Target of Deception – In the shadowy world of vaudeville performances, a skilled marksman becomes entangled in a web of lies, betrayal, and fatal obsession. As love and manipulation collide, the line between truth and deception fades, leading to a tragic and unforgettable conclusion. A classic film noir that explores the darker sides of human desire.
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00:03:59Ladies and gentlemen, please, quiet, quiet.
00:04:10I regret to announce that we are forced to terminate tonight's performance.
00:04:14There has been an accident here tonight, but there is no need for alarm.
00:04:18Just walk out quietly and your money will be refunded at the box office.
00:04:21There is no need for alarm.
00:04:51Don't leave the theater.
00:04:52Don't leave the theater.
00:05:00You'll all be questioned later.
00:05:02Come now, step lightly, please.
00:05:04You tell the truth.
00:05:05You quarreled with your wife tonight, didn't you?
00:05:16Yeah, we had an argument.
00:05:17Yeah, we had an argument.
00:05:18Yeah, we had an argument.
00:05:19It all adds up to murder.
00:05:20No, I tell you, I didn't do it.
00:05:21I had nothing to do with it.
00:05:22You expect me to believe that?
00:05:23I tell you, I tell you, I tell you, I tell you, I tell you again, we just had an argument.
00:05:26All married people argue one hour.
00:05:28It doesn't mean anything.
00:05:29This was more than an argument.
00:05:31Look, haven't you got any feelings?
00:05:32My wife's just been killed.
00:05:33Well, I just found this under the sofa.
00:05:39Four shots fired.
00:05:40I found two of them and they won't.
00:05:41I guess the other two are in the body.
00:05:42Poor Eddie.
00:05:43It's a dirty shame.
00:05:44Yep.
00:05:45I've been working here for 17 years.
00:05:46Never saw a prettier smile.
00:05:47She was nice to everybody.
00:05:48You should know.
00:05:49She was dynamite.
00:05:50When me and Sam played on the same deal with her, I never let him out of my sight.
00:05:53Well, only last night her life was out.
00:05:54She wanted me to fix it.
00:05:55And now her life is out forever.
00:05:57You see, life is out forever.
00:05:59You see, life is out forever.
00:06:02You see, life is out forever.
00:06:05You see, life is out forever.
00:06:10You see, them that least deserves it.
00:06:13Yes, sir.
00:06:14Better form headquarters again.
00:06:16Get everyone on stage for questioning.
00:06:18Yes, sir.
00:06:19Everybody on stage.
00:06:22I guess this simplifies the whole matter.
00:06:24What does?
00:06:25Look at this.
00:06:27I suppose you never saw it before, did you?
00:06:30You're right, I didn't.
00:06:32They just found it in your dressing room.
00:06:34This is the gun you killed her with, isn't it?
00:06:36She was my wife.
00:06:38I loved her.
00:06:39You don't kill the woman you love.
00:06:44Get the rest of the performers up here.
00:06:46They're with Rosita.
00:06:47She's fainted.
00:06:48But I'll get them, sir.
00:06:49Right away.
00:06:50Yes, sir.
00:06:51You?
00:06:52Monsieur.
00:06:53Name?
00:06:54You see, Francois Gaston de Marigny, monsieur.
00:06:56Profession?
00:06:57I am an artist, monsieur.
00:06:58You see, I am a...
00:06:59How do you say that?
00:07:00Come on, get on ça.
00:07:01I dreamt in and out.
00:07:02You see?
00:07:03Hiding in a barrel.
00:07:05All right, sir.
00:07:06Over here.
00:07:08Name?
00:07:09Sam and Sally Hampton.
00:07:10Ten minutes of snappy songs and sassy sayings.
00:07:12That's us.
00:07:13Right?
00:07:14Right.
00:07:15What do you know about this killing?
00:07:16Oh, not a thing, your honor.
00:07:17I mean, Mr. Officer.
00:07:18We were in our dressing room.
00:07:19We didn't see nothing.
00:07:20We didn't hear nothing.
00:07:21And we don't know nothing.
00:07:22Right?
00:07:23Right.
00:07:24Did you know the deceased?
00:07:25I'll say.
00:07:26And if you want my opinion, she didn't get no more than was coming to her.
00:07:27Right?
00:07:28Wrong.
00:07:29Uh, right.
00:07:30Next.
00:07:51She was crying out.
00:07:52So she wasn't shot.
00:07:59She was strangled.
00:08:02Now what?
00:08:03Strangled?
00:08:04I don't believe it.
00:08:05I don't believe it.
00:08:06You're the only one who doesn't.
00:08:09Take this man to headquarters for further questioning.
00:08:19Wish I hadn't been here tonight.
00:08:22It was awful.
00:08:23Yeah.
00:08:24Just like I said.
00:08:26We can live our whole life backstage in just one night.
00:08:31Last week this stork almost caught up with your own wife.
00:08:34And tonight.
00:08:36I don't even want to think about it.
00:08:39Those screens.
00:08:40Yeah.
00:08:41Now that I think of it, I should have invested in them sooner.
00:08:44Pop.
00:08:45You've seen a lot of things in your time, haven't you?
00:08:47Every day.
00:08:48Every day.
00:08:49Makes me feel that fellow was right.
00:08:52Life's nothing but a stage.
00:08:54And everybody plays on.
00:08:56Yeah.
00:08:57Only some of them get better billing.
00:08:59Mm-hmm.
00:09:00Guess you never know when your exit's coming.
00:09:03Better that way.
00:09:05Well.
00:09:06Better go and finish my work.
00:09:08Oh.
00:09:09And don't forget to turn out the lights when you're through.
00:09:12Okay, Pop.
00:09:39Who is it?
00:09:40Who's up there?
00:09:41Who are you?
00:09:42Say, I've seen you before.
00:09:45Sure I have.
00:09:46Your Flammarion.
00:09:49The great Flammarion.
00:09:52Great Flammarion.
00:09:53I'm Tony.
00:09:54The clown.
00:09:55I played on the same bill with you in Pittsburgh.
00:09:56Remember me?
00:09:57No.
00:09:58No.
00:09:59No.
00:10:00No.
00:10:01No.
00:10:02No.
00:10:03No.
00:10:04No.
00:10:05No.
00:10:06No.
00:10:07No.
00:10:08No.
00:10:09No.
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00:10:11No.
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00:10:19No.
00:10:20No.
00:10:21No.
00:10:22No.
00:10:23No.
00:10:51You're hurtful, Mary.
00:10:58Now get a doctor.
00:11:00No, no, please don't.
00:11:01But, but you're liable to die.
00:11:05Oh, you don't know what you're saying.
00:11:07Nobody wants to die.
