1. I stole something
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3. You're a genius. Yeah, that's right.
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have you framed with Tanya?
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5. Well, you're very perceptive.
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6. Too bad it wasn't on
during the murder.
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7. You could have told me
who did it.
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you killed Mr. Norris.
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9. Subliminal cuts.
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10. Your entire case
could rest on that.
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11. If my wife decided
to murder me...
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12. But you have to die
to become a martyr.
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13. Can't win 'em all.
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in this country
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sells something.
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can I help you?
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18. No. No. Not at all,
thank you.
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19. You're a little bit early
this evening, Roger.
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20. Oh, yeah, I came in
to check out the sound system.
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21. Okay, well,
there's the film.
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an hour, I would say.
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25. Okay, good.
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26. Hello.
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27. Hello, Mrs. Norris?
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28. You don't know me,
but I think we should talk.
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29. Who is this?
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30. Uh, let's just say
that I am a friend of
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which is the subject
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you don't, Mrs. Norris,
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36. You see,
Tanya is my girlfriend,
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is your husband.
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38. I wish there was
a nice way to put it,
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They're having an affair,
and that's that.
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because I've got the proof
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suit commercials
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ever since.
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48. I'm sorry.
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49. But this is a little new
to me, too.
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50. Anyway, I hired
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because I got suspicious.
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52. And he—
he took a lot of pictures.
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if you want them.
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54. I don't why
I'm even calling you,
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55. except it seemed like it would
help if you knew about it.
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56. But I don't believe you.
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for yourself,
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they're together right now
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60. And if you want to meet me
at Valley and Magnolia
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to where they are.
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62. I don't know...
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63. I'll be there in 40 minutes.
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64. But if I get stuck in traffic,
you wait for me, will you?
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65. All right. I'll wait for you.
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66. Okay. I'll be there.
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67. Yes?
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68. Mr. Norris.
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69. Oh, Mr. Norris,
good evening, sir. Go ahead.
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of this film,
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have been astonishing.
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72. The demographics are
the strongest we've ever had.
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73. Hello, Vic.
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74. Bart.
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75. Jimmy, why don't you
bring the caviar?
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76. Yes, sir.
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77. Would you like to have a drink
before the screening,
or afterwards?
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78. There isn't going to be
any after-the-screening drink
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those negatives.
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80. Well, Vic, I haven't made up
my mind about that yet.
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81. But I have something
for you,
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how much you like it.
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83. Caviar.
Royal Iranian beluga.
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for Mr. Norris.
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86. Yes, sir.
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87. I can see why
you'd have a hard time
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89. How many of your other clients
have you framed with Tanya?
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was built
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93. I must ask the D.A.
to look into that.
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94. You're turning into
a crusader on me, Vic.
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95. Enjoying it.
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97. Could be.
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98. But you have to die
to become a martyr.
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99. That follows.
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100. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
perhaps we should go in.
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102. Why, hello, Mr. Norris. Good evening.
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103. Watch out with that.
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104. Vic, I'll be with you
in a minute.
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105. Jimmy, why don't you
leave all that?
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in the morning.
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107. All right. I won't need you any more.
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109. Don't forget this. Oh, thank you, sir.
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110. Good night.
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111. Good night, Jimmy.
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what you are going to see.
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but without narration.
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and the effects are in,
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from the stage,
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have ideas
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we can incorporate them
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119. before we hire a narrator
for the final soundtrack.
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of this film.
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several very strong
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a very, very motivating film.
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in this country
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sells something.
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a nation of salesmen.
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we have advanced
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to a creative art.
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131. It has been the ability
of salesmen,
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and capital around the globe,
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American business preeminent.
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of these workers
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behind them are wasted
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to sell their product
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that doesn't require selling.
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soft and caressable.
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an invaluable selling aid.
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arid and uninhabitable,
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thriving model communities.
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no one could imagine
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fully realized cities
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of the urban services
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the urban problems
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metropolitan centers.
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secret of American success.
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150. To convince the public
that this hot, parched land
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was a feat
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not only imagination,
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154. The public had to be shown
more than what you see.
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155. They had to see
the progressive vision
of a new suburban lifestyle...
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156. You all right, Vic?
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and dynamic salesmanship,
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in concept and...
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that will help focus
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of saying "salesmanship":
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become a way of life.
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and economies.
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to American creativity.
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the foundation
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171. Oh, he stepped out
a few moments ago.
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172. He looked a bit uncomfortable.
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173. It's awfully warm
in here.
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174. Yes, we've been
having trouble
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I'm terribly sorry.
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177. What's happened?
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178. It's Norris.
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179. His heart?
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180. I don't know.
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181. Listen, somebody
call an ambulance.
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182. I don't know,
I don't think so!
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183. Coroner says that the victim
Norris was evidently killed
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through the heart.
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186. But he won't be certain
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187. until we have
ballistics report tomorrow.
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188. Now, everyone's
been searched.
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189. We're going
through the building now,
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the murder weapon.
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191. It is possible
to come in
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two separate entrances,
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of the building
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at the rear.
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195. Both were unlocked.
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196. You get all that, Lieutenant?
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197. Oh, yeah,
I got every word.
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198. Uh, excuse me,
I'm a little hungry.
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199. I missed dinner tonight
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200. workin' late
on that Hayward case.
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201. These are not bad.
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202. Coroner's taking
the body away, Lieutenant.
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203. All right. Listen, Sergeant,
I'll be right there.
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204. Um, I'm a little hungry,
I missed dinner tonight.
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205. So I'm just going to grab
a few canapes.
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206. I'll be right with you.
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207. What are you eating
all this stuff for?
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208. Have some of this out here.
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209. What is it?
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210. Imported caviar.
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211. Have some. Go on.
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212. Oh, that's good.
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219. Yeah.
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220. That must be
about $15 worth
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222. We'd better
get out of here.
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223. We're going
to get arrested.
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224. We've talked to all
of Norris' employees.
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225. None of them
have any idea
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would shoot him.
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227. Uh-huh.
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228. So Mr. Norris was
in the screening room,
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and came out in the lobby
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233. Yep.
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would know in advance
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a film in there
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and come out here.
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238. Lieutenant, you want
to talk to the Coroner?
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239. Um...
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240. Excuse me.
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241. Where did you get this?
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242. Found it here
on the table.
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245. Listen, I'll talk
to the Coroner tomorrow,
fellas.
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246. Thanks very much.
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you checked
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in the building?
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249. Oh, yes, sir, we did.
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gotten in here
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253. I'm supposed to have
security in this building.
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254. Where the hell
were they?
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255. Excuse me.
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256. Yes.
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257. Mr. Keppel?
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258. Uh, yeah. Well, no,
uh, Dr. Keppel.
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I wouldn't be too hard
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security people.
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262. There's no way that
they could be expected
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a thing like this.
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with the police?
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Homicide.
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266. Oh. Well, I'll be in my office
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that you want.
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268. Please don't keep these people
any longer than you have to.
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269. Oh, no, sir, we won't.
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your tape recorder?
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272. Uh, yes, it is.
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273. Uh, would you mind
telling me, sir,
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in the lobby?
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275. Well, I always use it
after a screening
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of the people
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278. Oh, thank you, sir.
That explained that.
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279. Thank you very much.
Officer.
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I've told your people
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283. Oh, yes,
I appreciate that, sir.
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one more question here.
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286. Uh, what kind of movies
you make here?
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287. Well, I'm not
a m-movie producer per se.
