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Moffat. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Occupation? 03:23.000 --> 03:26.000 Professor of Comparative Psychology, Golden Gate University. 03:26.000 --> 03:28.000 Professor... 03:28.000 --> 03:30.000 Professors do. 03:30.000 --> 03:31.000 How many people in this house? 03:31.000 --> 03:32.000 I'm the only resident. 03:32.000 --> 03:33.000 Only one, huh? 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 No wife? 03:34.000 --> 03:37.000 No, my wife has been away for about six months. 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Rumors? Borders? 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 No, no, and I live alone. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Old house, ain't it? 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 Yes, I'm told that it was built before the fire. 03:46.000 --> 03:47.000 Yeah, it looks it. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 Well, okay. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 Thanks, Professor, thanks very much. 03:55.000 --> 03:58.000 Yes, yes, that was the beginning. 03:58.000 --> 04:00.000 A week later, I got the letter. 04:00.000 --> 04:01.000 Dear Professor Moffat, 04:01.000 --> 04:04.000 I'm only an amateur in your field, Comparative Psychology, 04:04.000 --> 04:06.000 but I've made a discovery in my private laboratory, 04:06.000 --> 04:09.000 which I want you, a foremost authority, to check for me. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 If you find my observations have been correct, 04:12.000 --> 04:15.000 I'd also like you to take full credit for the discovery, 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 since I dislike publicity. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 To avoid premature and adverse notice, 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 please tell no one about this, 04:21.000 --> 04:24.000 but phone me collect for information. 04:24.000 --> 04:28.000 Anthony Carlotti, Carlotti Realty, Los Angeles. 04:28.000 --> 04:33.000 Well, Janet would have been wary of such a letter, 04:33.000 --> 04:36.000 but I suppose the one weakness of a higher intelligence 04:36.000 --> 04:39.000 is that it's slow to simple animal suspicion. 04:39.000 --> 04:42.000 Well, in any case, I phoned Mr. Carlotti at once. 04:42.000 --> 04:45.000 His secretary told me that if I caught the morning plane, 04:45.000 --> 04:48.000 Mr. Carlotti would meet me at the airport in Los Angeles. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 Pardon me, you Professor Moffat? 04:53.000 --> 04:55.000 Eh? Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Carlotti? 04:55.000 --> 04:58.000 No, I'm just one of the boys. I was sent to pick you up. 04:58.000 --> 05:00.000 Oh, thank you very much. 05:00.000 --> 05:01.000 You work for Mr. Carlotti? 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 I guess you'd call it that. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 This bag yours? 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 Yes, yes. 05:05.000 --> 05:07.000 I got a car right over there. Let's make a snappy. 05:07.000 --> 05:09.000 Fine, fine. 05:09.000 --> 05:11.000 I wonder... 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 Have I met you somewhere before, Mr...? 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 Eh, just call me Pete. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 You might have. I've been here and there. 05:17.000 --> 05:19.000 Hmm. Well, I don't suppose it's likely, 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 but you look very familiar. 05:21.000 --> 05:23.000 Familiar mugs like mine, Professor. 05:23.000 --> 05:25.000 Here. 05:25.000 --> 05:26.000 You ride in the back. 05:26.000 --> 05:28.000 Very well. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 Oh, my, this is luxury. 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 For the boys, nothing but the best. 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 All set? 05:33.000 --> 05:34.000 Yes, yes, all set. 05:34.000 --> 05:37.000 Well, I'll be going. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 Tell me, do we have far to go? 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 Huh? 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 Oh, no, not far. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 The boss is in Bel Air. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 Bel Air? He lives there? 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 Sure. Some layout he's got. 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 Quite a change for you, Professor. 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 What? 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Oh, yes. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 You're one of the census takers. 