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um
you see it yes how'd it look okay
it was beautiful like the fourth of july
was
comfortable your eyebrows got smooched
yeah but i keep going
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everything's going great baby
getting all the breaks
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it's 500. i don't hold it until the big
day
i guess sam i'll need some new clothes
we'll have plenty when you collect our
jackpot
i'll need them right away
widow has to wear black
we made it it's a few minutes yet before
your bus pulls out look when you come to
join me take a plane huh
fast with that much money i'll travel by
amit
don't forget to tell me how things are
going here write to me
general delivery washington dc sam
johnson
the dull name you picked it's okay for
now
you'll pick it better when we get back
together again
baby i'm gonna hate being away from you
so long i don't think i'm gonna enjoy
staying here alone gonna be tough for a
few weeks for both of us
but it's worth it for what we've got
coming up huh
it's all going to be different with us
we'll have everything we want
new year's eve mexico city we'll be
beginning a new life
goodbye baby they tell you i'm gone
forever don't you believe it
and remember no tears sam alley popcorn
is a kill
don't you worry about that business
tonight full of stump like that i must
be daffy about you so i am
this will work out and i'll have you an
all-time deal
i will not huh sam never doubt me now
don't forget to write me every day
get the other side i'll drive
and husband of yours get off all right
sam will soon be far away
for a long time it's a happy thought
i forgive you for getting me down here
at this awful hour i couldn't wait to be
with you
hungry no
i just want to relax and enjoy myself
let's get going
but you don't tell me why don't you
trust me
i'm not saying no you're not anything
like you
that's why i love you don't start
counting me until you're ready to let me
know what the deal is
all right sam double-crossed me right
from the start
spending all that money on me and making
me think he was loaded certainly isn't
money that makes you
like me so i married
found out that he'd spent all his money
putting on a show to land me
i two bet he was car sale and i was
stuck with him
doing my own housework cooking for him
tell me things i haven't heard from you
before
finally i got fed up and told him i was
going to leave him
what i've heard him pretty desperate so
after a couple of days he came up with
an idea
you make men like things don't you
a couple of hours ago down at the sunset
beach hotel
a room registered to a mr sam grover
caught on fire
and a body went hurtling all in flames
out the window
after that all they could have possibly
found was a body so badly burned and
smashed that
they'd never be able to tell who it was
except that it had on sam's watching
do you realize what you're in on edna
whose body was it
just a corpse sam got from an undertaker
and some sort of deal
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i don't think i like any of this you
told me sam was away on business
he was sweet
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that's why he went away to disappear
he's going to be waiting for you
someplace
join him with that 50 grand and live
happily ever
only you're not going away but i am
ready
i'm going any place you want to go
i'll be right there
uh mr sam grover yes your husband here
no no he isn't and i'll have to talk to
you mrs grover
oh please come in
uh when do you expect your husband well
i
don't exactly know he hasn't been home
in several days
why is he in some sort of trouble i
don't know
i'm afraid i'll have to ask you to come
down to headquarters with me well why
what's the matter i'm not a liberty to
say
i'll wait while you get dressed
okay check on it sit down mrs grover
i understand you haven't seen your
husband since monday
that's right i haven't what's this all
about has sam done something
any idea where we could find him he just
left without saying where he was going
you and he have some trouble a little
argument
nothing serious well was it serious
enough that he might have moved into a
hotel
i guess so he left home mad and i
haven't heard from him since
please whatever's happened tell me
ever see these before i don't know
they look like my husband the watch i
gave him my first christmas together
where'd you find these a room registered
to sam grover
at the sunset beach hotel caught on fire
these were on the body to plunge through
the window into the alley
he did
we can go on with the questioning later
if you'd like to lie down for a while
mrs grover
you think sam was married
that's why you brought me here to
homicide
please i want to know now how it
happened can you think of any reason
anybody would want to kill him mrs
grover no no
sam didn't have any enemies of any kind
are you sure there's nothing that you
can tell us
sam was never mixed up in any trouble of
any kind
i can't understand i just can't believe
they couldn't get any clear prints look
you must have some reason to think that
this was done deliberately now if
somebody's responsible i want them
caught mrs grover we haven't any
evidence there's nothing for us to work
with
if you can't give us some leads all i
