Can I help you? I'd like to see the man in charge
he's in here.
I want to report a murder.
Sit down.
Why was this murder committed?
San Francisco last night?
Who was murdered?
I was,
well, do you want to hear me out, don't you? Captain? I don't have very much time.
Good name Biglow. Frank Biglow.
Right?
That
the San Francisco A PB send it direct to inspector Bannon and homicide.
Tell him we found Frank Biglow.
Go ahead, Mr Biglow.
Well, this by
some other people, Captain, a
number of other people.
Do you tell it any way you like?
I live in a little town called Batting Out on the Desert.
It's on the way to Palm Springs.
I have a small business there.
Fallen.
Yes, Mr Bigelow. Give me a copy of Miss Hollis's 48 tax return. Will you?
Oh, you better get the 47 too.
Yes, Mr Bigelow.
I don't think we took any depreciation on that new equipment last year.
No, we didn't. I remember you said we could include it all this year. Sure, we can.
Hey, Frank. Yeah.
Well, Peterson says he wants a financial statement before he can give me my loan.
Hello, Kitty, I will.
I'm leaving San Francisco today, but I'll be back in about a week.
I'll take it for you then. Sure. Is a scorching, isn't it?
Well, I've seen him worse but have a nice time for her. Yeah, thanks. Will
Paula. Why don't you come down to the place and let me give you another permanent.
Makes your hair so much easier to manage in all this heat.
I can't afford it right now. Maybe next month. Yeah, here it is. No, we didn't take it.
Well,
we can do it this year.
You work it out any way. You think this
have a nice chip, Frank? Sure. Kitty. See you when I get back. Fun voyage.
Why don't you come down anyway, Paula. We'll uh,
work out a deal on that permanent. Thanks. Maybe I will.
Hello? Oh,
hello, Mr Hawkins. Just a moment.
Do you want him to send your ticket over?
No, I'll pick it up myself now. Never mind. Mr Bigelow will pick it up at the station.
Bye.
I want to go with you Frank
Paul. I'm just going on a little vacation. You know that
you want to go without me? Don't you be gone just a week?
And I suppose you just made up your mind to take this little vacation at nine
this morning.
No, Paul. I meant to tell you about it a few days ago. I guess I forgot. Oh, you forgot.
Paula. Don't be like that. Don't be like what?
You just drop a little announcement that you're going away,
not tomorrow or next week or next month but today no explanations, nothing.
And I'm supposed to swallow the excuse that you need a little vacation.
I just want to get away from town for a few days. That's all.
Get away from this town or get away from me. Oh, Paula. Please try to understand.
How can you ask me to understand anything like this?
No, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
Go to San Francisco but don't expect me to be waiting for you when you get back.
Pa
please pa
come on,
turn around. Look,
come here.
Why do you do this to me, Frank? Why can't you be honest with me?
As honest as I am with you?
Do you have to go? I have to go, Paula. I know what I'm doing. All right.
Go, go anywhere you like you can go to blazes for all I care, Paula
Pong.
Um
Yes, I know him.
I'm being foolish.
Come on, fix your face. We'll go down to Eddie's and have a drink.
All right, why not?
Hi, Father. All
right.
Give us a couple of cold beers. Will you
coming up?
All right.
Oh, what a relief. If air conditioning feels good, I sure wish we had it in the office.
It'd make working a pleasure.
Well, if it stays, it's hot, don't bother going in the rest of the week
I win two races today. How many did you lose? You would have to ask that
kind of early for you to eat it. Too hot to work.
That's what I like to hear.
Frank.
You'll take me with you, won't you?
You will, won't you?
Or am I crowding you?
What do you mean crowding me?
Maybe you do need this week away alone.
Maybe we both do.
I know what's going on inside of you, Frank. You're just like any other man.
Only a little more. So
you have a feeling of being trapped,
hemmed in and you don't know whether or not you like it.
Look, Paula.
I'm gonna be honest with you. I care too much for you not to be honest with you.
I'm as much concerned for your happiness as I am for my own.
I know you've had one bad experience, Frank.
I know all about it, but you don't know what it can do to two people. Paula
and the woman always gets hurt more than the man.
I don't want you to get hurt, darling.
More than anything in the world. I don't want you to get hurt.
Money is amusing.
All right, Frank
got a couple of nickels. Eddie. Yeah,
just won't bother you. Will it uh Next result doesn't come in for half an hour.
I thought that by now we'd be married.
No, I'm not gonna crowd you anymore. Frank go to San Francisco. I don't like it,
but I'm convinced that you must go.
I want you to be very sure Frank
if it's right and I believe it is we'll have something really wonderful together.
If it isn't,
we should both know it as soon as possible.
So, you see, even if I could stop you, I wouldn't do it now.
Yes, sir.
Uh My name is Bigelow. I have a reservation. Yes, sir.
Here we are, sir.
My name's Bigelow. I have a reservation. I have it, sir.
It's a very nice room on the sixth floor facing the Bay.
Boy.
This might help you enjoy your stay. Mr Bigelow.
It's a little booklet on how to have fun in San Francisco.
Thank you very welcome, sir.
Thank you.
Is
it always like this around here? This is Market Week and it's the last day too, boy,
always around until you need them.
05 17.
Thank you.
Here's a message for you, Mr Bigelow.
A long distance call came in about an hour ago from banning from a Paula Gibson.
Oh, thank you. Very welcome show, Mr Bigelow a 618
right this way,
mind
right this way, Mr Big.
