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So, Mr. Beloit, you would like this court to believe

that your brother, the defendant, Tom Beloit,

could not have killed his wife's lover

because he was with you that night.

That's right.

Uh-huh.

Who drove to the bar you allegedly went to that night,

you or your brother?

What do you mean, "allegedly"?

Huh?

We were there.

Just answer the question, please, Mr. Beloit.

I drove.

And whose car did you drive, yours or your brother's?

Mine. Look...

I already told the cops.

Tom and I drove to the Cedar Bar

to check out a singer for our club.

We got there around 10:00.

We left around 11:00, after she finished her set.

And then you drove home in your car, is that correct?

Yes.

But you can't identify one single person

who saw you there that night, can you?

It was Friday night!

The place was jammed.

But we were there.

And your car was there, too, right?

How many times I have to say it?

Mr. Beloit, are you aware that perjury is a crime

for which there are severe penalties?

I'm telling the truth.

You own a bar, Mr. Beloit.

Is it true what they say, that customers come in

and tell you their troubles?

Yeah. Yeah, that's true.

And sometimes you tell them your troubles, too, don't you?

I talked to some of the customers at your bar,

and according to them, you complain that your car

is always in the shop... Is that true?

I got a lemon.

And that's where your car was on the night of the murder...

In the shop.

I have a copy of the work order right here.

Uh... uh...

Don't... do it, Mr. Beloit.

Don't get yourself in deeper.

You didn't go anywhere with your brother that night.

You weren't even with your brother that night, were you?

Yes...

you love your brother, and you want to help him.

And we can understand that, but you must not lie

for him.

He wasn't with you that night...

because that night, he was, in fact...

murdering his wife's lover.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

have you reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

The defendant will please rise.

May we have your verdict, please?

We, the jury, find the defendant, Thomas Beloit,

guilty of murder in the first degree.

Tommy... Tommy...

Tommy, don't worry.

Ms. March! Ms. March! JULIE: Thank you.

Not right now. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Excuse us. Coming through. Excuse us.

Congratulations. Hey, thanks!

I know!

Julie? Julie?

Mike Eiseman.

What brings you to Atlanta?

I'm just passing through.

Um, well, I'm on vacation, sort of.

My mother's down in Florida visiting her sister,

so she wants me to drive down and bring her back,

so I thought I would stop,

uh, on the way to... see you.

Well, Atlanta isn't exactly on your way.

Oh, Mike,

this is Eli Boward, an attorney in my office.

Mike Eiseman, an old friend of mine.

Hi.

Um, listen, you wouldn't, uh,

by any chance be free for, you know, lunch, or...?

Well...

Uh, gee, Mike,

I'm sorry, uh, Julie and I are having a working lunch.

We've just been assigned to the Branca case.

Oh, Mike, I'm sorry.

No, oh, you know, I mean,

you know, I mean, I should have called and...

But let's talk before you go, okay?

Where are you staying?

Um, the Grand Hotel.

Bye.

Grand. Bye.

Bye.

Branca case! Mm-hmm.

You just convicted an innocent man, lady!

You just convicted an innocent man. A jury of his peers convicted...

No, you! You did it!

You did it! The jury believed your lie!

Okay, okay, hey, hey, hold it. Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Nobody railroads my brother and gets away with it.

Mr. Beloit, I know you're upset.

What's going on?

I'm gonna get you for this!

What is he talking about... "get you"?

Oh, he's just... Are-Are you all right?

I'm fine, I'm fine. Hi, Eli. Hi.

You don't look all right.

It's all right; I'm okay.

Did... Did-Did that guy threaten you?

His brother was just convicted of murder,

so he's kind of upset.

Oh, that's right, your case.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

If-If that guy threatened you,

don't you think you should file a report?

No, no, he was just blowing off steam.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Who is this?

Hello?

Hello, Julie. It's me.

Who are you, and why are you

following...

It's white tablet paper, black permanent marker.

You can buy them in any grocery store.

