1 00:00:21,978 --> 00:00:23,675 What is this, sir? 2 00:00:23,719 --> 00:00:25,503 Well, I don't exactly know. 3 00:00:25,547 --> 00:00:27,462 Is it old? Beats me. 4 00:00:27,505 --> 00:00:29,116 That's a battle-ax. 5 00:00:29,159 --> 00:00:32,119 It was used by William the Conqueror in 1066. 6 00:00:32,162 --> 00:00:33,903 If you want to know more about artifacts, 7 00:00:33,946 --> 00:00:36,427 there's a tape recorder with earphones available right over there. 8 00:00:36,471 --> 00:00:38,038 WOMAN: Thank you. MAN: Thank you. 9 00:00:48,135 --> 00:00:50,746 Janie, may I see you for a moment, please? 10 00:00:50,789 --> 00:00:54,489 Now, the only chore I asked you to do this month was to hire a guard. 11 00:00:54,532 --> 00:00:56,578 And I hired one, didn't I? 12 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:01,148 You certainly did. 13 00:01:01,191 --> 00:01:04,194 The brother of the man you're keeping company with. 14 00:01:04,238 --> 00:01:06,849 He doesn't seem to have any other qualifications. 15 00:01:06,892 --> 00:01:10,896 Aunt Ruth, he was in the Army. He can handle a gun 16 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:14,117 and he's the only one who was willing to work for that salary. 17 00:01:14,161 --> 00:01:15,858 If, as you've told me, his brother has been 18 00:01:15,901 --> 00:01:17,860 [SHUSHING] getting him out of trouble since he was 13, 19 00:01:17,903 --> 00:01:20,167 I would think he'd be willing to work for any salary. 20 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:22,517 You haven't said anything to Uncle Edward? 21 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,562 Oh, don't be foolish. 22 00:01:24,606 --> 00:01:27,087 Do you think he'd be allowed to set foot in here if I had? 23 00:01:28,175 --> 00:01:30,786 Aunt Ruth, he is not a bad person. 24 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:36,487 Tim says that gambling is a disease, 25 00:01:36,531 --> 00:01:38,794 just like alcohol. 26 00:01:38,837 --> 00:01:40,926 Nevertheless, I would not have hired an alcoholic 27 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:42,363 to guard the museum 28 00:01:42,406 --> 00:01:45,322 if I had known he was one when I hired him. 29 00:01:45,366 --> 00:01:46,497 I'm sorry. 30 00:01:46,541 --> 00:01:48,586 I should have told you before. 31 00:01:48,630 --> 00:01:50,414 But he is working out 32 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:53,765 and he is the only one I could get for that money. 33 00:01:53,809 --> 00:01:56,420 Yes, that is a point. 34 00:01:56,464 --> 00:01:58,944 When Edward makes the next cut in the budget, 35 00:01:58,988 --> 00:02:01,425 I'll be running the museum all by myself. 36 00:02:03,862 --> 00:02:08,432 Aunt Ruth, I think that you should do something else. 37 00:02:08,476 --> 00:02:10,347 I think you should get out more. 38 00:02:10,391 --> 00:02:13,916 Aunt Ruth, how'd you like me to get you a date? 39 00:02:13,959 --> 00:02:15,787 I'm not your age, Janie. 40 00:02:15,831 --> 00:02:16,832 I don't date. 41 00:02:18,529 --> 00:02:21,141 I didn't spend my time dating when I was your age. 42 00:02:22,751 --> 00:02:24,361 I was expected to be here then, too. 43 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:26,407 Mother dated. 44 00:02:26,450 --> 00:02:28,452 She wasn't expected to be here. 45 00:02:28,496 --> 00:02:29,627 How did she get off? 46 00:02:29,671 --> 00:02:30,933 She was lovely. 47 00:02:30,976 --> 00:02:33,457 Lovely women are always the exception. 48 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:35,198 I think you're lovely, Aunt Ruth. 49 00:02:41,683 --> 00:02:45,774 I think you're old-fashioned, without being old. 50 00:02:45,817 --> 00:02:47,341 I wish you were my mother. 51 00:02:56,698 --> 00:02:57,699 [DOOR CLOSES] 52 00:02:58,352 --> 00:02:59,179 No, you don't. 53 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:16,283 I just saw Janie racing down the corridor like an escaped convict. 54 00:03:16,326 --> 00:03:17,936 Janie at least knocks on doors. 55 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:20,330 Sorry. 56 00:03:20,374 --> 00:03:22,767 I don't have much time for old-fashioned manners. 57 00:03:22,811 --> 00:03:25,248 There, you've just said it, too. 58 00:03:26,597 --> 00:03:29,513 Janie was trying to pay me a compliment. 59 00:03:29,557 --> 00:03:32,342 She called me old-fashioned. And you just seconded it. 60 00:03:32,386 --> 00:03:33,604 [HUMPHS] 61 00:03:33,648 --> 00:03:35,693 Is that a compliment? 62 00:03:35,737 --> 00:03:38,348 It's better than nothing. 63 00:03:38,392 --> 00:03:41,046 "A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil." 64 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:42,265 Yeah. 65 00:03:43,397 --> 00:03:44,398 Oscar Wilde? 66 00:03:45,355 --> 00:03:46,226 Victor Hugo. 67 00:03:47,575 --> 00:03:49,620 Well, that's close enough. 68 00:03:50,578 --> 00:03:51,927 When's Janie coming back? 69 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:53,363 She isn't. 70 00:03:54,756 --> 00:03:56,323 Did you give her the weekend off? 71 00:03:58,150 --> 00:04:01,371 Edward, she can't spend all of her time here. She'll wind up like me. 72 00:04:01,415 --> 00:04:02,894 The books have to be closed out 73 00:04:02,938 --> 00:04:04,809 and the inventory finished by next week. 74 00:04:04,853 --> 00:04:07,638 Well, I'll be here till past midnight again for two nights. 75 00:04:07,682 --> 00:04:08,987 Hire a secretary. 76 00:04:09,031 --> 00:04:10,467 With what? 77 00:04:10,511 --> 00:04:12,991 This museum is a losing concern, and you know it. 78 00:04:13,035 --> 00:04:15,603 Museums are not a money-making proposition. 79 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:17,996 Oh, please. Not that again. 80 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,998 I'm the curator, Edward. 81 00:04:20,042 --> 00:04:22,392 And I am the trustee. 82 00:04:22,436 --> 00:04:25,700 Kindly keep in mind that I have to manage all the funds Mother left 83 00:04:25,743 --> 00:04:27,832 and that I have what I consider to be 84 00:04:27,876 --> 00:04:29,921 a sacred duty to the family. 85 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:32,315 It's up to me to make a profit. 86 00:04:32,359 --> 00:04:34,491 Why do people always speak of money as sacred? 87 00:04:34,535 --> 00:04:35,797 Maybe because it is. 88 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:37,538 And the way the museum is going, 89 00:04:37,581 --> 00:04:38,930 there is no choice. 90 00:04:38,974 --> 00:04:40,367 I'll have to kill it. 91 00:04:41,716 --> 00:04:42,760 What did you say? 92 00:04:42,804 --> 00:04:45,110 Oh, now, let's not be shocked. 93 00:04:45,154 --> 00:04:47,112 And let's not make me the villain. 94 00:04:47,156 --> 00:04:49,332 You've known what this inventory would mean. 95 00:04:49,376 --> 00:04:51,769 You've been keeping me from it for months. 96 00:04:51,813 --> 00:04:54,424 We can't go on pouring money into this place. 97 00:04:54,468 --> 00:04:55,991 We'd be several million dollars richer, 98 00:04:56,034 --> 00:04:57,427 I mean, all of us, 99 00:04:57,471 --> 00:04:59,821 if we just 100 00:04:59,864 --> 00:05:03,651 got rid of this silly place, finally, and sold the contents. 101 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:09,352 That is a family decision, I presume. 102 00:05:09,396 --> 00:05:13,095 A majority family decision. Two out of three. 103 00:05:13,138 --> 00:05:15,706 And I'm going to broach the subject to Sister tonight. 104 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:18,100 And it's my guess she'll cast her vote my way. 105 00:05:18,143 --> 00:05:20,145 She's beginning to check the grocery bills. 106 00:05:20,189 --> 00:05:21,669 And I'm counting pennies. 107 00:05:23,018 --> 00:05:24,062 You always did. 108 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:27,718 Is that what you came to talk to me about, Edward? 109 00:05:28,415 --> 00:05:30,286 No. 110 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:34,159 I came in to see if you had any idea yet who's pilfering the inventory. 111 00:05:34,203 --> 00:05:38,381 I've found three Renaissance artifacts missing so far that are on the list. 112 00:05:38,425 --> 00:05:40,688 Fortunately, they're not very expensive ones. 113 00:05:40,731 --> 00:05:42,820 And I would appreciate your attending to what is missing 114 00:05:42,864 --> 00:05:43,952 instead of what can be bought. 115 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:46,955 I'll attend to it right away. 116 00:05:54,441 --> 00:05:55,746 Oh! Ruth! 117 00:05:56,704 --> 00:05:58,358 I'm sorry, it's habit. 118 00:06:00,664 --> 00:06:03,014 I do everything I can, Edward, to save money. I really do. 119 00:06:04,625 --> 00:06:07,628 I run this place like a miser in every area I can. 120 00:06:07,671 --> 00:06:11,022 I know. I know, Ruth. I'm sorry I shouted. 121 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:12,546 You're a good sport. 122 00:06:13,721 --> 00:06:14,939 You always were. 123 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:17,638 "Nowadays we are so hard up 124 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:21,555 "that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments." 125 00:06:22,207 --> 00:06:23,426 Victor Hugo? 126 00:06:25,210 --> 00:06:26,168 Oscar Wilde. 127 00:06:43,925 --> 00:06:45,666 Pick it up, please, Mr. Shaeffer. 128 00:06:47,842 --> 00:06:48,973 Miss Lytton? 129 00:06:49,974 --> 00:06:50,975 The butt. 130 00:06:52,063 --> 00:06:53,021 It's still burning. 131 00:06:53,935 --> 00:06:55,415 Pick it up and put it out. 132 00:06:57,591 --> 00:06:59,593 And then I'd like to see you in the garden. 133 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:06,817 May I die, I wouldn't steal from you. 134 00:07:06,861 --> 00:07:08,732 None of that is true. 135 00:07:08,776 --> 00:07:10,212 [STAMMERING] Who told you? 136 00:07:14,608 --> 00:07:17,741 Mr. Shaeffer, you were hired for this job 137 00:07:17,785 --> 00:07:20,657 because my niece believes that she is in love with your brother. 138 00:07:20,701 --> 00:07:23,007 Your brother thinks that he is in love with my niece. 139 00:07:24,226 --> 00:07:26,663 He therefore confides everything in her. 140 00:07:26,707 --> 00:07:29,100 She, in turn, confides in me. 141 00:07:29,144 --> 00:07:32,495 Among the three of us, you have no secrets. 142 00:07:32,539 --> 00:07:34,497 Miss Lytton, 143 00:07:34,541 --> 00:07:37,282 my brother doesn't know anything about any new gambling debts. 144 00:07:37,326 --> 00:07:40,982 The other night, two men were here looking for you. 145 00:07:47,989 --> 00:07:48,946 You told them I worked here? 146 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:50,600 No. 147 00:07:53,777 --> 00:07:54,952 But they will find out. 148 00:07:56,650 --> 00:07:57,999 Just as my brother will find out 149 00:07:58,042 --> 00:08:00,001 about the things that you've stolen from us. 150 00:08:00,044 --> 00:08:02,743 Why didn't you tell them I worked here? 151 00:08:02,786 --> 00:08:05,833 Why didn't you tell your brother what you think I did? 152 00:08:05,876 --> 00:08:08,662 Why did you let me keep on working here if you knew? 153 00:08:08,705 --> 00:08:09,967 Because I need you. 154 00:08:10,838 --> 00:08:13,188 You... What for? 155 00:08:13,231 --> 00:08:16,713 To arrange a robbery, for which I'll pay you $100,000 in cash. 156 00:08:17,714 --> 00:08:19,847 Are you tape-recording this? 157 00:08:19,890 --> 00:08:21,544 I'm not dumb, you know. 158 00:08:21,588 --> 00:08:22,893 No matter what my brother thinks... 159 00:08:22,937 --> 00:08:25,592 Mr. Shaeffer, I'm not trying to trap you. 160 00:08:25,635 --> 00:08:27,550 Why should I? You and I can help each other. 161 00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:32,163 Everything in the museum is insured for a great deal of money. 