All language subtitles for Alfred.Hitchcock.Presents.S06E29.The.Pearl.Necklace.1080p.PCOK.WEBRip.AAC.2.0.H.265.-EDGE2020_track3_[eng]

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,

and boys and girls.

I am seeking
the Fountain of Youth.

Unfortunately,
I’ve had absolutely

no luck at all.
I keep finding oil instead.

Of course,
oil has its good points,
too.

It may not make you young,
but it can make old age

much more tolerable.

My task is made more difficult
because I don’t know

what to expect.

When searching for
the Fountain of Youth,

one doesn’t know whether
to look for a milk bar

or a water pistol.

While I continue my search,

suppose you watch
tonight’s story.

It was especially written
to elucidate our theme.

[woman] My ad! Set point!

[man] Ah, darn it.
I should’ve had that one, too.

[woman] Come on.
I’ll give you the booby prize.

You’re too good for me.

Hey, what do I get
for winning?

-How about that?
-That’s better
than the Gold Cup.

Oh, you know it.

Charlotte! Over here.

-Over here.
-Hello, Mr. Rutherford.

Mr. Rutherford,
how are you?

Run along, young man.
Run along, now.

Yes, sir. Thanks for the use
of court, Mr. Rutherford.

[Charlotte] Bye.

You’re becoming
a real tyrant.

I still had five minutes
of my lunch hour left.

Sit down.

Oh, I have to go
and change my clothes

before I start taking
dictation.

I’m not going to dictate.
I’m going to talk.

Sit down.

I was hoping to get in the swim
before I... started work.

I want to talk to you
about marriage.

All right.
That’s a nice subject.

Well, whose marriage
should we discuss? Mine?

Mine.

I am worth...
over $11 million,

give or take a few.

Not one of my ex-wives has

that much claim
to any inheritance.

They were paid off.
Everyone of them.

[chuckles]

-Well, it’s very nice.
-So,

the new Mrs. Howard Rutherford

will inherit
absolutely everything.

A distinct advantage over
the others. Do you follow?

Well, uh,
is it anyone I know?

Really, Charlotte.

My dear girl.

Instead of $85 a week
as my secretary,

I am offering you upward
of $11 million,

for the few months
you would spend as my wife.

As you know I--
I have a weak heart.

I haven’t long to live.

Why, I’m sorry
I was so slow getting it,
Mr. Rutherford.

It...
just never occurred to me.

Perfectly understandable,
my dear.

Oh, I’m very flattered.
Really I am.

And if I’d met you
before I met Mark,

well, I’m sure I would’ve
jumped at the chance.

But I am marrying Mark,
you know?

You’ll have all the time in
the world for marrying Mark,

after I’m gone, my dear.

At the very most,
my prognosis is a year.

I don’t think Mark
would like loaning me out.

But, uh, thanks, anyway.

You talk it over with Mark
and let me know.

[both moaning]

-So I said I’d tell you...
-Mm-hmm.

[giggling] Thank you.

-Kind of disgusting, isn’t it?
-Oh, shocking.

You don’t believe?
[giggles]

But you’re worth losing
$11 million.

Pie in the sky.

Probably never get it, anyway.

Oh, don’t you minimize
my sacrifice.

It was a sure thing.

-How?
-Hmm?

I said how is it
a sure thing?

Oh, he can’t possibly last
more than a year or so.

You didn’t tell me that part.

-[giggling] Who cares?
-No, wait a minute.

Eleven million bucks
is an awful lot of dough.

I told you, you’re worth
every penny of it,

-my love--
-No, wait, Charlotte.

I mean, when you come
right down to it,

how much is a year
out of a lifetime?

It’s just 12 months, right?

So, if somebody drives up
and says to you,

"Here’s 11 million bucks
for a year’s work"...

[chuckles]

...how do you turn that down?

-Mark Lansing.
-Oh, come on, Charlotte.

You know how much I make as
a salesman. Where’s my future?

When you come right down
to it,

what have we got
to look forward to?

-I thought we had love.
-Oh, baby, come on.

Lover-girl, use
that gorgeous head of yours.

Can’t you put up with him
for a few months or a year
if necessary,

if that meant
we’d have everything?

Do you realize what we could do
with 11 million bucks?

Do you have any idea?

Oh, Charlotte.
All the rest of our
lives together.

Every day and every night.

I thought you loved me.

I do. I do love you.

[chuckling] Sure,

but not enough to give up
a few months of your life,

is that it?

Mark, he wants to marry me.

Charlotte, he’s 65-years-old
with one foot in the grave.

