1 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,960 Good evening. 2 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,170 You should’ve seen the one that got away. 3 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,440 The only one I’ve ever seen, with gold lamé scales. 4 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:46,880 I’m sure all of you are interested in the details of this catch. 5 00:00:46,910 --> 00:00:50,610 It’s really a matter of finding the proper bait. 6 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:53,110 I soon learned that these little creatures 7 00:00:53,150 --> 00:00:56,420 can tell cheap costume jewelry on sight 8 00:00:56,450 --> 00:00:58,450 and won’t come near it. 9 00:00:58,490 --> 00:01:01,620 You must bait your hook with the real article. 10 00:01:01,660 --> 00:01:04,060 And sometimes, they make off with the bait 11 00:01:04,060 --> 00:01:06,130 before you can reel them in. 12 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,060 However, that’s a situation 13 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:11,800 with which most of you men are already familiar. 14 00:01:11,830 --> 00:01:14,240 Tonight’s fable is entitled, 15 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:16,140 "The Last Escape." 16 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:19,910 But first, something from which there is no escape. 17 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:38,660 [piano music] 18 00:01:48,870 --> 00:01:50,640 [applause] 19 00:01:50,670 --> 00:01:52,710 [whistling] 20 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,920 Are you ready, Mr. Ferlini? 21 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,190 -Ready! -[chattering] 22 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:12,330 [drum roll] 23 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,200 -[cheering] -[applause] 24 00:02:15,230 --> 00:02:16,870 [chattering] 25 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:24,070 [man] Bravo! 26 00:02:25,910 --> 00:02:28,080 -[applause] -[chattering] 27 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:40,420 [wolf whistling] 28 00:02:50,230 --> 00:02:51,800 Here, let me help you. 29 00:02:52,970 --> 00:02:54,470 No, Tommy, not now. 30 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,410 They liked your husband tonight, didn’t they? 31 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,180 It’s that kind of crowd. 32 00:03:01,210 --> 00:03:04,780 -They’ll like you too. -Thanks. 33 00:03:04,810 --> 00:03:06,780 Tommy, I didn’t mean that, huh? 34 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:08,620 You know what I feel about you. 35 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:10,150 I mean, about your singing. 36 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,690 Is that all you mean? Just my singing? 37 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,620 Tommy, please. 38 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:16,120 It’s all right. He’s in his dressing room. 39 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:17,960 It’s not all right. I told you that is never all right 40 00:03:18,060 --> 00:03:19,190 when he’s around. 41 00:03:19,230 --> 00:03:20,730 Look, when I’m gonna see you alone? 42 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,660 -Please. -Gotta give me an answer. 43 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:24,230 I’ve got to go. 44 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,570 Hi, honey. 45 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,540 I was great tonight. Just great. 46 00:03:32,570 --> 00:03:33,910 What do you say? 47 00:03:33,940 --> 00:03:35,410 You were the greatest. 48 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,480 I could get out of steel boxes tonight, 49 00:03:37,510 --> 00:03:39,710 that’s how good I felt. [laughs] 50 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:41,120 Hey, did you get a load of the little guy 51 00:03:41,150 --> 00:03:42,620 that put me in the straitjacket? 52 00:03:42,650 --> 00:03:45,120 He thought he was gonna make it real tough on me. 53 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:47,120 You see how he was holding on those straps? 54 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,290 [laughs] Those little guys. 55 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,930 They’re the worst. 56 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,290 It’s a pleasure to fool them. 57 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:55,960 Would you look at that? Look at that, honey. 58 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,700 Would anybody take me for 46 years of age? 59 00:03:58,730 --> 00:04:00,200 What do you say? 60 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,100 You’re a Greek god. 61 00:04:04,170 --> 00:04:05,610 And speaking of Greeks, 62 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,540 we’ve been invited out to a dinner tonight. 63 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:08,910 Harry’s buying. 