- 3 days ago
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
Angela Lansbury - Myra Leeds
Raymond Burr - Craig Carlson
Dick Foran - Joe Leeds
John Dehner - Ray Willis
Lamont Johnson - Carl Holt
Robert Griffin - Lou Kazarian
Denver Pyle - Lieut. Bradley
Alex Sharp - The Sergeant
Lee Miller - The Patrolman
Madge Blake - Jenny
Russell Thorson - The Judge (as Russ Thorson)
Steve Carruthers - Trial Spectator
Dick Cherney - Party Guest
Russell Custer - Bailiff
Michael Jeffers - Trial Spectator
Frank Mills - Trial Spectator
Cliff Taylor - Juror
Director - Peter Godfrey
Angela Lansbury - Myra Leeds
Raymond Burr - Craig Carlson
Dick Foran - Joe Leeds
John Dehner - Ray Willis
Lamont Johnson - Carl Holt
Robert Griffin - Lou Kazarian
Denver Pyle - Lieut. Bradley
Alex Sharp - The Sergeant
Lee Miller - The Patrolman
Madge Blake - Jenny
Russell Thorson - The Judge (as Russ Thorson)
Steve Carruthers - Trial Spectator
Dick Cherney - Party Guest
Russell Custer - Bailiff
Michael Jeffers - Trial Spectator
Frank Mills - Trial Spectator
Cliff Taylor - Juror
Director - Peter Godfrey
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00:06:07You know what?
00:06:09spending at home. How many evenings you've given to the business. Myra is a fine
00:06:15woman, Joe. When she married you she was in love. But no one wants to be alone all
00:06:21the time. Now she'd like to do something about it. Oh, I see. She told you to talk
00:06:28to me. Did she ask you to represent her too? It was more my idea than hers. I don't
00:06:35follow you. I don't know how to say it without making it sound cheap. People meet
00:06:49with no thought of being anything but friends. Circumstances throw them
00:06:54together. Then they discover in each other many mutual interests. They begin to
00:07:00anticipate their next meeting. And then the next one. Until finally one day they they
00:07:10both realize they're very much in love. Okay, don't dress it up. Who's the guy? I'm in
00:07:17love with her, Joe. I want to marry her. That's the way it is. And it's the most
00:07:27difficult thing I've ever had to say to anyone. Are you sure, Craig? Are you sure
00:07:34you know what you're doing? I'm in love with her, Joe.
00:07:43What do you want me to do? I'd like Myra to go away. Get a divorce. You know, Craig, I've always had a lot of respect
00:07:56and admiration for you.
00:08:00Leveling with me like this has taken a lot of guts. Like I said, a real friendship
00:08:05doesn't bend easy.
00:08:12This...
00:08:14This kind of knocked the wind out of me. I...
00:08:17Give me a couple of days of kicking around, will you?
00:08:21Yes, Mr. Carlson? Please cancel the rest of my appointments for the day.
00:08:48I'm tired, darling. Did you have a rough day in court?
00:08:55I had the roughest day of my life, Myra.
00:08:57What was it, Craig?
00:09:01I...
00:09:03Perhaps you ought to go home. I'm not going to be very good company.
00:09:07Something's wrong. I've got a right to know.
00:09:10I saw Joe today.
00:09:14I told him about us.
00:09:16Oh.
00:09:17What did he say?
00:09:20That's what's so wrong, Myra. He didn't get angry.
00:09:35He just said give him a couple of days to think it over.
00:09:39I guess I helped him die a little today.
00:09:47I know I did.
00:09:50Darling.
00:09:53Do you believe that when we first met, we tried to fall in love?
00:09:57Why, no. Certainly not.
00:09:59Haven't we respected my marriage?
00:10:01We tried to walk away.
00:10:03We did everything we could not to let it happen.
00:10:09That doesn't make today any easier.
00:10:11I never wanted to hurt Joe.
00:10:13I didn't think I could possibly fall in love with anyone else.
00:10:17But I have.
00:10:20Craig, darling.
00:10:22I'm not ashamed of my feelings for you.
00:10:24I'm not afraid of the world knowing the truth.
00:10:28I don't believe what we have is wrong.
00:10:33Don't spoil it, Craig.
00:10:53I just dropped by to tell you Mr. Swell Wedding, Joe.
00:10:55Faye was a real pretty bride.
00:10:58Funny thing, you were there the night she was born.
00:11:00I kind of hoped you'd be there tonight when I gave her away.
00:11:03Oh, I had a million things to do, Lou.
00:11:05I...
00:11:06I hoped the kids would be happy.
00:11:08Oh, they're a cinch.
00:11:10I never saw two people better suited for each other.
00:11:12Top's even Mom and me.
00:11:14I know.
00:11:15But sometimes even the best things have a way of going sour.
00:11:18Joe, what's wrong?
00:11:21What makes you think there's something wrong?
00:11:23You can't fool me.
00:11:24Just the other day when I was in here with a thief about the branch store.
00:11:28You hardly even listened to me.
00:11:30You look like you were a thousand miles away.
00:11:32Ever since then, you've been...
00:11:34moping around like...
00:11:35like something was bothering you bad.
00:11:41You know, Lou...
00:11:43doing the right thing isn't the easiest thing in the world.
00:11:47You've got to look deep inside of you.
00:11:49Be real honest with yourself.
00:11:53Well, for the past few days, that's just what I've been doing.
00:11:57Looking down deep inside of me.
00:12:00Looking for the right answer, and I finally found it.
00:12:04Sounds like an important decision.
00:12:06It is.
00:12:09And a tough one too.
00:12:10It'll probably change my whole life.
00:12:12Myra's too.
00:12:14Something wrong between you and Myra.
00:12:16Well...
00:12:18I don't think anything could be worse.
00:12:21Joe, believe me, every married couple has their ups and downs.
00:12:24Even Mom and me have had some bad moments.
00:12:27But honest, if you just have patience, everything usually works out fine.
00:12:32Sometimes, Lou.
00:12:35Sometimes.
00:12:37Look, do me a favor.
00:12:38Will you mail us on your way home?
00:12:39Yeah, sure thing.
00:12:40Sure thing.
00:12:53Hello, Myra.
00:12:55Just wanted to make sure you were home.
00:12:58I'm going to be home early.
00:12:59I've been thinking about something I want to talk to you about.
00:13:02I'll be there in about 15 or 20 minutes.
00:13:06Just remember, Joe, everything usually works out.
00:13:08Quit living in a dream world, Lou.
00:13:38You're my son.
00:13:39You're not going to be home.
00:13:40All right?
00:13:41Yeah.
00:13:42You're my son.
00:13:43All right?
00:13:44You're my son.
00:13:45I'll be right back.
00:13:46You're my son.
00:13:47And what are you many times?
00:13:48You're my son.
00:13:49Right here.
00:13:51I can't wait.
00:13:52I can't wait.
00:13:54You're my son.
00:13:55You're my son.
00:13:56You're my son.
00:13:58I can't wait.
00:13:59Oh, my son!
00:14:01You're my son.
00:14:02Who's my son?
00:14:03You're my son.
00:14:04I can't wait.
00:14:05That's enough.
00:14:06You're my son.
00:14:07Let's go.
00:14:34Stand up.
00:14:35Lieutenant, somebody in there?
00:14:37That's right.
00:14:38Ready for us to take over?
00:14:39Sure, chalk him off, dust the place good,
00:14:41and McMillan's already photographed most of the room.
00:14:44What does it look like, Lieutenant?
00:14:45According to the lady, we got a breeze.
00:14:47She said she shot her husband in self-defense.
