The Second Woman (1950) FILM NOIR

[Music] today i looked upon the cliff where hilltop stood i can still see its hanging roofs against the cypress trees but hilltop is no more there is only a scar of jutting rock where once its windows glittered in the california sun my aunt amelia's house still stands next door i was a welcome guest within its walls but to me it will always be a house of fear i was afraid that sunday morning in september i was afraid before the doorbell rang [Music] good morning good morning hello amelia where is he where is cohel jack why what's wrong it's a wonder you weren't murdered in your bed dr hartley told me this morning i won't permit him to stay in this house another day what is it major what's that that's all right it's all right amelia i'll handle this where's his room it's there just leave this to me i'll take care of cohen go helen oh helen are you in there he's gone he can't be he said last night well i mean he must be around somewhere i'll search the place from top to bottom would anyone mind telling me what all this excitement is about you've been harboring a dangerous man a man wouldn't it be fair to jeff if we wait until we find him and then he can speak for himself by all means find him but where well supposing i look in the garage and see if his car's still there just what did dr hartley tell you jeff jeff are you in there jeff jeffy you all right major badger [Music] if only i had listened to the doctor if you had only listened to him on the train there was something wrong even then something terribly wrong i should have seen it in your eyes the first time we met [Music] hello jeff oh hello doc patient in los angeles or were you just doing the town oh medical dinner at the biltmore last night what have you been up to i spent a couple of days at the general hospital those dizzy spells again nothing serious i hope when i need a doctor i'll come to see you i was getting some technical stuff for the veterans hospital i'm working on didn't i hear somewhere that ben shepard donated the land for it that's right join me in a cup of coffee no thanks i've just had breakfast i'll see you later then oh jeff yes i don't like those recurring periods of depression of yours why don't you come in let me give you a checkup one of these days morning elmer oh good morning sir how about a little breakfast you can start me off with some black coffee yes may i okay oh sorry go ahead throw it i'll just save the train from being wrecked by the running shoulder of your shoulder oh by showing proper respect for the powers of darkness powers of darkness what have we here disbeliever let's see what the tea leaves say about you your coffee sir oh thank you there's a trick my grandmother taught me she learned it from an old witch in ireland and so you've been drinking coffee ever since that's beside the point i see your name scribbled on the bottom of the cup it starts with the an l doesn't it it does not ah but it does the tea leaves never lie i see it now l n your name is ellen isn't it yes you'll not be so quick to scoff now will you now let's see where you're from i see a large body of water not so large as an ocean but the next thing to it uh what could that be lake superior it's the largest lake in america and you're from lake superior from minnesota now we'll go into your destination it's pine cliff of course you wouldn't be on this train but where in pine cliff i see here an old woman and the letter a now let me see the old woman is standing in the garden and she's talking to her neighbor so you're going to the city she says what train will you be coming back on saturday's train he says then you'll have a pleasant companion she says for me niece ellen is coming to visit me and she'll be on side of his train you see the tea leaves never lie and uh neither do the tea bags but how will i know her i says to a million sure now she says just look around the parlor car and the prettiest girl there that'll be ellen foster you're a real irishman aren't you you've obviously kissed the blondie stephen kissed it she says i wear it on me watch bob and just from what part of ireland do you come flatbush [Music] good morning sue good morning mr halen mr shepard here yet he's in his office thank you i think this would be an ideal site for the beach club don't you keith yeah it certainly would ben um come right in jeff well we bring the road in here and divide this section into two acre lots and hold out this area for the golf course all right ben hello jeff how was the trip hi thank you i uh watched a little present while i was in los angeles found it in an antique shop i jeff parents it's a map of an old spanish land grant say that is an antique here's the uh embara territory my grandmother's grandfather he lived right there that was before california was a state wasn't it then it certainly was i keep forgetting how long your family's lived here only since 1820 come in pardon me mr shepherd what is it man well sue told me you were in here did you take any blueprints with you when you went down to the city no why why the rear elevations are missing they can't be i put them in a final thursday well they're not there now but it must be come on i'll help you look for him see you later ben thanks for the map jeff glad you like it jeff seems to be getting awfully absent-minded lately doesn't he the boy works too hard maybe so but say that's quite a map isn't it oh it's a beauty look here's our beach that's the old spanish name for it costa del rey the coast of kings i oh down mr town don't be afraid of him he won't hurt you well i hope he didn't tear your coat oh no it's all right i don't know what got into him he never barks at people he seemed to think i was an intruder oh yes of course that must be it is this a privately oh no it's just that there was someone who used to sun here beside this rock i'll forgive him this time i must say you own a very particular dog i don't own him exactly they own me shamrock and mr o'grady mr o'grady isn't that an odd name for a german shepherd well it's here von gradenstein on his papers i translate it well i guess i ought to go home i'll walk along with you [Applause] [Music] what an amazing house don't you like it yes i think i do it looks as if it had wings as if it could take off and fly across the sea that's the effect i was striving for when i built it you build it my house certainly belongs exactly where it is doesn't it yes i think a house ought to blend with its environment it's building a valley it should crouch between trees it's on top of a hill it ought to be part of the sky [Music] as soon as i put shamrock up i'll walk the rest of the way with you it's nice of you to insist isn't it [Music] i'm beginning to like your house more and more you can't take it all in at the first glance can you no it's like some people that way i guess you have to know them a while like you for instance yes i suppose that's true of me too we don't have houses like that in minnesota do you mind if i take a closer look at it [Music] i thought you said you were late oh another ten minutes won't matter [Music] may i go in why of course [Music] well i just don't know what to say you care for a drink thank you sherry all right yes with an unusual picture by del lopez the mexican modernist thank you what's it called it doesn't have a name what does it suggest to you well it's not real but then it's not not real either it might be a garden in a dream it might be or he dreamed of the girl who belonged in the garden that's pretty good and then she became more important in the garden and perhaps that's why she's out of proportion perhaps she did perhaps that's why a woman gets out of proportion to a man i really don't know anything about modern art there isn't anything to know about it it's like music it's form doesn't have to copy nature to please the senses does it we were talking about art i was talking about figures are you interested in figures i have a civilian you have a what civilian an italian sculpture i bought one of these porcelains with my first fee you like to see it yes i was crazy over by the window come on i'll show it to you this is my good luck charm it's called hotai the chinese got us a chance sevilla always [Music] oh jeff i'm terribly sorry [Music] can it be mended no it's beyond me uh well i'll meet you may be worrying about me i suppose i should go home yes i suppose you should [Music] goodbye [Music] good afternoon luella hello mr foster is that amelia headhub i didn't see her go out ellen oh hello argenia were you afraid i was low no i was sure you could take care of yourself but it was getting late and i was afraid you'd forgotten about the dance the country club tonight of course not i just ran into mr cole helen on the beach and i stopped by his house for a glass of sherry you were inside hilltop why yes you don't disapprove do you after all i'm a little old to need a chaperone but no one's ever been inside hilltop before no one except jeff funny you built it for his bride then there's a mrs cohelan no vivian was killed the night before the wedding how awful aren't emilia yes dear what was she like vivian she was the most beautiful girl you ever laid your eyes on she was ben shepard's daughter ben shepard ben owns most of that's why it was such a perfect match jeff was a privilege of yours more like a son and when he fell in love with vivian ben was delighted of course he adored vivian especially after her mother but i shouldn't talk about it was such a scandal poor ben ah emilia you said that vivian shepard was killed was it it was an accident jeff told ben it was bad enough to have a party before the wedding but ben insisted there were so many people there jeff and vivian stole away in her car and five minutes later she was dead in a collision at 12 mile drive you never can tell what private tragedies people have had can you i mean when you first meet them he seems so light-hearted on the train he can be that way sometimes and next minute he's strange like never inviting people into his home and never mentioning vivian's name i'll tell you one thing we've been pretty worried about jeff but the way he's been acting well how would you expect him to act after a shock like that seeing the woman he loved killed right in front of his eyes to wonder he didn't go out of his mind don't get so excited to you i'm sorry and don't get too interested in jeff gohell and there were other attractive men in bank cliff oh men who aren't many want what are me well after all he has had a tragedy in his life and it's only a year ago and we better get dressed yes [Music] wow how about taking a look at the great big california wall huh i can see it through the window what i had in mind was a personally escorted tour think of my reputation mr parents but i am thinking of it new girl in town seen walking with me in the moonlight while the stag line will give you a rush i never encourage stag lines there's no future in them but in that case we'll sneak out quietly no thank you thank you but no cold climate minnesota yes isn't it [Applause] uh let's go down the bar and talk it over all right i see you know our local hero we've met the charming fellow yes he is i suppose you fall madly in love with him everybody else does except you mr sarah oh i think he's just ducky did your children enjoy your dogs it was just ducking keith you must sit down and have a drink with us i thank you i'd like to hello hello hello welcome home dodo thank you good evening this is my niece ellen foster this is miss ferris dear how do you do how do you do that and dr hartley oh yes we met on the train my name is ferris you i know a wolf major now you two stay right here to move to me get back as fast as the only dance i know is a waltz will you risk it with me i'd love to dr hart [Music] and uh how were things at the separation center did you have a good time reno was delightful i received my discharge papers yesterday you'll get your copy in the mail well that calls for celebration doesn't it it certainly does in that case i'll take you down to the bar and buy you a drink oh really oh come now we're civilized people aren't we well i guess it can't do any harm you know i think it ought to be a lot of fun now that we're not married anymore what do you think your chances are then i built more