64 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:10,910 Ah, Harry, 65 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:13,080 he spoils my appetite. 66 00:04:13,110 --> 00:04:14,380 To hear him talk, 67 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:16,620 you’d think the escape business was dead. 68 00:04:16,650 --> 00:04:18,050 Well, he should’ve been out there tonight. 69 00:04:18,090 --> 00:04:20,060 He’d know different. 70 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:21,360 Well, he booked you into this joint. 71 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:23,730 He outta know whether it was dead or not. 72 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,330 And, uh, listen Joe. Tonight, 73 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,200 when we’re with Harry, I don’t wanna hear any more 74 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:29,500 of that water business, you understand? 75 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:31,170 I’m sick of hearing about it. 76 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,570 Well, you’re getting old, Wanda. That’s your trouble. 77 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,470 That water trick’s the best idea I’ve ever had. 78 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:38,070 It’s gonna make me a headliner. 79 00:04:38,070 --> 00:04:40,610 Yeah, don’t you talk to me about age. 80 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,340 You’re no kid yourself, Joe. 81 00:04:42,380 --> 00:04:44,980 Trick like that water trick might prove too much for you. 82 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,120 I’m no kid, huh? 83 00:04:49,150 --> 00:04:51,120 I’ve seen 10 new wrinkles on your face, 84 00:04:51,150 --> 00:04:54,090 in the last week, sugar. 85 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,520 You look at yourself lately? 86 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,630 Go on, take a look. 87 00:04:58,660 --> 00:05:00,330 Here, use a mirror. 88 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,300 Oh, go look at yourself. 89 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,940 Go on, take a look. 90 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,770 -Stop it, Joe. -Who you calling an old man? 91 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,370 -Stop it! -I’m younger than you are, 92 00:05:11,410 --> 00:05:13,540 you understand? Because I keep in shape! 93 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:15,640 Don’t you go calling me an old man! 94 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,310 -You hear me? -All right, all right. 95 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:25,690 Not everybody thinks I’m too old, Joe. 96 00:05:26,890 --> 00:05:28,060 [panting] 97 00:05:28,090 --> 00:05:29,960 -Not everybody. -Oh, shut up! 98 00:05:30,060 --> 00:05:31,730 Get dressed. 99 00:05:33,730 --> 00:05:35,960 So we’re supposed to go out to dinner, 100 00:05:36,060 --> 00:05:37,530 let’s go out to dinner! 101 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:43,270 Besides, I gotta talk to Harry about something. 102 00:05:48,110 --> 00:05:50,450 About the water trick! 103 00:05:52,250 --> 00:05:53,450 [mutters] 104 00:05:57,350 --> 00:06:00,020 Houdini’s dead, don’t forget that. 105 00:06:00,020 --> 00:06:02,420 I know Houdini’s dead. 106 00:06:02,460 --> 00:06:04,260 Only, I’m alive. 107 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:06,730 Me, Joe Ferlini. 108 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,300 Yeah, that’s one thing about you, Joe, 109 00:06:08,330 --> 00:06:10,830 you never had any trouble with any false modesty. 110 00:06:13,070 --> 00:06:16,040 What could Houdini do that I can’t? 111 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,340 I work with ropes, chains, irons. 112 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:20,710 I can get out of anything. 113 00:06:20,740 --> 00:06:24,110 Sacks, bags, hampers, trunks. 114 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:26,150 I can do all the handcuff routines. 115 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:28,550 And I still do the fastest straitjacket escape 116 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:30,890 in the business. Besides, 117 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,120 you know? Houdini used to use a lot of trick stuff. 118 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,690 And you don’t? 119 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,830 Sure, sometimes. 120 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,300 I’ve got my skeleton keys, phony bolts, all that junk. 121 00:06:42,330 --> 00:06:43,970 But you know, Harry, I do most of my tricks 122 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,830 -with muscles, right? -Sure. 123 00:06:45,870 --> 00:06:47,470 Sure, Joe, you’re the greatest. 124 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:49,870 I keep in shape, ask Wanda here. 125 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:51,740 I work out an hour a day with the vaudevilles. 126 00:06:51,770 --> 00:06:53,980 I still got great chest expansion. 