00:14:50How come everybody always shoots everybody off in self-defense?
00:14:53Now, Mrs. Lees, I, uh...
00:15:06I think we got everything pretty well straightened out.
00:15:09Would you mind going over that first part for me just once more?
00:15:12Well, I...
00:15:14I was sitting in bed reading when Joe came in.
00:15:18He was wet.
00:15:20He looked furious.
00:15:22I... I couldn't imagine what was wrong.
00:15:26He just walked over and pulled me out of bed as if he was drunk or...
00:15:31or crazy or something.
00:15:33Threw me against the dresser.
00:15:36Said he was gonna kill me.
00:15:39He started for me again.
00:15:41Then I opened the drawer and took out the gun and shot him.
00:15:47He just stood there and looked at me.
00:15:51Then he fell.
00:15:54It was terrible.
00:15:57It's gonna be all right.
00:15:58You just rest there for a minute.
00:16:00All right, let's get off the phone.
00:16:02You know this place is off limits until the lab's through with it.
00:16:05We just sit before you, Lieutenant.
00:16:06Right.
00:16:07And, Ellen, I want those papers drawn up first thing in the morning.
00:16:10No, I'll be there before you.
00:16:12I went directly to the Alton police headquarters.
00:16:14Sergeant.
00:16:16I want this section of the room covered from A to Z.
00:16:18Several shots of that night stand and this dresser here.
00:16:21Get in close.
00:16:22You know the kind of stuff I want.
00:16:23Well, cover the place right here.
00:16:24Planning on a big day in court?
00:16:26The guy's dead.
00:16:27That makes it a big day in court.
00:16:29Any reason to doubt it was self-defense?
00:16:32We'll have to hold her on suspicion of murder.
00:16:34Then it's up to you legal eagles to pick her apart.
00:16:38Oh, incidentally, if you want to talk to your client, have at it,
00:16:40because I'm taking her downtown in about two minutes.
00:16:43I don't understand it.
00:16:59I don't understand it at all.
00:17:01What don't you understand?
00:17:03The police.
00:17:05All these questions.
00:17:07Those men in there taking pictures.
00:17:09Fingerprints.
00:17:11I'm afraid, Craig.
00:17:13Just routine learning?
00:17:19Nothing to be alarmed about.
00:17:21But Lieutenant Bradley's questions haven't been routine.
00:17:27They don't believe me, do they?
00:17:29Tell me the truth.
00:17:32Lieutenant Bradley plans to hold you on suspicion of murder.
00:17:38What am I going to do?
00:17:40How can I make them believe me?
00:17:42That'll be my job, darling.
00:17:46Why did he try to kill me?
00:17:48Why couldn't he understand?
00:17:50Myra.
00:17:58I loved Joe as much as anyone could.
00:18:00And I thought I knew him.
00:18:02But Joe's actions weren't caused by sudden anger.
00:18:08He had several days to think about what he was going to do.
00:18:12Had he been successful, it would have been premeditated murder.
00:18:18I'm afraid, Craig.
00:18:20Don't be.
00:18:22I know it's going to be difficult for you.
00:18:24Just remember.
00:18:26I love you.
00:18:28Of course I meant it.
00:18:29I still mean it.
00:18:30Moonlight was invented just for you.
00:18:32City desk.
00:18:33Frank, here's your lead line.
00:18:34District Attorney asked for Myra Leeds' life.
00:18:35He says it'll prove she killed Joe Leeds in cold blood.
00:18:36I think we'd get a new twist to the story if we quoted Carlson.
00:18:38It claims it was an attack of violence, carefully staged and executed.
00:18:42I tell you, no other woman could interest me anymore.
00:18:45Yeah, it's going to be a buit.
00:18:47This gal, good copy.
00:18:48If Willis was bugging anybody besides Carlson,
00:18:49I think this is a good crime.
00:18:50Is it in the case?
00:18:51We can't believe it.
00:18:52Well, I know they're not going to.
00:18:53But that's not a bad call.
00:18:54The police, their murder.
00:18:55It's not a bad use.
00:18:56We don't believe that.
00:18:57They're like the police.
00:18:58They are not going to take them and burn the fire.
00:18:59The police, they get killed.
00:19:00They do my anger.
00:19:01carefully staged and executed.
00:19:03I tell you, no other woman could interest me anymore.
00:19:06Yeah, it's gonna be a beaut.
00:19:08This gal's good copy.
00:19:09If Willis was bugging anybody besides Carlson,
00:19:11I think this Leeds woman wouldn't have a prayer.
00:19:13Courts back in session.
00:19:15I'll call rewrite in time for the three-star edition.
00:19:17Right.
00:19:24Oh, that was just the guys.
00:19:26Yeah, courts back in session again.
00:19:29No, I don't have to be in there.
00:19:31You can't take pictures in the courtroom.
00:19:33You were the first officer to report at the scene of the murder.
00:19:36Yes, sir.
00:19:37My partner and I were cruising that area when we got the call.
00:19:40Will you please tell the jury exactly what you found?
00:19:43Well, Mrs. Leeds and Mr. Carlson were there when we arrived.
00:19:47Mr. Carlson said Mrs. Leeds had called him,
00:19:49and as soon as he got there, he called the police.
00:19:51Were there signs of struggle?
00:19:53No, sir.
00:19:55Mrs. Leeds wasn't marked or bruised in any way?
00:19:58Not that I could tell.
00:20:00Did you see anything about her clothing or her person or anything at all
00:20:02that indicated that there had been a struggle?
00:20:04No, sir.
00:20:07That's all.
00:20:09Mr. Carlson, no questions.
00:20:12Sergeant Hill, you are connected with the crime lab.
00:20:15That's right.
00:20:17And did you note that it was raining the night of the murder?
00:20:19Yes, sir.
00:20:20Would you please tell the court how that affected your findings?
00:20:22May I have that picture, please?
00:20:32This dark spot was one of the first things we checked out.
00:20:34This water probably came from Joe Lee's clothing.
00:20:37From the way we can piece it together, he stood right there
00:20:40and didn't make a move until he fell from the shot.
00:20:43In other words, your deduction is that there could not have been a struggle.
00:20:49I object.
00:20:51This question calls for a conclusion of the witness.
00:20:54Sustained.
00:21:00Did you find any water spots any place else in the room?
00:21:03No, sir.
00:21:17Sergeant Hill, what makes you so certain Joe Leeds did not move closer to Mrs. Leeds
00:21:22than the area of the water stay?
00:21:25To wet a wool rug through that way would require quite a concentration of water.
00:21:29That means the victim would have to stand the spell.
00:21:32But Mrs. Leeds said that he came right in and over to her.
00:21:35Just answer the question, Sergeant.
00:21:36The prosecuting attorney is well able to argue his case.
00:21:39Sorry.
00:21:43What about some of the other people in that room?
00:21:46They could have dripped water on that rug, could they not?
00:21:49We checked that out.
00:21:50The rain had stopped by the time the first police unit had arrived.
00:21:53But it hadn't stopped when I arrived.
00:21:56Couldn't I have stood in one spot long enough to dampen that rug?
00:21:59I guess you could have.
00:22:02Thank you, that's all.
00:22:05And then she stated that he knocked her against the dresser.
00:22:08It was then that she opened the drawer, took out the gun and shot him.
00:22:11Mrs. Leeds said the gun was in the dresser drawer.
00:22:13Yes, sir.
00:22:15Did she point out where Mr. Leeds was at the time she shot him?
00:22:18She said that he was rushing toward her from where they had struggled beside the bed.
00:22:22Specifically, where, by the bed?
00:22:24On the left side, where Mrs. Leeds was lying.
