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S1E11: Dead for a Dollar · If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

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>>Welcome to "If You Please, Himan Brown's
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Radio Mystery Theater."
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On this series,
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we're offering rebroadcasts of a select group
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of programs created by this legendary producer for CBS
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between 1974 and 1982.
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Brown re-imagined radio drama for contemporary times.
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Our new series offers some of these exciting works again.
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Before the play
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Commentator John Slavney shares details about the cast,
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the writer, and the plot. Your job?
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Listen.
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"If You Please" is produced in loving
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memory of Robert Isaacson.
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♪♪
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>>Hello, everyone.
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I'm John Slavney here
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to introduce the 11th episode of this podcast,
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the hard edged crime thriller "Dead for a Dollar."
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We open our radio play in a dim downtown bar
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where two men nursing the same grudge plot to kill the man
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who wronged them both, the wealthy financier Jason Grant.
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On a barstool is Wynn Thomas, a Korean War vet.
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More than 20 years ago in the retreat
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to Busan, Grant left Wynn's brother to bleed to death,
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an act of cowardice he has never answered for.
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Seated next to him is Harry Toland,
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Grant's former business partner and a man with his own reasons
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to want Grant dead.
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Grant robbed him of his business, his money,
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his wife, and his dignity.
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Are these men brought together by a common enemy truly serious?
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Or are they just talking,
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plotting a murder they'll forget by closing time.
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And if they are serious,
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do they have the smarts and the guts to pull it off?
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These are the questions
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this gritty thriller turns on.
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In the roles of the dithering plotters
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are Paul Hecht as Wynn and Joe Julian as Harry.
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Hecht was one of the first actors
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Himan Brown brought on board for the Radio Mystery Theater,
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likely at the suggestion of heck's friend Marian Seldes.
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By then, he was already a seasoned stage actor,
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earning a Tony nomination for his performance
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in the original Broadway production
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of Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
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Not long before this recording,
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he had completed the Broadway run of the revival
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of Pirandello's "Emperor Henry IV."
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Joe Julian plays the co-conspirator Harry,
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a character who matches Wynn's thirst for revenge
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if not his capacity to quench that thirst.
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Julian had worked with luminaries
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like Orson Welles and Norman Corwin
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in the heyday of network radio.
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Also in the large cast is Tony Roberts as Grant's son,
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a young man who's got it bad for his father's
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secretary and mistress,
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Kay Woodhouse, a sharp operator who drives a Fiat
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and has no illusions about the bargain
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she's made by betting her boss. Joan Lovejoy,
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plays the part with an air of wry resignation.
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Rounding out the principals is radio legend Mary Jane Higby
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as Grant's estranged wife,
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once married to Harry and now about to divorce Grant.
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Higby had acted in more than 30 episodes of the original series
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and wrote scripts for five others.
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Enjoying his role as the man
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no one really likes, Jason Grant,
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is veteran character actor George Petrie,
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here in his second appearance of 1974.
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You just heard him as the baffled groom
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in "A Ring of Roses."
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Petrie would perform in 17 additional "RMT"
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episodes in 1974 and '75.
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A reliable presence in the early years of
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"Mystery Theater's" run.
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The script is by Murray Burnett.
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Decades earlier, Burnett had co-written the play
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that became the legendary 1942 Michael Curtiz
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film "Casablanca."
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He sold the rights,
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but spent his later years in a losing legal battle
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to regain control of the characters.
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While it's not Rick's Cafe American,
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let's now drop in at that dimly lit bar filled
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with cigarette smoke and the smell of stale beer,
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and listen in on Wynn and his Confederate Harry
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as they plot a murder.
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Recorded on Wednesday, November 28th, 1973.
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"Dead for a Dollar" was first broadcast on January 16th, 1974.
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Pull up a stool and please keep your voice down.
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♪♪
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>>The "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" presents...
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[ Door creaking open ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Come in.
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♪♪
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Welcome.
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I'm E.G. Marshall.
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Welcome to the sounds of suspense.
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The fear you can hear.
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Vengeance is traditionally supposed to be the province
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of the Lord, but too often individuals
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decide that they will take it
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upon themselves to mete out punishment to those
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who may richly deserve it.
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The results are almost always devastating.
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As witness.
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>>You ask me how we're going to kill him, Harry.
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We're going to shoot Jason Grant in the belly.
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>>Is that painful?
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>>Very. You don't like the idea?
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>>I like it so much it scares me.
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>>Then it's a deal. You're with me?
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>>I'm with you all the way.
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Have you thought about a place
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and a time for the -- > The execution?
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>>Yeah. >>You bet.
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♪♪
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>>Our mystery drama "Dead for a Dollar"
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was written especially for the Mystery Theater
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by Murray Burnett and stars Paul Hecht.
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I'll return shortly with act one.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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In today's world,
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the golden key to success is too often,
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unfortunately attained through absolute ruthlessness
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and utter disregard of ethics, morality,
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and the rights of others.
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Jason Grant was a symbol of such success,
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a multi-millionaire
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and a power in the world of international finance.
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Grant sat on a golden throne,
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built on the ruin of many lives and many hopes.
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Along with his millions,
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Jason Grant had earned the hatred of more people
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than he bothered to remember.
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This day, two men in whom
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the fires of hatred burned sat in a bar.
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>>Another toast, Harry? >>Why not.
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>>To Jason Grant. [ Glass tinks ]
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May his soul rot in hell.
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>>Amen. >>How long has it been, Harry?
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>>How long has what been?
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>>How long have we been meeting in this bar
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and drinking the same stupid toast.
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>>Let's see. The Denise divorced me in '69.
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I ran into you here about a year later,
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so I'd say two years, give or take a couple of months.
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>>[ Chuckles ]
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What do you think Jason would say if he heard us?
