WEBVTT 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:25.280 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:30.039 to the fear you can hear. Welcome to the world 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:35.130 of your own terrifying imagination. The art of 00:00:35.130 --> 00:00:38.609 the double cross, unfortunately, has become part 00:00:38.609 --> 00:00:42.590 of the fabric of our lives. In espionage, however, 00:00:43.329 --> 00:00:47.689 it is almost a lifestyle. In the world of spies, 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:50.310 for the left hand ever to know what the right 00:00:50.310 --> 00:00:55.890 is doing is unthinkable. For the next hour, imagine 00:00:55.890 --> 00:00:59.750 that you are Larry Fielding, a 32 -year -old 00:00:59.750 --> 00:01:03.890 newspaper man. caught in a dizzying web of circumstances, 00:01:04.409 --> 00:01:07.549 seemingly beyond his control. Larry, please change 00:01:07.549 --> 00:01:09.890 your mind and come with me. Not until you tell 00:01:09.890 --> 00:01:12.590 me who you are and why you sneaked into my hotel 00:01:12.590 --> 00:01:15.469 room. You're a fool, Larry. You must know that 00:01:15.469 --> 00:01:17.189 the police are looking for you, and they'll be 00:01:17.189 --> 00:01:19.590 here any minute. Oh, well you're here now, and 00:01:19.590 --> 00:01:22.049 I still want to know who you are. If that's so 00:01:22.049 --> 00:01:25.019 important, my name is Carol Johnson. And when 00:01:25.019 --> 00:01:27.859 I tell you I know all about the murder of Dave 00:01:27.859 --> 00:01:30.700 Wilson, maybe you'll believe that I'm here to 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:43.000 help you. Our mystery drama, The Lady Was a Tiger, 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:45.680 written especially for the Mystery Theatre by 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.219 Murray Burnett, stars William Redfield. I'll 00:01:49.219 --> 00:02:04.260 be back shortly with Act One. Walking is great 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:08.240 exercise. And with good weather can also be great 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:12.300 fun. But not when you've just been fired by the 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:14.419 editor of the newspaper for which you've worked 00:02:14.419 --> 00:02:18.659 happily for five years. Larry Fielding has been 00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:22.840 walking aimlessly for two hours, trying to figure 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:26.219 out why Horace Finlay, the editor and his boss, 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.740 had refused to give him any reason for his dismissal. 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:34.389 Tormented by his frustrating thoughts and tired, 00:02:35.409 --> 00:02:39.449 Larry sits down on a park bench to think. He 00:02:39.449 --> 00:02:43.449 is so deep in thought, he is unaware of three 00:02:43.449 --> 00:02:47.030 men who suddenly surround him. Larry has only 00:02:47.030 --> 00:02:50.250 to look at them to know that he is in trouble. 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:53.789 He tries to get up, but is pushed back down and 00:02:53.789 --> 00:02:58.610 the men start to beat him up. Take my money and 00:02:58.610 --> 00:03:03.250 leave me alone! If you want money, I know. I 00:03:03.250 --> 00:03:10.990 told you, you can have it. Help! Help! Calling 00:03:10.990 --> 00:03:13.469 for help when you're being mugged in a big city 00:03:13.469 --> 00:03:17.669 park is sometimes as helpful as trying to catch 00:03:17.669 --> 00:03:22.210 hold of a windowsill in a 30 -story fall. But 00:03:22.210 --> 00:03:26.490 this time, there was a miracle. A stranger has 00:03:26.490 --> 00:03:42.300 seen the attack and rushes to help. Took care 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:46.060 of them. They're gone. Oh, thanks. Let me help 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:49.280 you up. Thanks. Thanks, mister. Thanks a lot. 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.599 I tell you, I was in real trouble. My pleasure. 00:03:54.419 --> 00:03:57.240 Did they get your wallet? No, I... No, no, no. 00:03:57.259 --> 00:03:58.979 I got a lot of bruises, but they didn't get a 00:03:58.979 --> 00:04:02.919 thing. Say, you're a pretty good scrapper for 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:07.960 a... For a guy my age? Well, yeah, yeah. Hey, 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:11.139 what are you? A karate expert? Just keep myself 00:04:11.139 --> 00:04:14.819 in shape. You sure do. Listen, can I do something 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:17.639 for you to show you I really meant thanks? You 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:20.839 certainly can. How about coffee? Oh, sure, sure. 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:23.579 But that's nothing. What I meant was... I know 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:26.819 what you meant. My name's Dave Wilson. Oh, good. 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:30.220 I'm Larry Fielding. Oh, come on, Larry. Let's 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:40.639 have a cup of coffee. You know, I still can't 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.120 get over the way you tore into those guys. I 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.680 was a commando in World War II. World War II? 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.480 Did you think I was in the Civil War? No, no, 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:52.199 I didn't mean that. It's just... What a young 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.360 fella like you, World War II might as well have 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.259 been in the last century. It was only 30 some 00:04:57.259 --> 00:04:59.560 odd years ago, you know. Oh, I know, I know. 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.360 After all, I was in the newspaper business. Yeah, 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:04.360 you know, that's tough what you told me about 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.779 losing your job. What are you gonna do? Oh, I 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:09.829 don't know. Look around for another one. What 00:05:09.829 --> 00:05:12.009 bothers me is the way my editor let me go, no 00:05:12.009 --> 00:05:14.589 explanation. You know, we were friends. You'd 00:05:14.589 --> 00:05:16.889 think he'd at least tell me why he fired me. 00:05:17.089 --> 00:05:20.089 Those things happen. Stop torturing yourself 00:05:20.089 --> 00:05:22.430 and begin making plans. No, not until I get this 00:05:22.430 --> 00:05:24.209 thing straightened out in my own mind. I think 00:05:24.209 --> 00:05:26.829 I'll call my editor to home tonight and... I've 00:05:26.829 --> 00:05:30.269 got a better idea. Go out and get drunk, huh? 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:35.889 No. How about a trip to Paris? Are you putting 00:05:35.889 --> 00:05:39.459 me on? I'm serious. Well, what are you? A scout 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:42.160 for contestants for some kind of TV quiz show? 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.980 No, I am a man sitting on a couple of hundred 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:49.180 thousand dollars. What? And I need a guy just 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:53.000 like you. Now, look. Look, I'm a newspaper man. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.300 Any time a stranger starts talking about a trip 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:57.319 to Paris and a couple of hundred thousand dollars, 00:05:57.459 --> 00:05:59.879 I... Walk away without even listening? Yeah. 