162 00:08:32,207 --> 00:08:35,645 Surely, you must know how short we are of funds. 163 00:08:35,689 --> 00:08:37,821 Oh, I get it. Of course you do. 164 00:08:37,865 --> 00:08:41,172 The robbery must be carried out at 2:00 a.m. tonight. 165 00:08:41,216 --> 00:08:43,305 We'll go over the details of how you are to break in. 166 00:08:43,348 --> 00:08:44,785 Tonight? 167 00:08:44,828 --> 00:08:46,003 I will give you a list of the items, 168 00:08:46,047 --> 00:08:47,570 of the things that I want you to take. 169 00:08:47,614 --> 00:08:49,311 Tonight? That's tonight? 170 00:08:49,354 --> 00:08:52,096 Yes, that's right, tonight. We have no time to waste. 171 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:55,230 You may be run over on another sidewalk any minute now. 172 00:08:55,273 --> 00:08:57,580 Tomorrow morning I want you out of the country. 173 00:08:57,624 --> 00:08:59,190 Miss Lytton, I don't even have a passport. 174 00:08:59,234 --> 00:09:01,192 I've had one made for you. 175 00:09:01,236 --> 00:09:04,021 It's in the name of George Balonsky. 176 00:09:04,065 --> 00:09:07,372 Now, I will meet you at 3:00 a.m. tonight, after the robbery, 177 00:09:07,416 --> 00:09:08,983 on Sandhill Road. 178 00:09:09,026 --> 00:09:09,984 At that time, you will bring me 179 00:09:10,027 --> 00:09:11,768 the items that you have stolen. 180 00:09:11,812 --> 00:09:14,249 I will give you the passport and the money. 181 00:09:14,292 --> 00:09:17,600 Mmm-hmm. And your brother will report the robbery, 182 00:09:17,644 --> 00:09:18,993 and they'll be on the lookout for me in every airport... 183 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:20,037 Be quiet! 184 00:09:22,431 --> 00:09:23,693 Just listen. 185 00:09:23,737 --> 00:09:27,001 Here is $3,000 in advance. 186 00:09:27,044 --> 00:09:28,742 You take it. You buy anything you need. 187 00:09:28,785 --> 00:09:30,265 The best part, Mr. Shaeffer, 188 00:09:31,745 --> 00:09:33,616 is that I have found a way for you to disappear 189 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:35,705 so that no one will look for you. 190 00:09:35,749 --> 00:09:37,838 No one will associate you with the robbery. 191 00:09:37,881 --> 00:09:40,231 You'll have $100,000 and you'll be safe. 192 00:09:40,275 --> 00:09:43,887 You can start a new life, new name, new luck. 193 00:09:43,931 --> 00:09:47,935 There is no way nobody's gonna associate me with the robbery. Are you kidding? 194 00:09:47,978 --> 00:09:50,024 I'd have to be dead.Yes. 195 00:09:52,374 --> 00:09:54,028 It will have to look that way. 196 00:10:02,297 --> 00:10:04,647 [PHONE RINGING] 197 00:10:10,261 --> 00:10:13,134 It's my wife. Come on, we better get out of here. 198 00:10:15,397 --> 00:10:17,660 TIM ON ANSWERING MACHINE: This is Dr. Tim Shaeffer speaking. 199 00:10:17,704 --> 00:10:19,662 I'm not on call this weekend. 200 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:22,012 However, if you wish to leave a personal message for me 201 00:10:22,056 --> 00:10:24,275 you have 30 seconds in which to do so. 202 00:10:24,319 --> 00:10:25,233 Kindly wait for the beep. 203 00:10:25,276 --> 00:10:26,451 [BEEP] 204 00:10:26,495 --> 00:10:28,062 Tim, it's Milton. 205 00:10:28,105 --> 00:10:30,325 I'm calling from a phone booth. I haven't got another dime. 206 00:10:30,368 --> 00:10:32,806 Tim, can you get here by 9:30? 207 00:10:32,849 --> 00:10:35,460 I can't wait but 20 minutes. 208 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:40,117 [STAMMERING] Tim, I'm in trouble. I'm in real... 209 00:10:40,161 --> 00:10:44,034 Hey! Hey, don't, don't... Please, or I'll... 210 00:10:52,173 --> 00:10:53,783 Why would she call to warn you? 211 00:10:55,089 --> 00:10:56,351 Because she always gives me a warning. 212 00:10:58,005 --> 00:11:00,268 She wants to interrupt me, not to catch me. 213 00:11:03,750 --> 00:11:05,360 Then she'd have to give me a divorce. 214 00:11:15,152 --> 00:11:16,066 Janie? 215 00:11:16,763 --> 00:11:18,503 Yes, Mother? 216 00:11:18,547 --> 00:11:20,723 It is considered good manners 217 00:11:20,767 --> 00:11:22,029 to say hello to your mother 218 00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:23,465 when you come into the house 219 00:11:23,508 --> 00:11:25,423 and goodbye when you go out. 220 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:27,425 I'm sorry, Mother. 221 00:11:28,818 --> 00:11:31,125 Hello. Hello, Aunt Ruth. 222 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,783 Your Uncle Edward was furious at your leaving this evening. 223 00:11:36,826 --> 00:11:38,785 You know how much he depended upon you 224 00:11:38,828 --> 00:11:40,961 to help him tonight with the inventory! 225 00:11:41,004 --> 00:11:42,919 I'm sorry, Mother. RUTH: It's my fault, Phyllis. 226 00:11:42,963 --> 00:11:44,834 I told Janie she could go out tonight. 227 00:11:44,878 --> 00:11:47,358 I forgot what needed to be done. 228 00:11:47,402 --> 00:11:52,537 Ruth, you needn't always be making excuses for her. 229 00:11:52,581 --> 00:11:55,366 The day you forget an inventory, I'll forget a cocktail party. 230 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:57,368 I thought you had one at the Franksons'. 231 00:11:57,412 --> 00:12:00,371 Oh, I see! 232 00:12:00,415 --> 00:12:04,375 You had a quarrel tonight with your date and came home early 233 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:08,162 hoping to have one of your quiet little tête-à-têteswith Ruth 234 00:12:08,205 --> 00:12:11,774 about life and loneliness and heartbreak. 235 00:12:11,818 --> 00:12:14,037 So sorry to have intruded. 236 00:12:14,081 --> 00:12:15,778 I don't know what you're talking about, Mother. 237 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:18,085 It's not early. It's 11:00. 238 00:12:19,086 --> 00:12:21,958 Janie, 11:00 on a Saturday night 239 00:12:22,002 --> 00:12:24,831 is usually the time you're going out. 240 00:12:24,874 --> 00:12:27,311 Well, then, I guess it was an early night for both of us, Mother. 241 00:12:27,355 --> 00:12:30,445 Oh, for heaven's sake, stop feeling sorry for yourself. 242 00:12:30,488 --> 00:12:33,317 You have no reason to avoid me 243 00:12:33,361 --> 00:12:35,189 when you're going out in the evenings. 244 00:12:35,232 --> 00:12:37,060 I don't begrudge you a social life. 245 00:12:37,104 --> 00:12:39,323 Why do you act as though I do? 246 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:42,457 Of course, when I was your age, 247 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:46,200 I wouldn't leave a room unless it was on a man's arm. 248 00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:47,941 You didn't have to. 249 00:12:47,984 --> 00:12:50,117 There was always an arm to support you. 250 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,032 There still is. 251 00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:54,948 That's why I left the Franksons' early. Bill Sitwell was leaving. 252 00:12:56,601 --> 00:13:00,127 There is a man's arm to support any woman who wants one. 253 00:13:01,041 --> 00:13:02,042 No. 254 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:04,131 Not any woman. 255 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:29,591 [SIGHING] 256 00:13:29,634 --> 00:13:32,159 Eleventh-century silver plate. 257 00:13:32,202 --> 00:13:34,030 Small wooden dish, 12th century. 258 00:13:35,292 --> 00:13:37,512 Justinian book, 7th century. 259 00:14:53,544 --> 00:14:56,199 Miss Lytton! What are you doing here? 260 00:14:56,243 --> 00:14:57,940 [SHUSHING] 261 00:14:57,984 --> 00:15:00,160 [WHISPERING] I have the passport and the money with me. 262 00:15:00,203 --> 00:15:02,553 I won't be able to meet you later. 263 00:15:02,597 --> 00:15:04,642 Quickly. Take the briefcase over to the phone booth. 264 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:15,653 Mr. Shaeffer. 265 00:15:36,239 --> 00:15:39,025 EDWARD: Hello? Anyone down there? 266 00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:41,070 [FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING] 267 00:15:45,205 --> 00:15:47,076 Edward, I just knocked everything over. 268 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,123 Ruth? But it's almost 2:00 in the morning. 269 00:15:50,166 --> 00:15:51,515 What are you doing here? 270 00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:53,735 Oh, I do wish everyone would stop asking me that. 271 00:16:47,702 --> 00:16:49,399 [AIR HISSING] 272 00:17:44,628 --> 00:17:46,500 MILTON: Tim, can you get here by 9:30? 273 00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:49,198 I can't wait but 20 minutes. 274 00:17:49,242 --> 00:17:53,333 [STAMMERING] Tim, I'm in trouble. I'm in real... 275 00:17:53,376 --> 00:17:56,336 Hey! Hey, don't, don't... Please, or I'll... 276 00:17:56,945 --> 00:17:59,382 [GUN FIRING] 277 00:17:59,426 --> 00:18:02,168 I heard it ringing and I didn't answer, and now he's dead. 278 00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:04,822 Or dying. 279 00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:07,173 It doesn't sound like you'd have had much time 280 00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:08,913 to do anything if you did answer, Dr. Shaeffer. 281 00:18:08,957 --> 00:18:10,524 He had no luck. 282 00:18:10,567 --> 00:18:12,482 He always said it. 283 00:18:12,526 --> 00:18:14,397 I always laughed. 284 00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:16,573 I told him he was lucky he was still alive. 285 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:19,750 What time did you pick up your messages this morning, sir? 286 00:18:19,794 --> 00:18:21,665 I don't know exactly. About an hour ago. 287 00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:25,147 It's 7:30. 288 00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:27,889 Well, I couldn't sleep, 289 00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:30,283 and I was expecting a call from my wife. 290 00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:31,806 Lieutenant, we called the Lytton house. 291 00:18:31,849 --> 00:18:34,243 I spoke to a Miss Ruth Lytton. 292 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:36,550 She said her brother fired Milton Shaeffer. 293 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:38,682 Yesterday morning at about 11:30. 294 00:18:38,726 --> 00:18:39,944 You talk to the brother? 295 00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:41,772 She won't wake him up, sir. 296 00:18:41,816 --> 00:18:44,514 She says he was taking an inventory last night 297 00:18:44,558 --> 00:18:47,865 and was probably up until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. 298 00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:50,651 Did you know that your brother had been fired, Dr. Shaeffer? 299 00:18:50,694 --> 00:18:53,610 No. But it figures. He always is. God, I... 300 00:18:53,654 --> 00:18:56,265 [SNEEZING] I shouldn't say that now. 301 00:18:56,309 --> 00:18:58,789 We checked out the Shaeffer apartment. 302 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,618 The landlady says she didn't see him all day yesterday. 303 00:19:01,662 --> 00:19:04,795 And nothing was taken. We inventoried the place. 304 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:09,322 Okay. Well, lock it up, and I'll go to the Lytton's and then check it out. 305 00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:11,237 Yes, sir. 306 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,499 [SNEEZES] 307 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:13,935 Should you be up? 308 00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:16,981 It's not a cold. It's an allergy. Every spring. 309 00:19:17,025 --> 00:19:21,464 From what you told me about your brother, sir, it seems surprising 310 00:19:21,508 --> 00:19:24,641 that he would be hired for this sort of work. 311 00:19:24,685 --> 00:19:28,210 Yes. It surprised me, too. 312 00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:31,605 But people like the Lyttons are often surprising. 