{2470}{2531}My name is Marlowe. Phillip Marlowe.
{2550}{2598}Occupation: private detective.
{2600}{2689}Somebody says, "Follow that guy,"|so I follow him.
{2690}{2772}Somebody says, "Find that female,"|so I find her.
{2774}{2813}And what do I get out of it?
{2815}{2855}$10 a day and expenses.
{2857}{2959}And if you think that buys a lot of|fancy groceries these days, you're crazy.
{2961}{3049}Right now, you're reading in newspapers|and hearing over your radios...
{3050}{3088}about a murder.
{3101}{3171}They call it|"The Case of the Lady in the Lake."
{3173}{3229}It's a good title. It fits.
{3245}{3307}What you've read and what you've heard|is one thing.
{3309}{3357}The real thing is something else.
{3359}{3434}There's only one guy who knows that.|I know it.
{3468}{3554}This "Lady in the Lake" business started|just three days before Christmas.
{3556}{3632}I was tired of being pushed around|for nickels and dimes...
{3634}{3708}so I decided I'd write about murder.|It's safer.
{3727}{3788}And besides,|they tell me the profits are good.
{3790}{3857}So I pounded out a story on that...
{3882}{3959}and I sent it up to the|Kingsby Publications, Incorporated...
{3961}{4004}specialists in gore.
{4010}{4057}You know, they turn out that kind of thing.
{4096}{4168}I got a letter from them|asking me to see them about it.
{4170}{4232}The letter was signed "A. Fromsett...
{4246}{4321}"Room 950, Meadson Building."
{4344}{4380}Make a note of that.
{4398}{4478}Some cases of murder start when|that door there behind you opens up...
{4480}{4555}and a fellow rushes in all covered|with sweat and confusion...
{4557}{4614}and fills you full of bad dope|about the setup.
{4615}{4656}But some cases, like this one...
{4658}{4726}kind of creep up on you|on their hands and knees.
{4727}{4799}And the first thing you know,|you're in it up to your neck.
{4801}{4835}You'll see it just as I saw it.
{4837}{4897}You'll meet the people,|you'll find the clues...
{4899}{4977}and maybe you'll solve it quick,|and maybe you won't.
{4998}{5106}You think you will? Okay, you're smart.|But let me give you a tip.
{5134}{5176}You've got to watch them.
{5180}{5235}You've got to watch them all the time.
{5251}{5318}Because things happen|when you least expect them.
{5360}{5413}"Kingsby Publications, Incorporated.
{5438}{5531}"Room 950, Meadson Building.
{5586}{5658}"Signed, A. Fromsett."
{5738}{5819}Three days before Christmas|and I haven't done a bit of shopping yet.
{5821}{5863}Well, you'd better hurry up.
{6442}{6513}- Yes?|- I'm Phillip Marlowe.
{6533}{6606}I got a letter asking me|to come up here about a story.
{6677}{6722}A Mr. Marlowe to see you.
{6750}{6781}You may go in.
{7106}{7211}No, Dick, it won't do. Not enough gore.|Not nearly enough gore.
{7213}{7266}Well, that's because|you don't see it in color.
{7268}{7322}Color or no color,|there's not enough blood.
{7324}{7425}Take it out and put more blood in.|As soon as you finish, let me see it again.
{7526}{7596}Mr. Marlowe? Oh, Mr. Marlowe.
{7616}{7676}You're here about some kind of a story,|aren't you?
{7678}{7776}Yeah, I got a letter about it|from somebody named A. Fromsett.
{7778}{7853}I'm A. Fromsett.|Adrienne Fromsett, to be precise.
{7862}{7898}Won't you sit down?
{7938}{7962}Thanks.
{7974}{8046}- Let me see, I had your story...|- You still have it.
{8048}{8113}It's underneath the magazine there|on the desk.
{8120}{8146}Thank you.
{8184}{8285}{y:i}"If I Should Die Before I Live."|That's a nice title.
{8301}{8367}"By Phillip Marlowe." Nice name.
{8390}{8460}Tell me, Mr. Marlowe,|have you done much writing before?
{8462}{8505}- That much.|- Really?
{8506}{8590}- You do very well for a beginner.|- Well, it's based on an authentic case.
{8592}{8624}Is it really?
{8626}{8720}Of course, we get hundreds of authentic|cases submitted to us every week.
{8722}{8769}Why don't you print a few?
{8786}{8841}They aren't all as emotional as yours.
{8869}{8931}- Cigarette?|- Thanks.
{8975}{8999}Light.
{9034}{9061}Thank you.
{9078}{9114}Besides, you see...
{9147}{9214}people who write|usually don't know the facts...
{9216}{9284}and people who know the facts|usually can't write.
{9290}{9351}Authenticity has very little to do with it.
{9366}{9453}If people who read our magazines|knew the facts of life, Mr. Marlowe...
{9455}{9512}they wouldn't be reading our magazines.
{9529}{9582}- Oh, Mr. Marlowe?|- Yeah?
{9655}{9684}Thank you.
{9703}{9763}Have you been marooned|on a desert island...
{9765}{9818}or do you just find it|difficult to concentrate?
{9820}{9861}- A little of both.|- Really?
{9863}{9921}In that case, I must be losing my touch.
{9930}{10024}You see, editorial work is so unglamorous,|sometimes...
{10026}{10071}You run this business all by yourself?
{10073}{10158}No, Mr. Derace Kingsby|is president of the company.
{10172}{10216}I'm his principal assistant.
{10248}{10291}Tell me, Mr. Marlowe...
{10293}{10365}are there really detectives|like the one in your story...
{10366}{10445}who never lie, cheat,|or double-cross a client...
{10447}{10544}who are loyal, honest,|and never betray a confidence?
{10546}{10600}Yeah, there are a couple of dopes like that.
{10602}{10713}Good. Then your story is autobiographical.|You were writing about yourself.
{10734}{10802}You don't really want to buy my story,|do you, Miss Fromsett?
{10804}{10874}- I was about to offer you $200 for it.|- Oh, no, you weren't.
{10876}{10929}Why don't you quit being cute,|Miss Fromsett?
{10930}{10981}The real reason you had me up here|is because...
{10983}{11058}you're looking for a smooth operator|who keeps his mouth shut.
{11060}{11140}And when you read the story,|you said, "Yeah, that's my boy.
{11142}{11218}"He's dumb, he's brave, and he's cheap."|Am I right?
{11226}{11284}Well, I was about to offer you|a commission...
{11286}{11371}on a rather delicate|and confidential matter.
{11373}{11437}Why didn't you pick up the telephone|and call me...
{11438}{11489}instead of all this Mickey Mouse|about a story?
{11490}{11541}What I want you to do is this:
{11542}{11598}I want you to find Mr. Kingsby's wife...
{11600}{11660}without his knowing|you're looking for her.
{11678}{11726}She's run off with another man.
{11735}{11830}She's a vicious woman.|A liar, a cheat, and a thief.
{11838}{11903}She may even end up|in the hands of the police.
{11907}{11982}- He's had 10 years...|- Pardon me if I'm nosey, Miss Fromsett.
{11984}{12034}What makes this any of your business?
{12036}{12101}I handle all of Mr. Kingsby's affairs.
{12122}{12164}He wishes to divorce her.
{12166}{12244}She must be found|before she can be served with the papers.
{12252}{12298}Nice job you have here.
{12310}{12373}You think I'm pretty cold-blooded|about this, don't you?
{12375}{12417}I'd have used a shorter word.
{12418}{12478}- I don't like your manner.|- I'm not selling it.
{12479}{12561}I'm not selling the story, either, to you.|I'm not selling anything.
{12562}{12636}I have an allergy against getting mixed up|with tricky females...
{12638}{12714}who want to knock off the boss's wife|and marry him for themselves.
{12716}{12766}People don't talk to me like that,|Mr. Marlowe.
{12768}{12810}Maybe that's what's the matter with you.
{12812}{12877}Somebody should talk to you|like that sometime.
{12959}{13029}I'm leaving for the day, Adrienne.|Is there anything I can do?
{13030}{13110}Come in, Derry.|I'd like you to meet Phillip Marlowe.
{13112}{13197}Mr. Marlowe and I have been having|a little talk about a story he sent in.
{13198}{13273}This is Mr. Derace Kingsby,|president of our company.
{13275}{13299}Hi.
{13310}{13375}It's always nice to see|one of our writers, Mr. Marlowe.
{13377}{13447}Up to this point, Derry,|Mr. Marlowe isn't one of our writers.
{13449}{13555}He has just violently and indignantly|turned down an offer of $200 for his story.
{13557}{13656}The boys are writing these days|for a penny a word, and $200 is...
{13658}{13727}But this isn't the ordinary|blood and thunder yarn, Derry.
{13729}{13794}This has part of Mr. Marlowe's soul in it.
{13805}{13889}I would say it was worth $500,|as souls go these days.
{13918}{13993}- Well, if you say so, it's up to you.|- Thank you, Derry.
{13997}{14073}I congratulate you, Mr. Marlowe.|A writer who is also a businessman.
{14075}{14132}And a very well-known private detective.
{14186}{14258}- Detective?|- That's what makes the stuff so authentic.
{14266}{14378}So full of life and vigor and heart.|So full of...
{14380}{14476}- What would you say it was full of?|- Short sentences.
{14552}{14576}I see.
{14640}{14707}Is there anything you want|to take up with me before I go?
{14709}{14741}I don't believe so, Derry.
{14743}{14809}- Then I'll say good night, darling.|- Good night.
{14894}{14969}Mr. Marlowe, I'm glad to have met you.
{15062}{15164}I noticed you didn't do much talking|while the boss was in the office, did you?
{15171}{15240}When I made a quick $300|by keeping quiet?
{15249}{15321}We have a nasty little motto around here:
{15332}{15388}"Every man has his price."
{15428}{15518}Let us say we paid $200 for your story...
{15522}{15601}and the $300 you just made...
{15603}{15683}is a down payment|on your helping me find Mrs. Kingsby.
{15687}{15772}You don't need any help there, "darling."|Not you.
{15794}{15817}No?
{15839}{15883}Your lipstick's on crooked.
{16138}{16178}Vain female, aren't you?
{16256}{16336}Please don't be so difficult|to get along with. I need help.
{16338}{16386}Like I need four thumbs.
{16442}{16530}I wonder how it would be|to discuss this over a couple of ice cubes.
{16542}{16581}Would you care to try?
{16610}{16663}lmagine you needing ice cubes.
{16903}{16995}My, my, cozy little place you've got here.
{17059}{17126}Make yourself comfortable|while I crack some ice.
{17132}{17178}I won't be more than a minute.
{17246}{17337}- How do you like yours?|- Two lumps and cream and make it strong.
{18116}{18146}Sit down.
{18301}{18329}Thanks.
{18568}{18628}If you're going to take this case,|Mr. Marlowe...
{18630}{18702}the first person you should see|is Chris Lavery.
{18704}{18729}Who's he?
{18730}{18809}The handsome brute that Chrystal Kingsby|ran away with a month ago...
{18810}{18863}- or so we thought.|- A month?
{18865}{18919}Take him that long to get to El Paso?
{18950}{18989}Who said anything about El Paso?
{18991}{19069}Why didn't you tie it on my ear?|I'd have found it quicker.
{19098}{19169}- Why, I didn't even know that...|- You're working overtime.
{19170}{19198}I don't get it.
{19200}{19270}What's the mystery|if Kingsby's wife is in Mexico?
{19309}{19384}The mystery is that|I ran into Chris Lavery last week...
{19386}{19455}and he said he hadn't seen|Chrystal Kingsby for two months.
{19457}{19566}He's home and she isn't. No one's|seen her. She's missing. Vanished.
{19568}{19638}Wire is a phony.|Anybody could have sent it.
{19639}{19723}Why, even I could call up and clear a wire|out of El Paso if I wanted to.
{19725}{19780}- Maybe you did.|- You're very funny.
{19782}{19849}If she's really missing,|why isn't Kingsby looking for her?
{19850}{19918}I don't know.|Maybe he thinks she's off on a toot.