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part of my business.
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290. We specialize in all forms
of motivational research.
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a sales promotion film
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293. Mr. Norris was only
a business a-acquaintance.
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anything else?
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295. No, that should
do it, sir.
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297. Lieutenant, we—we'll be
finished pretty soon.
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298. We're still taking prints.
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299. Good. I'm just gonna
look around.
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301. Why don't you go
over there and check?
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302. I've never seen
a projection room
like this before.
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what is all this stuff?
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304. Dr. Keppel has the latest
in everything, Lieutenant.
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the 35 mm projectors here,
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8 mm projectors, slides.
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307. Complete editorial service.
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what is that?
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the closed circuit TV cameras
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311. They're used to monitor
the audience reaction
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is marked "lobby."
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when it's on,
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in the lobby?
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316. Yeah, that's right.
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317. Too bad it wasn't on
during the murder.
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who did it.
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a glass of water?
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324. Oh, sure.
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326. Generally I make a thermos
before I come to work.
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328. I don't know
why I feel thirsty.
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333. That's good.
You mind if I sit down?
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all night.
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with those preliminaries.
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339. Yeah. Why don't you
have some raisins?
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340. They're healthy,
full of iron.
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341. No, thanks.
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342. I had an uncle,
made a killing in real estate
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345. You know
what this guy did before
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347. Uh-uh.
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350. Now he's got a ranch,
couple of Cadillacs,
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embossed Christmas cards.
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352. Wow.
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353. That's why I am
studying this, Lieutenant.
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in the racks
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the editing table.
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for the gentlemen tonight?
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361. Nothing I'd like to do more,
but I can't, Lieutenant.
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from the vault
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364. Is that normal?
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365. Well, it depends.
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gives it to the client
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to editorial,
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down in the vault.
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what the client wants.
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375. Yeah.
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old projectionist's trick.
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Lieutenant.
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the bottom of the film. See?
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380. Then you could be
sittin' around
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around here,
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on the floor.
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383. You hear that, then you can
change the reels, see?
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in this racket as long as me,
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to movies.
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five times.
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389. That's right.
How do you know that?
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Crime Lab's clearing out.
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394. You're welcome, Lieutenant.
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395. Uh, come in.
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that he did, Maury.
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you're the flack around here,
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the Institute out of it.
Absolutely. Yes.
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you again, Mr. Keppel.
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Come in.
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Why can't I remember that?
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the vaguest notion.
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a few minor things straight
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408. I don't want to disturb you,
go on doing what you're doing.
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411. Yes, they are.
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if they're in working order.
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to examine them.
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417. Uh, yes, sir.
I'm just getting to it.
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we spoke to,
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and they all said that
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narrating the movie
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the crime was committed.
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if any of the men
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during the movie?
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Vic Norris did.
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see him go?
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Mr. Norris leave the room,
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if nobody else did?
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433. Well, you're right,
I guess I couldn't.
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435. Mr. Norris was
a very demanding man
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of the people
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worked for him.
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of an important screening.
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441. Mmm-hmm.
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442. Can you think of someone
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to kill Mr. Norris?
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say something, Doctor?
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to read expressions.
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449. And I got the feeling
you were gonna say something.
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450. Well, you're very perceptive,
Lieutenant.
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451. Um, let's just say I have
a suspicion, that's all.
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452. I'll treat it confidentially.
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an affair
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for him.
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457. Her name is Tanya Baker.
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458. And you figure
this Miss Baker
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459. had reason
to kill Mr. Norris?
Copy !req
460. Well, you're a little
less perceptive
Copy !req
461. than I thought, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
462. 70% of all murders
involving married persons
Copy !req
463. turn out to have been
committed by the spouse.
Copy !req
464. It's a fact. Look it up.
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465. I see what you mean.
Copy !req
466. I'll check Mrs. Norris.
Copy !req
467. I'll see
if she has an alibi.
Copy !req
468. Now, Lieutenant,
if there's nothing else...
Copy !req
469. Do you have time?
Copy !req
470. I just want to make
one personal observation.
Copy !req
471. I hope
you don't mind.
Copy !req
472. I was speaking
to the projectionist,
Copy !req
473. and he told me that
Copy !req
474. shortly after the murder
Copy !req
475. you called to have
your film picked up
Copy !req
476. and delivered
to your vault,
Copy !req
477. and I got to thinking
about that.
Copy !req
478. You know that most people,
when they're around a murder,
Copy !req
479. they just don't stop
to do anything like that.
Copy !req
480. No, I don't suppose
they would.
Copy !req
481. But I'm not most people,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
482. I am a very
well-organized man,
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483. and I don't panic.
Copy !req
484. The next logical thought
after we'd found the body
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485. was to return the film
to the vault.
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486. That was my observation.
Copy !req
487. You're a man
of enormous self-control.
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488. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
489. Uh, Ballistics will want
to check out those guns.
Copy !req
490. Yes, certainly.
Copy !req
491. Good night, sir.
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492. Good night.
Copy !req
493. Oh. Uh...
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494. One other thing.
In regard to your practice
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495. of recording people's comments
after the screening,
Copy !req
496. is that like a question
and answer period?
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497. Do the people in the audience
raise their hands
Copy !req
498. and ask questions?
Copy !req
499. You stand up there
on the stage and answer them?
Copy !req
500. No, usually we meet
in the lobby.
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501. Uh, we discuss the film there
and I record their comments,
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502. that's all.
Copy !req
503. Oh, you do it
in the lobby?
Copy !req
504. Yes.
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505. Oh, fine.
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506. Gee, now, that's peculiar.
Copy !req
507. What is peculiar?
Copy !req
508. No, it's peculiar that you
would walk into the lobby...
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509. and see a man that was
lying on the floor,
Copy !req
510. he just got shot.
Copy !req
511. And in the middle
of all that excitement,
Copy !req
512. you turn on a tape recorder.
Copy !req
513. Well, did it occur to you
Copy !req
514. that I might have turned
the tape recorder on
Copy !req
515. before I went into the lobby?
Copy !req
516. Before I ever saw the body?
Copy !req
517. As a matter of fact, I think
Copy !req
518. I turned it on directly
after screening.
Copy !req
519. Well, that explains it.
Thank you very much.
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520. Good night, Lieutenant.
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521. I'm just here to ask
some routine questions.
Copy !req
522. All right, Lieutenant.
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523. What is it that
you want from me?
Copy !req
524. I'm gonna have
to ask you
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525. what kind of relationship
you had with your husband.
Copy !req
526. I don't know now.
Copy !req
527. What do you mean?
Copy !req
528. If you'd asked me yesterday,
Copy !req
529. I'd have said
we had a good relationship.
Copy !req
530. Last night
I got a telephone call
Copy !req
531. from a man who said
Copy !req
532. that he had a girlfriend
named Tanya Baker.
Copy !req
533. And he told me that
she was having an affair
Copy !req
534. with my husband
and he could prove it.
Copy !req
535. And I was told to meet him
Copy !req
536. at 8:30 at the corner
of Valley and Magnolia.
Copy !req
537. And I waited there
for over an hour,
Copy !req
538. but he never appeared.
Copy !req
539. That's where you were
between 8:30 and 9:30?
Copy !req
540. That's right.
Copy !req
541. At the corner
of Valley and Magnolia?
Copy !req
542. Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
543. Can anyone confirm that?
Copy !req
544. No.
Copy !req
545. No one at all?
Copy !req
546. Nobody at all,
which means that
Copy !req
547. I don't have
what you call an alibi.