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.439 Even if the man just happened to maybe save you 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.839 from being mugged, robbed and beaten up? Okay. 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:08.019 All right, I'll listen, but believe me, that'll 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:13.839 be it. Fair enough. First, here's my card. Oh, 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.560 uh, David Wilson Calridge Imports. I never heard 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:21.079 of them. You can call and check me out. I told 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:24.579 you I was in World War II. Oh, look, I'm grateful 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:26.819 to you, but you're wasting your time. Why don't 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:30.220 you shut up and listen? You've probably heard 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:32.420 about the millions of dollars in artworks and 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:36.730 precious jewels that the G .I.'s liberated. during 00:06:36.730 --> 00:06:39.170 the last days of the war liberated sure yeah 00:06:39.170 --> 00:06:40.990 well i've heard stories well most of them are 00:06:40.990 --> 00:06:44.290 true one that i know in particular certainly 00:06:44.290 --> 00:06:48.629 is did you ever hear of the lancer collection 00:06:48.629 --> 00:06:52.250 lancer lancer no no lancer came from an old french 00:06:52.250 --> 00:06:55.790 family and the lancer collection is a fabulous 00:06:55.790 --> 00:06:59.649 assortment of diamonds rubies emeralds and other 00:06:59.649 --> 00:07:03.069 precious stones which were seized by the nazis 00:07:03.290 --> 00:07:07.470 when they swept through France in 1940. A pal 00:07:07.470 --> 00:07:10.689 of mine, not a commando, happened to come upon 00:07:10.689 --> 00:07:12.389 the collection when the Americans were driving 00:07:12.389 --> 00:07:14.949 the Germans back in 44. Wait a minute, wait a 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:19.050 minute. And he liberated it? Exactly. He and 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.529 a distinguished Frenchman named Henri Thiel. 00:07:22.410 --> 00:07:25.430 What? Professor Henri Thiel? The archaeologist? 00:07:25.569 --> 00:07:29.769 That's the man. Oh, come on, he wouldn't... You 00:07:29.769 --> 00:07:34.410 were saying something? No, nothing. You were 00:07:34.410 --> 00:07:37.029 about to say he wouldn't get involved in anything 00:07:37.029 --> 00:07:40.589 crooked, weren't you? Yeah, something like that. 00:07:40.870 --> 00:07:43.610 You're right, he wouldn't. But he was younger. 00:07:44.610 --> 00:07:47.769 The world was quite different then. And my GI 00:07:47.769 --> 00:07:52.490 pal was a most persuasive guy. They decided to 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:56.689 bury the Lancer collection. They did. They drew 00:07:56.689 --> 00:08:01.449 a map. And today, Professor Teal is the only 00:08:01.449 --> 00:08:05.560 possessor of that map. And what happened to your 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.439 nameless friend? He's dead. Professor Teal wants 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.819 to return the jewels. That's easy, isn't it? 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:16.240 Not if the professor doesn't want embarrassing 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.759 questions asked about how he came by the map 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.000 in the first place. Oh, I see. What about you? 00:08:22.899 --> 00:08:25.480 Cowridge Imports is a highly respected and reputable 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:29.180 importing firm. I want to keep it that way. Oh, 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:32.250 so do I, even though I've just been fired. You 00:08:32.250 --> 00:08:35.289 haven't heard what I'm asking you to do. Well, 00:08:35.409 --> 00:08:40.049 what? Come with me to Paris. You're writing a 00:08:40.049 --> 00:08:42.190 story on Professor Teal. He's good material. 00:08:42.610 --> 00:08:45.429 You'll grant me that? Yes, yes. You'll interview 00:08:45.429 --> 00:08:48.509 him naturally. During the course of that interview, 00:08:49.169 --> 00:08:51.330 he'll give you a slip of paper which is a map 00:08:51.330 --> 00:08:54.490 showing the location of the jewels. You'll later 00:08:54.490 --> 00:08:58.330 deliver it to me. That's all you have to do. 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:02.549 You, um... Mention something about sitting on 00:09:02.549 --> 00:09:05.289 hundreds of thousands of dollars? That's right. 00:09:05.450 --> 00:09:07.690 The Lancer collection is worth that and more. 00:09:08.250 --> 00:09:12.269 I'm sitting on it. I intend to return the jewels 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:15.909 and collect a reward. If you want a share in 00:09:15.909 --> 00:09:23.409 that, you deserve it. Mrs. Wilson, the report 00:09:23.409 --> 00:09:26.169 is positive. Fielding has agreed to go to Paris 00:09:26.169 --> 00:09:28.940 with me. He bought the story about picking up 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:31.620 a map showing the location of the Lancerc collection. 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:41.139 Operation successful. You'd better be on your 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:43.399 way, Larry. Your Jewish festeels in ten minutes. 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:47.360 I suppose it's too late to back out, huh? You 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.519 can always back out, Larry, but I don't think 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.259 you will. There's really nothing to it. Make 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:54.720 it look like a normal interview, take notes. 00:09:55.379 --> 00:09:57.580 The professor will give you the map. Slip it 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:00.059 in with your notes. Bring it back to me here. 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:08.419 I'll be waiting. Okay. Larry. Yes. Relax. Sure 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:18.620 thing. I'll see you. Would Monsieur mind if I 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:20.500 join him? I wouldn't mind at all, but I don't 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:22.820 think I'm what you're looking for. But Monsieur 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:26.019 is exactly what I seek. Exactly. And just what 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.720 is it you're seeking? To warn you that you are 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.659 in grave danger. Why don't you come off it with 00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:33.559 that phony accent? If you've got something to 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.019 say to me, say it. Oh, Monsieur Bainier Pernod. 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:41.220 Sure. Garçon, Pernod, please. Monsieur, it is 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:44.100 very difficult for me. I do play a role, as you 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:47.620 have guessed. And I am not here by chance. You 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:51.159 must leave, and quickly. You're Pernod, Monsieur. