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Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to tonight’s
discussion program.

Since we talked for hours
without reaching
any conclusions, whatsoever,

we call the program
Dead End.

I have heard
of anti-intellectualism,

but this is a new high.

Perhaps, I should remove
my microphone.

I see it can become rather
lethal.

[blows]

This demonstrates
that contrary to what I said
previously,

our participants can reach
conclusions, and all
at the same time.

It is very upsetting,
however, because we have
half an hour left.

Too bad they couldn’t wait,

but I see our sponsor is already
rushing to fill the void,

and on his heels, a story.

[laughs]

Have you read this book?
It’s pretty funny.

Eh, no, no. No.
It’s all right.

Here, let me...

[stammers] No, I don’t want
coffee, I have coffee at home.

-[man] It’s all right,
I’ve already got it.
-[sighs]

[man]
Ah, ah, ah.

Oh, I forgot mine.

What’s that you’re reading?

Principles
of Abnormal Psychology.

-Must be some kind
of brain, huh?
-No, not really.

I’m a secretary,
I work for a doctor.

A psychoanalyst.

Must really be pretty smart.

My name’s Jimmy French.

A fair’s fair.
I told you my name.

I’m Maude Sheridan.

That’s a pretty name, Maude.

I never liked it much.

[laughs]

You must like your job
though, huh?

I mean, working for a...

What did you call him?

-A psychoanalyst.
-Yeah.

He’s one of the finest doctors
in the country.

No kidding?
What’s his name?

Dr. Ernest Cooper.

He’s written several books
himself.

Perhaps, you might’ve...

No, I guess you wouldn’t have.

Well, I better get going.

I gotta meet a guy downtown
about a job.

Hello, Maude,
sorry I’m back so late.

Mr. Harrison show up yet?

Oh, no. He just this minute
called, Dr. Cooper.

He said he won’t be able to make
his regular appointment, today.

Did he say what
was bothering him?

No, he didn’t, but he said
he thought he would be able

to make his regular appointment
on Thursday, 2:00 PM.

Thanks, Maude.
If he calls again,
put him right through.

I’ll tell him I can fit him in
tomorrow if he wants.

Yes, Doctor.

[phone rings]

Dr. Cooper’s office.

Wh-Wh--

Who did you say it was calling?

Jimmy French.

You remember?
The automat, last night.

Well, of course, I remember.
Um...

H-How did you know
where to reach me?

Well, I remembered what you said
about working for a Dr. Cooper,
so...

I just looked you up
in the book.

Uh, listen, Maude...

I hope you don’t think I’m fresh
or anything, but,

I was wondering if I could see
you sometime?

-Tonight, maybe?
-Uh...

W-Well, I don’t know,
it’s awfully short notice.

Um, I was going to go home
and wash my hair tonight.

Um...

But, I-I-I guess
it’d be all right.

[sighs] It’s a little late,
isn’t it?

It’s only 11 o’ clock.

Would you like a cup of coffee?

I’d like a beer, better.

I think I have some
in the refrigerator.

You like living alone, Maude?

I don’t suppose anybody ever
really likes living alone.

Skip the glass.

Uh...

Jimmy, why do you have trouble
finding work?

Don’t, uh,
you have a profession?

Well, I’ve got a couple
of things, but no profession.

You see, I quit high school
in my second term.
That was my big mistake.

When I was a kid...

I was in hot water all the time.

Stealing cars, tires.

I was even arrested a couple
of times.

Wow.

You were young then.
You, you didn’t know any better.

Yeah.

You mustn’t keep blaming
yourself for things
that happened in the past.

You get a lot of guilt feelings
that way.

Doctor...

how much do you charge an hour?

[both laughing]

Be serious.

I am.

You see, I’ve had four
different jobs the past year.

None of them worth more
than 70 bucks a week.

I’m not the kind of a guy

who can take a girl out
to fancy places.

I don’t like
fancy places myself.

Maude, you’re great,
you know that?

[chuckles]

I better be going, huh?

Goodnight, Jimmy.

