1 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,920 There's still your fire. 2 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,420 Why, Mr. Wood, what is wrong? 3 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:24,280 You! It was your idea we come up to this forsaken hole over the weekend. 4 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,800 If I die of pneumonia, it will be your debt to society. 5 00:01:28,140 --> 00:01:33,040 Mr. Wood, I tried to be a competent secretary, but I have absolutely no 6 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,280 control over the element. 7 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,460 How did I know it was going to rain? 8 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:39,400 See? The paper says fair and warmer. 9 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,800 That's last week's paper. 10 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,180 You're still fired. 11 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,180 How much further do we go? 12 00:01:46,780 --> 00:01:48,280 Won't be long now, Mr. Warren. 13 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:49,900 Well, it better not be. 14 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:23,710 Is there something the matter? 15 00:02:24,090 --> 00:02:25,390 I guess we're stuck. 16 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:27,590 You guess you're stuck. 17 00:02:29,310 --> 00:02:32,230 What are you trying to do, kill me? 18 00:04:23,390 --> 00:04:24,410 Mr. Ames. 19 00:04:24,830 --> 00:04:26,630 Oh, hello, Carraway. 20 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:29,810 I'm sorry, I didn't recognize this was Dr. Kent's house. 21 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:34,170 Just a moment, Ames. I don't know who this Dr. Kent is, but I'm getting out of 22 00:04:34,170 --> 00:04:35,930 the storm even if it's to be the missing lady. 23 00:04:37,730 --> 00:04:39,030 Coming in, Mr. Ames. 24 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:49,550 Ames. Well, this is a surprise. 25 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:51,970 Couldn't see you. 26 00:04:52,740 --> 00:04:54,400 Yes, I suppose it is a surprise. 27 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,160 We skidded off the road, hit a tree, and became mired in mud, and yours is the 28 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,039 nearest house. 29 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,140 Oh, pardon me, Dr. Kent. This is Herman Wood, the famous theatrical producer. 30 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,300 You no doubt have heard of him, even if you haven't met him. 31 00:05:04,580 --> 00:05:07,860 Delighted, Mr. Wood. You're courageous to face the storms we have up here. 32 00:05:08,460 --> 00:05:09,740 Courageous? Insane, you mean. 33 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,040 How do you do that? 34 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:13,220 And this is Homer Erskine, his secretary. 35 00:05:13,620 --> 00:05:14,780 How are you, Erskine? 36 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,040 All wet. 37 00:05:16,140 --> 00:05:18,740 I agree with you for once. 38 00:05:21,870 --> 00:05:22,409 Hello, Gloria. 39 00:05:22,410 --> 00:05:23,930 Glad to see me. More than you know. 40 00:05:24,230 --> 00:05:26,870 A certain gentleman here doesn't take our engagement seriously. 41 00:05:27,990 --> 00:05:30,550 Harry. Hello, Ames. How do you do? 42 00:05:31,630 --> 00:05:32,630 Gloria. 43 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:33,790 This is Mr. 44 00:05:33,970 --> 00:05:37,230 Wood, Mr. Erskine, Miss Shaw, and Mr. Terry Gray. 45 00:05:37,590 --> 00:05:40,230 Oh, Mr. Wood. I've heard so much about you. 46 00:05:40,510 --> 00:05:41,930 Yeah. I was afraid of that. 47 00:05:42,190 --> 00:05:43,250 How are you, young man? 48 00:05:43,470 --> 00:05:44,750 Still quite normal, thank you. 49 00:05:45,270 --> 00:05:46,990 Nice of you all to drop in like this. 50 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:49,250 Your idea, wasn't it, Ames? 51 00:05:49,670 --> 00:05:51,050 After all, you were invited. 52 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,360 That had nothing to do with it, and I assure you I wouldn't be here now if I 53 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,060 could help it. We were just driving to my place where Mr. Wood was going to 54 00:05:57,060 --> 00:05:58,060 hear me read my latest play. 55 00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:59,500 Another play, Pastor? 56 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,080 My, you are prolific. 57 00:06:01,340 --> 00:06:04,760 Well, play or no play, I ought to be in New York, in bed. 58 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:07,680 Well, I'm afraid you'll have to remain my guest for the night. My chauffeur 59 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,240 tells me the roads are completely out. 60 00:06:09,860 --> 00:06:12,060 Oh, forgive me for keeping you in these wet things. 