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:55.590 Not for me, it's for the lady. And for you, I 00:10:55.590 --> 00:11:01.350 have a knife. But he's going to die. Do as I 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:04.750 say. There'll be no problem. Simply put his head 00:11:04.750 --> 00:11:09.090 down gently on the table, saw, and people will 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:16.769 see another drunken tourist. Your name is Larry 00:11:16.769 --> 00:11:20.809 Fielding. You're 28 years old, and you're feeling 00:11:20.809 --> 00:11:24.200 marvelous. You've just completed a fascinating 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.659 interview with professor Henry teal and You have 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:30.000 the paper that you're going to hand over to your 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.960 friend. Who's waiting at Les Deux Magots You 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:36.059 see him at the table where you left him His head 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:39.440 is down, but you're not concerned Dave Dave wake 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.659 up. I saw the professor What? Monsieur what has 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:45.799 happened? Well, I don't know. I came back to 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.860 meet my friend. He I guess he's passed out a 00:11:48.860 --> 00:11:52.899 moment. Monsieur look This man has been murdered. 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:58.120 What? Stabbed to death. You will wait here for 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.840 the police. I will. I will not. I'm getting out 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:14.080 of here. Who is there? It is I. Open up. What's 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.000 the matter? What happened? The other American. 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:21.620 The young one. He got away. You let him go? He 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:24.700 panicked. Ran. Now what? He'll probably go back 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:26.679 to his room with the Dauphin. You will check. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.980 But aren't the police looking for him? I hope 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:31.759 so. I gave them a complete description. And what 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:33.820 do I say to them if they find me in his room? 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.620 Ah, a beautiful young lady like yourself. Get 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:57.649 to him and find out where the paper is. Right, 00:12:57.649 --> 00:13:00.029 take my hand away. You promise not to scream? 00:13:01.110 --> 00:13:04.149 Right? Right? Okay. Now why have you picked the 00:13:04.149 --> 00:13:09.029 lock into my room? Never mind. You have to get 00:13:09.029 --> 00:13:11.090 out of here. Not until you tell me who you are. 00:13:11.450 --> 00:13:14.730 If that matters, my name is Carol Johnson. I've 00:13:14.730 --> 00:13:17.110 been sent here to help you. Oh, sure. I know 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:18.870 about the murder of your friend. Wait a minute. 00:13:18.929 --> 00:13:22.549 Wait a minute. Sent by whom? I'll answer your 00:13:22.549 --> 00:13:24.990 questions while we're on the way. On the way 00:13:24.990 --> 00:13:28.679 to where? Safety. I don't need to run. I didn't 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:30.740 kill anybody. I'm not about to take off with 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:32.500 a strange girl, particularly not one who's equipped 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:36.460 with skeleton keys. Oh, suit yourself. Goodbye. 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:54.299 Come in. Yes? Oh, you will please come with me. 00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:59.159 What for? Suspicion of murder of another American? 00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:08.559 Mr. David Wilson. Inspector, listen. Why would 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:11.220 I kill Dave? I've already told you I had an appointment 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:13.320 to meet Dave at the cafe. He was waiting for 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.559 me. When I have walked up to a man I just killed 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.240 and shake him so that he'd fall down, make a 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:21.159 big scene. That is your explanation. There is 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.120 nothing to support it. Well, there's nothing 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.860 against it either. There is the word of Louis 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:29.659 Goray. Louis Goray? Who's he? The waiter who 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:32.200 attended the table at which Mr. Wilson and you 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:35.580 sat. The only reason that you are not, as of 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:38.659 this moment, charged with murder is because you 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:41.679 did return. That much the waiter's testimony 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.799 supports. Only he says that Mr. Wilson might 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.419 very well have been dead shortly after you returned. 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:53.940 And that you had time to kill him. That's a lie. 00:14:54.190 --> 00:14:56.730 So you say... Oh, just check with Professor Teal. 00:14:57.129 --> 00:14:58.730 He'll tell you what time I arrived, what time 00:14:58.730 --> 00:15:02.549 I left. We have been trying. But there has been 00:15:02.549 --> 00:15:06.570 no answer. We may have him on the telephone now. 00:15:07.450 --> 00:15:17.029 Hello? Eh? Ah? So? Very bien. Merci. All right, 00:15:17.029 --> 00:15:20.110 well, what did he say? That was not Professor 00:15:20.110 --> 00:15:24.600 Teal. That was his apartment. And his servant. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.899 His servant? There was nobody there when I saw 00:15:28.899 --> 00:15:33.200 him. Don't you mean if you saw him, Monsieur? 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:36.580 According to the servant, Professor T. left for 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:40.240 an extended holiday early this morning. And it 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:49.840 is not known when he is expected back. Your name 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:54.139 is Larry Fielding. You're 32 years old, and you 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:58.460 find yourself in prison in Paris, accused of 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:01.639 murder. You know you've been had, and you're 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.580 dealing with forces that seem beyond your control. 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.500 You have a million questions, and the only man 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:11.659 who could answer them is the man you're accused 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:16.080 of killing. We'll be back shortly with Act Two. 00:16:27.149 --> 00:16:30.730 To many Americans, Paris means visits to the 00:16:30.730 --> 00:16:35.029 Louvre, strolls along the Seine, or fine food. 00:16:35.690 --> 00:16:38.929 But to Larry Fielding, it means the inside of 00:16:38.929 --> 00:16:42.850 a prison cell, where he sits accused of a murder 00:16:42.850 --> 00:16:47.029 he didn't commit. Fielding knows he's been caught 00:16:47.029 --> 00:16:49.750 up in something that involves more than the recovery 00:16:49.750 --> 00:16:53.649 of some stolen jewels. However, what he doesn't 00:16:53.649 --> 00:16:57.669 realize is that he's the key pawn. in a deadly 00:16:57.669 --> 00:17:00.990 game, and the players are about to make some 00:17:00.990 --> 00:17:08.549 moves. Come. I don't think it's smart to have 00:17:08.549 --> 00:17:11.829 me come here so often. I would not have sent 00:17:11.829 --> 00:17:15.089 for you if it were not necessary. Do you still 00:17:15.089 --> 00:17:17.269 believe that Fielding knows nothing about the 00:17:17.269 --> 00:17:20.549 operation? I do. Then where's the document? Well, 00:17:20.549 --> 00:17:23.289 we don't know he ever had it, do we? We know 00:17:23.289 --> 00:17:26.349 he visited Teale. We know that Wilson waited 00:17:26.349 --> 00:17:29.410 for him at Les Doubagots. We know he came back 00:17:29.410 --> 00:17:32.829 there. I think it is safe to assume that he was 00:17:32.829 --> 00:17:35.690 carrying the plans. And he didn't have it on 00:17:35.690 --> 00:17:38.349 him when he was arrested. Roger arranged to be 00:17:38.349 --> 00:17:40.190 there when Fielding was brought in and searched. 