1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Roma wine presents... 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,000 The Scent! 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Roma wine, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 4 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Salud! 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,000 You're healthy, Signor. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Roma wine, toast the world. 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:37,000 The wine for your table is Roma wine, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 This is the man in black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 to introduce this weekly half hour of... 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Suspense. 11 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Tonight, Roma wines bring you two of Hollywood's favorite screen stars, 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Miss Virginia Bruce and Mr. Alan Jocelyn, 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,000 with the noted character actor George Zuko. 14 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Our suspense play, which is produced and directed by William Spear, 15 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 presents a rather neat problem. 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,000 That of a crime committed while no criminal was present. 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,000 And so with a locked room, and with the performance of Virginia Bruce, 18 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 as an exceedingly bright young lady named Iris Lane, 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,000 of Alan Jocelyn, as an exceedingly shy young man named Harold Mill, 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,000 and of George Zuko, as the exceedingly polished Dr. Woodhall, 21 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 we again hope to keep you in... 22 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Suspense. 23 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Hello, Mr. Seedon's residence. Who's calling? 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 No, Mr. Seedon's not in. 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 No, there will not be any statements for the papers. 26 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Harold, will you get that? 27 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Hello, no, I can't tell you anything about... 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 No. 29 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 No, there will be absolutely no statements. 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Here we go again. 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 If you wish, only you are wasting your time. 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Look, I told you this morning there wouldn't be any statements for the newspapers. 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 No, not tomorrow either. 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Oh dear. 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 I'm sorry, I'm awfully busy right now. 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 I said I was busy. Busy. 37 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Phew, what a death. 38 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 It's rather disturbing how quickly the reporters got wind of it. 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 I do hope no harm's been done. 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Well, we did our best. It's too big a deal to keep secret anyway. 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 There are always rumors, and it's the business of newspapers to pick up rumors. 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Dear me, I wonder how he's going to take it. 43 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,000 The old man? He probably won't be tickled to think. You know how he is. 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 I know I'll be relieved when he has it on the lock and key, my word. 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Oh, good evening, Mr. Seedon. 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Evening, Harold. Elaine? Me too, still working? 47 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 No, we thought we'd stick her on till you got here. 48 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Oh, I'm sorry I was so late. 49 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 The newspapers have been calling, Mr. Seedon. 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Newspapers? How in blazes did they... 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 We told them there wouldn't be any safety. 52 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Oh, I should hope not. 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Now, how do you suppose... 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Then it's not finished? 55 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Oh, no, the deal's closed. 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 I have it with me, as a matter of fact. 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 With you, sir? 58 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 You've been carrying it around in your pocket? 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 You see why I don't feel too good about the newspapers. 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 But at least I got it home all right. 61 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Like to see it? 62 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Oh, yes. 63 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Doesn't look like much, wrapped up like this. 64 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Well, there it is. 65 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Like it? 66 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 The Lovella Diamond. 67 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 What a beauty. 68 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 It's enormous. 69 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Yes, but tomorrow we start to cut it. 70 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 And within a year, it'll be just so many engagement rings. 71 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 You know, I hate to see it changed. 72 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 It's so beautiful the way it is. 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 There's no money in it for me this way. 74 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Oh, Dr. Woodhaw called. 75 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 He wants to give you a checkup if you can catch it before dinner. 76 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 No, Dr. Woodhaw. 77 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 The old woman treats me like an invalid. 78 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Oh, well, anything else? 79 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Nothing important. 80 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Oh, Harold, will you answer? 81 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yes, certainly. 82 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Mr. Seedon's residence. 83 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Who's calling, please? 84 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Just a moment. 85 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Mr. Seedon's Mr. Van Houten. 86 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Van Houten? 87 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Yes, he wants to speak to you. 88 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Oh, tell him I'm out of town. 89 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Mr. Van Houten, Mr. Seedon's out of town. 90 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Well, dear me, you can think what you like, 91 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 but Mr. Seedon is not here. 92 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Goodbye. 93 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Well, what did he say? 94 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 He said he has information that you are here, 95 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 and he insists on coming up here now. 96 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 It sounds most disagreeable. 97 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Well, I don't think he's likely to show up. 98 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 If he does, don't let him in. 99 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 All right, Mr. Seedon. 100 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 I'll be in my study until Woodhaw gets here. 101 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 But don't forget your medicine, Mr. Seedon. 102 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 I put it right beside the shelter bottle. 