ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: "A SECRET LIFE" Ron Howard, Mary Murphy Guest Stars. 5-31-1961. (PREMIER)

[Music] roof [Music] good evening ladies and gentlemen i hope you didn't mind that interruption this trip was my sponsor's suggestion he wanted to show off his diving prowess you see he's the gentleman who just went over the side now he's jerking on the line i intend to ignore him his messages are always the same always just like this one coming up [Music] the coffee's getting cold dear [Applause] marjorie yes dear i want a divorce a divorce that's what i said i want a divorce why no special reason but there must be a reason dear well just let's say i i want to be free you are free you have the gallery in this lovely house and you come and go as you jim it's not another woman oh no it's nothing like that it's just that well i'm bored i guess that's there's nothing to look forward to i mean you've got to admit we don't mean very much to each other anymore i wouldn't say that well i say there's nothing left of our marriage and you know it oh what you need is a good holiday i don't need a good holiday or any other kind of holiday i just want to be free jim i don't understand you is it something i've done no no it's nothing you've done it's just a well i just can't stand this sort of existence any longer we're just motoring away to nothing well i don't want it like this for the rest of my life what do you want me to do about it nothing i'm going away going away yes where are you going well i i don't know well you just can't take off into the blue oh yes i can you can yes well jim whatever you do i'll never divorce you i don't believe in it as far as i'm concerned we're married and that's that well we'll see about that i'm uh going now very well then i'll pack for you no don't bother just have nancy send my things down to the gallery [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] the music is just great you know the sand just feels great on your toes no [Applause] no this isn't right what do you mean what isn't right you've got your machines off [Applause] oh and now is my better huh yeah [Music] i wish this didn't have to win so do i but this is your wife yes i know why is she so difficult let's not talk about her let's talk about us but how can we still i mean if we're ever going to be together something has got to be done about marge well something will be done what i don't know but you bet i will we're going back to l.a tomorrow and i'm going to see johnson my lawyer and get something started [Music] [Applause] i'm afraid mr however that uh lacking an agreement between the parties involved there's just no way of being free of your wife you mean as there's nothing you can do for me i could take action if she provided the ground you know mental or physical cruelty perhaps but you've indicated there's nothing in that area no no no margaery's not like that and you are the one who deserted now you're quite sure that she won't take action oh i'm here i'm quite positive mr johnson here marty said she'd she'd never give me a divorce um you know there's really nothing unusual about your case mr harger may i be personal for a moment when a man married as long as you have been reaches your age he sometimes becomes restless cases like yours can be resolved through reconciliation no no no miss johnson look i assure you that i'm quite serious i have no intention of ever going back to marjory i see you uh mentioned having been away for a couple of months had the thought occurred to you that uh women not accustomed to living alone sometimes seek the uh companionship of others oh yes yeah well margery has a lot of friends you know that wasn't what i meant i i had referenced to the uh companionship of the opposite sex oh no mr johnson oh not marjorie oh no i i'd bet on that thought maybe so but it does seem my only promising possibility yes i'm sure but you you you obviously don't know much mr johnson well it is an avenue that we'll bear looking into at any rate i'm going to send a man around to see you his name is uh bates and where are you staying well i'm staying at the gallery for the moment after this man basic is he a detective yes he is and you'll find him most discreet and quite capable and if there is any uh uh activity in the field which i had referenced he'll be the one to uncover it well frankly i think this is a waste of time mr johnson but well i suppose if it's the only thing to do we we've got to do it haven't we [Music] oh good morning can i help you sir you're mr hoggil yes i am bates oh yeah yeah that baits won't you sit down and please mr bates from what mr johnson had to say about your case i can see no great difficulties he said you seemed a little reluctant to employ our firm let me assure you that mrs howe gill will never know she's being watched no look bates i didn't say that i am a private investigator investigator mr howe gill not private eye you mustn't confuse the genuine article with what passes for him on television neither i nor any of my men ever become involved personally with any of our clients what's more we don't even carry guns well let's get down to business now to begin with there must be eight-hour shifts union rules mr haugel and bates associates is prepared to work with three shifts around the clock now i suggest now wait a minute bates something wrong mr hoggil yeah something certainly is wrong now look i i wasn't too sold on the idea of spying on my wife in the first place but i need a camp on a doorstep 24 hours a day well it it seems to me it's overdoing it a little please sir we don't camp as you put it we merely blend with the scenery we're not amateurs no of course you're not amateurs face i fully realize that but i do you think we're gonna need all that watching 8 a.m to 4 p.m 4 p.m to midnight midnight to 8 a.m which ones do you prefer well leave the 4 p.m midnight ought to be enough mr howegil how will we know where your wife is if we start at four in the afternoon well all right then make it two watches then which one should we leave out from midnight to 8 a.m mr haugel that watch has proved to be the most rewarding of all i said leave it out bates very well now we can get started if you'll just give me your wife's description her address [Music] it was yesterday that it happened i had the 4 pm to midnight watch myself you see look i don't care who had the watch baits just get to the point uh all right ah here we are at 805 pm the subject left the house in the company of a man who called for her in his car they seemed on good terms with each other and then you can stop right there bates and explain that point since you asked she kissed him when she got into the convertible she kissed him in the convertible a black convertible with a white top rather fancy if i may say so but to go on yeah yes it could go on bates they drove to the sky house where they held hands and had three martinis three margaery margaery had three martinis