127 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,380 I can do that water trick, it will be the greatest. 128 00:06:56,410 --> 00:06:57,680 But it’s been done, Joe. 129 00:06:57,710 --> 00:06:58,910 That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. 130 00:06:58,950 --> 00:07:00,020 People don’t get excited 131 00:07:00,050 --> 00:07:02,120 about that kind of stuff anymore. 132 00:07:02,150 --> 00:07:03,650 You drink too much, Harry. 133 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:05,650 Your brain’s soft. 134 00:07:05,690 --> 00:07:07,020 Sure that trick’s been done, 135 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:08,690 but that was years ago. 136 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,890 There’s a whole new generation today. 137 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:12,730 All you gotta do is handle that publicity right, 138 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,230 and I’ll be a sensation. 139 00:07:14,260 --> 00:07:15,800 Harry, what do you say? 140 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,870 [sighs] 141 00:07:25,110 --> 00:07:27,780 OK, how do you wanna work the act? 142 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:29,680 I expand, they tie me. 143 00:07:29,710 --> 00:07:32,050 I relax, the rope falls off. 144 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:34,480 I got a skeleton key in the seam of the pants, 145 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,720 soon as I get the handcuffs off, I reach into the pants, 146 00:07:37,750 --> 00:07:39,220 get out a razor blade, 147 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:41,260 cut myself out of the sack, 148 00:07:41,290 --> 00:07:43,390 get out of the false bottom of the trunk, 149 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:45,760 and go to the surface of the lake like a cork. 150 00:07:45,790 --> 00:07:47,130 It’s a cinch. 151 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,060 Yeah? How good a swimmer are you? 152 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:51,230 The greatest. You don’t have to worry about that. 153 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:54,070 When I was a kid, I was gonna swim the English Channel. 154 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:56,370 That’s how good I was. 155 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,070 [sighs] Well, 156 00:07:58,070 --> 00:07:59,640 we could put you over in a motor boat, 157 00:07:59,670 --> 00:08:01,410 pick you up the same way, that would lessen the risk. 158 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,010 That would be easy. I knew you’ll see it. 159 00:08:04,010 --> 00:08:05,850 Well, I don’t see it. 160 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,920 Sounds to me like a ticket to the graveyard. 161 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:09,220 [Ferlini] Well-- 162 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:11,120 Well, you’re wrong, honey. 163 00:08:11,150 --> 00:08:14,190 This is a ticket to the big time. Right, Harry? 164 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:16,520 Maybe, we’ll have to see. 165 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,730 -Tommy, what are you doing here? -Wanda, I had to see you. 166 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:26,030 -I thought I told you-- -I know Joe isn’t here. 167 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:27,540 I saw him swimming in the lake. 168 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:36,080 What is it with all that swimming about, anyways? 169 00:08:36,110 --> 00:08:39,150 He’s taking it off seriously. 170 00:08:39,180 --> 00:08:41,850 He’s getting in shape. 171 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,920 -He’s going for a long swim. -What? 172 00:08:44,950 --> 00:08:46,890 Tommy, you shouldn’t be here. 173 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,060 You don’t want any trouble. Neither do I. 174 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:50,790 I didn’t come here for trouble. 175 00:08:53,130 --> 00:08:54,560 What did you come here for? 176 00:09:03,570 --> 00:09:05,140 I didn’t think I had to tell you. 177 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:14,180 Wanda, you’ve got to leave him. 178 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,300 It’s getting worse all the time. 179 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:30,830 You don’t know what it’s like. 180 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:38,870 Every year, every day. 181 00:09:40,510 --> 00:09:43,880 All he thinks about, night and day, is the act. 182 00:09:43,910 --> 00:09:46,850 Escape, escape, escape. 183 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,280 Sometimes I think I’m going crazy, Tommy, I mean it. 184 00:09:52,450 --> 00:09:54,260 When we were in Louisville last year, 185 00:09:54,290 --> 00:09:57,660 I went to a head shrink for a while, did you know that? 186 00:09:57,690 --> 00:09:59,830 Three months it was. 187 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:02,500 Then he got that job in Vegas. 