1 00:00:01,034 --> 00:00:03,971 I took the liberty of bringing along the drug. 2 00:00:04,071 --> 00:00:05,706 It's frightening, Mark. 3 00:00:05,806 --> 00:00:07,508 What choice do we have? 4 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:10,844 The longer the Lieutenant digs into this, the greater the risk. 5 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,981 I've seen a lot of pictures of people jumping off of buildings. 6 00:00:14,081 --> 00:00:15,749 I never saw one naked. 7 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:18,085 I know my wife, Doctor... 8 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:22,256 and the trash she's attracted to. 9 00:00:22,789 --> 00:00:24,424 You might be surprised. 10 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:26,360 You're just gonna have to ask Dr. Collier. 11 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:28,128 No, I'm asking you. 12 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:30,864 I'm asking you about a murder. 13 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:36,803 He was my dog... 14 00:00:38,005 --> 00:00:39,573 my dog... 15 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,775 not hers. 16 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:45,545 I found him... 17 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:52,286 he didn't like Margaret at all... 18 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:54,922 not really. 19 00:00:55,589 --> 00:00:58,792 She said she fed him... 20 00:00:58,926 --> 00:01:00,560 she lied. 21 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:03,430 She said... 22 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:05,799 she took care of him... 23 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,201 but she didn't. 24 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:10,704 I did. 25 00:01:11,939 --> 00:01:13,206 Daddy... 26 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:21,648 Daddy... 27 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:24,584 Daddy. 28 00:01:24,985 --> 00:01:26,520 What about your Daddy? 29 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,525 Daddy knew about... 30 00:01:31,992 --> 00:01:33,327 Margaret. 31 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,963 How she really was. 32 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:40,233 I told him. 33 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:42,970 Why did you tell him? 34 00:01:46,807 --> 00:01:47,874 So... 35 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:51,044 he would love me. 36 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:54,681 So he wouldn't love her. 37 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:59,853 I could swim... 38 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:03,523 and dive... 39 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:07,227 from the highest board. 40 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:10,964 Margaret couldn't. 41 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,534 Daddy used to watch me... 42 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:19,439 watch me swim and... 43 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,442 watch me dive. 44 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,811 He'd watch you dive? 45 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:26,446 Yeah. 46 00:02:27,347 --> 00:02:28,715 Just me... 47 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:30,884 only me. 48 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:32,552 Margaret... 49 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:37,157 Margaret was afraid of water. 50 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,292 Well... 51 00:02:39,793 --> 00:02:43,397 I didn't want Daddy watching her. 52 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:49,236 We had a pool... 53 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:54,007 a beautiful pool. 54 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:58,645 Margaret hated it. 55 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:01,682 Why? 56 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:06,453 She couldn't swim. 57 00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:13,460 Did she dive into the pool? 58 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,200 Nadia? 59 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:27,674 Sweet Walter... 60 00:03:28,642 --> 00:03:31,745 my dog. My dog. 61 00:03:36,650 --> 00:03:37,751 All right... 62 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:41,354 come forward... 63 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:45,859 1957... 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,995 1967. 65 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:52,132 Sleep easy. 66 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:54,568 Easy. 67 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:58,004 Everything is all right. 68 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,539 It's the present... 69 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:01,374 Wednesday. 70 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:04,411 You're coming awake. 71 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:07,614 On the count of three... 72 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:10,150 you will awaken... 73 00:04:11,151 --> 00:04:12,719 very refreshed... 74 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:15,055 feeling happy... 75 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,023 very satisfied. 76 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,027 One... 77 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,430 two.. . 78 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:25,565 three. 79 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:33,440 That must have been a short one. 80 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,109 About the same. 81 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:39,412 Same roadblock? 82 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,633 I want you to stay here a while... 83 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,468 till the effects wear off. 84 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:07,741 I've seen so little of you. 85 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:11,311 Carl's going out of town today... 86 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:13,413 San Francisco. 87 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:17,017 I thought the beach house... 88 00:05:17,217 --> 00:05:18,652 one's around. 89 00:05:19,753 --> 00:05:23,290 -I'd like to... - Mark, please. 90 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:26,092 You know how much I need you. 91 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:29,729 All right. 92 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:33,967 But you stay here for a while... 93 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:36,369 and I'll see you later. 94 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:43,577 Rest. 95 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:51,718 Dr. Collier, I thought perhaps you ought to know... 96 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,787 that we're missing some drugs from the research lab. 97 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:56,923 Several hundred units of amobarbital and zilothin. 98 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:00,660 I suggest you double-check the inventory. I'm sure there's a mistake. 99 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,596 I wonder if you've been using any for your own work. 100 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:03,663 What? 101 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:09,870 Mark, I know the book isn't going terribly well... 102 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:12,939 but using drugs to deepen Mrs. Donner's hypnotic state... 103 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:15,709 is at best a dangerous shortcut. 104 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:19,079 Anita, don't second-guess me on my methods. 105 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,582 Hey, you're too good a doctor. You don't need it. 106 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:25,485 Besides, she's so utterly dependent on you. 107 00:06:25,585 --> 00:06:26,987 I'll tell you what I do need. 108 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:29,890 I need those results on your experiments with the rats. 109 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:33,159 I gave you my results, and you rejected them. 110 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:34,527 Because they weren't properly controlled. 111 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:37,898 Look, I've got a publisher hovering over my shoulder like a ravenous vulture... 112 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:41,001 And, I'm not going to fake lab results just to get your book into print. 113 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,303 I'm not suggesting you fake anything. 114 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:47,841 I do suggest, however you show a little bit more imagination and a lot more diligence. 115 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,277 Diligence? 116 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,448 - Hi, darling. - Mark, please, don't. 117 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:35,522 Yes, yes, do come in, Doctor. 118 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:39,159 I'm sorry. He wouldn't let me call you. 119 00:07:40,694 --> 00:07:41,761 Of course. 120 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:44,230 It would spoil the fun. 121 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,335 Well, what will it be? 122 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:51,604 Pistols at ten paces? 123 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,107 Swords? Who gets the choice of weapons? 124 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,475 Very amusing. 125 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:57,477 Never at a loss for words. 126 00:07:57,811 --> 00:08:00,880 What do you want? A confession, that your wife and I are lovers? 127 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:05,051 That's self-evident, but you say it with such pride. 128 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:07,654 Perhaps she hasn't told you yet. 129 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:10,657 You're not the first, you know... 130 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,059 or even the second... 131 00:08:14,194 --> 00:08:16,229 or, even the fifth. 132 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,298 Must you, please? 133 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:20,100 I must. 134 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:22,902 Yes, of course, he must. 135 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:30,777 You forget, Carl, after seven months with Nadia, I know everything about her... 136 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:32,145 and you. 137 00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:35,048 Correct me if I'm wrong... 138 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:38,785 at this point you usually step aside, knowing full well that... 139 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:42,922 the lover at the moment is not about to accept the responsibility for Nadia. 140 00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:46,259 I know my wife, Doctor... 141 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:50,730 and the trash she's attracted to. 142 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,468 You might be surprised. 143 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:04,177 Nadia, get your coat. 144 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:18,958 You walk out of that door, Collier, with my wife... 145 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,360 I'll ruin you. 146 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,530 I'll go to the university, tell them about the drugs you're using... 