🚨 Cause for Alarm! (1951) | Suspense, Paranoia & Domestic Danger | Classic Film Noir Thriller 🕵️‍♀️ - video Dailymotion

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⚠️🏠💔 Cause for Alarm! (1951) delivers a tense and gripping story of suspicion and betrayal lurking beneath suburban bliss. When a devoted wife suspects her husband may be plotting murder, paranoia and fear escalate in this classic post-war thriller.   📽️ Plot Summary:  After a car accident leaves her husband incapacitated, Ellen finds herself increasingly convinced he intends to kill her. Is her fear justified, or is it the result of her own unraveling mind? As secrets surface, tension builds to a nail-biting climax.   🕰️ Year Released: 1951  🎭 Genre: Film Noir, Thriller, Drama  🎬 Directed by: Jack Arnold  🎞️ Starring: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Bennett   🎯 Why Watch It?  ✔️ Gripping psychological suspense with a strong female lead  ✔️ Classic film noir style with tight direction by Jack Arnold  ✔️ Themes of mistrust, fear, and the dark side of domestic life  ✔️ A taut thriller that keeps you guessing until the end   🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more public domain noir, suspense thrillers, and vintage mysteries!   👇 Explore More Classic Film Noir & Psychological Thrillers:  📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🎞️ #CauseForAlarm #FilmNoir #LorettaYoung #PublicDomainMovies #1950sCinema #PlaybackClassic #ClassicThriller #SuspenseFilm #GoldenAgeHollywood  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🚨 Suspicion cuts deep — Cause for Alarm! (1951) is a chilling dive into fear, trust, and survival in a quiet suburban world.  ________________________________________  Let me know if you want more descriptions for film noir or vintage thriller classics!

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00:00:00THE END

00:00:30THE END

00:01:00This is where I live. I'm a housewife. My name is Ellen Jones. That Tuesday in July started out just like any other day the past few months. There was no warning it was to be the most terrifying day of my life.

00:01:46I told myself it was just my imagination that things would be different when he was well and strong again. Then I thought I heard him call.

00:01:54George! Did you call? George! Are you all right?

00:02:04Yes, Ellen.

00:02:08You want anything?

00:02:10Not now. I've just begun work on an insurance report for the office.

00:02:14Well, call me, dear, if you need me.

00:02:16OK.

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00:02:41Somehow, I had an odd feeling. There was something about George's voice. I found myself thinking

00:02:48about the first time we'd met. How different he was in those days. I remember I was sitting

00:02:55in Dr. Graham's office. We were talking. I played one game of checkers and two games of rummy.

00:03:01I've written letters to a wife, a mother, and a sweetheart.

00:03:04And I listened for half an hour to a homesick young ensign from Texas.

00:03:08He was awful cute.

00:03:10Now, what else can I do to help boost the morale around here, huh?

00:03:13You could go out to dinner with me.

00:03:15We get about halfway through the soup, and you get a call from the hospital.

00:03:18You're right.

00:03:19I guess my courting will have to wait till after the hostilities.

00:03:23There's a compound fracture down the hall who's waiting to see me,

00:03:25but I'll be tied up for a while.

00:03:27They tell me he's feeling blue.

00:03:28You see, his wife's expecting a baby in a minute.

00:03:31I think he can stand some cheering up.

00:03:32It's practically done.

00:03:34See you later, Alan.

00:03:37Oh, I'm sorry. They told me I could find Dr. Graham in here.

00:03:40You ought to be along any minute. Why don't you come on in?

00:03:42Sure, thank you.

00:03:44Are you a patient here, sir?

00:03:46In a naval hospital?

00:03:47No, no.

00:03:48I'm just a friend of the docs.

00:03:50Flew in last night with a ferry command.

00:03:53The only thing wrong with me is a double barren hangover.

00:03:57Too bad.

00:03:57Dr. Graham will be detained, so I'm taking you for an airing.

00:04:00Maybe he doesn't want to go for an airing.

00:04:02He doesn't.

00:04:03There's nothing a woman likes better than shoving a man around.

00:04:30He doesn't want to go for an airing.

00:04:31Hello.

00:04:32Hey.

00:04:33Who are you?

00:04:34I'm Ellen Brown.

00:04:35Doesn't suit you at all.

00:04:36It's much too plain.

00:04:37Oh, I'm sorry.

00:04:38I told my parents about it, but they're still back in Kansas City.

00:04:39Now, what can I do for you, young man?

00:04:40I can think of a lot of things.

00:04:41Oh?

00:04:42Well, shall we begin with a game of cards?

00:04:45Well, I could read the newspaper to you.

00:04:46I could write a letter for you.

00:04:47I know.

00:04:48I know.

00:04:49I'll sit right here and you can tell me all about that wonderful baby you're expecting.

00:04:52Hmm?

00:04:53The baby you're expecting.

00:04:54Does Ripley know about this?

00:05:13I beg your pardon?

00:05:15Oh, I'll skip it.

00:05:19I'll skip it.

00:05:23Which is your bad leg?

00:05:25Well, neither one of them is working very well today.

00:05:29Oh, my head.

00:05:31Is your head bothering you?

00:05:33Terribly. Both of them.

00:05:36Would you like me to rub it for you?

00:05:39You couldn't think of anything nicer.

00:05:41Good. There. Now relax.

00:05:44Oh, close your eyes.

00:05:48Now just think of something pleasant.

00:05:52Pretty soon you'll be going home to your wife.

00:05:55Wouldn't that be wonderful?

00:05:58Think what she looks like.

00:06:00How pretty she is.

00:06:02Lovely.

00:06:04Beautiful blue eyes.

00:06:06Short nose.

00:06:08Soft brown hair.

00:06:10And lovely kissable lips.

00:06:14Well, there's nothing wrong with your morale, young man.

00:06:17I recommend to the doctor that you be sent home to your wife immediately.

00:06:20Say, wait a minute.

00:06:24You're all dressed.

00:06:25Naturally.

00:06:26George.

00:06:27Hello, Randy.

00:06:28What are you doing here?

00:06:29Enjoying myself eventually.

00:06:31His leg isn't even broken.

00:06:32No?

00:06:33No, it isn't.

00:06:34Hey, Doc, what kind of nurses do you have around here anyway?

00:06:36Hey, what goes on here, Ellen?

00:06:37Well, when I came in here, he was lying there all covered up.

00:06:39He let me make an absolute idiot of myself.

00:06:42Rubbing his head.

00:06:44Both of them.

00:06:45Best cure in the world for a hangover.

00:06:47Tell her, this is George Jones, an old and untrustworthy friend of mine.

00:06:50Now remember, I saw her first.

00:06:51George Jones.

00:06:52The name suits you perfectly, completely undistinguished.

00:06:55I wouldn't say that, honey.

00:06:57Some day you may wind up wearing it.

00:07:00What?

00:07:01Shall we go?

00:07:07She's cute.

00:07:10It was pretty depressing having a medical student for a roommate.

00:07:13Oh?

00:07:14He was always dissecting something, including me.

00:07:16You've got to know what's going on inside if you expect to understand the outside.

00:07:20Excuse me, sir, but you're wanted at the hospital.

00:07:22There's an emergency.

00:07:23Oh, Ran, I'm sorry.

00:07:24So am I.

00:07:26Well, back to the salt mines.

00:07:28See you folks later.

00:07:29Okay.

00:07:30Well, if I can help it.

00:07:31I intend to keep you to myself for the rest of the afternoon.

00:07:34Oh?

00:07:35And for the next two weeks.

00:07:36Oh.

00:07:37When a lonely prospector strikes gold, he doesn't yell for his friends.

00:07:40He stakes a claim.

00:07:41Oh.

00:07:42How about some lunch?

00:07:43Yes, I'd love it.

00:07:44I don't like to make love on an empty stomach.

00:07:46No, neither do I.

00:07:47Especially to a perfect stranger.

00:07:49My Ellen, wherever did you get the idea that I was perfect?

00:07:53Oh, you.

00:07:55Would you like to switch boxes like we did when we were kids?

00:07:58Naturally.

00:07:59Oh, rather.

00:08:00Fried chicken, potato salad, tomatoes, cookies.

00:08:03Oh.

00:08:04Gay rations, canned ham, powdered milk, chewing gum, and four cigarettes.

00:08:10Coffee.

00:08:11Oh.

00:08:12Honestly, is that the best you could do?

00:08:14That's the best I could do with no ration card.

00:08:16Oh.

00:08:17Now, if we were to combine forces, pool our resources, I think we might do very well together.