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>>I don't follow you, Wynn.
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>>Here we are,
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two men acting like a like a couple of sniveling schoolkids.
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>>What do you suggest we do?
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>>Kill him. >>Just like that?
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>>Kill him slowly and as painfully as possible.
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I want to hear Jason Grant screaming and begging for mercy,
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just like my brother screamed
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when Jason left him to bleed to death on the road to Busan
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while he bugged out to save his own skin.
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>>We'd be sure and get caught.
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>>So what?
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>>So what? >>Yeah. So what?
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We'll just tell our story to a jury.
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We can --
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>>That still doesn't give us the right to kill.
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>>Look, does Jason Grant deserve to die
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for what he did to you?
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It wasn't only breaking up your marriage.
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You and Jason were partners, and he not only stole Denise,
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but the business you built up for 11 years.
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>>I know he did. >>So what did you do about it?
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>>Wynn, get off my back!
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If you're so dead set on killing him,
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why don't you go ahead and do it?
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>>Because I need you, Harry. >>For what?
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>>Look, Harry, I'm willing to go to prison,
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but I don't see any sense in walking in
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if there's a way of staying out.
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>>How am I going along with you
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help keep you out of jail?
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>>We'll give each other an alibi.
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We'll swear we were together when Grant is killed.
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>>You thought about how we'd do it?
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>>I have.
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You see this? >>Hey, put that away.
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>>It's so uptight. It's a gun I picked up in Korea.
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I figured I might have a use for it someday, so, uh,
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so I kept it in good condition. >>Put it away.
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>>Harry, you asked me how we were going to do it.
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We're gonna shoot him in the belly.
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>>It's painful? >>Very.
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You don't like the idea?
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>>I like it so much it hurts.
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>>Then it's a deal. You're with me?
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>>I'm with you all the way.
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Have you thought about a place and a time for the --
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the, uh... >>The execution?
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>>Yeah. >>You bet.
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But, Harry, I need you to check some facts for me.
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>>If I can. >>Now, you once told me
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that Jason worked late every Monday night.
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>>That's right. >>He still does it.
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>>I'm not sure, but I guess he does.
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>>That's when we're gonna do it, late on a Monday night.
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He'll be alone.
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I'll walk in, shoot him and walk out.
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>>Off him?
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I thought you really had something worked out.
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You can't go into the building at night
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without signing in and signing out.
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>>Who said anything about getting in at night?
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>>You just -- >>Listen.
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I walk into the building about 5:00 carrying one
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of those -- those toolboxes a telephone repairman have.
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>>Yeah. >>There won't be any tools
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in it, just work clothes.
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I'll hang around till about 8 or 9
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when I'm sure Jason will be alone.
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>>There are cleaning women. >>Sure.
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But by that time, I'll have changed clothes.
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All you have to do is look like you're --
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you're working or going somewhere to do something.
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They won't bother you.
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>>How will you get out?
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>>After I leave him bleeding the way he left Mike in Korea,
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I'll just walk out the door,
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take the elevator, walk by the night guard.
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>>It might. It just might work. >>It will work.
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And all you have to do is say
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that we had dinner together at your place.
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>>No. >>No? I thought you --
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>>I said I was with you all the way.
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That means I could also pull the trigger.
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We'll toss a coin to see who does the killing.
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The alibi will work just as well at your place.
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>>Do you know how to use a gun? >>What's to know?
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Hey, what about the sound of the shots?
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>>No sweat. I got a silencer. >>Okay.
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Let's toss.
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>>You're sure?
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>>Dead sure.
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[ Train whistle blaring ]
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♪♪
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[ Telephone rings ]
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>>Jason Grant's office.
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>>Mr. Grant, please.
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>>May I ask who's calling?
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>>Tell him it's an old friend.
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>>Well, I'm afraid that isn't --
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>>Tell him it's his former partner, Harry Tolan.
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>>Hold on a moment, please. >>Yes.
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>>Harry Tolan. >>Harry Tolan?
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[ Chuckles ] Somebody's putting you on, Kay.
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>>Maybe.
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I've never met Harry,
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but he sounds as he would sound, from what you've told me.
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>>Have I ever told you you're bright as well as beautiful?
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>>I think maybe once. Do you want to talk to him?
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>>Why not?
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He must be really desperate to call me.
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I'll enjoy listening to him sweat.
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>>Your pleasure is my only desire, sir.
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>>[ Chuckles ] >>I think you've proved that.
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>>Thank you, Mr. Grant. Go ahead, Mr. Tolan.
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>>Jason?
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>>Yes, Harry. What can I do for you?
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>>You might ask what I can do for you this time, Jason.
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>>That will be the day. >>It is the day.
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I strongly suggest that you see me.
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>>You never strongly suggested anything.
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I'm all tied up, so you'd better let me hear it now.
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>>It's face-to-face, Jason, or it's goodbye.
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>>Goodbye.
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>>So long. >>Uh, hold the phone.
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Do you, um, Do you have a number
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where I can reach you if I get a break in my schedule?
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>>I do indeed, Jason.
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♪♪
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[Door closes]
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>>Jason, that secretary of yours is something else.
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>>You of all people.
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Harry, ought to know that I have very good taste in women.
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>>Yes, I know.
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>>What have you got in that toolbox?
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Don't tell me you're now a mechanic.
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>>All in good time, Jason.
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>>You had something to tell me?
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>>Yes. >>Well, I don't have much time.
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>>You know the saying, if you can't lick 'em, join 'em.
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>>Come on.
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>>I've decided to join you, Jason.
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To do business your way.
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>>[ Laughs ] You wouldn't know how.
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>>Well, how's this for a starter?
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Before I tell you what you must hear.
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I want a certified check for $50,000.