can figure is an accident case
that's all i can say to the coroner's
inquest accidental death
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what a lovely creature is that your
daughter
my granddaughter she's studying uh
surgery in switzerland
naturally for a while they had me really
murder that desperate mess up the whole
thing
but it came out all right i think i gave
quite a performance
i wish you could have caught me the more
guy was really terrific
must have been kind of a cold house to
play to go for that much money you could
put on quite an act
it was awful having to look at some poor
burn broken body and say
yes it's sam i know it sam i'm still
shaking
now i've got to see you
and of course we realize your great loss
mrs grover
believe me you have the deepest and
sincere sympathy of ourselves personally
of the company
but in your bereavement it may fortify
you somewhat to know that there are no
financial worries to add to your grief
that's why i've come at this time it was
very good i feel
your husband left you quite well
provided for with his insurance
now if you'll just sign these
applications please mrs grover
i didn't realize there was any insurance
that came to me i handled the policy for
sam
he originally took it out with his son
tom as beneficiary then some time after
he married you he
changed it in your favor sam often spoke
of doing that
i told him that any money i received
from his death wouldn't give me any
possible happiness the company isn't
completely satisfied with the police
report
the police said sam evidently did what
people most often do in the panic of
finding themselves trapped in burning
heat
he jumped out the window certainly
appears to have all the elements of pure
accident
we don't know we just have to find out
but if the police accepted it as an
accident
we aren't always satisfied with the
theory the police accept it's more less
of a formality investigating any case
where there's possible doubt
it's agonizing to think that there is
any possible doubt
it's been so difficult for me to resign
myself even to the fact of sam being
dead by this
horrible accident but in any case mrs
grover you'll receive the money
but before we settle i'll have to do a
certain amount of investigating
i understand of course my report ought
to be ready within a week
unless there are disturbing difficulties
you'll hear from me
bye
i think you'll like it here room's ready
mr peaks you want to show the gentleman
is nothing grand mr johnson but it's
it's comfortable and quiet that's about
all i ask
i my other two rumors are away at work
all day there's no one around except
hilda she won't bother you
that's fine frankly the real reason i'm
in washington is confidential you know
we certainly do know the rest of us here
have government jobs
we never ask questions of each other
everybody minds his own business
well i guess i came to the right place
well come on
oh hello tom come here thanks
i hoped you'd come when you heard
i'm glad you're here are you
it isn't the same without him is it
you haven't been around for a long time
sorry had to be these circumstances that
brought you back i want you to know that
i don't hold anything against you for
coming between bad and me the way you
did
i hope not there's no reason to it it
was all a misunderstanding
if having you gave my father a couple of
years of happiness that's fine with me
i tried to make him happy tom i like to
feel that i did and believe me
i don't hold any resentment about dad
changing the insurance policy so you get
the money
oh i never wanted him to i didn't know
anything about it until yesterday
he wanted to leave you well fixed and he
did you'll be all right
i'm going to give you your share tom i'm
sure sam would expect that
thanks edna i don't want any of the
money i'll get along okay on my own
i want to be sure did you get married
yet
i was going to but well this postpones
that for a while anyway
i think your father would want you to go
along the way you planned
just as though nothing had happened i
can't now with this hanging over me
well it's not a family scandal tom your
father died in a fire
i'm not so sure it was an accident how
can you say that tom
i know this hit you very hard it it does
me too
but we must keep our senses the police
and the insurance company have
investigated and
they've accepted it as accidental death
i'm not making any accusations against
anybody but i'm gonna find out if there
was anything criminal about my father's
death and if there was
i'm gonna make sure that something's
done about it i don't know what i
figured i could find out from her
just a wild idea that i could tell
something by the way she's taking it
she's smart
she'd been putting on a big crying act
i'd have been sure she was faking to
cover up something
are you going back to the police doesn't
seem any use in talking to them or the
insurance people anymore
just my suspicions tom
what about a private detective there's
one who does some work for my boss
sometimes
he seems to be pretty good he probably
costs too much he's sort of eccentric
he may take the case chief if it
interests him that's exactly what we've
been saving our money for
i want to do all i can i know your
father made a great deal to you
i can't just stand still and take it the
way he died
maybe we will talk to that investigator
