1 00:03:22,272 --> 00:03:23,637 How's this, boss? 2 00:03:24,107 --> 00:03:25,267 Great. 3 00:03:25,842 --> 00:03:27,867 You don't think it should go below the plaque? 4 00:03:31,281 --> 00:03:33,044 Oh, here, precious. 5 00:03:34,718 --> 00:03:36,208 You got it crooked. 6 00:03:38,955 --> 00:03:41,753 Gee, boss. This is the big break we've been waiting for. 7 00:03:41,825 --> 00:03:43,349 With all this press and Maxfield behind you, 8 00:03:43,426 --> 00:03:46,054 why, you're going to have more clients than you know what to do with. 9 00:03:46,129 --> 00:03:48,461 I would have loved to have seen the look on Inspector Wolf's face 10 00:03:48,531 --> 00:03:50,158 when they handed him the paper this morning. 11 00:03:50,233 --> 00:03:51,791 I bet he choked on his coffee. 12 00:03:51,902 --> 00:03:54,200 We'll probably need a bigger office in a nicer neighborhood. 13 00:03:54,271 --> 00:03:57,069 It's not the first time I've snatched a case right out from underneath his nose. 14 00:03:58,241 --> 00:03:59,799 I'll get it. Probably won't be the last, either. 15 00:04:01,144 --> 00:04:04,409 Still, it's Wolf's town. He's not going to let you make a fool of him 16 00:04:04,481 --> 00:04:06,642 without trying to find a way to get back. 17 00:04:09,853 --> 00:04:12,344 Thomas Magnum, Private Investigator. 18 00:04:12,822 --> 00:04:14,289 Yes. 19 00:04:14,658 --> 00:04:16,558 Yes. Who? 20 00:04:18,628 --> 00:04:20,493 Just a minute, please. 21 00:04:21,331 --> 00:04:24,789 It's Alicia Maxfield. She says she has to talk to you. 22 00:04:25,135 --> 00:04:27,763 Yeah? What could this be? 23 00:04:31,408 --> 00:04:33,000 Hello? This is Magnum. 24 00:04:33,109 --> 00:04:34,804 Uh-huh. 25 00:04:40,216 --> 00:04:42,343 No kidding. Who else knows? 26 00:04:43,053 --> 00:04:46,784 That's good. No, you're doing fine so far. I'll be right there. 27 00:04:48,224 --> 00:04:50,055 William Tyler Maxfield's been murdered. 28 00:04:50,126 --> 00:04:51,457 No! 29 00:04:51,561 --> 00:04:53,620 The cops aren't in on it yet. 30 00:04:54,297 --> 00:04:57,824 Listen, you'd better stick by the phone. I may need you. 31 00:04:58,368 --> 00:05:00,165 Thomas. 32 00:05:02,339 --> 00:05:03,636 Be careful. 33 00:05:09,212 --> 00:05:11,077 William Tyler Maxfield. 34 00:05:11,147 --> 00:05:14,810 There wasn't a newsboy or office girl in America who didn't know that name 35 00:05:14,884 --> 00:05:17,284 and the papers he put out under the Maxfield banner. 36 00:05:17,354 --> 00:05:20,755 The Daily Sentinel in New York. The Evening Star in LA. 37 00:05:20,824 --> 00:05:22,416 The Gazette in San Francisco. 38 00:05:22,492 --> 00:05:25,859 And probably a dozen more between St. Louis and Denver. 39 00:05:25,929 --> 00:05:28,420 He'd made a lot of enemies in his climb to the top. 40 00:05:28,498 --> 00:05:31,365 Finding someone with a motive for murder would be easy. 41 00:05:31,434 --> 00:05:35,063 Narrowing it down to one suspect was something else again. 42 00:05:35,171 --> 00:05:37,469 Mr. Magnum, please come in. 43 00:05:40,110 --> 00:05:42,340 I'm afraid there's been a rather unfortunate accident. 44 00:05:42,412 --> 00:05:44,175 Yeah, I know. Mrs. Maxfield called me. 45 00:05:44,247 --> 00:05:47,182 Looks like the police beat me here after all. 46 00:05:55,658 --> 00:05:58,320 Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. 47 00:05:58,395 --> 00:05:59,726 Inspector. 48 00:06:00,363 --> 00:06:02,888 Yeah, I should have known you'd show up. 49 00:06:02,966 --> 00:06:06,231 You're just naturally attracted to trouble like rotting meat attracts flies. 50 00:06:06,302 --> 00:06:07,792 That's very descriptive. 51 00:06:07,871 --> 00:06:10,271 Too bad you're not as good an investigator as you are a talker. 52 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:13,798 But then I guess having unsolved murder cases lying around doesn't bother you. 53 00:06:13,877 --> 00:06:17,438 Why, I ought to take you to the back room of the station just for the exercise. 54 00:06:17,514 --> 00:06:18,640 Easy, Inspector. 55 00:06:18,715 --> 00:06:21,081 You can't go around arresting innocent people in this country 56 00:06:21,151 --> 00:06:24,416 just because you don't like the way they look. Not just yet, anyway. 57 00:06:24,487 --> 00:06:26,387 Who said anything about arresting you? 58 00:06:26,456 --> 00:06:27,616 If you two are going to fight, 59 00:06:27,690 --> 00:06:29,658 I wish you'd wait until you've left the house. 60 00:06:29,726 --> 00:06:32,217 It seems so sordid, given the circumstances. 61 00:06:32,295 --> 00:06:34,820 Sorry, Mrs. Maxfield. I let my personal feelings 62 00:06:34,898 --> 00:06:36,729 get the better of my professional conduct. 63 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,030 Careful, Wolf, you don't have much to spare. 64 00:06:39,102 --> 00:06:40,729 What's the matter, afraid you won't be able to grab 65 00:06:40,804 --> 00:06:41,998 any of the headlines on this one, sport? 66 00:06:42,072 --> 00:06:45,098 I'm not looking for headlines. I'm looking for the man who killed Maxfield. 67 00:06:45,175 --> 00:06:47,643 Maxfield wasn't murdered. He killed himself. 68 00:06:47,710 --> 00:06:49,575 Jumped off his balcony into the ocean. 69 00:06:49,646 --> 00:06:52,638 Accident, suicide, body washed up onshore this morning. 70 00:06:52,715 --> 00:06:53,943 Is that so? 71 00:06:54,984 --> 00:06:58,078 Well, then, I guess I'll just pay the family my condolences and be on my way. 72 00:06:58,154 --> 00:07:00,782 Well, I'll be watching you, Magnum. I'll be waiting for you to screw up. 73 00:07:00,857 --> 00:07:03,189 When you do, and you will, I'll be there. 74 00:07:04,461 --> 00:07:05,951 Let's go, boys. 75 00:07:09,766 --> 00:07:12,257 I'm sorry. Christine called him. 76 00:07:12,969 --> 00:07:14,732 That girl's done the opposite of everything 77 00:07:14,804 --> 00:07:16,999 I've asked her to do since the day I married her father. 78 00:07:18,541 --> 00:07:21,442 I was trying to keep everything quiet until we had a chance to... 79 00:07:26,883 --> 00:07:28,680 Thank you for coming. 80 00:07:29,719 --> 00:07:32,119 According to Wolf, there's no point in my staying. 81 00:07:32,188 --> 00:07:37,125 Did William Tyler Maxfield seem like the kind of man who would kill himself to you? 82 00:07:38,862 --> 00:07:40,386 I can't say as he did. 83 00:07:41,564 --> 00:07:44,328 I'll show you the room where he was last seen alive. 84 00:07:47,704 --> 00:07:50,036 You're not going to tell me what to do. 85 00:07:50,106 --> 00:07:51,368 I'm free of him at last. 86 00:07:51,441 --> 00:07:53,568 And nobody else is going to run my life for me ever again. 87 00:07:53,643 --> 00:07:55,770 Don't be a fool, Christine. 