00:11:09I do.
00:11:10Why?
00:11:13Because I killed Kapani.
00:11:17You?
00:11:19She shot me.
00:11:22That's right.
00:11:24But they're holding her husband.
00:11:27Tell them.
00:11:29He's innocent.
00:11:31Well, you better tell them yourself.
00:11:32They may not believe me.
00:11:34I'll have them here in no time.
00:11:36No use.
00:11:38I'll be dead before they get here.
00:11:43But before I die,
00:11:46I want to tell you, Tony,
00:11:50why I killed him.
00:11:55Let me.
00:11:57Let me.
00:12:01Go ahead.
00:12:03Talk to him.
00:12:06It all started in Pittsburgh.
00:12:09Do you remember my aunt
00:12:13and my two sisters,
00:12:18Tommy and Al Wallace?
00:12:21Do you remember my aunt
00:12:21and I
00:12:24and I
00:12:24and
00:12:28kiss me?
00:12:42Maybe.
00:12:45Well, you did you know what that was doing?
00:15:16But it won't happen again.
00:15:18My act runs according to my rules.
00:15:20Those who break them are out.
00:15:26Mr. Plumarian.
00:15:30Mr. Plumarian.
00:15:30I'm sorry about Al's performance.
00:15:33So am I.
00:15:37I promise you it won't happen again.
00:15:39It's not up to you about that promise.
00:15:42Don't worry.
00:15:43Al will do as I say.
00:15:45There is no room for mistakes, no matter what.
00:15:47I must be absolutely sure of my assistance.
00:15:49But, Mr. Plumarian.
00:15:51You can always be sure of me.
00:15:56I guess you don't realize how important all this is to me.
00:15:59The continued success of my act is my only concern.
00:16:02And mine.
00:16:03It's the only thing that makes my life feral.
00:16:05I couldn't look forward to the theater and the lights, just to seeing you.
00:16:11I wouldn't care if I never woke up again.
00:16:13Your personal feelings do not interest me in the least.
00:16:16I repeat once and for all, one more mistake, and I'm through with both of you.
00:16:20I had picked up Connie and her husband, Al, six months before, when they were a third-rate dancing act.
00:16:36I had always thought of them as a happily married couple.
00:16:40Okay, Lush, that'll be enough of that.
00:16:51You heard Plumarian.
00:16:53Maybe you like sleeping on a park bench, but I don't.
00:16:56Scared it might cramp your style?
00:16:59Cramp like that, and you're going to be down for the count.
00:17:02Don't try playing rough with me.
00:17:06Brother, you're asking.
00:17:07Can't you stay sober long enough to stooge for a couple of guns?
00:17:12Seems even a moron would have backbone enough to...
00:17:14So now I'm a moron, huh?
00:17:16You changed your tune since the day you bought our wedding ring.
00:17:20Were you scared I might slip off the hook?
00:17:23Now look, Al, let's not go into that routine again.
00:17:26There's an easy way out of...
00:17:27That's another routine we won't go into.
00:17:29If you think I'm going to let you go so that some other guy can have you, you're off your nut.
00:17:34I'll get away from you sometime.
00:17:37You haven't got a prayer.
00:17:40Let's see.
00:17:41There was that business with a diamond ring in Memphis.
00:17:45The insurance company is still interested in that.
00:17:48And that little trick you pulled on the guy in Salt Lake City.
00:17:51He'd love to know where to find you.
00:17:54And that quick shuffle you gave the bank president in Des Moines.
00:17:58Whatever did become of those bonds, Connie?
00:18:00I didn't find out till after I married you what a busy life you'd led.
00:18:06No, I don't think you'll get away from me.
00:18:09Not until I'm good and ready to let you go.
00:18:15Oh, quit his time.
00:18:17You're just wasting a lot of valuable time on yesterday's bad news.
00:18:21Doesn't it interest you?
00:18:22No.
00:18:24Only tonight interests me.
00:18:25Going someplace?
00:18:28Sure I am.
00:18:30I'm going home with my husband.
00:18:36Connie, no matter what you do, you're the only damn for me.
00:18:39You're a bad habit I can't cure.
00:18:41Even if I wanted to.
00:18:47Any guy that wouldn't fall for you is either a sucker or he's dead.
00:18:50I lived a lonely life.
00:18:59I had no friends.
00:19:01I didn't like people and people didn't like me.
00:19:05I didn't drink.
00:19:07I didn't smoke.
00:19:08I retired every night immediately after the performance.
00:19:13The hours I practiced to strengthen my eyes.
00:19:16This afternoon, my schedule was broken.
00:19:21I had an unexpected visitor.
00:19:26Who is it?
00:19:27Me, Connie.
00:19:29Mrs. Wallace, I'm busy.
00:19:30I'll see you at the theater.
00:19:32I've got to talk to you.
00:19:41This sign means exactly what it says.
00:19:43You must have seen it's important.
00:19:44You must have seen it.
00:19:47Well?
00:19:49I found out why Al's drinking.
00:19:52The reason for his conduct doesn't interest me.
00:19:54Except as it affects my act.
00:19:57This affects you because of the person.
00:20:00He's jealous of me.
00:20:01Ridiculous.
00:20:02Jealous of me because I'm a star and he's a nobody?
00:20:05Am I responsible for his being a drunkard without ambition or talent?
00:20:09Has he any idea of how hard I had to work to get where I am?
00:20:12Al knows him.
00:20:13But there's more to life than what happens in the theater.
00:20:16What is it, then?
00:20:18I think he knows how I feel about you.
00:20:21How you feel about me?
00:20:23Why, your work has always been satisfactory.
00:20:26You work for hours to strengthen your eyes, but you can't see.
00:20:29You're blind.
00:20:30Well, it had to happen.
00:20:34I'm only sorry that he found out before you did.
00:20:37I don't understand.
00:20:39Imagine what I go through every night.
00:20:41The music starts and the act begins.
00:20:43I move about the stage like a puppet.
00:20:45And then you enter.
00:20:46And everything begins to live.
00:20:48Come to the point, please.
00:20:49The excitement of standing on stage, facing the man who holds my life in his hands.
00:20:53You don't have to be afraid.
00:20:54No.
00:20:56It's a strange sensation.
00:20:58You look at them.
00:21:00Their eyes are so steady, so piercing.
00:21:03You aim and fire, and the bullet cuts through the air.
00:21:05I close my eyes, and then I feel a bullet hit the target, and my shoulders travel.
00:21:08I tell myself that it was your hand.
00:21:15Every bullet is a caress.
00:21:18Do you see now?
00:21:24Mrs. Wallace, unless you realize that now I have to look for two new assistants.
