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>> Hi chum. You getting itchy now?

>> [music]

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>> Hello, darling.

>> Oh.

Hello, dear.

You having fun?

>> No.

I wouldn't be here at all if I wasn't so

attached to you.

>> [music]

>> Oh.

You.

>> Ah, it's worth it, though.

>> What is?

>> Oh, the view, Ellen, the view.

>> You can see it on a postcard without

breaking your neck.

Oh!

>> What the

Oh, he's trouble.

>> Oh, he's

It's our fault. We Oh, he's falling.

>> No, no, no. Negative. Negative.

>> No, look at his leg.

>> Negative. He's steady, old man. Oh, he's

all right, now.

>> [music]

>> Oh, poor

Dizzy. [music]

>> Well,

>> What a shame.

>> It's his own fault, chasing birds on the

edge of a glacier.

Well,

at least at least he's safe. What do I

thank you for saving him?

>> Oh, I am, too, darling.

>> Well, you can also thank me for saving

the lunch.

>> I do.

>> [music]

>> Gives you a queer feeling up here,

doesn't it?

>> Oh, lunch will fix that.

>> When I was a little girl, I used to

climb up in a high tree because I

thought I could talk to God.

>> And all you got back was your own echo.

>> The first few times.

>> Oh, Chris, a lot of everything. Look.

Ooh. They will have to ice this. Look.

Holy smoke.

Hey, this is turning out to be an

archaeological expedition. Come here,

look what I found.

>> What is it?

>> Oh, let's just see.

>> [music]

>> In memory of

Patricia

and Hugh Markham

who were lost in the avalanche of

of 1879.

I would pick a place like this to have

lunch.

Oh, well.

>> I don't mind, [music] Nikki.

>> No? Well, I'm sure the Markhams don't.

Come on, Dizzy.

I'll trade places with you. You go over

there. That's a good notion.

Go on, walk with me.

>> [music]

>> 1879.

>> Yep. That was 60 years ago.

>> I wonder who they were,

where they came from.

>> The name sounds English.

>> They may have been just like us,

celebrating their fifth anniversary.

>> Oh, I like second honeymoon better,

darling.

>> I wonder if they were in love.

I mean, completely in love, like us.

>> I don't know, darling.

>> I know I sound like a romantic

schoolgirl, but I'd like to think that

they were.

>> [music]

>> That when that avalanche came, they were

very happy with one another.

Why, Nicky. [music]

You haven't even been listening.

>> Uh

what What, darling?

>> Something wrong?

>> No, no, no. Here, I was just

woolgathering. Yeah, it's how it is.

Good, too, huh?

Oh, oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. I'm sorry,

dear. What were you saying?

>> Nothing really important.

>> Yes, you were. Yes, you were. You were

saying something about an avalanche

burying people.

>> You know, Nicky, the natives say that

this glacier moves a foot every 10

years.

>> Huh?

>> I wonder what would happen if it should

suddenly get nervous and step on us.

>> Huh. The Markhams will have new

neighbors.

>> What can we say for ourselves

afterwards?

>> From all indications, very little.

>> Oh, you fool.

I mean, what can we say when we had to

answer for our lives?

>> Huh.

Well, I have much to answer for.

I've never [music] stolen candy from a

baby or kicked an old lady downstairs,

although

I often wanted to.

Come to think of it,

I've never taken anything very

seriously, but

except you, darling.

>> We're awfully selfish people, Nicky.

>> Well, of course we are.

You can't be happy without being

selfish.

>> Well, if having you all to myself on a

mountaintop is selfish, selfish I shall

remain.

>> Agreed. Here.

>> Thank you.

>> Here's to [music] the next five selfish

years.

>> And to bigger and better mountaintops

for just you and me, alone.

>> Right.

Hello.

>> here, Daddy-O.

We're here, Daddy-O.

>> Hello. Hello, Chris. Here I am. Hey,

remind me in the future to build a wall

around our mountain top, will you?

Well.

>> Hello, Chris.

>> Bonjour, madame. I've been trying so

hard to catch up with you. I have a

telegram for you, monsieur.

>> [music]

>> It arrived right after you left the

chalet.

>> Oh, fine. Here, I'll give you a hand

with it.

>> No, no, no, thank you, monsieur. This is

far as I want to go. I'm no longer a

young man, monsieur.

>> Anything important?

>> No, but it's annoying.

From Taunton, Dr. Barnes is [music]

coming over from London about Jeff's

laboratory.

Can remain only one day. Suggest you

[music] take night train.

>> Oh, you can't go.

>> Well, you said we were too selfish, and

this is the one unselfish thing I've

ever done.

Chris,

reserve a room for me on the night

train. Pack a bag for me, too, will you,

please?

>> Very good, sir.

Take good care in coming down, monsieur.

It's much easier going up.

>> That's encouraging. Thanks. We will.

>> Au revoir.

>> Au revoir.

>> Can't you just send them the money?

>> Oh, no. I've got to show me the plans,

all sorts of papers to sign, and

everything. I don't know.

>> Well, why not let Jeff take care of

that?

>> Jeff?

Leave it to him and he'll wind up with a

beautifully equipped laboratory without

doors or windows. No, he's depending on

me, darling. I have to go.

>> Well, then I'll go with you.

>> Oh, no, Ellen. There's no point in that.

You know how it is in Paris in August?

No, look. I'll get through tomorrow.

[music] I'll be back Friday.

>> I could spend the day shopping with

Linda.

>> All right, darling. If you insist.

>> Oh, well. You'll be back Friday, so I'll

stay.

>> Huh. That's fine.

>> Oh, Nicky, how are we going to get down

off of here?

>> Well, Dizzy and I'll have to fall down,

but you're an angel. You can fly.

Uh, come on. Come on, Dizzy. Come on,

boy.

>> [music]

>> I beg your pardon.

>> That's all right.

