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You know I didn't want to see you. 02:30.300 --> 02:33.300 I think you've mistaken me for someone else. 02:33.300 --> 02:35.300 Twenty-first floor. 02:35.300 --> 02:36.800 You're Rex Melville? 02:36.800 --> 02:38.800 No, my name is Sutherland. 02:38.800 --> 02:41.300 Oh, I'm so sorry. 02:41.300 --> 02:43.300 You look exactly like... 02:43.300 --> 02:45.300 Please, forgive me. 02:45.300 --> 02:46.800 This is your floor, ma'am. 02:46.800 --> 02:48.300 Oh, thank you. 02:48.300 --> 02:49.800 Good night, Mr. Sutherland. 02:49.800 --> 02:51.800 Good night. 02:51.800 --> 02:53.300 Sky room, sir? 02:53.300 --> 02:54.800 Yeah, yes, the sky room. 02:54.800 --> 02:56.300 Thank you. 03:05.300 --> 03:06.800 I'm a flyer. 03:06.800 --> 03:09.800 And I like to look down on the lights of cities from high places. 03:09.800 --> 03:13.300 Usually it makes me feel important and warm inside. 03:13.300 --> 03:15.300 But not on this night. 03:15.300 --> 03:18.300 I found myself looking down, computing how many miles an hour 03:18.300 --> 03:22.800 a human body would be falling by the time it hit the sidewalk. 03:22.800 --> 03:26.800 Then I noticed leaning over the parapet a few feet away from me. 03:26.800 --> 03:28.800 The girl from the elevator. 03:28.800 --> 03:30.800 Good evening. 03:30.800 --> 03:32.800 Oh, good evening. 03:32.800 --> 03:34.800 It looks as if I am following you. 03:38.800 --> 03:40.300 It doesn't seem possible. 03:40.300 --> 03:41.800 Not the resemblance? 03:41.800 --> 03:44.800 Yes, it's almost perfect. 03:44.800 --> 03:47.300 You're a little taller, I think. 03:47.300 --> 03:50.800 Oh, my chin comes just below his shoulder, too. 03:50.800 --> 03:52.800 You're exactly the same height as Rex. 03:52.800 --> 03:54.800 And who is Rex? 03:54.800 --> 03:56.800 A friend. 03:58.800 --> 04:01.800 You told me your name on the elevator. I've forgotten it. 04:01.800 --> 04:02.800 David Sutherland. 04:02.800 --> 04:03.800 I'm Diana Blake. 04:03.800 --> 04:04.800 Miss Blake? 04:04.800 --> 04:05.800 Yes. 04:05.800 --> 04:08.800 Oh, would you care for something to eat, Miss Blake? 04:08.800 --> 04:17.800 Yes, I would. 04:17.800 --> 04:21.300 We had a rare bit, I think, and we talked about the customary subjects 04:21.300 --> 04:23.300 with the expected frequency. 04:23.300 --> 04:26.300 She was beautiful by every standard except the Flemish. 04:26.300 --> 04:29.300 There was a thrilling compactness about her. 04:29.300 --> 04:32.300 My mind floated through all sorts of conjectures. 04:32.300 --> 04:34.800 But Miss Blake bolted me back to reality. 04:34.800 --> 04:35.800 I lied to you. 04:35.800 --> 04:36.800 What? 04:36.800 --> 04:39.800 My name isn't Diana Blake. It's Mrs. Melville. 04:39.800 --> 04:42.800 Rex is not a friend. He's my husband. 04:42.800 --> 04:44.800 Oh, somewhat more than a friend. 04:44.800 --> 04:47.800 In this case, somewhat less. 04:47.800 --> 04:52.800 It's so incredible, so utterly incredible to sit across the table 04:52.800 --> 04:58.800 from someone who looks exactly like my husband and have a good time. 04:58.800 --> 05:01.800 Oh, I'd better leave. He might find us here. 05:01.800 --> 05:02.800 Of course. Philip? 05:02.800 --> 05:03.800 Yes, Mr. Sutherland? 05:03.800 --> 05:05.800 Check, please. May I see your home? 05:05.800 --> 05:07.800 Oh, it's not necessary. I have a suite here in the hotel. 05:07.800 --> 05:08.800 Here is the check, sir. 05:08.800 --> 05:11.800 I'll sign it. May I borrow your pencil, Philip? 