88 00:07:57,747 --> 00:07:59,738 Sorry to interrupt this charming conversation. 89 00:07:59,883 --> 00:08:02,613 What are you doing here? Mrs. Maxfield called me. 90 00:08:02,685 --> 00:08:05,313 She seems to think there's more to her husband's death than suicide. 91 00:08:06,856 --> 00:08:09,051 Stop it. Stop it. 92 00:08:11,728 --> 00:08:13,093 Well, he's mistaken. 93 00:08:13,163 --> 00:08:14,960 The police have already been here. They filed a report. 94 00:08:15,031 --> 00:08:16,430 You wanna tell me how you see it? 95 00:08:16,499 --> 00:08:18,899 Go ahead, Sam. You always seem to have all the answers. 96 00:08:18,968 --> 00:08:21,766 I don't see how it's any of your business. 97 00:08:23,339 --> 00:08:25,739 Oh, you know that, and I know that, 98 00:08:25,808 --> 00:08:29,710 but I don't think the newspapers are gonna see it that way. 99 00:08:29,779 --> 00:08:32,247 You being Maxfield's attorney and all. 100 00:08:32,315 --> 00:08:34,408 Wonder if they might think you've got something to hide, 101 00:08:34,484 --> 00:08:37,282 closing the casket on Maxfield so quickly, no questions asked. 102 00:08:37,353 --> 00:08:39,287 Now look here, you two-bit gumshoe, 103 00:08:39,355 --> 00:08:41,789 if you're looking for a buyout, you've come to the wrong guy. 104 00:08:41,858 --> 00:08:43,416 I'm not looking to shake anybody down. 105 00:08:43,493 --> 00:08:45,791 I'm telling you something about this business stinks. 106 00:08:45,862 --> 00:08:48,854 As far as I can tell, this country was built on justice for all, 107 00:08:48,932 --> 00:08:50,593 and no matter what kind of man he was, 108 00:08:50,667 --> 00:08:53,261 I intend to see that Maxfield gets his fair share of that. 109 00:08:53,336 --> 00:08:56,237 Maxfield loved to print that kind of fair-play line. 110 00:08:56,306 --> 00:08:57,603 He found it amusing. 111 00:08:57,674 --> 00:09:00,165 He found you amusing, I don't. 112 00:09:00,910 --> 00:09:04,903 We won't be needing your services around here anymore, Mr. Magnum. 113 00:09:04,981 --> 00:09:06,972 I'll make a deal with you. 114 00:09:08,218 --> 00:09:12,348 You tell me where you were last night, and I won't call the press. 115 00:09:20,730 --> 00:09:23,324 I brought Father his tea around 7:00. 116 00:09:24,334 --> 00:09:27,326 I always bring him tea before he goes to bed. 117 00:09:29,339 --> 00:09:31,933 We talked briefly, not about much. 118 00:09:33,643 --> 00:09:37,170 I think we almost communicated better with our silences. 119 00:09:38,615 --> 00:09:41,914 You know the special bond a father and daughter have. 120 00:09:42,852 --> 00:09:44,649 I can't say that I do. 121 00:09:45,855 --> 00:09:47,755 Maybe someday you will. 122 00:09:50,026 --> 00:09:55,487 Anyway, we talked about the dog show coming up next month in Austria. 123 00:09:58,334 --> 00:10:01,269 He was always so proud of the trophies we brought home. 124 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:07,107 He said he wanted to read the paper and then go to bed, 125 00:10:07,944 --> 00:10:12,278 so I kissed him good night and that's the last time I saw him until... 126 00:10:15,385 --> 00:10:17,615 I came up about 9:00. 127 00:10:17,687 --> 00:10:19,348 I'd drawn his bath. 128 00:10:19,789 --> 00:10:22,485 But he had drifted off to sleep in his chair. 129 00:10:23,026 --> 00:10:25,859 I guess the scintillating conversation had worn him out. 130 00:10:25,928 --> 00:10:28,488 Whatever the case, I didn't want to disturb him. 131 00:10:29,365 --> 00:10:31,799 Then you were the last person in this room? 132 00:10:31,868 --> 00:10:34,894 No. I came up about midnight. I couldn't sleep. 133 00:10:34,971 --> 00:10:38,099 I thought, perhaps, I could interest W.T. In a nightcap. 134 00:10:39,075 --> 00:10:42,442 He was gone and I noticed the doors to the balcony were open. 135 00:10:43,012 --> 00:10:44,479 I closed them. 136 00:10:59,228 --> 00:11:02,527 The dogs discovered his body on the beach this morning. 137 00:11:05,735 --> 00:11:07,703 He didn't need his bath. 138 00:11:07,804 --> 00:11:10,602 He knew he was going to wash up onshore in the morning. 139 00:11:11,074 --> 00:11:14,168 For God's sake, Christine, get ahold of yourself. 140 00:11:18,815 --> 00:11:21,807 The Reverend Bentley, to pay his respects. 141 00:11:22,118 --> 00:11:23,415 I hope I'm not intruding. 142 00:11:23,486 --> 00:11:24,714 Myron. 143 00:11:24,787 --> 00:11:27,813 Oh, Myron, it was so awful. 144 00:11:29,125 --> 00:11:31,286 I came just as soon as I heard. 145 00:11:31,361 --> 00:11:32,851 If there's anything that I can do... 146 00:11:32,929 --> 00:11:35,329 Can you think of any reason why Maxfield would want to kill himself? 147 00:11:35,398 --> 00:11:36,956 Any recent business reverses? 148 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:38,057 No. 149 00:11:38,134 --> 00:11:39,829 An illness that was going to rob him of his health? 150 00:11:39,902 --> 00:11:41,426 I thought he was going to outlive us all. 151 00:11:41,504 --> 00:11:44,064 He had recently complained of a touch of indigestion. 152 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:47,837 That's hardly the kind of illness that would make a man contemplate suicide. 153 00:11:47,910 --> 00:11:49,775 Was there anybody else in this house last night? 154 00:11:49,846 --> 00:11:50,870 No. 155 00:11:52,315 --> 00:11:55,148 Well, that leaves us with only one way to look at this thing. 156 00:11:55,218 --> 00:11:58,187 Someone in this room murdered William Tyler Maxfield. 157 00:12:06,829 --> 00:12:08,888 Murder? I don't understand. I thought that... 158 00:12:08,965 --> 00:12:11,525 Don't be ridiculous. I've listened to all I'm going to. 159 00:12:11,601 --> 00:12:14,161 Christine, go pack your bags. We're leaving tonight for Boston. 160 00:12:14,237 --> 00:12:15,898 I'm not going back. 161 00:12:15,972 --> 00:12:18,167 You have no choice in the matter. 162 00:12:18,241 --> 00:12:20,641 You can't let him talk to me like this. Tell him. 163 00:12:20,710 --> 00:12:21,904 Tell him what? 164 00:12:21,978 --> 00:12:24,538 No more questions, Mr. Magnum. Tell him what? 165 00:12:24,614 --> 00:12:27,048 That Myron and I were secretly married last week. 166 00:12:29,385 --> 00:12:30,818 You married Christine? 167 00:12:33,222 --> 00:12:34,382 So that's it, is it? 168 00:12:34,457 --> 00:12:37,017 No, it's not. Now look here... 169 00:12:37,093 --> 00:12:39,653 No, you look here, you sniveling little opportunist. 170 00:12:39,729 --> 00:12:41,720 When you saw Christine, you saw dollars. 171 00:12:41,798 --> 00:12:43,857 Well, she's my ward now and I'm going to do exactly 172 00:12:43,933 --> 00:12:45,059 what her father was going to do. 173 00:12:45,134 --> 00:12:46,192 I'm going to annul the marriage. 