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When I finished, I want another 50.
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>>And you know me well enough to realize
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that I'm not going to give you $50,000 just
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because you asked for it. >>Not even to save your life?
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>>Are you trying to blackmail me, Harry?
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>>I'm trying to do you a favor.
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Your life should be worth at least $100,000.
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>>You're serious?
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>>You think anything else in the world
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would have brought me to your office?
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>>And before I agree, answer one question.
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Do you know who's going to kill me?
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>>I do.
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>>Who?
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>>Me.
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You see, the coin came up tails.
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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♪♪
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>>The check will be here any minute.
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I suppose you start telling me about it.
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>>Suppose we wait for the check.
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>>Mm. You have changed. >>Here's the check.
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Certified as requested.
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>>Thank you, Kay.
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>>Not at all.
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>>Here you are, Harry. Now, let's have the story.
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>>You remember Wynn Thomas?
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>>Who? >>Wynn Thomas.
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You served in Korea with him and his brother.
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>>Oh. Yes. Yes, I remember him.
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>>He's never forgiven you for running off
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and leaving his brother to die.
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>>He's a damn fool. The kid would have died anyway.
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I had my own neck to save.
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>>He doesn't agree with you.
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>>Well, this isn't worth $50,000.
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>>And how about this?
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>>Put that gun down. >>It's Wynn's gun.
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We tossed a coin to see who was going to use it on you.
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>>You're crazy.
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You're lying.
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>>Am I?
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You asked me about the toolbox I'm carrying.
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If you care to look in it,
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you'll find a repairman's uniform.
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I'm supposed to stay here tonight until you're alone.
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You still work late on Mondays, don't you, Jason?
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>>Yes.
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>>And I'm supposed to come in here
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and shoot you with a silencer
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you'll also find in the toolbox.
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>>You'd never get away with it.
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>>Maybe not,
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but Wynn's waiting at home right now,
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and he'll swear that we had dinner together.
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Now, how about the other 50? >>[ Laughs ]
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You've got about as much chance of getting that
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as you have of cashing the check I just gave you.
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>>What? >>I'll try it.
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>>I-It's certified. >>Not by the bank.
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We have a stamp here which looks authentic.
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Did you think you could really put something over on me.
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Yes, I see by your stupid face you did.
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Now get out of here before I call the police.
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>>They'll never believe you.
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I'll tell 'em. >>You'll tell them what?
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You see this? This is a tape recorder.
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Every word you said is right here on tape.
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Now, what do you think the police will say
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when they hear it?
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Your confession, if it's really true and not a con game.
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Now, put the gun on my desk and get out.
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>>I thought I could play your own dirty game.
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But you're right, I can't.
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But I can still kill you.
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>>The tape recorder is still on.
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Would you like to check it?
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>>No. >>Put the gun down, Harry.
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That's right. Now beat it.
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>>I'll kill you, I promise I'll kill you.
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If I don't, Wynn Thomas will.
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And that's something you'd better believe.
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♪♪
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>>A murder has not been committed.
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Jason Grant, as you've heard,
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is an expert at riding roughshod over people.
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Believe me when I tell you that he was certain he had nothing
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to fear from Harry Tolan,
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nor was he too much concerned with Wynn Thomas.
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We'll learn whether Jason judged his men correctly
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when I return shortly with act two.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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>>We've heard the ruthless side of tycoon Jason Grant,
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but we must also be fair and remember
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that Jason was a family man with a wife and a son and a mistress.
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As we continue,
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Jason Grant is sitting in his office later that same evening.
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Monday night, the door to his office opens
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and his beautiful secretary, Kate Woodhouse, enters.
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>>Finished working?
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>>No, but come in and close the door.
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[ Door closes ]
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Mm. That's quite a gown. >>Thank you, sir.
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And I do mean you, since you were kind enough to pay for it.
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>>My pleasure.
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>>You had me close the door.
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You expecting someone?
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>>Just Tony. >>Your son?
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>>Tony, yes. >>Well, then I'd better get...
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Hey. What's this? A gun?
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>>It's Harry Tolan's, he was just here.
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He was going to kill me. >>You're putting me on.
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>>No, no, he really was, the fool.
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He actually thought he could get away
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with a stupid ploy like that.
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He had a whole story that I have on tape.
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>>You ought to put that gun away.
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>>Oh, no.
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No, it amuses me to leave it there to remind me
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how right I was to get rid of him years ago.
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I only made one mistake.
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And that was marrying his wife, Denise.
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>>Well, how about Tony, the son you had with her?
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[ Gasps ]
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>>That's to remind you
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that Tony is something very special to me.
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>>And that's the last time you'll ever slap me.
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I'm warning you.
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>>I hope this is the last time you'll need it.
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>>And maybe you need a new girl.
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>>I know exactly what I need, Kay.
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I need you as my wife.
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>>Well, maybe you'd better tell that to Denise,
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your present wife.
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>>I already have.
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I've told Denise I'm divorcing her.
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And I'm telling Tony when he comes here tonight.
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>>Well, if Tony's coming, I'd better get out of here.
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We'll go over it late at night.
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>>Stop talking and come here.
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>>Yes, Jason.
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[ Door opens ]
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>>Excuse me. I didn't - >>Come in, Tony.
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Come in. It's quite all right.
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>>It looked a little better than all right to me.
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That's quite a gown, Kay. >>Thank you.
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See you later, Jason.
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>>Right.
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>>The usual place?
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>>Of course.
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[ Door closes ]
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>>I've got to hand it to you, dad.
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I've had big eyes for Kay myself.
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But while I was thinking, I guess you were doing.
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And, uh, speaking of that,
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uh, what's that gun doing on your desk?
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>>Oh, remember Harry Tolan? >>Isn't --
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wasn't he your partner years ago?
