1 00:01:23,457 --> 00:01:26,450 ♪ We won't sing, and we can't sing ♪ 2 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:29,413 ♪ and we'll tell you the reason why ♪ 3 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:32,625 ♪ we won't sing, and we can't sing ♪ 4 00:01:32,635 --> 00:01:36,128 ♪ because our whistles are dry ♪ 5 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:39,842 ♪ we won't sing, and we can't sing ♪ 6 00:01:39,852 --> 00:01:42,186 What kind of a joint is this? 7 00:01:44,815 --> 00:01:48,182 Oh, this is where... 8 00:01:48,192 --> 00:01:50,519 Come on, boys, come on. 9 00:01:50,529 --> 00:01:52,949 ♪ We won't sing... ♪ 10 00:03:28,762 --> 00:03:30,211 Leslie, dear, 11 00:03:30,221 --> 00:03:32,640 I think I'll go into Singapore tonight... 12 00:03:34,267 --> 00:03:36,301 ...and exchange this rifle. 13 00:03:36,311 --> 00:03:37,719 It's not heavy enough for tiger. 14 00:03:37,729 --> 00:03:40,556 Well, don't be long. 15 00:03:40,566 --> 00:03:41,975 With a tiger about, 16 00:03:41,985 --> 00:03:44,319 I'm afraid I'm as nervous as the natives. 17 00:03:46,866 --> 00:03:48,784 I won't. Don't worry. 18 00:04:04,341 --> 00:04:06,002 Well, Robert, for heaven's sake, 19 00:04:06,012 --> 00:04:07,627 go if you're going. 20 00:04:07,637 --> 00:04:09,337 You know, Leslie, 21 00:04:09,347 --> 00:04:11,673 it makes me feel awkward and stupid to say some things. 22 00:04:11,683 --> 00:04:13,092 I'm not in the least clever, 23 00:04:13,102 --> 00:04:14,886 but because I don't say much, 24 00:04:14,896 --> 00:04:18,566 don't think I don't appreciate your being out here with me. 25 00:04:50,977 --> 00:04:53,094 Only wives like you 26 00:04:53,104 --> 00:04:56,764 can make these godforsaken places bearable, Leslie. 27 00:04:56,774 --> 00:04:59,601 Seven years on a rubber plantation... 28 00:04:59,611 --> 00:05:01,436 With no company but natives 29 00:05:01,446 --> 00:05:03,365 and a lot of dowdy planters' wives. 30 00:05:05,534 --> 00:05:08,694 Yes, Robert, that ought to be a test for a good wife. 31 00:05:08,704 --> 00:05:10,113 Mm. 32 00:05:10,123 --> 00:05:12,209 Well, I'll be going now. 33 00:05:14,044 --> 00:05:16,587 Hang it all. I was forgetting the gun. 34 00:05:20,218 --> 00:05:21,833 Well, goodbye. 35 00:05:21,843 --> 00:05:23,804 Goodbye, Robert. 36 00:05:30,896 --> 00:05:33,232 Good night, boys. 37 00:06:21,742 --> 00:06:23,494 Amah? 38 00:06:40,721 --> 00:06:41,879 Amah? 39 00:06:41,889 --> 00:06:43,100 Yes, Leslie? 40 00:06:46,145 --> 00:06:48,012 Amah, take this letter to Mr. Hammond at once. 41 00:06:48,022 --> 00:06:49,315 Yes, mistress. 42 00:06:51,067 --> 00:06:54,435 Before you go, please put the shades down. 43 00:06:54,445 --> 00:06:55,905 Yes, mistress. 44 00:07:25,854 --> 00:07:28,223 "Yet each man kills the thing he loves. 45 00:07:28,233 --> 00:07:30,557 "By each, let this be heard. 46 00:07:30,567 --> 00:07:34,062 "Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. 47 00:07:34,072 --> 00:07:40,037 The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword!" 48 00:07:52,175 --> 00:07:53,624 What's that? 49 00:07:53,634 --> 00:07:55,262 Come in. 50 00:08:04,147 --> 00:08:07,224 A letter for you. 51 00:08:07,234 --> 00:08:09,026 For me? 52 00:08:30,925 --> 00:08:33,179 Something wrong? 53 00:08:35,097 --> 00:08:36,474 Nothing. 54 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:43,763 Is it that white woman, hmm? 55 00:08:43,773 --> 00:08:45,108 No. 56 00:09:20,688 --> 00:09:23,567 You will not be gone so long? 57 00:09:25,109 --> 00:09:27,070 Only for about an hour. 58 00:09:29,365 --> 00:09:32,452 I shall be waiting. 59 00:09:58,104 --> 00:09:59,606 Amah. 60 00:10:33,561 --> 00:10:36,021 He lied to me. 61 00:10:41,192 --> 00:10:43,321 Come in, Geoffrey. 62 00:10:46,908 --> 00:10:49,453 Nice of you to come. 63 00:10:51,746 --> 00:10:54,616 Oh. Have a drink, will you? 64 00:10:54,626 --> 00:10:56,669 Thanks. I will. 65 00:11:01,507 --> 00:11:04,082 I say... 66 00:11:04,092 --> 00:11:06,878 Is anything the matter? 67 00:11:06,888 --> 00:11:09,381 That note of yours was rather hectic. 68 00:11:09,391 --> 00:11:11,518 Geoffrey, I can't go on any longer. 69 00:11:13,102 --> 00:11:15,137 I'm at the end of my tether. 70 00:11:15,147 --> 00:11:16,847 Why? What's up? 71 00:11:16,857 --> 00:11:19,517 Oh, don't pretend. What's the use of that? 72 00:11:19,527 --> 00:11:22,437 Why have you left me all this time without a sign? 73 00:11:22,447 --> 00:11:24,188 I've had an awful lot to do. 74 00:11:24,198 --> 00:11:25,774 You haven't had so much to do 75 00:11:25,784 --> 00:11:27,984 that you couldn't find time to write me a line. 76 00:11:27,994 --> 00:11:29,861 There didn't seem to be any object 77 00:11:29,871 --> 00:11:31,489 in taking useless risks. 78 00:11:31,499 --> 00:11:34,700 Don't take me for a perfect idiot, please. 79 00:11:34,710 --> 00:11:36,620 I say, Leslie, darling, 80 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:38,538 if you sent for me to make a scene, 81 00:11:38,548 --> 00:11:40,039 I'm gonna take myself off. 82 00:11:40,049 --> 00:11:41,625 Geoffrey. 83 00:11:41,635 --> 00:11:43,627 Don't you know how I love you? 84 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:45,086 Well, darling, 85 00:11:45,096 --> 00:11:46,464 you've got a damn funny way of showing it. 86 00:11:46,474 --> 00:11:48,256 You drive me to desperation! 87 00:11:48,266 --> 00:11:49,841 Leslie, I wonder if you've noticed 88 00:11:49,851 --> 00:11:52,229 we hardly ever meet now without having a row. 89 00:11:53,606 --> 00:11:54,639 Is that my fault? 90 00:11:54,649 --> 00:11:56,098 I don't say that. 91 00:11:56,108 --> 00:11:59,395 I daresay it's mine, but when that happens 92 00:11:59,405 --> 00:12:02,021 to people who are on the sort of terms that we are, 93 00:12:02,031 --> 00:12:06,985 it looks very much as though things were wearing a bit thin. 94 00:12:06,995 --> 00:12:09,572 What do you mean by that? 95 00:12:09,582 --> 00:12:11,949 Well, when that happens, 96 00:12:11,959 --> 00:12:16,579 the commonsense thing is to say, "we've had a jolly-good time, 97 00:12:16,589 --> 00:12:18,457 but all good things must come to an end." 98 00:12:18,467 --> 00:12:19,625 Geoffrey. 99 00:12:19,635 --> 00:12:21,209 I'm all for facing facts. 100 00:12:21,219 --> 00:12:23,379 Oh. 101 00:12:23,389 --> 00:12:26,465 Geoffrey, what is that Chinese woman doing 102 00:12:26,475 --> 00:12:27,934 in your house? 103 00:12:29,979 --> 00:12:31,471 My dear, what are you talking about? 104 00:12:31,481 --> 00:12:33,055 Don't take me for a perfect fool. 105 00:12:33,065 --> 00:12:34,807 Don't you think I know 106 00:12:34,817 --> 00:12:36,601 that you've been living with a Chinese woman for months?! 107 00:12:36,611 --> 00:12:37,977 Nonsense. 108 00:12:37,987 --> 00:12:39,397 The common gossip of the kampong! 109 00:12:39,407 --> 00:12:40,565 My dear, if you're going to listen 110 00:12:40,575 --> 00:12:41,898 to the gossip of the natives... 111 00:12:41,908 --> 00:12:43,526 I want to know what you're doing 112 00:12:43,536 --> 00:12:45,819 with that Chinese woman in your house. 113 00:12:45,829 --> 00:12:47,863 I didn't know there was a China woman about. 114 00:12:47,873 --> 00:12:49,167 I have seen her. 115 00:12:50,753 --> 00:12:51,993 What's she like? 116 00:12:52,003 --> 00:12:55,288 Common and vulgar. 117 00:12:55,298 --> 00:12:57,374 You're not paying me a very pretty compliment. 118 00:12:57,384 --> 00:13:00,210 Geoffrey, will you swear to me 119 00:13:00,220 --> 00:13:02,797 - that she is not your mistress? - Certainly. 120 00:13:02,807 --> 00:13:04,507 - On your honor? - On my honor. 