1 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:39,460 It's very bad, Nikolai. 2 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,161 You can feel the push, 3 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:44,665 like something leaning on the screen door trying to get in... 4 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:47,535 Mischief mischieving. 5 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:50,338 If I had the money, 6 00:02:50,371 --> 00:02:52,840 I'd surely be in Miami. 7 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:22,703 Sorry, angel, but I don't play the sap for anybody... 8 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:24,705 bad for business. 9 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,708 Lovecraft, too bad you're losing out on your fee. 10 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:31,111 With a client like this, maybe you already collected... 11 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:34,882 Upfront, if you know what I mean. 12 00:03:41,289 --> 00:03:42,956 Get up, Grimaldi, 13 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:45,626 people will think you've never been socked by a dame before. 14 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,227 Oh. 15 00:03:47,261 --> 00:03:50,097 - Evening, lieutenant. - What's this? 16 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,633 It's the murder weapon. 17 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:56,236 Well, Bradbury, at least she found a nice, clean way to bump him off. 18 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:58,606 Time was you had to look a man in the eye before you could kill him. 19 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:00,641 You owed him that. 20 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:02,343 Now with the nerve and a little know-how, 21 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:04,912 I can do it by tying six knots in a piece of string. 22 00:04:04,945 --> 00:04:07,815 - Ain't modern living grand? - Magic. 23 00:04:07,848 --> 00:04:10,518 It gives me the shakes what you can buy in this town. 24 00:04:10,551 --> 00:04:13,220 - They say it'll make things easier. - And it has. 25 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:18,058 Lots of things. 26 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,794 How is it? 27 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:23,263 - Bad. - It's always bad. 28 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:26,367 There's bad and there's bad. Something's coming, something ugly. 29 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,235 And it's guys like me gonna clean up the mess. 30 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,504 I got enough to worry about, Phil, so do us both a favor, 31 00:04:30,538 --> 00:04:32,506 watch your back. 32 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:34,174 Thanks. 33 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:49,256 You too, huh? 34 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:52,125 Not all the time, just some of the time. 35 00:04:52,159 --> 00:04:53,827 You know with the... 36 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:56,897 it makes things easier. See you, Grimaldi. 37 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:00,701 Same old Schlubcraft, 38 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:04,037 same sour outlook, same stubborn streak 39 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:06,840 and you still wear that dog-puke tie! 40 00:05:08,909 --> 00:05:10,878 Bradbury was right. 41 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:12,880 There's bad and there's bad. 42 00:05:12,913 --> 00:05:15,048 But what I walked into after I left that night 43 00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:18,986 made all the magic and witchcraft I'd seen up to then look like a sideshow. 44 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,988 My name is Lovecraft 45 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:23,090 and I'm the guy who knows. 46 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:25,493 Just about the only guy who knows it all 47 00:05:25,526 --> 00:05:28,328 and who's still breathing. 48 00:05:28,362 --> 00:05:31,632 It started that night and it started with a woman. 49 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:35,168 It always starts with a woman. 50 00:06:01,595 --> 00:06:03,864 Mickey! 51 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:06,333 For a minute, I didn't think you were gonna show. 52 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:09,136 Yeah, it just took a little longer, that's all. 53 00:06:09,169 --> 00:06:11,472 Sorry. 54 00:06:18,345 --> 00:06:22,049 Thank you. Can I buy you a drink? 55 00:06:22,082 --> 00:06:24,818 Oh, thanks, Mr. Borden but I gotta run, 56 00:06:24,852 --> 00:06:26,587 - busy you know... - Mickey, Mickey, Mickey. 57 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,389 Aren't you forgetting a little something? 58 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:31,625 Mr. Tugwell. 59 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,670 Okay, I understand you're in a hurry, 60 00:06:42,703 --> 00:06:45,739 but I thought you'd want to get paid for this job. 61 00:06:45,773 --> 00:06:49,677 Oh yeah, sure, Mr. Borden. 62 00:06:57,184 --> 00:06:59,152 I'd really like to stay for that drink, 63 00:06:59,186 --> 00:07:01,154 but you know, you've got to understand my position... 64 00:07:02,289 --> 00:07:05,493 I understand just fine. 65 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:10,831 Good night, Mickey. 66 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:16,103 I think I'll take some air. 67 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:49,870 Tugwell! 68 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:52,105 Announcing 1:30 departure 69 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:55,776 of the grand San Diegan, now boarding on track six. 70 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:58,278 Stopping in Long Beach, San Clemente, 71 00:07:58,311 --> 00:08:00,514 LA Jolla and San Diego. 72 00:08:00,548 --> 00:08:03,651 Departing in eight minutes. All aboard. 73 00:08:26,807 --> 00:08:29,342 Paging Mr. Mullreed... 74 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:51,164 Final call for the grand San Diegan, 75 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,801 service to long beach, San Juan Capistrano... 76 00:09:36,777 --> 00:09:38,946 I had a deal! 77 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:42,650 I held up my end. Let me go! 78 00:09:42,683 --> 00:09:45,118 Tell him you lost me, tell him... 79 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:47,387 Tell him I got on the train before you could stop me. 80 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,923 Just let me go, okay? 81 00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:53,126 I'll share the money with you. You can have all of it. 82 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,528 Just let me walk out of here. 83 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:59,066 That's fair. That's more than fair. 84 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:01,468 Take it. 85 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:53,086 Booh! 86 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,048 Good morning, Mr. Lovecraft. 87 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:22,482 Good morning, Mrs. Kropotkin. 88 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,952 I was wondering, with your attractive desk calendar, 89 00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:26,954 if you could tell me today's date? 90 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:29,256 Yeah, it's Tuesday, April 28. 91 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:33,326 And does this date hold a special significance for you? 92 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,128 Huh... I can't say that it does. 93 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:38,098 It is the third anniversary of the death of my husband Nikolai Kropotkin, 94 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:40,100 who, when he died, blackbirds fell down from the trees 95 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:43,203 - for 10 Miles around our house. - Sorry. 96 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:46,006 It is also 28 days after the first of the month, 97 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,075 which is the day you are obliged to pay me rent 98 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:51,311 for the space I graciously allow you to share with the Kropotkin academy. 99 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:53,580 - Eh? - You'll get your dough this afternoon. 100 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:55,215 I'm on my way to see a new client. 101 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,917 Say that to my face, 102 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:58,852 remembering that people who lie to witches 103 00:11:58,886 --> 00:12:01,688 have been known to have their eyes shrink into little black raisins. 104 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,456 I'm on my way out there now. 105 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:05,425 I get a retainer, you get your rent. 106 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:06,994 I had better, Lovecraft, 107 00:12:07,027 --> 00:12:08,495 or else I will call my rather large 108 00:12:08,528 --> 00:12:11,064 and on the whole unsympathetic brothers who enjoy nothing more 109 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:13,500 than the throwing of other people's furniture out of windows. 110 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:16,036 Lovecraft! 111 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,939 Here, give these to your new client. 112 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:21,809 Look, I'm not going out there to drum up business for you. 113 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:24,244 28 days in arrears, Lovecraft. 114 00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:27,314 A lesser woman would have called her brothers weeks ago. 115 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:32,285 And get them to give you cash. 116 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:46,059 Yes? 117 00:13:49,196 --> 00:13:52,032 "Tap and ballroom"? 118 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:09,082 Mr. Lovecraft, good morning. 119 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:14,721 I'm Amos Hackshaw. Empty your pockets, please. 120 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:17,224 - Do what? - Empty your pockets onto the desk, please. 121 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:18,558 Why? 122 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:21,361 Humor a middle-aged man, Mr. Lovecraft. 123 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:37,945 - Open your shirt, please. - Listen, man... 124 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:41,982 just one button... one behind that tie. 125 00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:49,122 You go any further, there's gonna be a nurse in the room. 126 00:14:49,156 --> 00:14:52,325 It's true. No tokens, no talismans, 127 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:55,562 no fetishes, nothing. You really don't use anything... 