All language subtitles for Alfred.Hitchcock.Presents.S05E19.Not.the.Running.Type.1080p.PCOK.WEBRip.AAC.2.0.H.265.-EDGE2020_track3_[eng]

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

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You see, we are making an effort

to reach the widest
possible audience.

-Tonight--
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The last was included in case
this program reaches the moon.

Tonight we present--

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[pleading in French]

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Haven’t you forgotten something?

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No offense meant to all
the countries involved,

but he was a show-off,
till the very end.

Always wanting the last word.

And now, without further
interruption, tonight’s story.

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[man] Criminals can be
plenty resourceful.

So can cops.

Detectives still require
good old horse sense
and strong feet.

But in addition,
we now have some help to take
the weight off.

What I mean is,
scientific equipment.

We have many ways to take care
of the tough guys.

We figure they’ll
soften by the time

we get all the evidence
against them.

With fingerprinting,

or a lie detector,

or a ballistics test.

Yes, they match.

But it’s the mild ones,
the tame ones

that give us the most trouble.

There was one fellow
in particular,

who made
our investigation easy.

You might even say, too easy.

-Captain.
-Good morning, Hogan.

-How do you like that?
-[Hogan] What happened, Captain?

Just now I got a look
at this memo
that came in last week,

the one with the names
of all the new parolees
in the vicinity.

-It’s got Milt Potter listed.
-Who’s Milt Potter?

Didn’t I ever tell you
about him?

No, I don’t think you did.

Take a look at the 47th file.

You’ll find him under
"Embezzlement."

Bring it over here.

Lieutenant, he was the tamest
criminal you ever met.

Or maybe the coolest.

Milton Potter.
Age 34. Single.

Employment, Metro Investment
Services Incorporated.

-That’s my man.
-Now he’s out on parole, huh?

Two days ago.

For 12 years I kept his
release date in my calendar,

and then I didn’t watch
the memos.

Now it doesn’t make
any difference.

Two days or two weeks.

I got Milt Potter’s number.

You know, it happened back
in March of 1947.

I was a looie then.

Maybe even more of an eager
beaver than you are now.

Milton Potter had worked
for Metro Investments

since he got out of college,
a total of 13 years,

and he was still making
only 60 bucks a week.

He had no family,
and few friends.

He was quiet, courteous,
commonplace and careful.

Nobody could tell you
anecdotes about Potter.

Nobody could even
describe him very well.

We found that out.

He went about his duties
without ever complaining

or revealing the intention

that must have been burning
inside him for years.

Then, it happened.

One day,
Potter didn’t report for work.

Nobody cared very much.

In fact,
nobody seemed to notice it.

When he didn’t show up
the next day,

somebody thought it might be
a good idea to call his home

and see if he’d broken
a leg or something.

There wasn’t any answer.

They didn’t get really
disturbed about it

until the third day.

[Halverson]
Come in.

What is it, Newton?

Out with it, man!
I don’t have all day.

What’s the matter with you?

It’s about Potter, sir.

Oh, he’s back, is he?

Good man, Potter.

I wish I had more men like him.

Never complains,
never asks for a raise.

Where-- Where’s he been?

It’s-It’s not that,
Mr. Halverson, it...

What is it, then?
Won’t he tell?

[Mr. Halverson laughing]

Now, there’s a quiet man
for you, eh, Newton?

You know what they say
about still water?

Yes, sir.

You’d better show him in.
I’ll get it out of him.

But he’s not here, sir.

He-He’s still not here.

Oh? Well, then the poor man
must have met with an accident

or something.
Has anyone thought
of calling the hospitals?

Sir, I-I was checking
his books, and-and...

And what, Newton?

They don’t balance, sir.

There’s a discrepancy.

-A discrepancy?
-Yes, sir.

How much of a discrepancy?

$200,000, sir.

Of course, sir.

I’ll have a man there
right away. Fisher!

Yes, Captain?

I want you to hotfoot it down
to Metro Investments.

-They’re on Third Street.
-I know where it is.

Seems that one
of their bookkeepers,
a man named Milton Potter,

absconded with 200 grand.

-Two hundred thousand?
-That’s what I said.

The man to see is Halverson.

JB Halverson,
the vice president.

All right.

