1 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,830 Good evening. I hope it doesn’t disillusion you 2 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:35,630 to see me doing such menial labor. 3 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:39,730 But I’d like to demonstrate that I’m just an ordinary person, 4 00:00:39,770 --> 00:00:42,000 besides, I need the money. 5 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,410 You see, this isn’t my car, it’s my brother’s. 6 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,410 He hires me to do work of this sort. 7 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,680 He keeps telling me it’s for my own good. 8 00:00:51,710 --> 00:00:55,380 I suppose it is in a way since a car will become mine, 9 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:58,990 if anything untoward should happen to brother. 10 00:00:59,020 --> 00:01:00,320 [knocking] 11 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,060 That’s peculiar! 12 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:13,900 I don’t believe you’ve met my brother. 13 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:17,940 [mumbling] 14 00:01:17,970 --> 00:01:20,240 Goodness! He used to drop his H’s. 15 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,410 Now he’s dropped the entire alphabet. 16 00:01:24,450 --> 00:01:27,850 I closed the trunk because I know he’d like it that way. 17 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,090 He always hated our stories, 18 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,290 and we have one coming up in just one minute. 19 00:02:37,150 --> 00:02:38,750 Yes? 20 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:42,890 Could I please see Mr. Towers? My name is Dave Sumner. 21 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,630 I’m an old friend of his. From college. 22 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:48,100 Well, OK, but, uh... 23 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:50,530 uh, you’d better go around to the back entrance. 24 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:51,900 Back. 25 00:03:00,710 --> 00:03:03,310 [jazz music playing] 26 00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:11,220 It’s not just that you spend ten hours a day at the office. 27 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:13,820 It’s all those stupid business dinners, 28 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,490 Stanley. 29 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,660 The least you could do would be to take me dancing 30 00:03:17,690 --> 00:03:19,260 every once in a while. 31 00:03:19,290 --> 00:03:21,060 Oh, honey, the least you can do is just 32 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,200 let me finish reading this report. 33 00:03:23,230 --> 00:03:25,170 Look, why don’t you go out shopping or something, huh? 34 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,470 [footsteps] 35 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:28,440 What is it, Hilda? 36 00:03:28,470 --> 00:03:30,770 It’s for Mr. Towers, ma’am. 37 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:33,810 There’s a man at the back door. He says he knows you. 38 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,080 At the back door? 39 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:38,080 Yes, sir. He says his name is Sumner. 40 00:03:38,110 --> 00:03:40,320 Says he’s an old friend of yours from college. 41 00:03:40,350 --> 00:03:42,520 Sumner? 42 00:03:42,550 --> 00:03:45,150 That Dave Sumner? Tell him to come right in. 43 00:03:45,190 --> 00:03:48,460 Well, I-I don’t think he wants to come in Mr. Towers. 44 00:03:48,490 --> 00:03:51,090 He don’t look like somebody who-- 45 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:53,660 Well, I mean, his clothes. 46 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:56,730 Oh, all right. I’ll-- I’ll go out and see him. 47 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:09,410 -Dave Sumner! -Stanley, hi. 48 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,710 Why, you’re the last person in the wor-- 49 00:04:11,750 --> 00:04:13,580 What, it’s gotta be 20 years, huh? 50 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:14,880 Yeah, 20 years at least, huh. 51 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,250 Oh, come on in! 52 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,920 -Thanks. -Sit down. 53 00:04:17,950 --> 00:04:21,660 I-I was over in, uh, Hartsdale doing some odd jobs 54 00:04:21,690 --> 00:04:24,060 and I remembered you had a place near here. 55 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:26,060 I just thought I’d stop by. 56 00:04:26,060 --> 00:04:27,960 [chuckles] 57 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:31,070 -I-I hope you don’t mind. -Mind? Of course not! 58 00:04:32,630 --> 00:04:34,540 Gee, you’ve got a great place here, Stanley. 