{19924}{19993}But a Mexican divorce,|with no property settlement...
{19994}{20079}not Chrystal Kingsby.|She'd do it right here in California.
{20081}{20105}Besides that...
{20107}{20178}Chrystal Kingsby isn't a big enough fool|to marry Chris Lavery.
{20180}{20204}Why not?
{20218}{20280}You don't marry the Chris Laverys|of this world.
{20282}{20353}You just pay their bills,|lend them all the money they need...
{20355}{20440}- then forget to ask for it back.|- You seem to know all about him.
{20488}{20519}What's that got to do with it?
{20521}{20599}Nothing. It has to do with you.|You know him well?
{20618}{20651}What do you mean?
{20675}{20728}Why are you looking at me like that?
{20770}{20879}Mr. Marlowe, if you don't think|there's a case or a mystery here...
{20881}{20977}then I've been wasting your time.|Please don't let me waste any more of it.
{20979}{21074}Perhaps you'd better go home|and play with your fingerprint collections.
{21086}{21138}Where does Chris Lavery live?
{21205}{21237}Bay City.
{21238}{21319}- Address?|- 676 Altair Street.
{21352}{21435}- At the edge of the canyon.|- And you hope he throws me into it.
{21468}{21504}One more question.
{21516}{21578}What would happen if I kissed you?
{21589}{21630}Why don't you try and see?
{21762}{21860}Do you always close your eyes when|you think somebody's going to kiss you?
{21879}{21905}What stopped you?
{21906}{21954}What's Chris Lavery like?|Broad shoulders?
{21956}{22010}- Why?|- Did you close your eyes for him, too?
{22012}{22036}Get out.
{22048}{22115}You want to marry Kingsby|because Lavery jilted you, eh?
{22117}{22182}That's not true. Get out.
{22190}{22255}Now, I'll go see the guy.
{22263}{22347}But don't try to be cute anymore.|I know you.
{22362}{22401}We'll skip the drinks.
{22407}{22461}You better get to work|and edit my manuscript.
{22463}{22537}Yes. I plan to slash the emotion|right out of it.
{22546}{22620}That's the manuscript. This is me.
{22635}{22722}Good night, sweetheart.|I'll let you know what Lavery says.
{23321}{23373}- Chris Lavery?|- Yes, sir. That's me.
{23388}{23458}I like your tan. That's very Christmassy.
{23459}{23517}Thank you, sir. That's very kind of you.
{23525}{23560}Private detective.
{23562}{23644}Well, I declare.|You fellows going from door to door now?
{23650}{23694}It's a shame business is so bad.
{23696}{23748}But I don't think|I can use a private detective.
{23750}{23834}Look, Uncle Tom, I don't need a job.|I've got one, you're a part of it.
{23836}{23884}Now that's downright interesting.
{23886}{23957}May I presume to ask you, sir,|who sent you over here?
{23958}{24026}- What is it you want?|- I'm working for Derace Kingsby.
{24028}{24135}Kingsby? Don't tell me he's down|to hiring private detectives.
{24137}{24213}- I just wouldn't believe it.|- That's pretty far down, isn't it?
{24214}{24306}- I didn't mean to insult your profession...|- We're getting along just fine.
{24308}{24404}How about going inside, or doesn't|Southern hospitality extend that far?
{24406}{24444}Well, pardon me, sir.
{24468}{24508}You come right on in.
{24599}{24694}My, my, cozy little place you've got here.
{24710}{24804}Why don't you tell me where Mrs. Kingsby|is? That way I won't be bothering you.
{24806}{24914}Mrs. Kingsby? Chrystal? Why,|I haven't seen her in a month of Sundays.
{24918}{24966}And I've never been to El Paso in my life...
{24968}{25021}if that's what|you were going to ask me next.
{25023}{25099}- You know about the telegram?|- Yes, sir, Miss Adrienne told me.
{25101}{25148}Miss Adrienne did, did she?
{25150}{25240}I'm afraid I must warn you, Mr. Marlowe,|Miss Adrienne likes to romanticize.
{25242}{25329}Anything she may have told you about me,|you must take with a grain of salt.
{25331}{25373}Chrystal Kingsby has been gone a month.
{25375}{25447}That telegram's the only trace,|and if it doesn't mean anything...
{25449}{25555}- Not as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't.|- There's nothing to do but go to the cops.
{25557}{25632}For some reason,|I don't think Mr. Kingsby would do that.
{25634}{25727}He might have to, to protect himself|in case anything's happened to his wife.
{25729}{25820}I'd like to know, what kind of a thing|do you think could have happened to her?
{25822}{25855}Chrystal Kingsby has money.
{25857}{25936}Once in a while, boys like you|have to make it the hard way.
{25998}{26060}You offend me, sir. I'm truly shocked.
{26062}{26120}Why not loosen up|and save yourself a lot of trouble?
{26122}{26163}You know plenty about Chrystal Kingsby.
{26165}{26235}A gentleman never speaks disrespectfully|of a lady.
{26237}{26288}Not even one|as lovely as Mrs. Kingsby was.
{26290}{26330}- Did you say "was"?|- Sir?
{26352}{26399}It must have been a slip of my tongue.
{26401}{26513}But to the point, lovely as Mrs. Kingsby is,|gracious as she is, charming as she is...
{26522}{26609}I don't hanker for any part of her.|Not for all the money in the world.
{26611}{26676}And if my humble opinion|is of any value to you...
{26678}{26746}the little lady may have sent that wire|for just that reason.
{26748}{26848}- To embrangle me as badly as she could.|- Embrangle you? What does that mean?
{26858}{26905}Oh, yes, I forgot.
{26930}{26987}You're a Yankee.|You wouldn't understand.
{27010}{27070}I don't think|her little scheme is going to work.
{27072}{27133}Pardon me, Mr. Marlowe,|do you have the time?
{27144}{27212}What's the matter?|Doesn't your clock work either?
{27490}{27531}All right, Marlowe.
{27548}{27612}Oh, brother,|that's a beautiful eye you've got.
{27614}{27690}Now, come on,|Lt. DeGarmot ain't gonna wait all day.
{27998}{28037}Put out that cigarette.
{28069}{28111}Tough guy, huh?
{28114}{28202}Okay, the next time we get you in here|we'll teach you some manners.
{28208}{28243}Come on, get moving.
{28245}{28290}Did you have any fun yesterday,|Lieutenant?
{28292}{28353}Tossed a private dick in the can,|if you call that fun.
{28355}{28419}Yeah, a guy named Marlowe.|They're bringing him down now.
{28421}{28499}- What did he pull?|- He got drunk in his car and passed out.
{28516}{28585}Is that him?|Looks like he ran into a brick wall.
{28586}{28654}Go on, get your stuff|from the property clerk.
{28734}{28799}- Name?|- Phillip Marlowe.
{28801}{28834}You like our jail?
{28856}{28880}Fine.
{28882}{28937}You came out of your blackout|and started slugging...
{28939}{28976}so I had to put you to sleep again.
{28978}{29012}- Fine.|- Did you sleep nice?
{29014}{29064}- Fine.|- Do you remember me at all?
{29078}{29105}Fine.
{29110}{29176}Don't you know any other words|but "fine"?
{29178}{29234}The teeth I've got, I'd like to keep.
{29242}{29321}All right, Marlowe, sign here.
{29460}{29510}Let's see if it's all here.
{29621}{29655}$18.
{29679}{29744}You ain't exactly dough-heavy, are you?
{29814}{29926}Hey, Sarge, get a load of this.|"Kingsby Publications, Inc., December 20.
{29928}{30039}"My dear Mr. Marlowe, your story,|{y:i}If I Should Die Before I Live, has been..."
{30096}{30154}So you're a story writer, too?
{30156}{30222}The detective business|must be on the skids.
{30224}{30282}What are you trying to do,|elevate yourself?
{30284}{30345}{y:i}If I Should Die Before I Live.|That's not bad.
{30347}{30393}It might happen to you.
{30422}{30524}All right, come on, wise guy,|Capt. Kane wants to talk to you.
{30838}{30957}Captain, this is Marlowe. He slept well.|He likes our jail. Everything is fine.
{30972}{31000}What's the charge, Captain?
{31002}{31044}Drunk in your car, ran up over the curb.
{31046}{31100}When the boys found you,|you were passed out cold.
{31102}{31125}Fine.
{31127}{31176}We here in Bay City|don't happen to think so.
{31178}{31210}That's right, peeper.
{31212}{31302}And the second time you get picked up|on a drunk driving rap down here...
{31304}{31356}you get a long, long time to cool off.
{31358}{31418}You don't exactly walk out free|the first time.
{31420}{31485}The only reason I'm talking to you|instead of the judge...
{31486}{31552}is that you're a private dick.|Have you got a story or not?
{31554}{31635}I went to sleep at a friend's house,|I woke up in a cell down the hall.
{31637}{31717}You're a great help. Monkeying around|down here on some kind of a case?
{31719}{31763}Sure. And my client slugged me...
{31765}{31853}carried me out, put me in my car,|ran it over a curb, poured whiskey on me...
{31855}{31934}and then went somewhere|to call the police and report a drunk driver.
{31936}{31994}- Maybe it wasn't a client.|- You're right.
{31997}{32069}It was a boy in gray named Chris Lavery,|a Southern gentleman.
{32071}{32134}Who also happens to be|a resident of Bay City.
{32136}{32254}You know, we ain't especially partial|to private cops down here.
{32266}{32312}We don't like them molesting our citizens.
{32314}{32414}So I molested him. Fine.|Lovely city, remind me to move here.
{32421}{32516}I see him on business, get almost killed,|and now I'm charged with molesting him.
{32518}{32572}You say you're down here on business?
{32574}{32613}That's what I thought.
{32614}{32686}- Who's your client, Marlowe?|- I don't reveal my clients' names.
{32688}{32778}That's very noble of you, I'm sure,|but you happen to be talking to the police.
{32780}{32862}Whether I'm talking to cops or not,|my clients' names are their business.
{32864}{32921}It's confidential,|else I wouldn't have any clients.
{32923}{33004}I suppose that private license you've got|must mean something...
{33006}{33046}or they wouldn't give it to you.
{33048}{33123}But it doesn't give you the right|to start trouble in my district...
{33125}{33169}without letting me in|on what you're after.
{33171}{33229}Any time you do,|you'll find yourself in a bad jam.
{33230}{33299}- A lot worse than this one.|- All right, DeGarmot.
{33311}{33358}Just don't forget what I said.
{33360}{33448}I don't like certain kinds of private dicks.|I never did.
{33450}{33502}I never met one yet that wasn't a crook.
{33504}{33557}Anytime, any place.
{33559}{33637}I've heard of people|that don't like certain kinds of cops.
{33659}{33713}It seems impossible, doesn't it?
{34069}{34119}How did you get in here|without being announced?
{34121}{34180}I told that girl outside|it was an emergency.
{34182}{34225}You look like an emergency.
{34294}{34381}Well, it's an old sickness,|re-occurring black eyes.
{34382}{34460}- Looks like that big ring Lavery wears.|- Yeah, he wore five of them.
{34462}{34553}You know all about him, don't you?|"Come right in, Mr. Marlowe, sir.
{34555}{34617}"Have a mint julep, sir. Yak-yak."
{34619}{34684}He had the decency to hit me|above the Mason and Dixon line.
{34686}{34728}You must be crazy. Lavery's a Swede.
{34730}{34793}Brother, is he smooth.|He missed his calling.
{34794}{34841}- But he didn't miss you.|- I'll say he didn't.
{34842}{34873}I woke up in jail this morning.
{34875}{34928}The next time I see him|I'll know what time it is.
{34930}{35008}I told you he was a phony.|Did you get anywhere with him at all?
{35010}{35113}No. He claims he hasn't seen|Chrystal Kingsby for two months.
{35115}{35193}- Right back where we started.|- Maybe this is a good place to get off.
{35195}{35225}What do you mean?
{35227}{35285}Well, what do you want for $300?|A funeral?
{35286}{35334}You were hired to find Chrystal Kingsby.
{35335}{35423}If I get casually beat up along the way,|that's all right with you, isn't it?
