I
think Miss Lynton knows him.

Tell Miss Lynton I
think it can be arranged.

- Thank you, sir.
- Okay.

Not at all, it gives
me great pleasure.

Consommé.

Chicken salad,
sherbet and coffee.

The same for me
with three lamb chops

asparagus and
hashed brown potatoes.

Yes, sir.

Some people are born lucky

others gather it
as they go along

and some have it thrust upon
them.

Well that's delightful.

Who said that?

- I said it.
- Oh.

I thought it was out of a book.

Shakespeare, or
something like that.

You, uh..

...you just got on, didn't you?

This morning, yes.

The trip has been very dull..

... so far.

You've been on for
months, how terrible.

- I got on at Capetown.
- Oh.

Do you, uh, play deck tennis?

- Oh, I'm a dump.
- Yes.

But my shuffleboard's
pretty good.

Oh, you have good shuffleboard?

Yes, well..

...well I don't like to brag.

I can't imagine you bragging.

That's very kind of you.

- Thank you.
- Not at all.

You know, I
inadvertently got a look

in your stateroom this morning.

- Yes, I remember.
- Oh, do you?

I, uh, I have a confession
to make to you.

- Confession?
- Yes.

I arranged to have
you put at this table.

Well, perhaps I
shouldn't have told you.

Well, uh..

...it was a bit of a shock.

Would it shock you to
death if I suggested a cocktail?

Oh, no, no, I'm a modern girl.

One wouldn't hurt.

Steward.

Uh, Two, uh, dry martinis?

- Dry martins, two.
- Sir.

- You're American, aren't you?
- Mm-hmm.

- You?
- Yes, indeed, 100%.

I'll bet you are.

Capetown not a nice place, huh?

No, none of Africa.

I came in at Tripoli and
went out at Capetown.

Oh, how wonderful.
Did you hunt lions?

Did..

The lions know
I've been in Africa

make no mistake about that.

Oh, thrilling. I
wish I were a man.

- I should think you would.
- But I mean one like you.

With that hair-raising
experience.

Hair-raising? Yes.

It's a wonder to
me I'm here at all.

Really? Oh, do tell me.

- Well, I've had so many.
- Oh, goodness.

Uh, there was one time
in Northern Rhodesia.

Oh, oh, yes, I read
about that in geography.

- I should say.
- Yes.

We found a native
camp built on stilts.

Oh, I know, I've
seen pictures of it.

Yes. We hadn't built any fire
to frighten the animals away.

- You don't say.
- Hmm. Not a snitch of fire.

- Not a snitch?
- Not a snitch.

I was
sleeping like a baby

when suddenly I
heard heavy breathing.

Sort of a snore.

A wild beast!

Wild? It was a black panther.

Climbed up a tree and was trying

to get in the
second story window.

Oh, I'm frightened to death,
what on earth did you do?

I knocked him down.

But it didn't faze the panther.

The next time, he
caught me with my pants..

Uh, when I was sound asleep.

Oh, uh, did he get in?

I just had time to
jump out of bed

- as he dropped in on me.
- Oh, how awful.

I rushed to the door
and jumped out.

- Did he jump after you?
- Yes, but it was too late.

Oh, go on, go on.

You see, there was a lion

- after the panther.
- Yes.

The lion was waiting
in the tall grass below

and because of the
shadows, I couldn't see lion.

- Of course, of course.
- So, I alit right on his back.

- On the lion's back?
- On the lion's back.

As I alit on him

- he alit out.
- Through the jungle.

Through the night
and the jungle.

Did you stay on him?

Oh, yes, miles and miles.

It was a he-lion,
had a big mane.

Oh, lucky it was a he-lion.

In the morning, going a mile
a minute through the jungle

I suddenly saw we
were approaching a tree.

So I reached up, seized
a branch of the tree

swung myself up into
the branches, was lucky

and there my gang found
me early in the morning.

Up a tree.

I bet I know the first
thing you said to yourself.

What was that?

Thank goodness my
grandfather was a monkey

and I'm my grandfather's child.

- Where do you come from?
- Long Island, sir.

- And you, sir?
- Boston.

- Mayflower?
- Sure.

Well, here's to the Mayflower

and the millions of brave
souls she brought over.

How do you happen to
be alone on the high seas?

Alone?

Oh, or with some guy like me?

Oh, no, not like you.

Lay off me, will you?

I feel just like
crawling in a hole.

Rude people.

- What'll you have?
- Oh, something very small.

- Liquor? Reverendine?
- Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

Reverendine, two. Now,
tell me all about yourself.

- Why?
- Why not?

As for me, my father is
Thomas Darrow, Boston, Mass

owns most of the rubber factory.

I've been told to see
where rubber grows

so far, I've done very little
harm and absolutely no good.

My father is dead. He
was Alexander Lynton.