This is a private compartment.

I reserved it.

>> Yeah.

Well, that's

that's very thoughtful of you.

>> Well, I hope you don't mind.

>> Oh, not at all.

It's nice of you to be so kind.

It's amazing how kind people really are.

>> I am not kind.

>> And they [music] they never want to

admit it.

>> Lots of dreadful things happening.

>> That's just [music] what it says in

here.

>> The news in here is more recent.

>> But not so reliable.

Would you care to look it over?

>> No, [music] I'll save it for an ocean

voyage. Right now, my time is limited.

>> Well, I'm glad you're aware of that

fact.

Most people think their time is

unlimited. They have no idea how

precious it really is.

>> Unfortunately, there's only a certain

amount of it.

>> There's more than you think.

The knowledge [music] contained in this

book

took thousands of years to acquire.

Millions of people lived and died.

And all that time is between the covers

of this book.

You can live through it all between now

and tomorrow morning.

>> Well, if I read that all night, I

wouldn't be much good tomorrow.

>> You mean I'd be much good tomorrow

anyway.

>> What makes you say that?

>> Ooh,

just a thought.

We never know about tomorrow.

We start [music] on a journey and we

think we know where we're going.

>> I know exactly where I am going.

>> Well,

it's nice to be so sure of everything.

And I hope you go on in the same way.

>> I haven't time to worry.

>> What a pity.

No time.

And you'll never have more time than you

have now. And in a minute, you'll have a

minute less.

>> Make up my bed, will you?

>> With pleasure.

>> Thank you.

>> Does monsieur wish to be called for

breakfast?

>> Yeah, call me an hour before we get to

Paris.

>> With pleasure.

>> Wait for me, Jeff.

>> Nick.

>> Hello, Linda.

>> Hello, Nick.

>> Well, how have you been?

>> Pretty well.

>> What are you doing here?

>> I've been waiting here for hours.

>> What, alone? Where's Jeff?

>> He isn't here.

>> Well, come on, let's go up the office.

He'll be along pretty soon with Dr.

Barnes. They're expecting me.

>> They aren't coming, Nick.

>> Why?

Good heavens, Linda, you didn't

>> Yes, I sent the telegram. I couldn't

help it, Nick. I missed you, so I had to

see you.

>> Are you listening to me, Linda?

>> Bonjour, monsieur Desport. I suppose

it's the talk of war that brought you

back to Paris, eh?

>> No,

no, Etienne. I'm just here for the day.

>> I was in the last war.

I have a silver plate in the back of my

head.

Real silver.

Au revoir, monsieur.

>> Au revoir.

Well, Jan Maria, I think we'd better

have another little talk.

Can't you see what a spot you've put us

in?

>> I don't care. I'd rather die than go on

without you.

>> But Linda, we've been all over this

before. You agreed it had to stop.

>> I know I said I did because you wanted

me to. It's been that way all along.

I've agreed with anything you said and

wanted because I love you so much.

>> Linda, let's be fair. You don't love me.

I don't love you. We've never loved each

other. Now, you're trying to revive

something that never should have

happened.

>> Really, Nick? To hear you talk, I'm to

blame for everything.

>> No, if there's any blame, I accept it

all. But it's not a question of blame

now. It's a question of common sense.

>> Common sense?

Why didn't you think of that the first

time you took me in your arms? Why did

you have to make me love you? Why did

you let this go on until now I feel I

can't live without you?

>> I know. I know. I'm sorry, Linda.

But there's something more important

now.

>> What?

>> It's Helen. I love her. I've never loved

anyone else. I've never known that as as

well as I know it right now.

>> Your

great love for Helen didn't stop you

before.

>> There are other things at stake, too.

There's Jeff.

>> What about Jeff?

>> He loves you, Linda.

>> Why, I don't mean as much to him as that

laboratory you're going to build. He

thinks much more of the white rats he's

experimenting with than he does of me.

>> But he's my friend. You can understand

that, can't you?

>> That didn't stop you before.

>> I suppose I have a pretty elastic

conscience, but

every now and then it snaps back and

hits me in the face.

>> When you're tired of someone, you

suddenly get a conscience.

I've left Jeff, Nick.

>> You've left him?

>> Last week.

>> You can't do that. He loves you. He'll

be lost without you.

>> Yes, I know. I know how he must feel,

too. But I can't go back to him.

>> I'm sorry, Linda.

Genuinely sorry.

>> There isn't very much to hang on to, is

it, Nicky?

>> There's nothing else to do?

>> Isn't there?

>> Ask yourself.

>> I don't know.

Please take me to the Elysée Hotel.

>> Elysée Hotel, Chuck.

>> Thanks, Toton. I'll look those over

later.

Uh did you call Jeff?

>> Yes, Dr. Reynolds will be here at 3:00.

>> Oh, that's fine.

Send this wire to Mrs. Desborough, will

you?

And get my ticket. I'll meet you at the

train.

>> Do you want me to wait while you go over

the mail?

>> No, I'll make a note of anything I want

to tend to, thanks.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Oh, by the way, Toton.

Uh I came up to Paris on a private

matter.

I didn't want to worry Mrs. Desborough,

so I

told her that I had a wire from you.

We'll assume that you sent such a wire,

huh?

>> Yes, sir.

>> That's fine.

Thanks, Toton.

I'll meet you at the train.

>> Very well, sir.

>> Linda.

>> I must talk with you.

>> Well,

>> I had to see you again, Nick.

>> Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Linda.

Once and for all, you've got to realize

that everything between us is finished.

It's washed up. Now, you've got to leave

here, Linda.

That's Jeff. I sent for him.

You better wait here in the study.

>> Hello, Nick.

>> Hello, Jeff.

>> Toton phoned me.

>> Yes, of course. I asked him to. Come in.

Well, what's on your mind?

Come over, sit down.

How's our laboratory coming?

>> Huh?