00:22:27Did your investigation bear to the conclusion?
00:22:29No, sir.
00:22:30Please explain why.
00:22:31Bottles on the dresser.
00:22:33You know, perfume and delight.
00:22:35And had he knocked her against the dresser, well, surely some of these bottles would have been overturned.
00:22:41Hmm.
00:22:42Lieutenant Bradley, is this one of the photographs you ordered taken?
00:22:50Yes, sir, it is.
00:22:51Now, do you see anything, anything at all disturbed on or about that dresser?
00:22:56No, sir.
00:22:57Nothing.
00:23:01Go on, Lieutenant.
00:23:02Well, according to Mrs. Leeds, the spot where Mr. Leeds was standing at the time she shot him was about ten feet from where he fell.
00:23:12Wasn't that possible?
00:23:13No, sir.
00:23:14According to the coroner's report, the victim was shot through the heart and died instantly.
00:23:19In other words, Joe Leeds would have had to walk ten feet after he was dead.
00:23:23That's about it, sir.
00:23:24You witness.
00:23:32Lieutenant Bradley, how many years have you been on the police force?
00:23:42Twenty-two.
00:23:44And during that time, would you say you've witnessed a number of people suffering from hysteria?
00:23:49I'd say so, yes.
00:23:52And what would you say were the first signs of hysteria?
00:23:55Oh, uh, incoherency?
00:24:00Unable to make a decision?
00:24:02Sort of a lapse in common sense?
00:24:06And would you say it was likely for a woman who just killed a man to be suffering from hysteria?
00:24:12Why, yes.
00:24:15And would it not be within the realm of possibility for this woman to mistake her left from her right?
00:24:20Come to a snap judgment of distance and direction that would be entirely incorrect?
00:24:25What?
00:24:26Possibility.
00:24:27And wouldn't it be possible for a woman in such a state of hysteria to think she was thrown against a dresser
00:24:32when in reality she was thrown against a nearby wall?
00:24:35Well, she could be, but...
00:24:36That is all.
00:25:06Hello, darling.
00:25:07Hello, Craig.
00:25:09You know you've had a pretty social day?
00:25:11Three visitors?
00:25:12One was from a newspaper.
00:25:14Lucas Arian came over to tell me not to worry.
00:25:16And Carl Holt, he's an artist, an old friend.
00:25:19Wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:25:21Craig, is it going badly for me?
00:25:23There's nothing new to worry about, so don't try to find something.
00:25:27Will it ever be over?
00:25:30Darling, I know it's been a difficult two weeks for you.
00:25:33But tomorrow should see the end of the testimony.
00:25:35How does it look?
00:25:36Willis operates like a field marshal.
00:25:38He doesn't mind losing battles so long as he wins the war.
00:25:41He'll save his big ammunition for later.
00:25:44What can we do then?
00:25:46Oh, I've had several talks with Lou.
00:25:48He's very anxious to help you.
00:25:50I'm sure his evidence will add a lot of weight.
00:25:52And I think I'm going to let you testify, too.
00:25:55All right.
00:25:57Remember, once you're on the stand, Willis will try to cut you to ribbons.
00:26:00I'm not afraid of Willis or the judge or the jurors.
00:26:03All I'm afraid of is if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:26:07Oh, not a chance.
00:26:09Oh, Craig.
00:26:13Beautiful.
00:26:15I said, Joe, is there something wrong between you and Myra?
00:26:20He said, I don't see how anything could be worse.
00:26:24Had you ever seen Joe Leeds before when he was quite angry?
00:26:28Yeah.
00:26:29A couple of times.
00:26:30Matter of fact, he was quite upset the first time I ever saw him.
00:26:34Somebody had accused him of giving a dishonest comp, tried to get him in trouble with the police.
00:26:39Well, Joe hurt him pretty bad.
00:26:41Then Joe Leeds did have a bad temper when he was upset.
00:26:47Yeah, but that wasn't often.
00:26:52Mr. Kazarian, the night of Joe Leeds' death, did he seem normal to you or upset to you?
00:27:03Well, he was upset.
00:27:05He said he'd been doing a lot of thinking and had bridged a big decision.
00:27:09Did he tell you what that decision was?
00:27:12No, except that what he had decided would change his whole life and Myra's too.
00:27:18That will be all, thank you.
00:27:21Darian, we come to that phone conversation Joe Leeds had with his wife.
00:27:24Tell us exactly what you overheard.
00:27:26Oh, that was a long time ago.
00:27:29Just tell us those things you can remember.
00:27:32Well, I remember him saying for her to stay home, he'd been doing a lot of thinking,
00:27:37wanted to talk it over with her, and I guess that's about all that happened.
00:27:42In other words, it was Joe Leeds who definitely had something to talk out with his wife.
00:27:46Well, that's the way it sounded.
00:27:49Now, Mr. Kazarian, the defense counsel has spoken much about Joe Leeds' temper.
00:27:56You say you were present when Joe Leeds beat up a man who falsely accused him.
00:28:02Now, would you say that Joe Leeds was quite angry then?
00:28:06Oh, the worst I've ever seen him.
00:28:08But this fellow had it coming to him. He was always sniping at Joe.
00:28:11And if Joe Leeds was more angry on that occasion than you ever saw him,
00:28:16why didn't he kill the man? Did someone stop the fight?
00:28:19Oh, no. We were all glad to see him get it.
00:28:22Anyway, we knew all Joe had in mind was to rough him up.
00:28:26He sure did a good job.
00:28:28And if Joe Leeds was more angered than you had ever seen him,
00:28:31you claim he had no intention of killing.
00:28:34Now, can you say on the oath that you've taken that he was angered enough to kill his wife?
00:28:38No, I guess not.
00:28:42Thank you, Mr. Kazarian.
00:28:52And do you recall any instance, Mrs. Leeds, where your husband displayed a violent temper?
00:28:59Yes. There was a time just before we were married.
00:29:03Joe had an argument with one of his employees. The two men fought.
00:29:08Joe beat him so brutally the other man had to spend the next two months in the hospital.
00:29:13And were there times after your marriage when your husband showed a tendency toward violence?
00:29:19Several. Whenever anything annoyed him, edgy.
00:29:23If someone said something that displeased him, he flew into a temper.
00:29:28We argued often because of this.
00:29:31Then that night when he came home, wet, blind with fury,
00:29:37you had good reason to think he would kill you.
00:29:39You had good reason to think that Joe Leeds was a man of violence.
00:29:43That is what you believed, is it not, Mrs. Leeds?
00:29:46Yes.
00:29:49Do you think any other woman would have reacted as you did?
00:29:52I know they would.
00:29:54No one wants to kill, but no one wants to be killed either.
00:29:58Your witness.
00:30:00Mrs. Leeds, how long had you and your husband been married?
00:30:14Two years.
00:30:15And when you married your husband, what was your financial condition?
00:30:19I don't understand.
00:30:21Oh, I'm sorry.
00:30:22I mean, were you rich, moderately wealthy, had a good job?
00:30:26What?
00:30:27Well, I...
00:30:28I was looking for a job when I met Joe Leeds.
00:30:32And would you say your husband was a man of means?
00:30:35I mean, did he have some property, some insurance perhaps?
00:30:38He had ten supermarkets, some insurance.
00:30:42How much would you say your husband was worth at the time of his death?
00:30:45That is, including insurance.
00:30:47I don't know.
00:30:50Then let me tell you.
00:30:52Your husband, Mrs. Leeds, left an estate of more than three quarters of a million dollars.
00:30:57That's quite an inheritance for you.
00:31:00From unemployment to a neat $750,000 in two years.