Thanks for the movies.

Goodnight, Maude.

Here we are,

specialty of the house...

roast beef.

Pour the wine will you, darling?

You like roast beef, don’t you?

Yeah, sure I do.

It’s too well done, isn’t it?

No, it’s fine.

Jimmy, what’s wrong?

I can see something’s
the matter.

Nothing’s the matter.
Only me. That’s what’s wrong.

Jimmy!

Why didn’t you say something?

Maude, I told you a lie.

I told you I was a wild kid.

I was just an ordinary kid.

The guy I described,
the car-stealer,

the guy who gets himself
arrested.

That’s me, now.

Right now.

-You don’t mean that.
-I’m telling you the truth.

I’m no good, I’m a crook,

a cheap crook at that.

Oh, Jimmy,

you couldn’t be.

It’s even worse.

I’m not just broke.

I’m in debt,
living on borrowed dough.

If I don’t pay it back,
I might even go to jail.

Jim...

Well, that’s what they do
to guys like me.

Jimmy, I have some money.

I have three
or four hundred dollars
in the bank.

It’s 2,000, Maude.

-2,000?
-Yeah.

I’d be some
bargain husband, huh?

No money, no job.

Nothing but debts.

-You better forget about me.
-No, Jimmy!

These things can be worked out.

Maybe they can be worked out.

I wasn’t gonna say this, but...

There’s a way if you’ll do
something to help me.

And it’s the only time I’ll
ever ask you to do such a thing

because I’m gonna change,
right after it’s over,
I’ll change.

Right after what’s over?

Just one more job.

Only one, so help me.

But it’s gotta be a good one.

I want you to bring me the files
from the doctor’s office.

As many as you can carry.

Only the current cases,
the ones he’s had recently.

No, no, let me finish.

I just want you to borrow them
overnight.

And I’ll go through them,
real quick.

So fast, you can have them back
in the office by morning.

I’ll find what I’m looking for
right away.

W-Why Jimmy?

What do you want
with Dr. Cooper’s files?

What good are they gonna do you?

It’s just an idea I got
last week.

This analyst stuff is
pretty personal, isn’t it?

I mean, they have to tell
the doctor everything,
don’t they?

Well, of course they do.

There can’t be any secrets from
an analyst.

-It would defeat
the whole purpose.
-That’s right, no secrets.

So, if I can see
the doctor’s notes,

if I could go through them
real fast,

there’s bound to be plenty
of stuff that people would
like to hide.

Stuff they’d pay money
to keep quiet.

-Jimmy, you’re talking
about blackmail.
-So what?

Your boss has a lot
of rich patients, right?
It wouldn’t hurt them.

All I want is enough money
to pay off the loan

and a few more grand
to get us started.

Won’t you even listen?
Won’t you even give me a chance?

No, I couldn’t do such a thing.
I wouldn’t!

Not even for me?

For us?

All right, if that’s how much
it means to you.

You shouldn’t ask me to do
such a thing. It isn’t fair.

-It isn’t fair, Jimmy!
-[door closes]

[doorbell rings]

Yes?

-Is Mr. French in?
-He’s out.

-Did he say when he’d be back?
-I just rent rooms, lady,

I’m not his personal secretary.

Would it be all right
if I waited?

You can wait in the hall,
that’s OK with me.

I’ve been calling you
for two weeks.

You haven’t called me once.

I didn’t wanna bother you.

It just won’t work,
we’re too different.

Jimmy!

I brought the files.

Dr. Cooper’s files.

Please, try to keep them
in some kind of order.

They’re just notes, anyway.

A lot of it
you won’t understand.

You’re telling me.
It’s like reading
a foreign language.

I can’t make head or tail
on some of them.

What are these typed ones?

Those are transcriptions
from patients’ conversations.

Sometimes, Dr. Cooper likes
to take them down word for word.

I worked for Dr. Cooper
for seven years.

It’s only because he trusted me
completely that I
was even able

to get to these files.

Don’t worry about it.

You’ll have them back
in the morning.