00:21:28Oh, no, Sir Marion.
00:21:29No, please.
00:21:30You've left me no choice.
00:21:33Okay, so we close tonight.
00:21:35You go to Frisco alone.
00:21:36See how the act goes without us.
00:21:40Wait.
00:21:44Considering the fact that it will be impossible for me to replace you on such short notice,
00:21:49I'll have to overlook what happened.
00:21:53And go with me to San Francisco.
00:21:55Thank you for marrying.
00:22:06That was the way Connie began.
00:22:22It was her first approach.
00:22:25I didn't know what was coming.
00:22:26I've been waiting for you for half an hour.
00:22:44I thought you'd never get in.
00:22:46How did you get in here?
00:22:48Wouldn't you rather know why than how?
00:22:49I'm not interested.
00:22:50In me or in anything about me.
00:22:52I know the lot.
00:22:55Mrs. Wallace, please go.
00:22:57Oh, dear.
00:22:58I don't see any reason why I shouldn't.
00:23:00Please, Sir Marion.
00:23:00I know all about Alma.
00:23:14How do you know?
00:23:17You went through my suitcase?
00:23:20You are, Hugh.
00:23:21Oh, darling, I wasn't really spying.
00:23:23Maybe a lady wouldn't have done it, but I'm just a woman in love.
00:23:26I had to find out what made you afraid of me.
00:23:28I'm not afraid of anybody.
00:23:29Oh, yes, you are.
00:23:31You're afraid of your heart.
00:23:32I never allow a woman to enter my life again.
00:23:34Isn't that silly?
00:23:35It's because you were burned once.
00:23:37I must ask you again to leave.
00:23:38I had to come.
00:23:40Al's at it again.
00:23:41He beat me.
00:23:41I'm not interested in your domestic problems.
00:23:44You don't seem to want to believe anything.
00:23:46Do I have to prove everything to you?
00:23:47I'll assure you.
00:23:48Never mind.
00:23:49Get out.
00:23:49What are you?
00:23:51Haven't you any feelings?
00:23:53Isn't there any place in your life for anything but your work?
00:23:56Don't you care about what happens to me at all?
00:23:57I thought I had made that perfectly clear.
00:24:00We work together, but that's all.
00:24:01Understand?
00:24:03Well, Marion, you can't toss me out like this.
00:24:05I haven't any place to go.
00:24:07Al's crazy drunk.
00:24:07If I go back now...
00:24:08I'll ring for the porter and he'll get you another room.
00:24:10The train's sold out.
00:24:12That's no concern of mine.
00:24:13Isn't it?
00:24:14Doesn't it mean anything to you that when I'm in trouble, my only thought is of you?
00:24:18I've forbidden you to speak this way.
00:24:20I can't help it.
00:24:21And it is your affair.
00:24:24Al's on a bender because...
00:24:26Because he knows I love you.
00:24:30That's settled, sir.
00:24:33You both need the act in San Francisco.
00:24:36Simple, isn't it?
00:24:37I'm honest, and what are my thanks?
00:24:39You fire us.
00:24:40Exactly.
00:24:42So it's curtains for the Wallaces, huh?
00:24:44Oh, I guess it's up to me to go back and break the glad news down.
00:24:48He'll probably start in right where he left off.
00:24:50The funny part of it is I don't give up.
00:24:52And you don't either, do you, Flammarion?
00:24:54I do feel a certain responsibility.
00:24:57Then let me stay here.
00:24:58No.
00:24:58Please.
00:25:00Life's funny.
00:25:02I guess it happens to everyone sooner or later.
00:25:05Not much fun to show your heart and then watch it get kicked around over the bricks, is it?
00:25:11Well, thanks for the lesson.
00:25:15All right.
00:25:18You may stay.
00:25:20You know, Flammarion, I just found out what's the matter with you.
00:25:24You're asleep.
00:25:27Maybe this a week.
00:25:50It struck me like lightning.
00:25:52Not for 15 years, not since the tragedy of Alma and my dismissal from the army,
00:26:00that I've been so close to a woman.
00:26:03One look into her mirror would have shown me that I was not for her.
00:26:07That there must have been something else behind it.
00:26:10It was three days from Pittsburgh to San Francisco, and in all that time, she never went back to her husband.
00:26:17I suppose he was too drunk to care.
00:26:21It seemed that a new life had just begun.
00:26:24But in reality, it was the beginning of the end.
00:26:37Shall I serve now?
00:26:39No, I'm waiting for a meeting.
00:26:42And this is a very special occasion.
00:26:59Hello, darling.
00:27:00Do you remember what you said that night on the train?
00:27:06I thought you'd never get here.
00:27:10Orchids and champagne.
00:27:11You think of everything.
00:27:14I'm trembling.
00:27:15You were as steady as a rock during the act tonight.
00:27:17Yes, but I wasn't ready for you then.
00:27:19I love your hand.
00:27:27I stopped in at a little shop on Grand Avenue.
00:27:30Oh, a present.
00:27:32I hope you like it.
00:27:34It's the first gift I've made to a woman in 15 years.
00:27:42It's so merry and beautiful.
00:27:44I bought it because I, I seem to see you in it.
00:27:50And you will, darling.
00:27:51But you must keep it for me.
00:27:53I would know I could never afford anything so expensive.
00:27:59His drinking's getting worse.
00:28:01It worries me.
00:28:03Yes, during the last show in Pittsburgh,
00:28:05I had to watch his every move.
00:28:07Yes, I know.
00:28:09One mistake...
00:28:10One serious mistake on this part might be fatal.
00:28:14It frightens me even to think of it.
00:28:16He should be the one to think about it.
00:28:19Does he realize that my only reason for keeping him is you?
00:28:23You want me, you've got to keep him.
00:28:25I've always been his meal ticket.
00:28:30Perhaps if I spoke to him and told him how we feel about each other.
00:28:34Oh, no, darling.
00:28:35That would only make things worse.
00:28:36But now we have each other today and tomorrow and all the other tomorrows.
00:28:47Just leave it to me.
00:28:50I'll figure it out.
00:28:52She made it sound so convincing.
00:28:58I believed him because I wanted to believe.
00:29:02But what I didn't know then was
00:29:04that on the same bill was a vice-e-director.
00:29:09He was young, handsome.
00:29:11Come over here, Eddie.
00:29:40Eddie, you know something, honey?
00:29:42No, what?
00:29:44You look better to me now than you ever do.
00:29:46Why didn't you write me?
00:29:48I'm the kind of guy that likes to deliver things in person.
00:29:54How long are you going to be in town?
00:29:56Two weeks.
00:29:57Me too.
00:29:58Separated for months, I think.
