Original subtitles

[dreary music]

[dreary music]

[animals growling]

- Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

- Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the world famous Houston Zoo.

My name is Tod Stiles, I'm your

My name is Tod Stiles, I'm your

tour conductor this morning.

Next 25 minutes or so I'll be showing you

Next 25 minutes or so I'll be showing you

the zoo from aardvark to zebra.

Please hold onto your tickets.

When we get to the end of the trail

When we get to the end of the trail

there'll be a drawing, and the lucky winner

will be fed to the lions.

will be fed to the lions.

[laughing]

[laughing]

The largest zoo in Texas has brought

from all over the world performing animals,

from all over the world performing animals,

seals, bears, and a few wolves imported from Hollywood.

seals, bears, and a few wolves imported from Hollywood.

What's going on?

What's going on?

- The bear pen! - What?

- There's a woman in the bear pen!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[suspenseful music]

[bear snarling]

[bear snarling]

[bear growling]

[bear growling]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[bear growling]

[bear growling]

[water hissing]

[water hissing]

[bear growling]

[bear growling]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[tense music]

[tense music]

- Who, who do I see about seeing somebody that's in here?

- Who, who do I see about seeing somebody that's in here?

- You see me.

- You see me.

- I'd like to talk to the girl

that was in the bear pit this morning.

- Are you a relative?

- Are you a relative?

- No. - What do you want

to talk to her about?

- You're one of the fellows who got her

- You're one of the fellows who got her

away from that bear, ain't 'ya?

- Yeah. - I saw you there.

- Yeah. - I saw you there.

- I guess you feel you kind of got a vested interest?

- I guess you feel you kind of got a vested interest?

- Well, I got her shoes anyway.

- Okay sign the registry, your name and address.

- Okay sign the registry, your name and address.

She's in the room in there, you can go in.

- Thanks.

What's her name?

What's her name?

- Cardenas, Maria Cardenas.

- Thanks.

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

We didn't get a chance to

We didn't get a chance to

introduce ourselves this morning.

introduce ourselves this morning.

I'm Tod Stiles.

[sighs] Well I wanted to return your shoes.

[sighs] Well I wanted to return your shoes.

They just don't happen to be the bear's size.

They just don't happen to be the bear's size.

- Thank you.

- Well don't you care about your life?

- Well don't you care about your life?

Is it so cheap you'd give it away

Is it so cheap you'd give it away

to get your picture in the paper?

- I have already thanked you once.

- I have already thanked you once.

If you're trying to impress me that,

what you did was so extraordinary

what you did was so extraordinary

well I'll thank you a second time.

Now are we quits?

- All right Miss, the rest is just formalities.

- All right Miss, the rest is just formalities.

Your attorney's waiting for you at the desk.

Your attorney's waiting for you at the desk.

- Maria!

Child, you must stop this

senseless war against your parents!

Your mother's had to be put to bed

Your mother's had to be put to bed

and sedated with barbiturates,

your father's almost-- - My father is dead!

your father's almost-- - My father is dead!

My father's been dead eight years!

My father's been dead eight years!

- Do you have any idea where you're going?

- Do you have any idea where you're going?

That's what I thought.

You don't know where you're going,

You don't know where you're going,

and you don't have any pocketbook,

and you don't have any money on you

and you have no transportation.

and you have no transportation.

I just thought somebody should point out

those few items to you.

those few items to you.

- I need to see my mother.

- I need to see my mother.

- My car is right over there.

- My car is right over there.

I'm just gonna take here home.

I'm just gonna take here home.

My name is Tod Stiles.

- Thank you, Mr. Stiles.

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

[dramatic music] [tires screeching]

[dramatic music] [tires screeching]

[dramatic music] [tires screeching]

- Are you completely out of your head?

- Are you completely out of your head?

- I want you to be my friend.

- I want you to be my friend.

Will you?

- Is that the way you get friendship?

- Is that the way you get friendship?

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

[sporty music]

[sporty music]

- Mr. Tod Stiles.

Our attorney called me from the police station.

Our attorney called me from the police station.

How are you now Maria?

- This is my mother's husband.

Mr. Juan Pablo De Amundo.

Mr. Juan Pablo De Amundo.

Mr. De Amundo used to be a stable boy here.

Mr. De Amundo used to be a stable boy here.

Until my mother raised him to his present position.

Until my mother raised him to his present position.