103 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Oh, I won't forget. 104 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I hope Dr. Woodhaw hurries. 105 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I'm dead. 106 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 I'm sure you must be. 107 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Mr. Seedon seemed awfully proud of his new stone, didn't he? 108 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I thought he was cool as a cucumber. 109 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 How would you feel if you just bought the biggest diamond in the world? 110 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Oh, the second biggest, I believe, Iris. 111 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Not that that's anything to be little. 112 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 What do you suppose he paid for it? 113 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I understand the price was something under a million, 114 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 but he expects to get back over a million and a half 115 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 once it's cut and polished. 116 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Harold, putting that kind of money into a piece of stone, 117 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 I know if I had a million, I'd never buy diamonds. 118 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Dear me, for that matter neither would I. 119 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Some people, diamonds take the place of other things, 120 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 power, love. 121 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 What would you do if you had a million dollars? 122 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 I don't know. 123 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 There are a lot of slow people I'd like to help out. 124 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Then I'd like to travel. 125 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Oh, there are lots of things. 126 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 What would you do? 127 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Do you really want to know? 128 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Of course I do. 129 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 I don't think I should say this, 130 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 but if I had a million dollars or even much less, 131 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 I'd ask you to marry me. 132 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Oh, Harold. 133 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 No, please, I don't want you to say anything. 134 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 You don't have to. 135 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I know I'm not the sort for you, really. 136 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 I'm not like Dr. Woodhall, you know, sure of myself. 137 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Well, it's not that, Harold. 138 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Honestly, it's just that you never said anything before. 139 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 You never even... 140 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Oh! 141 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 What was that? 142 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 It sounded as if it came from the study. 143 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Mr. Seaton? 144 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Mr. Seaton, is anything wrong? 145 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 He doesn't answer. 146 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Mr. Seaton! 147 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 The door is locked. 148 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Yes, have you heard from Iris? 149 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Right here. 150 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Mr. Seaton! 151 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Mr. Seaton. 152 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Why, where is he? 153 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 There he is on the floor. 154 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 What happened to him? 155 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Is he... 156 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Wait, I'll see. 157 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Oh, goodness. 158 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Put him on the couch. 159 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 No, just a minute, Iris. 160 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 I don't think you'd better look. 161 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 He's badly injured. 162 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Injured, but how? 163 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 With his head. 164 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Get a doctor, will you? 165 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 A doctor? 166 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Someone's tried to kill him. 167 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Hurry! 168 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 To kill him? 169 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 All right. 170 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Try Dr. Woodhall. 171 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Maybe he hasn't left. 172 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 I'll go and get him. 173 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Operator, get me granite. 174 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Six, nine, seven hundred. 175 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Yes, good evening, Iris. 176 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Oh, Dr. Woodhall. 177 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Never mind, Operator. 178 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Come on, doctor. 179 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 I was just calling you. 180 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Is something wrong? 181 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Mr. Seaton, he's hurt. 182 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Someone tried to... 183 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Harold, Dr. Woodhall was just coming in. 184 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Oh, my goodness, I'm so glad you're here, doctor. 185 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 What's the matter with Seaton? 186 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 I think someone tried to kill him. 187 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 It's his head. 188 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 You can see the blood. 189 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 I found this under him. 190 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 What's that? 191 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 There seems to be a piece of broom handle 192 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 filled with lead. 193 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Evidence of a blood test. 194 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I don't know. 195 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I don't know. 196 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 I don't know. 197 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I didn't see the blood. 198 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 I found this under him. 199 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 What's that? 200 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 There seems to be a piece of broom handle 201 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 filled with lead. 202 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Evidence he was struck with it. 203 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Mm, concussion, nasty. 204 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Still some pulse. 205 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 I just had him in my bag. 206 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Here you are. 207 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 And you'd better call the police. 208 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Police? 209 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Certainly. 210 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 This is attempted murder. 211 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Oh, dear. 212 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Good evening. 213 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Did I hear somebody say murder? 214 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Who are you? 215 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 My name is Fernhausen. 