All language subtitles for Alfred.Hitchcock.Presents.S07E31.Most.Likely.to.Succeed.1080p.PCOK.WEBRip.AAC.2.0.H.265.-EDGE2020_track3_[eng]

Good evening. I hope
it doesn’t disillusion you

to see me doing
such menial labor.

But I’d like to demonstrate that
I’m just an ordinary person,

besides, I need the money.

You see, this isn’t my car,
it’s my brother’s.

He hires me to do work
of this sort.

He keeps telling me
it’s for my own good.

I suppose it is in a way
since a car will become mine,

if anything untoward
should happen to brother.

[knocking]

That’s peculiar!

I don’t believe
you’ve met my brother.

[mumbling]

Goodness!
He used to drop his H’s.

Now he’s dropped
the entire alphabet.

I closed the trunk because
I know he’d like it that way.

He always hated our stories,

and we have one coming up
in just one minute.

Yes?

Could I please see Mr. Towers?
My name is Dave Sumner.

I’m an old friend of his.
From college.

Well, OK, but, uh...

uh, you’d better go around
to the back entrance.

Back.

[jazz music playing]

It’s not just that you spend
ten hours a day at the office.

It’s all those
stupid business dinners,

Stanley.

The least you could do would be
to take me dancing

every once in a while.

Oh, honey,
the least you can do is just

let me finish reading
this report.

Look, why don’t you go out
shopping or something, huh?

[footsteps]

What is it, Hilda?

It’s for Mr. Towers, ma’am.

There’s a man at the back door.
He says he knows you.

At the back door?

Yes, sir.
He says his name is Sumner.

Says he’s an old friend
of yours from college.

Sumner?

That Dave Sumner?
Tell him to come right in.

Well, I-I don’t think he wants
to come in Mr. Towers.

He don’t look
like somebody who--

Well, I mean, his clothes.

Oh, all right. I’ll--
I’ll go out and see him.

-Dave Sumner!
-Stanley, hi.

Why, you’re the last person
in the wor--

What, it’s gotta be
20 years, huh?

Yeah, 20 years at least, huh.

Oh, come on in!

-Thanks.
-Sit down.

I-I was over in, uh,
Hartsdale doing some odd jobs

and I remembered you had
a place near here.

I just thought I’d stop by.

[chuckles]

-I-I hope you don’t mind.
-Mind? Of course not!

Gee, you’ve got
a great place here, Stanley.

Well, listen, what in
the world had happened to you?

Since college, I mean.

A lot of things, I guess.
Most of them bad.

Oh, I can’t figure it out!

You were the head
of our class, Dave.

Yeah.

You were president
of our senior class.

You were honor student.
Valedictorian.

You know, I still remember
the day you walked off

stage at graduation.

Why, you had a stack of awards
and, honors, up to here.

Yeah, it was a long time ago.

Yeah, sure was.

Listen, are you hungry?
Want something to eat?

-I wouldn’t mind.
-Hmm.

Boy, I-I still remember how
we used to sit around and talk.

You know,
at the fraternity house.

Remember? About how we felt
about things and, you know,

what we, what we wanted
out of life?

-Yeah.
-Right, we-we never

did see things the same way,
did we?

-Nah, I guess not.
-No.

Yeah, I had a different picture
of the world. Nice and simple.

-Huh.
-If you didn’t take,

you got taken, that was it.

Well, I saw it happen
with my old man,

with that extrusion machine
he invented.

He sold the patent for 500 bucks

and some big company turned it
around and made

-$5 million with it.
-Hmm.

Boy, that’s when I decided,

you take it
where you can find it.

Did you know how old I was
when I made my first million?

Thirty-two, Dave.
[chuckles]

But listen,
I’m not letting you do

any talking.
What about yourself, Dave?

What’s been happening to you?

Not much to tell.

Things just didn’t pan out
since I graduated, I...

tried all kinds of work.

Lately, I’ve just been
picking up jobs
wherever I could get ’em.

Listen, if there’s something
I can do around the place,

Stanley, anything at all, huh?

Gee, I-I don’t know, Dave.
We got a pretty big staff
right now.

Oh, but for old Dave?
I’ll...

Well, sure, we’ll find something
for you to do.

Hey, you can help out
around the house.

And you can drive my wife around
when I’m using the chauffeur.

Hey, you can help out
when I’ve got people over, I...

I’ve got big business meetings
here all the time.

You know, you can’t work
an eight-hour day

when you’re the boss.
You know what I mean, Dave?

Well, what’d you say? Sound OK?