- We thank you for bringing her daughter to her house.

- We thank you for bringing her daughter to her house.

[speaks foreign language]

[speaks foreign language]

If you can excuse me now, the young ladies

are waiting to continue their lesson.

are waiting to continue their lesson.

[tense music]

[tense music]

- Not that it matters much,

but the polite thing to do when somebody

but the polite thing to do when somebody

drives you home is to say thank you.

[door slamming]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

- Please!

- Please!

Please be my friend!

Please be my friend!

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[somber music]

[somber music]

Momma?

[poignant music]

[poignant music]

[wind-up music box-esque music]

[wind-up music box-esque music]

But first, please let me apologize for my behavior,

I've been, almost hysterical and I,

I've been, almost hysterical and I,

I want you to know why.

I want you to know why.

Everything I'm going to tell you now has a point,

Everything I'm going to tell you now has a point,

every detail, and I think you'll see

every detail, and I think you'll see

how it all comes together when I'm finished.

how it all comes together when I'm finished.

This is my room.

This is my room.

When I was a little girl it was my secret place.

When I was a little girl it was my secret place.

But nobody ever comes here any more.

Nobody ever plays with them anymore.

Nobody ever plays with them anymore.

Do you know what this is?

- A pinata. - Mm hmm.

- A pinata. - Mm hmm.

Christmas, the children hit the pinata with

the sticks, and when it bursts open,

the sticks, and when it bursts open,

presents come tumbling from the sky!

presents come tumbling from the sky!

My father gave me everything.

My father gave me everything.

He gave me this music box.

[music box music]

[music box music]

And, on my eighth birthday,

a Lisa Maria Dolores Cardenas.

a Lisa Maria Dolores Cardenas.

[Maria laughing]

My father died, when I was 11.

In a single day, a great light went out.

In a single day, a great light went out.

Oh, he was an extraordinary man.

He was sweet, and gentle, and,

He was sweet, and gentle, and,

very much in love with my mother,

very much in love with my mother,

and she with him.

He died.

I used to come here a great deal.

I used to come here a great deal.

My mother, concerned for me,

decided that I needed to be taken out of myself.

decided that I needed to be taken out of myself.

Well my mother brought a riding master here,

Well my mother brought a riding master here,

to divert me from my grief with riding lessons.

to divert me from my grief with riding lessons.

Mr. De Amundo of course.

Mr. De Amundo of course.

I don't know one single thing about his past.

I don't know one single thing about his past.

When he came here he had a single cardboard suitcase.

When he came here he had a single cardboard suitcase.

In one month my mother was in love with him.

In one month my mother was in love with him.

Now, I understand that.

I, I just said that when my father died

I, I just said that when my father died

a great light went out well for her too,

she didn't wander in darkness any more than I did.

she didn't wander in darkness any more than I did.

she didn't wander in darkness any more than I did.

Within the year, Mr. De Amundo was my mother's husband

Within the year, Mr. De Amundo was my mother's husband

and the master of this house.

and the master of this house.

My mother was, and is a very generous woman.

My mother was, and is a very generous woman.

She gave him clothes and money, and,

when he said he wanted to do something useful

she bought him those horses that he uses

to give riding lessons to young ladies.

to give riding lessons to young ladies.

Six months ago, my mother went riding with her husband,

Six months ago, my mother went riding with her husband,

and the girth on her saddle broke.

She could have been killed.

She hurt her hip.

Even now she has to walk with a cane.

Even now she has to walk with a cane.

One day, when my mother was still in bed recovering,

One day, when my mother was still in bed recovering,

One day, when my mother was still in bed recovering,

Mr. De Amundo put his arms around me

Mr. De Amundo put his arms around me

and started to talk to me.

I pushed him away, I was, sick to my stomach.

I pushed him away, I was, sick to my stomach.

He didn't say anything he just looked at me.

He didn't say anything he just looked at me.

My mother recovered, but she walks with a cane.

My mother recovered, but she walks with a cane.

Mostly she stays in the house.

Mostly she stays in the house.

But once a day, she leaves the house,

But once a day, she leaves the house,

and she walks out through the grounds to the mailbox.

and she walks out through the grounds to the mailbox.

She collects the mail, and she walks back to the house.

She collects the mail, and she walks back to the house.

I'll tell you why that's important in a moment.

I'll tell you why that's important in a moment.

You see?

I came here yesterday for

the first time in a long while.

the first time in a long while.