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 You were at my house last week. 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 Look, Professor, I made a slip. Forget it, will you? 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Why should I forget it? 06:01.000 --> 06:03.000 It's the boss. I wouldn't want the boss to know. 06:03.000 --> 06:06.000 Oh, you were trying another job, is that it? 06:06.000 --> 06:08.000 Yeah, yeah, something like that. 06:08.000 --> 06:10.000 I was trying to let it see out. 06:19.000 --> 06:21.000 What, Mr. Carlotti lives here? 06:21.000 --> 06:23.000 Yes, some shack, huh? 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Slip me in that bag, Professor, 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 and I'll take you to meet the boss. 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 Yes, thank you. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 Well, is his laboratory here in the house? 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 His which? 06:35.000 --> 06:37.000 His laboratory, where he conducts his experiments. 06:37.000 --> 06:39.000 Oh, no, no, he doesn't do an experiment here. 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 Come on. 06:41.000 --> 06:44.000 Some layout, huh? Swimming pool, all them flowers. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Yes, and the house, 06:46.000 --> 06:48.000 we must have 20 or more rooms. 06:48.000 --> 06:50.000 Oh, closer to 30, I bet. 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 After you, Professor. 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 Oh, thank you. 06:54.000 --> 06:57.000 Oh, you nosy. Where's Papa? 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 He's waiting for you inside. 06:59.000 --> 07:02.000 Oh, this way, Professor. He calls this the study. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 Hey, boss. 07:04.000 --> 07:07.000 Close the door, Pete, as you leave. 07:07.000 --> 07:09.000 Sure, boss. This is the Professor, Professor Moffat. 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 I'll be outside. 07:11.000 --> 07:15.000 So, Mr. Moffat, come in, come in, sit down. 07:15.000 --> 07:17.000 You have no idea how happy this makes me. 07:17.000 --> 07:19.000 Oh, thank you, thank you, Mr. Carlotti. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 I'm glad to be here. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 You, you know, you touched on my one weakness. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 I'll bet I did. 07:26.000 --> 07:28.000 Yes, when you said on the phone 07:28.000 --> 07:30.000 you'd like something on conditioned reflexes, 07:30.000 --> 07:32.000 well, that's rather my specialty. It's my hobby. 07:32.000 --> 07:35.000 Your hobby? You're too modest, Professor. 07:35.000 --> 07:38.000 Oh, I just the other day, I was rereading this. 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 They're part of your experiments with frogs. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 Nothing to compare with it. 07:42.000 --> 07:46.000 Oh, well, frankly, I do consider that a contribution to the field. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 Why do you suppose I called on you to check on my experiment? 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 But you mean because of that pamphlet? 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 Exactly. I wouldn't trust anyone else. 07:52.000 --> 07:55.000 Oh, I confess that I'm extremely curious to see what you're doing. 07:55.000 --> 07:56.000 You only hinted on... 07:56.000 --> 07:58.000 I can't tell you any more until we get to the laboratory. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 I'll take you there after dinner. 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 Oh, I, well, I hope that sooner... 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 Well, Professor, since I'm only an amateur scientist, 08:04.000 --> 08:07.000 my business comes first. I have two or three appointments. 08:07.000 --> 08:08.000 Oh, yes, of course. 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 So if you don't mind waiting here, I'll come back and get you. 08:10.000 --> 08:12.000 There are books and radio drinks in the cabinet. 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 If you want anything else, you just punch the button, okay? 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 Oh, yes, I'll be very comfortable. 08:16.000 --> 08:18.000 Fine, fine, fine. I won't be long. An hour or so. 08:18.000 --> 08:22.000 And then, Professor, you'll really learn something about reflexes. 08:22.000 --> 08:26.000 I guarantee it. 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 Yeah, he went out. 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 I took a book off the shelf and settled down to read. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 It's but my mind wandered. 08:37.000 --> 08:39.000 Mr. Carlotti intrigued me. 08:39.000 --> 08:42.000 He certainly wasn't an intellectual in either appearance or manner. 08:42.000 --> 08:45.000 He was altogether a bit coarse and ruthless-looking. 08:45.000 --> 08:48.000 And I was quite sure his capacity for abstract thinking 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 was limited, to say the least. 08:50.000 --> 08:54.000 And yet, yet the report on my labyrinth experiments with frogs 08:54.000 --> 08:57.000 had been stimulating to even so dull a mind as his. 08:57.000 --> 09:01.000 I walked over to his desk and looked down at my pamphlet 09:01.000 --> 09:04.000 with a feeling of some little satisfaction. 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 I picked it up and idly flipped the pages. 09:07.000 --> 09:12.000 And it was then I realized that something was terribly wrong. 09:12.000 --> 09:16.000 Because in the pamphlet which Mr. Carlotti told me he had read twice, 09:16.000 --> 09:19.000 the pages were still uncut. 09:19.000 --> 09:22.000 I threw it down on the desk and went to the door. 09:22.000 --> 09:25.000 The door was locked. 09:41.000 --> 09:44.000 For suspense, Roma lines are bringing you a storm 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 to George Kolouris in the last detail 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 by Ellen Obeson and Harriet Krauss, 09:49.000 --> 09:54.000 which is Roma Wines' presentation tonight of Suspense. 10:01.000 --> 10:06.000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 Elsa Maxwell is famous not only as a hostess, 10:09.000 --> 10:13.000 but also for her helpful suggestions on how to entertain more graciously. 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 Recently she said, 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 Next time you have friends for dinner, 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 add to their enjoyment of the food 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 and give the occasion a gracious festive touch 10:22.000 --> 10:26.000 by serving distinguished Roma California Burgundy. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Even when ration points are low, 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 your simple menus take on added glamour, 10:30.000 --> 10:33.000 added flavour goodness with Roma Burgundy. 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 Serve well cooled. 10:35.000 --> 10:39.000 Yes, Elsa Maxwell's suggestion is one that lends enchantment to dining. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 You'll enjoy Roma Burgundy. 10:41.000 --> 10:45.000 Its tart piquancy, its fruity robust taste, 10:45.000 --> 10:48.000 the happy result of selecting and gently pressing luscious grapes 10:48.000 --> 10:51.000 from California's choicest vineyards, 10:51.000 --> 10:56.000 guided to flavour perfection unhurriedly by Roma's ancient wine skill. 10:56.000 --> 11:00.000 Good Roma wines never vary, are always enjoyable, 11:00.000 --> 11:03.000 yet cost only pennies a glass. 11:03.000 --> 11:07.000 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 11:07.000 --> 11:12.000 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 11:15.000 --> 11:19.000 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 George Kolouris, 11:21.000 --> 11:24.000 who in the character of Professor Moffat in the last detail, 11:24.000 --> 11:27.000 continues a narrative well calculated to keep you in... 11:27.000 --> 11:43.000 suspense. 11:43.000 --> 11:47.000 l regret to say it, but when l found that door locked, 11:47.000 --> 11:49.000 l actually lost my temper. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 Open this door. You here? Open the door. 11:51.000 --> 11:53.000 Let me out. Mr. Carlotti, feet. 11:53.000 --> 11:55.000 You can't keep me in here. l'll call the police. 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 Let me out. 11:57.000 --> 12:00.000 Oh. Well. Mr. Carlotti. 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 There's something wrong, Professor. 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 Look here. Why is this door locked? 12:04.000 --> 12:06.000 Locked, is it? Oh, it has a spring lock, 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 and l'm afraid the spring is weak. 12:08.000 --> 12:10.000 l thought it had been fixed. 12:10.000 --> 12:12.000 l rang the buzzer, pounded on the door, but no one came. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Oh, l'm terribly sorry to have kept you waiting. 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 You've done more than keep me waiting, Mr. Carlotti. 12:16.000 --> 12:17.000 You've thoroughly annoyed and angered me. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 What's going on? Why did you bring me down here? 