59 00:04:34,570 --> 00:04:36,140 Well, listen, what in the world had happened to you? 60 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:38,310 Since college, I mean. 61 00:04:38,340 --> 00:04:42,310 A lot of things, I guess. Most of them bad. 62 00:04:42,340 --> 00:04:44,310 Oh, I can’t figure it out! 63 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:46,080 You were the head of our class, Dave. 64 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,280 Yeah. 65 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,720 You were president of our senior class. 66 00:04:49,750 --> 00:04:52,550 You were honor student. Valedictorian. 67 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:54,160 You know, I still remember the day you walked off 68 00:04:54,190 --> 00:04:55,720 stage at graduation. 69 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,760 Why, you had a stack of awards and, honors, up to here. 70 00:04:58,790 --> 00:05:01,230 Yeah, it was a long time ago. 71 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:03,630 Yeah, sure was. 72 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:05,770 Listen, are you hungry? Want something to eat? 73 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,040 -I wouldn’t mind. -Hmm. 74 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,940 Boy, I-I still remember how we used to sit around and talk. 75 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,840 You know, at the fraternity house. 76 00:05:12,870 --> 00:05:16,040 Remember? About how we felt about things and, you know, 77 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,480 what we, what we wanted out of life? 78 00:05:17,510 --> 00:05:19,050 -Yeah. -Right, we-we never 79 00:05:19,050 --> 00:05:20,750 did see things the same way, did we? 80 00:05:20,780 --> 00:05:23,280 -Nah, I guess not. -No. 81 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,120 Yeah, I had a different picture of the world. Nice and simple. 82 00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:27,360 -Huh. -If you didn’t take, 83 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:29,060 you got taken, that was it. 84 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:31,260 Well, I saw it happen with my old man, 85 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:33,460 with that extrusion machine he invented. 86 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:35,100 He sold the patent for 500 bucks 87 00:05:35,130 --> 00:05:37,270 and some big company turned it around and made 88 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,570 -$5 million with it. -Hmm. 89 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,770 Boy, that’s when I decided, 90 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,270 you take it where you can find it. 91 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:46,410 Did you know how old I was when I made my first million? 92 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,540 Thirty-two, Dave. [chuckles] 93 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:50,080 But listen, I’m not letting you do 94 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,610 any talking. What about yourself, Dave? 95 00:05:52,650 --> 00:05:55,080 What’s been happening to you? 96 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,350 Not much to tell. 97 00:05:57,390 --> 00:06:00,860 Things just didn’t pan out since I graduated, I... 98 00:06:00,890 --> 00:06:03,220 tried all kinds of work. 99 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:05,560 Lately, I’ve just been picking up jobs wherever I could get ’em. 100 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,400 Listen, if there’s something I can do around the place, 101 00:06:09,430 --> 00:06:11,530 Stanley, anything at all, huh? 102 00:06:11,570 --> 00:06:14,200 Gee, I-I don’t know, Dave. We got a pretty big staff right now. 103 00:06:16,770 --> 00:06:18,840 Oh, but for old Dave? I’ll... 104 00:06:18,870 --> 00:06:21,140 Well, sure, we’ll find something for you to do. 105 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:23,040 Hey, you can help out around the house. 106 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,410 And you can drive my wife around when I’m using the chauffeur. 107 00:06:26,450 --> 00:06:28,680 Hey, you can help out when I’ve got people over, I... 108 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,950 I’ve got big business meetings here all the time. 109 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:32,420 You know, you can’t work an eight-hour day 110 00:06:32,450 --> 00:06:34,390 when you’re the boss. You know what I mean, Dave? 111 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:35,620 Well, what’d you say? Sound OK? 112 00:06:35,660 --> 00:06:38,160 -That sounds fine. -OK, it’s a deal! 113 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:40,660 Listen, I’ll pay 80 bucks a week and your keep. 114 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,800 And, uh, well, let’s, let’s do something 115 00:06:42,830 --> 00:06:44,670 about these clothes, huh? 116 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,340 Dave, it’s good to see you. 117 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,540 Do I have to sign all these? 118 00:06:51,570 --> 00:06:53,880 That’s right, Mrs. Towers. 119 00:06:53,910 --> 00:06:56,280 -All six copies? -Yep. 120 00:06:56,310 --> 00:06:59,250 Sign all six copies. 