313 00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:36,827 Eccentric, I think is the term, above a certain income. 314 00:19:37,959 --> 00:19:39,917 Do you know the Lyttons, sir? 315 00:19:39,961 --> 00:19:41,702 By reputation. Who doesn't? 316 00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:45,445 Me, sir, for instance. 317 00:19:45,488 --> 00:19:49,362 My wife reads the society columns the way some people read the Bible. 318 00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:52,278 There's some mention of Phyllis Lytton Brandt every week. 319 00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:53,714 Yes, sir, I know what you mean. 320 00:19:53,757 --> 00:19:56,978 My wife is the same way about... 321 00:19:57,021 --> 00:19:59,937 ...Ann Landers' Advice to the Lovelorn. 322 00:20:01,852 --> 00:20:04,594 Well, I better be going. 323 00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:08,772 Would you like an antihistamine to dry you up, there? 324 00:20:08,816 --> 00:20:11,253 Oh, no, sir, thank you. Just makes me sleepy. 325 00:20:11,297 --> 00:20:13,777 And at 7:30 in the morning that's very dangerous. 326 00:20:26,268 --> 00:20:29,097 [SNIFFLING] 327 00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:43,416 [COLUMBO SNEEZING] 328 00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:46,593 [SNIFFLING] 329 00:20:46,636 --> 00:20:47,637 [BLOWING NOSE] 330 00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:51,902 RUTH: Yes? 331 00:20:53,121 --> 00:20:54,905 Oh, sorry. 332 00:20:54,949 --> 00:20:57,473 Lieutenant Columbo, ma'am. Homicide department. 333 00:20:57,517 --> 00:21:00,476 Forgive me for waking you up. Very nice. 334 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,262 Very nice little things you have standing around. 335 00:21:03,305 --> 00:21:04,654 Very nice. 336 00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:06,134 Well, thank you, Lieutenant. 337 00:21:08,136 --> 00:21:10,051 Are you interested in figurines, 338 00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:11,182 or has there been a homicide? 339 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:16,492 Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am. Yes and no. 340 00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:20,148 What I mean is, that's what I'm trying to find out. 341 00:21:20,191 --> 00:21:22,672 You know, when I say "Homicide department," 342 00:21:22,716 --> 00:21:24,370 most women, they act a little upset. 343 00:21:24,413 --> 00:21:27,547 So I try and calm them with a little chit-chat. 344 00:21:27,590 --> 00:21:29,288 I've been doing that for so long 345 00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:31,290 that I forgot to notice that you weren't upset. 346 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:34,380 Forgive me for wandering off. 347 00:21:34,423 --> 00:21:37,165 I've disappointed you. My sister won't. 348 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,167 You needn't even bother saying "Homicide." 349 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:42,257 "Foul play" will do it. She faints. 350 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,520 Oh, I hope not, ma'am. That's the last thing I want. 351 00:21:44,564 --> 00:21:47,610 What do you want, Lieutenant? Perhaps if you told me. 352 00:21:47,654 --> 00:21:49,743 Oh, I've wandered off again, didn't I? 353 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:52,180 I'm afraid I let you. Won't you sit down? 354 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:54,617 Thank you very much, ma'am. 355 00:21:57,664 --> 00:22:00,536 It has to do with the new guard at the museum. 356 00:22:01,537 --> 00:22:03,147 Shaeffer. 357 00:22:03,191 --> 00:22:04,975 I gathered that. 358 00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:07,456 A Sergeant Miller called to inquire about him 359 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,545 at 7:00 this morning. 360 00:22:09,589 --> 00:22:13,462 Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry to have gotten you up so early on a Sunday morning. 361 00:22:13,506 --> 00:22:16,378 But, you see, we got a call earlier... 362 00:22:19,642 --> 00:22:21,165 I'm sorry, ma'am. Forgive me. 363 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:22,253 Oh, no. Not at all. 364 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,169 Allergy. 365 00:22:27,215 --> 00:22:28,695 Pollen, I should say. 366 00:22:28,738 --> 00:22:31,524 Chamomile tea is the best cure for that. 367 00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,439 I detest modern medicine. Don't you? 368 00:22:33,482 --> 00:22:35,136 Yes, ma'am? 369 00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:38,139 Cathy, would you bring the lieutenant a cup of chamomile tea? 370 00:22:38,182 --> 00:22:39,227 Yes, ma'am. 371 00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:42,404 You got a report? 372 00:22:44,145 --> 00:22:46,626 That Mr. Shaeffer had disappeared. 373 00:22:46,669 --> 00:22:50,064 He called his brother last night about 9:00 374 00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:53,459 and he left a message on the answering machine asking for help. 375 00:22:53,502 --> 00:22:57,724 Then we heard a noise, which we're pretty sure was a gunshot. 376 00:22:58,725 --> 00:23:00,204 Good heavens. 377 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,163 Yes. 378 00:23:02,206 --> 00:23:03,773 We don't know where the call came from, 379 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:06,428 so we're trying to track him down. 380 00:23:06,472 --> 00:23:10,345 Well, that's strange. And awkward, too. 381 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,826 It leaves the museum unprotected. 382 00:23:12,869 --> 00:23:16,177 I shall have to ask my brother to hire someone immediately. 383 00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:18,527 He's the one who fired Mr. Shaeffer. 384 00:23:18,571 --> 00:23:20,311 Is he also the one who hired him? 385 00:23:20,355 --> 00:23:22,357 Yes. 386 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:25,186 No. No, wait a minute. I believe my niece hired him. 387 00:23:26,492 --> 00:23:28,581 It's kind of a delicate question, ma'am, 388 00:23:28,624 --> 00:23:31,758 but, I mean, considering the way you live and all, 389 00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:37,067 and considering what I found out about Mr. Shaeffer this morning... 390 00:23:38,242 --> 00:23:40,157 What did you find out, Lieutenant? 391 00:23:40,201 --> 00:23:44,292 Excuse me. Aunt Ruth? Aren't you coming to breakfast? 392 00:23:44,335 --> 00:23:46,816 This is my niece, Jane. This is Lieutenant Columbo. 393 00:23:46,860 --> 00:23:48,775 Oh, how do you do, ma'am? 394 00:23:48,818 --> 00:23:52,169 Your aunt was telling me that you hired a Mr. Shaeffer. 395 00:23:53,910 --> 00:23:55,564 How did you happen to choose him for the job? 396 00:23:58,437 --> 00:23:59,786 Ma'am? 397 00:23:59,829 --> 00:24:01,396 Did you hire Mr. Shaeffer? 398 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:05,444 How did you happen to choose him? 399 00:24:06,662 --> 00:24:08,185 Aunt Ruth? 400 00:24:08,229 --> 00:24:10,274 It's all right, dear. You can tell him. 401 00:24:10,318 --> 00:24:13,713 Mr. Shaeffer is missing and the lieutenant is trying to find him. 402 00:24:13,756 --> 00:24:18,500 Oh. Why, I just put an ad in the paper, and he applied, and he... 403 00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:20,415 Good morning. Come in, Phyllis, dear. 404 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,417 This is Lieutenant Columbo of Homicide. 405 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:25,246 [EXCLAIMING] 406 00:24:27,683 --> 00:24:29,119 You see? 407 00:24:49,313 --> 00:24:51,490 What you will do is continue the inventory. 408 00:24:52,447 --> 00:24:53,622 Alone? 409 00:25:00,673 --> 00:25:02,326 What about Uncle Edward? 410 00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:05,547 Let him sleep, dear. Let him sleep. 411 00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:08,332 He was probably up half the night. 412 00:25:09,638 --> 00:25:12,162 Sometimes, we must be considerate. 413 00:25:12,206 --> 00:25:13,555 Even to those we're not in love with. 414 00:25:14,469 --> 00:25:15,514 You know, 415 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:21,650 somehow I keep forgetting that. 416 00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:52,333 Aunt Ruth? 417 00:25:55,945 --> 00:25:57,294 Aunt Ruth? 418 00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:00,254 Aunt Ruth? 419 00:26:05,694 --> 00:26:07,391 [YELLS] 420 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,309 [SIRENS WAILING] 421 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:20,622 [CRASHING] 422 00:26:28,543 --> 00:26:31,241 Sorry about the car. It's all right, sir. You got the dent. 423 00:26:44,428 --> 00:26:46,909 COLUMBO: Miller! What's happening? 424 00:26:46,953 --> 00:26:49,608 Sergeant Miller! I can't see. 425 00:26:52,045 --> 00:26:54,787 MILLER: Yes, sir. The light is off in the hall. 426 00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:56,876 Right. Why is that, Sergeant? 427 00:26:56,919 --> 00:27:00,967 Because, sir, you said to leave everything just as it was. 428 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:04,492 And the hallway is adjacent to the murder room, 429 00:27:04,535 --> 00:27:08,975 and one of the bodies fell almost in the doorway. 430 00:27:09,018 --> 00:27:10,890 DETECTIVE: Sergeant Miller! Sergeant... 431 00:27:10,933 --> 00:27:12,587 Oh, hi, Lieutenant. 432 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,459 Say, Philips has to use a flashlight to outline the bodies. 433 00:27:15,503 --> 00:27:17,723 We've dusted the light switch here and in the hall. 434 00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:19,594 Now, can't we turn the lights on? 435 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:21,465 Not until the Lieutenant says so. 436 00:27:21,509 --> 00:27:22,989 Thank you very much, Sergeant Miller. 437 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,433 MILLER: This is just the way we found it, sir. 438 00:27:32,476 --> 00:27:34,783 COLUMBO: Oh, very good, Sergeant. 439 00:27:34,827 --> 00:27:37,743 Well, I think if we've dusted the light switch, 440 00:27:37,786 --> 00:27:38,961 you can turn on the lights. 441 00:27:39,701 --> 00:27:40,876 Yes, sir. 442 00:27:43,444 --> 00:27:45,968 The contents of his pockets are on the case here, Lieutenant. 443 00:27:47,796 --> 00:27:49,711 He obviously entered here 444 00:27:49,755 --> 00:27:51,321 after cutting the alarm 445 00:27:51,365 --> 00:27:53,759 and breaking into the basement. 446 00:27:53,802 --> 00:27:55,325 He then broke into the cases... 447 00:27:55,369 --> 00:27:57,980 Excuse me, Sergeant. You done?Almost. 448 00:27:58,024 --> 00:28:02,115 ...removed the objects, and placed them in the briefcase. 449 00:28:02,158 --> 00:28:04,595 And then he went back down to his car, 450 00:28:04,639 --> 00:28:07,903 saw the tire was flat, and panicked. 451 00:28:07,947 --> 00:28:10,732 Came back up here and tried to call his brother. 452 00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:14,475 Lytton surprised him while he was on the phone. 453 00:28:14,518 --> 00:28:18,044 He fired, and Lytton fired at the same time. 454 00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:20,046 And there you have it. 455 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:21,656 Right. 