Lynton Limited Chemical
Works, Long Island, New York.

I dare you to say it.

Alexander Lynton, Lynt..

Lynton, Lynton..

I swear, I'm having
a fine evening.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if you turned out
to be quite a girl.

Big game to a big game hunter.

What'll we do next?

Tear rapidly around the deck
four times, that'll be a mile.

Then what?

Sorry, a minute ahead
is as far as I ever look.

What a girl, come on.

- Hello.
- 'Good evening.'

- Heel and toe.
- Heel and toe.

Yes, like this.

Try it.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, I thought you
said heel and toe.

Well, come on, let's go.

- That's it, that's it.
- Is it?

Come on.

What a night, there's
a moon, there's a band.

And there are two
empty deck chairs.

Oh, last but not least,
two empty deck chairs.

What do you want to do?

Just sit and talk or wallow
in the beauty of the night?

I never make any rules.

Well, I've got
something on my mind.

Oh, yes, I can see that.

Oh, quit kidding me, will you?

On the level, what
are you doing out here

in the middle of the
ocean all by yourself?

Alright, if you must know what..

...I try to avoid
Christmas at home

because my father was shot
around this time of the year.

Shot?

You see, the lady's husband
missed his train or something

and Christmas bells
remind my mother of things

so we try to shy
off from Christmas.

Two or three times
tonight I had a hunch

there was tragedy somewhere.

Tragedy?

I was only being intriguing.

Oh.

- Alright.
- Oh, where do we go?

- Here.
- Oh, oh..

Well, I..

Oh.

These housekeeping sailors
are beginning to cramp my style.

I was just settling down
to a nice romantic date.

Keep quiet a minute,
maybe it will come back.

- - Oh! Ah!

That's one sailor
too many, come on.

- What time do you get up?
- Oh, I don't know, why?

I wanna see that
shuffleboard of yours.

A plunge before breakfast,

breakfast, tennis, shuffleboard

soup, lunch

deck chairs, cocktails..

...dinner.

- That leaves only the night.
- And I sleep like a deck hand.

First thing you know,
old Manhattan skyline

and we're home.

You must be tired.

I bet we went around
that deck 400 times.

Oh, gosh, I forgot flat.

That's alright. So did I.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Seven, eight, seven.

'M!'

'Ε!'

'R!'

'R!'

'Y!'

'X!'

'M!'

'A!'

'S!'

Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus is now
coming down my chimney.

- There ain't no Santa Claus.
- Get out.

- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

Ladies and gentleman.

If you have wondered
why you haven't

received any wireless
messages today

it is because

we have placed them
on the Christmas tree.

A Merry Christmas.

Don't crowd in.

- I'll get yours.
- Thanks.

- Are these all the Ls?
- Yes, sir.

- Oh, none for Miss Lynton.
- I didn't see any, sir.

Thanks.

Are we a couple
of orphans or not?

If ever two people were left out

in the cold, it's you and I.

As a matter of fact, uh,
most of the messages

fell off or got knocked off.

So, we'll probably get
ours in the morning.

Cheer up. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Jerry.

I'm sorry, Miss Letty.

What's the matter with you?

I don't know, I'm sure.

Must be just Christmas, I guess.

What's our next stop?

- The boat?
- Yes, where do we stop next?

Havana.

When?

Tomorrow noon.

- I'm getting off.
- Oh, no, Miss Letty.

You can do as you
like, but I'm getting off.

There's only one thing
I like, to be with you.

Alright, then we're
getting off at Havana.

- Going back, Miss Letty?
- How do I know?

Oh, Miss Letty, may
I say something?

Yes.

This mister young man, Darrow..

...you love him, don't you?

Alright, so what?

Miss Letty, there's no
reason under the sun

he should ever know a thing.

There is nobody but me to tell.

And you know I'd cut
my tongue out for you.

Come in.

They tell me the female likes
to be pursued by the male.

So here I am.

Goodnight, Miranda.

Sure you're alright, Miss Letty?

Yes, thank you.

Oh, Miranda.

Merry so and so.

Thank you, sir.

And a prosperous
New what have you.

You started before the gun.

You're being called back.

Oh, I'll go back in a minute.

Sit down.

What should we talk about?

Rubber smells to high heaven.

So do chemical factories.

Let me see, there was
something I was gonna ask you

the first time I
caught up with you.

What was it?

Oh, yes, I remember.

Will you marry me?

That was it.

Will you?

Well, the old one
comes in pretty handy.

This is so sudden.

I mean it.

Oh, and how.

Funny.

If we should ever get off this
boat and go our separate ways

and you weren't
going to marry me

and live the rest
of your life with me..

...I just can't
put it into words.

You know, you're funny.

- Funny?
- Mm-hmm.

In the two weeks
we've been together

you've never tried to
kiss me or hold my hand

or anything like that.

