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Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Charles Boyer in tonight's presentation

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And now Auto Light presents transcribed Mr. Charles Boyer in the Bertillon Method, hoping

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once again to keep you in suspense.

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Paris. At the turn of the century and the fall of spring rain. And a place of Paris.

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The bois. A place of fountains and winding promenades. And now of this. A drip of rain

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on leafless trees and the body of a man lying on a thawing earth. A man doubled over, wrapped

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in tar paper, bound tightly with rope. Murdered man. And kneeling over him, Gérard, help

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me here. Help me untie these ropes. Alphonse Bertillon, detective of the French Cierte.

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He spent his life putting science to work for the law. He studied and classified human

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skulls. He measured every bone in the human body and discovered that the measurements

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of no two human beings were exactly alike. He called his system anthropometry and applied

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it to apprehension of criminals. And something more to know about him. That now, whenever

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violence and murder is done, every time Scotland Yard catches a Crippen, or the Cierte, a Landry,

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or the FBI, a Dillinger, silent tribute is paid to this man. To Alphonse Bertillon for

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reasons such as this. Anything in his pockets, Gérard? Only these coins. Nothing else.

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An event of spring, eh, Monsieur Bertillon? And no identity. And no identity. Now the

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tar paper, the rope, were removed from him. I'll want them in my laboratory, Gérard.

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Oh, of course, of course, Monsieur Bertillon. I'm yours, you, Gérard? The tar paper and

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the rope in the laboratory, as you wish it, sir. I will gather them up. Wait. Sir? Hold

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your lantern close. Here. These wounds about his head. He was struck from behind. Perhaps

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as he walked the path there. No. No? Now the lantern, here, Gérard, over his hands. The

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hands of a man who has done no manual labor. And here, Gérard, you see this? His sleeve,

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sir? His sleeve. His right shirt sleeve. With his cleaner, new-word on the left. Perhaps

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as he fell his left arm. Not as he fell. There are men of whom this thing of the shirt sleeves

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is characteristic, Gérard. Oh? Yes. Men who deal with writing, with pens, with ink. Who

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wear on their right sleeve a special cuff to protect it from stains, from smudges. Yes,

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I've seen such cuffs. An office clerk, maybe? Or an accountant. Such a man whose hands are

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soft and marked with toil, as these ones are. And Gérard. Yes, sir? Where murder is, where

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death is, there is also something else. Always something else. Identity of the victim, of

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his murderer. Cover him, Gérard. Cover him from the rain. Inspector Camuscas? Yes, Bertillon.

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What do you wish? To give you the report, sir, of the tests I have made in the laboratory.

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The men of science. Hey, Bertillon, the students, the searcher, the player with test tubes and

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microscopes. That is the man you are, eh, Bertillon? You wish to hear the report, sir?

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And the working detective, whose only materials are of informers and drunkards and whisperings

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and small vengences. You still sniff at these men, Bertillon? At their methods? No, no,

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sir. I respect them very highly. Therefore, you must respect me, your chief, very highly.

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What are the reports, Bertillon? The results of the test tube in the microscope, sir, and

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the pattern of the murder of the man we found in the bar. Excellent, excellent, and eloquently

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spoken. Well, go on, go on. That he was struck and murdered in a wine cellar. That he was

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then dragged into a second room filled with sawdust, sand and coal. And then into a third

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room, a room always in blackness, without windows. I marvel, Bertillon, and I bow. And

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it is needless for me to ask if you know where all this took place. The address, perhaps?

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I believe it was in a house somewhere along the Seine, which would explain the presence

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of sand stuck to the tar paper. And the room always in blackness and without windows. Surely

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you know, Bertillon? Only a shirt collar under the microscope and two colorless blind parasites.

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A species of blind beetle that can live only in a pitch black room. And on the coat and

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vest, a silly of alcoholic fermentation. Which? Which proved the wine cellar. Exactly, sir,

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which proved a wine cellar. I marvel. Indeed, I marvel at you, Bertillon. And at another

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thing also. What thing? How rich we are in knowledge and information and deduction. And

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how ignorant we are of a simple thing. A victim's identity. Not ignorant at all. For his identity

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is known. Ah. Yes, sir? By the alchemy of this system of yours of weights and measures

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and contours and proportions. No, sir. Not this system, then. Another system. Well, we

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found a wallet. In it, his name is address. A boy this morning passing at some distance

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from the scene stumbled across it and brought it to his father, who brought it to us. Excellent

