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Well, we're all set all along
that far slope on that ridge.

Get Chuck on the
radio and tell him to fire.

Right.

Do you read me, Chuck?

CHUCK: Loud and clear.

Okay, you can
start the countdown.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

Hey, what was that?

Hey, look, what's going on here?

I don't know, but whoever
it is, is up there somewhere.

Now, you've got 10
minutes to get yourselves

and all of this paraphernalia
off my property.

And if you're still here
when I quit counting,

they're gonna have
to carry you off.

No. And that's final.

Now, you can get all
the court orders you want.

You can get 10 more lawyers,

and you can lie
yourself blue in the face,

but if that oil company so
much as throws a shadow

across my property line,
they're gonna regret it.

Mr. Rohan, there's no question
about my client's legal right

to run geophysical
tests on your property.

Here's the lease option signed by
your wife allowing Klee Oil Industries...

She had no right.

I was out of town when she
put her name on that paper.

- She accepted the money.
- I'm not gonna argue with you.

I had my say, and that's that.

Somebody sent for you?

Job and me been thinking,
sir, after talking to Mr. Mason.

I don't recall
asking your opinion,

and how many times I got to
tell you to take them boots off

before you come
into the sitting room?

Sorry, sir.

What you been trying to do,
lawyer, set my sons against me?

Mr. Rohan, I explained
to Matt and Job

that there is a chance,
a very good chance

that there's a major new
oil pool under your land,

but to be certain, we
must drill a test hole.

If there is oil there, we could do
the cross-fencing across the road.

You'd sell out.

I guess I never did
teach you boys anything.

Now, you seen them
fields out there, them hills.

Takes you half hour to
walk across my homestead.

Now, it feeds me and mine,
it puts a roof over our heads.

Now, what more do we
need? Nothing money can buy.

No, sir, we don't
want any part of it.

Maybe you don't,
Jason, but I do.

Minna, you've made
enough trouble already.

Not as much as I'm gonna make.

Have a cookie, Mr. Mason,
and the water's on for tea.

Minna, in the two years
we've been married,

you never acted like
this in front of a stranger.

About time I got started then.

This is my house and my land.

No, you're wrong. This
is California. It's our land.

And anyway, I decided to
go along with this oil thing.

I signed my name to it and
that means I gave my word.

I'm not gonna sell out
my soul for a few dollars.

Nobody's asking
you to spend a dime.

And anyway, if they
do find oil, Jason,

why, I won't have to sew another
seam on this sewing machine

or cook another meal
on that two-eyed stove.

You wanna ruin our land?

Your land won't be
disturbed, Mr. Rohan.

If the drill hole is successful,
Klee Oil will be able to pump it out

without creating the noise
and unsightliness you fear.

We're only using the top
couple of feet, you might say.

These oil people
Mr. Mason works for,

they're only gonna
be using it way down,

maybe six, eight
thousand feet down.

You have nothing to lose, Mr. Rohan,
and possibly a great deal to gain.

Minna had no
business, no right to do it.

But Jason Rohan never went
back on his word in his life.

Well, boys, now, where are
we gonna put the new TV set,

and the couch and the chairs?

And what are you gonna
use to pay for all that?

Oil, Jason.

Oil.

Oil. It's got to be
oil. You can smell it.

Another couple hundred
feet, maybe a thousand.

Mr. Mason, I really
think we're into a big one.

You've moved quickly
in the past 10 days.

Have you got any idea what this
will mean to a little outfit like ours?

Subcontracting for Klee
Oil, that'd give us a boost.

But when the word gets out
that we've discovered this field,

we'll have it made.

Well, how's my oil
well coming, friends?

Well, the test hole looks
pretty promising, Mr. Rohan.

You got some more
mud for me to smell?

Shut up, boy,

I don't want anybody wasting
Allan's time messing with mud.

When he brings my oil
up is the time for smelling.

Well, good to see
you again, Mr. Mason,

but it don't seem real neighborly
of you to come all the way from L.A.

and not drop by for a visit.

I'll take you up on
that another time.

I have a meeting with
the adjacent landowners.

You won't have to
worry about them.

When they seen
what you done for us,

they're just chomping at the
bit to do business with you folks.

I never would have
believed it, Mr. Mason,

but if there's anything more
fun than just spending money,

I don't know what it is.

You're aware there isn't
any oil yet, Mr. Rohan.