Is that funny?

Well, it's, it's different.

The first day, the first night

I said to myself,
"I think this is it."

The second day, I knew it was.

Since then I've had an idea.

Or hope, more than idea.

That you might

you just might get to
feel the same way about it.

You don't want to get very fresh

with a girl you feel
like that about, do you?

Like what, Jerry?

What do you mean?

Well, I..

...I want to know
just how you feel.

Well..

...it makes you
something sort of special.

Different from anything that's
ever happened to me before.

I don't mean that you're
sugar and gonna melt if it rains.

But you might feel
the same way about..

...an angel.

If one happened along.

In a way.

I mean..

...ask me questions,
maybe I can tell you.

No, I don't need
asking questions.

You've already told me.

If you'll take me out
of this swamp of misery

maybe I can tell
you really how I feel.

How about it?

I haven't been
steering my course

towards marriage very much.

Right now, how about it?

Right now..

...I'd black your boots
for the rest of my life.

What a girl, what an ocean.

What a boat.

Come here.

Let me hear you
say "I love you".

Oh, I do, I do love you.

No, like this, I
love you, I love you.

I love you.

I love you, I love you.

I love you.

Come on.

We'll dance till
the sun comes up.

And talk until it
goes down again.

Merry Christmas,
everybody. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

Well, Miss Lynton, Mr. Darrow

will you step this way
just a minute, please?

What are your
plans, Miss Lynton?

Are you gonna stay home awhile?

Jerry, I don't know what to say.

Oh, just tell them
everything's okay with you.

I'm the happiest
girl in the world.

Oh, can I get a picture, please?

Step right up on
the box, please.

- Up here?
- Yes, please, right up there.

That's fine.

Ma'am, you cross your legs.

'Viewing.'

- 'This way.'
- 'This way, Miss Lynton.'

- 'Please, look this away.'
- 'Okay, right over here.'

- 'Please.'
- 'Right this way.'

'Miss Lynton, this way.'

'Smile, please.'

That's fine, thanks,
Miss Lynton, very much.

Did you do big game
hunting there, Mr. Darrow?

No.

- No?
- No,

Oh, Miranda.

Miranda, my ring. I must
have let it in my room.

Oh, I'll get it
for you, darling.

Well, never mind, I'll, uh..

I'll meet you among your trunks.

Alright, don't make it long.

- You didn't leave any ring.
- Oh, I know..

- I've just seen Renaul.
- You're dreaming.

- I wish I were.
- How did he get here?

I don't know, he
must have flown.

Miranda, I've got to keep
those two men from meeting.

- But how?
- I don't know.

Let's get out of here.

I wonder what
happens to my knees

every time I see that man.

Why, Emile!

This makes me a little
dizzy. Am I dreaming you?

No, you are not
dreaming, I am very real.

- Very.
- Yes, yes, I see you are.

Come along, my
trunks are over here.

Now tell me all about it.

I was afraid you will forget
me if I gave you the chance.

You didn't happen to
fly over my ship, did you?

I've attempted to
telephone, really I was.

Too bad you didn't.

Oh, here they are. Foolish child.

You can't keep away from
me anywhere in the world.

I guess, I'm
afraid you're right.

It isn't any cinch.

You know, I pictured you
waiting, absolutely sure

I'd jump off that ship
and swim back to you.

Oh. Oh, please, do you mind?

All my dutiable
things are in this trunk.

Now, is that all?

- Can we go?
- Okay, Miss Lynton.

Thank you.

Oh, I've got to stay and
straighten all this mess out.

I've also to go way
over there and pay this.

Unless you'd like to.

I would be delighted, of course.

- Where's my bag, Miranda?
- Never mind.

- Where's the place?
- This way, sir.

I'm going, I'll see
you at the house.

Oh..

'Check those two
to Grand Central Station'

- 'for me, will you?'
- 'Yes, sir.'

Hello, what kept you?
I've been waiting for hours.

We won't hesitate
a minute, then.

Let's go, my feet are frozen.

Hello, Dennis.

The car is right
outside, Miss Lynton.

- Well, that's fine.
- Sure good to see you back.

Thank you, Dennis.

Where is Miss Letty?

What's the matter with you?

Where is she?

Dennis, will you please take
Mr. Darrow to his apartment

and call him later to join
me after dinner tonight?

Are you sure your mother can
wait until evening to meet me?

I think it's better for you if she
does.

You're gonna tell
her you're leaving

for the Adirondacks tonight.

Yes, all the judgy work
will be over by dinnertime.

Good, I don't wanna
get off on the wrong foot.

Right, see you later.

Well it's gotta be ten
below zero up there

so you'd better
bring your red flannel.

There's some nice long red ones

in my grandmother's
trunk in the attic.

I'll get them out.