456 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,006 Well, we know where Shaeffer is. 457 00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:27,662 Call his brother. We'll get a positive identification from him 458 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:28,663 when he gets to the morgue. 459 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:29,925 Yes, sir. 460 00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:33,450 What's this? 461 00:28:33,494 --> 00:28:35,061 The contents of his pocket, sir. 462 00:28:35,104 --> 00:28:36,932 No, I know that, Sergeant. 463 00:28:37,585 --> 00:28:41,632 I mean this. 464 00:28:41,676 --> 00:28:44,679 Oh. That's probably from the case, sir. 465 00:28:45,027 --> 00:28:46,725 It's old. 466 00:28:46,768 --> 00:28:48,814 I know something about relics, sir. 467 00:28:48,857 --> 00:28:50,380 My wife and I... 468 00:28:50,424 --> 00:28:53,427 Yes, mine, too. He had it in his pocket? 469 00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:54,820 Overcoat pocket. Yes, sir. 470 00:28:54,863 --> 00:28:57,170 And everything else is in there? 471 00:28:57,213 --> 00:28:58,388 Yes, sir. 472 00:28:58,432 --> 00:29:00,826 Nothing in the briefcase has been touched. 473 00:29:00,869 --> 00:29:02,131 Very good, Sergeant. 474 00:29:05,134 --> 00:29:08,442 Big briefcase. Plenty of room still in there. 475 00:29:08,485 --> 00:29:09,748 Yes, sir. 476 00:29:10,923 --> 00:29:12,794 Wonder why he put this in his pocket. 477 00:29:12,838 --> 00:29:14,013 Excuse me, Lieutenant. 478 00:29:14,056 --> 00:29:16,406 We need a shot of these articles. 479 00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:18,669 Oh, very sorry. 480 00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:28,941 You done? Not yet. 481 00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:31,639 He knew what he was doing, sir. Muffled his footsteps. 482 00:29:38,864 --> 00:29:40,779 Isn't that something? 483 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:45,522 He broke in here in new shoes. 484 00:29:45,566 --> 00:29:48,047 Yes. Well, he wore rubbers, sir. 485 00:29:49,091 --> 00:29:50,832 No, what I mean is, Sergeant, 486 00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:51,877 it takes a lot of footwork 487 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,531 to break into a place like this. 488 00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:57,447 Why wear rubbers? Why not wear sneakers, or crepe soles? 489 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,016 These shoes are new. They're stiff as a board. 490 00:30:02,191 --> 00:30:05,064 I don't think you could bend your foot in them. 491 00:30:05,107 --> 00:30:08,632 Did you check to see if there are any other stolen items on the body? 492 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:12,027 Not yet, sir. I didn't want to change the position of the body. 493 00:30:19,687 --> 00:30:22,081 Sergeant, is this paper part of his contents? 494 00:30:22,124 --> 00:30:23,778 Yes, sir. It is. 495 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,998 "Turn twice right after midnight." 496 00:30:28,652 --> 00:30:30,829 [WOLF-WHISTLES] Look at that shirt! 497 00:30:35,094 --> 00:30:37,836 "Turn twice right after midnight." 498 00:30:42,231 --> 00:30:43,885 Open his coat, Carter. 499 00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:50,936 Hmm. 500 00:31:00,032 --> 00:31:03,035 Isn't that clever? It's an outfit. 501 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:05,994 Is he wearing an undershirt? 502 00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:08,910 Yes, sir, he is. 503 00:31:08,954 --> 00:31:09,998 Yeah. Does it have a laundry mark? 504 00:31:11,086 --> 00:31:13,088 Not that I can see, sir. 505 00:31:15,351 --> 00:31:17,179 COLUMBO: George, shoot your flashlight in here, will you? 506 00:31:23,011 --> 00:31:25,013 Label is new. It's stiff. 507 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:28,016 His hair was falling out, sir. 508 00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:29,322 The hairs are too even for that. 509 00:31:29,365 --> 00:31:31,193 Looks like he just got a haircut. 510 00:31:34,675 --> 00:31:36,242 And a manicure with it. 511 00:31:36,285 --> 00:31:38,157 MILLER: Hmm, that's some watch. 512 00:31:40,289 --> 00:31:41,725 See something, sir? 513 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:47,296 Yeah, his watch is wrong. 514 00:31:48,254 --> 00:31:50,082 My watch cost $30. 515 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:51,997 His must've cost a couple of hundred, and it's wrong. 516 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,824 It says May 1st. 517 00:31:53,868 --> 00:31:56,044 It goes to show you money doesn't buy quality. 518 00:31:56,088 --> 00:31:58,655 Lieutenant, it is May 1st. 519 00:31:58,699 --> 00:32:00,614 Your watch is wrong. His watch is right. 520 00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:01,963 Oh. 521 00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,139 Well, what do you expect for $30? 522 00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:16,717 That looks like an insect bite, sir. 523 00:32:17,239 --> 00:32:19,024 No, Sergeant. 524 00:32:20,373 --> 00:32:22,114 It's not an insect bite. 525 00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:24,812 Excuse me, George. 526 00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,211 Did you go through his car? 527 00:32:32,254 --> 00:32:34,865 Yes, sir, I did. There's nothing in it. 528 00:32:34,909 --> 00:32:36,084 Not even a spare tire. 529 00:32:41,089 --> 00:32:43,004 And this is all there was in his pockets. 530 00:32:45,093 --> 00:32:47,269 That's very peculiar, isn't it, Sergeant? 531 00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:49,968 I have to be honest with you, sir. 532 00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:52,927 Everything seems perfectly normal to me. 533 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,669 Why does it look peculiar to you? 534 00:32:55,712 --> 00:32:59,934 Because I think that every stitch that Shaeffer is wearing 535 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:01,153 is brand-new. 536 00:33:01,718 --> 00:33:02,806 And tropical. 537 00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:08,682 I think he was dressed to go on a vacation. 538 00:33:08,725 --> 00:33:10,640 You mean with the haircut and the manicure and all? 539 00:33:11,293 --> 00:33:12,164 Yes. 540 00:33:13,295 --> 00:33:16,211 But he had no luggage and no cash. 541 00:33:17,125 --> 00:33:18,344 That's what's peculiar. 542 00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:21,782 And no passport. 543 00:33:23,305 --> 00:33:27,701 Passport? Oh, sir, this guy's not dressed for Europe. 544 00:33:27,744 --> 00:33:29,877 More for Vegas. 545 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,052 If he was going anywhere. 546 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,274 Oh, he was going somewhere, Sergeant. 547 00:33:37,493 --> 00:33:39,234 He was going somewhere. 548 00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:38,788 I was afraid of that. 549 00:35:38,832 --> 00:35:40,268 There are so many flowers around. 550 00:35:42,401 --> 00:35:44,446 Oh, you shouldn't have bothered with that, Miss Lytton, 551 00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:45,882 at a time like this. 552 00:35:48,624 --> 00:35:50,887 You've been here for quite some time, Lieutenant. 553 00:35:52,411 --> 00:35:54,935 Yes, ma'am. It can cast a spell over you, this room. 554 00:35:56,284 --> 00:35:58,852 It's a fascinating room, isn't it? 555 00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:00,375 I used to come here often as a girl. 556 00:36:01,898 --> 00:36:03,465 I came here to be alone. 557 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:06,294 When things happened. 558 00:36:07,904 --> 00:36:09,167 I came here when my mother died, 559 00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:12,170 and my father, too. 560 00:36:14,563 --> 00:36:16,913 And before that. 561 00:36:16,957 --> 00:36:18,306 I'm very sorry about your brother, ma'am. 562 00:36:19,438 --> 00:36:20,221 Thank you. 563 00:36:24,094 --> 00:36:27,185 Is that your mother as a girl? 564 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,013 She's got a nice face. 565 00:36:30,971 --> 00:36:32,973 It's a happy face. 566 00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:35,584 No. My mother was dead when that was painted. 567 00:36:36,498 --> 00:36:38,152 That's a portrait of me. 568 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,067 After I became engaged to Peter Brandt. 569 00:36:42,939 --> 00:36:44,506 It is a happy face, isn't it? 570 00:36:46,378 --> 00:36:49,076 Oh, I thought you were... 571 00:36:49,685 --> 00:36:51,513 An old maid, yes? 572 00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:56,518 That term refers to a woman who has never been married, 573 00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:59,434 not necessarily to someone who's never been engaged. 574 00:36:59,478 --> 00:37:01,175 Did something happen to him, ma'am, 575 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,091 or did you just decide that you didn't wanna marry him? 576 00:37:04,134 --> 00:37:06,485 I didn't decide that. 577 00:37:06,528 --> 00:37:09,401 My sister makes most of the family decisions. 578 00:37:09,444 --> 00:37:11,272 She did even then. 579 00:37:11,316 --> 00:37:13,448 She just didn't like this fella, huh? 580 00:37:13,492 --> 00:37:16,234 No, I don't think she did like him. 581 00:37:16,277 --> 00:37:18,540 I thought she liked him then, though. 582 00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:20,238 So did she. She married him. 583 00:37:20,499 --> 00:37:21,369 [CHOKING] 584 00:37:24,372 --> 00:37:26,896 I'm so sorry, Lieutenant. I thought you knew. 585 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:28,463 Everyone else does. 586 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,031 She is Mrs. Peter Brandt. 587 00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:34,034 It was in all the papers. 588 00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:36,297 They eloped. 589 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:39,431 Oh, then your niece, Janie... 590 00:37:39,474 --> 00:37:43,173 Is the daughter that I might have had. Yes. 591 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,048 I suppose that's why I feel about her the way that I do. 592 00:37:49,049 --> 00:37:52,139 Lieutenant, tell me something. 593 00:37:52,182 --> 00:37:54,663 Aside from being under a spell, 594 00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:57,275 what have you really been thinking about all this time? 595 00:37:58,667 --> 00:38:00,582 To tell you the truth, Miss Lytton, 596 00:38:00,626 --> 00:38:03,150 I've been thinking about the way Mr. Shaeffer was dressed. 597 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,240 Oh? 598 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:09,287 You know, it's a funny way to dress for a robbery. 599 00:38:11,114 --> 00:38:13,378 Even Sergeant Shaw whistled, 600 00:38:13,421 --> 00:38:17,338 and Sergeant Shaw has been known to wear fluorescent ties. 601 00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:20,733 Everything new, including a haircut. 602 00:38:20,776 --> 00:38:22,387 And then there was the note. 603 00:38:23,126 --> 00:38:24,302 What note? 604 00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:25,607 He had it in his pocket. 605 00:38:29,132 --> 00:38:30,438 Bear with me, ma'am. 606 00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:36,444 Oh, he had this in his pocket, too. 607 00:38:36,488 --> 00:38:39,752 Everything else he stole he put in the briefcase, except this. 608 00:38:39,795 --> 00:38:41,144 It's funny, isn't it? 609 00:38:42,494 --> 00:38:44,757 And the note. 610 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,150 "Turn twice right after midnight." 