- It might be wise to wait.
- Wait for what?

Why you told me I was gonna
be a rich man, didn't you?

And I got to say
you were sure right.

Why, that bank took one
look at that lease option,

they just couldn't do
enough for me. Ha, ha.

And you ought to see what's
going on up to the house.

Mr. Mason's right, Mr. Rohan.

Now, we think we've got
oil down there, but, well, uh...

The fact is, you're spending
money you don't have.

I don't worry about that. I'm gonna
leave everything to you, Mr. Mason.

Your word's good enough for me.

All right, boys, I'll drive
you around the back road.

We'll take a look at the herd.

- Can I drive it now, sir?
- Not yet.

- Well, when?
- When you're old enough.

- Well, when'll that be?
- Whenever I say.

All right, so long, friends.

If Mr. Klee was as sure about
this field as Mr. Rohan and I,

we'd be in.

Allan, look at it. Look at it.

That is it.

That is it. It's oil. That's
the name of the game.

We've hit it. We've hit it big.

Allan Winford's made
his biggest strike.

When you talk to old man Klee,
you can tell him I brought it in.

From the looks of this place,

Mr. Klee must know as
much about spending money

as he does about making it.

And he's about to
make quite a bit more.

Well, I'd be satisfied
to own just one oil well.

One itty-bitty one,
only for a month.

Do you suppose the
prince has arrived yet?

I wonder how large a
retinue he brought with him.

- Retinue?
- Of course.

Any prince wouldn't be
caught dead without a retinue.

I wonder if he brought his entire
harem or just several wives or so.

Mr. Mason?

Hello, Ross.

Della, have you met Ross Darley,
Mr. Klee's executive assistant?

Oh, only over the telephone.
How do you do, Mr. Darley?

How do you do?

You do have the
lease options with you?

They're right here.

Good, then I'll tell
Mr. Klee you're here.

- Cocktails, Della?
- Why not?

- Would you excuse me, please?
- Certainly.

- Would you hold this?
- Of course.

- Oh! Oh, excuse me.
- It's all right.

Aren't you Monique Martin?

Oh, you've guessed.

I saw your last television
show. You were wonderful.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much.

Well, Della, sometimes
you amaze me.

You're a veritable
storehouse of information.

Ha, ha. That's not the
only information I have.

According to the
latest gossip columns,

do you know who Monique
really is? I mean really?

No, who is she, really?

Jerome Klee's new friend.
And I mean close friend.

How he could he do it, Harry?

How could he bring that
little tramp here tonight?

Mirabel, you know Jerome
Klee just as I know Jerome Klee.

He does what he
pleases when he pleases.

Just wait till I tell him.

Take an old friend's
advice, honey. Don't.

Nobody tells Jerome
Klee what to do.

Mason.

Well, hello, Mr. Klee.

- This is my secretary, Miss Street.
- How do you do, Mr...?

Find another drink or try an
hors d'oeuvre or something.

Mason?

Here is your other drink.

Mr. Klee, I don't think it's...

Have you got Winford's report
and the estimate on pool production?

According to his findings, it
looks like a major new oil discovery.

Should be worth who
knows how many millions.

Have you shown this to anyone
or discussed it with anybody?

- Only the rancher who owns the land.
- Then don't.

Don't talk about it till later.

Then I'll tell you what to say.

Mirabel, he's busy now.
I don't think you should...

Bother him?

Jerome asked me to talk to you.

For five months he's refused
to answer a phone call,

refused to see me and now
he tells his stooge to talk to me.

He wants you to have this.

Well, that's why I was invited.

Here's a tip, Mirabel, old girl,
for services faithfully rendered.

Let go of me, errand boy.

I've been your friend, Mirabel.

- Calling me names isn't going to...
- I'm being kind to you, Ross.

Considering where
Monique came from,

I could call you lots worse.

- I didn't send for you.
- Oh, yes, you did.

You wanna see my invitation?

I had you invited here
tonight for one reason.

Civilized people behave
in a civilized fashion.

I'm not ungrateful.
Ungrateful is not the word.

I'm not unmindful of
your good qualities.

You're loyal, you're not a nag,

and you haven't had
your hand in my pocket.

I've been a good girl.

And so you're paying
me off, $25,000.

Ha, ha. That's roughly, uh,
$200 a month for 10 years.

That's a retirement
fund for the old retainer

to make way for
that French tramp.