{35425}{35494}Grist for your mill, Mr. Marlowe.|Authentic fiction.
{35501}{35582}Would it be asking too much|to start working as a detective?
{35584}{35609}What?
{35611}{35666}Chrystal Kingsby was last seen|at Little Fawn Lake.
{35668}{35718}It's a place in the mountains|beyond Arrowhead.
{35720}{35805}Just three or four little cabins,|and this private lake that Derry owns.
{35807}{35849}It's the last place we know she was.
{35851}{35913}I'm going to write you a note|to the caretaker up there...
{35915}{35990}- A Mr. Floyd Greer to see Mr. Kingsby.|- In what connection?
{35992}{36067}- He wouldn't say.|- Tell him if he can't give you some idea...
{36069}{36146}- he can't see him.|- Yes, Miss Fromsett.
{36247}{36322}What was Mrs. Kingsby doing|up at the lake alone?
{36324}{36399}I can guess,|but I haven't been up to count the bottles.
{36401}{36455}- Here you are.|- No, I'm not going up there.
{36457}{36505}- Oh, you are.|- No, it's silly.
{36507}{36569}You said yourself it's been a month|since she was there.
{36571}{36599}What am I supposed to do?
{36601}{36669}Harness a dog team|and start mushing through the woods?
{36671}{36721}You can go up there|and talk to the people.
{36723}{36790}- They might just possibly...|- Sure, just possibly.
{36800}{36856}Ever been up in the mountains|around Christmastime?
{36858}{36906}What's the matter? Afraid of a little snow?
{36908}{36957}No, but it's just silly, that's all.
{36958}{37028}You don't work|at being a detective that way.
{37046}{37130}- Yes?|{y:i}- He says it's about something at the lake.
{37153}{37217}Oh, show him in.
{37231}{37257}Silly, eh?
{37285}{37311}Mr. Greer.
{37318}{37353}What's all this about, Mr. Greer?
{37354}{37426}Something that happened|at the Kingsby place up in the mountains.
{37427}{37500}- Would you care to tell me about it?|- I plan to tell him.
{37502}{37525}Well, you see...
{37527}{37597}Listen, miss,|I just have to see Mr. Kingsby.
{37634}{37713}Excuse us a minute, please.|Come with me, Mr. Greer.
{37938}{38052}- Mr. Kingsby, this is Mr. Greer.|- I'm from the {y:i}Express Bulletin.
{38061}{38136}We've just had a call|from our San Bernadino correspondent...
{38138}{38197}about the tragedy up at Little Fawn Lake.
{38209}{38302}- Maybe you've heard something about it.|- Tragedy? No.
{38331}{38406}Do you have a caretaker|by the name of Bill Ches?
{38438}{38485}Well, they're holding him for murder.
{38486}{38568}Murder? Bill Ches? Why, that's ridiculous.
{38574}{38672}Well, maybe it is, but his wife was found|drowned in the lake.
{38684}{38761}- Muriel?|- That's her. Muriel Ches.
{38785}{38849}How long since you've been up there,|Mr. Kingsby?
{38851}{38951}Let me see. Late last November.
{38964}{39021}And how about Mrs. Kingsby?
{39023}{39084}Would she know anything|about Muriel Ches?
{39086}{39173}- Excuse me, gentlemen.|- What would she know about murder?
{39196}{39281}- Here you are. Get up to the lake quick.|- I'm way ahead of you.
{39293}{39357}You think Chrystal Kingsby|shoved this lady in the lake...
{39359}{39425}and then took a powder out,|which is why she's missing now?
{39426}{39485}It's possible. She hated Muriel Ches.
{39486}{39555}Then you think|Chrystal Kingsby may be a murderess?
{39563}{39629}- Yes.|- And you like the idea.
{39660}{39689}Yes, I do.
{39705}{39781}Now, get up to the lake fast.|Find out all you can...
{39782}{39848}- and speak to no one but me about this.|- Yeah.
{40046}{40104}So I go up to Little Fawn Lake...
{40110}{40187}thinking all the time|I don't like this case any more...
{40189}{40258}and what I like least about it|is Adrienne Fromsett.
{40269}{40332}First she wants me|to find Chrystal Kingsby...
{40342}{40416}and then she wants me|to prove Chrystal is a murderess.
{40429}{40491}She's a sweetheart, Adrienne Fromsett is.
{40529}{40621}At the lake, I visit that little morgue|they've got up there in the mountains...
{40623}{40666}and I see Muriel Ches.
{40679}{40772}Thirty days in the water.|There isn't much left of her.
{40787}{40880}But I find out a few things|I think Adrienne might like to hear about.
{40898}{40958}So I go back to town|at 4:00 in the morning...
{40960}{41018}and I go straight to her place.
{41425}{41493}- Why didn't you telephone?|- I didn't have a nickel.
{41592}{41637}Not bad in this light.
{41674}{41737}- What did you find at the lake?|- Snow.
{41739}{41782}Who's being cute now?
{41820}{41849}You are.
{41880}{41940}There'll be an item on your bill|for bribes I spent...
{41942}{41997}finding out Muriel Ches had another name.
{41998}{42066}- What?|- Yeah, Mildred Havelend. Ever hear of her?
{42068}{42121}Muriel Ches married|your boss's caretaker...
{42123}{42184}after meeting him|in a bar in San Bernadino.
{42196}{42256}But her real name was Mildred Havelend.
{42258}{42333}And she married Ches|because she wanted a place to hide.
{42336}{42393}It seems that a tough cop was after her.
{42394}{42458}- What's this got to do with Chrystal?|- I'm coming to that.
{42460}{42535}She and Muriel, or shall I call her Mildred,|fought over a man.
{42537}{42560}What man?
{42562}{42641}The guy I was giving the $20 bills to|claimed he didn't know his name.
{42643}{42690}- But I suppose you do.|- Yeah.
{42691}{42745}I stopped beating|his brains out with money...
{42746}{42820}and started snooping for myself,|and look what I found.
{42846}{42887}"To Mildred, from Chris."
{42909}{42977}It was hidden in a sugar can|in Mrs. Kingsby's cabin.
{42978}{43056}- There could be any number of Chrises.|- Don't say a thing like that.
{43058}{43101}That's our boy Lavery.
{43102}{43181}That ties him up with two missing women,|Chrystal and Muriel.
{43182}{43225}Do you think he drowned Muriel Ches?
{43227}{43292}He would have drowned me|if there'd been any water handy.
{43294}{43345}No, I'm sure it must have been|Chrystal Kingsby.
{43347}{43410}She fought with Muriel over a month ago.|You just said so.
{43412}{43465}Muriel's been found dead,|and Chrystal's missing.
{43466}{43517}And from now on, Marlowe's missing.
{43529}{43595}- What's the matter now?|- Maybe she did it, maybe she didn't.
{43597}{43666}Give me the dough I put out for expenses|and I'll go on home.
{43668}{43703}Without finding Chrystal Kingsby?
{43705}{43757}You want me to find her|so she can be locked up?
{43758}{43806}There wouldn't be enough evidence.
{43807}{43885}Maybe you could find something else.|A gun, maybe.
{43886}{43937}Why don't you just look beautiful?
{43969}{44013}Quit worrying about guns...
{44030}{44102}and dead females, and missing ones...
{44123}{44171}and that million bucks you want to marry.
{44173}{44265}- She drank a lot, she had a violent temper.|- Start being a woman.
{44267}{44321}Quiet down long enough|to hear your heartbeat.
{44322}{44375}You might wake up|and find it's a different world.
{44377}{44433}I'm paying you|to wake up and find Chrystal Kingsby.
{44434}{44491}- I don't want to talk about that.|- I do.
{44544}{44654}Okay. If that's what you want,|I'll go on with this and see Lavery today.
{44686}{44736}- Why Lavery?|- He's in the middle, isn't he?
{44738}{44808}- You want her found, don't you?|- He doesn't know where she is.
{44810}{44869}- You went there...|- This time I'll watch his right hand.
{44871}{44944}Stay away from Lavery.|Go back to the lake. You did fine there.
{44946}{45063}Okay. But only because|you're so full of persuasion, so full of...
{45071}{45131}What would you say you were full of,|Miss Fromsett?
{45133}{45238}- My, you're backward for a detective.|- No, it's just that I'm tired playing around.
{45240}{45342}As far as the next woman in my life|is concerned, it's everything or nothing.
{45350}{45422}Then it had better be nothing.|Phone me from the lake.
{45453}{45524}- Sure.|- And remember, stay away from Lavery.
{45687}{45746}You'd be crazy to fall in love with me,|Marlowe.
{45748}{45825}Don't I know it?|Let me see if I've got this straight.
{45840}{45918}I'm not to fall in love with you|and I'm not to see Lavery.
{45922}{45951}That's right.
{45983}{46015}Good night.
{47372}{47439}It's a disgrace.|I've never seen anything like it in my life.
{47441}{47517}Just look at this place. Cigarette burns,|carpet stains, sour milk...
{47519}{47589}He left the icebox door open.|Sheer waste of electricity.
{47590}{47652}Dirty dishes in the sink.|The kitchen is filthy.
{47654}{47714}And look at those curtains.|Ever see anything so ragged?
{47716}{47781}- Would you mind...|- All I wanted was my rent and I find this.
{47782}{47827}He promised me a check,|and I didn't get it.
{47829}{47857}Is it? How far behind is he?
{47859}{47950}Three months. I told him I needed it.|I have a lot of Christmas shopping to do.
{47952}{47997}- You know how it is.|- I know how it is.
{47998}{48027}He promised me a check.
{48029}{48103}- I own this house. I'm Mrs. Fallbrook.|- I'm truly enchanted.
{48105}{48193}- Would you mind pointing that thing...|- lf you're one of his wild friends...
{48194}{48288}I'm not even one of his tame friends.|In fact, I wouldn't say we were friends.
{48290}{48393}- Then who are you, if I may ask?|- Finance company. About the car.
{48406}{48467}Do you mean he's behind|in his car payments, too?
{48469}{48529}- I don't like that at all.|- We don't like it either.
{48531}{48616}Yes, but it's much easier for you.|You can take it away if you want to.
{48618}{48677}But taking a house with furniture in it|isn't so easy.
{48678}{48730}There's apt to be bitterness.|Things get damaged.
{48732}{48778}- Sometimes on purpose.|- Did you look for him?
{48780}{48843}I have a right to, I hope. It's my house.
{48875}{48949}All I found was this gun.|I found it on the stairs.
{48966}{49028}Here, you better take it.|Men always understand guns.
{49030}{49078}It isn't loaded, is it? I certainly hope not.
{49080}{49137}I wonder|why Mr. Lavery left it on the stairs.
{49138}{49199}- He probably had a hole in his pocket.|- Is it loaded?
{49201}{49238}No, not now, it isn't.
{49240}{49313}For pity's sakes, I have oil|all over my glove.
{49315}{49364}So you looked all over the house, did you?
{49366}{49422}You're a naughty girl.|Did you look under the beds...
{49424}{49480}- and in the clothes closet?|- Why, you...
{49482}{49537}You're very insulting.|I only wanted my money.
{49538}{49614}Everybody needs money at Christmastime,|and I decided...
{49630}{49708}I think we better call the police.|Yes, under the circumstances...
{49710}{49778}- I think that's exactly what we should do.|- Mrs. Fallbrook.
{49780}{49805}Yes?
{49807}{49893}Let us stop and consider a moment.|Possibly you're being hasty.
{49907}{49982}- I don't think so. After all...|- Finding a gun doesn't mean a thing.
{49984}{50029}Everybody keeps guns.
{50070}{50093}Do they, really?
{50095}{50177}They don't always keep them|on the stairs. Lavery is a little eccentric.
{50178}{50210}Yes, he is a little eccentric...
{50212}{50316}I'm sure the Bay City police would frown|upon us disturbing him over such a trifle.
{50318}{50353}- You think so?|- Definitely.
{50354}{50420}They don't like people|molesting the citizens in this town.
{50422}{50449}- They don't?|- No.