But
t
is there anything else Mr Bigler?
Oh, yes, you can get me a dry and hat and packs of razor blades. Yes, sir. Thank you
and uh
you can leave that door open.
Hello, operator,
I want to speak to Miss Paula Gibson in banning California.
And that's right
now, I'll wait.
Hello. Hello, Paula.
Hello, Frank. How was the trip? Fine. Just fine. Having a miserable time. I hope.
Well, I don't know. I
just got in
to
that.
Was that a
market week? The place is crawling with traveling salesman,
you know, Charlie Anderson found out that you went
away and he
asked me to go
out with him.
Oh,
really? How did he make out?
I'm considering it.
Is that what you're calling to tell me
I'll have, you know that this call is strictly business.
Mr Bigelow did a Mr Phillips phone. You a Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
He will,
he phoned the office three times today said that
he wanted to get in touch with you immediately.
He said it's most urgent and imperative that he reach you at once
when they won. I don't know,
but he sounded deep dark and mysterious and quite agitated about
something
Phillips Phillips. Have we, have we ever done any business with him?
Not unless you've been keeping it a secret for me. I looked through all the accounts.
Why did you tell him you could reach me here? You know, I'm supposed to be on vacation.
So you told me and so I told him dear heart,
but the gentleman didn't seem to respect your temperamental moods the way I do.
He was very insistent that he speak to you before. It's too late as he put it.
Well, tell him,
you try to get in touch with me and I've changed my plans and you can't reach me.
He won't talk to me.
I told him that I was your confidential secretary,
but I guess I didn't sound confidential enough.
So I told him that he could reach
you there this
evening.
Well, call him back if it's as important as he says, it is, he'll talk to you.
Otherwise you'll just have to wait until I get home.
Ma aren't we adamant this evening?
All right, shall do
and Frank,
I,
I don't quite know how to say this.
Say what,
but what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that.
You ever have to feel guilty about?
Sure.
Thanks Paula. I'll,
I'll call you tomorrow,
right?
Ok.
Oh,
just put it there for me.
You keep the change. Thanks very much. Say, how long has this been going on?
It's been a madhouse all week, but they check out tomorrow. Oh,
I thought you were with them.
No. No, I'm just here on a vacation.
Why does everybody come to San Francisco and tear loose?
Excuse me.
I say, I'm awfully sorry to bother you. But would you mind if I use your telephone?
No, no, go right ahead. I'm just across the hall here.
One of the boys is using my phone and he's been on it for a half hour.
I just want to call out
there. Yeah.
Thank you.
Room. Service, please.
Yeah, things really picked up the last few days, didn't they?
You? Right up much business. Well, I'm not here on business. Oh,
hello. Room service is Mr Haskell in 617.
That's right. Would you send up three more bottles of bourbon and two scotch?
Oh, and some more ice too.
Yeah.
All right. Thank you.
You here alone.
Yes, I just got in town. Well, why don't you join us for a drink?
Well, I don't want to barge in on your party. Oh, nonsense. It's not a party.
Just a few of the boys entertaining some bars, you know, the usual thing,
a few drinks and some laughs.
It's no party. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
I know what it's like to be all alone in a strange city.
I'm, uh, Sam Haskell,
I'm Frank
Frank Bigelow.
You think some of these guys have never been away from home before?
Yeah.
Oh,
hey, it,
I
want you to meet Frank Biglow. Hello.
This is Jane Carlisle,
Bill Welch.
How are you,
Mr
Wells? Glad
to know you. Biglow. Jane's the prettiest buyer in San Francisco. Oh, hey, I reset
that
you don't think I believe in the lane. Well, he said that from coast to coast,
but it's good for my morale anyway. I'm George Cantwell.
Glad to know you, Mr Bigelow Bigelow. Yes. Right.
How much business he's not here on business? Oh,
well, why don't you get the man, a drink before he dies of first. How a little bourbon?
Well, that's fine. Bourbon. It is.
Of course, Mr Wallace is. In fact, yes, Mr Wallace,
but Mr Wallace I'll need at least a week in Cleveland to visit all my accounts.
I can't figure on being in Philadelphia until the 17th. Eddie.
Will you get off the phone? I want you to meet Frank Biglow.
That's his boss.
He's been trying for an hour to get his expense account
boosted the way this guy holds on to a dollar.
You'd think they weren't printing them anymore.
Yes, Mr Wallace, I'm leaving here the first thing in the morning.
Yes, sir.
Oh, keep your hips loose. Harry like this.
Oh, yeah.
How's he doing?
Oh, there's nothing wrong with Harry's R
two years now. The Murrays
wouldn't
doing all right.
This is Sue and Harry Brandis.
Hello. Good to meet
you.
Where did you find her Sam on a dance marathon
that you could do? The RBA?
Well, a little, but I'm kind of rusty. Anything would be an improvement after Harry.
Oh, how do you like that? Well,
there goes,
yeah.
Hey,
you're good.
Oh, well,
my wife, she's a good dancer. Isn't she big love?
Oh,
yeah,
I thought you were gonna show us a good time tonight. Is this doing the town?
That's right. We practically bankrupt our stores to buy everything you've got.
Then you keep us in this hotel room. I agree.
This is my last night to howl before I go back to being a dutiful housewife.
Well, it looks like we're stuck boys.
This is where we blow all our commissions in one night
and you're coming with us. Bigelow. Oh, no, thanks. You run along.
I've got to get unpacked and have dinner. Oh, no, you're not going to get away from me.