hospitals in the south pacific in one year than the average architect will see in a lifetime the only competition i'm worried about is talbot and talbot huh not that i can't compete with them professionally but they seem to know how to play the uh political side of it well that won't count here i hope not anyhow i'm indebted to you for a crack at it i merely suggested that they invite a local architect to submit plans jeff you're looking pretty seedy sure you haven't been working too hard well it's been a pretty hectic week man but we finished up tonight plans are all wrapped ready for mailing in the morning hello ben you old darling hello dodo hello jeff there's an admirer of yours looking for you upstairs who's that a girl by the name of foster you seem to have made quite a score aren't you speaking to me jeff certainly daughter how are you fine our uh congratulations in order they certainly are we're celebrating the new freedom and see you later bye i think our upstairs ben it's uh getting a little crowded down here too long i'm completely exhausted what is that song do you know it's called don't forget me oh i remember they played it a lot last year yes they played it last fall is something the matter no i didn't eat my dinner i guess you shouldn't drink on an empty stomach excuse me [Music] here butch such a little animal and yet he's got an appetite as big as mine well jeff doesn't answer or maybe he left early but he looked so worried last night i'm supposing he's ill and there's no one to take care of him after all dear jeff's a big boy now oh how nice we're invited to ben's fiesta next week he gives one every year i think i'll walk over and make sure he's all right who ben oh oh you mean jeff wow huh [Music] look at his right front leg it's shattered i hate to have to destroy how did it happen i don't know i don't know how it could have happened you better wait for me outside [Music] ah [Music] oh [Music] did you see which way he went who the man what man he was hiding in the bushes didn't you see him no i only saw some branches moved at all i've never seen lovelier roses what are they called matador i believe they grow on the bush out on the terrace matador of course after the color of the bullfighters came or the bull's blood jeff i'm so sorry about shamrock [Music] helen you better go now you're not safe with me do you understand suppose i didn't want to be safe please go now i'll call you later all right jeff [Music] so hello everybody ben this is a wonderful call oh thank you amelia tell me have you seen the major point yes he's right over there thank you excuse me please certainly uh will you excuse me please all right ben yeah major i wonder if you could tear yourself away from these charming people and come and speak with mrs atkinson she's dying to talk to you you know go ahead tell me uh what does a certified public accountant do especially a pretty certified public accountant i compile actuarial tables for an accident insurance company what are the odds against the manufacturing is on that sort of thing what are the odds ninety to one that you won't break you're on this year well that's good but if you do it's two to one that it'll be the right arm or if you notice that in your practice no what i've noticed is that my patients have all their fractures just when i'm ready to sit down to dinner say you come here man i want to talk to you didn't i see you around my place last week me me no senor i'm sure i saw you hanging around my stable me no senor some other fellow but nothing just a minute i'm [Music] all right well i wonder what that was all about oh the morning after the dance i went over to see if jeff was all right and there was a prowler behind a bush did you see him yourself no but jeff did oh cigarette thank you did you ever compile any figures on the incidence of mental diseases for your insurance company no they weren't on our list interesting subject who's sane and who isn't hard to tell sometimes do you know anything about paranoia it's a form of uh hallucination isn't it [Music] delusions of persecution starts with an inability to withstand stresses normal person experiences misfortune throws it off sooner or later but if a person is psychotic to begin with he may start to imagine things he might even begin to imagine there's a conspiracy against him that's when he gets dangerous do you have a specific case in mind after a person that you're treating no it's out of my field i'm a general practitioner not a psychiatrist [Music] very sick you come right away did you get the address si senor oh thank you forgive me please god [Music] are you sure jeff then i'm positive it was the same man well i'll talk to him if you want me to but you know how it is with those fellas they all look alike if you don't know them maybe you're right man so the guy gets up and he says he'd you take a powder oh the guy was bigger [Laughter] the same thing happened to me only he wasn't so tall oh well i remember all too well for that evening excuse me honey i'll be back in a while because the rest committee feel that a local architect should have the job ben may i see you a moment surely excuse me jeff certainly well well if it doesn't miss icicle from minnesota good evening mr sarah now call me keith it was nice of you to find this secluded spot are you always this way when you've been drinking oh now this miss prim and proper business didn't fool me for a minute i spotted you the first night don't you don't have to pretend honey just relax and enjoy it stop it you kidding jeff hello galahad i'd like to have a few words with him privately if i ever catch you ron ellen again i'll run you on a pine cliff gala had you frightened me i'm warning you i mean it keep away from her i know too much about you so what you'll never open your mouth that's the beauty of it it's your story and you're stuck with it i don't have to open my mouth i can close yours what are you two boys arguing about what does anybody ever argue about politics oh politics uh keith will you do me a favor dr hartley had to leave on an emergency call will you see the daughter gets home she has a little headache i'd be glad till ben