00:17:40.910 --> 00:17:43.890 He says there was nothing on him. But he wasn't 00:17:43.890 --> 00:17:47.009 picked up right away. Exactly. He eventually 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:51.089 went back to his hotel room, as you know. I believe 00:17:51.089 --> 00:17:53.490 he has the paper and that he has somehow managed 00:17:53.490 --> 00:17:57.230 to hide it. He does us no good in prison. We 00:17:57.230 --> 00:17:59.029 shall have to arrange to have him released. And 00:17:59.029 --> 00:18:12.789 how do we do that? We don't. You do. Sit down, 00:18:12.789 --> 00:18:17.849 mademoiselle. Your passport says Carol Johnson. 00:18:18.309 --> 00:18:20.529 That's right, inspector. And I am told you are 00:18:20.529 --> 00:18:23.940 in my office because of the... Unfortunate incident 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:26.579 in the Cafe Les Deux Magots. Yes, Inspector. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.299 I... I just had to come here to tell you you 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:33.940 have the wrong man. Ah? And how do you know that? 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.240 I'm studying at the Sorbonne. I visit Les Deux 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.940 Magots all the time. I was sitting right there 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:44.539 when that man was murdered. Formidable. You saw 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:47.859 a man murdered and you did nothing. Oh, at the 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:50.640 time I didn't know it was a murder. I just thought 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.960 the man had too much to drink or was ill. But 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.220 the reason I know that you've arrested the wrong 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:58.980 man is that the murdered man was dead before 00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:02.140 this young American Fields or... Ah, Fielding. 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:05.220 Yes, well, the man was dead before Fielding ever 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:08.460 got to the table. Fielding came and shook him. 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:10.700 And that was when it was discovered that he was 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:13.930 dead. I'm prepared to swear to that inspector. 00:19:14.049 --> 00:19:17.529 Of course you are prepared to swear to this story 00:19:17.529 --> 00:19:20.990 that you have just told me. Why not? It's the 00:19:20.990 --> 00:19:24.589 truth. Of course, Mademoiselle. Why would a beautiful 00:19:24.589 --> 00:19:27.470 young lady like yourself lie to an inspector 00:19:27.470 --> 00:19:31.650 of this surety? I'm not sure that I like the 00:19:31.650 --> 00:19:35.269 way you say that, inspector. But everything will 00:19:35.269 --> 00:19:38.029 be all right if you release young Fielding. You 00:19:38.029 --> 00:19:40.150 have told me you will swear to this statement 00:19:40.150 --> 00:19:44.029 of yours in court. Therefore, I have very little 00:19:44.029 --> 00:19:49.130 choice. Ah, good. But, mademoiselle, I have been 00:19:49.130 --> 00:19:52.430 the police officer for 20 years. Long enough 00:19:52.430 --> 00:19:55.230 to know that witnesses who appear late with an 00:19:55.230 --> 00:19:58.789 alibi for an accused murderer often have reason. 00:19:58.789 --> 00:20:01.430 Oh, that's ridiculous. And I also wish to warn 00:20:01.430 --> 00:20:04.609 you, mademoiselle, that the Surathe considers 00:20:04.609 --> 00:20:09.819 this a very much open case. Oh, that. is the 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:13.140 business of the surety. Au revoir, Inspector. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.000 Gérard, you will follow the young lady who just 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:32.579 left my office. And do not lose her. Hello there. 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:36.450 Oh, it's you. Want to give me a lift? Well, I 00:20:36.450 --> 00:20:38.470 suppose I owe you something for getting me out 00:20:38.470 --> 00:20:43.130 of jail. Taxi! Taxi! Yeah, yeah, we got one. 00:20:43.990 --> 00:20:50.710 Hop in. Oh, thanks. Uh, driver? Hotel Dauphine. 00:20:52.769 --> 00:20:56.549 Well, you look pretty good for a jailbird. You 00:20:56.549 --> 00:20:59.589 look pretty good yourself for... Come to think 00:20:59.589 --> 00:21:02.509 of it, what are you? An American girl in Paris 00:21:02.509 --> 00:21:05.910 trying to make a living. What are you? An American 00:21:05.910 --> 00:21:09.490 in Paris in need of a bath, a drink, and some 00:21:09.490 --> 00:21:15.529 food. You know, you're not bad -looking. Oh, 00:21:15.529 --> 00:21:18.369 thanks. While we seem to be exchanging compliments, 00:21:18.970 --> 00:21:21.069 can I say you're about the best -looking girl 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:27.500 I've seen since I've been here? Thank you. Now 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:29.799 that we like each other so much, don't you think 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.019 it's time we started telling each other the truth? 00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:54.079 Yes, I'll buy that. Summon up so I can sleep 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:56.140 here tonight, huh? Oh while you're at it, where's 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:58.880 our food? Wait a minute. That's a different department. 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:03.640 I'll have to call room service again. Oh Maybe 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:08.200 you won't have to bother. Oh Entrez! Your dinner, 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:13.180 monsieur, madame. Merci. Monsieur would like 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:15.420 me to serve. No, no, thanks. No, I think I can 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.759 handle it myself. As monsieur wishes. Wait a 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.690 minute. Don't I know you I think not miss you 00:22:21.690 --> 00:22:23.609 now. Yeah, I've seen you before I'm sure I've 00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:26.450 seen you Barry is a large city. Monsieur one 00:22:26.450 --> 00:22:28.470 passes people on the streets and this is the 00:22:28.470 --> 00:22:31.029 streets the streets That's it. You're the same 00:22:31.029 --> 00:22:34.190 guy who was at the cafe. Let do my go sure is 00:22:34.190 --> 00:22:36.730 mistaken What hey, whatever come back here? I 00:22:36.730 --> 00:22:38.809 want to talk to you. Oh now don't go chasing 00:22:38.809 --> 00:22:41.609 him down the hole Why not listen Carol? I'm positive. 00:22:41.609 --> 00:22:44.349 He's the same waiter. Just deny it and you can't 00:22:44.349 --> 00:22:48.339 prove it But even if you could What do you think 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:51.759 it means? Well, it means... it means... Well, 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:55.140 I don't know. But if I get him to talk, maybe 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:57.960 I'd find out something. I thought you were going 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:02.920 to clue me in. Oh, yeah, yeah. Listen, have you 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:06.319 ever heard of the Lancerre collection? Of course. 