216 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 I telephoned a little while ago. 217 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 How did you get in? 218 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Well, I rang, no one answered, so I walked in. 219 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,000 I wish to speak with Mr. Satan, but I see that perhaps I'm a little too late, huh? 220 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Perhaps you knew you'd be a little too late, Mr. Van Houten. 221 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Harold, I think we'd better leave that for the police. 222 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Will you call them? 223 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 I can't figure out how it happened. 224 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Harold, you and I have been outside that door all day. 225 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 I know there wasn't anyone to meet me. 226 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Iris, it must have been the windows. 227 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 What do you mean the windows? 228 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 No one could climb. 229 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 You see, look, there's a ladder still there, 230 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 and it took us some time to open the door. 231 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 There is a ladder. 232 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Oh, yes, a very convenient ladder. 233 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Don't you see? 234 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 It still couldn't have happened. 235 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 What do you mean? 236 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Someone came through the window, hit Mr. Satan, and escaped the same way. 237 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 But it couldn't have happened that way. 238 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Look, the windows are locked, both of them on the inside, 239 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 and Harold and I were outside the only door. 240 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 The windows are locked? 241 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Hear me. 242 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 That means Mr. Satan was alone. 243 00:07:46,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Alone in the lock. 244 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Before we return to the scene of our suspense play, 245 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 let me describe another scene that might even now be taking place 246 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,000 in the Hanson Cafe at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana. 247 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 An American visitor has remarked to his Cuban host 248 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,000 what great enjoyment the gay Cuban music and the dancing gives him. 249 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Gratefully, the Cuban host returns the compliment, saying, 250 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,000 but your United States makes us a gift that brings great pleasure on many occasions. 251 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 This superb wine from the choice wine district of your California, 252 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 this fine Roma wine. 253 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Yes, for a wine to give great enjoyment, it must have greatness of character, 254 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,000 and it's this that has spread the fame of Roma wines to other lands. 255 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Why otherwise would these countries import Roma wine to be enjoyed as a rare luxury? 256 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:51,000 How fortunate then are you who can enjoy any of the Roma wines, 257 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 many different delicious wine types, whenever you choose, 258 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 without additional charge for import duty, 259 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:02,000 with no high shipping costs added to your small costs for Roma wine. 260 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Yet here is a quality so high, it has won international recognition. 261 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Quality coupled with costs so modest that Roma wines are America's largest selling wine. 262 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Why not make your own taste test of these good Roma wines 263 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:24,000 and discover for yourself the fine wine qualities acclaimed by wine experts of many lands. 264 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I'll spell out the name for you, R-O-M-A, Roma wines, 265 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:34,000 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 266 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our soundstage Virginia Bruce 267 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000 and Alan Joslin with George Zuko in the locked room. 268 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:49,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 269 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I'm not going to take any of it. 270 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 All right, folks, are you all here? 271 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 There's Miss Iris Lane. 272 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Yes. 273 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Dr. Charles Woodholt. 274 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Yes. 275 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Harold Mills. 276 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Yes. 277 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 And Mr. Alex Van Halten. 278 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 No. 279 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Now let's get down to business. 280 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 We know some of the facts but not enough of them. 281 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 282 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 I'm sorry. 283 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 I'm sorry. 284 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 I'm sorry. 285 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 I'm sorry. 286 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I'm sorry. 287 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 I'm sorry. 288 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 I'm sorry. 289 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 I'm sorry. 290 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 There are a number of the facts here. 291 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 It's all right. 292 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 We can tackle them. 293 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 We know that you four were the only people in the house when Mr. Seaton was robbed outside 294 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 of the cook and she was in the kitchen. 295 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,000 We know Seaton had a diamond on him when he went into the study and someone lifted it 296 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 before we got here. 297 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 We haven't located the diamond yet, but we will. 298 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Now, this business of the windows being locked somebody here knows who locked them. 299 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 One of you hasn't come clean or all of you. 300 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,000 It's easy to see what you're thinking Captain Hadley. 301 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,440 As we tell it, it looks as though Harold and I did the job. 302 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,040 But we didn't, that's all. 303 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,080 That's all? 304 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,200 The only door locked and watched before and after? 305 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,240 Windows locked before and after? 306 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,760 No one hidden in the room before or after? 307 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,440 And I don't believe in ghosts, so the thing's impossible. 308 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,360 Now, which one of you locked those windows? 