don't you think maybe i'd better look i pay her alimony i'll take her home it was a lovely lovely party darling i'm glad you enjoyed it you're sure i can trust you to take her straight home well the car knows away ben all by itself good night then uh oh ben yes it might be a good idea to keep an eye on jeff tonight see that he doesn't drink anymore he was getting a little uh a little out of control uh thanks keith i'll watch him goodnight [Applause] [Music] still cutting the lads throat i see an inch at a time every little bit helps helps what or is it just your meanness on your part don't be stupid ben hasn't any heirs has he all that money and not even a second customer suppose he should take a notion to leave it all to hell and where would i be out in my ear the day after the will was filed well you don't think he's going to leave it to you do you no no i'm voting for charity but keith ferris is administrator of the estate what would you think of uh the vivian shepard foundation firm for something or other that turns even my stomach oh i'm very well thank you um you were in the cavalry weren't you major well i'd like to ask you a question can a horse break its leg in its own store what's that you think it's the chance in a million no i was just computing the odds on an accident that happened last week well thank you very much for the information major good night [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] so [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] helen oh jeff what are you doing here i heard the dog howling i heard it too could you tell where it came from no turn here someplace but i can't locate it [Music] little what's the matter mister [Music] he's gone oh jeff [Music] [Music] well that's about all we can do tonight jeff i want to talk to you well not now i'm sorry i didn't mean to be rude but i'm just not in the mood for conversation you have to listen it's important let's go up to the house [Music] all right let's have it i talked to major badger tonight he can't understand how shamrock could break his leg in his own stall well he hasn't anything on me i can't understand it either this is a bad luck don't call it luck jack what would you call it i'm not sure a few days ago this rose was on your matador bush it was alive and beautiful not dead was that bad luck or was it cause and effect you picked it so it died i didn't pick it the whole bush died overnight for no reason there must be a reason there's always a reason for everything is there maybe you can give me a reason for this take a good look at it it looks different is it the way the light hits it isn't the lightest the colors look at it again oh i see what you mean they faded haven't they all the life's gone out of it your rose bush died your painting fades but have you ever had a common ordinary fall jeff what do you mean 65 of all accidents are falls falls down a flight of steps falls out of a tree falls off a ladder or in a bathtub but nothing of that sort ever happens to you it's too ordinary your kind of accident has to be unique what are you driving at your bad luck jeff it's a little too bad to be true your porcelain figure fell off the table while nobody was in the house shamrock broke his leg while he was in his own stall now your picture fades it's too bizarre jeff the impossible can happen but not over and over again are you trying to tell me they didn't happen no they happened all right but it wasn't luck can't you see the pattern that runs through all your accidents shamrock mr o'grady your picture your statue your rose bush and the collision on the highway last year that's when it all began six accidents and every one of them killed something you loved do you know what the mathematical odds are against a run like that a billion to one are you telling me they weren't accidents at all no i'm only trying to tell you that lightning can strike twice in the same place jeff but not six times you mean you think that all of these things have been planned by someone someone who hates you who's trying to destroy you who could it be jeff i don't know we'll find out we'll go back to the beginning the night that vivian was killed we'll talk to the policemen who reported the accident we'll find the garage they took the car to we'll ask a thousand questions about the accident and about vivian ellen we'll start tomorrow morning we'll look for witness ellen wait a minute the ambulance driver will remember something i'll find him and i'll talk to him you won't talk to anyone why why won't i because i don't want you to but jeff listen to me i don't want you asking questions i don't want you investigating anything this is my affair i'll handle it my own way i was only trying to help you well now you've let me know where i stand you don't want any help from me all right then do it your own way helen listen to me just don't let any black cats cross your path and if you see a horseshoe pick it up and spit on it and throw it over your shoulder that'll take care of everything ellen [Music] you didn't tell me good night dear i'm sorry is anything wrong no there isn't anything wrong there is nothing right either i saw you come home you were just jeffs again aren't you yes i don't want you to think i'm an old busy body but i'm all the family that you have and it will help you to talk to someone what is there to talk about he doesn't love me he never will he's in love with a memory i tried to warn you to be sensible sensible i love him i've got to help him if i can whether he likes it or not i know good night good night anime [Music] [Music] so [Music] hello hello oh yes ellen i've taken your painting to an art shop you did what i found out some very important information if you come over tonight i'll tell it to you no i can't tell you no look i thought you understood i was going to handle this in my own way don't argue jeff just come on over goodbye well what do you think it's hard to understand why it's faded the artist doesn't use pen colors it didn't temperature there must be a reason i would say this was painted with london watercolor that's the best you can get nothing fades them except continuous exposure to strong