-That sounds fine.
-OK, it’s a deal!

Listen, I’ll pay 80 bucks
a week and your keep.

And, uh, well, let’s,
let’s do something

about these clothes, huh?

Dave, it’s good to see you.

Do I have to sign all these?

That’s right, Mrs. Towers.

-All six copies?
-Yep.

Sign all six copies.

Well, that’s all I’ve been doing
all night long.

A person could get
writer’s cramp.

Oh, it’s worth it, darling.
You are now the sole owner

of a million dollar business.

Oh, thanks, Dave. Say,

would you put something else
on the phonograph?

[Dave]
Thank you.

Oh, Stanley,
I just don’t understand, I mean,

I know it’s legal and all,
but you know,

I really don’t know anything
about running a factory.

But you don’t have to worry,
about it, Mrs. Towers.

You’ll be getting rid of
your interest in the plant

in six months, just as soon
as we get rid of it at a loss.

Seems silly to me.
Buy a whole factory
just to lose money.

Well, that’s the way we do
business these days, darling.

Ain’t that right, Jim?

That’s right.

Say, what about
my cousin Freddy?

Can we get him that deal
as plant manager?

Well, if you still want him,
Stanley.

But if you put any more
relatives on the payroll,

we won’t need
an organization chart,
just a family tree.

Well, I guess that goes
everything for this evening.

Gee, thanks for coming
by the house, Harry.

I’ll-I’ll see you back
in town. And, uh,

give my regards
to the wife, will you Bill?

I will.
Thank you very much.

Come on,
I’ll see you at the door.

Goodnight, Mrs. Towers.

Yeah, goodnight.

Say, uh, what did say
your name was?

Sumner. Dave Sumner, ma’am.

Oh, yeah, that’s right. Dave.

Would you get Mr. Towers
another drink please?

Or just bring the whole bottle.

Yes, ma’am.

-You know what?
-Ma’am?

My husband just loves a drink
after every meeting.

Oh, I’ll try and remember that.

Yeah.

Hey, it was a good meeting.

-Oh, yeah?
-Hey, where’s my drink?

What-his-name’s getting you
a fresh one.

Dave. Honey, how many times
I gotta tell you his name

is Dave.

Oh, thanks. Thanks, Dave.

Listen, it’s after midnight.
Why don’t you hit the sack?

-Yes, sir.
-And, uh, maybe you could

brush up my clothes
for the morning.

Yes, sir.

[chuckling]

What are you laughing at?

Oh, nothing, I was...
I was just thinking.

-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.

What were you thinking?

Thinking about college.

-College?
-Hey, you know Dave

and I went to college together.
We were buddies!

As a matter of fact,
we were in the same fraternity.

Rah-rah-rah.

Only here’s
something I didn’t tell you?

Did you know he was president
of our senior class? Yeah.

Yeah, good old Dave was
top scholar

in the whole school.

-Him?
-That’s right.

Yeah, Dave was always
a very funny guy.

He figured all you have to have
in this world were top grades

and high scholastic honors.

He thought all you had
to do was play the game right.

Only he didn’t know the rules,
not like I did.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute,
I wanna show you something.

Oh, your college yearbook?
I didn’t know

-you were sentimental.
-Yeah.

Here. Let me see that.

-Oh, that--
-That’s your picture!

That’s not what I want
to show you.

Let me see!

Well, well,
little Stanley Towers.

"Stanley Towers,
business administration,

vice president,
dance committee."

-Is that all?
-Oh, give me that.

-You let me see!
-Wait a minute.

Oh, here it is.

Here. Read that.

"David L. Sumner,

Phi Betta Kappa,
president of the senior class,

chairman, debating society.

editor in chief, the Lancer.

Winner of Polk Award for
Scholastic Excellence.

Voted,
’Most Likely To Succeed.’"

Yeah, that’s the part.
That’s the best part of all.

Voted, "Most Likely To Succeed."

[chuckling]

-Oh, say, uh...
-Ma’am?

Do you have the right time?

I’m sorry, I don’t have a watch.

Oh, well, doesn’t make
any difference, anyway.

Stanley will come home
when he gets good and ready.

Do you mind
if I ask you something?

Oh, not at all.

Uh...

Well, how come?

How come what?

I mean, how come a man like you,
see, my husband says

you got a real brain.

How come you’re doing work
like this?

It’s the best I could get.

Oh.

I, uh, saw your picture
in the college yearbook.

-Hmm.
-You haven’t changed very much.

[laughing]

Not like Stanley.
Boy, he changes every year.