Now
that I find a man who can dance. I'm going to hang on to it.
Yeah.
What?
And
I know where
I
was.
Hold it
up a storm.
ST
go
on, go on,
get it, get it.
Yeah,
I
got.
Have
a little bit of my drink. Thanks. Thank
you.
Excuse me?
No. Excuse me.
I think you've had enough.
What would it be?
Bourbon and water? No ice.
Nice quiet place you got here, Willie hit the pitch in about an hour.
That's when they really go out of their minds.
It was the Bron.
Oh,
she's one of the chicks that hangs around here. She's jive crazy.
Come again.
No, you ain't hip pal. Jive.
Crazy means that she goes for this stuff just between you and me.
I don't get it either but I gotta listen to it. They're all connoisseurs.
Music lovers. Me, I like guy Lombardo.
What's the matter with him? He's flipped. The music's driving him crazy.
Come down, Jack. Oh, don't buy me, man. I'm being in light
is the blonde alone. Oh, sure. Society.
She always comes in along drives a big convertible,
wears a mink coat but knows everybody but she always comes in alone.
Thank you.
I wanted to kiss you.
I tried to give me another blast.
Leo,
what's your story, Jeanie?
Easy.
Hello, Daisy.
Dig the fisherman.
That's really silk, isn't it? Can I buy you a drink? Sure thing.
Can you blast
Leo?
Leo? I left my blast at the other end of the bar.
My name is Jeannie.
What you
Frank?
I've never seen you here before. Frank.
Well, I've never been here.
Come,
this is mine. Mine was bourbon. Well, sure it is. You saw me pour it.
Give me a fresh drink.
Anything you say
listen to that piano
feel is by bre.
You don't get your kicks out of this, do you? I can live without it.
Why do you stay here?
I don't know.
I bet. I know you're lonely in a big city.
Why you don't have to go into a routine with me?
I like good company too.
Say there are some people that I want to avoid.
Couldn't we get out of here?
Let me think about it.
Oh, come on. How about going somewhere else then?
Why don't you meet me later?
Ok.
Where
I tried
get you.
I love,
call me that number later. It's my next stop.
They've got a band there. That'll really,
you
see you genie.
Mhm.
Never mind operating
her
own service plane.
I mean,
be right with you. We.
Yes sir.
Chris Walser. Yeah, sure.
May I go ahead
I sign that for you? Thank you, sir. Would you like anything else?
Thank you for that. So
we
then
yes sir.
Take us away.
Is there anything wrong, sir?
No, no, just take it away. I don't even want to look at it.
Are you all right, sir?
Yeah, sure.
All right. I just had too big a night, I guess and so on.
I need some fresh air. Of course.
Thank you, sir.
That
lungs in good condition,
blood pressure, normal heart, fine. Well,
it's a good thing. Everybody isn't like you Mr Bigelow.
But us doctors out of business. I'm glad to hear it. Doctor. I was a little worried.
Don't let a little belly ache worry. You could be just a change of climate.
Well, it isn't exactly an ache doctor. It's kind of hard to describe the feeling.
Maybe it was the drinks I had last night. I might have mixed them too much. Huh?
Let's have another look at that throat.
You may finish dressing now, Mr Biglow.
I want to get the results of those tests we took. Thank you,
Mr Bigelow. This is Dr Schafer.
Hello, doctor. How are you sit down Mr Bigelow?
According to the information you gave Miss Wilson, you're not married, Mr Bigelow.
That's right. Do you have any relatives? Family? Anyone in San Francisco?
No, no one. I don't know a soul in San Francisco. Where is your home?
What is this doctor? Why? All the questions? You're a very sick man, Mr Piccolo sick.
But you told me I was in good shape. Yes, I know.
But my preliminary examination didn't reveal your true condition.
You sound as if it's pretty serious doctor. It's extremely serious.
I want you to understand that we wouldn't tell
you something like this unless we were absolutely certain.
Of course, of course, you must steal yourself for a shock. Mr Biglow.
Well, go on doctor, what is it?
You're trying to tell me our tests reveal the
presence in your body of a luminous toxic matter.
What is that? Exactly. A
poison that attacks the vital organs, poison.
We have no alternative but to tell you this,
your system has already absorbed sufficient toxin to prove fatal.
I wish there was something that we could do.
What do you mean? Wish you mean there's nothing, there is nothing anyone can do.
This is one of the few poisons of its type for which there is no antidote.
This is fantastic.
This is the most ridiculous thing
you don't have very long.
What do you mean a
day? Possibly a week, two weeks at the outside. It's hard to say exactly.
This is impossible. I don't believe it. You've made a mistake. That's it.
It could be a mistake, couldn't it?
You, you have made a mistake having to answer me. Dr
Schafer is an authority on toxicology and no mistake. Mr Bigelow.
Do you realize what you're saying?
Well, you're telling me that I'm dead.
Do you think you can explain my life away in just a few words? Why?
I, I don't even know who you are. Why should I believe you? You must calm yourself.
Mr Biglow.
We want to offer you every assistance and with assistance.
Who wants your assistance? Who wants anything from you?
You're nothing but a couple of phonies. Why? I think you're crazy. That's it.
You're crazy. The both of you. You're crazy.
Where's the doctor?
The
trouble here? What's the matter with you, doctor?
I want you to examine me for luminous poisoning
from right in here.
Yeah, you've got it. All right.
Your system is already absorbed.
Are you sure doctor? Are you absolutely certain?