05:11.800 --> 05:13.800 I'm deeply sorry, Mr. Sutherland. 05:13.800 --> 05:14.800 What? 05:14.800 --> 05:15.800 I've been asked to tell you that... 05:15.800 --> 05:18.800 Look, I've been signing checks at the Sky Room for five years. 05:18.800 --> 05:20.800 Excuse me, but the accounting department... 05:20.800 --> 05:22.800 Please, don't hate me if I pay it. 05:22.800 --> 05:23.800 Oh, no, I couldn't possibly allow... 05:23.800 --> 05:25.800 You will find, David, that I am a woman of extremes. 05:25.800 --> 05:27.800 I've either a great deal or nothing. 05:27.800 --> 05:31.800 Right now, the only thing I have a great deal of is money. 05:31.800 --> 05:32.800 Philip. 05:32.800 --> 05:34.800 Thank you, madam. 05:34.800 --> 05:36.800 Don't be angry, please. 05:36.800 --> 05:40.800 It's a small price for saving my life. 05:40.800 --> 05:41.800 Saving you? 05:41.800 --> 05:43.800 When you spoke to me out there on the parapet, 05:43.800 --> 05:46.800 I was getting ready to commit suicide. 05:54.800 --> 05:56.800 I saw her to the door of her hotel suite, 05:56.800 --> 05:58.800 kissed her, mentally, 05:58.800 --> 06:00.800 and bade her a formal good night. 06:00.800 --> 06:03.800 It's been pleasant meeting you, Mrs. Melville, etc. 06:03.800 --> 06:06.800 But inside, I knew what had happened to me. 06:06.800 --> 06:07.800 And by four in the morning, 06:07.800 --> 06:10.800 I knew I'd have to do something about it. 06:20.800 --> 06:22.800 Market 0500. 06:22.800 --> 06:24.800 I'd like to speak with Mrs. Melville. 06:24.800 --> 06:26.800 One moment, please. 06:26.800 --> 06:29.800 I'm sorry, sir, there is no Mrs. Melville registered here. 06:29.800 --> 06:32.800 Oh, uh, oh, Operator, how about a Miss Blake? 06:32.800 --> 06:34.800 Diana Blake? 06:34.800 --> 06:36.800 I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment. 06:36.800 --> 06:38.800 Thank you. 06:41.800 --> 06:43.800 Hello? 06:43.800 --> 06:45.800 Forgive me for calling this late. 06:45.800 --> 06:46.800 David Sutherland. 06:46.800 --> 06:48.800 I wasn't asleep. I thought you'd call. 06:48.800 --> 06:49.800 I've got to see you. 06:49.800 --> 06:51.800 I know. As soon as possible. 06:51.800 --> 06:53.800 You see, it's 4.15. 06:53.800 --> 06:56.800 I'll meet you in the hotel lobby at, oh, better make it an hour from now. 06:56.800 --> 06:57.800 Oh, no, not the lobby. 06:57.800 --> 06:59.800 There's a little coffee shop, Radnick's, 06:59.800 --> 07:01.800 around the corner, on Post Street. 07:01.800 --> 07:03.800 I'll be there, 5.15. 07:11.800 --> 07:14.800 It was just growing light as I drove up the Bay Shore. 07:14.800 --> 07:17.800 Practically no traffic. I got to Radnick's in about, oh, 40 minutes. 07:17.800 --> 07:19.800 She was there, waiting for me. 07:19.800 --> 07:21.800 We ordered coffee. 07:23.800 --> 07:25.800 Anything else? Eggs? Toast? 07:25.800 --> 07:27.800 No, I'm not hungry. 07:27.800 --> 07:30.800 Do you know what I want to talk with you about? 07:30.800 --> 07:32.800 I think I know. 07:32.800 --> 07:34.800 There are a few things we have to get clear. 07:34.800 --> 07:36.800 Are you married? 07:36.800 --> 07:37.800 Yes. 07:37.800 --> 07:39.800 The hotel has you registered as Miss Blake. 07:39.800 --> 07:42.800 I've been separated from Rex for three years. 07:42.800 --> 07:44.800 I met him in Buenos Aires. 07:44.800 --> 07:46.800 We were married. 07:46.800 --> 07:48.800 Didn't work. So I left him. 07:48.800 --> 07:50.800 No divorce? 07:50.800 --> 07:52.800 I hate scandal. 