00:08:29Here we go.

00:08:31All right, George, and good luck.

00:08:32Thanks, Rand.

00:08:33Goodbye, darling.

00:08:34Shh.

00:08:35Take care of yourself.

00:08:36I'll be back, honey.

00:08:37Remember that.

00:08:38I'll be back.

00:08:39Of course.

00:08:40Of course.

00:08:41I'll never let you go.

00:08:42Goodbye, darling.

00:08:43Goodbye.

00:08:44Goodbye, darling.

00:08:45Goodbye, dear.

00:08:46Goodbye, darling.

00:09:11I'm going to marry him, Rand.

00:09:14I'm going to marry him just as soon as he gets back.

00:09:18I figured as much.

00:09:21Are you sure he's right for you, Ellen?

00:09:24I don't know.

00:09:26It's not something you think about, it's just something you feel.

00:09:29You know, you can't do anything about it.

00:09:34I don't know what you mean, Ellen.

00:09:36The guy with wings has it all over us fellas who walk around down here.

00:09:41I'm coming up now, dear.

00:09:58Do you want me to bring you anything?

00:10:00No.

00:10:08You all right?

00:10:09What's the matter?

00:10:11Get a doctor.

00:10:14No, no, not that.

00:10:15Get a doctor, another doctor, not Graham.

00:10:17But I have to, dear. He is your doctor.

00:10:18Don't argue with me. Don't call Graham.

00:10:20Get another doctor.

00:10:21All right.

00:10:21Don't call him.

00:10:26Okay, if you say I don't mind.

00:10:31You have to move.

00:10:33Yeah, hold off with him.

00:10:34Let's Duveter.

00:10:35Let's go.

00:10:36No, come on.

00:10:38Here we go.

00:10:38Wait.

00:10:39Let's go.

00:10:41There was no other doctor.

00:10:42To.

00:10:43Stop being stupid.

00:10:44There was no other doctor.

00:10:46I can.

00:10:48There was a doctor.

00:10:48Daddy.

00:10:49Don't know.

00:10:49There was no tenho words.

00:10:50He didn't want the medicine, but I made him take it.

00:10:59Good girl.

00:11:09Still ticking?

00:11:10Sounds pretty good.

00:11:12The evidence is feeling better than when Alan called.

00:11:15What time is it?

00:11:16Five after nine, dear.

00:11:17It took you a long time to get here, Rennie.

00:11:21Oh, I know it seems like it, but he came just as soon as I called him.

00:11:25How long did it take?

00:11:26About 20 minutes.

00:11:28Fortunately, Alan caught me as I was leaving on another call.

00:11:30Is there some alcohol in the bathroom?

00:11:31Yes, sir.

00:11:33Too many minutes.

00:11:35I got that pain over 45 minutes ago.

00:11:38Why did you delay it?

00:11:39I didn't, dear.

00:11:40I lost a lot of time trying to get another doctor.

00:11:43But you needed him so badly, I hadn't.

00:11:45You know best.

00:11:46You always know best nowadays, don't you, Alan?

00:11:49No, no, it isn't that.

00:11:51I just knew that he'd come sooner than anyone else.

00:11:55He's our friend, George.

00:11:59The color's better already.

00:12:01Rennie, let's not kid each other.

00:12:03We both know where I stand.

00:12:04My own insurance company wouldn't put a nickel on me.

00:12:06Now, look here.

00:12:07All of us in that same boat.

00:12:09Automobile taking an unexpected turn.

00:12:11A brick falling from a high building.

00:12:13Heart condition like yours.

00:12:14They're all hazards, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll ever happen.

00:12:18Think of all the chances you took during the war.

00:12:20You didn't worry about them.

00:12:22Came out feeling better when you went in.

00:12:25Now, the only thing you have to do is lie here in bed and let us help you get well.

00:12:28Isn't that right, Ellen?

00:12:29Yes, that's what I keep telling him.

00:12:31You're lucky in many ways, George.

00:12:33You have a wonderful wife.

00:12:35She's developed into a fine nurse.

00:12:36I don't think I'll be tying up their exclusive services much longer.

00:12:41You've got to cut out this way of thinking.

00:12:43Yeah, I know, I know.

00:12:45Would you mind, Ellen?

00:12:46I'd like to talk to George alone.

00:12:48No, of course not.

00:12:49I'll be across the hall if you need me.

00:12:56Those were pretty morbid things you were seeing in front of Ellen.

00:13:02Has she complained?

00:13:03Certainly not.

00:13:04But you've got to think of her, too.

00:13:06She's looking a little worn.

00:13:08Now, when you get these ideas, try using a little mental therapy.

00:13:11Next, you'll be telling me I ought to see a psychiatrist.

00:13:14I'd be a very good idea.

00:13:15You doctors are all alike.

00:13:17You can't cure a patient.

00:13:18You tell him it's all in his mind.

00:13:20I'm trying to help you, George.

00:13:21You know that.

00:13:25I'll drop in again this afternoon.

00:13:27Maybe we can talk this thing out.

00:13:29Yeah, maybe we can.

00:13:38Hello?

00:13:39Yes?

00:13:40Come downstairs, General.

00:13:41I want to talk to you.

00:13:43Helen, did anything particular happen to upset George this morning?

00:13:53Oh, not by Noah.

00:13:56Why, do you think he's worse?

00:13:58Frankly, I don't like his mental state.

00:14:03Well, I think maybe it's just the hot weather.

00:14:07Depresses him.

00:14:08He's been a very active man.

00:14:09It's natural for him to be depressed.

00:14:11Yes.

00:14:11When a man's at a low air mentally and physically, he's prone to all sorts of imaginary fears.

00:14:18Yes, I know.

00:14:20I'd feel better if he were in the hospital for a while.

00:14:24No.

00:14:25No, I don't think so.

00:14:26Well, you want what's best for George, don't you?

00:14:28Well, of course.

00:14:28That's just it.

00:14:31I think it would upset him terribly.

00:14:32You see, he doesn't seem to want anyone else around him except me.

00:14:36Well, this morning, he didn't even want me to call you.

00:14:39Oh, it isn't that he's disloyal around or has lost confidence, but lately, he seems to have taken his sudden dislikes to people.

00:14:47I see.

00:14:47Look, Ella.

00:14:50Yes?

00:14:51You and George aren't just patients.

00:14:52You're friends.

00:14:53George is up there brooding and I don't like it.

00:14:56Could develop into something serious.

00:14:58If you won't send him to the hospital, I want you to have someone here to help you.

00:15:02I'm sure you know what's best, Ram, but honestly, I don't know how George will take it.

00:15:07Well, he doesn't even seem to want his aunt around anymore.

00:15:09Ellen, I don't think it's wise for you to try to handle this alone any longer.

00:15:13You're stressed to the breaking point already.

00:15:15I'll take it up with George this afternoon.

00:15:18All right.

00:15:19I better get back upstairs.

00:15:21No, Ella.

00:15:21Let him relax for a while.

00:15:23Oh, all right.

00:15:25Give the medicine a chance to work.

00:15:26Yeah.

00:15:28I want you to relax, too.

00:15:35Remember now, you can call me anytime you need me, even if you just think you need me.

00:15:38Oh, thanks.

00:15:39I don't know what I'd do sometimes if I didn't remember that.

00:15:44Goodbye.

00:15:45Goodbye.

00:15:46You're doing fine.

00:15:47Thanks.

00:15:59Stand where you are.

00:16:00Don't move.

00:16:01Oh, you frighten me.

00:16:03Did I?

00:16:04Yeah.

00:16:06Hey, what are you all dressed up for?

00:16:07And where did you get that beautiful new tricycle?

00:16:12It's my tricycle.

00:16:13It's a horse.

00:16:14Oh?

00:16:15A palomino.

00:16:16My grandpa gave it to me.

00:16:17Oh, he did.

00:16:18Well, it's beautiful, Billy.

00:16:20I'm not Billy.

00:16:22I'm Hoppy.

00:16:23Hoppy?

00:16:24Now, who's Hoppy?

00:16:25Don't you know who Hoppy is?

00:16:27No.

00:16:28I'm afraid I don't.

00:16:28Don't you have television?

00:16:30What?

00:16:30Don't you have television?

00:16:31No.

00:16:33Go to see mine?

00:16:34Sure.

00:16:36Look inside.

00:16:37Well, look at that.

00:16:38See?

00:16:38Hoppy's there, too.

00:16:40Just liking a real color.

00:16:42Why, of course.

00:16:43I know him.

00:16:43That's Hopalong Cassidy.