Couldn't there be some mistake
there? It is.
The toxin is actually luminous in the dark.
No, there's no doubt about a big l
I don't feel sick. My, my stomach is just a little bit upset.
Maybe it's not as bad as you think. Doctor.
That's characteristic.
But the heavy joke, you go suddenly in a matter of hours.
But if the stuff is taken in a lesser degree, you last a while
and then,
and then
give it to me straight doctor.
A number of things are involved, the systemic condition of the individual,
the amount consumed.
Search,
yes,
you won't feel too badly for a while,
then it will happen suddenly a day, two days a week at the most
a day,
two days, there's nothing that can be done. Now,
if it would have been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out.
But you've had it in you for some time now for at least 12 hours. Haven't you big?
Well, I don't know.
You don't know. No, don't. You know how you got it. No,
this is no accident.
Somebody knew how to handle that stuff. That wax is tasteless, odorless.
The amount of alcohol in your body. You must have got it in liquor.
I was drinking last night.
Arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately.
Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
This is a case for homicide,
homicide. I don't think you fully understand big love.
You've been murdered.
Get me police headquarters, please.
Homicide Bureau.
No,
two days
a week at the most.
Ok.
This is no evidence.
Somebody knew how to handle that stuff.
The amount of alcohol in your buddy you wouldn't have got it
li
nothing to be done.
You've been murdered,
right?
Open up,
open this door. I tell you
open it up or I'll break it down.
Where are those men? Where are those men who were here last night? I don't know.
There are no men here. Please go with them. Don't lie to me. Where are they? Mr
this lady just check in. Those men aren't here no longer.
They checked out the hotel early this morning. So
please go away.
I'm sorry,
I'm terribly sorry.
Hello,
please. Mr Bigelow. My ear drums.
Oh, hello, Paula.
Your enthusiasm overwhelms me.
Why haven't you phoned me or is there a quota on telephone calls up there?
I'm sorry, I've been busy.
I'll bet you have visiting the museums. No doubt
what's happening up there. That's exciting or different.
Nothing. Not a thing.
I'll bet you miss me, but you're too stubborn to admit it.
Sure.
You know, if you'd like me to come up, I can pack a toothbrush and leave right away. No.
Well, you don't have to snap my head off.
You could at least make pretense of missing me.
I'm sorry, Paula. Of
course, I miss you.
Listen, Paula, I
Paula. It's just that I don't feel like talking now, I'll call you later.
Don't strain yourself. You phone me sometime when you feel more like talking.
Oh, by the way, I call that Mr Phillips back. Phillips.
Yes. You know the man that tried to reach you.
Well, I'm afraid you'll never know why it was so important that he speak to you.
His office said he died yesterday,
Frank. Are you there?
Did you hear me
died
when yesterday?
So you won't have to bother your little head about him anymore.
You can just go ahead and have fun.
Paula.
What did he die from? Do you know?
I suppose he died from whatever people usually die from.
Well, didn't they tell you? Don't, you know, what are you getting so excited about?
You said you didn't even know the man.
Listen, where's his office located? What difference does it make?
You can't talk to him? Now, I told you the man's dead,
Paula. Will you stop talking so much and tell me where his office is?
All right.
It's the Phillips Importing and Exporting company
Bradbury Building, Los Angeles,
Bradbury building, Los Angeles. That's right. See, this is really a switch.
Listen, if you want to reach me, I'll be in Los Angeles. Are you out of your mind?
I'm sorry, Paul, I've got to hurry. Wait a minute. We're in Los Angeles,
the Allison, the Allison Hotel. Goodbye. Paula.
I'd like to see someone in charge here. What is it regarding a
personal matter? It's quite urgent. Perhaps Mr Halliday can help you. Who's he?
He's our controller, your name, please?
Bigelow
Mr Bigelow to see you Sandy Man.
Go right in, please. That door,
Mr Biglow. How are you, Mr Halliday?
What can I do for you?
Well, Mr Phillips phoned my office several times yesterday.
I'd like to find out what it's all about. You know, Mr Phillips died yesterday.
Yes, I know,
but I don't understand
if he phoned you, didn't he tell you what it was about?
Well, he didn't speak to me.
I wasn't in my office at the time and he wouldn't tell my secretary.
I'm afraid I can't be of much help Mr Biglow.
I have no idea why Mr Phillips tried to reach you.
I'm sorry, you had to make the trip for nothing.
How do you know I made a trip?
I didn't say anything about making a trip. I merely said he phoned my office.
My office is gonna be here in Los Angeles,
Miss Foster.
Yes.
Didn't you mention something yesterday about Mr Phillips
speaking with Mr Bigelow in San Francisco?
I said that he had phoned Mr Bigelow's office in banning,
but that Mr Bigelow was staying at the ST Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
I'm sorry, you misunderstood me. Do you know why Mr Phillips called? No, I don't.
All right. Thank you, Miss Foster.
You can understand that we've been somewhat upset around here.
Now, if you don't mind,
did Mr Phillips have a wife, family? Anyone that could help me?
You can't intrude on people at a time like this just to satisfy some curiosity.
It isn't just curiosity. Then I suggest you wait a week or so. I can't wait.
I'm sorry, you'll have to. Well, there's always a phone book.
You're a pretty aggressive fellow. Big low.
Are you quite sure that this is as important as you make it appear to be?
It's important.
Mrs Phillips lives at the Sunset Arms Apartments.
Thank you.
I didn't tell you she's under a strain.