61 00:06:12,460 --> 00:06:14,380 I'll have Cataway show you to some rooms immediately. 62 00:06:14,910 --> 00:06:17,710 Then you'll join us for a cocktail before dinner for your staying, of 63 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:20,610 course. Well, I like the cocktail part of the program. 64 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:22,050 Oh, Carroway. 65 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:25,910 Take Mr. Ames and his friends upstairs immediately, owing to the storm they're 66 00:06:25,910 --> 00:06:26,910 going to stay for the evening. 67 00:06:26,970 --> 00:06:28,370 Yes, sir. This way, please. 68 00:06:35,570 --> 00:06:36,570 Who are you? 69 00:06:37,770 --> 00:06:41,110 Why, I'm... You tell her. 70 00:06:41,590 --> 00:06:43,490 I'm beginning to be uncertain of everything. 71 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:44,740 This is Mr. 72 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:46,760 Wood. I'm Mr. Erskine, his secretary. 73 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,580 I pity you so much. 74 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:56,240 You're surrounded by tragedy and sorrow. 75 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,020 Well, you are psychic, Beatrice. Mr. Wood is the greatest producer of 76 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:03,680 tragedies and dramas in the country. 77 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:07,240 You mean he... was. 78 00:07:12,260 --> 00:07:13,320 Hey, uh... 79 00:07:13,820 --> 00:07:15,400 Ames, about this play of yours. 80 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:16,940 Why, yes, it's in my bag. 81 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,940 As long as we can't reach my place, why not let me read it to you here? 82 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,260 I just remembered an important appointment tomorrow in the city. I must 83 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:28,260 return tonight. 84 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:29,559 Isn't that right? 85 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:30,560 Yes, absolutely. 86 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,600 He has to address the Traveler's Aid Society. 87 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:36,260 On the proper way to fold a timetable. My dear Mr. 88 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,100 Wood, I would gladly assist you, but until the storm abates, there's no way 89 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:41,100 of reaching the city. 90 00:07:41,740 --> 00:07:44,020 Well, we may as well accept the situation, Mr. Wood. 91 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,720 We'll have a good dinner and then retire to Dr. Kent's study for a nice, quiet 92 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,520 reading. Perhaps it'll make you appreciate my play all the more. They 93 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,260 say a full stomach breeds tolerance. 94 00:07:53,580 --> 00:07:55,740 Well, something tells me I shall need it. 95 00:08:09,550 --> 00:08:11,670 This is your room. You've used it before. 96 00:08:12,670 --> 00:08:13,790 This way, gentlemen, please. 97 00:08:16,190 --> 00:08:19,230 This is yours, sir. And this is yours. 98 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:28,830 Just a moment. 99 00:08:30,590 --> 00:08:31,810 Have that coat dried out. 100 00:08:32,110 --> 00:08:33,110 Yes, sir. Right away, sir. 101 00:08:33,409 --> 00:08:34,409 Anything else, sir? 102 00:08:34,610 --> 00:08:36,730 Yes. Close the door when you go out. Yes, sir. 103 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,900 Well, the ghost walks tonight or never. 104 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,280 You don't sound very hopeful. 105 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:29,880 To the contrary. 106 00:09:30,180 --> 00:09:31,940 Not only hopeful, but brave. 107 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:35,140 I'm going to ask you to marry me and go to California. 108 00:09:35,740 --> 00:09:39,200 Where the sun always shines and the oranges fall from the trees to your 109 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,200 breakfast table. 110 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,920 That's a beautiful picture on a stormy night like this. 111 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,820 But with or without the oranges and sunshine, you know I won't marry you, 112 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,560 Terry. Because I love someone else. 113 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,340 Terry! Pardon me? 114 00:10:01,980 --> 00:10:04,280 You're not a very easy man to discourage, are you? 115 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:07,980 You forget that Gloria here is engaged to a mutual friend of ours. 116 00:10:08,220 --> 00:10:10,780 I don't think that's any of your business. Look here, Gray. 117 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,400 I don't like your attitude. 