147 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:27,167 about the carnal relations you had with a patient, my wife. 148 00:09:27,434 --> 00:09:28,735 What is it, the book? 149 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:30,637 Yes, of course... 150 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:32,372 without her, there's no book. 151 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,014 Carl! 152 00:09:51,724 --> 00:09:53,993 No, Carl! 153 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:25,024 He's dead. 154 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,201 Don't look at him, don't look at him, don't look at him. 155 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,939 I'm here. I'm here. I'm gonna help you. 156 00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:43,042 Come over here, come over here. 157 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,745 I want you to sit down over here, sit down. 158 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:48,581 Don't look around. 159 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:51,251 All right. 160 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:05,598 All right. 161 00:11:06,065 --> 00:11:07,600 Now, we're going to have to call the police. 162 00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:10,303 Now, what are we going to tell them? 163 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:13,640 We tell them that... 164 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:18,978 Carl tried to stop me from taking his wife. 165 00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:21,147 Yeah, but no jury'd ever believe that. 166 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,483 No, we're going to have to come up with a different story. 167 00:11:31,491 --> 00:11:35,395 Did anybody see you leave the apartment, at all? 168 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:39,065 Now think, Nadia, think. 169 00:11:40,967 --> 00:11:41,935 Anybody? 170 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:46,339 The doorman. 171 00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:47,373 The doorman. 172 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:51,611 Nobody else? 173 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:53,813 Sure? 174 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:58,218 - No. - Positive. Good, good. 175 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:06,492 You came here with Carl... 176 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:11,164 just the two of you, to be alone. It was 5:30. 177 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:16,035 7:00, two men came to the door... 178 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:19,906 they forced their way in. They wanted... 179 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,276 They wanted jewelry. 180 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:26,112 They wanted jewelry and money. 181 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,282 Carl... 182 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:31,517 Carl wouldn't... 183 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,487 Carl wouldn't let them in, he resisted them. 184 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:36,756 You tried to warn him... 185 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:40,426 but, he wouldn't listen, his temper. You got that? 186 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,396 scared. I'm scared. 187 00:12:43,997 --> 00:12:46,566 Of course. Of course, you're scared. 188 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:51,237 Two men killed your husband. It's perfect, that's perfect. 189 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,044 Nadia. Nadia. 190 00:12:58,678 --> 00:12:59,779 Nadia... 191 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:03,683 we're going to beat them. 192 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:05,985 5:30... 193 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,355 you came here with Carl, just to be alone. 194 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:12,325 - 5:30. - 5:30. 195 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:13,326 5:30. 196 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:14,861 At 7:00... 197 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:16,496 At 7:00... 198 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,464 Two men came through that door. 199 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,600 Two men came to the door. 200 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:23,002 They forced their way in. There was a struggle. 201 00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:24,537 Struggle. 202 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:52,432 Hello, what's happened? 203 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:55,234 Are you all right? 204 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:53,459 - Mark? - Don't you ever go home? 205 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,829 I'm just re-correlating some data... 206 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:58,898 as requested. 207 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:02,735 I suppose you noticed today that I wasn't my usual charming self. 208 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,738 No kidding. 209 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:09,509 Why don't we have a cup of coffee in the cafeteria, and talk? 210 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:12,445 - Don't tell me, about Nadia Donner. - Nadia Donner. 211 00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:15,815 I don't think we have anything to talk about. 212 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:18,317 We don't. 213 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:25,158 You say they were wearing masks? What kind? 214 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,759 Stockings. 215 00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:29,529 They were wearing stockings over their faces. 216 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:33,032 It was very ugly, frightening. 217 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,068 Lieutenant, perhaps if you could wait until tomorrow. 218 00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:38,438 No, no. It's all right. 219 00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,606 That's right, ma'am. The more information we have now... 220 00:15:40,706 --> 00:15:42,608 the better chance we have of catching them. 221 00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:47,980 Carl and I were... 222 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:51,117 sitting relaxing... 223 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:53,953 having a drink... 224 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,155 listening to music. 225 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,125 And we heard... 226 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:01,694 a knock at the door. 227 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:05,798 Carl went to see who it was and we heard a man's voice... 228 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:07,834 saying he had... 229 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:11,204 car trouble on the highway and could he use the phone? 230 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:15,308 soon as Carl opened the door.. 231 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:17,076 they forced their way in. 232 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:19,212 Two men... 233 00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:21,848 carrying guns. 234 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:26,452 They demanded money... 235 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,755 and when Carl said he didn't have any... 236 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:34,694 one of them... the tall man... 237 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:37,730 went upstairs to the bedroom. 238 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:42,401 Carl picked up... 239 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,270 the poker from the fireplace... 240 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,240 and they struggled... 241 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:50,042 and the man got the poker away from Carl... 242 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:51,811 and he hit him. 243 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,514 Nadia, Nadia, that's enough now. 244 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,616 That's all right, ma'am. Just calm down. 245 00:16:57,416 --> 00:16:58,484 And... 246 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,988 when they realized what they'd done... 247 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,893 he took his wallet and his watch... 248 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:12,131 and they took some of my jewelry... 249 00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:13,366 and then they... 250 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:17,169 ran out the door and drove away. 251 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,107 Oh, then the car was right outside? 252 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,009 Yeah. 253 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,512 I heard them leave. 254 00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,384 But you didn't hear it arrive? 255 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:32,585 No. 256 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:36,155 We were listening to music. 257 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:37,590 Look, Lieutenant, I am sorry... 258 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:40,660 but she is really in no condition to answer any more questions. 259 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,961 I understand, Doctor. 260 00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:44,330 Thank you very much, ma'am. 261 00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:57,076 - The lab guys are on their way, Lieutenant. - Right. 262 00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:59,045 You got a description of the intruders? I'll call it in. 263 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:03,249 Not much of a description. Two guys in ski caps and stocking masks. 264 00:18:03,349 --> 00:18:05,351 - Can you read my writing? - Oh, yeah. 265 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:07,954 - Don't lose my book. - Don't worry about it. 266 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:40,553 Possible. 267 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:14,687 What the hell is that? 268 00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:23,529 How is she doing, Doctor? 269 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:26,198 Well, frankly, I'll feel a lot better when Dr. Collier gets here. 270 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:27,967 He should be here by now. 271 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:29,635 Who is Dr. Collier? 272 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:35,641 Nadia Dormer's been undergoing treatment for years. 273 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:37,810 One psychiatrist after another. 274 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:39,311 The way she is now... 275 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:42,014 I think Dr. Collier's better qualified to deal with her. 276 00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:51,123 Is something wrong, Lieutenant? 277 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,902 Guys, let's get started inside. 278 00:20:03,002 --> 00:20:04,904 Louie, you get some pictures of the body... 279 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,772 the wagon's on its way. Eddie, you come on with me... 280 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,841 You guys, you just came down the driveway? 