>> The plans, I mean.

>> I'm afraid I've neglected that a bit

lately.

>> But you were worried about time.

You said if war broke out that it

offered extraordinary opportunities for

your type of research.

>> Yes, I know, but it

Nick,

I want to talk to you.

>> Uh, go ahead, old man.

>> It's about Linda.

>> Well?

>> She left me.

Nick, you've been a good friend.

I'm indebted to you for so much. Getting

my laboratory started, money whenever I

needed it, countless other favors.

That's what makes this so awkward.

>> Oh, forget all that, Jeff.

>> Well, Linda's leaving me is a blow that

I just can't take alone.

That's why I'm turning to you.

>> Well, I'll do everything I can. You know

that, Jeff.

>> I knew I could count on you.

If anyone carries any weight with Linda,

you do.

Talk to her, Nick. Tell her I'll do

anything if she'll only come back. Tell

her that

Well,

you know what to tell her.

She's very fond of you, Ellen. Always

has been. She'll listen to you, too.

>> I'll see what we can do.

>> Thanks, Nick.

>> But in the meantime, you must get back

to your work. You mustn't let that

suffer.

>> Yes, I can get back to it now. I feel a

lot better.

>> Oh, that's fine.

Uh, need any more money?

>> Oh,

we'll manage.

>> I get it. How much?

>> Another 250,000 francs.

>> I'll write you a check.

>> You know, Nick, you're doing this for me

because we're friends, but it may make a

difference to thousands of people, sick

and wounded people.

>> You make me feel very noble, Jeff.

>> Well, you ought to.

>> Well, I doubt it. I

I

Jeff, you Hey.

You think you have troubles? think of uh

of of Joseph and and Job and

thousands of people. Why, they knowledge

contained in this book took thousands of

years to acquire.

You know, there are thousands of people,

millions. They lived and they died and

sit down.

Look it over and uh

have a cigarette and I'll write you a

check. I'll be right back.

Jeff's waiting for me.

I'm leaving with him as soon as I write

in this check.

Only thing for you to do is to

go back to your hotel and pack up.

Back to Jeff where you belong.

>> [music]

>> Have a cigarette. Everything's going to

be all right.

>> [music]

>> Linda.

>> Just as you said, Nick.

Everything is going to be all right.

For both of us.

>> Linda. Linda.

>> [music]

>> Jeff!

Jeff!

JEFF!

>> [crying]

>> OH, JEFF, I DID IT. I DID IT. OH, JEFF!

>> EASY, LINDA. EASY.

YES.

>> I didn't mean it. I was crazy.

>> [crying]

>> Oh, Jeff, WHAT DO WE DO?

>> First thing is to [music] get you out of

here.

>> I I WHAT happens to me.

>> I do.

>> What did you do with the gun?

>> I don't know. I must have dropped it.

>> [music]

>> What's got [music] into you?

>> There's nothing the matter with me.

Now you listen to me.

I'm here.

>> [music]

>> Can't you see me? Can't you hear me?

>> [music]

>> What did you do with it?

>> I don't know. I don't know.

>> Well, we can't wait for that. We've got

to get you out of here.

>> Wait a minute.

Let's talk things over.

There's nothing to get excited about.

>> Steady, Linda. Steady.

>> WAIT A MINUTE. LINDA, JEFF, LISTEN TO

ME.

What's [music] happening here anyway?

Elevator. Elevator.

Heavens, are they all dead?

>> [music]

>> Excuse me, I've missed my train.

>> [music]

[music]

>> I'm sorry I'm late, Captain. Did you get

my tickets?

Come on. Come on. Pay attention to me.

I'm talking to you.

Come. Come, Captain. I'll miss my train.

That's my train.

Look where you're going, MAN.

CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE THROUGH. YOU'RE FIRED.

THAT'S MY TRAIN.

>> [music]

[music]

>> REALLY?

BON SOIR, MONSIEUR.

>> How are you?

I'm not very hungry. A chicken sandwich

and a glass of milk, please.

Up.

Wait a minute. Aren't you going to

Yes, you can bring me a little water,

please.

>> Mickey.

Mickey.

Mickey.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Mickey.

I'm so glad you're back.

>> Yes, Ellen.

I'm back.

>> [music]

>> Ellen.

Ellen, don't be frightened. It's It's

me.

Ellen.

She's frightened. Get some water.

Get some water, you fool.

>> Madam.

What happened?

I don't know.

Help me to my room, please.

>> Ellen.

Ellen, it

It's all my fault. I

I'm sorry, Ellen.

What's happened?

Even Ellen didn't know me.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Ellen didn't see me

or hear me.

No one can.

Man that is born of woman is of few days

and full of trouble.

He cometh like a flower and is cut down.

He fleeth also as a shadow

and continueth not.

These words offer little comfort to

those who regard man's brief span as the

sum of his existence.

Let us rather fix our eyes upon the

eternal reality of life.

We are gathered here to offer friendly

greetings to a traveler who has gone

upon a great adventure.

What was his equipment for the journey

on which he has embarked?

He was not a devout man.

His was a religion of the heart,

a religion of personal service.

>> That's where you're wrong.

>> It enjoined on him a life of friendly

>> Beautiful service, isn't it?

I beg your pardon.

>> If you

>> I just said it was a beautiful service.

>> Are you talking to me?

>> Why, of course.

>> What do you have done

>> But I'm not a person.

>> Given

>> Well, that's that's a matter of opinion.

Well, I mean

I'm dead.

>> You mean you're supposed to be dead.

But you're not really.

>> But but you can't see me or hear me. No

one can.

That's because they don't take the

pills.

>> Shall the goal we are

>> Your face is familiar. I seem to have

met you somewhere before.

>> Why, yes. We met on the train.

>> Oh, yes. You were the man with the

Bible.

>> Yes, and you you thought you knew

exactly where you were going.