- Hello, David.
- Miss Letty!

Your mother is in
her sitting room.

It's good to see
you, Miss Letty.

Thanks, David.

May I wish you great
happiness, Miss Letty?

What do you mean?

The reporters have been
phoning quite regularly.

Oh, oh, dear.

Well, here goes.

Hello, dear.

I bought you a
Christmas present.

A little late, I'll admit, but..

...better late than never.

David tells me the reporters
have been bothering you.

So you finally got
home, didn't you?

I'm sorry, dear, but
I stopped to get this.

Have you had a pleasant trip?

You don't care a hang
about that, do you?

I'll open it by and by.

Are you angry about
my engagement?

What difference does it make?

You didn't wait to consult me.

Mother, for this once I'm
going to shoot point blank.

Have you ever
done anything else?

Oh, I may have a lot of
the wild stuff from my father

but I seem to have a
lot of something else

that I'm surprised to find.

Perhaps I'm a little
like you were years ago.

I have never altered one iota.

Oh, mother..

Mother, won't you please

try to listen to
me just a minute?

I mean, listen inside.

I'm not the same girl
that left you a year ago.

Not the same girl at all.

There were times
when your father

was very sweet and reasonable.

But there never was a time
when he wasn't deceiving me.

I have schooled myself to get
on without human affection.

It's much too treacherous.

Darling..

...do you think
you're the only person

in the world who's
ever been hurt?

- My life is my own business.
- Oh, no, it isn't.

There are so many
things I could make up for.

Oh, mother, I'm so
much in love that..

...I could die for everything
I've done that isn't right.

I'd love to be able to
look at myself and say

"you deserve to be happy."

And I can be happy, mother.

Oh, I love him so
much that I'll breathe

every breath for him
for the rest of my life.

So won't you try to
be friends with me?

Believe in me. It
would help so much.

- Oh, this is very familiar.
- Oh, mother.

Life is based on
the truth, Letty.

Whether you know it or not.

I'd hate to be the man
who depended on you.

That's funny.

You know, you said
something like that to me

when I was 14 years old.

Was it true or not?

No, it wasn't true then.

No, it wasn't true then.

Oh, this isn't any good.

You see, it's only
that I need help and..

Well, I don't quite know
where I'm going to get it.

You know, mother, I think
you're about the only person

in the world who's never
wanted to go the wrong way.

Everyone else I know
has at least a tendency.

I have suffered
all I am going to

for other people's sins, Letty.

Dearest..

...when you figure
that up like that..

...there's nothing
more to be said.

- Does she expect you?
- Yes, I'm quite sure she does.

Ah, this way, sir.

- Uh, it's--
- That's alright, David.

I'm not going to
apologize, Emile.

Quite simple, quite.

You went off in a hurry
because you didn't want me

to meet this young man.

- Very simple.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

I couldn't think
of anything else.

I couldn't trust you. I
didn't know what you'd say.

Oh, you're not going
to be difficult, Emile.

You're going to wish me
every happiness, aren't you?

I have come to congratulate you.

Oh, have it your own way.

On a really colossal joke.

- Merci.
- A magnificent joke.

'What's funny about it?'

We shall laugh at
this days and nights

for years to come.

There's no joke about this.

A voyage back to South
America is pleasant, too.

And we will take it
together. You and I.

Emile, I thought
I told you before..

...that finishing
was a habit of mine.

But when you learned this
habit, you had not met me.

Oh, don't be absurd, Emile,
there's nothing you can do.

I don't come so far
on a wild goose chase.

Touch has lost all its magic.

I've never in my life had
anything happen that I hated

that I loathed like I do that.

Well, we can't finish this here.

You shall come tonight
and tell me all about it.

Oh, Emile, please.

Please say goodbye
and wish me luck.

Oh, no.

I know where you belong, Letty.

This is the last time
you'll ever see me.

Until tonight, yes.

Will you get out?

If you don't, I
shall call the police.

- I'm not fooling about that.
- Good.

We shall have some
more interesting headlines.

If by 8:00, you are
not at my hotel..

...by tomorrow you shall
read in your own handwriting..

...that you cannot live
without Emile Renaul.

Oh, but, you see, you're wrong.

I've never done anything in
my life that I haven't told him.

- You're lying.
- I'm not. I am not lying.

If you hadn't, you wouldn't
care if I met him on the docks.

Anyhow..

...to speak of romantic
past is one thing.

Oh, not so loud, please.

But letters which speak of long

lonely, heart-broken nights.

Will you please be quiet?

There's no woman
in the world but you.

There's no love
for you but mine.

Here's the number of my rooms.

Eight o'clock.

Oh, Miss Letty, what's the..

Miranda, would you please get
Mr. Darrow on the telephone?

'He's on the
phone, Miss Letty, Mr. Darrow.'

Hello, Jerry.