118 00:10:14,340 --> 00:10:17,480 In fact, I don't think I like anything about you. So what? 119 00:10:17,780 --> 00:10:20,920 Why must you two always act like gladiators? Be sensible. 120 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:23,700 Tonight of all nights must not be the time for any discord. 121 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,560 You know I've never given you cause to think of me as more than a friend. 122 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,060 That depends on your viewpoint. 123 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:32,720 I might argue that statement. I'd like to give you the thrashing you deserve 124 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,080 for those insinuations. Please. 125 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,420 We'll discuss this later. 126 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Listen. 127 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,600 Did you hear that scream? 128 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:08,720 Yes. It sounded like a grand opera star with acute indigestion. 129 00:11:09,020 --> 00:11:11,180 Worse than that. It sounded like something I'm hearing. 130 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:12,820 Oh, pure imagination. 131 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:18,300 If I allowed a noise like that to scare me, your voice would have killed me long 132 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:21,340 ago. Look here. Are you trying to insinuate I'm afraid? 133 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:27,060 I'm just nervous. What kind of a madhouse is this? Oh, don't be so 134 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:31,310 excitable. It's... Probably your liver acting up again. 135 00:11:31,510 --> 00:11:32,510 Have you your pills? 136 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:33,750 My pills? 137 00:11:37,010 --> 00:11:38,670 Any of you folks hear a scream? 138 00:11:39,230 --> 00:11:40,690 Yes, it frightened me too. 139 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:43,250 I guess I can't understand where it came from. 140 00:11:43,510 --> 00:11:46,390 Tell them where it came from, Ames. You've heard it before. 141 00:11:46,930 --> 00:11:49,290 Why scare your friends unnecessarily? 142 00:11:50,650 --> 00:11:51,650 Perhaps you're right. 143 00:11:54,370 --> 00:11:57,970 Any scream you may have heard probably came from Beatrice's room. 144 00:11:58,460 --> 00:11:59,460 She's Dr. 145 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,180 Kent's patient and Mr. 146 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:02,339 Gray's sister. 147 00:12:02,340 --> 00:12:03,680 You met at the foot of the stairs. 148 00:12:04,460 --> 00:12:06,880 She's just a little irrational at times. 149 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,660 Well, as far as I know, it's nothing to worry about. Simply emotional outbursts. 150 00:12:12,540 --> 00:12:14,360 Don't you just love a night like this? 151 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,640 This old house seems to belong in the rain and thunder. 152 00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:22,680 I read a book once about an old, old house. And oh, I don't know how many 153 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,100 murders happen on just such a night as this. 154 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:39,900 Was that the clock? 155 00:12:40,140 --> 00:12:45,620 I guess so. I think so. It must have been. But it's a union clock. 156 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:46,900 What do you mean? 157 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,420 Well, it strikes any old time. 158 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,800 I met her with Beatrice. 159 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Yes, John. 160 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:23,580 I am waiting. 161 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:26,700 For you. 162 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,000 I am waiting. 163 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:05,360 That woman gives me goose pimples. I've seen saner people than her in asylums. 164 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:10,000 I'm sorry this had to happen. Beatrice's spells are unnerving to a stranger, but 165 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,860 after one gets to know her... Know her? Say, if I never see her again, I'll be 166 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:18,160 satisfied. Now, if you'll be so kind as to find some method for me to leave this 167 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,520 house, see that I take it. 168 00:14:19,940 --> 00:14:22,520 Oh, Prescott, we couldn't let you do that with your friend. 