00:31:05Wouldn't you say that was a very lucrative two years' work, Mrs. Leeds?
00:31:10Objection!
00:31:12The prosecution will refrain from any more questions of this nature.
00:31:16That last statement will be stricken from the record, and the jury is asked to disregard it.
00:31:20Mrs. Leeds, when you married your husband, were you in love with him?
00:31:23Of course.
00:31:25Were you in love with your husband at the time of his death?
00:31:28No.
00:31:29Then in less than two years, you no longer loved him.
00:31:32Love is a very strong emotion, Mrs. Leeds.
00:31:35How could you turn it off so quickly?
00:31:38I... I just didn't love him anymore.
00:31:41And you waited until that fatal night to tell him about it?
00:31:43That's not true.
00:31:46Then when did you tell your husband you were no longer in love with him?
00:31:50I... I don't remember.
00:31:53Did you ask your husband for a divorce?
00:31:56Yes.
00:31:58And what was Mr. Leeds' answer?
00:32:00He just said he wanted to think about it.
00:32:03In other words, Mrs. Leeds, when you suddenly told your husband you wanted a divorce, instead of becoming angry, he answered he wanted to think about it.
00:32:09Now, is that correct?
00:32:10Yes.
00:32:11And yet you asked this court to believe that Mr. Leeds returned home on that fatal evening, and without so much as a single word, trying to kill you?
00:32:18Yes.
00:32:19Then tell us, Mrs. Leeds, how do you explain the fact that when you first, shall we say, shocked your husband by asking him for a divorce, he did nothing?
00:32:26I don't know.
00:32:27I don't know.
00:32:28I don't know.
00:32:29That will be all, Mrs. Leeds.
00:32:33That will be all, Mrs. Leeds.
00:32:48Myra Leeds would have us believe that when her husband reached their apartment, he immediately made an attempt to kill her, so that she had to kill in self-defense.
00:32:56But what concrete reasons have you been given that Mrs. Leeds felt she was forced to shoot her husband, only that he became furious when she told him she no longer loved him, that she wanted a divorce?
00:33:08And why did Myra Leeds claim to want a divorce in the first place?
00:33:12Just that they were no longer in love.
00:33:14And yet, not one single witness has been brought before this court to indicate that any discord existed between the Leeds.
00:33:22Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, there was no discord in the marriage of Joe Leeds.
00:33:29Only in that of his wife, Myra, an ambitious woman.
00:33:33Marriage had bettered her position.
00:33:35And with Joe Leeds' death, her position was still improved.
00:33:39The location of the body.
00:33:42The placement and trajectory of the bullet that killed Leeds.
00:33:46The lack of signs of a struggle.
00:33:48All of these facts.
00:33:50Facts.
00:33:52Fitted against Myra Leeds' story of self-defense.
00:33:56Could there be an honest doubt in your minds as to the guilt of this woman?
00:34:02If there is, let me dispel them for you.
00:34:05Myra Leeds has given no reason why she would have wanted to divorce Joe Leeds, except that she fell out of love.
00:34:12Now, is love such a fickle thing that one can fall in love one week and out the next?
00:34:19With no apparent reason, could Myra Leeds have awakened one morning and decided to ask her husband of two years for a divorce?
00:34:27No.
00:34:28Let me tell you what Myra Leeds did.
00:34:31She was jobless when she met Joe Leeds.
00:34:34She saw in him a stepping stone to an easy life.
00:34:37And when she was ready to move on, she realized that Joe Leeds could only be of monetary value to her dead.
00:34:44So that when he came home to discuss whatever it was he wished to discuss, she shot him.
00:34:50Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband for a handful of gold.
00:34:57That is why the state charges Myra Leeds with murder in the first degree.
00:35:03Is counsel for the defense ready to address the jury?
00:35:07I am, Your Honor.
00:35:18This has been a long and grueling trial, not only for the defendant, but for the rest of us as well.
00:35:25You have heard arguments and counter-arguments, facts and counter-fact, theory and counter-theory.
00:35:32And for the past hour and fifteen minutes, you've heard the prosecution parade before you every piece of circumstantial evidence, innuendo, and plain conjecture that he could muster.
00:35:43Conjecture that would bolster his claim that Myra Leeds is guilty of murdering her husband.
00:35:49With all of this conjecture, the end result has been this.
00:35:54The state claims Myra Leeds killed Joe Leeds because her story about the moments of violence she was faced with differed from that of the police.
00:36:03And because she could give no clear reason why she suddenly would want to divorce her husband.
00:36:09If Myra Leeds had a sound reason for suddenly desiring a divorce, a reason that would measurably add to her happiness,
00:36:18even the prosecution knows it would have no case.
00:36:23Well, Myra Leeds did have a reason for asking Joe Leeds for a divorce.
00:36:27Myra Leeds was in love with another man.
00:36:30Now, remember, you of the jury are not here to determine the righteousness of Myra Leeds' emotions as a woman, only to determine if she shot her husband in an act of premeditation.
00:36:55It is not for you to decide whether or not Myra Leeds did the right thing in falling in love with another man.
00:37:04It is for you to decide if in telling her husband about the man she loved, she aroused in him an anger so intense, he decided to kill her.
00:37:14So, now you ask, who is this man?
00:37:18Bring him forward to confirm this story.
00:37:23Well, I knew Joe Leeds better than anyone.
00:37:27And I know the man his wife is in love with.
00:37:32I am that man.
00:37:33Any further demonstration of this character in this courtroom will be clear.
00:37:49Trustee.
00:37:50My falling in love with Myra Leeds was accidental.
00:37:56But my wanting to marry her was with strong intent.
00:38:02As was Joe Leeds' intent when he decided if he could no longer have his wife, no other man would either.
00:38:10Ladies and gentlemen, there isn't a single one of you who wouldn't have struggled as Myra Leeds did.
00:38:15Her life was at stake.
00:38:17She acted in self-defense.
00:38:22Now, that is the story.
00:38:26And that is the truth.
00:38:29To bring out the truth, your verdict must be...
00:38:33not guilty.
00:38:36She beat it.
00:38:37Not guilty.
00:38:38The gallery chair you'd fought Navy.
00:38:39Just made a touchdown.
00:38:40Awesome.
00:38:42Cool as weather.
00:38:43Didn't move a muscle when the jury foreman sang out.
00:38:46There's no doubt about it.
00:38:48That guy's the biggest incentive murder's had since the Chinese invented gunpowder.
00:39:07I wish you happiness.
00:39:13Pick this up on the way back from court today.
00:39:15What is it?
00:39:18Capri.
00:39:20As ancient and enchanting as the Mediterranean would surround it.
00:39:24It may not be the world's greatest prose, but it sounded good to me.
00:39:27It must be love.
00:39:30I thought we could be married next week, take the boat to Rome, then ride to Capri.
00:39:35Oh, darling, it'll be a wonderful honeymoon.
00:39:37It sounds wonderful.
00:39:39But do you know next week is almost here?
00:39:41Give me a little bit more time.
00:39:43The sooner we get away, the better it'll be for you.
00:39:46From now on, you're not going to have any reason to think of anything other than me.
00:39:49Oh, hi, Lou.
00:39:50We'd about given you up.
00:39:51I'm sorry I'm late, but Mom wasn't feeling well, and last minute she decided to stay home.
00:40:04Oh, that's too bad.
00:40:06Well, let me hang up to the coach.
00:40:07Oh, thanks.
00:40:08And, Myra, I'm awfully glad everything turned out okay.
00:40:11Thank you, Lou.
00:40:15Hey.
00:40:16This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
00:40:17Could I talk to you alone for a minute, Greg?
