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Good evening and welcome
to The Best of Hitchcock.

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In the absence of
my vacationing brother Alfred,

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we are presenting clips
from his past shows.

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I find it amusing,
by the way, that television
at last confirms

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what our family has known
for years...

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that I, rather than Alfred,
am the best of Hitchcock.

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And now for those clips.

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[Alfred] This one was
one of the high-spots for me.

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[explosion]

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This one stopped
just short of perfection.

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I think it is obvious
why I cherish those shows.

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I’m sure many of you
feel the same way.

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And now, here are two more,
equally delicious,

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after which,
we shall have our story.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
The Best of Hitchcock...

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[train whistle]

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[Alfred] Alfred
never looked better.

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The next sound you hear
will be may sponsor.

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[explosion]

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[Jane] Darling?

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Yeah? Yeah, I’m late,
I know.

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Wait a minute. Before you go,
I want you to see the present
that I got for Eileen.

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Can’t it wait till tonight?
I figured on catching
the early train.

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-Isn’t she lovely?
-Oh, for crying out loud.
Another doll?

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It’s not just another doll,
Ralph, look, take her hand.
She actually walks.

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Isn’t that the cutest thing?

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Honey, listen, Eileen’s got
a roomful of dolls.

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Don’t you think she’s getting
kind of old for this sort
of things?

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Since when is seven too old?
I didn’t stop playing with dolls
till I was 12.

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I don’t think you ever quit.

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[doorbell]

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-Are you expecting somebody?
-Uh-uh.

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Well, you just better
go and answer it

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because I have got
to get started.

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Hi, Mrs. Birdwell,
remember me?

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Is...
Is the little girl home?

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No, Eileen just left
for school.

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-Is your husband here?
-Yes.

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Oh, good.

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Ah, you don’t mind
if I come in, do you?

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-Ralph?
-Oh, hi, Mr. Birdwell.

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Hey, now, wait a minute.
What are you doing here?

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Listen, you said
you’d never bother us again.

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Now, what’s the big idea?

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-I just came to say hello.
-Oh, no. Wait a minute.

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It’s all right, Ralph.
Mrs. Mead, I have some coffee
leftover from breakfast.

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[Jane]
Wouldn’t you like a cup?

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A coffee? No thanks, uh...
I just had some.

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Well...

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It’s too bad Eileen
had to go to school.

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I would’ve liked
to see her.

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Aren’t you forgetting something,
Mrs. Mead?

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You were never supposed
to see Eileen again.
Do you remember?

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That was part of the agreement
we made seven years ago.

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Is it seven years?

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Gee! Whew! Wow!

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Does time fly, huh? Whew!

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I’ve got a half an hour
before I have
to go catch my train,

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so maybe you’d better
come to the point.

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Why did you come here?

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No!

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Oh!

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Oh, is that cute!

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-Oh, is that adorable.
-Please.

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I was just looking at it.

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What is it?
A present for Eileen?

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Yes, tomorrow’s her birthday.

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Her birthday?

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Imagine me forgetting that.

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Me of all people!
[laughs]

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This is quite a layout
you have here,

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like old home week, huh?

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Mrs. Mead, would you please
come to the point?

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OK.

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I want Eileen back.

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You know, I thought it
was something like that.

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Well, you can forget it, now.
A deal is a deal.

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Eileen wouldn’t know you
from a hole in the ground.

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Look, I am her mother and
I don’t care what kind
of deal we made.

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I want my kid back.

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Just ’cause you helped me out
with a few lousy bucks,
you know...

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Listen to me.
You didn’t care
what happened to Eileen.

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You were all ready
to abandon her.

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Abandon her...

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That’s what I should’ve done
when that crummy husband
walked out on us.

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Left her on a church step.

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Anything better than
with stingy people like you.

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What are you talking about?
We paid all of your expenses.

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We took Eileen
and we raised her
like she was our own.

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We would’ve adopted her
a long time ago
if we could’ve found you.

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I was sick.

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I couldn’t help being sick.

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I’ve had nothing
but shortwave diathermy
for years.

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But-- But I’m better now.
I’m gonna get me a lawyer.

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Well, you go right ahead
and get yourself a lawyer.

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Mrs. Mead, I’m not afraid
of anything you can do.

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I don’t think we’re gonna have
any problem whatsoever,

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proving the kind of
a mother you are.

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Mrs. Mead, don’t you understand
how we feel?

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Eileen was a baby
when we got her.

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We’re a mother and father now.
You can’t take her away
from her home.