I can't leave for
the Saranac tonight.

Well, it's mother, you know.

Yes, dear. I'll explain
some other time.

Sure, sure, it's alright.

I'm just trying to
lie like a gentleman.

No, no, of course it's alright.

What's the difference
one night more or less

when we're gonna live the
rest of our lives together?

How much?

I'll tell you how much.

If I can't live the rest
of my life with you..

...I don't wanna live it at all.

Oh, I mean that.

Right.

We'll leave for the
Adirondacks in the morning.

Yes, dear, with all my heart.

Goodbye.

You are late.

I suppose you have been telling
yourself you would not come?

- So?
- Sorry.

Allow me.

I've no idea of the time.

Oh, what matter? You are here.

My coat, please?

Let me get thawed out.

I'm paralyzed.

Oh, and this.

You won't need
these again tonight.

Oh, no?

You are amusing.

Any wine left? I'm congealed.

There's nothing my Letty can
want I shall not have for her.

Not so? Oh, yes.

No?

Some food? Or are you fed?

No, thanks, I-I'm not hungry.

No?

Sit down.

Oh, caramba, this weather.

Doesn't it make you
want for Montevideo?

How can you be
so idiotic to think

there can be love
in this ice and mud?

Emile..

...I'm going to say
something just as plainly

as I possibly can.

Very hard for you,
plain speaking, isn't it?

I'm too unhappy and too
frightened to do anything else.

Quite so.

There shall be only
one mind between us.

Maybe you waste your time.

The way I love you
no other man can.

Won't you please listen?

Why listen?

A woman was made for the
man whose arms she likes the best.

Nothing else will
last till next Christmas.

Emile.

Down there, the
last time I saw you..

...I didn't think any more
about love than you do.

Women don't think.

They change their
minds, that's all.

Have you any idea how I felt

when you put your
arms around me just now?

- I know how you
felt-- - Oh, no, you don't.

I felt just like putting
a knife in your heart.

How dare you say
such thing to me?

How dare you?!

You're hurting me.

We will discuss this
thing at breakfast time.

You'll be more clear.

Emile, you must listen to me.

I want to get married.

I've never loved anyone
before in all my life.

You or anybody else.

I want you to give
me my letters back.

Let me have my chance,
won't you, please?

If you care the least
little bit for me, you will.

Emile, I'm begging.

Begging for my
life with all my heart.

Oh, I know I don't
deserve the chance, but..

...I'll make it if only
you'll be a little kind.

A man you have
known for three weeks?

You're making a
laughing stock of me.

When I awake, you are gone.

Next time you leave me

it will be when I have said so.

Nothing can ever bring
us again together, Emile

you and me, nothing
under heaven.

We are together, aren't we?

And I doubt that you will
scream or alarm the neighbors.

- Emile, I'm warning you--
- My dear child.

I will have to see to it

that life doesn't confuse
you like this again.

Yes?

'The waiter,
sir. For the service.'

Later, please.

I'm not finished.

Well, this is fine.

Once again, four walls..

...my Letty and me. That's
the way it should be--

You'll never put your hands
on me again as long as I live.

If I have to kill myself,
you'll never do that.

Oh, you will be true
to Mr. Darrow, eh?

Yes, I'll be true to him.

No matter what you do.

That's all I'm asking for

just a chance to prove
it for the rest of my life.

Where there isn't a
rotten, filthy second

I ever spent with you that I
couldn't cut my heart out for.

Why, you!

You dirty swine.

- How could I ever-- -
How could you what?

I don't know, but certain
men you have had in your life...

Get up here.

'No one has ever
made a fool of me.'

Or ever will.

Oh..

...you look as though you were
interested in me once again.

You see, you have exactly
the same feeling for me

as I have for you.

So you would kill yourself

because I take you
in my arms, hm?

Well?

We shall leave on
the first boat south.

And I promise we shall have
no more trouble ever again.

Yes, we'll take the next
boat south, no more trouble.

My boat's in the
harbor at Montevideo.

We shall sail in the moonlight--

Yes, sail in the moonlight.

Music from the shore
just for you and me.

Yes, just for you and me.

- We shall dance, my Letty.
- Yes, we'll dance.

Do you remember the
last night down there?

The tango? How glorious.

- We will dance again.
- Yes, yes, we'll dance.

We'll dance.

Now life has some meaning.

Now it has some flair.

Oh, Emile, please.

Please give me just a
minute to get myself together.

I don't quite know
what I'm doing.

Oh, I'm not gonna fight
you, honestly, I'm not, Emile.

Won't you please let me
be alone for just a minute?

Please.

Why is it so dark?

Why is it so dark?

Oh!

Santa Maria.

What's the matter?

Oh, you..

You wished me to have it..

Yes. Yes, I did it.

I meant it for myself.