I'll send it over to the lab,

but I doubt that they'll find prints.

There's not much we can do in a situation like this.

Bob, the man was in my garage.

And-And he called me so many times last night,

I had to disconnect the phone.

Well, Julie, I need proof that it's Nick Beloit.

He threatened me in front of witnesses.

Threats aren't proof of a crime.

You, of all people, know that.

Look, let me work on the note. Uh,

if there's anything there, I'll be all over him.

Uh, Julie... I'm sorry.

Yes, yes.

We all know the law.

But the man has my phone number.

And he knows where I live.

I don't know what to do.

I'll...

I'll put Conrad on it.

If this Nick Beloit harasses you again,

we'll get him.

Okay?

Um... uh, uh,

m-meantime, w-what would you think of...

staying with me?

Oh, okay with me.

All right.

That'd take care of the mysterious phone calls

and anonymous notes.

Did you sleep any?

Not a wink. Oh.

Well... Well, let's... let's go pack a bag.

No.

What? No.

I can't do it. Well...

I'm not going to give him the satisfaction

of driving me out of my own home.

At least, not yet.

Let's... Let's give it

another 24 hours, and maybe he'll go away.

Do you think that's wise?

I don't know.

Hello?

You look lovely in blue.

If you think you're frightening me, Mr. Beloit,

you're wrong.

And if you keep this up,

sooner or later, you're going to make a mistake,

and that's when I'm going to nail you.

And then you are going to join your brother in prison.

And now the show is over.

You all right? I'm all right.

I just panicked. I'm sorry.

Oh, don't be sorry.

Somebody peeping in your window.

Must be in that high-rise across the street.

Yeah.

Conrad will be there. You packed?

Almost. Okay.

Ben, I've given this a great deal of thought.

I'm going to stay at your house,

but I'm going to go to work in the morning.

Julie!

I am going to do my job.

I am not going to let this disrupt my life.

Well, c-couldn't you take a few days off?

No.

Well, what-what, what-what... I know...

Wh-what if you leave your work clothes here?

Let's go.

Well, I'll take the bag.

Good morning.

Oh, good morning. Hey.

Did you sleep?

Yes. Good.

At first, I didn't think I would,

and then, all of a sudden, it was morning.

Phone didn't ring once.

Maybe he got tired and it's over.

Yeah.

This will be ready in a minute.

Oh... I don't eat breakfast.

You have to eat breakfast.

It's the most important meal of the day.

You sound like my mother.

Well, you can bet your sweet patootie I'm not your mother.

But you got to eat breakfast.

Oh, Ben, Eli and I

have the Branca case.

Yeah? Yeah, yeah.

And we blocked out the whole day to work on it together.

Yeah, yeah.

So I, uh, guess I better go.

Well, wait a minute... uh...

Here.

There.

Egg sandwich.

If you starve to death, it won't be my fault.

Thank you. Yeah.

Hello?

Anybody there?

Hello!

This is the only apartment on this side of the building...

that's been rented in the last month?

Yeah, the last six months.

Guess she hasn't moved in yet.

She?

Yeah.

Rented it to a woman.

Name's, um...

Lisa Johnson.

Mannish kind of dame.

Tall, dark hair, about down to her shoulders,

plain dress, below the knee.

Didn't talk much.

Had kind of a low voice, you know what I mean?

Yeah.

Anyway, the name's Lisa Johnson.

At least that's the name she gave me.

Paid me in cash, so I didn't ask any questions.

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth," I always say.

You know what I mean? Yeah.

When did she rent it?

Last Tuesday.

Phone works.

You have her former address, her work number, anything?

She paid cash.

Okay.

Okay.

If you hear from Lisa Johnson,

you give me a call.

A man of principle.

Yeah.

Come in.

Oh, hi, Eli.

Are you all right?

Fine.

Is something wrong?

Well, um... you were due in court at 10:30.

Motions... the Branca case.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, no, no, it's all right. I took care of it.