281 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:11,143 It's the only way to get down here, Lieutenant. 282 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:17,016 You're right, Lieutenant, we got very little to go on. 283 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:21,253 What about the car, she didn't see it, huh? 284 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,457 That's what she said. 285 00:20:37,036 --> 00:20:40,139 Sorry to disturb you, ma'am. Just one question. 286 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,375 You said that you were having a drink. Could I ask... 287 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:44,877 what it is that you were drinking? 288 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:49,048 Martini. Dry martini. Why? 289 00:20:49,315 --> 00:20:52,351 Just want to make sure of the details. Sorry to disturb you. 290 00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:00,626 You got enough there, Lou? 291 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:02,328 Just a few more, please. 292 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:06,432 Lot of dust around this place. 293 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:09,502 The house was locked up since Thanksgiving. They didn't use it very much. 294 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,770 They picked a great night to start again. 295 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:14,173 How do you like this? Nice, huh? 296 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,275 What do you bet it's clean? 297 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,310 What do you want, you want it easy? 298 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,712 Maybe we got lucky. 299 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:21,514 Don't hold your breath. 300 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,552 Lieutenant? 301 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:28,854 Lieutenant? 302 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,525 - Yeah. - We might have a break on the car. 303 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,093 Outside. 304 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,130 Sergeant, tell me something. 305 00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:41,000 What is this? 306 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:42,268 What's what? 307 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:45,938 I don't know, a piece of metal? 308 00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:48,707 I found it on the floor over there. 309 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:50,609 Yeah. 310 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,715 - Follow me. - Right. 311 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:57,850 What have you got? 312 00:21:57,950 --> 00:21:59,351 I'm not sure. 313 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:03,522 See that left post? There's a dent on it. 314 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,759 I don't know if it means anything, but... 315 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:15,467 You see something? 316 00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:19,705 Just a second. 317 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:28,914 You got a piece of paper? 318 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:30,983 A piece of paper? 319 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:33,052 What kind of paper? 320 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:35,588 Any kind of paper, give me a piece of paper. 321 00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:45,397 She said that when the fellows left the house... 322 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:48,667 that she heard a car pull out, so there should be tracks. 323 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:01,146 Lieutenant, those tracks are from my car. 324 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:03,782 I know... 325 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,419 but I thought I noticed that this is a thinner track. 326 00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:18,764 Thinner. 327 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,468 Where's the lab guy? 328 00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:24,236 George. 329 00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:27,706 See? This is a European car. 330 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,875 You know, they have the thin tires. 331 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:32,344 Yeah, I know, our tires are wider. 332 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,681 But, I don't see any European cars here, only my car. 333 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,651 You got a European car? 334 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,553 That's a French car. 335 00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:47,493 Yeah, my car's a French car. 336 00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:51,597 I had these thin tires for years. 337 00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:54,800 George... 338 00:23:56,268 --> 00:24:00,205 take a photograph of this tire track right here. 339 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:03,642 Want to see if we can get a picture of the design of the tread. 340 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:04,944 Sure, I'll get Lou. 341 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:07,413 - Let me show you the post. - Yeah. 342 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:10,749 Now, maybe it's important and maybe it's not. 343 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:13,786 Sergeant, check the area, would you? 344 00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:16,722 Maybe a neighbor saw something or heard something. 345 00:24:16,822 --> 00:24:19,892 Not many neighbors this time of the year, Lieutenant... 346 00:24:19,992 --> 00:24:21,894 especially in the middle of the week. 347 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,363 Well, check anyhow. Maybe we'll get lucky. 348 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:29,768 You know, maybe somebody saw a car or something. Dr. Collier? 349 00:24:30,402 --> 00:24:33,405 - Yes. - I'm Lieutenant Columbo, LAPD. 350 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:39,311 This is my associate, Dr. Anita Borden. 351 00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:41,680 - Hello, Lieutenant. - How do you do, ma'am. 352 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,515 Now, what's going on here? Dr. Hunt called me... 353 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:46,151 said something about Carl Donner being hurt. 354 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,420 I'm sorry, sir. He's dead. 355 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:50,489 Dead? 356 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:52,725 How? 357 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:55,060 Two men, they broke in... 358 00:24:55,361 --> 00:24:56,662 there was a struggle. 359 00:24:57,363 --> 00:24:58,797 What about Mrs. Donner? 360 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:00,532 She's okay. 361 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:01,900 Thank God. 362 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,603 Dr. Hunt's inside with her. He's concerned about her condition. 363 00:25:04,703 --> 00:25:06,071 She's very upset. 364 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:08,006 I'm sure. Let's go. 365 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:09,808 Doctor, may I borrow a match? 366 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:12,711 Oh, sure, let's go. 367 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:18,517 Lieutenant. 368 00:25:27,593 --> 00:25:31,764 Mark, I can't. I can't handle it. 369 00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:35,501 Please, Mark, please, don't make me lie anymore. 370 00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:38,904 going to help you. 371 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,573 We're going to do it together. 372 00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:46,378 - You expecting anyone? - No. 373 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,546 Sit here. 374 00:26:05,631 --> 00:26:08,167 - Good morning, Lieutenant. - Good morning, sir. 375 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:11,170 I'm sorry, I didn't expect to find you here. 376 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:13,405 I wanted to speak to Mrs. Donner. 377 00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:17,543 But I thought someone should be with her, you understand. 378 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:19,344 Certainly. 379 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,580 This won't take long. 380 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,317 Come in, join us, please, for coffee. 381 00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:34,693 How do you take your coffee? 382 00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:38,096 Black. I'm trying to lose weight. 383 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:41,533 Any news about those men? 384 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,036 No, sir. 385 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:46,805 Not that we had that much to go on. 386 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,978 Let me see. 387 00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:56,915 Oh, yes. I wanted to ask you, Mrs. Donner... 388 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,450 the beach house... 389 00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:01,186 you and your husband haven't used the beach house... 390 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,989 since November 25, Thanksgiving, is that right? 391 00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:05,591 Yes... 392 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:10,529 December and January are very lonely down by the water. 393 00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:12,598 I was wondering, ma'am... 394 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:16,235 could you tell me why you and your husband... 395 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:19,938 suddenly decided to spend this particular night at the beach house? 396 00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:22,641 Yes. 397 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,043 Carl... 398 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:28,347 wanted to get away, and... 399 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,884 Well, as I've told you before, there aren't... 400 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:34,419 many people by the beach this time of year. 401 00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:38,390 I love the beach this time of year... 402 00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:41,059 not that I could afford a place like yours. 403 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:49,935 Excuse me sir, may I borrow your lighter? 404 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:51,503 Oh, certainly. 405 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:56,942 I don't know why I smoke these things so early in the morning. 406 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:58,510 They taste terrible. 407 00:27:59,044 --> 00:28:01,113 I like a good Havana myself. 408 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:07,152 "Love Mark, from Bibby." Is that your wife? 409 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:08,820 No, that's my sister. 410 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:12,791 You know, she gave me this when I graduated medical school. 411 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:14,459 I really treasure it. 412 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,528 I can understand that, sir. 413 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,168 Something wrong? 