Is it gonna kill you
to hold his hand?

Will there be anything else,
Mrs. Rutherford?

Oh, I-I don’t think so.

Unless if it’s a cup of tea,
if it’s not too much trouble.

No trouble at all, madam.

Lovely.

You’re so lovely.

Thank you, Howard.

-What is it?
-Open it, my dear.

Oh.

A small token of
an old man’s love.

In gratitude for sharing
his last days.

One pearl.
Well, I guess it’s real.

[giggling]

To commemorate...
our wedding day.

One perfect pearl.

I only wish that
I might be around

to give you a pearl
for every year of bliss

that we share together.

[Howard] Certainly beginning
to shape up, isn’t it?

Here’s to five beautiful years,
my dear, and... thank you.

[sighs]

What would you like to do
tonight, my pet? Hmm?

O-Oh, I don’t mind.

I want you to have
a good time.

I really don’t care, Howard.

A penny for your thoughts...
Mark?

-Is that who’s on your mind?
-Really, Howard.

Now, now, my dear.
Plenty of time for that
after I’m gone.

[chuckling]

[knocking on the door]

It’s open.

Charlotte!

Darling. Oh.

You shouldn’t be here.
You might be seen.

Oh, it’s all right.
He’s sleeping off

his anniversary celebration.
No one saw me.

I know, I know, but you--

you oughtn’t have come here.

One little slip-up,
he’d divorce you.

Oh, don’t talk about that.
It’s just so wonderful

-to be...
-All right.

Oh.

Darling.

You’ve taken down
my pictures.

-But baby, I had to.
-Why have you taken them down?

Because they were driving me
out of my mind.

Now, will you please be
a good girl and leave?

No.

No, Mark. I decided tonight.
I’m leaving him.

I’ve been away
from you too long.

Oh, Charlotte, you can’t.

Darling, you’ve invested
five years of your life.

-You’re gonna throw that away?
-I want to be with you.

And I with you, but...
he can’t last much longer.

I’m 30-years-old,
I’m not gonna waste

-anymore of my life.
-Charlotte,

will you listen to me,
please?

We can’t quit in stretch now,

we’ll let all that money go
to some seedy charity?

-We’ve got to hang on.
-We?

We?

Oh, brother.

Do you suppose
it’s been easy for me?

Night after night without you,
alone, here by this fire?

You have any idea
what I go through?

I know that sounds selfish.

I realize you’ve had
a difficult time, too, but...

darling, we got it
right in our hands.

Let’s not drop it now.

Oh, Mark, I love you.

And I love you.

[door latch clicks]

Hi, lover-boy. Am I late?

Well, that’s pretty
fancy competition,

-but, uh, I’ve handled worse.
-Oh, Charlotte, I-I...

Mark, how could you?
How could you?

-Charlotte, you don’t know--
-Oh. Tell me more

about your lonely nights.
Go on, break my heart.

Charlotte, please.

Thank you very much
for the advice.

I’ll stick around long enough
to collect the payoff.

Eleven million dollars,
that’s a lot of money, mister.

-Well, kiss it goodbye.
-Charlotte, please--

Charlotte, my dear.

Happy anniversary, my love.

Fifteen down, my pet,

but I’m afraid this looks
like the last one.

I doubt it.

I don’t see how
I can pull through this time.

Bad relapse,
the doctor said.

I think you are
indestructible, Howard.

And I think you’re lovely.

-You’ll be fine.
-There’s still

some things
that money can’t buy,

and I’m afraid health
is one of them.

Well, never say die.

-Now, get some sleep.
-Oh, where you’re going?

Well, the nurse says
I have a gentleman caller.

-[stuttering]
-Oh, I-I know. I know.

Time for bed
after you’re gone.

[giggling]

-I’ll be back.
-Want me to hold my breath?

-No.
-[cackling]

[door closes]

Charlotte,
you look wonderful.

Clock stood still for you.

What do you want?

Well, I saw a piece
in the paper

about your husband
being very sick.

I thought I’d drop over
and see if you needed me.

Anything I could do for you,
like hold your hand
or something.

When my ship comes in,
you don’t really think

you’re gonna ride on it,
do you?

Billy, I told you
to wait for me, please.

No, wait a moment.

-What’s your name?
-Billy. Billy Lansing.

His mother and I were divorced
some time ago.

I’ve tried to do all I can.

I’ve been both mother
and father to him.

-How old are you, Billy?
-Ten.

Is that your tennis court
out there?

-[chuckling] Yes.
-God, I’ve never seen one

in a back yard before.
It’s a beaut.