sunlight for a little month that's impossible i can't imagine what caused it i tell you what i can do i can talk to a couple of artists i know they might have an idea i think my best bet is to go and see trail feed he's a water color man he's one of the best you ought to know everything about it i think i'll catch him tomorrow morning you know thrillfield the naturalist he pays the dogs and horses and cows my wife the beautiful tree i'm sorry oh no trouble at all no miss foster yes i just remembered something years ago i framed some pictures for a painter by the name of torres vincente torres one of the paintings was an old lady playing the guitar it was a water color and he said it the man who bought the picture took sun lamp treatments that winter and he took it on a couch right under the painting and he was mystified while the color faded so vincent found out that the rays from the sun lamp broke down the pigment can you remember the name of the man who owned that picture i don't think i ever knew because i'm local man what about the artist is he still in pine cliff torres he died five years ago oh thank you again very strange have you told anybody else about this of course not but someone in pinecliff knows that you can fade the colors out of a painting by turning a sun lamp on it if we can find out who owns that picture jeff the portrait of the old woman with the guitar what would it prove if somebody wants to destroy a painting there must be a hundred easier ways of doing it that's not all read this arson in the soil underneath the matador bush i dug it out this morning enough arsenic to burn out the whole root system it didn't get there by accident jeff someone put it there someone who knows how to poison a rose bush or a dog or a man's life would you really like to help me you know i would and forget it forget the whole thing but there was poison in the root system the chemist told you you never saw the chemist you never heard of a portrait of an old woman with a guitar do you understand no no i don't understand jeff your house look out the window i start from upstairs it's burning uh sorry we won't be able to save much mr cohen fire got two biggest turns everybody stand back hello jeff a lovely fire isn't it you know you can see it for miles jumped right in my car drove over wouldn't have missed it for anything i'm so sorry jeff such a beautiful house i'm glad it's gone [Music] be sure to tell jeff that he's welcome to come stay with us [Music] my [Music] [Music] no he hasn't come in all day yes i did but he left the house early this morning wait a second here he is now good good haven't come right in mr shepherd wants to see you so i'm here he'll be right in thank you he's here now stacy hello ben i didn't mean to keep you waiting that's quite all right jeff i'm terribly sorry about what happened last night i know you all right thanks i wouldn't bother you about anything today ordinarily but mr rogers here just came to town stacey rogers chairman of the hospital committee oh of course how are you so glad uh this is the jeff gohell and i recommend it to you yes we examined your plans last night mr cohelan good clean modern lines thank you i'm sorry we couldn't give you the job you couldn't what i was just about to tell you ben we decided on talbot and talbot you did this is a surprise stacy which was it mr rogers politics or stupidity i beg your pardon if they'd given it to makruder or chesney and pike i wouldn't have said a word because i know the boys would have gotten a good modern hospital but talbot and talbot haven't had a new idea since burnham did the flatiron building oh now take it easy oh they're not architects they're political finaglers maybe you can tell me just one detail in their plan that was an improvement over mine name just one young man your attitude doesn't deserve a reply but since you're a friend of mr shepherds i will say to you that no member of the board myself included could understand how a reputable architect would submit his design for an important building with no interior detail whatsoever no detail there were 17 blueprints of the interior right down to the placement of the operating tables and surgery you may have drawn them young man but you didn't send them to us there were no interior details none at all could they have been misplaced somewhere in your office not possibly the seal packages were opened in the presence of the entire board uh maybe you misplaced them jeff you know how absent-minded you've been suppose you can find the duplicates would the board be willing to reconsider and that's impossible the contract has already been awarded this is quite a shock stacey i felt sure that cohen would get this job oh i'm sorry ben but you understand my position jeff you weren't going on without me were you without you you told me to drop in at 5 30 you drive me home do you remember i'm not going home now is anything wrong everything's wrong come on let's get out of here [Music] it's dreadful whole year's work completely wasted typical coal and luck don't keep calling it luck supposing someone took those plans out of the office and wrapped the package over again who'd do a thing like that keith wood he hates you he hates everybody something twisted inside of him i would take a psychiatrist to explain it and why does mr shepard keep him on at the office he doesn't know what he's like donald must know she acts as though she's still in love with him they're women who love men like keith take a psychiatrist to explain that too it's getting kind of late i'd better drive you home [Music] isn't this near well what'd you say nothing drive faster when you jeff i want to feel the wind in my face all right you are miss foster 296 hall street fall river massachusetts thank you very much sergeant just one thing more the accident happened on 12 mile drive didn't it that's right just three miles from pine cliff thank you very much traffic department responsible just a minute please almost faster it's for you for me hello uh miss foster uh this is dr hartley uh my office is just across the street i saw you go into the police station as i park my car are you in trouble