07:52.800 --> 07:54.800 Nobody knew I'd been married. 07:54.800 --> 07:57.800 It was foolish, but I came back here and became Diana Blake again. 07:57.800 --> 07:59.800 And he dropped out of your life? 07:59.800 --> 08:01.800 He was still last week. 08:01.800 --> 08:03.800 Just showed up out of nowhere. 08:03.800 --> 08:05.800 Seems he suddenly needs money. 08:05.800 --> 08:07.800 And a wealthy wife's a handy thing to have. 08:07.800 --> 08:09.800 And to buy him off? 08:09.800 --> 08:11.800 He doesn't stop there. 08:11.800 --> 08:13.800 He, uh... 08:13.800 --> 08:15.800 He wants to live with me. 08:17.800 --> 08:19.800 I can't stand being in the same room with him. 08:19.800 --> 08:21.800 And he looks exactly like me. 08:21.800 --> 08:23.800 That's why I married him. He's very attractive. 08:23.800 --> 08:25.800 His appearance... 08:25.800 --> 08:27.800 But... 08:27.800 --> 08:29.800 He's not a human being. 08:29.800 --> 08:31.800 He... 08:31.800 --> 08:33.800 You'd rather kill yourself than live with him? 08:33.800 --> 08:35.800 Yes. 08:35.800 --> 08:37.800 Now, listen to me. Raise your head. Listen to me. 08:37.800 --> 08:39.800 Yes. 08:39.800 --> 08:41.800 I'd rather die than go through what I have to do this week. 08:41.800 --> 08:43.800 You know the firm of Sutherland & Sons? 08:43.800 --> 08:45.800 The importers? 08:45.800 --> 08:47.800 I used to have a third interest in the company. 08:47.800 --> 08:49.800 But there have been some cagey stock manipulations by my dear cousins. 08:49.800 --> 08:51.800 I wound up with a safe deposit box full of waste paper. 08:51.800 --> 08:53.800 I may have to go through bankruptcy. 08:53.800 --> 08:57.800 Oh, I'm sorry. 08:57.800 --> 08:59.800 Now, look, we both considered suicide. 08:59.800 --> 09:01.800 That's no good. 09:01.800 --> 09:03.800 But what would happen if we both became... 09:03.800 --> 09:05.800 Husband... 09:05.800 --> 09:07.800 And wife? 09:07.800 --> 09:09.800 Yes. 09:09.800 --> 09:11.800 What will happen to Rex? 09:11.800 --> 09:13.800 Rex is going to become the late David Sutherland. 09:13.800 --> 09:15.800 Oh, no. 09:15.800 --> 09:17.800 Now, look, I've thought it all out. 09:17.800 --> 09:19.800 I have some property up in the high sierra. 09:19.800 --> 09:21.800 A summer house. 09:21.800 --> 09:23.800 The only way to get there is by air. 09:23.800 --> 09:25.800 The place has been advertised for sale. 09:25.800 --> 09:27.800 Now, suppose you told Rex you were interested in buying live oak. 09:27.800 --> 09:29.800 Could you ask him to fly up with me in my plane? 09:29.800 --> 09:31.800 Well, he likes to fly, but he might be suspicious. 09:31.800 --> 09:33.800 You can make it sound logical. 09:33.800 --> 09:35.800 Tell him you want to try to make a go of your marriage. 09:35.800 --> 09:37.800 Live oak seems to be an ideal place for a second honeymoon. 09:37.800 --> 09:39.800 Yes, I'll try. 09:39.800 --> 09:41.800 Does he have any friends in San Francisco? 09:41.800 --> 09:43.800 None that I know of. 09:43.800 --> 09:45.800 He's lived in Argentina for years. 09:45.800 --> 09:47.800 Oh, one thing. His voice. 09:47.800 --> 09:49.800 Oh, I'm sorry. 09:49.800 --> 09:51.800 Oh, one thing. His voice. 09:51.800 --> 09:53.800 It's a little higher pitched than yours, 09:53.800 --> 09:55.800 and he speaks more precisely. 09:55.800 --> 09:57.800 I can get by. 09:57.800 --> 09:59.800 What accounts does he have here? Bank accounts? 09:59.800 --> 10:01.800 He doesn't have any. 10:01.800 --> 10:03.800 Using travelers' checks and the money I've had to give him. 10:03.800 --> 10:05.800 Will he stay with you tonight? 