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system. The deceased is Charles Tellier, 33 rue Saint-Michel. And we know it is he, since

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a photograph which was in the wallet is a likeness of the victim. Also, here, he was an accountant

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and matched against our records a thief who left our presence two years ago. Also, ex

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quivitist, this finding of wallets with a wife named Lucille. But the name of the murderer,

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the murderer, Perthéon. Nowhere? Find him. Yes? Mrs. Tellier? Yes. I am Alphonse Bertillon,

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surety. Of Charles? I'm sorry. Do not be. My husband is an unlucky man. Whatever he chooses

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to do inevitably turns out badly. But when he chooses to break the law, he is caught

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follows. He is dead. Very well. Thank you. Wait. Yes? He was murdered. He is dead, he

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was murdered. And it will be his bad luck to lie in a potter's field. There is a necessity

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to find his murderer, Mrs. Tellier. Yes? Who murdered him then, and why? I don't know.

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And this. What? There is not very much I do know about him. Only that he worked, appeared

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at a certain hour in the evening, knocked promptly, was fed, disappeared or stayed according

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to what mysterious thing moved him. Now dead. Now dead, sir. And it would please me if you

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left now. Did he still work at bookkeeping? At Dumier and Company? The actuary is under

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Gilbert Street. As I said, Mrs. Tellier, I am sorry. Be sorry then? And as I said, it

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would please me if you left. Yes, yes, of course. Ink pot, pens, a pad of scratch paper.

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Which are the three things I allow each of my employees to hold in his desk? So would

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Mr. Tellier's desk. Feel. Go ahead and feel. Nothing else in the desk drawer is there. Inflexible

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rule. No small objects to hint of motive for murder. No packets of potions or letters of

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love. Yet I must tell you this. Down the street now there is a shop. And in this shop of Mr.

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Cabasu there are fabulous dresses which must cost each three times the salary of Charles

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Tellier. Three times his salary, Mr. Cabasu. Then this Charles Tellier must be a rather

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poor man, Mr. Bertillon. Then why should he appear frequently in front of your dress shop?

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And this he did. So his employer told me. Why should he do a thing like this? It's to

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think about, isn't it? It is really to think about, really. Married? What? I say, he is

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married? What? I say, are you married? Oh yes. Yes indeed. Is this your wife? What? I say,

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is this your? Oh, my wife. Certainly. Who else would write such an inscription upon a

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picture because you are you and I am me, my love, Marcel. Well, a sister? True, true indeed.

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However, this is my wife. I compliment you. I often do too. This dress business you have

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here, very successful, isn't it? I am fortunate. And your home in the back must be luxurious.

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May I compliment you again? Of course. Your clothes, exquisite. Thank you. Great taste.

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Less than elegant, I am afraid, for I travel in them to Brussels this evening. Else I would

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be wearing a touch of brocade and a velvet collar. Nice. Oh yes. My wife should be here

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soon. It's a scent she prefers. Yes. Now, another thing. Of course. Is there a seller

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here? A seller? Seller. Oh no. Wine seller. No. Monsieur Cabassu. Yes. I don't have a

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warrant. But therefore you cannot search. I wouldn't think of it. Of course. Now. Yes.

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Why should you want a warrant for these particular premises? Come in, my dear. Monsieur Bertillon

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was just on his way out. Hurryedly. So there is not time for an introduction. Carriage.

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Carriage. Carriage. Disirrity. And therefore he is the murderer. What are you talking about?

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Cabassu. Certainly he. Possibly his wife. The murderer? Oh murderers. Because? Because

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he's an older man married to a younger woman. But without a seller, dear Bertillon. Older

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man, yes. And married to a younger woman, yes. But without a seller. You said it yourself.

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There is a seller. What? I'm going back there, sir. I'm going to break into the shop and

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there will be a seller. The very one in which was murdered, Tellier. Unless you will issue

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a warrant, so I may search. Impossible. There are no grounds on which to issue a warrant.

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Merely that he is married to a younger woman. And a murder victim, right and about. At your

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own risk then. No warrant. Yes, sir. And if you are shot for breaking into a shop and

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a home, we will disavow any knowledge of it. Yes, sir. Men have been shot and killed, you

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know, for exactly that. Seven last year, I looked it up. Good luck, Bertillon. Yes, sir.