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.940 It's in the Louvre. The family of Grand de Lancerre 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:12.019 gave it to the museum after it was recovered 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:17.950 when the Nazis fled Paris. What? Well, why does 00:23:17.950 --> 00:23:21.210 that shake you up so much? Because it can't be 00:23:21.210 --> 00:23:24.309 true. Come with me to the Louvre and I'll show 00:23:24.309 --> 00:23:27.029 it to you. Well, that changes everything. Come 00:23:27.029 --> 00:23:30.029 on. Where are we going? To the American Consul. 00:23:37.269 --> 00:23:42.529 Well? Unbelievable. What? Simply unbelievable. 00:23:42.869 --> 00:23:47.589 Do you know what the Consul told me? Ah. I predicted 00:23:47.589 --> 00:23:49.930 it, didn't I? Yeah, that's right. He didn't want 00:23:49.930 --> 00:23:52.609 to hear about it at all. Just advised me to forget 00:23:52.609 --> 00:23:55.170 the whole thing and leave France. Incredible. 00:23:55.670 --> 00:23:57.809 Well, not really when you understand that he 00:23:57.809 --> 00:24:01.130 doesn't know what you're talking about. But you 00:24:01.130 --> 00:24:04.710 do. Some of it. Okay, take me back to the hotel. 00:24:05.190 --> 00:24:07.750 Any reason? I'm taking the consul's advice. If 00:24:07.750 --> 00:24:10.670 nobody's interested, I'll go back to the States. 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.460 Well, now that they've cleaned up the room so 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:20.700 nicely, you're leaving. Well, do you have a better 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:25.579 idea? More than one. Ah, I think I'll take them 00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:32.539 one at a time. Number one. Give me the paper 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:37.500 Professor Tia gave you. Well, it looks like we're 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:40.859 finally going to level. Where is it? Well, first 00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:44.039 you tell me something. What is it? I don't know. 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:48.079 end of conversation larry listen to me i work 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:51.319 for colonel blake military intelligence i was 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:54.779 assigned to this operation what operation all 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:57.720 i was told was that dave wilson who also works 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:00.119 for us was coming over here with you and that 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:02.099 you were to get something from professor teal 00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:05.740 and give it to dave teal worked with you too 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:09.559 he did but now his cover is blown and i don't 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:12.019 know where he is Who killed Wilson? I don't know. 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:14.640 It could have been any one of three or four foreign 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:17.920 powers. Then the only reason I'm alive is because 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.559 somebody wants the paper. That's right. And if 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:22.880 I give it to you, then there's really no reason 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.119 not to kill me. Oh, give it to me. I'll get it 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.819 to Colonel Blake and we'll get you safely out 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.480 of the country. No, no, no, hold on, hold on. 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.299 I got a better idea. I'll go with you to Colonel 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.500 Blake and we'll give it to him together. Now 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:37.220 that would be too dangerous. To whom? Will you 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:41.269 please trust me? Give me a reason. Please, where 00:25:41.269 --> 00:25:48.829 is the paper? I... I burned it. You expect me 00:25:48.829 --> 00:25:52.109 to believe that? Why not? You expect me to believe 00:25:52.109 --> 00:25:55.289 everything you tell me? You admit you had the 00:25:55.289 --> 00:25:58.150 paper. And somehow, between the time you ran 00:25:58.150 --> 00:26:00.549 from Ledemargo, you managed to hide it in a place 00:26:00.549 --> 00:26:02.690 where experts have been unable to find it. I 00:26:02.690 --> 00:26:05.710 told you I burned it. And you know that's a fairy 00:26:05.710 --> 00:26:07.529 tale that no one will believe. I don't care whether 00:26:07.529 --> 00:26:09.230 you believe it or not. Now, are you coming with 00:26:09.230 --> 00:26:12.180 me? Where? To talk to your Colonel Blake. He 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:14.859 won't see you. Oh, I think he will. Goodbye, 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.279 Carol. It was nice knowing you. I think... You 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.380 will kindly step back into your room as you're 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:23.279 feeling. Now, wait a minute. Move! Let me introduce 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:27.759 myself. I am Major Semonovitch. Oh, of the gay 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.940 pay you or the NKVD? It does not really matter. 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:34.319 What matters is that you and I have something 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:37.000 to discuss. I warned you. Yeah, sure you did. 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:40.240 Just like a rattlesnake does. I do so dislike 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:43.039 dealing with amateurs. This is strictly a business. 00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:45.799 You mean you want to make a deal with me? Correction. 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:49.440 I mean you would find it wise if you wanted to 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.200 make a deal with us. For the paper? Exactly. 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:55.619 Where is it? No, no, not so fast, not so fast. 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.359 You spoke about a deal? You give us the paper, 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:04.640 we give you your life. You must really believe 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:09.039 I'm an idiot. You people murdered Wilson. That 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:11.900 paper is the only thing that's keeping me alive. 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:14.740 You have my word. No deal. Do you really believe 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:19.220 you have a choice? Carol, call Rudzanski. Make 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:29.019 the usual arrangements. We will wait here. Carol. 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:34.880 Yes. Tell me something. Will I like Rudzanski? 