friend of yours
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yes mr stewart are you busy
i'm most certainly going to be
this is delightful you're here at last
my dear you're being followed did you
know mr stewart this is my fiance
your fiance how do you do how do you do
you depress me deeply marilyn
however i shall subject the young man to
a thorough investigation and
advise you whether to proceed with
matrimony tom needs your help mr stewart
really i think i'm qualified to help you
out of any trouble
well do come over and sit down
i am now ready to be helpful i guess
first of all i better tell you that i
can only afford about fifty dollars
i'm very glad you did tell me that first
a sudden lethargy has descended upon me
you may now tell me young man what
troubles you fifty dollars worth
go ahead please tom okay mr stewart the
other night
my father sam grover sam grover
i find i must apologize for my earlier
levity
and you are here obviously because there
is some question in your mind concerning
the
circumstances of your father's exit from
this pleasant little world
only it isn't so pleasant to me right
now i don't think it was any accident
which is a direct divergence from the
theory accepted by our esteemed
police department i join you in doubting
their infallibility
i have a hunch my father was murdered i
imagine we finally got around to why
this young lady brought you here
a motive might be of some use frankly i
haven't much to go on mr stewart
just my suspicions my father's wife his
second wife she's not my mother yes i
i've seen her pictures in the daily
gazettes dad's life insurance pays her
fifty thousand dollars
hmm fifty thousand dollars
nice round son i think we may well
consider mrs grover our number one
suspect
and you have indeed a motive laddie
i am intrigued by the possibilities i
shall give the matter
definite consideration i guess you'd
want the 50
now not a franc till i come up with
something tangible
i shall get in touch with you when i
have something stimulating to report
you're being awfully kind mr stewart yes
i suppose i am
goodbye goodbye
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what kind of a post office is this right
here in the home headquarters of the us
postal service a man comes around
faithfully every day and you don't turn
up a postcard or anything for us
not even a bill nothing for sam johnson
nothing huh
thanks
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hello yes
sam where are you i'll call you back
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allow me who are you
huntington stewart one of the better
private investigators
how'd you get in here the doors of most
homes are very vulnerable to passkeys
i felt that our little uh telephone
conversation entitled me to
guest privileges i don't recall any
telephone conversation with you
it was rather brief i i didn't allow you
to be very communicative
i'm awfully afraid i hung up rather
rudely right after you said
sam where are you
i was so startled voice from the dead i
i didn't know what i was saying you said
just the right thing your answer was
very gratifying
you don't look like the type to play
telephone tricks on widows for your
amusement
i suppose it does need a little
explanation
yes it does i was engaged by young mr
tom grover to investigate his father's
untimely demise
i shouldn't think an upset son's wild
ratings would inspire anyone with your
experience well frankly the boy's
problem doesn't interest me particularly
really what would money
afraid you've come to the wrong place
let's not forget mrs grover i am aware
your husband is alive
you have a problem you i admit i
misjudged you my dear
in the case of this thought once first
suspicions will have to be rather
nasty you know i found that out
people seem to get the idea i killed sam
so i could collect his insurance i fell
into that era
except that i didn't feel you could have
accomplished it alone i wouldn't even
have thought of it
in pursuing my false premise i
regretfully announced that i stooped to
employing the basis procedure to my
profession
and that must be pretty base it's almost
always a dull business
and your case was no exception i was
quite bored
following you and that young man any
particular young man
that handsome chaplain i believe his
name is rick
so you've seen ray and me together
that's not enough
my dear it's quite sufficient to have
made it seem likely you and your young
man contrived sam's death
making it look like an accident so that
after you'd collected the insurance you
and the boyfriend could go away together
you'll never find anything to implicate
ray possibly not
getting any material evidence against
you two would have required some
physical effort on my part and i'm a
lazy creature
besides character traits are so much
more intriguing
i'm sure people's minds are more
interesting than their fingerprints
absolutely i find we have one thing in
common
you and i you and i it takes money to
make us happy
money isn't everything they say speaking
of money
i possess certain priceless jewels of
information
crisis today for a close
association with this rape fellow would
elevate eyebrows among the insurance and
police people
you really have an evil mind a very
valuable asset in my profession
dealing with the people that i too no