I suppose you're capable of using a little more
tact with her than you demonstrated with me.
I think I can handle it, by the way. What was the cause of Mr phillips' death?
Suicide.
He lived on the balcony of his apartment.
Come in, Mr
Bor,
I'm Stanley Phillips. Eugene's brother
Halliday found that you were coming.
This is my sister-in-law Mrs Phelps.
I'll try to make this as brief as possible. Mrs Phillips.
I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you, Mr Bigelow.
I haven't the slightest idea why my husband wanted to speak to you.
Well, I guess Halliday covered just about everything.
Did your husband ever mention anything about me, Mrs Phillips? Anything at all?
No,
I can't recall. Eugene ever having mentioned your name?
I hate to ask you this Mrs Phillips, but it's of vital importance to me.
Do you know why your husband committed suicide?
What?
Ok.
You're certainly not the most diplomatic person in the world. Are you big law?
Were you a friend of my brother's? I never met him.
Her brother was in a jam, a pretty bad jam.
He was arrested two days ago.
He sold some medium to a dealer by the name of May Jack.
It's a very rare metal, very costly.
Anyway, the medium turned out to be stolen.
He was released on bail yesterday, but he faced a pretty stiff prison term
and have committed suicide for less. Yes, I know that's how the police feel about it.
What puzzles me though. Is this crooked deal
knowing Eugene?
You wouldn't say he's the type of man to be mixed up in anything like that.
Now, would you? I told you I never met him.
That's right. So you did.
Now, what's this all got to do with you? Big law? I don't know.
Let's come clean with each other. Big
law. Surely you must have some idea why my brother was so desperate to contact you.
I have no idea. That's odd.
Then how could it be of such vital importance to you?
You seem to know the answer to everything else.
Maybe you know the answer to that one too.
That's a message here for you to call operator 82 at banning.
Oh,
thank you.
Show Mr Big
room a 21. So would you have the operator put this call through to my room right away?
I'll get it up there.
Hello operator?
Ok, I'll call you if I need anything. Thank you, sir.
Hello, Paula.
Well, Sinbad,
I'd just about given you up the lust.
Now, do you mind telling me just why you rushed down to Los Angeles?
I can't explain it to you just now, Paul, I
just can't explain it.
But
what's going on, Frank? You don't even sound like yourself. Well,
I'm just a little tired, Paula. That's all.
But I miss you.
Oh, Frank,
I can't tell you how good it is to hear you say that.
And here I was worrying that I'd lost my time.
When are you coming? Home Frank,
so
I'll be home soon.
I'll go right out and get myself a permanent. So I'll be pretty when you see me.
Hey, guess what? I found that Phillips name and you know Tar A Ledger,
Notario Ledger.
Yes, of all places I remember. Now I made the entry myself.
You had notarized a paper one morning before I came to work. What kind of paper was it?
A bill of sale for a George Reynolds made out to Eugene Phillips of Los Angeles.
So you see, I was right, we hadn't done any business with Phillips only indirectly.
What was the bill of sale for a shipment of iridium? Whatever that is iridium.
You mentioned at the time that this fellow Reynolds
had made some kind of a deal in Palm Springs
and he stopped in your office early in the
morning on his way north to have it notarized.
Wait a minute.
Quite a
George Reynolds. That was about six months ago, wasn't it?
That's right. Six months ago.
Goodbye.
Oh, operator. Get that number back.
Yeah,
I've got to talk to you, Mrs Phillips. Please
go away.
I want to be left alone, but I found out why your husband wanted to see me.
It was in connection with a bill of sale.
Come in.
Thank you.
What do you know about a man named George Reynolds?
George Reynolds? Yes.
Why? That's the man my husband claimed sold in the iridium?
And what did Reynolds claim
Reynolds disappeared. Yes.
About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious that something was wrong.
Since then. He tried in every way to locate Reynolds but could find no trace of him.
I don't get it.
Your husband could have proved he made a legitimate deal by showing the bill of sale.
He got from Reynolds and there was a bill of sale. Yes. Yes, of course. There was.
My husband swore there was, but at the time of his arrest, he couldn't find it.
It was mysteriously missing.
Well, then if your husband could have shown proof,
it would have been George Reynolds who would have faced the prison term.
Eugene was convinced that Reynolds had stolen the bill of sale.
He was the only one who had reason to eliminate evidence of the transaction.
Thank you, Mrs Phillips. Thank you very much. You've been very helpful.
Oh, if you'd only come sooner, Mr Bigelow,
my husband might be alive today.
I know
the only thing that puzzles me,
Mrs Phillips is that you haven't asked how I knew there was a bill of sale.
Mr Holliday isn't in, they should be back shortly.
I think you're the one who can help me, Miss Foster.
Mr Phillips tried to reach someone else before he called me yesterday, didn't he?
Why don't you ask Mr Holliday?
Obviously,
Mr Holliday wasn't here yesterday or he wouldn't have had to learn from you
that Phillips called me and you're the
logical person know who else Phillips called.
I don't believe that's any of your business. Mr Bigelow.
I don't think you're revealing anything confidential, MS Foster.
I know that he tried to reach somebody else. Mrs Phillips told me you're bluffing.
Mr Bigelow. I don't know what you're after, but you're trying to trick me.
Mrs Phillips didn't tell you a thing. How do you know that
Mrs Phillips knows nothing about it? She doesn't,
well, why wouldn't she? Wait a minute?
I was talking about George Reynolds. Who did you think? I meant?