No, it's not a toy.

No, it's not a toy.

Go ahead, take it out.

[gun mechanism clicking]

[gun mechanism clicking]

Now look at this chair by the window.

Now look at this chair by the window.

Look at all the other chairs!

Look at all the other chairs!

They were made for little girls.

They were made for little girls.

This is a grown person's chair,

it doesn't belong in this room, it's ll wrong.

it doesn't belong in this room, it's ll wrong.

You can see that!

This chair was never part of this room.

This chair was never part of this room.

It was brought here by someone

It was brought here by someone

who found a little girl's chair to small for him,

who found a little girl's chair to small for him,

because he wanted to sit by the window

with a gun in his hands.

with a gun in his hands.

Sit by the window and watch my mother go to the mailbox.

Sit by the window and watch my mother go to the mailbox.

- Who does this gun belong to?

- Who does this gun belong to?

- Mr. De Amundo.

- Mr. De Amundo.

My mother gave it to him Christmas time.

He likes to hunt.

He likes to hunt.

- Are you telling me your stepfather's

- Are you telling me your stepfather's

trying to kill your mother?

- I'm simply pointing out to you

- I'm simply pointing out to you

how I came to a particular conclusion.

how I came to a particular conclusion.

- Well who else have you told about this,

what about that attorney I saw at the jail,

what about that attorney I saw at the jail,

can't you talk to him about it?

- I can't talk to anyone that has

- I can't talk to anyone that has

anything to do with my stepfather!

He's so charming, so persuasive.

He's so charming, so persuasive.

- What about the police?

- Don't you understand, my mother loves this man!

- Don't you understand, my mother loves this man!

Doesn't she have enough pain without

Doesn't she have enough pain without

police wandering through the house

asking questions, exposing what's she's done to herself?

asking questions, exposing what's she's done to herself?

Look I know I haven't acted rationally,

Look I know I haven't acted rationally,

but was I supposed to be calm?

I-I was out of my mind!

I-I was out of my mind!

I thought, if I could do something that would

I thought, if I could do something that would

get my name in the papers, draw attention to myself,

get my name in the papers, draw attention to myself,

well that would, that would put

well that would, that would put

such a bright, hot glare on this house

he wouldn't dare do anything!

he wouldn't dare do anything!

- Yeah well what are you gonna do

when the attention wears off?

when the attention wears off?

- I don't know.

- I don't know.

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

Do you think I'm right?

What do you think?

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[somber music] [crickets chirping]

[somber music] [crickets chirping]

[knocking]

[knocking]

- [Juan] Oh, it's good to see you again.

- Thank you.

- You have not yet met my wife.

Elena, this is Mr. Stiles.

Elena, this is Mr. Stiles.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

- [Elena] Glad to meet you Mr. Stiles.

- I must express my regrets, I've been called on business.

- I must express my regrets, I've been called on business.

- Yes, sometimes willful women insist that

my husband give them riding lessons in the evening,

my husband give them riding lessons in the evening,

against his will of course.

against his will of course.

- Always against my will.

If you can excuse me.

If you can excuse me.

Goodnight.

- Mama?

Mama I have a sick headache

and I can't join you for dinner and I'm,

and I can't join you for dinner and I'm,

sure Mr. Stiles will excuse me.

- Afraid that you'll have to be my escort then, Mr. Stiles.

- Afraid that you'll have to be my escort then, Mr. Stiles.

[somber music]

[somber music]

You're not drinking your brandy.

Would you care for some other kind of drink?

Would you care for some other kind of drink?

- [Tod] No thank you.

- This has been a very difficult evening

- This has been a very difficult evening

for you Mr. Stiles, hasn't it?

for you Mr. Stiles, hasn't it?

This isn't a peaceful house, I'm,

This isn't a peaceful house, I'm,

I'm sorry to inflict the unrest on you.

Mr. Stiles we're an old and proud family.

Mr. Stiles we're an old and proud family.

We were in Texas when it was still called Tay-hos.

We were in Texas when it was still called Tay-hos.

We were in Texas when it was still called Tay-hos.

Our men were at the mission San Antonio de Valero.

Our men were at the mission San Antonio de Valero.

They too died fighting for freedom

at the Alamo with Bowie and Crockett and Travis.

at the Alamo with Bowie and Crockett and Travis.

Without pride we are without life.

Without pride we are without life.