How could I have done that?

It's right here in my calendar.

How could I just forget?

Julie, look, why don't you take some time off,

get away for a while.

Now, Paula and I have a place in the country,

up near Jasper, and you are welcome to it.

Oh, thanks, Eli, but I need to stay here.

At work, I feel like I have some sort of control.

Mm-hmm.

I mean, I did.

I won't forget anything again, I promise.

Okay.

But you remember,

any time you want to use the place, it's all right.

And Paula says so, too.

Thanks.

Hello. Who is this?

Well, yes, it is.

Who is this?

Oh, um...

Well, just a minute, uh...

Michael Eiseman.

Hi.

Are you still in town?

Oh...

no, tonight's not very good.

Uh, tomorrow...

Uh, Mike, to be honest with you,

I'm going through a rough time at work right now and...

Well, if I change my mind, I'll call you, okay?

Are you still at the Grand Hotel?

Room 817.

Okay. Okay.

Bye.

What'll it be?

Can I get a beer?

$1.75.

You know a woman named Lisa Johnson?

No.

Lives in an apartment on Ashton and Third.

What are you asking me for? That's halfway across town.

She come in here?

That's what I heard.

No, don't know her.

Yeah.

Got a match?

That's interesting.

Not many people light matches that way.

Found this in an apartment on Ashton and Third.

I don't know what your story is,

but you got something to say,

why don't you just say it.

Bye.

Hello?

Hi. How you doing?

Oh... Ben.

I did something today I've never done before in my life.

What?

Well, I was supposed to be at court at 10:30,

and I forgot all about it.

Oh, I heard about that.

You did?

Yeah.

You know how fast word travels around the courthouse.

Who told you?

Charlie.

The hot dog vendor?

Yeah.

Hey, speaking of food...

I'll cook.

It's the least I can do.

I'll stop by the market on my way home.

What market? I'll meet you there.

Oh, you don't have to do that.

I just like to look at the produce and push the cart.

The Food Mart on Carson.

Okay, I'll meet you there.

And I'll get us a cart that all the wheels work.

Okay.

Julie, it's okay. It's me.

It's Nick Beloit! He's right behind me!

He got away. Oh!

Julie, are you sure it was Nick Beloit?

Yes.

Well, I didn't get a look at his face, but...

I just came from the bar

he and his brother own... He was working.

There's no way that he could have beaten me here. No way.

But if it wasn't Nick Beloit...

who was it?

This is good.

Yeah, I've had that a long time.

All right, let's say it wasn't Nick Beloit in that apartment.

Could have been a friend of his.

Maybe.

Like the woman that rented that apartment.

It could have been a friend.

Maybe... or maybe it has nothing to do with Nick Beloit.

You found the matchbook with the matches folded down.

Nick Beloit was in that apartment.

Or somebody who wanted us to think it was Nick Beloit.

Who... Who else was around

when he threatened you?

Who wasn't around?

The corridor was packed.

Well, think back.

Does anybody in particular come to mind?

You were there... Yeah.

Eli...

Harvey Goodman...

that's Tom Beloit's lawyer...

And... Oh, there was this friend of mine from Baltimore,

Michael Eiseman.

He, um, just showed up out of the blue.

And he said he was on his way down to Florida.

He called me yesterday. He's still in town.

But that's... that's just a coincidence.

He's a legal secretary.

We worked together in Baltimore.

Oh... Oh, just-just a friend.

I think he did ask me out once.

Did you go? No.

No, no.

I remember I was very surprised

because I never thought of Mike as somebody I'd ever date.

But I didn't go.

And he never asked me again.

Yeah...

Yeah, well, uh...

Uh, I wonder if-if we should, um...

It can't be him.

It just can't be.

Julie...?

This is such a nice surprise.

I thought you might've gone back to Florida.

Not yet.

Something's bothering you.

Why do you say that?

I can tell.

I-I used to watch you a lot in the office,

and I know when you're upset.