-Do you like to play tennis?
-[Billy] Oh, sure I do.

I haven’t been able
to afford lessons.

He’s really quite good,
though.

I don’t have a racket
or nothing,

but I can hit
the ball pretty hard.

Would you like to play
on my court?

Gee, that’d be great.

Well, you must come
and play with me some time.

Oh, for a girl, I hit
the ball quite hard myself.

You wanna swat a few now?

Oh, well...
not just this moment.

-When?
-Well,

shall we say tomorrow?

-After school?
-OK.

You run along now,
Billy, I wanna talk

to Mrs. Rutherford alone.
Thank Mrs. Rutherford.

Thank you.

-Bye.
-Goodbye.

I knew what I thought
in my heart was true.

It’s not dead between us.

You still feel something
for me, don’t you?

-I still feel something
for you.
-Charlotte.

Take your hands off me.

[Billy] I think my racket’s
got a hole in it.

My backhand’s worse now
than was when I started.

Well, that’s because
you’re chopping.

You’re not following through
as I showed you yesterday.

[Mark] Say, Billy,
that’s pretty good.

-You’re getting better.
-Thanks, Dad.

Oh, you could leave that,
Billy.

Would you like
to run along now?

-I want to talk to your father.
-Sure.

-Bye.
-Bye.

Well, it’s about time.
I was wondering

how long you
could keep this up.

You haven’t spoken a word
to me all summer.

School starts
in two weeks time.

What are your plans
for Billy?

Well, he’ll go, of course.
What else would he do?

As you know,
I’ve become very fond of him

during the summer.

I’ve spoken
to Howard about him,

and he has agreed to send him
to prep school.

In fact, the one
he himself went to back east,

that is, if you agree.

Of course.

What a break for the kid.

He’s a very attractive boy,
very intelligent.

I’ve tried to bring him up
the best I knew how.

Just because you and I once had
an unpleasant relationship,

there’s no need to deny
the boy opportunities.

Unpleasant?
You must be kidding.

As you know, Howard and
I had no children of our own.

If Billy does well
at prep school,

then we are prepared
to continue helping him.

Well, that’s really wonderful
of you, Charlotte.

In the future,
my chauffeur will pick him up

whenever he cares to visit me.

I see no reason
for you and I to have
any contact whatsoever.

[chuckling]

Thank you for 25 years

of unbelievable happiness,
my pet.

[giggling]

I’m not even going to give
any speeches about, uh,

this probably being
the last pearl.

[laughing, coughing]

Oh, e-excuse me, my love.

Uh, what was I saying?

I believe
you were suggesting

that you would
doubtless outlive me.

[laughing]

Ever-- Ever hear the saying,
"Money can’t buy happiness?"

[laughing]

Old wives’ tale.

I bought 25 years of it.

Hasn’t been...
too bad for you, has it?

I confess, I’ve grown
rather fond of you.

Howard?

There’ll never be
another like you.

Oh, hello, Mark.
I’ve been expecting you.

How have you been?

So you got it all, Charlotte,
at last.

Down to the last million.

Oh, but don’t let’s talk
about me.

-What have you been doing?
-Oh, stop it!

There’s nothing ever new
with me,

and that’s not why
I’m here about.

Oh, are you’re still
selling shoes

or whatever it is you sell?

I know it’s all very
amusing to you, isn’t it?

To me it’s
downright indecent.

Mmm. There’s nothing indecent
about selling shoes, dear.

I am not talking about that,
and you know it.

You can’t marry him.

We have everything in common.
I’m sure we’ll be very happy.

Oh, come off it, Charlotte,
at your age.

You can’t get back
the years you’ve lost.

You’ll only make a fool
out of yourself trying.

Oh, maybe I’ll live to be
a happy female Methuselah.

Never can tell.

After all,
old age runs in the family.

Hmm? Pour yourself a drink,
Mark, you’re overwrought.

That car is the sweetest
little job on the road.

I wish we could take it
with us.

Hmm, I’ll buy you
another one in Paris.

He doesn’t approve of us,
Billy.

Hi, Dad.
What are you doing here?

Oh, what’s the problem,
Father?

Our marriage
was made in heaven.
Wasn’t it, Charlotte?

I’m sure you will agree
that Charlotte’s marriage

to her young man has
a very good chance of success.

They have at least
one thing in common-- Mark.

This is the famed
Fountain of Youth.

It must be very
powerful stuff indeed.

I had to show my draft card
to get in here.

I haven’t noticed any change.

I think I’ll have another
and rejoin you in a minute.

[baby crying]

He says, "Night-night,
till next week."