309 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,320 Mr. Mills? 310 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,560 Well, really, dear me, Officer, 311 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:09,120 why would I do the one thing to make it look 312 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,640 as if Iris and I had committed this crime? 313 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,680 Yes, you know, Harold got something there. 314 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:14,960 If the windows hadn't been locked, 315 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,640 you'd know someone from outside did it. 316 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,400 Look, I'm trying to be patient with you people, 317 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,680 but if Mr. Seaton doesn't die, which he hasn't yet, 318 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,240 he'll tell us who did it. 319 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,600 So I advise you to come clean now. 320 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:27,560 Dr. Woodholt. 321 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:28,400 Yes, Officer? 322 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,840 You and our friend, Mr. Van Houten, here 323 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,560 were, as the young lady puts it, outside when it happened. 324 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,040 Maybe you managed to lock the windows afterwards. 325 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:37,880 How could he? 326 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,360 He was too busy helping Mr. Seaton 327 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,960 to get anywhere near the windows. 328 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,080 And neither did Mr. Van Houten, I'd swear to that. 329 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,760 Well, thank you, dear lady. 330 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,520 I did not expect such a kindness. 331 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:47,600 Pardon, Captain. 332 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,640 Well, Barton? 333 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,760 Nurse has to tell you that Seaton's come, too. 334 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:51,400 He's talking. 335 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,280 Talking? 336 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,960 Is he out of his head, or does he make sense? 337 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,440 She says you can ask him some questions 338 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:56,680 if you don't tax him too much. 339 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,640 Well, now we'll get someplace. 340 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,960 I think all of you had better come with me. 341 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,280 There's the captain, man. 342 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,560 We'll try not to upset him too much, Nurse. 343 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:11,480 Captain, maybe being a suspect, I shouldn't say anything. 344 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,520 If you don't mind, I don't think it's safe to question him. 345 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,480 Safe for who, Doctor? 346 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,640 You're nonsense, Woodall. 347 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,880 I want to tell what I can. 348 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,080 Mr. Seaton, I know your condition. 349 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,280 I don't think you should... 350 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,960 Shut up, Woodall. 351 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,240 I was in the study. 352 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,400 I sat down at the desk. 353 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,880 I was waiting for Dr. Woodall. 354 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,000 The chair fished through the door into the office. 355 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,320 I heard Harold and I was talking outside. 356 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:38,440 For all of a sudden? 357 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,040 Yes. 358 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,000 The sound carried pretty well through the door. 359 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,600 They were talking, some nonsense about... 360 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,280 They had a million dollars. 361 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,720 You heard what we said? 362 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,520 Then I think Harold was proposing or something. 363 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,640 Oh, dear me, Mr. Seaton. I never realized that you... 364 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,800 Well, I could. 365 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,720 I was taking my medicine and then I heard... 366 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:00,840 I heard... 367 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,320 I think a footstep behind me. 368 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,120 I set my glass down and started to get up. 369 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,280 Did you turn around? 370 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,200 In that time. 371 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,640 Something smashed down on my head. 372 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,560 Then you didn't know who it was? 373 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,440 No. 374 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:15,560 And I don't know how. 375 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:17,680 What do you mean, how? 376 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,960 Because I had locked the windows both up. 377 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,800 You locked the windows? 378 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,240 Yes. 379 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,960 I saw someone put a ladder up. 380 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,240 I suppose it was the gardener or somebody. 381 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,160 But I didn't want it climbing around. 382 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,680 So I locked both windows. 383 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:37,120 You're sure no one was hidden in the room? 384 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,400 Positive. 385 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,400 Captain, I think we've had enough. 386 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,080 Yes, yes, I guess you're right, Doctor. 387 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,000 Will you people step outside? 388 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,080 I'll be there in a minute. 389 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,160 Come on, Doctor. Harold. 390 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,800 Now, Mr. Seaton, what I want to know is... 391 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,600 Remember, don't make him keep talking. 392 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,680 Poor Mr. Seaton. He does look awfully bad. 393 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:03,200 No, I suppose it's proper to feel pity for even Francis Seaton. 394 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,200 Look, Mr. Van Houten, you've made several remarks like that. 395 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,320 Maybe you've got your reasons, 396 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,000 but I don't think it would sound so good to the police. 397 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,360 Believe me, dear lady, 398 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,360 my distaste for Mr. Seaton is purely objective. 399 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,200 It's terribly perplexing, isn't it? 400 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,680 Now that Mr. Seaton's confirmed us on the locked windows, 401 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:20,600 I can't see how the police are going to prove anything. 402 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,400 Look, let's not kid ourselves. 403 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,000 We're all supposed to be nice, civilized people, 404 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,200 but one of the four of us is a thug. 405 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,520 A thug who beat a defenseless man over the head 406 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:30,880 and took that diamond. 