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 Why, to make experiments. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Oh, yes, yes, but my pamphlet. You said you read it twice. 12:22.000 --> 12:23.000 Well? 12:23.000 --> 12:24.000 The pages haven't even been cut. Look. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 Oh, not that copy. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 That's a copy l'm sending to a friend, 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 another fan of yours, Professor. 12:30.000 --> 12:33.000 My copy is in my reference library at the laboratory. 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 Oh, l'm awfully sorry. You misunderstood. 12:35.000 --> 12:38.000 Oh, l'm not sure l've misunderstood. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 Well, what about this trip to your laboratory? 12:40.000 --> 12:43.000 Well, we go there now. Pete has a car outside, 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 and l've invited a friend of mine to go with us. 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 His name is Sam Schwartz. 12:47.000 --> 12:51.000 l think you two will have a great deal in common. 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 Well, Professor? 12:53.000 --> 12:54.000 Oh, well, all right. Let's hurry, then. 12:54.000 --> 12:55.000 l want to take the plane back tomorrow, 12:55.000 --> 12:57.000 and l also want a good night's sleep. 12:57.000 --> 12:58.000 Well, l give you my word, 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 you'll be in San Francisco tomorrow, Professor. 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 And a good night's sleep? 13:02.000 --> 13:04.000 Why, you'll have time to spare. 13:10.000 --> 13:12.000 You see, Pete knows you're in a hurry. 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 He's got the motor started. 13:13.000 --> 13:16.000 Here, you run back with me, Professor. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 Uh, this is Sam Schwartz, 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 the friend l told you about. 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 Oh, how do you do, Mr. Schwartz? 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 Hello, sucker. 13:23.000 --> 13:25.000 That's right. Professor, climb in. 13:25.000 --> 13:29.000 l forgot to say that Sam tries to be funny. 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 Well, we're ready, Pete. Let's roll. 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 Okay, boy. 13:35.000 --> 13:39.000 And, uh, the boy up there with Pete is nosy. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 l don't think you know him, Professor. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 Why, l... l believe l've seen him. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 Somewhere. 13:45.000 --> 13:48.000 What's the matter, Sam? Cat cut your tongue? 13:48.000 --> 13:51.000 Why don't you make yammer yammer with the Professor? 13:51.000 --> 13:53.000 You're nuts. 13:53.000 --> 13:55.000 Sam isn't feeling too well tonight, Professor. 13:55.000 --> 13:57.000 l feel as good as you're going to, Carlotti. 13:57.000 --> 14:00.000 You see, Professor, Sam is from San Francisco too, 14:00.000 --> 14:04.000 but he isn't as optimistic as you are about my, uh, my experiments. 14:04.000 --> 14:06.000 ls that so? You came down too, Mr. Schwartz? 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Shut it, you old goat. 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 l came down here because l was tricked. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 Shut up, Sam. 14:10.000 --> 14:11.000 Yes, l was tricked. 14:11.000 --> 14:13.000 You can't be all alone, Carlotti. 14:13.000 --> 14:14.000 You got me on the griddle. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 My boys will give you a payoff. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 l said shut up. 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 They'll get you for this, Carlotti. 14:18.000 --> 14:19.000 Shut up, boy. Shut up. 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 lt's okay, it's okay, Pete. 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 Sam's all right. 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 He just wants to brag about his punks 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 and how they're going to get Carlotti. 14:26.000 --> 14:27.000 He's loyal to the home team. 14:27.000 --> 14:28.000 Mr. Carlotti. 14:28.000 --> 14:29.000 Yes, yes, yes. What's wrong? 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 l want to know what's going on. There's some mistake. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 Oh, no. No, no mistake, Professor. 14:33.000 --> 14:36.000 Well, what? What has all this got to do with your experiments, 14:36.000 --> 14:37.000 with your laboratory? 