121 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:05,800 That's a lie! 122 00:13:05,810 --> 00:13:07,469 All right, then it's a lie. 123 00:13:07,479 --> 00:13:09,679 In that case, why don't you let me go? 124 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:11,014 Because I love you. 125 00:13:11,024 --> 00:13:12,777 Because I love you, I tell you. 126 00:13:13,902 --> 00:13:15,561 Geoffrey, I love you. 127 00:13:15,571 --> 00:13:16,853 There's nobody going to... 128 00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:19,105 ever going to love you like I love you. 129 00:13:19,115 --> 00:13:20,983 I can't go on without you. 130 00:13:20,993 --> 00:13:23,110 Without you, I'm just lost. 131 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,030 I know at times I've treated you so badly 132 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,824 and hurt you and all of that, 133 00:13:27,834 --> 00:13:29,659 but it's only because I'm so unhappy. 134 00:13:29,669 --> 00:13:32,789 My dear, I don't want to make you unhappy, 135 00:13:32,799 --> 00:13:35,207 but it's no good beating about the bush. 136 00:13:35,217 --> 00:13:37,375 The thing is over and done with. 137 00:13:37,385 --> 00:13:40,003 You can't mean that, Geoffrey. You can't mean that! 138 00:13:40,013 --> 00:13:42,173 Leslie, dear, I'm terribly sorry, 139 00:13:42,183 --> 00:13:44,258 but the facts are there, and you've got to face them. 140 00:13:44,268 --> 00:13:46,094 This is the end, 141 00:13:46,104 --> 00:13:47,679 and you've got to make the best of it. 142 00:13:47,689 --> 00:13:50,432 You wouldn't treat a dog like you're treating me. 143 00:13:50,442 --> 00:13:52,435 Is it my fault if I don't love you? 144 00:13:52,445 --> 00:13:55,354 Damn it all. One either loves or one doesn't. 145 00:13:55,364 --> 00:13:58,023 But I love you, you see, I love you. 146 00:13:58,033 --> 00:14:00,234 Oh, oh, Geoffrey, I tell you, 147 00:14:00,244 --> 00:14:01,985 I'll do anything you want me to do. 148 00:14:01,995 --> 00:14:03,572 I'll give... I'll do anything. 149 00:14:03,582 --> 00:14:05,073 It doesn't make any difference what. 150 00:14:05,083 --> 00:14:06,700 You won't even give me a chance! 151 00:14:06,710 --> 00:14:10,370 Oh, my god, why can't you be reasonable? 152 00:14:10,380 --> 00:14:12,800 I tell you, I'm sick and tired of the whole thing. 153 00:14:14,343 --> 00:14:16,168 Do you want me to tell you in so many words 154 00:14:16,178 --> 00:14:17,629 that you mean nothing to me? 155 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:19,004 Don't you know it? 156 00:14:19,014 --> 00:14:22,467 Haven't you felt it? You must be blind. 157 00:14:22,477 --> 00:14:24,386 Yes, I know. I know all too well. 158 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:25,898 I've felt it. I don't care! 159 00:14:27,232 --> 00:14:29,475 It isn't love any longer. It's madness. 160 00:14:29,485 --> 00:14:31,059 It's torture to see you. 161 00:14:31,069 --> 00:14:33,771 It's torture 10 times worse not to see you. 162 00:14:33,782 --> 00:14:35,366 If you leave me now, I'll kill myself. 163 00:14:36,743 --> 00:14:38,359 I swear that I'll kill myself! 164 00:14:38,369 --> 00:14:39,653 Go ahead. 165 00:14:39,663 --> 00:14:41,028 You don't think I mean it. 166 00:14:41,038 --> 00:14:43,406 You don't think I've got the courage! 167 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:45,075 I have no patience with you. 168 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:47,296 You're enough to drive anyone out of his senses. 169 00:14:49,298 --> 00:14:51,290 You can do what you like, you can say what you like, 170 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:52,917 but I tell you, it's finished. 171 00:14:52,927 --> 00:14:55,044 Geoffrey... Geoffrey, I won't let you go. 172 00:14:55,054 --> 00:14:56,431 I can't. I love you, I love you! 173 00:14:57,933 --> 00:15:01,426 I'm fed up... fed up, understand? 174 00:15:01,436 --> 00:15:04,470 I'm sick of the sight of you. 175 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,141 Don't say that. Don't say that! 176 00:15:07,151 --> 00:15:09,226 Yes, I will say that... 177 00:15:09,236 --> 00:15:12,146 And what's more, the China woman is my mistress, 178 00:15:12,156 --> 00:15:14,116 and I don't care who knows it. 179 00:15:15,786 --> 00:15:19,279 If you ask me to choose between you and her... 180 00:15:19,289 --> 00:15:21,374 I choose her. 181 00:15:24,211 --> 00:15:25,953 You wanted the truth. 182 00:15:25,963 --> 00:15:27,340 All right, then. 183 00:15:28,926 --> 00:15:30,426 Now you have it. 184 00:15:46,026 --> 00:15:48,771 You swear the evidence you shall give in this court 185 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:51,565 between our sovereign lord, the king, and yourself 186 00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:53,399 shall be the truth, the whole truth, 187 00:15:53,409 --> 00:15:55,694 and nothing but the truth, so help you god? 188 00:15:55,704 --> 00:15:56,956 I do. 189 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,741 What is your name? 190 00:15:59,751 --> 00:16:01,993 Mrs. Robert Crosbie. 191 00:16:02,003 --> 00:16:04,088 Mrs. Robert Crosbie, take the stand. 192 00:16:17,019 --> 00:16:20,137 Mrs. Crosbie, perhaps it would be better 193 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:23,684 if you told us the whole story in your own way. 194 00:16:23,694 --> 00:16:25,946 Do you think you could manage that? 195 00:16:28,197 --> 00:16:29,909 I'll try. 196 00:16:31,869 --> 00:16:36,488 On the... on the evening of the tragedy, 197 00:16:36,498 --> 00:16:39,994 my husband was going to Singapore on business. 198 00:16:40,004 --> 00:16:44,372 I wasn't feeling very well, so I stayed at home. 199 00:16:44,382 --> 00:16:47,375 I, uh, don't mind being alone 200 00:16:47,385 --> 00:16:51,798 because planters' wives get used to that sort of thing. 201 00:16:51,808 --> 00:16:55,760 So, I was sitting quietly, working on my lace 202 00:16:55,770 --> 00:16:59,681 when I heard footsteps, and someone came on the veranda. 203 00:16:59,691 --> 00:17:02,643 Yes... Go on, Mrs. Crosbie. 204 00:17:02,653 --> 00:17:04,979 Well, at first, I didn't know who it was, 205 00:17:04,989 --> 00:17:08,315 and then he said, "it's I, Geoff Hammond," 206 00:17:08,325 --> 00:17:10,693 so I said, "oh, hello, there. Won't you come in?" 207 00:17:10,703 --> 00:17:13,154 Were you surprised to see him? 208 00:17:13,164 --> 00:17:14,656 I was rather 209 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:17,491 because he hadn't been up to the house for ages. 210 00:17:17,501 --> 00:17:21,371 So, I told him that Robert had gone to Singapore on business. 211 00:17:21,381 --> 00:17:23,332 What did he say to that? 212 00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:25,250 He said, "I am sorry 213 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:27,962 "because I was feeling very lonely this evening, 214 00:17:27,972 --> 00:17:30,505 "and I thought perhaps I'd come along 215 00:17:30,515 --> 00:17:33,144 and just see how you folks were getting on." 216 00:17:35,022 --> 00:17:37,056 So, he helped himself to a whiskey and soda 217 00:17:37,066 --> 00:17:39,850 and lit his pipe. 218 00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:41,392 Was he quite sober? 219 00:17:41,402 --> 00:17:44,438 Well, I suppose he had been drinking, 220 00:17:44,448 --> 00:17:46,565 but it didn't occur to me just then. 221 00:17:46,575 --> 00:17:49,318 What happened? 222 00:17:49,328 --> 00:17:51,863 Oh, we were just chatting quite quietly 223 00:17:51,873 --> 00:17:55,076 when suddenly he said something rather silly. 224 00:17:55,086 --> 00:17:56,786 What? 225 00:17:56,796 --> 00:17:58,203 I don't know 226 00:17:58,213 --> 00:18:00,706 if it's really worth the while repeating, 227 00:18:00,716 --> 00:18:02,540 but he paid me a little compliment. 