00:27:41.610 --> 00:27:45.529 By this time Larry Fielding realizes that he's 00:27:45.529 --> 00:27:48.769 been used. That he was never supposed to bring 00:27:48.769 --> 00:27:51.509 Dave Wilson a paper telling the location of the 00:27:51.509 --> 00:27:54.950 Lancerre jewel collection. But his discoveries 00:27:54.950 --> 00:27:58.329 have only added to his dilemma. He was quick 00:27:58.329 --> 00:28:00.769 -witted enough to realize that his only hope 00:28:00.769 --> 00:28:04.509 was to hide the paper. Because that slip of paper 00:28:04.509 --> 00:28:08.789 is his last resort. We'll be back shortly with 00:28:08.789 --> 00:28:24.500 Act 3. Newspaper man Larry Fielding sits waiting 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:28.299 in his Paris hotel room, closely guarded by three 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:31.359 members of the Russian secret police, and the 00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:35.220 beautiful American girl, Carol Johnson. They 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:38.579 are waiting for a man named Rodzanski, who might 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:43.400 very well be, for all Fielding knows, his executioner. 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:46.920 You know we mean to obtain the paper. Rodzanski 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:49.759 is a doctor and a chemist. He'll be here shortly. 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:53.680 You will be put to sleep painlessly. You'll be 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.380 taken from here in an ambulance to a safe place, 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:59.759 and there you will be injected with sodium pentothal 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:03.019 fielding. You will tell us. Look, I don't suppose 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:05.559 you'll tell me what's so important about this 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:08.960 piece of paper? You have heard of the SAM -6 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:12.309 missiles. the surface -to -air weapons with deadly 00:29:12.309 --> 00:29:14.750 accuracy that we have developed and which were 00:29:14.750 --> 00:29:17.369 used so successfully in minor wars in Asia and 00:29:17.369 --> 00:29:19.250 the Middle East? Yes, yes, I've heard of them. 00:29:19.529 --> 00:29:22.650 Good. We learned that someone whose identity 00:29:22.650 --> 00:29:27.170 we still seek has invented a jamming device which 00:29:27.170 --> 00:29:30.910 would render the SAM -6 almost worthless. We 00:29:30.910 --> 00:29:33.410 don't believe that any such system can be invented, 00:29:34.150 --> 00:29:38.220 but we do not take chances. We have reason to 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.859 believe that the piece of paper that you carried 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:43.359 away from professor teals has the information 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:48.299 for building such a device That will be Rojansky 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:56.220 Carol admit him of course Come in doctor This 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.339 is the patient now look I really don't think 00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:00.859 this is necessary movie is here if you don't 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:05.250 force young man I don't intend to make Now, his 00:30:05.250 --> 00:30:10.829 arm. Hold it still. You bought a stretcher? Of 00:30:10.829 --> 00:30:15.529 course. There. He'll be under in a moment. So, 00:30:15.730 --> 00:30:26.009 we can leave. What is this? It has nothing to 00:30:26.009 --> 00:30:28.289 do with us. We are taking a sick man to the hospital. 00:30:28.750 --> 00:30:30.869 Put this stretcher into the ambulance. Quickly. 00:30:31.849 --> 00:30:35.250 I must apologize, but we received a report from 00:30:35.250 --> 00:30:38.450 the Hôtel Concierge that there was a dead man 00:30:38.450 --> 00:30:41.849 here. Absurd, Inspector. This is Dr. Jansky. 00:30:42.430 --> 00:30:44.809 The doctor will explain this to you, Inspector. 00:30:44.990 --> 00:30:48.190 This man became suddenly quite ill. I gave him 00:30:48.190 --> 00:30:50.630 a sedative to quiet him, and we're now taking 00:30:50.630 --> 00:30:53.849 him to the Lefebvre nursing home, as you can 00:30:53.849 --> 00:30:57.009 see by the ambulance. You say he is alive? Very 00:30:57.009 --> 00:31:03.140 much so. See for yourself. I know this man. Inspector, 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.519 he must receive medical attention. Of course, 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:09.059 of course. But I suggest that instead of taking 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.960 him to the nursing home, he go instead to the 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:13.599 police hospital. That's ridiculous. He's my patient. 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:16.960 I am afraid I must insist. This young man has 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.759 most recently been released from jail, where 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:21.960 we were holding him on a charge of murder. If 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:24.819 he has been released, then why? Released, yes. 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:29.380 But he has not been completely cleared. So, go 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:33.619 on. Bigon, take this man to the police hospital. 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:45.180 Did you get a report? Yes. And? He'll be conscious 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:47.539 in an hour. And he will talk? I'm sure of that. 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:50.160 He will scream to see Colonel Blake, and then 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:52.420 your cover is blown, and the whole operation 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:55.779 goes fui. What do we do? Silence him. But what 00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.359 about the papers? We will be faulted for that, 00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:01.599 of course. But if we do not have it, neither 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:05.039 do the Americans. Who do we have in the police 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:08.819 hospital? Only Leclerc. We cling. But he can 00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:11.460 admit Krojanski. Krojanski's a doctor. He doesn't 00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:14.200 need Leclerc to admit him. He can visit his patient 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.779 openly. Thank you, my dear. I visit Fielding 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:19.779 and he dies shortly thereafter. That idea does 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:22.359 not appeal to me. We have to do something. You're 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:26.250 both right. Carol. You will be his first visitor 00:32:26.250 --> 00:32:29.490 when he regains consciousness. No. Yes, Carol. 00:32:30.170 --> 00:32:32.950 Rodjanski, give her your hypodermic kit. I don't 00:32:32.950 --> 00:32:35.490 have to do this and I won't. You would prefer 00:32:35.490 --> 00:32:39.329 that in my report I mention your failure with 00:32:39.329 --> 00:32:41.829 fielding when you had some hours alone with him? 00:32:44.529 --> 00:32:48.470 I'll go. That is wise. Rodjanski, give her the 00:32:48.470 --> 00:32:52.150 syringe. Here. Quickly. The car is waiting. And 00:32:52.150 --> 00:32:57.029 Carol? If you should decide or even think about 00:32:57.029 --> 00:33:02.289 changing sides, it would be most unwise. You 00:33:02.289 --> 00:33:05.230 know the French police are still most interested 00:33:05.230 --> 00:33:15.970 in the person who murdered Wilson. You awake 00:33:15.970 --> 00:33:25.009 now, Larry? I... Oh, no. Wake up and listen to 00:33:25.009 --> 00:33:29.369 me Larry. What? You've got to listen. Try to 00:33:29.369 --> 00:33:31.130 understand me. Wait a minute, wait a minute, 00:33:31.230 --> 00:33:33.650 wait a minute. What kind of a place is this? 00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:36.609 You're safe. It's a police hospital. But how 00:33:36.609 --> 00:33:40.369 did you get in here? Where's, what's Rodzanski? 