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But what about me?

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What am I?
A piece of dirt on the street?

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OK, OK. OK,
I’m a reasonable person.

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You love Eileen,
I know that so,

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but I’m her mother,
and the least you can do
is help me out.

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What kind of help?

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I got awful big expenses.
I--

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I told you about
those treatments, didn’t I?

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I think I need, eh...

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at least a $150 a week.

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Wait a minute, wait a minute.

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You expect us to contribute
money to you every week?

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Yeah, is that so wrong?

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-How much of the $150?
-All of it.

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After all, I got nobody else
to turn to.

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You wouldn’t want
Eileen’s mother sleeping
in a gutter, would you?

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Mrs. Mead, do you know
what you’re asking?

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I’m a civil engineer.
Now, I make $220 a week
before taxes.

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Now, you expect me to give you
a 150 out of that?

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OK, make it a hundred.

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I’m sorry, no deal.

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If you want to take this thing
to court, you just go
right ahead.

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You don’t think I won’t, huh?

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I’m not so dumb, you know?
I’m gonna get me a lawyer,

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and take away Eileen
from you.

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I’m going to tell ’em
that you forced me
to give her up.

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You’ll never see her again.

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You’ll never do it.
The judge will see exactly
what you are.

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You’re a cheap,
broken-down drunk.

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Listen, mister.

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I can go a long time
between drinks.

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You’d be surprised
what I can do
when I make up my mind.

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You better think it over.

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I think you better get out
of this house.

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Okey-dokey.

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But you’re not through
with me, yet, pal.

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You are never going to be
through with me.

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Tell Eileen...

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"Happy Birthday" for me.

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[Mrs. Mead]
So he says to me, he says,

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"I don’t owe you nothing."
Imagine talking to me
like that.

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Me of all people.

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What am I? I’m only
the child’s mother.

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-But, Mrs. Mead,
won’t you please...
-Look, what do you think?

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Here, What right do they have
to talk to me like that?

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After all I’ve done
for them.

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It sounds to me more like
they did something for you.

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Huh?

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You call that something?
Taking away my baby?

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You’re not really anxious
to have the child back.

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Well...

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after all, I don’t know
what a woman like me

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would do with
a seven-year-old kid.

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A career woman, I mean.

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Don’t you see what you’re
proposing doesn’t amount
to much more than, well...

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blackmail.

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Oh, for Pete’s sake.

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All you lawyers
talk the same way.

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-Oh, Mrs. Mead, I would really
like to help you, but...
-But.

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But, but, but you won’t.
Is that it?

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Perhaps if you ask
the Legal Aid Society...

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Oh, I already been there.

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OK, OK, buster,
you had your chance.

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Now, all you have to do
is wait for the next ambulance.

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[doorbell rings]

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-Who is it?
-[man] Mrs. Mead?

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[mumbling]
Mrs. Mead, Mrs. Mead.
Always something.

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Honestly.

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What do you want?

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Can I come in a minute,
Mrs. Mead?

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Do I know you?

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Not yet, you don’t.
You want to give me
the chance?

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Say, what kind of a girl
you think I am?

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I don’t know.
Why don’t you let me in
and we can talk about it?

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Name’s Ames, Phil Ames.

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Hear you’ve been downtown,
asking about a lawyer.

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Yeah. So? What’s it to you?

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I thought maybe
I can help you.

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You mean you’re a lawyer?
To me, you look more
like a pickpocket.

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Used to be a lawyer,

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but I’m
in a different racket now.

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Yeah, I bet it’s a racket.

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Submitted to the Bar ’49

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but my luck kind of ran bad,
so I quit.

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And now I’m in a different
kind of a racket.

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-Confidential Investigator.
-Oh, you mean private eye?

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Yeah. Ran into
a client of mine
down the legal building,

189
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told me about the raw deal
you got.

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So I thought I’d drop over
and see if I could help.

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Won’t do you any good.
I ain’t got a dime.

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Well, let’s not talk
about money yet.

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The way I understand it,
you gave up your kid

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to a couple
named the Birdwells.

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Only they never legally
adopted her,

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so now you want the kid back,
that right?

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-Yeah.
-Yeah, the only trouble is,

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you don’t have
such a good reputation.

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Fact, the way I hear it,
you got yourself a record.

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-Those were all frame-ups!
-Yeah.

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A very touching story.
Mother love, all that jazz.

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Only I don’t believe it.

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Hey.

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You know what I think?