188 00:10:02,530 --> 00:10:03,930 That was the end of that. 189 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:07,340 If you ask me, he’s the one that’s crazy, 190 00:10:07,370 --> 00:10:09,870 treating you the way he does. 191 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,270 You know, he thinks about the escape in his sleep sometimes. 192 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:15,410 No kidding. 193 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,910 Sometimes, in the middle of the night, 194 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,950 he throws off the covers and takes a bow. 195 00:10:18,980 --> 00:10:20,680 [sobbing] 196 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,870 Tommy? 197 00:10:45,910 --> 00:10:47,580 Yeah? 198 00:10:47,610 --> 00:10:49,940 -Would you do me a favor? -Certainly. 199 00:10:52,950 --> 00:10:54,280 Would you put these on? 200 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:58,920 Please. 201 00:11:06,460 --> 00:11:07,730 Now, try and get loose. 202 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:15,070 [grunts] 203 00:11:15,070 --> 00:11:17,270 [grunting] I can’t. 204 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,640 Of course you can’t. 205 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:21,140 Neither could Joe. 206 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,980 If he didn’t have this hidden on in some place. 207 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,960 Now, try it. 208 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:39,860 The key, 209 00:11:39,890 --> 00:11:42,160 -it won’t turn. -No, of course it won’t. 210 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:46,100 It’s the wrong key. 211 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,240 This is the right one. 212 00:12:04,150 --> 00:12:06,290 You know that water trick he does where he... 213 00:12:07,420 --> 00:12:09,060 he gets thrown into the lake? 214 00:12:10,190 --> 00:12:11,360 Yes. 215 00:12:14,230 --> 00:12:16,900 Well, he’s gonna do it in a couple of weeks. 216 00:12:18,230 --> 00:12:20,270 That’s what he’s practicing for now. 217 00:12:25,410 --> 00:12:27,640 And you know what I’ve been hoping and praying for 218 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,140 ever since he decided to do it? 219 00:12:38,450 --> 00:12:40,490 You better go now. 220 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,190 In case he comes back. 221 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,300 [carnival music] 222 00:13:11,850 --> 00:13:13,120 You sure everything’s all set? 223 00:13:13,150 --> 00:13:14,690 I don’t want anything to go wrong. 224 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,560 I’m always all set. 225 00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:18,160 You sure you feeling OK, huh? 226 00:13:18,190 --> 00:13:19,590 Never better. 227 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,370 How about a little kiss, honey? For good luck? 228 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,770 Yeah, sure, Joe. 229 00:13:35,910 --> 00:13:38,110 [cheering] 230 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,120 Chief Wallace, I’d like you to meet The Great Ferlini. 231 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:50,530 Ferlini. 232 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:51,890 This is Mr. Ralph Crimmins, 233 00:13:51,930 --> 00:13:54,100 president of the Local Chamber of Commerce. 234 00:13:54,130 --> 00:13:57,170 -A pleasure. -Frank Petty of The Tribune. 235 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,540 And you’ve already met our motorboat pilot, Mr. Dave Brooks. 236 00:14:00,570 --> 00:14:02,300 Well, let’s get started, it’s a bit warm, 237 00:14:02,340 --> 00:14:06,040 -and I’m ready for a dip. -[audience cheers] 238 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,040 Chief Wallace, do you have the handcuffs? 239 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,840 Yes, I have them right here. 240 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,110 Now, Chief Wallace, you’ve examined those handcuffs. 241 00:14:12,150 --> 00:14:13,750 Are you sure they’re genuine? 242 00:14:13,780 --> 00:14:15,920 [laughs] Oh, they’re genuine all right. 243 00:14:15,950 --> 00:14:17,890 Then will you place them on, please? 244 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:25,530 Yeah. 245 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,630 May we have the rope, please? 246 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:30,270 Now, will you gentlemen tie this rope 247 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,170 around the body of The Great Ferlini? 248 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,370 And make as many knots as you wish. 249 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,510 [Mr. Prentice] I warn you, Mr. Ferlini, 250 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:39,640 I used to be a boy scout. [laughs] 251 00:15:03,060 --> 00:15:05,230 There, now, Mrs. Ferlini, 252 00:15:05,270 --> 00:15:07,300 may I have the sack, please? 