doubt and
the revelation that your husband is
actually alive
and you knew it when you signed the
insurance claim would inevitably result
in your conviction for fraud
i have a feeling you're not going to
tell them
no neither my client nor i have anything
to gain by your being sent to prison
i'm not hollering help yet you're no
position to hop
personally i hope very much that you get
the money
the full amount that's what i've been
waiting for
and i feel definitely that the son tom
should share in the benefits from the
insurance
i wondered how you were gonna put the
proposition
didn't tom tell you that i offered him
some of the money and he refused to take
any part of it
yes but then you could say how much
now i'm in the position to name the
amount how nice for you
i feel that 5 000 would be a fitting sum
the lad wants to get married i suppose
you realize i won't get any 5 000 until
the insurance company pays off
up until that point my client and i
shall be pentagons of patience
you'll keep in touch with me i'm sure
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constantly
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no jackpot yet honey mainly because
young tom
managed to complicate matters so there's
been some delay
but relax everything's okay now the
money ought to come through within
another week or so and
then you can expect me very soon
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i'm sending you a nice gift package of
california fruit which you must miss
terribly back there you see
i'm thinking about you so take it easy
oh boy i
i know you must be nervous so am i only
there's nothing to worry about
but please sam don't get upset and do
anything
crazy please just stay planted they'll
lay low a little longer
and as soon as i get the money i'll be
on my way
to you love
yes
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so
oh good morning mr johnson morning ella
i guess you didn't bother to take your
hat off
i don't understand a landlady asked me
to tell you she wouldn't need you any
longer
sorry why i wonder mrs pete never
complained to my work
i guess it's because she's going to quit
her own job and take care of the house
herself
oh well it doesn't matter i'll get
another position a better one
because peak owed me for a week and a
half did she leave my pay
oh your pay uh-uh not with me well
that's funny too
she knows she owes me everybody else
gone for the day
nobody'll be here all evening no you see
you hanging around i'll remind mrs p
you can take up your money tomorrow
morning
you've got a lot of nice solid
substantial stuff here yeah my wife
picked it all out
she didn't want to be around this
morning i believe this business would
embarrass it
would a loan of 500 make you happy 500.
i was thinking about a lot more money
than that living room dining room
kitchen
four bedrooms upstairs that's a lot of
furniture
well we allow about 10 on our assessment
i'll be glad to recommend a loan on that
basis of the company
okay it's only for an emergency anyway
if you'll be now in the office this
afternoon without the cash for you
thanks a lot
oh you will notify us if you intend to
move the staff oh don't worry about the
stuff will be here it isn't going no
place
okay
give me the number of the american
airlines
this is what you wanted isn't it thanks
edna if there's anything more of his you
want you'll let me know won't you yeah i
will
the insurance money should come through
in a day or so and
then everything will be all right won't
it nothing will ever be all right until
i find out what really happened to dad
steve what is this just how much money
do you think you can get out of me
anyway
i told you i don't want any money from
you oh don't play so innocent sure
that's what you told me
very upstanding and honorable and then
you send that huntington stewart around
and gouge me good
i don't know what you're talking about
course not you wouldn't i talked to
stewart about seeing if you could find
out anything about my father's death
that's all stewart told me today that he
hasn't anything on you
or has it you better go tom you're being
ridiculous maybe i am but i don't think
so
tom the pipes don't forget the pipe
stand
tom let's not fight anymore now that
your father's gone
why can't we be friends
you lied to me you told me you didn't
have anything on it now talk
i can't explain with your throttling my
vocal cords
all right now what do you know that's
worth money then i find it impossible to
express myself intelligently under the
constant threat of your viles
may i sit down
okay i'm waiting stuart
do you know ray felden no who is he
a handsome young friend of edna grovers
i might say a very good friend
now we're getting somewhere when i was
able by my machiavellian machinations
to learn of their association
it seemed quite possible that edna and
he had conspired to do away with your
problems
so they could have each other and plenty
of money besides that's it we've got it
that was my conclusion and may i rise
now
i should like to repair my appearance
better put this away before you have it
in two
why didn't you tell me about this guy
ray before why did you tell the police
i didn't tell the police because the
deed seemed to have been accomplished
rightly there was no evidence all we
could possibly prove was motive
