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How's this, boss?
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Great.
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You don't think it should
go below the plaque?
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Oh, here, precious.
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You got it crooked.
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Gee, boss. This is the big
break we've been waiting for.
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With all this press
and Maxfield behind you,
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why, you're going to have more
clients than you know what to do with.
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I would have loved to have seen
the look on Inspector Wolf's face
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when they handed him
the paper this morning.
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I bet he choked
on his coffee.
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We'll probably need a bigger
office in a nicer neighborhood.
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It's not the first time I've snatched a
case right out from underneath his nose.
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I'll get it. Probably
won't be the last, either.
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Still, it's Wolf's town. He's not
going to let you make a fool of him
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without trying to find
a way to get back.
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Thomas Magnum,
Private Investigator.
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Yes.
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Yes. Who?
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Just a minute, please.
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It's Alicia Maxfield. She
says she has to talk to you.
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Yeah? What could this be?
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Hello? This
is Magnum.
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Uh-huh.
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No kidding.
Who else knows?
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That's good. No, you're doing
fine so far. I'll be right there.
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William Tyler Maxfield's
been murdered.
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No!
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The cops aren't
in on it yet.
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Listen, you'd better stick
by the phone. I may need you.
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Thomas.
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Be careful.
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William Tyler Maxfield.
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There wasn't a newsboy or office girl
in America who didn't know that name
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and the papers he put out
under the Maxfield banner.
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The Daily Sentinel in New
York. The Evening Star in LA.
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The Gazette
in San Francisco.
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And probably a dozen more
between St. Louis and Denver.
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He'd made a lot of enemies
in his climb to the top.
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Finding someone with a motive
for murder would be easy.
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Narrowing it down to one
suspect was something else again.
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Mr. Magnum,
please come in.
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I'm afraid there's been a
rather unfortunate accident.
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Yeah, I know. Mrs. Maxfield called me.
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Looks like the police
beat me here after all.
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Well, well, well.
Look what the cat dragged in.
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Inspector.
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Yeah, I should have
known you'd show up.
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You're just naturally attracted to
trouble like rotting meat attracts flies.
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That's very descriptive.
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Too bad you're not as good an
investigator as you are a talker.
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But then I guess having unsolved murder
cases lying around doesn't bother you.
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Why, I ought to take you to the back
room of the station just for the exercise.
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Easy, Inspector.
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You can't go around arresting
innocent people in this country
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just because you don't like the
way they look. Not just yet, anyway.
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Who said anything
about arresting you?
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If you two are
going to fight,
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I wish you'd wait
until you've left the house.
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It seems so sordid,
given the circumstances.
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Sorry, Mrs. Maxfield.
I let my personal feelings
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get the better of
my professional conduct.
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Careful, Wolf, you
don't have much to spare.
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What's the matter, afraid
you won't be able to grab
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any of the headlines on
this one, sport?
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I'm not looking for headlines. I'm
looking for the man who killed Maxfield.
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Maxfield wasn't murdered.
He killed himself.
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Jumped off his balcony
into the ocean.
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Accident, suicide, body
washed up onshore this morning.
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Is that so?
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Well, then, I guess I'll just pay the
family my condolences and be on my way.
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Well, I'll be watching you, Magnum.
I'll be waiting for you to screw up.
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When you do, and you will, I'll be there.
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Let's go, boys.
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I'm sorry.
Christine called him.
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That girl's done
the opposite of everything
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I've asked her to do since
the day I married her father.
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I was trying to keep everything
quiet until we had a chance to...
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Thank you for coming.
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According to Wolf, there's no
point in my staying.
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Did William Tyler Maxfield seem like the
kind of man who would kill himself to you?
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I can't say as he did.
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I'll show you the room
where he was last seen alive.
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You're not going to tell
me what to do.
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I'm free of him at last.
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And nobody else is going to
run my life for me ever again.
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Don't be a fool, Christine.
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Sorry to interrupt
this charming conversation.
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What are you doing here?
Mrs. Maxfield called me.
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She seems to think there's more to
her husband's death than suicide.
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Stop it. Stop it.
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Well, he's mistaken.
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The police have already been
here. They filed a report.
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You wanna tell me
how you see it?
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Go ahead, Sam. You always
seem to have all the answers.
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I don't see how
it's any of your business.
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Oh, you know that,
and I know that,
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but I don't think the newspapers
are gonna see it that way.
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You being Maxfield's
attorney and all.
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Wonder if they might think
you've got something to hide,
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closing the casket on Maxfield
so quickly, no questions asked.
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Now look here,
you two-bit gumshoe,
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if you're looking for a buyout,
you've come to the wrong guy.
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I'm not looking to shake
anybody down.
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I'm telling you something
about this business stinks.
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As far as I can tell, this country
was built on justice for all,
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and no matter what
kind of man he was,
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I intend to see that Maxfield
gets his fair share of that.
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Maxfield loved to print
that kind of fair-play line.
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He found it amusing.
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He found you amusing,
I don't.
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We won't be needing your services
around here anymore, Mr. Magnum.
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I'll make a
deal with you.
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You tell me where you were last
night, and I won't call the press.
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I brought Father his tea
around 7:00.
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I always bring him tea
before he goes to bed.
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We talked briefly,
not about much.
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I think we almost communicated
better with our silences.
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You know the special bond
a father and daughter have.
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I can't say that I do.
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Maybe someday you will.
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Anyway, we talked about the dog
show coming up next month in Austria.
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He was always so proud of
the trophies we brought home.