Mr. Newton...

did Potter ever
mention his plans

or give any indication at all
what he was
thinking of doing?

You know, a note, a remark,
a telephone call?

No, sir, he never did.

I never knew him to get
a personal telephone call.

He had no relatives, you know.

What about his friends?
Did he have any friends?

No, I... I wouldn’t say he had.

What would you say?
You worked with him,

you were closer to
him than anyone else.

Well, if he had any friends,
sir, I didn’t know about them.

This is incredible!
He worked here for 13 years

and you don’t know
if he had any friends.

What do you do, Newton,
to live in a vacuum?

No, sir.
It’s just that Mr. Potter

never talked about himself.

Would you remember anything
unusual about him?

-No.
-[Fisher] Anything at all?

Nothing.

You know,
nobody could even remember

what color eyes he had?

I know.

Oh, he... he did his work well.

But he always did that.

And, oh, he read a lot.
I could say that about him.

-What did he read?
-Well, travel books, mostly.

[scoffs]
That figures.

All right. You can go.
If I need to talk to you again,
I’ll let you know.

Yes, sir.

That pipsqueak, Potter.

I knew the day I hired him there
was something phony about him.

-Why do you say that?
-Too quiet, too good.

All the time he was
scheming to rob the company!

And now it comes out.
A crafty, clever man, Potter.

He’s probably in Afghanistan
by this time.

Well, if he has traveling
in mind, Mr. Halverson,
he hasn’t left yet.

His clothes and luggage
are still in his room.

But there were travel folders
all over the place.

You should be out looking
for him, young man.

-You’ve got to nail him
before he gets away.
-Oh, he won’t get away.

He’s got to be punished
for what he’s done.

He’s got to be made
an example of.

What if everyone
in the office decided

to take off with the funds?
This-this would ruin us!

I don’t think we’ve got
anything to worry about.

He hasn’t covered his trail.

It shouldn’t be too
difficult finding him.

You’ve got to get that man,
Lieutenant.

We will, Mr. Halverson, we will.

It’s like I said, lady.

We’d like to accommodate you

and come down
and arrest your husband

but we can’t do that
without a complaint.

Yes, I know you’re
complaining, lady,

but I mean a signed complaint.

Yes, you come down here.

No, I’m sorry we can’t
send a car for you.

Yes, get one of your neighbors
to drive you down.

-Well, what do you want?
-My name is Milton Potter.

What can I do for you,
Mr. Potter?

I came to give myself up.

That’s fine, Mr. Potter.

We always like it when people
want to give themselves up.

But would you mind
telling me first

what it is you think
you’ve done?

I’m the man that took the money.

The money?

You mean you’re that Potter?

Yes, sir. That’s what I mean.

You knew you couldn’t get away
with it. Whatever made you try?

Oh, no that’s not true,
Lieutenant. I thought

I could get away with it.
I really did.

But now you know differently,
is that it?

No. You don’t understand.
You see, I didn’t realize

the effect it was going
to have on me.

After all those years
of planning to do it someday,

I had to go through with it.
Don’t you see?

But afterwards...

Well, after it was over and
I had time to think about it,

I realized I just couldn’t go
through with it. That’s all.

Don’t feel badly
about it, Potter.

A lot of first-timers lose their
nerve after pulling off a job.

You did the right thing,
coming here the way you did,

giving yourself up.
You know, that took courage.

It just proves, Mr. Potter,

that you’re really not
the criminal type.

Mr. Halverson’s gonna be
real proud of you.

Oh, I don’t think so.

You don’t know
our Mr. Halverson.

I’m sorry about him.
I’ve caused him a lot of worry.

Mr. Newton, too.
I hope they’ll understand.

Well, they’re not worried now.

’Cause we’re gonna tell ’em
how you walked right in here

and told us all about it.

You know, I wish every job
would end this way.

It would make it easier
for all of us.

You said it, Captain.

You didn’t happen to bring
the money with you?

-No, I didn’t.
-Well, that’s all right.

We’ll send a couple
of men out after it.

Where is it?

You do have the money,
don’t you?

Mr. Potter, you’re not going
to tell us that you’ve lost it

or anything silly
like that, are you?

[Fisher] Where is the money,
Mr. Potter?

It’s as I told you.

I took the money and now
I’m willing to give myself up.