414 00:28:23,569 --> 00:28:26,104 No, I'm just trying to picture something in my mind, sir. 415 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,377 Ma'am, last night, you said one of the men went into the bedroom... 416 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:37,983 and at that moment, your husband picked up the poker. 417 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:39,818 Yes, that's right. 418 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:43,589 And he and the other man then struggled. 419 00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:44,990 Uh-huh. 420 00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:48,460 Yes, that's the problem. 421 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,663 Why didn't he shoot him? 422 00:28:52,598 --> 00:28:54,499 The man with the gun, when your husband picked up the poker... 423 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:55,734 why didn't he just shoot him? 424 00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:59,037 And what happened to the gun? 425 00:28:59,304 --> 00:29:02,474 When they struggled, did he put the gun down, or did he hold it in his hand? 426 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:10,082 I thought I told you... 427 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:13,418 he put the gun in his belt... 428 00:29:13,518 --> 00:29:16,388 to look in the drawers or something... 429 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:20,192 and when he turned his back on him... 430 00:29:20,626 --> 00:29:22,561 that's when Carl attacked him. 431 00:29:24,997 --> 00:29:25,831 I see. 432 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:29,067 I thought I'd mentioned that to you. 433 00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:30,669 No. 434 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,404 Oh, I'm sorry. 435 00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,007 No, that's all right, ma'am. No harm done. 436 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:36,908 I didn't ask you that before. 437 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:52,858 Yes, that could happen. Were they wearing gloves? 438 00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,696 Gloves? I don't remember. 439 00:30:00,832 --> 00:30:02,634 There were no strange fingerprints in the house, ma'am... 440 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:04,269 just yours and your husband's. 441 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:15,147 He used a handkerchief to wipe away the prints. 442 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:16,882 I see. 443 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,622 I can't think of anything else. 444 00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:26,391 Thank you very much. 445 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:34,766 - Good day, Lieutenant. - Good day, sir. 446 00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:45,444 You lose something, Lieutenant? 447 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:47,512 Why, yes, sir, my notebook. 448 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:50,115 It's in your belt. 449 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,294 Good day. 450 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:03,795 Good day. 451 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:13,338 Mark, I'm so scared. 452 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:16,708 Please, we have to tell him. 453 00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:19,111 We can't tell him, we can't tell anyone. 454 00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:22,948 Think how it would sound, after our little story. 455 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:27,152 Be strong, Nadia, be strong. 456 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:30,455 The zoo, Chuck... 457 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:34,526 the city's number one collection of white rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs. 458 00:31:35,127 --> 00:31:36,094 Very impressive. 459 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:38,196 This is the lady who can tell you all about it. 460 00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:41,133 My publisher, Chuck Whelan, Dr. Anita Borden. 461 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,168 - How do you do? Excuse me. - Hi. 462 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:45,737 Fascinating. 463 00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:48,406 He looks just like one of my junior editors. 464 00:31:48,507 --> 00:31:50,542 We call her Willie. 465 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,778 Sorry, I don't have a Willie. 466 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:55,514 What's the purpose? 467 00:31:56,782 --> 00:31:59,751 Well we're measuring her learning rate. 468 00:32:01,086 --> 00:32:03,321 You see, there's only one way to get to the food... 469 00:32:03,789 --> 00:32:06,391 and last week we had the route marked out in red... 470 00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:09,227 today we changed the route to green. 471 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:12,564 But, she seems to be... 472 00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:15,000 determined to follow the red line. 473 00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:16,701 So she's not getting very far. 474 00:32:16,802 --> 00:32:19,037 We're just going to see how long it takes her. 475 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:23,074 All that for a bite of egg. Doesn't seem quite fair. 476 00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:27,078 I'd wager your junior editors... 477 00:32:27,179 --> 00:32:28,880 sometimes feel the same way. 478 00:32:29,581 --> 00:32:30,448 Perhaps so. 479 00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:32,784 Chuck, I'll walk you to the car. 480 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:35,954 Okay. Thanks very much, Doctor. And thank Willie for me. 481 00:32:36,054 --> 00:32:37,489 All right. Anytime. 482 00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:04,082 Excuse me, ma'am, how do I find Dr. Collier? 483 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,651 I believe he's in the laboratory, sir. 484 00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:08,420 And how do I find that? 485 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,989 Just follow the blue line to the East Wing. 486 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:17,462 - This way? - Yes, the blue line. 487 00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:40,752 Is this the East Wing? 488 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:42,854 - Yes, it is. - I'm looking for Dr. Collier. 489 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:44,523 They said I might find him here. 490 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,492 Perhaps he's in one of the observation rooms. 491 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,028 - This way? - Yes. 492 00:33:52,397 --> 00:33:54,466 Is there any special color that... 493 00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,015 Well, I'm very sorry. 494 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:16,087 Dr. Borden? 495 00:34:16,855 --> 00:34:17,756 Yeah. 496 00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:21,326 Lieutenant Columbo, we met last night? 497 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:23,328 I'm trying to locate Dr. Collier. 498 00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:26,298 I just saw him, he was head towards the parking lot. 499 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:29,568 - No kidding. I just came from there. - Yeah? 500 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:33,939 While I got you, I want to double check... 501 00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:36,408 you were working here last night with Dr. Collier? 502 00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:39,277 Yeah, we weren't exactly working, but we were both here. 503 00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:43,348 And Dr. Hunt reached Dr. Collier in the cafeteria? 504 00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:45,517 - Yes. - When was that? 505 00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:49,454 About 8:00, I was with him when the call came in. 506 00:34:49,554 --> 00:34:51,389 He asked me to drive him there, as a matter of fact. 507 00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,725 Thought perhaps I could be of some help. 508 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,262 Is there anything else I can do for you, Lieutenant? 509 00:34:57,829 --> 00:34:59,364 Let me ask you something. 510 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:02,100 What kind of place is this? What do you do here? 511 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:06,137 You really want to know? 512 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:09,441 Basically, we're concerned with the measurement... 513 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:12,444 and manipulation of human behavior at all levels. 514 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:16,047 This, as a matter of fact, is our test lab, here. 515 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,950 We have all our test animals in here. 516 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:21,086 Things like... 517 00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:22,921 peer group adaptability... 518 00:35:23,021 --> 00:35:26,124 and anxiety catharsis through hypnotic suggestion. 519 00:35:28,026 --> 00:35:30,228 Hypnosis, I'm reading up on that. 520 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,100 Collier wrote that. 521 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,570 Yes, I know. I helped him research it. 522 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:40,138 You like it? 523 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:43,541 Very much. It's hard to follow. 524 00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:44,743 Yeah. 525 00:35:45,210 --> 00:35:46,444 Hello, there. 526 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:52,684 - Good afternoon, sir. - I've been looking all over for you. 527 00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,287 Dr. Borden was very helpful. 528 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:58,289 Thank you, Doctor. 529 00:35:58,390 --> 00:35:59,491 Not at all. 530 00:36:03,428 --> 00:36:04,295 Thank you, ma'am. 531 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:06,231 Yeah. 532 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:14,739 I saw you looking at my car. 533 00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:17,575 Naturally, I'm curious. 534 00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:20,879 That was because of the tires, sir. 535 00:36:21,446 --> 00:36:25,617 We found a muddy tire track last night out at Mrs. Donner's beach house. 536 00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:28,053 You can see the tread design. 537 00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:31,890 It's very distinctive. 538 00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:35,860 Oh, yeah, isn't that the... 539 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,130 Isn't that the 50,000 mile XKL? 540 00:36:39,898 --> 00:36:42,934 That's pretty standard equipment on... 541 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,671 say, a half dozen imported luxury models... 542 00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:48,339 like my own. 543 00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:51,109 Yes, sir. I knew that, I use those tires myself. 544 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,712 - You have an imported car? - Yes, sir, French. 545 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:55,814 Of course my tires... 