Why did my daughter try to bring shame on this house?

Why did my daughter try to bring shame on this house?

- I'm not sure shame is the right word.

- I will use any word you tell me.

- I will use any word you tell me.

My daughter and I move through this house,

sometimes we move through the rooms together,

sometimes we move through the rooms together,

sometimes we speak but,

I find that there is no communication.

I find that there is no communication.

What is it that she cannot bring herself to say?

What is it that she cannot bring herself to say?

I've asked her, I've often asked her.

I've asked her, I've often asked her.

What is it that is so, so vile that she cannot tell me?

What is it that is so, so vile that she cannot tell me?

I ask you if you know, please to tell me,

so I may help her!

so I may help her!

Please!

- Suppose, someone were trying to harm you.

- Suppose, someone were trying to harm you.

- Harm me?

What-What way?

What-What way?

Harm my spirit or, wound my pride,

Harm my spirit or, wound my pride,

break my heart?

break my heart?

- More than that.

- Once the pride is broken there is nothing but death.

- Once the pride is broken there is nothing but death.

Is she afraid that I'm going to die?

But I'm not ill!

But I'm not ill!

Oh my hip pains me but it's not going to kill me.

Oh my hip pains me but it's not going to kill me.

Who does she think is trying to kill me Mr. Stiles?

Who does she think is trying to kill me Mr. Stiles?

There are only three people in this house.

Myself, my daughter, my husband.

Myself, my daughter, my husband.

- I'm sorry.

- What you imply,

what my daughter implies,

what my daughter implies,

is not true.

is not true.

Oh young girls, how they adore their fathers.

Oh young girls, how they adore their fathers.

How impossible it is for anyone to replace their father.

How impossible it is for anyone to replace their father.

That's all there is to it.

That's all there is to it.

Mr. Stiles, that is all there is to it!

Mr. Stiles, that is all there is to it!

Now, if you will excuse me, I'm, I'm very tired.

Now, if you will excuse me, I'm, I'm very tired.

Maria!

Maria!

- Yes Mama?

- Were you listening, Maria?

- Were you listening, Maria?

- Yes Mama.

- Maria, I mourned your father, as was proper and fitting,

- Maria, I mourned your father, as was proper and fitting,

but I didn't die with him.

And if I choose to re-marry that's my privilege.

And if I choose to re-marry that's my privilege.

I was respectful to your father Maria,

I was respectful to your father Maria,

but I'm in love with Juan De Amundo,

but I'm in love with Juan De Amundo,

and if you think he married me because

he wanted my property, or because I gave him a horse

he wanted my property, or because I gave him a horse

or a watch then you're a fool.

You don't hold a man like that.

You don't hold a man like that.

You hold a man by being a woman.

You hold a man by being a woman.

And he knows that if he wanted to leave I wouldn't hold him.

And he knows that if he wanted to leave I wouldn't hold him.

He doesn't have to kill me to be free of me.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

I'll tell you something.

I'll tell you something.

You think that he wants to kill me.

You think that he wants to kill me.

But I tell you that he loves me.

He loves me!

He loves me!

[poignant music]

[poignant music]

[cracking] [screaming]

[cracking] [screaming]

[thumping]

[thumping]

- We better get your doctor, what's his number?

- We better get your doctor, what's his number?

- Will you look at this cane!

It cane was cut, this cane was cut!

It cane was cut, this cane was cut!

[dramatic music]

- What's your doctor's telephone number?

[somber music]

[somber music]

- I made up my mind I was gonna get some sleep tonight.

- I made up my mind I was gonna get some sleep tonight.

I was in bed at a quarter after eight.

I was in bed at a quarter after eight.

In surgery last night, and this morning.

In surgery last night, and this morning.

- How is she?

- She's in shock.

- She's in shock.

No fractures I'm pretty sure.

But we'll take some X-rays tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure.

But we'll take some X-rays tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure.

All the way down the stairs, hmm?

All the way down the stairs, hmm?

- Yeah, all the way down.

- Where's Maria?

- Where's Maria?

- Up in the playroom, I think.

- Up in the playroom, I think.

- You know her for a long time?

- You know her for a long time?

I brought her into the world.

What time did De Amundo say he was going to be back?

What time did De Amundo say he was going to be back?

- I talked to him about an hour ago,

he said it would take him about that long.

he said it would take him about that long.

he said it would take him about that long.