228 00:18:02,550 --> 00:18:04,585 I think perhaps you'd better tell us 229 00:18:04,595 --> 00:18:06,587 exactly what he said. 230 00:18:06,597 --> 00:18:10,466 He said, "you've got such beautiful eyes. 231 00:18:10,476 --> 00:18:14,471 Why spoil them and strain them like that?" 232 00:18:14,481 --> 00:18:17,265 See, he was referring to the lace I was making. 233 00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:20,770 Had he ever paid compliments to you before? 234 00:18:20,780 --> 00:18:22,105 No, never. 235 00:18:22,115 --> 00:18:24,482 You see, I was a little taken aback, 236 00:18:24,492 --> 00:18:27,443 but I thought it best to take it lightly, 237 00:18:27,453 --> 00:18:30,405 and I said, "well, I don't make any pretensions 238 00:18:30,415 --> 00:18:32,866 to being a raving beauty, you know." 239 00:18:32,876 --> 00:18:34,921 "But you are," he said. 240 00:18:36,630 --> 00:18:40,083 It's rather silly to have to say things like that in... 241 00:18:40,093 --> 00:18:41,918 Never mind. 242 00:18:41,928 --> 00:18:45,588 Please let us have his exact words. 243 00:18:45,598 --> 00:18:50,803 Well, he said, "you are beautiful, thank god." 244 00:18:50,813 --> 00:18:52,720 And what happened then? 245 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:55,099 Well, he just stood 246 00:18:55,109 --> 00:18:57,185 and looked me straight in the face 247 00:18:57,195 --> 00:19:01,230 and said, "don't you know that I'm awfully in love with you?" 248 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,315 "I don't," I said. 249 00:19:03,325 --> 00:19:05,152 Meant so little to me 250 00:19:05,162 --> 00:19:08,781 that I really had no difficulty in keeping quite cool, 251 00:19:08,791 --> 00:19:10,783 so I said, "I don't think it for a minute, 252 00:19:10,793 --> 00:19:12,284 "and even if it were true, 253 00:19:12,294 --> 00:19:13,660 I don't want you to say it to me." 254 00:19:13,670 --> 00:19:16,622 I see. Go on. 255 00:19:16,632 --> 00:19:19,209 Well, then he fixed himself 256 00:19:19,219 --> 00:19:21,003 another whiskey and soda, 257 00:19:21,013 --> 00:19:23,964 and I began to wonder if he hadn't been drinking, 258 00:19:23,974 --> 00:19:26,133 so I said to him, "look, here, 259 00:19:26,143 --> 00:19:29,678 I think you better not take any more of that," 260 00:19:29,688 --> 00:19:31,848 and I was quite friendly about it, 261 00:19:31,858 --> 00:19:34,433 but he emptied his glass and put it down 262 00:19:34,443 --> 00:19:37,897 and said, "do you think I'm talking to you like this 263 00:19:37,907 --> 00:19:39,564 because I am drunk?" 264 00:19:39,574 --> 00:19:43,485 And he asked me that in a very sort of abrupt way, 265 00:19:43,495 --> 00:19:45,029 and I said, 266 00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:47,991 "well, that's the most obvious explanation, 267 00:19:48,001 --> 00:19:49,044 isn't it?" 268 00:19:52,505 --> 00:19:53,579 I really can't go on. 269 00:19:53,589 --> 00:19:54,998 I-I think it's... 270 00:19:55,008 --> 00:19:57,625 it's so stupid telling you things like this. 271 00:19:57,635 --> 00:19:58,961 Never mind. 272 00:19:58,971 --> 00:20:01,923 Please let us have his exact words. 273 00:20:01,933 --> 00:20:04,299 He said... 274 00:20:04,309 --> 00:20:08,054 "I've loved you ever since I first knew you. 275 00:20:08,064 --> 00:20:10,765 "I've held my tongue as long as I could, 276 00:20:10,775 --> 00:20:12,433 "but now it's got to come out. 277 00:20:12,443 --> 00:20:14,393 I love you, I love you, I love you." 278 00:20:14,403 --> 00:20:19,399 He repeated it just like that, and his eyes were all funny, 279 00:20:19,409 --> 00:20:22,569 and he said, "and I won't go home now," 280 00:20:22,579 --> 00:20:24,113 so I lost my temper, 281 00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:26,365 and I cried at him, "you poor fool, you. 282 00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:28,700 "Don't you know that I've never loved anyone but Robert? 283 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:31,163 "And even if I didn't love Robert 284 00:20:31,173 --> 00:20:33,123 "that you are the last person in the world 285 00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:34,917 that I should care for?" 286 00:20:34,927 --> 00:20:38,921 So, he said, "what do I care? Robert is away." 287 00:20:38,931 --> 00:20:41,883 Well, that was the last straw. 288 00:20:41,893 --> 00:20:43,885 I was simply beside myself. 289 00:20:43,895 --> 00:20:45,594 I thought him just a filthy swine 290 00:20:45,604 --> 00:20:47,638 to talk to me like that because Robert was away, 291 00:20:47,648 --> 00:20:50,432 so I said, "if you don't leave this very minute, 292 00:20:50,442 --> 00:20:53,145 I'm going to call the boys and have you thrown out," 293 00:20:53,155 --> 00:20:58,317 and with that, he just said, "the boys are out of earshot," 294 00:20:58,327 --> 00:21:01,612 and he took hold of me and turned me around, 295 00:21:01,622 --> 00:21:03,573 and I screamed, "let me go!" 296 00:21:03,583 --> 00:21:05,575 But he said, "not much, not much. 297 00:21:05,585 --> 00:21:08,120 I've got you now." 298 00:21:08,130 --> 00:21:10,673 So, then I cried out as loud as I could... 299 00:21:12,509 --> 00:21:15,887 ..."boy! Boy!" But he held his hand over my mouth. 300 00:21:21,893 --> 00:21:23,803 I can't go on. 301 00:21:23,813 --> 00:21:27,182 It's all so shameful to tell you all of these things. 302 00:21:27,192 --> 00:21:28,934 I know it's very hard, 303 00:21:28,944 --> 00:21:33,814 but for your own sake, I beg you to tell us the whole story now. 304 00:21:33,824 --> 00:21:35,482 All right. 305 00:21:35,492 --> 00:21:37,818 Well, he flung his arms around me 306 00:21:37,828 --> 00:21:39,612 and began to kiss me. 307 00:21:39,622 --> 00:21:41,114 His lips were burning. 308 00:21:41,124 --> 00:21:43,783 He was like a madman. 309 00:21:43,793 --> 00:21:46,245 He kept on talking and talking. 310 00:21:46,255 --> 00:21:51,042 He kept on saying he loved me and that he wanted me, and... 311 00:21:51,052 --> 00:21:54,087 He held me so tight that I could hardly breathe, 312 00:21:54,097 --> 00:21:56,672 and I felt weaker and weaker, 313 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:58,050 and at one time, 314 00:21:58,060 --> 00:22:00,260 I really thought I was going to faint, 315 00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:04,431 and, uh, his breath was so very hot on my face, 316 00:22:04,441 --> 00:22:06,976 it made me feel desperately ill. 317 00:22:06,986 --> 00:22:09,446 You see, he kissed my face and... 318 00:22:10,614 --> 00:22:12,898 ...my neck, my hair... 319 00:22:12,908 --> 00:22:15,526 My eyes, and... 320 00:22:15,536 --> 00:22:18,238 Suddenly, he lifted me right up, 321 00:22:18,248 --> 00:22:20,407 and I felt that he was carrying me. 322 00:22:20,417 --> 00:22:23,285 I don't know what happened, really, but... 323 00:22:23,295 --> 00:22:25,454 He didn't look at me, 324 00:22:25,464 --> 00:22:28,666 and he didn't say anything, and I didn't look at him, 325 00:22:28,676 --> 00:22:31,752 but suddenly, I could see his face, 326 00:22:31,762 --> 00:22:34,255 and it was all white, and... 327 00:22:34,265 --> 00:22:35,934 and his eyes were just burning... 328 00:22:37,644 --> 00:22:39,136 ...and he wasn't a man any longer. 329 00:22:39,146 --> 00:22:40,929 He was a savage. 330 00:22:40,939 --> 00:22:43,099 And then it was that it flashed across my mind 331 00:22:43,109 --> 00:22:45,434 that he was carrying me to my bedroom, 332 00:22:45,444 --> 00:22:47,312 but something happened. 333 00:22:47,322 --> 00:22:50,148 I don't know what, but he stumbled and fell, 334 00:22:50,158 --> 00:22:52,650 and, uh, his hold on me loosened, 335 00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:57,323 so I dashed around the sofa, but he dashed right after me. 336 00:22:57,333 --> 00:22:59,991 There was a revolver on the table, 337 00:23:00,001 --> 00:23:01,535 and I snatched it up. 338 00:23:01,545 --> 00:23:03,787 I didn't even know I fired. 