10:05.800 --> 10:07.800 If I let him. 10:07.800 --> 10:09.800 Good. That'll give me a chance to go through his hotel room. 10:09.800 --> 10:11.800 Where's he staying? 10:11.800 --> 10:13.800 The park row. 10:13.800 --> 10:15.800 Room? 10:15.800 --> 10:17.800 Oh, yes. 518. 10:17.800 --> 10:19.800 Now, tonight, Diana, you tell him about Live Oak. 10:19.800 --> 10:21.800 Now, tonight, Diana, you tell him about Live Oak. 10:21.800 --> 10:23.800 Say I'm a real estate broker 10:23.800 --> 10:25.800 and make some remark about the resemblance. 10:25.800 --> 10:27.800 Yeah, all right. 10:27.800 --> 10:29.800 Tell him that tomorrow night is the only time I can fly him up to the summer house. 10:29.800 --> 10:31.800 I'll meet him at the Palo Alto airport at 9 o'clock. 10:31.800 --> 10:33.800 In the evening. 10:33.800 --> 10:35.800 The air is smoother at night. 10:35.800 --> 10:37.800 The air is smoother at night. 10:37.800 --> 10:39.800 Can you land at Live Oak after dark? 10:39.800 --> 10:41.800 No, Diana. 10:41.800 --> 10:43.800 But Mr. Melville will never land 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airport. 12:57.800 --> 12:59.800 I loosened the screws around the cowling 12:59.800 --> 13:01.800 of the instrument panel of my airplane. 13:01.800 --> 13:03.800 And I took my parachute home and soaked it 13:03.800 --> 13:05.800 thoroughly in a wash tub full of black dye. 13:05.800 --> 13:07.800 The shrouds and the silk came out 13:07.800 --> 13:09.800 dull blank, just right. 13:09.800 --> 13:11.800 As it began to grow dark, 13:11.800 --> 13:13.800 I felt a tremendous desire to be with Diana, 13:13.800 --> 13:15.800 at least to talk with her. 13:15.800 --> 13:17.800 I realized how much she was coming to mean to me. 13:17.800 --> 13:19.800 I stifled my urge to call her. 13:19.800 --> 13:21.800 If I could be apart from Diana this one night, 13:21.800 --> 13:23.800 I could be with her the rest of my life. 13:23.800 --> 13:25.800 I drove back into San Francisco 13:25.800 --> 13:27.800 to the Park Row Hotel. 13:27.800 --> 13:29.800 As I walked in, I turned my hat brim down 13:29.800 --> 13:31.800 in the way Diana and I were sitting. 13:31.800 --> 13:33.800 I turned my hat brim down in the way Diana 13:33.800 --> 13:35.800 had told me Rex Melville wore his. 13:35.800 --> 13:37.800 I prepared to speak more precisely 13:37.800 --> 13:39.800 to try out my impersonation of the man 13:39.800 --> 13:41.800 I was about to murder. 13:45.800 --> 13:47.800 Good evening, Mr. Melville. 13:47.800 --> 13:49.800 Good evening. May I have the key to 518, please? 13:49.800 --> 13:51.800 Certainly, Mr. Melville. 13:51.800 --> 13:53.800 You weren't gone very long, sir? 13:53.800 --> 13:55.800 No, not long. Is there any mail in my box? 13:55.800 --> 13:57.800 Well, I... 13:57.800 --> 13:59.800 I just gave you your mail, sir, 13:59.800 --> 14:01.800 and you went out. 14:01.800 --> 14:03.800 Oh, of course. I'd forgotten. Thank you. 14:07.800 --> 14:09.800 I went on up and unlocked the door 14:09.800 --> 14:11.800 to Rex Melville's room, empty, 14:11.800 --> 14:13.800 and in a rather slovenly state of disorder. 14:13.800 --> 14:15.800 I made it a point to touch everything in the room, 14:15.800 --> 14:17.800 the light switches, the water faucets, 14:17.800 --> 14:19.800 the drawer handles. 