Do you hear me? I
meant it for myself.

I'm glad I did it.

You dirty, filthy,
greedy mongrel.

I'm glad I did it.

If I hang for it,
I'm glad I did it.

Pardon me, sir. May
I remove the service?

Hmm!

To your health, sir.

I thought I heard someone.

I'm sorry, dear.

I tried to come in
as quietly as I could

so I wouldn't wake you.

You're not going to
the Adirondacks tonight.

No, tomorrow.

- Early?
- Yes, quite.

Will you call me so that
I can meet your fiancé?

Yes. Yes, dear.

It might have been the
natural and polite thing to do

to have brought
him in this evening.

Several natural things
might have happened

this evening, mother

if you'd ever cared
anything about me.

It's too late for that now.

Goodnight, dear.

Hoo!

Hello, Jerry, my
boy, welcome home.

Oh, Jerry! I thought
you'd never get here.

Well, you won't
have to worry about

your wandering boy any longer.

Dad, I've learned
a few foreign tricks

so you get a great big kiss.

- Well.
- Of course, this is Letty.

There never was the chance
of it being anybody else.

Can you forgive us, my dear

for overlooking
you for a minute?

But, you see, he's all we have
and he's been gone so long.

Of course.

And you've gathered by this time

that this is Dad.

And she may also have gathered

that this is snow.

Bring the poor girl in.

You're very welcome, my dear.

I tell you, old son,
I've missed you.

Well, it's great to be home.

Bob, the old horse,
I am glad to see you.

Nice to have you back.

What about all those
lies you used to tell me

about lions, and
tigers and panthers?

Why don't you tell them
the one about the panther

that came in the
upstairs window?

You children must be freezing.

Come along to the fireplace
and have something hot.

Jerry, I'm very cross with you.

You know, ever since he was born

I've been looking forward to
announcing his engagement.

And here it was this morning,
all mixed up with my oatmeal.

Did you read any of
the cables he sent about you?

Read 'em?

- Why, she told me what to say.
- I did not.

It looks to me, son, you've
done mighty well for yourself.

- You don't know the half of it.
- And a very good thing, too.

And, if I may say so,
you've done alright, too.

Don't worry, I've
boosted myself plenty.

Yes, siree. One of the
best jobs I've done.

You've done?

- Hm, it's nice and hot.
- Bring it along upstairs, dear.

It is bound to be a
lot of the man-talk.

And, anyway, I want
to get you all to myself.

- Fine girl, lad.
- She's great.

We Darrows always had
great luck with women.

- You like her?
- Fine.

Has a chin. Good head.

Doesn't gabble. Well-made.

- Congratulations, old man.
- Thanks.

- Oh, how nice and cozy.
- Yes.

It is a cozy room.
Look here, dear.

These radiograms,
all arranged in order.

Number 1, met a girl
today named Letty.

Second, met a girl
yesterday named Letty.

He's so silly.

And as they go along we
found out all about you.

I put this here, dear

so that you'd see I was willing

to hand him over to you.

You mean share him with me.

I hope you like us, Letty.

See, we can always be together.

The four of us.

You know..

...you're the sweetest
thing I've ever known.

We're the silly ones.

I want to see Miss Lynton.

- Letty Lynton.
- Will you come in?

What name shall I say?

Well, she don't know me.

I'll tell Miss Lynton.

Come here, dear.
I wanna show you

a cheerful prospect
for tomorrow.

That pond is Darrow Lake.

Almost like
they'd break my neck.

Come in.

- A man to see Miss Lynton.
- Who is he?

He wouldn't state
his business, Miss.

How mysterious.

He seems to be
a detective, Miss.

My maid must have
smuggled something in.

I'll go right down
and see about it.

- Can't be anything serious.
- Of course not.

- I'm terribly sorry.
- Oh, it'll be alright.

I'm sorry, gentlemen,
but I can't talk.

Except to Miss Lynton.

Oh, darling, you seem to
be under arrest or something.

What's all the excitement?

Miranda been smuggling?

- Are you Miss Lynton?
- Yes.

The District Attorney
wants to see you, Miss.

- District Attorney?
- A man named Renaul was killed.

It was in the
paper this morning.

Killed? You mean murdered?

Now, just a few
questions, Miss Lynton.

But, you'll have to
come with me now.

You don't know
anything about this.

Of course, I don't.

- Where did this happen?
- At a hotel.

- New York?
- Yes.

Did you know this man, Letty?

Yes, I did, Mr. Darrow.

But I left him in South America.

It's murder. I
wouldn't talk much.

We'll have to start right away.

Oh, now, wait a minute.

I'm sorry, sir. But its orders.

Oh, what a shame.

- I'm awfully sorry.
- It's too bad.

Do we have to stand for this

just because she
happened to know the man?

I've got to do as I'm told, sir.