But of course, it's the
civilized thing to do.

You don't want the check?

- Because if you don't...
- Jerome, Jerome...

Mirabel, do you
want the check or not?

There's only one thing I want.

I want heaven to
strike you dead.

May I suggest one of these?

They're delicious.

Thank you.

You're right. They are good.

Uh, I'm Della Street. Are you one
of Mr. Klee's associates or a friend?

Neither, actually.

Though I am here in
somewhat of a business capacity.

I am Ben Ali.

You're Prince Bhudeem?

But you don't, uh... I
mean, you haven't...

No burnoose or turban?

Right.

You see, I was educated
at Oxford, and I...

That is, my brother the King,

believes he has a responsibility
to move his people forward.

This is difficult enough without
surrounding oneself with archaic,

medieval trappings.

I want to thank you, Jerome.

After all these years,

I never realized how pleasant it
was down at this end of the table.

You mustn't let her
bother you, Jerry.

I have read Miss
Mirabel Corum's novels.

A waste of good
paper stock all of them.

But she wanted them published,
wanted to be a famous author.

I don't understand what
appeal she ever had, Jerry.

For one thing, Mirabel had
better sense than to call me Jerry.

Touché.

But don't ever think that you
can get away with seating me

at the low end of the table.

Want to bet?

The papers are all in order,
assigning the entire oil output

of your brother's kingdom
to Klee Oil Industries,

delivery to be our
responsibility. Correct, sir?

Now all that remains
is to agree on the terms.

Terms?

I understood... That is, my brother
said the terms were already agreed on.

Why, certainly your
king wouldn't have sent

anyone as important as
yourself, his own brother,

and not allowed you some authority
to negotiate on specific points,

to everyone's advantage?

By "everyone," somehow I
sense that you mean myself.

Perhaps.

How specifically, could
it be to my advantage?

A hundred thousand dollars

in a numbered account in
a Swiss Bank to your credit,

and an adjustment
of, uh, perhaps

one and a quarter cents a
barrel in the suggested price?

There is one factor, gentlemen.

In my country,

a brother who would
betray a brother's trust,

his fate would be unpleasant.

- But how would the king ever know?
- We know.

And how could I be sure?

Because you have my word.

Why, you little...

How long do you think you'd last
with a brilliant man like Jerome Klee?

Not as long as you, probably.

But then I wouldn't have
to work at it quite so hard.

Writing that awful trash
that passes for books.

Mr. Klee would like
to see you alone.

Excuse me, Della.

Enjoying your glimpse
of the hoi polloi, Della?

A thrill a minute.

I'm sure in my own mind we
won't run into any trouble doing it.

I made sure of that before
I approved the contract.

But I would like to hear
it from my legal adviser.

Trouble doing what?

Capping the Rohan well.

You're not going to pump it
or develop the field? Why?

Because I've just concluded
a 10-year deal with Ben Ali,

to keep my refinery
going full blast.

Then why not sell off the
crude from the Rohan field?

Not enough margin in it.

Besides, 10 years,
I might need that oil.

Meanwhile, on the market, it
could depress the crude price.

Ten years?

That oil has been under the
ground for millions of years.

It will be just as good in 10.

But what will Jason Rohan do?

- He's put himself in debt.
- I made him no promise.

Tell him to read his
contract. You wrote it.

But he's liable to lose his
ranch. You can't do that.

Mr. Mason, 35 years ago,

a man tried to tell me
what I could or could not do.

That man was my own father.

I broke his jaw for him.

He was the last one to try it.

I've noticed you have
your associates intimidated.

- But not you?
- No, I'm not intimidated.

I'm appalled. What
kind of man are you?

A money man, Mr. Mason.

Some fellows like
paintings, boats, land.

Heaven knows why I don't.

I collect money.
It's as simple as that.

How much money do you want?

If I can get it, all there is.

Well, Mr. Mason.
How are you, friend?

By golly, I thought you
were just chewing your lip

when you said
you'd come for a visit.

But I should have knowed you was
a man of your word. Come right on in.

I, uh, drove out to talk
with you, Mr. Rohan.

I feel a certain responsibility.

You come all the way
from L.A. just to talk to me?

Well, isn't that just fine.

Hi, there, Mr. Mason.

Come on in. It'll do your heart
good to see what you've done for us.

How do you like it?

And you should see my kitchen.