i had what i believed was a better plan
yeah sure use what you knew to put the
bite on and make yourself some money out
of my father's death my dear boy my plan
is for you to receive the benefit from
the insurance
you think i want any part of the
proceeds from my father being murdered
i quite see your point a very admirable
attitude
i don't like you cutting yourself in
either lay off edna
cut my own ideas about what to do with
her friend that guy
i suppose it's useless to advise you
against any aggressive action
in my book they kill my father i had an
intuition you'd lose your head when you
learned about edna and her voice then
why don't you let me have a chat with
this ray because i'm gonna have a little
talk with him myself
as an older and wiser head i must warn
you that pursuing this any further will
only be disastrous to you
maybe i'm thinking mostly about how
disastrous it's gonna be to edna
your friend ray
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forgive me
we'll leave this open don't be silly
guys there's nothing to be scared of now
this is our last moment together for
three long weeks
you stick around for a while well we
still ought to play it safe in it
it's not like anything's cool at all now
we'll have the rest of our lives
together
i wish we were going to be married right
away i hate leaving alone tomorrow
what was your idea we'd take off
separately and meet later
it's really smarter that way edna right
now i wish i hadn't even thought of it
maybe it isn't so smart maybe you won't
come to join me
i'll be following right behind you
frisco
then diamond head and the boat that dies
one week after yours
i know he is even
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have to get by until i meet you over
there of course ray i'll write you a
check
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i hate taking money from you get used to
it lim
it offers you quite a future i'll put on
it
for dancing
there you are
ray honey you sure you won't go with me
in the morning we could change your
ticket
frisco it's much better if you slip away
quietly and leave me here
then nobody will suspect us well you'll
notice when i drop out of sight
i guess it's best
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see you soon sweetheart
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so
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what do you want
who was it
bam what's the matter well i didn't
recognize you with that mustache
oh sam you should let me know i was
leaving in the morning yeah
where are you going well to washington
of course they have to meet you
i got the money this is a great way for
me to have to find
out well i wrote you yesterday there's
an email letter on the way to washington
you must have passed it where's the doe
in the bank sam all safe
how much of it nearly all i i had to get
a few things naturally
tickets and sure tickets
you you got the letter didn't you
explaining what took so long
tom complicating things and that's all i
got
in the basket of fruit well tom kept
messing around trying to prove it wasn't
an accident
he thought you were murdered nice to
know the kid still cares what happens to
his old man
nice to know somebody does i guess i've
given
the kid a pretty rotten deal he's a good
boy
who are you expecting when i came in who
did you think it was
my girlfriend i had to have some company
when you were away
her husband's working up in alaska i saw
you come home with a guy
oh with rey oh that's karen's boyfriend
you remember karen
we were playing cards together when did
you get back
this afternoon
san jose just to make sure i get my
share of the dough
it's a little unnecessary until i get my
25 000
you're not gonna have one minute alone
i'm tired of being alone listen sam
why split the money we can still go to
mexico can't we
be wonderful leah marvelous i read about
a little character place called tesco
with what we've got we could live in
luxury there
no worries no bothers
it'd be heavenly same
there isn't going to be any mexico all i
want is my cut of the money
and i'm getting away from here and you
turn off the lights
i'll be awake good night
have a good sleep sam
yeah can i do whatever i want with my
share of the money
sure well you're having about half as
much as
expected is going to be quite a blow to
karen's boyfriend
he may not like that
look to my dear boy i wouldn't want to
ruin that pretty scarf
i have feathered myself down for the
night and a new robe in pajamas
purchased today particularly for a quiet
evening at home
therefore i have no intention of
forsaking my ivory tower
for love or money that is you haven't
enough money
look do i have to go to work on you
again tom it is very unfair of you to
constantly threaten to put this on a
physical basis
let's keep it on a mental level i've got
some surprises for you
very well what brings you charging into
my sanctuary like a young bull at this
heathen hour
a little while ago somebody shot ray
belden three times he ought to be dead
he certainly should be does credit for
the achievement go to you
i wouldn't come tell you where sins have
been confessed to me
was it edna that beat you to him a man a
friend of venice
anyone of our acquaintance i couldn't
recognize him from where i was hiding
a mysterious man a friend to badness