339 00:23:03,797 --> 00:23:07,334 I saw him stagger out towards the veranda, 340 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,919 and then I saw him fall, 341 00:23:09,929 --> 00:23:14,006 and I heard the reports, one after the other. 342 00:23:14,016 --> 00:23:16,926 And I really don't ask you to believe me, 343 00:23:16,936 --> 00:23:19,680 but I didn't even know I was pulling the trigger, 344 00:23:19,690 --> 00:23:22,350 and suddenly, I heard a little click, 345 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,852 and I realized 346 00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:28,940 that I had fired all of the cartridges 347 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:31,609 and the gun was empty, 348 00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:35,947 and he was lying on the floor all in a heap, 349 00:23:35,957 --> 00:23:39,034 and I knew he was dead... 350 00:23:39,044 --> 00:23:41,339 And that I had killed him. 351 00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:44,592 That's all. 352 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,014 Prosecutor, take the witness. 353 00:23:58,483 --> 00:24:01,976 Mrs. Crosbie... 354 00:24:01,986 --> 00:24:04,896 Is it not true that Mr. Hammond at one time 355 00:24:04,906 --> 00:24:07,690 was a frequent visitor in your home? 356 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:09,943 Yes. 357 00:24:09,953 --> 00:24:12,863 And hadn't those visits kept up 358 00:24:12,873 --> 00:24:14,823 until the night of the murder? 359 00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,658 No. 360 00:24:16,668 --> 00:24:20,372 He hadn't been to o-our house for over three months. 361 00:24:20,382 --> 00:24:23,209 Hmm. Just why did he stop coming? 362 00:24:23,219 --> 00:24:28,963 Well, my husband and I had heard that he was involved 363 00:24:28,973 --> 00:24:33,928 in some sort of scandal with a half-caste Chinese woman, 364 00:24:33,938 --> 00:24:35,514 and... 365 00:24:35,524 --> 00:24:37,848 We thought it better that he didn't come along. 366 00:24:37,858 --> 00:24:39,351 Hmm. 367 00:24:39,361 --> 00:24:41,187 Did you ever see this woman? 368 00:24:41,197 --> 00:24:44,398 Yes, I saw her walking in the village. 369 00:24:44,408 --> 00:24:45,982 Was she attractive? 370 00:24:45,992 --> 00:24:48,402 No, I shouldn't say so. 371 00:24:48,412 --> 00:24:51,656 She was rather common and vulgar... 372 00:24:51,666 --> 00:24:56,786 All painted up with a lot of bracelets and bangles. 373 00:24:56,796 --> 00:25:00,165 You've never met this woman or spoke to her? 374 00:25:00,175 --> 00:25:02,335 Of course not. 375 00:25:02,345 --> 00:25:04,972 The crown rests. 376 00:25:15,234 --> 00:25:19,696 This court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow morning. 377 00:25:36,798 --> 00:25:40,041 Your wife's a fine woman, Crosbie. 378 00:25:40,051 --> 00:25:44,506 It's a shame she has to be dragged through all this muck 379 00:25:44,516 --> 00:25:46,466 for a rotter like Hammond. 380 00:25:46,476 --> 00:25:47,810 Thanks, old man. 381 00:25:49,313 --> 00:25:50,429 Well, Ong? 382 00:25:50,439 --> 00:25:52,013 That all for today, sir? 383 00:25:52,023 --> 00:25:53,307 Yes, thank you, Ong. 384 00:25:53,317 --> 00:25:55,278 I'll see you later at the office. 385 00:26:00,408 --> 00:26:01,940 Very amusing, your assistant. 386 00:26:01,950 --> 00:26:05,331 Yes, and very efficient. 387 00:26:35,613 --> 00:26:38,866 You've borne up wonderfully, darling. 388 00:26:41,118 --> 00:26:43,819 Everybody's talking about your iron nerves. 389 00:26:43,829 --> 00:26:45,863 Oh, Robert, it's been horrible. 390 00:26:45,873 --> 00:26:48,368 Without your wonderful love and faith, 391 00:26:48,378 --> 00:26:50,620 I know I should never have been able to go through with it. 392 00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:53,872 Well, tomorrow we'll see the end of the whole sorry mess. 393 00:26:53,882 --> 00:26:57,168 Yes, my darling, in 24 hours, you'll be a free woman. 394 00:26:57,178 --> 00:26:58,462 Robert, do you think so? 395 00:26:58,472 --> 00:27:00,339 - Mm-hmm. - Robert, tell me, 396 00:27:00,349 --> 00:27:02,508 whatever happens, you'll always love me, 397 00:27:02,518 --> 00:27:04,801 no matter what people might say. 398 00:27:04,811 --> 00:27:06,637 Oh, what can they possibly say? 399 00:27:06,647 --> 00:27:09,724 Oh, Robert, don't you know what I've done? 400 00:27:09,734 --> 00:27:12,519 They might say I led him on or something like that. 401 00:27:12,529 --> 00:27:15,647 Why, there's not a soul in Singapore who's for Hammond. 402 00:27:15,657 --> 00:27:19,568 Everybody knows that a woman like you wouldn't do that. 403 00:27:19,578 --> 00:27:21,529 Robert, Robert... 404 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:24,699 Robert, when it's over tomorrow, let's go away from here. 405 00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:27,576 Let's never come back. Let's go far, far away. 406 00:27:27,586 --> 00:27:30,079 I'll tell you what, let's go to London! 407 00:27:30,089 --> 00:27:33,165 As a matter of fact, I was planning a surprise... 408 00:27:33,175 --> 00:27:34,710 oh, darling. 409 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,378 A vacation in London. 410 00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:39,923 You see, I've saved a few thousand dollars. 411 00:27:39,933 --> 00:27:41,509 Oh, Robert, 412 00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:43,812 then we could have the most beautiful time, eh? 413 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,264 And after that... 414 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:51,185 There's a rubber plantation in sumatra. 415 00:27:51,195 --> 00:27:53,365 A chap I know will sell out cheap. 416 00:27:54,450 --> 00:27:56,232 It's our big chance. 417 00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:59,361 Yes. Yes, that's our big chance. 418 00:27:59,371 --> 00:28:01,864 No more slaving for the company. 419 00:28:01,874 --> 00:28:05,117 We'll be out for ourselves. 420 00:28:05,127 --> 00:28:08,788 Why, in five years, we'll be independent for life. 421 00:28:08,798 --> 00:28:10,374 Yes, of course we will, my... 422 00:28:10,384 --> 00:28:12,793 I'm sorry, sir, but the time is up. 423 00:28:12,803 --> 00:28:14,670 Tomorrow? 424 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:15,847 Tomorrow. 425 00:28:44,588 --> 00:28:46,370 Well? 426 00:28:46,380 --> 00:28:49,165 Just a new development in the Crosbie case, sir... 427 00:28:49,175 --> 00:28:51,959 something of a delicate and confidential nature. 428 00:28:51,969 --> 00:28:53,546 Well... 429 00:28:53,556 --> 00:28:55,057 ...what is it? 430 00:28:56,892 --> 00:28:59,134 It has been brought to my attention, sir, 431 00:28:59,144 --> 00:29:01,136 that there is a letter in existence 432 00:29:01,146 --> 00:29:03,306 from Mrs. Crosbie to Mr. Hammond. 433 00:29:03,316 --> 00:29:05,726 Well, dozens of them probably. 434 00:29:05,736 --> 00:29:08,228 Hammond had been a friend of theirs for years. 435 00:29:08,238 --> 00:29:10,230 But this letter, sir, 436 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,483 was written the night of Mr. Hammond's death. 437 00:29:12,493 --> 00:29:15,779 It is quite unusual in tone. 438 00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:18,030 Oh. 439 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,626 Where is this letter? 440 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:37,228 Yes, this tone is, as you say, quite unusual. 441 00:29:38,689 --> 00:29:40,388 Oh, it's inconceivable 442 00:29:40,398 --> 00:29:43,141 that Mrs. Crosbie should've written such a letter. 443 00:29:43,151 --> 00:29:46,103 It's not even in Mrs. Crosbie's handwriting. 