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Step into the dark world of classic film noir with Please Murder Me! (1956), a gripping crime thriller filled with mystery, betrayal, deception, and unexpected twists. This vintage Hollywood classic delivers an intriguing story of love, jealousy, murder, and suspense.

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00:08:00Levering with me like this is taking a lot of guts.
00:08:04Like I said, a real friendship doesn't bend easy.
00:08:12This...
00:08:14This kind of knocked the wind out of me. I...
00:08:17Give me a couple of days of kicking around, will you?
00:08:44Yes, Mr. Carlson?
00:08:46Please cancel the rest of my appointments for the day.
00:08:56I'm tired, darling. Did you have a rough day in court?
00:09:00It was the roughest day of my life, Myron.
00:09:03What was it, Craig?
00:09:07Hey.
00:09:10Perhaps you ought to go home. I'm not going to be very good company.
00:09:15Something's wrong. I've got a right to know.
00:09:19I saw Joe today.
00:09:22I told him about us.
00:09:25Oh.
00:09:28What did he say?
00:09:31That's what's so wrong, Myron.
00:09:33He didn't get angry.
00:09:36He just said give him a couple of days to think it over.
00:09:45I guess I helped him die a little today.
00:09:49I know I did.
00:09:52I know.
00:09:53Do you believe that when we first met, we tried to fall in love?
00:09:58Why, no. Certainly not.
00:10:00Haven't we respected my marriage?
00:10:02We tried to walk away.
00:10:04We did everything we could not to let it happen.
00:10:09That doesn't make today any easier.
00:10:10I never wanted to hurt Joe.
00:10:14I didn't think I could possibly fall in love with anyone else.
00:10:17But I have.
00:10:20Craig, darling.
00:10:22I'm not ashamed of my feelings for you.
00:10:25I'm not afraid of the world knowing the truth.
00:10:29I don't believe what we have is wrong.
00:10:33Don't spoil it, Craig.
00:10:52I just dropped by to tell you Mr. Swell wedding-toe.
00:10:55It was a real pretty bride.
00:10:58Funny thing, you were there the night she was born.
00:11:00I kind of hoped you'd be there tonight when I gave her away.
00:11:03I had a million things to do, Lou.
00:11:05I hope the kids would be happy.
00:11:08Oh, they're a cinch.
00:11:09You never saw two people better suited for each other.
00:11:12Top's even mom and me.
00:11:14I know, but sometimes even the best things have a way of going sour.
00:11:18Joe, what's wrong?
00:11:21What makes you think there's something wrong?
00:11:23You can't fool me.
00:11:24Just the other day when I was in here with a beef about the branch store.
00:11:28You hardly even listened to me.
00:11:30You looked like you were a thousand miles away.
00:11:32Ever since then you've been...
00:11:33moping around like...
00:11:35like something was bothering you bad.
00:11:40You know, Lou...
00:11:43doing the right thing isn't the easiest thing in the world.
00:11:47You gotta look deep inside of you.
00:11:50Be real honest with yourself.
00:11:53Well, for the past few days that's just what I've been doing.
00:11:57Looking down deep inside of me.
00:12:00Looking for the right answer and I finally found it.
00:12:04Sounds like an important decision.
00:12:06It is.
00:12:09And a tough one too.
00:12:10It'll probably change my whole life.
00:12:12Myra's too.
00:12:14Something wrong between you and Myra.
00:12:17Well...
00:12:17I don't think anything could be worse.
00:12:20Joe, believe me, every married couple has their ups and downs.
00:12:24Even Mom and me have had some bad moments.
00:12:27But honest, if you just have patience, everything usually works out fine.
00:12:32Sometimes, Lou.
00:12:34Sometimes.
00:12:36Look, do me a favor. Will you mail us on your way home?
00:12:39Yeah, sure thing.
00:12:53Hello, Myra.
00:12:55Just wanted to make sure you were home.
00:12:57I'm gonna be home early.
00:12:59I've been thinking about something I want to talk to you about.
00:13:02I'll be there in about 15 or 20 minutes.
00:13:06Just remember, Joe, everything usually works out.
00:13:09Quit living in a dream world, Lou.
00:13:34Just go.
00:13:56Go, Joe!
00:14:07Let's go.
00:14:34Lieutenant, body in there?
00:14:37That's right.
00:14:38Ready for us to take over?
00:14:39Sure.
00:14:40Chalk him off.
00:14:40Dust the place good.
00:14:42And McMillan's already photographed most of the room.
00:14:44What does it look like, Lieutenant?
00:14:45According to the lady, we got a breeze.
00:14:47She said she shot her husband in self-defense.
00:14:50How come everybody always shoots everybody off in self-defense?
00:15:04Now, Mrs. Lees, I, uh, I think we got everything pretty well straightened out.
00:15:09Would you mind going over that first part for me just once more?
00:15:12Well, I, I was sitting in bed reading when Joe came in.
00:15:18He was wet.
00:15:20He looked furious.
00:15:22I, I couldn't imagine what was wrong.
00:15:26He just walked over and pulled me out of bed as if he was drunk or crazy or something.
00:15:33Threw me against the dresser.
00:15:36Said he was gonna kill me.
00:15:39He started for me again.
00:15:42Then I opened the drawer and took out the gun and shot him.
00:15:47He just stood there and looked at me.
00:15:51Then he fell.
00:15:54It was terrible.
00:15:57It's gonna be all right.
00:15:59You just rest there for a minute.
00:16:01All right, let's get off the phone.
00:16:03You know this place is off limits until the lab's through with it.
00:16:05Well, he does it before using the gun.
00:16:07Right.
00:16:08And, Ellen, I want those papers drawn up first thing in the morning.
00:16:11No, I'll be there before you.
00:16:12I'm going directly to the office and police headquarters.
00:16:15Sergeant.
00:16:16I want this section of the room covered from A to Z.
00:16:19Several shots of that night stand and this dresser here.
00:16:21Get in close.
00:16:22You know the kind of stuff I want.
00:16:23Well, cover the place right here.
00:16:25Landing on a big day in court.
00:16:27The guy's dead.
00:16:28That makes it a big day in court.
00:16:30Any reason to doubt it was self-defense?
00:16:33Enough to hold her on suspicion about it.
00:16:35Then it's up to you legal eagles to pick her apart.
00:16:38Oh, incidentally, if you want to talk to your client, have at it.
00:16:41Because I'm taking her downtown in about two minutes.
00:16:57I don't understand it.
00:16:59I don't understand it at all.
00:17:02What don't you understand?
00:17:04The police.
00:17:05All these questions.
00:17:07Those men in there taking pictures.
00:17:10Fingerprints.
00:17:11I'm afraid, Craig.
00:17:14Just routine, Larry.
00:17:19Nothing to be alarmed about.
00:17:22But Lieutenant Bradley's questions haven't been routine.