miss foster in trouble why no i mean not exactly i think you better drop into my office uh can you come over right away well i i have a long distance phone call to make first well just as soon as you complete your call yes i i think i can come by in about 20 minutes thank you thank you sergeant it's all right miss foster hello dr hartley come in come in i was startled when you telephoned me at the police station well i'm very glad i spotted you and i did why did you ask me if i was in trouble well the fact is i'm in rather an awkward position but your aunt is getting along in years and i didn't want to disturb her on julie so i thought it best to discuss this matter with you sit down sit down thank you yes doctor since i'm your aunt's physician i feel it's my duty to inform you that she isn't safe that neither one of you is safe for that matter so i wanted to get your permission to speak to your house guest to ask him to move to a hotel but i don't understand what is that to do with my aunt's safety yes i was afraid you'd ask me that the fact is you're forcing me to take an unethical action the man isn't my patient and even if he were whatever it is you're trying to say doctor why don't you just go ahead and say it yes you're quite correct i'll come to the point let me say that i believe your houseguest mr kohlin is definitely paranoiac he seems to have all the obvious symptoms of delusions of persecution if that's true then you and your aunt are in a hazardous position two helpless women in the same house with a man who may become dangerous at any moment we can't allow it may i ask you a question doctor certainly you speak of delusions of persecution but or delusion is imaginary thing that never happened that's right but yes dog was poisoned his house was burned down that was no dilution i saw it myself did you see the gasoline can gasoline can the gasoline cam the police found in the ruins of hilltop it was an unusual type of container only one store in pine cliff sells them and that store sold such a can to jeff last monday how do you know the chief of police told me so this morning but i don't see how and that isn't all the body of the dog was disinterred he died of arsenic poisoning two days after his master bought a package of weed out are you trying to tell me that jeff burned down his own house that he poisoned his own dog that's impossible no man in his right mouth exactly no man in his right mind but why why would he do a thing like that listen listen to this once the feeling of guilt is firmly established in the subconscious the patient may do injury to himself as a form of penance or self-imposed retribution such actions may be taken without conscious volition and will often disappear entirely from the memory stream so that the patient is later unaware that his injuries were self-inflicted that's my theory that jeff is suffering from feelings of guilt and he's unconsciously punishing himself for it guilt you keep talking about guilt i don't understand you what is he guilty of his fiancee was killed in an automobile accident a year ago and he was at the steering wheel at the time it would be an unusual man who didn't reproach himself under those circumstances even if he was blameless and if he thought he was responsible for the death of the woman he loved if the thought began to prey on his mind it's rather an obvious theory isn't it yes then i have your permission to speak to him i'll be as tactful as possible no not yet not until friday friday i've got to have time to think about it i'll be very careful but promise me you won't speak to him yet well i can't force my opinions on you miss foster but i must emphasize as strongly as i can that delay can be dangerous extremely dangerous i'll be very very careful dr hartley i hope you will miss foster thank you [Music] [Music] that man must be crazy thank you very much [Music] [Music] [Music] hello jeff hello [Music] jack of spades is that bad luck like a black cat a dead man's car oh is there a card for a dead woman the queen of spades i almost drew it this afternoon oh what happened oh i just gotten off the bus and was waiting to cross the street and a car nearly ran me down it almost seemed to be trying to did you see the driver no i was too busy trying to get out of the way what kind of a car was it a green convertible like yours set the top was up you've got to get out of here helen you've got to get out of pine cliff right away why because something else is going to happen i i can feel it it might happen to you i'm not going to leave not now i'm warning you ellen it's no use i'm not going you're asking for trouble am i and i'll really ask for it watch yourself closely watch yourself every minute don't trust anybody not even you not even me [Music] well i think i'll go to bed now major badger said he'd come by in the morning and take us to church [Music] you won't forget what i said you'll be careful i'll be careful jeff yes how long have you known dr hartley for years ever since i came to pine club has there ever been any bad feeling between you no why shouldn't be [Music] well he thinks that the shock of vivian's death might have affected your mind he thinks that you might be paranoid you don't think so do you no i don't think so good night jeff good night [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i had to see you again wanted you to have this don't be afraid to use it if you have to [Music] i want you to wait for me tomorrow morning tomorrow morning you must leave the house you mustn't leave the house without me [Music] promise you won't all right i promise you won't forget when major badger arrives girl good night [Music] we found jeff early the next morning i can still smell the fumes of the gasoline as we pulled his body from the car but somehow it didn't quite ring true i couldn't believe that jeff would try to kill himself no suicide note was found but the local architect was discovered in the foster garage with the door closed and his car motor running he was immediately removed to city hospital where latest reports from dr raymond hartley advised that cohelen is now definitely out of danger on the national scene