{50451}{50524}As a matter of fact,|they are extremely sensitive about it.
{50526}{50589}- Yes, but I'm...|- Even when it comes to landladies.
{50590}{50634}And finance companies.
{50636}{50693}- They'd frown upon both of us.|- Really?
{50695}{50779}If you let me take care of this,|I'll see that you get your money.
{50781}{50894}When Ajax Finance lowers the boom|on a creditor, they lower it good.
{50915}{50975}- Good.|- They fix it so everybody gets paid.
{50995}{51027}- Do they, really?|- Yeah.
{51029}{51095}Ajax Finance is a friend of every landlord.
{51098}{51150}Now, why don't you go on|about your shopping...
{51152}{51200}and not worry about this?
{51202}{51268}Well, if... What about the gun?
{51270}{51341}Well, I'll give it to Lavery|when he comes home.
{51342}{51431}- Well, if you think that that's...|- I'm sure it is, Mrs. Fallbrook.
{51433}{51517}Now you be a good girl|and do everything you have to do.
{51606}{51637}Silly man.
{51687}{51798}- You know, you're sweet.|- Thank you, Mrs. Fallbrook.
{51877}{51913}Goodbye now.
{56744}{56777}Lovely party.
{56789}{56881}Quiet, everybody. Now,|we're going to distribute the presents.
{56888}{56977}Quiet. Now what have we, Adrienne?|There's something here for everyone.
{56979}{57049}Mrs. Bromley,|the one who's been here the longest.
{57050}{57110}For you, Mrs. Bromley,|and a merry Christmas.
{57112}{57155}- Thank you.|- And now...
{57158}{57213}Charlie. A present from Santa Claus.
{57226}{57267}And a very merry...
{57405}{57452}- Who invited him?|- I did.
{57499}{57561}Full of the Christmas spirit,|aren't you, Mr. Kingsby?
{57563}{57660}This is a private party for my staff|and my writers and my artists.
{57662}{57732}- You don't look very frostbitten.|- Disappointed?
{57734}{57815}- What are you talking about?|- Who's the present for, snowman?
{57817}{57922}You, sweetheart. And you're gonna love it.|Can we be alone?
{57924}{58013}By all means. Go somewhere|and be alone, you two. Use my office.
{58015}{58093}- And if you need anything, just ring.|- Thanks, Santa Claus.
{58587}{58621}What is this?
{58636}{58684}How'd you get back from the lake so soon?
{58686}{58721}Fast dog team.
{58754}{58818}You seem to forget|my position around here.
{58823}{58900}You couldn't have made more of a scene|out there. I hired you.
{58902}{59009}- You're to report to me confidentially.|- Yes, and I'm loving every minute of it.
{59030}{59073}What's in the package?
{59099}{59138}Why don't you open it?
{59190}{59253}- I've been looking for you, Miss Fromsett.|- Yes, Buster?
{59255}{59308}Well, this is Christmastime,|Miss Fromsett...
{59310}{59377}and I've been working here|for almost a year now.
{59378}{59450}Would you think I was awful|if I asked you for a kiss?
{59471}{59552}- Why, I...|- Go on, kiss him. You're full of charity.
{59642}{59716}Thank you, Miss Fromsett.|I've waited all year for that.
{59718}{59782}You've had your Christmas, son. Beat it.
{59794}{59873}And tell your boss not to send a boy in|to do a man's work.
{59950}{60020}- Whose is it?|- Lavery's dead.
{60037}{60128}That gun killed him.|You said sooner or later I'd find a gun.
{60137}{60189}Were you afraid of Lavery talking,|Miss Fromsett?
{60191}{60262}It's Christmastime, Miss Fromsett,|so tell the truth.
{60276}{60327}- You didn't go to the lake.|- No.
{60343}{60402}- You went to see Lavery.|- And found him dead.
{60404}{60459}I repeatedly told you not to go see Lavery.
{60461}{60561}What brand of perfume do you wear,|Miss Fromsett? Do you recognize it?
{60577}{60621}The initials are A.F.
{60747}{60799}I don't have to ask|the obvious question, do I?
{60801}{60856}I found it on the dresser|in Lavery's bedroom.
{60858}{60909}And you quickly deducted|that I left it there.
{60910}{60977}Such great, blinding brilliance,|Mr. Marlowe.
{60978}{61051}What am I to say now?|Did you bring a confession for me to sign?
{61053}{61122}No. I thought you'd like|to have your handkerchief back.
{61124}{61160}Nobody knows about it but me.
{61162}{61223}- And whoever killed Lavery.|- Yeah. Whoever killed him.
{61225}{61285}Or was he the type|who kept those kind of souvenirs?
{61287}{61360}If I say no, that makes me a murderess|or a good suspect.
{61362}{61443}- lf I say yes, what does that make me?|- Human, maybe.
{61445}{61529}What are you trying to do, Miss Fromsett,|play the bright, hard lady?
{61531}{61589}You're afraid of life, Miss Fromsett,|and people.
{61590}{61646}You don't give your real self a chance.
{61697}{61722}Come in, Mr. Kingsby.
{61724}{61807}Don't stand out there all cold|and chewed up with curiosity.
{61809}{61891}- You may as well be in on this, too.|- What's going on here?
{61893}{61958}Come view my gift of love, Mr. Kingsby.
{61982}{62053}- Is this a joke?|- Chris Lavery wouldn't say so.
{62054}{62138}To coin a phrase we confidential agents|use, he's a dead one.
{62140}{62209}- Dead?|- Did your wife own a gun, Mr. Kingsby?
{62227}{62322}- What does my wife have to do with this?|- Break it to him gently.
{62359}{62454}Derry, I hired Mr. Marlowe|to try and find Chrystal.
{62456}{62486}- You didn't.|- Yes, I thought...
{62488}{62533}You had no right to meddle.
{62535}{62631}Chrystal is to be left alone|to do what she wants. I've told you that.
{62634}{62720}No, you didn't. What you said was|you were tired to death of her.
{62722}{62773}You're not? Why didn't you say so?
{62775}{62830}I won't have you prying|into my private affairs.
{62832}{62916}The police may be prying|into your private affairs, Mr. Kingsby.
{62918}{62958}Your wife was mixed up with Lavery.
{62960}{63016}He's dead.|The evidence points to a woman.
{63018}{63053}Does she own a gun or doesn't she?
{63054}{63123}Surely you don't believe|my wife had anything to do with this?
{63125}{63169}What I believe has nothing to do with it.
{63170}{63273}Here's a gun that can be identified|and traced. It's got a serial number on it.
{63289}{63386}But maybe a woman didn't do it.|Maybe it was arranged to look that way.
{63401}{63436}Maybe you did it, Mr. Kingsby.
{63438}{63519}Don't be an idiot.|I don't go around shooting people.
{63521}{63558}Besides, I have no motive.
{63560}{63636}The police would say you had|the best motive there is: jealousy.
{63638}{63736}But let's get back to the woman angle.|Did Chrystal own a gun or didn't she?
{63823}{63877}- I don't know.|- Okay.
{63889}{63962}But I've found a dead man,|and I've got the gun that killed him.
{63964}{64030}And I was seen in that house|by the owner.
{64036}{64121}So what do you propose to do,|Mr. Marlowe?
{64126}{64225}Put that right back where I found it,|call the law and wait for them to come.
{64227}{64266}What else can I do?
{64268}{64331}Would $1,000 make you|change your mind?
{64352}{64409}- So Mrs. Kingsby does have a gun?|- Yes.
{64410}{64441}Does it look like that?
{64443}{64513}- But that $1,000 offer...|- Don't think I'm too proud to take it.
{64515}{64575}I'm just too smart to get stuck with it.
{64594}{64641}Then the situation just has to be accepted.
{64643}{64714}One thing you might bear in mind,|Mr. Kingsby.
{64718}{64785}The Bay City cops are going|to come up here and talk to you.
{64787}{64887}That'll be the first you've heard of all this.|You better remember that.
{64889}{64962}- To protect you?|- Or you. Or Miss Fromsett.
{64992}{65064}I'll tell the police|anything they want to know.
{65066}{65131}And as for you,|I don't know what you're doing in this...
{65133}{65219}but if you think you're going to harm|Chrystal, you're very much mistaken.
{65221}{65286}- Derry.|- And please understand this clearly.
{65294}{65377}If I have ever said anything endearing|to you, Miss Fromsett...
{65378}{65417}it was because I was lonely.
{65419}{65506}And I don't ever intend|to say anything endearing to you again.
{65513}{65560}Now or anytime.
{65740}{65833}So you lost me my million dollars.|Aren't you smart?
{65854}{65912}You forced a showdown|with him deliberately.
{65914}{66005}Now what am I supposed to do, reform?|Become poor but honest?
{66007}{66069}On what corner would you like me|to beat my tambourine?
{66070}{66135}Some nice warm corner|where there isn't too much traffic.
{66137}{66209}I might have known this was coming.|You and your lectures.
{66211}{66256}You don't like my morals.
{66258}{66357}You thought you'd make me lose Kingsby|and then I'd come flying into your arms.
{66359}{66438}Tell me, Mr. Marlowe, do you|always fall in love with your clients?
{66440}{66477}Only the ones in skirts.
{66479}{66582}If you think I'm gonna settle for|a cheap detective, you're sadly mistaken.
{66584}{66645}I've been pushed around too much|in this world.
{66647}{66720}There's more than one Kingsby|on the Christmas tree, Mr. Marlowe.
{66722}{66786}And I'll shake one loose yet,|don't you worry.
{66788}{66888}And as for you, you're off the case.|There isn't any case anymore.
{66890}{66984}Now kindly haul yourself out of here,|and send me a bill for your failure.
{66986}{67029}I never want to see you again.
{67030}{67061}- Merry Christmas.|- What?
{67062}{67158}I said merry Christmas, and I'm glad|to have met you, and have a good cry.
{67437}{67472}Merry Christmas!
{67650}{67681}Mr. Marlowe.
{67703}{67757}- Yeah?|- May I speak to you?
{67786}{67851}Why not?|Everybody's been speaking to me.
{67875}{67933}I don't know what your arrangement is|with Adrienne...
{67935}{67976}There isn't any anymore.
{67990}{68095}Then I'd like to make one with you.|It's about my wife.
{68133}{68192}Perhaps about myself.
{68230}{68299}I've made some mistakes in my life,|Mr. Marlowe.
{68313}{68394}But the one thing I know is,|I love my wife intensely.
{68422}{68524}She's done things she shouldn't,|but perhaps that's my fault, too.
{68526}{68567}I haven't been perfect.
{68577}{68609}No one is, Santa Claus.
{68610}{68677}I do know that|no matter how things look...
{68691}{68753}Chrystal couldn't have killed anyone.
{68759}{68820}If you could locate her for me|so I could protect her...
{68822}{68882}I'd be willing to pay you any fee you ask.
{68885}{68946}You say Lavery's murdered.
{68959}{69040}- I'd like to keep my wife out of it.|- That may be tough.
{69042}{69139}That's why I'm willing to pay you|whatever you ask. You know the case.
{69151}{69223}I'm imploring you.|Will you take the assignment?
{69241}{69309}I get soft in the head|once every Christmas.
{69321}{69361}Yeah, I'll take it.
{69394}{69459}By the way, if we're going|to keep your wife out of it...
{69461}{69518}who are we going to pin this murder on?
{69533}{69630}- What do either of us know of Adrienne?|- Don't you know anything about her?
{69632}{69737}She came here, she was very efficient,|she worked herself up to a big position.
{69738}{69833}But as to her past life,|her background, it's blank.
{69838}{69879}Like Lavery's was.
{69881}{69968}As a matter of fact, she knew Lavery.
{69970}{70082}Just how well I couldn't say, but...|Now wait a minute.
{70084}{70166}- Just when I was beginning to like you.|- You want the facts, don't you?
{70168}{70243}When it concerns a woman,|does anybody ever really want the facts?
{70245}{70328}- Are you working for me or against me?|- All right.
{70342}{70429}I'm working for you. I'm fired, I'm hired.
{70442}{70504}Happy Phil Marlowe, the boy detective.