407 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,680 Dear me, as I see it, that's just the point. 408 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,600 It proves that none of us could have done it. 409 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,000 Well, if Mr. Seaton's story proves that we couldn't, 410 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,960 it proves a hundred times more that no one else could. 411 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,240 Well, Captain, is there anything more we can do? 412 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,600 Yes, you'll all be searched again for the diamond, 413 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,640 and none of you are to leave this house until further notice. 414 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:49,480 Not leave the house? 415 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,560 Well, what about my practice? 416 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:51,400 I've got a lot of work to do. 417 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,600 Surely it requires more evidence than you have 418 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,040 to hold us over the supposed disappearance of a diamond. 419 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,240 I'm not holding you because of the diamond. 420 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,440 I'm holding you on suspicion of murder. 421 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,240 Mr. Seaton is dead. 422 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:10,240 What? 423 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:19,920 Who's there? 424 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,400 Can I come in, Iris? 425 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,840 Oh, Dr. Woodhoth, what do you want? 426 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,360 I'll only be a minute. 427 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:26,520 Well, all right. 428 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,120 I hate to disturb you, but I'm really worried. 429 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,720 You are? 430 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,760 Iris, why don't you try to get out of here? 431 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:37,600 Out of here? 432 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:38,440 Why on earth should I? 433 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,520 Don't you realize you're suspected of murder? 434 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,520 You could hide somewhere until this was all being cleaned up. 435 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:44,600 Are you crazy? 436 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,440 Sure I'm suspected, doctor, but no more than you. 437 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,040 How's it going to look if I suddenly disappear? 438 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:51,840 Yes, I suppose you're right. 439 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,200 If I could only keep you out of this, 440 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,720 I'm so worried I don't think straight. 441 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:57,800 You have a cigarette, Iris? 442 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,360 Yes, look in that box on the table. 443 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,960 Oh, watch out, there's a lamp cord. 444 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,800 Oh. 445 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,440 Oh, I'm sorry, that was clumsy of me. 446 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,040 Oh, don't worry, it's no heirloom. 447 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,360 What's that? 448 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,000 What? 449 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,280 What is it? 450 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,440 Look. 451 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,560 Where did you get that? 452 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,800 The dam. 453 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:18,680 Where did you get it? 454 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:19,880 Right on the floor. 455 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:20,760 On the floor? 456 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,480 Iris, didn't the police search in here? 457 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,320 How did it get on the floor? 458 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,840 I suppose it must have been in the lamp. 459 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,200 Yes. 460 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,000 See, this part lifts out. 461 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,120 It must have been an oil lamp. 462 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,360 Apparently. 463 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,920 May I have it, please? 464 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:36,600 The diamond? 465 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,920 It was found here. 466 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,360 What do you want to do with it? 467 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,120 I want it. 468 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,040 Iris, it's not safe. 469 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:41,880 Sure, I know. 470 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:42,520 Give it to me. 471 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:42,960 Well. 472 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:43,440 Thanks. 473 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,840 Are you going to give it to Captain Hadley? 474 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:45,440 Why? 475 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:46,920 I don't think it would be wise. 476 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:47,680 Not yet. 477 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,720 You're not afraid of something, are you? 478 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,640 Iris, suppose they didn't believe you. 479 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:52,440 Suppose they think that you... 480 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,240 Oh, I'll think about it. 481 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,160 Dr. Woodhall, will you do me a favor? 482 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,200 Certainly, if I can. 483 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,720 Well, would you meet me here in exactly 10 minutes? 484 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,280 You are coming downstairs. 485 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,080 Oh, sure. 486 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,640 But I've got a couple of things to do. 487 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,160 I won't be long. 488 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,320 Well, perhaps I should wait. 489 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:11,840 Oh, please. 490 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:12,800 You don't have to do that. 491 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:13,280 It's all right. 492 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,080 Be careful. 493 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:14,680 Careful. 494 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,800 I mean, don't let anyone know you have the diamond, because... 495 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:18,720 I know. 496 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:19,240 Yes. 497 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:34,480 Because whoever kills Seton for it would kill me, too. 498 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:35,960 I know it will be soon tonight. 499 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,120 It has to be. 500 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:40,000 But yes, I'll do it as loud as I can. 501 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,240 But don't slip, because I'm counting on you. 502 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,440 Iris, are you ready? 503 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,440 Oh, yes, Anne, darling. 504 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,200 I'm sorry, I'm really stuck for a couple of days, 505 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,160 but we'll make it soon, sure, dinner and a show. 506 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,160 Bye, darling. 507 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,280 Goodbye. 