128 00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:56,863 Any magic, that is. 129 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,665 Just like I told you on the phone. 130 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,133 You don't believe in magic? 131 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:01,834 I believe it, just don't use it. 132 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,603 - Why? - Got personal reasons. 133 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:06,906 - And they are? - Personal. 134 00:15:10,277 --> 00:15:12,245 There was a chauffeur, 135 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:14,747 his name was Larry Willis. I fired him. 136 00:15:14,781 --> 00:15:17,250 Why? 137 00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:20,153 I have a young daughter, Mr. Lovecraft, she's all I have now. 138 00:15:20,187 --> 00:15:22,355 I loved her mother very much. 139 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:24,424 She wasn't a strong woman, 140 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,693 so we moved here to California for the climate. 141 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,795 We thought it would help. It did not. 142 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:32,099 Olivia's mother died bringing her into this sorry world 143 00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:34,101 and I have dedicated myself to protecting her 144 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:37,004 from its more unfortunate realities. 145 00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:39,606 She's only 16 years of age, Mr. Lovecraft, 146 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:42,075 which makes her quite vulnerable. 147 00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:45,112 So she's inexperienced. 148 00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:46,946 I prefer the word pure. 149 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:49,316 The purity that charms all things 150 00:15:49,349 --> 00:15:51,684 and blinds them to the trap and the bow. 151 00:15:51,718 --> 00:15:53,753 I didn't like the way Willis was looking at her. 152 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,123 I thought removing him from the property would be enough, 153 00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:57,490 but I underestimated the young man. 154 00:15:57,524 --> 00:15:59,292 He took something with him when he left. 155 00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:01,161 - What? - A book. 156 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:03,196 An old book. 157 00:16:03,230 --> 00:16:04,931 Valuable? 158 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:07,700 The fittings and bindings might be worth a few thousand... 159 00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:11,104 it does however hold great sentimental value for me. 160 00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:13,273 Huh, what kind of book was it? 161 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:17,077 A treatise on certain kinds of esoteric magic. 162 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:20,880 It's called a "necronomicon." 163 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:24,084 It's about the same size as a large photograph album, 164 00:16:24,117 --> 00:16:26,453 bound in leather, finished in gold. 165 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:29,822 - And I want it returned quickly. - How quickly? 166 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,558 I want it in my hands by Thursday. 167 00:16:31,591 --> 00:16:32,925 I'm attending a conference 168 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:35,228 and this volume is the key to my presentation. 169 00:16:35,262 --> 00:16:38,365 - That's the day after tomorrow. - No later than midnight. 170 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:40,567 A conference that starts at midnight? 171 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,835 Look, if you don't think you're the right man for the job... 172 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:45,372 now what does this Willis look like? 173 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:48,308 Thin, 5'10 "- 5'11", Sandy hair. 174 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,310 - How old? - Not old, 26. 175 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,811 - Did he live here? - No. 176 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,413 Meadows can give you his address, 177 00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:55,915 his landlord says he hasn't been there for days. 178 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:57,650 Well, it's a place to start. 179 00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:00,220 What are you gonna cost me, Lovecraft? 180 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:04,291 $40 a day, plus gas and reasonable expenses. 181 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:06,759 You can get cheaper, but you can't get better. 182 00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:08,761 And if you're looking for someone with an edge, 183 00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:11,864 the phone book is full of detectives that use magic and witchcraft. 184 00:17:11,898 --> 00:17:13,600 No, no, you are the man for the job. 185 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,736 A retainer is customary. $100 will do. 186 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:21,674 You probably spend more than that on goldfish for your squid. 187 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,778 It is not a squid. 188 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,420 Take the rest of the afternoon, "Jeeves," 189 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:35,422 I can find my own way out. 190 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:47,100 May I offer you a drink, Mr. Lovecraft? 191 00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:50,737 I looked at the registration 192 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,505 on the steering column of your car. 193 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:54,841 - Brandy? - No, it's too early for me. 194 00:17:56,743 --> 00:18:00,213 - That's quite a tie. - Oh, thanks. 195 00:18:00,247 --> 00:18:02,249 Put up much of a fight? 196 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:04,284 No, I snuck up behind it. 197 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:09,922 Now, what does my dried-up old walnut of a father 198 00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:11,824 want with a private detective? 199 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:14,060 It doesn't say detective on my registration. 200 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:16,596 It does on the business cards in your glove compartment. 201 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,965 You didn't rotate my tires while you were at it, did you? 202 00:18:18,998 --> 00:18:21,768 Maybe later. What's your birthday? 203 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:24,404 December 5, same as Walt Disney and Martin van Buren. 204 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:27,474 Sagittarius, with 16 letters to your name... 205 00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:29,142 Not bad. 206 00:18:29,176 --> 00:18:32,179 Not perfect, but not bad. 207 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,681 What sign was Larry Willis born under? 208 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,349 - Gemini. - Twins. 209 00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:38,985 Maybe I ought to charge your old man double for taking care of him. 210 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:43,790 Is that why my father hired you, to defend my honor? 211 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:47,126 This is gonna be the easiest money you ever made. 212 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,562 Yeah? How come? 213 00:18:51,030 --> 00:18:53,800 No, I don't think so. 214 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:56,803 You wouldn't want me to make it too easy for you, would you? 215 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:59,005 You don't look like the kind. 216 00:18:59,038 --> 00:19:02,709 If you want something, I bet you'd be willing to work for it. 217 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,912 Work hard, really crack a sweat, know what I mean? 218 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,681 You better take that blouse off. 219 00:19:08,715 --> 00:19:11,351 Oh, why? 220 00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:15,121 We can't get bloodstains like that on it if they set. 221 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:19,526 After the hunt, I usually take all my clothes off and burn them. 222 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,794 You have to be naked for the ceremony. 223 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:24,231 Oh yeah? What ceremony is that? 224 00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:28,000 It should be to Diana, goddess of the hunt. 225 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,804 - Ah. - Would you like to watch? 226 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:35,475 Thanks, but I'm supposed to get my teeth cleaned this afternoon. 227 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:38,611 Well, you're different, Lovecraft, I give you that. 228 00:19:38,645 --> 00:19:40,780 You're sort of something different yourself. 229 00:19:40,813 --> 00:19:42,249 - Am I? - Mm-hmm. 230 00:19:42,282 --> 00:19:45,017 All that smoke and not a lick of flame to back it up. 231 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:46,553 What makes you say that? 232 00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:49,689 Well, only virgins can catch unicorns, isn't that right? 233 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,463 Just what I thought. 234 00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:02,769 The radio said it was going to be clear all day. 235 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:05,231 God darn, here we go. 236 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,233 Sounds like the choke's stuck. 237 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:10,069 Ain't either no goddarn choke. 238 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,904 But I know what it is. 239 00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:15,274 Little bastards. 240 00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:17,109 After world war I, 241 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:20,112 the only thing we brought back from France was the clap. 242 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:22,214 This war, they go off to the pacific 243 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:25,618 and bring back these damn gremlins. 244 00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:35,094 Little bastards get into everything. 245 00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:38,798 You live here? 246 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,834 I own it and run it. I used to run it with my wife. 247 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:44,904 She died eight years ago, run over by a pie wagon. 248 00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:47,640 Somebody live here by the name of Larry Willis? 