546 00:36:55,914 --> 00:36:58,316 don't let this get around, they're a little bald. 547 00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:01,553 So I wanted to get a good look at that tread design. 548 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:03,621 It's not as though I thought your car was out there last night. 549 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,724 I know Dr. Borden drove you there. 550 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:07,492 You know, Lieutenant... 551 00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:10,929 you're a marvelously deceptive man. 552 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:16,034 You know, the way you get to the point, without really ever getting to the point. 553 00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:21,439 I really think you believe there's something cockeyed about Carl Donner's death. 554 00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:27,479 Can we talk off the record, sir? 555 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:29,881 Please. 556 00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:32,417 Mrs. Donner's a lovely lady... 557 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:35,453 but I'm having difficulties with her story. 558 00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:36,688 Oh? 559 00:37:38,156 --> 00:37:42,393 She is either holding something back or she is deliberately lying. 560 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:45,797 I believe that she knew who those men were... 561 00:37:46,331 --> 00:37:48,233 maybe she even hired them. 562 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,735 Is that speculation, Lieutenant? 563 00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:53,972 No, sir. That is her story, I can't buy it. 564 00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:58,143 There's that business about the gun and the fireplace poker. 565 00:37:58,243 --> 00:37:59,844 She explained that. 566 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,848 There is something else. 567 00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:07,285 She said that she and her husband were listening to music... 568 00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:10,388 and two men came to the door and broke their way in. 569 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:13,858 That doesn't make any sense. 570 00:38:15,326 --> 00:38:16,961 No sense at all... 571 00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:18,796 because of the headlights. 572 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,100 What are you talking about, Lieutenant? 573 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:34,546 Husband is sitting here. 574 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:39,150 This is the stereo. That's the east window. 575 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:46,791 She's sitting here, she has a martini, they're talking. 576 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,462 If a car comes down that driveway... 577 00:38:52,263 --> 00:38:54,933 the headlights glare through the window. 578 00:38:56,301 --> 00:38:58,836 You cannot miss those headlights. 579 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:03,808 What's the point? 580 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,145 She said... 581 00:39:07,412 --> 00:39:11,649 she heard a man's voice claim that he had car trouble on the highway... 582 00:39:12,383 --> 00:39:16,454 then after her husband was murdered and the killers ran out of the house... 583 00:39:16,621 --> 00:39:19,324 she said she heard them drive away. 584 00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:24,996 That means that the car had to drive down the driveway in the first place... 585 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:28,566 so she must have seen the headlights. 586 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,970 But if she saw the headlights... 587 00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:37,275 and then a man's voice claims that his car is broken down on the highway... 588 00:39:38,009 --> 00:39:39,777 why open the door? 589 00:39:42,647 --> 00:39:44,115 You see my problem. 590 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,050 I see your problem. 591 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,686 Now what if she got up from the chair at that moment. 592 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:49,654 It could be many things. 593 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:54,425 What if they drove down the driveway with their lights off? 594 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,765 Drove down with the lights off. 595 00:40:00,865 --> 00:40:03,902 Sure, if they're gonna rob a place, why leave their lights blazing? 596 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,072 Yeah, but on the other hand, sir... 597 00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:12,844 if you intend to claim that your car broke down on the highway... 598 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:16,047 why drive down the driveway at all? 599 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:23,254 You see, there are too many inconsistencies, sir. I just have... 600 00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:26,190 problems accepting her story. 601 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:28,926 May I make a suggestion? 602 00:40:29,227 --> 00:40:32,497 Why don't you ask her to submit to a lie detector test? 603 00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:35,667 - A lie detector test? - Sure. 604 00:40:36,534 --> 00:40:37,869 Well, that's not admissible in court. 605 00:40:37,969 --> 00:40:41,272 It's not a question of being admissible in court, I'm talking about for you. 606 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,741 If you actually believe that she was innocent... 607 00:40:43,841 --> 00:40:47,245 then you could turn your full energies to finding the real murderers. 608 00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:49,013 That's a very good idea, sir... 609 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:52,617 but there's no way that I can force her to submit to such a test. 610 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:55,353 Let me ask her. She trusts me. 611 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:58,723 And if I advise it, I think she'll take it. 612 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:01,759 And you think that she'll pass such a test? 613 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,463 I'd stake my reputation on it. 614 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:17,542 Lie detector? I can't. 615 00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:20,478 You can and you must. They don't believe your story. 616 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,614 how can I fool a lie detector? 617 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:26,651 It's quite simple really. Now the lie detector test does nothing more... 618 00:41:26,751 --> 00:41:30,054 than show your reactions to a series of questions. 619 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:32,757 If you really believe you're telling the truth... 620 00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:34,258 that's what the test will show. 621 00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:36,227 And through hypnosis... 622 00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:39,564 I can make you believe that story so no one can dispute it. 623 00:41:39,764 --> 00:41:42,533 It's merely a matter of post-hypnotic suggestion. 624 00:41:45,436 --> 00:41:46,738 Will it work? 625 00:41:48,106 --> 00:41:51,042 Of course, it'll work. You've always been a good subject. 626 00:41:52,243 --> 00:41:55,313 I took the liberty of bringing along the drug. 627 00:41:57,949 --> 00:41:59,417 After the test... 628 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:03,321 the Lieutenant will have no choice but to leave you alone and go after intruders. 629 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:07,759 It's frightening, Mark. 630 00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:09,460 What choice do we have? 631 00:42:10,428 --> 00:42:13,698 The longer the Lieutenant digs into this, the greater the risk. 632 00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:16,734 We have to convince him now that he's wrong about you. 633 00:42:17,602 --> 00:42:18,436 Trust me, darling. 634 00:42:21,706 --> 00:42:22,807 Trust me. 635 00:42:32,283 --> 00:42:33,918 Nadia, can you hear me? 636 00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:37,355 Yes, I hear you. 637 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:40,224 You will listen to me carefully. 638 00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:43,761 You will hear my voice... 639 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,497 and only my voice. 640 00:42:48,232 --> 00:42:50,468 You will obey my voice, do you understand? 641 00:42:52,503 --> 00:42:54,305 Yes, I understand. 642 00:42:59,177 --> 00:43:02,713 is now 7:00. 643 00:43:04,449 --> 00:43:06,417 You're upset at Carl's death. 644 00:43:08,352 --> 00:43:09,854 After I leave... 645 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:13,724 you will lock the door and bolt it from inside. 646 00:43:14,692 --> 00:43:17,128 You will stay here in the apartment tonight. 647 00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:21,766 You'll see no one, you'll talk to no one, do you understand? 648 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:24,435 Yes. 649 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:28,306 At 10:00, the phone will ring. 650 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,142 You'll hear my voice. 651 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:34,979 I will mention a man's name, Charles Whelan. 652 00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:41,686 When you hear that voice, you will suddenly become very hot. 653 00:43:44,188 --> 00:43:45,790 You will perspire. 654 00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:52,430 You will have an overwhelming desire to go swimming. 655 00:43:54,265 --> 00:43:55,733 Swimming. 656 00:43:56,067 --> 00:43:57,435 You like to swim, don't you? 657 00:43:58,302 --> 00:43:59,770 Yes. 658 00:44:01,072 --> 00:44:02,607 Do you remember when you were a little girl... 659 00:44:02,707 --> 00:44:06,477 how you enjoyed diving into the pool from the highest diving board? 660 00:44:09,213 --> 00:44:10,448 Yes. 661 00:44:11,916 --> 00:44:14,485 How your father enjoyed watching you dive? 662 00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:18,256 Yes. 663 00:44:18,356 --> 00:44:20,124 Well, tonight, you'll swim again. 664 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:24,996 You'll have to swim. 665 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,299 You'll be so hot, nothing else will matter... 666 00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:31,169 except to jump in that cool, refreshing water. 667 00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:34,138 You will put down the phone... 668 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,108 cross over to the balcony... 669 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,978 and dive into the pool below your window. 670 00:44:41,078 --> 00:44:42,680 Sue just doesn't understand it. 671 00:44:42,914 --> 00:44:45,516 I still think you should be writing comic books. 672 00:44:56,861 --> 00:44:58,429 You're awfully quiet this evening. 673 00:44:59,597 --> 00:45:02,233 I've been thinking about that police lieutenant. 674 00:45:02,333 --> 00:45:04,268 Columbo? What on earth for? 675 00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:07,838 Well, I think he suspects you of something. 676 00:45:07,939 --> 00:45:09,040 Oh? 677 00:45:11,375 --> 00:45:13,611 He keeps asking all kinds of questions, about you, Mark. 678 00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:16,714 How late you were at the Institute last night. What you've been up to. 679 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:18,482 And, what did you tell him? 680 00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:21,352 Just everything I know. 681 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:24,088 - Everything you know? - Everything. 