Why did you watch me, Mike?

You're pretty.

Did I do something wrong?

Are you mad at me?

No, no, I'm not mad at you.

But, uh...

I do have a problem.

Somebody... a man...

Has been calling me and following me.

Oh, you think it's me?

I don't know.

Julie, I would never ever do anything to upset you.

Mike, I'm not accusing you.

It's just that...

all of this started the day you came to Atlanta.

Oh.

So you can understand why I have to ask you.

Why did you come to see me?

I-I wanted to take you to dinner,

and... thank you.

You... You helped me, years ago.

Oh, Mike.

I only treated you like I treat everybody else.

No, you were always so nice.

I'm different; I'm... I'm shy.

It's not easy for me to make friends with women.

And you were so nice.

It meant a great deal to me.

I don't know what to say.

Well... I've made friends with a lady.

Um... she's shy, too.

I don't know what to say.

You don't have to say anything.

You do believe me, though, don't you?

Yes, I believe you.

Ben?

Yeah, in here.

Hey. Hey. She go see him?

Yeah.

It figures.

Everything okay? Did you stay close?

Didn't have to.

They never left the lobby of the hotel.

No? No.

No, they talked a while,

then she left, and he went into the hotel restaurant,

ate this big bowl of cereal with sliced bananas

and then went up to his room.

In the middle of the afternoon?

Yeah. I watched him eat the whole bowl,

then watched him go up to his room.

Even listened for him to snap that little security chain.

What kind of bird is he?

I don't know, he's a little... little weird.

He's average.

Hmm.

He could be the one.

Could be. Yeah.

Well, this place is clean as a whistle.

Oh, uh... well, what do you think?

Whoever we're looking for,

he'd come in here...

he'd sit there waiting for Julie to come home,

he'd use the phone to harass her

and then he'd leave. Yep.

One other thing he might've done while he was waiting.

What?

What's that?

When you drop a phone book like that,

it'll open up to the page that's used the most.

And I bet it opened up to the restaurant section.

Yeah.

Any man...

who waits for hours has food delivered.

You like pizza?

Hi.

Julie?

Julie, where are you?

I'm in here. Oh.

Boy!

Somebody washed the curtains...

the windows...

and everything!

I did.

Why?

Because everything was dirty.

I just can't sit around and do nothing.

I'll go nuts.

Uh...

What if I took you to lunch?

I fixed some tuna salad. It's in the fridge.

Um, Julie, you've got to stop cleaning that oven.

I gotta keep busy.

It's self-cleaning.

I knew that.

Oh.

Well, here, sit down

and I'll fix you some lemonade.

Hello.

Let me talk to Julie.

Who?

Come on...

You got the wrong number.

I know she's there.

Who are you?

The pizza man.

Well, listen, pizza man, let me tell you something...

You...!

Damn.

The pizza man?

That night he was looking through your window,

while he was waiting for you to come home, he ordered a pizza.

We went to a lot of places,

but we never... never found anybody who saw him.

He was like "The Shadow."

He knows I'm here.

How did he find out?

How? I don't know. I... I...

I didn't tell anybody I was staying here.

Not a single soul. How did he find out? I... I...

I don't know. Now he's following both of us.

Here, sit down...

I don't want to sit down!

I want to get that guy!

I want...

I... I just want my life back.

I know. I know.

I know.

Everything's gonna be all right.

We've got to find you another place...

where you'll be safe.

Doesn't Eli have a place somewhere?

Look, I don't know what you're talking about.

Trespassing, harassment, maybe even assault.

Hey, if somebody is harassing that broad,

I say great.

More power to him.

It isn't me.

Well, if it isn't you, somebody's doing his best

to make it look like you.

How many people know you bend your matches over this way?

Everybody who's ever seen me smoke.

After you threatened Julie March at the courthouse,

where'd you go?

Went home, changed clothes, came straight here.

Most of your customers regulars?

Yeah, yeah, except on weekends.