comes out of the night and kills her
sweetheart
i find that intriguing only i'm
beginning to think that rey wasn't her
sweetheart in spite of what you said you
know you could be wrong
anyway it looks like he wasn't number
one boy with her you came crashing in
here with a few facts give them to me
don't stand there theorizing
i was on my way to ray belden's to pay
him a visit and give him the works
sure you didn't just as i started to his
door i heard the shots i ducked back to
the shadows
i saw a man come up and you couldn't get
enough of a look to identify him but i
followed him he hurried right to edna's
place he went in didn't come out
looks like he's head man at least you're
beginning to be forgiven for disturbing
me
must have something to do with my
father's death i didn't suppose you were
otherwise
concerned about ray becoming extinct
what happened tonight makes me think
that ray must not have been her
accomplice
really who do you think was the man i
saw tonight
he and edna murdered dead ray knew too
much about it so the man had to put ray
out of the way
you realize of course that you are the
most appropriate suspect for the killing
of belgium
it's the reason i came to you instead of
going to the police you made quite a
fuss
claiming that your father was murdered
now the widows most likely collaborator
is killed
it would most certainly seem you did it
for revenge i know that
i'm on a spot very definitely
it'd be extremely foolhardy at the
moment for you to go any further
you've come to the right place i hate to
lay low now that we're hot on the trail
stay out of sight until you get a
message from me
this must be handled with the adroitness
of which i am capable
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i wasn't asleep then why didn't you stop
what far you were a fool to let me take
this i'm gonna kill you
why you've got your freedom with nearly
25 grand
you want all the money that's the idea
because i've got to kill you before you
kill me
because i hate you so much i despise
myself forever having had anything to do
with you
every time you came near me i hated it
whenever you touched me it made me ill
everything you did
i hated the way you let me push you
around the stupid way you sacrificed for
me
something that would have been beautiful
on anyone else i loathed in you
but now i'm gonna fix it so i don't ever
have to see you think about your work
yet
you're being foolish i know they'll hang
you for it because i shot some stranger
who broke into my home
you can't get away with it tom you'll
recognize me
not what i'm gonna leave with you he
won't
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guns have to be loaded
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it's a shame after that pretty speech
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no wrong edna i wasn't going to kill you
the money isn't why i came back
all i ever wanted was you wouldn't you
were everything to me
money didn't mean a thing except a way
to
keep you near me it was a time when i
thought i'd die if you ever left me
but now i think i can get along all
right without you
you're through with me and i don't want
you anymore
very nice timing so all i want now is
what's coming to me my share of the
insurance
and you're going to the bank and get it
in cash
i'm taking my full half 25 000.
i see no reason why i should pay for any
tickets for honolulu
i guess that polishes off everything
between us
who is this here i'll be right there
do i need to remind you that neither of
us is in any spot to turn the other end
of the police
i just want to forget you sam well
have a happy new year any place goodbye
sam
so long ago
love may be a little overrated
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so
hello is this chris
yes who's 253021 is ray there
yeah he's here who wants him
for a woman she didn't talk very much i
hope there's enough for the boys to get
a tracer on that call
got something lieutenant check made out
to ray belden for 200 bucks
signed by a woman edna grover
there he is lieutenant here's the
landlord
uh you the one that found him no i was
over here this morning
the neighbor's been complaining about
how loud he played the radio late at
night
that gives us a lot of suspect no i
warned him several times but
last night was the last straw about 12
o'clock they say
the radio was blasting the walls down
that must be about the time he got it
i came over this morning to evict mr
belden to tell him he had to move out
when i found him you rented the place to
anybody yet
well no you got yourself a new tenant
this is just what i've been looking for
lieutenant could i talk to this
gentleman for a few minutes go ahead
hello yeah
got a tracer on that call lieutenant the
phone is listed under the name of mrs
edna grover
well i'll let you boys finish up here
i'm gonna have a talk with a blonde
well hello oh mrs grover
it's nice to see you
you're quite a girl i wonder if it was
worth it to the guys who really knew you
what something seems to happen to your
men
please what are you talking about first
it was your husband sam
now belden right
this was no accident three shots pumped
into
him what are you saying what's happened
to ray
he's dead
there's nothing definite that says you
did it but things tie you in
so i'll just have to take you downtown