Copy !req
548. Yes, you do, Mrs. Norris.
Copy !req
549. You were at the corner
of Valley and Magnolia.
Copy !req
550. With nobody to prove it.
Copy !req
551. I didn't say
you had a good alibi,
Copy !req
552. but you do have an alibi.
Copy !req
553. Lieutenant,
I didn't kill my husband.
Copy !req
554. I believe that.
Copy !req
555. You do?
Copy !req
556. Yes, ma'am.
Copy !req
557. Why?
Copy !req
558. My wife's got no head
for crime.
Copy !req
559. We go to those
whodunit movies,
Copy !req
560. she always picks
the wrong murderer.
Copy !req
561. I want to tell you something.
Copy !req
562. If my wife decided
to murder me,
Copy !req
563. she could come up
with a better alibi
Copy !req
564. than you got.
Copy !req
565. Thank you.
Copy !req
566. You're welcome.
Copy !req
567. How about the lady,
uh, in the red coat?
Copy !req
568. No. No,
stay with the little fellow
Copy !req
569. in the rumpled raincoat.
Copy !req
570. Good morning, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
571. Boy, isn't this somethin'?
Copy !req
572. Come on in.
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573. Hey, that's me!
Copy !req
574. Yes, that's you.
Copy !req
575. Boy.
Copy !req
576. Who would believe it?
Copy !req
577. You guys back here
with all this hidden equipment
Copy !req
578. takin' pictures of people
Copy !req
579. and they don't even know
they're being photographed.
Copy !req
580. Better go back
to the lady in red.
Copy !req
581. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
582. It's not like the old days.
Oh, listen.
Copy !req
583. When I told my wife
that I met a guy
Copy !req
584. who made commercials,
you know what she did?
Copy !req
585. This woman runs
into the other room,
Copy !req
586. she comes back
with some photographs
of herself.
Copy !req
587. She claims
Copy !req
588. that when she sees housewives
on TV doing commercials...
Copy !req
589. She says they don't look
like housewives.
Copy !req
590. So she says,
"Show them my picture,
Copy !req
591. I'll be on TV."
Copy !req
592. Uh, well, Lieutenant,
I don't make commercials.
Copy !req
593. I'm a motivation
research specialist.
Copy !req
594. Oh.
Copy !req
595. Well, listen, no problem.
Copy !req
596. I mean, I said I'd mention it,
which I did,
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597. so I'm in the clear.
Copy !req
598. Watch out
for that junction box.
Copy !req
599. Oh, no.
Copy !req
600. I'm sorry.
I didn't see that there.
Copy !req
601. All right, go to the lady
with the headband.
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602. Yes, sir.
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603. Uh, Doc, last night
when I was talking to you,
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604. I have to confess,
I had the feeling
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605. that I was in the presence
of somebody sort of special.
Copy !req
606. So this morning
Copy !req
607. I went over
to the public library
Copy !req
608. and I looked up "Keppel"
in the card catalogue.
Copy !req
609. And, of course,
you know what I found.
Copy !req
610. Never mind the lady
with the headband,
Copy !req
611. she's very uptight.
Copy !req
612. Get back to the lady
with the red coat.
Copy !req
613. You really are somethin'.
Copy !req
614. Turn on
the high-speed camera.
Copy !req
615. "Advertising
and The Motivated Sale,"
Copy !req
616. by Bart Keppel.
Copy !req
617. "Motivation Research
And Its Value In Advertising,"
Copy !req
618. Bart Keppel.
Copy !req
619. "Human Values
Versus Human Motives,
Copy !req
620. Bart Keppel."
Copy !req
621. Oh, here's a terrific title:
Copy !req
622. "The Mind String
And How To Pull It,"
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623. by Bart Keppel.
Copy !req
624. You've been
very busy, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
625. Let's take a break,
five minutes.
Copy !req
626. I want to reposition
that camera.
Copy !req
627. Lieutenant, why don't you
come along?
Copy !req
628. This may interest you.
Copy !req
629. Uh, it's in your line.
Copy !req
630. I gotta tell you, Doc,
Copy !req
631. one of the things that I like
best about my job,
Copy !req
632. it gives me an opportunity
to meet interesting people.
Copy !req
633. I mean, listen, here I am.
I'm talking to a man
Copy !req
634. that has actually changed
the course of advertising
Copy !req
635. in just five years.
Copy !req
636. Well, actually,
it was three years.
Copy !req
637. Major changes began
Copy !req
638. right after the publication
of my first book,
Copy !req
639. the one you have there,
Human Values
Versus Human Motives.
Copy !req
640. Well, all I know is,
it's fascinating.
Copy !req
641. I mean, it just,
it boggles my mind.
Copy !req
642. I don't know
how the hell you do it.
Copy !req
643. Most of it is just plain
old-fashioned perception.
Copy !req
644. For example, you do
the shopping in your family.
Copy !req
645. How did you know that?
Copy !req
646. I mean, you're right.
Copy !req
647. But how could you tell?
Copy !req
648. One of these cameras
picked you up
Copy !req
649. as you came into the store.
Copy !req
650. Now, you can tell, the way
a person moves
through a store,
Copy !req
651. whether they're comfortable
or uncomfortable.
Copy !req
652. It's a related,
if inexact, science
Copy !req
653. called body language.
That's all.
Copy !req
654. Despite the fact that
you were coming to see me,
Copy !req
655. you moved through,
examining everything,
Copy !req
656. all the produce,
all the canned goods.
Copy !req
657. You were very comfortable.
Ergo, you do the shopping.
Copy !req
658. I'll be a son of a gun.
Copy !req
659. You must have had a reason
for coming to see me.
Copy !req
660. Yeah. Oh, I know what it is.
Copy !req
661. Isn't that somethin', Doc?
Copy !req
662. You've got me so interested
in what you were saying
Copy !req
663. I almost forgot
why I came over.
Copy !req
664. I see.
Copy !req
665. Yeah, I tell you.
Copy !req
666. I just wanted to tell you
Copy !req
667. that we checked out
those two guns in your office
Copy !req
668. and Ballistics says
they've never been shot.
Copy !req
669. As a matter of fact, they're
not even the right caliber.
Copy !req
670. Mr. Norris was shot
with a.22.
Copy !req
671. I assume that you have
interrogated Mrs. Norris.
Copy !req
672. Yes, I have.
Copy !req
673. And?
Copy !req
674. We can't rule anyone out
completely at this time.
Copy !req
675. Oh, that reminds me.
Copy !req
676. Uh, Mr. Norris' secretary
showed me an agenda
Copy !req
677. of a board
of directors' meeting
Copy !req
678. that was scheduled
to take place today.
Copy !req
679. And on the top of the list
it said, "Terminate Keppel."
Copy !req
680. I was just wondering
about that.
Copy !req
681. I don't know quite
how to put this.
Copy !req
682. How about it, Doc?
Copy !req
683. Were you about to be canned?
Copy !req
684. I think you put it
very directly.
Copy !req
685. You're as subtle
as a train wreck.
Copy !req
686. Listen, I had to
ask the question.
Copy !req
687. No, the Keppel Institute was
never on the Norris payroll.
Copy !req
688. Wasn't supposed to be.
We were paid always
Copy !req
689. from project to project.
Copy !req
690. I'd just finished a film
for them
Copy !req
691. and Vic seemed
to like it very much.