121 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:01,720 Well, that’s all I’ve been doing all night long. 122 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:05,120 A person could get writer’s cramp. 123 00:07:05,150 --> 00:07:07,660 Oh, it’s worth it, darling. You are now the sole owner 124 00:07:07,690 --> 00:07:09,360 of a million dollar business. 125 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:10,830 Oh, thanks, Dave. Say, 126 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:13,090 would you put something else on the phonograph? 127 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,700 [Dave] Thank you. 128 00:07:17,730 --> 00:07:19,730 Oh, Stanley, I just don’t understand, I mean, 129 00:07:19,770 --> 00:07:21,600 I know it’s legal and all, but you know, 130 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,610 I really don’t know anything about running a factory. 131 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,240 But you don’t have to worry, about it, Mrs. Towers. 132 00:07:26,270 --> 00:07:28,080 You’ll be getting rid of your interest in the plant 133 00:07:28,110 --> 00:07:32,380 in six months, just as soon as we get rid of it at a loss. 134 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:35,150 Seems silly to me. Buy a whole factory just to lose money. 135 00:07:35,180 --> 00:07:37,720 Well, that’s the way we do business these days, darling. 136 00:07:37,750 --> 00:07:38,590 Ain’t that right, Jim? 137 00:07:38,620 --> 00:07:39,950 That’s right. 138 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,490 Say, what about my cousin Freddy? 139 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,360 Can we get him that deal as plant manager? 140 00:07:43,390 --> 00:07:45,560 Well, if you still want him, Stanley. 141 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,900 But if you put any more relatives on the payroll, 142 00:07:47,930 --> 00:07:50,630 we won’t need an organization chart, just a family tree. 143 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,140 Well, I guess that goes everything for this evening. 144 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:57,810 Gee, thanks for coming by the house, Harry. 145 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,670 I’ll-I’ll see you back in town. And, uh, 146 00:07:59,710 --> 00:08:01,010 give my regards to the wife, will you Bill? 147 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,310 I will. Thank you very much. 148 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:03,380 Come on, I’ll see you at the door. 149 00:08:03,410 --> 00:08:04,510 Goodnight, Mrs. Towers. 150 00:08:04,550 --> 00:08:06,010 Yeah, goodnight. 151 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:20,060 Say, uh, what did say your name was? 152 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,800 Sumner. Dave Sumner, ma’am. 153 00:08:21,830 --> 00:08:24,770 Oh, yeah, that’s right. Dave. 154 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,770 Would you get Mr. Towers another drink please? 155 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,300 Or just bring the whole bottle. 156 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:30,870 Yes, ma’am. 157 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:36,640 -You know what? -Ma’am? 158 00:08:38,310 --> 00:08:40,680 My husband just loves a drink after every meeting. 159 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,850 Oh, I’ll try and remember that. 160 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:44,820 Yeah. 161 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:48,960 Hey, it was a good meeting. 162 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:50,830 -Oh, yeah? -Hey, where’s my drink? 163 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:52,490 What-his-name’s getting you a fresh one. 164 00:08:52,530 --> 00:08:54,800 Dave. Honey, how many times I gotta tell you his name 165 00:08:54,830 --> 00:08:56,460 is Dave. 166 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:58,070 Oh, thanks. Thanks, Dave. 167 00:08:58,070 --> 00:09:00,140 Listen, it’s after midnight. Why don’t you hit the sack? 168 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:01,870 -Yes, sir. -And, uh, maybe you could 169 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:03,340 brush up my clothes for the morning. 170 00:09:03,370 --> 00:09:04,640 Yes, sir. 171 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,680 [chuckling] 172 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:12,350 What are you laughing at? 173 00:09:12,380 --> 00:09:14,850 Oh, nothing, I was... I was just thinking. 174 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,420 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 175 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:19,720 What were you thinking? 176 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:22,090 Thinking about college. 177 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,130 -College? -Hey, you know Dave 178 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,530 and I went to college together. We were buddies! 179 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,330 As a matter of fact, we were in the same fraternity. 