14:19.800 --> 14:21.800 I wanted to leave plenty of my fingerprints 14:21.800 --> 14:23.800 in case I should need to prove later on 14:23.800 --> 14:25.800 that I, the future of Rex Melville, 14:25.800 --> 14:27.800 had occupied this room. 14:27.800 --> 14:29.800 And I left. 14:29.800 --> 14:31.800 But I didn't go back to Palo Alto. 14:31.800 --> 14:33.800 I just walked the streets of San Francisco 14:33.800 --> 14:35.800 until dawn. 14:43.800 --> 14:45.800 Who is it? David. 14:45.800 --> 14:47.800 Just a moment. 14:49.800 --> 14:51.800 Oh, Diana. Oh, David. 14:51.800 --> 14:53.800 I thought the morning would never come. 14:53.800 --> 14:55.800 Rex just left a few seconds ago. 14:55.800 --> 14:57.800 I know. I've been watching for him outside. 14:57.800 --> 14:59.800 He didn't see you? No. 14:59.800 --> 15:01.800 How is it about tonight? 15:01.800 --> 15:03.800 We're all set. It wasn't easy, but I convinced him. 15:03.800 --> 15:05.800 You'll meet you at the Palo Alto airport at nine. 15:05.800 --> 15:07.800 Perfect. 15:07.800 --> 15:09.800 I took his billfold out of his coat pocket. 15:09.800 --> 15:11.800 Here. 15:11.800 --> 15:13.800 Your signatures on the traveler's check. 15:13.800 --> 15:15.800 Good. This is just what I needed. 15:15.800 --> 15:17.800 Oh, David. 15:17.800 --> 15:19.800 When will it be over? 15:19.800 --> 15:21.800 Before midnight. I'll be back with you by this time tomorrow morning. 15:21.800 --> 15:23.800 Be careful. 15:23.800 --> 15:25.800 You know something? 15:25.800 --> 15:27.800 I've never kissed you. 15:27.800 --> 15:29.800 All my time. 15:31.800 --> 15:33.800 Forgive me. 15:33.800 --> 15:35.800 I didn't blot my lipstick. 15:35.800 --> 15:37.800 Who could that be? 15:37.800 --> 15:39.800 Rex. I had the billfold. 15:43.800 --> 15:45.800 Yes? Who is it? 15:45.800 --> 15:47.800 Let me in, will you? I forgot something. 15:47.800 --> 15:49.800 Just a moment. 15:49.800 --> 15:51.800 I left my wallet. 15:51.800 --> 15:53.800 Well, hello. 15:53.800 --> 15:55.800 This is the real estate man I told you about. 15:55.800 --> 15:57.800 My name is Sutherland. 15:57.800 --> 15:59.800 You're right, honey. He's a dead ringer for me. 15:59.800 --> 16:01.800 Yes, he... 16:01.800 --> 16:03.800 I understand we're taking a little trip tonight. 16:03.800 --> 16:05.800 Yes, say... say you make your business calls 16:05.800 --> 16:07.800 pretty early in the morning, don't you, Mr. Sutherland? 16:07.800 --> 16:09.800 He stopped in to find out about tonight. 16:09.800 --> 16:11.800 I was just leaving. 16:11.800 --> 16:13.800 Good. Now, what about the wallet, honey? 16:13.800 --> 16:15.800 It's not here. You sure? 16:15.800 --> 16:17.800 If I find it, I'll call you. All right. 16:17.800 --> 16:19.800 Say, why don't we ride down to the elevator together, Mr. Sutherland? 16:19.800 --> 16:21.800 You can tell me something about this place at Live Old. 16:21.800 --> 16:23.800 Oh, but, Rex... 16:23.800 --> 16:25.800 I'll be glad to. 16:25.800 --> 16:27.800 Goodbye, Mrs... Mrs. Melville. 16:27.800 --> 16:29.800 I'll see you later, honey. 16:29.800 --> 16:31.800 Goodbye. 16:37.800 --> 16:39.800 Down car. 16:39.800 --> 16:41.800 You're right ahead, Mr. Sutherland. No, after you. 16:41.800 --> 16:43.800 All the way down? 16:43.800 --> 16:45.800 Yes, the lobby, please. 16:45.800 --> 16:47.800 Hey, I hope you're a good pilot, Sutherland. 16:47.800 --> 16:49.800 I've been flying 10 years. 16:49.800 --> 16:51.800 What kind of plane do you have? 16:51.800 --> 16:53.800 Metal monoplane, a high wing. 16:53.800 --> 16:55.800 It seats two people side by side. 16:55.800 --> 16:57.800 Say! 16:57.800 --> 16:59.800 What's the matter? Hey, you fellas twins? 