174 00:12:46,269 --> 00:12:47,566 You can't talk to me like that. 175 00:12:47,637 --> 00:12:49,161 Even in this decadent part of the world 176 00:12:49,238 --> 00:12:50,967 there are laws protecting underage females. 177 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,905 Don't think I won't see you rot in jail 178 00:12:52,975 --> 00:12:54,806 before I let you get your grimy hands on her money. 179 00:12:54,877 --> 00:12:56,845 Her money. You act like it's your money. 180 00:12:56,913 --> 00:12:58,141 Get out. 181 00:12:58,614 --> 00:13:02,277 Well, are you just going to stand there and let him talk to you like this? 182 00:13:02,518 --> 00:13:03,883 Get out! 183 00:13:07,256 --> 00:13:09,156 You haven't heard the last from me. 184 00:13:09,225 --> 00:13:10,988 Oh, I think we have. 185 00:13:11,527 --> 00:13:13,392 How could you do this to me? 186 00:13:15,465 --> 00:13:17,592 Go to your quarters and pack your things. 187 00:13:25,107 --> 00:13:27,598 You seem to have everything under control, Caldwell. 188 00:13:28,945 --> 00:13:32,711 Alicia, if you'll excuse us for a moment, I need to talk to Mr. Magnum. 189 00:13:35,117 --> 00:13:36,948 What about me? What about you? 190 00:13:37,019 --> 00:13:38,680 I don't want to go to Boston. 191 00:13:38,754 --> 00:13:42,121 It's immaterial to me what you do, one way or the other. 192 00:13:42,191 --> 00:13:45,388 Aren't you being a little hasty about leaving? If William was murdered... 193 00:13:45,461 --> 00:13:47,224 It was an accident, Alicia. 194 00:13:47,296 --> 00:13:48,820 The sooner you come to terms with that, the better. 195 00:13:48,898 --> 00:13:51,298 I suggest you start making some plans 196 00:13:51,367 --> 00:13:53,301 for after the reading of the will. 197 00:13:59,809 --> 00:14:01,970 Stop by my room before you leave. 198 00:14:02,979 --> 00:14:04,446 I need to speak to you. 199 00:14:17,927 --> 00:14:19,690 So what have we got here? 200 00:14:19,762 --> 00:14:20,956 A daughter who wants to get married 201 00:14:21,030 --> 00:14:23,123 and a controlling, domineering father who won't allow it. 202 00:14:23,199 --> 00:14:24,928 I'm not interested in discussing Christine. 203 00:14:25,001 --> 00:14:26,969 So the daughter plots to get rid of the one impediment 204 00:14:27,036 --> 00:14:29,732 to her imagined wedded bliss, her father. 205 00:14:30,339 --> 00:14:33,467 I believe in a day's wage for a day's work. 206 00:14:33,776 --> 00:14:38,213 You've put in several hours, however fruitless your investigation has been. 207 00:14:38,281 --> 00:14:39,714 Oh, I wouldn't say it's been fruitless. 208 00:14:39,782 --> 00:14:41,977 Will this cover your expenses? 209 00:14:48,391 --> 00:14:49,722 There's $1,000 here. 210 00:14:49,792 --> 00:14:51,453 That's not enough? 211 00:14:51,928 --> 00:14:53,520 You know it is. Good. 212 00:14:53,596 --> 00:14:56,827 Then that should conclude our business dealings with each other. 213 00:14:58,534 --> 00:15:00,559 It's enough to make me forget about Christine 214 00:15:00,636 --> 00:15:02,934 and consider what your motives for murder are. 215 00:15:05,441 --> 00:15:08,308 The butler will show you out. I've got some packing to do. 216 00:16:56,519 --> 00:16:58,714 Thomas Magnum, Private Investigator. 217 00:16:59,255 --> 00:17:00,415 Hello, precious. 218 00:17:00,489 --> 00:17:03,481 Oh, Thomas. I was starting to get worried about you. 219 00:17:03,559 --> 00:17:05,459 I heard a report on the radio. 220 00:17:05,528 --> 00:17:07,553 They're calling Maxfield's death a suicide. 221 00:17:07,630 --> 00:17:09,461 Oh, don't believe everything you hear, precious. 222 00:17:09,532 --> 00:17:12,092 I need you to find something out for me. 223 00:17:12,168 --> 00:17:14,932 Go down to Maxfield's office at the Gazette, ask around, 224 00:17:15,004 --> 00:17:16,665 see what you can get on Sam Caldwell. 225 00:17:16,739 --> 00:17:18,172 I got a hunch he's got money problems 226 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:19,969 that disappeared with Maxfield out of the picture. 227 00:17:20,042 --> 00:17:21,634 Sam Caldwell? 228 00:17:21,711 --> 00:17:22,803 Yeah, that's the one. 229 00:17:22,878 --> 00:17:25,676 Oh, and see what you can dig up on a Bible-thumper named Bentley. 230 00:17:25,748 --> 00:17:27,181 I'll get on it right away. 231 00:17:27,283 --> 00:17:28,807 That's my girl. 232 00:17:29,585 --> 00:17:32,247 Mr. Caldwell said you needed some assistance. 233 00:17:32,321 --> 00:17:33,879 No, I'm fine. 234 00:17:37,393 --> 00:17:39,190 I'll find my way out. Thanks. 235 00:17:39,562 --> 00:17:43,692 Mr. Magnum, sometimes it's best not to look into things too closely. 236 00:17:44,433 --> 00:17:47,527 It spoils the illusion of perfection. 237 00:17:48,170 --> 00:17:50,070 I'll keep that in mind. 238 00:18:02,551 --> 00:18:05,076 Oh, Thomas. I'm so frightened. 239 00:18:05,454 --> 00:18:06,887 Everything's happening so fast. 240 00:18:06,956 --> 00:18:10,221 I was afraid you wouldn't come. That I'd never see you again. 241 00:18:11,093 --> 00:18:13,459 Careful, angel. The walls have ears. 242 00:18:13,529 --> 00:18:14,826 Oh, what am I going to do? 243 00:18:14,897 --> 00:18:18,333 You're going to go to Boston with Caldwell and play the part of the bereaved widow. 244 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,459 How can I? After what's happened between us? 245 00:18:20,536 --> 00:18:22,902 The very wealthy, bereaved widow. 246 00:18:22,972 --> 00:18:24,633 You'll think badly of me when I'm gone. 247 00:18:24,707 --> 00:18:26,368 I'll try not to think of you at all. 248 00:18:26,442 --> 00:18:29,070 I'm not a bad person, Thomas. Of course you're not. 249 00:18:29,145 --> 00:18:30,908 I loved William. So you said. 250 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:34,472 I did. Even though he abandoned me romantically, 251 00:18:34,550 --> 00:18:37,041 I devoted my life to him. 252 00:18:37,486 --> 00:18:40,455 Not like that spoiled little brat he doted on. 253 00:18:40,756 --> 00:18:44,658 Ah, Christine. I thought that name would come up. 254 00:18:44,727 --> 00:18:46,490 You don't know how she broke his heart. 255 00:18:46,562 --> 00:18:51,158 She couldn't stand the thought that maybe her father had found happiness with me. 256 00:18:51,233 --> 00:18:55,670 I know we're much too close in age for her to ever think of me as a mother, but... 257 00:18:55,738 --> 00:18:59,174 I had hoped, for his sake, that we could be friends. 258 00:19:03,445 --> 00:19:08,348 That's very good. How long have you been practicing this pretty little speech? 259 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:09,577 Thomas... 