00:40:20Something wrong?
00:40:23It's about Joe.
00:40:26Sure, let's go into the tent.
00:40:29Are you, Will?
00:40:30How are you, Lou?
00:40:31Hello, Henry.
00:40:32Good to see you, Lou.
00:40:38What is it, Lou?
00:40:43Oh, it's about Joe.
00:40:44And the last night he was alive, the night my daughter was married and I dropped by to tell him about the wedding.
00:40:49Well, just before I left, he asked me to mail a letter for him.
00:40:53I put it in my pocket.
00:40:54Well, I forgot all about it until I put my tux on again that tonight it's addressed to you.
00:41:08Well, like I promised, I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:41:16I've been trying to figure out the best way for all of us.
00:41:20You see, when I first met Myra, I figured she was out of my league.
00:41:25She was interested in things that I didn't understand, like art and music.
00:41:30But then, like a boat one night, she told me she loved me and I felt nine feet tall.
00:41:35Right then, I said a million thanks.
00:41:39In a way, it was like the answer to a prayer.
00:41:42We got married right away and for a couple of months, living was paradise.
00:41:47I didn't love her.
00:41:49I worshipped her.
00:41:51But it began to change.
00:41:53One day, we had an argument.
00:41:55Myra told me she'd never loved me.
00:41:59It goes without saying, Craig, that I walked in circles for days.
00:42:02Finally, I asked if she wanted a divorce and she said yes and asked for half my business.
00:42:10I got mad because I realized that was the only reason she'd ever married me.
00:42:15I told her that no man was going to live off what it had taken me most to accumulate.
00:42:20And that's the way it's been going along for the past few months.
00:42:23Myra's in love, Craig, but not with you.
00:42:29She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:42:42I can't figure out what she's doing with you, but I know she must have some kind of a plan.
00:42:46I'm going to see her tonight.
00:42:49I'm going to try to keep her.
00:42:51She's no good, Craig, but I do love her.
00:42:54If she decides not to stay with me, I wanted you to know the truth.
00:42:59She is a woman.
00:43:02Myra's a disease.
00:43:04In a way, she's already destroyed me.
00:43:07I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you.
00:43:10I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you.
00:43:40Did I cause trouble by forgetting about the letter?
00:43:51I don't know, Lou.
00:43:58I don't know.
00:44:01Give me a couple of those to keep around with you.
00:44:04I never wanted to hurt you.
00:44:06I didn't think I would possibly fall in love with anyone else.
00:44:10But I ask, why did he try to kill me?
00:44:14Why couldn't he understand?
00:44:17I'm not afraid of women, or the judge, or the jurors.
00:44:20All I'm afraid of is, if things go wrong, I'd lose you.
00:44:24Myra Leeds shot and killed her husband for a handful of gold.
00:44:29That is why the state charges Myra Leeds with murder in the first degree.
00:44:35Carl will keep an office to an old friend.
00:44:37I wondered if there was anything he could do.
00:44:38Mr. Holt?
00:44:41Yes.
00:44:42My name's...
00:44:43I know.
00:44:44Craig Carlson.
00:44:45Won't you come in?
00:44:46I have to forgive the appearance of the place.
00:44:47My, uh, canvases have a way of dominating the whole room.
00:44:51Not bad canvases either.
00:44:52Oh, that one.
00:44:53Yeah, even I like that one.
00:44:55Won't you, uh, to that one?
00:44:57Mr. Holt?
00:44:58Let's see.
00:44:59Mr. Holt.
00:45:00Go ahead and see what you're doing for the next day.
00:45:02Mr. Holt.
00:45:03Yes, sir.
00:45:04Mr. Holt.
00:45:05Mr. Holt?
00:45:06Mr. Holt?
00:45:07Yes.
00:45:08My name's...
00:45:09I know.
00:45:10Craig Carlson.
00:45:11Won't you come in?
00:45:12Oh, that one, yeah, even I like that one.
00:45:14Won't you, uh, sit down, Mr. Carlson?
00:45:16I'm, I'm, I'm a great friend.
00:45:18Because of Myra's acquittal?
00:45:20No.
00:45:21It was that way before that.
00:45:23You see, this is a pretty strange neighborhood.
00:45:26You know what they call it?
00:45:27Cloud Nine.
00:45:29I guess that's because a lot of men are just getting started living around here.
00:45:32Have a lot of dreams, a lot of idols, you know?
00:45:36Now, you take the fellow who lives just, uh, two doors down.
00:45:38He just got out of law school.
00:45:40He thinks you walk right down out of the sun.
00:45:43Take some of the cases that you've turned down.
00:45:45According to Charlie, if you didn't care who you got acquitted,
00:45:48you could be living like a Maharaja.
00:45:49Oh, he must be just out of law school.
00:45:52Oh, he's got a lot of other legal idols, too.
00:45:54But for me, you're my favorite.
00:45:56Ever since you took Myra's case.
00:45:59You've known Myra a long time.
00:46:02Since we were freshmen in college.
00:46:04Myra was a music major, and I was knee-deep in art.
00:46:08You ever hear Myra play?
00:46:10Yes.
00:46:11Play's like an angel.
00:46:12Of course, in my book, Myra is an angel.
00:46:15Well, then I guess she's told you how I feel about her.
00:46:17No, she hasn't.
00:46:19Well, it's nothing earth-shattering for anybody except us.
00:46:23I have to be very much in love with her.
00:46:26We're gonna be married.
00:46:31When was that decided?
00:46:33Two years after we left college.
00:46:38The strange engagement.
00:46:40The marriage in between.
00:46:42Well, that was Myra's one big mistake.
00:46:45We both knew that shortly after she married that fellow.
00:46:48You don't mind if I work while we talk to you?
00:46:50I want to make the most of the sunlight.
00:46:52Go right ahead.
00:46:56You say Myra knew she made a mistake when she married Jolie?
00:47:02People chase different rainbows, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:06For Myra, it was money.
00:47:08I didn't have any.
00:47:10My prospects were terrible.
00:47:12Terrible!
00:47:15Well, we had a scrap on that subject, and then she met this lead fellow.
00:47:18You know the rest of the story?
00:47:19No, not the point about her knowing she'd made a mistake.
00:47:23Well, that was when we, uh, met at that exhibit that afternoon.
00:47:28The powder was still dry.
00:47:31At this juncture, I'd like to make a point of honor, Mr. Carlson.
00:47:35I refused to see Myra again after that afternoon.
00:47:38Until she was free.
00:47:39She felt the same way about it.
00:47:41Quite an impasse, wasn't it?
00:47:43We didn't think so.
00:47:44I was going to ask Leeds for a divorce.
00:47:47I guess she went sort of crazy.
00:47:50That awful night was the capper.
00:47:55You know, Holt, you've been a lot working against you.
00:47:59And in spite of that, I still may get to like you.
00:48:02Well, I want you to, but what have I got working against me?
00:48:04Myra's trial.
00:48:05Why didn't you offer to help?
00:48:08I did.
00:48:09That day I visited Myra.
00:48:11She didn't want me to come to see her again, though.
00:48:14Or even say I knew her.
00:48:16Funny, I couldn't quite figure that out.
00:48:18I guess it was because she was afraid our being in love would sway the jury against her since she was a married woman.
00:48:25Funny, it was that very approach that freed her.
00:48:29That's what makes a lawyer a lawyer.
00:48:32You're just plain smart.
00:48:33Not always.
00:48:34Well, now, I watch that trial every single day, and you never drew amiss.
00:48:41By the way, I would like a crack at improving your impression of me.
00:48:44You got any ideas?