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He said he wanted to read
the paper and then go to bed,
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so I kissed him good night and that's
the last time I saw him until...
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I came up
about 9:00.
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I'd drawn his bath.
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But he had drifted
off to sleep in his chair.
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I guess the scintillating
conversation had worn him out.
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Whatever the case,
I didn't want to disturb him.
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Then you were the last
person in this room?
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No. I came up about midnight.
I couldn't sleep.
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I thought, perhaps, I could
interest W.T. In a nightcap.
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He was gone and I noticed the
doors to the balcony were open.
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I closed them.
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The dogs discovered his body
on the beach this morning.
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He didn't need his bath.
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He knew he was going to wash
up onshore in the morning.
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For God's sake, Christine,
get ahold of yourself.
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The Reverend Bentley,
to pay his respects.
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I hope I'm not intruding.
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Myron.
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Oh, Myron,
it was so awful.
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I came just as soon
as I heard.
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If there's anything
that I can do...
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Can you think of any reason why
Maxfield would want to kill himself?
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Any recent
business reverses?
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No.
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An illness that was going
to rob him of his health?
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I thought he was going
to outlive us all.
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He had recently complained
of a touch of indigestion.
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That's hardly the kind of illness that
would make a man contemplate suicide.
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Was there anybody else
in this house last night?
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No.
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Well, that leaves us with only
one way to look at this thing.
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Someone in this room murdered
William Tyler Maxfield.
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Murder? I don't understand.
I thought that...
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Don't be ridiculous. I've
listened to all I'm going to.
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Christine, go pack your bags.
We're leaving tonight for Boston.
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I'm not going back.
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You have no choice
in the matter.
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You can't let him talk
to me like this. Tell him.
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Tell him what?
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No more questions, Mr. Magnum. Tell him what?
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That Myron and I were
secretly married last week.
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You married Christine?
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So that's it, is it?
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No, it's not.
Now look here...
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No, you look here, you
sniveling little opportunist.
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When you saw Christine,
you saw dollars.
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Well, she's my ward now
and I'm going to do exactly
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what her father
was going to do.
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I'm going to annul
the marriage.
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You can't talk
to me like that.
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Even in this
decadent part of the world
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there are laws protecting
underage females.
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Don't think I won't see
you rot in jail
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before I let you get your
grimy hands on her money.
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Her money. You act
like it's your money.
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Get out.
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Well, are you just going to stand
there and let him talk to you like this?
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Get out!
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You haven't heard
the last from me.
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Oh, I think we have.
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How could you do this to me?
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Go to your quarters
and pack your things.
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You seem to have everything
under control, Caldwell.
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Alicia, if you'll excuse us for a
moment, I need to talk to Mr. Magnum.
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What about me?
What about you?
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I don't want to go to Boston.
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It's immaterial to me what
you do, one way or the other.
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Aren't you being a little hasty about
leaving? If William was murdered...
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It was
an accident, Alicia.
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The sooner you come to
terms with that, the better.
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I suggest you start
making some plans
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for after the reading
of the will.
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Stop by my room
before you leave.
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I need to speak to you.
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00:14:17,927 --> 00:14:19,690
So what have we got here?
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A daughter who wants
to get married
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and a controlling, domineering
father who won't allow it.
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I'm not interested
in discussing Christine.
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So the daughter plots to
get rid of the one impediment
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to her imagined wedded bliss, her father.
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I believe in a day's wage for a day's work.
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00:14:33,776 --> 00:14:38,213
You've put in several hours, however
fruitless your investigation has been.
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00:14:38,281 --> 00:14:39,714
Oh, I wouldn't say
it's been fruitless.
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00:14:39,782 --> 00:14:41,977
Will this cover
your expenses?
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00:14:48,391 --> 00:14:49,722
There's $1,000 here.
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That's not enough?
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You know it is.
Good.
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00:14:53,596 --> 00:14:56,827
Then that should conclude our
business dealings with each other.
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It's enough to make
me forget about Christine
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and consider what
your motives for murder are.
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The butler will show you out.
I've got some packing to do.
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Thomas Magnum,
Private Investigator.
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Hello, precious.
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00:17:00,489 --> 00:17:03,481
Oh, Thomas. I was starting
to get worried about you.
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00:17:03,559 --> 00:17:05,459
I heard a report
on the radio.
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They're calling Maxfield's
death a suicide.
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00:17:07,630 --> 00:17:09,461
Oh, don't believe everything
you hear, precious.
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I need you to find
something out for me.
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Go down to Maxfield's office
at the Gazette, ask around,
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see what you can
get on Sam Caldwell.
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00:17:16,739 --> 00:17:18,172
I got a hunch
he's got money problems
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that disappeared with
Maxfield out of the picture.
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00:17:20,042 --> 00:17:21,634
Sam Caldwell?
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Yeah, that's the one.
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00:17:22,878 --> 00:17:25,676
Oh, and see what you can dig up
on a Bible-thumper named Bentley.
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I'll get on it right away.
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That's my girl.
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Mr. Caldwell said you
needed some assistance.
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00:17:32,321 --> 00:17:33,879
No, I'm fine.
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I'll find my
way out. Thanks.
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00:17:39,562 --> 00:17:43,692
Mr. Magnum, sometimes it's best
not to look into things too closely.
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00:17:44,433 --> 00:17:47,527
It spoils
the illusion of perfection.
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I'll keep that in mind.
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00:18:02,551 --> 00:18:05,076
Oh, Thomas. I'm so frightened.
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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.