00:33:40.549 --> 00:33:43.490 Look, I can understand how you feel and why you 00:33:43.490 --> 00:33:46.930 don't trust me, but the truth really is that 00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:50.880 I am a double agent. Do you understand what a 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.720 double agent is? As near as I can figure out, 00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:57.539 a double agent is somebody working for two different 00:33:57.539 --> 00:34:00.859 sides, and neither side trusts them. You know, 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:04.220 that fits you to a T. You might just be telling 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:08.239 the truth. I am. I really work for Colonel Blake, 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:12.090 as I told you. The Russians know it. They think 00:34:12.090 --> 00:34:15.070 I've infiltrated the U .S. military intelligence. 00:34:15.650 --> 00:34:17.829 But in fact... Yes, yes, I know. You've really 00:34:17.829 --> 00:34:20.150 done just the opposite. Yes. Worked your way 00:34:20.150 --> 00:34:25.530 into the Russian apparatus. Exactly. Oh, Larry, 00:34:25.630 --> 00:34:31.090 how can I make you believe me? You can't. Listen, 00:34:31.250 --> 00:34:34.829 you were deliberately recruited. The reason you 00:34:34.829 --> 00:34:36.989 lost your job was because we got in touch with 00:34:36.989 --> 00:34:40.699 your boss. He agreed to go along. The men who 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.900 jumped you were part of the setup so that Wilson 00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:45.219 could save you. Now, wait a minute, wait a minute. 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:49.000 But that doesn't prove a thing. You could have 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:51.119 learned all that working for Blake and still 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:54.699 be with the other side and... And wait, speaking 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:57.739 of Wilson, how about getting him killed? I tried 00:34:57.739 --> 00:35:02.000 to warn him, but there wasn't enough time. It 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.880 was either go along with that or blow my cover 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.599 and endanger the whole operation. And when I 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:10.489 wanted to give the plans to Blake... You objected. 00:35:10.730 --> 00:35:13.610 Same problem if I went with you to Blake or you 00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:16.170 went to him after we had talked. My cover was 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:18.849 blown. Now I... Now, and suppose I had given 00:35:18.849 --> 00:35:21.190 you the plans. How would that have changed the 00:35:21.190 --> 00:35:24.170 situation? We would have had a phony copy that 00:35:24.170 --> 00:35:26.489 I would have delivered to Igor and everything 00:35:26.489 --> 00:35:29.510 would have been fine. And there's still time 00:35:29.510 --> 00:35:33.090 for me to do that. If you will just believe me 00:35:33.090 --> 00:35:38.190 and tell me where the plans are. I'd like to 00:35:38.190 --> 00:35:43.420 believe you. really I really would please where 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:47.780 are they Larry get me to Blake it's too dangerous 00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:52.900 look you see this yeah it's a hypodermic it's 00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:58.039 death Igor sent me here with this to kill you 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:03.239 now do you believe me wait wait a minute if you 00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:06.059 don't kill me and I guess you don't intend to 00:36:06.170 --> 00:36:08.190 What will Igor and his friends think? Isn't your 00:36:08.190 --> 00:36:11.090 cover blown then, anyway? Could be, but if I 00:36:11.090 --> 00:36:13.889 come back with the plans and say that I got them 00:36:13.889 --> 00:36:16.050 out of you without having to kill you, there's 00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:23.409 a chance they'll believe me. Uh -huh. Well? I'm... 00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:29.030 thinking. Who are you? One of the hospital guards, 00:36:29.269 --> 00:36:31.510 monsieur. Mademoiselle, you have been here some 00:36:31.510 --> 00:36:35.039 time. How is the patient? Guard. Yes, Monsieur? 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.960 Call Colonel Blake at U .S. Military Intelligence. 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:40.380 Tell him I've got to see him right away on a 00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:43.239 matter of the utmost urgency. Colonel Blake? 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:47.019 Colonel Blake. I will inform my superior. Now 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:50.760 you don't have to inform anyone. Just call him. 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:54.260 Yes, Monsieur. The Major will be disappointed. 00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:56.579 You have not followed instructions. You are a 00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.980 fool. I would have had the information if you 00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:01.260 hadn't come in when you did. I know what you 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:04.119 were ordered to do. What? What's this? The moment 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:06.460 of truth, I'm afraid, Larry. Oh, I know how highly 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:08.880 the Major regards you, mademoiselle. But I also 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:11.820 know what he thinks of me. Tonight we'll change 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:15.219 that. Give me that syringe. Here, right in your 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:22.099 arm! Oh, you... you traitor! I... I knew... Carol, 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:29.300 you... You were telling me the truth. Yes. Yes, 00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:35.960 I was. And I had to kill him. To make you see 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:43.239 it. Where is the paper, please? In my hotel room. 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:47.900 Aren't you ever going to stop playing games? 00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:50.800 You know your room was searched. Let me get dressed 00:37:50.800 --> 00:38:02.429 and I'll show you. If it's not here, there's 00:38:02.429 --> 00:38:04.210 going to be the devil to pay. Don't worry, it's 00:38:04.210 --> 00:38:08.469 here. Now, I'm the one who has to be shown. Trained 00:38:08.469 --> 00:38:11.369 operatives from two special branches went over 00:38:11.369 --> 00:38:13.829 this room with everything except Geiger counters. 00:38:14.070 --> 00:38:17.429 Okay, okay. Where are we going? The bathroom. 00:38:18.090 --> 00:38:21.210 That was searched, too. Oh, I don't doubt it. 00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:24.630 Oh, we went through that cabinet. Did you now? 00:38:25.289 --> 00:38:29.530 What do you see? Towels. Paper tissues, some 00:38:29.530 --> 00:38:31.690 of your toilet articles, we took your razor apart. 