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And wasn't he married to mother?
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>>Correct. The gun is his. >>What's it doing here?
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>>Harry said he was going to use it to kill me.
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>>What? After all these years? >>Well, he wanted money.
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He said he'd make some kind of deal with me.
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I put the whole conversation on tape and kicked him out.
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>>He sounds like a fool.
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>>A good description. Now, what I wanted to tell you.
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>>If it's about the VCM steel deal,
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I've already taken care of it.
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They agreed to our terms. >>It's not about the VCM deal.
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Now, one thing you still have to learn, Tony, is to listen.
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Remember, people are sending up signals all the time.
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Now, if you can read them,
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you'll always be 1 or 2 steps ahead of them.
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>>What if you don't like the signals?
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Suppose the signal light is flashing red.
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>>What is that supposed to mean?
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>>The signal I see coming up is something about you and Kay.
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>>Hmm. Right. >>And, mother.
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>>Right again.
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>>Well, why can't you play around with Kay?
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>>You haven't heard what I'm going to say.
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>>I don't have to. >>No?
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>>Oh. All right, go ahead.
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>>I suppose you must have known that for many years,
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the marriage between your mother
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and me was a matter of convenience.
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>>Look, Dad.
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>>I know how you feel about your mother.
21:45
And so I wanted you to hear from me first.
21:47
That we've decided on a divorce.
21:51
>>You mean you've decided on a divorce.
21:54
>>You can put it that way if you like,
21:56
but your mother will never have anything
21:58
to worry about financially.
22:00
>>Oh, and you think that'll make mother happy?
22:01
>>It'll make her rich.
22:03
>>That's not what she wants. >>It's what I want.
22:06
>>And that's all that matters.
22:07
What do you want. What about her?
22:10
>>I see a quarrel coming.
22:12
I don't think we should talk about this anymore tonight.
22:14
>>And that I agree with you. Good night.
22:17
>>Tony. >>Yes?
22:20
>>Think over what I've been saying
22:22
about your mother being well provided for.
22:24
She'll be fine, I know.
22:26
I think you'll see it my way tomorrow.
22:28
>>And if I don't?
22:31
>>Then you'll see it my way next week.
22:34
[ Door closes ]
22:36
♪♪
22:40
[ Telephone rings ]
22:42
>>Yeah. >>Wynn.
22:43
>>Harry, where are you? What happened?
22:45
I've been -- >>I blew it.
22:46
>>You what? >>I blew it.
22:48
>>You mean. You mean Jason Grant
22:49
still alive? >>Yeah.
22:51
>>How? >>Well, it's a long story.
22:52
>>Have you got the gun?
22:54
>>No. >>Where is it.
22:55
>>I left it in Jason's office.
22:56
>>You better get up here right away.
22:58
>>Okay. As soon as I can grab a cab.
22:59
>>Listen, if I'm not here,
23:01
sit down and wait and leave the TV on.
23:03
You understand? >>Yeah, I got you.
23:04
>>You better repeat it, Harry.
23:06
>>If you're not in,
23:08
I'll wait and watch the TV that you've left on.
23:09
>>Right.
23:11
And make sure you know what the show's about.
23:12
>>But Wynn -- >>Never mind. Get the cab.
23:13
Goodbye.
23:15
♪♪
23:21
♪♪
23:24
[ Knock on door ]
23:27
>>Mom?
23:28
>>Tony
23:29
>>May I come in?
23:31
>>Oh, of course, dear.
23:32
[ Door opens ]
23:35
>>Mom. >>I thought you were
23:36
going to be at the office.
23:37
>>I was. Dad told me.
23:41
>>Oh. >>I know how you feel, and I --
23:43
>>I'd rather not talk about it. >>That's what dad said.
23:46
But somebody has to talk about it.
23:48
>>Why? >>Because. Well, because you --
23:52
You don't just throw 18 years of marriage down the drain.
23:56
>>Oh, you'd be surprised how many people do just that.
23:58
>>I was surprised.
24:01
>>Honestly. >>Well, yes, I --
24:05
I could see that you and dad weren't really getting along,
24:08
but I thought. >>And you were wrong.
24:11
>>Do you want it?
24:13
>>Want what?
24:15
>>The divorce.
24:16
>>Of course I want it.
24:19
You don't think I was very happy living with your father when...
24:21
>>When what?
24:25
>>Tony. Now what's happening to us?
24:28
We've never been uncomfortable with one another.
24:31
And now?
24:32
Well, we can't seem to talk straight.
24:34
>>I can.
24:35
>>Well, fine. What do you want to say?
24:38
>>I want to know whether you're really happy
24:40
about it or whether --
24:42
whether... >>You see, I said we couldn't.
24:47
>>Or whether you're just saying that to make me feel better,
24:49
or whether dad forced you to say it?
24:52
>>Oh, don't be ridiculous, Tony.
24:54
How could your father force me to do anything?
24:56
>>Oh, you know what dad's like.
24:57
>>Do you, Tony?
24:59
>>Yes, I do. Please, Mom,
25:05
I just want to know how you feel about this, this divorce.
25:09
>>I told you, Tony. I feel fine.
25:12
Just fine. >>The devil you do.
25:17
And this is the first time you ever lied to me.
25:19
♪♪
25:27
[ Door opens ]
25:30
>>Who is it? [ Rapid footsteps ]
25:32
What? Don't be a fool. [ Grunting ]
25:36
Give me that gun. Give it to me.
25:39
Don't.
25:41
Maybe I was wrong the way I handled it.
25:43
[ Gunshot ]
25:44
No, please.