611 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:51,285 And what do you conclude from that, Lieutenant? 612 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:55,115 I think that Mr. Shaeffer was leaving the country right after the robbery. 613 00:38:55,158 --> 00:38:57,639 That he was going some place tropical, 614 00:38:57,683 --> 00:39:00,555 that he had made an appointment to meet somebody 615 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:04,429 in order to get rid of the stolen articles before he left, 616 00:39:04,472 --> 00:39:07,083 "tonight." 617 00:39:07,127 --> 00:39:11,436 And he held out one item because he wanted it for himself. 618 00:39:12,698 --> 00:39:14,439 And you know what else, Miss Lytton? 619 00:39:14,482 --> 00:39:15,788 What? 620 00:39:15,831 --> 00:39:18,660 I think that whoever he was going to meet, 621 00:39:18,704 --> 00:39:22,577 he was going to meet right here on the museum grounds. 622 00:39:22,621 --> 00:39:24,100 That's fascinating. 623 00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:27,190 Why do you think that, Lieutenant? 624 00:39:27,234 --> 00:39:30,455 Because this note is a set of directions 625 00:39:30,498 --> 00:39:34,807 and there's only one reason that there's no streets and no addresses on it. 626 00:39:34,850 --> 00:39:37,505 Because it is a place that has no streets, 627 00:39:39,115 --> 00:39:40,595 and he was already at the address. 628 00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:42,554 Right. 629 00:39:42,597 --> 00:39:45,339 That's exactly what I thought. 630 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,733 You would make a very good detective, Miss Lytton. 631 00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:49,865 Thank you. 632 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:53,782 You seem to have it all figured out. 633 00:39:53,826 --> 00:39:56,306 Yes, it all fits, except for one thing. 634 00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,745 Where's his luggage? 635 00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:02,225 And where's his passport? 636 00:40:02,269 --> 00:40:07,187 They're not in his apartment. So who took them, and when? 637 00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:10,408 If the hypothesis doesn't fit the premise, 638 00:40:10,451 --> 00:40:12,627 isn't it more reasonable to question the hypothesis? 639 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:16,501 What hypothesis? 640 00:40:16,544 --> 00:40:19,242 That Mr. Shaeffer was going to leave the country right away. 641 00:40:19,286 --> 00:40:23,203 Oh, that's not a hypothesis, about Mr. Shaeffer leaving the country, ma'am. 642 00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:25,597 That's a fact. 643 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,338 Because he had new clothes and a haircut? 644 00:40:28,382 --> 00:40:33,126 No, because of the insect bite that Sergeant Miller thought Mr. Shaeffer had on his arm. 645 00:40:33,169 --> 00:40:35,781 You see, it wasn't an insect bite. 646 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:39,088 Last year, my wife and I, we went on a vacation to the islands 647 00:40:39,132 --> 00:40:41,787 and I had a mark just like that on my arm. 648 00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:43,571 And you know what it was, Miss Lytton? 649 00:40:44,572 --> 00:40:46,182 It was a vaccination. 650 00:40:46,835 --> 00:40:48,141 I see. 651 00:40:49,577 --> 00:40:52,232 All right, Lieutenant, you proved your point, 652 00:40:52,275 --> 00:40:55,148 that Mr. Shaeffer was going to leave the country. 653 00:40:55,191 --> 00:40:59,718 However, it doesn't mean that he was going to leave the country tonight. 654 00:40:59,761 --> 00:41:05,375 Now, don't forget that, after the robbery, he would be a wanted man. 655 00:41:05,419 --> 00:41:10,293 I would think that it would be difficult for a wanted man to shop, to get a vaccination. 656 00:41:11,643 --> 00:41:13,514 He would do everything first. 657 00:41:15,864 --> 00:41:20,434 And I think he would wear the new clothes that he bought if he liked them. 658 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:25,700 Shaeffer couldn't have waited. He was, in many ways, a child-like man. 659 00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:28,137 I'm sure his brother has told you that already. 660 00:41:29,661 --> 00:41:32,794 And so he had his luggage and his passport stashed 661 00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:35,144 wherever he was going to hole up and wait. 662 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:40,498 Yeah, that would account for everything, I guess. 663 00:41:42,761 --> 00:41:47,592 Well, maybe it's the atmosphere. 664 00:41:47,635 --> 00:41:51,552 Maybe I'm trying to make something mysterious out of something that's open and shut 665 00:41:51,596 --> 00:41:54,294 just to sort of fit in with this room. 666 00:41:56,339 --> 00:41:58,428 Shall we leave, Lieutenant? It's getting dark now. 667 00:41:59,865 --> 00:42:04,173 We might as well. Otherwise, I'd sit here forever. 668 00:42:05,479 --> 00:42:07,176 I'll walk you home, Miss Lytton. 669 00:42:14,706 --> 00:42:16,185 That's it. 670 00:42:16,838 --> 00:42:17,883 I beg your pardon? 671 00:42:18,971 --> 00:42:20,276 What you just said. 672 00:42:20,929 --> 00:42:22,235 I didn't say anything. 673 00:42:23,018 --> 00:42:24,585 You said it was getting dark. 674 00:42:24,629 --> 00:42:26,544 It's nearly 7:00. 675 00:42:26,587 --> 00:42:28,284 That's what I mean, ma'am. 676 00:42:28,328 --> 00:42:29,895 By 8:00 it will be dark. 677 00:42:29,938 --> 00:42:31,505 Completely dark. 678 00:42:32,811 --> 00:42:36,858 That means it was dark last night when... 679 00:42:38,512 --> 00:42:40,688 When it happened. Of course. 680 00:42:40,732 --> 00:42:43,952 But nothing in this room had been touched, ma'am. 681 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:47,521 Nothing had been touched. 682 00:42:48,653 --> 00:42:50,219 Don't you understand? 683 00:42:51,264 --> 00:42:52,265 Nothing. 684 00:42:53,396 --> 00:42:54,484 Don't you see? 685 00:42:56,661 --> 00:42:59,577 Miller wouldn't even let anyone touch the light switch 686 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:02,754 because I told him to leave everything just the way it was. 687 00:43:02,797 --> 00:43:05,234 That means the lights were off last night. 688 00:43:08,063 --> 00:43:09,891 Only they couldn't have been. 689 00:43:10,936 --> 00:43:13,025 It would be impossible for two men 690 00:43:13,068 --> 00:43:16,245 to shoot and kill each other in a dark room. 691 00:43:16,289 --> 00:43:17,986 Where is the light switch, Miss Lytton? 692 00:43:19,422 --> 00:43:20,772 Right over here. 693 00:43:25,341 --> 00:43:26,255 That's it. 694 00:43:27,735 --> 00:43:28,562 That's what he did. 695 00:43:29,432 --> 00:43:30,782 He? 696 00:43:30,825 --> 00:43:33,698 Whoever murdered your brother and Mr. Shaeffer. 697 00:43:33,741 --> 00:43:37,005 I'm afraid I don't quite understand, Lieutenant. 698 00:43:37,049 --> 00:43:39,312 Why couldn't one of them have turned the lights on? 699 00:43:39,355 --> 00:43:40,792 They could have. 700 00:43:42,707 --> 00:43:45,274 But after they were dead, Miss Lytton, 701 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,276 who turned them off? 702 00:44:00,768 --> 00:44:02,683 Do you have a Darryl here? 703 00:44:02,727 --> 00:44:04,859 Yes. Around the corner and to the right. 704 00:44:08,210 --> 00:44:09,734 DARRYL: And with all these things, 705 00:44:09,777 --> 00:44:12,127 you can just comb it with the hands, like that. You see? 706 00:44:12,171 --> 00:44:13,825 You don't need to comb. 707 00:44:13,868 --> 00:44:16,741 No, just with your fingers, that's all. Just keep it casual. 708 00:44:16,784 --> 00:44:18,307 Excuse me. Darryl? 709 00:44:18,351 --> 00:44:20,179 Here you are. And I'll see you in the next month, okay? 710 00:44:20,222 --> 00:44:21,920 MAN: Okay. DARRYL: Yeah. 711 00:44:21,963 --> 00:44:24,662 Excuse me, Darryl? Yes. 712 00:44:24,705 --> 00:44:27,186 A challenge, but I'll do my best. Sit, please, please. 713 00:44:27,229 --> 00:44:29,754 No. Actually, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. 714 00:44:29,797 --> 00:44:32,365 Oh, don't sue. Just wear a hat, and never let him cut it again. 715 00:44:32,408 --> 00:44:33,583 No, sir... 716 00:44:34,236 --> 00:44:35,760 Is it that bad? 717 00:44:35,803 --> 00:44:37,631 Mmm-hmm, yes. 718 00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:40,329 Yes. And that's all the questions I have time for. Next! 719 00:44:40,373 --> 00:44:42,723 Cheryl, will you see what I have in the book, please?Oh, sir. 720 00:44:42,767 --> 00:44:44,420 Excuse me just one moment, sir.Check it again. 721 00:44:44,464 --> 00:44:45,944 Yes? Yes? Just one moment, sir. My name is Lieutenant Columbo. 722 00:44:45,987 --> 00:44:48,076 Columbo? Mmm-hmm. I'm from Homicide. Yes. 723 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,036 And I would like, if possible, to ask you a few questions about a... 724 00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:52,298 Are you joking, Lieutenant? 725 00:44:52,341 --> 00:44:54,996 This is the middle of a working day. 726 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,869 Well, sir, if you don't answer the questions here, 727 00:44:57,912 --> 00:45:00,349 I'm afraid I'll have to take you down to the Police Department. 728 00:45:00,393 --> 00:45:02,656 You see, this is a murder case, sir. 729 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:05,746 Fine. Arrest me. I'd be disappointed in the police if they didn't do that. 730 00:45:05,790 --> 00:45:09,271 If I don't lose a fortune, cancel the day, offend my customers, 731 00:45:09,315 --> 00:45:11,143 you're gonna take me to the police headquarters. 732 00:45:11,186 --> 00:45:14,015 Well, go right ahead. Arrest me. Do you have the handcuffs with you? 733 00:45:14,059 --> 00:45:17,627 Why don't you handcuff me? I'm surprised you don't beat me unconscious 734 00:45:17,671 --> 00:45:19,194 so you can carry me out so I don't cause trouble. 735 00:45:19,238 --> 00:45:20,239 Now, sir...Isn't that correct? 736 00:45:20,282 --> 00:45:22,894 No. Look. How about just a haircut? 737 00:45:22,937 --> 00:45:24,025 Haircut? Yes. 738 00:45:24,069 --> 00:45:25,070 That can be arranged. 739 00:45:41,869 --> 00:45:43,915 Sergeant? 740 00:45:43,958 --> 00:45:45,873 Yes, Lieutenant? 741 00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:48,876 Sergeant, would you take my wallet out of my back pocket? 742 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,313 She told me not to touch anything until the polish hardens. 743 00:45:52,053 --> 00:45:53,751 On the left, there. 744 00:45:58,712 --> 00:46:02,672 Sergeant, I've only got $5. 745 00:46:02,716 --> 00:46:05,284 If you could loan me $20, 746 00:46:05,327 --> 00:46:09,288 and I think they'll expect a tip, so give them 50 cents. 747 00:46:09,331 --> 00:46:10,332 Apiece? 748 00:46:12,117 --> 00:46:14,249 I'll leave that to your own judgment, Sergeant. 749 00:46:14,293 --> 00:46:16,164 In the meantime, I'll be in the car. 750 00:46:21,866 --> 00:46:25,130 He came in just before closing time on Saturday and bought the watch. 751 00:46:25,173 --> 00:46:28,220 Very similar to yours. Works the same. Only the case is different. 752 00:46:28,263 --> 00:46:30,875 Well, my watch... I was just wondering if you knew about this. 753 00:46:30,918 --> 00:46:33,965 My watch lost a day yesterday. 754 00:46:34,008 --> 00:46:36,837 I was wondering, do you... No. It didn't lose a day. 755 00:46:36,881 --> 00:46:40,798 All calendar watches are adjusted to have a 31-day month. 756 00:46:40,841 --> 00:46:42,712 Now, last month had 30 days. 757 00:46:42,756 --> 00:46:44,279 Does your watch say the first instead of the second? 