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Remember, only a few days left. And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood

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soundstage Mr. Charles Boyer in Elliot Lewis's presentation of the Bertillon Method, a true

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story, well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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Bertillon's methods were not only of weights and dimensions by tape and scales, but depended

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too upon measures of the mind. He would say, ask yourself two questions about every premeditated

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murder. Who profits from this crime? Where is the woman? And prove that 90% of all major

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crimes have a woman next to them. And said, I distressed, a man who always smiles, and

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wouldn't, if the occasion demanded it, disguise himself in the rough clothes of a French workman

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in order to break into a suspect's home. To break into a suspect's home and get caught.

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You there, put up your hands. I have a pistol here and I shall not hesitate to use it, so

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put up your hands. Yes, ma'am. Come closer. Yes, ma'am. Gently, for I'm skilled with

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this weapon. Yes, ma'am. What vileness did you come here to commit? Theft. I am a thief.

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Yet. Ma'am. Have I not seen you before? I doubt it, sincerely, having spent so much

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time in prison. How did you get in here? The cellar. The cellar? Yes, the wine cellar.

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Liar. Ma'am. The trap door to the cellar is still nailed down. Therefore. Therefore,

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I did not break in through the cellar. Therefore, you are a liar. Yes, ma'am. A liar and a thief.

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Yes, ma'am. With no shame. I should be in jail. Or worse. Worse. Fortunate it is that

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my husband is left for Brussels. Ah, he has a great temper, your husband. And he perhaps

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would kill me for this insult of breaking into your house. He has the temper to kill.

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Who are you? Liar and thief, who should be given to the police. As you shall. As you

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shall. The Chardonne came, complimented Madame Cabassu upon her vigilance, her costume, and

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her bravery, and arrested her thief and prowler. Then took him to a precinct station and led

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him to a cell. When? And precisely here the comedy ends, my colleagues, for I am Alphonse

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Bertillon of the French sureté. Call my chief, Monsieur Camasquès. Which, after an hour

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of discussion and compassion for the fantasies of thieves, to prove a point they did. And

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Monsieur Camasquès, chief of the sureté, came to the precinct station. Release him.

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It is he. Alphonse Bertillon. Two days later, Bertillon received word that Monsieur Cabassu

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had returned from Brussels, and was now once again in the bosom of his elegant shop and

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home. Bertillon went there, and Monsieur Cabassu. Since you have chosen to interrupt my wife

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and myself at dinner, Monsieur Bertillon, I am but pleased to offer you a place at our

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table. Will you?

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I'm honoured, Monsieur. Thank you.

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But Jean, this, the criminal of whom I have told you, the thief.

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Was it not an adventure we had, Madame? I, in the role of a thief, and you, how well

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you played your part. Exquisitely.

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But Jean, I will not sup with the criminal.

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I assure you, my dear, he is no criminal, and this matter of his illegal entry into

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my home while I was in Brussels, we shall discuss properly over sherry and partridge.

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Marcel?

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Yes, dear.

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Set a place for Monsieur Bertillon, the server of porcelain.

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Please, sit down, sit down, Monsieur.

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Oh, thank you. May I?

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May you what?

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Make an observation upon the elegance of your dinner table, the crystal, the porcelain,

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the silver-shaving dishes.

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Make it then.

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Stunning.

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It is how we conduct ourselves at all times. The precise accessories for the precise occasions.

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When one must eat, one must eat with elegance. Monsieur?

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Yes?

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What are you doing?

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Your plate, Monsieur. And your silver. He's sketching, Jean.

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Sketching?

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Yes.

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Sketching what?

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You.

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Why?

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You have an interesting face.

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Oh?

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Exceptionally.

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Another pose, Monsieur.

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Just a thief, now an artist.

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Oh, not really an artist. I have an exceptional eye for proportion, that's all.

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Come look at it, Jean.

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Not very flattering.

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Well, it's not my intention to flatter.

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But your intention is?

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To prove you are a criminal.

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Jean?

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Tellier was a young man, as you are young, Madame. And you, Monsieur Cabassou.

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Of me what?

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You are a possessor of a cellar. Why are you ashamed of your cellar, Monsieur?

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Why did you lie about it? What did you say you did not have?

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Get out!

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Of course. Good night.

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At first, no cellar. And all at once, Inspector, a cellar. True.

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Now, why should a man lie about a cellar?

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Well...

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Give me one reason why a man, any man, should lie about a cellar.

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Would you lie about your cellar if someone should say to you,

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Inspector Camasquès, is there a cellar in your home? Would you say no?