14:37.000 --> 14:39.000 Ah, Professor, wait and see. 14:39.000 --> 14:42.000 No, no. l insist there's some mistake. l... 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 l don't think l belong here. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 Don't belong here? 14:45.000 --> 14:48.000 Pete, nosy. Listen to the Professor. 14:48.000 --> 14:51.000 Why, you're absolutely a sensible professor. 14:51.000 --> 14:54.000 You're going to be the star in this production. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 l knew then that events had gotten rather beyond me. 15:03.000 --> 15:05.000 So l sat back and began to think, 15:05.000 --> 15:07.000 to sort out the facts of my situation 15:07.000 --> 15:10.000 in order to be able to deal with them rationally, scientifically. 15:10.000 --> 15:13.000 Nosy, the other man with Pete, l knew now, 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 was the second census taker. 15:15.000 --> 15:19.000 And it was apparent to me that l was part of some plan of Carlotti's, 15:19.000 --> 15:22.000 that Carlotti was, after all, what he appeared to be, 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 a ruthless, stupid man. 15:24.000 --> 15:28.000 Well, at any rate, l would be able to outthink him. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 The car swung off the highway 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 and pulled up in front of a closed gate 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 over which there was a sign that said, ''Rear Entrance.'' 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 A man in a guard's uniform opened the gate, 15:36.000 --> 15:39.000 and as our car went through, Carlotti leaned out and said, 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 ''Nice going, Mike.'' 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 The headlights were switched off. 15:42.000 --> 15:44.000 There were no other lights on the narrow drive inside, 15:44.000 --> 15:47.000 but on each side of the car, l could see huge open stalls 15:47.000 --> 15:50.000 filled with all sorts of furniture, fireplaces, 15:50.000 --> 15:53.000 pieces of scenery, theatrical props. 15:53.000 --> 15:56.000 Then suddenly we were passing through what looked like a city street, 15:56.000 --> 15:59.000 and l... l knew where we were. 15:59.000 --> 16:02.000 Why, this is a motion picture lot. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 Elementary, my dear professor. 16:04.000 --> 16:05.000 Paraton pictures. 16:05.000 --> 16:07.000 Yes, l've never been to one before. It's very interesting. 16:07.000 --> 16:09.000 Oh, you've got to find it very interesting. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 Yes, yes, l gather that. 16:11.000 --> 16:13.000 Now tell me, Carlotti, 16:13.000 --> 16:15.000 who is going to be killed tonight? 16:15.000 --> 16:17.000 Why is the guy up, Carlotti? 16:17.000 --> 16:18.000 Shut up, Sam. 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 Will it be me or Mr. Schwartz or both of us? 16:20.000 --> 16:22.000 What makes you think there's going to be a killer? 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 Oh, come now. l've been on alert. 16:24.000 --> 16:27.000 l admit it, but l certainly can recognize an objective situation when l have to. 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 Well, you won't be bumped off, not tonight, 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 but my friend Sammy here... 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Why don't you just drill me? What's all the trimmings? 16:35.000 --> 16:38.000 Well, you know how l like things, Sam, a little gaudy. 16:38.000 --> 16:41.000 Oh, and l am the trimmings, is that it? 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 You, Professor, are the works, 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 because you're going to kill Sam. 16:46.000 --> 16:47.000 Oh, you nonsense. 16:47.000 --> 16:50.000 Well, you won't really pull the trigger, but you'll look the part. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 What on earth are you talking... 16:52.000 --> 16:55.000 Now, see now, Professor, now on the right to another street. 16:55.000 --> 16:57.000 Now, do you know this city? 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 What? Why, it's San Francisco. 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 Yeah, Van Ness Avenue, in fact. 17:02.000 --> 17:05.000 Why, this is my block. There's the house. 17:05.000 --> 17:10.000 lt's astonishing. Fantastic. A movie set. 17:10.000 --> 17:12.000 Really gives you thrill, doesn't it? 17:12.000 --> 17:16.000 My goodness. What a passion Hollywood must have for detail. 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 Yeah, they really do it right, don't they? 17:18.000 --> 17:20.000 This is San Francisco now. 17:20.000 --> 17:23.000 They got another set off before the fire. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 Yes, yes. l remember. l read about it. 17:25.000 --> 17:27.000 Yeah, yeah, the Collins has been telling all about it. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 That's how l knew. 17:29.000 --> 17:30.000 Okay, you nosy. 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 Me, outside. You too, me. Come on. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 Cover our friends as they go out. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 Professor, Sammy, go on. 17:38.000 --> 17:40.000 What are you gonna do? 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 lt won't take long, Sam. Just pile out. 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 Yes, Mr. Schwartz, come on. 17:44.000 --> 17:47.000 Yes, yes, that's my house. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 Every detail. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 Paint flaking off, a bit shabby looking. 17:52.000 --> 17:56.000 Yeah, you'll be able to tell your friends you were in movies, Professor. 17:56.000 --> 17:58.000 That they'll never believe you. 17:58.000 --> 18:00.000 Oh, l see your plan now, Carlotti. 18:00.000 --> 18:03.000 You're going to photograph me shooting Mr. Schwartz. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 Isn't that the idea? On the steps of my house. 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 Who tipped you off? 18:08.000 --> 18:10.000 Oh, really, l'm a psychologist. 18:10.000 --> 18:13.000 lt's relatively simple for me to follow your mental processes. 18:13.000 --> 18:15.000 Oh, it's simple, is it? 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 Hey, get Sam up there. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 How about a third step and watch him? 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 Okay, come on, punk. 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 My boys will fling it at us one, Carlotti. 18:22.000 --> 18:23.000 Get going, Sam, get going. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 Get a gun. 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 Get a gun. 18:25.000 --> 18:26.000 Get your tongue. 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 So it's simple, Professor, eh? 18:28.000 --> 18:32.000 Well, now that you know how l'm doing it, how do you like it? 18:32.000 --> 18:34.000 Oh, it's a colorful plan, unique, but it won't work. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Oh, you think not, eh? 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 No, to be blunt, you haven't the mind to carry it through. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 You've bitten off more than you can chew, Carlotti. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 You haven't the higher intelligence necessary for so much detail. 18:43.000 --> 18:46.000 Look, you'll be laughing out of the other side of your mouth tomorrow, 18:46.000 --> 18:47.000 so l'll let it pass. 18:47.000 --> 18:48.000 Very well. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Now, you take this gun, Professor. 18:50.000 --> 18:51.000 lt ain't loaded. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 Now, get up there by the front door. 18:53.000 --> 18:57.000 And when l tell you to, point the gun at Sam like you mean it. 18:57.000 --> 19:02.000 As l climbed the steps of the set, l was filled with an enormous valid amusement. 19:02.000 --> 19:06.000 Carlotti's plan was so ornate, so melodramatic. 19:06.000 --> 19:09.000 l could picture his self-satisfaction when he first thought of it, 19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 the immature pleasure he'd derived from working out the details. 19:12.000 --> 19:16.000 And l could picture the blind, stupefied obedience of Pete and Nosy 19:16.000 --> 19:20.000 when they went to San Francisco to find the right house on Van Ness Avenue. 19:20.000 --> 19:25.100 Mine was a little more 19:25.100 --> 19:27.100 than that of Van Ness Avenue. 19:27.100 --> 19:30.000 Mine was right because l lived alone. 19:30.000 --> 19:33.000 But mine was also wrong because l was trained for detail, 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 trained to see and evaluate. 19:35.000 --> 19:39.000 Yes, it was like the reasoning of a human being 19:39.000 --> 19:42.000 pitted against that of a fairly adaptable chimpanzee. 19:42.000 --> 19:47.000 And as l stood in the doorway of the admirable replica of my house, 19:47.000 --> 19:52.000 l looked around quickly for the one or two floors which l could later use, 19:52.000 --> 19:56.000 which would prove that that night l was in Los Angeles, not in San Francisco. 19:56.000 --> 19:59.000 And then Carlotti gave his signal. 