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00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:26,110
You know what I really think?
I don’t think you care

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00:11:26,150 --> 00:11:30,390
about that kid at all.
You haven’t seen her
since she was an infant.

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00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:33,860
What’s a good-time dame
like you want to put a brat
around the house for?

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-Listen, if you’re gonna talk
to me like that...
-Shh.

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Honey.

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I know what you want.
You want the same thing
I want. Money.

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You want to milk
those Birdwell jokers
for every buck you can get.

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00:11:48,570 --> 00:11:50,970
How much you asking for?

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Hundred a week.
I asked for a 150,
but he cried poor.

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He’s an engineer.
He doesn’t make much.

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Tears, baby, these engineers,
you see ’em in the ads all
the time.

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They make a bundle.

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00:12:02,950 --> 00:12:05,690
Besides, what’s this annuity?
A few lousy bucks?

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What you want
is a big wad of cash
all at once.

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00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:11,360
Where would they get it?

220
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What do you care?

221
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,700
They probably got a nest egg
or they can mortgage
something.

222
00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:23,740
How would 25 G’s in cash look
to you right now?

223
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Uh, like a million.

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If I help you get it,
what’s my percentage?

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-You’re the smart one,
you tell me.
-Twenty percent.

226
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Now, that’s not much.

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00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,390
Only you’re going to do
the hard work, Mrs. Mead,

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because I’ve got
a license to protect.

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OK, I’m listening.

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You show me how to get
the money, it’s a deal.

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You kidnap the kid.

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-What?
-[Ames] What’s her name?

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Eileen, but...

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Kidnap Eileen,
you phone the Birdwells
that they don’t get her back

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unless they make a deal.

236
00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,620
You think I want
to get sent up
for a kidnapping rap?

237
00:13:08,650 --> 00:13:11,550
[stammering]
They give you life
for things like that.

238
00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:15,060
For what? Re-possessing
your own property?

239
00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:16,890
You got it wrong, Lottie.

240
00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:20,400
There’s nothing crooked
about a mother taking
her own child back.

241
00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:23,370
[Ames] Nobody goes to jail.

242
00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,870
It’s just a matter of deciding
where the child
rightfully belongs.

243
00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:31,670
You still got
her birth certificate?

244
00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:35,640
Yes, but they’d call the cops.
They’d sue me.

245
00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:40,420
Are you kidding?
They’ll want her back
at any cost.

246
00:13:40,450 --> 00:13:42,080
Yeah?

247
00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:47,820
-Gee, it might work.
-Can’t miss.

248
00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:49,890
Take my word for it.
The dough’s yours.

249
00:14:14,580 --> 00:14:16,050
Hi.

250
00:14:18,350 --> 00:14:21,060
I’m sorry I’m late.
I had something
terribly important to do.

251
00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:23,260
Scotch or rye? Get in.

252
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,950
-How’s it going?
-Everything’s fine.

253
00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:50,090
I’ve been watching
the Birdwell house
for the last three days.

254
00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:53,220
The kid gets taken to school
every morning by her old man,

255
00:14:53,250 --> 00:14:56,090
but in the afternoon,
she comes home by herself,

256
00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:58,430
and it stops outside
the school.

257
00:14:58,460 --> 00:15:00,430
That’s the place to do it.

258
00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:02,760
How am I going
to recognize her?

259
00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,170
I’ll point her out to you.

260
00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,040
Look, it’s almost 3:00 now.

261
00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,600
I think we’ll take a dry run

262
00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,210
just to make sure everything
goes smooth.

263
00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,540
[Mrs. Mead clears throat]

264
00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:16,910
-You don’t own a car, do you?
-Are you kidding?

265
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:20,050
Well, the best thing to do
is after you pick her up,
take a cab.

266
00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,490
How do I know
she’s going to come with me?

267
00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,160
She’ll come all right,
just tell her that her mommy
sent you.

268
00:15:27,190 --> 00:15:29,090
Say that you’re
the new cleaning woman.

269
00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,060
Cleaning woman!

270
00:15:31,090 --> 00:15:32,560
Kid’ll believe you.

271
00:15:32,590 --> 00:15:34,900
Tell her you’re gonna take her
downtown to see her mommy,

272
00:15:34,930 --> 00:15:37,570
go buy some new clothes.

273
00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,470
Well, after you pick
the kid up, get a cab

274
00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,640
and take her over to your place
until you hear from me.

275
00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:46,270
School’s up there
on the next block.

276
00:15:53,780 --> 00:15:56,080
[children chattering]

277
00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:04,330
Which one is her?
Which one is Eileen?