Copy !req
692. I imagine such a note
would say
Copy !req
693. he was going to speak
to the board of directors
Copy !req
694. and tell them:
Copy !req
695. "Terminate until
the next project."
Copy !req
696. Oh, fine.
Well, that explains it.
Copy !req
697. Thank you very much
for the time.
Copy !req
698. It was my pleasure,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
699. Dr. Keppel, I almost forgot.
Copy !req
700. I want to check your memory
with that of the other people
Copy !req
701. in the screening room.
It will just take a minute.
Copy !req
702. Yes, certainly.
Copy !req
703. Uh, I spoke to Mr. Norbert,
Copy !req
704. and he recalls that
when the film was finished,
Copy !req
705. you said,
"Where's Mr. Norris?"
Copy !req
706. Is that right?
Copy !req
707. Yes, I did.
Copy !req
708. And then Mr. Norbert said
he told you
Copy !req
709. that Mr. Norris left just
before the film was finished
Copy !req
710. and he didn't look too good.
Is that right?
Copy !req
711. To the best
of my memory, yes.
Copy !req
712. And Miss Halstead said
Copy !req
713. it was kind of warm
in the screening room.
Copy !req
714. Yes, she did.
Copy !req
715. That's what was said?
Copy !req
716. Yes.
Copy !req
717. I see.
Copy !req
718. Fine.
Copy !req
719. Uh-huh.
Copy !req
720. All right.
Copy !req
721. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
722. What's the trouble,
Lieutenant?
Copy !req
723. Last night,
Copy !req
724. when I asked you
about the tape recorder,
Copy !req
725. you said...
Copy !req
726. Just give me a moment, sir.
Copy !req
727. "Did it ever occur
to you, Lieutenant
Copy !req
728. "that I might have turned it
on before I entered the lobby
Copy !req
729. "and before
I saw Mr. Norris' body.
Copy !req
730. "As a matter of fact,
Copy !req
731. "I turned it on
in the screening room
Copy !req
732. before the film
was finished."
Copy !req
733. Now I'm puzzled, because...
Copy !req
734. Just give me a moment.
Copy !req
735. This is the start
of the tape.
Copy !req
736. What's happened?
Copy !req
737. It's Norris.
Copy !req
738. His heart?
Copy !req
739. I don't know.
I don't think so.
Copy !req
740. Listen, somebody
call an ambulance.
Copy !req
741. I'm puzzled,
because if you turned it on
Copy !req
742. after the film
in the screening room,
Copy !req
743. why didn't it record
what you said to Mr. Norbert
Copy !req
744. and what Mr. Norbert
said to you,
Copy !req
745. and what Miss Halstead said
to both of you?
Copy !req
746. I don't know,
Lieutenant, I...
Copy !req
747. I guess it was
Copy !req
748. because I didn't turn it on
in the screening room.
Copy !req
749. I must have waited
until I was in the lobby.
Copy !req
750. Now we're right back
where we were last night.
Copy !req
751. Why would you
enter a lobby
Copy !req
752. and seeing Mr. Norris' body
lying on the floor
Copy !req
753. and in the middle
of the excitement,
Copy !req
754. turn on the tape recorder?
Copy !req
755. Why would anybody even—
Copy !req
756. I think the answer
is very simple, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
757. Because men do strange things
under stress,
Copy !req
758. in a time of crisis.
Copy !req
759. Yes.
Copy !req
760. But you did remember
to send the film
Copy !req
761. back after the murder.
Copy !req
762. Like you said, sir,
Copy !req
763. you're not a man
that panics under stress.
Copy !req
764. No, I'm not.
Copy !req
765. What is all this proving,
Lieutenant?
Copy !req
766. Well, I don't think
it's proving anything, Doc.
Copy !req
767. I don't even know
what it means.
Copy !req
768. It's just one of those things
that gets into my head,
Copy !req
769. keeps rolling around in there
like a marble.
Copy !req
770. I think you're doing yourself
a great injustice.
Copy !req
771. Sounds like you feel a little
empty-headed at the moment.
Copy !req
772. I don't think
you're empty-headed at all.
Copy !req
773. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
774. Well, if that's all, then,
for the moment...
Copy !req
775. Uh, yeah.
Copy !req
776. Oh, I would like
to see a print
Copy !req
777. of that film
that you ran last night.
Copy !req
778. Oh, really? What for?
Copy !req
779. Well, it's just that I got so
interested in your work
Copy !req
780. that I think
it would be educational.
Copy !req
781. Why don't you
call my office?
Copy !req
782. They'll arrange it
for you.
Copy !req
783. Thank you.
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784. You think you know how
what happened, Roger?
Copy !req
785. I think I know
how you did it.
Copy !req
786. Thank you, sir.
Copy !req
787. I think I know how
you killed Mr. Norris.
Copy !req
788. Last night,
when that Lt. Columbo
Copy !req
789. was asking me
all those questions
Copy !req
790. about the monitors?
Copy !req
791. That's when it dawned
on me.
Copy !req
792. Remember last night,
Copy !req
793. when I came into
the projection booth?
Copy !req
794. You were monkeying
with the monitor,
Copy !req
795. the East Lobby monitor,
in particular.
Copy !req
796. And I believe that's where
they found Mr. Norris' body?
Copy !req
797. Near the water fountain,
right?
Copy !req
798. I says to myself,
Copy !req
799. wow,
Copy !req
800. if that monitor
had been working,
Copy !req
801. I might even have seen you
shoot Mr. Norris.
Copy !req
802. But you really made
your mistake, sir,
Copy !req
803. when you gave me the film.
Copy !req
804. You see,
when you gave me the film,
Copy !req
805. you gave it to me
tails out.
Copy !req
806. When I heard
the splices going
Copy !req
807. through the machine
when I rewound it
Copy !req
808. I found the subliminal cuts
you made.
Copy !req
809. It was very clever
of you, Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
810. And it all came together.
Copy !req
811. But don't worry,
Copy !req
812. I'm very grateful for what
you've done for me
Copy !req
813. here at the Institute.
Copy !req
814. I'm quite sure we can come to
some sort of an arrangement.
Copy !req
815. What did you
have in mind, Roger?
Copy !req
816. I had $50,000 in mind,
Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
817. I've worked very hard here.
Copy !req
818. I still have to moonlight
down at the Magnolia Theatre.
Copy !req
819. My mother's been pretty sick.
Copy !req
820. So I've been studying
real estate on the side.
Copy !req
821. I found this nifty new deal,
it's a piece of property.
Copy !req
822. Just about $50,000
would swing it for me.
Copy !req
823. Well, Roger,
I would need your signature
Copy !req
824. on a document.
Copy !req
825. What kind of a document?
Copy !req
826. Outlining the details
of our agreement
Copy !req
827. and the amount of money
to be paid.
Copy !req
828. Why?
Copy !req
829. Well, that would make you
an accessory after the fact,
Copy !req
830. just in case anything should
ever happen to me.
Copy !req
831. Would you be willing
to sign such a document?
Copy !req
832. Sure, I'll sign it.
Copy !req
833. When do I get the money?
Copy !req
834. Tonight. Now, Roger,
Copy !req
835. I have a very busy afternoon.
Copy !req
836. If you'll excuse me...
Copy !req
837. Sure, I've got something
I have to do myself.
Copy !req
838. Thank you, Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
839. Oh.
Copy !req
840. You scared the livin'
daylights out of me, Doctor.
Copy !req
841. I didn't hear you
come in with the noise.