It has a brand new
stove and a refrigerator

and a freezer and
a washer and dryer,

and they've just about sold
me on one of those talk boxes

so I can hear the
boys out at the barn.

Here, try the
couch. It's real nice.

You sit and I'll fix some tea.

- You got all this on credit?
- No, sir. Cash money.

I just dropped by the
bank a couple of times,

and they've been as nice
and friendly as can be.

The bank gave you how much?

Well, what with the
car and all, let's see.

I had lumber and brick and
plumbing delivered the other day

for the new house.

I guess all in all they
advanced me maybe 26, 28,000.

On the basis of the lease option,
that doesn't sound reasonable.

Well, I put up the land for security
till the oil money starts coming in.

Then the way they tell it, I
can just pay it off like that.

Mr. Rohan, we have to talk.

Fine. Sure. But let me
show you all these things first.

Look at this. This
is Minna's favorite.

You know, these
fish is real interesting.

Sometimes if there isn't
anything real good on the TV

I just lay there on the
sofa and watch them.

Two sets?

Well, one's got wheels.

See, the boys, Matt and Job,
they got their favorite programs

and maybe Minna and me just wanna
watch wrasslers or something like that.

Hey, go on, sit down.

Did you ever see anything
outside a coffin any more

soft and lovely looking
than that? Ha, ha.

Now, Mr. Rohan,
you must listen to me.

I know what you got on
your mind, Mr. Mason,

and, uh, I've been
giving it some thought too.

Why, just this morning,
Minna was saying to me:

"Jason," she said.

"You've got to get yourself a
fine lawyer like that Mr. Mason.

After all, you're
a rich man now."

That's just it, Mr. Rohan.
You're not a rich man.

What do you mean?

You trying to tell me there
isn't any oil down there?

Well, I've seen it myself.

No, the oil's there.

Well, if it's there
and it's mine,

and that oil company is
gonna take it out for me.

They're not going to take
it out, at least not now.

Well, they are so. I got that
agreement Minna signed.

Why, you told me I
had to keep my word.

Now Klee's got to keep his.

He has 10 years in which
to exercise his option.

What am I gonna do?

That means they can
take my land away from me.

I know it sounds inadequate,
Mr. Rohan, but I'm sorry.

Truly sorry.

Now, if there's
anything I can do...

I'll tell you what you can do.

Now, you tell that Klee
fella that Jason Rohan

isn't gonna lose his land

just because somebody
changes his mind.

Now, you tell him I ain't
gonna wait any 10 years.

You tell him I listened
to his lying lawyer

and went against my
own common sense,

but I ain't listening any more.

Now, you tell him that.

Mr. Rohan, I came
here on my own.

I don't believe a word you say.

Man lies to me just once,
and you forget about Klee.

I'll take care of him myself.

But you don't
seem to understand.

You left me way out
on a limb in Sacramento.

I understand.

What you don't understand
is that I pay you money

to climb out on limbs,

and to make the best of it
when I have to saw them off.

But I stuck my neck
out, made promises,

promises you told me to make.

There could be an inquiry.

That might be an
interesting spectacle.

Tell me, Harry, how many
of your politician friends

do you think you might have to
drag through the mud with you? Hmm?

If I don't make good
on my promises,

the least that will happen will be
my effectiveness will be destroyed.

No one will ever give
me the time of day again.

You've got a problem, Harry.

If that should happen,

it wouldn't make much sense
for me to retain you, would it?

Good evening, sir. There's
a Mr. Winford waiting for you

at the field office.

We've got to
talk this thing out.

You can't cut my
throat this way.

Don't look now, Harry, but if you
listen, you'll hear the death rattle.

Jerome. Mr. Klee.

I want you to look at
the pipeline termination

so you can make plans
for the Jodhpur operation.

First of all, I wanna have it
out about that Rohan field.

Now, I've got orders to
cap that well. I don't buy that.

I didn't send for you
to conduct a debate.

That decision's been made.

Well, at least give
me an explanation

to why you're holding off on the
exploitation of that Rohan strike.

Mr. Winford, if I made a
practice of explaining my actions,

most of the time I'd use
one five-letter word, money.

Mr. Klee, with the
kind of pipelines

you're talking about from the
Jodhpur fields to the Mediterranean,

that's gonna take about eight
weeks to prepare for shipment.

And we've got to run pressure
tests on all the pumping equipment.

When can I take a
look at the pump?