three martinis they left the sky house at 1007 went to the club royale on the strip for supper and dancing returning to the house at 11 51 pm well and then bates and then it was midnight mr howegill the male escort was still in the house when i was forced to abandon the watch you mean to tell me bates you were banning the watch when the guy was still on on the premises please sir you could hardly expect me to work into the third watch when it hadn't been agreed upon but i dare say it would have worked out to your advantage had i been able to do so yes well do it then i want to know everything the whole story the third watch then yes mates the third watch soda or water uh please dear now what kind of an answer is that i said soda or water oh i'm so sorry still soda please [Applause] yeah this will make you feel good oh yeah yeah thank you doll are you perfectly comfortable oh yeah yes i'm quite comfortable thank you well may i join you oh yeah please do oh there that's better oh what's the matter no nothing why well tonight you just seem sort of different distant are you are you thinking about someone else oh don't be foolish as tell we know perfectly well there isn't anybody else yes there is there's margaery oh yes i know we we both know about that and well uh nothing we can do about her at the moment do you know how many times you looked at your watch tonight do you well uh i'm sorry yourself it's it's uh it's business i was gonna tell you but uh but what what did you mean to tell me well you see i i got a business appointment at the gallery tonight at this hour yeah yeah i was going to tell you but well i thought you might misunderstand you see in this kind of business there are no regular working hours i'll be back wait for me now i live here remember [Music] you shouldn't be seen here how long has this been going on the last car drove up about half an hour ago the black convertible the one in front that's mr brandon's brandon niles brandon the actor [Music] apparently it wasn't too long was it [Music] [Applause] would you mind turning that thing off well i thought you liked that record if you want my frank opinion i think it's insipid [Music] i'll tell you what i think is you were saying one thing and doing another there was no business at the gallery i called and there wasn't any answer you had no right to go checking up him i i mean even madre wouldn't do a thing like that well i am not marjorie and that is just the sort of thing i do all right still all right i i i went for a ride i i wanted to think i oh i don't know what's wrong with you i i shouldn't have said those things i'm sorry [Music] [Applause] [Music] just isn't the same since we came back from acapulco just not the same i'm sorry what did you say oh never mind you don't even know that i'm here oh of course i know you're here well you give very little evidence of it once more i've come to the conclusion that you don't even want a divorce i think you'd like to be rid of me and go back to her oh stell that's not true not true at all isn't it no [Music] hello it's for you yes what it's the only car left what no no no you don't need to do anything more baits no you've done quite enough already yes yeah i'll handle it from here on no no of course i wouldn't do anything like that yes i said i'll handle it from here on yeah goodbye and just what are you going to handle or maybe i should say who are you going to handle marjorie or me oh come come establish evidently it hasn't occurred to you that i might be very interested in the status of your marriage but i wouldn't no no you're too interested in looking at your watch and keeping phony business appointments well for your information mr how gill i have finally had it i am calling it quits oh no you can't no no i refuse to play nurse mate to that battered psyche of yours any longer goodbye mr house good bye goodbye goodbye still [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] jim oh why hello there marjorie well how nice to see you well i just thought i'd uh drop by oh well i'm glad you did you're uh glad yes why why should you be glad why yes i suppose it's because it's been so long since i've seen you oh yes yes it certainly has been a long time since you've seen me but uh i expect you've been keeping yourself uh fully occupied lately eh well i've managed to keep busy yes ha marjorie how yes oh i uh been to the bridge club and i visited my cousin in san francisco i saw a few plays and i developed a few new uh hobbies oh really i would you wouldn't be interested in those on the country i would be most interested in those what sort of hobbies marching well mosaics for one thing mosaic say oh nothing else but jim why are you so curious oh marjorie don't uh don't you know but i know oh come audrey now look you haven't just been playing around with mosaics i mean you've acquired some new and interesting friends now haven't you well how did you know about them them well i mean i've talked a lot about you is it did someone happen to mention it to you oh so you admitted that you admit you've been getting around a bit later you've been having a very gay time eh well of course good heavens i might know why it wasn't the same as being with you hmm oh marjorie it's so nice to be home again why don't you stay darling leave me here never leave you alone again [Music] oh it's terry hello mrs how girl i thought you were in new york darling that's films for you i fully expected to be gone today but it's just been one conference after another oh yes of course darling did you find my cigarette lighter oh yes yes i just have it right here good niles would never forgive me if i'd lost it now where is that i've just put oh here it is oh jim this is my husband jim i'd like to have you meet miss perry ah how do you do miss perry how do you do here you are dear thank you miss perry sublet the house for the past month while i was away in san francisco oh it was very soft at the house the whole time you were inside [Music] well i do hope the house wasn't left in too much of a mess i had the cleaners in before oh not at all did everything look beautiful thank you and i do know that your neighbors will be relieved your back [Music] why should they be sperry well i had a couple of rather noisy parties especially the last one well i really must fly now oh yes good idea goodbye mr hague goodbye miss perry [Music] [Applause] you you mean marjorie that that uh she said the house and all the time you were away yes darling i told you while i was in san francisco to cousin bridgette wasn't it lucky that i could spread it for the whole month yes yes darling um very lucky that sneaky sponsor of ours came up on the other side of the boat he holds me responsible for the defective equipment next week i should be back with another story actually i suspect i'll be here all week until then good night [Music] foreign [Music] so [Music] you

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Published: Tue Sep 14 2021