260 00:19:09,652 --> 00:19:11,745 Did you get a chance to try it out on Maxfield before he died? 261 00:19:11,821 --> 00:19:14,051 Oh, don't be cruel to me. Not now. 262 00:19:14,123 --> 00:19:15,488 Oh. 263 00:19:16,358 --> 00:19:19,589 I'm sorry, angel. You just took me by surprise. 264 00:19:20,496 --> 00:19:22,487 So let me get this straight. 265 00:19:22,565 --> 00:19:24,829 You think Maxfield died of a broken heart 266 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:27,494 brought on by the thoughtless actions of his pampered daughter. 267 00:19:27,570 --> 00:19:31,597 No. I think she's the one who murdered him. 268 00:19:31,674 --> 00:19:34,609 Christine? She couldn't find her way to the powder room without help. 269 00:19:34,677 --> 00:19:37,578 Don't you see? It's all so clear. 270 00:19:38,013 --> 00:19:41,107 William was going to have her marriage annulled. 271 00:19:41,183 --> 00:19:42,616 She's willful, 272 00:19:44,587 --> 00:19:46,817 used to getting what she wants. 273 00:19:46,889 --> 00:19:50,052 And what about you, Alicia? What do you want? 274 00:19:50,759 --> 00:19:54,195 I want William's murderer put behind bars, that's all. 275 00:19:56,966 --> 00:19:58,433 You are good. 276 00:20:00,169 --> 00:20:02,262 You won't let Caldwell scare you off the case? 277 00:20:02,338 --> 00:20:06,274 Oh, I couldn't do that. I have my reputation to think about. 278 00:20:06,675 --> 00:20:08,336 Thomas. 279 00:20:10,312 --> 00:20:12,280 When William first hired you, I thought 280 00:20:12,715 --> 00:20:15,081 perhaps you and I would have a brief interlude. 281 00:20:15,918 --> 00:20:19,046 And when it was over, I'd be left with William and my memories. 282 00:20:21,223 --> 00:20:23,350 But now I'm not sure what's going to happen to me. 283 00:20:24,793 --> 00:20:28,320 You'll land on your feet, Alicia. Your type always does. 284 00:20:35,337 --> 00:20:37,669 I knew Maxfield had been murdered all right. 285 00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:39,935 There was no doubt in my mind about that. 286 00:20:40,009 --> 00:20:41,533 The only problem was finding the killer 287 00:20:41,610 --> 00:20:44,135 before Caldwell disappeared with all the evidence. 288 00:20:44,213 --> 00:20:46,443 I decided I'd better get help. 289 00:20:49,818 --> 00:20:51,251 Go away. 290 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,844 Hard at work, I see. 291 00:20:52,922 --> 00:20:55,755 Oh, it's you, Magnum. Come in, come in, come in. 292 00:20:55,824 --> 00:20:57,917 I thought you closed shop at 5:00 sharp every day. 293 00:20:57,993 --> 00:21:00,928 No, they got me here late working on the Maxfield case. 294 00:21:02,431 --> 00:21:03,898 You know how the Chief is. 295 00:21:03,966 --> 00:21:05,900 What does he care that I promised my girlfriend, Sheila, 296 00:21:05,968 --> 00:21:08,129 that I would take her to the double feature at the Bijou tonight? 297 00:21:08,203 --> 00:21:10,398 Suspicion and Death Takes a Holiday. 298 00:21:11,006 --> 00:21:14,100 I happened to drive by there on my way over here. 299 00:21:14,176 --> 00:21:18,670 Something tells me that you didn't come all this way to discuss the movies. 300 00:21:19,515 --> 00:21:22,245 What do you make of Maxfield? You think he jumped? 301 00:21:22,318 --> 00:21:26,414 It's hard to say. He got beat up pretty bad when he fell on the rocks. 302 00:21:26,488 --> 00:21:28,422 It could've been suicide. 303 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:30,117 But not for sure. 304 00:21:32,628 --> 00:21:35,563 Nothing is for sure until I see it with these two eyes. 305 00:21:35,631 --> 00:21:37,292 You have a theory? 306 00:21:38,867 --> 00:21:40,300 A little one. 307 00:21:40,369 --> 00:21:43,099 Not enough to make a case out of it yet. 308 00:21:43,172 --> 00:21:46,869 Suppose Maxfield took a beating before he went in the drink? 309 00:21:46,942 --> 00:21:48,273 It's possible. 310 00:21:48,344 --> 00:21:51,575 He sustained injuries around his head and shoulders. 311 00:21:51,647 --> 00:21:53,808 Have to be a pretty big man to overpower him though. 312 00:21:53,882 --> 00:21:55,747 Not if he was sedated. 313 00:21:56,552 --> 00:21:59,544 How long before you'll know the contents of Maxfield's last supper? 314 00:22:01,290 --> 00:22:04,282 Tomorrow morning if I go to this double feature tonight. 315 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:10,230 Funny, I just happen to have a couple of extra tickets to tomorrow's matinee. 316 00:22:12,668 --> 00:22:14,329 In that case, one hour. 317 00:22:15,270 --> 00:22:17,295 You know where to call me. 318 00:22:23,145 --> 00:22:24,840 He jumped right on it. 319 00:22:26,749 --> 00:22:29,309 Well, I was about ready to give up and go home. 320 00:22:29,718 --> 00:22:31,686 I had a couple of stops to make. 321 00:22:31,754 --> 00:22:33,312 How'd you make out? 322 00:22:33,389 --> 00:22:34,856 Not so good, I'm afraid. 323 00:22:34,923 --> 00:22:36,857 All the girls are talking, all right, 324 00:22:36,925 --> 00:22:38,756 but not about the right people. 325 00:22:38,827 --> 00:22:41,352 Caldwell's clean. Well, at least it looks that way. 326 00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:43,898 But then he's too smart to leave the obvious clues around. 327 00:22:43,966 --> 00:22:45,831 I was afraid of that. 328 00:22:47,036 --> 00:22:49,698 Hello! What's this? 329 00:22:49,772 --> 00:22:52,570 I'm not quite sure. It was delivered this afternoon. 330 00:22:52,908 --> 00:22:55,172 I did get something on the girl, though. 331 00:22:55,244 --> 00:22:56,506 Alicia? 332 00:22:56,578 --> 00:22:57,909 Christine. 333 00:22:57,980 --> 00:23:02,076 Seems like she had a terrible row with her father in his office downtown last week, 334 00:23:02,151 --> 00:23:03,743 and ran out in tears 335 00:23:03,819 --> 00:23:05,912 and one of the secretaries swears 336 00:23:05,988 --> 00:23:09,856 she heard Christine threaten to kill her father if she didn't get what she wanted. 337 00:23:10,759 --> 00:23:12,693 Why, Tiffy, you're a detective. 338 00:23:12,761 --> 00:23:14,251 Does that help you out? 339 00:23:14,329 --> 00:23:16,854 You don't know how much. I think we just hit the jackpot. 340 00:23:16,932 --> 00:23:19,992 Somebody sent us the goods on Myron Bentley, Christine's playmate. 341 00:23:20,069 --> 00:23:22,367 Appears he's had quite some past. 342 00:23:22,438 --> 00:23:25,271 He's left six wives with less money than when he married 'em. 343 00:23:25,941 --> 00:23:29,035 Here's an arrest record. Boston, Atlanta, Denver. 344 00:23:29,111 --> 00:23:31,375 No wonder he's bringing salvation to the West Coast. 345 00:23:31,447 --> 00:23:32,971 Arrests for what? 346 00:23:33,048 --> 00:23:36,040 Petty larceny, breach of promise, bad checks... 