congress resumed its discussion of the morse conlon bill today labor spokesman have announced that they will request an amendment guarantee i'd like some more coffee nurse with cream and sugar how did you get by the no visitors sign i walked right straight past it to ask you a question oh you did well suppose you walked right straight past it again going the other way not till you've answered my question would you rather i rang for a nurse oh you weren't that way on saturday night when you needed me i made you a promise then and i kept it now i think you owe me the answer to one question just one well i won't ask you why you came to my room that night i know the answer to that one oh you do certainly you wanted to make sure that i'd find you on sunday morning before the motor ran too long you probably didn't start it until after the major rang the doorbell you don't miss much do you you counted on that too you knew that when we couldn't find you in your room i think of looking in the garage no thank you to see if your car was still there you have all the answers haven't you all except one why did you fill those buckets with gasoline fill the bucket well you saw that too yes i wasn't filling buckets i was draining the gas tank so if you didn't show up in time the motor would stop running as soon as the gas in the carburetor was gone but why why did you do it you had your question don't be technical why did you pretend to commit suicide when that car almost ran you down saturday morning you don't think that was an accident do you i couldn't get you to leave town so i had to give him a different target different target me man doesn't kill my rose bush and my horse and my dog and then stop there he must want to kill me i can't wait any longer not while strange automobiles are trying to run you down on the highway i've got to force his hand now i want him to think that it's safe to take a shot at me don't you understand not quite i've tried to commit suicide haven't i was on the radio it says so right here so what if somebody takes a shot at me now leaves the gun in my hand it's an open and shut case isn't it the police wouldn't even investigate so he's free to kill me now if he can doesn't have to hit around the edges anymore but keep away from me don't stand too close to the target is that why you wanted me to leave pine cliff that's why i want you to go home now and stay there lock the doors from the inside if you have any visitors don't let anna amelia out of your sight don't trust anyone where will you be if i want to find you i don't know but i have to get out of here i can't wait for him to make the next move i've got to get out and go after him you say the exhibit was in 1939 the summer of 39. i ought to have that catalog [Applause] yeah somewhere there's a list of all of the exhibitors in here in the back of the pool practically every artist who might have known sorry oh it is this is perfect exactly what i was looking for thank you good afternoon yes are you mr strabini yes that's me did you ever know an artist by the name of vincente torres vincent no [Music] and santi torres certainly i knew him well watercolor man no sense of depth do you recall a painting he did a portrait of an old woman with a guitar an old woman with a guitar don't believe i reside [Music] the old woman with a guitar yes i remember when taurus painted it it was during his runway period do you remember who we sold it to didn't know we ever found a sucker it was a piece of trife well thank you [Music] why mr cohelan hello sue you had a few phone calls anything important i don't think so a man named carter called said he was a friend of an artist that you knew the name sounded like boris was it taurus it could be did he leave a number no he said he'd call back around six what's after that now when mr shepherd's anxious to see you he's still in the office okay shepherd of states well yes just a minute mr carter hello yes that's the man then sandy torres do you remember a watercolor he painted a portrait of an old woman with a guitar you do do you remember who bought it you're absolutely certain thank you oh you're just the man i've been looking for they wouldn't let me in the hospital and you seem to have disappeared since you got out well i had some important things to do ben well anyhow you're here now that's the main thing uh of course i know it was an accident boy you couldn't have done it deliberately couldn't i of course not just the same you've been overworked lately you're looking all out it's time you took a rest yes i could use a rest a nice long rest just what i had in mind as a matter of fact i'm tired myself that's why i'm thinking of taking your trip see something of the world before i get too old sounds like a fine idea ben wouldn't be a good idea for you too jeff why don't you come along with me the two of us could have a pleasant time together leave all our worries behind and take things easy for a while what kind of a trip were you thinking of ben i have made up my mind where would you like to go oh an ocean voyage might be nice if the ship had a low rail and a long drop to the water or niagara falls might be handy or the top of the empire state building don't talk like that jeff don't even think of such things i uh wasn't thinking of suicide ben i don't expect to jump i expect to be pushed you're crazy jeff you're talking like a paranoiac where did you get that word then you read it in a book complete with all the symptoms i'm only trying to help you but if you're going to take this sit down ben sit down and listen you had all the tools to work with didn't you your ranch hands who think you're a king will do anything you tell them to i was out your place yesterday ben looking for pedro they told me he didn't work for you anymore hadn't since the day after my house burned down you let him go didn't you after he'd done his job i'm beginning to think the doctor's right i'm beginning to believe you do have delusions of persecution paranoia ben you learn the word use it when did you first plant the idea in hartley's mind did you say i'm a little worried about jeff and tap your finger on your forehead jeff i'm