00:16:44Uh-huh.

00:16:45Well, save many people today, Hoppy?

00:16:49Oh, six or a hundred.

00:16:51Don't try any tricks now.

00:16:52Oh, I wouldn't think of it.

00:16:54Do you have any cookies?

00:16:55No, I haven't.

00:16:57See, the groceryman hasn't come yet, but I will have later.

00:17:00You know what I do with the bad men?

00:17:02No.

00:17:02What do you do?

00:17:03I dynamite him into little pieces, shot him, put him in jail.

00:17:08Oh, I don't think the real Hoppy would treat even bad men that way.

00:17:12Well, really what I did was mess him, tie him up, throw him in jail.

00:17:19Well, that sounds like a lot more work, and more dangerous, too.

00:17:23I had to take care of you, didn't I?

00:17:24Yeah, you sure did.

00:17:26Can I come in?

00:17:27Well, honey, I'm sorry.

00:17:29I'm afraid not.

00:17:29My husband isn't feeling very well today.

00:17:31See?

00:17:31I won't make any noise.

00:17:33If I was eating cookies, I couldn't even talk.

00:17:36Uh, no, you couldn't.

00:17:37Well, I'll tell you what you do.

00:17:39After the groceryman comes, or that'll be around 12 o'clock, see, you come to the back

00:17:42door very quietly, and I'll have some cookies for you.

00:17:44Okay?

00:17:45Okay.

00:17:46I'll ride my horse up in now and see that no bad people make any noise.

00:17:50Because I'm your friend, aren't I?

00:17:53That's right, Hoppy.

00:17:54You're my friend.

00:17:55Hoop, hoop, hoop!

00:17:56I have an agent!

00:17:57I have an agent!

00:17:58I'm going to get the car to cross it!

00:18:00Hoop, hoop!

00:18:01Hoop, hoop!

00:18:03Hoop, hoop!

00:18:04Let's go.

00:18:26Well, George, you weren't out of bed just now, were you?

00:18:30No.

00:18:31Oh, it must be the heat. I could have sworn I saw somebody right here.

00:18:35What took you so long?

00:18:36What, dear?

00:18:37What took you so long?

00:18:39Sorry, dear. I was talking to Billy.

00:18:41I should say Hoppy.

00:18:43Let me change your coat.

00:18:44You know, he's the little boy I told you about who just moved into the neighborhood.

00:18:47The woman with glasses, you know.

00:18:49He's an awful sweet little kid.

00:18:51What were you talking to Randy Graham about?

00:18:53That's what I'm interested in.

00:18:55We were talking about you, dear.

00:18:57He thinks you worry too much about yourself.

00:19:00I didn't. I don't know who would.

00:19:09George, ever since you got out of bed yesterday to see if you could walk, I've had it on my mind.

00:19:14I want you to promise me not to get out of bed again while I'm out of the room.

00:19:17All right, Ellen.

00:19:19Did you call the druggist about getting the heart prescription filled?

00:19:24Yes, dear. He said he'd send it up later in the day.

00:19:27But there's enough there if we need it before.

00:19:29Did you tell him I'd spilled it?

00:19:31No, I didn't. Do you feel well enough for the paper?

00:19:34Yeah.

00:19:36Yeah.

00:19:37Editorial page?

00:19:39No, just the front page. It's all right, thank you.

00:19:47You look tired, Ellen.

00:19:49Oh, I'm not. It's just that it's so hot today.

00:19:53What are you thinking about, Ellen?

00:20:01Well, you know, I was just thinking that everything in our lives,

00:20:06every breath, every thought has been for ourselves.

00:20:10I don't think people can do that and be happy.

00:20:13Do you?

00:20:14You're getting a little confused, darling.

00:20:16It was me that Rennie Graham told to change my way of thinking.

00:20:19Oh, no, no. I mean, it was my fault, too.

00:20:21I...

00:20:23I just wasn't strong enough to help you.

00:20:27But we could change all that now.

00:20:29Ellen...

00:20:30Couldn't make all the difference in the world, George.

00:20:32Come here, Ellen.

00:20:33Yes.

00:20:35What's the first thing you do?

00:20:38When?

00:20:40When I'm out of this bed again, away from the house.

00:20:45Oh, just be so grateful that you're well.

00:20:49I think I'd try to do something for somebody.

00:20:52I mean, you.

00:20:55For your own self.

00:20:57Oh.

00:20:58I'd like children.

00:20:59Yeah.

00:21:01Yes.

00:21:02And then I'd like a garden.

00:21:04A real garden.

00:21:05Like the woman next door has.

00:21:07And I'd find out about flowers and things and...

00:21:10I'd compare notes with every other woman on the block.

00:21:12So you'd have a garden and children.

00:21:15Yes.

00:21:17Oh, isn't it good to plan again?

00:21:19Kind of gives you something to hold on to, doesn't it?

00:21:22Oh, my.

00:21:23It takes a long time for things to sink in, doesn't it?

00:21:26But you always said that, George.

00:21:27You always said, make a plan for everything and then stick to it.

00:21:30All right.

00:21:33All right.

00:21:34Our plan now is for you to get well.

00:21:36And then after...

00:21:37You must think I'm very stupid.

00:21:40Stupid?

00:21:41Don't you think I know you're in love with him?

00:21:44In love with whom?

00:21:45Graham.

00:21:49Well, that's the silliest thing I ever heard of you.

00:21:51You're not as subtle as you think you are, Ellen.

00:21:54It's quite obvious.

00:21:56First I thought it was just an infatuation, but now I realize it's more serious.

00:21:59Serious to the point where my life is more in danger from your heart than mine.

00:22:02George, what are you talking about?

00:22:04I almost feel sorry for you, Ellen.

00:22:07He overrated you, Ellen, just as he underrated me.

00:22:10You haven't the courage or the intelligence he thinks you have.

00:22:12Please don't talk like...

00:22:13Do you suppose I don't know he told you to rake over these old coals this morning?

00:22:17No, dear, he didn't.

00:22:18Convinced me I was a failure by making me impossible promises.

00:22:22I know something about my own sickness.

00:22:24I know what happens to a man when you take away your self-respect.

00:22:27George, I know.

00:22:28I know what happens when you constantly upset me.

00:22:30George, this is wrong. I know it is.

00:22:31Please don't upset yourself anymore.

00:22:33Please.

00:22:34Ellen, that's what he told you to do, isn't it?

00:22:36No.

00:22:37Did he also tell you to delay getting help to me like you did this morning?

00:22:40How could you do that, Ellen?

00:22:42How could you take a man of second-rate intelligence like that?

00:22:44George, dear, we'll do anything you say. I'll get another doctor right away.

00:22:46You didn't know what you were letting yourself in for, did you, Ellen?

00:22:49Please don't talk anymore.

00:22:57Yes, dear.

00:23:01I can't wait for him.

00:23:02I can't wait for him.

00:23:03I can't wait for him.

00:23:04I can't wait for him.

00:23:05I can't wait for him.

00:23:06You can't wait for him.

00:23:07Oh, George, you just couldn't believe those things you've said about Dr. Gray.

00:23:09I don't even want to hear his name.

00:23:10I don't even want to hear his name.

00:23:30Leave it halfway up, Ellen.

00:23:40I was so hurt, I could hardly keep from crying.

00:23:49But again, I reminded myself that George was terribly ill and he didn't mean it.

00:24:10I was so hurt.

00:24:11I didn't want to hear my son.

00:24:12I wasn't sure about that.

00:24:13I was so hurt.

00:24:17I was so hurt.

00:24:21Don't, I let him have some stories in the sea.

00:24:25Come on.

00:24:26What?

00:24:28He didn't have a War for you.

00:24:29Thank you, Ellen.

00:24:30THE END

00:25:00I knew I had to keep doing something, anything, anything to keep me from hearing George's words.

00:25:11He didn't mean them. He couldn't mean them.

00:25:15It was his illness, the heat.

00:25:17And when I took his lunch up to him, I'd be pleasant and cheerful as if nothing had happened.

00:25:26Hey!

00:25:28Oh, hi, Hoppy.

00:25:29Shh. What's the matter?

00:25:32Oh, you don't have to whisper now. He's awake. I was just fixing his lunch.

00:25:38Did you come for your cooking?

00:25:39Mommy's just left to beg. But I've already had my lunch.

00:25:42You're not begging. I want to give them to you. There you are. Take the trick.

00:25:46Thanks.

00:25:47Say, are you catching a cold in this weather?

00:25:51You sound just like my mom.

00:25:53No, I'm not.