00:38:31.829 --> 00:38:36.789 Uh -huh, uh -huh, and what else? A roll of toilet 00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:40.969 tissue unopened. And as the French say, mademoiselle, 00:38:41.269 --> 00:38:45.409 voila! And now we unroll this toilet tissue and 00:38:45.409 --> 00:38:50.500 keep on rolling it and... Oh my God! Where did 00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:53.500 you learn to open a package and reseal it like 00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:57.440 that? When I was a kid, I was the best clerk 00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:04.079 in Roscoe's shipping department. Oh Thanks It 00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:09.440 was nice knowing you I Really mean that Larry 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:11.960 Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Surely I've 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:14.199 earned the right to buy you dinner. I'd like 00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:16.019 to well you'd better or I'll start doing some 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:26.500 talking black man You said it. All right. I'll 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:29.760 meet you at Les Demagos at 10 .30. No way. Let's 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:32.659 try the right bank. La Rotonde. That's a date. 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:42.380 I'll see you. You better be there. Shirts, ties. 00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:48.730 Yes, I think that's everything. Come. Oh, it's 00:39:48.730 --> 00:39:52.269 you, Roganski. Are you coming with me? I am staying. 00:39:52.789 --> 00:39:55.090 Then we shall say goodbye. I do not have much 00:39:55.090 --> 00:39:57.030 time. The plane from Moscow leaves at... I do 00:39:57.030 --> 00:39:59.269 not think you'll be taking the plane. Are you 00:39:59.269 --> 00:40:03.030 insane? You know I've been recalled. Not precisely. 00:40:03.610 --> 00:40:06.829 What do you mean, not precisely? Moscow feels 00:40:06.829 --> 00:40:10.409 you have bungled badly. So it's not the first 00:40:10.409 --> 00:40:12.849 time that an operation has been... First you 00:40:12.849 --> 00:40:16.170 were duped by the American girl. You know she 00:40:16.170 --> 00:40:20.030 was a double agent? I know now. Did you know 00:40:20.030 --> 00:40:22.670 before she killed Leclerc? I was not in charge 00:40:22.670 --> 00:40:26.590 at that time. At that time? Now there are two 00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:29.090 murders that cannot be hushed up. The French 00:40:29.090 --> 00:40:32.130 police must have a murderer to satisfy the public. 00:40:32.329 --> 00:40:35.230 Then give them Carol. I only wish that we could. 00:40:35.710 --> 00:40:38.849 They want you. You have been chosen to be the 00:40:38.849 --> 00:40:42.730 murderer. I am replacing you as the head of this 00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:46.289 section. Ridiculous! I won't remain quiet. I 00:40:46.289 --> 00:40:48.210 have a lot I could and will say to the authorities 00:40:48.210 --> 00:40:50.829 if Moscow abandons me. Now, you listen to me, 00:40:50.969 --> 00:40:53.269 Roganski. I have no time to listen. Roganski, 00:40:53.889 --> 00:40:59.489 wait! That hypodermic... don't... Igor, you should 00:40:59.489 --> 00:41:02.269 be pleased to know that your dying will serve 00:41:02.269 --> 00:41:14.639 a good cause. I'm sorry. I'm late, but I thought 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.440 there were loose ends that had to be cleared 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:18.219 up Well, I thought maybe you decided against 00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:22.019 coming. Oh after all your job here is finished. 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:25.860 Well, yes Now that the Russians know you there's 00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:28.579 nothing for you to do it would be suicide to 00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:31.860 try to oh There are other things for me. Sure 00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.460 like getting married to a lovesick newspaper 00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:43.619 man settling down raising a family I take it 00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:48.300 I'm your first Mata Hari. First and only. Well, 00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:50.800 Larry, we're very different from other women. 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:54.940 In our business, you pay dues. And they're heavy 00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:59.219 payments. I don't get it. I'm talking about sitting 00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:03.000 at another cafe on the left bank. Sitting and 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.219 knowing that an agent named Wilson was going 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:09.260 to be killed. Clumsily trying to warn him and 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:13.239 finally deciding. that his death was the way 00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:17.260 it had to be. Larry, that's a big payment. But 00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:19.639 you can forget about it now. It wasn't your fault. 00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:22.639 No, forget about that and forget about LeClair. 00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:27.760 Well, you had to... You see, it's even hard for 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:35.079 you to say. I had to kill him. No, Larry, I have 00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.820 to keep on to justify those things. But, Carol, 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:40.579 listen... Bye, Larry. Thanks for the champagne. 00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:42.460 But our dinner, I've ordered dinner. At least 00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:44.900 have dinner with me. Oh, we both know what I 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:51.639 have to do. If I ever change my mind, I promise 00:42:51.639 --> 00:43:00.559 I'll come running. Larry Fielding sat in La Rotonde 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:06.099 and watched her walk away. He knew she was walking 00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:09.659 out of his life. For a moment he toyed with the 00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:13.260 idea of running after her and joining her world 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:17.320 of spies. He flirted with the idea that he might 00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:20.659 even be some sort of an American James Bond. 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:25.860 But then the waiter brought the dinner and to 00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:30.179 his surprise he was hungry and that realization 00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:33.820 made him wonder about whether or not he was truly 00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:50.429 in love. I'll be back shortly. Back in New York, 00:43:50.789 --> 00:43:54.650 Larry Fielding returned to his old job. An old 00:43:54.650 --> 00:43:57.570 friend and boss, Horace Finley, who was curious 00:43:57.570 --> 00:44:01.030 about what had happened in Paris. Finley kept 00:44:01.030 --> 00:44:03.469 pressing Larry to tell him about his Parisian 00:44:03.469 --> 00:44:07.869 adventure. Finally, Larry said, I'll tell you, 00:44:08.090 --> 00:44:14.309 Horace, in Paris, the food was good. Our cast 00:44:14.309 --> 00:44:17.690 included William Redfield, Joan Loring, Roger 00:44:17.690 --> 00:44:22.170 DeKoven, Ian Martin, and Chris Gampell. The entire 00:44:22.170 --> 00:44:24.730 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:25.409 --> 00:44:28.030 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:44:28.030 --> 00:44:31.030 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:44:31.030 --> 00:44:38.469 in the macabre. Until next time. Pleasant dreams?