00:17:26They don't believe me, do they?
00:17:29Tell me the truth.
00:17:32Lieutenant Bradley plans to hold you on suspicion of murder.
00:17:38What am I going to do?
00:17:41How can I make them believe me?
00:17:43That'll be my job, darling.
00:17:46Why did he try to kill me?
00:17:49Why couldn't he understand?
00:17:54Myra.
00:17:58I loved Joe as much as anyone could.
00:18:01And I thought I knew him.
00:18:05But Joe's actions weren't caused by sudden angst.
00:18:09He had several days to think about what he was going to do.
00:18:14Had he been successful, it would have been premeditated murder.
00:18:21I'm afraid, Craig.
00:18:24Don't be.
00:18:26I know it's going to be difficult for you.
00:18:29Just remember.
00:18:32I love you.
00:18:39Of course I meant it.
00:18:40I still mean it.
00:18:42Moonlight was invented just for you.
00:18:48City desk.
00:18:50Frank, here's your lead line.
00:18:52The district attorney asked for Myra Leeds' life.
00:18:54He says it'll prove she killed Joe Leeds in cold blood.
00:18:57I think we'd get a new twist to this story if we quoted Carlson.
00:19:00It claims it was an attack of violence, carefully staged and executed.
00:19:04I tell you, no other woman could interest me anymore.
00:19:06Yeah, it's going to be a beaut.
00:19:08This gal's good copy.
00:19:09If Willis was bugging anybody besides Carlson, I think this Leeds woman wouldn't have a prayer.
00:19:14A court's back in session.
00:19:15I'll call Rewrite in time for the three-star edition.
00:19:18Frank.
00:19:24Oh, that was just the guys.
00:19:27Yeah, a court's back in session again.
00:19:30No, I don't have to be in there.
00:19:31You can't take pictures in the courtroom.
00:19:33You were the first officer to report at the scene of the murder.
00:19:36Yes, sir.
00:19:37My partner and I were cruising that area when we got the call.
00:19:41Will you please tell the jury exactly what you found?
00:19:44Well, Mrs. Leeds and Mr. Carlson were there when we arrived.
00:19:48Mr. Carlson said Mrs. Leeds had called him and as soon as he got there, he called the police.
00:19:52Were there signs of struggle?
00:19:54No, sir.
00:19:55Mrs. Leeds wasn't marked or bruised in any way?
00:19:58Not that I could tell.
00:20:00Did you see anything about her clothing or her person or anything at all that indicated that there had been
00:20:04a struggle?
00:20:05No, sir.
00:20:07That's all.
00:20:09Mr. Carlson?
00:20:11No questions.
00:20:13Sergeant Hill, you are connected with the crime lab.
00:20:16That's right.
00:20:17And did you note that it was raining the night of the murder?
00:20:19Yes, sir.
00:20:20Would you please tell the court how that affected your findings?
00:20:23May I have that picture, please?
00:20:32This dark spot was one of the first things we checked out since water probably came from Joe Lee's clothing.
00:20:37From the way we can piece it together, he stood right there and didn't make a move until he fell
00:20:43from the shot.
00:20:45In other words, your deduction is that there could not have been a struggle.
00:20:49I object.
00:20:51This question calls for a conclusion of the witness.
00:20:55Sustained.
00:21:00Did you find any water spots any place else in the room?
00:21:03No, sir.
00:21:16Sergeant Hill, what makes you so certain Joe Leeds did not move closer to Mrs. Leeds than the area of
00:21:23the water stain?
00:21:24To wet a wool rug through that way would require quite a concentration of water.
00:21:29That means the victim would have to stand the spell.
00:21:32But Mrs. Leeds said that he came right in and over to her.
00:21:34Just answer the question, Sergeant.
00:21:36The prosecuting attorney is well able to argue his case.
00:21:39Sorry.
00:21:42What about some of the other people in that room?
00:21:46They could have dripped water on that rug, could they not?
00:21:49We checked that out.
00:21:50The rain had stopped by the time the first police unit had arrived.
00:21:53But it hadn't stopped when I arrived.
00:21:56Couldn't I have stood in one spot long enough to dampen that rug?
00:21:59I guess you could have.
00:22:02Thank you, that's all.
00:22:04And then she stated that he knocked her against the dresser.
00:22:07It was then that she opened the drawer, took out the gun and shot him.
00:22:11Mrs. Leeds said the gun was in the dresser drawer.
00:22:13Yes, sir.
00:22:14Did she point out where Mr. Leeds was at the time she shot him?
00:22:18She said that he was rushing toward her from where they had struggled beside the bed.
00:22:22Specifically, where by the bed?
00:22:24On the left side where Mrs. Leeds was lying.
00:22:27Did your investigation bear to a conclusion?
00:22:29No, sir.
00:22:30Please explain why.
00:22:32Files on the dresser, you know, perfume and the like.
00:22:36And had he knocked her against the dresser, well, surely some of these bottles would have been overturned.
00:22:42Hmm.
00:22:44Lieutenant Bradley.
00:22:47Is this one of the photographs you ordered taken?
00:22:51Yes, sir, it is.
00:22:52Now, do you see anything, anything at all disturbed on or about that dresser?
00:22:57No, sir, nothing.
00:23:02Go on, Lieutenant.
00:23:04Well, according to Mrs. Leeds, the spot where Mr. Leeds was standing at the time she shot him was about
00:23:10ten feet from where he fell.
00:23:12Wasn't that possible?
00:23:13No, sir.
00:23:14According to the coroner's report, the victim was shot through the heart and died instantly.
00:23:18In other words, Joe Leeds would have had to walk ten feet after he was dead.
00:23:23That's about it, sir.
00:23:25You witness.
00:23:37Lieutenant Bradley.
00:23:40How many years have you been on the police force?
00:23:42Twenty-two.
00:23:44And during that time, would you say you witnessed a number of people suffering from hysteria?
00:23:49I'd say so, yes.
00:23:52And what would you say were the first signs of hysteria?
00:23:57Oh, uh, incoherency.
00:24:01Unable to make a decision.
00:24:03Sort of a lapse in common sense.
00:24:06And would you say it was likely for a woman who just killed a man to be suffering from hysteria?
00:24:13Why, yes.
00:24:15And would it not be within the realm of possibility for this woman to mistake her left from her right?
00:24:21Come to a snap judgment of distance and direction that would be entirely incorrect.
00:24:26Well, possibility.
00:24:27And wouldn't it be possible for a woman in such a state of hysteria to think she was thrown against
00:24:32a dresser when in reality she was thrown against a nearby wall?
00:24:35Well, she could be, but...
00:24:37That is all.
00:25:05Hello, darling.
00:25:07Hello, Craig.
00:25:09Hey, you know you've had a pretty social day? Three visitors?