00:25:54Oh.

00:25:54I'll give you something, too.

00:25:56A present for me?

00:25:57Uh-huh.

00:25:58Oh, Hoppy, how nice of it.

00:26:01I wonder what this would be.

00:26:05Oh, that's very nice.

00:26:08Are you sure you don't want to keep it yourself?

00:26:11We've got a big television at home. A real one. This is just a pretend one.

00:26:15Well, I know it is, but it's very nice, and I want to thank you very much for giving it to me.

00:26:22Mommy says television's good for when you're sick.

00:26:25Mm.

00:26:25Daddy says it makes him sick.

00:26:28Oh.

00:26:29Mommy lets me look at television, so I stay in bed.

00:26:32Well, I think that's a very good idea.

00:26:34I'll have to tell my husband about that.

00:26:36Can I see him?

00:26:37I can play with him if he can't go outside.

00:26:39Oh, well, that's very nice of you, but I don't think he's well enough to see people there.

00:26:43I won't make any noise. I'll just eat my cookies and look.

00:26:48Well, perhaps in a week or two when he's feeling better, huh?

00:26:51Okay. My horse is sick. I've got to go see my horse.

00:26:54Okay.

00:27:04Can I take some cookies for my horse?

00:27:06Oh, by all means. Take as many as you like.

00:27:08I'll go see my horse now.

00:27:10All right.

00:27:12Say, honey, are you sure you don't want to take that television set with you?

00:27:16The man can use it, but tell him not to break it, because I've got to use it later.

00:27:19Well, all right, I'll tell him.

00:27:21And thank you again, Hoppy.

00:27:22Bye.

00:27:23Bye.

00:27:27I always felt better after talking with Hoppy.

00:27:30I wondered how he'd look without his glasses.

00:27:34Ah, it's a nice thing that kids do.

00:27:36Don't break it, because I have to use it again.

00:27:45George wanted his lunch.

00:27:46That was a good sign.

00:27:48I'm feeling much better.

00:27:57I'm feeling much better.

00:27:57Oh, well, Hoppy sent your present.

00:28:02Mm-hmm.

00:28:02Television set.

00:28:03And he says not to break it, because he has to use it later.

00:28:10You two are getting to be great pals.

00:28:12Oh, yes, he's a darling little kiddie, so eager to please.

00:28:26Oh, honey, not now, huh?

00:28:28All right, but at least you're going to have clean hands and face before you eat.

00:28:33Helen, has the postman come yet?

00:28:40What did you say, dear?

00:28:41Postman, has he come yet?

00:28:43Oh, no.

00:28:45No, he's very late today.

00:28:48I guess it must be the heat.

00:28:51Give him this letter when he comes, please.

00:28:52Dear, I thought you were arresting.

00:28:56What's arresting away is a relief to get that written.

00:29:01New insurance law affects the Emerson estate.

00:29:03I've got to check on it.

00:29:04All right, dear, all right.

00:29:06I'll meet him at the gate.

00:29:07Give it to him.

00:29:08It's all right.

00:29:08How's that?

00:29:10Yeah.

00:29:19There you are.

00:29:20Looks good.

00:29:21Yeah, just good.

00:29:24Oh, well, and...

00:29:26A letter.

00:29:27Oh, sorry.

00:29:30And if you finish before I get back, don't try to put that tray on the floor.

00:29:33You remember what happened the last time?

00:29:34All right.

00:29:37Hey, you really wrote a letter, didn't you?

00:29:42Oh, well.

00:29:56I wanted to stop a minute and chat with neighbors, but I knew George wouldn't like it.

00:30:11He didn't believe in neighbors.

00:30:15And then I saw the postman.

00:30:16When do you think this heat's going to break?

00:30:29Good morning, Mr. Johnson.

00:30:33Oh, good morning, Mrs. Jones.

00:30:35Certainly, it's hot, isn't it?

00:30:36Oh, it sure is.

00:30:37Especially with this mailbag.

00:30:39Looks heavy, all right.

00:30:40If I'm all in now, I wonder what I'm going to be like this afternoon.

00:30:43I guess I'll live.

00:30:44Yeah.

00:30:45Well, everything's so high, I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone.

00:30:48Got a pension plan.

00:30:50Did I tell you about it?

00:30:51Yes, you did.

00:30:52Well, you've got to follow it to a T. Every penny counts.

00:30:55You know, my wife doesn't understand that.

00:30:57She says I'm an old penny pincher.

00:30:59No.

00:30:59But I told her that it's...

00:31:00Mr. Carson, would you take this letter for me, please?

00:31:04Thanks.

00:31:05I swear, I bring in more mail than I take out.

00:31:08Well, I'm sorry.

00:31:08I'd run up to the mailbox with it myself,

00:31:10but I don't like to leave the house so long

00:31:12with my husband being ill and all, you know?

00:31:13No, never figures how it slows me up,

00:31:15lugging everybody's mail around this awful heap.

00:31:17Sorry.

00:31:17My feet are throbbing.

00:31:19Your feet ever...

00:31:21Yeah, I know just what you mean.

00:31:22You know, I want to be way out in Pine Avenue

00:31:25and Merritt Street, the Noon, where the way I'm going,

00:31:26I won't be out there till one o'clock.

00:31:28Sorry.

00:31:28Well, with everybody giving me mail to take back.

00:31:31Is that mail for me?

00:31:33Huh?

00:31:33That mail, is it mine?

00:31:34Oh, yes.

00:31:36Excuse me.

00:31:37It's all right.

00:31:37It's that retirement sign that keeps me going.

00:31:39Yeah, I bet it is.

00:31:40Well, thanks again, Mr. Carson.

00:31:41You're welcome.

00:31:43Well, glad to see your husband's well enough

00:31:44to be up, Mrs. Jones.

00:31:46Goodbye.

00:31:48I wish I could lie down for a while.

00:31:58George, you were out of bed.

00:32:06And you promised me you wouldn't...

00:32:08You know, I can't get into bed in my condition.

00:32:10Dear, the postman said he saw you at the window.

00:32:12Did he?

00:32:13Really?

00:32:15Well, no.

00:32:15He didn't actually say he saw you.

00:32:18The postman's got a touch of sunstroke.

00:32:20Yeah, me too, I guess.

00:32:28Hot wind certainly doesn't help much.

00:32:30You finished?

00:32:31Yes, very nice.

00:32:33I'm glad you got that letter off.

00:32:37Come over here, Ellen.

00:32:38Sit down.

00:32:46Would you like your Aunt Clara to come up and visit

00:32:47for a little while today?

00:32:48It's pretty hot for the old girl.

00:32:50Oh, she'd love it if you asked for her.

00:32:52You're the apple of her eye, you know.

00:32:54I always was.

00:32:56You know, Aunt Clara gave me a toy when I was a kid.

00:33:00A toy I was crazy about.

00:33:02My mother used to tell her she gave me too much,

00:33:04but I can still remember that toy.

00:33:06It was a bottle with a small,

00:33:09absolutely perfect sailing ship built inside of it.

00:33:13You know, I was...

00:33:14I was so crazy about that toy,

00:33:16I wouldn't let anybody touch it.

00:33:17What?

00:33:18Not even my mother.

00:33:20One day I was making a garden,

00:33:23I was thinking,

00:33:24making a garden in the backyard.

00:33:27A neighbor boy came running out of my house

00:33:29with my ship in his hand.

00:33:31Somehow I got it away from him without breaking it.

00:33:35I don't know what I said to him,

00:33:37but he looked awfully scared and white.

00:33:41And suddenly I was frightened too,

00:33:42thinking he might have broken it, the ship.

00:33:44I mean,

00:33:45I picked up the little rake I'd been playing with

00:33:47and began hitting him with it.

00:33:49And when his face had been so white,

00:33:50it was all blood.

00:33:52I think I might have killed him

00:33:53if Mother hadn't come out.

00:33:56She took him into the house,

00:33:57and the bathroom washed his face.

00:33:58They were both so excited,

00:33:59but I felt safe.

00:34:01I had my little ship again.

00:34:05When the neighbor boy stopped crying,

00:34:06Mother turned to me,

00:34:07and she said,

00:34:08give it to him.

00:34:10She sounded so strange and quiet,

00:34:12I knew I had to.

00:34:14He held out his hand,

00:34:15I could see he hadn't learned anything,

00:34:17so I handed him the ship,

00:34:19but just as he was about to take it,

00:34:20I let it drop on the tile floor,

00:34:22and I stepped on it.

00:34:24He'd never have known what it was,

00:34:26but somehow or other,

00:34:27it was mine.