444 00:29:46,113 --> 00:29:48,063 I know it, sir, 445 00:29:48,073 --> 00:29:50,608 but the original is in the possession 446 00:29:50,618 --> 00:29:52,151 of a Chinese woman 447 00:29:52,161 --> 00:29:54,863 who was living in Mr. Hammond's house, sir. 448 00:29:54,873 --> 00:29:56,625 I see. 449 00:29:58,418 --> 00:30:00,326 What does she intend to do with it? 450 00:30:00,336 --> 00:30:04,038 She places a very high value on it, sir... 451 00:30:04,048 --> 00:30:05,834 As evidence. 452 00:30:05,844 --> 00:30:07,344 Oh. 453 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:10,765 Just... what value? 454 00:30:12,224 --> 00:30:13,966 $10.000. 455 00:30:13,976 --> 00:30:16,721 $10.000?! 456 00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:18,774 She's crazy. 457 00:30:21,443 --> 00:30:23,561 Mr. Crosbie would certainly pay it 458 00:30:23,571 --> 00:30:26,991 rather than to have his wife hanged by the neck, sir. 459 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:29,818 Where would Robert Crosbie 460 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,152 get $10.000 anyway? 461 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:32,696 The Chinese woman 462 00:30:32,706 --> 00:30:35,574 has already taken steps to assure herself 463 00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:38,755 that the sum is not impossible, sir. 464 00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:43,290 Very well, Ong. 465 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,961 In the interests of my client, I'll, uh, I'll do what I can. 466 00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:48,306 All right, sir. 467 00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:52,760 Ah, there are two conditions 468 00:30:52,770 --> 00:30:55,345 that the Chinese woman has insisted upon, sir. 469 00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:57,472 Damn her impudence. 470 00:30:57,482 --> 00:30:59,893 What are they? 471 00:30:59,903 --> 00:31:02,562 Mrs. Crosbie must bring the money herself. 472 00:31:02,572 --> 00:31:04,230 What? 473 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,816 There will be no risks, sir. 474 00:31:06,826 --> 00:31:08,819 You and I will go as escorts. 475 00:31:08,829 --> 00:31:13,166 Of course, the money must be in cash. 476 00:31:16,003 --> 00:31:17,578 Yes. 477 00:31:17,588 --> 00:31:20,759 You've thought of everything, haven't you, Ong? 478 00:31:22,844 --> 00:31:24,012 Mm. 479 00:31:25,681 --> 00:31:27,380 Well... 480 00:31:27,390 --> 00:31:30,519 I have been educated in the schools of the white man. 481 00:31:33,856 --> 00:31:35,305 I have learned much 482 00:31:35,315 --> 00:31:37,182 from the books the white man has written, sir. 483 00:31:37,192 --> 00:31:41,572 And how about the books the Chinese have written? 484 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,315 Only one, sir... 485 00:31:44,325 --> 00:31:47,161 confucius. 486 00:31:51,458 --> 00:31:52,836 Good afternoon. 487 00:31:56,588 --> 00:31:59,634 Damn clever, these Chinese. 488 00:32:15,986 --> 00:32:18,477 You know, Robert's just like a child 489 00:32:18,487 --> 00:32:19,771 about the whole thing. 490 00:32:19,781 --> 00:32:21,565 After tomorrow, he tells me 491 00:32:21,575 --> 00:32:25,069 he's going to take me far away from this place forever. 492 00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:28,990 No, he wants to go to sumatra... 493 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,703 But before that, he's promised to take me to London. 494 00:32:32,713 --> 00:32:36,497 Mrs. Crosbie, I think I should tell you 495 00:32:36,507 --> 00:32:39,584 that there is in existence a letter in your handwriting 496 00:32:39,594 --> 00:32:40,971 from you to Hammond. 497 00:32:42,388 --> 00:32:44,256 That's impossible! 498 00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,978 You'd better read it for yourself. 499 00:32:48,772 --> 00:32:50,304 Why, that's not my handwriting. 500 00:32:50,314 --> 00:32:52,181 I know. 501 00:32:52,191 --> 00:32:54,695 It's said to be an exact copy of the original. 502 00:32:58,615 --> 00:32:59,815 What does it mean? 503 00:32:59,825 --> 00:33:01,483 That's for you to say. 504 00:33:01,493 --> 00:33:02,860 But I didn't write the letter. 505 00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:04,362 That's a forgery. 506 00:33:04,372 --> 00:33:06,197 It would be difficult to prove that. 507 00:33:06,207 --> 00:33:09,283 It would be easy to prove that it was genuine. 508 00:33:09,293 --> 00:33:12,453 Well, if I did write it, I've forgotten all about it. 509 00:33:12,463 --> 00:33:14,414 I might've written it years ago. 510 00:33:14,424 --> 00:33:15,750 It has no date. 511 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,752 I noticed there was no date, 512 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:20,337 but if this letter were in the hands of the prosecutor, 513 00:33:20,347 --> 00:33:22,255 they'd cross-examine your houseboys. 514 00:33:22,265 --> 00:33:25,635 They'd soon find out whether someone took a letter to Hammond 515 00:33:25,645 --> 00:33:27,054 on the day of his death. 516 00:33:27,064 --> 00:33:28,679 I swear I did not write the letter. 517 00:33:28,689 --> 00:33:31,141 Then we needn't go into the matter further, 518 00:33:31,151 --> 00:33:33,434 but if the person who possesses this letter 519 00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:36,230 sees fit to place it in the hands of the prosecution, 520 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,993 you will be prepared. 521 00:33:41,037 --> 00:33:42,528 What would anyone be inclined to think 522 00:33:42,538 --> 00:33:43,863 who read that letter? 523 00:33:43,873 --> 00:33:46,117 That you told a deliberate lie. 524 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:47,409 When? 525 00:33:47,419 --> 00:33:49,411 Under oath in court today. 526 00:33:49,421 --> 00:33:52,580 Well, I-I don't think it's so very strange 527 00:33:52,590 --> 00:33:54,834 that one little detail escaped my memory. 528 00:33:54,844 --> 00:33:57,586 Your memory has reproduced very exactly 529 00:33:57,596 --> 00:34:00,673 every particular of your interview with Hammond. 530 00:34:00,683 --> 00:34:02,633 It's very strange that you should've forgotten 531 00:34:02,643 --> 00:34:04,677 so important a point as that he came to the bungalow 532 00:34:04,687 --> 00:34:07,472 on the night of his death at your expressed desire. 533 00:34:07,482 --> 00:34:08,891 I hadn't forgotten it. 534 00:34:08,901 --> 00:34:10,059 Then why didn't you mention it? 535 00:34:10,069 --> 00:34:11,102 I was afraid to. 536 00:34:11,112 --> 00:34:12,519 I thought if I told you 537 00:34:12,529 --> 00:34:14,981 that Hammond had come at my invitation, 538 00:34:14,991 --> 00:34:16,984 none of you would believe my story. 539 00:34:16,994 --> 00:34:19,027 I know that's very stupid and silly, 540 00:34:19,037 --> 00:34:22,197 but after I'd once told you that I had no communication with him, 541 00:34:22,207 --> 00:34:24,282 I was obliged to stick to it. 542 00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:25,951 Perhaps the terms of the letter 543 00:34:25,961 --> 00:34:27,619 are not very clear to your recollection. 544 00:34:27,629 --> 00:34:29,122 I'll read it to you. 545 00:34:29,132 --> 00:34:31,748 "Robert will be away for the night. 546 00:34:31,758 --> 00:34:33,835 "I absolutely must see you. 547 00:34:33,845 --> 00:34:36,045 "I shall expect you at 11:00. 548 00:34:36,055 --> 00:34:38,174 "I am desperate, and if you don't come, 549 00:34:38,184 --> 00:34:40,425 I won't answer for the consequences." 550 00:34:40,435 --> 00:34:43,261 Well... 551 00:34:43,271 --> 00:34:45,597 I admit that it's all extravagant and emotional, 552 00:34:45,607 --> 00:34:47,765 but I write like that, you know. 553 00:34:47,775 --> 00:34:49,351 I must've been very much mistaken. 