180 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,760 Rah-rah-rah. 181 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,030 Only here’s something I didn’t tell you? 182 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:36,100 Did you know he was president of our senior class? Yeah. 183 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:37,940 Yeah, good old Dave was top scholar 184 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,110 in the whole school. 185 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:42,040 -Him? -That’s right. 186 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,780 Yeah, Dave was always a very funny guy. 187 00:09:45,810 --> 00:09:48,450 He figured all you have to have in this world were top grades 188 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,320 and high scholastic honors. 189 00:09:50,350 --> 00:09:53,460 He thought all you had to do was play the game right. 190 00:09:53,490 --> 00:09:56,360 Only he didn’t know the rules, not like I did. 191 00:09:56,390 --> 00:09:59,630 Wait a minute. Wait a minute, I wanna show you something. 192 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,670 Oh, your college yearbook? I didn’t know 193 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,230 -you were sentimental. -Yeah. 194 00:10:06,270 --> 00:10:07,600 Here. Let me see that. 195 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:08,800 -Oh, that-- -That’s your picture! 196 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,010 That’s not what I want to show you. 197 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,470 Let me see! 198 00:10:12,510 --> 00:10:16,110 Well, well, little Stanley Towers. 199 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:19,050 "Stanley Towers, business administration, 200 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,750 vice president, dance committee." 201 00:10:22,780 --> 00:10:24,820 -Is that all? -Oh, give me that. 202 00:10:24,850 --> 00:10:27,620 -You let me see! -Wait a minute. 203 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,220 Oh, here it is. 204 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:31,730 Here. Read that. 205 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,660 "David L. Sumner, 206 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:37,600 Phi Betta Kappa, president of the senior class, 207 00:10:37,630 --> 00:10:40,170 chairman, debating society. 208 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,670 editor in chief, the Lancer. 209 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:46,410 Winner of Polk Award for Scholastic Excellence. 210 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,010 Voted, ’Most Likely To Succeed.’" 211 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,280 Yeah, that’s the part. That’s the best part of all. 212 00:10:51,310 --> 00:10:53,050 Voted, "Most Likely To Succeed." 213 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,820 [chuckling] 214 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,830 -Oh, say, uh... -Ma’am? 215 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:12,170 Do you have the right time? 216 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,270 I’m sorry, I don’t have a watch. 217 00:11:15,570 --> 00:11:17,810 Oh, well, doesn’t make any difference, anyway. 218 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,140 Stanley will come home when he gets good and ready. 219 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:25,910 Do you mind if I ask you something? 220 00:11:25,950 --> 00:11:27,450 Oh, not at all. 221 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,090 Uh... 222 00:11:34,090 --> 00:11:36,160 Well, how come? 223 00:11:36,190 --> 00:11:37,760 How come what? 224 00:11:37,790 --> 00:11:39,890 I mean, how come a man like you, see, my husband says 225 00:11:39,930 --> 00:11:41,730 you got a real brain. 226 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,100 How come you’re doing work like this? 227 00:11:44,130 --> 00:11:46,100 It’s the best I could get. 228 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:47,440 Oh. 229 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,810 I, uh, saw your picture in the college yearbook. 230 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,380 -Hmm. -You haven’t changed very much. 231 00:11:54,410 --> 00:11:55,740 [laughing] 232 00:11:55,780 --> 00:11:58,380 Not like Stanley. Boy, he changes every year. 233 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,050 -Hey, would you mind? -Pardon me? 234 00:12:04,050 --> 00:12:05,390 I mean, you can fix the books later. 235 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:07,160 I just kind of wanted to talk a little bit, 236 00:12:07,190 --> 00:12:08,560 -yeah? -Wow. 237 00:12:08,590 --> 00:12:10,460 What is it you’d like to talk about? 238 00:12:10,490 --> 00:12:13,060 Oh, well, you’re so smart, you tell me. 239 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:18,100 No, I just want to ask about you. 240 00:12:18,130 --> 00:12:19,770 Maybe Stanley isn’t curious, but I am. 241 00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:26,070 Well, it’s not very much to say, I, uh, do odd jobs, 242 00:12:26,070 --> 00:12:29,080 I try to do them well. 243 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,380 Was that what you call success? 