Well, we already have one
in operation at the Oboe Field,

right here in Los Angeles.

I'll let you know as soon
as we've run the tests,

providing, of course,
we can get together

on your future plans
for the Rohan field.

I don't make bargains.

Winford, you want
that Jodhpur contract,

you'll take it, no
strings attached.

Well, at least let me make the
announcement of the discovery,

- the potential of the Rohan field?
- No. That's final.

Well, you can't stop
me from announcing it.

No, but I can stop you from
ever working in this industry again,

and if you don't think
I have connections,

I don't say friends, enough to do
it, why you go right ahead. Try me.

If I'd have caught that bullet, Winford,
it would have solved all your problems.

Out of gratitude, I'll give
you some free advice.

If you're gonna be a
winner, get a break like that,

don't play the hero.

You take that break. Let
the other guy be hanged.

I wanna caution both
parties to this contract

against divulging the contents
of paragraph 3, subsection 18.

Or any part of
it for that matter.

I like to keep the
competition guessing,

even when there's
nothing to guess about.

Paragraph 3, subsection 18.

This relates to penalties
to be paid by your company

if the deadline date is not met

eleven months from
validation of the contract.

Why the secrecy, Mr. Mason?

Knowledge of the
penalty payments

could adversely affect the
market value of Klee Oil stock

- until the deadline is met.
- It'll be met.

I've never paid 10
cents in penalties.

I have no intention
of starting now.

Jerome, I'm sorry.

Who let you in?

Darling, I had to come

as soon as I heard somebody
shot at you last night.

I'm touched at your concern.

Now, run away. I'm busy.

He's tied up right now, Mirabel.

You've got to do something
to protect yourself.

Whoever it was got away.
He's still free. He'll try it again.

Lannon, get her out of here.

I know 40 people who'd
like to knock me off,

but not one with
guts enough to do it.

Since Miss Corum is here,

I suggest she witness the
signature along with Mr. Lannon.

I should consider it
a favor, Miss Corum.

Is it all right, Jerome?

Mr. Klee, with the
preparation of this contract,

my obligation to
you is completed.

Mason.

Have it your way.

But just so I can write it down
in my memory book, why?

Why are you giving up a
$50,000 a year retainer?

Because, Mr. Klee, representing you
is like hiring out to be a hatchet man.

Good afternoon.

- Where's Winford?
- I don't know.

- His message said...
- About that message,

what exactly did he say?

"Urgent I see you tonight
at my Oboe office at 11,

otherwise can't meet
penalty date. Winford."

Penalty date? I still
don't know what it means.

I know what it means.
That's all that's important.

See if you can raise Winford
on the phone in that shack

or try to find somebody
who knows where he is.

Yes, sir.

Who's there?

Who's there?

Where are you?

- Hi, Steve.
- Hi, Paul. How are you?

Is, uh, this where Klee got it?

What was the murder weapon?

A 14-inch monkey wrench,
belonged to the suspect.

Well, that would
do it. Can I see it?

It's already gone to the lab.

What's the charge, first
or second degree murder?

First. The victim was
deliberately lured out here.

How?

Paul, you'll have to ask
Hamilton Burger that.

What do you make
of this, lieutenant?

Looks like some
kind of a foreign coin.

Lying back up there
where the car was parked.

Does it have anything
to do with the case?

Paul, I'm just a cop,
not a clairvoyant.

You've talked for an hour,

and you've told us
only that you're innocent

and that you've been badly used.

Very well, without argument,
I'll accept that much.

But all this adds up to nothing
if you can't explain your actions.

Well, I can't explain how the
killer got a hold of my wrench

or how Klee was fooled into
believing that I'd sent him a message,

or why I didn't see or hear anything
before I drove off in my pickup,

but that doesn't make me guilty.

What about your fight with
Klee over the Rohan oil strike?

I wasn't the only
one hurt in that deal.

You're not the only one with a
motive, but you're the only one in jail,

the only one on
trial for murder.

You'd better stop lying
to me, Jason Rohan.

I ain't lying.

Now, get off my back, woman.

Quit studying them fish.

Turn around, stand up
and look me in the eye.

That poor man,
Mr. Winford, he's in jail.

Poor man? He's just the one
that brought all those trucks

and gadgets out
here in the first place.

Now, Jason, tell me true, I know
how much you hated Mr. Klee.

All I did was wish him dead.