-Hey, would you mind?
-Pardon me?

I mean, you can fix
the books later.

I just kind of wanted to talk
a little bit,

-yeah?
-Wow.

What is it
you’d like to talk about?

Oh, well, you’re so smart,
you tell me.

No, I just want to
ask about you.

Maybe Stanley isn’t curious,
but I am.

Well, it’s not very much
to say, I, uh, do odd jobs,

I try to do them well.

Was that what you call success?

Maybe it is.

OK, if you don’t want me
around, I’ll go.

No, no, no...

It’s your house, Mrs. Towers.

That’s so, huh?

Yeah, I suppose it is
in my name.

Stanley has
so many kooky deals going,

I never know what’s mine
and what isn’t.

Come on now,
what about it?

Was there some woman
or something?

Was that a stupid question?

No, no, no...
that’s a very good question.

Yes, there was a woman.

Everything seemed fine
when I graduated.

I never had a moment’s doubt
about my future.

The class even voted me,
"Most Likely To Succeed."

But I guess you know that
if you saw the yearbook.

Yeah, I saw that.

Would you like to have a seat?

No, thanks.

Well, I-I took a job with
a brokerage firm,

a friend of my old man’s.

That was my first mistake.

I ended up marrying
the boss’ daughter.

That was my second mistake.
She...

She was no angel,
let me put it that way.

I went along with her
as long as a I could,

when I couldn’t take it anymore,
I...

I got a divorce...

from her, from the job,
both at the same time.

That’s when I discovered
I wasn’t much of

a business man.

I couldn’t make out with
any other brokerage firm.

[sighs]

I paid alimony for six years
until she got married again.

That’s when I started drinking.

I guess that’s
what finally did it.

[whistles]

And I thought I had it rough.

You?

Oh, it doesn’t look like it,
does it?

Big house, a lot of money,
a lot of jewelry.

Little Louise Johnson,
a regular Cinderella, huh?

Only thing wrong is
Prince Charming.

Oh, you’ve been around here
for a couple of weeks.

You know what goes on.

He uses this house like a hotel.

If it isn’t one business meeting
it’s another.

If he can’t do business
at lunch, he does it at dinner.

If he can’t do it in the
daytime, he does it at night.

That must be pretty rough
on you.

Oh, you have no idea.

Do you know that even
when we’re alone

he’s thinking about business?

He’s always gotta come up
with some smart, new way

to put something over on
his competitor, or the tax boys.

Now,

wouldn’t you think that
I could pick out the furniture

for our own home?

Oh, no, he has his company
order it.

And then he just has
a truckload set up here.

And you know that new wing
we’re building on the house?

-Yes?
-Where do you think

all that lumber
and stuff is coming from?

He has his company order that
and then he makes a deal with

the contractor just
to send it up here.

I don’t even think that’s legal,
do you?

I doubt it.

He has a thousand little things
like that.

Like putting his family on
the payroll at fancy salaries,

and then having ’em kick
back half.

Oh, he comes up with something
like that every day.

And I’m just getting sick of it.

I’m just getting sick
to death of it.

[sighs]

-Mrs. Towers.
-What?

Is there something
I can do for you?

Get you a drink, maybe?

You know, Dave,
I think you’re right.

Success is a lousy thing,
it really is.

It’s better to be a bum.

-I-I don’t know about that.
-No, I mean,

you have more fun that way.
I’m so bored here.

All I can think of
to do is to eat!

-Hey, that’s a good idea.
-What’s that?

Why don’t you fix me
a hot fudge sundae?

Something real warm.

Yes, ma’am.

Hello, Dave, old buddy boy!

-Good evening.
-Whoa.

What a headache.

[grumbles]

Hey, fix me something,
will you, Dave?

A little something fizzy, huh.

Yes, sir.
I think there’s something in--

No, I don’t mean that, Dave.

Come on, make me a drink.

Give me a little Scotch
and soda.

-Yes, sir.
-Oh, boy!

These business meetings
really take the
starch out of you.

Uh, sometimes I wonder
why I work so hard.

Hmm. I know why.

Money, Dave.

A lousy part is getting
ten times harder

to make a dollar nowadays.

By the way the government’s
got things rigged,

you gotta work every minute.

Gotta try all the angles,
you can’t ever letdown.

Gotta keep going.

Tote that bar, lift that bail,
and get a good lawyer.

Or you’ll wind up in jail.

Now, you ain’t got it so bad,
Dave.

What you gotta worry about is
a good meal now and then.

But when you got money,

oh, that’s when
the troubles really begin.