508 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,560 I didn't mean to barge in. 509 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,400 Oh, that's OK. 510 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,960 Let's go downstairs. 511 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,120 Where are the others? 512 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:03,760 You mean Harold and Ben Huffman? 513 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,400 I think I heard them when I came up. 514 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,560 They're in the office. 515 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,320 Yes, they're in the office. 516 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,560 Come on, let's go in. 517 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,040 Oh, we wondered if you were coming down, Iris. 518 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,640 Why are you startled, me? 519 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:18,640 We are not intruding. 520 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:19,640 Intruding? 521 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,520 It sounded like you were having a little argument. 522 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,360 Oh, no, it wasn't that exactly. 523 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,360 You see, we were talking about, well, 524 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,040 dear me, I don't know why I shouldn't tell you, 525 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,000 about an engagement ring. 526 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,560 Engagement? 527 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,480 A helmet? 528 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,800 I didn't want you to know I'm buying one for Mr. Van Houten. 529 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,400 I don't have quite enough money, and I won't have for a few days. 530 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,280 Mr. Van Houten sells rings? 531 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,120 Oh, I thought that was understood, 532 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,320 that it's my profession. 533 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,600 Ideal in diamonds, in a small way. 534 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:47,840 Diamonds? 535 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:48,560 To the police? 536 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,840 Is the word diamond so surprising, sir? 537 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,560 Naturally, the police would have to know my business with Mr. Seaton. 538 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:54,680 Yes, I'm sure they would. 539 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:55,080 It's only... 540 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,520 You're hinting that my apparent dislike for the late Mr. Seaton, Doctor. 541 00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:59,560 Well, I hate at him. 542 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:00,760 He was a cheat and a fraud. 543 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:01,920 I cheated me. 544 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,400 Doesn't sound like Mr. Seaton. 545 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,200 My dear young lady, there are a hundred men in Amsterdam 546 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,360 who would be glad to know that he suffered. 547 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,160 But as you know, such dislike was not the motive for his murder. 548 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,760 Well, really now, there's no need to be Huffy, Mr. Van Houten. 549 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,880 Dear me, we all know what the motive was. 550 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,720 I guess it was motive enough for any one of us. 551 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:18,640 Yes. 552 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,120 Look, let's face it, one of us killed Seaton, that's true, 553 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,520 but three of us didn't. 554 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,200 And yet we're all suspected. 555 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,320 I think if the four of us let down our hair, 556 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,920 maybe we can figure this thing out. 557 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:29,320 Iris, don't... 558 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,160 I think that sounds very reasonable. 559 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:32,800 If Iris needs advice or help... 560 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,040 Maybe I do with that. 561 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,560 I've found diamonds. 562 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,680 Dear me, found it. 563 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:38,880 You found it where? 564 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,120 In my room. 565 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:43,480 Dr. Woodhall accidentally knocked over a lamp that was inside. 566 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,760 And where does it know? 567 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,200 I brought it with me, here in my purse. 568 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,520 Then the police do not know. 569 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,440 So here I am, stuck with this thing, 570 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,320 and I don't know what to do about it. 571 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,680 Oh dear, Iris, I'm really ashamed. 572 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,840 I don't know how to tell you. 573 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:57,760 Shamed of what? 574 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,160 Well, I couldn't tell the police. 575 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,480 At least I thought I shouldn't. 576 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,320 You see, Mr. Seaton told me in confidence. 577 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,120 But now that we've agreed to be frank and honest... 578 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:05,520 What are you driving at? 579 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,320 I don't know why Mr. Seaton was killed. 580 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,000 Maybe none of us will ever know that. 581 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,520 But it wasn't because of the diamond. 582 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,920 I knew that all along. 583 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,960 You see, that isn't the real diamond at all. 584 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,880 Preposterous. 585 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,360 You expect us to believe that? 586 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,280 Miss Lane, let me see that diamond, please. 587 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,920 Sure, you're the expert in the crowd. 588 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,200 Take a look. 589 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,920 I'll hold on to it, though. 590 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,440 I don't care what Mr. Van Houten says. 591 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,640 Mr. Seaton told me it was a replica he brought home. 592 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:31,280 I don't know why. 593 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,160 This is ridiculous. 594 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,800 Why would anyone want to plant a false diamond in Iris' room? 595 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,880 What about it, Mr. Van Houten? 596 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,360 It's incredible. 597 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,280 What? 598 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,760 Well, even without my glass, I can see that this is false. 599 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,440 There are no planes of cleavage. 600 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,240 Very shoddy piece of work. 601 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,320 Faulty? 602 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,240 I don't get it. 603 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,160 Why was he killed, then? 604 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,680 Well, you see how I've been racking my brains. 605 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,560 Here, Mr. Van Houten, maybe we'd better put it in the safe. 606 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,400 I might as well keep it. 607 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,280 You'll have to give it to the captain, anyway. 