>> I was wrong.

I don't know now.

He seems to know.

>> You who are his friends will agree with

me that his most striking quality was

his capacity for loyalty.

Friendship meant to him

>> Why do they wait until after a man's

dead to say those nice things? He didn't

know me.

>> Apparently.

>> And neither did most of these people

here.

>> There is no shadow on our memory of him,

no recollection of petty deceit or

evasion,

or weakness.

The friendships he [music] made

>> No weakness.

I should say he didn't know you.

>> Oh God, whose mercies cannot be

numbered,

pray accept our prayer on behalf of the

soul of thy servant departed,

and grant him an entrance into the land

of light and joy.

>> Land of light and joy.

It is for some.

>> May His face just upon you and be

gracious unto you.

May he lift his countenance toward you

and bring you peace [music] now and

forevermore.

Amen.

Interment will be private for the

members of the immediate family at the

American Cemetery.

>> I want to be left alone, Becky.

>> I understand you. I'll wait for you

outside.

I know how you feel.

>> Are you coming out to the cemetery?

[music]

I

Maybe I'm a bit too sensitive, but

I don't want to see myself buried.

>> I can't blame you for that.

>> Do something for me, will you, Becky?

Help her. She hasn't anyone else.

>> What are you crying for? You never had

any use for me.

Just like you, you old harridan.

>> I'm not going to say goodbye, Nicky.

It isn't goodbye.

I'm going to keep you with me always.

Always close to my heart.

>> Helen.

>> Don't go too far away.

Stay near me so I won't be quite so

lonely.

>> I'm here, Helen.

If you'd only believe it.

>> I'm not going to be frightened by a

little thing like death.

We'll laugh at it, Nicky.

That's what you'd want.

I'll laugh, Nicky.

But I'm going to have to learn how all

over.

>> Don't cry, Helen.

I I stand you doing that.

I have so much to tell you.

Please try to hear me.

>> [music]

>> Why can't you hear me? Won't anyone hear

me?

>> Well, there's no use shouting about it.

That won't do you any good, you see. I

can hear you even if you whisper.

>> But how are you the only one?

>> Well, I have ears and I have good eyes.

I can see right through you. In fact, I

saw through you the first day we met.

>> And perhaps you can see what a fix I'm

in.

>> Yeah, it's just like you to say that.

>> What?

>> Only worrying about yourself.

>> Well, what can I do about other people

when I can't reach them or talk to them?

I don't want anyone punished for this.

>> But he's already been arrested.

>> Who has?

>> Why, don't you read the papers?

>> Jeff?

He didn't do it. It's not true. He's

protecting someone else.

>> It's a very ancient custom.

>> I can't let anything happen to him. It's

not fair. I I can't let them do it.

>> Those are very fine sentiments.

But they're a little late.

>> Well, I've got to straighten it out.

I'll never be able to rest until I do.

>> I'm afraid you

The courts of law won't accept the

testimony of a ghost.

There is no precedent for it.

>> Monsieur Commissaire,

at the time of the indictment, the

police submitted a set of photographs of

the victim.

Do you identify these as being the same?

>> Yes, I do, Monsieur le President.

>> Hussier,

show the photographs and the

fingerprints to the gentlemen of the

jury.

You may proceed, Monsieur Commissaire.

>> Those photographs and fingerprints were

taken as soon as we reached the scene of

the crime.

The wound on the deceased indicated that

the shot had been fired at close range.

A checkbook was found on the desk. It

contained a check to the order of Dr.

Jeffrey Reynolds for 250,000 francs. But

it was unsigned. I questioned Dr.

Reynolds, but he denied all knowledge of

the crime. A search of Dr. Reynolds'

home revealed nothing of any

consequence. No weapon was found. But

the fingerprints of the accused

corresponded with those found at the

scene of the crime.

The accused was placed under arrest.

>> Thank you, Monsieur Commissaire. Call

the next witness.

Monsieur Amos Totten.

Raise your right hand.

You swear to speak without fear or

hatred, tell the truth, all the truth,

and nothing but the truth?

>> I do.

>> Your name?

>> Amos Totten.

>> You may proceed with your deposition.

>> Mr. Desbrow came to Paris unexpectedly

on the morning of August 17th.

I knew nothing of his being in the city

until he telephoned me, asking me to

bring his mail to his apartment.

I went there about 3:00. He instructed

me to send a wire to Mrs. Desbrow in

Switzerland, telling her he was

returning by the night train.

He told me to buy his ticket and meet

him at the station.

When he failed to appear, I

returned to the apartment.

I was there, you fool. I had a key to

the apartment.

I entered and

found Mr. Desbrow on the floor of his

study.

I immediately telephoned the police.

>> The witness alleges he knew nothing of

Monsieur Desbrow's coming to Paris?

>> Nothing.

>> We have here a certified copy of a

telegram. It was filed the afternoon of

the 16th.

Nicholas Desbrow, Glacier des Montions,

Swiss.

Dr. Barnes will be in Paris Thursday.

Wants to proceed with plans regarding

laboratory immediately. Can remain only

one day. Suggest you take night train.

Totten.

The gentlemen of the jury will not

forget the witness knew nothing of

Monsieur Desbrow's coming to Paris. Yet

this telegram was signed by him. How can

he explain that?

>> I knew that a telegram had been sent.

But I didn't send it.

>> Does the witness have any idea as to the

identity of the person who did send it?

>> No, I haven't.

>> Were you not in the employ of Monsieur

Despereaux for many years?

>> Yes, sir.

>> You had his entire confidence.

>> So far as business affairs were

concerned, yes, sir.

>> So you suspected that this might be an

affair of another kind. Does the witness

know of any women with whom the deceased

was unduly friendly?

>> I do not.

>> Nosey old man, isn't he?

>> Any questions from the defense?

>> No, Monsieur le President.