00:30:01Look, Eddie, our next jump to Los Angeles.
00:30:03Couldn't you get on the thing?
00:30:03Look, if I don't make it, it won't be because I didn't try.
00:30:06Sixteen bars and I'm on.
00:30:08Keep me up to the shore.
00:30:08I thought I wish I could.
00:30:10Al's on the warpath.
00:30:11Let's make it tomorrow.
00:30:13That little bar around the corner.
00:30:19Hiya, babe.
00:30:21Hello, Cleo.
00:30:21What's new?
00:30:22Not a thing with me.
00:30:24Collecting men, steal your hobby?
00:30:26Can you think of a better one?
00:30:27Yeah.
00:30:28I'll take my dogs every time.
00:30:30You don't sit up nights waiting for them.
00:30:32Good evening, boss.
00:30:33Good evening.
00:30:33Got a lot of class, ain't they?
00:30:36Plenty.
00:30:36Don't you think so, Con?
00:30:38Yeah.
00:30:39A swell performance.
00:30:40He certainly is.
00:30:43Hiya, maestro.
00:30:43What gives?
00:30:46That guy's family must have been awfully fond of children.
00:30:49Plumerian's all right.
00:30:50He's just a little strange.
00:30:51Keep right on calling it strange, but in my book, he's strictly a heel.
00:30:54Well, I guess it's time to get down to the office.
00:30:56I'll see you around, Cleo.
00:30:58Don't go leaning into no bullet.
00:30:59Don't worry.
00:31:00Plumerian knows what he's doing.
00:31:01Meaning that I don't?
00:31:04See?
00:31:05That's what I meant when I said I'd take my dogs.
00:31:11You like it, darling?
00:31:13Very much.
00:31:16And do you like me a little, too?
00:31:20Connie, we've got to do something about Al.
00:31:25I thought if I were to make it worth his while, I mean financially...
00:31:29He'd only spend what you gave him.
00:31:30And then no dough, no wife, and no meal ticket.
00:31:34Oh, no.
00:31:35He'd never stand for a deal like that.
00:31:37I want to make a new life for us.
00:31:39That would be wonderful.
00:31:42Even if there isn't any chance of making it come true.
00:31:45It must come true.
00:31:45You're proud of these, aren't you?
00:31:57You were my only friends until I found you.
00:32:02I hope you take as good care of me.
00:32:05Put that down.
00:32:05That's dangerous.
00:32:07Now you know how I feel.
00:32:08What if I had as little faith in you?
00:32:10I entrust my life to you every night.
00:32:15That's another reason why we belong together in Norrisville.
00:32:19I won't even think about tomorrow without you.
00:32:21I know.
00:32:22I can't sleep at night.
00:32:24I just lie awake and dream about tomorrow.
00:32:27Or tomorrow.
00:32:27The other night I dreamed about the three of us.
00:32:31It was on stage.
00:32:33You and Al and I.
00:32:36As Al stood before the mirror, you fired and missed.
00:32:39I never missed.
00:32:41Of course not.
00:32:43Al was drunk.
00:32:44It was an accident.
00:32:45I said it was just a dream, didn't I?
00:32:57I never asked you to come here because I want to talk to you.
00:33:18Okay.
00:33:19Start talking.
00:33:21Sit down.
00:33:21None of my warnings have meant anything to you.
00:33:29You still continue to drink.
00:33:31I know how to take care of myself.
00:33:34Don't you realize, Al, that every time we step onto that stage that you're nothing but a live target which I must miss?
00:33:41I knew that when I took the job.
00:33:44Won't you let me help you?
00:33:47Help me?
00:33:48Let me lend you some love.
00:33:50Why?
00:33:51We're booked solid, aren't we?
00:33:53Well, that means the old letters will be coming in every payday.
00:33:57Of course I could always use a little extra money.
00:34:01Has it ever occurred to you, Al, that you might not be cut out for this sort of work?
00:34:07Why not go back to dancing?
00:34:09That costs dough.
00:34:11You may leave that entirely to me.
00:34:15I don't get this.
00:34:17Why should you put up your dough so that Connie and I can go back to dancing?
00:34:23I did not say you and your wife, did I?
00:34:27That's out.
00:34:29But I know now what you're trying to do and why you're trying to do it.
00:34:34Connie's been giving you the business, hasn't she?
00:34:36Well, she's not going to get away with it.
00:34:39Sink or swim.
00:34:40Survive or perish.
00:34:41The Wallaces stick together.
00:34:44Fifteen minutes.
00:34:46All right.
00:34:48I've got to get made up.
00:34:49But what I said still goes.
00:34:51The Wallaces stick together.
00:34:53So stop trying to run our lives right now.
00:34:56Now.
00:34:56Now.
00:34:56Elves stood before the mirror.
00:35:18Beired and missed.
00:35:21Fired and missed.
00:35:23Fired and missed.
00:35:24What's eating you?
00:35:34I've had just about all a Mr. Flammarion I can use.
00:35:37And vice versa, I should say.
00:35:40What goes with you and him anyway?
00:35:42With me and Flammarion?
00:35:44Oh, don't be a sap.
00:35:46That guy wouldn't be interested in this unless she had a couple of guns in her girdle.
00:35:49He just had me in his dressing room for a pep talk.
00:35:51Which ended up with him trying to ease me out of the acting too.
00:35:55In exchange for a little dough.
00:35:58Are you kidding?
00:35:59Do I look like it?
00:36:01What a nerve that guy's got.
00:36:03Trying to run our lives for us.
00:36:04He covered up by telling me it was for my own good.
00:36:07Why, that dirty chisel.
00:36:09Imagine trying to come between a husband and wife that way.
00:36:12And the crummy way he did it.
00:36:14Offering you money.
00:36:15Just as though I were...
00:36:15I don't know what kept me from punching him right in the nose.
00:36:21But, baby, we ain't got no dough.
00:36:23We can't afford to lay off my...
00:36:24Now that I know what sort of a man he is, I won't work with him any longer.
00:36:28And I'm surprised at you, hon.
00:36:31Haven't you any pride left?
00:36:33Yeah, but that check coming in every Tuesday is the difference between meat on the table and no bread in the house.
00:36:38Don't worry, sugar.
00:36:39We'll get another job.
00:36:41And we'll get it quick.
00:36:45You're a funny kid, Con.
00:36:48I don't mind telling you I had you figured all wrong.
00:36:52Just what did you think the score was?
00:36:55I don't know.
00:36:57But it looked to me like you were getting ready to take a powder on me.
00:37:09This evening, waiting for her at the usual time, she didn't come.
00:37:29I grew more and more restless.
00:37:33Time dragged and always ringing in my ear was that terrible refrain.