Just who is it that Mrs Phillips doesn't know about? I told you before.
That's none of your business. All right,
I'm gonna give it to you straight. Phillips was murdered.
I don't believe you. He told me because he needed me to clear him.
Phillips is innocent, innocent men don't have to jump out of windows
just who you were trying to protect Miss Foster.
Why are you so afraid to tell the truth? I'm not protecting anybody.
I haven't any more to say. All right,
listen to me. This thing is going to explode wide open.
You've got nothing to hide. You better start talking or maybe you are Mr
Well, then come on, Mr
Phillips called Mala
Rub.
I went to see her yesterday morning,
who's Mara?
She's a model
G and Mr Phillips used to be quite friendly,
but he hadn't been singing for quite some time.
Come on the last couple of months,
he'd been trying to locate her and finally know where she lived yesterday morning.
When he returned from seeing, he was terribly upset and excited.
That's when Abby put in the calls for you.
When he couldn't reach you, he went home
the last time I saw him alive.
Give me Marla
Ruben's address.
I,
I don't think Mr Phillips realized I was aware of his friendship with Marla
Ruben and
out of respect for him. I never intended to tell anybody.
I
had no idea that she had anything to do with the trouble he was in.
I admire your discretion, Miss Foster.
Yeah.
You know, you must be pretty friendly with Stanley, Miss Foster.
He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me
yesterday and he wasn't even here at the time.
And now you seem to know all about what happened in Mrs phillips' apartment.
Mr Cobian.
Yes.
What do you want?
Get out of here. I'll call the,
well, go ahead Colin going on a trip. Huh?
Yes. Going away for the weekend, sailing for Buenos Aires tomorrow some weekend.
I'll send you a postcard. Now. Get out of here. Who are you going with?
George Reynolds?
Never heard of him. I suppose you've never heard of Eugene Phillips either.
Just who are you? What do you want? Never mind who I am. Where's Reynolds?
I told you, I don't know him. Now, will you get out of here and leave me alone?
So, you never heard of George Reynolds. And
don't try to tell me that this isn't him because
I've seen him if you think you can scare me.
You're crazy.
Look, I know that Phillips came here yesterday and right after he left,
he was pushed out of a six story window, pushed Phillips committed suicide.
Your playmate Reynolds murdered Phillips.
Then he went up to San Francisco to get me because I knew about a certain bill of sale.
I don't know what you're talking about.
You're in this right up to your pretty little neck. I'm not mixed up in anything.
Get your hands up,
drop that picture on the couch. Turn around.
Don't get any ideas because I'm not afraid to use this.
Give me your wallet,
Frank Bigelow, which I like.
All I know is Reynolds.
I don't know. I don't know where he is. Is that what you told Phillips yesterday?
I told him exactly what I'm telling you. I haven't heard from him in months.
You're a mighty careful of a picture of a man you haven't heard from him in months.
What does the race stand for was a
pet name? Do you mind? It sounds very cozy.
Rub.
And you and Reynolds call each other pet names
while you make a sucker out of Phillips.
Phillips made the deal because he wanted it. Yeah,
I'll bet you you weren't about using what it takes to help make him want it.
Who's paying for this trip.
I am
really a first class trip to Buenos Aires on a model's salary. Don't make me laugh
since you and Reynolds aren't seeing each other anymore.
You don't mind if I keep this to you.
If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in.
You know, I really believe you would.
Oh, I almost forgot
your tickets.
Don't be surprised if I'm there to see you off
Angelo.
Oh Angelo.
Do you remember taking this picture of George Reynolds? I take so many pictures.
I can't remember them. All.
This gentleman is a friend of his who would like his address. We have no card on him.
I don't think we ought to do that.
He's willing to pay $20 for it.
That's a paper we used last year.
And of course, you understand,
we usually don't give out the information about our clients.
I know you're a couple of high class fellows. Thank you.
Revealing anything confidential is against the ethics of our establishment.
That's right. Honesty is the best policy, of course.
But in your case, Dina, must of you a personal friend of Mr Reynolds. Thanks.
I know you'd come through
here. It is. We don't have his address.
He must have called for the picture,
but he couldn't have been a very good friend of yours.
Mr
The ghost's name is not George Reynolds.
It isn't.
Well, what is it?
It's a uh
huh.
Oh,
yes. It's Raymond
Rubin.
Rian.
What's so unusual about that?
The picture signed Ray, isn't it?
Yeah.
To
your lip.
Then I saw
her
a big boy.
Are you all right,
can I get you anything? No, thanks.
Do you know this man?
No,
no, I don't think so. Are you sure you've never seen him? I'm quite sure.
Does the name Raymond
Auban mean anything to you?
No, I never heard of him. Why he also uses the name George Reynolds. This is Reynolds.
That's right. Where can we find him? That's what I want to know.
Tell me something, Halliday,
you're the controller here.
How come you didn't know about that bill of sale?
Phillips made that deal before I came to work here?
Yeah, but you still keep records, don't you?
For some reason, which is none of my business.
Phillips preferred to keep that among his personal papers.
Now, does that answer your question?
You came in here today asking for some information that you
needed and I tried to be as co-operative as I could,
but now you're beginning to annoy me.
So get out before I throw you out.
You know, you really frighten me.
Well, it's about time you showed up.
Go ahead, Dave
real cute. Ain't you big?
Just real cute. I
didn't lose much time getting a hold of you guys. Did she shut up?
Let's go. Pickle.
Look at him.