- Mrs. De Amundo is now sleeping, lightly.

- Mrs. De Amundo is now sleeping, lightly.

She'll wake up I'm sure in a little while.

When that happens, give her one or two of these.

When that happens, give her one or two of these.

I would like her to sleep.

I would like her to sleep.

Thank you.

Sometimes people know each other briefly,

Sometimes people know each other briefly,

but are vitally related.

Er, you're not engaged to Maria, are you?

Er, you're not engaged to Maria, are you?

You're not in love with her then?

Too bad.

I would like to see her married and, away from here.

I would like to see her married and, away from here.

[vulnerable music]

[tense music]

[tense music]

[music box music] [tense music]

[music box music] [tense music]

[tense music]

[tense music]

- The doctor says if your wife wakes up,

and she probably will, give her these.

and she probably will, give her these.

Would you like to know how it happened?

- You said she fell down the stairs.

- You said she fell down the stairs.

- Don't you want to know what caused her

to fall down the stairs?

to fall down the stairs?

- This is my house, I don't know you.

- This is my house, I don't know you.

I don't give you the right in my house to ask me questions.

I don't give you the right in my house to ask me questions.

I almost did not come here.

I almost did not come here.

- Why?

- Why did you fall?

- Why did you fall?

- To bring you back.

- To bring you back.

- I think so.

- I fell to bring you back?

- I fell to bring you back?

- I must say something, now listen carefully.

- I must say something, now listen carefully.

This house is poison to me, I'm going to leave it.

This house is poison to me, I'm going to leave it.

- Do you think I would not let you go?

- I think so.

- Oh I don't think you understand how I love you!

- Oh I don't think you understand how I love you!

- I understand how you love me.

- I understand how you love me.

Let go.

- I know how to let go.

- Let go!

- Let go!

The doctor wants you to sleep.

- I know how to let go.

- The talking is done.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

- Oh, you see, I do know how to let go.

- Oh, you see, I do know how to let go.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

Juan, will it hurt?

- What?

[sighing]

[sighing]

- Juan, I don't want it to be painful.

- Juan, I don't want it to be painful.

[sobs] Forgive me I'm afraid!

[sobs] Forgive me I'm afraid!

I'm frightened!

I'm frightened!

- What do you think I did?

- What do you think I did?

Those were pills, only pills, only to sleep!

Those were pills, only pills, only to sleep!

[sighing]

- Then, when I fell from the horse,

- Then, when I fell from the horse,

it was only, the girth that broke,

it was only, the girth that broke,

and, when I fell from the steps

and, when I fell from the steps

it was only the cane that broke.

it was only the cane that broke.

- There is no poison in those pills!

- There is no poison in those pills!

- I didn't mean to hold you so...

I, was so proud...

- There's no poison in those pills.

- There's no poison in those pills.

[tense music]

[tense music]

- Aren't you convinced yet?

- Aren't you convinced yet?

- It's the other questions that bother me.

- It's the other questions that bother me.

Let's say you were gonna kill somebody.

Why would you do it like this?

Why would you do it like this?

- To try and make it look like an accident.

- To try and make it look like an accident.

- No.

No even if it worked, the police

would have the cane, as soon as they looked at it

would have the cane, as soon as they looked at it

they'd know it was murder.

they'd know it was murder.

And how would you know it could work?

And how would you know it could work?

How could you be sure the cane would break

How could you be sure the cane would break

only while the person was using it on the stairs?

only while the person was using it on the stairs?

And how would you know which step?

And how would you know which step?

Not the 3rd, not the 5th, not the 10th,

Not the 3rd, not the 5th, not the 10th,

how could you be sure the cane would break

how could you be sure the cane would break

not at the bottom of the steps, only at the top?

not at the bottom of the steps, only at the top?

- I see.

Maybe we're dealing with an insane person.

Maybe we're dealing with an insane person.

Maybe not.

Well then, maybe the cane was tampered with,

Well then, maybe the cane was tampered with,

not so much to kill, but to warn,

not so much to kill, but to warn,

to say in effect, my patience is wearing thin.

to say in effect, my patience is wearing thin.

Maybe what he was trying to tell her

when he cut the girth of her saddle,

when he cut the girth of her saddle,

I am warning you.

I am warning you.

But she did not heed.

But she did not heed.

And so, he took his gun, and sat by the window,

And so, he took his gun, and sat by the window,

and contemplated her death.