554 00:34:49,361 --> 00:34:50,769 I've always looked upon you 555 00:34:50,779 --> 00:34:52,814 as a very reserved and self-possessed woman. 556 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,315 After all, 557 00:34:54,325 --> 00:34:55,901 Geoffrey wasn't such a distant acquaintance. 558 00:34:55,911 --> 00:34:58,319 By the way, did you call him "Geoffrey"? 559 00:34:58,329 --> 00:34:59,916 Well, of course. Everyone did. 560 00:35:01,250 --> 00:35:02,783 Mrs. Crosbie... 561 00:35:02,793 --> 00:35:06,286 I've got to talk to you very, very seriously. 562 00:35:06,296 --> 00:35:09,373 This case was comparatively plain sailing. 563 00:35:09,383 --> 00:35:11,126 Although Geoffrey Hammond was much liked, 564 00:35:11,136 --> 00:35:13,045 on the whole, thought highly of, 565 00:35:13,055 --> 00:35:15,505 I was prepared to prove that he was the sort of man 566 00:35:15,515 --> 00:35:17,298 who might be guilty of the crime 567 00:35:17,308 --> 00:35:20,677 which in justification of your act you accused him of. 568 00:35:20,687 --> 00:35:23,264 The fact, which was discovered after his death, 569 00:35:23,274 --> 00:35:25,016 that he'd been living with a Chinese woman 570 00:35:25,026 --> 00:35:27,768 robbed him of any sympathy that might be felt for him 571 00:35:27,778 --> 00:35:29,811 in the minds of all respectable people. 572 00:35:29,821 --> 00:35:31,481 I told your husband just now 573 00:35:31,491 --> 00:35:33,399 that I was certain of an acquittal, 574 00:35:33,409 --> 00:35:35,986 and I wasn't merely telling him that to cheer him up. 575 00:35:35,996 --> 00:35:39,739 I do not believe the jury would've left the box, 576 00:35:39,749 --> 00:35:41,825 but this letter... 577 00:35:41,835 --> 00:35:44,495 Has thrown an entirely different complexion on the case. 578 00:35:44,505 --> 00:35:46,830 I don't know what you're driving at. 579 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,000 You mustn't expect other people to be stupid. 580 00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:51,503 This letter will put them on the track of suspicions 581 00:35:51,513 --> 00:35:53,505 that thus far have entered nobody's head. 582 00:35:53,515 --> 00:35:55,382 I won't tell you what I personally thought 583 00:35:55,392 --> 00:35:56,466 when I read it. 584 00:35:56,476 --> 00:35:58,302 I'm your legal adviser. 585 00:35:58,312 --> 00:36:00,345 I shall represent you in court. 586 00:36:00,355 --> 00:36:02,598 I take your story as you tell it to me, 587 00:36:02,608 --> 00:36:05,685 and I shall conduct your defense according to its terms. 588 00:36:05,695 --> 00:36:07,980 I do not wish you to tell me 589 00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:10,658 anything but what is necessary to save your neck. 590 00:36:22,965 --> 00:36:25,582 I've made such a mess of things, haven't I? 591 00:36:25,592 --> 00:36:27,052 I'm sorry. 592 00:36:29,846 --> 00:36:31,879 Who has the real letter? 593 00:36:31,889 --> 00:36:35,228 The Chinese woman who was living in Hammond's house. 594 00:36:38,439 --> 00:36:41,224 Do you think that she will, uh, sell it? 595 00:36:41,234 --> 00:36:43,311 I don't know that I'm prepared to buy it. 596 00:36:43,321 --> 00:36:44,644 What do you mean? 597 00:36:44,654 --> 00:36:46,105 I don't think you understand 598 00:36:46,115 --> 00:36:47,148 what you're asking me. 599 00:36:47,158 --> 00:36:48,607 You're asking me to do something 600 00:36:48,617 --> 00:36:50,775 that is no different from suborning a witness. 601 00:36:50,785 --> 00:36:52,485 You don't mean to tell me that you could save me 602 00:36:52,495 --> 00:36:53,486 and you won't do it? 603 00:36:53,496 --> 00:36:54,780 You can't be that cruel. 604 00:36:54,790 --> 00:36:56,616 I'm sorry if it sounds cruel. 605 00:36:56,626 --> 00:36:58,701 I want to do my best for you, Mrs. Crosbie, 606 00:36:58,711 --> 00:37:01,454 but a lawyer has a duty not only to his client 607 00:37:01,464 --> 00:37:03,342 but also to his profession. 608 00:37:07,263 --> 00:37:09,213 I put myself in your hands. 609 00:37:09,223 --> 00:37:11,257 I know I have no right 610 00:37:11,267 --> 00:37:13,675 to ask you to do anything that isn't proper. 611 00:37:13,685 --> 00:37:18,182 I'm asking more for Robert's sake than for mine, 612 00:37:18,192 --> 00:37:20,184 and I think if you knew everything, 613 00:37:20,194 --> 00:37:23,103 you'd believe I was deserving of your pity. 614 00:37:23,113 --> 00:37:25,357 Poor, old Bob. It'll nearly kill him. 615 00:37:25,367 --> 00:37:28,109 He's so utterly unprepared. 616 00:37:28,119 --> 00:37:30,736 He's so kind and so good. 617 00:37:30,746 --> 00:37:34,490 I don't think he's ever harmed anyone in all his life. 618 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,786 You mean everything in the world to him, don't you? 619 00:37:37,796 --> 00:37:39,506 I suppose I do... 620 00:37:41,883 --> 00:37:45,502 ...and I'm very grateful for the love he's given me. 621 00:37:45,512 --> 00:37:48,631 Well, I'm gonna help you all I can, 622 00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:51,051 but don't think I don't know I'm doing wrong. 623 00:37:51,061 --> 00:37:54,845 I am. I'm doing it with my eyes open. 624 00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:58,434 This woman demands $10.000. 625 00:37:58,444 --> 00:38:01,895 She also demands that you take the money to her 626 00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:04,273 and ask for the letter yourself. 627 00:38:04,283 --> 00:38:06,067 I won't do that! 628 00:38:06,077 --> 00:38:09,123 Then she'll turn the letter over to the prosecutor. 629 00:38:15,002 --> 00:38:17,538 Can it be arranged that I go? 630 00:38:17,548 --> 00:38:18,956 If the prosecutors join me 631 00:38:18,966 --> 00:38:20,749 in placing before the judge a request 632 00:38:20,759 --> 00:38:22,335 that you be allowed to spend the night in my house 633 00:38:22,345 --> 00:38:23,721 under police custody... 634 00:38:25,181 --> 00:38:27,048 ...I'm sure the judge will Grant it. 635 00:38:27,058 --> 00:38:28,758 We can go from there. 636 00:38:28,768 --> 00:38:31,220 Robert's gone back to the plantation. 637 00:38:31,230 --> 00:38:33,264 I'll advance the money myself tonight. 638 00:38:33,274 --> 00:38:35,307 It won't be necessary 639 00:38:35,317 --> 00:38:37,642 to show Robert the letter, will it? 640 00:38:37,652 --> 00:38:39,364 Don't you want him to see it? 641 00:38:40,948 --> 00:38:42,565 No. 642 00:38:42,575 --> 00:38:44,942 Well, I'll do everything in my power 643 00:38:44,952 --> 00:38:47,487 to prevent him from seeing it until after the trial. 644 00:38:47,497 --> 00:38:49,531 He'll be an important witness. 645 00:38:49,541 --> 00:38:51,409 I think it very necessary 646 00:38:51,419 --> 00:38:54,745 that he be as firmly convinced of your innocence as he is now. 647 00:38:54,755 --> 00:38:57,165 And afterwards? 648 00:38:57,175 --> 00:39:00,877 Afterwards, I'll still do my best for you. 649 00:39:00,887 --> 00:39:04,506 Not for me... for Robert. 650 00:39:04,516 --> 00:39:10,888 If he loses his faith in me, he loses everything. 651 00:39:10,898 --> 00:39:12,432 It's strange 652 00:39:12,442 --> 00:39:14,434 that a man can live with a woman for 10 years 653 00:39:14,444 --> 00:39:16,737 and not know the first thing about her. 654 00:39:18,030 --> 00:39:20,316 It's rather... 655 00:39:20,326 --> 00:39:22,076 Frightening. 656 00:39:25,079 --> 00:39:26,915 I'll call for you here later. 657 00:41:07,859 --> 00:41:10,018 Has the white woman arrived? 658 00:41:10,028 --> 00:41:12,030 No. 659 00:42:18,396 --> 00:42:20,814 I'll wait for you here. 660 00:43:26,093 --> 00:43:28,210 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 661 00:43:28,220 --> 00:43:30,756 Let's have a snake fight. 662 00:43:30,766 --> 00:43:32,425 You want to see the snake fight? 663 00:43:32,435 --> 00:43:34,009 Yes. How much? 664 00:43:34,019 --> 00:43:36,136 It cost you $25. 