249 00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:50,643 That's the part where I ask who wants to know. 250 00:21:53,946 --> 00:21:56,383 Oh, I don't care much for dancing, 251 00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:58,418 I got veins in my legs... 252 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:05,124 - wouldn't be no kind of reward, would there? - No reward. 253 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:06,559 Then he ain't here. 254 00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:09,061 Moved out three days ago. Packed up and left. 255 00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:11,063 Can I look in his room? 256 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:13,132 This is a rooming house, ain't a museum. 257 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,969 How about you rent it to me for say... five minutes? 258 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:29,916 Ever have any visitors? 259 00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:33,219 - Everybody I know is dead. - I meant Willis. 260 00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:35,755 Oh, not that I ever saw. 261 00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:37,690 Suppose he had any when you were out? 262 00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:40,259 I don't go out. 263 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,213 No ladies? 264 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:04,417 I'd have heard. 265 00:23:09,288 --> 00:23:11,824 Ha, son of a bitch. 266 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:17,930 That's it! 267 00:23:17,964 --> 00:23:20,633 That's it, right there. 268 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:23,202 Enough's enough. I have gone along with it... 269 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:26,338 - Invading the sanctity of my home... 270 00:23:26,372 --> 00:23:28,407 This is my home, my castle... 271 00:23:31,944 --> 00:23:33,780 Eliminate them with a... 272 00:23:36,315 --> 00:23:39,752 one by one, I'm gonna exterminate 'em all. 273 00:24:10,483 --> 00:24:12,485 Little varmint. 274 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,689 I'm gonna get you now, you... 275 00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:38,745 know anybody by the name of Mickey? 276 00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:42,448 Mickey mouse. 277 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,384 And I don't think you're gonna be any help. 278 00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:25,457 Take it! 279 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:47,513 Bourbon. Show it some water but be discreet. 280 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:50,016 Like an orchid in the moonlight. 281 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:14,306 All right, thank you, thank you. 282 00:26:19,846 --> 00:26:21,413 Larry Willis been in tonight? 283 00:26:21,447 --> 00:26:23,616 - Who? - Larry Willis. 284 00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:25,551 Don't know the gent. 285 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:27,519 I thought I heard him say he's meeting Mickey here. 286 00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:30,489 Don't know any Mickey. Maybe you've got the wrong joint. 287 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:33,225 You're sure you don't know Larry Willis? 288 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:37,529 You're barking up the wrong bartender, pal. I don't know the gent 289 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,635 - like you said. - Ladies and gentlemen, 290 00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:45,838 Harry Borden's Dunwich room is pleased to present 291 00:26:45,872 --> 00:26:49,275 the singular song styling of the one and only 292 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,278 miss Connie stone. 293 00:27:06,926 --> 00:27:13,733 * I'm so easy to please. 294 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:11,183 You still know how to wrap yourself around a song. 295 00:29:11,217 --> 00:29:12,919 Phil! 296 00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:14,821 Buy you a drink? 297 00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,724 Why not? 298 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,398 I'm drinking bourbon and water. 299 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,901 - The lady will have a scotch sour. - Yes, sir. 300 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:32,104 Suppose somewhere along the line I'd changed my drinking habits. 301 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:34,540 I'd have ordered you a sour anyway, 302 00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:37,409 just to watch you eat the fruit. 303 00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:40,712 Sweet old Phil. Subtle as a flagpole. 304 00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:51,390 You still cleaning other people's dirty laundry? 305 00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:53,592 No, I'm a private eye now. 306 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,295 - You still with Borden? - Was that a question? 307 00:29:56,328 --> 00:29:58,430 Not really. 308 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:05,571 - What brings you out here? - Looking for someone. 309 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,506 Anyone in particular? 310 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:10,309 Just a chauffeur with a delusion of grandeur. 311 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,211 I've been hired to put him in his place. 312 00:30:12,244 --> 00:30:14,213 It sounds like neither one of us 313 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:17,449 should be throwing rocks as far as our careers go. 314 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:20,552 Here is to the job at hand. 315 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:32,198 Does the upstart chauffeur have a name? 316 00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:35,601 Larry Willis. 317 00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:38,670 Doesn't ring a bell. 318 00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:42,574 - Anybody running around here by the name of Mickey? 319 00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,211 Mickey who? 320 00:30:45,244 --> 00:30:47,914 Is someone putting up an office building behind me? 321 00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:52,718 Harry wants to see you. 322 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:56,455 Harry wants to see me. 323 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:59,458 Harry wants to see you now. 324 00:30:59,491 --> 00:31:01,360 Johnny, we shook hands. 325 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:03,529 Show me a piece of paper that says we shook hands. 326 00:31:03,562 --> 00:31:06,032 Come in! 327 00:31:09,268 --> 00:31:13,973 Okay, I'm not the type of man who's gonna stand in somebody's way. 328 00:31:14,006 --> 00:31:15,975 You go ahead and sign your record deal. 329 00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:18,210 I wish you nothing but the best. 330 00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:20,779 - Thanks. - Maledicta. 331 00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:36,628 You go sign your record deal now, chump. 332 00:31:43,035 --> 00:31:45,004 It's been a long time, partner, 333 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:47,339 you're in a good mood. 334 00:31:47,373 --> 00:31:49,008 Why shouldn't I be? 335 00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:52,678 Everything's cream for me these days. Strictly cream. 336 00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:54,846 Have a seat. 337 00:31:59,285 --> 00:32:02,021 - So how's about you? - Surviving. 338 00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:05,958 Still a nickel-and-dimer, huh? 339 00:32:05,992 --> 00:32:08,260 Tell me, aren't you sick of the small time? 340 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:10,429 Eh, it's got special charms. 341 00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:13,699 - What happened to your regular leg breakers? - Progress. 342 00:32:13,732 --> 00:32:16,935 - Zombies don't eat, don't complain. - Don't get ideas. 343 00:32:16,969 --> 00:32:18,971 Don't they start to smell after a while? 344 00:32:19,005 --> 00:32:21,607 They're good for three months depending on the weather. 345 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,575 - Then they begin to rot. - Then what? 346 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,777 You get some more. 30 bucks a head, 347 00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:28,347 come fresh from the west indies, six to a box. 348 00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:30,916 Like bonbons. 349 00:32:33,085 --> 00:32:36,788 So, how are you doing, Phil? 350 00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:38,890 I mean really. 351 00:32:38,924 --> 00:32:41,627 Could I extend you a couple of bucks just to see you through? 352 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,895 I'm overpowered by your generosity. 353 00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:46,898 Nickel-and-dime, friend. 354 00:32:46,932 --> 00:32:48,667 You got a nickel-and-dime outlook. 355 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:52,171 That's why you can't see the big picture. You never could. 356 00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:55,307 - Word is on the street, you don't even use magic. - Word is right. 357 00:32:55,341 --> 00:32:58,910 You're a schmuck. Everybody uses magic. 358 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:01,613 It's 1948, the future is here. 359 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,849 You don't wise up, you're gonna be left so far behind, 360 00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:06,585 it will cost 30ΓΆΒΆ just to send you a postcard. 361 00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:09,421 I didn't know you cared. 362 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:11,790 We go back, you and me. 363 00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:17,996 So, read any good books lately? 364 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,868 Am I supposed to know what you're talking about? 365 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,404 I'm looking for a cut-rate punk with a hot book. 366 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:28,507 First rock I look under, I find you telling me the way of the world. 367 00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:30,409 I'm just trying to be a gracious host. 368 00:33:30,442 --> 00:33:32,244 That's great, but I've got better things to do 369 00:33:32,278 --> 00:33:35,781 than listening to you sound off and suck on a smoldering chair leg. 370 00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:45,857 Maybe you'd better be careful how you spend your time, Phil. 371 00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:48,527 You never know how much of it you've got left. 372 00:33:52,064 --> 00:33:54,166 Mr. tugwell, 373 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,602 show my guest the way out. 374 00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:04,443 Hey, Lovecraft! 375 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:07,879 Connie's looking good, isn't she? 376 00:34:23,362 --> 00:34:25,897 He knows about the book. 377 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:31,237 - Maybe. What's to do? 378 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:34,206 I think I'll get some air. 379 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:38,297 Connie? 