Just the same,
what we’re doing is wrong.

I haven’t had any dinner yet,
have you?

No.

I came directly from the office.

I’ve got some hamburger meat
in the freezer.

We can have a real
home-cooked meal together.
Just you and me.

I’ll fix it.

It’s like we’re married, huh?

My name’s French.
I got a 2 o’clock appointment
with Mr. Harrison.

Oh, yes, Mr. French,
one moment, please.

Mr. French is here,
Mr. Harrison.

Yes, sir.
Go right in, please.

Thank you.

Come in.

That transaction you mentioned
this morning,

was it a home
or business property?

How’s that?

What sort of real estate are we
talking about?

[chuckles]
Oh, no.

Did I say real estate?
No, no.

You didn’t get my meaning,
Mr. Harrison,
this is something personal.

And, uh, what does that mean?

Well, you see, I would’ve come
to your house, but...

I didn’t think
that would be smart.
Not with your wife around.

-My wife?
-Yeah.

It’s not the place to talk
about Diana, is it?

Oh...

Well, now...

Who are you?

I’m just a guy who knows things.

Now, don’t get me wrong,
Mr. Harrison.

You want to fool around?

That’s your business.

I’m no saint.

But of course,
that’s only my opinion.

Other people...

They’d think different.

I mean, this Diana’s only 18

and you’re what, Mr. Harrison,

55?

-Get out of here.
-Yeah.

Now, you take your wife,
for instance.

She don’t know about Diana,
does she?

You’d be pretty unhappy
if she did.

I don’t blame you for that.

How do you know about this?

I got connections.

Yeah, your wife would be
pretty upset if she knew
about Diana.

I’d hate to see that happen,
wouldn’t you?

What do you want from me?

Like I said over the phone,

a transaction.

One simple deal,
and you can stop worrying.

-You want money?
-That’s right.

Just one payment and that’s it.

No installments, no deposits.

Just one lump sum,
we call it quits.

I want $10,000.

How do I know you won’t be back?

I’m not greedy.

Once you pay up,
you don’t see me no more.

I want it in cash.

-You’ll, uh,
have to give me a time.
-Time for what?

I don’t have that
sort of money here.

Could you come back?

I’ll tell you what.

You get that money,

and you bring it to my place.

At 9:00 tonight.

-Morning, Maude.
-Morning, Dr. Cooper.

I suppose you heard
the bad news.

No, I haven’t.

I’ve lost a patient.

-Who is it?
-My problem patient.

I should’ve known better.

I should’ve realized
that he needed more help

than what I was able
to give him.

Then,
it might not have happened.

-Mr. Harrison?
-Yes.

Mr. Harrison.

I knew he had a force in him

that was getting closer
to the surface every day, but

I never realized that

something like this
would happen.

He killed a man last night,
Maude.

The police contacted me
this morning.

He shot and killed a man
who was trying to get money
from him.

Killed?

A blackmailer.

A man named French,
James French.

He was threatening Harrison
about a young girl
named Diana.

But Harrison wasn’t going
to pay.

Blackmailer.

I can’t understand
where he could’ve learned
such a thing.

How he could’ve made such
a terrible mistake.

There’s no cause for blackmail.

No real cause.

There was no Diana.

Only Harrison’s delusion.

A fantasy.

He was guilt-ridden
by something that never existed.

When the
blackmailer threatened him,

he protected
a delusion with murder.

The ultimate rationalization.

I think our point should be
quite clear.

In these times,
a thorough grounding
in psychology

is essential in any profession.

Even blackmail.

For receptionists,
a slightly different lesson:

Never pinch the boss’ files.

You see Maude was
tried and punished as
an accomplice to the crime.

In precisely 60 seconds

I shall return to warn you
about next week’s program.

I may not be back
with Dead Endnext week.

You see, the producers prefer
to be called intellectuals,

and they feel that
my presence here

tends to give credence
to the epithet "Egg-head."

It’s absurd, of course.

Next week,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
will be seen in the spot.

Until then, goodnight.