665 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:38,346 $25? No good. 666 00:43:38,356 --> 00:43:40,307 If you want to see something good. 667 00:43:40,317 --> 00:43:42,561 - Yes. - Yeah. 668 00:43:42,571 --> 00:43:44,521 - How much? - $25. 669 00:43:44,531 --> 00:43:46,482 - No good. - Hey, come back. 670 00:43:46,492 --> 00:43:49,735 I'm gonna fix it for you for $20. 671 00:43:49,745 --> 00:43:51,287 All right, let's go. 672 00:43:57,002 --> 00:43:58,463 Come on. Let's have it. 673 00:44:23,322 --> 00:44:25,951 White woman... she here now. 674 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:38,460 One moment, please! 675 00:46:38,470 --> 00:46:40,505 You wish to speak to li-ti? 676 00:46:40,515 --> 00:46:41,684 Yes, I do. 677 00:46:43,226 --> 00:46:44,677 Well, you know who I am. 678 00:46:44,687 --> 00:46:45,928 Oh, yes, yes. 679 00:46:45,938 --> 00:46:47,387 You know why I'm here? 680 00:46:47,397 --> 00:46:48,931 - I expected you... - All right. 681 00:46:48,941 --> 00:46:50,809 ...but there is no hurry. 682 00:46:50,819 --> 00:46:53,937 Sit down. Make yourself at home. 683 00:46:53,947 --> 00:46:55,730 Don't be impertinent. 684 00:46:55,740 --> 00:46:57,816 I have come here for my letter. 685 00:46:57,826 --> 00:46:59,275 Here's your money. 686 00:46:59,285 --> 00:47:02,362 Oh, yes, that's a very funny letter! 687 00:47:02,372 --> 00:47:03,823 Look here! 688 00:47:03,833 --> 00:47:06,543 One moment, please. 689 00:47:56,181 --> 00:47:57,640 That filthy beast! 690 00:47:59,225 --> 00:48:01,217 How dare you let that man in while I'm here! 691 00:48:01,227 --> 00:48:03,722 Ah, high-up white lady 692 00:48:03,732 --> 00:48:05,724 thinks too good for li-ti's house. 693 00:48:05,734 --> 00:48:07,851 Give me my letter directly. 694 00:48:07,861 --> 00:48:10,937 Maybe li-ti think her house too good for white lady! 695 00:48:10,947 --> 00:48:13,023 Horrible place. Why did I ever come here? 696 00:48:13,033 --> 00:48:14,901 You come to buy your life! 697 00:48:14,911 --> 00:48:16,485 Very well. 698 00:48:16,495 --> 00:48:18,863 If I did, let us come to business. 699 00:48:18,873 --> 00:48:21,323 It's $10.000 you want, isn't it? 700 00:48:21,333 --> 00:48:24,545 Here it is. Here. 701 00:48:26,672 --> 00:48:28,498 White lady very proud 702 00:48:28,508 --> 00:48:32,585 but not too proud to share same man with li-ti. 703 00:48:32,595 --> 00:48:34,880 You horrible Chinese woman, you! 704 00:48:34,890 --> 00:48:38,093 Horrible Chinese woman... but not to Mr. Hammond. 705 00:48:38,103 --> 00:48:42,138 Many love names he had for me. Shall I tell you some of them? 706 00:48:42,148 --> 00:48:43,472 Stop it! Stop it, please! 707 00:48:43,482 --> 00:48:44,849 It can't be possible he ever touched 708 00:48:44,859 --> 00:48:46,643 a vile, yellow thing like you! 709 00:48:46,653 --> 00:48:48,686 It is possible! That is why you killed Mr. Hammond! 710 00:48:48,696 --> 00:48:50,480 Here, take that money. 711 00:48:50,490 --> 00:48:51,899 Take that money, I tell you, and give me my letter! 712 00:48:51,909 --> 00:48:54,401 Oh, yes, because he loved li-ti. 713 00:48:54,411 --> 00:48:55,778 That is why you killed Mr. Hammond! 714 00:48:55,788 --> 00:48:57,238 Don't mention his name again. 715 00:48:57,248 --> 00:48:58,782 Don't mention his name again, I tell you! 716 00:48:58,792 --> 00:49:00,033 Cheat woman! 717 00:49:00,043 --> 00:49:01,409 Liar woman! 718 00:49:01,419 --> 00:49:02,701 Murder woman! 719 00:49:02,711 --> 00:49:04,746 Maybe I not give you back your letter! 720 00:49:04,756 --> 00:49:07,290 Maybe I let you hang for killing Mr. Hammond! 721 00:49:07,300 --> 00:49:09,836 All right. All right. Just keep the letter. Keep it. 722 00:49:09,846 --> 00:49:11,211 I'd rather hang, I think, 723 00:49:11,221 --> 00:49:12,922 than hear you mention his name again. 724 00:49:12,932 --> 00:49:15,049 Let me out of here. Let me out, I tell you! 725 00:49:15,059 --> 00:49:16,268 But your husband... 726 00:49:22,483 --> 00:49:24,684 ...that husband, you cheat so. 727 00:49:24,694 --> 00:49:27,479 How they will laugh at him! 728 00:49:27,489 --> 00:49:29,107 Yes. 729 00:49:29,117 --> 00:49:31,493 How all Singapore will laugh! 730 00:49:44,340 --> 00:49:45,968 Here. 731 00:49:47,219 --> 00:49:48,847 Take it, please. 732 00:49:55,020 --> 00:49:56,938 There. 733 00:49:58,397 --> 00:49:59,984 Give me the letter. 734 00:50:04,654 --> 00:50:06,781 White woman at Chinese woman's feet. 735 00:50:54,961 --> 00:50:58,172 Prisoner, rise and look upon the jury. 736 00:51:03,386 --> 00:51:07,765 Jurors, rise and look down on the prisoner. 737 00:51:16,192 --> 00:51:20,352 Gentlemen, have you reached a verdict? 738 00:51:20,362 --> 00:51:21,728 We have. 739 00:51:21,738 --> 00:51:24,024 What is that verdict? 740 00:51:24,034 --> 00:51:25,953 Not guilty! 741 00:51:27,370 --> 00:51:28,580 Order! 742 00:51:30,415 --> 00:51:32,375 Order in the court! 743 00:51:35,922 --> 00:51:40,083 Leslie, darling! Oh, I'm so glad you... 744 00:51:40,093 --> 00:51:41,960 - Hey! - Wonderful! 745 00:51:41,970 --> 00:51:43,169 Oh, lovely! 746 00:51:43,179 --> 00:51:44,265 Order! 747 00:51:45,765 --> 00:51:47,392 Order in the court! 748 00:52:00,489 --> 00:52:02,190 I say, Howard, 749 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,028 I was never so happy in all my life. 750 00:52:05,038 --> 00:52:07,613 Now for the fly in the ointment. 751 00:52:07,623 --> 00:52:09,416 What's all this going to cost me? 752 00:52:11,877 --> 00:52:14,829 For my personal services, nothing... 753 00:52:14,839 --> 00:52:16,664 Oh. 754 00:52:16,674 --> 00:52:18,833 ...but there have been certain out-of-pocket expenses 755 00:52:18,843 --> 00:52:20,336 I'm afraid will be a little stiff. 756 00:52:20,346 --> 00:52:22,629 I know. You lawyers are all alike... 757 00:52:22,639 --> 00:52:24,048 a lot of rotters. 758 00:52:24,058 --> 00:52:26,009 How much will these expenses amount to? 759 00:52:26,019 --> 00:52:28,677 Well, there was one item... a letter of your wife's 760 00:52:28,687 --> 00:52:30,388 I thought we ought to get ahold of. 761 00:52:30,398 --> 00:52:32,223 - A letter? - Yes... 762 00:52:32,233 --> 00:52:35,935 And had that letter not been bought and suppressed, 763 00:52:35,945 --> 00:52:38,438 she would never have been acquitted. 764 00:52:38,448 --> 00:52:41,483 What do you mean? 765 00:52:41,493 --> 00:52:43,110 And you had to pay for that letter? 766 00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:45,289 $10.000. 767 00:52:46,791 --> 00:52:49,543 $10.000?! 768 00:52:51,004 --> 00:52:52,963 That's everything I have in the world. 769 00:52:54,757 --> 00:52:57,626 Who has the letter now? Have you got it? 770 00:52:57,636 --> 00:52:58,669 Yes. 771 00:52:58,679 --> 00:53:01,297 Where is it? 772 00:53:01,307 --> 00:53:02,849 Why do you want to know? 773 00:53:04,726 --> 00:53:06,062 I want to see it. 774 00:53:07,647 --> 00:53:09,472 I've got no right to show it to you. 775 00:53:09,482 --> 00:53:12,725 Is it your money that's buying that letter or mine? 776 00:53:12,735 --> 00:53:15,478 I've got to pay $10.000 for that letter, 777 00:53:15,488 --> 00:53:18,191 and, by god, I intend to see it! 778 00:53:18,201 --> 00:53:21,079 At least I'd like to know that I got my money's worth. 779 00:53:57,201 --> 00:53:59,652 You know, darling, I have a kind of feeling 780 00:53:59,662 --> 00:54:01,821 that you're going to be even happier than ever. 781 00:54:01,831 --> 00:54:04,418 Mm. Now come along. 782 00:54:13,969 --> 00:54:15,846 Now, let's celebrate. 783 00:54:18,849 --> 00:54:20,268 Robert? 784 00:54:21,187 --> 00:54:22,470 Robert? 785 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,388 Your cocktail. 786 00:54:24,398 --> 00:54:25,524 Oh, yes, my cocktail. 