Well, are you also
willing to go to jail?

’Cause you know, that’s exactly
where you’re going to land

unless you tell us where
you’ve hidden that money.

I’m willing to go
to jail if I have to.

You don’t seem to understand.

You could draw a long stretch
for theft as large as this one.

Doesn’t matter now.

You’ll be spending the best
part of your life in jail!

Mr. Potter, where is the money?

I’m not gonna tell you.

You’re being a patsy, Potter.

A patsy?

Yeah, you’re taking a fall,
you’re being set up.

You’re a fall guy.
Can’t you understand that?

I’m not sure, Lieutenant.

You’ve given
the money to somebody

and you’re willing to
take the rap for it.

No, that’s not true.

All right, Potter.
Who’s the woman?

The woman?
Captain, I’m not even married.

All right, the doll then.

That little hunk of something
that you think’s gonna be

waiting outside those prison
walls when you get out.

You don’t mean to tell me
you think she’ll still gonna
have the dough, do you?

There’s no doll.

Listen, Potter, what kind
of fools do you think we are?

There’s gotta be a reason
you won’t turn that dough
over to us.

Now, let’s have it. And we want
the truth, for a change.

But, I’m telling you the truth.

Don’t you realize
what this means?

15 or 20 years.

And with that attitude of yours,
I don’t know
if they’ll ever let you out.

Mr. Potter, do you have
any idea what prison’s like?

Look, why don’t you
make it easy on yourself?

You’ll probably get off
real light if you just return
the dough.

Hardly any prison term at all.

Lieutenant Fisher is right.

This is your first offense.

Judges always look kindly
on a man who admits his mistake,

especially the first time.

Now, you just give back
the 200 grand,

and both Metro and the insurance
company will go easy on you.

I practically promise it.

Now, how about it? You look
like a sane and sensible man.

You don’t wanna do a long
stretch in the pen.

I’m sorry.
I’m putting you fellows

through an awful lot of bother,
and I don’t mean to.

Well, then tell us
where the money is!

It’s as I said,
I took the money because

I thought I could
get away with it.

But after I took it,

I realized I wasn’t cut out
to be a hunted criminal.

I couldn’t stand the idea
of being hounded

for the rest of my life.

Oh, I know how
Mr. Halverson would be,

and the insurance company, too.

To say nothing of you fellows.

So, when I thought about that,

I realized I wasn’t cut out
to be the running type.

That’s all. So I gave myself up.

Please, please, Mr. Potter,
will you just tell us
where the money is?

No.

We’ve been nice to you, Potter,

but it gets rough
from here on out.

I suppose you’re the type
who thinks he won’t mind
prison life, huh?

You think it’s gonna be
like the army!

You wanna to be told where
to go, or what to do.

You think it’s going to be
like that, don’t you?

Good eats, movies, or maybe
even a three-day pass.

Well you’ve got a big surprise
coming, Potter.

A great big surprise.

A concrete and steel room
for 20 long years, Potter.

The same meals, the same
four walls, nothing to do.

And the days stretching out
in front of you, never-ending.

And your fellow convicts,
murderers, thieves, arsonists.

Is that the way
you want it, Potter?

Well, is it?

If that’s the way it has to be.

[Fisher] I thought about Potter
quite a lot over the years.

Why was he so stubborn?

He wasn’t the criminal type.

Why did he insist that
was the way it had to be?

Well, Potter never broke down.

The trial was short and sweet.

He pleaded guilty
and got a 15-year sentence.

That was back in ’47,
like I said.

He got three years clipped off
his sentence for good behavior.

How did he adjust
to prison life?

He was a model prisoner
from the first day

he walked through the gates.

They put him to work in the
prison library most of the time.

He did a lot of reading.

Travels books mainly,
so I heard.

But, If he got out
two days ago, Captain,

-he’s got a head start on you.
-It won’t matter.

You know that 200 grand
doesn’t belong to him,

even if he thinks he earned it
by doing a stretch in the pen.

Let me get his address
from his parole officer.

Pay him a little visit,

and to tell him a few
of the facts of life.

-You’re going to see him today?
-Why not?

I’ve had this appointment
for a long time.

[knocking]

Yes?

Mr. Potter.

I’m Captain Ernest Fisher.
Remember me?