Copy !req
842. Good evening, Roger.
Copy !req
843. Did you bring the money?
Copy !req
844. I've given this matter
a great deal of thought
Copy !req
845. since we talked
this afternoon.
Copy !req
846. Your discovery has made
things very awkward.
Copy !req
847. But I think
I've found a solution.
Copy !req
848. It would be
the only solution.
Copy !req
849. Oh, come on,
you've got to be kidding,
Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
850. Come on. Don't joke around.
Copy !req
851. Hey, put that away, Doctor.
Don't fool around with that.
Copy !req
852. Doctor, come on, now.
Copy !req
853. I didn't see anything
but a lot of racing cars.
Copy !req
854. That's the whole idea,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
855. You don't see it
with your eye.
Copy !req
856. You see it
with your subconscious mind,
Copy !req
857. which is quicker
than the eye.
Copy !req
858. That's why
it's called subliminal.
Copy !req
859. You sure it's there?
Copy !req
860. Sure. Look.
Copy !req
861. I'll be a son of a gun.
Copy !req
862. There it is.
I never would have known.
Copy !req
863. Gee, that thing makes you
hungry just to look at it.
Copy !req
864. That's the whole idea,
Copy !req
865. if you want
to sell hamburgers.
Copy !req
866. Well, wouldn't it
be better
Copy !req
867. if people could get a better
look at the hamburger?
Copy !req
868. It could be run slow enough
to give an audience
Copy !req
869. a brief but clear glimpse
of it, but look.
Copy !req
870. Look what that would do
to the racing film.
Copy !req
871. Yeah, I can see where that
would louse up the movie,
Copy !req
872. but I can't see how one frame
of a hamburger,
Copy !req
873. going by so fast...
Copy !req
874. How's that gonna make
anybody hungry?
Copy !req
875. That depends how hungry
you are to start with.
Copy !req
876. The thing is, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
877. the subliminal cut
isn't used just once.
Copy !req
878. You can work that into a film
in a dozen places.
Copy !req
879. Nobody would be the wiser.
Copy !req
880. Yet, it has
a cumulative effect
Copy !req
881. on the viewer's subconscious.
Copy !req
882. Hello, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
883. Oh, good evening,
Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
884. What are you doing here
at this hour?
Copy !req
885. Your cutter here was
just explaining to me
Copy !req
886. how subliminal cuts work.
Copy !req
887. I hope
you don't mind.
Copy !req
888. No, certainly not.
Copy !req
889. We're always happy
to help out
Copy !req
890. the police department
here at the Institute.
Copy !req
891. Did you make those changes
in the Transit film?
Copy !req
892. Yes. They work just fine. Good.
Copy !req
893. Do you want to see them here
or up on the big screen?
Copy !req
894. Well, no, you can— Hope I'm not in the way.
Copy !req
895. Oh, no, no. Not at all.
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896. You can take the film
on upstairs.
Copy !req
897. The narrator's up there
and he's waiting.
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898. Okay.
Copy !req
899. We may want
to make some changes,
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900. but later on,
after we run it for narration.
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901. Yes, sir.
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902. Thank you.
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903. Well, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
904. what got you interested
in subliminal cuts?
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905. You did, Doc.
Copy !req
906. I did? How?
Copy !req
907. I got home
this afternoon
Copy !req
908. and I started reading
that book of yours,
Copy !req
909. The Mind String
and How To Pull It.
Copy !req
910. Forget about it.
You're a genius.
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911. Well, I wouldn't say that.
Copy !req
912. But it's very nice to hear.
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913. I got to that part
about the popcorn.
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914. I closed the book, I sat there
with my mouth open.
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915. You know
what I'm talking about,
Copy !req
916. the part about the popcorn?
Copy !req
917. Yes, I'm not likely
to forget it.
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918. You invented something
I'd never heard of.
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919. I'm over 40.
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920. Subliminal cuts.
Copy !req
921. Who ever heard
of a subliminal cut?
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922. Let me see
if I've got that right.
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923. You took one frame.
Was it one frame?
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924. Yes.
Copy !req
925. Of a picture
of buttered popcorn,
Copy !req
926. and cut it into the middle
of a movie
Copy !req
927. and it went by so fast
Copy !req
928. that everybody
in the audience
Copy !req
929. watching the movie
never saw it.
Copy !req
930. Is that the way it went?
Copy !req
931. Yes.
Copy !req
932. All of a sudden,
everybody in the theater
Copy !req
933. wanted to eat popcorn?
Copy !req
934. That's the way it works.
Copy !req
935. I'll be a son of a gun.
Copy !req
936. It says there that
Copy !req
937. in some cases,
the sale of popcorn
Copy !req
938. in the theaters
almost doubled.
Copy !req
939. It also says
that it was outlawed
Copy !req
940. by the Consumer
Trade Commission.
Copy !req
941. Yeah.
Copy !req
942. That part was too bad.
Copy !req
943. But it was a whale of an idea
all the same.
Copy !req
944. I hope the brilliance
of my work
Copy !req
945. is not interfering
with your investigation.
Copy !req
946. Could you help me
with that?
Copy !req
947. What?
Copy !req
948. The investigation.
Copy !req
949. Could I pick your brain
on that matter?
Copy !req
950. Certainly.
Copy !req
951. You see
these two cards?
Copy !req
952. I've got two just like these
Copy !req
953. taped on a mirror
in my bedroom.
Copy !req
954. You know where else
I got 'em?
Copy !req
955. Pasted on the windshield
of my car.
Copy !req
956. Plus these two,
keep them in my pocket.
Copy !req
957. Reminders.
Copy !req
958. Go ahead, read them.
Copy !req
959. "Why did Mr. Norris
leave the screening room?"
Copy !req
960. "How did the murderer know
the precise time
Copy !req
961. that Norris was going
to leave the screening room?"
Copy !req
962. Those are key questions,
aren't they?
Copy !req
963. Yes, I'd say they
were fundamental.
Copy !req
964. I'm pointed
in the right direction?
Copy !req
965. Obviously. I don't know
why you need
Copy !req
966. all these cards,
but if you do,
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967. I guess it's all right.
Copy !req
968. Okay. Let's assume that
whoever killed Mr. Norris
Copy !req
969. was already in your suite
of offices,
Copy !req
970. didn't come from
outside the building.
Copy !req
971. All right,
let's make that assumption.
Copy !req
972. Okay, shoot.
Copy !req
973. I beg your pardon?
Copy !req
974. Go ahead, I'm waiting.
Can you help me?
Copy !req
975. To do what?
Copy !req
976. To answer my questions, sir.
Copy !req
977. How did the murderer
know the precise time
Copy !req
978. that Mr. Norris was gonna
leave the screening room?
Copy !req
979. I wouldn't have
the faintest idea.
Copy !req
980. Can't come up
with anything?
Copy !req
981. Lieutenant, how would it
be possible to know
Copy !req
982. when a man's gonna get up
out of his chair and leave
Copy !req
983. a screening room?
That's impossible.
Copy !req
984. I just thought
that with your knowledge
Copy !req
985. of behavior and motivation...
Copy !req
986. That's why I asked.
Copy !req
987. I know it's a tough question.
Copy !req
988. I believe that
whoever killed Vic Norris
Copy !req
989. came from
outside the building.
Copy !req
990. I've already told you
who I think
Copy !req
991. might have been
involved in that.
Copy !req
992. I know, but if we could just
stick with the assumption
Copy !req
993. that it was done by somebody
inside the building...