253 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:20,520 Now, will you gentlemen lift The Great Ferlini 254 00:15:20,550 --> 00:15:22,450 onto the sack, please? 255 00:15:24,250 --> 00:15:26,720 Now, pull the sack up, over his head... 256 00:15:30,390 --> 00:15:32,230 and fasten the top securely. 257 00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:45,710 And now... 258 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:48,980 we have the trunk. 259 00:15:50,380 --> 00:15:52,080 Now you, gentlemen, have examined this trunk 260 00:15:52,110 --> 00:15:55,080 and tested its locks, is that correct? 261 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,320 The lock is OK, 262 00:15:56,350 --> 00:15:58,790 but why do you have all these holes in the trunk? 263 00:15:58,820 --> 00:16:00,920 A good question. The holes are there 264 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:04,430 to make the trunk sink faster. 265 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:07,130 -Satisfied? -OK. 266 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,060 All right, then. Will you, gentlemen, 267 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:11,900 lift The Great Ferlini into the trunk, please? 268 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,050 Chief Wallace. 269 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,320 Chief Wallace, 270 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,060 will you secure the lock, please? 271 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,500 Well now, are you gentlemen satisfied that The Great Ferlini 272 00:16:43,530 --> 00:16:45,530 is securely locked in this trunk? 273 00:16:45,570 --> 00:16:47,500 -We are. -Sure. 274 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:50,240 Then we’re ready to put him aboard the motorboat. 275 00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:52,110 -Give us a hand, Dave. -Sure thing. 276 00:16:52,140 --> 00:16:53,510 -Ready? -Up. 277 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,790 I sure hope they know what they’re doing. 278 00:17:42,190 --> 00:17:44,890 -This all right, Mr. Miller? -Yes, this will do fine. 279 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:50,370 All right, Dave. 280 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,130 Let’s get this trunk overboard. 281 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:53,600 Yes sir. 282 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,380 There he goes. 283 00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:25,270 He’s not coming up, Mr. Miller. 284 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:26,630 He’s gotta come up. 285 00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:30,040 He’s got to. 286 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:40,680 He’s not... coming up. 287 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,390 Dear friends, 288 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:24,190 we are gathered here today, 289 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:26,830 to consign the mortal remains 290 00:19:26,860 --> 00:19:29,500 of Joseph Martin Ferlini 291 00:19:29,530 --> 00:19:32,600 to the earth which bore him. 292 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:35,240 Who can say that Joseph Ferlini, 293 00:19:35,270 --> 00:19:38,040 in his last moment of earthly glory, 294 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,510 was not happy in this choice 295 00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:42,380 which was made for him 296 00:19:42,410 --> 00:19:44,650 by the almighty arbiter 297 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,080 of life and death? 298 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:49,720 -Is this the Ferlini funeral? -Why, yes, but... 299 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:51,520 I’m sorry to break this up, reverend, 300 00:19:51,550 --> 00:19:55,160 but I’m from the County Coroner’s Office. 301 00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:57,630 I’m afraid the funeral services can’t continue. 302 00:19:57,660 --> 00:20:00,830 We have orders to attach the body of Joseph Ferlini. 303 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:02,360 [reverend] But surely, but... 304 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,400 What’s the matter? Something wrong? 305 00:20:04,430 --> 00:20:07,040 Well, I’m sorry, ma’am. Are you Mrs. Ferlini? 306 00:20:07,070 --> 00:20:08,900 -Yes. -Well, we have a court order 307 00:20:08,940 --> 00:20:10,470 to attach your husband’s body. 308 00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:13,070 The coroner wanted me to make a further examination. 309 00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:15,510 I’m afraid I’ll have to open the coffin. 310 00:20:16,610 --> 00:20:17,750 Open the coffin? 311 00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:20,050 Yes, at the caretaker’s cottage. 312 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,220 We’ll make the examination there. 