758 00:46:46,194 --> 00:46:47,326 Yes, the first. 759 00:46:47,369 --> 00:46:48,980 Here. Give it to me. 760 00:46:49,023 --> 00:46:50,851 You see, in a 30-day month, 761 00:46:50,895 --> 00:46:53,332 you have to turn your watch 24 hours ahead, 762 00:46:53,375 --> 00:46:56,161 or else it'll say the 31st instead of the first. 763 00:46:56,204 --> 00:46:58,859 You have to pass the 12 twice. 764 00:46:58,903 --> 00:47:00,730 This stem is very tight, isn't it? 765 00:47:00,774 --> 00:47:03,168 Oh, yes. You know, I was afraid to turn it at all. 766 00:47:03,211 --> 00:47:06,301 You see, I figured anything that tight wasn't supposed to move. 767 00:47:06,345 --> 00:47:08,260 Thank you very much for trying to do that. 768 00:47:08,303 --> 00:47:10,784 Oh, that's all right. I do it all day long. 769 00:47:10,828 --> 00:47:13,439 Showed Mr. Shaeffer how to do it for 20 minutes. 770 00:47:13,482 --> 00:47:15,876 It took me another 20 minutes to explain it to him, 771 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,878 with the manager leaning on the door. 772 00:47:17,922 --> 00:47:20,881 Finally, I told him I'd be glad to turn it a day ahead for him then. 773 00:47:20,925 --> 00:47:22,535 But he said, "No, if you're gonna have a calendar watch, 774 00:47:22,578 --> 00:47:24,145 you might as well have the right day." 775 00:47:25,233 --> 00:47:26,800 There you go, Lieutenant. All set. 776 00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:28,062 Oh, thank you. 777 00:47:28,106 --> 00:47:30,282 And thank you very much for your cooperation. 778 00:47:30,325 --> 00:47:31,544 Not at all. 779 00:47:31,587 --> 00:47:34,503 Oh, incidentally, I like your hair. 780 00:47:34,547 --> 00:47:35,765 Darryl? 781 00:47:37,550 --> 00:47:38,856 Uh, yes. 782 00:47:39,944 --> 00:47:40,509 Thought so. 783 00:47:41,075 --> 00:47:42,076 Yeah. 784 00:47:58,266 --> 00:47:59,877 [KEYS JINGLING] 785 00:48:04,142 --> 00:48:05,839 Hi, Miss Lytton. 786 00:48:07,101 --> 00:48:09,147 Lieutenant. You look in high spirits. 787 00:48:09,190 --> 00:48:11,497 Oh, I am, Miss Lytton. I am. 788 00:48:11,540 --> 00:48:14,935 It turns out we may be right after all. 789 00:48:14,979 --> 00:48:20,071 Shaeffer told everybody that he was leaving for the islands the next day. 790 00:48:20,114 --> 00:48:23,161 Is it part of your job to trip people up? Or to see if you can? 791 00:48:24,945 --> 00:48:26,251 Trip people up? 792 00:48:27,295 --> 00:48:29,950 Trip people up. 793 00:48:29,994 --> 00:48:32,953 We never thought that Mr. Shaeffer was leaving the next day. 794 00:48:32,997 --> 00:48:36,957 You may recall I thought exactly the opposite. 795 00:48:37,001 --> 00:48:40,874 Gee, I forgot about that. I get confused sometimes, you know? 796 00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:44,269 I mean, just trying to keep all the facts straight in my head. 797 00:48:44,312 --> 00:48:48,142 Lieutenant, you must never underestimate me. 798 00:48:49,143 --> 00:48:51,058 Nor I you. 799 00:48:51,102 --> 00:48:53,931 I don't in the least mind you playing tricks, 800 00:48:53,974 --> 00:48:57,325 but you're going to have to be a little cleverer, aren't you? 801 00:48:57,369 --> 00:49:00,981 I knew yesterday that you were going to have to interrogate us, all of us, 802 00:49:01,025 --> 00:49:03,331 because we are, all of us, of course, under suspicion. 803 00:49:04,550 --> 00:49:06,030 You have to be suspicious. 804 00:49:07,205 --> 00:49:09,337 That's part of your job. 805 00:49:09,381 --> 00:49:12,862 Well, I have to ask questions, if that's what you mean. 806 00:49:12,906 --> 00:49:15,169 I wouldn't say that I was suspicious. 807 00:49:16,910 --> 00:49:19,260 Your delicacy does you credit. 808 00:49:19,304 --> 00:49:21,871 You'd best save it for my sister. 809 00:49:21,915 --> 00:49:24,004 I'm afraid you're going to need it. 810 00:49:24,048 --> 00:49:25,397 She won't faint again, will she? 811 00:49:27,486 --> 00:49:29,183 I know it's... 812 00:49:31,011 --> 00:49:33,622 I know it's a very bad time for you, Mrs. Brandt. 813 00:49:33,666 --> 00:49:36,625 No, go ahead. It's all right. I can take it. 814 00:49:37,409 --> 00:49:38,627 God help me. 815 00:49:38,671 --> 00:49:41,326 Well, nothing that bad. 816 00:49:41,369 --> 00:49:44,068 I mean, I'm just gonna ask a few questions. 817 00:49:44,111 --> 00:49:46,070 Oh, God! It was all so awful. 818 00:49:47,375 --> 00:49:49,508 Maybe I should come back another time. 819 00:49:49,551 --> 00:49:52,946 No. I can't give in like this. I can't. 820 00:49:54,382 --> 00:49:56,123 I'm not what I seem to be, Lieutenant. 821 00:49:56,167 --> 00:49:57,429 I'm not made of lace. 822 00:49:57,472 --> 00:49:59,039 Never was. 823 00:49:59,083 --> 00:50:00,562 When I was a girl, 824 00:50:00,606 --> 00:50:02,260 people used to say I got my own way about everything 825 00:50:02,303 --> 00:50:05,350 because I was lovely-looking. 826 00:50:05,393 --> 00:50:07,700 Perhaps so, but that wasn't the only reason. 827 00:50:07,743 --> 00:50:09,136 I had strength then. 828 00:50:09,963 --> 00:50:11,225 I have it still. 829 00:50:12,357 --> 00:50:15,012 I must be strong now. 830 00:50:15,055 --> 00:50:17,231 'Cause that's the way he would have wanted it. 831 00:50:22,410 --> 00:50:24,978 All right, Lieutenant. Examine me. 832 00:50:27,111 --> 00:50:32,551 No, no, look, Mrs. Brandt, it's a very tragic thing. 833 00:50:32,594 --> 00:50:37,034 If you ever feel faint while I'm asking you questions, 834 00:50:37,077 --> 00:50:38,470 you'll let me know. 835 00:50:38,513 --> 00:50:41,342 I mean, the last thing I wanna do is upset you. 836 00:50:41,386 --> 00:50:44,084 [SOBBING DRAMATICALLY] Oh! Oh!I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 837 00:50:44,693 --> 00:50:46,086 [CLOTH RIPPING] 838 00:50:55,139 --> 00:50:56,401 Well, thank you, Mrs. Brandt. 839 00:50:56,444 --> 00:50:58,533 That's all the questions for today. 840 00:50:58,577 --> 00:50:59,447 Thank you. 841 00:51:01,014 --> 00:51:02,102 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 842 00:51:04,148 --> 00:51:05,236 Yes? 843 00:51:07,455 --> 00:51:08,369 Are you all right? 844 00:51:09,196 --> 00:51:11,329 Sure. Are you? 845 00:51:11,372 --> 00:51:13,244 Fine, considering. 846 00:51:13,287 --> 00:51:15,028 You better put a robe on or something. 847 00:51:15,072 --> 00:51:17,509 Lieutenant Columbo is here to ask some questions. 848 00:51:17,552 --> 00:51:21,078 Hell of a thing. Makes you grow up kind of fast. 849 00:51:24,646 --> 00:51:28,259 Yes. Yes. Death does do that. 850 00:51:30,174 --> 00:51:32,219 My father's didn't. 851 00:51:32,263 --> 00:51:34,743 I don't remember very much about his death. 852 00:51:34,787 --> 00:51:37,181 No reason you should. You were very small. 853 00:51:37,224 --> 00:51:39,096 I wonder why Mother never remarried. 854 00:51:40,662 --> 00:51:43,274 You know, this is the first time I ever wondered that? 855 00:51:43,317 --> 00:51:45,145 She didn't fall in love, I expect. 856 00:51:46,581 --> 00:51:48,627 Love? Mother? 857 00:51:51,325 --> 00:51:54,372 You protect her when you're talking to me, 858 00:51:54,415 --> 00:51:57,288 the same way you protect me when you're talking to her. 859 00:51:57,331 --> 00:51:59,028 You protect everybody. 860 00:51:59,072 --> 00:52:00,073 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 861 00:52:01,422 --> 00:52:04,382 Excuse me, I don't mean to intrude or anything. 862 00:52:04,425 --> 00:52:06,471 You're not intruding, Lieutenant. Come in. 863 00:52:06,514 --> 00:52:08,125 I just dropped by on the way to my room 864 00:52:08,168 --> 00:52:09,300 to see if Janie was all right. 865 00:52:10,083 --> 00:52:11,171 Excuse me. 866 00:52:18,570 --> 00:52:22,356 I wonder if I could just ask you a couple of things, Miss Janie? 867 00:52:23,705 --> 00:52:24,793 Janie will do. 868 00:52:26,665 --> 00:52:28,449 Sure, why not? 869 00:52:28,493 --> 00:52:31,322 Nothing personal or anything. I mean, it's just routine, you know. 870 00:52:32,410 --> 00:52:34,499 I'm supposed to ask questions. 871 00:52:34,542 --> 00:52:38,329 You want to know where I was at the time of the murder, right? 872 00:52:39,460 --> 00:52:40,548 Yes. 873 00:52:43,551 --> 00:52:45,814 I was with a lover 874 00:52:45,858 --> 00:52:49,209 and I won't give his name unless it becomes absolutely necessary. 875 00:52:50,906 --> 00:52:52,125 Right. 876 00:52:52,908 --> 00:52:54,127 Well, then, 877 00:52:54,432 --> 00:52:55,215 thank you. 878 00:53:09,273 --> 00:53:10,404 [WATER RUNNING LOUDLY] 879 00:53:13,277 --> 00:53:14,234 Excuse me. 880 00:53:16,889 --> 00:53:18,847 Gee, I'm sorry. 881 00:53:18,891 --> 00:53:21,241 I knocked twice. I really did. 882 00:53:22,503 --> 00:53:24,288 I was in the kitchen the whole time. 883 00:53:37,257 --> 00:53:40,217 Oh, boy! Thanks. 884 00:53:42,958 --> 00:53:45,091 Well, you've got some family, Miss Lytton. 885 00:53:45,134 --> 00:53:47,746 Everybody thinks I'm getting ready to arrest them. 886 00:53:47,789 --> 00:53:49,574 Everybody but me. 887 00:53:49,617 --> 00:53:51,576 Yes, it's a relief, talking to you. 888 00:53:51,619 --> 00:53:53,752 I was beginning to feel like a policeman. 889 00:53:53,795 --> 00:53:57,103 You are a policeman, and a good one. 890 00:53:57,146 --> 00:53:59,714 You say a thing when you're ready to say it and not before. 891 00:54:01,150 --> 00:54:02,456 You know how to keep a secret. 892 00:54:03,588 --> 00:54:05,154 What kind of secret? 893 00:54:06,199 --> 00:54:08,157 I just know that you have one. 894 00:54:08,201 --> 00:54:08,984 I know the look. 895 00:54:10,769 --> 00:54:13,641 My brother-in-law had that look the day he died. 896 00:54:13,685 --> 00:54:17,645 Does Janie know that you and her father were once engaged? 897 00:54:17,689 --> 00:54:19,647 Of course. I have no secrets from Janie. 898 00:54:20,561 --> 00:54:21,867 None? 899 00:54:21,910 --> 00:54:25,000 Only one. 900 00:54:25,044 --> 00:54:28,221 I gather that you've been reading old society columns and birth certificates. 901 00:54:30,179 --> 00:54:34,836 I became curious when you told me about Peter Brandt. 902 00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:38,536 Lieutenant, that is a part of my life that I don't discuss with anyone, 903 00:54:38,579 --> 00:54:41,800 and I don't feel that I know you well enough to discuss it with you now. 904 00:54:41,843 --> 00:54:43,758 None of my business. I'm sorry. 905 00:54:46,021 --> 00:54:49,024 Oh, by the way, I do have one little problem, Miss Lytton. 906 00:54:51,157 --> 00:54:53,028 It's about the alibis. 907 00:54:53,072 --> 00:54:55,292 Aren't you satisfied that we were all telling the truth 908 00:54:55,335 --> 00:54:57,206 about where we were at the time of the murders? 909 00:54:58,120 --> 00:54:59,818 The problem is, 910 00:55:01,689 --> 00:55:04,039 the murders didn't take place at 9:00. 911 00:55:06,694 --> 00:55:09,654 I thought you said that Mr. Shaeffer made a phone call 912 00:55:09,697 --> 00:55:12,178 into an answering machine on a tape, 913 00:55:12,221 --> 00:55:13,658 and that he mentioned the time. 914 00:55:13,701 --> 00:55:15,007 He did. 915 00:55:15,050 --> 00:55:17,009 He was lying. 916 00:55:17,052 --> 00:55:20,142 I understand the note that Mr. Shaeffer had now. 917 00:55:20,186 --> 00:55:23,668 The one that said, "Turn ahead twice at midnight." 918 00:55:23,711 --> 00:55:25,757 I have no idea what you're talking about. 919 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:27,889 Mr. Shaeffer had a calendar watch like mine. 920 00:55:29,108 --> 00:55:32,720 It has to be set to May 1st by hand. 921 00:55:32,764 --> 00:55:35,157 In order to do that, you have to 922 00:55:35,201 --> 00:55:38,596 turn it past the 12 twice after midnight. 923 00:55:40,728 --> 00:55:44,732 Mr. Shaeffer's watch had been set to May 1st. 924 00:55:45,951 --> 00:55:50,347 That means he was probably still alive at midnight. 