00:37:40Repeated over and over.
00:37:43Al stood before the mirror.
00:37:46You fired and missed.
00:37:49You fired and missed.
00:37:54It haunted me.
00:37:56It took possession of me.
00:38:03What about Los Angeles, Al?
00:38:05Can you make it?
00:38:06It's out.
00:38:07They offered me a Central American tour.
00:38:09You can't take that.
00:38:11I won't let you.
00:38:13You know, we're in a couple of heels.
00:38:15Al's a good guy.
00:38:17Here I am hiding in dark corners with his wife.
00:38:19We don't have to.
00:38:21It wouldn't make any difference if he knew all about us.
00:38:24I just can't figure that way.
00:38:27With you, it's all or nothing, huh?
00:38:30Yeah.
00:38:31That's what makes me think I'll sign for that tour.
00:38:33Well, you wouldn't see each other for a whole year.
00:38:38Well, I might be able to get you out of my blood that way.
00:38:41Is that what you want?
00:38:42To get me out of your blood?
00:38:44It's going to be tough.
00:38:46It's the only way out.
00:38:48The cinch is no good this way, so, well, Central America.
00:38:51Eddie, don't sign yet, please.
00:38:54I've got an idea.
00:38:57Let me try and see if I can make it work.
00:38:59I know you and your ideas, hon, and some of them are good, but...
00:39:06Hey, there's Al.
00:39:09No matter how blind he gets, he doesn't need a seeing eye to lead him to a joint.
00:39:13Shall I...
00:39:14No, stay where you are.
00:39:15I'll handle it.
00:39:16Oh, Al.
00:39:18Over here.
00:39:19What are you doing here?
00:39:30I was waiting for you.
00:39:32I thought maybe I could keep you sober for a change.
00:39:35Eddie asked me to have a drink with him.
00:39:37Is there anything wrong with that?
00:39:39Hi, kid.
00:39:40Hello, Al.
00:39:41I was looking for you.
00:39:43I need some dough.
00:39:44I don't have any with...
00:39:45What did you do with...
00:39:46What did I do with it?
00:39:47How much do you think there's left in the grouch bag after the way you've been kicking it around?
00:39:51Well, the love of Mike cut out the preaching.
00:39:54Hey, George, give me your bourbon.
00:39:57See what the boys in the back room will have.
00:40:00Same here, George.
00:40:02Better make mine a double bourbon, George.
00:40:05I'm in kind of a hurry.
00:40:07Okay, Sharon.
00:40:09You know, no matter how fast you drink it, the distilleries can still stay way ahead of you.
00:40:13Yep.
00:40:14But by next week, I'll have them working nights to do it.
00:40:21Someday you're going to do that and not pull back anything but a stump.
00:40:25I've got something better to do than to sit here and watch you get plastered.
00:40:30Thanks for the drink, Eddie.
00:40:31I'll be seeing you.
00:40:31You're giving yourself quite a beating, aren't you?
00:40:51You're going to start that, too?
00:40:52You're wagging, chum.
00:40:55Ain't any color you want to.
00:40:57Look, Eddie.
00:41:00Do you know why I'm drinking?
00:41:02No, and what's more...
00:41:03Then I'll tell you.
00:41:05It's her.
00:41:06Connie.
00:41:08She's got me bats.
00:41:09I don't know which ends up.
00:41:13What do you mean, Al?
00:41:14I can't tell you, Eddie.
00:41:20It's a question of honor.
00:41:24But if she don't cut out some of the stuff she's pulled, I'm going to...
00:41:29You're right, Al.
00:41:30You shouldn't be talking to me about it.
00:41:32Me nor anybody else.
00:41:34It's strictly between you and Connie.
00:41:37I'll be seeing you.
00:41:38Eddie.
00:41:39Eddie.
00:41:39How's chances of a fin till Tuesday?
00:41:43Sure, Al.
00:41:48Beer?
00:41:50Thanks.
00:41:52Now, how's about me buying your drink?
00:41:56No, thanks, Al.
00:41:57I'll be seeing you later.
00:42:06You're late again.
00:42:07Where have you been?
00:42:09Al was suspicious.
00:42:10I thought I'd never get away.
00:42:12I was afraid something had happened to you.
00:42:14We've got to be careful.
00:42:16Al's changed since you talked to him.
00:42:18He's all burned up.
00:42:20In all fairness to him, I had to do it.
00:42:22Of course you did, darling.
00:42:24But you've only managed to make things tougher for us.
00:42:26In what way?
00:42:27Al's forcing me to quit.
00:42:29Oh, I'm sure I can talk him out of that.
00:42:32Nobody's ever been able to talk Al Wallace out of anything.
00:42:35Once he makes up his mind, nothing can change it.
00:42:38And you know what that'll mean.
00:42:40I'll never see you again.
00:42:42And I can't go on without you.
00:42:45You won't have to.
00:42:47You mean you've thought of a way?
00:42:50I'll cancel all my contracts and we leave the country.
00:42:53He'd manage to find out where we were and he'd follow us somehow.
00:42:55I know you don't like to be reminded of it, but this is the past repeated.
00:43:03You'd grow to hate me like you did Alma.
00:43:06You'd blame me and you'd be right.
00:43:08No.
00:43:10Once a woman you loved double-crossed you.
00:43:13But I'm on the level.
00:43:15Lucky for you, unlucky for me.
00:43:17I just can't let you do it.
00:43:18Donnie, I've been thinking.
00:43:46So have I.
00:43:50We haven't a chance.
00:43:55There is one chance.
00:43:57The way you said.
00:43:59The way I said?
00:44:00Remember your dream.
00:44:03Well, I had the same dream.
00:44:06Al was drunk.
00:44:07You mean?
00:44:08Al stood before the mirror.
00:44:10I fired.
00:44:10And missed.
00:44:12Don't ever say that.
00:44:15It was just like you had dreamed.
00:44:18When did it happen?
00:44:20Tomorrow, the matinee.
00:44:23No.
00:44:24Saturday night performance.
00:44:27Everybody lets down.
00:44:29I'm certain Al will be drunk.
00:44:32Absolutely certain.
00:44:33Now, it's probably just a matter of timing.
00:44:56What's the matter?
00:44:57Where's Connie?
00:44:58Connie.
00:44:58Well, if you don't know, I'm sure I wouldn't.
00:45:02I've lived all over the hotel for her.
00:45:05I need some dough.
00:45:07You're drunk already, Al.
00:45:09Why not?
00:45:10What else is there to do?
00:45:12My office still holds, Al.
00:45:15Let me get you another job.
00:45:18I won't leave Connie.
00:45:20This way, you're driving her away.