244 00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:34,180 Maybe it is. 245 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:35,680 OK, if you don’t want me around, I’ll go. 246 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,120 No, no, no... 247 00:12:37,150 --> 00:12:40,290 It’s your house, Mrs. Towers. 248 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,660 That’s so, huh? 249 00:12:42,690 --> 00:12:44,830 Yeah, I suppose it is in my name. 250 00:12:44,860 --> 00:12:46,490 Stanley has so many kooky deals going, 251 00:12:46,530 --> 00:12:49,000 I never know what’s mine and what isn’t. 252 00:12:50,130 --> 00:12:52,430 Come on now, what about it? 253 00:12:52,470 --> 00:12:55,100 Was there some woman or something? 254 00:12:55,140 --> 00:12:57,710 Was that a stupid question? 255 00:12:57,740 --> 00:13:01,410 No, no, no... that’s a very good question. 256 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,710 Yes, there was a woman. 257 00:13:06,650 --> 00:13:11,450 Everything seemed fine when I graduated. 258 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:14,860 I never had a moment’s doubt about my future. 259 00:13:14,890 --> 00:13:18,560 The class even voted me, "Most Likely To Succeed." 260 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,930 But I guess you know that if you saw the yearbook. 261 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,300 Yeah, I saw that. 262 00:13:23,330 --> 00:13:25,670 Would you like to have a seat? 263 00:13:34,140 --> 00:13:37,180 No, thanks. 264 00:13:37,210 --> 00:13:41,080 Well, I-I took a job with a brokerage firm, 265 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,320 a friend of my old man’s. 266 00:13:43,350 --> 00:13:45,820 That was my first mistake. 267 00:13:45,850 --> 00:13:48,860 I ended up marrying the boss’ daughter. 268 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:51,430 That was my second mistake. She... 269 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:57,470 She was no angel, let me put it that way. 270 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,870 I went along with her as long as a I could, 271 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:02,300 when I couldn’t take it anymore, I... 272 00:14:02,340 --> 00:14:04,370 I got a divorce... 273 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,780 from her, from the job, both at the same time. 274 00:14:13,150 --> 00:14:14,920 That’s when I discovered I wasn’t much of 275 00:14:14,950 --> 00:14:16,690 a business man. 276 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,590 I couldn’t make out with any other brokerage firm. 277 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,690 [sighs] 278 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:28,830 I paid alimony for six years until she got married again. 279 00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:31,330 That’s when I started drinking. 280 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,830 I guess that’s what finally did it. 281 00:14:32,870 --> 00:14:34,340 [whistles] 282 00:14:34,370 --> 00:14:36,770 And I thought I had it rough. 283 00:14:36,810 --> 00:14:38,110 You? 284 00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:40,180 Oh, it doesn’t look like it, does it? 285 00:14:40,210 --> 00:14:43,880 Big house, a lot of money, a lot of jewelry. 286 00:14:43,910 --> 00:14:47,720 Little Louise Johnson, a regular Cinderella, huh? 287 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:50,820 Only thing wrong is Prince Charming. 288 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:52,150 Oh, you’ve been around here for a couple of weeks. 289 00:14:52,190 --> 00:14:53,820 You know what goes on. 290 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:55,990 He uses this house like a hotel. 291 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:58,390 If it isn’t one business meeting it’s another. 292 00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:00,530 If he can’t do business at lunch, he does it at dinner. 293 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,870 If he can’t do it in the daytime, he does it at night. 294 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:06,070 That must be pretty rough on you. 295 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,800 Oh, you have no idea. 296 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,040 Do you know that even when we’re alone 297 00:15:11,070 --> 00:15:13,240 he’s thinking about business? 298 00:15:13,270 --> 00:15:15,940 He’s always gotta come up with some smart, new way 299 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,880 to put something over on his competitor, or the tax boys. 300 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:22,780 Now, 301 00:15:22,820 --> 00:15:25,490 wouldn’t you think that I could pick out the furniture 302 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,960 for our own home? 303 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,690 Oh, no, he has his company order it. 304 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:33,430 And then he just has a truckload set up here. 305 00:15:36,670 --> 00:15:38,770 And you know that new wing we’re building on the house? 