19:59.000 --> 20:03.000 Okay, Professor, aim your gun. 20:03.000 --> 20:06.000 Pete, get Sam over and then let it fly. 20:06.000 --> 20:11.000 Perfect, perfect. What a shot and what a picture. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 ls he dead, Pete? 20:13.000 --> 20:15.000 Yes, it's unnatural. 20:15.000 --> 20:19.000 You did good too, Professor. That picture looked like the real thing. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 Thank you, Carlotti. l enjoyed it. 20:22.000 --> 20:25.000 Yes, l suppose everybody likes to act. 20:25.000 --> 20:28.000 Yeah, l got to hand it to you too. You didn't bat an eye. 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 But to see a man killed, 20:30.000 --> 20:33.000 a scientist can't be too perturbed about death. 20:33.000 --> 20:38.000 Yeah, l guess not. Pete, get the late Mr. Schwartz into the car 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 and watch the blood. 20:40.000 --> 20:44.000 There won't be a trap for it. l got the code under him right away. 20:44.000 --> 20:48.000 Now, Professor, l promised l'd get you home. 20:48.000 --> 20:51.000 No? Oh, Pete's going to drive me there. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 All the way to San Francisco? 20:53.000 --> 20:56.000 Sure, we've got to have Sammy found up there, don't we? 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Oh, of course, of course. 20:58.000 --> 21:01.000 Well, so l figured you'd better go along for the ride. 21:07.000 --> 21:11.000 lt was a strange trip. l sat in the back with my feet on Mr. Schwartz. 21:11.000 --> 21:14.000 Nosy sat beside me and covered me with his gun. 21:14.000 --> 21:17.000 We drove slowly through the sleeping towns in order not to arouse suspicion. 21:17.000 --> 21:21.000 But on the long stretches of open road, Pete drove at a terrific speed. 21:21.000 --> 21:24.000 And all the way, l was completely calm and at ease. 21:24.000 --> 21:27.000 Yes, the corpse would be found somewhere in San Francisco 21:27.000 --> 21:30.000 with something on it to send the police after me. 21:30.000 --> 21:33.000 And then they would have the picture of me shooting Sam Schwartz 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 on my own front steps. 21:35.000 --> 21:38.000 And Carlotti would be safe with alibis in Los Angeles, 21:38.000 --> 21:41.000 420 miles away. 21:41.000 --> 21:44.000 Yes, yes, that was the way it was planned. 21:44.000 --> 21:47.000 Well, l felt a little sorry for Carlotti. 21:47.000 --> 21:50.000 lt was going to be so easy to block him. 21:50.000 --> 21:53.000 After a while, l fell asleep. 21:53.000 --> 21:57.000 l woke up as the car stopped at the curb in front of my house. 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 You're an excellent driver, Pete. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 Thanks, yeah, we make good time. 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 Okay, Professor, out. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 You don't have to wave that gun at me, Nosy. 22:09.000 --> 22:11.000 After all, l'm home. l live here. 22:11.000 --> 22:14.000 Yeah, and l'm going in with you until Pete has time to attend 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 to a couple of other arrangements. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 Yes, of course. He has to dispose of the body 22:18.000 --> 22:21.000 and he has to tell the police and give them the picture. 22:21.000 --> 22:23.000 You know everything, don't you? 22:23.000 --> 22:26.000 Okay, Pete, get going. l'll meet you later. 22:26.000 --> 22:29.000 Sure thing, Nosy. Same time, same place. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 Yeah, we just made it in time. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 Another hour, it'd be daylight. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 Got your key, Professor? 22:39.000 --> 22:42.000 Key? Oh, certainly. l'm a very methodical man. 22:43.000 --> 22:47.000 Yes, yes, that movie set is a clever copy. Very clever. 22:47.000 --> 22:50.000 Yeah, everything's just the same as here. 22:50.000 --> 22:53.000 Oh, no, no, no. There are one or two minor differences. 22:53.000 --> 22:54.000 Thank goodness. 22:54.000 --> 22:55.000 What do you mean by that? 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 Come in, Nosy. 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 Well, the doorbell was quite different. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 It was like the old one l had replaced last year. 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 l didn't see that. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 Another thing, Nosy, the porch light wasn't there. 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 What porch light? 23:08.000 --> 23:11.000 My landlord put one in for me because l'm rather short-sighted 23:11.000 --> 23:13.000 and often stumble going down the steps. 