I wanna believe you, but
how come you lied to me

the night you went
to Los Angeles

and came home at
3:00 in the morning?

I didn't lie.

Oh, you and that lawyer Mason
sure sold me a bill of goods.

Oil ain't been
nothing but a curse.

A blessing.

Oil has been a blessing
and a salvation to my country.

It is transporting us from
the 17th century to the 20th

with dizzying speed.

Is that the right
word, dizzying?

I didn't hear your question.

I mean, my mind
wandered. I'm terribly sorry.

No, I am the one
who should apologize.

I have talked so much.

Foolishly I thought I might
help you forget your pain.

It's just that...

Jerome and I were
so close for so long.

I tried to warn him that day
after someone shot at him,

but Jerome wasn't afraid.

Nothing frightened him. Nothing.

I remember your warning him.

The day we signed
the contracts, wasn't it?

I never saw him
alive again after that.

I couldn't help it, Ross.
You know how he was.

Couldn't help it. Couldn't
resist it, you mean.

He was going to help
me with my career.

The way he helped Mirabel Corum?

I was afraid of him,
Ross, that's all it was.

When he wanted
something or someone,

who could stand up to him?

Who didn't lay down and
die when he reached out

with that cold, clammy hand?

I wouldn't know about
his cold, clammy hand.

Matt, you put that gun
back and go find your pa.

Me and Job was gonna go hunting.

Ain't had the dogs out
for a couple of weeks.

Do as I say. I'm
worried about Jason.

He's been acting funny, and I...

I just don't know what's
going on in his head.

I know what's
going on in his head.

He's just like the rest
of us. He's scared.

Scared they're
gonna call his loan.

We ain't gonna be able
to hold onto our place.

I haven't seen him
torn up like this before,

and you and me and
Job is responsible.

I signed that fool paper,

and you two boys worried
him into going along with it.

Well, how do I know
where he took off to?

He'll come back.

Just like he done the other night
when he was gone all that time.

There's nothing me, nor
you, nor Job can do about it.

So this is the weapon that crushed
the skull of the decedent, Jerome Klee.

Who owns this
wrench, lieutenant?

The defendant, Allan Winford.

This moulage, it
has been established

consists of tire tracks
found at the murder scene.

Whose tire tracks, lieutenant?

They match the tires of the
defendant's pick-up truck.

And now, lieutenant, to
anticipate defense counsel,

let me ask you this.

Do these tracks on this moulage

positively establish the
presence of the defendant

at the murder scene at
the time of the murder?

No, they don't, Mr. Burger.

But they do corroborate the
statement of the gas station attendant

who identified the
truck as being in service

less than a mile
from the murder site,

20 minutes after the murder.

Yes, of course. Thank
you, Lieutenant Drumm.

Your witness, Mr. Mason.

Lieutenant Drumm, you've
identified some eleven items

taken from the murder
scene and linked by fact,

innuendo or hearsay
to the defendant.

I've offered no objection,
but I wanna make certain

that everything you found at the
murder site has been introduced.

- Now, has it?
- Well, Mr. Mason,

the area was in constant
use the day prior to the murder.

We found a lot of things,
a lunchbox, a plumb line.

Did you find anything unusual?

Yes, sir, we found a
coin, a foreign coin.

- Do you have it here in court?
- No.

Would you bring it to
court after the recess?

Your Honor, I have no idea
what counsel is probing for.

We'll be happy to agree
to bring the article to court

if he'll agree to
justify its relevance.

Thank you, Mr. Burger.
I'll accept the bargain.

And you definitely
recognized the truck

that pulled away from
the area immediately

after the decedent was killed?

Yes, sir. It was
Allan Winford's truck.

Thank you, sir.

Your witness, Mr. Mason.

Now, Mr. Darley,
from your testimony,

I gather you were not
with Mr. Klee on the night

someone attempted to
shoot him at the plant.

No, sir, I wasn't.

Now, it's obvious that the defendant
saved Mr. Klee's life that night.

- Objection.
- Sustained.

Mr. Darley, where
were you that night?

I was in my apartment.

- Alone?
- No.

Is there any reason why
you don't wanna tell the court

- who was with you?
- No.

Monique Martin and I.

- She came up for dinner, we talked...
- Objection, Your Honor.

Where do you suppose counsel is
heading on this fishing expedition?

Your Honor, I don't want it to look
like I'm trying to hide something.

I'll answer the question.