306 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,270 -Yes? -Where do you think 307 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:43,270 all that lumber and stuff is coming from? 308 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:46,270 He has his company order that and then he makes a deal with 309 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:48,610 the contractor just to send it up here. 310 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,280 I don’t even think that’s legal, do you? 311 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:55,620 I doubt it. 312 00:15:55,650 --> 00:15:58,590 He has a thousand little things like that. 313 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:03,830 Like putting his family on the payroll at fancy salaries, 314 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:06,160 and then having ’em kick back half. 315 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:09,760 Oh, he comes up with something like that every day. 316 00:16:11,370 --> 00:16:13,770 And I’m just getting sick of it. 317 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,670 I’m just getting sick to death of it. 318 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,070 [sighs] 319 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:25,780 -Mrs. Towers. -What? 320 00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,220 Is there something I can do for you? 321 00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:30,350 Get you a drink, maybe? 322 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:33,890 You know, Dave, I think you’re right. 323 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,060 Success is a lousy thing, it really is. 324 00:16:37,090 --> 00:16:38,760 It’s better to be a bum. 325 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:40,330 -I-I don’t know about that. -No, I mean, 326 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,060 you have more fun that way. I’m so bored here. 327 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:45,430 All I can think of to do is to eat! 328 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:53,640 -Hey, that’s a good idea. -What’s that? 329 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:58,180 Why don’t you fix me a hot fudge sundae? 330 00:16:58,210 --> 00:17:01,020 Something real warm. 331 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,020 Yes, ma’am. 332 00:17:18,630 --> 00:17:21,170 Hello, Dave, old buddy boy! 333 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,770 -Good evening. -Whoa. 334 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:25,570 What a headache. 335 00:17:25,610 --> 00:17:26,880 [grumbles] 336 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:28,910 Hey, fix me something, will you, Dave? 337 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:30,380 A little something fizzy, huh. 338 00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:31,510 Yes, sir. I think there’s something in-- 339 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:32,710 No, I don’t mean that, Dave. 340 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:34,280 Come on, make me a drink. 341 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,680 Give me a little Scotch and soda. 342 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,690 -Yes, sir. -Oh, boy! 343 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,060 These business meetings really take the starch out of you. 344 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:45,060 Uh, sometimes I wonder why I work so hard. 345 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,230 Hmm. I know why. 346 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:50,700 Money, Dave. 347 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,470 A lousy part is getting ten times harder 348 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,170 to make a dollar nowadays. 349 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:58,940 By the way the government’s got things rigged, 350 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:00,680 you gotta work every minute. 351 00:18:00,710 --> 00:18:03,850 Gotta try all the angles, you can’t ever letdown. 352 00:18:04,910 --> 00:18:06,380 Gotta keep going. 353 00:18:06,410 --> 00:18:10,150 Tote that bar, lift that bail, and get a good lawyer. 354 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,320 Or you’ll wind up in jail. 355 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:17,360 Now, you ain’t got it so bad, Dave. 356 00:18:17,390 --> 00:18:20,460 What you gotta worry about is a good meal now and then. 357 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:21,930 But when you got money, 358 00:18:22,030 --> 00:18:24,400 oh, that’s when the troubles really begin. 