278
00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,930
That’s her,
the one with the pigtails.

279
00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,570
Say, she’s a cute kid.

280
00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:15,770
She’s a doll,
a 25-grand doll.

281
00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:24,280
What are you thinking about?
You’re not getting sentimental,
are you?

282
00:16:26,410 --> 00:16:29,050
I was thinking
about the Birdwells.

283
00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:33,760
Boy, would I love to see
their face when they find
I’ve got the baby, huh?

284
00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:37,490
[laughs]

285
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,960
[Ames] Did you get
a good look at her?

286
00:16:39,060 --> 00:16:41,730
Yeah, yeah. Sure did.

287
00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,020
Hello, you must be Eileen.

288
00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:07,260
Mm-hm, who are you?

289
00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:11,530
I just started working
for your mommy,
and she sent me here.

290
00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,030
I’m-- I’m a governess.

291
00:17:14,030 --> 00:17:16,030
Governess?
You mean like in Jane Eyre?

292
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,470
Where’s that?

293
00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:23,940
Look, honey, you don’t have
to take the bus home today.

294
00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,140
Your mommy told me
to pick you up,
take you downtown,

295
00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:29,110
and buy you some new dresses.

296
00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:32,450
-You mean it?
You really mean it?
-Sure I mean it.

297
00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,680
She told me we could take
a taxi. Would you like that?

298
00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,750
Would I like it?
I’ve never been in a taxi.

299
00:17:38,790 --> 00:17:41,120
What kind of dresses
are they gonna be?

300
00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,390
Are they gonna be
party dresses?

301
00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:46,700
How would I now?
I’m only the cleaning woman.

302
00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:49,330
I thought you said
you were a governess.

303
00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:51,570
Look, honey, come on,
let’s get the taxi,
you wanna?

304
00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,910
[sighs]
Here we are.

305
00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:05,310
[groans]

306
00:18:06,850 --> 00:18:09,650
This doesn’t look like
a dress store to me.

307
00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,920
No, no, it ain’t.

308
00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:14,660
It’s my apartment, you see?
Your mommy’s gonna
meet us here.

309
00:18:14,690 --> 00:18:17,260
What for?

310
00:18:17,290 --> 00:18:19,290
Look, don’t ask
so many questions, huh?

311
00:18:19,330 --> 00:18:21,860
You like to read?
I got some movie magazines.

312
00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,570
Do you like movie magazines?

313
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,070
They’re all right.

314
00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:28,540
OK, sit over there, then,
and relax.

315
00:18:28,570 --> 00:18:30,210
Whee!

316
00:18:34,810 --> 00:18:36,410
Whee...

317
00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:50,860
Are you sure my mommy knows
where we are?

318
00:18:50,890 --> 00:18:53,700
-Yeah, yeah, she knows.
-I’m hungry.

319
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:57,700
My mommy always gives me
something to eat when I come
home from school.

320
00:18:57,730 --> 00:19:00,500
Oh, well... let’s see--
see what I got.

321
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:04,770
-I got some anchovies.
You like anchovies?
-I don’t know.

322
00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:08,010
Let me see what else.
Oh, I know.

323
00:19:08,010 --> 00:19:12,010
I got salted crackers.
Here, you’ll love them.
Sit down.

324
00:19:12,010 --> 00:19:14,320
[phone rings]

325
00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:17,020
Hello?

326
00:19:19,650 --> 00:19:21,090
Oh, just great.

327
00:19:22,890 --> 00:19:25,690
Yeah, happy as a clam.
When are you coming over?

328
00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:32,600
OK.

329
00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:36,240
Was that my mommy?

330
00:19:36,270 --> 00:19:39,470
Who?... Oh, yeah...

331
00:19:39,510 --> 00:19:43,240
-Yeah, that was your mommy.
-Is my mommy on her way?

332
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,750
Yep.

333
00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:48,480
-Your mommy’s on her way.
-Goody.

334
00:20:02,330 --> 00:20:03,600
[doorbell buzzes]

335
00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:10,410
-Hi, Phil.
-Hi.

336
00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:16,440
Wh-What’s this?
Who is your friend?

337
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,210
Mrs. Mead, I want you to meet
Charlie Vance.
He’s my partner.

338
00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:21,480
Partner? What do you need
a partner for?

339
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,420
Charlie’s an expert
in these matters.

340
00:20:23,450 --> 00:20:25,450
That’s right, Mrs. Mead.

341
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,320
Well.