I know what
Mr. Mason is getting at.

Monique was my girl,
and Mr. Klee went for her.

It's not the end of the world
when you lose your girl.

A normal man doesn't
kill somebody because...

That's right, Mr. Darley.

Under those circumstances,
a normal man doesn't kill.

Well, sir, Mr. Winford,
he told me:

"You're gonna be a millionaire

and I'm gonna be the biggest
man in the oil business."

And that was, of course,

before Mr. Klee ordered
the well capped, right?

Yes, sir.

After it was capped,
it was a different story.

I went to see
Mr. Winford up by the well,

and he was red in the
face, top of the lungs mad.

What did he say to you
at that time, Mr. Rohan?

He said I could
do whatever I liked,

but he was gonna be sure
Klee didn't get away with it.

Thank you, sir. Your
witness, Mr. Mason.

I have no questions
for Mr. Rohan.

Oh, one moment, Mr. Rohan.

On the night someone shot
at Mr. Klee, where were you?

I don't rightly recall.

Did you leave your ranch?

I went out for a
drive in my car.

I was gonna have to turn it back in,
so I just drove around all by myself.

Did you by any chance

drive in the vicinity of the Klee
Oil Industries cracking plant?

I drove all over.

Mr. Rohan, is it not a fact

that you attempted to gain
admission to the plant that night?

Well, I wanted to talk to Klee.

But that guard, he
wouldn't let me in.

Did you have a weapon with
you in that car, Mr. Rohan?

- No, sir. MASON:
Did you leave your car

at all that night?

No, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Rohan.
No further questions.

Witness may stand down.

Since I have a meeting
in my chambers,

court will stand adjourned
until 10:00 tomorrow morning.

Well, where are we?

I have a feeling
we're treading water.

We're overlooking something
obvious, something very obvious.

You're sure there's
been no word?

When did you last check?

Okay, well, as soon as the call does
come through, switch it down here.

Relax, Paul, we've placed a
call halfway around the world.

- It's bound to take time.
- Well, if we do get through,

at least we'll know whether
Ben Ali sold out his brother

or played it straight.

Depends on whether the
final contract was less favorable

than Klee's original
offer to the king.

Here's the copy you wanted.

This is what lured Jerome
Klee to the murder scene.

I have a feeling that somewhere
in this note is the solution.

It sounds harmless enough.

"Urgent I see you tonight
at my Oboe office at 11.

Otherwise can't meet
the penalty date."

- Signed Winford.
- You're convinced your client

didn't send it?

I don't think Winford had any way
of knowing about that penalty date.

Yes? It came through.

Della, take the other phone.
- Mm-hm.

Hello? Is this Jodhpur?

Could you switch me
through to the palace, please?

Hello? Oh, you
speak English? Good.

Uh, I realize this
is very irregular,

but I'm calling from the United States,
and I'd like to speak with the king.

But can't you make an exception?

Tell His Majesty it's of the
utmost importance to his country.

I see.

No, no message. Thank you.

Impossible to
speak to His Majesty

under any circumstances
until further notice.

After all the time we
wasted sitting here.

"Impossible." Of
course it is, Paul.

"Until further notice."

Why didn't I think
of that before?

"Tonight at my
Oboe office at 11.

Otherwise can't meet
penalty date. Winford."

- You were aware of this penalty date?
- Of course.

It was at my insistence it
was written into the contract.

This was in the best interest
of the king of Jodhpur?

Of course.

I would never do anything that
was not in the king's best interest.

Not even make a
private deal with Mr. Klee?

Shaving the price of the
crude oil in return for a payment

into a private bank
account for your benefit?

Mr. Darley told you about that?

Yes, and he's
willing to testify to it.

I will not deny that such an
offer was made, but I refused it.

Along with all other
such subversive offers?

There was only one
other subversive offer.

Would you explain that, please?

Of course. It was an offer
from someone close to Mr. Klee.

I was told that if I would call
off the deal for my country's oil,

I would be
substantially rewarded.

Again, I refused.

And he threatened
me with blackmail.

Who was this person
close to Mr. Klee?

Mr. Harry Lannon.

Why that...

I've been double-crossed by
experts, but this Arab tops them all.

Mr. Mason.

- Excuse me, Your Honor.
- All right, Mr. Mason.

You've got to put me on the
stand, give me a chance to explain.

You have pertinent testimony?

I have the pertinent testimony.