00:34:29Mine more than it had ever been before.

00:34:31I remembered every little perfect thing

00:34:33about that ship,

00:34:35but to them,

00:34:35it was just a mess of broken glass

00:34:37and matchsticks on the bathroom floor.

00:34:41Ellen,

00:34:43you know who that neighbor boy looks like?

00:34:49You're very much like Graham.

00:34:52Your doctor Graham

00:34:53was going to find himself

00:34:54in exactly the same position

00:34:56as that little boy.

00:34:58But we're not going to have him here again.

00:35:01But that doesn't change the fact

00:35:02that you're wrong about him.

00:35:03He's been wonderful to you,

00:35:04so thoughtful,

00:35:05and giving you so much time.

00:35:07Maybe that's because

00:35:08he's a bachelor,

00:35:09no home life.

00:35:12He's been a good friend to us.

00:35:14Ellen, time's limited,

00:35:15so you must listen carefully.

00:35:18Randy Graham may have you,

00:35:20all right,

00:35:20and he'll be disappointed

00:35:23with what he gets.

00:35:28George, please.

00:35:32George, I can't let you talk

00:35:34this way anymore.

00:35:39I'll fill this up.

00:35:40for a while for a while.

00:35:57I'll be downstairs if you want me.

00:36:24You'd better wait, Ellen.

00:36:25I've written a district attorney asking him to make a complete investigation if anything happens to me today before he can get help to me.

00:36:33Why do you torture yourself like this? Why do you imagine things that don't exist?

00:36:38A letter exists. It proves you're trying to kill me.

00:36:42But I'm not. I'm not.

00:36:45If I can't help you, George, then I'm going to get someone else in who can.

00:36:49It's not me that needs help now, Ellen. You gave that letter to the postman yourself just a while ago.

00:36:53Yes, yes. I gave in the letter, the one that you wrote about insurance policies.

00:36:57I knew you wouldn't recognize a district attorney's name if you saw it.

00:37:01Nobody ever does. Isn't that strange?

00:37:03Everybody knows there's a district attorney, but nobody ever knows his name.

00:37:07We are going to get someone else in, another doctor, because this is all in your mind.

00:37:13My mind is fine.

00:37:15Just to reassure you on that point, let me tell you that letter was about insurance.

00:37:19I told the district attorney how much insurance we had on each other's lives.

00:37:23If either one of us died, the other would do very nicely for the rest of his life,

00:37:27or her life very comfortably indeed.

00:37:30Oh!

00:37:31I also told them how you and Dr. Graham, how you were working together to aggravate my condition

00:37:37so it wouldn't look like murder.

00:37:40George!

00:37:41I also told them how you were gradually giving me overdoses of the heart medicine.

00:37:47But that isn't true!

00:37:49Anyone would know that isn't true!

00:37:51Would they?

00:37:53Why is that bottle almost empty, huh?

00:37:56We only got it the other day.

00:37:58Well, you...

00:37:59You told me that you spilled it on the tray.

00:38:01You told me that yourself, George.

00:38:02You didn't tell the druggist that.

00:38:04Oh, Mr. Phillips will make an excellent witness against you, Ellen.

00:38:08He'll be the first if anything happens to me.

00:38:10And let me tell you, there'll be others.

00:38:12The letter takes care of everything.

00:38:14The druggist, the medicine, the doctor.

00:38:16He's in it, too.

00:38:17Oh, you've implicated your old friend Graham, you know.

00:38:20Nothing's going to happen to you.

00:38:23I don't know whether you're doing this to frighten me or not,

00:38:25but I'm going downstairs and get that letter back from that postman.

00:38:27You're not going anyplace anymore, Ellen.

00:38:29Because I'm going to kill you.

00:38:32Yeah, I decided that definitely this morning.

00:38:41You...

00:38:42You couldn't mean this, George. You couldn't.

00:38:45George, you know I wouldn't hurt anybody.

00:38:47Anybody, much less you.

00:38:51George, think it's me. It's Ellen. It's Ellen.

00:38:54But you did want to be rid of me.

00:38:55It was in your mind. That's why you feel so guilty, isn't it?

00:38:58No.

00:38:59The letter will take care of Graham.

00:39:01I'll take care of you myself.

00:39:03I'll make it look like self-defense.

00:39:06Please don't.

00:39:08There are just too many things against you, Ellen.

00:39:10You used to say that you were lonesome until you met me.

00:39:15George.

00:39:17George, you love me.

00:39:19I love you, George.

00:39:20Since I've been sick, since he's been coming to the house, you've hated us.

00:39:23I love you.

00:39:24I love you.

00:39:25No, I haven't.

00:39:38No.

00:39:39No.

00:39:40No.

00:39:50It was one of those awful dreams.

00:39:53The kind I used to have when George was overseas.

00:39:56That man lying there was George. My husband. He was dead. He died trying to kill me.

00:40:09Don't kill me.

00:40:28Hello. Hello. Hello.

00:40:30Hello.

00:40:31Yes.

00:40:32Mrs. Jones.

00:40:33Yes. Who is it?

00:40:34Mr. Phillips, down at the drug store.

00:40:37What is it that you want, Mr. Phillips?

00:40:38Why, it's about that heart medicine you want, refill.

00:40:42Yes.

00:40:43You can't refill it without another prescription.

00:40:45I see.

00:40:48We'll just let it go.

00:40:50Let it go?

00:40:52That is, until I talk with Dr. Graham.

00:40:55By the way, Mrs. Jones, according to my records, you got that prescription filled just the other day.

00:41:00But my husband knocked that bottle over on the tray and spilled it.

00:41:03Oh?

00:41:05You didn't tell me that when you called before.

00:41:07But that's what happened. I promise you, that's what happened, Mr. Phillips.

00:41:10All right. All right, Mrs. Jones.

00:41:12You don't have to promise any.

00:41:13I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it was necessary.

00:41:16Well, it wasn't.

00:41:18Look here, Mrs. Jones, I didn't...

00:41:19George said that Mr. Phillips would be a witness against me.

00:41:23I just thought he was such a...

00:41:24A witness?

00:41:26I've got that prescription filled, I'd warn you, that's all.

00:41:29Yes.

00:41:31I'll see that you get another prescription.

00:41:33Yes, you just get in touch with Dr. Graham.

00:41:35Oh, why didn't I tell him about George?

00:41:44That letter.

00:41:46That letter.

00:41:48I had to get that letter back.

00:41:50I couldn't tell anyone about George until I got that letter back.

00:41:54I could feel the woman next door watching me.

00:41:58Maybe she'd be a witness against me, too.

00:42:00She could tell them how I ran out of the house, and then back in again.

00:42:06How strangely I was acting.

00:42:09It wouldn't matter what she thought if I could only get that letter back.

00:42:14I tried to think, which way did he go?

00:42:17Let me go.

00:42:38What's that for, Tex?

00:42:40Who knows?

00:42:41The heap needs everything we can put in it.

00:42:43Yeah, but what'll it do?

00:42:44Who cares?

00:42:45Pardon me.

00:42:47Can you tell me, did the postman go by here yet?

00:42:49The postman?

00:42:50Yeah.

00:42:51Yeah, old oddball found his way through here a little while ago.

00:42:54Oh, which way did he go, do you know?

00:42:56That way.

00:42:57Oh, thanks.

00:42:59Yeah, that way towards Merritt Street, you know.

00:43:00Yeah, I know.

00:43:07Oh, I'm sorry.

00:43:14That's right.

00:43:15You know, every time I go home at night, I always tell my wife, Laura, if it wasn't for that pension plan of view, I'd just never get up.

00:43:25I'd just drop my tracks one of these days, and that'd settle it.

00:43:27I'd just never get up anymore, and that's all.

00:43:30You know how I do when you have...

00:43:31Hello, Mr. Carson.

00:43:33See you later, Joe.

00:43:34See you later, Mr. Stone.

00:43:35Well, Mrs. Jones, what are you doing out this way?

00:43:37I was visiting a friend.

00:43:40Oh, that's nice.

00:43:41I wish I had more time for visiting.

00:43:43But by the time I get home at night, I can just hardly make it up the stairs.

00:43:47I tell my wife...

00:43:48Mr. Carson, remember that letter I gave you this morning?

00:43:51Yeah, I suppose so.

00:43:52I pick up funny letters.

00:43:53Why, what about it?

00:43:54Well, I know it seems silly, but I mailed it by mistake.

00:43:57It wasn't even finished.

00:43:58Yeah.