00:48:45Oh, my first punch was right.
00:48:47I do like it.
00:48:48Well, let's be really classical about this friendship then.
00:48:51Toast it and sherry.
00:48:52Fling the glass in the fireplace.
00:48:54I'm sorry, but I'd better go.
00:48:56Oh, too bad.
00:48:57But as far as the toast is concerned, it's just as well.
00:49:00I haven't got any fireplace.
00:49:01I will see you again, though, when I see you.
00:49:03Yes, you will.
00:49:04You know, that last day of the trial, when you said you were the man in Myra's life, I didn't think so kindly of you then.
00:49:11I'm glad Myra straightened me out on it.
00:49:13Oh?
00:49:14What did she say?
00:49:15Well, that it was a piece of work on the strategy.
00:49:17Well, it sure was a beaut.
00:49:18That was the best piece of dramatics I've ever seen.
00:49:20I guess Myra and I really owe you an awful lot growing out on a limb like that.
00:49:24Well, goodbye, Mr. Holt.
00:49:26Bye, Mr. Holt.
00:49:27Bye, Mr. Holt.
00:49:28Charlie?
00:49:29I was expecting you.
00:49:30Be ready in three minutes.
00:49:31In the meantime, how about making one of you a very special Manhattan?
00:49:33I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:49:34I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:49:38Craig.
00:49:39You startled me.
00:49:40I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:49:41Craig.
00:49:42You startled me.
00:49:43I was expecting a friend.
00:49:44Who knows how to make a special Manhattan?
00:49:46Charlie?
00:49:48I was expecting you.
00:49:50Be ready in three minutes.
00:49:52In the meantime, how about making one of you
00:49:54a very special Manhattan?
00:49:56I'm not quite sure I know how to make a Manhattan.
00:49:58Craig!
00:50:00You startled me.
00:50:02I was expecting a friend.
00:50:04Who knows how to make a special Manhattan?
00:50:06That's right.
00:50:08If you like, I'd like to make a special Manhattan.
00:50:10I'd like to make a special Manhattan.
00:50:12That's right.
00:50:14If you like, I'd...
00:50:16No, thanks.
00:50:18I just wanted to talk to you, Myra.
00:50:20About our engagement.
00:50:22Let's not make it tonight, Craig.
00:50:24Why not tonight?
00:50:26Why not this very minute?
00:50:28Two people in love can't wait, Myra.
00:50:30That's the way with people in love, isn't it?
00:50:32I explained, Craig. Someone...
00:50:34Well, isn't it?
00:50:36Oh, say it, Myra.
00:50:38Say you love me.
00:50:40Say you're hopelessly, irretrievably in love with me.
00:50:42Let go of me.
00:50:43I want to hear you say it, Myra.
00:50:45I'm all you have.
00:50:47Or have you suddenly remembered there was someone else?
00:50:49I said let go of me.
00:50:51Someone like Carl Holt.
00:50:53All right.
00:50:55You know.
00:50:57I met him today.
00:51:09He seems very much in love.
00:51:11Two men in love with you.
00:51:13Awkward arrangement, Myra.
00:51:17Craig.
00:51:19What happened to us?
00:51:21It was a mistake.
00:51:23It was a mistake.
00:51:25I don't think so.
00:51:27In fact, I don't think you ever made a mistake before in your life.
00:51:29I don't want to see him, Craig.
00:51:31Neither do I. Just the truth.
00:51:33The truth is I am in love with Carl Holt.
00:51:35And I'm going to marry him.
00:51:37And you were in love with Carl Holt.
00:51:39And you were going to marry him the day I met you.
00:51:41I don't want to talk about it.
00:51:43Then let's have someone talk about it for us.
00:51:47I don't want to talk about it.
00:51:49I'm going to marry him.
00:51:51I received this letter yesterday.
00:51:53It's from Joe.
00:51:55What kind of a trick is this?
00:51:57Sit down, Myra.
00:51:59Sit down.
00:52:03Dear Craig.
00:52:07Like I promised, I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:52:11I've been trying to figure out the best way for all of us.
00:52:15You see, when I first met Myra, I figured she was out of my league.
00:52:19She was interested in things I didn't understand, like art and music.
00:52:22Myra's in love, Craig, but not with you.
00:52:25She's in love with some kind of an artist.
00:52:28I can't figure out what she's doing to you,
00:52:30but I know she must have some kind of a plan.
00:52:33I'm going to see her tonight, and I'm going to try and keep her.
00:52:36She's no good, Craig, but I do love her.
00:52:39And if she decides not to stay with me, I wanted you to know the truth.
00:52:43If she isn't a woman, Myra's a disease.
00:52:46The way she's already destroyed me, I just hope she doesn't end up destroying you, Joe.
00:52:52I don't believe Joe wrote that letter.
00:52:55You should be able to recognize his writing.
00:52:58What does it prove?
00:53:03Only that Joe was a miserable, jealous man?
00:53:05No, Myra. It proves something much different.
00:53:07Joe offered you a divorce, but without any money.
00:53:10You didn't want it that way, and you knew there was only one way to get it.
00:53:13You'll have to do more than say it. You'll have to prove it.
00:53:16I'm free now. I can do what I want with my life.
00:53:19You had it planned very carefully, didn't you, Myra?
00:53:22To get Joe's money, you had to kill him.
00:53:25To guarantee your freedom, you made me fall in love with you.
00:53:28I wonder if Carl Holt would want a murderess for a wife.
00:53:31I was tried and acquitted. Your brilliant defense freed me.
00:53:35No one can hurt me anymore. Not even you.
00:53:37This time you're wrong, Myra. Very wrong.
00:53:39What do you mean, this time?
00:53:41You're going to commit another murder.
00:53:56Totally ridiculous.
00:53:58Yes, you are. You're going to murder me.
00:54:02You're insane.
00:54:05No one wants to die.
00:54:10Not even you.
00:54:15My whole life has meant just three things.
00:54:19My love for Joe, my work, and my love for you.
00:54:27You've destroyed them all.
00:54:29How much is there left of me to die?
00:54:40How much is the feeling?
00:54:45Well, there it was, Ray.
00:54:47An ugly little package.
00:54:50Myra had killed Joe Leeds.
00:54:53And I was an accessory.
00:54:56Joe Leeds was dead.
00:54:58And Myra had to pay, just as I'm going to pay.
00:55:08There's not much time left, so I'd better bring you up to date.
00:55:13I had made plans to give up my practice
00:55:15and was spending every available moment
00:55:18keeping Myra constantly aware that sooner or later
00:55:21I proved to Carl Holt she was a murderer.
00:55:23Then I learned that Myra and Carl
00:55:28were planning to leave for Europe.
00:55:37Craig, good to see you again.
00:55:39Come on in.
00:55:42Hey, we were just about to have a drink.
00:55:44Join us?
00:55:45Well, what a pleasant surprise.
00:55:49Are you sure you're surprised, Craig?
00:55:51What do you mean by that?
00:55:52Oh, just a private little joke.
00:55:55Myra is certain attorneys know what people are going to do
00:55:58before they do it.
00:55:58In some cases, I'd say she was right.
00:56:01Enough talk about lawyers.
00:56:02I've got news for you.
00:56:03Oh.
00:56:05Shall we tell them that?
00:56:07No, I don't think you'd be interested.
00:56:09Of course I'd be interested.
00:56:11We're going to get married?
00:56:12No.
00:56:13Surprised again, Craig?
00:56:15We're sailing for Paris on Friday.
00:56:17We're going to be married as soon as we get there.
00:56:18And it was all Myra's idea.
00:56:20She wanted to live there.
00:56:20In a way, I'm sorry.