My offer to Ben Ali would
have benefitted everybody.

Mr. Rohan's oil
would be developed,

Winford's discovery could be
broadcast, making his reputation.

What about Prince
Ben Ali's country?

I told him I had a far
better deal for his country

than the one Klee offered him.

But the prince refused?

Not at first.

He let me go on,
stick my neck out.

And then he said that he couldn't
go back on his word with Klee,

that they had already
passed the coin.

What did that mean?

A custom in his
country, I guess.

You exchange coins
with the other fellow,

and that means that
you've made a contract.

This, uh, gold dinar,
Jodhpurian coin,

Lieutenant Drumm found
at the scene of the murder.

Could this have been the coin
passed by Prince Ben Ali to Mr. Klee?

I think so.

But he could tell you
that better than I can.

I intend to ask him.

Now, what about the
reference to blackmail?

It wasn't blackmail.

I just threatened to
tell his brother, the king,

that he turned down my offer,
a far better one than Klee's.

For what reason?

Simple enough,
a bribe from Klee.

- And your threat kept him quiet?
- Until he got on the stand.

You're sure he
didn't tell Mr. Klee

that you were trying to
undermine the Jodhpur deal?

Of course not.

The prince knew what would happen
if the word got back to his brother.

I call your attention to this note
purportedly sent by Mr. Winford.

Now, this penalty
clause to which it refers,

would that be paragraph 3,
subsection 18 of the agreement?

I believe so, yes.

Which was to be held in
the strictest confidence?

Yes.

Now, Prince Ben Ali, the
previous witness accused you

of selling out your
brother, the king.

That accusation forced you to remain
silent for fear you would be exposed.

Have you any comment
to make on that?

Such exposure would
have been impossible.

I think, Mr. Mason, you
know that, don't you?

- Let's say I guessed it would be.
- Objection.

Your Honor, this witness
and defense counsel

seem to be carrying on some
sort of a private conversation

with no possible
bearing on the case.

Your Honor, once a
single fact becomes clear,

I believe the import of the
testimony will be obvious.

Overruled.

All right, Mr. Mason,
make your point.

Would you please tell
this court your real identity?

I am Selim Ebu
Bhudeem, king of Jodhpur.

- And Ben Ali Bhudeem?
- He is my brother.

He is at home in
the royal palace.

Ben Ali is only 11 years old.

And you adopted his identity
when you came to this country.

- Why, Your Highness?
- Caution.

I was advised that emissaries
from countries like mine

had been subverted,

induced to betray their
trusts before by Mr. Klee.

- And such offers were in fact made?
- As I have said.

But once I decided to
act as my own emissary,

traveling under my brother's
identity, I was safe from betrayal.

And therefore, Mr. Lannon's
threat to expose you

to your brother was
without substance?

Obviously.

So there was no reason for
you not to reveal to Mr. Klee

that his associate Mr. Lannon

had offered you a
deal behind his back.

No reason whatever.

And did you in fact reveal
Mr. Lannon's duplicity to Mr. Klee?

I did.

And that's why you lured Mr. Klee
out to the Oboe field that night,

on the pretext of a
message from Allen Winford,

isn't it, Mr. Lannon?

Mr. Klee knew of your attempt

- to ruin his Jodhpur deal.
- No.

Mr. Winford wouldn't
have sent the message.

He had no knowledge
of any penalty clause.

Mr. Klee wouldn't have
sent himself a message.

The king would not have sent it.

It was to his country's interest
that the penalty date not be met.

That left the only other
man in the room with us

when the penalty was
discussed, you, Mr. Lannon.

You had to be the killer.

Had to be. You're
right. I had to be.

Everyone else who had anything
to do with him detested him.

But they were afraid,
afraid to kill him.

I had to.

Now, okay, it's
gonna have 27 rooms,

and including the TV
room and the kitchen.

And right out here in the back
there's gonna be a big swimming pool.

It looks beautiful, Minna.

And incidentally, so do you.

Thank you, Mr. Mason.

And thanks for the check.

You know, it just
doesn't seem possible

that we're pumping oil already.

Ah.

Well, Jason, I like the
elevation of your new home.

Where are you gonna
have the contractor build it?

Oh, Mr. Mason, no amount of
money's gonna change me that much,

at least not this time.

Well, new house is going
up right around this one.

Here, you hold this.

There isn't gonna
be any contractor.

I'm gonna build this one myself.