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 And the house in L.A. didn't have that? 23:15.000 --> 23:17.000 Did you see one there? 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 No, l thought not, and it won't be in the picture. 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 Well, maybe the picture doesn't show that part of the house. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Oh, l think Carlotti got it all in. 23:24.000 --> 23:27.000 Carlotti's plan doesn't look so good now, does it, Nosy? 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 The boss said he'd bring you here and stay here. 23:29.000 --> 23:31.000 l hear the cops coming, and that's what l'm gonna do, and that's all. 23:31.000 --> 23:33.000 Even now that you know Carlotti's plan won't work? 23:33.000 --> 23:35.000 l don't know nothing about that. 23:35.000 --> 23:37.000 The boss has made all the right so far, and... 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 Uh-oh, listen. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 The cops! 23:41.000 --> 23:43.000 Yes, yes, that would be the police. 23:43.000 --> 23:45.000 Hmm, Pete worked very fast. 23:45.000 --> 23:47.000 Where was he dumping the body, Nosy? 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 You'll find out, Professor. l'm leaving. 23:49.000 --> 23:51.000 But if you try to leave the front way, l'll drug you. 24:02.000 --> 24:05.000 Hi. Come in, gentlemen. l was expecting you. 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 You Professor Moffat? 24:07.000 --> 24:09.000 That's right, and you're from the homicide squad. Come in. 24:09.000 --> 24:11.000 Hey, how'd you know we were coming? 24:11.000 --> 24:13.000 Well, you found a body of a man named Schwartz, 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 and somebody told you that l killed him, right? 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 No, we didn't find anybody. 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 Oh, well, then someone sent you a photograph of me 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 standing on my front porch shooting Sam Schwartz. 24:21.000 --> 24:24.000 Look, we don't know anything about you or Sam Schwartz, 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 and we didn't see any pictures. 24:26.000 --> 24:29.000 Well, then why are you here at this ungodly hour? 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 We got a phone call. 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 A phone call? 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 Yeah, someone phoned in that you had a body here, 24:35.000 --> 24:37.000 so we came to check. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.000 Here? A body here? 24:39.000 --> 24:41.000 In this house? 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 That's right. We always check these calls, 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 even though a lot of them were from crackpots. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 This one said the body was in your cellar. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 What? My...my cellar? 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 Yeah, so if you don't mind, we'll just look around. 24:51.000 --> 24:53.000 No, you can't go in the cellar. There's nothing there. 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 There's nothing in the cellar. 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 Hey, grab the old-up, and hang on. 24:57.000 --> 25:03.000 I'll get you... 25:06.000 --> 25:09.000 Then I knew it was no use. 25:09.000 --> 25:11.000 Then I knew that they'd never believe 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 what had really happened that night. 25:13.000 --> 25:17.000 Then I knew that Carlotti had thought of everything, 25:17.000 --> 25:19.000 down to the last detail. 25:19.000 --> 25:22.000 Yes, except one I'd thought of, 25:22.000 --> 25:26.000 because in the cellar, there were two bodies. 25:26.000 --> 25:30.000 The body of Sam Schwartz that Pete had put there that night, 25:30.000 --> 25:34.000 and the body of Janet, my wife, 25:34.000 --> 25:37.000 whom I'd murdered six months before. 25:37.000 --> 25:44.000 Yes, now I remember my dream, the rest of it. 25:44.000 --> 25:49.000 I'm standing in my laboratory beside a cage. 25:49.000 --> 25:55.000 Only I'm in the cage, and I'm watching Carlotti. 25:55.000 --> 26:01.000 And Pete is there, and Carlotti is talking, talking. 26:03.000 --> 26:05.000 Okay, Pete, lock him up. 26:05.000 --> 26:07.000 I've seen all I want to for today. 26:07.000 --> 26:08.000 He gives me the willies. 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 Funny to watch these apes, boss. 26:10.000 --> 26:13.000 Sometimes they're almost human. 26:13.000 --> 26:16.000 Yeah. 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