00:56:23Sorry?
00:56:24Forth.
00:56:25Well, this wasn't exactly a social visit.
00:56:28I came up with permission to paint him.
00:56:29Painting?
00:56:30For whom?
00:56:30Myself.
00:56:31I know this is going to sound a little vain,
00:56:34but I've always wanted a portrait.
00:56:35You know, something very flattering.
00:56:38Oh, it's a shame you didn't mention it before.
00:56:41We sail on Friday.
00:56:43Well, how long does it take to do a portrait?
00:56:44Well, it varies.
00:56:45I usually like two, three weeks.
00:56:48Well, couldn't you put your trip off for that length of time?
00:56:52No.
00:56:53I like your work, Carl.
00:56:55I'd be willing to pay as much as $2,500.
00:57:00Hey, I'm not a whistler, you know.
00:57:02What about it?
00:57:03$2,500 for those two weeks.
00:57:04We don't need the money.
00:57:06We have plenty.
00:57:08Now, hold on, honey.
00:57:09I mean, you have plenty.
00:57:11Well, you're my husband.
00:57:12What I have belongs to you.
00:57:17Well, I am afraid where money is concerned,
00:57:19I'm going to be a little old-fashioned.
00:57:22I'll do it.
00:57:23When can you make the sitting?
00:57:25What about tomorrow?
00:57:26That's fine.
00:57:27Between three and five, that's where my life's best.
00:57:29Good.
00:57:29I'll be here in two weeks.
00:57:32Give us a chance to get very well acquainted.
00:57:33I'm looking forward to it.
00:57:34Oh, my.
00:57:36No, Myra.
00:57:37It seems as if you're one weakness
00:57:39in picking men with moral strength.
00:57:41Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
00:57:43Come on, Craig.
00:57:52I expected you,
00:57:54but not quite as soon.
00:57:57Leave us alone, Craig.
00:57:59Don't push me too far.
00:58:01Is that all you came here for?
00:58:02I came to offer you $100,000.
00:58:07Will you take it?
00:58:09Let him go to Paris?
00:58:10No.
00:58:11$125,000.
00:58:12Not for all the money in the world.
00:58:15I need those two weeks.
00:58:17I need the time to finish what I've started.
00:58:19I promise you, Myra,
00:58:21you're not going to have Carl Holtz or Joe leaves money.
00:58:25I never realized how much I could hate a man until now.
00:58:28But it's not enough to kill him.
00:58:30Not yet.
00:58:31What kind of a man?
00:58:32One who believes in the honesty and integrity of our court.
00:58:37But that's something you would never be able to understand.
00:58:39I understand what you're trying to do to me.
00:58:41Do you really?
00:58:43Do you understand what you did to me
00:58:44when I learned you killed Joe?
00:58:46Do you understand in winning you an acquittal,
00:58:48I became as guilty as you?
00:58:50I want you to understand, Myra.
00:58:52I want you to fully understand
00:58:53that we'll have to pay for what we've done.
00:58:55I'm not going to pay for anything.
00:59:02You pay, Myra.
00:59:05We'll both pay.
00:59:08That's it.
00:59:10For better or for worse, it's finished.
00:59:22It's excellent.
00:59:23It's been a very patient subject.
00:59:28Oh, don't forget tonight.
00:59:31I'll be on room about seven.
00:59:34Craig.
00:59:38A few times you've seen Myra here.
00:59:41I know just how nervous and jumpy she seems.
00:59:45The trial was very taxing for her,
00:59:47and I guess she's anxious to get to Europe.
00:59:50Most natural reactions.
00:59:51I don't think you should have any worries about her.
00:59:57Augusta.
00:59:58Maybe your party will be just a prescription
01:00:00that'll snap her out of her.
01:00:02By the way, what are we celebrating?
01:00:04We'll find out in exactly three hours.
01:00:08Okay, man of mystery.
01:00:09I will not press you for an answer.
01:00:11I'll stay on tenderloose.
01:00:13I'll see you, sir.
01:00:14All right.
01:00:15You wish to order now, sir?
01:00:32No, we have another party coming along.
01:00:33Why didn't you tell me, Craig, that come to come?
01:00:38What's the matter, Myra?
01:00:39There's so much to do.
01:00:41It's a sale day after tomorrow.
01:00:43You think you're the only one who's busy?
01:00:44Move over.
01:00:45I haven't even packed yet.
01:00:46I'll tell you what, Carl, let's leave.
01:00:51Leave?
01:00:52We could give a message to the captain,
01:00:54have him tell Craig that something had come up.
01:00:55We can't do that.
01:00:56You know that Craig's been counting on us.
01:00:56He's looking forward to it.
01:00:57What's so important about it?
01:00:58We'll talk about that after dinner, my friend.
01:00:59We'll talk about that after dinner, Marry.
01:01:01I'll see.
01:01:01I tell you what, Carl, let's leave.
01:01:04Leave?
01:01:05We could give a message to the captain,
01:01:07have him tell Craig that something had come up.
01:01:09We can't do that.
01:01:10You know that Craig has been counting on us.
01:01:12He's looking forward to it.
01:01:13What's so important about it?
01:01:15We'll talk about that after dinner, Myron.
01:01:19Hello, Charles.
01:01:20Good evening, Mr. Carlson.
01:01:21Hi, Craig.
01:01:31For dessert, may I suggest cherry jubilee?
01:01:33It's excellent.
01:01:34Oh, thank you.
01:01:36How about you, Myron?
01:01:39That'll be all, Charles.
01:01:41Well, Craig, that was a delicious dinner.
01:01:44French food couldn't be any better.
01:01:46Myron, do you enjoy your dinner?
01:01:48You told us you'd tell us what this was all about after dinner, Craig.
01:01:52Myron.
01:01:53Oh, it's all right. She's just anxious.
01:01:55What do you mean anxious?
01:01:56A trip to Paris, and she's about to become a bride.
01:01:59Craig, I want to know why you brought us here.
01:02:02All right.
01:02:12Here you are, Carl.
01:02:26Craig, our deal was for $2500.
01:02:28I thought I'd double it.
01:02:30That's my surprise.
01:02:31But why?
01:02:33By helping me achieve an important ambition.
01:02:40Well, I...
01:02:42I certainly hope through the years the painting continues to please you, Craig.
01:02:47I'm certain it will.
01:02:49You see, to me the portrait reflected not only a friendship, but a great understanding you felt for the subject.
01:03:02I hope you're never disappointed.
01:03:04Well, I must run. I have a lot of work to do at the house.
01:03:08Is that one important case you mentioned?
01:03:10That's the one.
01:03:11Thank you for coming, Myron.
01:03:12We will see you again before we leave.
01:03:13Yes, you will.
01:03:14By the way, Carl, there's something I've been wanting to ask you.
01:03:15Suppose the portrait of me had turned out badly.
01:03:17Suppose you'd realize you'd made a mistake in the manner in which you'd handled it.
01:03:19What would you have done?
01:03:20Destroyed it, of course.
01:03:21Despite your fee?
01:03:22Despite anything.
01:03:23Strange.
01:03:24I've always felt that the same parallel existed in law.
01:03:25Who would you have done?
01:03:26You have done a decision?
01:03:27It's not true.
01:03:28In his hands.
01:03:29There's nothing wrong with me.
01:03:30Well, it's not the difference.
01:03:31It's not the difference.
01:03:32That's the difference.
01:03:33It's not the difference.
01:03:34Well, I don't know.
01:03:35It's a difference.
01:03:36I ain't really sorry for you.
01:03:37Suppose the portrait of me had turned out badly.