Copy !req
994. Uh...
Copy !req
995. Frankly, I'm disappointed.
Copy !req
996. When I read
about the popcorn
Copy !req
997. and the way you used
those subliminal cuts,
Copy !req
998. I felt sure
you'd be able to help me.
Copy !req
999. I'm sorry
to disappoint you.
Copy !req
1000. Oh, no need to apologize.
Copy !req
1001. The fact is,
I owe you an apology.
Copy !req
1002. You do?
Copy !req
1003. Yeah.
Copy !req
1004. Might as well own up to it.
Copy !req
1005. I stole something
that belonged to you.
Copy !req
1006. You stole something
from me?
Copy !req
1007. Yeah, nothing serious.
Copy !req
1008. The fact is, the night
of the murder I was hungry.
Copy !req
1009. I saw some of
your caviar around
Copy !req
1010. and I took the liberty
of helping myself.
Copy !req
1011. Just thought I'd mention it.
Copy !req
1012. Don't be silly.
As long as you enjoyed it.
Copy !req
1013. That's the funny part.
Copy !req
1014. I didn't enjoy it. Too salty.
Copy !req
1015. And you know, I didn't notice
it when I was eating it,
Copy !req
1016. but when I went
to the projectionist later on,
Copy !req
1017. I remember
I felt a little thirsty.
Copy !req
1018. All of a sudden I wanted
something to drink.
Copy !req
1019. So he had some
iced tea there.
Copy !req
1020. Thank goodness.
Copy !req
1021. Oh, that reminds me.
Copy !req
1022. Take a look at that.
Copy !req
1023. "Autopsy report."
Copy !req
1024. I thought that
if I took caviar
Copy !req
1025. and it made me thirsty,
Copy !req
1026. I figured maybe
it would make him thirsty.
Copy !req
1027. So you ordered an autopsy.
Copy !req
1028. That's very astute,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1029. Thank you very much, Doctor.
Copy !req
1030. It was the only way
that I could find out
Copy !req
1031. whether or not Mr. Norris
ate any caviar.
Copy !req
1032. According to this report,
he did.
Copy !req
1033. Uh-huh. Yeah.
Copy !req
1034. Quite a bit.
Copy !req
1035. Pretty big eater.
Copy !req
1036. Doctor?
Copy !req
1037. Yes?
Copy !req
1038. In the light of
this new information,
Copy !req
1039. I was wondering
whether or not
Copy !req
1040. you could find it in yourself
Copy !req
1041. to be more helpful
at this point.
Copy !req
1042. If the man was thirsty
Copy !req
1043. and he was subjected
to several subliminal cuts
Copy !req
1044. of, say, a tall, cool drink
Copy !req
1045. that would cause him
to get up
Copy !req
1046. and leave
the screening room
Copy !req
1047. and go to find
the nearest water fountain.
Copy !req
1048. Is that what you mean?
Copy !req
1049. I had something
like that in mind, yes.
Copy !req
1050. And that could happen?
Copy !req
1051. Yes, indeed.
Copy !req
1052. Well...
Copy !req
1053. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
1054. You've been very helpful.
Copy !req
1055. Not at all.
Copy !req
1056. You're an interesting man,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1057. Very interesting.
Copy !req
1058. I take it
that's a compliment?
Copy !req
1059. Yes, it is.
Copy !req
1060. However, you have
to take it a bit further.
Copy !req
1061. You may really be
on to something.
Copy !req
1062. You have to
take the next step.
Copy !req
1063. Well, what is that, sir?
Copy !req
1064. Look at the film.
Examine it carefully.
Copy !req
1065. See if there are
any subliminal cuts.
Copy !req
1066. Of course.
I should have realized
Copy !req
1067. you've already
done that.
Copy !req
1068. I have.
Copy !req
1069. What did you find?
Copy !req
1070. No splices.
Copy !req
1071. Oh, that's too bad.
What a shame.
Copy !req
1072. Such a good idea.
Copy !req
1073. Could have been two prints.
Copy !req
1074. Two prints?
Copy !req
1075. That's an
interesting notion, too.
Copy !req
1076. If I were you, I'd get busy
and find that second print.
Copy !req
1077. Your entire case
could rest on that.
Copy !req
1078. Doctor, I don't think
Copy !req
1079. I'm gonna find
the second print.
Copy !req
1080. Really? Why not?
Copy !req
1081. I think that the criminal
in this case
Copy !req
1082. is much too intelligent
Copy !req
1083. to leave that kind
of evidence around.
Copy !req
1084. Of course, I'm gonna check
all the film duplicating labs.
Copy !req
1085. But I got a feeling this guy
did his own duplicating.
Copy !req
1086. That must be very
frustrating for you.
Copy !req
1087. Uh, Doc?
Copy !req
1088. I just wanted to thank you
for all your help.
Copy !req
1089. Any time.
Copy !req
1090. Excuse me.
Copy !req
1091. Are you Lt. Columbo?
Copy !req
1092. Yeah.
Copy !req
1093. It's your office, sir.
Copy !req
1094. On line 2.
Copy !req
1095. Where's your line 2?
Copy !req
1096. The second one.
Copy !req
1097. Easy sell.
Copy !req
1098. You'll see that
when I show you—
Copy !req
1099. Dr. Keppel.
Copy !req
1100. Lieutenant, what is it?
Copy !req
1101. May I speak
to you privately?
Copy !req
1102. Charles, why don't you
watch the film?
Copy !req
1103. We'll talk afterwards.
Go ahead and run.
Copy !req
1104. Columbo, what do you want?
Copy !req
1105. I'm sorry
to disturb you, Doctor,
Copy !req
1106. I have sad news.
Copy !req
1107. Mr. White, your projectionist,
he was just shot.
Copy !req
1108. Is it bad?
Copy !req
1109. Dead, sir.
Copy !req
1110. Uh...
Copy !req
1111. I would be very interested
to know
Copy !req
1112. if there's any connection
Copy !req
1113. between that
and the Norris murder.
Copy !req
1114. Would you
keep me informed?
Copy !req
1115. You know, Doc, uh,
Copy !req
1116. I'm going over there now,
and I was wondering...
Copy !req
1117. You were wondering
if I would go with you
Copy !req
1118. to the scene
of the crime?
Copy !req
1119. How did you know that?
Copy !req
1120. Lieutenant, I know
where you're coming from,
Copy !req
1121. and I know
where you're going.
Copy !req
1122. It isn't very difficult
to figure you out.
Copy !req
1123. I don't understand.
Copy !req
1124. For some reason
Copy !req
1125. you have come up
with some remarkable notion
Copy !req
1126. that I'm guilty
of Vic Norris' murder.
Copy !req
1127. Never mind that
I have no motive,
Copy !req
1128. or that I scarcely
knew the man
Copy !req
1129. or that he was
my best client.
Copy !req
1130. Your innuendos
keep clumping
Copy !req
1131. through our conversations
like hobnailed boots.
Copy !req
1132. And if I didn't find you
Copy !req
1133. an extraordinarily
amusing fellow,
Copy !req
1134. I might even be offended.
Copy !req
1135. Doc, if I'd known I was making
that kind of impression,
Copy !req
1136. I would have left
and never come back.
Copy !req
1137. The fact of the matter is
I knew White worked for you,
Copy !req
1138. and I thought
you might want to come.
Copy !req
1139. And then I thought
you might be able to help.
Copy !req
1140. Honest, I think
you'd be a great detective.