16:59.800 --> 17:01.800 No. I thought for a minute I was seeing double. 17:01.800 --> 17:03.800 I have to go see an eye doctor. 17:03.800 --> 17:05.800 No, no, we're not twins. 17:05.800 --> 17:07.800 You sure do look alike, though. 17:07.800 --> 17:09.800 I'm glad I don't have to see an eye doctor. 17:09.800 --> 17:11.800 Oh, here's the main floor. 17:11.800 --> 17:15.800 Watch your step, please. 17:25.800 --> 17:27.800 Hello? 17:27.800 --> 17:29.800 Hello, Diana. Yes. 17:29.800 --> 17:31.800 Listen, we're in bad trouble. What's wrong? 17:31.800 --> 17:33.800 The elevator boy. He noticed how much we look alike. 17:33.800 --> 17:35.800 Which car was it? 17:35.800 --> 17:37.800 The end elevator, the one nearest your door. 17:37.800 --> 17:39.800 I can take care of it, David. 17:39.800 --> 17:41.800 I'll be right back. 17:49.800 --> 17:51.800 It was a ghastly day of waiting. 17:51.800 --> 17:53.800 I wired the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles 17:53.800 --> 17:55.800 to reserve a room in the name of David Sutherland. 17:55.800 --> 17:57.800 I remarked casually to one of my neighbors 17:57.800 --> 17:59.800 that I was flying down to Los Angeles in the evening. 17:59.800 --> 18:01.800 Promptly at 9 o'clock, I drove to the airfield. 18:01.800 --> 18:03.800 It was dark and deserted. 18:03.800 --> 18:05.800 I dumped my black parachute 18:05.800 --> 18:07.800 in the pilot's seat and waited. 18:07.800 --> 18:09.800 9.15. No meld-o. 18:09.800 --> 18:11.800 9.30. Still no sign-up. 18:11.800 --> 18:14.800 About 20 minutes of 10, I saw some headlights 18:14.800 --> 18:17.800 turn down the dirt road that leads to the hangar line. 18:25.800 --> 18:27.800 Is that you, Sutherland? 18:27.800 --> 18:29.800 I've been waiting for you. 18:29.800 --> 18:31.800 When I saw you to be late, I was delayed in town. 18:31.800 --> 18:33.800 You all set to go? 18:33.800 --> 18:35.800 I'm going to the airport. 18:35.800 --> 18:37.800 All set. 18:55.800 --> 18:57.800 No one saw him get into the plane. 18:57.800 --> 18:59.800 The airport isn't normally equipped for night operation. 18:59.800 --> 19:01.800 I didn't waste much time warming up the engine. 19:01.800 --> 19:03.800 This would be the last take-off for my ship 19:03.800 --> 19:05.800 so it didn't make much difference. 19:05.800 --> 19:08.800 I gave a full throttle, roared down the asphalt runway 19:08.800 --> 19:10.800 and banked sharply out over the bay. 19:25.800 --> 19:27.800 Sort of pretty up here. 19:27.800 --> 19:29.800 Yes, very. 19:29.800 --> 19:31.800 How long will it take us to get to Live Oak? 19:31.800 --> 19:33.800 Not long. 19:33.800 --> 19:35.800 Excuse me, I have to make a radio call. 19:37.800 --> 19:40.800 NC 35013 calling San Francisco Radio. 19:40.800 --> 19:43.800 I wish to file a flight plan. Over. 19:43.800 --> 19:46.800 NC 35013, this is San Francisco Radio. 19:46.800 --> 19:48.800 Go ahead with flight plan. 19:48.800 --> 19:52.800 This is NC 35013 over Mountain View at 1500. 19:52.800 --> 19:55.800 Pilot, Sutherland, airspeed 145. 19:55.800 --> 19:57.800 Fuel supply three hours. 19:57.800 --> 20:00.800 CFR, destination Los Angeles Municipal. 20:00.800 --> 20:02.800 Los Angeles? 20:02.800 --> 20:06.800 Shut up. ETA in Los Angeles 2345, over. 20:06.800 --> 20:08.800 Roger, 013. 20:08.800 --> 20:11.800 We'll file San Francisco Radio out. 20:11.800 --> 20:13.800 But why are we going all the way to Los Angeles? 20:13.800 --> 20:16.800 You're taking a longer trip than that, Mr. Melville. 