>> Your friend Jeff seems to be in a great

hurry to lose his head.

>> Call the next witness.

>> Monsieur Etienne Almette.

>> Bonjour, Monsieur et Madame.

Ah, a votre service, Monsieur le

President.

>> Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to speak without fear or

hatred, to tell the truth, all the

truth, and nothing but the truth?

>> I, of course.

>> Your name?

>> Etienne Lemort Chretien Almette.

>> Occupation?

>> I am an engineer, Monsieur le President.

I have the honor to be in sole charge of

the elevator of number 12 Place de la

Bourse.

>> You may make your deposition.

>> Huh?

>> Tell the jury what you know about

Monsieur Despereaux.

>> He's dead.

>> [laughter]

>> He He is. I I have it in the paper.

>> Silence.

Silence.

When did you last see Monsieur Despard?

>> Uh

I saw him on August 17th.

>> Tell the jury everything that happened

between you and the deceased on that

occasion.

>> Oh, they're very Monsieur le President.

I said the bonjour Monsieur and we spoke

about the war, but the war had not begun

yet. Everybody was worrying about it.

And um

I told him about the the silver plate in

the back of my head. Uh

um

uh real real silver.

>> [laughter]

>> Proceed.

>> He was on the stairway.

He was on the stairway. In fact, you

might say he was hiding.

>> Hiding?

>> Que voulez-vous Monsieur le President?

When a man has his arms about a woman.

>> Don't jump to conclusions, Ellen.

>> Silence. It sounds worse than it really

is. I must warn the public to abstain

from any demonstration.

I should like the witness to describe

the woman.

>> Uh

>> I ask if you can describe the woman.

>> A woman, Monsieur.

>> Silence.

Silence.

>> Fools. Stupid fools.

>> Never mind, dear. Don't let them upset

you.

>> Would you know this woman if you saw

her?

>> Perhaps yes, perhaps no. I couldn't see

her face very well because the light

from the window was right in my eyes.

And besides, in my line of work, I see

so much of

of that sort of thing that I don't pay

much attention to it. But from now on, I

will.

>> MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT. MONSIEUR LE

PRESIDENT.

>> MADAM, I am sorry, but if you wish to

remain here, you will have to be silent.

>> I WILL NOT BE SILENT. I have a right to

be heard.

I'm not speaking for myself, but for

someone else, my husband. He can't speak

because someone killed him.

That man is on trial, but you talk as if

the other man were, the man who's dead.

You're here to do justice.

>> Don't, Helen. Don't, please.

>> Madam, will you please be seated?

>> I won't. I want justice for my husband.

I've sat here listening to lies about

him and hearing suspicions cast on the

senseless things he did.

Gentlemen of the jury, I know the truth.

We were married 5 years, and all that

time there was nothing but perfect trust

between us.

We'd gone to Switzerland to renew our

honeymoon when that telegram arrived.

If it was false, my husband didn't know

it. He thought it was genuine, and

that's the only reason he went to Paris.

There was never the shadow of a lie

between us.

I want to say that here.

I know it's a strange place to talk

about anything intimate about one's

feelings, but

I'm not ashamed to speak

I'm proud.

Because there's no doubt or shame in all

the memory of all our years.

I tell you, I tell anyone who will

listen, he couldn't have lied to me. He

couldn't have concealed anything. There

wasn't anything to conceal. It wasn't

that sort of marriage.

That's my memory. And I won't let you

touch it. It's true. I won't let

anything touch it.

>> Monsieur le President.

The woman.

It's she, Monsieur le President. I

remember her now.

>> What are you talking about?

>> The woman, she was with Monsieur Despoir

on the stairs. There is no doubt of it.

I'm

I'm sure of it.

>> Monsieur le President, I request that

Madame Renauld take the stand.

>> No, no. Monsieur le President. The The

is opposed to a deposition by the wife

of the accused.

>> Now we're getting somewhere. They should

have called her in the first place.

I'll tell her a thing or two.

You're the one that knows all about

this. One word from you would save Jeff.

How can you be such a coward, Linda?

You know what's right and what's wrong,

don't you?

>> Madame Reynolds will take the stand.

You are the wife of the defendant, are

you not?

>> Yes, Monsieur le President.

>> You may tell the jury anything you feel

to be relevant to the case

or to the charge against your husband.

>> There's nothing I have to say. I

I don't know anything.

>> Was Madame Reynolds well acquainted with

the deceased?

>> Yes.

>> Too darn well. You were good friends,

weren't you?

>> Yes.

>> Please speak louder, Madame Reynolds.

Your husband and Monsieur Desbrow, they

were good friends, too, were they not?

>> Yes.

>> Did you meet Monsieur Desbrow in the

hallway of the building at 12 Place de

la Bourse on the morning of August 17th?

>> No.

>> You're sure of that?

>> I

Well

No, I didn't. [laughter]

>> What was your reason for meeting him

there that morning?

>> The defense objects to leading THE

WITNESS.

>> I DIDN'T DO IT. IT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

IT WAS ABOUT THE TELEGRAM I HAD.

>> THAT'S IT. ASK HER ABOUT THE TELEGRAM.

SHE SAID IT.

>> What do you know about the telegram?

>> Nothing.

>> You said you wanted to see him ABOUT

TELEGRAM.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU SENT THE TELEGRAM, DIDN'T YOU?

>> I SENT IT.

>> The telegram that was produced here in

court?

>> Of course there was only one telegram.

You don't ask the right questions.

>> You sent it.

>> SHE SENT IT BECAUSE I MADE HER DO IT.

I'LL TELL YOU THE WHOLE THING. I'M

GUILTY. I KILLED DICK DESBOROUGH.

>> Don't be a fool, Jeff. It's magnificent,

but it's dumb. Think of your work. Don't

throw everything away by protecting

Linda. Tell the truth, Jeff.

>> Give me a chance and I'll tell you.