{70528}{70598}An enchanted Christmas to you,|Mr. Kingsby.
{70602}{70643}Where are you going?
{70649}{70705}To a party with the Bay City cops.
{70801}{70895}Don't you know enough not to handle|a weapon found at the scene of a crime?
{70897}{70925}No.
{70934}{71031}Smart guy, aren't you, Marlowe?|Well, this time you're in a jam. A bad jam.
{71033}{71087}What's your alibi?|Haven't you thought of any yet?
{71089}{71157}I've already told you,|this Mrs. Fallbrook was here before me.
{71159}{71221}- It could have been her.|- It could have been pixies, too.
{71223}{71301}It could have been you.|You said you'd come back and get Lavery.
{71302}{71365}- Not in those words.|- But in that tone.
{71370}{71455}Last time I saw you, I told you|not to start trouble in my district...
{71457}{71504}without letting me in|on what you were after.
{71506}{71557}- The coroner's on his way down.|- Good.
{71558}{71628}- Finding a corpse a crime?|- In this town, yes.
{71647}{71725}I knew a little about this dead guy, Lavery.|He was quite a chaser.
{71726}{71805}- What of it?|- The whole setup indicates a dame.
{71807}{71868}You know what these private eyes|work at, divorce stuff.
{71870}{71908}All right, who are you working for?
{71910}{71974}And don't give me that baloney|about protecting a client.
{71976}{72067}My client's name is Derace Kingsby.|Runs a string of magazines.
{72091}{72141}His wife ran out on him|about a month ago...
{72143}{72227}from a place he has up in the mountains|called Little Fawn Lake.
{72241}{72324}Chris Lavery was supposed to be the guy|Kingsby's wife ran off with.
{72326}{72400}Yeah? You guys go back to work|and call the dispatcher.
{72402}{72477}I'm gonna have a talk|with a Mr. Kingsby and his missus.
{72479}{72549}It might be tough talking to Mrs. Kingsby.|She's missing.
{72551}{72605}- Missing?|- Yeah. The last two months.
{72607}{72665}Make a note of that.|We'll get a Teletype out on her.
{72667}{72697}This is getting interesting.
{72699}{72777}- All right, you guys, go on.|- And keep your hands off things.
{72778}{72861}I came here day before yesterday|to ask Lavery if he knew where she was.
{72863}{72951}And for my pains, I landed in the can,|as you may remember.
{72953}{72982}We remember, peeper.
{72984}{73059}What was Lavery's story|about Kingsby's wife?
{73065}{73160}He said there was nothing to it.|So I made a trip up to Little Fawn Lake...
{73162}{73229}because something peculiar|happened up there.
{73230}{73289}They found a drowned woman in the lake.
{73290}{73363}It turned out to be|a dame named Muriel Ches.
{73365}{73454}I don't want any part of that. Let's|confine ourselves to what went on here.
{73456}{73544}Nothing went on here. I came to see|Chris Lavery today and he was dead.
{73546}{73591}Brother, you're a great help.
{73593}{73696}This Muriel Ches had an anklet that was|given to her by somebody named Chris.
{73714}{73772}- So what?|- So you figure it out.
{73786}{73861}She's dead, and the corpse we have here|is named Chris.
{73862}{73969}I see. Any little thing that'll tie two deaths|up together makes a bigger package.
{73989}{74053}And on a pretext like that,|you go through the joint...
{74055}{74126}handle the gun,|collect or steal anything you can...
{74128}{74229}and finally get around to calling us.|Well, I don't buy it.
{74240}{74294}What do I care|about a drowned dame in a lake?
{74296}{74359}I got a body here|and that's enough for me.
{74361}{74422}That's all that's in my jurisdiction.
{74442}{74510}What's the play, Marlowe?|You trying to cloud the issue?
{74512}{74572}- Who are you covering up for?|- Anybody here?
{74574}{74661}That's Ed. He's coroner this week.|Merry Christmas, Ed.
{74663}{74713}But it isn't Christmas yet, you know.|Not yet.
{74715}{74786}What have we got this time?|And where's the customer located?
{74788}{74855}- Upstairs. I'll take you up.|- Good. Man or woman?
{74857}{74889}Man.
{74893}{74948}You stay here. You come with me.
{74950}{75023}It's going to be a little tough|to find out when he was killed.
{75025}{75052}He was in the shower.
{75054}{75141}Some bright mind thought of|leaving the cold water trickling on him.
{75225}{75311}You looked kind of interested|when I mentioned Little Fawn Lake.
{75334}{75368}Ever been up there?
{75382}{75426}We ask the questions, peeper.
{75437}{75535}And when I mentioned the lady in the lake,|you looked still more interested.
{75542}{75575}You heard me.
{75578}{75647}Ever hear of anybody|named Mildred Havelend?
{75688}{75779}There was a fellow there a few weeks ago|looking for Mildred Havelend.
{75781}{75834}He acted like a cop, I was told.
{75844}{75906}A tough cop with bad manners, like you.
{75930}{75979}What's Mildred Havelend got to do with it?
{75981}{76045}She and Muriel Ches were the same girl.
{76049}{76144}She changed her name because she was|hiding out from this tough cop.
{76146}{76183}Does it add up?
{76204}{76228}No.
{76230}{76321}I think it does.|Because Muriel Ches was from Bay City.
{76330}{76409}And they gave me|a pretty good description of that cop.
{76480}{76576}I think this female had a shady past,|and you knew something about it.
{76604}{76654}Now I'm getting somewhere.
{76684}{76774}You stick your nose into my business,|you'll wake up in an alley with the cats.
{76776}{76862}What did she do, this female,|bump off somebody down here?
{76867}{76911}Is that what you had on her?
{77050}{77134}All right, Marlowe, cut it out.|What's going on here?
{77186}{77218}He got cute.
{77228}{77310}Striking an officer, resisting arrest,|and murder.
{77312}{77356}All on Christmas Eve.
{77381}{77446}Let's wrap you up real pretty, shall we?
{77454}{77543}Take you right down to headquarters.|Give me your hands.
{77699}{77774}I tell you this, the only reason|I'm giving you a chance to talk...
{77776}{77836}is that the coroner reports|despite appearances...
{77838}{77922}Lavery was killed last night.|This doesn't let you out, though.
{77924}{78008}I'll say it doesn't, peeper.|Talk up to us in that big voice of yours.
{78010}{78085}- I don't talk with these on.|- That's what you think.
{78105}{78152}- Why you cheap little...|- DeGarmot!
{78154}{78225}- That's enough. Get out of here.|- Let me work him over a little.
{78226}{78273}Go on. Take the night off.
{78314}{78340}Sure.
{78676}{78749}- There, that fix it?|- Here's the dope, Captain.
{78781}{78833}- Disappointed?|- Why?
{78842}{78877}My alibi checks.
{78901}{78960}It's right there in your hand, isn't it?
{78963}{79025}I didn't leave Little Fawn Lake|till after midnight.
{79027}{79085}- Right.|- I stopped at Red's Super Service Station...
{79087}{79141}halfway down the mountain and got gas.
{79149}{79215}I stopped in at San Bernadino|at the Dinner Bell Diner.
{79217}{79264}The waitress with the big eyes|remembered me.
{79266}{79327}It was 2:00 a.m. by that time.|I was the only customer.
{79329}{79393}From what she says,|she'll always remember you.
{79406}{79501}- What about Mrs. Fallbrook?|- She's out of town in Las Vegas, gambling.
{79503}{79595}- The telephone company's locating her.|- Telephone company's doing what?
{79597}{79661}Trying to locate her.|To check his story of having seen her.
{79663}{79715}This happens to be a case of murder.
{79717}{79788}I know, Cap,|but it also happens to be Christmas Eve.
{79790}{79848}Get up to Las Vegas and bring her back.
{79850}{79917}- Yes, sir.|- You'll love her, she's charming.
{79919}{80002}Mind if I go now, or do you want me|to do card tricks, too?
{80004}{80067}There's still the charge|of striking an officer, Marlowe.
{80069}{80175}That'll keep you around, and I don't think|you'll be doing any card tricks either.
{80199}{80260}You funny guys kill me. Yes?
{80288}{80364}Hello, Elaine. How are you, sweetheart?
{80404}{80430}What?
{80464}{80560}Yes, little dumpling, darling,|I know it's the night before Christmas.
{80690}{80764}Yes. I'll be home to help you|fill up your stocking.
{80783}{80820}I am always.
{80890}{80968}Indeed I do. All right. What?
{81021}{81083}You do? By heart?
{81133}{81178}Yes, go ahead. Say it for me.
{81374}{81441}No, wait a minute, honey. It goes:
{81498}{81589}"The stockings were hung|by the chimney with care
{81594}{81661}"In hopes that St. Nicholas soon"
{81669}{81695}What?
{81710}{81740}St. Nicholas?
{81768}{81857}Why, that's Santa Claus, dear. Yes.
{81907}{82008}All right, honey.|Daddy'll be home right away. Bye.
{82012}{82073}Before you rush out, Captain, tell me...
{82078}{82136}did you ever hear of a female|named Mildred Havelend?
{82138}{82162}No.
{82164}{82224}The real name of the woman|found drowned in the lake.
{82226}{82290}- Why don't you ask DeGarmot about her?|- Why should I?
{82292}{82381}'Cause he knew Lavery and he knew her.|And they're both dead.
{82386}{82455}I think DeGarmot could throw|a lot of light on the subject.
{82457}{82543}- That's a big statement, Marlowe.|- Why do you think he slapped me around?
{82545}{82606}- Because you hit him.|- Not until I had to.
{82617}{82690}There's something from the past here|that we know nothing about.
{82692}{82759}I intend to do some finding out|on my own tonight.
{82761}{82823}You can, too, by talking to DeGarmot.
{82832}{82874}You know what you're doing, don't you?
{82876}{82977}You're practically forcing on me|the rottenest job a police official can have.
{82978}{83041}Investigating a man|in his own organization.
{83043}{83090}Listen, Marlowe,|there've been two deaths.
{83092}{83158}- And if they're connected...|- They're connected all right.
{83160}{83238}- lf they are, I'll find out.|- And I'll be glad to help you.
{83240}{83298}I'll work with you in any way you want.
{83300}{83365}- Why? Are you that sore at DeGarmot?|- No.
{83372}{83461}Because I've got a personal interest|in finding Chrystal Kingsby.
{83473}{83505}All right.
{83523}{83572}- Here's what you do.|- Yeah?
{83610}{83721}Call the Sergeant|and get him to give you a nice, quiet cell.
{83782}{83855}I thought you were on the level.|But you want me out of the way...
{83857}{83913}so you and DeGarmot can fix it|any way it suits you.
{83915}{83989}I resent that.|If it wasn't Christmas Eve, I'd...
{84015}{84057}Okay, your murder alibi checks.
{84059}{84119}The charge of taking a punch at DeGarmot|is dismissed.
{84121}{84192}Do me a great big favor|and get out of here.
{84230}{84264}Kane talking.
{84313}{84343}Hello, darling.
{84385}{84439}Well, I just talked to Elaine.
{84486}{84548}Yes, dear, I know what night it is.
{84611}{84646}I am, am I?
{84669}{84720}Be Santa Claus again?
{84802}{84880}Get out before I decide|to go to work on you myself.
{84904}{84985}What? It should still fit.
{85006}{85071}But I don't think we'll need|the pillow this year.
{85073}{85108}My stomach...
{85169}{85235}And dear, do me a favor, will you?
{85272}{85320}Comb out the beard for me.
{85340}{85398}Will you get out of here, Marlowe?
{85416}{85458}I'm sorry, dear.
{85468}{85532}You know I can't talk|to two people at once.
{85964}{86041}I wouldn't say that about you. No.
{86068}{86114}Who said you can't dance?
{86127}{86218}You do a terrific rumba, baby. Just terrific.
{86231}{86301}Really terrific. I mean terrific.
{86312}{86379}- Can I use your phone?|- Just a minute.
{86410}{86501}- I'd like to use one of your phones.|- Sure. And merry Christmas to you, too.
{86502}{86570}Just like I was saying, baby, that rumba.