The day your brother was convicted,

you remember seeing anybody come in here you didn't know?

Not right off.

Nah, I don't know; I don't know.

I want you to come downtown and look over some pictures.

Here's the address.

What kind of pictures?

Oh, ex-cons, parolees,

people who don't like Julie March much.

I could be there all day.

You could be in prison a lot longer.

9:00 a.m.

This is so nice.

Yeah. Yeah, it is, isn't it?

You know, we better head back in.

It looks like we're in for a storm.

Come on.

Are you sure

you don't need me back in town?

I'm positive.

Oh! I wish I could work,

but all my files are in the office.

Well, I can go back into town tonight,

pick up what you need, and then bring it

to you tomorrow... oh, boy.

That would be great!

Oh, thank you.

And thank Paula, too, for lending me your place.

That's okay. Come on!

We're in for it! Let's go!

Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, I'm soaked!

Check the, uh, dresser in the bedroom upstairs.

Paula may have left some sweaters here, huh?

It's freezing!

I'll, uh, start a fire, huh?

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Hi.

I... I found this in the drawer.

Everything in here is about me.

Yeah.

I think a lot of you, Julie.

Where is Paula?

Gone.

I'm glad you're here.

Eli, you're very upset.

No, no, I'm not.

I don't get upset, Julie.

And besides, you're here now.

You know, it took me quite a while, but you are here.

Isn't there somebody you could talk to,

like a doctor or a close friend?

Somebody you could call...?

I'll talk to you. No...

No, this isn't right.

Yes.

Oh, yes, it is.

Julie, you saw my scrapbook.

You don't know how often

I have dreamed of having you here.

It is going to be so wonderful now, Julie.

It's just...

the two of us together.

You and me...

so close...

touching.

You and me, Julie.

Just you and me.

I have to go.

Don't you understand?

I think about you all the time.

Eli, we can talk about this another time.

No!

You're going to stay.

You want to.

I have to go.

Ow!

Oh!

You're staying.

Oh!

You are not going to leave me.

You're here. You are here.

Do you understand me, hmm?

Yes, yes...

Don't make me angry.

Don't... do that, hmm?

No, no, no.

What about this guy?

Do you recognize this guy?

Uh...

Well... this guy?

Here you go.

Uh, nope.

Fresh from the photo lab.

Oh, good, good, good, good.

Take a look at this guy.

You recognize him?

Nope.

You sure?

Yep.

Have you spoken to Julie?

I tried to call and the phone was busy.

This guy looks familiar.

That's Eli Boward.

He works with Julie.

She was with him outside the courtroom.

She was?

Well, so was I.

I was so mad, all I remember seeing is her.

Well, well, come over here.

Come over here.

Try this guy.

What about this guy?

I'm telling you, I've seen that guy before,

and it wasn't in that courtroom either.

Napoleon brandy.

This guy came in my place three nights in a row,

sat down at the end of the bar drinking Napoleon brandy.

Are you sure?

I finally remember, now you don't believe me?

You got, you got gas in your car?

Enough to get us there.

Don't try to run away again.

Don't do that.

You see, I don't understand.

I thought if I brought you up here,

you would want to be here,

you would want to be with me all the way.

Well, you will, you will.

Right. You will, you will.

It just takes some people longer than others, that's all.

I mean, I can wait.

I can be patient.

But, of course, you already knew that, huh?

You are going to want to be with me.

It'll be good.

It'll be good.

Don't.

Now, don't...

Eli?

Ben Matlock.

Eli, what's going on?!

Well, you already know, Ben.

Get back in your car.

Aw, come on, Eli.

Just let me talk with you for a minute.

No, get back in your car, Ben.

Eli, you don't want to hurt anybody.

Get out of here!

There'll be other people coming.

You can't run 'em all off.

Julie!

Well, I'll be damned... Eli.

You never know, do you?

I'll call the police.

Yeah.

You all right?

I don't know.

You look good, anyway.

Let's go home.

Let's do that.