380 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,871 Connie! 381 00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:22,941 Connie! 382 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:25,176 Who's Connie? 383 00:37:26,778 --> 00:37:28,447 Nobody you need to worry about. 384 00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:38,290 A man like you shouldn't have to drink alone. 385 00:37:38,324 --> 00:37:41,226 It just worked out that way. 386 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,763 My, don't we look grownup today. 387 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:47,999 I wanted to apologize for slapping you yesterday. 388 00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:49,835 Apologize for slapping 389 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:51,970 or not putting on your brass knuckles strip? 390 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,705 I'm serious. 391 00:37:53,739 --> 00:37:57,008 - Then why are you wearing that hat? 392 00:37:57,042 --> 00:38:00,278 Is this something I should know about? 393 00:38:00,312 --> 00:38:03,214 Just having a conference with a client, Mrs. Kropotkin. 394 00:38:03,248 --> 00:38:04,616 Well, you don't suppose 395 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,785 that as long as there's such a thing as a vice squad 396 00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:10,656 that you could hold a conference of a lesser bohemian nature, 397 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:12,591 eh? 398 00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:15,694 How 'bout some breakfast? 399 00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:18,196 Isn't it a little late for breakfast? 400 00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:20,165 It's got to be morning someplace in the world. 401 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,904 Hmm, this is delightful. 402 00:38:25,937 --> 00:38:27,573 Probably doesn't rate much 403 00:38:27,606 --> 00:38:30,241 next to the brown derby and the places you're used to. 404 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:32,611 What makes you think I've been to the brown derby? 405 00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:35,113 My father keeps me cooped up in that dreary house 406 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,584 with all his foul books and chemicals. 407 00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:40,686 I never have any fun. 408 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,788 I had to sneak out to see you. 409 00:38:45,991 --> 00:38:49,595 So grim. I never even get to go out to the movies. 410 00:38:49,628 --> 00:38:52,097 Thank you. 411 00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:54,099 Daddy gets the films for me 412 00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:56,935 and I watch them in the library all by myself. 413 00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:58,236 Where's the fun in that? 414 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,542 I never get to go anyplace exciting. 415 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,177 Lonely, lonely, lonely... 416 00:39:06,211 --> 00:39:09,280 Sometimes, I feel like Rapunzel. 417 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:11,550 - Who? - Rapunzel. 418 00:39:11,583 --> 00:39:14,352 "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." 419 00:39:14,386 --> 00:39:16,422 Like in the story... 420 00:39:16,455 --> 00:39:19,157 beautiful girl sits in a lonely tower, 421 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:22,360 waiting to be rescued by a handsome prince. 422 00:39:22,394 --> 00:39:24,362 And just when the prince shows up, 423 00:39:24,396 --> 00:39:27,265 this terrible witch strikes him blind. 424 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:31,269 And he spends most of the rest of the book just walking in a daze. 425 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:34,105 It's really sort of an awful story to tell a child. 426 00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:35,841 Yeah, it takes all kinds. 427 00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:38,577 My old man used to read to me from "the racing forum." 428 00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:40,679 - It brought him luck. - Did it? 429 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:44,182 Not that I ever saw. 430 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:47,486 So what do you know about this book Willis supposedly took from the old man? 431 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,922 It's the shimmering black diamond of my collection. 432 00:39:50,956 --> 00:39:53,792 All he ever talks about is his collection of books. 433 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:55,461 I wish I were a book. 434 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:58,329 Maybe then he'd pay more attention to me. 435 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,699 You have this necronomicon long? 436 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:04,770 No, he brought it back from Egypt or someplace like that, last winter. 437 00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:06,772 - Everything okay, folks? - Dandy. 438 00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:09,841 Can I get you something else? More coffee? 439 00:40:09,875 --> 00:40:12,010 - No, we're Jake. - Okay then. 440 00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,546 Okay, thanks. 441 00:40:14,580 --> 00:40:16,948 My compliments to the chef. 442 00:40:16,982 --> 00:40:18,850 This was terribly good. 443 00:40:18,884 --> 00:40:21,720 A little greasy, but much better than I expected. 444 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:23,789 - Can we come back? - Stay put. 445 00:40:23,822 --> 00:40:26,124 - Stay put? - If anything happens, jump under a table. 446 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:27,759 Under a table? Lovecraft! 447 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,962 Off limits, pal. 448 00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:33,264 Just looking for somebody... hell! 449 00:40:34,299 --> 00:40:36,902 - What's the rush? - You shouldn't be back here. 450 00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:39,671 I got a little problem with the check, you better take a look at it. 451 00:40:39,705 --> 00:40:42,474 Sir, I'm sorry, you just pay whatever you think you owe and... 452 00:40:42,508 --> 00:40:44,442 take a look at it, I wouldn't want to cheat you. 453 00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:46,545 I don't want to take a look at it, you can't make me. 454 00:40:46,578 --> 00:40:48,480 Do you think I just fell off a turnip truck? 455 00:40:48,514 --> 00:40:49,881 Who paid you to finger me, huh? 456 00:40:49,915 --> 00:40:51,149 - Nuts. - What's this? 457 00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:52,551 - What's what? - This right here. 458 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:54,419 - I don't know. - Why don't you touch it? 459 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,188 You'd better just stand there, Steve, if you want to stay alive. 460 00:40:57,222 --> 00:41:00,358 - You fingered me for it. You cast runes at me. - No. 461 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:02,894 - Who put you up to it? - I don't know what you're talking about. 462 00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:05,296 If I stand this close, what happens to me happens to you. 463 00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:07,699 Let me go! 464 00:41:45,671 --> 00:41:48,506 Don't touch it. 465 00:41:57,916 --> 00:42:00,619 Take it back. You gotta take it back. 466 00:42:56,141 --> 00:42:58,509 Open the freezer door. Open it! 467 00:43:42,187 --> 00:43:46,257 I didn't know the outside world could be so fascinating. 468 00:43:46,291 --> 00:43:48,927 Do all police stations have the same smell? 469 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,996 - All the ones I know. - You're up. 470 00:43:51,029 --> 00:43:52,297 It's about time. 471 00:43:52,330 --> 00:43:54,733 Hurry up and wait. Remember, Schlubcraft? 472 00:43:54,766 --> 00:43:56,668 The old man wants to talk to you personally. 473 00:43:56,702 --> 00:43:59,237 But I thought I might have a few words with the young lady. 474 00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:01,272 Miss. 475 00:44:18,089 --> 00:44:20,826 Wait. 476 00:44:34,605 --> 00:44:36,207 I've got your ass, punk, 477 00:44:36,241 --> 00:44:38,143 I've got it tied up with a nice Christmas ribbon 478 00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:39,677 and I don't care how long it takes, 479 00:44:39,711 --> 00:44:41,579 so why don't you be smarter than you look and spill it? 480 00:44:43,949 --> 00:44:47,252 Save it, pal. That doesn't buy nothing with me. You're going over. 481 00:44:50,288 --> 00:44:52,523 Your buddies can't hear you now. 482 00:44:52,557 --> 00:44:54,692 And if you think they'd lift a paw to help you, 483 00:44:54,726 --> 00:44:56,895 you're an even bigger chump than I figured. 484 00:44:58,496 --> 00:45:01,599 Throw him in a cage, let him sweat a while. 485 00:45:07,572 --> 00:45:10,308 God, I hate full moons. 486 00:45:12,677 --> 00:45:14,780 Moonwalk, that's it, all right. 487 00:45:14,813 --> 00:45:16,782 Plant it. 488 00:45:16,815 --> 00:45:19,717 Not, not there, you'll get hair all over your suit. 489 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,661 What are we drinking to? 490 00:45:30,695 --> 00:45:33,364 Nothing, we're just drinking. 491 00:45:42,808 --> 00:45:44,876 I used to hate your guts, you know that, don't you? 492 00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:46,444 You told me often enough. 493 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:48,579 Now, you're about the only man in this town I can trust. 494 00:45:48,613 --> 00:45:51,516 Gosh, Bradbury, I didn't know you cared. 495 00:45:51,549 --> 00:45:53,985 It's just that you're the only guy I know walking around 496 00:45:54,019 --> 00:45:55,620 without a magic wand up his ass. 497 00:45:55,653 --> 00:45:57,823 I got vampires in west Hollywood, 498 00:45:57,856 --> 00:46:00,425 salamanders coming out of the fire hydrants in Santa Monica, 499 00:46:00,458 --> 00:46:03,929 black rain, red rain, hail the size of your fist. 500 00:46:03,962 --> 00:46:05,496 Magic is the wave of the future. 501 00:46:05,530 --> 00:46:07,598 Wouldn't want to buck the future, would you? 502 00:46:07,632 --> 00:46:11,536 If this is the future, I'll take vanilla. 503 00:46:11,569 --> 00:46:13,304 I could use some help. 504 00:46:13,338 --> 00:46:15,140 I'm an independent contractor now. 505 00:46:15,173 --> 00:46:17,008 You could come back. 506 00:46:17,042 --> 00:46:20,378 The department has got no beef with you, never has. 507 00:46:20,411 --> 00:46:23,481 Sorry. I like being my own boss. 508 00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:27,385 You got any dissatisfied customers? 509 00:46:27,418 --> 00:46:29,988 Some people might be better than other people. 510 00:46:30,021 --> 00:46:33,224 But who doesn't like you enough to cast runes in your direction? 511 00:46:33,258 --> 00:46:34,826 Haven't a clue. 512 00:46:34,860 --> 00:46:36,862 Grimaldi says you were with a skirt. 513 00:46:36,895 --> 00:46:38,229 Daughter of a client of mine. 514 00:46:38,263 --> 00:46:41,199 Client got a name? 515 00:46:41,232 --> 00:46:44,235 Yes. 516 00:46:46,537 --> 00:46:49,640 Phil, this doesn't have to be a trip to the dentist. 