{86575}{86634}Margaret didn't say that.
{86663}{86777}No. You're crazy. I never did.|I tell you, I didn't.
{86789}{86889}Well, maybe one day|when there was some mistletoe there.
{86897}{86958}Am I a dope? Oh, I am.
{86978}{87017}{y:i}Los Angeles Chronicle.
{87019}{87067}Give me the night editor.
{87075}{87113}{y:i}Dugan speaking.
{87116}{87161}Hi, Dugan. This is Marlowe.
{87169}{87211}{y:i}Merry Christmas, you lug.
{87213}{87282}Same to you. Dugan, remember|that favor you said you owed me...
{87284}{87340}the time we shook down the guy|with the loaded dice?
{87341}{87432}{y:i}Do I remember? Ask for anything.|{y:i}What do you want? My girl or my car?
{87442}{87539}I want you to dig me up whatever you can|on a female named Mildred Havelend.
{87541}{87612}From Bay City. And call me at my hotel.
{87619}{87658}{y:i}Mildred Havelend.
{87660}{87734}{y:i}Got it, pal. I'll call you at your hotel|{y:i}in about an hour.
{87736}{87771}Thanks, Dugan.
{87774}{87845}Laguna? This time of year? No.
{87858}{87906}Who wants to live with pigeons?
{87919}{87975}Thanks for the use of the phone.
{87980}{88048}Oh, yeah.|Did I wish you a merry Christmas?
{88062}{88163}Okay. The crack still goes.|Nuts. Who can afford Palm Springs?
{88165}{88207}What's the matter with Anaheim?
{88343}{88373}Come in.
{88729}{88793}I didn't leave that handkerchief there.
{88824}{88872}You don't believe I did, do you?
{88889}{88940}You still worrying about it?
{88947}{89032}I read a story once about a killer...
{89055}{89112}who left clues around|to point to somebody else.
{89113}{89155}That was a story.
{89175}{89232}- I wouldn't kill anyone, Marlowe.|- No...
{89249}{89305}just a nice, clean campfire girl.
{89391}{89435}I'm all mixed-up tonight.
{89437}{89534}If it turns out that you are the little girl|who held the hot and smoking pistol...
{89536}{89594}you're going to be really mixed-up.
{89604}{89685}- You think I'm that vicious?|- Yes.
{89705}{89750}I thought you liked me.
{89754}{89832}The girl I like won't be editing|a string of crime magazines...
{89833}{89891}or looking for a quick million bucks...
{89895}{89961}or trying to hang a murder|on another woman.
{90023}{90068}What will this girl do?
{90084}{90120}Take care of me.
{90134}{90177}Unglamorous, isn't it?
{90263}{90316}- Buy me a drink.|- No.
{90336}{90373}I have business.
{90385}{90445}There's a time and place for everything.
{90457}{90534}- This is Christmas Eve.|- I told you I have business.
{90587}{90630}This is it now.
{90740}{90808}{y:i}Marlowe? Dugan.|{y:i}Got the dope on Mildred Havelend.
{90810}{90873}{y:i}She was mixed up in a suicide|{y:i}about a year and a half ago.
{90875}{90948}Just a minute. Would you mind leaving?
{90970}{91041}- I thought you were off the case.|- Oh, no.
{91044}{91113}Marlowe never sleeps|till all's well with the world.
{91125}{91206}- Who's your client now?|- I never reveal a client's name.
{91209}{91256}- It's Derry, isn't it?|- You fired me.
{91257}{91351}And I have to eat, don't I? Blow me a kiss|and close the door gently as you leave.
{91353}{91404}I'll call you if I need you.
{91580}{91665}Drexel. 3-3-3...
{91690}{91718}9-1.
{91878}{91906}Okay, Dugan.
{91908}{92013}{y:i}Mildred Havelend was a nurse|{y:i}for a doctor in Bay City named Almore.
{92014}{92101}{y:i}So, one night, Florence Almore,|{y:i}that's the doc's wife, was found dead.
{92103}{92151}{y:i}Cop named DeGarmot investigated.
{92153}{92220}{y:i}- Verdict: suicide.|- What happened to Mildred Havelend?
{92222}{92256}{y:i}She disappeared right after that.
{92257}{92310}Anybody figure|Florence Almore was murdered?
{92312}{92380}{y:i}Her parents did, the Graysons.|{y:i}Raised a stink at first.
{92381}{92450}{y:i}Since then, they've clammed up.|{y:i}Somebody scared them silly.
{92452}{92524}Somebody has, has he?|Where do they live?
{92532}{92599}{y:i}In Bay City, name's in the book.|{y:i}Eugene Grayson.
{92601}{92665}Thanks, Dugan.|I'll go and have a talk with him.
{93387}{93421}You Mr. Grayson?
{93423}{93512}We've told the police everything.|We want to be left alone.
{93582}{93649}- Who is it, Eugene? Is it Mr...|- Who are you?
{93694}{93774}Good evening, Mrs. Grayson.|I'm sorry to bother you.
{93795}{93877}My name is Marlowe.|I'm a private detective.
{93902}{93992}- I want to talk to you about your daughter.|- Haven't we had enough?
{93993}{94100}Can't you smell the cigar smoke?|He was here for an hour. One solid hour.
{94113}{94157}We don't want to talk anymore.
{94159}{94220}All we ask is to be left alone.|By all policemen.
{94221}{94294}- But I want to help you.|- Yes. He does, too.
{94301}{94392}I don't know why you are here,|Mr. Marlowe, but I must ask you to go.
{94401}{94438}My wife is sick.
{94445}{94479}We don't want to talk to anyone.
{94481}{94569}He thinks she committed suicide,|doesn't he, that cop that was here? I don't.
{94570}{94646}I think your daughter was murdered|and Mildred Havelend murdered her.
{94648}{94672}Get out.
{94674}{94742}I think he covered up for her|and wants to keep you quiet.
{94744}{94828}Did you hear her? Get out.|We don't want any more trouble.
{94831}{94921}We don't want to talk to any more|policemen. We're tired, Mr. Marlowe.
{94922}{94989}We've had enough of this.|We've had all of it we can stand.
{94991}{95096}We don't want to go through any more.|We just want to be left alone.
{95097}{95182}I tell you, we're tired, and I'm sick.|Please go away.
{95197}{95246}I must insist that you go.
{95268}{95373}I'm sorry you won't talk, Mr. Grayson.|Good night.
{98833}{98889}DeGarmot was a nice, sweet boy.
{98898}{98960}He left me there, soaked in alcohol.
{98962}{99011}Went to a telephone and called the police.
{99013}{99090}Said he was a citizen|who wanted to report a drunk driver.
{99110}{99144}But I got a break.
{99153}{99226}I didn't sleep quite as long as he thought|I was going to.
{99228}{99327}And what woke me up was a guy who|had been over-celebrating Christmas...
{99329}{99380}and was caroling a little off-key.
{99405}{99469}So I watched him|to see what my next move was.
{99495}{99534}He might come in handy.
{102840}{102909}- Anybody in there?|- No. He was alone.
{102925}{102984}Looks like everybody's celebrating tonight|except us.
{102985}{103045}He won't do any more celebrating|for about six months.
{103046}{103101}- Why, is he hurt?|- No. Just passed out.
{103102}{103136}Here's his wallet.
{103158}{103218}Phillip Marlowe. Private dick.
{103238}{103298}A plum pudding, all cooked up nice for us.
{103309}{103360}Come on. Let's get him out of here.
{103656}{103705}He's going to feel great in the morning.
{103707}{103760}Just a second|while I get this license number.
{103761}{103821}Call headquarters|and tell them to send out a tow car.
{103822}{103881}And that we're bringing in a Mr. Marlowe.
{103925}{103986}Car 71. Calling headquarters.
{104064}{104096}Come in, please.
{107511}{107548}What was that?
{107602}{107633}{y:i}Number, please.
{107657}{107686}Drexel.
{107709}{107758}3-3-3-9-1.
{107779}{107814}{y:i}Your number, please.
{107824}{107897}- Bay City 187.|{y:i}- Thank you.
{107931}{107999}{y:i}Deposit 15 cents for five minutes, please.
{108109}{108181}{y:i}You've deposited too much, sir.|{y:i}When you've finished your call...
{108183}{108243}Shut up and get me my number.
{108469}{108496}{y:i}Hello.
{108518}{108551}This is Marlowe.
{108589}{108696}{y:i}- So you've changed your mind.|- I told you I'd call you if I needed you.
{108735}{108798}I'm in a phone booth at a gas station.
{108824}{108935}On the South Road. About two miles out.
{108975}{109060}Left side of the road. Come and get me.
{109123}{109173}Come and get...
{109182}{109231}{y:i}What's the matter, Marlowe?
{109269}{109332}{y:i}I'll be right there as fast as I can make it.
{109360}{109384}{y:i}Hello?
{109696}{109749}{y:i}It is one minute past midnight,|{y:i}Christmas morning.
{109751}{109841}{y:i}Police reveal that so far, for the first|{y:i}time on any Christmas Eve in years...
{109843}{109877}{y:i}death has taken a holiday.
{109878}{109938}{y:i}There's been a number|{y:i}of traffic accidents reported...
{109940}{109997}{y:i}but none which have ended in a fatality.
{110255}{110333}- You woke up.|- Yeah. I wish I hadn't.
{110339}{110416}You're in terrible shape.|Take a look at yourself.
{110581}{110615}Oh, brother.
{110654}{110732}- "'Twas the night before Christmas"|- I'm going to fix you.
{110878}{110928}"And all through the house"
{110945}{111021}- It's going to sting terribly. Hold still.|- All right.
{111062}{111113}"Not a creature was stirring"
{111141}{111193}- Not even Marlowe.|- Hurt much?
{111242}{111268}No.
{111388}{111466}Not much. How did I get here?
{111473}{111538}Did you ever try to pull anybody|out of a telephone booth?
{111540}{111594}Luckily, a sailor came along|and helped me.
{111596}{111710}He thought he was going to have a date|with me later, but... What's the matter?
{111721}{111764}Don't get any cute ideas.
{111775}{111840}The doorman brought you up.|He undressed you.
{111844}{111880}Was he a nice doorman?
{111882}{111944}Yes, he was quite tender with you|as doormen go.
{111946}{112019}Doesn't he think anything|of dragging bruised, unconscious men...
{112021}{112055}up here at this time of the night?
{112057}{112115}Don't you know better|than to drive after drinking?
{112117}{112155}You reeked of whiskey.
{112157}{112216}I told him you were drunk|and had fallen down.
{112218}{112272}Why? Afraid he'll call the police?
{112273}{112334}No. I love policemen.
{112336}{112384}I love a policeman named DeGarmot.
{112386}{112443}- Does he love you, too?|- Like a brother.
{112463}{112571}If he catches me, I'll go to the clink.|He's a fine young man, this DeGarmot.
{112588}{112665}- What's he got to do with this?|- That's what I keep asking myself.
{112666}{112747}How did he know I was going to visit|Florence Almore's folks?
{112773}{112818}He was there before me.
{112820}{112879}And he was there waiting|when I came out.
{112898}{112922}Why?
{112944}{112973}Florence Almore?
{112974}{113043}Female who committed suicide|a year and a half ago.
{113066}{113128}- I wonder if Kane...|- Quit wondering, Marlowe.
{113139}{113169}Get out of it.
{113176}{113228}Why work for Derry or anybody else?
{113277}{113380}It's none of your affair. Stop getting|involved in other people's murders.
{113413}{113468}Why be a private detective at all?
{113469}{113525}Why eat? You only get hungry again.
{113526}{113583}You don't have to make a living that way.
{113585}{113696}You're a writer.|Remember {y:i}If I Should Die Before I Live?
{113705}{113739}That wasn't for nothing.
{113741}{113842}No. That was for $500, and you got|part of my soul with it, and my services.
{113844}{113925}I wish you'd make up your mind|what you want me to be.
{113926}{114013}I have made up my mind.|I could help you write.
{114033}{114089}I know all the little tricks.
{114111}{114220}We'd be fine together.|In everything, we'd be fine together...