25:47
[ Gunshot ] [ Groans ]
25:49
[ Gunshot ]
25:51
[ Gunshot ]
25:53
[ Gasps softly ]
25:55
[ Body thuds ]
25:57
♪♪
26:06
♪♪
26:07
>>[ Sobbing ]
26:10
>>I'm sorry, ma'am, but there's just no gentle way
26:13
to tell a woman her husband's been murdered.
26:15
>>I'm sorry. I'm hysterical, Officer --
26:18
>>No, it's Lieutenant, ma'am.
26:20
Lieutenant Metcalfe. >>Lieutenant.
26:24
How can I help you? >>Just a few questions.
26:27
>>But when did it happen?
26:29
>>As near as the coroner tells us, around 11 p.m.
26:33
>>How? >>He was shot several times
26:36
with a revolver.
26:40
Well, I don't have to ask much about Mr. Grant.
26:42
Everybody knows about him. I just want to find out
26:45
if there was anything different about last night.
26:48
I mean, about him or his actions.
26:50
>>Oh, no. No, nothing.
26:53
He usually worked late on Monday evenings.
26:56
Last night was no exception.
26:58
>>How many people knew about this Monday night habit of his?
27:02
>>Just -- Well, just about everyone.
27:05
It's been in the papers
27:07
and there have been magazine articles.
27:10
>>Did he tell you about any special appointments
27:12
that he might have had last night?
27:13
>>No.
27:14
He never discussed business with me, Lieutenant.
27:17
You might ask his secretary. >>Miss Woodhouse?
27:20
>>Yes. >>Yeah, that's being handled.
27:22
Mrs. Grant, murder is a messy business.
27:25
But I have to ask you this.
27:28
How did you and Mr. Grant get along?
27:31
>>Well, how do any married couple
27:33
who've been with each other
27:34
for 18 years get along? >>There --
27:37
there have been rumors, and I'm sorry.
27:41
>>Yes, we were talking about getting a divorce.
27:44
>>Whose idea was that?
27:46
>>Oh, it was mutual, Lieutenant.
27:50
We'd both gotten tired of being married.
27:52
>>I see. Is your son in? >>Well,I couldn't tell you.
27:54
Have you asked the servants?
27:56
>>Well, they don't seem to know.
27:58
>>Oh, I'm sorry, but Tony's young and, well, he --
28:00
he comes and goes as he pleases.
28:02
>>Where do you think it would please him to go today?
28:05
>>If he's heard the news?
28:08
I expect he'll either come home or go to the office.
28:11
>>Thank you. You've been most cooperative.
28:13
I won't bother you any more. [ Telephone rings ]
28:16
>>Hello. >>Mom, are you all right?
28:19
>>Oh, Tony, where are you?
28:22
>>At the office.
28:23
I rushed over as soon as I heard.
28:25
There are cops all over the place. I didn't believe --
28:27
>>Excuse me, Mrs. Grant, is that your son?
28:29
>>Yes, he's at the office.
28:31
>>Who's that? Who's there? >>A police lieutenant.
28:33
>>May I speak to him?
28:35
>>Well. Of course. Just a minute, Tony.
28:38
>>Mr. Grant. >>Yes.
28:40
>>I'm Lieutenant Metcalfe.
28:42
Your mother seems to be in pretty good shape.
28:43
I'm in charge of the case,
28:45
and I'd like you to wait for me at your office.
28:47
I'll be right down.
28:49
>>But, Mom -- >>I told you she's all right.
28:50
We sent for a doctor,
28:52
and you can go home as soon as we've talked.
28:55
♪♪
29:01
[ Door closes ]
29:02
>>Morning, Duffy.
29:04
>>Morning, Lieutenant. >>Where is he?
29:05
>>Back in his own office.
29:07
>>Lab men finished? >>They're packing up now.
29:08
It's a big job. Blood all over the joint.
29:10
>>I saw it. Which way The kid's office?
29:11
>>Down the hall to the left.
29:13
>>Anyone with him?
29:14
>>I thought it was okay to leave him alone.
29:16
>>How did he take it? >>About the way they all do.
29:20
Except... >>Except?
29:22
Well, he kept repeating, "I don't believe it.
29:24
I don't believe it."
29:26
And, uh, seemed as if he really couldn't believe
29:28
that his father had been murdered.
29:30
>>Shock maybe. >>Maybe.
29:32
But from what I've heard about Jason Grant,
29:35
he was a prime candidate for murder.
29:37
>>Oh, okay. Duff, you hang in here.
29:39
I'll be right back.
29:41
[ Door opens ]
29:43
Mr. Grant.
29:44
>>Who are you? >>Lieutenant Metcalfee.
29:46
Homicide. I spoke with you on the phone.
29:49
>>Oh, yes. Come in.
29:52
>>I'm sorry, but I'm going to need your help.
29:55
>>I'll do anything I can.
29:56
I have to make funeral arrangements
29:58
and take care of mother, but, well, how can I help?
30:02
>>First, when did you last see your father?
30:04
>>Last night, about 9:15.
30:07
>>Anyone with him?
30:08
>>His secretary, Kay Woodhouse. But she left.
30:12
>>Did your father mention anything about appointments
30:14
that he may have had later? >>No.
30:17
>>Then as far as you know,
30:19
you left him alone sometime between 9 and 9:30,
30:21
and he had no appointment scheduled.
30:23
>>That's right. >>And where did you go?
30:25
>>Home.
30:27
>>It's no secret that your father had a lot of enemies.
30:29
Can you think of anyone who might?
30:31
>>Look, Lieutenant, it'll come out sometime,
30:34
so you may as well hear about it now.
30:36
But first I want to tell you that I still can't believe it.
30:40
>>Believe what?
30:42
>>My father's former partner, Harry Tolan,
30:45
who was also married to my mother before she married dad.
30:48
Harry was in yesterday and threatened my father with a gun.