517 00:46:49,674 --> 00:46:52,777 Like I said, we've got no beef with you. 518 00:46:52,810 --> 00:46:55,780 Fella's partner goes bad, goes on the take, that happens. 519 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:59,550 But you were square with us. Just because Borden... 520 00:46:59,584 --> 00:47:01,786 I don't need a history lesson. 521 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:03,721 Someone's throwing lesser demons at you, 522 00:47:03,754 --> 00:47:05,623 black magic from the pit of acid goth, 523 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:08,159 - and you don't even carry a rabbit's foot. - I can handle it. 524 00:47:08,193 --> 00:47:09,660 I'm not worried about you, Phil, 525 00:47:09,694 --> 00:47:13,264 I'm worried about the people who might get in the way. 526 00:47:16,267 --> 00:47:18,970 All right. 527 00:47:19,004 --> 00:47:21,706 Have it your way, I can use the overtime. 528 00:47:29,214 --> 00:47:31,682 - Thank you. - Welcome. 529 00:47:33,351 --> 00:47:36,087 Will you have to take my fingerprints? 530 00:47:36,121 --> 00:47:38,523 We don't have to get your hands dirty, cupcake. 531 00:47:38,556 --> 00:47:40,091 Oh, I thought you might. 532 00:47:40,125 --> 00:47:43,561 - I've never had my fingerprints taken. - Mm-hmm. 533 00:47:43,594 --> 00:47:46,131 I'd never been in a police station before. 534 00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:50,535 And I've never spoken to an actual police officer until now. 535 00:47:50,568 --> 00:47:53,204 How is the experience shaping up for you so far? 536 00:47:53,238 --> 00:47:55,540 It's very stimulating. 537 00:47:55,573 --> 00:47:57,475 You'll get used to it. 538 00:47:57,508 --> 00:48:00,411 What did you see in that owl wagon before the runes got there? 539 00:48:00,445 --> 00:48:03,714 Two eggs over easy and a side of toast. 540 00:48:03,748 --> 00:48:07,718 Phil, nothing in life is as funny as you think. 541 00:48:09,754 --> 00:48:11,722 Yeah. 542 00:48:12,757 --> 00:48:14,960 Who? 543 00:48:14,993 --> 00:48:17,862 All right. 544 00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,731 Your lawyer's here. 545 00:48:20,765 --> 00:48:23,234 Lawyer? I don't have a lawyer. 546 00:48:23,268 --> 00:48:26,437 You do now. 547 00:48:28,506 --> 00:48:31,242 A pleasant evening to this fine and good company. 548 00:48:31,276 --> 00:48:34,479 I am Thaddeus pilgrim, Mr. Lovecraft's legal advisor. 549 00:48:34,512 --> 00:48:36,714 Please accept my apologies for being so late, 550 00:48:36,747 --> 00:48:39,117 but I'm afraid my client failed to notify me 551 00:48:39,150 --> 00:48:42,287 of his decision to voluntarily assist the police in their investigations. 552 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,156 Often, our courageous public servants neglect, 553 00:48:45,190 --> 00:48:49,027 with not a molecule of malice... certain constitutional boilerplate. 554 00:48:49,060 --> 00:48:51,396 It is then the humble role of men such as myself 555 00:48:51,429 --> 00:48:53,931 to point out the potential repercussions 556 00:48:53,965 --> 00:48:56,901 of their well-intentioned but nonetheless illegal actions. 557 00:48:56,934 --> 00:49:00,171 I'm getting a headache just listening to this. 558 00:49:01,806 --> 00:49:03,108 How did you know where to find me? 559 00:49:03,141 --> 00:49:05,376 You give off vibrations, like a cheap radio. 560 00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:07,245 Miss Hackshaw! 561 00:49:07,278 --> 00:49:09,180 Yes, officer Grimaldi? 562 00:49:09,214 --> 00:49:12,683 Don't want you running off without signing your statement. 563 00:49:12,717 --> 00:49:15,153 Silly me. 564 00:49:15,186 --> 00:49:17,555 Still plotting to leave town, cousin Hypolite? 565 00:49:17,588 --> 00:49:21,792 - As soon as possible. - Good, I'll fetch the car. 566 00:49:21,826 --> 00:49:25,230 - Leaving town? - And I suggest that you do the same. 567 00:49:25,263 --> 00:49:27,298 - I've got a job to do. - Do it somewhere else. 568 00:49:27,332 --> 00:49:30,501 The signs here are bad. Tomorrow night there will be an alignment. 569 00:49:30,535 --> 00:49:33,904 All of the wrong planets will be in the right place at the wrong time. 570 00:49:33,938 --> 00:49:35,273 If you are sensitive at all, 571 00:49:35,306 --> 00:49:37,675 the air would crackle in your ears like wax paper. 572 00:49:37,708 --> 00:49:39,710 Things are in flux, the auras are bad. 573 00:49:39,744 --> 00:49:42,647 Me? I'm going to Florida. 574 00:49:44,349 --> 00:49:47,285 Nasty, very nasty. 575 00:49:48,919 --> 00:49:50,721 The necronomicon. 576 00:49:52,657 --> 00:49:54,525 I guess you've heard of it. 577 00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:56,327 What have you stepped in? 578 00:49:56,361 --> 00:49:57,695 It must be some book! 579 00:49:59,930 --> 00:50:02,867 "And I saw on the right hand of him that sat on the throne, 580 00:50:02,900 --> 00:50:06,371 a book written within and on the backside sealed with seven seals. 581 00:50:06,404 --> 00:50:09,774 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming in a loud voice 582 00:50:09,807 --> 00:50:12,377 'who is ready to open the book and loose the seals thereof?' 583 00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:15,913 and no man in heaven nor earth, neither under the earth 584 00:50:15,946 --> 00:50:18,283 was able to open the book neither to look thereon." 585 00:50:18,316 --> 00:50:20,885 They talk about the necronomicon in the Bible? 586 00:50:20,918 --> 00:50:23,754 The end will come with the opening of a door. 587 00:50:23,788 --> 00:50:26,591 The necronomicon is the key to that door. 588 00:50:38,536 --> 00:50:40,971 Can't tell you when I've had a lovelier time. 589 00:50:41,005 --> 00:50:43,141 Maybe next time I'll take you to the morgue. 590 00:50:43,174 --> 00:50:45,810 - Could we? - Skip it. 591 00:50:45,843 --> 00:50:47,845 Uh-oh. 592 00:50:52,117 --> 00:50:54,085 Hello, daddy. 593 00:50:54,119 --> 00:50:57,155 Inside, to your room. I'll be with you when I'm finished here. 594 00:50:57,188 --> 00:51:00,125 Thank you for a very educational day, Mr. Lovecraft. 595 00:51:00,158 --> 00:51:02,460 Don't mention it. 596 00:51:02,493 --> 00:51:05,996 I hired you to remove a threat to my daughter's honor, not to replace it. 597 00:51:06,030 --> 00:51:08,733 - You're wasting your wind. - I'm distressed. Time's running out 598 00:51:08,766 --> 00:51:10,835 and I find this is how you're pursuing your investigation. 599 00:51:10,868 --> 00:51:13,304 Do I come over here and tell you how to abuse the servants? 600 00:51:13,338 --> 00:51:15,206 I've had about all I intend to take from you. 601 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:18,709 Willis stole the book for a man named Borden. 602 00:51:18,743 --> 00:51:20,445 He did what? 603 00:51:20,478 --> 00:51:22,180 There's a link between a hood named Borden 604 00:51:22,213 --> 00:51:24,815 and a middleman by the name of Mickey Locksteader. 605 00:51:24,849 --> 00:51:27,918 I figured Mickey works with Willis. 606 00:51:27,952 --> 00:51:30,255 Still don't think you're getting your money's worth? 607 00:51:30,288 --> 00:51:32,457 No, not at all. 608 00:51:32,490 --> 00:51:34,792 This has been most enlightening. 609 00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:36,794 Carry on with your inquiries, 610 00:51:36,827 --> 00:51:39,297 I have every confidence in you. 611 00:51:39,330 --> 00:51:42,567 The necronomicon must be in my hands by tomorrow midnight. 612 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:44,402 - I know. - Good. 613 00:51:44,435 --> 00:51:47,004 Well, I'll leave it to you then? 614 00:51:47,037 --> 00:51:49,106 Goodnight. 615 00:52:35,253 --> 00:52:37,988 Grimaldi, your technique stinks. 616 00:52:38,022 --> 00:52:40,191 Bradbury said to follow you. 617 00:52:40,225 --> 00:52:42,092 He didn't say anything about you knowing it or not. 618 00:52:42,126 --> 00:52:43,528 Do me a favor. 619 00:52:43,561 --> 00:52:45,830 Why should I do you any favors, Schlubcraft? 620 00:52:45,863 --> 00:52:48,899 'Cause it involves that cute tomato you were with today. 621 00:52:48,933 --> 00:52:50,835 - It does, does it? - It does. 622 00:52:50,868 --> 00:52:52,737 - What's the Lou? - Keep an eye on her. 623 00:52:52,770 --> 00:52:55,706 - That's it? - That's it. What do you say? 624 00:52:55,740 --> 00:52:57,642 I'll think about it. 625 00:52:57,675 --> 00:52:59,677 You do that. 626 00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:31,075 Stick 'em up! 627 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:37,982 Suppose I'd been a bad guy. 628 00:53:38,015 --> 00:53:40,017 I knew it was you. 629 00:53:40,050 --> 00:53:41,919 How? 630 00:53:41,952 --> 00:53:43,921 I recognized the sound of your breathing. 631 00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:52,530 You haven't changed, not a slice. 632 00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:54,164 Hey, it's a new suit. 633 00:53:54,198 --> 00:53:57,067 Yeah, but you kept that tie. 634 00:53:57,101 --> 00:53:58,503 What's wrong with my tie? 635 00:53:58,536 --> 00:54:01,406 Nothing, if you like vertigo. 636 00:54:01,439 --> 00:54:04,342 - You look good. - So do you. 637 00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:10,715 You had your audience with Harry last night. 638 00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:12,016 Yes. 639 00:54:12,049 --> 00:54:14,151 He say anything interesting? 640 00:54:14,184 --> 00:54:16,153 I've heard more intelligent sounds 641 00:54:16,186 --> 00:54:18,656 coming out of a pair of corduroy pants. 642 00:54:18,689 --> 00:54:20,791 Want a drink? 643 00:54:20,825 --> 00:54:23,561 Sure. 644 00:54:23,594 --> 00:54:26,431 To the good old days. 645 00:54:26,464 --> 00:54:29,199 Whatever the hell they are. 646 00:54:31,702 --> 00:54:35,139 I heard something about you at the club. 647 00:54:35,172 --> 00:54:38,409 - Such as? - You don't use magic. 648 00:54:38,443 --> 00:54:39,977 You heard right. 649 00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:41,646 How do you expect to get out of dumps like this 650 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:43,514 if you don't start playing the game? 651 00:54:43,548 --> 00:54:45,883 Seems to me we've already had this discussion. 652 00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:47,518 - Everybody uses magic. - I don't. 653 00:54:47,552 --> 00:54:49,086 What have you got to show for it? 654 00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:51,622 Fly-specked office, a broken-down car and a ugly necktie, 655 00:54:51,656 --> 00:54:53,491 that's what all this integrity buys you. 656 00:54:53,524 --> 00:54:57,728 - Damn it, everybody's got to compromise. - That's what I keep hearing. 657 00:54:57,762 --> 00:54:59,897 And what makes you so special? 658 00:55:06,971 --> 00:55:09,674 What makes me special is that I'm my own man. 659 00:55:09,707 --> 00:55:12,910 When I started out, I said there were things I would do and things I wouldn't do. 660 00:55:12,943 --> 00:55:15,413 Lot of guys start like that and a lot of them sell out along the way, 661 00:55:15,446 --> 00:55:17,081 but the more who fall, the easier it gets. 662 00:55:17,114 --> 00:55:20,351 See, look... everybody compromises, everybody cheats, 663 00:55:20,385 --> 00:55:21,986 everybody uses magic. 664 00:55:22,019 --> 00:55:24,522 So they empty ideals out of their pockets and get on with the job 665 00:55:24,555 --> 00:55:26,857 of sticking it to their neighbor before they stick it to them. 666 00:55:26,891 --> 00:55:29,894 That's the way it's done. To which I say "nuts." 667 00:55:29,927 --> 00:55:33,964 My collar may be a little frayed, maybe I need a shoeshine, 668 00:55:33,998 --> 00:55:36,701 but nobody's got a mortgage on my soul. 669 00:55:36,734 --> 00:55:39,704 I own it, free and clear. 