{114248}{114308}if only you just...
{114321}{114353}Just what?
{114397}{114432}I don't know.
{114467}{114510}You don't think I'm honest.
{114529}{114574}I want you to know that I am.
{114593}{114654}It's that, well...
{114693}{114749}I've been a long time wanting things...
{114769}{114816}thinking I wanted things.
{114832}{114886}What do you think you want now?
{114907}{114970}It's not a matter of just thinking I want it.
{115009}{115117}I want to take care of you.|Maybe it isn't glamorous. I don't know...
{115157}{115203}but I want to be your girl.
{115225}{115314}That's what I want for Christmas.
{115337}{115411}- Don't laugh at me.|- I'm not laughing.
{115436}{115510}No, you're not, are you?
{115652}{115725}You close your eyes, too,|don't you, darling?
{115819}{115877}It's just like you said that day.
{115883}{115968}We're both alike. In everything we're alike.
{115988}{116057}We'll be fine together. We will, won't we?
{116071}{116145}This is what the world is really like,|isn't it?
{116150}{116176}Yeah.
{116223}{116260}Why are you frowning?
{116289}{116337}Did you bump that guy off?
{116341}{116408}How can you say that?|Why are you so suspicious?
{116409}{116488}- I got to try and think of everything.|- Don't. Think of me.
{116490}{116568}Everything is going to be different now.|I'm wiping the slate clean.
{116569}{116656}- Nobody ever wiped murder clean.|- Who's trying? I'm not guilty of anything.
{116657}{116736}- Quit being a detective.|- I can't till this is over.
{116745}{116794}- I thought...|- Sure.
{116820}{116904}You're my girl.|What's that got to do with it?
{116953}{116992}You're in love with me.
{117037}{117148}I might have killed someone, but it doesn't|matter, it has nothing to do with it.
{117189}{117288}Ever since I was a little girl, I've been|reading in books about love like this...
{117290}{117333}but I never believed it.
{117359}{117422}Two people, who in spite of everything...
{117464}{117546}I was going to be the bright girl|with big-league boots...
{117548}{117617}and a glass heart, stepping over people.
{117661}{117717}It must have been somebody else.
{117722}{117778}I'm gonna start all over again.
{117846}{117913}Fromsett, crying?
{117923}{118034}I always do on Christmas Eve, and each|time I fall in love. It's a Fromsett tradition.
{118089}{118140}Where do you usually|spend Christmas Eve?
{118142}{118181}In a bar. Where do you?
{118197}{118273}In a nightclub. Here we are.
{118302}{118355}- Better for both of us.|- Yeah.
{118408}{118509}Darling, you're tired.|You've got to get some sleep.
{118566}{118613}I wish I could tell you how I feel.
{118614}{118688}You mean you've got that|"I'm scared, but it's wonderful" feeling?
{118689}{118713}Yes.
{118721}{118800}- Scared, but...|- Yeah, scared.
{118805}{118875}- You're not scared of me?|- I don't know.
{118883}{118940}I'm glad. It proves how you feel.
{118952}{119061}You see? I'm glad about everything.|I've never felt this way before.
{119097}{119145}You go to sleep now.
{119471}{119536}- Good night.|- Good night.
{119668}{119704}Do you like it?
{119718}{119754}Yeah, it's beautiful.
{119756}{119840}It's your Christmas present, darling.|Be right with you.
{120258}{120340}It really looks very good on you.|Awfully glad you like it.
{120341}{120392}- I feel kind of silly.|- Why?
{120395}{120448}Well, I didn't get you anything.
{120449}{120507}The truth is|I didn't get you anything, either.
{120509}{120549}I bought it for Kingsby.
{120565}{120621}Well, why don't you say something?
{120648}{120738}I don't know what to say,|except you didn't have to tell me that.
{120747}{120834}I know I didn't.|But I didn't want to start out with any lies.
{120857}{120940}I hate liars. That's the reason|I left the tag in the pocket.
{121097}{121215}If we do start this new thing together, this|life, what are we going to use for money?
{121219}{121323}Well, we can start with the story|you wrote and go on from there.
{121337}{121400}- We'll make lots of money.|- You mean from what I write?
{121401}{121481}Why not?|Together, we could own the world.
{121482}{121556}There you go again,|wanting to own the world.
{121568}{121649}No. All I really want to own is you.
{121662}{121723}That's better. At least it's simpler.
{121746}{121782}May I own you?
{121785}{121877}Sure, and if you're the guilty girl,|where does that leave me?
{121885}{121946}Besides,|I've got another worry this morning.
{121948}{121974}What other worry, darling?
{121976}{122020}They'll discover in Bay City about now...
{122021}{122087}that that drunk they found|in my car last night isn't me...
{122089}{122116}and DeGarmot will go crazy.
{122118}{122207}He'll start on the prowl, looking for me|with a cold howling heart of hate...
{122209}{122327}and a gun full of bullets to try and stop me|from talking about what I don't know.
{122333}{122420}Don't frighten me, darling.|Not on Christmas morning.
{122429}{122494}I don't want to think about it, not today.
{122525}{122576}Let's give ourselves today.
{122597}{122664}And by the way, Marlowe...
{122684}{122745}- Yeah?|- Merry Christmas.
{122995}{123044}{y:i}"'Merry Christmas, Bob Cratchit.
{123046}{123113}{y:i}"'A merrier Christmas|{y:i}than I've given you in many a year.
{123115}{123184}{y:i}"'Make up the fires|{y:i}and buy another coal scuttle...
{123185}{123257}{y:i}"'before you dot another "I, "Bob Cratchit. '
{123281}{123381}{y:i}"Scrooge was better than his word.|{y:i}He did it all and infinitely more.
{123384}{123471}{y:i}"And to Tiny Tim, who did not die,|{y:i}he was a second father.
{123473}{123556}{y:i}"He became as good a friend,|{y:i}as good a master, and as good a man...
{123557}{123641}{y:i}"as the good old city ever knew.|{y:i}And it was always said of him...
{123643}{123697}{y:i}"that he knew|{y:i}how to keep Christmas well...
{123699}{123749}{y:i}"if any man alive possessed|{y:i}the knowledge.
{123751}{123812}{y:i}"May that be truly said of us, and all of us.
{123814}{123928}{y:i}"And so, as Tiny Tim observed,|{y:i}'God bless us, every one. "'
{124181}{124272}Then, when I was 16, I had to go to work.
{124303}{124421}Counter girl at a soda fountain.|Peanut butter sandwiches and hot coffee.
{124466}{124561}If all the malted milks I served|were laid end to end, Marlowe...
{124826}{124924}- Do we answer it this time?|- No. More malted milk.
{124996}{125037}I worked there for a year.
{125149}{125221}Then, when I was 17...
{125233}{125296}Adrienne, it's I. Open the door.
{125325}{125394}- Kingsby. Do you want to see him?|- He's your boss.
{125397}{125435}No, he's yours.
{125471}{125513}All right. Let him in.
{125704}{125735}What's the idea?
{125737}{125813}Are you hiding for someone?|I've been phoning you for hours.
{125815}{125872}I thought you might know|where I could find Marlowe.
{125873}{125927}I do. Who's that?
{125929}{125987}Where have you been?|I've searched everywhere for you.
{125989}{126042}Your office, hotel room,|three different jails.
{126044}{126125}They're very sore at you at Bay City jail.|They told me you were there.
{126127}{126167}Then they brought out a different man.
{126169}{126228}Somebody's impersonating you.|They're looking for you.
{126229}{126269}- They happen to follow you here?|- Yes.
{126271}{126332}That is, two detectives|have been tailing me all day.
{126334}{126401}I go in and out of places,|they always wait outside in a car.
{126403}{126452}That's fine. Why didn't you invite them up?
{126453}{126513}I don't know what your troubles are,|but I have my own.
{126515}{126552}All right, let's hear yours.
{126554}{126623}Well, the reason I've been trying|to find you is...
{126625}{126709}It may seem ridiculous,|but Chrystal, my wife, she's in Bay City.
{126711}{126736}How do you know?
{126738}{126783}She telephoned me. She's in awful trouble.
{126785}{126864}The police are after her, and she needs|money. She sounded desperate.
{126865}{126932}Naturally, I want to help her|until we can get lawyers...
{126933}{126988}If she wants money,|why don't you take it to her?
{126989}{127080}With two detectives following me? No.|They're not going to find her through me.
{127081}{127146}- You're going to take her the money.|- I am, am I?
{127148}{127230}I have $500 here,|all the cash I could raise on a holiday.
{127232}{127279}It's worth anything to me to get it to her.
{127281}{127376}You've used that word "anything"|a couple of times. How much is anything?
{127378}{127450}You'll get $5,000 either way.
{127452}{127510}- That's a deal, Santa Claus.|- What's a deal?
{127512}{127559}I don't want you|going down there to see her.
{127561}{127616}I don't want you even near her.
{127619}{127684}She's trouble.|Two people have been killed already.
{127685}{127715}Maybe she's got some answers.
{127717}{127780}I don't want you near her.|Something might happen to you.
{127781}{127841}Should I just stay here|and let the cops come after me?
{127842}{127898}- We'll figure a way out.|- And end up where?
{127900}{127952}In a gutter somewhere|with my teeth bashed in...
{127954}{128019}smelling of whiskey I never drank?|Running down alleys?
{128021}{128077}The only way out is to see Chrystal|to solve things.
{128078}{128134}- Let somebody else solve it.|- And there's the money.
{128136}{128229}$5,000, just in case my typewriter|breaks down and I can't write stories.
{128230}{128284}Just in case New York gets cold|this winter.
{128285}{128332}$5,000. It's enough money to start on.
{128333}{128393}And more than enough to bury you with|if you're killed.
{128395}{128449}I said once, everything or nothing.|This is it.
{128450}{128539}No, it isn't it. I won't let you go.|We'll leave town, go anywhere.
{128541}{128646}Still trying to pull me off it?|Trying to make me duck the windup. Why?
{128648}{128716}- Any personal reasons?|- Don't be ridiculous.
{128717}{128804}I'm not. If I ran away and never found out|the answer to the rest of this...
{128805}{128878}I'd never know for sure about you,|would I?
{128936}{128974}All right, then.
{129035}{129066}Where do I meet her?
{129068}{129136}She'll be near a cocktail bar|called The Peacock Room...
{129137}{129231}on the main boulevard near 14th Street.|Here, wear this. She knows it.
{129233}{129266}She'll go there every half-hour.
{129268}{129321}You'd better leave|and take the detectives off me.
{129323}{129357}Take them on a tour of Chinatown.
{129359}{129408}Keep them following you|while I go to Bay City.
{129410}{129469}Right. I got it. Good luck, Marlowe.
{129481}{129557}Marlowe. Wait a minute.|You realize, of course, it may be a trap...
{129559}{129631}that Kingsby himself has set for you.|Please don't go.
{129633}{129695}Everything or nothing.|I'm going to trust you.
{129697}{129759}If you're not on the level,|I get a face full of bullets.
{129761}{129808}- lf you are, I'll see you down there.|- What?
{129809}{129859}I want 10 minutes alone|with Chrystal Kingsby.
{129861}{129945}And then I want you to show up with|Capt. Kane and one or two of his boys.
{129947}{130049}It's the chance I have to take.|What I'm going to try to do is this.
{130050}{130117}Make Chrystal take me|to wherever it is she's hiding out...
{130118}{130175}hotel room, apartment, wherever it is.
{130177}{130252}How will we know where it is?|How will we find you?
{130302}{130405}Quoting a girl named Fromsett,|I read a story once...
{130411}{130525}how a detective carried rice in his pocket.|As he walked along, he distributed it...
{130527}{130605}kernel for kernel, and left a very nice trail.
{130617}{130658}Why don't you let Kane arrest Chrystal?
{130660}{130726}We'd never get anywhere.|She'd be locked up and so would I.
{130728}{130771}- Are the keys in your car?|- Yes.
{130773}{130832}I'll go down the back stairs to the garage.
{130867}{130957}Goodbye, Miss Fromsett.|You've been charming company.