I wanted money from Dick Desborough for

a laboratory. So, we sent him a telegram

to bring him back to Paris. I sent my

wife to meet him that morning. I thought

she could persuade him to give me the

money. We we planned it that way. When

he refused her

>> No, I didn't.

>> to his apartment. I held the gun on him

as he wrote that check. I ordered him to

write it.

Then he tried to get the gun. We

struggled and it went off.

>> He doesn't know a gun from a broomstick.

Surely you don't believe that.

>> What did you do with the gun?

>> I threw it in the river.

>> That's not true. He couldn't find the

gun, but I can. I'll show you where it

is.

>> I was determined to get the money for my

work. It had become an obsession with

me.

>> Did your wife know of your guilt?

>> No, she had nothing to do with it, I

tell you. She went to meet him that

morning because I insisted on her doing

so. She was only trying to help me.

She's trying to help me now, but it's no

use.

My only regret is that I didn't speak

sooner.

My time isn't of much value, but I

shouldn't have taken up so much of

yours.

I apologize to the court.

>> Can't you see behind what a man says?

Can't you see his motives?

You're honest people. You want to do

what's right, but you're making a

horrible mistake.

He didn't send the telegram.

He didn't kill me.

He didn't throw the gun in the river.

The gun's still in my apartment.

I ought to know what I'm talking about.

I'm the man that was killed.

>> [music]

>> Ellen

Ellen, help me save Jeff.

The poor devil's innocent. He's He lied

from start to finish.

He didn't throw the gun in the river.

It's right here in the fireplace, in

this very room.

Unless you find it, he's done for.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Ellen, in all our years together, I I

took everything for granted.

I took your love for granted.

Now, I'd die a hundred times just

to be able to touch your hand.

I twisted everything. I turned

everything into lies, and

now I can't get them straight.

There's a wall of lies between us, and

[music]

I can't get through.

>> [music]

>> I was no use.

>> Just as I thought.

>> [music]

>> Had dinner waiting [music] for you? It's

spoiled.

Franklin's were waiting to see you.

They're still waiting. Here you are,

sitting in this shooting gallery,

moaning and groaning.

Poor child.

>> [music]

>> What's wrong?

>> Oh, Becky, I'm so unhappy.

>> Well, of course you are, dear.

Who wouldn't be in this place?

Yvonne!

Yvonne!

>> Oui, madame.

>> Pack Mrs. Desbrough's clothes,

everything, and have Jacques take them

to my hotel at once.

>> Oui, madame.

>> Now, Ellen Desbrough, you listen to me.

>> [music]

>> As soon as I can book passage, we're

sailing to America with me.

You had anything to eat?

>> Oh, I'm not hungry.

>> Oh.

Come along. Come along.

Yvonne.

Yvonne.

>> Oui, madame.

>> Bring Mrs. Devereaux something to eat.

>> What should I bring, madame?

>> Tell her what you want, dear.

>> Oh, anything. Some milk toast.

>> Huh.

Fix her an egg nog. Put two hookers of

brandy in it. Hurry.

>> Bring me one, too, without the eggs.

>> Oui, madame.

>> [music]

>> Now?

>> I'm worried about Jeff, Becky.

I'm afraid the jury is going to find him

[music] guilty.

>> Well, they might.

>> He isn't.

>> Sure it's a night ball. You suppose he

confessed just to hear himself talk?

Really, I mean.

>> Jeff was Nikki's best [music] friend,

Becky.

There was never the slightest

misunderstanding between them.

The jury may believe Jeff shot Nick

because he refused [music] him money,

but

but I don't.

That's why Nikki went to Paris, to help

Jeff build his laboratory.

It's difficult to explain, but

it's as though Nick were standing beside

me day and night,

begging and and pleading for me to help

him free Jeff.

I know it all sounds silly, but

I have the feeling that

that unless I do something [music] about

it,

Nikki's soul will never know peace.

>> Don't mind me.

I understand, child. Of course, you must

do all you can.

>> Jeff,

we've always been good friends.

I'd like you to feel we still are.

Please don't pretend to me.

I know all about [music] Nick and Linda.

>> What about Nick and Linda?

>> Why do you insist on taking the blame

for something you didn't do?

>> What are you driving at?

>> You didn't kill Nick.

Linda killed him.

>> What gave you that ridiculous idea?

>> You're protecting Linda and I know it.

>> She had nothing to do with it.

The court convicted me. I'm here and

that ends it.

>> You still love Linda, don't you?

You're a lot like me.

I still love Nick.

But Nick's [music] life is over, Jeff,

and yours isn't. You haven't any right

to throw it away. You haven't any right

to make such a sacrifice, no matter how

much you love Linda.

You're a scientist. Your life belongs to

the world. [music] Today it needs men

like you more than it ever did.

Please, Jeff, I beg of you, tell the

truth.

>> You're a good friend, Ellen.

But I'm sorry.

>> [music]

>> Thank you.

>> [music]

>> Hello there.

Come on over here.

We missed you.

Come on, sit down.

>> [music]

>> Where have you been?

>> Where have I been? the city, I've been

right here in the city, in the places

where I was when

when I was alive.

That should seem naturally [music]

enough.

But it's not what I expected.

When I was a when I was a boy I was

always taught that after death souls

went to

to some sort of a heaven or hell to be

rewarded or punished.

>> Now you find you don't have to go away

[music] to be punished.

It's the reward you were looking for

now, isn't that right?

>> No, no, I don't want anything for myself

but but peace.

>> Release, eh?

To be turned loose into space

instead of being tied down on earth,

close to the people you knew and and

wronged when you were alive.

>> I want to undo those wrongs.

I want Ellen to know that I loved her.

I want Linda to save her husband by

telling the truth. I want all the

wretchedness and unhappiness that I

caused [music] to to be cleared up. I

want to do it.

>> And you can't.