not going to talk to you any longer you're not in your right not while you're in your present mood i wouldn't do that if i were you you haven't answered my questions ben are they too difficult let's see if you can answer an easy one whatever happened to that painting that used to hang in your living room the portrait of an old woman with a guitar wasn't in the living room it was in my study why when you get rid of it then after it faded after you found out what a sun lamp can do to a watercolor you want to know who put me on your trail you did yourself when you tried to convince me i couldn't trust my memory anymore i hate to say this jeff but you can't trust your mind anymore can't i i made a written list the night i wrapped the hospital plans to make sure nothing was left out and 17 blueprints were missing when the package was opened by the state board no one could have tampered with that package but you no one else knew it would be on my desk overnight i didn't know any yes you did i told you at the country club you wanted to destroy my faith in my work didn't you it was the only thing i had left oh jeff this is ridiculous that's what i thought the beginning but once i began to suspect you would all fit it together i even remembered that your foreman was in the store the day i bought the can of gasoline that gave you an idea didn't it yes it gave me an idea how do you like your own medicine how do you like waking up every morning wishing you were dead then you don't deny it anymore [Music] no [Music] i'm glad you found out because you can't do anything about it go tell somebody i poisoned your dog go say i burn down your house you know what they'll think they'll think you're crazy i don't care about the others it's what you think that's important you've been like a father to me ben in a funny kind of way you still are [Music] what made you change what made you start to hate me was it vivian you killed her i did everything for you that one man can do for another and how did you repay me you murdered her not murder me not murdered a drunken man at the wheel of an automobile what is he isn't a murderer go in there can't go in there no alan what are you used to jeff mr shepherd this is mr nelson fall river massachusetts last year he was driving through california and when he reached pinecliff he had an accident on 12 mile drive is this the man who was driving the car in which the girl was killed well uh you said not to say anything when you paid my damages go ahead answer no no it wasn't was that fella back there thank you mr nelson i tried to keep it from you ben [Music] at the party you gave the night before vivian and i were to be married i don't know whether you remember or not i said something to you about the room being a little stuffy i wanted to go outside for some air [Music] i was really looking for vivian i found her all right i heard them talking to each other it wasn't anything new ben it had been going on for years all the time i was overseas he was telling her why he'd never marry her he couldn't dodo wouldn't give him a divorce so she said we'll run away without a divorce i followed them on to 12 mile drive i didn't know where they were going but i knew i had to stop them if i could he was going as fast as the curving road would let i tried to catch him but he was driving like a madman we were coming to the fort where 12 mile drive meets the highway i saw a car approaching on the main road paris didn't see the other car i knew what was coming but there was nothing i could do to stop it [Music] i jumped out of my car and ran toward the wreck [Music] he said do something do something for her but there was nothing anyone could do for vivian there was only one thing left to do for anybody i told him to take my car and get away from there i didn't want you to find out how she died ben or what she was really like i'm sorry you had to know ben even now vivian i always gave you everything you wanted from the time you were a little girl you were all i had after your mother ran away she was still good i never told you that did i your mother was no good now you want to run away too you're just like her same bad blood jeff he thinks i i know i won't go through that again i'll kill you first i'll kill both of you [Music] put it down you ran away she ran away from me call dr hartley well you finally fixed me with the old man didn't you but you'll never get any of his money now he's as nutty as a squirrel now get out of here get out of pine cliff if i ever see you again i'll kill you dr hartley this is ellen foster will you come over to mr shepherd's office right away yes yes it's urgent thank you it's all right ben everything's going to be all right well doctor will you live he's healing beautifully no infection no complications simple perforation of the deltoid all the time i thought it was my shoulder you won't need that thing anymore good yeah he'll be as good as new in a week tell me about ben well amelia ben was the psychopath of course from the beginning i ought to have suspected it of course now he's had what the psychiatrists call a catharsis he's brought his troubles out into the open ellen helped to bring them out when she phoned fall river you'll be all right now in time well i'm really happy to hear that well i hate to drag myself away but the ill and injured are waiting i'll see you to your car doctor bye ellen jeff goodbye doctor so long doc and now young lady suppose you come along with me there's something i've been wanting to ask you yes jeff how in the world you ever find that fella from fall river oh oh i found him in the traffic accident records at the police station what made you think of him the way you drove your car on 12 mile drive the other night you could never have driven so recklessly with me if you'd been at the wheel when vivian was killed not on the same road in the same place at the same time of night you're pretty smart aren't you no yes you are you're very smart no i'm not oh yes you are no because i thought that you loved her i thought you loved her all the time i never really loved anyone but you [Music] you

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