169 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:27,420 I think your friend is unduly alarmed, Ames. Oh, is that so? Well, who asked 170 00:14:27,420 --> 00:14:30,680 you? He has high blood pressure. He should calm himself. 171 00:14:31,660 --> 00:14:35,500 Miss Beatrice's actions are nothing to fear. She simply dwells in the unknown. 172 00:14:36,980 --> 00:14:40,720 As her attending physician, I can speak freely. The girl suffers from 173 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,480 hallucinations and the shock of a tragedy that occurred in this house 174 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,600 three years ago this night. 175 00:14:46,540 --> 00:14:49,560 Mr. Ames remembers that night very distinctly, no doubt. 176 00:14:50,540 --> 00:14:52,200 That's why he shuns my house. 177 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,700 Dr. Kent, I see no reason for making my sister's grief public talk. 178 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,780 I bet the doctor's going to tell us about some terrible operation. 179 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,360 That ought to be cheerful. 180 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,080 The unsolved murder of your sister's husband must be public talk in this 181 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,080 house. Murder? 182 00:15:08,420 --> 00:15:13,040 I have taken notes on her actions since that night, and each year, at this hour, 183 00:15:13,060 --> 00:15:16,520 the flutter of that sound is heard, and she has acted as though the spirit of 184 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,400 John, her dead husband, had returned to her. That's all there is to it. 185 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,560 Erskine, we're leaving. 186 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,180 Dinner is served, sir. 187 00:15:26,190 --> 00:15:27,430 No, we're not. 188 00:15:27,670 --> 00:15:29,730 Ghosts or no ghosts, we're eating. 189 00:15:30,110 --> 00:15:31,110 We're leaving. 190 00:15:31,250 --> 00:15:32,770 You're disobeying my orders. 191 00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:35,370 No, I'm not. You fired me an hour ago. 192 00:15:53,910 --> 00:15:55,450 Gloria, James. 193 00:15:56,270 --> 00:15:57,310 Mr. Wood, Mr. Eskin. 194 00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,790 Hope you're all as hungry as I am. 195 00:16:00,610 --> 00:16:05,410 Just give me an aspirin. Just give me anything but a tomato surprise. I've had 196 00:16:05,410 --> 00:16:06,410 shocks enough. 197 00:16:06,510 --> 00:16:09,410 This is about as cheerful as an undertaker's picnic in a cemetery. 198 00:16:23,820 --> 00:16:25,480 You're right on time, John. 199 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,900 I was so afraid you might disappoint me. 200 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:33,520 Mr. Wood, I think you're right. 201 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:37,600 We better leave now that John's here. 202 00:16:38,060 --> 00:16:42,580 Yes, Erskine, I'm not a cowardly man by nature, but my nerves won't stand this 203 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:43,479 any longer. 204 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,220 That woman is dangerous. 205 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:46,500 My friends, please. 206 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:52,040 I regret these unusual disturbances, but I've experienced these same phenomena in 207 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,400 my patient's presence before. 208 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:55,300 There's nothing to fear from the dead. 209 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,280 I believe in spirits, but only spirits. 210 00:16:59,380 --> 00:17:00,380 Hear me? 211 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:03,120 Beatrice, please, your brother wishes you to restrain yourself. 212 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:11,520 My dear brother seems frightened, as well he should be, just like 213 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,180 all the rest of you are. 214 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:16,800 Please, Beatrice, there are guests here, friends of Mr. Ames. 215 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,420 What do they mean to me? 216 00:17:20,060 --> 00:17:21,480 You, Terry Gray. 217 00:17:21,859 --> 00:17:23,819 You, Miss Gloria Shaw. 218 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:28,580 And you, my delightful friend, know what that blood stain is. 219 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:34,980 You were at this table the night poor John fell forward and stained the cloth 220 00:17:34,980 --> 00:17:36,520 with his own blood. 221 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,260 The night he was murdered. 