I guess there's no use arguing.

It is so embarrassing.

Well, there's nothing
you can do about it.

No, I guess not.

I'll be right down.

Uh, when did this happen?

I haven't read the papers.

Last night, about 10 o'clock.

Oh.

- I'll have to go with her.
- Why, of course you will.

Isn't it a shame, mother?

Can you imagine anything
as ridiculous as this?

I'll be right with you.

Fella's half an
hour late already.

He'll be here soon enough.

Tired, darling?

Oh, that long ride and no sleep.

This won't last long.

Mother, you've
hardly spoken to me.

Why?

Because I'm in exactly
the same position

as the District Attorney.

I'm waiting for this hearing.

You're not afraid.

I don't know.

When you walk
into this building..

...something seems
to close in on you.

Well, good morning.

Mighty sorry to
have kept you waiting.

I was unavoidably detained.

I had to go to court
for a second or two.

You'll excuse me a moment?

Uh, send Baker in here.

Alright, Miss Lynton.

There isn't a scrap of anything

that connects you
with this murder.

Nice of you to come.

I appreciate it.

Oh, uh, tell Kingsley
to take care of this

and Babson on the Renaul murder

get a hold of the Consul
of whatever country

that bird belonged to and
find out all you can about him.

A lot of that ground's
been covered.

Do it thoroughly, tell Babson.

And not a word to the
press about this hearing.

Why have you made such a
point of getting my daughter here?

We found out, Mrs. Lynton,
that this man Renaul came north

with your daughter in
the same ship she did.

Somebody's been
kidding you, Mr. Haney.

I was on that boat and
he certainly was not.

Well..

...what about this?

We found that on the
body of the dead man.

Oh, I had forgotten about that.

You see, he happened along as
I was going through the customs

and insisted upon
taking care of it for me.

Oh, I see, I see.

Oh, uh, this is Doctor Sanders

who examined the body
of the murdered man.

Uh, your name is
Jerry Darrow, isn't it?

Yes.

Uh, did you by any chance

meet this man Renaul as he..

...just happened
along at the customs?

Why, uh...no, no, I didn't.

Huh, oh, I suppose
you have seen this.

The headlines
shout romance, but..

...look at the picture.

You see, the photographers
asked her to get up on the rail

and cross her legs.

Oh, oh, oh, oh..

Well, was the shock
as great as that?

It's frightfully exaggerated.

Well, cameras play funny tricks.

What sort of a fellow
was this, uh, man, Renaul?

What do you mean?

I mean, uh, what did he do?

He travelled, mostly.

His business kept him
three or four months

out of every year
in South America.

Was he a wealthy man?

I'm sure I don't know.
He seemed to be.

Uh, sort of a man that
might have enemies?

I should think so, yes.

Well, you didn't, by any
chance, happen to know

any of the enemies
he might have had?

No, I don't remember any.

I see.

Well.

This must have just come.

We wired the police down there

to get a resume
of that man's life.

Hm.

How, uh..

...how long were you
there, Miss Lynton?

- Nearly three months.
- 'Indeed.'

Well, I made a little foray
to Rio and other places.

Ah.

Must have been
having a pleasant time.

Yes, I suppose I was.

Renaul doing his share?

'He was very agreeable.'

Mm-hm.

You must have behaved yourself.

The police make
no mention of you.

Uh, you left him at Montevideo?

Yes, he came north by plane.

Oh, oh, then he was
at the dock to meet you.

'Yes.'

- Was that a surprise?
- 'Rather.'

I've been wondering if the
horror caught by this camera

was just surprise.

You're trying to trap this
girl, aren't you, Mr. Haney?

Good Lord, no, no,
Mrs. Lynton. Just a habit.

You see, one's
brain gets to play

over a case like a searchlight.

Just, just a habit.

When did, uh, you two meet?

Onboard ship.

'Love at first sight?'

You see, we were three weeks
coming from Montevideo.

Now did Renaul have the bad
luck to fall in love with you, too?

- Yes, I guess he did.
- 'Don't you know he did?'

He did get to be
a bit of a nuisance.

He followed you
north, didn't he?

What if he did? That doesn't
prove anything, does it?

You'd been living with this
man for months, hadn't you?

- I did nothing of the
kind-- - Look here, sir.

You can't get away with this.

Now, just hold your
horses, youngster.

I feel sorry for you.

We found these yesterday.

In a box in the hotel office.

Letters written by you.

'During one of these
forays, as you call them.'

Miss Lynton, I must warn
you that anything you say

from now on may
be used against you.

And it's my duty to turn
you over to the police

and hold you for the grand jury.

Why? On what? Writing
some foolish love letters?

These are not
foolish love letters.

They speak very
frankly and intelligently.

Just listen to this one.

'Written in
November, from Rio.'