670 00:55:39,737 --> 00:55:42,106 I'm not gonna apologize for my life. 671 00:55:42,139 --> 00:55:44,074 - Didn't ask you to. - I'm happy the way things are. 672 00:55:44,108 --> 00:55:45,676 Glad to hear it. 673 00:55:45,710 --> 00:55:48,012 You've got to look ahead. You can't drag around the past. 674 00:55:48,045 --> 00:55:50,014 There's nothing you can do about it. 675 00:55:50,047 --> 00:55:53,017 Sounds like you have a real good grip on things. 676 00:55:59,490 --> 00:56:02,226 Why did you have to walk back into my life? 677 00:56:02,259 --> 00:56:04,028 Why did you walk out of mine? 678 00:56:04,061 --> 00:56:06,030 Because you're a wiseacre son of a bitch 679 00:56:06,063 --> 00:56:08,032 who doesn't know which way the wind is blowing. 680 00:56:09,133 --> 00:56:11,301 And? 681 00:56:11,335 --> 00:56:13,904 And did you really remember the sound of my breathing? 682 00:56:41,999 --> 00:56:44,435 Good morning. 683 00:56:54,311 --> 00:56:56,814 You weren't this organized when we had an apartment. 684 00:56:56,847 --> 00:56:59,349 A guy on his own learns to adapt. 685 00:57:03,454 --> 00:57:06,524 Phil, the other night at the club, 686 00:57:06,557 --> 00:57:10,260 you started to ask me if I knew somebody named Mickey. 687 00:57:10,294 --> 00:57:13,063 - Yeah? - Kind of a fat guy? 688 00:57:13,097 --> 00:57:15,500 Nervous around the edges? 689 00:57:15,533 --> 00:57:17,735 That could be. 690 00:57:17,768 --> 00:57:20,437 There was a guy I saw at the club sometimes. His name was Mickey, 691 00:57:20,471 --> 00:57:22,473 worked for Harry. 692 00:57:22,507 --> 00:57:25,242 - Doing what? - Harry doesn't tell, so I don't ask. 693 00:57:25,275 --> 00:57:27,678 If you're looking for him, I think you're looking for a dead man. 694 00:57:31,248 --> 00:57:33,450 He came to the club the other night with a package for Harry, 695 00:57:33,484 --> 00:57:37,021 a book... old leather with gold clasps and things. 696 00:57:37,054 --> 00:57:39,890 Whatever it was, it was the wrong one. 697 00:57:39,924 --> 00:57:41,892 What do you mean it was the wrong one? 698 00:57:41,926 --> 00:57:45,563 Harry sent tugwell after this guy Mickey to kill him. 699 00:57:45,596 --> 00:57:46,897 How do you figure that? 700 00:57:46,931 --> 00:57:50,100 You don't send tugwell to fetch the evening paper. 701 00:57:56,907 --> 00:57:59,810 Take a whiff. What is it? 702 00:57:59,844 --> 00:58:01,812 I think it's called "grand illusion." 703 00:58:01,846 --> 00:58:05,015 - Cheap or expensive? - A real lady wouldn't wear it. 704 00:58:05,049 --> 00:58:07,017 Is this Mickey? 705 00:58:07,051 --> 00:58:08,919 - Yeah. - Who's the skirt? 706 00:58:08,953 --> 00:58:11,656 I think her name is Lilly. I've seen her at the club with him. 707 00:58:11,689 --> 00:58:13,023 You ever talk to her? 708 00:58:13,057 --> 00:58:15,125 Traded lipstick once in the powder room, 709 00:58:15,159 --> 00:58:18,763 dished about what rats men are. You know, girl talk. 710 00:58:21,365 --> 00:58:24,368 Why did you come here last night? 711 00:58:24,401 --> 00:58:29,139 I'm pretty good at looking the other way. I've been doing it most of my life. 712 00:58:29,173 --> 00:58:33,077 I've been walking into a lot of brick walls doing that. 713 00:58:33,110 --> 00:58:36,881 Maybe I got tired of smashing my nose. Maybe I'm just too proud 714 00:58:36,914 --> 00:58:41,018 and it takes me this long to admit I've made a mistake. 715 00:58:41,051 --> 00:58:43,287 Anyway... 716 00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,289 Where do you go from here? 717 00:58:45,322 --> 00:58:47,958 - I have an apartment. - Whose apartment? 718 00:58:47,992 --> 00:58:51,028 Mine. 719 00:58:51,061 --> 00:58:53,664 There's more we have to talk about. 720 00:58:53,698 --> 00:58:56,433 Lots more. 721 00:58:56,466 --> 00:58:59,704 If you need me, I wrote down my number. It's on the desk. 722 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:07,511 Careful. Don't get burned. 723 00:59:21,458 --> 00:59:24,662 Lovecraft, a moment. 724 00:59:29,299 --> 00:59:31,001 Hey, going someplace? 725 00:59:31,035 --> 00:59:34,371 - The Dixie queen out of union station. - Miami. 726 00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:37,274 - There's something I must do before I go. - Yeah? 727 00:59:37,307 --> 00:59:39,844 And what's this? 728 00:59:39,877 --> 00:59:42,179 The left arm is the one that's attached to the heart. 729 00:59:42,212 --> 00:59:44,381 Get this thing off me. You know I don't use the stuff. 730 00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:46,784 - Which is why I locked it on. - Mrs. Kropotkin... 731 00:59:46,817 --> 00:59:49,854 you are a fool, but you're a good-hearted fool, 732 00:59:49,887 --> 00:59:52,422 and as such you deserve white magic even if you spurn it. 733 00:59:52,456 --> 00:59:54,424 - I don't need this. - You seek the necronomicon? 734 00:59:54,458 --> 00:59:57,662 - Yeah. - Keep the bracelet. You'll need it. 735 00:59:57,695 --> 01:00:00,631 I'll add it to next month's rent, if we're lucky. 736 01:00:24,588 --> 01:00:25,923 You could have killed me. 737 01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:29,794 Detective Grimaldi? Did I hurt you? 738 01:00:29,827 --> 01:00:32,663 Uh, I'm okay. 739 01:00:32,697 --> 01:00:35,900 Come into the house. I'll fix you a Brandy. 740 01:00:35,933 --> 01:00:39,236 Then you can tell me why you were lurking behind my mulberry bush. 741 01:00:40,337 --> 01:00:42,172 - Detective Grimaldi? - Otto. 742 01:00:42,206 --> 01:00:45,475 Otto, what is your date of birth? 743 01:02:03,353 --> 01:02:07,958 Welcome, welcome to vista Bonita. Welcome, welcome, 744 01:02:07,992 --> 01:02:11,796 I'm Amber Peruba. I want you to call me Amber. Might I know your name? 745 01:02:11,829 --> 01:02:14,231 - Phil Lovecraft. - Well, Phil, if I may, 746 01:02:14,264 --> 01:02:17,935 I just know it's going to be a pleasure doing business with you. 747 01:02:17,968 --> 01:02:20,604 Excuse me just a second. 748 01:02:31,615 --> 01:02:35,152 Please, forgive the interruption, but I'm here alone today. 749 01:02:35,185 --> 01:02:39,423 Vista Bonita is the community of the future, ready for living in today. 750 01:02:39,456 --> 01:02:40,991 The first planned housing tract 751 01:02:41,025 --> 01:02:44,494 designed and built through applied industrial thaumaturgy. 752 01:02:44,528 --> 01:02:45,863 - What? - By magic. 753 01:02:45,896 --> 01:02:48,698 And so very peaceful. 754 01:02:48,732 --> 01:02:52,702 - Peaceful like a graveyard. - How awfully droll. 755 01:02:52,736 --> 01:02:54,805 Somebody told me an old pal of mine worked here, 756 01:02:54,839 --> 01:02:57,374 a guy named Locksteader, Mickey Locksteader? 757 01:02:57,407 --> 01:02:59,376 You're a friend of Mr. Locksteader's? 758 01:02:59,409 --> 01:03:01,245 Mickey and I go way back. 759 01:03:01,278 --> 01:03:04,448 Mr. Locksteader is the man behind vista Bonita. 760 01:03:04,481 --> 01:03:08,318 - He is the guiding light of the entire project. - Is he here? 761 01:03:08,352 --> 01:03:11,721 He left suddenly... business in the north. But don't worry, 762 01:03:11,755 --> 01:03:15,225 I am sure that we can find something special and affordable 763 01:03:15,259 --> 01:03:17,161 for a friend of Mr. Locksteader's. 764 01:03:17,194 --> 01:03:20,965 In fact, I think I can make you the same irresistible offer I made his sister. 765 01:03:20,998 --> 01:03:23,433 - Mickey's sister? - Yes. 766 01:03:23,467 --> 01:03:25,469 - Lilly was here? - Yes, Lilly Sirwar. 767 01:03:25,502 --> 01:03:28,272 - Sirwar. - A widow, poor dear. 768 01:03:28,305 --> 01:03:31,275 She married an Indian gentleman who died tragically 769 01:03:31,308 --> 01:03:35,279 - in an attempt to levitate the Woolworth building. - Oh, what happened? 770 01:03:35,312 --> 01:03:38,215 - It fell on him. - Poor kid, it must be tough. 771 01:03:38,248 --> 01:03:40,851 Say, as long as I'm in town I'd love to look her up. 772 01:03:40,885 --> 01:03:42,819 I haven't seen little Lilly since Hector was a pup. 773 01:03:42,853 --> 01:03:46,423 She's at the hotel Ashcroft. I have the number in the office. 774 01:03:46,456 --> 01:03:51,028 And while we're inside, I'll point out a wide range of modern time-saving advances 775 01:03:51,061 --> 01:03:53,363 which add up to life in vista Bonita, 776 01:03:53,397 --> 01:03:58,268 where our motto is "built by magic, built to last." 777 01:04:03,173 --> 01:04:04,942 Hello? 778 01:04:04,975 --> 01:04:07,744 - Hello, baby. - Hello, Phil. 779 01:04:07,777 --> 01:04:09,880 Is that offer of help still open? 780 01:04:09,914 --> 01:04:12,049 What did you have in mind? 781 01:04:23,427 --> 01:04:25,362 It's all set. 782 01:04:25,395 --> 01:04:28,232 She's remembered me and she'll meet me in the casbah room in 10 minutes. 783 01:04:28,265 --> 01:04:30,267 - Good, you've got cab fare? - Why do I need cab fare? 784 01:04:30,300 --> 01:04:32,369 Because I want you out of here. 785 01:04:32,402 --> 01:04:36,206 I've been away too long for you to get rid of me that quickly. I'm staying. 786 01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,043 Okay, but stay down here in the lobby. Don't let her see you. 787 01:04:39,076 --> 01:04:41,211 I want to have a private conversation. 788 01:04:57,394 --> 01:04:59,729 - Who asked you to sit down? - My feet. 789 01:04:59,763 --> 01:05:01,999 Snappy comebacks, I like that. 790 01:05:02,032 --> 01:05:04,868 It's one of the things I do best. 791 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:07,271 I bet it is. 792 01:05:07,304 --> 01:05:11,441 Listen, under different circumstances, I'd... 793 01:05:11,475 --> 01:05:13,477 But I'm meeting someone, okay? 794 01:05:13,510 --> 01:05:16,846 You've got time for me, don't you, Lilly? 795 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:18,848 Who the hell are you? 796 01:05:18,882 --> 01:05:20,750 You and I are gonna have a private chat. 797 01:05:38,668 --> 01:05:41,371 Okay, what gives? 798 01:05:41,405 --> 01:05:43,607 Hmm, what's the name of that perfume you're wearing? 799 01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:48,678 - It's "grand illusion." What's it to you? 800 01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:43,633 That'll teach you not to pick up strange men in bars. 801 01:06:43,667 --> 01:06:46,036 Who the hell are you? 802 01:06:48,472 --> 01:06:51,575 - Why don't we let our hair down and talk things over? - No! 803 01:06:55,245 --> 01:06:58,715 - I've been looking for you, Willis. - Who told you? 804 01:06:58,748 --> 01:07:01,118 I'm just adding things up, that's what people pay me for... 805 01:07:01,151 --> 01:07:03,053 "love Mickey," 806 01:07:03,087 --> 01:07:06,756 why you're the only man in town Olivia Hackshaw doesn't seem to have the hots for. 807 01:07:06,790 --> 01:07:08,825 And it doesn't take a scientist to figure out 808 01:07:08,858 --> 01:07:11,395 that Lilly sirwar is an anagram for Larry Willis. 809 01:07:11,428 --> 01:07:13,497 So loosen your girdle and let's talk. 810 01:07:13,530 --> 01:07:16,700 - I don't need a girdle. - Hmm. 811 01:07:16,733 --> 01:07:18,702 So what have you and Mickey been up to, eh? 812 01:07:18,735 --> 01:07:21,171 Have you seen Mickey? Is he all right? 813 01:07:21,205 --> 01:07:24,674 I'll give it to you straight. Figure he's dead. 814 01:07:24,708 --> 01:07:28,212 - Dead? - Have a shot. 815 01:07:32,816 --> 01:07:36,253 I guess I knew that, but I didn't want to believe it. 816 01:07:36,286 --> 01:07:38,922 Never should have crossed Harry Borden. 817 01:07:38,955 --> 01:07:41,325 Look, I gotta get out of town. You gotta help me, 818 01:07:41,358 --> 01:07:44,094 - take me to Tijuana, please. - Tijuana? 