222 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,360 By one of you. 223 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:43,660 Well, that's a lie. 224 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,240 Open that door. 225 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:52,120 Claire, I'll call the police. This is outrageous. Open that door. 226 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,400 Unloosen that portal. 227 00:17:54,620 --> 00:17:58,180 I'm sorry, Miss Beatrice's orders are that no one leave. 228 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,160 Jarvis is only partly correct. 229 00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:01,460 I gave that order. 230 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:02,720 What's the idea? 231 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,560 The idea, my friend, is to protect my patient's health. 232 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:08,240 Any interruption might cause the loss of her sanity. 233 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,500 You want the responsibility for that on your shoulders? I think you're as crazy 234 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:13,500 as she is. 235 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:16,000 Don't aggravate him. They're all dangerous. 236 00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:31,270 I don't know who killed your husband, but I believe your brother can tell you. 237 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:34,890 I thought you'd try to insinuate something like that, and I'm glad you 238 00:18:34,890 --> 00:18:37,930 did. Now I can voice what I've suspicioned these past years. 239 00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:39,510 You were jealous of John. 240 00:18:39,710 --> 00:18:41,350 You wanted to marry Beatrice for money. 241 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,450 You were a penniless, hacked playwright. 242 00:18:43,770 --> 00:18:46,250 She preferred John, and you killed him. 243 00:18:46,610 --> 00:18:49,130 There's always been insanity in your family. Wait. 244 00:18:49,770 --> 00:18:50,649 He's right. 245 00:18:50,650 --> 00:18:52,570 I, too, always thought you killed John. 246 00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:54,450 You're unscrupulous enough to have done it. 247 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,620 That's enough of that kind of talk. 248 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,080 You aren't free from suspicion either. 249 00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:04,720 As John's cousin, you inherited more money from his death than I did. How 250 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:05,720 dare you say that? 251 00:19:06,180 --> 00:19:08,160 I can't listen any longer. 252 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:13,720 In the name of humanity, allow Lester and I to get out of here before they 253 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,580 kill each other. I appreciate that we have outside witnesses to what is going 254 00:19:17,580 --> 00:19:21,040 to happen. There is a murderer in this room, and we're going to find him. 255 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,960 Tell me the person who killed you. 256 00:19:29,780 --> 00:19:31,840 Quickly. Why don't you admit it? 257 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,000 Hurry. Before it is too late. 258 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,360 You'll talk now or I'll break your neck. 259 00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:39,500 Lunch! John. 260 00:19:41,260 --> 00:19:42,260 John. 261 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,720 John. Speak to me, John. 262 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:50,020 Jarvis, hang on those legs. 263 00:19:56,650 --> 00:19:57,650 Where's Beatrice? 264 00:19:57,670 --> 00:19:59,090 I don't know. 265 00:20:01,990 --> 00:20:06,310 Dr. Kent, I demand I be allowed to leave this room. And I'm with you. 266 00:20:06,510 --> 00:20:09,170 Remember my years of devotion to you. 267 00:20:09,650 --> 00:20:12,710 Divided we arrive, but united we leave. 268 00:20:13,050 --> 00:20:16,010 Of course I'd give anything in the world if this hadn't happened. Jarvis, open 269 00:20:16,010 --> 00:20:17,010 that door. 270 00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:19,430 Oh, Mr. Wood, I'll see you later. 271 00:20:19,630 --> 00:20:23,610 You'll not see me later. Not for a month, not for ten years. I'm getting 272 00:20:23,610 --> 00:20:24,630 out of here. 273 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:36,820 And so ends the first act of my little play. 274 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,760 Oh, darling, it was wonderful. 275 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,740 Well, we certainly scared those two. 276 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,120 Yes, and Wood's famous for his temper. 277 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:53,640 Isn't it remarkable how they reacted almost exactly as you had written them 278 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:54,640 into your play?