>> Nobody sees me, nobody hears me.

>> It's fantastic.

That is your reward or your punishment.

>> I'm going through the tortures of the

damned.

>> That's very well [music] put.

Not very original, but it it describes

your position perfectly.

>> Dead man haunted by the living.

My Jeff behind prison walls for the rest

of his days and

until he becomes like me, a ghost.

He was my friend.

He was at the beginning of a great

career and he's thrown it all away

because of a woman who doesn't care

anything about him.

>> And because a friend betrayed you.

You have a name?

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot.

>> Oh, that's all right.

Even now I'm unable to realize that I'm

no longer like an average person.

>> Well, but you are.

You mean well, but unfortunately you

can't do anything about it.

And that's what millions of the average

men are saying today.

Ships are sinking. Guns are hurling

shells and bombs to kill children.

Yet they say they can't do anything

about it.

Doesn't that make your private trouble

seem small?

>> [music]

>> What's the matter? Aren't you interested

in listening to the babblings of a poor

philosopher?

>> No, no.

But if I could only talk to Ellen for a

minute.

>> That would never be a miracle.

>> I've never believed in miracles.

>> The trouble is you never believe in

anything.

>> Well, what can I do?

You seem to have a natural faculty for

driving me crazy. What's more you take a

great delight in doing it.

>> Lucky for you that my voice can do that.

It's a good, healthy sign.

Perhaps someday you may find and rest in

peace.

>> Thanks.

I seem to be more in the dark now than

ever.

There seems no way out of it.

Man's rotting behind steel bars and

Helen, she's heartbroken and crushed.

>> I'm afraid that isn't altogether true.

You see

things have changed of late.

>> What do you mean?

>> Come with me and I'll show you.

Hello, monsieur.

>> No.

Oh, yes. Yes. Yes.

Glass of milk, please.

>> Milk, monsieur?

>> Yeah, make it hot, please.

>> Hot milk, monsieur?

>> Yes, nice and hot, if you please.

>> Très bien, monsieur.

>> Here they come now.

>> Pardon, monsieur?

>> Oh, nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

>> Bonjour, madame.

>> Bonjour.

Two brandies, please.

>> Yes, madam.

>> If I were Ellen Desbrau, I'd think twice

about making a spectacle of myself by

being seen with Linda.

>> How long has this been going on?

>> A few days. This this seems to be their

favorite spot.

>> I can't believe it.

>> In due respect, to see her prostrated

with grief?

>> I mean, making a pal of Linda.

I've always tried to protect her.

I know it's bad manners to eavesdrop,

but

>> Go ahead.

>> Hello, Bertha.

Chat. She looked at me as if I were a

label on a poison bottle.

>> You mustn't mind her. If this happened

in Bertha's home

>> town, you'd be literally stoned.

>> If what happened?

>> You and I being friends.

Frankly, I thought it a bit strange,

too.

>> Well, I didn't. We've always been good

friends.

Now with Jeff in prison and Nicky gone,

if anything, we should be better friends

than we ever were.

>> That's fine.

>> I suppose if Bertha and the rest of my

friends had their way about it, they'd

have me blaming you for what Jeff did.

Nothing could be more fantastic.

>> Nothing.

>> Let's skip it.

Let's get away from here for a while,

Linda. You and I need some fun. Let's go

to the South of France.

All right.

Let's go right away. How about tonight?

>> No, not tonight, Ellen. It'll It'll have

to be next week.

>> That's a date.

>> Hello, Ellen.

>> Oh, hello, Becky.

>> Oh, hello. I have to run.

>> Stay and have another one.

>> I'd prefer not, thanks.

>> Had enough, dear?

Nicky.

Oh, she deserved a slapping down.

>> What's the matter with her?

>> Oh, she doesn't feel very well.

>> It's too bad. What's wrong?

>> A case of fevered conscience brought on

by my deep understanding and friendship.

>> Oh, I see.

>> Double brandy, please.

>> Leave it out.

>> Your brother's had a hair dye again.

Oh, I'll get that.

I'll be happy to get on that boat

tonight.

With all the mines and submarines about,

I'll be much happier to get off.

You won't change your mind and come with

me?

>> I'm getting along too well with my job

here. Linda's promised to go to the

South of France with me next week.

>> You will go alone.

>> What do you mean?

>> She's sailing with me tonight on same

boat.

>> No, Becky, you must be mistaken.

>> I certainly am not.

Boat's overcrowded, so they asked me if

I'd mind making room for her in my

cabin. Naturally, I declined with

thanks. So, they're putting her with the

Anson girls.

>> She's running away.

>> Correct, my dear.

>> If she goes, I'll never be able to get

Jeff free.

What should I do, Becky?

>> You've got to stop her, Ellen.

>> I'm afraid there's very little you can

do, child.

>> There's just a chance, but you've got to

take that chance. Hurry, Ellen, hurry.

>> It's a last minute chance, but I'm going

to take it.

>> Good girl.

>> Hey, wait a minute. You got to help me

with those

>> Same old Becky.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Where have you been?

>> To the cinema. An American picture and

so

>> You know I have to get to the boat

train. Will you finish packing my trunk

and bring me another suitcase?

>> But the time went so fast, madam.

>> Oh, do as I say and hurry.

>> There's no hurry. There's plenty of

time.

>> Never mind, I'll answer it.

>> [music]

>> Oh,

hello.

>> Hello, Linda. May I come in?

>> Why, yes, of course.

>> I know it's selfish of me to impose on

our friendship.

>> [music]

>> No, not at all.

>> After you left, I just hated to go back

to the hotel.

>> Sit down.

>> Get to the point, Ellen.

>> Have a drink?

>> Yes, please.

Housecleaning?

>> What do you mean?

>> Oh, that.

Some of Louise's work, I guess.

>> You know she's bluffing, Ellen. We've

interrupted her packing.