359 00:18:24,430 --> 00:18:26,770 -Is it worth it? -Sure, it’s worth it! 360 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,770 Nothing else is worth anything. Haven’t you learned that yet? 361 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,580 You and your shining lights and honor bright, 362 00:18:34,610 --> 00:18:37,380 play the game according to all the rules. 363 00:18:37,410 --> 00:18:39,310 [chuckles] 364 00:18:39,350 --> 00:18:41,180 Ah. 365 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,890 You’re OK, Dave. You’re a nice guy. 366 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,920 What a shame you’re born a sucker. 367 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:51,430 Ah, I’m going to bed. 368 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:00,470 [whistles] 369 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,380 Dave. 370 00:19:08,410 --> 00:19:10,010 -Ma’am? -I want you to drive some place. 371 00:19:10,010 --> 00:19:11,550 Oh, yes, ma’am. Where to go? 372 00:19:11,580 --> 00:19:14,020 Any place. New York, Boise, Idaho, 373 00:19:14,050 --> 00:19:15,720 just so long as it’s away from here. 374 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:17,020 -Something wrong? -Oh, no, 375 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:18,250 the same thing that’s always wrong. 376 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,260 Only this time I’ve had it. 377 00:19:20,290 --> 00:19:22,020 Stanley and I had a fight last night, I told him 378 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:24,260 what I thought of his phony business deals 379 00:19:24,290 --> 00:19:25,730 I told him what I thought of being nothing 380 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,900 -but a tax deduction. -Uh-huh. 381 00:19:27,930 --> 00:19:29,330 Uh, where’s Mr. Towers now? 382 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:31,300 Probably setting up some phony corporation 383 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:32,930 or I don’t know. 384 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,200 Would you take the bags out to the car? 385 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,640 There’s some more in the hall. 386 00:19:37,670 --> 00:19:38,670 Well, all right. 387 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,510 Yeah, you don’t belong in this place, either. 388 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,250 What? 389 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,420 No, you’re a nice guy! 390 00:19:47,450 --> 00:19:50,790 But you won’t be if you stay around him very long. 391 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:52,750 Look, why don’t we go some place together, huh? 392 00:19:52,790 --> 00:19:54,490 Just any place! 393 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,290 I can’t do that, Mrs. Towers. 394 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,190 Well, it’s only gonna get worse, he’ll just make more and more 395 00:19:59,230 --> 00:20:01,730 -deals! -I’m sorry, I can’t. 396 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,530 Hey! 397 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,970 What the heck’s going on here? 398 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,170 Nothing, I’m just going on a little trip. 399 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,840 Little trip? Where? 400 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,310 Any place! Just so long it’s away from here. 401 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:19,680 Wait a minute. What’s this all about? 402 00:20:19,710 --> 00:20:22,650 I have tried to tell you a million times 403 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,920 what’s this all about! 404 00:20:23,950 --> 00:20:25,220 Why don’t you ask your friend, Dave, here? 405 00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:26,290 Maybe you’ll listen to him. 406 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,820 Dave, huh? 407 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,520 Go on, Dave. You’re the big brain around here. 408 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,160 -Tell me what’s going on. -Nothing, nothing! 409 00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:34,160 Mrs. Towers wanted me to drive her some place. 410 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,530 -That’s all. -Oh. 411 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,700 Give me the keys. 412 00:20:38,730 --> 00:20:41,140 Give me the car keys! 413 00:20:41,170 --> 00:20:44,510 If any driving gonna be done around here, I’ll do it myself. 414 00:20:44,540 --> 00:20:47,510 Now, you take that bag and go upstairs, Louise. 415 00:20:47,540 --> 00:20:48,880 You go see Everett for the money I owe you. 416 00:20:48,910 --> 00:20:50,710 What? 417 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,110 -You mean I’m fired? -Yeah, I’m afraid so, Dave. 418 00:20:53,150 --> 00:20:55,880 I don’t think this arrangement of ours is gonna work out. 419 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,720 Go on, consider yourself lucky to be out of this place! 420 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:00,860 I’ll talk to you later! 