00:45:22I'll get her back.
00:45:23Won't you worry about little Al thing?
00:45:26Maybe you could let me have ten bucks to payday, huh, boss?
00:45:30Sure.
00:45:40It's a hundred dollars.
00:45:43I'm going to change.
00:45:45That's all right.
00:45:46I'll trust you.
00:45:49Me, too.
00:45:51You're my pal.
00:45:52That's what I say every night.
00:45:56How about a drink?
00:45:59A cigarette to celebrate.
00:46:02I'm not smoking.
00:46:05Good night.
00:46:07Good night.
00:46:07Good night.
00:46:22Good night.
00:46:31Change.
00:46:48Change.
00:46:49Change.
00:46:49Change.
00:46:49Change.
00:46:49Change.
00:46:49Change.
00:47:22Hello, darling.
00:47:28Hey, what'd you get me up in the middle of the night for?
00:47:30What's it all about?
00:47:31I had to see you right away.
00:47:33Eddie, everything's going to be over.
00:47:34Yeah? How come?
00:47:36Don't ask him any questions. Just do as I tell.
00:47:38Call your agent first thing in the morning and tell him you'll take that Central American, too.
00:47:41I don't get it. I thought you didn't want me to go.
00:47:44I've changed my mind.
00:47:45Because now I'm going with you.
00:47:47With me? Hey, what about Al?
00:47:49Al's a dead pigeon.
00:47:50And I'm clearing out for good.
00:47:52And I do mean good.
00:47:53He'll never let you go. You've tried that.
00:47:56Oh, yes.
00:47:58He just found something out tonight.
00:48:01Never mind what it was.
00:48:03You take my word for it.
00:48:05I've got enough money now so that when my lawyer tells him I want to go bye-bye, he can't see you.
00:48:11But that's blackmail.
00:48:13So it's blackmail.
00:48:14He played straight with me, kicking me around, taking my dough.
00:48:18He forced me to...
00:48:19Hey, wait a minute.
00:48:23What are you worrying about?
00:48:25Al or me?
00:48:28You wouldn't know the answer to that one.
00:48:29Well, then act like it, Major.
00:48:33Well, then act like it, Major.
00:49:05I thought I did all the drinking for the Wallace family.
00:49:08I kind of got the willies tonight.
00:49:09I thought maybe a drink might help.
00:49:11You worried about leaving the act?
00:49:14I wondered if I should have made you quit.
00:49:16Oh, sure you should.
00:49:18When we get away from here, things will be a whole lot better.
00:49:22There's room for proof.
00:49:25Honey.
00:49:26I guess you know why I act like this.
00:49:37I'm jealous.
00:49:39But once Flammarion's out of our lives,
00:49:41it'll be just like it used to when we first started out.
00:49:44Yeah, I bet it will at that.
00:49:46I know the going's been pretty tough, baby.
00:49:49But at least we've been together.
00:49:52Hey, wait a minute.
00:49:52What are you doing?
00:49:54Going sentimental on me?
00:49:55Maybe I got a funny way of showing it.
00:49:58But I'm just as crazy about you as I ever was.
00:50:03You know, you're kind of a sweet kid at that.
00:50:06Maybe you're right.
00:50:08Maybe from here on, things are going to be a whole lot better.
00:50:12Fifteen minutes.
00:50:13Okay.
00:50:14Okay.
00:50:14Well, here's how.
00:50:40Well, I remember I know the time.
00:50:42Hiya, boss.
00:51:11Everything all set?
00:51:27I was like a man who walks through a nightmare with feet of lead.
00:51:33I didn't speak.
00:51:34I didn't dare to.
00:51:35I simply went on because now there was no turning back ever.
00:51:41I don't know.
00:51:43I didn't see you.
00:51:45I was like this man.
00:51:46I was like this man.
00:51:48I was like, this man.
00:51:50What a Walnutlla.
00:51:52I don't see you.
00:51:54I don't see you.
00:51:56I couldn't be able to pass through a winter.
00:51:58I was like you.
00:52:00I was like you, new棘 mother.
00:52:02I was like this lad.
00:52:03But I did.
00:52:07I was like I could do each other.
00:52:09Keep your mind on the race.
00:52:35Mechanically, I moved about the stage like a machine.
00:52:39I looked at her.
00:52:42She was everything I wanted.
00:52:44Then Al stood before the mirror.
00:52:47Mechanically, I moved about the mirror.
00:53:17Al!
00:53:19Wait for me, please!
00:53:21Close the curtains!
00:53:25Close the curtains!
00:53:27Get it down.
00:53:29What happened?
00:53:29What is it?
00:53:30It's Al!
00:53:31What happened? What is it?
00:53:35It's Al. He's been shot.
00:53:38It's the rotten house.
00:53:39Get out. Get out, please.
00:53:50Various employees of the Bay Theater
00:53:52who watched the act on the night of July 9th
00:53:55have testified that Mr. Plamerian's performance went as usual
00:53:58in every single detail.
00:54:01The autopsy disclosed the presence of alcohol
00:54:03in the buttstream of the deceased.
00:54:05In view of this fact, it is agreed that Al Wallace's intoxication
00:54:08caused him to make a mistake in timing, which led to his death.
00:54:12Therefore, the coroner's verdict is accidental death.
00:54:16Jury is discharged.
00:54:30Jury is discharged.
00:54:31Jury has received a letter of the lawsuit.
00:54:33I don't know how much you've been to.
00:54:33Aren't you ever on time?
00:54:50Do you miss me very much?
00:54:52The last two days were the most miserable I've ever spent.
00:54:56I missed you, too.
00:55:03Tickets for Las Vegas.
00:55:08I went to the bank this morning and I drew enough money out for a honeymoon.
00:55:11You shouldn't do that, darling.
00:55:12You shouldn't have bought tickets on the same train. That's dangerous.
00:55:15Then I can leave the next day and meet you there.
00:55:17If anyone found out that you took all that money out of the bank,
00:55:20and they saw us together, you'd just be begging for a call from the DA.
00:55:26Are you afraid?
00:55:28No, it isn't that.
00:55:31It's just that I don't want anything to happen to you.
00:55:35Nothing will, I hope.
00:55:38No, it might be a good idea if I did go away.
00:55:41For just a little while.
00:55:43But I told you I don't want to be separated from you again.
00:55:46Let's be sensible, darling.
00:55:48We've got to let the grass grow.
00:55:50We've got the rest of our lives to be together.
00:55:53And you figure it that way.
00:55:56Three months isn't such a long time.
00:55:58Three months?
00:56:00Do you think I like the idea of leaving you?
00:56:07But where will you go?
00:56:10Hibbing, Minnesota.