20:22.800 --> 20:24.800 I grasped the loose cowling from my instrument panel 20:24.800 --> 20:26.800 and swung it squarely against his head. 20:26.800 --> 20:28.800 He fell forward against the seatbelt. 20:28.800 --> 20:30.800 There was no blood. 20:30.800 --> 20:32.800 The bruise on his face was exactly where the cowling might strike him 20:32.800 --> 20:34.800 if an accident threw him forward against it. 20:34.800 --> 20:36.800 Quickly I screwed the cowling back in place 20:36.800 --> 20:39.800 and then I set about exchanging clothes with my unconscious passenger. 20:39.800 --> 20:41.800 It was difficult in the cramped cabin 20:41.800 --> 20:43.800 and I had to watch my flight control. 20:43.800 --> 20:46.800 I propped Melville into the pilot seat and buckled his safety belt 20:46.800 --> 20:50.800 then I strapped on my own parachute and turned the ship nose down. 20:50.800 --> 20:52.800 As it started to pick up speed in a steep dive 20:52.800 --> 20:58.800 I shoved open the cabin door and leaped. 21:23.800 --> 21:26.800 My parachute, black against black, 21:26.800 --> 21:30.800 dropped me quietly into the meadow a few hundred yards from my burning ship. 21:30.800 --> 21:32.800 The wreckage was complete. 21:32.800 --> 21:36.800 I pulled in the chute, wadded it up and tossed it onto my funeral pyre. 21:36.800 --> 21:48.800 Sleep well, Mr. David Sutherland. 21:48.800 --> 21:53.800 The End 22:02.800 --> 22:06.800 My plane had rammed the wild wilderness on the lower slope of Mount Hamilton. 22:06.800 --> 22:09.800 I struck out on foot for the road which I knew from my maps 22:09.800 --> 22:12.800 ran down the mountain from Lick Observatory to San Jose. 22:12.800 --> 22:15.800 As I walked along in the moonless night I felt free. 22:15.800 --> 22:19.800 For the first time in many months, no more debts, no more threats of bankruptcy, 22:19.800 --> 22:21.800 no more scavenging attorneys. 22:21.800 --> 22:24.800 From San Jose I took the bus back to Palo Alto 22:24.800 --> 22:26.800 keeping as inconspicuous as possible. 22:26.800 --> 22:29.800 At the airport I got into Rex Melville's car. 22:29.800 --> 22:34.800 No, it was my car. I was Rex Melville now. 22:34.800 --> 22:37.800 It was just getting light as I drove up Bayshore Boulevard. 22:37.800 --> 22:45.800 I went into a pay phone booth to call her and tell her everything was all right. 22:50.800 --> 22:52.800 Market 0500. 22:52.800 --> 22:54.800 Miss Blake's apartment, please. 22:54.800 --> 22:55.800 Miss Blake? 22:55.800 --> 22:56.800 Diana Blake. 22:56.800 --> 23:01.800 One moment, sir. I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment. 23:01.800 --> 23:05.800 Hello? Hello? 23:12.800 --> 23:15.800 Why should a man's voice answer in Diana's room? 23:15.800 --> 23:17.800 I went straight to the park road. 23:17.800 --> 23:21.800 The same clerk was on duty who had called me Mr. Melville the night before. 23:25.800 --> 23:26.800 Good morning, sir. 23:26.800 --> 23:29.800 Good morning. The key to 518, please. 23:29.800 --> 23:31.800 The key to 518, please? 23:31.800 --> 23:34.800 Yes. Yes, Mr. Melville. 23:40.800 --> 23:42.800 Why should he stare at me that way? 23:42.800 --> 23:44.800 Everything had gone according to plan. 23:44.800 --> 23:46.800 What have I done wrong? 23:49.800 --> 23:50.800 Hello. 23:50.800 --> 23:52.800 I must have the wrong room. 23:52.800 --> 23:56.800 No, no, no. This is the right room. 518. Come in, come in. 23:56.800 --> 24:01.800 I've been waiting for you, although we really didn't expect you to come back here. 24:01.800 --> 24:04.800 What do you want to see me about? 