925 00:55:52,740 --> 00:55:54,351 How can you be sure of that? 926 00:55:54,394 --> 00:55:57,049 The salesman where he bought the watch 927 00:55:57,092 --> 00:56:01,227 said that he explained how it worked to Mr. Shaeffer for 20 minutes 928 00:56:01,270 --> 00:56:03,664 because Mr. Shaeffer said, 929 00:56:03,708 --> 00:56:07,668 "If you're gonna have a calendar watch, you might as well have the right day." 930 00:56:07,712 --> 00:56:10,105 And in order to have the right day, 931 00:56:10,149 --> 00:56:16,590 he would have to turn the watch twice right after midnight, 932 00:56:17,112 --> 00:56:18,766 just as the note said. 933 00:56:20,202 --> 00:56:22,161 How brilliant you are, Lieutenant. 934 00:56:24,337 --> 00:56:26,992 Tell me, why would he lie? 935 00:56:28,994 --> 00:56:32,389 Why would he want everyone to believe that it was earlier than it was? 936 00:56:32,432 --> 00:56:34,303 That's what I can't figure out, ma'am. 937 00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:37,698 Unless... 938 00:56:37,742 --> 00:56:39,221 Unless somebody told him to. 939 00:56:41,963 --> 00:56:44,966 Yes, but why would somebody tell him to, ma'am? 940 00:56:47,186 --> 00:56:50,407 Lieutenant, I do wish you would stop trying to trip me up. 941 00:56:50,450 --> 00:56:52,800 You know the answer to that. You just said it yourself. 942 00:56:54,019 --> 00:56:57,109 At 9:00 everyone had an alibi. 943 00:56:57,152 --> 00:57:00,765 But even if you're right and somebody told him to do it, why did he listen? 944 00:57:02,331 --> 00:57:06,205 I mean, why provide somebody with an alibi, time and all, 945 00:57:06,248 --> 00:57:07,641 by pretending to die? 946 00:57:08,816 --> 00:57:10,818 Obviously, he didn't think it was an alibi, 947 00:57:10,862 --> 00:57:12,298 because he didn't think he was going to die. 948 00:57:13,517 --> 00:57:15,127 Since Edward didn't shoot him, 949 00:57:17,085 --> 00:57:20,001 someone else must have made an arrangement with him. 950 00:57:20,045 --> 00:57:23,744 Someone who wanted him dead and who wanted an alibi. 951 00:57:23,788 --> 00:57:25,354 Suppose they planned the robbery together, 952 00:57:25,398 --> 00:57:28,227 Mr. Shaeffer and the man who shot him, 953 00:57:28,270 --> 00:57:30,795 and all Shaeffer was planning to do 954 00:57:30,838 --> 00:57:34,407 was to leave the country with some antique gold jewelry worth quite a lot of money. 955 00:57:35,843 --> 00:57:38,759 But, then, let's say that the cohort shot him, 956 00:57:38,803 --> 00:57:41,153 Edward heard the noise, came downstairs, 957 00:57:41,196 --> 00:57:43,372 and then, of course, Edward had to be killed, too. 958 00:57:44,199 --> 00:57:45,200 Yes. 959 00:57:48,377 --> 00:57:51,772 That must have been very close to the way it happened. 960 00:57:53,034 --> 00:57:54,819 Cake? 961 00:57:54,862 --> 00:57:57,212 No, thank you. Well, maybe. Thanks. 962 00:57:58,039 --> 00:57:59,301 Hey, they look delicious. 963 00:58:02,304 --> 00:58:06,091 Lieutenant, I better tell you something before you find out yourself. 964 00:58:06,134 --> 00:58:08,833 There's an artifact missing from the museum. 965 00:58:08,876 --> 00:58:10,225 What kind of an artifact? 966 00:58:10,269 --> 00:58:12,140 It's gold. 967 00:58:12,184 --> 00:58:15,013 It's a small, rectangular piece with carved stripes on it. 968 00:58:15,056 --> 00:58:17,189 It's worth quite a lot of money. 969 00:58:17,232 --> 00:58:19,713 It's been missing about two weeks. 970 00:58:19,757 --> 00:58:22,760 Did you report it to the insurance company? 971 00:58:22,803 --> 00:58:24,326 No, no. Edward didn't want me to. 972 00:58:25,023 --> 00:58:26,459 Why not, ma'am? 973 00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:28,417 Well, he said he knew who had taken it 974 00:58:28,461 --> 00:58:31,029 and he preferred to take care of the matter himself. 975 00:58:31,072 --> 00:58:32,204 Did he tell you who? 976 00:58:32,247 --> 00:58:34,162 No. Edward was a very stern man. 977 00:58:34,206 --> 00:58:37,818 He wasn't given to emotional outbursts any more than I am. 978 00:58:37,862 --> 00:58:39,777 Except this one time, 979 00:58:39,820 --> 00:58:42,344 two weeks ago, about the artifact. 980 00:58:42,388 --> 00:58:45,826 I told him that I was going to report it no matter what, 981 00:58:45,870 --> 00:58:47,349 and I thought he was going to strike me. 982 00:58:47,393 --> 00:58:49,264 He went into a rage. 983 00:58:49,308 --> 00:58:50,265 Who else had access? 984 00:58:51,092 --> 00:58:52,093 I did. 985 00:58:53,791 --> 00:58:55,923 Yes, but who else, Miss Lytton? 986 00:58:57,055 --> 00:58:58,186 No one. 987 00:58:58,230 --> 00:58:59,231 No one at all? 988 00:59:00,449 --> 00:59:02,582 Not to my knowledge. 989 00:59:02,626 --> 00:59:05,933 Miss Lytton, Janie's friend, the man that she was with at 9:00, 990 00:59:07,108 --> 00:59:09,981 that was Mr. Shaeffer's brother, wasn't it? 991 00:59:10,024 --> 00:59:11,330 Why would you say that? 992 00:59:11,373 --> 00:59:14,942 You must have known that Janie hired Mr. Shaeffer 993 00:59:14,986 --> 00:59:17,162 because he was her lover's brother. 994 00:59:18,293 --> 00:59:20,557 And Janie has no money of her own. 995 00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:23,298 And it must have occurred to you 996 00:59:23,342 --> 00:59:26,301 that it was Janie that your brother was furious at. 997 00:59:26,345 --> 00:59:27,912 And that Janie knew it. 998 00:59:27,955 --> 00:59:29,957 No! No! I swear! 999 00:59:32,133 --> 00:59:34,135 I don't believe it. I swear to you, Lieutenant. 1000 00:59:35,833 --> 00:59:37,617 Lieutenant, I'm telling you the truth. 1001 00:59:37,661 --> 00:59:40,054 I don't believe it. I don't believe it. 1002 00:59:40,098 --> 00:59:41,926 I don't believe that Janie did it. 1003 00:59:41,969 --> 00:59:43,841 A search warrant! 1004 00:59:43,884 --> 00:59:46,060 I have never been so insulted. Never. 1005 00:59:46,104 --> 00:59:47,932 What's it look like? 1006 00:59:47,975 --> 00:59:51,588 I'm sorry, Mrs. Brandt. I thought the investigation warranted it. 1007 00:59:52,632 --> 00:59:54,155 I'll have you disbarred for this. 1008 00:59:54,199 --> 00:59:55,940 Or whatever the hell that word is. 1009 00:59:55,983 --> 00:59:59,030 Yes, ma'am. "Fired," I think, is the word you want. 1010 00:59:59,073 --> 01:00:00,466 Worse than that. You'll never get another job, 1011 01:00:00,509 --> 01:00:01,946 not in this city, not in this state, 1012 01:00:01,989 --> 01:00:04,078 not in any police force in the country. 1013 01:00:04,122 --> 01:00:07,386 I am not without certain influence, Lieutenant Columbus. 1014 01:00:08,996 --> 01:00:10,607 MILLER: Lieutenant Columbo, can I see you a moment? 1015 01:00:24,098 --> 01:00:26,971 I found this dish in her room, hidden on a shelf. 1016 01:00:31,540 --> 01:00:32,890 That's it. 1017 01:00:34,195 --> 01:00:37,024 MILLER: That's motive, means and opportunity. 1018 01:00:38,547 --> 01:00:40,201 I guess it is, Miller. 1019 01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:43,509 Book her. 1020 01:00:43,552 --> 01:00:45,424 Sergeant, you will not get away with this. 1021 01:00:45,467 --> 01:00:49,036 I am not the weak, fragile creature that I appear to be. 1022 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:52,997 Somewhere, somewhere inside, I am strong. 1023 01:00:54,346 --> 01:00:56,174 MILLER: Miss Jane Brandt, 1024 01:00:56,217 --> 01:00:58,872 I am arresting you for the double murder of your uncle, Edward Lytton, 1025 01:00:58,916 --> 01:01:00,308 and Milton Shaeffer. 1026 01:01:00,352 --> 01:01:01,658 Now, you have the right to remain silent... 1027 01:01:01,701 --> 01:01:02,876 Strong! 1028 01:01:15,193 --> 01:01:16,411 Same period. 1029 01:01:16,455 --> 01:01:20,154 Necklace. Gold and cloisonné. 1030 01:01:20,198 --> 01:01:23,941 With pendants. Same period or slightly later. 1031 01:01:23,984 --> 01:01:26,117 Knife scabbard, gold-encrusted. 1032 01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:27,640 Lieutenant? Knife scabbard. 1033 01:01:27,684 --> 01:01:29,076 Lieutenant? Gold... 1034 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:30,469 [SWITCHES TAPE PLAYER OFF] 1035 01:01:30,512 --> 01:01:32,253 I'll bet you don't know the difference 1036 01:01:32,297 --> 01:01:33,907 between Byzantine 1037 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:36,649 and the Renaissance. 1038 01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:40,479 You've been listening to those tapes for over seven hours, Lieutenant. 1039 01:01:41,915 --> 01:01:46,528 You see, the Middle Ages weren't as dark 1040 01:01:48,052 --> 01:01:50,881 as everybody thought they were... 1041 01:01:50,924 --> 01:01:54,667 Lieutenant. ...or the Renaissance as light. 1042 01:01:56,103 --> 01:02:01,369 Now, the French Renaissance jewelry, some of it, 1043 01:02:01,413 --> 01:02:04,677 wasn't as garish as the Turks' and the Arabs'. 1044 01:02:05,069 --> 01:02:06,461 Garish? 1045 01:02:06,505 --> 01:02:08,550 That's a good word, isn't it? 1046 01:02:08,594 --> 01:02:11,205 Yes, sir, I've always liked it. 1047 01:02:11,249 --> 01:02:14,034 You know, it's funny. 1048 01:02:14,078 --> 01:02:18,082 Listening to Lytton's voice on the inventory tapes 1049 01:02:18,125 --> 01:02:21,607 and then listening to Shaeffer's on the answering machine, 1050 01:02:22,303 --> 01:02:24,088 both of them dead, 1051 01:02:25,437 --> 01:02:27,526 and both of them, you know, 1052 01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:32,574 like they were trying to tell you... 1053 01:02:32,618 --> 01:02:36,056 Seven hours is a long time in a room like this. 1054 01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:38,624 I just wanna hear this tape again. 1055 01:02:41,105 --> 01:02:43,281 What is it I can't hear? 1056 01:02:43,324 --> 01:02:45,283 ...jewel-encrusted... 1057 01:02:45,326 --> 01:02:47,589 [JAIL DOOR CLANGING] 1058 01:02:52,464 --> 01:02:53,726 How you feeling, Janie? 1059 01:02:56,642 --> 01:02:58,513 I brought you some stuff to nibble on. 1060 01:02:58,557 --> 01:03:00,254 Food here's not too good, is it? 1061 01:03:01,603 --> 01:03:03,475 And some cigarettes. 1062 01:03:03,518 --> 01:03:05,303 Figured you might run out. 1063 01:03:12,049 --> 01:03:12,658 There. 1064 01:03:15,095 --> 01:03:16,140 Plenty of ketchup. 1065 01:03:25,540 --> 01:03:26,541 Smoke? 1066 01:03:29,066 --> 01:03:30,284 Mad at me, huh? 1067 01:03:35,159 --> 01:03:38,075 That cheeseburger's nice and hot. I just picked it up. 1068 01:03:38,118 --> 01:03:41,034 Had them put everything on it. Don't know if you like onions or not. Do you? 1069 01:03:44,124 --> 01:03:44,777 No. 1070 01:03:45,430 --> 01:03:47,171 Okay, okay. 1071 01:03:49,521 --> 01:03:51,001 Do you recognize it or not? 1072 01:03:53,351 --> 01:03:56,049 Yes. 1073 01:03:56,093 --> 01:03:58,312 It's the briefcase that Shaeffer used in the robbery. 1074 01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:01,489 How do you know? 1075 01:04:01,533 --> 01:04:03,709 It was on the floor next to the body. 1076 01:04:03,752 --> 01:04:05,711 He was still holding it. 1077 01:04:05,754 --> 01:04:08,496 Gee, you're a pretty observant person, huh? 1078 01:04:08,540 --> 01:04:11,195 You only saw it that one time? 1079 01:04:11,238 --> 01:04:14,502 No. Of course not. 1080 01:04:14,546 --> 01:04:17,505 I saw it when I arranged the robbery with Shaeffer, 1081 01:04:17,549 --> 01:04:20,726 and I saw it again when I killed him and Uncle Edward. 1082 01:04:20,769 --> 01:04:23,076 Is that true? 1083 01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:26,210 You think it is, so what's the difference? 1084 01:04:26,253 --> 01:04:29,387 It's gonna make a difference in court if you talk like that. 1085 01:04:29,430 --> 01:04:31,606 I'm not in court now. 1086 01:04:31,650 --> 01:04:35,610 Janie, I'd like to help you. 1087 01:04:36,742 --> 01:04:39,310 Is that why you brought all this stuff? 