30:53
>>What happened to the gun?
30:55
>>Now, dad took it from him.
30:57
It was on his desk when I was there earlier.
30:58
>>I see.
30:59
>>And on dad's tape recorder in the desk.
31:01
You'll find the entire conversation between them.
31:03
>>Thanks. We'll check it.
31:06
But I'd like to know what it is that you can't believe.
31:08
>>I can't believe that Harry Tolan murdered my father.
31:12
I've known him for years, and he --
31:14
he just hasn't got the guts to kill a man.
31:16
♪♪
31:23
>>Why don't you leave me alone, Lieutenant?
31:25
I never went back to his office.
31:26
I didn't kill Jason, and you know it.
31:29
>>Okay, let's go over it again, Mr. Tolan.
31:31
You went to Grant's office with the gun.
31:34
The gun that ballistics says killed him.
31:36
>>I told you, I left it there.
31:37
>>You did, and we know you did.
31:39
At least two witnesses saw it on his desk.
31:42
And you told him about the plot
31:43
you and Wynn Thomas had cooked up,
31:46
you asked money for your information.
31:47
He laughed at you.
31:49
>>That's right. >>Fine. So far.
31:52
And then you went over to Wynn Thomas's apartment
31:54
to tell him what happened. >>And we watched TV all night.
31:57
I can tell you the shows that --
31:58
>>Tolan, you're in big trouble.
32:01
You're smart enough to realize that.
32:03
Forget that tired old gag about -- about telling me
32:05
the plot of TV shows.
32:07
I want to know if you and Thomas were there all night.
32:10
>>I told you.
32:12
>>Now, what did he say to you when you reached his place?
32:13
>>Hello? >>And then?
32:16
>>Then he -- he offered me a drink and --
32:19
>>And? >>And he -- he said something
32:20
about the show that was on TV.
32:22
>>Ah, you're a liar. You've been lying all the time.
32:23
>>I swear.
32:25
>>You swear? You're gonna swear
32:27
that you hatched up a plot to kill Grant, muffed it,
32:29
came back, and you and Thomas talked about what was on TV.
32:32
Come on, Tolan, get wise and get yourself some help.
32:36
>>Okay. Okay. Wynn Thomas wasn't there
32:40
when I got there. He left the TV on.
32:43
>>When did he get back?
32:45
>>About midnight. Just about.
32:48
♪♪
32:54
>>Wynn Thomas and Harry Tolan had their revenge.
32:58
Jason Grant is dead.
33:02
Before the body was quietly buried,
33:04
the police had arrested Wynn Thomas for first degree murder
33:07
and named Harry Tolan as an accomplice.
33:10
The case was closed to the satisfaction
33:13
of the public and the police.
33:15
But there may be some surprises
33:18
when I return shortly with act three.
33:22
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33:24
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33:58
♪♪
34:07
>>Jason Grant's death made headlines for two days.
34:11
His funeral made the bottom of page one,
34:14
and then Grant was just about forgotten.
34:17
To Wynn Thomas and Harry Toland charged with his murder,
34:21
Grant was still an important part of their lives.
34:24
He was also much in the thoughts of his widow, Denise,
34:27
his son Tony, and in the report of Lieutenant Metcalfe.
34:33
>>Report from Lieutenant Metcalfe.
34:35
Homicide.
34:37
11th precinct on the murder of Jason Grant
34:39
to the office of the District Attorney.
34:42
One, an elaborate plot was hatched, then botched.
34:48
And it will be our contention
34:50
that Wynn Thomas went to Grant's office to finish it off.
34:54
Although we can place him at the building
34:56
at the time of the murder,
34:57
we cannot put him inside the office.
35:01
Two, we know the gun was there and the silencer.
35:07
Why then did Thomas use towels from the men's room
35:10
to muffle the shots. Three.
35:15
Why didn't he follow his own plot and change clothes
35:18
and take the toolbox with him as planned,
35:21
instead of leaving it for us to find?
35:25
Four.
35:26
If Thomas was the killer,
35:28
why didn't he take the gun with him
35:30
instead of leaving it for us to find?
35:34
Five.
35:36
Ditto the tape recording,
35:38
which Tolan admits having told Thomas
35:40
was made earlier that afternoon.
35:42
♪♪
35:52
[ Knock on door ]
35:53
>>Who is it? >>Denise.
35:55
[ Door opens ]
35:56
>>Come in.
35:58
[ Door closes ]
36:00
>>Is it all right if I sit down?
36:03
>>You can do anything you want.
36:05
After all, you own me now.
36:07
>>That's foolish.
36:10
>>You put up my bail, didn't you?
36:11
>>Yes.
36:12
>>Why?
36:13
>>I felt guilty. >>Guilty?
36:15
>>About you.
36:17
About the way I left you.
36:20
If it's any consolation to you, Harry.
36:22
I had about two months of happiness with Jason.
36:25
The rest was all a bad trip.
36:27
We were getting a divorce.
36:29
>>Why didn't you get off?
36:31
>>I guess I was ashamed to admit to myself
36:33
or to anyone else that I'd made a mistake.
36:36
>>Okay.
36:38
And that's why you put up the bail bond money?
36:40
>>Partly. >>And the other part?
36:43
>>Well, I know you, Harry. I lived with you.
36:47
You're not a murderer.
36:49
>>I went along with Wynn's idea.
36:50
>>But you didn't kill Jason.
36:53
And I couldn't bear the thought of you being in jail.
36:55
>>What about Wynn?
36:56
>>I wasn't married to Wynn.
36:58
>>Neither was I, but --
37:00
but I've done just as good or as bad a job on him
37:04
as you did on me.
37:05
>>I don't understand.
37:07
>>I told you I went along with the idea,
37:09
part of which was that we would alibi each other.