347 00:23:41,924 --> 00:23:43,414 What do I do? 348 00:23:45,494 --> 00:23:47,428 Show him in, Tiffy, dear. Show him in. 349 00:23:48,430 --> 00:23:51,558 Only, file this where he won't think of looking for it, will you? 350 00:24:05,614 --> 00:24:06,774 Mr. Magnum. 351 00:24:06,849 --> 00:24:09,682 Come in, Reverend Bentley. Sit down. What can I do for you? 352 00:24:14,456 --> 00:24:17,550 I think it's more a matter of what I can do for you. 353 00:24:17,626 --> 00:24:19,753 Is that so? I'm all ears. 354 00:24:19,828 --> 00:24:23,730 I have certain information that I would be willing to trade or exchange for, 355 00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:26,597 shall I say, a document. 356 00:24:28,303 --> 00:24:29,793 A document? Yes. 357 00:24:29,872 --> 00:24:32,602 A collection of papers that Mr. Maxfield assured me 358 00:24:32,674 --> 00:24:35,165 would be in my possession by early this evening. 359 00:24:35,244 --> 00:24:38,407 And of course, given today's turn of events... 360 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,779 Yes. Yes, I see your problem. But what did you come to me for? 361 00:24:43,185 --> 00:24:44,618 You don't have them? 362 00:24:44,686 --> 00:24:46,313 Why should I have them? 363 00:24:46,388 --> 00:24:47,912 But I was led to believe that... 364 00:24:50,759 --> 00:24:52,124 Yes, Tiffy? 365 00:24:52,561 --> 00:24:54,620 No, that's fine. You can go home. 366 00:24:54,696 --> 00:24:57,597 Oh, and lock up behind you, will you, precious? 367 00:24:57,966 --> 00:25:02,062 I'm going to have to ask you to put your hands behind your head, Mr. Magnum. 368 00:25:02,704 --> 00:25:03,830 Why, you... 369 00:25:05,607 --> 00:25:07,541 Please. Do as I say. 370 00:25:11,079 --> 00:25:12,671 Stand up. 371 00:25:14,216 --> 00:25:16,116 Step out into the middle of the room. 372 00:25:20,088 --> 00:25:23,148 I'm going to have to search your office, Mr. Magnum. 373 00:26:22,284 --> 00:26:24,218 Look what you did to my tunic! 374 00:26:24,286 --> 00:26:27,585 I get nervous when people start pointing guns at me. 375 00:26:28,056 --> 00:26:31,685 I'm not leaving here until I get what I came for. Those papers belong to me. 376 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,729 The hell they do. Maxfield collected a file on you. A good one. 377 00:26:34,796 --> 00:26:36,457 Good enough to convince you to stay away from his daughter 378 00:26:36,531 --> 00:26:38,863 once he'd had the marriage annulled. And for good measure, 379 00:26:38,934 --> 00:26:40,731 he threw in a check for $5,000. 380 00:26:40,802 --> 00:26:41,996 You looked in my wallet? 381 00:26:42,070 --> 00:26:43,935 You were ready to take a powder, but once Maxfield died, 382 00:26:44,006 --> 00:26:46,372 you decided to go back for the goods. How am I doing so far? 383 00:26:46,441 --> 00:26:47,874 He had no right to keep those papers. 384 00:26:47,943 --> 00:26:49,171 Who told you I had 'em? 385 00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:52,872 No one. 386 00:26:52,948 --> 00:26:55,075 All right, have it your way. 387 00:26:56,952 --> 00:26:58,283 What are you going to do? 388 00:26:58,353 --> 00:27:01,015 I'm calling the police. I'm telling them you went back to see Maxfield. 389 00:27:01,089 --> 00:27:02,488 You fought with him over the papers, 390 00:27:02,557 --> 00:27:04,218 and in the struggle you pushed him over the balcony. 391 00:27:04,293 --> 00:27:06,261 That's not how it happened at all. I did go back there. 392 00:27:06,328 --> 00:27:08,956 He promised me $5,000 and the papers. 393 00:27:09,164 --> 00:27:12,725 He lied. But I didn't kill him. Someone else did. 394 00:27:12,801 --> 00:27:15,133 He came in while I was there and hit him over the head with a trophy. 395 00:27:15,203 --> 00:27:16,397 Who? 396 00:27:17,606 --> 00:27:19,904 I don't know. You got to believe me. 397 00:27:19,975 --> 00:27:21,840 All right. Get out of here. 398 00:27:21,910 --> 00:27:23,605 Stay away from the Maxfield girl, 399 00:27:23,679 --> 00:27:26,375 unless you want the police looking into your business. 400 00:27:26,748 --> 00:27:28,409 Can I have my gun? 401 00:27:35,524 --> 00:27:37,856 Put your hands behind your head. 402 00:27:39,428 --> 00:27:41,919 Step out into the middle of the room. 403 00:27:46,268 --> 00:27:47,929 I intend to search your office. 404 00:27:48,003 --> 00:27:50,403 Okay, I won't stop you. 405 00:28:02,184 --> 00:28:03,549 Alicia. 406 00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:11,688 Oh, Mr. Magnum. 407 00:28:14,096 --> 00:28:15,495 I... 408 00:28:16,298 --> 00:28:17,788 I thought you were... 409 00:28:19,201 --> 00:28:20,634 You thought I was who? 410 00:28:20,702 --> 00:28:23,000 I thought you were Mr. Caldwell, actually. 411 00:28:23,071 --> 00:28:25,266 We've been waiting dinner on him. 412 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,305 Where's Mrs. Maxfield? 413 00:28:28,977 --> 00:28:30,706 She's in the study. 414 00:28:33,315 --> 00:28:35,840 It's too late, Alicia, you've lost. Don't be so sure. 415 00:28:35,917 --> 00:28:37,612 The will says the entire estate goes to me. 416 00:28:37,686 --> 00:28:39,677 Not until you're 25. Or married. 417 00:28:39,755 --> 00:28:41,814 The money's mine. Not yet, it isn't. 418 00:28:41,890 --> 00:28:43,187 Thomas. 419 00:28:43,892 --> 00:28:45,689 Sam can annul the marriage all he wants. 420 00:28:45,761 --> 00:28:47,626 I'll just marry Myron again, and again, and again. 421 00:28:47,696 --> 00:28:49,163 I'm afraid you won't be able to do that. 422 00:28:49,231 --> 00:28:51,597 What, are you going to stop me? I won't have to. 423 00:28:52,334 --> 00:28:53,699 Bentley's dead. 424 00:28:54,669 --> 00:28:55,761 No. 425 00:28:55,871 --> 00:28:57,736 What? How? 426 00:28:57,806 --> 00:29:01,867 If I hadn't been there myself, I'd almost believe you had nothing to do with it. 427 00:29:01,943 --> 00:29:03,137 You. 428 00:29:03,211 --> 00:29:05,145 What are you talking about? You killed him. 429 00:29:05,213 --> 00:29:07,272 I didn't. Why would I? 430 00:29:07,349 --> 00:29:09,817 From what I just heard, to keep Christine from getting her inheritance. 431 00:29:11,286 --> 00:29:12,981 Sit down. 432 00:29:14,055 --> 00:29:15,613 Mind your manners. 433 00:29:16,758 --> 00:29:19,022 All right, Alicia. Start talking. 