00:56:12I haven't seen my mother in eight years.
00:56:15There never was enough time or money before.
00:56:18I write you every day.
00:56:21No, no letters, please.
00:56:23Never put anything in writing.
00:56:24Well, on my telephone.
00:56:25Don't you understand?
00:56:26We've got to be strangers.
00:56:28Even my family wasn't nowhere friends.
00:56:31We'll make up for it.
00:56:33Connie, you haven't even given me your address.
00:56:37So that I know at least where you are.
00:56:40I'd like to send you little presents to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:56:472907 Ferndale, the address, if it's any easier for you.
00:56:52But no gifts.
00:56:55Widows shouldn't have it, Mars.
00:56:57Please, Texas.
00:57:00It will remove one of my worries until I see you again.
00:57:04That would be exactly three months from tonight.
00:57:08October 14th.
00:57:10Where shall we meet?
00:57:11As far away from here as possible.
00:57:13What about Chicago?
00:57:14I love Chicago.
00:57:17Chicago.
00:57:18The Empire Hotel.
00:57:21I'll register under the name of H.J. Brant.
00:57:24Do you remember that?
00:57:26Mrs. Brant joins you at Chicago.
00:57:28The Empire Hotel.
00:57:31On October 14th.
00:57:44My name is H.J. Brant.
00:58:07I have reservations.
00:58:08How do you do, Mr. Brant?
00:58:10Your reservation is for October 14th.
00:58:12Yes, my wife arrives tomorrow, but I would like to check in now and prepare everything.
00:58:17Yes, of course.
00:58:22Show Mr. Brant the bridal suite.
00:58:23Yes, sir.
00:58:24This way, please, Mr. Brant.
00:58:42Do you like it, sir?
00:58:57Yes, it needs flowers.
00:58:58Is there flowers in the house?
00:58:59Yes, sir.
00:59:00Well, tomorrow morning I want six dozen roses, various colors, long stem.
00:59:03I want some flowers for this vase and another basket with mixed flowers.
00:59:06Six gardenias for her pillow.
00:59:08And a standing order of a corsage, three orchids.
00:59:10The best, white.
00:59:11It will be delivered every morning with our breakfast.
00:59:12Yes, sir.
00:59:13You got that straight?
00:59:14Yes, sir.
00:59:15Is there anything else, sir?
00:59:16Yeah, you can bring me some ice water.
00:59:17And I want good service.
00:59:19Thank you, sir.
00:59:21Thank you, sir.
00:59:22Thank you, sir.
00:59:23Thank you, sir.
00:59:24Thank you, sir.
00:59:25Thank you, sir.
00:59:26Thank you, sir.
00:59:27Thank you, sir.
00:59:28Thank you, sir.
00:59:29I've got three orchids.
00:59:30The best, white.
00:59:31We deliver every morning with our breakfast.
00:59:32Yes, sir.
00:59:33You got that straight?
00:59:34Yes, sir.
00:59:35Is there anything else, sir?
00:59:36Yeah, you can bring me some ice water.
00:59:37And I want good service.
00:59:38Thank you, sir.
00:59:51Come in.
01:00:08Good morning, Mr. Francis.
01:00:09Good morning.
01:00:14Here we go.
01:00:17You're right here.
01:00:18You're right.
01:00:19All right.
01:00:41Thank you, sir.
01:00:46Thank you, sir.
01:00:49Good morning, Mr. Bryant.
01:01:14I would like to get the schedule of all incoming trains and planes, please.
01:01:18Yes, sir.
01:01:21Anything else, sir?
01:01:22No, thanks.
01:01:29Good morning.
01:01:30Good morning, Mr. Bryant.
01:01:31Have you any mail?
01:01:33No, sir. There's nothing.
01:01:34Have you anything under the name of Flammarion?
01:01:36Flammarion?
01:01:37F-L-A-M-A-R-I-O-N.
01:01:39He asked me to pick it up for him.
01:01:40I don't think there's anything under that name, but I'll see.
01:01:46Sorry, Mr. Bryant.
01:01:47There's nothing.
01:01:49Well, in case anything should come, you let me know immediately.
01:01:51Yes, sir.
01:01:52Operator, give me the desk, please.
01:01:58That guy in 1406 is nuts.
01:01:59He's done nothing but call me all day.
01:02:00Well, best.
01:02:01It's Mr. Bryant, 1406.
01:02:05Haven't there been any calls, messages, letters?
01:02:13Has there been anything for my friend Flammarion?
01:02:16I can't wait until I see all day.
01:02:19I can't wait until I see my phone.
01:02:21Right, sir.
01:02:22I can't wait until I see my phone today.
01:02:24How have you checked it out?
01:02:26That guy in 1406 is nuts.
01:02:27He's done nothing but call me all day.
01:02:29Has there been anything for my friend Flammarion?
01:02:39All right. Thank you.
01:02:59Hey. Calling Mr. Grant.
01:03:04Yes.
01:03:05Uh, Mr. Grant?
01:03:07Grant.
01:03:08Oh, I'm sorry, sir. It's a Mr. Grant. Uh, Mr. George Grant.
01:03:13Calling Mr. Grant. Calling Mr. Grant.
01:03:17Calling Mr. Grant.
01:03:29Hello?
01:03:39Yes, this is Mr. Grant.
01:03:41Telegram. Well, send it up.
01:03:44Telegram for you, Mr. Grant.
01:04:10Is there any answer, sir?
01:04:31Address unknown. Address C unknown.
01:04:45Thanks, Mr. Grant.
01:04:51Any forwarding address, Mr. Grant?
01:04:53I'll let you know.
01:04:54You appreciate the...
01:04:57I had lost all sense of time.
01:05:01The only excuse she could have had was death.
01:05:04Otherwise, she hadn't double-crossed me.
01:05:09I didn't know which would have been worse.
01:05:13I had to find her.
01:05:16I remembered her ticket to Las Vegas.
01:05:18It was a wild chance, but my only clue.
01:05:23After I'd searched for days, I ended in a gambling club.
01:05:28Like the rest of the suckers.
01:05:32For what money I didn't lose gambling, I lost Tracing County.
01:05:37Every day, some racketeer gave me some new clue.
01:05:42Or false.
01:05:44Then I went to Los Angeles to see the agent.
01:05:48Who placed Connie and Al in my act.
01:05:51Sorry.
01:05:53I've tried everything.
01:05:54I've checked with the NBA, Central Casting and every agent in the business.
01:05:58Maybe she went back to dancing.
01:06:01I've covered all those angles, too.
01:06:03There's no trace of her.
01:06:05Look, Flammarion.
01:06:07Why don't you start rehearsing with the new team?