37:12
I tried, but I messed it up.
37:15
I-I-I let him down.
37:18
>>Would you like me to post bail for him, too?
37:21
Would that make you feel better, Harry?
37:24
>>Yes, it would.
37:26
>>Where's the phone?
37:28
♪♪
37:37
>>Will you have a drink, Lieutenant?
37:39
>>No, thanks.
37:41
>>I thought you caught the men who committed the murder.
37:43
>>I think we have.
37:44
>>But you're not sure?
37:46
>>Mrs. Grant told me that she and her husband
37:48
were getting a divorce.
37:50
Did you figure in that in any way?
37:51
>>Well, yes.
37:53
Jason and I were going to be married.
37:55
>>And you were on intimate terms with Jason Grant?
37:57
>>Yes. >>A long time?
37:59
>>Our relationship started about a year ago.
38:03
>>Then you'd know all about him.
38:05
>>[ Chuckles ] No one knew all about Jason Grant.
38:08
>>Let's not fence. The night of the murder,
38:10
When did you leave?
38:12
>>About 9:00. I've already told you that.
38:13
>>Was Grant alone?
38:14
>>No, Tony was with him.
38:16
>>Did he know about your friendship with his father?
38:19
>>I think he found out that night.
38:21
He, uh, he saw us embracing. >>And what was his reaction?
38:27
>>An honest answer?
38:29
>>They're usually the best kind.
38:31
>>I think it was a combination of shock and jealousy.
38:35
You see, Inspector, although Tony never made a pass,
38:38
I knew he was attracted to me. >>Mm-hmm.
38:41
Did he know his father intended to marry you?
38:43
>>Not at that time.
38:45
Jason was going to tell Tony that night.
38:47
>>And did he? >>I have no idea.
38:50
Why don't you ask Tony?
38:51
>>I intend to.
38:53
Now, you've told us that you came right home
38:56
and never left the apartment.
38:58
>>That's right.
38:59
>>And when Grant never showed at your place,
39:01
you went to sleep. >>Right again.
39:02
>>Isn't that strange? I mean, you weren't concerned?
39:05
>>You didn't know Jason, Lieutenant.
39:07
He didn't like to be accountable to anyone for his actions.
39:10
>>Mm-hmm.
39:12
>>And really, of all the people involved,
39:15
I had the most to gain from Jason alive.
39:19
Did. I get nothing.
39:20
>>Yes, I'm aware of that.
39:22
But I've talked to the garage man in your building,
39:24
and he tells me that a little after midnight,
39:27
you took your car out
39:29
and didn't bring it back until about two hours later.
39:32
>>He told you that?
39:33
>>Uh-huh.
39:35
>>Well, I believe all the papers said
39:36
that Jason died around 11:00.
39:38
And if that's right, why then,
39:41
he's a darling for giving me a perfect alibi.
39:45
Wouldn't you agree, Lieutenant?
39:47
♪♪
39:55
>>Why? Why?
39:57
Why would she put up bail for me?
39:59
>>I told you, Wynn. Because I asked her to.
40:01
>>Ah, I don't buy that.
40:03
>>Well, you don't know her the way I do.
40:04
>>She doesn't know me.
40:06
Nobody puts up that kind of money for --
40:08
for -- for a stranger, no matter what she tells you.
40:10
How does she know I won't skip?
40:11
>>She took my word for it.
40:14
>>I don't buy that either. All that talk about how she --
40:15
how she felt she had done you wrong.
40:17
And the guilt. She said that she was...
40:20
[ Snaps finger ] Of course.
40:22
Why didn't I think of that before?
40:24
That's it. >>What?
40:26
>>Guilt. That's the key word.
40:28
Guilt. She feels guilty because she killed Jason.
40:32
>>Are you crazy?
40:33
>>I'm just getting smart.
40:35
She said Jason was divorcing her.
40:37
Didn't you tell me she said that?
40:39
>>I said they were getting a divorce.
40:40
>>Sure, sure. We both know Jason.
40:42
If he divorced her, he was through with her.
40:45
She'd never get a cent from him.
40:46
He'd fix it with his attorney
40:48
so that she spent the rest of her life chasing him for alimony
40:51
or her settlement.
40:53
She couldn't face up to that, so she killed him.
40:54
>>What are you doing?
40:56
>>I'm calling Lieutenant Metcalfe.
40:58
>>Now, you listen to me. You say you didn't kill Jason.
41:00
I don't know who killed him if you didn't.
41:02
But I know one thing for sure, Denise didn't.
41:04
And I'm not going to let you throw her to the wolves
41:06
to save your own skin.
41:07
>>That's a noble speech, Harry.
41:10
Particularly coming from a guy who threw me to the same wolves
41:13
to save his own skin.
41:15
>>You can't make me feel any worse about that than I do.
41:17
It's one of the reasons she put up the bail.
41:19
I told her how I felt about letting you down.
41:21
>>Yeah? >>Yeah.
41:23
>>Listen, she's got all the money in the world.
41:26
She can hire great lawyers. They'll be sure to get her off.
41:29
We can testify about what a lous Jason was.
41:32
She's still attractive.
41:34
She's got everything going for her.
41:35
>>I don't care what you say. She didn't kill him.
41:38
>>And you're not going to let me call Lieutenant Metcalfe?
41:39
>>That's right. >>Sorry, Harry.
41:42
[ Grunts ]
41:43
[ Clattering ]
41:45
[ Telephone keypad clicking ]
41:49
[ Train whistle blowing ]
41:51
♪♪
41:58
>>Duffy, bring me the lab reports.
42:00
>>Again, Lieutenant?
42:01
>>You heard me.
42:03
>>Coming up. Want some coffee with 'em?