with me
first dead
he's dead
i loved it
i loved him so
doesn't live there anymore huh says his
father died
i see did he leave a forwarding address
there's an old friend of tom's i'm very
anxious to get in touch with him
it's very important
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so no not possible for him to call me
well thanks anyway
who you got in there wait a minute
there's nobody in here but me
oh house detective you look like a
better class of hotel i sincerely hope
so
what is this what do you want turn
around please
stroll over toward the wall
stop lean forward with your arms wide
your hands against the wall
spread your feet far apart
looking for anything in particular
you uh wouldn't be a policeman
no gun
only a few hundred dollars i'm deeply
disappointed
my heart's breaking you may now
abandon that ridiculous posture
thanks
move over and stand looking out that
window it might offer a splendid view
nine stories down maybe i don't like any
of this
maybe i'll make you use that gun that is
precisely why i have it handy
it would give you a lot of explaining to
do to the police i think the police
would listen very attentively
and i strongly urge you do the same
right now or very soon the discovery of
the body of a man
murdered last night would interest the
police in any possible prospects
what has that got to do with me
i think the police would be delighted to
learn that last night
you were seen going into the house of
one ray belden
three shots later you were the one who
came out
i followed you here knowing pretty well
who might find
because i asked myself who would kill
ray belden then spend the rest of the
night in edna grover's apartment
and the answer came to me immediately i
thought
why of course damn girl we would do the
deed
and think no one would ever suspect him
because he's supposed to be dead
did you kill your wife too
i never heard of any of the people you
mentioned so i guess we've got nothing
in common to talk about
anyway you can't prove that i am sam
grover
have you forgotten that your
fingerprints are on record
yes they would make you sam grover mr g
they wouldn't make me the murderer of
any ray belden perhaps you have that
covered
but there certainly would be
considerable interest in you as a man
who
swindled an insurance company
wait a minute
i've tried to break it to you gently but
i hope i've made you realize the
situation
if i turn you over to the police you
face charges of both fraud
and murder well what do you want
not all not everything you have i
wouldn't want to leave you with nothing
to lose you might be moved to do
something desperate
how much say uh five thousand dollars
what am i buying with that your absolute
freedom mr gilbert
how do i know you won't still turn me in
after i pay off
how does anyone ever know in cases like
this however
you are blessed taking less than the
usual
chance what break am i getting don't you
see
it'd be very damaging to my excellent
reputation as a detective to have to
report that
i had my hands on a man wanted for fraud
and murder and
let him slip away you shall have your
liberty mr
grover and at a very moderate price i
maintain
i haven't got the money here
i'm fairly certain of that i followed
you to the bank this morning but you got
in before i could
park my car i presume you put the money
in the safety deposit box
naturally i didn't want all that money
with me over the weekend the place
doesn't open till monday morning
i should be patient in the meantime
i have the keys to the box as my
security
yeah say am i buying any information
with my five grand
and who claims they saw me coming out of
rey buildings huh
prepare for a shop your son
huh you'll be relieved to learn that he
didn't recognize you
does he does he know i'm still alive
my i thought it was kinder to leave him
in ignorance
perhaps it's better if he thinks he's
old man is dead
i feel a certain responsibility to the
lad i'd rather like him
i'll think of something to tell him and
i shall drop back to see how you are
naturally you could run out on me and
leave town but
that way you'd be letting me collect all
the money i'll be here
remember you can't open that box without
my signature for that matter i don't
even know what name you used
definitely need each other united we
stand
divided we fall
why don't you want to tell us mrs wilbur
what was there between you and ray
belden
why did you phone him this morning to
say goodbye i was going away
we know you had a ticket to honolulu you
were all set for a fast getaway after
you killed him
i didn't kill him he had a ticket to
honolulu too
for a boat a week later you didn't want
him to follow you so you shot him
he was making you pay off for something
you wanted to get rid of
that's only human the check was for what
it said for dancing lessons
i think you're on the wrong beat if she
shot him why would she phone this place
to make sure he was dead
but what about the gun remember the
bullets and ray bellin's body camp from
the gun we found in your bedroom
i told you i didn't know anything about
the gun well how do you think it got in
your bedroom
tell us somebody put it there last night
while i was out
i went to the movies somebody planted it
to make it look like you did the killing
huh tom grove who
tom grover my husband's son mr hutton
knows