{131042}{131096}This is the payoff, isn't it?
{131097}{131162}Say that again about...
{131164}{131241}the "I'm scared,|but it's wonderful" feeling.
{131252}{131331}I'm scared, but it's wonderful.
{131398}{131428}Goodbye.
{132295}{132365}- Give me the money.|- You get right to the point, don't you?
{132367}{132440}You've got the scarf, haven't you?|Don't give me any conversation.
{132442}{132492}Slow down.|I want to talk to you, Mrs. Kingsby.
{132493}{132520}There's nothing to discuss.
{132521}{132557}Hand over the money and leave me.
{132559}{132610}It's not that simple.|Where are you hiding out?
{132612}{132644}What makes it your business?
{132645}{132714}An envelope I have in my pocket|with $500 in it.
{132716}{132764}A measly $500. That would be him.
{132766}{132822}That's all he could scrape up|with the banks closed.
{132824}{132873}Do you want it|or just want to crab about it?
{132875}{132912}Give me that money.
{132913}{133015}Nice job of hair dyeing. Of course,|I never saw it blonde, Mrs. Kingsby.
{133022}{133058}Have your hopes.
{133060}{133143}You talk my language, Mrs. Kingsby.|Let's go.
{133165}{133234}- All right. Come on.|- Sure you haven't been spotted?
{133237}{133288}As sure as I know how to be.
{133301}{133348}- How far is it?|- Not far.
{134285}{134333}- Close the door.|- Sure.
{134429}{134509}I'm afraid you're never going to get to see|my hair blonde.
{134512}{134545}Too bad, isn't it?
{134560}{134591}I can stand it.
{134618}{134642}Sit down.
{134682}{134706}There.
{134788}{134848}- Nice to have a pair of them, isn't it?|- A pair?
{134850}{134885}A pair of little guns.
{134887}{134981}Little guns that fit into purses or pockets|and kill just the same as big guns.
{134982}{135024}Why don't you take it out?
{135028}{135090}Yes, it is nice, isn't it?|Now if you'll just hand over...
{135092}{135161}You did the landlady,|the Mrs. Fallbrook character, very well.
{135162}{135253}You weren't bad as the finance company.|"The friend of every landlord."
{135254}{135331}The cops say Lavery was killed|the night before we met in his house.
{135333}{135401}What I can't figure is|what you came back for that morning.
{135403}{135460}Money, mister. I was looking for money.|I needed it.
{135461}{135568}A little careless about money, aren't you,|for a girl who's so careful about murder?
{135569}{135594}Give me that money.
{135596}{135667}You don't really think|I've got the dough in my pocket, do you?
{135669}{135737}- Think of my trading position.|- Where is it? In your car?
{135739}{135811}No. It's in my hotel room.|Under the mattress.
{135814}{135886}- You're a liar. He promised...|- Take a look for yourself.
{135888}{135977}Don't be afraid.|I don't carry a gun when I call on ladies.
{135979}{136055}- lf you haven't got that money, l...|- What will you do, shoot me?
{136057}{136122}- Don't you think I will?|- Sure I do, Mildred.
{136141}{136196}- What?|- I said sure, I think you will.
{136213}{136248}- You shot Lavery, didn't you?|- No.
{136249}{136314}You don't think|I believe you're Chrystal Kingsby, do you?
{136316}{136398}Mr. Kingsby believed it when you talked|on the phone, didn't he, Mildred?
{136400}{136460}You're Mildred Havelend.|You murdered the Almore woman.
{136461}{136517}She was asphyxiated in her car.|It was an accident.
{136518}{136626}The lady in the lake, instead of being you,|is Chrystal Kingsby. Is that an accident?
{136628}{136722}Yes. Chrystal and I traded clothes|one night. She had on mine, I had on hers.
{136724}{136804}We went across the lake to see|if we could fool my husband, Bill Ches.
{136805}{136883}And Chrystal fell in the lake|and sank to the bottom?
{136885}{136956}- Yes, and I didn't know what to do.|- So you ran away to El Paso.
{136958}{137005}- I didn't at all.|- You met Lavery in El Paso.
{137007}{137049}His death was an accident, too?
{137051}{137108}- He took a gun into the bath with him.|- I don't know.
{137109}{137190}He was the only one who knew|the real identity of the lady in the lake.
{137192}{137233}Wasn't he, Mildred?
{137240}{137353}I'm looking for that money, mister, and|you'd better have it right here. Stand still.
{137376}{137478}What for? A little.25 caliber|with the safety catch on?
{137493}{137548}Drop it. Come on, sister. Drop it.
{137615}{137672}Never kill a man|when he's looking at you, Mildred.
{137673}{137756}I'm frightened. I'm so frightened.
{137807}{137851}Get me out of here.
{137862}{137924}Please get me out of here.|Take me with you anywhere.
{137925}{137984}I'll bet that went big with Lavery.
{137985}{138038}- It went big with DeGarmot, too, didn't it?|- Who?
{138040}{138093}The boy who covered up for you|on the Almore case.
{138095}{138141}Every time you look at a man,|he falls over.
{138143}{138209}You misunderstand me.|You just don't understand me at all.
{138211}{138269}I got into trouble,|but I really am a nice girl.
{138270}{138308}You're a lovely girl.
{138321}{138399}You know something?|You really would like my hair blonde.
{138409}{138489}It's really nice blonde. I really am all right.
{138491}{138547}You've got to understand|that I really am all right.
{138549}{138605}Being a detective,|you can understand how a girl...
{138607}{138676}even if she is nice,|can get into a lot of trouble.
{138756}{138801}I am nice, aren't I?
{138814}{138890}Sure, I'd like to play dolls with you.
{138937}{138978}That's the cops, Mildred.
{138980}{139025}I invited them up|to meet Chrystal Kingsby.
{139027}{139115}They're going to be quite surprised|to see you, even happily surprised.
{139117}{139185}Come in, Adrienne,|and bring the gallant Captain with you.
{139193}{139236}Get them up, Marlowe.
{139481}{139518}Kill him.
{139573}{139603}Hello, honey.
{139621}{139653}Won't you speak to me, honey?
{139654}{139727}Don't look so surprised.|That wasn't me that fell in the lake...
{139729}{139773}He doesn't like you anymore, Mildred.
{139774}{139856}Oh, yes, he does. Don't you, honey?|You weren't expecting him, were you?
{139857}{139907}He was expecting the other cops, not you.
{139909}{139960}He's gonna kill you, Mildred.
{139969}{140004}No, he isn't.
{140046}{140084}Are you, honey?
{140085}{140131}It's been a long time since he saw you.
{140133}{140185}Ever since you double-crossed him|and ran away...
{140187}{140292}and changed your name to Muriel and|married some poor little guy named Ches.
{140301}{140379}- He's been looking for you.|- Have you, honey?
{140381}{140437}Why don't you laugh like he's laughing?
{140461}{140558}- Kill him and let's get out of here!|- No. You're not going any place, Millie.
{140560}{140595}You forget I'm a cop.
{140597}{140690}People aren't safe with a woman like you|in the world. They have to be protected.
{140692}{140767}I never expected to find you here tonight.|I thought you were dead.
{140769}{140813}I wish you were,|because you're a murderess.
{140815}{140864}This time, dead's the way|I'm gonna leave you.
{140865}{140889}You're out of your mind.
{140891}{140983}Yes, I was, on the night Florence Almore|died and you made a sucker out of me.
{140985}{141095}Even after you ran away, I still loved you.|You made a clown out of me, a bad cop.
{141097}{141140}But tonight's the end of it, and of you.
{141141}{141207}Don't do it. She's the killer.|Don't get yourself involved.
{141209}{141277}- Take her in if you're a good cop.|- I don't want you talking.
{141278}{141309}The Almore case won't come up.
{141311}{141392}They'll convict her for Chrystal's|murder or Lavery's. You'll be clear.
{141393}{141417}I'll be clear.
{141419}{141489}This is her gun.|If both of you die by it, I'll be clear.
{141491}{141569}She shot you. You got the gun|and shot her. But after that, you died.
{141570}{141636}I'll be clear|because I'll be the officer investigating it.
{141637}{141688}- DeGarmot, you're a fool.|- No, I'm no fool!
{141690}{141734}You said something|about being a good cop.
{141736}{141808}I'll be one after tonight.|I'll be the best cop in the world.
{141810}{141925}Regular, they'll be able to set their clocks|by me. Don't do that to me, peeper!
{141935}{141990}You'll crawl off some other direction.
{142002}{142088}Now tonight, you're both going,|both of you.
{142113}{142222}And after tonight, I'm gonna do everything|that everybody else does and be clean.
{142269}{142327}- She isn't going to hurt anybody anymore.|- No.
{142329}{142409}- She's all through killing.|- No.
{142455}{142520}Please. Please wait.
{142549}{142596}Don't, honey.
{142605}{142695}We were going to be a guy and his girl,|that's the way you said.
{142697}{142765}- I remember those very words.|- Yeah. I remember everything.
{142766}{142834}All our dreams can come true|if you'll only just...
{142836}{142904}Please, I love you.|Remember, I'm your girl!
{143234}{143301}First you cover up a murder for her,|and then you kill her.
{143303}{143358}It doesn't make sense, does it?
{143389}{143442}It doesn't make sense, does it?
{143457}{143533}- Some things don't.|- Petticoat fever?
{143557}{143664}- Yeah, we all get it, peeper. We all get it.|- I had petticoat fever myself.
{143674}{143714}I took a chance and lost.
{143716}{143812}When you walked in that door instead|of Kane, a lot of things suddenly ended.
{143814}{143866}I'm scared, but it isn't wonderful anymore.
{143868}{143911}I'll say you lost.
{143971}{144053}My drunk drive frame didn't stick,|but this one will.
{144097}{144181}How does it feel dying in the dirty middle|of somebody else's love affair?
{144183}{144244}I don't want to seem selfish,|but I'm thinking of my own.
{144246}{144317}Sure, I followed the rice here.|Thanks very much.
{144318}{144397}I followed it and kicked it into the street|so nobody else could.
{144398}{144446}So don't expect any friends or relations.
{144448}{144536}- How did you know about it?|- How do you suppose? Your girl, Adrienne.
{144538}{144603}- That's a lie!|- How else do you think I'd know?
{144615}{144662}How does it feel on you?
{144681}{144737}That was a cheap gag, that rice.
{144745}{144840}But that's the way all private dicks end up.|A last cheap trick. A double-cross.
{144841}{144932}You're in the some boat that I am,|but you're going to be in it dead.
{144941}{144995}I never thought you'd get here, Kane.
{144997}{145049}There's nobody back of me, Marlowe.
{145051}{145107}You think I'd turn my head|and let you jump me?
{145109}{145171}Be careful, Kane.|That gun of his is pointed right at me.
{145173}{145228}Cut it out, will you?|That "look at the birdy" gag.
{145229}{145292}You better get him with the first slug,|or he'll get me.
{145293}{145323}Shut up!
{145651}{145685}Are you all right?
{145694}{145756}Yeah. I'm all right.
{145801}{145903}Been here a lot sooner,|but DeGarmot messed up your trail of rice.
{145940}{146024}- You got the story on all this, Marlowe?|- Yeah, I got the story.
{146029}{146088}- All right, let's have it.|- I'll write it.
{146098}{146184}I'll see that you get the first copy,|fresh out of the typewriter.
{146215}{146276}- What about her?|- That's Mildred Havelend.
{146281}{146373}She murdered the Almore woman,|Chrystal Kingsby, and Chris Lavery.
{146416}{146465}- And he killed her?|- Yeah.
{146484}{146567}He had a wonderful motive.|He was in love with her.
{146737}{146812}As for Adrienne, there was only one hitch.
{146828}{146923}DeGarmot heard her telling Kane|where I was, so he got to me first.
{146950}{147029}Those things happen sometimes.|But Adrienne...
{147030}{147085}- May I come in?|- Yes, come in.
{147091}{147166}- Have you got the tickets?|- Yes, to New York. One-way.
{147168}{147242}- Are you scared?|- Yes, but it's wonderful.
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