00:25:12One was from a newspaper.
00:25:14Luke Azarian came over to tell me not to worry.
00:25:17And Carl Holt, he's an artist, an old friend.
00:25:19Wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:25:22Craig, is it going badly for me?
00:25:24There's nothing new to worry about, so don't try to find something.
00:25:27Will it ever be over?
00:25:30Darling, I know it's been a difficult two weeks for you.
00:25:33But tomorrow should see the end of the testimony.
00:25:35How does it look?
00:25:37Willis operates like a field marshal.
00:25:39He doesn't mind losing battles so long as he wins the war.
00:25:42He'll save his big ammunition for later.
00:25:45What can we do then?
00:25:46Oh, I've had several talks with Lou.
00:25:48He's very anxious to help you. I'm sure his evidence will add a lot of weight.
00:25:52And I think I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:55All right.
00:25:57Remember, once you're on the stand, Willis will try to cut you to ribbons.
00:26:00I'm not afraid of Willis, or the judge, or the jurors.
00:26:04All I'm afraid of is if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:26:07Not a chance.
00:26:12Oh, Craig. Beautiful.
00:26:18I said, Joe, is there something wrong between you and Myra?
00:26:21He said, I don't see how anything could be worse.
00:26:25Had you ever seen Joe Leeds before, when he was quite angry?
00:26:29Yeah, a couple of times.
00:26:31As a matter of fact, he was quite upset the first time I ever saw him.
00:26:35Somebody had accused him of giving a dishonest comp,
00:26:38tried to get him in trouble with police.
00:26:40Well, Joe hurt him pretty bad.
00:26:43Then, Joe Leeds did have a bad temper when he was upset.
00:26:48Yeah, but that wasn't often.
00:26:53Mr. Kazarian, the night of Joe Leeds' death, did he seem normal to you or upset to you?
00:27:04Well, he was upset.
00:27:06He said he'd been doing a lot of thinking and had reached a big decision.
00:27:10Did he tell you what that decision was?
00:27:13No, except that what he had decided would change his whole life and Myra's too.
00:27:19That will be all, thank you.
00:27:21Well, Darian, we come to that phone conversation Joe Leeds had with his wife.
00:27:24Tell us exactly what you overheard.
00:27:27Well, that was a long time ago.
00:27:30Just tell us those things you can remember.
00:27:33Well, I remember him saying for her to stay home, he'd been doing a lot of thinking, wanted to talk
00:27:39it over with her.
00:27:39And I guess that's about all that happened.
00:27:43In other words, it was Joe Leeds who definitely had something to talk out with his wife.
00:27:47Well, that's the way it sounded.
00:27:50Now, Mr. Kazarian, the defense counsel has spoken much about Joe Leeds' temper.
00:27:57You say you were present when Joe Leeds beat up a man who falsely accused him.
00:28:02Now, would you say that Joe Leeds was quite angry then?
00:28:06Oh, the worst I've ever seen him.
00:28:08But this fellow had it coming to him, he was always sniping at Joe.
00:28:13And if Joe Leeds was more angry on that occasion than you ever saw him,
00:28:16why didn't he kill the man?
00:28:18Did someone stop the fight?
00:28:20Oh, no, we were all glad to see him get it.
00:28:23Anyway, we knew all Joe had in mind was to rough him up.
00:28:27He sure did a good job.
00:28:29And if Joe Leeds was more angered than you had ever seen him, you claim he had no intention of
00:28:33killing.
00:28:34Now, can you say on the oath that you've taken that he was angry enough to kill his wife?
00:28:41No, I guess not.
00:28:43Thank you, Mr. Kazarian.
00:28:52And do you recall any instance, Mrs. Leeds, where your husband displayed a violent temper?
00:28:59Yes.
00:29:00There was a time just before we were married.
00:29:03Joe had an argument with one of his employees.
00:29:06The two men fought.
00:29:08Joe beat him so brutally, the other man had to spend the next two months in the hospital.
00:29:13And were there times after your marriage when your husband showed a tendency toward violence?
00:29:19Several.
00:29:21Whenever anything annoyed him, edgy, if someone said something that displeased him, he flew into a temper.
00:29:28We argued often because of this.
00:29:31Then that night when he came home, wet, blind with fury, you had good reason to think he would kill
00:29:39you.
00:29:39You had good reason to think that Joe Leeds was a man of violence.
00:29:43That is what you believed, is it not, Mrs. Leeds?
00:29:46Yes.
00:29:49Do you think any other woman would have reacted as you did?
00:29:52I know they would.
00:29:54No one wants to kill, but no one wants to be killed either.
00:30:00Your witness.
00:30:10Mr. Leeds, how long had you and your husband been married?
00:30:15Two years.
00:30:16And when you married your husband, what was your financial condition?
00:30:20I don't understand.
00:30:21Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, were you rich, moderately wealthy, had a good job? What?
00:30:27Well, I... I was looking for a job when I met Joe Leeds.
00:30:33And would you say your husband was a man of means? I mean, did he have some property, some insurance
00:30:37perhaps?
00:30:39He had ten supermarkets, some insurance.
00:30:43How much would you say your husband was worth at the time of his death? That is, including insurance?
00:30:48I don't know.
00:30:50Then let me tell you.
00:30:52Your husband, Mrs. Leeds, left an estate of more than three quarters of a million dollars.
00:30:57That's quite an inheritance for you.
00:31:00From unemployment to a neat $750,000 in two years.
00:31:05Wouldn't you say that was a very lucrative two years' work, Mrs. Leeds?
00:31:10Objection!
00:31:12The prosecution will refrain from any more questions of this nature.
00:31:16That last statement will be stricken from the record, and the jury is asked to disregard it.
00:31:21Mrs. Leeds, when you married your husband, were you in love with him?
00:31:24Of course.
00:31:25Were you in love with your husband at the time of his death?
00:31:29No.
00:31:30Then in less than two years, you no longer loved him.
00:31:33Love is a very strong emotion, Mrs. Leeds. How could you turn it off so quickly?
00:31:39I... I just didn't love him anymore.
00:31:42And you waited until that fatal night to tell him about it?
00:31:44That's not true.
00:31:46Then when did you tell your husband you were no longer in love with him?
00:31:51I... I don't remember.
00:31:53Did you ask your husband for a divorce?
00:31:57Yes.
00:31:58And what was Mr. Leeds' answer?
00:32:01He just said he wanted to think about it.
00:32:03In other words, Mrs. Leeds, when you suddenly told your husband you wanted a divorce, instead of becoming angry, he
00:32:08answered he wanted to think about it.
00:32:09Now, is that correct?
00:32:11Yes.
00:32:12And yet you asked this court to believe that Mr. Leeds returned home on that fatal evening, and without so
00:32:16much as a single word, tried to kill you?
00:32:19Yes.