Copy !req
1141. All right, Lieutenant.
I'll play.
Copy !req
1142. Which way?
Copy !req
1143. Beg your pardon?
Copy !req
1144. Right or left?
Copy !req
1145. You didn't tell me
Copy !req
1146. where the murder
was committed, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1147. So I couldn't possibly know
how to get there, could I?
Copy !req
1148. Turn right.
Copy !req
1149. Nice try, though.
Copy !req
1150. Can't win 'em all.
Copy !req
1151. The manager came up here
to check things out
Copy !req
1152. and found
the projectionist dead.
Copy !req
1153. What about
the murder weapon?
Copy !req
1154. That was left behind.
Copy !req
1155. Right over here,
on this table.
Copy !req
1156. Do you have an approximate
time of death?
Copy !req
1157. Yeah, we got it pinned
down pretty good.
Copy !req
1158. The reel that ran out
was the second reel
Copy !req
1159. of the picture.
Copy !req
1160. According to the manager,
Copy !req
1161. White must have put
that reel on at 7:30
Copy !req
1162. and it ran out at 7:55.
Copy !req
1163. So the murder was committed
sometime during that period.
Copy !req
1164. You've been very thorough,
Sergeant.
Copy !req
1165. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
1166. Has anybody run the gun?
Copy !req
1167. Oh, yeah.
we pulled the serial number
Copy !req
1168. and sent it
through the computer.
Copy !req
1169. It's registered
to a Mr. Victor Norris.
Copy !req
1170. Victor Norris. I see.
Copy !req
1171. All right, Sergeant.
Copy !req
1172. Have Mrs. Norris picked up
Copy !req
1173. and see if the manager
can pick her out
of the line-up.
Copy !req
1174. Oh, boy!
Copy !req
1175. Well, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
1176. unless you think
I can be of any further help,
Copy !req
1177. in my opinion,
as you people say,
Copy !req
1178. that about wraps this up.
Copy !req
1179. I don't think she did it.
Copy !req
1180. You are an incredibly
stubborn man.
Copy !req
1181. After all the facts
you've established,
Copy !req
1182. it's obvious
the projectionist
Copy !req
1183. and Mrs. Norris
were in it together.
Copy !req
1184. I still don't think
she did it.
Copy !req
1185. In that case, I'm deeply
grateful for one thing.
Copy !req
1186. And what is that, Doctor?
Copy !req
1187. That you've established
Copy !req
1188. that White was killed
between 7:30 and 8:00.
Copy !req
1189. Because you and I
have been together
Copy !req
1190. constantly since 7:30.
Copy !req
1191. Starting in the cutting room
and ending, I hope, now.
Copy !req
1192. Otherwise, I'm positive
you'd still be accusing me.
Copy !req
1193. Doctor, I've never
accused you of anything.
Copy !req
1194. I'll ignore that
because I'm convinced
Copy !req
1195. that my only real protection
in this matter
Copy !req
1196. is the fact that
Copy !req
1197. you, personally,
are my alibi.
Copy !req
1198. And that's a tough nut
to crack.
Copy !req
1199. That's not tough,
that's impossible.
Copy !req
1200. Uh, I imagine
you can find someone
Copy !req
1201. to get you back to your car.
Copy !req
1202. Certainly.
Copy !req
1203. Good. In that case,
Copy !req
1204. goodbye, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1205. Doctor! Dr. Keppel!
Copy !req
1206. Dr. Keppel!
Copy !req
1207. Good afternoon, Doctor.
Copy !req
1208. Afternoon. Doctor?
Copy !req
1209. Excuse me, sir.
Copy !req
1210. I gather
you are not a golfer.
Copy !req
1211. Uh, no, sir,
I do bowl a little, but—
Copy !req
1212. It's customary
to be very still
Copy !req
1213. when a man is trying
to hit a golf ball.
Copy !req
1214. Oh, did I
ruin your shot?
Copy !req
1215. No, just a little.
Copy !req
1216. Well, listen,
I'm sorry.
Copy !req
1217. Since it was my fault, maybe
they'll let you do it over.
Copy !req
1218. Not at the stakes
we play.
Copy !req
1219. What was it
you wanted, Lieutenant?
Copy !req
1220. It wasn't urgent
and it could have waited,
Copy !req
1221. but up in the clubhouse
Copy !req
1222. they told me you're gonna be
out for three hours.
Copy !req
1223. As long as you're here,
Lieutenant,
Copy !req
1224. what was it you wanted?
Copy !req
1225. I'll try
and make it brief, sir.
Copy !req
1226. Uh, I'm trying to locate
this Miss Tanya Baker girl.
Copy !req
1227. I thought maybe I could
get a line on this boyfriend
Copy !req
1228. who Mrs. Norris said
made those telephone calls.
Copy !req
1229. Take these
on to Mr. Bishop.
Copy !req
1230. I can't help you, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1231. I don't know Miss Baker.
I've never met her.
Copy !req
1232. My company hired her as part
of a publicity campaign
Copy !req
1233. for Mrs. Norris' agency.
That's all. Sorry.
Copy !req
1234. You don't know her?
Copy !req
1235. Nope, I do not.
Copy !req
1236. Oh, gee, that's funny.
Copy !req
1237. Why is it funny?
Copy !req
1238. No, you see, we got a line
on this Miss Baker.
Copy !req
1239. Apparently she had left town
the day of the murder.
Copy !req
1240. And an airplanes check
with the airlines
Copy !req
1241. turned her up in Lisbon.
Copy !req
1242. She checked
into a hotel there.
Copy !req
1243. Well, your problem seems
a simple one, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1244. All you have to do is make
an overseas telephone call.
Copy !req
1245. I did, sir.
Copy !req
1246. And did you reach Miss Baker?
Copy !req
1247. Yes, sir, I did.
Copy !req
1248. But you weren't able
to find out anything.
Copy !req
1249. No, sir, not too much.
Copy !req
1250. Nothing except
that you do know her.
Copy !req
1251. Oh, that's not bad, Doc.
Copy !req
1252. I mean, it's not far,
but it's straight.
Copy !req
1253. Lieutenant, you're bluffing.
Copy !req
1254. Miss Baker never said
we knew each other.
Copy !req
1255. No, sir, not directly.
You're right about that,
Copy !req
1256. but, you see, I made
the telephone call collect.
Copy !req
1257. From a Dr. Bart Keppel
to Miss Tanya Baker.
Copy !req
1258. Would you like me
to take you to your ball?
Copy !req
1259. Did it occur to you that,
having worked for my company,
Copy !req
1260. Miss Baker
would, of course,
know my name?
Copy !req
1261. Uh, yes, sir, it did.
Copy !req
1262. But from a man like you,
Copy !req
1263. I thought she'd be surprised
to get a collect call.
Copy !req
1264. I imagine she was.
Copy !req
1265. Yes, sir,
she certainly was.
Copy !req
1266. I said, "Hello, Tanya."
She said,
Copy !req
1267. "You're not Bart Keppel,
I know his voice."
Copy !req
1268. And she hung up.
Copy !req
1269. So I figured,
Copy !req
1270. if she knows your voice,
she must know you personally.
Copy !req
1271. The explanation
is very simple, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1272. Tanya Baker is
the kind of girl
Copy !req
1273. that a man doesn't like
to admit he knows at all
Copy !req
1274. and certainly not
if he's married.
Copy !req
1275. And I am married.
Copy !req
1276. I hope I can rely on
your discretion, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
1277. now that you know.