He can't take it
soft in the bow.
You do that again and I'll kick your face.
Lay off. Chester. Cut it out. Shut up. Who asked you?
They let him answer. The clerk might know he's in.
Go ahead.
Pow.
Hello, Frank. Frank. Why did you hang up on me? I've been trying to get you for hours.
I'm sorry, Paula. I was in a hurry.
Well, don't be in such a hurry this time.
You didn't give me a chance to finish what I had to say.
It was
a pain.
I wanted to tell you that mcgowan was in hollering
his head off because you didn't go over the books.
Tell mcgowan to get another audit.
Sure.
Sure. I'll just do that little thing and lose the best paying account.
We've got do as I tell you, Paula
Frank. Are you,
are you drunk,
Paula?
How much have we got in the bank? About
$2200? Try it out tomorrow?
Sure.
Then what do we do? Skip town without paying our bills,
forget the bills. You know that coach you always wanted,
buy it.
You are drunk.
You know, if I didn't have such a good character,
I'd be tempted to take advantage of your intoxicated state.
Mr Bigelow,
I'm not drunk, Paula.
Well, then don't tell me that one day away from me can affect you this way.
Cut it short,
Paula
kiss
and
I'm sorry, I left you.
I never realized how much I love you,
but I know it now.
Oh, Frank Frank, darling. I love you too. So very much.
Please come home.
I miss you terribly.
I said, cut it short.
I'd just love to let you have it. Bigelow.
Let's go. Chester. This guy's kept us waiting long enough now, walk in front of
and keep your mouth shut.
If you so much as look cross eyed anybody,
I'll blow the back of your skull out.
This Bigelow's real cute.
He wanted to get tough with Chester.
You don't know Chester.
Did you get the picture? Don't I always get what Mr Majak
sends me after
May.
That's right.
And the dealer who bought the U radium from Phillips,
I get it.
You have rub
and unload stolen stuff on Phillips to help a Mala
here and then you buy it back from him.
Although you certainly made a sucker out of Phillips.
What is it, Mr Bigelow?
Exactly.
What is on your mind?
I'm looking for Raymond
Rubin.
Why?
Well, now Mara here has told you everything else.
I'm sure she must have told you that too.
You don't expect me to believe this conversation.
So what is on your mind? I mean, underneath
you forced your way into my affairs and now I want to know why
I just told you I'm looking for Raymond
Rubin
to get cute.
I'm just itching to work you over
soft in the belly. Can't take it.
See what they tell you.
I can't do that
to, if
I'm gonna blow your guts out.
We have just enough. Now,
look at him.
He's so scared of Chester. He taught. Now
he's not afraid of Chester.
You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid.
Look at his eyes.
Oh,
I'm telling you me, Jack,
you better keep him away from me or he's really gonna have to use that gun.
Go away. Jasper. Please
do what I tell you. My boy,
please
and help Dave.
Sure.
Uh You're in pain.
He is an unfortunate boy.
He's psychopathic.
He's unhappy unless he gives pain.
He likes to see blood
come with me. Mr Bigger.
Raymond Racoon
was my nephew.
He could not possibly have tried to kill you. He's been dead five months.
I'm afraid you have been sidetracked
provided it is true that somebody made an attempt on your life.
Somebody made an attempt again today,
I had no reason to kill you. Believe me. What do you mean? You had no reason.
I notarized a certain bill of sale. You notarized a bill of sale for Reynolds,
not Roco.
Now what I told you was true. I had no reason to kill you. That's a closet Mr bigger
and under other circumstances,
you could go home now,
but
now you present a problem,
you know too much and I am in danger just that suppose I were able to
prove to you that I only want to find the person who tried to kill me
and I won't cause you any trouble.
You know, I can go to jail for 10 years for this little business. 10 years
at my age, that's, that's my life. That means my entire life with my life.
I do not take chances. I am sorry. Believe me,
you want Joe to go with you. No,
just Bigelow on me
and baby makes through with me, Jen.
Goodbye, Mr Piccolo and
forgive.
Let's go big.
I
guess you won't be there to see me off.
If you tried to make a boob out of me in front of me,
you
shouldn't have done that. Bigelow.
I don't like that.
I'm gonna enjoy this big love one.
I've done jobs like this before
I knocked off guys. I could like,
but I don't like you bigger.
I never liked that. Perseveres from the minute I've seen it.
I'm going to enjoy this.
Ok?
Ain't scared yet. Are you big?
But you'll be scared.
Goodly scared.
I think I'll give it to you to belly.
You don't like it to belly.
No good.
Try.
I'd just love you to try it. Bigelow,
why don't you try it.
Go ahead.
Didn't have the nerve. Did you pickle?
I think I'll give it to you right in the be
it takes longer when you get it in the belly.
It's nice and slow.
That's the way I want to see you go big alone.
Ice and sl
Wow.
Did you go?
Hey,
what?
Ok.
All right.
Is
that
Frank are you? All right. Yes, I'm all right, Paula. But what are you doing here?
How did you get here? Freddie Ross, threw me down. I had to come, I had to see you.
You shouldn't have come, Paula. You shouldn't have, what is it, Frank?
You're in some kind of trouble. I know it.
Look at you, you have a sight, your clothes look as if you've slept in them.
Are you ill?
You are? You're feverish. I'm all right, Paula. And I'm not in any trouble.
You're lying, Frank right after I spoke to you.
I got a phone call from the San Francisco police.
They asked if I knew where you were, you didn't tell them anything, did you?