00:32:20Then tell us, Mrs. Leeds, how do you explain the fact that when you first, shall we say, shocked your
00:32:24husband by asking him for a divorce, he did nothing?
00:32:30I don't know. I don't know.
00:32:37That will be all, Mrs. Leeds.
00:32:49Myra Leeds would have us believe that when her husband reached their apartment, he immediately made an attempt to kill
00:32:54her, so that she had to kill in self-defense.
00:32:58But what concrete reasons have you been given that Mrs. Leeds felt she was forced to shoot her husband, only
00:33:04that he became furious when she told him she no longer loved him, that she wanted a divorce?
00:33:09And why did Myra Leeds claim to want a divorce in the first place?
00:33:13Just that they were no longer in love.
00:33:15And yet, not one single witness has been brought before this court to indicate that any discord existed between the
00:33:21Leeds.
00:33:23Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
00:33:26There was no discord in the marriage of Joe Leeds.
00:33:29Only in that of her wife, Myra, an ambitious woman.
00:33:33Marriage had bettered her position.
00:33:36And with Joe Leeds' death, her position was still improved.
00:33:41The location of the body.
00:33:43The placement and trajectory of the bullet that killed Leeds.
00:33:46The lack of signs of a struggle.
00:33:49All of these facts.
00:33:51Facts.
00:33:53Fitted against Myra Leeds' story of self-defense.
00:33:58Could there be an honest doubt in your minds as to the guilt of this woman?
00:34:03If there is, let me dispel them for you.
00:34:06Myra Leeds has given no reason why she would have wanted to divorce Joe Leeds, except that she fell out
00:34:11of love.
00:34:12Now, his love is such a fickle thing that one can fall in love one week and out the next.
00:34:20With no apparent reason, could Myra Leeds have awakened one morning and decided to ask her husband of two years
00:34:26for a divorce?
00:34:27No.
00:34:29Let me tell you what Myra Leeds did.
00:34:32She was jobless when she met Joe Leeds.
00:34:35She saw in him a stepping stone to an easy life.
00:34:37When she was ready to move on, she realized that Joe Leeds could only be of monetary value to her
00:34:43dead.
00:34:45So that when he came home to discuss whatever it was he wished to discuss, she shot him.
00:34:53Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband for a handful of gold.
00:34:58That is why the state charges Myra Leeds with murder in the first degree.
00:35:05Is counsel for the defense ready to address the jury?
00:35:08I am, Your Honor.
00:35:18This has been a long and grueling trial, not only for the defendant, but for the rest of us as
00:35:25well.
00:35:26You have heard arguments and counter-arguments, fact and counter-fact, theory and counter-theory.
00:35:32And for the past hour and 15 minutes, you've heard the prosecution parade before you every piece of circumstantial evidence,
00:35:40innuendo and plain conjecture that he could muster.
00:35:44Conjecture that would bolster his claim that Myra Leeds is guilty of murdering her husband.
00:35:50With all of this conjecture, the end result has been this.
00:35:55The state claims Myra Leeds killed Joe Leeds because her story about the moments of violence she was faced with,
00:36:01that differed from that of the police.
00:36:03And because she could give no clear reason why she suddenly would want to divorce her husband.
00:36:10If Myra Leeds had a sound reason for suddenly desiring a divorce, a reason that would measurably add to her
00:36:17happiness,
00:36:18even the prosecution knows it would have no case.
00:36:23Well, Myra Leeds did have a reason for asking Joe Leeds for a divorce.
00:36:28Myra Leeds was in love with another man.
00:36:43Now remember, you of the jury are not here to determine the righteousness of Myra Leeds' emotions as a woman,
00:36:51only to determine if she shot her husband in an act of premeditation.
00:36:56It is not for you to decide whether or not Myra Leeds did the right thing in falling in love
00:37:02with another man.
00:37:03It is for you to decide if in telling her husband about the man she loved,
00:37:09she aroused in him an anger so intense, he decided to kill her.
00:37:13So now you ask, who is this man?
00:37:18Bring him forward to confirm this story.
00:37:23Well, I knew Joe Leeds better than anyone.
00:37:27And I know the man his wife is in love with.
00:37:32I am that man.
00:37:42Any further demonstration of this character in this courtroom will be clear.
00:37:49Percy.
00:37:51My falling in love with Myra Leeds was accidental.
00:37:56But my wanting to marry her was with strong intent.
00:38:02As was Joe Leeds' intent when he decided if he could no longer have his wife,
00:38:07no other man would either.
00:38:10Ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:12there isn't a single one of you who wouldn't have struggled as Myra Leeds did.
00:38:16Her life was at stake. She acted in self-defense.
00:38:22Now, that is the story.
00:38:26And that is the truth.
00:38:29To bring out the truth, your verdict must be...
00:38:33not guilty.
00:38:36She beat it. Not guilty.
00:38:38The way the gallery chaired you'd fought Navy, just made a touchdown.
00:38:41Cross.
00:38:42Cool as winter.
00:38:43Didn't move a muscle when the jury foreman sang out.
00:38:46There's no doubt about it.
00:38:47That guy's the biggest incentive murder's had since the Chinese invented gunpowder.
00:39:07I wish you happiness.
00:39:13I picked this up on the way back from court today.
00:39:15What is it?
00:39:17Capri.
00:39:19As ancient and enchanting as the Mediterranean would surround it.
00:39:24It may not be the world's greatest prose, but it's not as good to me.
00:39:27It must be love.
00:39:30I thought we could be married next week, take the boat to Rome, then right to Capri.
00:39:35Oh, darling, it'll be a wonderful honeymoon.
00:39:37It sounds wonderful.
00:39:39But do you know next week is almost here?
00:39:41Give me a little bit more time.
00:39:43The sooner we get away, the better it'll be for you.
00:39:46From now on, you're not going to have any reason to think of anything other than me.
00:39:57Oh, hi, Lou. We'd about given you up.
00:39:59I'm sorry I'm late, but Mom wasn't feeling well, and last minute she decided to stay home.
00:40:04Oh, that's too bad.
00:40:06Well, let me hang up to the coat.
00:40:07Oh, thanks.
00:40:08And Myra, I'm awfully glad everything turned out okay.
00:40:11Thank you, Lou.
00:40:15Hey.
00:40:16This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
00:40:17Could I talk to you alone for a minute, Greg?
00:40:20Something wrong?
00:40:23It's about Joe.
00:40:26Sure, let's go into the dance.
00:40:29I know well.
00:40:30How are you, Lou?
00:40:31Hello, Henry.
00:40:32Good to see you, Lou.
00:40:42What is it, Lou?
00:40:43It's about Joe and the last night he was alive.
00:40:45The night my daughter was married and I dropped by to tell him about the wedding.
00:40:49Well, just before I left, he asked me to mail a letter for him.
00:40:53I put it in my pocket.