434 00:29:19,094 --> 00:29:21,460 You got me into this mess and now I've got a dead man in my office 435 00:29:21,530 --> 00:29:24,192 and a cop who'd like nothing better than to put me into San Quentin for it. 436 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:26,166 Why'd you kill him? Thomas, I swear to you... 437 00:29:26,234 --> 00:29:27,963 I saw your car drive away. 438 00:29:28,036 --> 00:29:31,233 But I've been here all night. Then who was driving your car? 439 00:29:31,306 --> 00:29:32,534 I was. 440 00:29:34,176 --> 00:29:35,734 I had to go to the newspaper office 441 00:29:35,811 --> 00:29:37,802 to get Maxfield's will out of his safe. 442 00:29:37,879 --> 00:29:39,779 Oh, Sam. Myron is dead. 443 00:29:40,515 --> 00:29:43,040 Then the world is a slightly better place. 444 00:29:43,852 --> 00:29:45,114 The will? 445 00:29:45,353 --> 00:29:46,650 There are no changes. 446 00:29:46,721 --> 00:29:48,348 I suppose you have witnesses to testify you were 447 00:29:48,423 --> 00:29:50,516 at the newspaper at the time Bentley was shot to death. 448 00:29:50,592 --> 00:29:52,184 At least a dozen. 449 00:29:52,260 --> 00:29:54,626 I'll give you exactly three minutes to get out of here 450 00:29:54,696 --> 00:29:56,220 before I have you arrested for trespassing. 451 00:29:56,298 --> 00:29:58,232 You've overplayed your hand, this time, Caldwell. 452 00:29:58,300 --> 00:29:59,562 I'm not playing, Mr. Magnum. 453 00:29:59,634 --> 00:30:01,761 You think you can plot and scheme and control people's lives. 454 00:30:01,837 --> 00:30:03,429 Well, I'm not going to let you get away with it. 455 00:30:03,505 --> 00:30:05,530 Two minutes and 40 seconds. I'll be back! 456 00:30:18,587 --> 00:30:20,054 Mr. Magnum... 457 00:30:23,358 --> 00:30:24,791 Could you meet me in my quarters? 458 00:30:24,860 --> 00:30:26,794 I'm staying in the guest house. 459 00:30:26,862 --> 00:30:30,423 Christine. Don't you want to hear the reading of the will? 460 00:30:31,399 --> 00:30:32,593 Please. 461 00:30:43,278 --> 00:30:46,270 I knew I had to search Christine's room fast 462 00:30:46,348 --> 00:30:48,839 before she tumbled to my little game. 463 00:31:42,137 --> 00:31:43,934 Easy, boys. Easy. 464 00:31:51,546 --> 00:31:52,877 Okay, now. 465 00:31:53,448 --> 00:31:55,507 Let's not do anything foolish. 466 00:31:55,717 --> 00:31:57,184 Oh, my God! 467 00:31:57,252 --> 00:31:58,514 Isis, Osiris. Heel. 468 00:32:04,793 --> 00:32:08,251 You must think I'm very bold asking you to meet me here. 469 00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:11,128 What difference does it make what I think? 470 00:32:11,199 --> 00:32:14,293 I think it makes all the difference in the world. 471 00:32:15,870 --> 00:32:17,735 Will you have a drink? 472 00:32:18,006 --> 00:32:20,839 I don't trust a man who won't have a drink. 473 00:32:28,249 --> 00:32:30,342 I feel like 474 00:32:30,685 --> 00:32:34,985 every bleak moment of my existence on this earth so far 475 00:32:35,423 --> 00:32:40,417 has led inexorably into the horrifying events of the past 24 hours. 476 00:32:44,466 --> 00:32:48,334 Have you ever known what it's like to be a virtual prisoner of your own life? 477 00:32:48,403 --> 00:32:51,201 I'm afraid I never get that philosophical. 478 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,600 Well, perhaps if you'd been raised by a father 479 00:32:54,676 --> 00:32:57,770 whose sole aim was to control and dominate you. 480 00:32:58,313 --> 00:33:02,374 I've been bullied, threatened and abused since the day I was born. 481 00:33:04,386 --> 00:33:07,844 You know, I thought for a fleeting moment when Father died, 482 00:33:08,223 --> 00:33:11,215 that perhaps I was about to be granted my freedom. 483 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,653 But I was only to change jailers. 484 00:33:14,763 --> 00:33:16,025 Caldwell. 485 00:33:16,364 --> 00:33:20,095 He handles my estate until I'm 25. Or married. 486 00:33:20,869 --> 00:33:23,463 He controls all the money. Everything. 487 00:33:23,738 --> 00:33:27,105 So I'm no better off than some prisoner on death row. 488 00:33:28,910 --> 00:33:30,810 Well, I'd say 489 00:33:31,579 --> 00:33:33,877 you got a nicer cell than most. 490 00:33:35,984 --> 00:33:40,444 Mr. Magnum, do you think that you could ever find somebody like me attractive? 491 00:33:43,124 --> 00:33:44,921 In the right circumstance. 492 00:33:45,293 --> 00:33:48,729 I need somebody strong. I need somebody to take care of me. 493 00:33:48,797 --> 00:33:52,358 I mean, I thought Myron was that man. But he's no match for Sam. 494 00:33:52,434 --> 00:33:54,129 Oh, I'm not sure who is. 495 00:33:54,202 --> 00:33:57,865 You are. You can stand up to him. I saw that tonight. 496 00:33:59,641 --> 00:34:03,168 Have you ever considered what it would be like to be a very wealthy man? 497 00:34:05,313 --> 00:34:07,941 I could make all your dreams come true. 498 00:34:09,551 --> 00:34:11,519 I'll bet you're good at that. 499 00:34:12,454 --> 00:34:14,217 Let's do it tonight. 500 00:34:15,657 --> 00:34:16,851 Slow down. 501 00:34:16,925 --> 00:34:19,985 No, no, no. See, I know somebody who can handle all of the paperwork. 502 00:34:20,061 --> 00:34:21,323 Paperwork? 503 00:34:21,396 --> 00:34:22,954 Yes, and by morning we'll be man and wife. 504 00:34:23,031 --> 00:34:25,522 And then Sam will be out in the cold. 505 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:30,128 You'd like to see Sam get what's coming to him, wouldn't you? 506 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:34,864 Wouldn't you? 507 00:34:36,244 --> 00:34:38,974 Sure. Sure. I'd like to see him get that. 508 00:34:39,447 --> 00:34:41,506 Well, then tell me you'll help me. 509 00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:43,380 I'll help you, angel. 510 00:35:12,113 --> 00:35:13,603 What are you doing here, princess? 511 00:35:13,681 --> 00:35:15,080 Wolf called me at home, looking for you. 512 00:35:15,150 --> 00:35:16,913 I didn't know where you were. What happened? 513 00:35:16,985 --> 00:35:18,577 How'd Wolf get here so fast? 514 00:35:18,653 --> 00:35:20,086 An anonymous phone tip. 515 00:35:20,155 --> 00:35:22,487 Someone heard the shots you fired and called the station. 516 00:35:22,557 --> 00:35:24,525 The shots that I... 517 00:35:25,293 --> 00:35:27,386 Oh, I see. 518 00:35:28,396 --> 00:35:30,296 You're gonna pin this one on me. 519 00:35:30,365 --> 00:35:31,992 Yeah, you telling me you didn't do it? 520 00:35:32,066 --> 00:35:35,365 No. No, there's no use in me pulling the wool over your eyes, Inspector. 521 00:35:35,436 --> 00:35:36,767 I confess. 522 00:35:36,938 --> 00:35:39,771 I lured Bentley up here, I tricked him into pulling a gun on me 523 00:35:39,841 --> 00:35:41,570 and then when he had his back to this window, 524 00:35:41,643 --> 00:35:43,440 I ran downstairs, shot him twice in the back 525 00:35:43,511 --> 00:35:46,002 and then I tipped you off just in case you thought it was another suicide. 