24:04.800 --> 24:07.800 Well, there's a little matter of murder. 24:07.800 --> 24:11.800 You must have the wrong person. My name is Melville. 24:11.800 --> 24:12.800 Rex Melville. 24:12.800 --> 24:13.800 Yes. 24:13.800 --> 24:14.800 Is this your billfold? 24:14.800 --> 24:17.800 Yes, yes. That's mine. There's my name on it. Rex Melville. 24:17.800 --> 24:19.800 You ought to be more careful where you're leaving. 24:19.800 --> 24:20.800 Where did you find this wallet? 24:20.800 --> 24:24.800 Now we want to get a few things straight. Harry, find the elevator boy and have him come in. 24:24.800 --> 24:28.800 Now about this Miss Blake, what was your relationship with her girlfriend? 24:28.800 --> 24:30.800 No, she was my wife. 24:30.800 --> 24:31.800 Oh. 24:31.800 --> 24:33.800 We were married in Argentina three years ago. 24:33.800 --> 24:37.800 Well, Mr. Melville, if this woman was your wife, why did she use the name of Miss Blake? 24:37.800 --> 24:40.800 We'd, well, we'd been separated. 24:40.800 --> 24:41.800 Oh, I see. 24:41.800 --> 24:42.800 Did you want to see me, sir? 24:42.800 --> 24:47.800 Oh, yes, yes. I want you to take a good look at this gentleman and tell me if he's ever ridden on your elevator. 24:47.800 --> 24:50.800 I took him down last night from the 21st floor. 24:50.800 --> 24:53.800 He was in an awful hurry and sort of nervous. 24:53.800 --> 24:57.800 But just before nine o'clock, I remember because I called go off duty at nine. 24:57.800 --> 25:00.800 No, no, no. It was someone else. I was in Palo Alto at nine last night. 25:00.800 --> 25:01.800 What is this anyway? 25:01.800 --> 25:03.800 Look at him very carefully, son. 25:03.800 --> 25:06.800 You're sure this is the man you took down from the 21st floor? 25:06.800 --> 25:07.800 He's even wearing the same suit. 25:07.800 --> 25:09.800 I demand to know it right you have to question it. 25:09.800 --> 25:11.800 Don't you remember, Melville? 25:11.800 --> 25:25.800 Last night sometime between 815 and five minutes of nine, you murdered Diana Blake. 25:25.800 --> 25:27.800 I don't remember the next hour at all. 25:27.800 --> 25:32.800 But I heard myself saying, there's another man. He looks exactly like me. He must have killed him. 25:32.800 --> 25:34.800 Oh, a sort of Mr. Hy character? 25:34.800 --> 25:38.800 No, no, another person. Elevator boy, you saw us together in your car yesterday morning. 25:38.800 --> 25:39.800 I, I don't remember. 25:39.800 --> 25:43.800 Think, think. You asked if we were twins and you said something about going to an eye doctor. Remember? 25:43.800 --> 25:45.800 No, I don't remember. 25:45.800 --> 25:47.800 He's lying. He's lying. Diana bribed him not to tell. 25:47.800 --> 25:48.800 Why should she have bribed him? 25:48.800 --> 25:54.800 Because, because I'm not Rex Melville. My name is David Sutherland. 25:54.800 --> 26:01.800 I live at 18016 Willow Road, Palo Alto. I didn't kill her. I tell you, I loved her. 26:01.800 --> 26:04.800 David Sutherland was killed last night in an airplane crash on Mount Hamelin. 26:04.800 --> 26:05.800 No, it was Melville who died. 26:05.800 --> 26:09.800 Sutherland radioed a flight plan at 955 for Los Angeles. 26:09.800 --> 26:12.800 He had a reservation at a Los Angeles hotel for last night. He never got there. 26:12.800 --> 26:17.800 I'm Sutherland. I jumped in a black parachute. 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