Of course not. It was a homicide detective who called,
what is it Frank? If you're in any kind of trouble, you certainly can trust me.
Look, I'm not in any trouble with the police. Paula, believe me.
But you can stay here. You've got to go back to banning right away.
No, I won't go Frank. I won't. I'm staying here with you, Paula.
It's better that you go back. Believe me. Why. What's this all about?
What have you got to do with this Phillips and Reynolds
Phillips was murdered.
What could that possibly have to do with you? All you did was notarize a paper.
You've notarized hundreds of papers. I know.
I know all I did was notarize one little paper, one little paper out of hundreds,
Frank.
You frighten
me. You don't even act like yourself.
I know that you're in trouble,
that something is wrong that you're in serious trouble.
You're fighting me, Frank. Oh, don't be frightened, Paul,
don't ever be frightened of anything again. Will you promise me that?
I love you so much, darling, more than you seem able to understand.
I never really knew happiness until I loved you sometimes when I
used to be afraid that you weren't sure how you felt.
I tried to hold back but I couldn't
losing, you would have been losing everything. There would have been nothing left.
Don Paula. Don.
No, I'm afraid again.
Somehow I feel that I'm going to lose you, but there's nothing I can do about it.
I feel so helpless. You're leaving me out of something. Tell me Frank, what is it?
Give me a chance to fight back. Just give me a chance, please. You do love me.
Oh, yes, Paula, I love you.
I never was more certain of anything in my life.
I wasn't sure before I was a little blind, I guess. But believe me, I'm sure.
Now, can you understand that Paula? I understand a man can be like that. Paula,
something has to happen.
It can be a big thing or a little thing,
but it can make him realize how much someone means to him,
how much he really loves her.
And I love you, Paul
more than I ever thought it possible to love anyone in the world? I love you.
Then why won't you tell me about this trouble you're in?
Why won't you try to let me help you?
You can't help me, Paula. You don't want my help.
Oh, Paula, there's nothing you can do. Will you believe me?
So will you please go home, please? No, Frank,
I won't go.
I know you're in trouble. I can't leave you like this.
All right, Paula.
Look, wait for me in the lobby of the hotel and I'll be back to you soon. I promise.
I promise you. Sure. I promise.
Is that a new outfit?
Yes,
it's beautiful.
You'll come back to me, won't you, Frank? Yes, Paul, I'll come back. I promise.
Please hurry, darling. I love you.
I love you, Paul.
Goodbye. Paul
Stanley here.
Are you sure?
All right. Get in there.
I'll get Stanley on the phone. Tell him to come over here right away.
Use any excuse you want.
What are you going to do?
What was Stanley gonna do when he used me for a clay pigeon today?
I don't know what you're talking about. Don't act innocent with me.
I fell for that once. I don't know what you mean.
I told you everything you wanted to know this morning.
Yeah, you told me just enough.
So I'd get sidetracked and wouldn't know that Stanley was the one I was after
Stanley.
Oh, no,
you and Stanley have been together on this from the start.
Now, come on, get on that phone and call him.
Let him know I'm here.
Take,
you've been sidetracked. All right.
But it was the poor bereaved little widow who did it.
We're supposed to find this letter this afternoon.
It's at my brother's desk, at the office. It was postmarked two years ago.
This isn't exactly the kind of a letter that
a married woman gets from a casual friend.
I'm sure my brother wasn't aware that they
were so well acquainted when he hired Halliday.
What's the matter with him? He hasn't felt right since dinner.
Where did he have dinner at? Mrs phillips' apartment?
Halliday was there too and Stanley confronted them with that letter.
Do you have anything to drink?
That's why, how long ago,
half an hour ago, just before I came here, I was supposed to
get on the phone call.
The emergency hospital had him get an ambulance over here right away.
Tell him to prepare a stomach wash for luminous poisoning,
poison. Come on, do it. I tell you, you may still have a chance to save his life. Go on.
I found George Reynolds. Mrs Phillips.
He's been dead for five months
and he didn't steal a bill of safe. No, he didn't. But you could have stolen it.
How dare you?
You knew who I was when I came here today,
but you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?
But I'm not alive. Mrs Phillips. Sure I can stand here and talk to you.
I can breathe and I can move, but I'm not alive
because I did take that poison
and nothing can save me.
What are you going to do? I tell you now, I have nothing to lose.
No, no, you've got to listen to me. You've got to give me a chance.
But I didn't have a chance. It was Halliday, believe me, it was holiday.
He made me steal a bill of sale.
He planned everything. What about this letter?
Your husband knew about you on holiday. He found it only yesterday.
He accused Halliday. They fought
and Holliday pushed him over this balcony and
why me, why did he want to kill me?
Because you could have proved there was a bill of
sale that my husband had no reason to commit suicide.
Halliday was desperate after he killed my husband.
He found out about the phone calls to you.
He thought you spoke to him that you knew enough to involve him.
Where's Alan?
She's at the office
this time? You don't want
me.
I
to
break it up.
Come on. Come on,
come on, move on.
Come on. Let's break it up. Move the line. Now let's get going. Come on.
Why
all I did was notarize a bill of sale.
But that piece of paper could have proven that Phillips didn't commit suicide.
It was murder.
And that's why Halliday poisoned me.
Would you
um,
call them what
Johnson? You go to the Allison Hotel? Find Paula Gibson. Don't tell her anything.
I'll break it to her.
How shall I make out the report on him? Captain,
better make a dead on arrival.