682 00:45:24,422 --> 00:45:25,556 Excuse me. 683 00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:33,197 - Good... - Lieutenant! 684 00:45:33,297 --> 00:45:35,166 We were just talking about you. 685 00:45:35,433 --> 00:45:36,534 Oh, really? 686 00:45:37,168 --> 00:45:40,137 I hope you don't mind. I know that this is a bad time. 687 00:45:40,338 --> 00:45:42,540 Oh, no. Come in, please. 688 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:50,314 I had no idea you were entertaining. 689 00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:51,782 It's just a group of friends. 690 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:53,918 You know, we're having a little get-together, some of my colleagues. 691 00:45:54,018 --> 00:45:55,319 Can I fix you a drink? 692 00:45:55,953 --> 00:45:59,223 No. Thank you very much. I wanted to discuss something with you. 693 00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:00,658 Certainly. 694 00:46:01,626 --> 00:46:05,396 Excuse me, everyone. Hey, excuse me. 695 00:46:06,464 --> 00:46:09,300 Lieutenant Columbo from the Los Angeles Police Department. 696 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,270 He's investigating the Carl Donner murder. 697 00:46:15,206 --> 00:46:18,009 And I think you've met Dr. Borden. 698 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:20,878 Hello, Lieutenant. 699 00:46:23,581 --> 00:46:26,951 Can I get you maybe a soft drink? 700 00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:31,055 - You have any cream soda? - I'll have to take a look. 701 00:46:31,155 --> 00:46:33,624 In the meantime, why don't you meet some of my friends? 702 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:37,828 Arnold, Brenda, Sue, Gary. 703 00:46:37,928 --> 00:46:39,163 Arnold, why don't you make the introductions... 704 00:46:39,263 --> 00:46:42,700 I'll get the Lieutenant his cream soda. 705 00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:45,670 - How are you, Lieutenant? - How do you do? 706 00:46:45,770 --> 00:46:46,871 Nice to meet you. 707 00:46:46,971 --> 00:46:48,439 This is my wife, Brenda. 708 00:46:48,539 --> 00:46:49,840 This is Melissa. 709 00:46:49,940 --> 00:46:51,776 Lieutenant, Gary Keppler. 710 00:46:51,876 --> 00:46:53,110 - Nice to meet you, sir. - How do you do? 711 00:46:53,210 --> 00:46:54,812 How are you? This is my wife, Sue. 712 00:46:54,912 --> 00:46:56,480 George. Lydia. 713 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:58,215 Would you care to come over and join us, sir? 714 00:46:58,316 --> 00:47:01,519 No, thank you very much. I'm on duty. Thank you. 715 00:47:01,619 --> 00:47:03,688 - I have to talk with the... - Sir, you'd be doing us a favor. 716 00:47:03,788 --> 00:47:05,756 We're just a bunch of boring doctors here. 717 00:47:05,856 --> 00:47:07,858 You'd be like a breath of fresh air. We'd love to have you. 718 00:47:07,958 --> 00:47:09,627 Come on. Just for a couple of minutes. 719 00:47:09,727 --> 00:47:10,995 Terrific. 720 00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,799 - Can I take your coat from you, sir? - Thank you. 721 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:19,403 - Please, sit down. - Make yourself comfortable. 722 00:47:21,572 --> 00:47:24,809 Would, you like something. I mean, look at all this food, it's... 723 00:47:24,909 --> 00:47:26,410 I'm on a diet. 724 00:47:26,877 --> 00:47:28,879 You're at the wrong party, Lieutenant. 725 00:47:28,979 --> 00:47:31,582 Lieutenant, you know I find this absolutely fascinating. 726 00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:35,486 Do you have an interesting investigation you've been involved with? 727 00:47:35,586 --> 00:47:37,855 We'd love to hear about something like that. 728 00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:42,393 I think that the most interesting investigation... 729 00:47:42,493 --> 00:47:45,196 is always the one that you're working on at the moment. 730 00:47:48,399 --> 00:47:51,702 That's usually true, but what's so interesting about this case? 731 00:47:51,802 --> 00:47:53,370 It's already been solved. 732 00:47:53,471 --> 00:47:55,806 I thought Carl Donner was killed by burglars. 733 00:47:55,906 --> 00:47:59,310 Intruders, ma'am. At least, that's the way it appeared. 734 00:47:59,410 --> 00:48:01,545 You mean there's some doubt about it? 735 00:48:01,912 --> 00:48:03,647 There is always room for doubt. 736 00:48:03,748 --> 00:48:05,616 In this case, I would be willing to bet... 737 00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:08,452 that the Lieutenant's suspicions are very specific. 738 00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:11,956 But Nadia Dormer was there. She told you what happened. 739 00:48:12,056 --> 00:48:13,824 You doubt her story? 740 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:18,262 - Thank you very much. - You're welcome. 741 00:48:19,530 --> 00:48:22,833 Yes, I do have certain problems in that area, ma'am. Yes. 742 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:24,401 Like what? 743 00:48:26,704 --> 00:48:29,807 There was someone there last night, that she didn't tell us about. 744 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:32,510 That's what I wanted to talk to you about, Doctor. 745 00:48:32,676 --> 00:48:35,880 She mentioned herself and her husband, and the two intruders. 746 00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:38,516 We know that there was someone else there. 747 00:48:39,116 --> 00:48:41,419 Really? Well, Lieutenant, how do you know that? 748 00:48:43,020 --> 00:48:45,790 - May I borrow your lighter, sir? - Oh, sure. 749 00:48:47,458 --> 00:48:49,093 We know that there was a smoker there. 750 00:48:50,294 --> 00:48:53,030 And we know that it was not Mr. or Mrs. Donner... 751 00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:55,432 because neither of those two people smoke. 752 00:48:55,533 --> 00:48:58,202 - How about one of the intruders? - Yeah, right. 753 00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:03,908 That's what we all thought originally. Including myself. 754 00:49:04,575 --> 00:49:05,810 But, no... 755 00:49:06,710 --> 00:49:10,614 it is not one of the intruders. That would be impossible. 756 00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:12,349 Why? 757 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:16,086 Because according to Mrs. Donner the two men that broke in... 758 00:49:16,187 --> 00:49:19,023 were wearing stocking masks and if that is so... 759 00:49:19,123 --> 00:49:20,491 they wouldn't have been able to smoke. 760 00:49:20,591 --> 00:49:22,593 - Of course. - Make it a little awkward. 761 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:23,427 Doctor. 762 00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,231 Doc, that's why that lie detector thing is important. 763 00:49:27,331 --> 00:49:29,533 Her story's getting shakier and shakier. 764 00:49:32,736 --> 00:49:34,872 How would you know there was a smoker there? 765 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:38,709 - Because of this flint, ma'am. - What do you mean? 766 00:49:38,876 --> 00:49:41,745 A flint from a cigarette lighter. You see this little nub of a flint... 767 00:49:41,846 --> 00:49:44,482 that had been worn down so thin that when the person used his lighter... 768 00:49:44,582 --> 00:49:45,916 it popped out. 769 00:49:46,016 --> 00:49:48,285 But, how did you know it was left there that night. 770 00:49:48,419 --> 00:49:50,187 You'd make a very good detective. 771 00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:55,092 I don't know if I mentioned this to you or not, Doctor... 772 00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:58,329 we know that the flint was dropped there last night. 773 00:49:58,796 --> 00:50:01,298 You see, no one had been in the place since Thanksgiving. 774 00:50:02,233 --> 00:50:05,135 On November 25, they closed up the place for the season... 775 00:50:05,569 --> 00:50:10,140 and brought in a professional cleaning crew. And it's been locked up ever since. 776 00:50:11,342 --> 00:50:13,377 I found this flint on the rug. 777 00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:16,380 That was a rug that had been shampooed. 778 00:50:17,381 --> 00:50:18,415 Doctor... 779 00:50:20,084 --> 00:50:22,286 would you mind if I took the cover off this? 780 00:50:22,453 --> 00:50:25,522 Why, certainly, Lieutenant. It's your case. Do as you wish. 781 00:50:26,156 --> 00:50:27,658 Extremely British tonight. 782 00:50:27,758 --> 00:50:30,094 It's elementary, my dear Watson. 783 00:50:32,129 --> 00:50:35,432 We know the following, we know that there was a smoker there... 784 00:50:35,799 --> 00:50:38,636 a person who was not included in Nadia Donner's story. 785 00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:41,305 We know that person used his lighter... 786 00:50:41,405 --> 00:50:44,375 and when he used it, its flint popped out. 787 00:50:44,909 --> 00:50:47,845 From these two facts, we go on to a third fact. 788 00:50:48,679 --> 00:50:52,783 That person is either using something else to light his cigarettes or he put in a new flint. 789 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:55,219 Okay, we'll go along with that. 790 00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:57,521 That's elementary. 791 00:50:59,056 --> 00:51:00,157 Like this one. 792 00:51:03,193 --> 00:51:06,096 I would say that's a fresh flint, from the size of it. 793 00:51:07,765 --> 00:51:08,732 Doctor? 794 00:51:10,067 --> 00:51:12,536 Oh, yes, I put that in myself this morning. 795 00:51:13,170 --> 00:51:14,572 I knew you did... 796 00:51:14,772 --> 00:51:18,275 'cause last night, out at the beach house he lit a cigarette with a pack of matches... 797 00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:20,811 and he wouldn't have done that if his lighter had been working. 798 00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:24,214 Yeah, but come on, Lieutenant, surely you don't suspect Mark. 799 00:51:24,548 --> 00:51:26,784 The lieutenant suspects everyone. 800 00:51:26,884 --> 00:51:30,321 You know, there must be a dozen reasons how that flint got on the floor. 801 00:51:30,487 --> 00:51:33,190 Why don't you just throw it open for discussion? 802 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:34,658 - There's an idea. - Yeah, right. 803 00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:38,829 You know something, I'd make a very good detective. 804 00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:40,431 Really, I am. 805 00:52:06,090 --> 00:52:07,091 Charles Whelan. 806 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:09,793 Charles Whelan, please. 807 00:52:14,732 --> 00:52:17,301 Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I must have the wrong number. 808 00:52:17,901 --> 00:52:20,871 I mean, how did you learn to be what you are? 809 00:52:21,505 --> 00:52:23,774 How did you find little things like flints... 810 00:52:24,041 --> 00:52:26,343 How would you know how to look for it? 811 00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:29,213 You're really very bright. I mean... 812 00:52:29,313 --> 00:52:32,349 Chuck? Hi. I'm sorry to call you so late. 813 00:52:32,449 --> 00:52:35,753 I told you I'd call you around 9:00, but I have some people over. 814 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:37,821 Can we make it in the morning? 815 00:52:38,722 --> 00:52:40,290 Good. I'll call you first thing. 816 00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:11,388 You have to swim. 817 00:53:12,322 --> 00:53:15,926 You'll be so hot. Nothing will matter except to jump into that pool. 818 00:53:16,827 --> 00:53:19,797 To feel that wonderful, cool, refreshing water. 819 00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:24,501 You like to swim, don't you? 820 00:53:29,606 --> 00:53:34,044 How your father loved to watch you dive. Well, tonight, you'll swim again. 821 00:53:34,144 --> 00:53:35,546 You'll have to swim. 822 00:53:35,646 --> 00:53:37,548 You'll be so hot, nothing else will matter... 