00:40:54Well, I forgot all about it until I put my tux on again that tonight...
00:40:59It's addressed to you.
00:41:13Well, like I promised, I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:41:16I've been trying to figure out the best way for all of us.
00:41:20You see, when I first met Myra, I figured she was out of my league.
00:41:25She was interested in things that I didn't understand, like art and music.
00:41:30But then, like a boat one night, she told me she loved me and I felt nine feet tall.
00:41:36Right then, I said a million thanks.
00:41:39In a way, it was like the answer to a prayer.
00:41:42We got married right away, and for a couple of months, living was paradise.
00:41:47I didn't love her.
00:41:48I worshipped her.
00:41:51But it began to change.
00:41:53One day, we had an argument.
00:41:56Myra told me she'd never loved me.
00:41:59It goes without saying, Craig, but I walked in circles for days.
00:42:03Finally, I asked if she wanted a divorce, and she said yes, and asked for half my business.
00:42:10I got mad because I realized that was the only reason she'd ever married me.
00:42:15I told her that no man was going to live off what it had taken me most to accumulate.
00:42:20And that's the way it's been going along for the past few months.
00:42:25Myra's in love, Fred, but not with you.
00:42:29She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:42:42I can't figure out what she's doing with you, but I know she must have some kind of a plan.
00:42:48I'm going to see her tonight, and I'm going to try to keep her.
00:42:51She's no good, Craig, but I do love her.
00:42:55If she decides not to stay with me, I wanted you to know the truth.
00:43:00She isn't a woman.
00:43:02Myra's a disease.
00:43:04In a way, she's already destroyed me.
00:43:08I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you.
00:43:25She's no clue.
00:43:25I'm going to try to keep her, and I'm sorry, she's not too late.
00:43:25I'm sorry.
00:43:25I'm sorry.
00:43:25I'll tell her to take her first.
00:43:31I love her.
00:43:35I'm sorry.
00:43:35I'm sorry.
00:43:38I'm sorry.
00:43:44Did I cause trouble by forgetting about the letter?
00:43:51I don't know, Lou.
00:43:57I don't know.
00:44:01Give me a couple of days to keep around with you.
00:44:03I never wanted to hurt Jim.
00:44:06I didn't think I could possibly fall enough than anything.
00:44:10But I am.
00:44:12Why did he try to kill me?
00:44:14Why couldn't he understand?
00:44:17I'm not afraid of women, or the judge, or the jurors.
00:44:20All I'm afraid of is if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:44:24Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband for a handful of gold.
00:44:29That is why the state charges Myra Leeds with murder in the first degree.
00:44:35Cargo, he's an artist, an old friend.
00:44:37I wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:44:53Mr. Holt?
00:44:54Yes.
00:44:55My name's...
00:44:56I know.
00:44:57Frank Carlson.
00:44:58Won't you come in?
00:45:03I have to forgive the appearance of the place.
00:45:06My, uh, canvassers have a way of dominating the whole room.
00:45:10Not bad canvassers either.
00:45:12Oh, that one, yeah, even though I like that one.
00:45:15Won't you, uh, sit down, Mr. Carlson?
00:45:17I'm, I'm, I'm a great friend.
00:45:19Because of Myra's acquittal?
00:45:20No.
00:45:21It was that way before that.
00:45:23You see, this is a pretty strange neighborhood.
00:45:26You know what they call it?
00:45:28Cloud Nine.
00:45:29I guess that's because a lot of men are just getting started living around here.
00:45:33Have a lot of dreams, a lot of idols, you know?
00:45:36Now, you take the fellow who lives just, uh, two doors down.
00:45:39He just got out of law school.
00:45:40He thinks you walk right down out of the sun.
00:45:43Take some of the cases that you've turned down.
00:45:45According to Charlie, if you didn't care who you got acquitted,
00:45:48you could be living like a Maharaja.
00:45:49No, he must be just out of law school.
00:45:52Oh, he's got a lot of other legal idols, too.
00:45:54But for me, you're my favorite.
00:45:56Ever since you took Myra's case.
00:45:59You've known Myra a long time.
00:46:02Since we were freshmen in college.
00:46:05Myra was a music major, and I was knee-deep in art.
00:46:08You ever hear Myra play?
00:46:10Yes.
00:46:11Well, he's like an angel.
00:46:12Of course, in my book, Myra is an angel.
00:46:15Well, then I guess she's told you how I feel about her.
00:46:18No, she hasn't.
00:46:19Well, it's nothing earth-shattering for anybody except that.
00:46:23I have to be very much in love with her.
00:46:26We're gonna be married.
00:46:31When was that decided?
00:46:33A few years after we left college.
00:46:38A strange engagement?
00:46:40A marriage in between?
00:46:43Well, that was Myra's one big mistake.
00:46:46We both knew that shortly after she married that fellow.
00:46:48You don't mind if I work while we talk to you?
00:46:51I want to make the most of the sunlight.
00:46:52Go right ahead.
00:46:56You say Myra knew she made a mistake when she married Jolie?
00:47:03People chase different rainbows, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:06For Myra, it was money.
00:47:08I didn't have any.
00:47:10My prospects were terrible.
00:47:12Terrible.
00:47:15Well, we had a scrap on that subject when she met this sweet fellow.
00:47:18You know the rest of the story.
00:47:20No, not the point about her knowing she'd made a mistake.
00:47:24Well, that was when we, uh, met at that exhibit that afternoon.
00:47:29Powder was still dry.
00:47:33At this juncture, I'd like to make a point of honor, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:36I refused to see Myra again after that afternoon.
00:47:39So she was free.
00:47:40She felt the same way about it.
00:47:42Quite an impact, wasn't it?
00:47:44We didn't think so.
00:47:46I was gonna ask Leeds for a divorce.
00:47:49I guess she went sort of crazy.
00:47:51That awful night was the tapper.
00:47:55You know, Holt, you've been a lot working against you.
00:47:59And in spite of that, I still may get to lack you.
00:48:03Well, I want you to, but what have I got working against me?
00:48:05Myra's trial.
00:48:07Why didn't you offer to help?
00:48:09I did.
00:48:11That day I visited Myra.
00:48:13She didn't want me to come to see her again, though.
00:48:15Or even say I knew her.
00:48:17Funny, I couldn't quite figure that out.
00:48:20I guess it was because...
00:48:21she was afraid our being in love would sway the jury against her
00:48:25since she was a married woman.
00:48:27Funny, it was the very approach that freed her.
00:48:31That's what makes a lawyer a lawyer.
00:48:32You're just plain smart.
00:48:34Not always.
00:48:35Well, now, I watch that trial every single day,
00:48:37and you never drew a miss.
00:48:42By the way, I would like a crack at improving your impression of me.
00:48:45You got any ideas?
00:48:45Oh, my first hunch was right.