01:03:38Suppose you'd realized you'd made a mistake in the manner in which you'd handled it.
01:03:39What would you have done?
01:03:40Destroyed it, of course.
01:03:41Despite your fee?
01:03:42Despite anything.
01:03:43Strange.
01:03:45I've always felt that the same parallel existed in law.
01:03:52Well, I've, I've got to be going.
01:03:57Good night.
01:03:59Night, Craig.
01:04:13I can't tell you how good it's been having dinner here with you, Craig.
01:04:17Wish we could do it more often.
01:04:20Ray, there's something I want to ask you.
01:04:23Shoot.
01:04:24About the Myra Leeds trial.
01:04:27Oh, my.
01:04:28Well, I talk over yesterday's headlines.
01:04:31You asked the jury to find Myra guilty of first-degree murder.
01:04:36Hmm.
01:04:38At the end of the trial, the jury found her not guilty.
01:04:43How did you find her?
01:04:46It's important to me, Ray.
01:04:48I want to know.
01:04:52All right, Craig.
01:04:55You were very convincing.
01:04:57I can understand you were swaying that jury, but you didn't sway me.
01:05:01At the time, I still thought she was guilty.
01:05:04I was sure you did.
01:05:06You know, I thought about it for a long time.
01:05:09Now I know that the, the jury brought in the correct verdict.
01:05:13I've known you too many years, Craig.
01:05:15You never would have said what you did just for the dramatic effect.
01:05:19Another attorney might, but not you.
01:05:21Not you.
01:05:22No.
01:05:23I admit it.
01:05:24On the Myra Leeds case, I was way off base.
01:05:32Well, thank you, Ray.
01:05:35Now there's something I'd like you to do for me.
01:05:42Hello, Mrs. Leeds.
01:05:43Mr. Carlson's expecting you.
01:05:45Thank you, Jenny.
01:05:51Mrs. Leeds?
01:05:52Mr. Willis.
01:05:53Myra, and you could make it.
01:05:56No, it's getting late.
01:05:57I'd better leave.
01:05:58It's been a wonderful evening.
01:06:00Thanks for the talk, Ray.
01:06:01You've been very helpful.
01:06:02Mrs. Leeds?
01:06:04Mr. Leeds.
01:06:17Why did you send for me?
01:06:19Why were you talking to the district attorney?
01:06:21We were talking about a case.
01:06:23Your case, Myra.
01:06:25This grotesque joke of yours has gone far enough.
01:06:28You still think this is a joke?
01:06:30You've got to stop it, Craig.
01:06:32Every time you talked to Carl, I...
01:06:34The other evening at dinner, I was terrified.
01:06:36What you're doing is inhuman.
01:06:38I can't stand much more of it.
01:06:40You're a murderess, Myra.
01:06:42Anything that happens to you won't be enough.
01:06:45Craig, the jury freed me.
01:06:47They found me innocent.
01:06:49All I want is to go away with Carl.
01:06:52Please understand, for the first time in my life,
01:06:54I want to live decently.
01:06:56You don't know the meaning of the word.
01:06:59At first, I thought Carl Holt was like you.
01:07:03But it wasn't long before I changed my mind.
01:07:07You fooled him, Myra.
01:07:09Just like you fooled me.
01:07:11He's too fine to be hurt by someone like you.
01:07:14I'm not going to let it happen.
01:07:16No matter what you tell him, he won't believe you.
01:07:18There's no way of proving that I killed Joe.
01:07:21You're just trying to frighten me with more threats.
01:07:24Understand me, Myra.
01:07:28I never once meant to threaten you.
01:07:30I made you a promise.
01:07:37What I've compiled in this folder is no longer theory.
01:07:40It's proof.
01:07:42The only way you can prevent me from turning it over to Carl...
01:07:46is to kill me.
01:07:48I'm not going to kill you.
01:07:49I'm not going to kill you!
01:07:51It must be maddening to know that in just a little while...
01:07:55you're going to lose everything you've planned and killed for.
01:07:58You see, Myra...
01:08:01you can't win anymore.
01:08:10It was not long before my telephone began to ring.
01:08:13I knew it would be Myra.
01:08:15She was desperate.
01:08:16She wanted to see me right away.
01:08:18But I still had a few things to do...
01:08:21so I told her I'd see her later at my office.
01:08:23I made the appointment for 12.30 sharp.
01:08:27It was now only a matter of waiting.
01:08:29Time took care of the wait.
01:08:31So now the pattern's complete.
01:08:34And it's the same pattern Joe Leeds lived.
01:08:37But this time Myra won't be acquitted.
01:08:40That's where you're concerned, Ray.
01:08:42Why?
01:08:43Because this time...
01:08:44you're not going to have to guess whether or not Myra is guilty.
01:08:48You'll know.
01:08:50You're going to be a witness.
01:09:12There's no money.
01:09:13Thank you for being so prompt.
01:09:30Thank you for being so prompt.
01:09:32You promised me an answer.
01:09:36Here it is.
01:09:38My complete file.
01:09:40Now, no attorney could get you off.
01:09:42Not even me.
01:09:44I told you.
01:09:46I can't be tried for the same crime twice.
01:09:48And I told you I'm trying you before Carl Holt.
01:09:51We'll let him determine whether or not you're guilty.
01:09:54I told you I'm trying you before Carl Holt.
01:09:57We'll let him determine whether or not you're guilty.
01:10:00Or would you prefer this?
01:10:05I'm not going to kill anyone.
01:10:07Very well.
01:10:09That affords three of us a visit.
01:10:11Carl, you and I.
01:10:13I'm gonna call and ask him to come right over.
01:10:16After seeing this, if he still wants to marry a murderess, that's his business.
01:10:23Craig, don't call him.
01:10:25Craig!
01:10:26Don't make me do it!
01:10:27Hello?
01:10:28Craig!
01:10:29Don't make me do it!
01:10:30Hello?
01:10:31Craig!
01:10:32Hello?
01:10:33Hello?
01:10:34Hello?
01:10:35Craig!
01:10:36Hello?
01:10:37Hello?
01:10:38Craig!
01:10:47Hello?
01:10:48Hello?
01:10:49Hello?
01:10:50Hello?
01:10:51Hello?
01:10:52Hello?
01:10:53Hello?
01:10:54Hello?
01:10:55Hello?
01:10:57Hello?
01:10:59Hello?
01:11:00Hello?
01:11:02Hello?
01:11:03Have you tried to� him?
01:11:04Yep.
01:11:05Let's go.
01:11:35Mr. Leeds, uh, it's terrible.
01:11:45Craig has committed suicide.
01:12:05What are you doing here?
01:12:14He asked if I could meet him here at 12.30.
01:12:17Strange.
01:12:18He told me to be here at 12.40.
01:12:24I'd never expect Craig to do a thing like this.
01:12:29This is Ray Willis.
01:12:47The man shot himself.
01:12:48Will you send someone over right away, please?
01:12:50Uh, Chambers Building, room 2407.
01:12:53No.
01:12:55He's dead.
01:13:15Tape recorder's still running.
01:13:17Must have been dictating when it happened.
01:13:32And it could be Craig's way of giving us an explanation.
01:13:35To Ray Willis, district attorney.
01:13:50Dear Ray, in exactly 55 minutes, I will be dead.
01:13:56Murder.
01:13:58First of all, let me explain.
01:14:02A plus.
01:14:03A plus.
01:14:04A plus.
01:14:05A plus.
01:14:06A plus.
01:14:07A plus.
01:14:08A plus.
01:14:09A plus.
01:14:11A plus.
01:14:12A plus.
01:14:14A plus.
01:14:15THE END
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