But he couldn't bring himself to do it yet.

But he couldn't bring himself to do it yet.

And so he warned her again, this time,

And so he warned her again, this time,

by cutting her cane and concealing it very cleverly.

by cutting her cane and concealing it very cleverly.

[tense music]

- I have to call the police.

- I have to call the police.

I know you didn't want me to do that.

I know you didn't want me to do that.

- Oh no!

That's the only right thing to do!

That's the only right thing to do!

There's something else I think you ought to do though.

There's something else I think you ought to do though.

I think you ought to go down to the stable,

I think you ought to go down to the stable,

and see if you can find that girth, and if it was cut.

and see if you can find that girth, and if it was cut.

Because if you do find it, and it was cut,

Because if you do find it, and it was cut,

then that will be evidence that the police will want.

then that will be evidence that the police will want.

But if you don't find it, well then,

But if you don't find it, well then,

that's something else that will need explaining too.

that's something else that will need explaining too.

that's something else that will need explaining too.

You see, the minute he knows

You see, the minute he knows

that the police are coming,

he'll do everything he can to conceal

he'll do everything he can to conceal

any evidence that might be against him.

- Maria!

- Maria!

You understand that the police are gonna have to

You understand that the police are gonna have to

consider the possibility that it wasn't your stepfather,

consider the possibility that it wasn't your stepfather,

that it was you who did these things.

that it was you who did these things.

[dramatic music]

- Don't you think I know the deadly peril that I'm in?

- Don't you think I know the deadly peril that I'm in?

Don't you think I realize I'm being enmeshed by him

and that there's not one single way

and that there's not one single way

I can prove what the truth really is?

Don't you think, don't you think?

Don't you think, don't you think?

It really is insane, it is so insane.

It really is insane, it is so insane.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

I think we really, have to consider the possibility

I think we really, have to consider the possibility

that we are dealing with insanity after all.

that we are dealing with insanity after all.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[somber music]

[somber music]

[horse whinnying]

[horse whinnying]

- What do you want?

- I'm looking for something.

- I'm looking for something.

- Well go ahead and look.

- I'm looking for the girth.

- What girth?

- What girth?

- The one that broke when your wife fell off the horse.

- The one that broke when your wife fell off the horse.

- What do you want it for?

- What do you want it for?

- To see if it was cut.

- To see if it was cut.

- To see if it was cut?

- To see if it was cut?

Do you want to know something?

My wife is a fool, and you're a bigger fool

My wife is a fool, and you're a bigger fool

because you believe what she tells you!

because you believe what she tells you!

To see if it was cut.

Take a look at the girth that was cut.

Take a look at the girth that was cut.

It's fine leather, isn't it?

It's fine leather, isn't it?

Clean, beautiful leather, huh?

Clean, beautiful leather, huh?

It's a terrible thing to cut leather like that.

It's a terrible thing to cut leather like that.

If it was cut.

If it was cut.

- So it wasn't cut.

How many people knew the leather was rotten?

How many people knew the leather was rotten?

[speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

- I'm through here, I'm through in this house.

I leave this house like you leave

I leave this house like you leave

a house where people die from the plague.

I don't know who you are, but I warn you!

I don't know who you are, but I warn you!

If you have feeling for the girl, fight yourself.

If you have feeling for the girl, fight yourself.

I am married to her mother for eight years,

and for eight years that girl keeps

and for eight years that girl keeps

her father alive in that house.

She will not forgive me for moving into

the house of her father.

And her mother, her mother is insane with jealousy.

And her mother, her mother is insane with jealousy.

And her mother, her mother is insane with jealousy.

Hey, if I got across the room, she cries

and calls out where are you going?

and calls out where are you going?

And the more she hugs me,

the more she thinks she must hold me more tight,

the more she thinks she must hold me more tight,

because she thinks I'm trying to get away from her.

because she thinks I'm trying to get away from her.

And it is all in her head, insane in her head.

And it is becoming true, all true.

And it is becoming true, all true.

She holds my flesh but I would

tear myself away from her and leave the flesh behind.

tear myself away from her and leave the flesh behind.

The tragedy of this woman is that she cannot trust.

The tragedy of this woman is that she cannot trust.

She thinks I came to her for her gifts

and for her house and for her name

and for her house and for her name

and her place in the world.

Look at me.

I invented myself.

I invented myself.