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Not unless...

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Ah, not unless you had committed a murder in your cellar.

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True, true.

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Therefore, I ask that you issue a writ of arrest.

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Listen to me.

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I am sure he's a murderer.

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Listen to me.

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Very well. Mr. Cabassou is an important man.

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And why not?

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Since he has committed an important murder.

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And if I issue a writ of arrest and he is taken into custody,

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and you cannot prove your accusations, do you realize...

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I can prove them.

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Oh, in this envelope here, a sketch of Mr. Cabassou,

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and the proportions I have indicated here in centimeters,

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length of jaw to full length of face, eye socket to side of forehead, etc., etc.

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Yes, yes.

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Now, I present you with this other data.

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Please, compare them.

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Yeah, he issued a writ, Inspector.

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Yes.

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What is the meaning of this?

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Police!

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Where is Mr. Cabassou?

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He is asleep.

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Where asleep? Quickly, quickly, where asleep?

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His suite is the closest to the head of the stairs.

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Wait, wait!

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Don't go!

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What?

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Up, get up!

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You're under arrest.

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What is the meaning of this?

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Up, out of bed, out of bed, quickly.

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But why? What?

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You are under arrest.

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Here is the writ. Murder.

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Here.

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Put on your trousers.

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This is an outrage. You will see...

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Murder is always an outrage.

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This is infamous.

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I will make you pay.

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Because you are a man of importance.

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A man of influence.

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Yes.

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Because you are Jean Cabassou.

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Yes.

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Surveyor of elegance to the wealthy.

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Yes.

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And no longer Jean Plagnier.

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I said, and no longer Jean Plagnier, Monsieur.

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What?

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Abash, thief, cutthroat.

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How did you know?

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Friend to a murdered man.

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Impossible, Pichouche.

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Not impossible.

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You must have a memory for the time some years ago when you were measured at a small police station

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for the proportion of the length of jaw to the length of face, of eye socket to the side of forehead.

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Et cetera, et cetera.

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That you have changed the color of your hair, that you have now a mustache, that you have gained weight.

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Nothing. No disguise.

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For to disguise the length of an ear, of bone stretch, eh? Impossible.

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Listen, very well.

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I am Jean Plagnier, but now I am respectable and honorable man.

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Exactly why you had to commit murder, to maintain this attitude.

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Then you know about Charles Tellier.

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Of course. He was arrested with you, also a thief.

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Now come back to haunt you with your old sin, blackmail, Monsieur.

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Yes.

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An apology.

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First, I thought this a crime of passion, jealousy.

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That your wife, lovely woman...

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She had nothing to do with it.

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Lovely woman.

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Monsieur Cabassou, I arrest you in the name of the Republic of France for the murder of Charles Tellier.

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Alphonse Bertillon, a man who said,

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One who tries to hide his past is a liar and a fool, for somehow it races to catch up with him and in devious ways overtakes him, destroys him.

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Always.

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Who set a path for modern day science of criminology.

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Who left behind countless weapons of detection.

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Who was one of the greatest forces for law the world has ever known.

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Suspense.

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Presented by Auto Light.

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Tonight's star, Mr. Charles Boyer.

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This is it. The last announcement.

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The giant Auto Light family charity drawing closes this Monday, May 3rd.

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So if you haven't registered in this $100,000 event, you'd better hurry.

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Your favorite charity may miss the opportunity to collect thousands of dollars just because you neglected to sign up.

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So follow the example of this woman who was interviewed recently in Bronxville, New York.

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I'm Mrs. E.W. Lewis.

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I understand that you just signed up for the Auto Light family charity drawing, is that right?

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That's right.

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Now should you be selected, what charity would you choose?

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Well, since I have a son studying medicine, I think I designate Bellevue Medical Center.

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I think that's wonderful. May I wish you the best of luck?

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Thank you.

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Next week, the story of a man who wanted to save his life, but he had to get into a fight to do it.

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And the fight was with the giant of Thermopylae, our star, Mr. Frank Lovejoy.

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That's next week on Suspense.

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Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morwick and conducted by Lud Bluskin.

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The Vertillion Method was written for Suspense by Morton Fine and David Friedkin.

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Featured in tonight's cast were Herb Butterfield, John Zaner, Vic Taron, Jane Webb, and Edgar Barrier.

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And remember, next week, Mr. Frank Lovejoy in The Giant of Thermopylae.

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