00:48:47I do like it.
00:48:49Well, let's be really classical about this friendship, then,
00:48:52and toast it and sherry.
00:48:53Fling the glass in the fireplace.
00:48:54I'm sorry, but I'd better go.
00:48:56Oh, too bad.
00:48:58But as far as the toast is concerned, it's just as well.
00:49:00I haven't got any fireplace.
00:49:02I will see you again, though, when I see you.
00:49:03Yes, you will.
00:49:04You know, that last day of the trial,
00:49:07when you said you were the man in Myra's life,
00:49:09I didn't think so kindly of you then.
00:49:11Glad Myra straightened me out on it.
00:49:13Oh?
00:49:14What did she say?
00:49:15Well, that it was a piece of work on strategy.
00:49:17Well, it sure was a beaut.
00:49:18That was the best piece of dramatics I've ever seen.
00:49:20I guess Myra and I really owe you an awful lot
00:49:22throwing out on a limb like that.
00:49:25Well, goodbye, Mr. Holt.
00:49:27Goodbye, Mr. Carlson.
00:49:27Good morning.
00:49:52Charlie?
00:49:53I was expecting you.
00:49:55Be ready in three minutes.
00:49:56In the meantime, how about making one of you a very special Manhattan?
00:50:00I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:50:03Craig!
00:50:06You startled me.
00:50:08I was expecting a friend.
00:50:09Who knows how to make special Manhattan?
00:50:13That's right.
00:50:15If you like, I could...
00:50:16No, thanks.
00:50:17I just wanted to talk to you, Myra.
00:50:21About our engagement.
00:50:23Let's not make it tonight, Craig.
00:50:25Why not tonight?
00:50:26Why not this very minute?
00:50:28Two people in love can't wait, Myra.
00:50:30That's the way with people in love, isn't it?
00:50:33I explained, Craig. Someone...
00:50:34Well, isn't it?
00:50:36Oh, say it, Myra.
00:50:38Say you love me.
00:50:39Say you're hopelessly, irretrievably in love with me.
00:50:42Let go of me.
00:50:43I want to hear you say it, Myra.
00:50:45I'm all you have.
00:50:47Or have you suddenly remembered there was someone else?
00:50:50I said let go of me.
00:50:51Someone like Carl Holt.
00:50:54All right.
00:50:55You know.
00:51:04You know.
00:51:07I met him today.
00:51:09He seems very much in love.
00:51:12Two men in love with you.
00:51:16Awkward arrangement, Myra.
00:51:18Craig.
00:51:20What happened to us?
00:51:23It was a mistake.
00:51:25I don't think so.
00:51:27In fact, I don't think you ever made a mistake before in your life.
00:51:30I don't want to see him, Craig.
00:51:32Neither do I. Just the truth.
00:51:33The truth is I am in love with Carl Holt.
00:51:35And I'm going to marry him.
00:51:37And you were in love with Carl Holt and you were going to marry him the day I met you.
00:51:41I don't want to talk about it.
00:51:43Then let's have someone talk about it for us.
00:51:47I don't want to talk about it.
00:51:48I received this letter yesterday.
00:51:49It's from Joe.
00:51:51What kind of a trick is this?
00:51:53Sit down, Myra.
00:51:57Sit down.
00:52:06Dear Craig.
00:52:08Like I promised, I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:52:12I've been trying to figure out the best way for all of us.
00:52:15You see, when I first met Myra, I figured she was out of my league.
00:52:19She was interested in things I didn't understand, like art and music.
00:52:23Myra's in love, Craig, but not with you.
00:52:26She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:52:28I can't figure out what she's doing to you, but I know she must have some kind of a plan.
00:52:33I'm going to see her tonight and I'm going to try and keep her.
00:52:37She's no good, Craig, but I do love her.
00:52:39And if she decides not to stay with me, I wanted you to know the truth.
00:52:43If she isn't a woman, Myra's a disease.
00:52:47The way she's already destroyed me, I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you, Joe.
00:52:52I don't believe Joe wrote that letter.
00:52:56You should be able to recognize his writing.
00:53:05What does it prove?
00:53:07Only that Joe was a miserable, jealous man?
00:53:10No, Myra. It proves something much different.
00:53:12Joe offered you a divorce, but without any money.
00:53:16You didn't want it that way and you knew there was only one way to get it.
00:53:19You'll have to do more than say it. You'll have to prove it.
00:53:22I'm free now. I can do what I want with my life.
00:53:26You had it planned very carefully, didn't you, Myra?
00:53:30To get Joe's money, you had to kill him.
00:53:32To guarantee your freedom, you made me fall in love with you.
00:53:36I wonder if Carl Holt would want a murderess for a wife.
00:53:40I was trying to quit it. Your brilliant defense freed me.
00:53:44No one can hurt me anymore. Not even you.
00:53:47This time you're wrong, Myra. Very wrong.
00:53:51What do you mean, this time?
00:53:53You're going to commit another murder.
00:53:56That's ridiculous.
00:53:58Yes, you are.
00:54:00You're going to murder me.
00:54:04You're insane.
00:54:09No one wants to die. Not even you.
00:54:15My whole life has meant just three things.
00:54:19My love for Joe.
00:54:21My work.
00:54:24And my love for you.
00:54:27You destroyed them all.
00:54:29How much is there left of me to die?
00:54:45Well, there it was, Ray, an ugly little packer.
00:54:51Myra had killed Jolede, and I was an accessory.
00:54:56Jolede was dead.
00:54:58Myra had to pay.
00:55:01Just as I'm going to pay.
00:55:08There's not much time left, so I'd better bring you up to date.
00:55:12I had made plans to give up my practice.
00:55:15I was spending every available moment keeping Myra constantly aware that sooner or later, I proved to Carl Holt she
00:55:23was a murderer.
00:55:26Then I learned that Myra and Carl were planning to leave for Europe.
00:55:36Ray, good to see you again.
00:55:38Good morning.
00:55:42Say, we were just about to have a drink.
00:55:44Will you join us?
00:55:44Well, what a pleasant surprise.
00:55:49Are you sure you're surprised, Craig?
00:55:51What do you mean by that?
00:55:53Oh, just a private little joke.
00:55:55Myra is certain attorneys know what people are going to do before they do it.
00:55:58In some cases, I'd say she was right.
00:56:01Enough talk about lawyers. I've got news for you.
00:56:03Oh?
00:56:05Shall we tell them that?
00:56:07No, I don't think I'd be interested.
00:56:09Of course I'd be interested.
00:56:11We're going to get married.
00:56:12No.
00:56:13Surprised again, Craig?
00:56:15We're sailing for Paris on Friday.
00:56:17We're going to be married as soon as we get there.
00:56:18And it was all Myra's idea.
00:56:20He wants to live there.
00:56:21In a way, I'm sorry.