>> Thanks.

I need it.

>> Could use one myself.

>> Here's to the trip.

>> What trip?

>> Our trip to the south of France. You

haven't forgotten?

>> Oh, yes. Yes, of course.

>> Why all this fencing?

>> Oh, excuse me, madam.

Try the telephone for the porter. The

trunks are ready for the boat train.

>> I'll do it.

>> [music]

>> Now's your chance, Ellen.

>> What's all this talk about boat trains,

Linda?

>> Oh,

the Anderson girls, you know them.

They're sailing tonight, and you're

sailing with them.

>> What?

>> You needn't pretend, Linda. Becky told

me.

>> Well, what if I am?

>> You're running away.

>> What are you talking about?

>> You know what I'm talking about.

You and Nick.

>> So, you believe everything that's been

gossiped about me, too.

I might have known all this friendship

talk was [music] a sham.

Well, I'm going back to America. I never

want to see this place again.

>> Reminder about Jeff.

>> Jeff stays in prison for life.

>> Well, what can I do about it? Tell the

truth. Tell who did kill Nick.

What are you getting at?

>> Jeff didn't kill Nick. You did.

>> I won't listen to that crazy talk. YOU

GET OUT OF HERE.

>> It's the truth, and you can't run away

from it. You can't lie and cheat and

kill and have someone else take the

blame for it.

You think you'll be safe [music] if you

get away from me.

Wherever you go, you'll be running away.

You will be alone and afraid till the

day you die.

>> You get out of here.

I hate you.

I've hated you ever since I've known

you.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK. YOU CAN'T

PROVE A THING, CAN YOU? Can you?

>> No, I can't.

>> Then get out.

>> Helen, we'll give her proof. Go to our

apartment. You'll find her gun there.

>> [music]

>> Louise!

Louise!

You know call the police. We're leaving

at once.

>> Where to, madam?

>> To the hotel, Jack.

>> Very well, madam.

>> Don't go back to the hotel.

Go to the apartment, Helen.

She wanted proof. We'll give it to her.

Her gun's in the apartment.

The apartment,

>> You can't prove a thing, can you?

>> What did you do with the gun?

>> I threw it away, dear.

>> She's running away.

>> Correct, my dear.

>> Well, I'm going back to America.

>> What shall I do, Vicky?

>> Go to the apartment, Helen.

The apartment, Helen.

>> Drive to the apartment, Chuck. To our

apartment.

>> That's good.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Go into the study, Helen.

>> You're wasting your time. What are you

looking for?

>> That's a good idea.

Now, Helen.

Go into the study.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> No. No, Helen. Over here.

Come over to the fireplace, Helen.

Helen, the fireplace.

There's nothing in the desk.

You won't find any of Linda's letters

there. I burned them all, Helen.

>> [music]

>> There's nothing there. There's nothing

in those papers.

>> [music]

>> Those papers have been gone through a

hundred times.

Why are you bothering with that stuff?

Doctor Alan. [music]

You've got to help me. Linda's scared.

She's frightened. We've got to find the

gun and confront her with it.

That's our only chance.

>> [music]

>> There's no time for house cleaning now.

Linda's going tonight. The fireplace,

Alan. The fireplace.

>> [music]

>> What are you going to do?

Oh, burn them? Good.

That's it.

Look at the ash pit.

The gun fell through the [music] trap.

It's there, Alan. It's never been found.

Look, Alan. The papers.

Which one?

That's it.

You got it?

>> [music]

>> Don't touch the handle, Alan.

Wrap it in a handkerchief.

Hurry. We must catch Linda before she

has a chance to get away.

>> [music]

>> This is Reynolds, please.

>> She left me, madam.

>> When?

>> Oh, only a few minutes ago, madam. Maybe

we can catch her at the train. Hurry.

>> Wait.

>> [music]

>> She has no money.

Ellen, she's here.

>> What do you want?

>> Get out of here.

>> You wanted proof?

Look at this.

>> Careful, the fingerprints are on

>> Recognize it?

>> Why should I? I've never seen it before.

>> The fingerprints.

>> Fingerprints will decide that.

Look, supposing it is my gun, I didn't

use it.

>> That too is a case for the police.

>> Then why didn't you go straight to them?

>> They can only prove you killed Nicky.

I want something more than that from

you.

I want to know why.

Why did you kill Nicky?

>> I didn't. And you can't make me say I

did.

>> You killed him because he didn't love

you.

Because he loved me. That's the truth,

ISN'T IT?

>> OH, GO AWAY. LEAVE ME ALONE. STOP IT.

>> LOOK AT ME.

You might as well confess. You can't get

away. [music] You'll never be able to

get away. No, you killed him BECAUSE HE

LOVED ME. BECAUSE HE NEVER LOVED YOU.

THAT IS THE TRUTH, ISN'T IT?

HE DIDN'T LOVE ME.

IT WAS ALWAYS YOU, YOU, YOU.

I meant to kill myself, too.

I didn't want Jeff to take the blame,

and I was scared.

I JUST WANTED TO SAVE HIM.

>> [music]

>> Now I'll go back.

Nicky.

>> You've done it, Ellen.

You've won.

Goodbye, my darling.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Hello there.

>> Hello.

>> There's been a miracle.

It's as though she heard me. It's as

though she knew exactly what I was

trying to say to her.

Jeff will be free now, and Ellen

I've broken in Christ. No, no, her

heart's too deep for that. She's too

brave.

Ellen's life still before her, and the

wonder and power of life is in it.

Please God, she shall live it.

>> Well, I'm glad to hear that you have

placed it in his hands.

Well, uh

got to be getting along.

>> Poor little fellow.

Pick him up, please.

>> Go ahead.

You can do it.

>> [music]

[music]

>> You see?

It's all very simple.

>> Well,

so [music] long, Nicholas.

>> Goodbye.

Thanks.

>> [music]

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