608 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,640 Yes, I suppose we'd better tell him. 609 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,000 You hear me? 610 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,160 He'll be terribly distressed, I'm afraid. 611 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,360 No, I... 612 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:08,120 I have to admit it, but this is beginning to get me down-held. 613 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:09,320 I feel jumpy and... 614 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:09,960 I'm sick. 615 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,240 Oh, it's probably my fault. 616 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:12,320 I should have told you. 617 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,160 I'm not just about the diamond. 618 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,480 Everything. 619 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,440 The locked windows. 620 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,360 The way he looked before he died. 621 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,040 Iris, do you feel bad? 622 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:21,960 You look as if you might die. 623 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,040 I'm sorry. I hate to be so silly. 624 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,240 I do feel sort of shaky. 625 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,280 Maybe if I lie down, would you help me into the study? 626 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:34,000 Here, Iris, let me open the door, please, Doctor. 627 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,600 On the couch, Iris. 628 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,400 Yes, please. 629 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,280 I'll lie down right here. 630 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,160 Oh, Doctor Woodhaw, do you have something that I could take for this headache? 631 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,240 I feel really... 632 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,440 Why, yes, if you think you need it. 633 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,760 Is there a glass? I have something here. 634 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,200 Well, here's a glass, Doctor. 635 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,760 This is a mild sedative, Iris. 636 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,720 Now, a little water. 637 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,120 Here, Doctor, here's the seltzer bottle. 638 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,360 Oh, that'll do it. 639 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:00,320 I'll drink this down, Iris. 640 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,280 Set it right there. I'll drink it. 641 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,960 I just want to close my eyes for a minute. 642 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,200 And will you switch out the lights when you go out? 643 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,080 Maybe you should lock the door. 644 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,640 Yes, of course. We'll call you for dinner. 645 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,240 Try to sleep. 646 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:39,800 Of course, girl. 647 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,120 Who is it? 648 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,000 So you are awake. 649 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,120 Ben Houghton. 650 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,320 Where's the diamond? 651 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:45,840 Give it to me. 652 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:46,440 Well? 653 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,280 But you said it was false. 654 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,920 We are not so easily fooled. 655 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,000 We know what goes on. 656 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,040 We? Who do you mean? 657 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,200 Never mind. Give me the diamond. 658 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,320 And if I don't? 659 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,240 You'll know what will happen if you don't. 660 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,400 Who's there? 661 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,600 What are you doing? 662 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,640 Oh, Ben Houghton, what is it? 663 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,840 What's happened? 664 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:04,880 Who is it? 665 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,080 Turn on the lights. 666 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,040 Harold. 667 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,600 Well, I seem to have arrived just in time. 668 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,400 Harold, you hit him. 669 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,480 No, he's only knocked out. 670 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,600 How are you feeling? 671 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,280 Well, much better. 672 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:27,200 Oh, you didn't take your medicine? 673 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,760 No, I didn't. 674 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,160 Oh, dear me. 675 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,800 I was afraid you were too smart for that. 676 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,360 Iris, I think you and I should have a serious talk. 677 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,120 You don't mind if I lock the door? 678 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,200 Would it make any difference? 679 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,880 Very little, I admit. 680 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:44,520 Now, Iris, just how much do you know? 681 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:45,400 About what? 682 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,120 Oh, come, come. 683 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,600 There's no need for you to be reticent. 684 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,640 I shall have to kill you in any case. 685 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:51,880 How much you can do? 686 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,920 And who will stop me? 687 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,680 Dr. Woodhall? 688 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,760 No, no, Iris, he'll be very busy for a little while. 689 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,160 The cook has become quite ill. 690 00:23:59,160 --> 00:23:59,960 You poisoned her. 691 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,400 No, no, it's nothing much. 692 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,920 She'll recover. 693 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,480 Tell me just how much do you know? 694 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,640 I know about the seltzer bottle. 695 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,040 That's how you knocked out Seaton. 696 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,520 Oh, that's very good. 697 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,480 You're so clever. 698 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,480 Dear me, if I had more time, I'd be inclined not to kill you. 699 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,920 But it's late, and I sailed with the diamond at midnight. 700 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,920 I'm signed on as a steward on a freighter bound for Argentina. 701 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,640 So you see, it's really time that makes 702 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,720 this unpleasantness necessary. 703 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,040 You know, Harold, they'll find me before midnight. 704 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,800 Ah, but they will find with you Mr. Van Houten. 705 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,400 Poor Van Houten, he'll be very confused. 706 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,280 You know, I actually persuaded him that you and Dr. 707 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,160 Woodhall were the culprits. 