819 01:07:44,128 --> 01:07:47,131 Long drive on a bad night. What's in it for me? 820 01:07:47,164 --> 01:07:51,501 Don't play dumb. This is the biggest thing you ever got close to. 821 01:07:51,535 --> 01:07:52,669 Is it a deal? 822 01:07:52,702 --> 01:07:55,872 Okay, you got your ride. Start talking. 823 01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:58,108 First, give me back my hair. 824 01:08:03,780 --> 01:08:05,949 So how do you fit in with Mickey? 825 01:08:05,982 --> 01:08:08,885 We met at a party about six months ago. 826 01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:10,520 Fag party? 827 01:08:10,554 --> 01:08:13,123 No, knights of Columbus, what do you think? 828 01:08:13,157 --> 01:08:15,659 Okay, so he swept you off your feet. 829 01:08:15,692 --> 01:08:18,362 He may not have looked like much to you, 830 01:08:18,395 --> 01:08:21,298 but he had a heart as big as all outdoors. 831 01:08:21,331 --> 01:08:23,400 What's Harry Borden got to do with vista Bonita? 832 01:08:23,433 --> 01:08:25,535 Well, he owns it, doesn't he? 833 01:08:25,569 --> 01:08:29,239 Through half a dozen different corporations and fronts, but it's his all right. 834 01:08:29,273 --> 01:08:31,141 How did you end up driving for Hackshaw? 835 01:08:31,175 --> 01:08:35,345 Borden told Mickey he wanted someone inside the Hackshaw place he could trust. 836 01:08:35,379 --> 01:08:37,781 Hackshaw had been asking around about vista Bonita, 837 01:08:37,814 --> 01:08:39,816 offering to buy it for way more than it was worth. 838 01:08:39,849 --> 01:08:41,651 Borden wanted to know why. 839 01:08:41,685 --> 01:08:44,087 So you traded in your French knickers for a chauffeur's uniform 840 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:46,890 - and made like Mata Hari. - And I found out plenty. 841 01:08:46,923 --> 01:08:49,993 You found out something about vista Bonita and the necronomicon. 842 01:08:50,026 --> 01:08:52,962 Borden told Mickey he wanted you to steal the book, huh? 843 01:08:52,996 --> 01:08:57,401 Which I did, along with a fake copy the old man made for the insurance company. 844 01:08:57,434 --> 01:09:00,704 And you tried to double-cross Borden and sell the real book back to hackshaw, 845 01:09:00,737 --> 01:09:02,172 but before Harry tumbled, 846 01:09:02,206 --> 01:09:04,741 he made the mistake of having Mickey killed. 847 01:09:04,774 --> 01:09:06,743 All we wanted was a little nest egg, 848 01:09:06,776 --> 01:09:09,479 so we could go someplace and settle down. 849 01:09:11,014 --> 01:09:12,649 They're gonna have the whole world. 850 01:09:12,682 --> 01:09:15,919 Wait a minute, who's gonna have the whole world? 851 01:09:19,022 --> 01:09:22,326 Have you heard of the old ones? The outsiders? 852 01:09:22,359 --> 01:09:25,629 Of Yog-Sothoth? Cthulhu? 853 01:09:25,662 --> 01:09:28,565 They're out there, Shamus. They've always been out there, 854 01:09:28,598 --> 01:09:31,167 waiting for someone to unlock the door. 855 01:09:31,201 --> 01:09:33,837 It's in the book, all right here, 856 01:09:33,870 --> 01:09:37,341 the promise, the power and the price. 857 01:09:37,374 --> 01:09:39,343 What price? 858 01:09:39,376 --> 01:09:41,745 The virgin, Lovecraft, 859 01:09:41,778 --> 01:09:44,914 the last of the unicorn hunters. 860 01:09:44,948 --> 01:09:47,751 Olivia. What about Olivia? 861 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:11,841 - Hold it right there, Lon Chaney. 862 01:10:11,875 --> 01:10:14,544 Move away from the fairy and keep those meathooks so I can see them. 863 01:10:15,845 --> 01:10:19,716 Yeah, you and the horse you rode in on. 864 01:10:42,939 --> 01:10:46,276 Phil? 865 01:10:55,285 --> 01:10:58,322 - I thought I told you to stay in the lobby. - I got bored. 866 01:10:58,355 --> 01:11:00,924 You could have bought a magazine not a crossword. Come here. 867 01:11:00,957 --> 01:11:03,427 Thanks for saving my life. 868 01:11:03,460 --> 01:11:06,996 I'll put it on your tab. What do we do now? 869 01:11:07,030 --> 01:11:10,099 - I need a place to think. - I know a place. 870 01:11:13,503 --> 01:11:17,474 I don't know about you, but I could use a drink. 871 01:11:17,507 --> 01:11:19,976 I'll fix them. You've done enough for the day. 872 01:11:20,009 --> 01:11:22,245 - Sour? - Sour. 873 01:11:24,180 --> 01:11:26,916 Those things always made my teeth hurt. 874 01:11:28,718 --> 01:11:31,888 Cozy little pad, eh? 875 01:11:31,921 --> 01:11:33,757 Yeah, as far as I can see. 876 01:11:33,790 --> 01:11:36,993 Oh, take it from me, I've seen the whole spread. 877 01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:39,596 I know it like the back of my hand. 878 01:11:46,269 --> 01:11:48,037 Why don't you freshen up, doll? 879 01:11:48,071 --> 01:11:50,139 Take a nice bubble bath. 880 01:11:50,173 --> 01:11:52,141 I'll run the water for you and everything. 881 01:11:52,175 --> 01:11:55,311 - I don't want to take a bath. - Take one. 882 01:12:07,757 --> 01:12:10,527 She called me from the hotel. 883 01:12:12,061 --> 01:12:14,698 Come on, don't tell me you're out of wisecracks. 884 01:12:14,731 --> 01:12:16,566 It's not the way I had it picked. 885 01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:18,668 Yeah, I bet it's not. 886 01:12:18,702 --> 01:12:21,538 You should be grateful, Lovecraft. 887 01:12:21,571 --> 01:12:24,107 If it weren't for her, you'd be dead right now. 888 01:12:24,140 --> 01:12:27,243 She convinced me that if anybody was going to find that book, you would. 889 01:12:27,276 --> 01:12:32,081 She's smart and I'm smart for listening to her. 890 01:12:32,115 --> 01:12:34,818 You, on the other hand... 891 01:12:36,686 --> 01:12:38,922 Hand it over. 892 01:12:38,955 --> 01:12:42,058 Come on, Phil, I said hand it over. 893 01:12:42,091 --> 01:12:44,193 Tsst! 894 01:12:46,496 --> 01:12:49,466 Thanks, Mr. tugwell, thanks a million. 895 01:12:49,499 --> 01:12:52,636 I went through a lot of trouble to find this book. A lot of trouble. 896 01:12:52,669 --> 01:12:54,638 Of course, it would have been a lot less trouble 897 01:12:54,671 --> 01:12:58,241 if you hadn't killed Mickey before he led us to Willis like he was supposed to. 898 01:12:58,274 --> 01:13:01,878 - Yeah, but... - yeah, but what? 899 01:13:01,911 --> 01:13:05,549 Wait a minute, boss. Fair is fair... 900 01:13:05,582 --> 01:13:07,316 I've been in your corner the whole time, 901 01:13:07,350 --> 01:13:08,718 you say something, it happens, right? 902 01:13:08,752 --> 01:13:10,554 That's how it works... 903 01:13:10,587 --> 01:13:13,389 - excuse me, partner. - Boss? 904 01:13:13,423 --> 01:13:16,225 - Yeah? - Can we discuss this? 905 01:13:17,761 --> 01:13:21,631 No. 906 01:13:25,602 --> 01:13:27,937 I'm very disappointed. 907 01:13:27,971 --> 01:13:29,939 You can't trust anybody anymore. 908 01:13:31,975 --> 01:13:33,977 Trust is for suckers. 909 01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:48,091 Nickel-and-dime, nickel-and-dime. 910 01:13:48,124 --> 01:13:50,159 You're taking us to the beach for a wienie roast? 911 01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:55,231 You're a funny guy, Phil. I bet your dying words are gonna be a scream. 912 01:13:55,264 --> 01:13:57,400 Hey, take a look at this. 913 01:13:57,433 --> 01:13:59,469 She is a beauty, isn't she? 914 01:13:59,503 --> 01:14:02,572 See these clasp things, those are solid gold. 915 01:14:02,606 --> 01:14:04,808 Gonna melt them down for cufflinks? 916 01:14:04,841 --> 01:14:08,745 - I'm gonna be able to melt down fort Knox if I want to. - Sounds great. 917 01:14:08,778 --> 01:14:11,615 You don't believe me? Maybe you don't know what this thing is. 918 01:14:11,648 --> 01:14:13,783 I've got an idea. How close are we to vista Bonita? 919 01:14:13,817 --> 01:14:16,686 You were always good at Jigsaw puzzles. 920 01:14:16,720 --> 01:14:19,222 You're lousy at living, but great with games. 921 01:14:19,255 --> 01:14:21,224 That's where it has to happen, 922 01:14:21,257 --> 01:14:23,560 Hackshaw's special midnight conference. 923 01:14:23,593 --> 01:14:26,262 What a smart guy my old partner is. 924 01:14:26,295 --> 01:14:29,232 Yeah, your land, his book, huh? 925 01:14:29,265 --> 01:14:32,669 Don't forget the girl. 926 01:14:32,702 --> 01:14:34,704 Wrong tomato, partner. 927 01:14:34,738 --> 01:14:39,208 Ah, right, Olivia. Last of the unicorn hunters. 928 01:14:39,242 --> 01:14:42,812 Hey, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a virgin in Hollywood? 929 01:14:42,846 --> 01:14:46,249 You've got to have one. That's why hackshaw kept her so close. 930 01:14:46,282 --> 01:14:48,351 The thing won't work if you don't have a virgin. 931 01:14:48,384 --> 01:14:51,154 Try it with something else, it will blow up right in your face. 932 01:14:51,187 --> 01:14:53,757 Yeah? Did you call hackshaw or did he call you? 933 01:14:53,790 --> 01:14:56,960 I'm a sport. It was my nickel. I called him while you were napping. 934 01:14:56,993 --> 01:14:59,796 He sounds like a great guy. I can hardly wait to meet him. 935 01:14:59,829 --> 01:15:02,298 You're way out of your class. 936 01:15:02,331 --> 01:15:05,201 There's no time to be particular. 937 01:15:05,234 --> 01:15:06,870 See, if it doesn't happen tonight, 938 01:15:06,903 --> 01:15:09,472 it can't happen again for another 666 years. 939 01:15:09,505 --> 01:15:13,009 So I gave him a choice... either he cuts me in, 940 01:15:13,042 --> 01:15:16,012 or Olivia is gonna go a long time before her first poke. 941 01:15:19,348 --> 01:15:21,985 But you know the thing that kills me? 942 01:15:22,018 --> 01:15:25,689 Is how out of the whole phone book, he had the dumb luck to pick you. 943 01:15:25,722 --> 01:15:28,024 Maybe it wasn't luck. Maybe it was fate. 944 01:15:28,057 --> 01:15:29,893 I thought you didn't believe in that stuff. 945 01:15:29,926 --> 01:15:32,028 What I don't believe in is unfinished business. 946 01:15:32,061 --> 01:15:34,631 It took this to get us face to face where we could settle accounts. 947 01:15:34,664 --> 01:15:37,133 We'll settle up. You bet we will. 948 01:15:37,166 --> 01:15:38,868 No more, Lovecraft. 949 01:15:38,902 --> 01:15:41,838 No more waking up with the shakes thinking about you hovering over me 950 01:15:41,871 --> 01:15:44,407 like some angel. No more. 951 01:15:44,440 --> 01:15:47,777 You're gonna be dead, Lovecraft, and I'm gonna be on top of the world. 952 01:15:47,811 --> 01:15:51,681 I should settle things once and for all about who is smart and who is a chump. 953 01:15:51,715 --> 01:15:53,416 I'm gonna be immortal. 954 01:15:53,449 --> 01:15:56,152 And I'm gonna wear your head for a watch fob. 955 01:16:01,057 --> 01:16:03,059 What, you're splitting? 956 01:16:32,722 --> 01:16:35,792 All right, let's get the rag up on this cantata. 957 01:16:45,101 --> 01:16:47,303 Don't fidget, Olivia. 958 01:16:47,336 --> 01:16:49,405 Good evening, Mr. Lovecraft. 959 01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:51,340 In the light of things, Mr. H., 960 01:16:51,374 --> 01:16:53,409 I really don't think I can keep working for you. 961 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:57,413 Too bad. You've been most effective up until now, 962 01:16:57,446 --> 01:16:58,982 leading me to the book, 963 01:16:59,015 --> 01:17:00,784 helping us to come together tonight. 964 01:17:00,817 --> 01:17:04,620 The ugly at the hotel was your muscle. You tailed me. 965 01:17:04,654 --> 01:17:05,855 Nothing must stand in the way. 966 01:17:05,889 --> 01:17:08,624 I've spent my life in expectation of this night. 967 01:17:08,658 --> 01:17:12,829 Studying, preparing, living with Olivia's mother, 968 01:17:12,862 --> 01:17:15,899 protected the girl from this town and her own hormones. 969 01:17:15,932 --> 01:17:17,801 It's been a lifelong struggle. 