526 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,945 What are you boys looking for? 527 00:35:48,016 --> 00:35:49,074 All right, all right, all right. 528 00:35:49,150 --> 00:35:50,515 Why did Bentley come to see you? 529 00:35:50,585 --> 00:35:53,418 He wanted some advice on his Sunday sermon. 530 00:35:56,591 --> 00:35:59,583 Laugh your way all the way to the gas chamber, wise guy. 531 00:36:03,097 --> 00:36:05,861 The coroner called. He wanted to make sure you got this message. 532 00:36:05,934 --> 00:36:07,299 Thanks, precious. 533 00:36:07,368 --> 00:36:09,893 Bring me that file on Bentley, will you? 534 00:36:12,807 --> 00:36:14,069 So what's it gonna be? 535 00:36:14,142 --> 00:36:15,871 You gonna take me downtown and give me the third degree? 536 00:36:15,944 --> 00:36:17,468 Or did you bring the rubber hoses with you? 537 00:36:17,545 --> 00:36:18,910 If you didn't kill Bentley, who did? 538 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:21,107 The same person who killed William Tyler Maxfield. 539 00:36:25,420 --> 00:36:26,887 Hello? 540 00:36:27,589 --> 00:36:29,454 That's fine. I'll leave right now. 541 00:36:29,524 --> 00:36:31,492 And just where do you think you're going? 542 00:36:31,559 --> 00:36:35,188 I asked Maxfield's killer to meet me in 20 minutes. 543 00:36:35,396 --> 00:36:36,863 We can take your car. 544 00:36:57,018 --> 00:36:59,486 I got everyone here, just as you asked. 545 00:36:59,654 --> 00:37:01,485 Inspector, 546 00:37:01,789 --> 00:37:03,723 remove this man from the premises. 547 00:37:03,791 --> 00:37:06,225 Oh, I'm not staying, Caldwell. 548 00:37:06,294 --> 00:37:07,556 I'm leaving. 549 00:37:07,629 --> 00:37:11,827 Just as soon as I explain to Inspector Wolf which one of you killed Maxfield. 550 00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,299 Inspector! 551 00:37:14,903 --> 00:37:16,063 Go on. 552 00:37:16,271 --> 00:37:19,001 Well, from the first it was obvious it was Caldwell. 553 00:37:19,073 --> 00:37:20,870 This is insufferable. 554 00:37:21,476 --> 00:37:23,444 Please, Mr. Caldwell. 555 00:37:25,513 --> 00:37:27,572 You seemed like the most likely suspect. 556 00:37:27,649 --> 00:37:31,176 Cold, calculating. Smart enough to cover your own tracks. 557 00:37:31,252 --> 00:37:34,449 And the only one strong enough to throw Maxfield off that balcony. 558 00:37:34,522 --> 00:37:35,921 That's true. 559 00:37:36,758 --> 00:37:41,195 I figured you doped him up a little, put something into his tea. 560 00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:46,128 As the mickey took hold, he accidentally knocked his tea cup to the floor. 561 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,100 You waited till he was out cold, 562 00:37:48,169 --> 00:37:50,467 then you dragged him over to the balcony, 563 00:37:50,538 --> 00:37:54,497 threw his body into the ocean and closed the balcony doors. 564 00:37:55,076 --> 00:37:57,874 You cleaned up behind yourself, all right. 565 00:37:58,947 --> 00:38:02,178 But you missed this little piece of china. 566 00:38:04,352 --> 00:38:06,252 I didn't kill Maxfield. 567 00:38:07,055 --> 00:38:09,455 I know. I realized that later. 568 00:38:09,557 --> 00:38:12,025 You didn't drug him. You didn't have to. 569 00:38:12,093 --> 00:38:14,994 Maxfield was already dead before you even got into the room. 570 00:38:17,999 --> 00:38:21,628 But that doesn't solve the problem of the broken china cup. 571 00:38:24,405 --> 00:38:27,238 And then, there's this odd object. 572 00:38:28,443 --> 00:38:30,741 Looks like it broke off a trophy, doesn't it? 573 00:38:30,812 --> 00:38:32,040 One of mine. 574 00:38:32,513 --> 00:38:35,209 Maybe you can tell me what it was doing on the floor near the balcony. 575 00:38:35,283 --> 00:38:36,477 Well, I don't know. 576 00:38:36,551 --> 00:38:39,213 The coroner said that Maxfield was beaten on the head and shoulders 577 00:38:39,287 --> 00:38:43,781 numerous times with a heavy object before he took his midnight swim. 578 00:38:43,858 --> 00:38:44,916 No... 579 00:38:44,993 --> 00:38:46,085 There's no way to prove that. 580 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,993 Abrasions and contusions could have been caused by the wave action. 581 00:38:49,063 --> 00:38:50,826 They could've, but they weren't. 582 00:38:50,898 --> 00:38:54,390 Your late husband saw him get hit. 583 00:38:58,006 --> 00:38:59,598 He was going to confront Maxfield 584 00:38:59,674 --> 00:39:01,733 and force him to give him the blackmail folder. 585 00:39:01,809 --> 00:39:05,267 But before he could do that, somebody else came into the room. 586 00:39:05,346 --> 00:39:09,874 Somebody who beat Maxfield over the head with a heavy trophy half a dozen times. 587 00:39:10,618 --> 00:39:13,086 I'm already onto that trail, Magnum. 588 00:39:13,154 --> 00:39:15,588 Get your things, I'm taking you in. 589 00:39:15,957 --> 00:39:17,584 But I didn't do it. 590 00:39:17,658 --> 00:39:20,252 I never said you did, angel. 591 00:39:20,628 --> 00:39:22,289 Alicia did that. 592 00:39:22,430 --> 00:39:23,829 Don't be ridiculous. 593 00:39:24,499 --> 00:39:26,467 Why would I want to kill my own husband? 594 00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:28,797 I guess you're the only one who can answer that. 595 00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:32,103 You know yourself that I have no claim to the will. 596 00:39:32,407 --> 00:39:35,001 If I murdered William, I'd lose everything. 597 00:39:35,076 --> 00:39:38,534 Oh, not if you could make it look like Christine did it. 598 00:39:39,414 --> 00:39:40,779 That's insane. 599 00:39:41,282 --> 00:39:43,614 That's also a bit of a long shot. 600 00:39:43,918 --> 00:39:46,978 But not beyond you, my darling. 601 00:39:47,055 --> 00:39:48,215 Arrest her. 602 00:39:48,289 --> 00:39:50,849 You're getting ahead of me, angel. Alicia didn't kill your father. 603 00:39:50,925 --> 00:39:51,983 But you just said... 604 00:39:52,060 --> 00:39:53,721 I said she hit him over the head with a heavy trophy. 605 00:39:53,795 --> 00:39:56,286 But Maxfield was already dead when she did. 606 00:39:56,364 --> 00:39:58,264 And how do you figure that? 607 00:40:01,235 --> 00:40:04,898 I kept coming back to the china cup and what it was doing on the floor. 608 00:40:05,006 --> 00:40:07,338 So I had my friend at the Coroner's office check 609 00:40:07,408 --> 00:40:10,002 very carefully the contents of Maxfield's stomach. 610 00:40:11,412 --> 00:40:12,902 He was poisoned. 611 00:40:16,717 --> 00:40:18,150 With this. 612 00:40:20,154 --> 00:40:22,782 Designed to look like he had a heart attack. 613 00:40:22,857 --> 00:40:24,757 She planted it in my room. 614 00:40:24,826 --> 00:40:26,293 Oh! 615 00:40:26,761 --> 00:40:29,491 I never said I found it in your room, angel. 