42:05
>>Oh, no. Just the reports. >>Here they are.
42:12
You know what you're looking for?
42:13
>>Nope.
42:15
>>The call from Wynn Thomas made a lot of sense.
42:18
>>You think so? >>Well, she put up the bail.
42:21
She had a motive.
42:24
We got no one who swears she stayed home all that night.
42:26
>>Yeah, we got no one who'll place her at the murder scene,
42:28
either. >>How about Wynn Thomas?
42:30
Why don't you think he did it?
42:32
>>I didn't say he didn't do it.
42:33
She said there are a lot of loose ends,
42:36
and I hate loose ends.
42:40
Hey. >>You got something?
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>>Look here. From the coroner's report.
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Here, look.
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>>Death resulted from one bullet in the heart.
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Three other bullets were fired into the body,
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all below the waist. Well, I don't see what --
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>>It could be, Duffy. It just could be.
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♪♪
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[ Doorbell rings ]
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>>Who is that?
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>>Well, I know you think I'm a very smart girl, Tony,
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but I really can't see through doors.
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>>Send them away, Kay.
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>>You're uptight about being here, aren't you?
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>>Yeah, sure I am. Everybody knows about you.
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>>Oh, we're never going to have a relaxed relationship
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until you stop worrying about what people will think.
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Who is it? >>Lieutenant Metcalfe.
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>>Don't let him in.
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>>Uh, well, it's late, Lieutenant, and unless --
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>>I think you'd better let me in, Miss Woodhouse.
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[ Door opens ]
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>>That sounds ominous, Lieutenant.
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>>Evening, Mr. Grant.
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>>Evening.
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>>I know you better than to offer you a drink.
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So, uh, what can we do for you?
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>>A few answers.
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>>I, um, I'm afraid I'm all out of answers.
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>>How about you, Mr. Grant?
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>>I'll do anything to help.
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But we've been over everything so often.
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>>There's been a new development.
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>>Oh. >>Mr. Grant,
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did you know your mother has posted bail
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for Wynn Thomas as well as Harry Tolan?
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>>No, but --
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>>But can you think of any reason
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why your mother would do a thing like that?
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>>I haven't given it any thought.
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>>Your mother told Mr. Tolan she posted his bail
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because she felt badly about the way she treated him.
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>>That makes sense. >>She also spoke about guilt.
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>>What kind of guilt?
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>>That's the question. Thomas thinks is connected
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with her not wanting to let an innocent man go to prison
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for a crime she committed.
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>>Thomas is a liar, and you're a fool for listening to him.
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>>What makes you so sure?
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>>Because I know my mother.
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She couldn't have killed dad any more than --
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any more than she could kill a fly.
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>>She can't account for a time
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Around 11:00.
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>>She says she was at home.
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>>We can't place her there.
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>>Oh, yes, you can. I was -- I was there with her.
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I was there with her the whole time.
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>>Now, that's a stupid lie, Mr. Grant.
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And I'm sure you only said it because you're so upset.
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>>Of course I'm upset.
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Why don't you forget about mother
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and concentrate on nailing down the case
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against Thomas and Tolan?
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Although I can't see what else you need.
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>>I need to know why four bullets were fired
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when the first shot killed your father.
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>>The killer hated dad. He just --
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he just kept firing and firing.
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We all know how much Thomas hated him
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and -- and why.
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>>But the bullets were fired low.
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It all seemed very deliberate.
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>>Well, maybe it was.
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Maybe -- maybe Thomas hated him so much --
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>>That he stopped in the men's room
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to get towels to muffle the sound of the shots,
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when all along he knew there was a -- was a silencer
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in the toolbox Tolan left behind?
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>>Maybe -- maybe he didn't have time.
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It-t-t takes time to fit a silencer onto a gun.
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>>Or maybe the killer was someone who saw the gun
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but didn't know about the silencer in the toolbox.
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>>Yeah. That's possible.
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>>Does your mother know you're seeing Miss Woodhouse?
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I take it she doesn't.
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How do you think she'd feel about that?
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Her son taking right up with the same woman
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his father --
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>>You do play a very dirty game of pool, don't you, Lieutenant?
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>>Murder is a very dirty game, Miss Woodhouse.
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Well, Tony, isn't the men's room locked?
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Does your mother have a key, or, uh...
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do you, Miss Woodhouse? >>I think you'd better get out.
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Lieutenant, this is my apartment.
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And don't come back without a warrant.
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>>That can be arranged.
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What do you think your mother's going to say, Tony,
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when she finds out that you're in love with Miss Woodhouse,
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just as your dad was?
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You think she's gonna feel she killed your father for nothing?
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>>She didn't do it. She didn't.
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You know She didn't do it.
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I just couldn't stand seeing him hurt her that way.
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And all for --
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Because he had a picture of himself as the great lover.
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The great, great lover. So I, I took care of him.
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I was glad to take care of him.
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The way he -- he would have taken care of anyone like him.
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♪♪
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>>Like father, like son. Jason Grant was dead.
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Murdered by his own son who was driven to kill him
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because of his love for his mother.
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I'll be back shortly.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Tony Grant confessed and was sent to a mental institution.
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As for Wynn Thomas and Harry Tolan,
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they had their revenge and they found it empty.
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For a while they kept on meeting every Friday night,
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but strangely, after a while they found they had nothing
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to talk about and drifted apart.
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It was almost as if, with Grant dead,
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their lives were now without purpose.
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Our cast included Paul Hecht, Tony Roberts, Joan Lovejoy,
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Mary Jane Higby, George Petrie, and Joseph Julian.
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The entire production was under the direction of Himan Brown.
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This is E.G. Marshall inviting you to return
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to our Mystery Theater
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for another adventure in the macabre.
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Until next time. Pleasant dreams.
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