-Is it worth it?
-Sure, it’s worth it!

Nothing else is worth anything.
Haven’t you learned that yet?

You and your shining lights
and honor bright,

play the game according
to all the rules.

[chuckles]

Ah.

You’re OK, Dave.
You’re a nice guy.

What a shame
you’re born a sucker.

Ah, I’m going to bed.

[whistles]

Dave.

-Ma’am?
-I want you to drive some place.

Oh, yes, ma’am. Where to go?

Any place.
New York, Boise, Idaho,

just so long as it’s
away from here.

-Something wrong?
-Oh, no,

the same thing
that’s always wrong.

Only this time I’ve had it.

Stanley and I had a fight
last night, I told him

what I thought of
his phony business deals

I told him what I thought
of being nothing

-but a tax deduction.
-Uh-huh.

Uh, where’s Mr. Towers now?

Probably setting up
some phony corporation

or I don’t know.

Would you take
the bags out to the car?

There’s some more in the hall.

Well, all right.

Yeah, you don’t belong
in this place, either.

What?

No, you’re a nice guy!

But you won’t be if you stay
around him very long.

Look, why don’t we go
some place together, huh?

Just any place!

I can’t do that, Mrs. Towers.

Well, it’s only gonna get worse,
he’ll just make more and more

-deals!
-I’m sorry, I can’t.

Hey!

What the heck’s going on here?

Nothing, I’m just going
on a little trip.

Little trip? Where?

Any place! Just so long
it’s away from here.

Wait a minute.
What’s this all about?

I have tried to tell you
a million times

what’s this all about!

Why don’t you ask
your friend, Dave, here?

Maybe you’ll listen to him.

Dave, huh?

Go on, Dave. You’re
the big brain around here.

-Tell me what’s going on.
-Nothing, nothing!

Mrs. Towers wanted me
to drive her some place.

-That’s all.
-Oh.

Give me the keys.

Give me the car keys!

If any driving gonna be done
around here, I’ll do it myself.

Now, you take that bag
and go upstairs, Louise.

You go see Everett for
the money I owe you.

What?

-You mean I’m fired?
-Yeah, I’m afraid so, Dave.

I don’t think this arrangement
of ours is gonna work out.

Go on, consider yourself lucky
to be out of this place!

I’ll talk to you later!

Well?

Well, I’m sorry.
If that’s the way you want it.

That’s the way I want it.

Well, he’s gone.

I suppose you’d like to go
with him, too, wouldn’t you?

Leave me alone, Stanley.

Yeah, you’re not kidding
anybody, Louise.

You’re not going anywhere.

You like what you got too much,
you’re not giving it up.

-Well, isn’t that right?
-Leave me alone!

You know where
your bread’s buttered?

Not with a guy like Dave Sumner,
but with someone like me!

Well, isn’t that true?

Well, say it.

Go on, say it!

It’s true.

Now take that bag upstairs!

Well, let’s get this over with
as soon as possible.

Yeah, I’d sure like to sneak
in a couple of holes of golf

-this afternoon.
-Yeah, it’s a good idea.

We’ve sure got
the weather for it.

Figure this meeting won’t last
more than an hour.

No, we’ve been over
all this stuff before.

Hey, how’s your golf game,
Harry?

Still shooting in
the low 90s, huh?

It’s better now since
I’ve been working with the pro.

Oh, Stanley, I’d like you
to meet Frank Anderson

-from our New York office.
-Glad to know you, sir.

He knows everybody down here.

I’m certainly glad to meet you,
Frank.

Uh, you think this is
gonna take very long?

Well, it all depends on
what kind of a case they’ve got.

Let’s walk in and find out.

All right.

Make yourselves comfortable,
gentlemen,

I’ll be with you in a moment.

Towers, I believe you know
Mr. Sumner.

Dave?

You mean to say
you know that man?

Of course, I know him.
We went to school together.

He worked at my house
only a month ago.

That explains it.

Treasure Department probably

assigned him your case
because he once knew you.

You mean to tell me
he’s one of them?

-He’s a tax investigator?
-More than that.

He’s the most successful agent
in the Treasury Department.

I do believe that was
the most frightening story

we have ever presented.

Fortunately,
it will only frighten

one segment of our population,
tax payers.

Now, for something
equally frightening.

A commercial.
After which, I shall appear.

That is all for tonight.
And it was quite enough too.

Next week,
I shall be here again.

And I know
my brother will be also.

[knocking]

I seemed to locked
the trunk key inside.

So, until then, goodnight.