tom didn't think his father's death was
an accident he thought i had something
to do with sam's death
tom threatened to kill me maybe you did
murder your husband
and ray belden knew about it that was
why you put him out of the way
i didn't kill my husband and i didn't
have any reason to kill ray
the last time i saw a rape he was alive
you say you were home last night the
time he was killed who can prove that
was somebody with you your last night in
town
a girlfriend any friend
a relative
no nobody i was alone
speaking
okay
the fingerprints on the gun they're hers
that'll be enough for now that's plenty
uh you can come in now
mrs grover your salvation this is mr
nicholas the bail bondsman this is
grover how do you do
that's a wonderful question as soon as i
read of your predicament i came right
over
i'm sure you'd like to be out of this so
pressing the atmosphere as quickly as
possible
for what go to ray's funeral
after that what's left for me anyway
that's absurd you can't give up now just
because ray's gone
you'll get over the shark on the tell
yourself mrs grover you and i
are armed with certain facts police
aren't aware of
unless you've told them
tell them what who killed ray belden
you know you know i didn't do it yes my
dear
why should you pay for someone else's
crime you do as i say and i think we'll
be able to get you released on bail
i presume that you're prepared to pay
your reasonable fee
between the two of you this is gonna
cost me plenty
but it'll be worth it
thanks very much no no i didn't want to
talk to him i just went over he still
worked there
thanks very much
did you get me a message please room 911
the blonde widow appeared before judge
hannel dressed in a symphony of black
with matching accessories
as she walked out of the courtroom she
smiled sweetly for the reporters still
proclaiming look honey i'm in no mood to
listen to descriptions of edna just give
me a quick briefing edna's going to
plead guilty to shooting ray belden
guilty when she didn't do it the charge
is reduced to manslaughter
she's out on bail after all she's done
her story as she shot ray belden in
self-defense
don't you see marilyn beldon knew that
she and the guy i saw murdered dead
that's why he had to be eliminated
edna's covering for the real killer
because she'll have a better chance with
the jury
are you going to phone stuart sure he's
supposed to let me know how he's doing
trailing by mr x
tom grover this address that's me
he signed this receipt please
thanks hey did that prince do it
what is it tom five thousand dollars
just forget about your father and be
happy
hey messenger
the way you work my brain is always
active
delighted to see you my dad i haven't
any time for polite conversation
i came here for one thing i want you to
find sam
just when we found a way to save you
from conviction for a crime you didn't
commit don't for heaven's sakes go out
and do something to hang yourself
he killed a man i loved nothing you do
now can bring ray back
pray let's be practical sam being guilty
of fraud and murder is undoubtedly
a desperate and dangerous man to corner
not my cup of tea
all you have to do is find out where he
is i'll take it from there
it's nearly ten thousand dollars stewart
and not even
tempted the money you gave me has made
life so luxurious i
have every intention of keeping myself
alive to enjoy it
i have a feeling you don't want me to
find sam i definitely do not
for your own sake forget sam
try to forget ray you have a chance for
freedom and a fine future
they say everybody has to pay for this
end funny i always thought you were the
man who collected
you've paid your debt dear girl now life
owes you some happiness
let me out before you pass the plight
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room 911
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hello mr g this is your friend
yes on that business proposition we were
discussing
i have another bidder who's willing to
top your offer
i don't believe we better talk on the
phone now drop over and see you later
i'll be here
follow that car pulling out
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the boy's story makes sense to me
pick up the killer of belden angle
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it's 20 wait for me i won't be long
you don't think you're gonna park here
do you my fare will be right out there
and open spot in the box
you may need that for a fine what do you
think you're on the street
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don't look so grilled mr g you're in a
very enviable position
yeah i'm in a great spot listen to them
headness finances are radically defeated
as you have 25
000. i had five grand hidden in here
that you didn't find i went to my son
still
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i've got your husband for you your name
is
so now i'm gonna give you just what he
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got
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dad i didn't know i brought the police
it's better this way
i'd rather play the law than him
blackmail may be the lightest rat he'll
take
me i'll get the photo
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are you still around didn't you bear
come out yet
yeah she came out
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you