1088 01:04:39,353 --> 01:04:42,530 Just to see whether I'd have a reaction to the briefcase or not? 1089 01:04:42,574 --> 01:04:46,708 Very smart. You proved your point. 1090 01:04:46,752 --> 01:04:48,754 I would appreciate it if you'd go now. 1091 01:04:50,625 --> 01:04:52,410 Why did your mother marry your father? 1092 01:04:55,761 --> 01:04:57,415 She was in love with him, I guess. 1093 01:04:59,330 --> 01:05:00,113 Is that true? 1094 01:05:01,462 --> 01:05:03,682 I wasn't alive then. 1095 01:05:03,725 --> 01:05:06,076 Well, that's open to question, isn't it? 1096 01:05:06,119 --> 01:05:10,254 I don't understand what this has to do with anything. 1097 01:05:10,297 --> 01:05:15,694 Now, you don't have to answer any of my questions without a lawyer unless you want to. 1098 01:05:17,565 --> 01:05:21,221 But I think the truth is this. 1099 01:05:21,265 --> 01:05:24,224 Your mother went off with your Aunt Ruth's boyfriend. 1100 01:05:24,268 --> 01:05:26,748 They eloped on a Thursday. 1101 01:05:26,792 --> 01:05:31,449 It was June 28th, and they didn't come back until after you were born. 1102 01:05:31,492 --> 01:05:35,627 And you were born on December 27th, two days after Christmas. 1103 01:05:37,411 --> 01:05:39,457 What is that? 1104 01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:44,418 That's a copy of your birth certificate. It's on file in Sacramento. 1105 01:05:44,462 --> 01:05:48,466 It means that Mrs. Brandt was three months pregnant when they eloped. 1106 01:05:49,510 --> 01:05:52,165 Did you know that, or didn't you? 1107 01:05:52,209 --> 01:05:57,605 Lieutenant, what happened then is nobody's business anymore 1108 01:05:57,649 --> 01:06:01,435 except for my mother's and my Aunt Ruth's. 1109 01:06:01,479 --> 01:06:02,871 If I never talked to them about it, 1110 01:06:03,785 --> 01:06:05,178 why should I talk to you? 1111 01:06:07,311 --> 01:06:09,617 You love your Aunt Ruth a lot, don't you? 1112 01:06:10,488 --> 01:06:13,317 More than your mother. 1113 01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:17,451 Maybe more than anybody. You wouldn't like to see her get hurt, would you? 1114 01:06:17,495 --> 01:06:20,977 She must have been hurt plenty back then. 1115 01:06:21,020 --> 01:06:23,936 Enough so that she got left without anything, right? 1116 01:06:25,677 --> 01:06:27,766 Anything but the museum, that is. 1117 01:06:28,636 --> 01:06:30,638 What do you want? 1118 01:06:30,682 --> 01:06:32,858 You were only seven when your father died. 1119 01:06:32,901 --> 01:06:34,207 He died of a heart attack, didn't he? 1120 01:06:35,687 --> 01:06:37,254 That's what the coroner's report said. 1121 01:06:38,690 --> 01:06:39,952 That he'd had two heart attacks, 1122 01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:41,475 that he was under a doctor's care, 1123 01:06:41,519 --> 01:06:43,608 and there was no autopsy. 1124 01:06:43,651 --> 01:06:46,002 Your Aunt Ruth said that your mother wouldn't hear of it. 1125 01:06:46,045 --> 01:06:49,875 And the doctor probably didn't see any reason for an autopsy anyway. 1126 01:06:53,487 --> 01:06:55,750 How can you be so positive about all that? 1127 01:06:55,794 --> 01:06:58,971 When I saw your Aunt Ruth the other day, 1128 01:06:59,015 --> 01:07:02,322 she began talking about your father and his death. 1129 01:07:03,715 --> 01:07:06,457 Your Uncle Edward's death reminded her of it. 1130 01:07:07,762 --> 01:07:11,331 So? Death always reminds you of death. 1131 01:07:11,375 --> 01:07:14,987 Right. And murder reminds you of murder. 1132 01:07:15,031 --> 01:07:18,251 Even when you don't know it, you begin to think it. 1133 01:07:19,383 --> 01:07:20,819 I don't know what you mean. 1134 01:07:21,733 --> 01:07:23,039 Don't you? 1135 01:07:23,082 --> 01:07:27,304 He died of a heart attack. Everyone knows that. 1136 01:07:27,347 --> 01:07:31,699 Heart attacks can be made to happen in a lot of different ways, Janie. 1137 01:07:31,743 --> 01:07:35,790 Do you know that digitalis and quinidine can have a reverse effect 1138 01:07:35,834 --> 01:07:38,445 if the dose is too high? 1139 01:07:38,489 --> 01:07:43,624 And it needn't even be that high a dose if a man has a weak heart. 1140 01:07:43,668 --> 01:07:48,412 The coroner's report on your father said that his condition was bad, 1141 01:07:48,455 --> 01:07:50,762 and that he had other minor complications. 1142 01:07:50,805 --> 01:07:51,980 Not big ones. 1143 01:07:52,024 --> 01:07:53,939 Little ones that the doctor knew about, 1144 01:07:53,982 --> 01:07:56,637 and your Aunt Ruth knew about because she was nursing him. 1145 01:07:57,421 --> 01:07:58,900 He had asthma, 1146 01:07:58,944 --> 01:08:01,686 he was susceptible to infection, 1147 01:08:01,729 --> 01:08:04,036 it's why he had a bad cold the week that he died. 1148 01:08:05,777 --> 01:08:07,257 So what? 1149 01:08:07,300 --> 01:08:10,695 So she probably gave him a lot of chamomile tea. 1150 01:08:22,881 --> 01:08:24,709 It was a lovely funeral service. 1151 01:08:24,752 --> 01:08:26,580 Lovely. 1152 01:08:26,624 --> 01:08:28,887 I can't think why you left early, Ruth. 1153 01:08:28,930 --> 01:08:31,759 I didn't. You left late. 1154 01:08:31,803 --> 01:08:33,065 Well, if I've told you once, 1155 01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:35,807 I've told you a thousand times. 1156 01:08:35,850 --> 01:08:40,594 I don't leave a room unless I have a man's arm to support me. 1157 01:08:40,638 --> 01:08:43,075 Especially not after an experience like this. 1158 01:08:46,078 --> 01:08:47,949 I just know everything's gonna be all right with Janie. 1159 01:08:47,993 --> 01:08:49,081 I know it. 1160 01:08:49,125 --> 01:08:50,952 [SILVERWARE RATTLING] 1161 01:08:50,996 --> 01:08:53,346 Cathy, for heaven's sake, will you stop shaking? You'll spill the gravy. 1162 01:08:53,390 --> 01:08:54,434 [DOORBELL RINGING] 1163 01:08:54,478 --> 01:08:55,696 [EXCLAIMS] 1164 01:08:55,740 --> 01:08:56,915 My God. 1165 01:08:57,829 --> 01:08:59,787 Sorry, ma'am. 1166 01:08:59,831 --> 01:09:02,921 It's all right, Cathy. I'll get the door. 1167 01:09:04,357 --> 01:09:05,315 Sorry, ma'am. 1168 01:09:13,540 --> 01:09:16,456 Aunt Ruth, please don't listen to him. 1169 01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:18,719 Please don't listen to what he's gonna say. 1170 01:09:18,763 --> 01:09:21,505 It's all right, Janie. It's all right. 1171 01:09:23,507 --> 01:09:24,595 Come in, Lieutenant. 1172 01:09:28,686 --> 01:09:31,819 But you don't know what he's gonna say. 1173 01:09:31,863 --> 01:09:34,953 [SOOTHINGLY] It doesn't matter. It's all right. 1174 01:09:41,525 --> 01:09:42,134 [WHISPERING] Come. 1175 01:09:49,707 --> 01:09:52,579 Jane! Oh, my God. 1176 01:09:52,623 --> 01:09:55,365 Mother, please don't faint. It's all right. 1177 01:09:55,408 --> 01:09:58,672 Have you come here to torture us again, Lieutenant? 1178 01:09:58,716 --> 01:09:59,891 Haven't you done enough? 1179 01:10:02,241 --> 01:10:06,419 I'm releasing your niece in my cognizance, Miss Lytton. 1180 01:10:07,464 --> 01:10:08,813 Releasing her? 1181 01:10:08,856 --> 01:10:10,118 That's right. 1182 01:10:11,207 --> 01:10:13,992 I don't think she killed anybody 1183 01:10:14,035 --> 01:10:16,516 and I don't think she stole this, either. 1184 01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:19,519 She's been using it all afternoon as an ashtray. 1185 01:10:19,563 --> 01:10:20,738 She doesn't even know what it is. 1186 01:10:21,173 --> 01:10:22,566 What is it? 1187 01:10:22,609 --> 01:10:25,003 Janie, for heaven's sake! 1188 01:10:25,046 --> 01:10:27,571 Your aunt's been teaching you Byzantine art for three months. 1189 01:10:27,614 --> 01:10:28,876 Don't you know? 1190 01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:30,574 No, she doesn't. 1191 01:10:30,617 --> 01:10:33,838 And she doesn't even know how we happened to be looking for it. 1192 01:10:33,881 --> 01:10:35,709 And she doesn't know how we knew 1193 01:10:35,753 --> 01:10:38,625 that it was missing for two weeks before the murder. 1194 01:10:40,105 --> 01:10:42,586 He thinks that you killed my father, Aunt Ruth. 1195 01:10:43,587 --> 01:10:44,588 What? 1196 01:10:44,631 --> 01:10:45,937 He thinks that you hated him. 1197 01:10:48,287 --> 01:10:50,942 He thinks that you hated all of us so much that you killed him. 1198 01:10:52,857 --> 01:10:54,467 He doesn't know how much you love us. 1199 01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:59,690 He doesn't know how you've kept the family together. 1200 01:11:02,867 --> 01:11:05,478 You never would have tried to do this 1201 01:11:05,522 --> 01:11:07,915 if you knew how much my Aunt Ruth has done for us. 1202 01:11:09,177 --> 01:11:11,789 How much she's done for me. 1203 01:11:11,832 --> 01:11:13,834 All I've got is a tape recording. 1204 01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:18,099 I don't think it's enough to convict you. 1205 01:11:21,799 --> 01:11:25,716 It's your brother's voice. It's from the inventory that he was taking. 1206 01:11:25,759 --> 01:11:27,848 This tape is dated April 30th. 1207 01:11:31,852 --> 01:11:36,770 EDWARD ON TAPE: Miniature incised gold piece, Bronze Age. One inch square. 1208 01:11:36,814 --> 01:11:39,251 Miniature halberd, same period. 1209 01:11:39,295 --> 01:11:41,209 Inch and a half. 1210 01:11:41,253 --> 01:11:44,300 Gold-mounted button, green, same period. 1211 01:11:44,343 --> 01:11:47,912 Gold beaker, same period. Six inches. 1212 01:11:47,955 --> 01:11:52,090 Halberd, one inch square, miniature. 1213 01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:56,703 Large gold belt buckle, Bronze Age. 1214 01:11:56,747 --> 01:11:58,966 Three and a half by five inches. 1215 01:11:59,010 --> 01:12:00,054 [TAPE PLAYER CLICKS] 1216 01:12:00,098 --> 01:12:01,839 I wanna hear that last item again. 1217 01:12:10,369 --> 01:12:12,806 Large gold belt buckle... 1218 01:12:12,850 --> 01:12:13,851 [TAPE STOPS] 1219 01:12:15,722 --> 01:12:16,810 Large 1220 01:12:16,854 --> 01:12:17,985 gold 1221 01:12:18,029 --> 01:12:19,030 belt buckle. 1222 01:12:20,858 --> 01:12:22,076 That's it, Miss Lytton. 1223 01:12:24,601 --> 01:12:27,517 Sergeant Miller and I, we thought it was a dish. 1224 01:12:29,127 --> 01:12:31,869 We were wrong. It wasn't a dish. 1225 01:12:33,174 --> 01:12:34,872 It was a gold belt buckle. 1226 01:12:36,787 --> 01:12:39,006 And it was there the night that Edward died. 1227 01:12:42,967 --> 01:12:45,665 It was never missing at all. 1228 01:12:45,709 --> 01:12:50,844 Lieutenant, I don't know what you're talking about. 1229 01:12:50,888 --> 01:12:54,674 And you never will, Mrs. Brandt, unless this case goes to trial. 1230 01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:57,895 And then it will all come out. 1231 01:12:59,897 --> 01:13:03,074 What your brother said to you about something being missing. 1232 01:13:05,250 --> 01:13:06,904 And what you said to me. 1233 01:13:08,079 --> 01:13:08,906 Janie, 1234 01:13:15,260 --> 01:13:18,219 it wasn't true what he told you about my killing your father. 1235 01:13:22,093 --> 01:13:23,573 Was it, Lieutenant? 1236 01:13:26,010 --> 01:13:28,099 You lied about that, didn't you? 1237 01:13:31,015 --> 01:13:32,756 Tell her it wasn't true. 1238 01:13:34,148 --> 01:13:36,716 Tell her. 1239 01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:38,718 It was all such a long time ago. 1240 01:13:38,762 --> 01:13:40,807 It couldn't matter to anyone anymore. 1241 01:13:42,722 --> 01:13:43,810 Only to Janie. 1242 01:13:46,291 --> 01:13:47,640 Yes, ma'am. 1243 01:13:49,076 --> 01:13:49,860 It wasn't true. 1244 01:13:51,644 --> 01:13:53,124 I lied about that. 1245 01:13:58,259 --> 01:14:01,132 It won't be necessary to use the tapes as evidence, Lieutenant. 1246 01:14:04,135 --> 01:14:05,745 Yes, ma'am. 1247 01:14:27,811 --> 01:14:28,681 Lieutenant, 1248 01:14:31,989 --> 01:14:33,164 may I take your arm? 1249 01:14:38,735 --> 01:14:39,866 It's my pleasure, Miss Lytton.