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The Straw Man (1953)  74 min  |  Crime, Drama  |  October 1953 (UK)    An investigator from an insurance company is hired to look into the mysterious murder of a wealthy client's mistress. Meanwhile, the deceased's wife hires a gumshoe too. The trouble begins when the insurance detective begins suspecting the wife and her detective of being behind the killings.    Director: Donald Taylor    Writers: Doris Miles Disney (novel), Donald Taylor    Stars: Dermot Walsh, Clifford Evans, Lana Morris

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00:00I am sorry to disturb you, madame, but we must speak to your husband.

00:08But he's in bed.

00:10I am sorry, Mrs. Hunter.

00:11I am a police inspector.

00:12We have to see him.

00:15Will you wait here a minute, please?

00:28Oh, if it's about a parking car in front of the hotel, I can explain that.

00:42I'm sorry, Mr. Hunter.

00:43It's more serious than that.

00:44I'm Inspector Conrad of the Brighton Police.

00:48Oh, don't you worry, honey.

00:54Wait back in the bedroom a while, huh?

01:07You knew a girl called Celia Worth?

01:09I knew.

01:11She is dead.

01:12Oh, that's...

01:13Oh, that's terrible.

01:14Well, how did it happen?

01:19That's what I'm here to ask you.

01:21What do you mean?

01:22Celia Worth was murdered on the night of May the 29th in your house.

01:27Well, that's impossible.

01:29I only saw the kid a couple of weeks ago, and she was well and fine and, well, happy.

01:38Mr. Hunter, can you account for your movements on May the 29th?

01:42May...

01:44May 29th, huh?

01:50May 29th.

01:53Yeah.

01:54Yeah, as curious as I can.

01:57That was the night I had the blackout.

02:00I had a few drinks at the country club.

02:03Later on, I remember going out to the dance floor, and suddenly I felt faint.

02:09Then I didn't remember another thing, no, not another thing.

02:12The next morning, my, uh, my man came to waken me, and I was in my own bed with a wicked

02:19thirst and a head like a balloon.

02:23Yeah, it was a complete blackout.

02:25Have you anything else to add to that?

02:28No.

02:29No, I honestly haven't.

02:32It never happened to me before.

02:34That's why the date stuck in my mind.

02:36Then I have no alternative.

02:37I have here a warrant for your arrest for the murder of Celia Worth on the night of

02:40May the 29th.

02:41I propose now to take you back to England, where you will be formally charged and brought

02:45before a magistrate.

02:46You can't do this to me.

02:48I'm an American citizen.

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