00:43:59Now, what did you do that for?

00:44:00Well, I don't know.

00:44:01I guess I was just hoping...

00:44:02Well, finish it up and mail the rest of it tomorrow.

00:44:04They'll get into the installment.

00:44:05Now, you wouldn't want me to do that.

00:44:07May I have the letter, please?

00:44:11First, I pick them up and carry them around for miles, and then they want them back again.

00:44:14Well, I'm sorry, but you can understand why I wouldn't want it to go out unfinished.

00:44:18Yeah, I guess so.

00:44:19But all these delays count.

00:44:20Keep me on my feet longer than I ought to be.

00:44:22Well, it won't be much trouble, will it?

00:44:24Yes.

00:44:25Here it is.

00:44:27Now, look.

00:44:28You shouldn't have given me this letter in the first place.

00:44:29Why?

00:44:30Giving me this letter is just like putting it in the mailbox.

00:44:33Now, you wouldn't expect to get this back from the mailbox, would you?

00:44:36No, but surely you can make this assumption.

00:44:39After all, I...

00:44:40Uh...

00:44:41Isn't this, uh, this fellow the district attorney?

00:44:45Yes.

00:44:46Hmm.

00:44:47Yes, my husband read about some graft in the newspaper, and he wrote to the district attorney about it.

00:44:52Oh, your husband wrote the letter?

00:44:54Yes.

00:44:55Thought you said you wrote it.

00:44:56Well, what's the difference?

00:44:57He's my husband.

00:44:58Oh, it makes all the difference in the world, Mrs. Jones.

00:45:01But why?

00:45:02It's one of our strictest rules.

00:45:03We can't return a letter to anyone except the person who wrote it.

00:45:07But, Mr. Carsten, my husband's sick.

00:45:08You know that.

00:45:09Yes.

00:45:10And he sent me to get the letter back?

00:45:11Yes, I know that.

00:45:12Oh, don't be so obstinate.

00:45:13You know it's all right.

00:45:14He's sick.

00:45:15Give it to me.

00:45:16Obstinate?

00:45:17Now, how do you like that?

00:45:18After standing here patiently and all this heat trying to reason with you.

00:45:21You're the one that's being obstinate.

00:45:23You don't seem to realize it's against the rules.

00:45:25Why do you care if it is against the rules?

00:45:26I have to care, but you don't.

00:45:28You're not the one who'd get fired.

00:45:30Oh.

00:45:31I'm sorry.

00:45:32I'm very sorry, Mr. Carsten.

00:45:35I forgot what it means to you.

00:45:36Your responsibility and all.

00:45:38It must be this terrible heat.

00:45:40Please.

00:45:41I know how anxious my husband is to get that letter back.

00:45:44It was my fault.

00:45:45You see, I mailed it by mistake.

00:45:47He's awfully upset with me.

00:45:48He's very angry with me, Mr. Carsten.

00:45:50Couldn't you please help me?

00:45:52Couldn't I please have the letter back?

00:45:54Well, tell what it'll do.

00:45:57Yes.

00:45:58I'm all through the route until this afternoon's delivery,

00:46:00and since it's so important, like you say.

00:46:02Oh, it is.

00:46:03Well, if you'll give me a lift back to town in your car,

00:46:05so as I won't lose any more time.

00:46:07I will.

00:46:08I'll go over to your house with you right now

00:46:09and give the letter to Mr. Jones personally.

00:46:11No, no, you can't.

00:46:13But Mrs. Jones, this way I'll be sticking to the rules

00:46:15and your husband will get his letter back.

00:46:17But my husband didn't sleep last night.

00:46:19And he fell asleep just before I left,

00:46:21and I wouldn't want to wake you.

00:46:22I'm trying to do the right thing by everybody concerned.

00:46:25But it seems to me you don't want to cooperate,

00:46:27and I'm not going to risk losing my job for anybody.

00:46:29I'm trying to understand.

00:46:30No, I can't talk about it any longer.

00:46:32Can't waste any more time.

00:46:33Do you want me to take the letter to your husband personally,

00:46:35or don't you?

00:46:36No.

00:46:37All right, then I'll take it to the post office,

00:46:39like I'm supposed to.

00:46:40You can go down there and get it from the superintendent.

00:46:43The superintendent?

00:46:44Yeah, he's got more authority than I have.

00:46:46Maybe he'll give it to you.

00:46:47I see.

00:46:48But you better not waste any more time.

00:46:50Once I bring the mail in, they send it out right quick.

00:46:52Oh?

00:46:53Once it leaves the post office for delivery,

00:46:54nobody can stop her.

00:46:55The post office downtown?

00:46:56Yeah.

00:46:57Yeah, thanks.

00:46:58Oh, Mr. Carsten.

00:46:59How do I get there?

00:47:00The shortest way up.

00:47:01Right on down the boulevard is shortest.

00:47:02You can't miss it.

00:47:03Thanks.

00:47:04How much time do I have?

00:47:05Oh, about 2.30, maybe a little before.

00:47:38Ellen.

00:47:45Ellen.

00:47:47Ellen.

00:48:39Pardon me.

00:48:40Yes?

00:48:41Have you seen Mrs. Jones this morning?

00:48:43Yes.

00:48:44She went out about half hour ago.

00:48:46Went home?

00:48:47Yes.

00:48:48But what about George?

00:48:49Mr. Jones.

00:48:50She hasn't gone off and left him alone, has she?

00:48:52Well, her husband's sick, you know.

00:48:54So I've heard.

00:48:56Of course, I never really met them.

00:48:58Though I haven't lived here long.

00:48:59I can't imagine her going off like that.

00:49:02I'm Mr. Jones' aunt.

00:49:03I made him some jellied consomme.

00:49:05I packed it in ice.

00:49:07It's melting.

00:49:07I never dreamt I wouldn't get in.

00:49:11I could tell you where the key is.

00:49:13The key?

00:49:14Perhaps you'll think it's nosy, but I happened to see her when she locked the door.

00:49:18Well, isn't that good of you?

00:49:20The sunk door?

00:49:21Yes.

00:49:22It's right over there, above the door.

00:49:25I don't know how you stand in the sun without a hat on.

00:49:27I'd dry up like a sea.

00:49:28The top of the green shutter.

00:49:35The far side of the door.

00:49:38I found this.

00:49:39If there's anything I can do for you, just call me.

00:49:42You're very kind.

00:49:43Come on.

00:49:57Come on.

00:49:58Come on.

00:50:01Come on.

00:50:03Come on.

00:50:05Okay.

00:50:05How's that?

00:50:06Come on.

00:50:07Come on.

00:50:23Hey, Clara.

00:50:24Helen, how on earth have you been?

00:50:26Have you been upstairs?

00:50:28Well, I was just going up.

00:50:30Why are you so out of bed?

00:50:32Why, I've been running and...

00:50:34Running at all this heat just to have more sense.

00:50:36I...

00:50:38How did you get in?

00:50:39I found the key on the ledge.

00:50:41There, look at that. It stripped right down my breast.

00:50:43Now it's ruined.

00:50:45I was worried half to death.

00:50:46I thought something had happened.

00:50:47Happened?

00:50:48I've never known you to go off like this.

00:50:50How's George?

00:50:51He's all right.

00:50:52Well, I even rang the bell.

00:50:53Just a jab.

00:50:54Have you taken one of those sedatives?

00:50:56Yes.

00:50:57Oh, people take too much medicine nowadays, if you ask me.

00:51:00An hour ago, we had homeopathic doctors.

00:51:03I wonder what ever happened to them.

00:51:05Anyway, they gave you very little medicine.

00:51:06And all of it tasted good, even with tonics.

00:51:08And no varicils at all.

00:51:10Helen, I've never seen you look so tired and worn out.

00:51:12Why don't you ask that doctor to give you something?

00:51:14I'm all right.

00:51:15It looks a little young to me to be a good doctor.

00:51:18But after all, if you and George like him so much,

00:51:20confidence is half the baffle.

00:51:22You look awful peaked.

00:51:24Helen, you're not letting yourself go, are you dear?

00:51:26I know I look terrible.

00:51:28When George fell asleep, I had some errands to do.

00:51:33I'll get you some.

00:51:36I just thought I'd go and take care of them without bothering to change.

00:51:42You know how it is.

00:51:43You sure you're all right?

00:51:44Yes.

00:51:45Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit, dear.

00:51:47Take a little snooze.

00:51:48It'll do you good.

00:51:49I'm not tired.

00:51:50Really, I'm not.

00:51:51Well, after all...

00:51:53Oh, Clara, I have so much to do today.