Copy !req
1278. Oh, absolutely, sir.
Nothing to worry about.
Copy !req
1279. You know, I'm from Homicide,
I'm not from the Vice Squad.
Copy !req
1280. Uh-oh.
Copy !req
1281. Another bad one, huh, Doc?
Copy !req
1282. Yes, that's a bad one.
Copy !req
1283. I'll see if I can
help you find that.
Copy !req
1284. Why don't you come
to the point, Lieutenant?
Copy !req
1285. The real point?
Copy !req
1286. Yes, the real one.
That one.
Copy !req
1287. Go ahead.
Copy !req
1288. Go ahead.
Copy !req
1289. I think
you're guilty of homicide.
Copy !req
1290. I think you killed Mr. Norris
Copy !req
1291. and I think
you killed the projectionist.
Copy !req
1292. Lieutenant, How could I
have killed Mr. Norris,
Copy !req
1293. or anybody else
Copy !req
1294. when I was standing
in plain view
Copy !req
1295. of everyone
in the screening room
Copy !req
1296. at the time?
Copy !req
1297. You couldn't.
Copy !req
1298. No.
Copy !req
1299. So you weren't.
Copy !req
1300. Yes, but they did
see me.
Copy !req
1301. No, sir.
They heard you.
Copy !req
1302. And you had
a tape recorder,
Copy !req
1303. and it was dark.
Copy !req
1304. Wait a minute. Let me get
one thing straight.
Copy !req
1305. I was told that
all of the testimony
Copy !req
1306. was unanimous.
Copy !req
1307. Everyone in the room swore
they saw me there.
Copy !req
1308. Is that true? Yes.
Copy !req
1309. Has someone changed
their testimony?
Copy !req
1310. No, sir.
Copy !req
1311. No, they haven't.
Copy !req
1312. When they do,
we'll be able to pursue
Copy !req
1313. this fascinating line
of speculation.
Copy !req
1314. Ah, here's my ball.
Copy !req
1315. There it is. I'll just
toss it out of there
Copy !req
1316. and no one will ever know.
Copy !req
1317. And I can go on
with my game.
Copy !req
1318. By the way, sir, before
I interfere with your swing,
Copy !req
1319. I won't be able
to be your alibi
Copy !req
1320. for last night
when Mr. White was shot.
Copy !req
1321. I'm so sorry to hear it.
Why not?
Copy !req
1322. Because I was only
with you from 7:30 on,
Copy !req
1323. and Mr. White was killed
before 7:30.
Copy !req
1324. That's more speculation.
Copy !req
1325. No, sir.
Copy !req
1326. Mr. White was not killed
Copy !req
1327. during the second reel
of that film.
Copy !req
1328. He was killed
during the first reel.
Copy !req
1329. That would have given you
plenty of time
Copy !req
1330. to get to your office.
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1331. How did you come up
with this conclusion?
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1332. Because there was
no nickel.
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1333. Uh, I beg your pardon?
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1334. No nickel.
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1335. Under the
number two projector,
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1336. on the floor,
there was no nickel.
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1337. How do you like that?
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1338. You see, this fellow White,
the projectionist?
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1339. He told me
he has a little trick.
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1340. He takes a nickel
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1341. and puts it in the reel,
down by the end.
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1342. So that when
the nickel falls out,
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1343. he knows it's time
to change the reel.
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1344. Under the
number two projector,
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1345. there was no nickel.
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1346. In my opinion, sir,
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1347. Mr. White did not
change the second reel.
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1348. You did.
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1349. Uh. I marvel, Lieutenant.
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1350. I—I really— I am fascinated
by your imagination,
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1351. but as far as I know,
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1352. a court of law
in this country
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1353. still requires some—
some kind of evidence,
don't they?
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1354. That's right, Doc,
and I don't have any.
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1355. I don't see any,
do you?
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1356. Not enough to convict.
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1357. I can't see how.
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1358. So we'll have to let it go
at that for the time being
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1359. since we don't
have any alternative,
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1360. and I really can now
get on with my game.
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1361. Nice shot, Doc.
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1362. Yes.
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1363. For a while there I thought
I was gonna spoil your game.
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1364. Not a chance, Lieutenant.
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1365. You on to something?
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1366. No.
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1367. There has to be
a murder weapon.
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1368. We don't have
the murder weapon.
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1369. Somebody came in,
shot the guy, left,
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1370. and took the murder weapon
with him.
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1371. I swear,
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1372. whoever shot this man
never left the building.
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1373. Then where is the gun?
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1374. There were a ton of guns
in the office
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1375. in two trophy cases.
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1376. None of them was a.22.
The guy was shot with a.22.
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1377. Then where is
the murder weapon?
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1378. I'll tell you
what you do.
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1379. You go to the suspect
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1380. and you tell him
you got a problem.
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1381. And you ask him
where he hid it.
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1382. In the meantime,
I'm gonna call my wife,
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1383. tell her I'm gonna
be late for dinner.
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1384. Where are you going?
Lieutenant?
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1385. Lieutenant?
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1386. I have to go, George.
Go on home.
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1387. Milt?
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1388. Come on.
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1389. Shoot.
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1390. Shoot.
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1391. Wait a minute.
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1392. Flashing your badge
to get past a guard
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1393. is one thing, but this is
searching without a warrant.
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1394. I'm not searching,
I'm looking.
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1395. Shoot.
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1396. The film is still under option
to Victor Norris' agency,
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1397. but I think it will fit
your company's needs exactly.
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1398. We're looking forward
to seeing it,
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1399. aren't we, dear?
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1400. We certainly are.
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1401. Good. I'm glad.
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1402. Go ahead and roll.
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1403. Nothing can happen
in this country
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1404. until someone
sells something.
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1405. We are traditionally
a nation of salesmen.
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1406. But most importantly,
we have advanced salesmanship
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1407. to a creative art.
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1408. It has been the ability
of salesmen
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1409. representing American products
and capital around the globe
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1410. that has made
American business
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1411. preeminent in the world.
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1412. Excuse me
for a minute, please.
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1413. The energies of these workers
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1414. and the dollar resources
behind them are wasted...
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1415. Finally got
some hard evidence.
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1416. What is that, Doctor?
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1417. I'll be a son of a gun.
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1418. A calibration converter.
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1419. Do you have the key
to that case?
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1420. Looks like a.22.
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1421. Fit nicely
into a.45 automatic.
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1422. That's why the barrel
and the chambers
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1423. were clean when Ballistics
checked out the gun.
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1424. That's a lovely touch.
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1425. A converter. I never figured
on a converter.
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1426. And one hidden in a lamp.
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1427. Doc, I would have sworn
you had a gun hidden in here
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1428. and I was trying
to smoke you out.
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1429. But I never figured
on this.
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1430. A subliminal cut.
You used a subliminal cut.
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1431. No, quite a few
subliminal cuts
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1432. from some photos I made.
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1433. Came in here
with Milt last night
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1434. and we shot some pictures.
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1435. It must have been the ones
around the lamp.
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1436. Those are the ones
that did it.
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1437. Maybe it was that fellow.
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1438. Let me see, may I?
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1439. We had them processed
last night
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1440. and cut them into your movie
this morning.
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1441. Well, one thing, Lieutenant,
you'll have to admit.
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1442. You never would have solved it
without using my technique.
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1443. That's right, Doc.
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1444. If there was a reward,
I'd support your claim to it.
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1445. Officer.
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