313 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:24,390 Would you, gentlemen, please pick up the coffin 314 00:20:24,420 --> 00:20:25,920 and, uh, follow me? 315 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:31,830 Thank you, gentlemen. I’ll call you when I need you. 316 00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:33,800 I’m sorry, you must go too. 317 00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:47,710 Don’t look, Wanda. 318 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,100 [screams] 319 00:21:16,070 --> 00:21:19,240 Well, you gotta understand how it is my business. 320 00:21:19,270 --> 00:21:22,340 Everything is showmanship. Everything. 321 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:24,910 And that’s why Ferlini made this deal with me. 322 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,480 And just what was this deal, Mr. Miller? 323 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,450 Well, nobody knew about it but him and me. 324 00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,450 It was crazy, I told him that. 325 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:34,520 But he made me promise him 326 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,220 that if anything happened to him, 327 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:37,830 if he should die, 328 00:21:37,860 --> 00:21:40,430 that I would arrange a last escape. 329 00:21:40,460 --> 00:21:42,160 Something that would make him be remembered 330 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,300 longer even than Houdini. 331 00:21:44,330 --> 00:21:47,000 That’s all it was, a trick. 332 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,140 A trick? 333 00:21:49,170 --> 00:21:52,570 Well, I slipped the undertaker 50 bucks, 334 00:21:52,610 --> 00:21:55,780 and he arranged to have him buried some place secretly. 335 00:21:55,810 --> 00:21:58,580 And he put an empty coffin onto the hearse. 336 00:21:58,610 --> 00:21:59,950 And that guy from the Coroner’s Office, 337 00:22:00,050 --> 00:22:02,880 he was a phony too. Just an actor I hired. 338 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,850 You see what I mean? 339 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,090 Showmanship. 340 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:09,890 I see. 341 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,730 But I’m afraid that your showmanship 342 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,600 has had quite an effect on Mrs. Ferlini. 343 00:22:14,630 --> 00:22:17,070 That’s the unfortunate part. 344 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,070 Yeah. 345 00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:20,940 Well, I feel pretty rotten about that, doctor. 346 00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:25,070 Could I see her? 347 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:28,510 I’m sorry, Mr. Miller, but that’s impossible right now. 348 00:22:28,540 --> 00:22:31,610 Yeah, well, I understand. 349 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:33,750 But remember, doctor, if there’s anything I can do... 350 00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:36,720 Thank you, Mr. Miller. Thank you. 351 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,530 [opens door] 352 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,560 [closes door] 353 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,050 Mrs. Ferlini, 354 00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:11,620 I really would try and rest, if I were you. 355 00:23:34,610 --> 00:23:37,210 You must remember that things are always 356 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:39,950 much better than they seem. 357 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:43,750 That this is the best of all possible worlds, 358 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:46,650 that every cloud has a silver lining, 359 00:23:46,690 --> 00:23:50,490 and that it is darkest just before the dawn. 360 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:52,090 I tell you this, 361 00:23:52,090 --> 00:23:55,160 not because of what you have just experienced, 362 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,370 but for what you are about to see. 363 00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:04,740 I suppose you’re wondering what became of my catch. 364 00:24:04,770 --> 00:24:08,140 The game warden insisted I throw her back in 365 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:11,950 because her measurements didn’t meet specifications. 366 00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:14,880 In order to keep them, they must be larger than 367 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,790 36, 22, 15. 368 00:24:17,820 --> 00:24:20,820 And of course it’s quite difficult knowing precisely 369 00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,430 where to take that last measurement. 370 00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:25,090 Next week, I shall be back, 371 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:28,060 so let us hope I have some more luck in the meantime. 372 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:30,170 Until then, goodnight.