Jerry, please let me
fight this out alone.

I thought so.

She didn't want you to know

that these nights were
agonies of loneliness

for this romantic foreigner.
Here's another one.

Don't make a fool
of yourself, Haney.

I know all about those letters,

I know all about this situation.

We're not living
in the early 90s.

You can tell that
to the grand jury.

You're not going to
take this thing into court

for nothing and make a
laughing stock of yourself.

You entered that man's
rooms prepared to kill him

or get these letters
back, didn't you?

I did nothing of the kind.

I had no more
idea of killing him

than I had of killing
my own mother.

'But you did kill him.'

That's a lie. I did not.

You went to this man's room

at 10 o'clock, or thereabouts.

You asked for these,
they were refused you.

And then you killed
him, you poisoned him.

You're trying to force me

into saying something
that is not true.

And this is not true!

And in your haste to get away

you forgot something.

Alright, if you must have it

I did go to see him.

I had told Jerry Darrow nothing.

Don't you see I
couldn't let him know

what a rotten
worthless thing I was

because, because
I might lose him?

That's why I went to see Renaul.

I told him that for the first
time in my life I was in love.

I begged him to give me a chance

but he only laughed at me.

I didn't go there to kill him.
It never entered my mind.

Wait a minute, Letty.

There's no way out
of this but the truth.

At half past eight that night

I met Miss Lynton in
the lobby of the hotel.

We went to my apartment..

...and spent the night there.

That's the truth. That's
exactly what happened.

- Ah! Don't be a fool, Darrow.
- Right back at you, Mr. Haney.

You're not bright
enough to prove it.

This girl could be at two
places at the same time.

If you want to take
this thing into the court

for the sheer pleasure of
throwing mud on this girl

and her mother and my family,
wasting the public's money

and making a fool of yourself..

...alright.

You go ahead.

I hope you can prove
that when the time comes.

At least, it's the
choice of evils.

May I speak, Mr. Haney?

Certainly, Mrs.
Lynton, if you want to.

I'd rather cut an arm off
than verify the statement

that this young
man has just made.

'But it's the truth.'

And I'd have to verify it if I went into
court

wouldn't I?

This is serious.

Uh, go ahead, Mrs. Lynton,
tell me how you know this.

On the afternoon of the
day that this man was..

...this man died, he
came to my house.

I overheard a good deal
of what he had to say.

'The man seemed
to be quite mad.'

I heard him say if my daughter
did not come to his rooms

by 8 o'clock that evening..

...he might kill himself
before morning.

The relationship between
my daughter and myself

for several years
has been wretched.

She didn't come with
her troubles to me.

A little after 8 o'clock..

...I went over to
Renaul's hotel.

I saw her leave
with this young man.

'They walked over
to Park Avenue.'

'I saw them going to his place.'

I stood around in
the street for, oh..

...probably an hour or so..

...trying to make up
my mind what to do.

Finally, in desperation,
I followed them in.

I begged of them
not to begin life

in this cheap miserable way.

But they answered me
exactly as this young man

has just answered you.

We are not living
in the early 90s.

So I came away.

I stood in the street
for quite a while..

...and I saw the lights go out.

Then I came home.

Well, uh..

...Mrs. Lynton, did anybody
see you leave your house?

Yes, sir, I did.

It was about eight, sir.

She came in just
before midnight.

Miss Lynton, would
you go before a judge

and a jury and swear to this?

Would you swear to it?

Why, I've told you
the absolute truth.

I'd have to, wouldn't
I, Mr. Haney?

The poison was
administered about

10 o'clock, or thereabouts.

Half an hour either way.

Well..

That's that.

Miss Lynton.

There are times when
failure is not so hard to take.

Believe me, this is
one of those times.

Mrs. Lynton, I wouldn't
want to force you

to go before a judge and a jury

and have you tell them
what you just told me.

I'm convinced as you are.

It would simply be
a waste of time and..

...public money.

Mr. Darrow..

...I've got a girl
just about her age.

But she never yet has
brought anybody around

that can thinks as fast
as you can, young fellow.

I don't get you, Mr. Haney.

Did you ever study law?

No, why?

Too bad.

Lawyers with brains are scarce.

Well, doctor, we may as well go.

I haven't had my breakfast yet.

Mother..

I'm sorry we had to do that.

Your mother and I.

But we had to tell the truth.

Jerry, you don't have
to go any further.

If there's another girl
with this kind of stuff

I hope you get her.

You deserve it.

I hope you know why I did it.

Goodbye. Try to forgive me.

Breakfast is ready.

Oh, Mrs. Lynton.

Do you skate?

I used to.

I'd like to see dad in
the middle with you

hanging on one arm
and mother on the other.

There will be a train
about 12 o'clock.

I'll wire them to meet us
at the station with a sleigh.

Have a steak for dinner.