787 00:54:38,163 --> 00:54:41,156 Now, we must have a toast before we go. 788 00:54:41,166 --> 00:54:43,575 - Robert? - Huh? 789 00:54:43,585 --> 00:54:45,786 One from you... To your wife. 790 00:54:45,796 --> 00:54:49,123 Oh, yes... To my wife. 791 00:54:49,133 --> 00:54:51,092 Welcome home. 792 00:54:56,974 --> 00:54:59,384 Now, come along, Howard. We must be going home. 793 00:54:59,394 --> 00:55:01,969 Oh, no, not really. Don't go now. 794 00:55:01,979 --> 00:55:03,597 Yes, my dear. 795 00:55:03,607 --> 00:55:06,016 We are going to leave you two lovebirds together. 796 00:55:06,026 --> 00:55:08,894 Oh-ho, what a dear. I am sorry you must go. 797 00:55:08,904 --> 00:55:10,604 Good night, old man. 798 00:55:10,614 --> 00:55:12,616 Thanks, Howard. I'll see you out to your car. 799 00:55:17,664 --> 00:55:19,291 Good night. 800 00:56:21,568 --> 00:56:23,602 Well, Robert, you've read the letter. 801 00:56:23,612 --> 00:56:26,272 Yes. I want to know exactly what it means. 802 00:56:26,282 --> 00:56:27,648 Robert, it doesn't mean anything. 803 00:56:27,658 --> 00:56:28,815 Let's tear it up. 804 00:56:28,825 --> 00:56:30,359 I want the truth! 805 00:56:30,369 --> 00:56:31,693 I know, but it doesn't mean anything. 806 00:56:31,703 --> 00:56:33,654 I swear to you I've been so punished. 807 00:56:33,664 --> 00:56:36,240 Oh, what does anything matter anyway? 808 00:56:36,250 --> 00:56:38,577 We've got our whole lives before us. 809 00:56:38,587 --> 00:56:41,622 Let's forget all about it, and let us start over again. 810 00:56:41,632 --> 00:56:43,164 Exactly what does it mean? 811 00:56:43,174 --> 00:56:44,333 Don't ask me. 812 00:56:44,343 --> 00:56:45,708 I want to know! 813 00:56:45,718 --> 00:56:47,337 Don't ask me anymore, please! 814 00:56:47,347 --> 00:56:49,087 I want to know whether you've been my wife 815 00:56:49,097 --> 00:56:50,256 or just a common house... 816 00:56:50,266 --> 00:56:52,132 don't say that! 817 00:56:52,142 --> 00:56:53,769 I want the truth! 818 00:56:55,187 --> 00:56:56,845 You want the truth? 819 00:56:56,855 --> 00:56:58,557 Very well. You shall have it. 820 00:56:58,567 --> 00:56:59,933 Geoffrey Hammond was my lover. 821 00:56:59,943 --> 00:57:01,225 Go on. 822 00:57:01,235 --> 00:57:02,603 He was my lover for years. 823 00:57:02,613 --> 00:57:04,438 We were constantly together 824 00:57:04,448 --> 00:57:06,649 until about a year ago when he began to change, 825 00:57:06,659 --> 00:57:09,527 and then I... I couldn't believe it. 826 00:57:09,537 --> 00:57:11,195 He was still everything in the world to me. 827 00:57:11,205 --> 00:57:12,905 - God! - He was my whole life 828 00:57:12,915 --> 00:57:15,240 until I heard about that Chinese woman. 829 00:57:15,250 --> 00:57:16,784 And then I couldn't believe that! 830 00:57:16,794 --> 00:57:19,622 I couldn't believe that he didn't still love me, 831 00:57:19,632 --> 00:57:21,122 so I sent for him. 832 00:57:21,132 --> 00:57:23,376 You have the letter. Well, finally, he came. 833 00:57:23,386 --> 00:57:25,961 I told him that I knew about that Chinese woman. 834 00:57:25,971 --> 00:57:27,338 He denied it. 835 00:57:27,348 --> 00:57:29,341 I knew he was telling a lie. 836 00:57:29,351 --> 00:57:32,176 Finally, I made him admit that it was the truth, 837 00:57:32,186 --> 00:57:34,638 and then he said to me that if he had to choose 838 00:57:34,648 --> 00:57:36,764 between me and that Chinese woman, 839 00:57:36,774 --> 00:57:38,392 he'd choose her! 840 00:57:38,402 --> 00:57:41,186 Oh, god, I don't know what happened after that! 841 00:57:41,196 --> 00:57:42,854 I went absolutely mad. 842 00:57:42,864 --> 00:57:45,525 I seized that revolver, and I fired at him, and I fired, 843 00:57:45,535 --> 00:57:48,986 and I fired, and I fired until the gun was empty! 844 00:57:48,996 --> 00:57:50,832 And I gave you my name... 845 00:57:52,250 --> 00:57:53,825 ...worked and slaved for you. 846 00:57:53,835 --> 00:57:55,994 I know. I know. 847 00:57:56,004 --> 00:57:58,997 I know I've been vile, but I have no excuse to offer, 848 00:57:59,007 --> 00:58:01,083 and don't forget this... you brought me out 849 00:58:01,093 --> 00:58:03,628 to this filthy, placeless, godforsaken place, 850 00:58:03,638 --> 00:58:05,380 and you kept me here for seven years 851 00:58:05,390 --> 00:58:09,091 to live among a lot of dirty natives and dowdy... 852 00:58:09,101 --> 00:58:11,136 Planters' wives, 853 00:58:11,146 --> 00:58:12,471 ...my youth going, 854 00:58:12,481 --> 00:58:14,097 eating my heart out with loneliness, 855 00:58:14,107 --> 00:58:16,099 trying to make a go of it, and I did try. 856 00:58:16,109 --> 00:58:18,059 I did try for your sake, and what did I get from you? 857 00:58:18,069 --> 00:58:19,645 Nothing, nothing. 858 00:58:19,655 --> 00:58:21,481 Your whole life was just wrapped up in rubber! 859 00:58:21,491 --> 00:58:23,065 - Rubber... - yes! 860 00:58:23,075 --> 00:58:24,066 - That was my business... - Your business. 861 00:58:24,076 --> 00:58:25,527 ...working to make money 862 00:58:25,537 --> 00:58:28,320 to give you the things you wanted! 863 00:58:28,330 --> 00:58:29,573 What I wanted... what I wanted... 864 00:58:29,583 --> 00:58:31,115 I'm flesh and blood. 865 00:58:31,125 --> 00:58:34,036 What I wanted was love, affection, happiness, 866 00:58:34,046 --> 00:58:35,788 but you took everything for granted. 867 00:58:35,798 --> 00:58:39,249 Once you got me out here to this godforsaken place, 868 00:58:39,259 --> 00:58:40,834 all you thought about was rubber! 869 00:58:40,844 --> 00:58:42,085 All that was on your mind was rubber! 870 00:58:42,095 --> 00:58:44,423 All day long, I was alone. 871 00:58:44,433 --> 00:58:46,633 All night I had to listen to you talk of rubber, 872 00:58:46,643 --> 00:58:48,217 rubber, rubber, rubber! 873 00:58:48,227 --> 00:58:50,053 Is it any wonder that when a man came along 874 00:58:50,063 --> 00:58:52,389 and talked to me of love and romance and music 875 00:58:52,399 --> 00:58:54,308 that I fell into his arms? 876 00:58:54,318 --> 00:58:57,395 Well, I did, and it's done now! 877 00:58:57,405 --> 00:59:00,272 So, what are you going to do about it? 878 00:59:00,282 --> 00:59:01,524 Nothing. 879 00:59:01,534 --> 00:59:02,900 Nothing. 880 00:59:02,910 --> 00:59:04,319 Just that. 881 00:59:04,329 --> 00:59:05,904 What do you mean by that? 882 00:59:05,914 --> 00:59:07,782 - Nothing! - You don't mean to say 883 00:59:07,792 --> 00:59:09,408 that now that I've told you the truth 884 00:59:09,418 --> 00:59:11,577 that you expect to go on living with me out here? 885 00:59:11,587 --> 00:59:12,911 Yes. 886 00:59:12,921 --> 00:59:14,748 Why don't you send me away? 887 00:59:14,758 --> 00:59:17,584 Send you away? You're not going anywhere! 888 00:59:17,594 --> 00:59:19,763 There's no money to send you away! 889 00:59:20,971 --> 00:59:23,297 You are going to stay here... 890 00:59:23,307 --> 00:59:26,978 right here in this house with your memories! 891 00:59:27,979 --> 00:59:29,597 Hah! 892 00:59:29,607 --> 00:59:31,766 So, I'm to be punished. I'm to be punished, am I?! 893 00:59:31,776 --> 00:59:33,434 Yes! 894 00:59:33,444 --> 00:59:36,647 I'm to live here in this house with my memories! 895 00:59:36,657 --> 00:59:38,231 Very well. 896 00:59:38,241 --> 00:59:41,400 All right, if you, with your smug respectability, 897 00:59:41,410 --> 00:59:44,696 are going to punish me and that is to be my punishment 898 00:59:44,706 --> 00:59:48,283 and I'm to remain here in this house with my memories, 899 00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:50,870 all right, I'll give you something to remember! 900 00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:54,791 I, with all my heart and soul, still love the man I killed! 901 00:59:54,801 --> 00:59:55,835 Ha ha! 902 00:59:55,845 --> 00:59:57,503 Take that, will you?! 903 00:59:57,513 --> 01:00:00,631 With all my heart and all my soul, 904 01:00:00,641 --> 01:00:03,561 I still love the man I killed!