421 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:05,560 Well? 422 00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:08,260 Well, I’m sorry. If that’s the way you want it. 423 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,570 That’s the way I want it. 424 00:21:16,970 --> 00:21:18,540 Well, he’s gone. 425 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:21,210 I suppose you’d like to go with him, too, wouldn’t you? 426 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,280 Leave me alone, Stanley. 427 00:21:23,310 --> 00:21:24,850 Yeah, you’re not kidding anybody, Louise. 428 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,480 You’re not going anywhere. 429 00:21:26,510 --> 00:21:29,920 You like what you got too much, you’re not giving it up. 430 00:21:29,950 --> 00:21:33,190 -Well, isn’t that right? -Leave me alone! 431 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:35,590 You know where your bread’s buttered? 432 00:21:35,620 --> 00:21:39,360 Not with a guy like Dave Sumner, but with someone like me! 433 00:21:39,390 --> 00:21:41,800 Well, isn’t that true? 434 00:21:41,830 --> 00:21:44,770 Well, say it. 435 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:45,770 Go on, say it! 436 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:51,170 It’s true. 437 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:52,570 Now take that bag upstairs! 438 00:22:00,050 --> 00:22:02,180 Well, let’s get this over with as soon as possible. 439 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:04,050 Yeah, I’d sure like to sneak in a couple of holes of golf 440 00:22:04,090 --> 00:22:05,520 -this afternoon. -Yeah, it’s a good idea. 441 00:22:05,550 --> 00:22:07,060 We’ve sure got the weather for it. 442 00:22:07,090 --> 00:22:09,090 Figure this meeting won’t last more than an hour. 443 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,360 No, we’ve been over all this stuff before. 444 00:22:11,390 --> 00:22:12,630 Hey, how’s your golf game, Harry? 445 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:14,200 Still shooting in the low 90s, huh? 446 00:22:14,230 --> 00:22:16,200 It’s better now since I’ve been working with the pro. 447 00:22:16,230 --> 00:22:18,470 Oh, Stanley, I’d like you to meet Frank Anderson 448 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,170 -from our New York office. -Glad to know you, sir. 449 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,700 He knows everybody down here. 450 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,270 I’m certainly glad to meet you, Frank. 451 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,440 Uh, you think this is gonna take very long? 452 00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:27,780 Well, it all depends on what kind of a case they’ve got. 453 00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:29,610 Let’s walk in and find out. 454 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:30,650 All right. 455 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:42,920 Make yourselves comfortable, gentlemen, 456 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,860 I’ll be with you in a moment. 457 00:22:58,940 --> 00:23:01,280 Towers, I believe you know Mr. Sumner. 458 00:23:01,310 --> 00:23:03,610 Dave? 459 00:23:03,650 --> 00:23:05,310 You mean to say you know that man? 460 00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:07,180 Of course, I know him. We went to school together. 461 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,650 He worked at my house only a month ago. 462 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,290 That explains it. 463 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:12,720 Treasure Department probably 464 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:15,420 assigned him your case because he once knew you. 465 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:17,260 You mean to tell me he’s one of them? 466 00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:19,390 -He’s a tax investigator? -More than that. 467 00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:22,530 He’s the most successful agent in the Treasury Department. 468 00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:37,150 I do believe that was the most frightening story 469 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:39,210 we have ever presented. 470 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,320 Fortunately, it will only frighten 471 00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:45,820 one segment of our population, tax payers. 472 00:23:45,850 --> 00:23:48,920 Now, for something equally frightening. 473 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,660 A commercial. After which, I shall appear. 474 00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:58,170 That is all for tonight. And it was quite enough too. 475 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,670 Next week, I shall be here again. 476 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,170 And I know my brother will be also. 477 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,370 [knocking] 478 00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:07,280 I seemed to locked the trunk key inside. 479 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:09,940 So, until then, goodnight.