00:51:56Oh, sit down, Helen.

00:51:58Lean back, relax.

00:52:00You'll be on your back before you know it if you don't watch out.

00:52:04After all, all I want to do is to help.

00:52:06From now on, I'm going to have more time, too.

00:52:08Helen, I forgot to tell you.

00:52:10I resigned.

00:52:12Resigned?

00:52:13From the Helpers Guild after 15 years.

00:52:15I'm not helping anymore.

00:52:17I'll leave the kitchen door open, and then we can talk while I'm cleaning up out there, all right?

00:52:23Oh, you might as well.

00:52:24You're so fidgety.

00:52:25Oh, Helen, while you're on your feet, will you bring me a damp cloth?

00:52:29For 15 years, I was in that guild.

00:52:32And for the past five, I was treasurer.

00:52:34And for the last three, they were promising me the presidency.

00:52:38So what happens?

00:52:39Last Tuesday, they let Cora come stuck.

00:52:41You know, Zachary's brother's wife.

00:52:42Well, I was furious.

00:52:43Zachary said I was hasty.

00:52:44But after 15 years, you know, I've never known a small woman yet who wasn't always boasting about her little hands and tiny feet and trying to run everything.

00:52:52It's the best I can do.

00:52:53Well, you think I was fine?

00:52:55For 15 years, after all, Zachary was upset.

00:52:58He says I need lots of outside activity much.

00:53:01And I agree.

00:53:02That's all right.

00:53:03She hasn't got any questions in her body.

00:53:05I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.

00:53:08He's playing a big game because of me.

00:53:11I always tell him he plays too much at his age.

00:53:14That's just one of the worries of being married to an older man.

00:53:16Oh, Alan.

00:53:17Why don't you have some of that jellied consummate?

00:53:19At least it was jellied when I left home.

00:53:21Pride is tasty.

00:53:22And it's full of vitamins.

00:53:23I'd like someone to enjoy.

00:53:25After all, it ruined my dress.

00:53:26Oh, I think I'll run up and cough in on George.

00:53:29If he's asleep, you can tell him later that I peaked it.

00:53:36Hey, Clara.

00:53:37What is it, Clara?

00:53:38There's something I must tell you.

00:53:40Well, what is it, dear?

00:53:41What's the matter?

00:53:42I...

00:53:43Are you having trouble?

00:53:45Yes.

00:53:46I didn't want to tell you, but now I think that I must.

00:53:49Don't.

00:53:50Take my advice and don't.

00:53:52You'll only be sorry later that you did.

00:53:54I thought it was funny your being out like that,

00:53:56and not going up to see George when you came in.

00:53:59But you don't understand.

00:54:01I...

00:54:02I understand.

00:54:03I'll just say goodbye to it.

00:54:04No, please don't.

00:54:05I didn't...

00:54:08I didn't want to tell you this, but...

00:54:10George said that the last time you came to see him,

00:54:13you upset him terribly.

00:54:14And he said to tell you that if you came again today

00:54:16to tell you that he just couldn't see you.

00:54:18Upset him?

00:54:19Well, you must remember he's ill.

00:54:20Upset him!

00:54:21Well, I have a good mind to tell him something.

00:54:23No, please!

00:54:24Oh, I wouldn't think of humiliating myself.

00:54:27He knew I was here all the time.

00:54:29Well, he's rude, mean, and selfish before he was sick,

00:54:32and he's rude, mean, and selfish since he's been sick.

00:54:34I'm sorry I had to tell you this.

00:54:36Well, I thought when I first met you,

00:54:37you'd do something for him, change him somehow.

00:54:39But I must say he hasn't changed at all.

00:54:41He's worse, if anything.

00:54:42And, Alan, you can tell George for me

00:54:45that a man wrapped up in himself

00:54:47makes a very small package.

00:54:50I wondered how much time I had.

00:54:58She was right, I must look awful.

00:55:00I had to fix myself up before I could go to the post office.

00:55:05I had to go in there.

00:55:06I was terrified, but I knew I had to.

00:55:20George, he was dead.

00:55:36I mustn't let myself think about it.

00:55:39I mustn't think about anything, anything,

00:55:41until I get that letter back.

00:55:43That letter that said I killed him.

00:55:46Maybe it was a dream.

00:55:51No, it wasn't.

00:55:54I must fix my face.

00:55:57I must look presentable.

00:55:59Like any other housewife making a simple request

00:56:02for a letter.

00:56:03A letter that was mailed by mistake.

00:56:16The gun.

00:56:17It was still in George's hands.

00:56:20Somehow I knew I shouldn't leave it there.

00:56:39Bag, bag.

00:56:40Bag, bag.

00:56:41I've got you.

00:56:43I hope no one else knew it.

00:56:46No, I have no idea if you've ever heard it.

00:56:48Look at them.

00:56:49Come with me.

00:56:50I'll take care of them.

00:56:51I'll take care of them for ya.

00:56:52It's alright, Hoppy.

00:56:53It was the radio.

00:56:54I just turned it off.

00:56:55Need any help?

00:56:56No.

00:56:57No, everything's alright.

00:56:59I see ya.

00:57:00Bag, bag, bag.

00:57:03I've got ya.

00:57:06I prayed that no one else had heard that shot.

00:57:10Dead shot.

00:57:40I thought perhaps if I didn't answer, he'd think no one was home and he'd go away.

00:57:49But he didn't. He just rang the bell again and then stood there.

00:57:58Then I knew I had to get rid of him.

00:58:01Yes?

00:58:07Good afternoon. I'm Mr. Russell.

00:58:09Yes?

00:58:10I'd like to see Mr. Jones. He's expecting me.

00:58:13Expecting?

00:58:14Yes. He telephoned me the other day.

00:58:17Well, there must be some mistake. My husband is not well.

00:58:21He isn't able to leave his bed.

00:58:23He told me he was ill, but he did telephone to be here this afternoon.

00:58:26Well, nevertheless, he isn't willing to see anyone.

00:58:28It's a business matter, Mrs. Jones.

00:58:30I'm sorry. But the doctors forbid him to see anyone.

00:58:34He warned me that I'd get some resistance from you.

00:58:37He did?

00:58:38He explained that you were over-solicitous about his health,

00:58:41but that I wasn't to take you seriously.

00:58:43Oh.

00:58:44Your husband only wants me to authenticate some legal papers.

00:58:46I'm a notary. It won't take but a few minutes.

00:58:49I'm sorry. I've already told you he isn't well enough.

00:58:51He's had a relapse. The doctor just left here a few minutes ago.

00:58:55And he said he wasn't able to see anyone today. Not anyone.

00:58:58Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Jones.

00:59:01Oh, that's all right.

00:59:02I'll leave my card.

00:59:04Perhaps you'll call me.

00:59:05Yes. Yes, I'll call you.

00:59:07Good afternoon.

00:59:09Goodbye.

00:59:10could he be another witness? Couldn't think what I'd said to him.

00:59:25I'd have to be more careful.

00:59:31Suddenly I remembered what happened the last time.

00:59:47I had to be sure no one could get into the house.

00:59:49I'm the man, I'm the man, and I'm going to be in the car.

01:00:03Hi, I'm going to be in the car, didn't I?

01:00:09Billy.

01:00:10Where are you going?

01:00:11Are you all right?

01:00:12Sure.

01:00:13Can I go in?

01:00:14No, you can't.

01:00:15I'm sorry, I'm late.

01:00:17For heaven's sake be more careful, will you?

01:00:19Don't you ever do a thing like that again, do you hear me?

01:00:21Okay.

01:00:22My horse ate up all the cookies.

01:00:24Well, I'll give you some more later on.

01:00:26After nap?

01:00:27Yes, after nap.

01:00:29Now you stay right there in that driveway until I get out.

01:00:31Do you understand?

01:00:32Okay.

01:00:33All I remember about the drive downtown was, I kept thinking, this time I must control myself.

01:00:52I must keep calm.

01:01:03Well, we caught it in plenty of time, Mrs. Jones.

01:01:05It was brought in just a little while ago, it wasn't even processed yet.

01:01:08Then I can have it now?

01:01:09Of course.

01:01:12Heaven.

01:01:13I'm glad we caught it in time for you.

01:01:16My husband will be so pleased to have it back.

01:01:18I'll give you one of our regular forms here.

01:01:21A form?

01:01:22Yes, one of these.

01:01:23Oh.

01:01:25You mean I can't take the letter with me now?

01:01:28Just take the form home to Mr. Jones, have him fill it out.