00:56:23Sorry?
00:56:24What?
00:56:25Well, this wasn't exactly a social visit. I came up with permission to painting.
00:56:29Painting?
00:56:30For whom?
00:56:30Myself.
00:56:31I know this is going to sound a little vain, but I've always wanted a portrait.
00:56:35You know, something very flattering.
00:56:38Oh, it's a shame you didn't mention it before.
00:56:40We sail on Friday.
00:56:42Well, how long does it take to do a portrait?
00:56:44Well, it varies. I usually like two, three weeks.
00:56:48Well, couldn't you put your trip off for that length of time?
00:56:51No.
00:56:53I like your work, Carl. I'd be willing to pay as much as $2,500.
00:57:00Hey, I'm not a whistler, you know. What about it? $2,500 for those two weeks.
00:57:05We don't need the money. We have plenty.
00:57:08Now, hold on, honey. I mean, you have plenty.
00:57:11Well, you're my husband. What I have belongs to you.
00:57:17Well, I am afraid where money is concerned, I'm going to be a little old-fashioned.
00:57:22I'll do it.
00:57:23When can you make the sitting?
00:57:24Well, what about tomorrow?
00:57:26That's fine. Between three and five, that's where my life's been.
00:57:29Good. I'll be here.
00:57:30Two weeks.
00:57:31Give us a chance to get very well acquainted.
00:57:33I'm looking forward to it.
00:57:34Oh, my.
00:57:36Well, Myra, it seems as if you're one weakness in picking men with moral strength.
00:57:41Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
00:57:43Good luck, Greg.
00:57:52I expected you.
00:57:54But not quite as soon.
00:57:57Leave us alone, Craig. Don't push me too far.
00:58:01Is that all you came here for?
00:58:03I came to offer you $100,000.
00:58:06Will you take it?
00:58:08Let him go to Paris?
00:58:10No.
00:58:11$125,000.
00:58:12Not for all the money in the world.
00:58:14I need those two weeks.
00:58:16I need the time to finish what I've started.
00:58:19I promise you, Myra, you're not going to have Carl Holt or Joe Lee's money.
00:58:24I never realized how much I could hate a man until now.
00:58:28But not enough to kill him. Not yet.
00:58:31What kind of a man?
00:58:33One who believes in the honesty and integrity of our court.
00:58:36But that's something you would never be able to understand.
00:58:39I understand what you're trying to do to me.
00:58:41Do you really?
00:58:43Do you understand what you did to me when I learned you killed Joe?
00:58:46Do you understand in winning you an acquittal I became as guilty as you?
00:58:49I want you to understand, Myra.
00:58:52I want you to fully understand that we'll have to pay for what we've done.
00:58:55I'm not going to pay for anything.
00:59:01You pay, Myra.
00:59:04We'll both pay.
00:59:07I doubt it.
00:59:10For better or for worse, it's finished.
00:59:22It's excellent.
00:59:23You've been a very patient subject.
00:59:27Oh, don't forget tonight.
00:59:30I'll be on room about seven.
00:59:34Craig.
00:59:37The times you've seen Myra here.
00:59:40Notice how nervous and jumpy she seems.
00:59:44The trial was very taxing for her, and I guess she's anxious to get to Europe.
00:59:50Most natural reactions.
00:59:53I don't think you should have any worries about her.
00:59:56I guess nothing.
00:59:58Maybe your party will be just a prescription that will snap her out of her.
01:00:01By the way, what are we celebrating?
01:00:04We'll find out in exactly three hours.
01:00:07Okay, man of mystery.
01:00:09I will not press you for an answer.
01:00:11I'll stay on tenure.
01:00:13I'll see you at...
01:00:14Right.
01:00:31You wish to order now, sir?
01:00:32No, we have another party coming along.
01:00:35Why didn't you tell me, Craig, that come to come?
01:00:38What's the matter, Myra?
01:00:39There's so much to do.
01:00:41It's a sale day after tomorrow.
01:00:42You think you're the only one who's busy?
01:00:44Move over.
01:00:45I haven't even packed yet.
01:01:08I'll tell you what, Carl.
01:01:09Let's leave.
01:01:09Leave?
01:01:10We could give a message to the captain.
01:01:11Have him tell Craig that something had come up.
01:01:13We can't do that.
01:01:14Craig has been counting on us.
01:01:16He's looking forward to it.
01:01:17What's so important about it?
01:01:19We'll talk about that after dinner, Myra.
01:01:23Hello, Charles.
01:01:24Good evening, Mr. Carlson.
01:01:25Hi, Craig.
01:01:31For dessert, may I suggest cherry jubilee?
01:01:34It's excellent.
01:01:35Oh, thank you.
01:01:37How about you, Myra?
01:01:40That'll be all, Charles.
01:01:42Well, Craig, that was a delicious dinner.
01:01:44French food couldn't be any better.
01:01:46Myra, did you enjoy your dinner?
01:01:49You told us you'd tell us what this was all about after dinner, Craig.
01:01:52Myra.
01:01:53Oh, it's all right.
01:01:54She's just anxious.
01:01:55What do you mean, anxious of a trip to Paris?
01:01:57And she's about to become a bride.
01:02:00Craig, I want to know why you brought us here.
01:02:04All right.
01:02:12Here you are, Carl.
01:02:26Craig.
01:02:27Craig, our deal was for $2,500.
01:02:29I thought I'd double it.
01:02:31That's my surprise.
01:02:32But why?
01:02:34By helping me achieve an important ambition.
01:02:40Well, I...
01:02:43I certainly hope through the years the painting continues to please you, Craig.
01:02:49I'm certain it will.
01:02:51You see...
01:02:54To me, the portrait reflected not only a friendship, but a great understanding you felt for the subject.
01:03:03I hope you're never disappointed.
01:03:06Well, I must run.
01:03:07I have a lot of work to do at the house.
01:03:10To fill that one important case you mentioned?
01:03:12That's the one.
01:03:14Thank you for coming, Myra.
01:03:17We will see you again before we leave.
01:03:19Yes, you will.
01:03:22By the way, Carl, there's something I've been wanting to ask you.
01:03:27Suppose the portrait of me had turned out badly.
01:03:31Suppose you'd realize you'd made a mistake in the manner in which you'd handled it.
01:03:37What would you have done?
01:03:41Destroyed it, of course.
01:03:42Despite your fee?
01:03:44Despite anything.
01:03:46Strange.
01:03:49I've always felt that the same parallel existed in law.
01:03:56Well, I've got to be going. Good night.
01:03:59Good night, Craig.
01:04:14I can't tell you how good it's been having dinner here with you, Craig.
01:04:18Wish we could do it more often.
01:04:21Ray, there's something I want to ask you.
01:04:24True?
01:04:25About the Myra Leeds trial.
01:04:27Oh, my.