708 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,840 That's why he came here to get the diamond. 709 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,960 And now you're going to frame me with my murder. 710 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,480 You're a pretty smart boy, aren't you? 711 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:43,640 Oh, thank you, my dear. 712 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,320 They'll probably suspect me too after they find out I've gone. 713 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,400 Tell me, how did you guess about the seltzer bottle? 714 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,400 The condemned woman ate a hearty breakfast. 715 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,200 OK, I'll talk. 716 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,040 Well, I knew it must have been the seltzer bottle, 717 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,600 and I realized it was one of those kinds you 718 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,280 filled yourself with a capsule to make the bubbles. 719 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,760 But what did you put in it? 720 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,720 A concoction known as a Mickey Finn. 721 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,600 But it felt so much like a blow on the head 722 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,760 that even Seton confirmed my little story. 723 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,080 I knew whoever did it would try the same thing on me 724 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,480 to get the diamond. 725 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,720 You were the one who got me the seltzer for my medicine 726 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:17,880 tonight. 727 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,040 I suppose you saw it coming. 728 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,120 Your little trap? 729 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,320 Yes, I'm afraid I did. 730 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,000 Dear me, we're just too smart for each other, aren't we? 731 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,400 And you hit Seton over the head when 732 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,760 I was phoning for a doctor just to make it look good, right? 733 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,280 Yes, of course. 734 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,040 Oh, I wish Seton hadn't locked those windows. 735 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,040 Maybe you think I don't. 736 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,880 Well, Iris. 737 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,440 Well? 738 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,320 I really hate to do this, Iris. 739 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,280 Oh, Iris, I'll give you a choice. 740 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,320 A choice of what? 741 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,200 I have here a fairly efficient gun, 742 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200 but it's noisy and it's messy, too. 743 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,240 I don't like to use it. 744 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,680 But if I have to, what else? 745 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,920 Or you could drink when I pour you in the glass 746 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,720 from the seltzer bottle. 747 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,720 It would be much easier if it wasn't practically tasteless. 748 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,360 After you drink it, you won't mind what else is necessary. 749 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,160 Well, I suppose I... 750 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:06,720 Yes, that's right. 751 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:07,080 Pick it up. 752 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:07,600 Pick it up. 753 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,120 Now, drink it, quickly. 754 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,120 All right. 755 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:11,600 Here goes. 756 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Why, you! 757 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:12,780 Oh! 758 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:13,280 Oh! 759 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:13,780 Oh! 760 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:14,280 Oh! 761 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:14,780 Oh! 762 00:26:14,780 --> 00:26:15,280 Oh! 763 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:15,780 Oh! 764 00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:16,280 Oh! 765 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:16,780 Oh! 766 00:26:16,780 --> 00:26:17,280 Oh! 767 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:17,780 Oh! 768 00:26:17,780 --> 00:26:18,280 Oh! 769 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:18,780 Oh! 770 00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:19,280 Oh! 771 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:19,780 Oh! 772 00:26:19,780 --> 00:26:20,280 Oh! 773 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:20,780 Oh! 774 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:21,280 Oh! 775 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:21,780 Oh! 776 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,080 Nice timing, Captain Hadley. 777 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,440 The glass wasn't a bad signal. 778 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,360 It was nice timing on your part, Ms. Lane, 779 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:27,840 throwing yourself on the floor. 780 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,520 You hadn't figured on the gun. 781 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:30,920 No, I hadn't. 782 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,520 Is Van Halton coming around, doctor? 783 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,000 Yes, he'll be all right. 784 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,480 OK. 785 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:36,840 Come along, Harold. 786 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,160 Oh, this is such a shame. 787 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,840 Iris, before I go, I'd like to tell you how sorry I am. 788 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:44,340 Sorry? 789 00:26:44,340 --> 00:26:45,440 Yes, about that proposal. 790 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,480 Even if it was an alibi, I almost meant it. 791 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,120 Dear me, it looks now as though I shall never marry. 792 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,440 Yes, dear me, it certainly does. 793 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:18,120 And so closes The Lock Room, starring Virginia Bruce and Alan Jocelyn with George Zuko. 794 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:24,760 Tonight's tale of suspense. 795 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,400 Mr. Jocelyn appeared by courtesy of 20th Century Fox. 796 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,200 Before we tell you about next week's stars and story, 797 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,480 Roma Wine, sponsor of these weekly suspense dramas, 798 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,200 brings you one of tonight's stars, Ms. Virginia Bruce, 799 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,200 with a message of real importance. 800 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,720 Ms. Bruce. 801 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,400 Somewhere the other day, I came across a small news item. 802 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,360 It mentioned that the men and women of our armed forces, most of whose pay 803 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:52,560 averages very little more than $50 a month, have subscribed the huge total 804 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,760 of a quarter of a billion dollars worth of United States war bonds. 805 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,480 Ladies and gentlemen, if you need a testimonial to the worth of subscribing 806 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,880 to the fourth war loan, which is now on, I think this news item suffices. 807 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,160 If the men and women who are fighting this war have that kind of faith 808 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,760 in the future of our country, how can we have less? 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