01:06:09All you need is a couple of stooges who know how to stand still and keep sober.
01:06:13Okay.
01:06:15Then do a single.
01:06:17I can book you anywhere.
01:06:19Get back in your own racket.
01:06:20And forget all this.
01:06:23Do you...
01:06:25Do you need money?
01:06:27Do you need money?
01:06:32Well, I guess, sir.
01:06:34Gotta keep on looking.
01:06:37Well, good luck.
01:06:47I've covered the country.
01:06:49Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Kansas City.
01:06:55Everywhere.
01:06:57I was obsessed by one thought only.
01:07:00The thought of finding her.
01:07:02That's a mighty nice set of guns you got there.
01:07:04What do you want to do, pawn them or sell them?
01:07:06Sell them.
01:07:08I'll give you $80.
01:07:13I gotta keep this one.
01:07:15Oh, if you're gonna break the set up, I'll have to give you less money.
01:07:17I'll give you $60.
01:07:18I'll take it.
01:07:19I'll take it.
01:07:20I never figured a smart guy like you'd let a dame make a sucker of him.
01:07:24I don't even know whether she's dead or alive.
01:07:25She's alive all right.
01:07:26Her guy never dies.
01:07:27Then why can't I find her?
01:07:28Well, then why can't I find her?
01:07:29Because you don't know what you're looking for, that's why.
01:07:30I don't know why I should help you, but here it is.
01:07:31Remember a bicycle act that was on the bill when we played for San Francisco?
01:07:32You're wheeling?
01:07:33Wheelers?
01:07:34I don't know why I should help you, but here it is.
01:07:37Remember a bicycle act that was on the bill when we played for San Francisco?
01:07:44And we're wheeling.
01:07:45Wheelers?
01:07:46Because you don't know what you're looking for, that's why.
01:07:49I don't know why I should help you, but here it is.
01:07:54Remember a bicycle act that was on the bill when we played for San Francisco?
01:08:00At Wheeling?
01:08:01Wheeler.
01:08:03I understand they had a lot of trouble finding someone to replace Eddie when he left the act.
01:08:07A big, good-looking one.
01:08:09Connie was nuts about him then.
01:08:11And it ain't more than a year ago, so she probably still is.
01:08:15Last thing I heard about Eddie, he was someplace south of the border.
01:08:19So if you really want to find her, you better start hunting for him.
01:08:24But what you want with that dame after the way she crossed you up is something I'll never be able to figure out.
01:08:33At last I had found something tangible to guide me.
01:08:38I hitchhiked my way to the border, then I walked.
01:08:40Finally, I got a ride on a truck here to Mexico City.
01:08:46I made the rounds of the whole town.
01:08:48I wanted to go for you.
01:08:49I was just going for you.
01:08:50I was just going for you.
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01:11:42You look great with that guy on the wings tonight, weren't you?
01:12:08Why, honey, he's an old friend of mine.
01:12:10You didn't come in until 2 o'clock this morning, did you?
01:12:13There's such a thing as carrying a friendship too far.
01:12:16My baby, I think you're jealous.
01:12:19Look, you're my wife.
01:12:21You're not going to get away with this stuff. It's got to stop.
01:12:24Keep away from that acrobat.
01:12:26I'll do whatever my daddy wants me.
01:12:28Listen, I don't know what happened now, and I don't want to know.
01:12:33I've got a darn good idea, and it's not going to happen to me.
01:12:36Understand?
01:12:37You're talking awful big, little man.
01:12:40I'm going to go pick up our check.
01:12:41I'll be back in 10 minutes, and you'll be here.
01:12:44Yes, sir.
01:12:45Will there be anything else, sir?
01:12:47I'm going to go pick up our check.
01:13:26I'm married.
01:13:33Yes, I've changed.
01:13:36You both have changed.
01:13:38How did you get in?
01:13:39We had a date, remember?
01:13:42I always keep my dates.
01:13:46I tried to get there.
01:13:49Three months weren't long enough to see your mother in Minnesota.
01:13:52You were so busy at home at that phony address.
01:13:55That's it.
01:13:56It was too long.
01:13:57I was wrong for Mary and all wrong.
01:13:59I know that now.
01:14:01I waited for you and then Eddie came along.
01:14:04But I never stopped thinking about you.
01:14:05Never.
01:14:06I know how it is.
01:14:07You haunted me too.
01:14:09Every minute you were away from me made me more unhappy.
01:14:12I'm so glad you've come.
01:14:13That's why I'm here.
01:14:14I've come to get you.
01:14:17Of course, it was different before.
01:14:23Nine hotels, nothing but the best.
01:14:26We'll have it all again.
01:14:27Just the two of us.
01:14:29It'll be just like it used to be.
01:14:31We'll have our future together.
01:14:32Just as we had planned.
01:14:35Yes.
01:14:36We'll go back to the States, get a new act.
01:14:38You'll be ahead, by the way.
01:14:39Your name will be in lights again.
01:14:43And you'll be my assistant.
01:14:45Of course.
01:14:47You might have had everything.
01:14:49Yes.
01:14:51Everything you want.
01:14:52And so will I.
01:14:54You'll go away.
01:14:56You don't belong here, Tony.
01:15:03We, we do understand each other, don't we?
01:15:07Yes, I understand.
01:15:10But this one time you'll keep your date.
01:15:14You wouldn't.
01:15:15You couldn't.
01:15:16I'm through and so are you.
01:15:17No, think.
01:15:18I'll never squeal.
01:15:19Ever.
01:15:20That's right.
01:15:21Look, just let me go.
01:15:22I'll give you back your money, all of it.
01:15:23You won't need any now.
01:15:26You wouldn't, Dad.
01:15:27I'll tell him you'll kill my husband.
01:15:29I'll tell him that you're a murderer.
01:15:30And what are you?
01:15:32That I'm the last man you'll ever cheat.
01:15:35Why, you poor sucker.
01:15:38How could anyone love you?
01:15:40A fat, bald neck.
01:15:42A squiddy eyes.
01:15:43You're old.
01:15:44You're ugly.
01:15:45Even the touch of you made me sick.
01:15:48I hated you, and I've always hated you.
01:15:51That was your curtain speech, Connie.
01:15:53Keep away from me.
01:15:55Keep away from me!
01:16:03What?
01:16:04What was that?
01:16:06Who screamed?
01:16:07I held on as long as I could, until the lights went out.
01:16:29Everybody had gone.
01:16:30All the time I was growing weak, loss of blood, and then I let go.
01:16:42Tell them.
01:16:46It's the police for crying.
01:16:47I said I was going to be dead when they got there, didn't I?
01:16:55Good night.
01:17:00I said I was going to be dead.
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