01:04:29Well, I talk over yesterday's headlines.
01:04:31You asked the jury to find Myra guilty of first-degree murder.
01:04:37Hmm.
01:04:38At the end of the trial, the jury found her not guilty.
01:04:43How did you find her?
01:04:47It's important to me, Ray.
01:04:48I want to know.
01:04:52All right, Craig.
01:04:56You were very convincing.
01:04:58I can understand your swearing that jury, but you didn't sway me.
01:05:02At the time, I still thought she was guilty.
01:05:05I was sure you did.
01:05:07You know, I thought about it for a long time.
01:05:10Now I know that the...
01:05:11the jury brought in the correct verdict.
01:05:14I've known you too many years, Craig.
01:05:15You never would have said what you did just for the...
01:05:18dramatic effect.
01:05:20Another attorney might, but...
01:05:21not you.
01:05:23No, I admit it.
01:05:25On the Myra Leeds case...
01:05:27I was way off base.
01:05:32Well, thank you, Ray.
01:05:35Now there's something I'd like you to do for me.
01:05:42Hello, Mrs. Leeds.
01:05:44Mr. Carlton's expecting you.
01:05:46Thank you, Jenny.
01:05:47Mrs. Leeds?
01:05:53Mr. Willis?
01:05:54Myra.
01:05:55And you could make it.
01:05:57Now, it's getting late.
01:05:58I'd better leave.
01:05:59It's been a wonderful evening.
01:06:01Thanks for the talk, Ray.
01:06:02You've been very helpful.
01:06:04Mrs. Leeds?
01:06:18Why did you send for me?
01:06:19Why were you talking to the district attorney?
01:06:22We were talking about a case.
01:06:24Your case, Myra.
01:06:25This grotesque joke of yours has gone far enough.
01:06:28You still think this is a joke?
01:06:30You've got to stop it, Craig.
01:06:32Every time you talk to Carl, I...
01:06:34The other evening at dinner, I was terrified.
01:06:37What you're doing is inhuman.
01:06:39I can't stand much more of it.
01:06:41You're a murderous, Myra.
01:06:43Anything that happens to you won't be enough.
01:06:45Craig, the jury freed me.
01:06:48They found me innocent.
01:06:50All I want is to go away with Carl.
01:06:53Please understand, for the first time in my life, I want to live decently.
01:06:56You don't know the meaning of the word.
01:07:01At first, I thought Carl Holt was like you.
01:07:05But it wasn't long before I changed my mind.
01:07:08You fooled him, Myra.
01:07:10Just like you fooled me.
01:07:13He's too fine to be hurt by someone like you.
01:07:16I'm not going to let it happen.
01:07:17No matter what you tell him, he won't believe you.
01:07:20There's no way of proving that I killed Joe.
01:07:22You're just trying to frighten me with more threats.
01:07:26Understand me, Myra.
01:07:29I never once meant to threaten you.
01:07:31I made you a promise.
01:07:37What I've compiled in this folder is no longer theory.
01:07:41It's proof.
01:07:43The only way you can prevent me from turning it over to Carl...
01:07:47...is to kill me.
01:07:49I'm not going to kill you.
01:07:51I'm not going to kill you!
01:07:53It must be maddening to know that in just a little while...
01:07:56...you're going to lose everything you've planned and killed for.
01:08:00You see, Myra...
01:08:02...you can't win anymore.
01:08:10It was not long before my telephone began to ring.
01:08:14I knew it would be Myra.
01:08:16She was desperate.
01:08:17She wanted to see me right away.
01:08:19But I still had a few things to do, so I told her I'd see her later at my office.
01:08:24I made the appointment for 12.30 sharp.
01:08:27It was now only a matter of waiting.
01:08:30Time took care of the wait.
01:08:31So now the pattern's complete.
01:08:34And it's the same pattern Joe Leeds lived.
01:08:38But this time Myra won't be acquitted.
01:08:41That's where you're concerned, Ray.
01:08:43Because this time...
01:08:45...you're not going to have to guess whether or not Myra is guilty.
01:08:48You'll know.
01:08:51You're going to be a witness.
01:09:12I'm just waiting.
01:09:12That's it.
01:09:20You're not going to be a witness.
01:09:20Well, I'm not going to be...
01:09:20I'm not going to be a witness.
01:09:21What happened?
01:09:21You're going to be a witness.
01:09:22And I'm not going to be a witness.
01:09:38Thank you for being so prompt.
01:09:40You promised me an answer.
01:09:44Here it is. My complete file.
01:09:47Now no attorney could get you off, not even me.
01:09:50I told you. I could get you off.
01:09:52I can't be tried for the same crime twice.
01:09:54And I told you, I'm trying you before Carl Holt.
01:09:58We'll let him determine whether or not you're guilty.
01:10:00Or would you prefer this?
01:10:05I'm not going to kill anyone.
01:10:07Very well.
01:10:09That affords three of us a visit. Carl, you and I.
01:10:14I'm going to call and ask him to come right over.
01:10:17After seeing this, if he still wants to marry a murderess, that's his business.
01:10:23Craig, don't call him.
01:10:30Craig.
01:10:32Don't make me do it.
01:10:37Hello.
01:10:37Craig.
01:10:47Hello. Hello.
01:11:07Hello.
01:11:07How are you?
01:11:08Hello, малень Going.
01:11:10How long are you?
01:11:11Amy.
01:11:11Where are you?
01:11:11How long?
01:11:38Let's go.
01:11:42It's insane.
01:11:44It's terrible.
01:11:46Craig has committed suicide.
01:12:12What are you doing here?
01:12:14He asked if I could meet him here at 12.30.
01:12:17Strange.
01:12:18He told me to be here at 12.40.
01:12:25Well, I...
01:12:27I'd never expect Craig to do a thing like this.
01:12:44This is Ray Willis.
01:12:47The man shot himself.
01:12:49Will you send someone over right away, please?
01:12:50Uh, Chambers Building.
01:12:53Room 2407.
01:12:54No.
01:12:56He's dead.
01:13:16The tape recorder is still running.
01:13:19It must have been dictating when it happened.
01:13:33And it could be Craig's way of giving us an explanation.
01:13:42Here.
01:13:47To Ray Willis.
01:13:49District Attorney.
01:13:51Dear Ray.
01:13:53In exactly...
01:13:5655 minutes...
01:13:58I will be dead.
01:13:59Murder.
01:14:01First of all, let me explain.
01:14:03Let me explain.
01:14:05Let me explain.
01:14:24Lastly...
01:14:24Let me explain.
01:14:24What else did you нет?
01:14:27She said you did the last week?
01:14:27To...
01:14:35Thanks.
01:14:35The one who made me be better.
01:14:37You made me come over.
01:14:38Greeting me all the time.
01:14:38This is the...
01:14:38That's a great afternoon.
01:14:38You

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