01:01:31And when you bring it back, I'll have it right here and I'll give it to you.

01:01:35But why is that necessary?

01:01:38Just regulations.

01:01:40Among other things, it'll give me a chance to compare Mr. Jones' handwriting with the writing on the envelope.

01:01:45Well, I can assure you, it's my husband's handwriting.

01:01:47Yes, I'm sure.

01:01:48Yes.

01:01:49But I must have one of those forms for my records.

01:01:51Oh.

01:01:53But, uh...

01:01:55But my husband's been very ill.

01:01:57And everything bothers him so.

01:02:00And if I don't have this letter for him when I go home, he'll be awfully upset.

01:02:03Why should he?

01:02:04Well, you see, uh...

01:02:06I'm afraid that he said a lot of very strong things and he regrets them now.

01:02:13You can explain to him that it won't be delivered.

01:02:16It'll be held right here until the form comes back.

01:02:18Yeah, but it's so hard to reason with a person who's ill.

01:02:21Well, you know how it is.

01:02:23They exaggerate the importance of everything.

01:02:26And what with his heart condition, I wouldn't want to take a chance.

01:02:31Really, I must have the letter for him when I go home now.

01:02:34I must.

01:02:37Mrs. Jones, I think I can take a chance.

01:02:42I'll let you fill out the form for your husband.

01:02:44Oh, that's very nice.

01:02:45On one condition.

01:02:46Yes.

01:02:47I, of course, must make sure the contents of the letter.

01:02:50What do you mean?

01:02:51It'll be strictly confidential, but, of course, the letter must be opened and read.

01:02:56Open the letter?

01:02:57Yes, to make sure that it is the letter to the district attorney, as you say.

01:03:00No, no, you can't.

01:03:01I beg your pardon.

01:03:02I won't have anyone prying into my husband's mail.

01:03:04Prying?

01:03:05I want that letter back, do you understand?

01:03:07Unopened!

01:03:09Mrs. Jones, I was about to tell you, if you'd let me finish, that I would call your husband for you.

01:03:14Explain the situation reasonably and ask his permission for you to open the letter, not me.

01:03:18I'm sorry, very sorry, I didn't mean to say that.

01:03:28But you don't seem to understand.

01:03:29No, I don't understand, Mrs. Jones.

01:03:33And I have no alternative but to send the letter on through the distributing room.

01:03:38Good day.

01:04:18Mrs. Jones, I don't want to intrude, but I couldn't help noticing you all day long.

01:04:36I've had the feeling that you... that something was wrong, and I'd so like to be able to help you.

01:04:43Oh, I know we haven't been too neighborly, but trouble something else again.

01:04:47Can I help you? Is there something I can do for you?

01:04:52Of course, I know you're anxious to get up to your husband, so you run up and see if he's comfortable and settled.

01:04:57And then you come over, or call me. I'll be waiting for you.

01:05:05She was kind. She might have been my friend. She might have helped me.

01:05:17And then I remembered Rand. He said he was going to stop in again to see George.

01:05:34I couldn't let him do that. He mustn't come here again.

01:05:38Ever.

01:05:39Dr. Graham's office.

01:05:51Hello, this is Mrs. Jones. Is Dr. Graham there?

01:05:53Oh, he isn't here, Mrs. Jones.

01:05:55Can you locate him, please? It's urgent.

01:05:57If it's an emergency, I could trace him through his house calls.

01:06:00Please do.

01:06:01It's very important that Dr. Graham doesn't come here today.

01:06:04I hope you understand.

01:06:15Of course. I'll do my best.

01:06:17Goodbye.

01:06:18Bye.

01:06:27Doctor, I just called your office, and I just told you, nurse, that I...

01:06:30Well, George felt he wanted to consult another doctor.

01:06:34And I did, too. And he just left, and I really think it would be better if you didn't see him again today.

01:06:40Oh.

01:06:43What doctor did you call?

01:06:45Oh, uh...

01:06:46Um...

01:06:48I'm sorry, I've forgotten his name.

01:06:51I called the lady in the store for her doctor, and she gave me his telephone number, and...

01:06:55George liked him very much.

01:06:58I see.

01:06:58Yes.

01:07:00Is he a heart specialist?

01:07:02Uh...

01:07:02Yes, yes.

01:07:04That is, I think so.

01:07:06Mm-hmm.

01:07:08What was his diagnosis?

01:07:12I don't know.

01:07:14But really, George is feeling much better. I'll call you tomorrow.

01:07:16Now, wait a minute. What's happened, really?

01:07:18Well, you see...

01:07:21After...

01:07:21No, no, please don't, please.

01:07:25Don't go up there. It's better for everybody if you just don't go up there.

01:07:34Ellen.

01:07:37It...

01:07:37Is he dead?

01:07:41Yes.

01:07:42Yes.

01:07:44He had a gun.

01:07:46He tried to kill me, but...

01:07:47Before I could shoot, he...

01:07:49He...

01:07:50He...

01:07:50Now, take it easy, Ellen.

01:07:52Take it easy.

01:07:54Bye.

01:07:57Bye.

01:07:58Bye.

01:08:04Bye.

01:09:11And so I took the gun out of his hand and I hit it.

01:09:14I had to.

01:09:15It looked as though he died protecting himself from me.

01:09:18All right, Helen, but why didn't you want me here?

01:09:21I don't know how to tell you.

01:09:25That letter said that we planned his death together.

01:09:28That you told me to aggravate his condition,

01:09:31to give him overdoses of his heart medicine.

01:09:33And if they come here and find you here,

01:09:35they'll think it's true, just like George said.

01:09:37Helen, his mind was going.

01:09:38I tried to tell you this morning.

01:09:39He wasn't responsible.

01:09:41They won't believe me.

01:09:42How could they?

01:09:44I did everything wrong.

01:09:46Everything, just like he said I would.

01:09:47The druggist and then the postman and then the superintendent.

01:09:50I even lied to his aunt.

01:09:52They'll all think I was guilty, all of them.

01:09:54You're not guilty, Helen.

01:09:55Remember that.

01:09:55Well, I know.

01:09:57The police will be here any minute now.

01:09:59You better go.

01:09:59You better go right now.

01:10:04Helen, where are you going?

01:10:06I don't know.

01:10:08There's no sense in running away now.

01:10:10Go at the door.

01:10:14Helen.

01:10:16Go at the door.

01:10:16Hello, Miss Jones.

01:10:30I got a letter for you this afternoon.

01:10:33I didn't put it in the slot because, well, I guess I

01:10:37should feel kind of funny coming here like this

01:10:39after what happened between you and me this noon.

01:10:43But it's all right.

01:10:44I understand.

01:10:46Here's the letter you gave me to mail this morning.

01:10:51What?

01:10:52I'm surprised.

01:10:52I didn't realize at first there's a thick letter like that

01:10:55and only one stamp.

01:10:57Those public officials like the district attorney

01:10:59won't accept postage due mail, you know.

01:11:03Insufficient postage.

01:11:04Yeah, all right.

01:11:05Just won't pay the postage in these cases

01:11:07and we have to return to the senders.

01:11:09How do you like that?

01:11:10Not enough postage and we have to deliver them twice.

01:11:13Yes.

01:11:14Crazy business.

01:11:16You know, some folks might think I'm stingy.

01:11:18I know these extra stamps.

01:11:19Cost only just a few cents, but...

01:11:21Yes, I understand.

01:11:22If I multiply you by everybody else...

01:11:24Yes, I understand.

01:11:26Thanks again for the letter, Mr. Carson.

01:11:28Oh, that's all right.

01:11:29Goodbye.

01:11:29And thanks again, Mr. Carson, for being the...

01:11:31Welcome.

01:11:32Welcome.

01:11:39Oh, he's so funny.

01:11:41He's so funny.

01:11:43Go ahead.

01:11:44It'll do you good.

01:11:45You know, I...

01:11:53I tried so hard to get it back.

01:11:58All right, Ellen.

01:12:01You've got it, Ellen.

01:12:02Sit down, Ellen.

01:12:07Come forward.

01:12:33Come forward.

01:12:35And then I knew what people meant when they said their heart was broken.

01:12:53All that was left of George and me in our marriage

01:12:56was that little pile of ashes.

01:13:01I knew that somewhere, somehow, I'd have to begin to live again.

01:13:06But right then, all I could do was pray to lose that one day.

01:13:11That one terrifying day.

01:13:13THE END

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🚨 Cause for Alarm! (1951) | Suspense, Paranoia & Domestic Danger | Classic Film Noir Thriller 🕵️‍♀️

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