342
00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:34,700
-Hi, doll.
-Hello.

343
00:20:34,730 --> 00:20:37,670
Is this the... little girl
you snatched?

344
00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:41,170
Sure I did, why not?
I’m her mother.

345
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,570
She’s not my mother.

346
00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:47,010
Oh, shut up, Eileen.

347
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,340
My name’s not Eileen.

348
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:51,080
My name’s Margaret.
Can I go home now?

349
00:20:51,110 --> 00:20:55,050
Boy, sure turned out
to be a little liar.

350
00:20:55,080 --> 00:21:00,060
I’m not a liar.
My name is Margaret,
and I never lie.

351
00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:04,060
Margaret, for Pete’s sake,
look will you tell them
the truth.

352
00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:06,960
She is telling the truth.
Her name’s not Eileen Birdwell.

353
00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,400
Wh-What,
are you trying to fool me--

354
00:21:11,430 --> 00:21:13,370
Charlie, you’re a witness.

355
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,500
Mrs. Mead admits kidnapping
this child.

356
00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:20,710
What? What is this,
a frame-up or something?

357
00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:23,280
Charlie used to work
with the FBI.

358
00:21:23,310 --> 00:21:24,810
He still knows
the boys downtown.

359
00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:26,280
They’ll be happy
to hear about this.

360
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:28,850
Mm-hm.

361
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:34,260
No, no. No, wait a minute.
No, I’m no kidnapper. No.

362
00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:38,830
He’s the one. He fooled me.
He planned the whole thing.

363
00:21:38,860 --> 00:21:41,460
He pointed out
the wrong kid, you see.

364
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,470
-He tricked me.
-[Ames] You tricked yourself.

365
00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:46,500
You snatched the wrong child.

366
00:21:46,530 --> 00:21:48,370
And now, if you wanna keep out
of a kidnapping rap,

367
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,110
you gotta leave
the Birdwells alone.

368
00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:51,410
You gotta let them
adopt Eileen

369
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,440
and keep out of their lives
forever.

370
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,580
They’re the ones.

371
00:21:54,610 --> 00:21:56,980
They’re the ones
who sent you here.

372
00:21:57,010 --> 00:22:00,220
No, it was my idea.
I’m a private detective,

373
00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:02,680
but I’m also
Ralph Birdwell’s friend.

374
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:07,090
You dirty double-crossing...
[gasps]

375
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,760
[sobs]

376
00:22:09,790 --> 00:22:13,530
I want a drink.
[sobbing]

377
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,300
-Mrs. Mead,
you better listen to me...
-[sobs]

378
00:22:17,330 --> 00:22:19,730
...if you don’t want to stay
the rest of your life
in prison.

379
00:22:21,070 --> 00:22:25,570
[sobbing] OK. OK.

380
00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:30,680
I’m no kidnapper.
I’m not, Eileen,

381
00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:35,780
I wouldn’t kidnap anybody,
really.

382
00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:39,190
Now, Margaret, I bet you wanna
go home, don’t you, Margaret?

383
00:22:39,220 --> 00:22:41,420
-Yes, please.
-[laughs]

384
00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,720
[grunting]
There we go...

385
00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:48,100
-Meet you in the office, Phil.
-Right.

386
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,600
Bye.

387
00:22:59,470 --> 00:23:01,040
Gee, that was fun.

388
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,080
Can I help you again,
some time, Daddy?

389
00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:24,870
Good evening,
this is Alfred Hitchcock.

390
00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:28,070
Welcome to the end
of tonight’s episode of

391
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,510
Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

392
00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:33,640
I should explain
that my vacation

393
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,250
was the result
of a nasty remark I made
on the show.

394
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,320
The person at whom
I directed the remark

395
00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:44,550
has been given
the following minute
to retaliate,

396
00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,450
after which I shall return.

397
00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:53,090
Perhaps it’s my sponsor
who needs a vacation.

398
00:23:53,090 --> 00:23:55,400
Before taking leave,

399
00:23:55,430 --> 00:24:00,240
I would like to show you
a few of my selections
for The Best of Hitchcock.

400
00:24:00,270 --> 00:24:03,740
Now, this is truly
vintage Hitchcock,

401
00:24:03,770 --> 00:24:09,510
and without the violence
my brother seems to admire.

402
00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:13,650
Much more pleasant
than my brother’s choices.

403
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,350
After all, I like to keep
this a happy show.

404
00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:22,190
Next week, we shall be back
with another story.
Until then, goodnight.