823 00:53:37,648 --> 00:53:40,384 except to jump in that cool, refreshing water. 824 00:53:40,751 --> 00:53:42,920 - About what you were doing. - Why would I have to lie? 825 00:53:43,020 --> 00:53:44,688 That's a very good question. 826 00:53:44,788 --> 00:53:46,223 - Yeah? - See? 827 00:53:46,356 --> 00:53:48,392 My husband always tells me I'm dumb. 828 00:53:48,492 --> 00:53:50,327 Are you convinced that she was lying, Lieutenant? 829 00:53:50,427 --> 00:53:53,130 I'm convinced of that, yeah. There was someone else there. 830 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,866 Why would she lie? I mean that would be silly. 831 00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:02,039 And jump into the pool below your window. 832 00:54:03,941 --> 00:54:05,509 Your father will be watching. 833 00:54:19,356 --> 00:54:20,524 That's her. 834 00:54:23,193 --> 00:54:24,628 Not very pretty. 835 00:54:25,395 --> 00:54:26,430 Where'd she fall from? 836 00:54:28,565 --> 00:54:29,600 The fifth balcony. 837 00:54:30,801 --> 00:54:32,736 Those railings are 40 inches high. 838 00:54:32,836 --> 00:54:35,873 Believe me, she didn't fall, she jumped. 839 00:54:36,039 --> 00:54:37,474 Or somebody pushed her. 840 00:54:38,342 --> 00:54:39,376 No way. 841 00:54:39,643 --> 00:54:40,711 What do you mean, no way? 842 00:54:41,612 --> 00:54:44,481 The door was locked and bolted from the inside. 843 00:54:44,581 --> 00:54:48,452 Our guys had to use axes to knock it down. The place was empty. 844 00:54:53,791 --> 00:54:55,626 - Did anybody see it? - Yeah. 845 00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:58,829 The guy in 119 went out for cigarettes. 846 00:54:58,929 --> 00:55:01,398 He heard the scream and he saw the body hit. 847 00:55:01,765 --> 00:55:03,000 When was that? 848 00:55:03,567 --> 00:55:05,369 A few minutes after 10:00. 849 00:55:05,536 --> 00:55:09,339 He went out for cigarettes right at the end of a TV show. 850 00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:19,183 Anything else? 851 00:55:21,084 --> 00:55:22,653 Only what she was wearing. 852 00:55:23,020 --> 00:55:24,121 What was that? 853 00:55:24,955 --> 00:55:25,656 Take a look. 854 00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:35,399 Not wearing anything. 855 00:55:37,501 --> 00:55:39,336 This is the door we knocked down. 856 00:55:39,603 --> 00:55:41,672 That's the balcony where she jumped. 857 00:55:41,772 --> 00:55:43,774 This is her bedroom. The bed is still made. 858 00:55:43,874 --> 00:55:47,244 Was her bathtub wet? Was she taking a bath or a shower? 859 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:48,779 Nothing was disturbed. 860 00:55:48,879 --> 00:55:50,280 So why was she naked? 861 00:55:50,380 --> 00:55:52,616 I don't know. But her clothes are right there. 862 00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:59,856 You mean she was dressed when she came out on the balcony? 863 00:56:01,825 --> 00:56:03,560 So why did she take off her clothes? 864 00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:06,096 I don't know. But there they are. 865 00:56:10,734 --> 00:56:13,237 - Has anything here been touched? - No, we waited for you. 866 00:56:13,737 --> 00:56:15,439 Nothing was touched, right, Hendryx? 867 00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:17,541 - Just the phone, Sarge. - The what? 868 00:56:17,641 --> 00:56:20,644 The phone. It was off the hook, so I replaced it. 869 00:56:20,744 --> 00:56:21,578 Off the hook? 870 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,282 What do you mean, off the hook? 871 00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:28,652 Where was the receiver, was it knocked to the floor? 872 00:56:28,952 --> 00:56:29,620 Or on the desk? 873 00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:33,223 No, the receiver was on the desk, near the hook, like that. 874 00:56:33,924 --> 00:56:36,226 And it was making a noise. It was buzzing. 875 00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:39,763 You know the sound it makes. And so I picked it up and replaced it. 876 00:56:40,597 --> 00:56:43,901 She was talking to somebody, never hung up. 877 00:56:46,136 --> 00:56:47,871 Means she got interrupted... 878 00:56:48,472 --> 00:56:51,541 or she decided in the middle of the conversation to kill herself. 879 00:56:51,875 --> 00:56:53,377 Who was she talking to? 880 00:56:54,278 --> 00:56:57,414 You're right about the railing. It's too high. You can't fall over that. 881 00:56:58,482 --> 00:56:59,883 Gotta jump. 882 00:57:00,751 --> 00:57:02,986 But why take off your clothes first? 883 00:57:05,188 --> 00:57:08,258 I've seen a lot of pictures of people jumping off of buildings. 884 00:57:08,358 --> 00:57:10,027 I never saw one naked. 885 00:57:10,627 --> 00:57:13,096 This one took off her clothes, and she jumped. 886 00:57:13,730 --> 00:57:15,766 - Why did she do this? - Do what? 887 00:57:15,866 --> 00:57:18,235 Fold her clothes up into a nice neat pile. 888 00:57:18,435 --> 00:57:21,104 - Sarge, look at this! - What? 889 00:57:21,905 --> 00:57:23,774 Lieutenant, over here. 890 00:57:24,875 --> 00:57:25,876 What have you got? 891 00:57:25,976 --> 00:57:29,646 A watch, three rings and a bracelet. 892 00:57:29,746 --> 00:57:31,214 Where did you find this? 893 00:57:31,415 --> 00:57:33,283 There, in that potted plant. 894 00:57:35,752 --> 00:57:38,155 - Lieutenant! - Just a second. 895 00:57:38,989 --> 00:57:40,958 Lieutenant, you're not going to believe this. 896 00:57:44,761 --> 00:57:47,297 Are you sure this fits the description of the stuff stolen last night? 897 00:57:47,397 --> 00:57:48,665 Exactly. 898 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,068 Lieutenant... 899 00:57:51,335 --> 00:57:54,705 this is the stuff that was supposed to be stolen from the beach house last night. 900 00:57:56,406 --> 00:57:59,776 - Excuse me, excuse me, Sergeant. - Yeah. 901 00:58:01,645 --> 00:58:03,947 - I'll tell you what bothers me. - What? 902 00:58:04,147 --> 00:58:05,649 This scarf. 903 00:58:06,550 --> 00:58:09,720 It was tucked in the shoe. It's not so much the scarf. 904 00:58:10,387 --> 00:58:13,924 It's what's inside. Her valuables. 905 00:58:14,458 --> 00:58:16,460 A watch and her earring. 906 00:58:35,512 --> 00:58:36,980 Good morning, Lieutenant. 907 00:58:38,482 --> 00:58:40,450 You're up awfully early this morning, aren't you? 908 00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:43,920 Haven't been to bed. 909 00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:45,989 It's been a bad night. 910 00:58:46,923 --> 00:58:50,961 I just heard about Mrs. Donner on the radio. 911 00:58:51,061 --> 00:58:52,529 I'm stunned, it's... 912 00:58:52,896 --> 00:58:53,663 It's awful. 913 00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:56,533 By the way, if you're looking for Dr. Collier... 914 00:58:56,633 --> 00:59:00,670 I'm afraid he's gone for the day. He's with his publisher, out on his boat. 915 00:59:01,037 --> 00:59:02,873 Actually, I'm looking for you. 916 00:59:06,343 --> 00:59:07,911 Do you go swimming? 917 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:11,515 Do I go swimming? You betcha. 918 00:59:13,483 --> 00:59:15,352 Where do you put your valuables? 919 00:59:17,954 --> 00:59:21,458 Well, last month I took a trip to Acapulco... 920 00:59:21,558 --> 00:59:25,062 and I rented one of those cabanas. Left everything in there. 921 00:59:26,863 --> 00:59:29,066 What do you do if you don't have a cabana? 922 00:59:31,268 --> 00:59:33,103 Well, when I was a kid... 923 00:59:33,336 --> 00:59:38,141 I used to wrap everything up in my stockings and put it into my shoes. 924 00:59:38,909 --> 00:59:41,278 I wanna ask your professional opinion. 925 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:47,551 Is it possible to hypnotize Mrs. Donner so that with the use of suggestion you could... 926 00:59:47,651 --> 00:59:50,086 make her jump over that balcony to her death? 927 00:59:52,889 --> 00:59:55,759 No, it's not possible, Lieutenant. 928 00:59:57,828 --> 01:00:00,897 You see, a person won't do anything in a hypnotic state... 929 01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:04,201 that they wouldn't normally do in a conscious state. 930 01:00:04,401 --> 01:00:07,237 Particularly not anything that self-destructive. 931 01:00:08,038 --> 01:00:10,507 Suppose she thought she was jumping into a pool? 932 01:00:12,175 --> 01:00:14,411 Suppose she thought she was just going swimming? 933 01:00:14,744 --> 01:00:17,047 I think that's a lot of supposing. 934 01:00:26,790 --> 01:00:30,660 That's Mrs. Dormer's shoe. We found it on the balcony. 935 01:00:30,894 --> 01:00:32,796 She took it off before she jumped. 936 01:00:35,966 --> 01:00:39,503 This is Mrs. Donner's scarf. It was shoved in the shoe. 937 01:00:40,937 --> 01:00:42,806 In the scarf we found her watch... 938 01:00:45,709 --> 01:00:47,177 and her earrings. 939 01:00:51,515 --> 01:00:53,950 She also took off her clothes before she jumped. 940 01:00:54,151 --> 01:00:56,786 We found them piled up in a nice neat pile. 941 01:01:00,590 --> 01:01:01,658 What are these? 942 01:01:03,693 --> 01:01:04,761 They're drugs. 943 01:01:04,861 --> 01:01:06,096 What are they called? 944 01:01:07,531 --> 01:01:09,966 Amobarbital and zilothin. 945 01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:13,303 - Do you know where we found them? - I have no idea. 946 01:01:13,470 --> 01:01:16,239 coroner found them Mrs. Donner's body. 947 01:01:16,439 --> 01:01:19,042 This is a statement from the medical examiner. 948 01:01:19,476 --> 01:01:22,245 Medical examiner says that these drugs can be effectively used... 949 01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:24,347 to break down somebody's will. 950 01:01:25,081 --> 01:01:27,083 They're similar to truth serum. 951 01:01:28,885 --> 01:01:30,353 To your knowledge... 952 01:01:30,754 --> 01:01:34,190 did Dr. Collier ever prescribe these drugs for Mrs. Donner? 953 01:01:37,460 --> 01:01:40,463 I can't give you that kind of information, Lieutenant. 954 01:01:40,730 --> 01:01:42,532 You're just gonna have to ask Dr. Collier. 955 01:01:42,632 --> 01:01:44,301 No, I'm asking you! 956 01:01:44,868 --> 01:01:47,070 I'm asking you about a murder. 957 01:01:52,075 --> 01:01:53,810 What a nice morning. 958 01:01:54,177 --> 01:01:58,014 Well, it's still better than sitting behind a desk all afternoon, huh? 959 01:01:58,315 --> 01:02:01,084 - Why don't we have some lunch at the club? - You're on. 960 01:02:02,185 --> 01:02:03,753 Dr. Collier! 961 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:10,193 Brace yourself, Chuck. It's the law. 962 01:02:10,293 --> 01:02:11,361 You're kidding. 963 01:02:13,463 --> 01:02:14,965 Good morning, Lieutenant. 964 01:02:15,398 --> 01:02:16,733 Good morning, sir. 965 01:02:18,068 --> 01:02:20,737 Oh, Lieutenant Columbo, this is Chuck Whelan. 966 01:02:21,738 --> 01:02:24,074 - How do you do, sir? - How do you do? 967 01:02:26,676 --> 01:02:29,045 Is there someplace where we could talk privately, sir? 968 01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:32,015 Mark, I'll go in and make our reservations. 969 01:02:32,115 --> 01:02:35,018 I'll be waiting in the bar whenever you're finished. 970 01:02:35,118 --> 01:02:36,686 Nice meeting you, Lieutenant. 971 01:02:43,093 --> 01:02:45,028 Now what seems to be the problem? 972 01:02:45,895 --> 01:02:46,963 That's him. 973 01:02:47,230 --> 01:02:48,398 That's who? 974 01:02:49,099 --> 01:02:51,534 The fellow you were trying to get a hold of last night, 10:00. 975 01:02:51,635 --> 01:02:53,069 You finally got a hold of him. 976 01:02:53,169 --> 01:02:55,605 Lieutenant, I'm a little tired and I'm a little hungry. 977 01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:58,441 Oh, I guess you haven't heard. 978 01:02:58,642 --> 01:02:59,743 Heard what? 979 01:03:01,211 --> 01:03:03,013 No, sir, you haven't heard. 980 01:03:03,947 --> 01:03:05,282 About Mrs. Donner. 981 01:03:06,816 --> 01:03:07,884 Go on. 982 01:03:08,785 --> 01:03:09,619 She's dead. 983 01:03:15,725 --> 01:03:16,926 But how? What happened? 984 01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:19,195 It looks like suicide. 985 01:03:20,330 --> 01:03:22,966 She went out on the balcony of her apartment... 