Of course, come on in.

I was Lieutenant Fisher the
last time we met, Mr. Potter.

That was a long time ago.

Yes, it was a long time ago.

Twelve long years ago.

Going somewhere?

I’ve just moved in.

What’d you want, Captain?

Well, I understand that
you did real well in prison.

At least there were no
complaints about your conduct
that I heard.

Oh, I didn’t get into
any trouble.

I minded my own business.

I didn’t bother anybody,
nobody bothered me.

Well, if I know you, they
hardly knew you were there.

I knew I was there, Captain.

Of course you did.

You wouldn’t listen
to me 12 years ago.

-Now you know.
-Yes, now I know.

I was hoping to forget
that part of my life.

Well, a person usually forgets
the unpleasant things.

And you’re probably
no exception,

now that you’re out and ready
to make a clean start.

You thought of what
you’re going to do?

I’ve thought about it.

Well, we’ll help you all
we can, but, of course,

you won’t be able to go back
to handling money.

I hadn’t planned on that.

There’s no sense in beating
around the bush, Mr. Potter.

I am here for a reason.

I didn’t think you came
here for nothing.

You know what it is.

There’s still the matter
of $200,000.

I knew you wouldn’t
forget about that.

Neither we nor
the insurance company,
Mr. Potter.

The fact that you served
the sentence doesn’t entitle you

to that money,
no matter what you think.

Listen to that ship’s blast,
Captain.

I heard it.

I always wanted to travel.

You had travel folders all over
your room 12 years ago.

Yeah, I had wonderful plans.

I wanted to travel
all around the world,

but I wound up in prison.

But I traveled all
the time I was there.

I read every travel book
in the prison library.

When I finished those,

I started borrowing others
from the state library.

I never really got out.
Not really.

There was always
that prison smell.

Always a feeling
of people closing in,

the smell of other men.

It’s different out here.
It smells different,

it feels so different.

I’ll bet it does.

That ship, I wonder if
the world smells different,

if it feels different
where she’s going.

Well, I wouldn’t know
about that, Mr. Potter.

And I wouldn’t worry about it,
if I were you.

You’re not going anyplace.

I know.

You know, it was obvious
to everyone what your plan was.

You thought you’d be set
to enjoy that money

when you got out of prison.

But these things
aren’t done that way.

I want you to know that
I’m making it my personal duty

to see that you
don’t carry out your plan.

That money does
not belong to you.

But, Captain,
you’re all wrong about me.

-Oh, really?
-Yes, you are.

I know that’s what
the world thinks.

Know what everybody thinks.
But they’re wrong!

-Are they?
-Look, I’ll tell you the truth.

I thought that life in prison
wouldn’t be too hard.

At times it wasn’t,

but other times you had
nothing to do but to think.

A lot of time.

So I made up my mind
what I had to do.

Captain, I’m ready to give
the money back.

You’re what?

I’m ready to give
the money back.

All I want is to be left alone,

to be able to live in peace.

Don’t you understand?

Well, I’m trying hard to.
Where’s the money?

Right here, in this room.

Right here, in this suitcase.

Every penny of it.

I think you’re going
to enjoy this.

Oh, I shall. Imported?

Yes, this is the best
year you can buy.

Back in the States, I never
take a drink before 5 o’clock.

Oh, this is the very best time
of day to drink champagne.

You know, I’m going on
to France, to the vineyards

where the grapes come from.

I may buy a case or two.

-France?
-Mm-hmm.

But this ship’s going to Hawaii.

I know. But I intend
to go on to Asia, the Orient,

all around the world.

I certainly envy you your trip.

Oh, when I retired,
I determined to travel.

Retired?
With the way taxes are today,

how’d you ever manage it?

Investments.

Did you ever stop to think
how much $200,000 earns

in 12 years in interest,
compounded quarterly

in various carefully
selected savings banks?

$154,862.25

I see.

But how can a man get hold
of $200,000 to invest?

You might try borrowing it.
I did.

Ahh.

Ahh.

It is customary to announce

to an audience when the program

they are watching is in color.

I can only assume that this is

for the benefit
of the colorblind,

so that they will know

they are missing something.

I have good news

for them tonight.

The preceding program

was not in color.

Next time, I shall return
with another story.

Until then, goodnight.