970 01:17:17,834 --> 01:17:20,236 But one human lifetime shrinks to invisibility 971 01:17:20,269 --> 01:17:22,706 compared to the span of the old ones. 972 01:17:22,739 --> 01:17:27,210 Do you realize how long they've waited for me? Centuries. 973 01:17:27,243 --> 01:17:29,212 Millennia. 974 01:17:29,245 --> 01:17:31,014 How long is that in dog years? 975 01:17:31,047 --> 01:17:33,950 "The wheel has turned. 976 01:17:33,983 --> 01:17:36,519 Yog-Sothoth knows the gate." 977 01:17:36,552 --> 01:17:38,621 That's the promise of the necronomicon. 978 01:17:38,654 --> 01:17:41,190 Open the gate. Let the old ones back in 979 01:17:41,224 --> 01:17:43,226 and they will make you a God. 980 01:17:43,259 --> 01:17:45,762 Oh, you get to be a God. 981 01:17:45,795 --> 01:17:48,531 - What does Harry get? - Tell him. 982 01:17:48,564 --> 01:17:51,901 For services rendered, Mr. Borden gets to rule the world. 983 01:17:51,935 --> 01:17:53,903 What kind of world? 984 01:17:53,937 --> 01:17:57,540 A world of the unburied dead and a sky dark with ashes. 985 01:17:57,573 --> 01:17:59,743 It'll be a blasted maimed planet, 986 01:17:59,776 --> 01:18:01,811 but he'll be the most important person in it. 987 01:18:01,845 --> 01:18:04,380 How do you like them apples, partner? 988 01:18:04,413 --> 01:18:06,382 All right, enough of your flapping. 989 01:18:06,415 --> 01:18:08,952 I thought this shindig had to start dead at midnight. 990 01:18:08,985 --> 01:18:11,721 Quite right. Now if you'll give me the book... 991 01:18:14,123 --> 01:18:17,761 Nothing happens without the book, Mr. Borden. 992 01:18:20,663 --> 01:18:23,566 Here we go, baby. How about a kiss for good luck, eh? 993 01:18:23,599 --> 01:18:25,601 Sure. 994 01:18:39,082 --> 01:18:41,084 Good luck, Harry. 995 01:18:42,618 --> 01:18:45,588 Couldn't lay off, could you? You couldn't take the hint. 996 01:18:45,621 --> 01:18:49,058 No, not you, not public conscience number one. 997 01:18:49,092 --> 01:18:50,593 Who died and made you Jiminy Cricket? 998 01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:53,062 What was I supposed to do? Go to the movies? 999 01:18:53,096 --> 01:18:55,698 Excuse me, we are on something of a tight schedule. 1000 01:18:55,731 --> 01:18:58,634 - Shut up, rich man. I'll deal with you in a minute. - Don't do it, Connie. 1001 01:18:58,667 --> 01:19:01,670 Whatever you think it's gonna be, it will end up something else. 1002 01:19:01,704 --> 01:19:03,940 We could have gone to the top, you and me. 1003 01:19:03,973 --> 01:19:06,843 But you never accepted the reality of things. 1004 01:19:06,876 --> 01:19:08,477 And Harry could? 1005 01:19:08,511 --> 01:19:12,315 At least he knew that an honest cop and a poor cop are the same thing. 1006 01:19:12,348 --> 01:19:14,851 You talked him into going on the take? 1007 01:19:15,919 --> 01:19:18,321 I didn't do it with a talk. 1008 01:19:20,456 --> 01:19:23,492 If push comes to shove, you double-cross him. 1009 01:19:23,526 --> 01:19:27,630 Do you think I came this far just to be Harry Borden's pet? 1010 01:19:27,663 --> 01:19:31,968 God, Phil, there's so much you don't know about women. 1011 01:19:34,137 --> 01:19:37,974 Last chance. You can still sign on. 1012 01:19:39,042 --> 01:19:40,276 Sorry, Connie, 1013 01:19:40,309 --> 01:19:43,446 me too. 1014 01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:45,481 Goodbye, Phil. 1015 01:19:48,684 --> 01:19:52,989 That's enough, amateur night is over. 1016 01:19:59,162 --> 01:20:00,930 Sorry about the hand, my dear. 1017 01:20:00,964 --> 01:20:04,467 I couldn't have you killing our friend. I want him to see this. 1018 01:20:04,500 --> 01:20:06,469 Thank you for killing that, though. 1019 01:20:06,502 --> 01:20:09,305 Tiny minds with stunted dreams... 1020 01:20:09,338 --> 01:20:11,207 Pathetic. 1021 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:15,411 Come along, Olivia. Time to fulfill your destiny like a good girl. 1022 01:20:22,618 --> 01:20:24,820 Be still. 1023 01:20:49,112 --> 01:20:52,681 From the worlds of night to the gulfs of space, 1024 01:20:52,715 --> 01:20:55,885 ever the praises of great Cthulhu or Tsathoggua 1025 01:20:55,919 --> 01:20:58,287 and of him who is not named, 1026 01:20:58,321 --> 01:21:02,158 ever praises in abundance to the black goat of the woods, 1027 01:21:02,191 --> 01:21:05,962 Ila-Niggurath, the goat with a thousand young. 1028 01:21:05,995 --> 01:21:09,365 For thou hast seen the dark universe yawning, 1029 01:21:09,398 --> 01:21:13,269 the lost place where black planets roll without aim. 1030 01:21:13,302 --> 01:21:16,539 Too long hath thou dwelt in that cold captivity, 1031 01:21:16,572 --> 01:21:18,607 beyond the mercy of time. 1032 01:21:18,641 --> 01:21:21,710 The way is clear. 1033 01:21:21,744 --> 01:21:23,947 Return 1034 01:21:23,980 --> 01:21:26,049 and rule. 1035 01:21:28,717 --> 01:21:32,188 Yog-Sothoth is the key and the guardian of the gates. 1036 01:21:32,221 --> 01:21:35,224 He knows where the old ones have trodden earth's fields 1037 01:21:35,258 --> 01:21:37,160 and that they will tread once more. 1038 01:21:37,193 --> 01:21:39,162 Sorcerer, emissary, 1039 01:21:39,195 --> 01:21:42,898 changeling outsider, thou art the whisper in the dark, 1040 01:21:42,932 --> 01:21:46,402 for a million years, the voice in man's ear. 1041 01:21:46,435 --> 01:21:49,939 The seducer, shaper of foul deed and betrayal. 1042 01:21:49,973 --> 01:21:52,741 All was prelude in preparation. 1043 01:21:52,775 --> 01:21:55,711 We empty our hearts in your name, 1044 01:21:55,744 --> 01:22:00,116 teacher. Master, complete us. 1045 01:22:00,149 --> 01:22:03,852 The things outside become the things inside. 1046 01:22:03,886 --> 01:22:07,623 The waiting ends, the journey begins. 1047 01:22:07,656 --> 01:22:10,726 Consume the darkness between the dimensions. 1048 01:22:10,759 --> 01:22:13,862 Cross the Gulf with a single stride. 1049 01:22:16,532 --> 01:22:20,136 Here on this threshold is placed the given. 1050 01:22:20,169 --> 01:22:23,606 This is my gift. 1051 01:22:23,639 --> 01:22:26,875 Come forth and receive it. 1052 01:22:52,601 --> 01:22:54,470 * happy, happy, happy 1053 01:22:54,503 --> 01:22:57,173 * happy, happy, happy... 1054 01:23:56,799 --> 01:23:59,268 Stars align, 1055 01:23:59,302 --> 01:24:00,903 space folds, 1056 01:24:00,936 --> 01:24:04,039 a thousand worlds merge in a single instant. 1057 01:24:04,073 --> 01:24:07,143 Crack the band of formlessness. 1058 01:24:07,176 --> 01:24:11,347 Take shape and come forth. 1059 01:24:57,426 --> 01:25:01,264 Look. 1060 01:25:01,297 --> 01:25:04,533 This is what you wanted to look at. No, look. 1061 01:26:14,870 --> 01:26:17,240 Hold on, Lovecraft. Don't let me go, 1062 01:26:17,273 --> 01:26:20,042 please. 1063 01:26:20,075 --> 01:26:21,910 Help me. Put me on the ground. No! 1064 01:27:17,733 --> 01:27:20,636 - It's all right. - It's okay. 1065 01:27:20,669 --> 01:27:22,705 It's okay, it's okay 1066 01:27:22,738 --> 01:27:25,574 it's all right. The thing's gone. 1067 01:27:25,608 --> 01:27:28,311 It's gone. 1068 01:27:28,344 --> 01:27:32,014 Where's daddy? 1069 01:27:32,047 --> 01:27:34,049 Sorry, kid. 1070 01:27:38,086 --> 01:27:42,725 - Mr. Grimaldi is in the back of the car. - Grimaldi? 1071 01:27:42,758 --> 01:27:45,127 Daddy threw him in the back. 1072 01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:47,129 Otto? 1073 01:27:49,398 --> 01:27:51,734 Are you all right? 1074 01:27:51,767 --> 01:27:54,069 Grimaldi, you shouldn't ride like this in cars. It's dangerous 1075 01:27:54,102 --> 01:27:56,305 what the hell happened? 1076 01:27:56,339 --> 01:27:58,441 You're sure you're all right? 1077 01:28:00,576 --> 01:28:02,845 Grimaldi, you son of a bitch. 1078 01:28:02,878 --> 01:28:06,181 I don't know what you're talking about. Nix it, kid, nix it. 1079 01:28:06,214 --> 01:28:07,516 She's only 16 years old! 1080 01:28:07,550 --> 01:28:10,953 Cleopatra was only 14 when she surrendered to passion. 1081 01:28:10,986 --> 01:28:13,656 Listen, you wouldn't tell anybody, now would you? 1082 01:28:13,689 --> 01:28:15,658 Grimaldi, you poor sap, don't you get it? 1083 01:28:15,691 --> 01:28:17,660 You saved the world! 1084 01:28:17,693 --> 01:28:19,762 They'll put up a monument to you! 1085 01:28:19,795 --> 01:28:21,797 You could have lunch at the white house, 1086 01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:23,799 your picture on the cover of "look." 1087 01:28:23,832 --> 01:28:26,769 And all you're worried about is your wife, 1088 01:28:26,802 --> 01:28:30,339 and you just screwed a 16-year-old virgin. 1089 01:28:30,373 --> 01:28:32,641 You're married? 1090 01:28:32,675 --> 01:28:36,278 Huh, listen, you wouldn't tell anybody now, would you, Phil? 1091 01:28:36,311 --> 01:28:38,747 Come on, give me a break, huh? 1092 01:28:38,781 --> 01:28:40,449 Otto? 1093 01:28:40,483 --> 01:28:43,285 Cupcake, I'm as surprised as you are. 1094 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:45,153 Surprised that you're married? 1095 01:28:45,187 --> 01:28:48,657 No, surprised by you. 1096 01:29:11,079 --> 01:29:13,716 How's the hand? 1097 01:29:13,749 --> 01:29:18,387 Broken. What's going on? 1098 01:29:18,421 --> 01:29:20,989 You just missed the screw that saved the world. 1099 01:29:21,023 --> 01:29:23,392 I miss everything. 1100 01:29:23,426 --> 01:29:26,429 I even miss being a God. 1101 01:29:27,830 --> 01:29:30,899 What happens now? 1102 01:29:30,933 --> 01:29:33,502 Grimaldi takes you in for killing Borden. 1103 01:29:38,006 --> 01:29:40,543 We were a hell of a team, you and me. 1104 01:29:42,177 --> 01:29:45,047 We still could be. 1105 01:29:45,080 --> 01:29:47,249 Maybe someday... 1106 01:29:47,282 --> 01:29:49,585 - Phil? - Yeah? 1107 01:29:49,618 --> 01:29:52,154 Kiss me before I faint. 1108 01:30:33,762 --> 01:30:36,599 Lovecraft? 1109 01:30:36,632 --> 01:30:38,266 Are you all right? 1110 01:30:38,300 --> 01:30:40,469 Sort of. 1111 01:30:40,503 --> 01:30:41,970 Hey, I thought you were going to Miami. 1112 01:30:42,004 --> 01:30:45,373 There's no need to now, is there? 1113 01:30:47,676 --> 01:30:49,678 I guess not. 1114 01:30:58,987 --> 01:31:00,956 What's that stuff? 1115 01:31:00,989 --> 01:31:02,591 Juice of leaves of the adder's tongue 1116 01:31:02,625 --> 01:31:04,893 with distilled water, horsetail and a pinch of Mugwort. 1117 01:31:04,927 --> 01:31:06,762 - And that? - Mercurochrome. 1118 01:31:06,795 --> 01:31:09,464 I'm a witch, but I'm not a fanatic. 1119 01:31:09,498 --> 01:31:11,466 Bandages I have in my office. 1120 01:31:11,500 --> 01:31:13,335 Kropotkin? 1121 01:31:16,271 --> 01:31:19,875 - Thanks. - For what? 1122 01:31:19,908 --> 01:31:21,910 It's a long story. 1123 01:31:23,245 --> 01:31:25,347 I'll get the piroshkies. 1124 01:31:36,559 --> 01:31:39,862 I was tired as hell, but I could afford to be tired, 1125 01:31:39,895 --> 01:31:41,964 now that it was over. 1126 01:31:41,997 --> 01:31:43,966 Over for a lot of people... 1127 01:31:43,999 --> 01:31:45,968 for Locksteader and Willis, 1128 01:31:46,001 --> 01:31:48,737 hackshaw and Borden, 1129 01:31:48,771 --> 01:31:51,339 and all over for Connie. 1130 01:31:51,373 --> 01:31:54,977 I needed it to be morning. 1131 01:31:55,010 --> 01:31:57,580 I wanted to hear doors open and cars start, 1132 01:31:57,613 --> 01:32:01,717 human voices talking about baseball and the weather. 1133 01:32:01,750 --> 01:32:04,953 I wanted to make sure there were still folks out there facing life 1134 01:32:04,987 --> 01:32:08,490 with nothing up their sleeves but their arms. 1135 01:32:08,523 --> 01:32:10,258 They didn't know it yet, 1136 01:32:10,292 --> 01:32:12,094 but they've got a better shot at happiness 1137 01:32:12,127 --> 01:32:16,164 and a fairer shake today than they did yesterday. 1138 01:32:16,198 --> 01:32:20,468 'Cause today... I've got the book.