616 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:34,527 Looking for this? 617 00:40:34,602 --> 00:40:37,469 You know, the one thing I couldn't figure was motive. 618 00:40:37,538 --> 00:40:38,800 What's in it, angel? 619 00:40:38,873 --> 00:40:40,238 Benzedrine? 620 00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:45,575 All right, I'm only going to go through this once, so listen good. 621 00:40:45,646 --> 00:40:48,137 Christine got into a little trouble with Bennies. 622 00:40:48,216 --> 00:40:50,844 And when Daddy wouldn't come through with the money to keep her in supply, 623 00:40:50,918 --> 00:40:53,182 she had to look to other ways to get her fix. 624 00:40:53,254 --> 00:40:55,017 Eventually all the avenues dried up. 625 00:40:55,089 --> 00:40:56,647 She had to get her hands on her own money. 626 00:40:56,724 --> 00:41:00,251 There were only two ways, murder and marriage. 627 00:41:00,628 --> 00:41:02,858 Marriage didn't work out so good, 628 00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:05,899 so she started slowly poisoning her father 629 00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:08,060 hoping it would look like a natural death. 630 00:41:08,769 --> 00:41:10,134 And it did. 631 00:41:13,674 --> 00:41:15,733 It looked so good 632 00:41:15,810 --> 00:41:19,143 that Alicia thought it was a heart attack. 633 00:41:19,213 --> 00:41:23,172 She knew that would leave her penniless. And she couldn't have that. 634 00:41:23,251 --> 00:41:26,311 So she hit Maxfield over the head with one of Christine's trophies 635 00:41:26,387 --> 00:41:29,117 hoping that it would look to everyone like Christine did it. 636 00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:33,149 Don't, Thomas, don't. We can still get away from all this. 637 00:41:33,227 --> 00:41:34,489 Stop now before you go too far. 638 00:41:34,562 --> 00:41:36,792 It's too late for that, Alicia. 639 00:41:37,498 --> 00:41:39,864 It's gone too far already. 640 00:41:42,837 --> 00:41:46,432 With her step-daughter up on a murder rap, Alicia would get the money. 641 00:41:47,074 --> 00:41:49,099 But she hadn't counted on Caldwell. 642 00:41:50,578 --> 00:41:53,103 Caldwell came across the murder frame and believed it. 643 00:41:53,181 --> 00:41:55,081 He knew if Christine went to the gas chamber, 644 00:41:55,149 --> 00:41:57,515 he wouldn't have control of Maxfield's estate. 645 00:42:00,454 --> 00:42:03,890 But that wasn't the real reason you tried to rescue 646 00:42:03,958 --> 00:42:08,019 Christine from what you thought was her murderous act, was it, Sam? 647 00:42:09,096 --> 00:42:10,120 No. 648 00:42:10,431 --> 00:42:11,659 No. 649 00:42:12,934 --> 00:42:17,701 What you didn't realize was that Sam Caldwell was in love with you all along. 650 00:42:20,775 --> 00:42:22,265 How did you know? 651 00:42:26,380 --> 00:42:27,847 I'm not sure. 652 00:42:29,584 --> 00:42:34,419 Anyway, he cleaned it up, he even tried to bribe me with this thousand dollars. 653 00:42:34,655 --> 00:42:37,954 You'll want that for evidence. So, once he was in, he couldn't get out. 654 00:42:38,025 --> 00:42:39,617 When he thought Bentley was going to talk, 655 00:42:39,694 --> 00:42:41,855 pointing the finger at Christine, he had to kill him, 656 00:42:41,929 --> 00:42:43,396 framing Alicia. 657 00:42:44,065 --> 00:42:45,396 Exactly. 658 00:42:45,466 --> 00:42:49,368 Book 'em all, Inspector. Murder One and accessory after the fact. 659 00:42:53,107 --> 00:42:54,836 Wait a minute, Magnum. 660 00:42:56,644 --> 00:42:58,737 If they're all going to jail, 661 00:42:58,913 --> 00:43:01,404 who's going to get Maxfield's money? 662 00:43:36,117 --> 00:43:39,484 "As Magnum drove off into another beautiful sunset, 663 00:43:40,054 --> 00:43:41,578 "he wondered 664 00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:45,918 "how many times he could go through this 665 00:43:46,394 --> 00:43:48,726 "before his heart broke for good." 666 00:43:57,405 --> 00:43:59,430 Well? What do you think? 667 00:44:01,942 --> 00:44:03,603 I think it's 668 00:44:05,012 --> 00:44:08,311 quite possibly the finest piece of fiction I've ever come across. 669 00:44:08,382 --> 00:44:09,906 You're kidding. 670 00:44:10,718 --> 00:44:12,652 The style is strong and aggressive, 671 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:14,813 the characterization is clean, 672 00:44:14,889 --> 00:44:19,155 the story innovative, yet comfortingly familiar... 673 00:44:19,226 --> 00:44:21,091 Well, it's my first effort, 674 00:44:21,162 --> 00:44:24,893 and I'm sure I'll have to, you know, 675 00:44:25,433 --> 00:44:28,459 change a word or two here and there, but you really like it? 676 00:44:28,536 --> 00:44:29,730 Like it? 677 00:44:29,804 --> 00:44:34,366 Not since Dashiell Hammett have I seen such raw, pure talent. 678 00:44:35,876 --> 00:44:38,504 Wait a minute. You're comparing me to Dashiell Hammett? 679 00:44:38,579 --> 00:44:42,538 A sort of Raymond Chandler meets Erle Stanley Gardner... 680 00:44:42,616 --> 00:44:43,947 Black and white. 681 00:44:44,018 --> 00:44:46,578 An Agatha Christie bumps up against Arthur Conan Doyle, 682 00:44:46,654 --> 00:44:48,246 there's an image. 683 00:44:48,322 --> 00:44:50,517 Excuse me. I'm still dreaming. 684 00:44:52,893 --> 00:44:55,020 I have to get back to sleep. 685 00:45:02,336 --> 00:45:03,769 Magnum. 686 00:45:05,539 --> 00:45:07,097 Magnum! 687 00:45:08,476 --> 00:45:09,909 Magnum! 688 00:45:19,186 --> 00:45:20,517 Magnum. 689 00:45:23,691 --> 00:45:26,023 Higgins, what are you doing here? 690 00:45:26,293 --> 00:45:28,386 You asked me to come down. 691 00:45:28,829 --> 00:45:31,627 You implored me to stop by before I left. 692 00:45:33,167 --> 00:45:34,862 Why are you wearing that suit? 693 00:45:35,836 --> 00:45:37,303 You know why I'm wearing this suit. 694 00:45:37,371 --> 00:45:40,033 I am going to the Anglo-Hawaiian Royal Yachting Costume Brunch. 695 00:45:40,107 --> 00:45:42,575 And I'm late. Now what is it you wanted me to see about? 696 00:45:43,177 --> 00:45:44,508 Right. 697 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,876 I'm sorry. I've been up all night 698 00:45:51,385 --> 00:45:52,909 working. 699 00:45:52,987 --> 00:45:54,181 Yes? 700 00:45:54,789 --> 00:45:56,154 And... 701 00:46:03,264 --> 00:46:04,595 No. 702 00:46:06,467 --> 00:46:08,560 I just wanted to say, 703 00:46:09,603 --> 00:46:11,594 have a good time at the party. 704 00:46:11,672 --> 00:46:13,469 Don't worry about a thing here. 705 00:46:13,541 --> 00:46:17,739 I'll be on the job, making sure no harm comes to Robin's Nest in your absence.