986 01:03:24,300 --> 01:03:26,002 took off her clothes... 987 01:03:27,704 --> 01:03:29,005 and she jumped. 988 01:03:35,879 --> 01:03:37,347 It's unbelievable... 989 01:03:38,214 --> 01:03:39,416 unless... 990 01:03:40,984 --> 01:03:42,218 Unless what? 991 01:03:43,019 --> 01:03:45,355 Unless she actually had killed Carl. 992 01:03:46,890 --> 01:03:49,259 That would be consistent with her personality. 993 01:03:50,527 --> 01:03:51,194 She. 994 01:03:51,294 --> 01:03:55,265 You mean that you now believe that she did kill her husband? 995 01:03:56,533 --> 01:03:58,268 It's inconceivable, yet... 996 01:03:59,169 --> 01:04:03,106 But psychiatry is an interpretive science, Lieutenant. We're all fallible. 997 01:04:04,607 --> 01:04:07,110 No, sir. I don't think so. 998 01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:11,214 As far as I'm concerned, sir, we still have to look for an accomplice. 999 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:12,816 Yeah? 1000 01:04:13,717 --> 01:04:15,051 Dr. Collier... 1001 01:04:20,023 --> 01:04:24,194 At the time of Carl Dormer's death... 1002 01:04:26,730 --> 01:04:29,766 you said that you were at the university. 1003 01:04:31,668 --> 01:04:35,939 I don't say it, Lieutenant. Dr. Borden can confirm it. 1004 01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:41,010 Doctor Borden cannot confirm the time of the murder. 1005 01:04:43,046 --> 01:04:47,584 We only know the murder took place at 7:00 because the wife, Mrs. Donner said so. 1006 01:04:47,684 --> 01:04:49,452 She said it was at 7:00... 1007 01:04:49,552 --> 01:04:52,722 but the medical examiner says it could have taken place a lot earlier. 1008 01:04:55,625 --> 01:05:00,230 Now, if that's true, sir. Your alibi is not that strong. 1009 01:05:01,164 --> 01:05:03,133 As a matter of fact, I went to the university. 1010 01:05:03,233 --> 01:05:06,836 I couldn't find anybody there that recalls seeing you earlier. 1011 01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:11,007 Am I to presume that I'm currently your chief suspect? 1012 01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:14,677 I'm not sure that suspect is a strong enough word. 1013 01:05:15,111 --> 01:05:19,182 In that case, I should be locked Course, I'm not. 1014 01:05:19,416 --> 01:05:22,085 Therefore, I presume that you have no proof. 1015 01:05:23,653 --> 01:05:24,721 Not yet. 1016 01:05:25,789 --> 01:05:27,757 You'll let me know when you do, won't you? 1017 01:05:28,525 --> 01:05:30,727 You will be the first to know, Doctor. 1018 01:05:33,997 --> 01:05:36,566 I've been looking all over for you, we got a witness. 1019 01:05:39,469 --> 01:05:41,671 Not a great witness, but a witness. 1020 01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:43,573 His name is Morris. He lives with his brother... 1021 01:05:43,673 --> 01:05:45,809 about a half mile up from the beach house. 1022 01:05:46,075 --> 01:05:51,114 He was up walking on the highway about the time Donner was killed. 1023 01:05:51,714 --> 01:05:54,484 Did he see Collier or the car? 1024 01:05:54,584 --> 01:05:55,552 That's the problem. 1025 01:05:56,419 --> 01:05:57,921 He's blind, Lieutenant. 1026 01:05:58,655 --> 01:06:01,224 The most we can get out of him is the right time. 1027 01:06:01,758 --> 01:06:03,626 He's got one of those Braille watches. 1028 01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:05,962 He said the car came out... 1029 01:06:06,229 --> 01:06:09,833 at 5:30 in the afternoon not 7:00 at night. 1030 01:06:10,333 --> 01:06:11,968 He's sure about that? 1031 01:06:12,202 --> 01:06:13,670 He is positive. 1032 01:06:15,572 --> 01:06:16,940 Now I got Morris back at headquarters. 1033 01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:19,843 I thought maybe you might wanna ask him a couple of questions. 1034 01:06:41,798 --> 01:06:44,067 - Good morning, Doctor. - Yeah, good morning. 1035 01:06:44,567 --> 01:06:46,402 What the hell is this? I had to cancel two sessions... 1036 01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:49,272 because of your phone call, idiotic phone call. 1037 01:06:53,676 --> 01:06:55,545 I'm sorry, sir, I thought it was important. 1038 01:06:55,645 --> 01:06:58,448 And what do we got here, the famous Ritz Brothers? 1039 01:06:58,648 --> 01:07:01,084 Sergeant Kramer, Officer Hendryx. 1040 01:07:01,284 --> 01:07:02,886 - Officer O'Brien. - Get on with it. 1041 01:07:05,455 --> 01:07:06,856 May I have that paper? 1042 01:07:08,258 --> 01:07:10,126 You wanted me to let you know when I had proof. 1043 01:07:15,031 --> 01:07:17,066 Is that it? That piece of paper? 1044 01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:18,368 Proof? 1045 01:07:18,501 --> 01:07:19,469 Well, yes or no? 1046 01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:22,205 - This is an autopsy report. - So? 1047 01:07:23,673 --> 01:07:27,210 Nadia Donner did not commit suicide. She was murdered. 1048 01:07:28,111 --> 01:07:30,980 We found evidence of barbiturates in her system. 1049 01:07:31,247 --> 01:07:32,482 Lieutenant... 1050 01:07:32,582 --> 01:07:35,585 Nadia Donner didn't die of barbiturates, her death was a little bit more dramatic. 1051 01:07:35,685 --> 01:07:37,553 A leap from a fifth floor balcony. 1052 01:07:37,921 --> 01:07:40,123 She thought she was going swimming. 1053 01:07:40,623 --> 01:07:42,292 You told her that. 1054 01:07:43,660 --> 01:07:45,328 You programmed her. 1055 01:07:47,430 --> 01:07:48,731 Have you got anything or not? 1056 01:07:49,899 --> 01:07:52,402 - I have a telephone call. - What phone call? 1057 01:07:52,502 --> 01:07:54,604 - You called her. - I deny it. 1058 01:07:56,539 --> 01:07:58,775 That officer found the receiver off the hook... 1059 01:07:58,875 --> 01:08:00,710 when he broke through her locked door. 1060 01:08:00,810 --> 01:08:02,345 Congratulations. Is that it? 1061 01:08:02,879 --> 01:08:04,714 Why did she take her clothes off before she jumped? 1062 01:08:04,814 --> 01:08:06,082 You tell me. 1063 01:08:06,482 --> 01:08:09,419 Why did she put her valuables in her shoe? Because she thought she was going swimming. 1064 01:08:09,519 --> 01:08:10,887 Lieutenant, forgive me, for interrupting. 1065 01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:14,190 We could speculate all day on how Nadia Donner died. Wouldn't mean a damn thing. 1066 01:08:14,324 --> 01:08:16,859 The problem with your theory is you have no proof, do you? 1067 01:08:18,561 --> 01:08:19,362 Yes or no? 1068 01:08:26,569 --> 01:08:27,570 You're under arrest. 1069 01:08:28,738 --> 01:08:29,405 What for? 1070 01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:31,441 - Murder. - You better have a warrant. 1071 01:08:32,208 --> 01:08:33,309 I have it. 1072 01:08:38,514 --> 01:08:41,084 You're right, Doctor. I can't prove that you killed Mrs. Donner. 1073 01:08:41,184 --> 01:08:43,653 But I can prove that you killed Mr. Donner. 1074 01:08:44,754 --> 01:08:46,089 I have a witness. 1075 01:08:47,523 --> 01:08:48,691 That's right, sir. 1076 01:08:48,958 --> 01:08:50,593 I have an eyewitness. 1077 01:08:55,231 --> 01:08:56,299 Officer. 1078 01:09:18,087 --> 01:09:21,157 - Mr. Morris, would you care to sit down? - Certainly, Lieutenant. 1079 01:09:22,158 --> 01:09:23,826 Mr. Morris, do you live around here? 1080 01:09:23,926 --> 01:09:26,362 Yes, sir, a short distance up the highway. 1081 01:09:26,496 --> 01:09:27,497 Dr. Collier. 1082 01:09:27,597 --> 01:09:29,265 You need a match, Lieutenant? 1083 01:09:29,365 --> 01:09:31,067 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 1084 01:09:31,434 --> 01:09:34,837 Dr. Collier, do you recognize this man? 1085 01:09:36,572 --> 01:09:37,640 No, I do not. 1086 01:09:37,974 --> 01:09:39,375 Mr. Morris, 1087 01:09:40,376 --> 01:09:44,847 besides myself, have you ever seen anyone in this room before? 1088 01:09:45,048 --> 01:09:46,449 Yes, sir, I have. 1089 01:09:47,417 --> 01:09:49,052 Under what circumstances? 1090 01:09:49,752 --> 01:09:53,056 I was walking along the Coast Highway Monday... 1091 01:09:53,289 --> 01:09:54,991 getting some air... 1092 01:09:55,625 --> 01:09:59,662 when a car suddenly came speeding out of the Donner driveway. 1093 01:10:00,163 --> 01:10:02,999 The driver saw me at the last minute... 1094 01:10:03,332 --> 01:10:07,470 and skidded to avoid me then he drove off. 1095 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:10,206 And this driver... 1096 01:10:11,741 --> 01:10:13,676 did you get a good look at him? 1097 01:10:14,143 --> 01:10:17,647 Yes, sir, I did. It was this man standing here. 1098 01:10:18,781 --> 01:10:20,083 What time was that? 1099 01:10:21,184 --> 01:10:24,187 It was around 5:30. I checked my watch. 1100 01:10:24,620 --> 01:10:27,557 And you're certain that the man that you see standing here... 1101 01:10:27,657 --> 01:10:29,992 in front of you was the same man... 1102 01:10:30,093 --> 01:10:33,129 that you saw drive out of the Donner driveway? 1103 01:10:33,396 --> 01:10:34,430 Positively. 1104 01:10:35,264 --> 01:10:38,801 He was driving a late model Mercedes... 1105 01:10:39,102 --> 01:10:41,304 a coupe, blue. 1106 01:10:42,338 --> 01:10:44,740 Beautiful, Lieutenant, it's a gallant effort. 1107 01:10:45,007 --> 01:10:46,909 - I beg your pardon? - Oh, come now, Lieutenant. 1108 01:10:47,009 --> 01:10:50,346 That man couldn't see me or my car. He didn't see anything. He's blind. 1109 01:10:50,913 --> 01:10:52,215 Blind? 1110 01:10:53,783 --> 01:10:55,618 I must admit, your little charade was very good. 1111 01:10:55,718 --> 01:10:57,854 The way you had him come in, sit down, offer you the matches... 1112 01:10:57,954 --> 01:11:00,256 identifying where I was standing by my voice. 1113 01:11:00,623 --> 01:11:02,859 What, makes you think he was blind, sir? 1114 01:11:03,025 --> 01:11:05,394 Did you see a blind man on the highway that day? 1115 01:11:06,062 --> 01:11:07,330 Of course not. 1116 01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:11,200 You and I both know, I was miles away from here when Carl died. 1117 01:11:11,768 --> 01:11:13,903 But, I do have a little medical training. 1118 01:11:14,837 --> 01:11:16,539 You can tell by looking at him. 1119 01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:19,809 The cast in his eyes... 1120 01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:23,379 the way he moves... 1121 01:11:24,313 --> 01:11:26,215 but don't take my word for it. 1122 01:11:34,757 --> 01:11:37,527 Read a few pages of this, will you, Mr. Morris? 1123 01:11:37,627 --> 01:11:39,896 Just start anywhere, would you please? 1124 01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:47,236 "Always pack a bulky sweater and some heavy underwear. 1125 01:11:47,737 --> 01:11:52,341 Even in the spring, the mountains can get pretty cold at night/' 1126 01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:55,545 Here, read that. 1127 01:11:57,947 --> 01:12:02,118 "Surely it is the most beautiful of all sports." 1128 01:12:03,953 --> 01:12:07,089 The man is blind. He's blind. 1129 01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:09,158 Mr. Morris? 1130 01:12:20,102 --> 01:12:21,103 Stay. 1131 01:12:22,872 --> 01:12:25,441 That's right, Doctor, that man that you saw was blind... 1132 01:12:27,076 --> 01:12:28,678 and is blind. 1133 01:12:30,079 --> 01:12:34,383 This is Daniel Morris. That's the man that you saw on the road Monday afternoon. 1134 01:12:34,483 --> 01:12:36,485 This other man is his brother, David. 1135 01:12:39,455 --> 01:12:41,490 I'm sure you can see the problem, sir. 1136 01:12:42,225 --> 01:12:46,462 There is no way in the world that you could have assumed that this man... 1137 01:12:46,562 --> 01:12:49,665 this witness was blind unless, of course... 1138 01:12:49,765 --> 01:12:52,034 you had seen this man that day. 1139 01:12:53,469 --> 01:12:55,471 That's the only way you could have known. 1140 01:12:56,772 --> 01:12:58,507 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 1141 01:12:59,075 --> 01:13:01,310 I have an eyewitness, Dr. Collier... 1142 01:13:02,078 --> 01:13:04,914 an eyewitness that will place you at the head of the Donner driveway... 1143 01:13:05,014 --> 01:13:07,283 at 5:30 Monday afternoon. 1144 01:13:07,550 --> 01:13:10,319 But the eyewitness is not Mr. Morris. 1145 01:13:10,853 --> 01:13:12,722 The eyewitness is you.