My clothes, my manners, even my name I stole

My clothes, my manners, even my name I stole

from a moving picture actor in my country, De Amundo.

I was 10 years old.

I was 10 years old.

I said to myself, I must have that name.

I took it.

Everybody said to me "What's your name?"

I said De Amundo, they said "Just like the actor!"

I said, just like the actor.

I said, just like the actor.

That's all I am.

That's all I am.

I don't know my mother, I don't know my father,

I don't know where I was born,

I don't know where I was born,

I lived in the streets and I begged for food,

I lived in the streets and I begged for food,

or I stole it.

You know how I know horses?

You know how I know horses?

I followed a rich man.

I followed a rich man.

I couldn't take my eyes off his clothes.

I couldn't take my eyes off his clothes.

He went to the race track.

I hung onto the tire behind his car.

I hung onto the tire behind his car.

I went to the racetrack, and I saw that a horse

I went to the racetrack, and I saw that a horse

is kept warm, and he has a blanket over him,

and over his head he has a roof.

and over his head he has a roof.

And I stayed at the racetrack because I

And I stayed at the racetrack because I

wanted to live as good as a horse.

That's all.

That's all.

My wife knows this story.

So she thinks that is why I married her.

So she thinks that is why I married her.

I don't know what she thinks.

I don't know what she thinks.

You know the medicine you gave me from the doctor?

You know the medicine you gave me from the doctor?

I gave it to her tonight.

You know what she thinks?

You know what she thinks?

She thinks I gave her poison.

I don't know what to do.

I'm in love with this woman.

I'm in love with this woman.

That's my wife's cane, who cut it this way?

- That's the cane she was using when she was on the stairs.

- That's the cane she was using when she was on the stairs.

It broke, she fell.

It broke, she fell.

- I did not do this.

- I did not do this.

- There are only three of you here.

You, your wife and your stepdaughter.

You, your wife and your stepdaughter.

- I did not do it.

- But it was done.

- But it was done.

- I have such a wildness in me tonight,

I was going to ride to hope to break my neck.

I was going to ride to hope to break my neck.

- Just the three of you in the house,

- Just the three of you in the house,

you, Maria and your wife.

You say you didn't do it, that leaves Maria and your wife.

You say you didn't do it, that leaves Maria and your wife.

- No, the girl loves her mother.

- No, the girl loves her mother.

- That leaves your wife.

- No.

- That leaves nobody.

[door opening]

[door opening]

[tense music]

[tense music]

[suspenseful music]

- You have to be punished for trying to kill my mother.

- You have to be punished for trying to kill my mother.

- Maria, I have not tried to kill your mother!

- Maria, I have not tried to kill your mother!

- Oh yes.

You're tired of her, and you think

You're tired of her, and you think

if she's gone, you'll have the house,

if she's gone, you'll have the house,

and my father's fortune.

and my father's fortune.

- You think I eat from your father's table.

You father's table is bare, there is no fortune.

You father's table is bare, there is no fortune.

There is only the money I make from giving riding lessons.

There is only the money I make from giving riding lessons.

That's all your father left.

- My father left Mama and me,

- My father left Mama and me,

and you've used up Mama.

And now you want me.

And now you want me.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

That's why I have to kill you Juan.

I can't make the gun shoot.

I can't make the gun shoot.

Because I love you Juan.

Because I love you Juan.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[door slamming]

[door slamming]

[tense music]

[motor revving]

[motor revving] [tires screeching]

[motor revving] [tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

Juan!

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

- Maria!

Maria!

- Juan!

Juan!

[whimpering]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

Don't touch me!

Stay away from me!

Stay away from me!

[lions roaring]

[lions roaring]

Don't you see?

I belong in a cage!

I'm an animal!

I'm an animal!

An animal, an animal!

- You'll be all right.

- You'll be all right.

We'll help you, get help for you.

Everything will be all right.

Everything will be all right.

- Put me in a cage!

Put me in a cage!

[panting]

- Maria, it's all right.

We'll get you out of the cage,

We'll get you out of the cage,

we'll get you out of the cage.

[vulnerable music]

[vulnerable music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[Route 66 closing theme song]

[Route 66 closing theme song]

- [Announcer] This has been a Screen Gems film presentation,

- [Announcer] This has been a Screen Gems film presentation,

Herbert B. Leonard Executive Producer.

Herbert B. Leonard Executive Producer.

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